Exclusive Memory Chapter 8 Part 2

 In City A in November, it always rains.

I took my book out of the dormitory building and took a few steps to find that the rain was much more than I expected, even though I trotted a few steps to hide under the eucalyptus tree outside the girls' home. As I was wondering if I was going to go home, an umbrella was propped up on my head.

I looked back and saw Liu Qi.

"What a coincidence." I say.

"Yeah, I just passed by."

I smiled and fought sloppily with him.

"I'm going to study in the library."

"Me too." He raised the book in his hand.

"You read CET-6?" (English Level 6)

"Yes, now there is a lot of competition to find a job, I tried it last next year, and I can ask you for tips on the way."

I lowered my head, still feeling his burning gaze. He definitely didn't just pass by, nor did he try hard to pass level six. Maybe he has been waiting for me here, maybe Bai Lin tipped the news.

I thought of what Bai Lin said: Give him a chance, that is, give myself a chance.

I moved my feet, then turned my gaze to the distance, and pretended to be casual and said: "Okay, but if you hire me as a tutor, you have to pay by the hour."

He was stunned first, and then he was happy.

"We know each other so well, can I get a discount?" He asked.

"Nope. And it's more expensive than tutoring high school students. ”

"Why?"

"Because you are a college student. Didn't you see that college teachers are paid more than high school teachers?"

"Is there? I think the income is about the same."

"You're not sincere. If you keep yelling like this, I'll introduce you to another teacher who is willing to give you a discount." I said viciously.

"..." This move was very effective, and he immediately fell silent.

We just walked on the boulevard to the library. Liu Qi held an umbrella for me, and then we walked across the sidewalk next to the administrative building. I have always felt that this place is very similar to the road downstairs of the Four Teaching Buildings in the West District, probably because they are planted with sycamore trees.

I glanced back.

In the twilight, I answered no, but my eyes remained fixed there for several seconds before moving away.

I seem to see another self in that place, and Mu Chenghe beside her.

The girl squatted on the ground looking for contact lenses for him, while he stood there holding an umbrella for her, covering the falling snowflakes. Finally, he said to the girl, "What a child you are."

Such a scene seems like a world away.

Gradually, it became natural for two people to go to self-study together and go to the library together.

One day, I raised my face from the review questions in Special Eight, and with my lips pursed and my nose holding the pen together, I looked at Liu Qi across the table for a long time . He seemed uncomfortable being stared at by me, and couldn't help asking: "What are you doing?"

"Why do you like me?"

Although I lowered my voice, the other boy next to me still noticed it, looked up at Liu Qi and then at me, and then buried his head and snickered.

I thought Liu Qi would say, which eye of yours saw the words that I like you, but I didn't expect his face to turn red like a persimmon, and he stood up the book to block my sight.

After staring at the cover of the English Level 6 mock question for a long time, he still maintained that action and did not surrender. So I surrendered and went on to do my own homework.

I don't know how long it took, the phone suddenly vibrated and prompted that there was a text message. Opening my phone, I found that the person who sent the letter was actually Liu Qi. I glanced suspiciously at him, who was writing again, and then opened the text message.

"Because you're cute."

When I saw him send me such a line of words, I burst out laughing.

The boy next to me who was watching the good show turned his head to look at me suspiciously. When I glared back at him, I inadvertently glanced at a magazine in his hand, and my smile faded.

It was a professional journal of natural science that I would never borrow. On the cover, the topics of some articles on the page are selected, and the three words "Mu Chenghe" appear on one of the eye-catching titles. I couldn't control my gaze, so I just let it linger on the name.

There was an empty seat between the boy and me. The magazine and his pile of books were randomly placed on the empty table, less than a foot away from my right hand.

My hand lifted slightly, then moved towards it, and when I saw that little by little, I was about to touch the book again, and finally hesitated, my fingers rolled back into my palm, and then slowly retracted.

The day Song Qiqi returned to school, it was already close to the final exam. Bai Lin and I went to the station to pick her up. We were taken aback when she came out of the ticket gate. She twisted her long hair short and wrapped it around a thick scarf to make her head smaller.

When Song Qiqi saw us the first words she said were, "I miss you so much."

The second sentence is: "I have broken up with him, I swear."

As for why she figured it out and how she divided it, she didn't say. And Xiao Zheng has long become a minefield in the whole bedroom, and we will never take the initiative to mention it in front of her again. However, Song Qiqi did what she said. Not to mention going out alone, even the phone is not very useful. Sure enough, she broke off contact with Xiao Zheng, but she studied even harder.

On the last day of the end of the year, Song Qiqi and I went to the bathhouse with a washbasin to take a bath.

She walked by and suddenly asked: "What about you and Mu Chenghe? Why haven't you and Bai Lin mentioned him for so long?"

I grinned and said, "What else to mention, the falling flowers are deliberately flowing mercilessly, and they are humiliating to death."

She was startled for a moment, walked a few steps and asked again, "Why?"

"Didn't you say it all, blame me for being sentimental."

"It's not because of me, is it?"

I hurriedly denied, "No, no."

"I hope not. Otherwise, we will overturn the whole boat. Xiao Zheng and I are completely different from you and Mu Chenghe." When the name Xiao Zheng was mentioned, Song Qiqi spoke very slowly and even hesitated For a moment, it seemed that she was trying her best to speak in a natural tone.

I smiled at her and left the frustrating subject behind.

Our department has fewer subjects than Liu Qi and ends the exam a day earlier. As soon as the exam was completed in the morning, it was only after noon, and the number of people in the buildings of the foreign language department was less than half. I also wondered if I should move some sundries or winter equipment home first. Otherwise, if they still keep on like this, it will be even more annoying when they graduate next semester.

Just do it.

It took me two hours to tidy up a full suitcase, and after saying hello to Bai Lin, I went out with the suitcase alone.

Bai Lin asked loudly from behind, "Are you coming back tonight?"

"I'm coming back."

It takes about 20 minutes to walk from the Girls' Campus to the bus stop at the gate of the school. If you take the main road, you have to make a big circle around the student activity center. Bai Lin and I often take shortcuts along the small path beside the canal, which saves us a lot of walking.

I broke the tranquility of the trail with my large cuboid suitcase. The noise of the wheels rubbing against the concrete floor under the box was harsh but rhythmic. I hummed a minor key and let the two sounds complement each other.

Which, the good times did not last long, and the reel suddenly made a heartbreaking "click" sound.

I tried to pull it, and the box only tended to move forward on the left side, while the right side stood still, telling me clearly that its wheels were broken.

The box couldn't be pulled, so I had to call Liu Qi, and then I struggled to lift things and walk forward.

There is a corner in the middle of the path, and the inside is covered with dense bushes, so no matter which end you come from, you can only hear the sound of footsteps, and it is difficult to clearly understand the scene on the other side of the corner. It was also because of this that it became one of the top ten popular dating hidden places in University A at the beginning. However, later the administrative building was changed to be next to it, and there were more teachers and leaders going back and forth, so it became deserted again.

At this moment, I heard someone over there talking and slowly walking towards me.

"The subject chosen by the School of Information a few years ago. You must have heard about it. After more than three years of research, it was finally successfully developed. At the end of the year, they won the first prize of the Army's Science and Technology Progress Award. Our whole school has commended it. Originally, this topic was highly forward-looking and highly technical. But who would have thought that we would feel embarrassed when we took the scientific research results to the army to find our in-laws and wanted to promote them. Lao Chen and the others did not go deep into the army for research beforehand. Argument, although the results are good, the troops are useless, and in the end they have to take them back and lock them in the file cabinet, which has really become a fancy decoration. Therefore, our whole school should reflect on it. Xiao Mu, especially you are also in the army cooperation." A middle-aged man said earnestly.

When I heard the word "Xiaomu" appearing at the end of that person's long speech, I felt a "boom—" in my heart.

Sure enough, Mu Chenghe's voice came later.

"We'll pay attention." He said.

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