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As a beam of light shone over, Chu Ci saw someone walking out of the security booth.

He was an old man in his fifties or sixties, with a bright head that dazzled people under the streetlights.

Chu Ci narrowed his eyes slightly, and the next moment, he shouted in surprise: "Lao Ban?"

"Chu Ci?"

The little old man responded, with even more surprise on his face.

"It's really you. Lao Ban, if you don't teach to cultivate the next generation for the motherland, why did you retire early and become a security guard?"

The familiar voice made Chu Ci instantly forget about the other party's old face and became inexplicably close to him.

Tao Ran smiled, shook his head and said, "I can't do it anymore, I can't do it anymore, my body can't handle it, so I will naturally retire early."

"Can't your body bear it?" Chu Ci was stunned.

When he was studying, Tao Ran was in his thirties and approaching forty. In the past ten years, with his qualifications and abilities, he would have no problem becoming a school leader, let alone a big leader.

"what happened?"

"Lung cancer." Tao Ran said unusually calmly.

"Lung cancer." Chu Ci opened his mouth to say something, but when the words came to his lips, he couldn't say anything.

Cancer, to today’s technology, is basically a death notice.

Chu Ci looked at Tao Ran's shiny head and couldn't help but lament in his heart when he thought that the other person once had 'luxurious' hair.

Life is so unsatisfactory, and the arrival of disease is never notified in advance.

"Haha, don't worry. I was discovered early and I'm controlling it well. Five years ago, the doctor said I wouldn't live for three years. Now five years have passed and I'm still living well. I believe I still have a lot of time in the future. Let's go." , I will take you to have a barbecue. You are a noble man who forgets things a lot. He went to college and has not been heard from since. It is rare that he comes back. I want to take pictures as a souvenir. Those little brats, they still don’t believe me when I tell them that I named the top pick in the country. This time I want to prove it to them.”

Seeing Tao Ran who was full of energy and not at all like a patient, Chu Ci's sad heart became cheerful.

"You can have barbecue, but you don't want to guard the door anymore?" Chu Ci glanced at the security department.

There was a light on inside, but no one came out despite talking for so long.

It seemed that Tao Ran was the only guard keeping watch at night.

This can't help but make Chu Ci frown a little. Forget about letting a person with cancer watch the night shift, and let him watch alone. What if something goes wrong?

Tao Ran seemed to see Chu Ci's worry and smiled: "Don't get me wrong, I usually watch during the day. Today, Lao Li, who was originally on the night shift, had something to do at home and had to go back, so I changed shifts with him. Second-rate."

"Are you alone?" Chu Ci looked around to make sure there was no one else there.

Tao Ran said: "How many people do you need to guard the gate? This is a school, not a bank. Maybe all those thieves graduated from here. I can guard the gate alone. Of course, there are other security personnel in the school. They are responsible for guarding the order of the campus. After all, there are always some children who like to travel over mountains and ridges to see the outside world."

Chu Ci suddenly realized, "It's just a gatekeeper. That's not good. You're sick."

"Stop, stop, what bothers me the most is what others say. I have hands and feet now, and I am not sick. I can do my own thing. Why should I be cared for like a vulnerable group? If one day I really can't leave. I am moving, lying on the bed, and I accept sympathy and pity, but now, I feel that I am not a patient."

When Chu Ci heard Tao Ran's words, he was startled and silently gave a thumbs up.

"Old Ban, you are like this."

"Haha, it's not a big deal. In fact, I have lived a famous life in my life. I have taught the best students in the country. I also make about the same amount of money. My children are all married and have their own careers. They are living a good life and are very filial. , the old man above is much healthier than me, and does not need me to worry about taking care of him, so I am very comfortable and comfortable working as a security guard here. Watching those little flowers grow carefree, my body seems to be filled with endless energy. The vitality makes the disease crawl away.

All joking aside, if I had been allowed to go to the hospital quietly or undergo chemotherapy at home, you would have never seen me again about three years ago. "

"I'm sorry"

Chu Ci had a look of shame on his face. Tao Ran had taught him for three years, and he should come back to see him, both emotionally and logically.

But since leaving this school, he has returned to Longhu Mountain countless times, but has never come down.

"I'm sorry, as long as you don't mind me using your name all the time." Tao Ran didn't care at all, and his mind was as broad as the sea as before.

Chu Ci shook his head vigorously and said: "Famous teachers make great disciples. It is a blessing for my students to make their teachers proud, so I won't dislike it."

"Haha, just don't dislike it. Oops, after talking so much, I didn't even drink a glass of water. Come in quickly. It's impossible to go out for barbecue, but I can order takeout. Just wait."

Tao Ran said and pulled Chu Ci into the security booth without any explanation.

The facilities in the security booth are very simple, including a warm-looking small bed, a small table, a few small benches, and then some daily necessities such as cordons and warning signs.

What's interesting is that there is a large cabinet in the corner, which looks like a wardrobe.

Tao Ran was using his mobile phone to order takeout. When he saw Chu Ci's eyes, he suddenly became interested and said with a smile: "Chu Ci, guess what's in it?"

Chu Ci concentrated, thought for a moment and said: "This cabinet looks like a wardrobe, but the profession of security is not to sell clothes. It requires such a big wardrobe, so it can occupy such a large space in the small security booth. It shows that The things inside it have value, if I guessed correctly, they should be lost and found."

"Haha, he's smart. He deserves to be the top pick in the country. You can tell at a glance."

Tao Ran smiled, walked to the closet, and opened it with a swipe.

What comes into view is a dazzling array of things.

From pencils, pencil cases, and hairpins to basketballs, clothes, and sneakers, this wardrobe is like a treasure chest, full of student supplies.

"Many things here are broken, probably discarded, but they are actually still valuable. Maybe they also know that they have unfinished missions, so they came into my hands, and I collected them. .”

"Do broken things also have their own mission?"

Chu Ci looked at the carefully arranged items in the closet, and suddenly felt that the items inside seemed to have come to life. They were even abandoned kittens and puppies. He looked at Chu Ci, as if waiting for his choice, waiting for them. belonging.

Chu Ci unconsciously picked up a basketball in front of him. The inside of the basketball was filled with air. It was very full in his hand and had a high degree of adhesion. He patted it gently and heard a crisp sound from the basketball, indicating that the quality of the basketball was very high. OK, you can continue to use it.

Suddenly he noticed something and turned the basketball in a circle. Sure enough, someone had graffitied a large area on one side of the basketball with a colored pen. It looked very ugly.

"Are they discarded just because of random graffiti by outsiders?"

Chu Ci seemed to see a rich boy throwing away a basketball of excellent quality because his basketball was graffitied.

Maybe to the boy, it was just a basketball, nothing. If you lose this, there will be more.

But for this basketball, perhaps its life ends when it is discarded.

Even though it's actually in good condition, even though it can still compete on a basketball court, even though it's probably better than other good basketballs.

But it was eventually abandoned.

So much so that no one wants to take it in.

Even knowing it's good. "It should be eager to stand on the basketball court again." Chu Ci said softly.

Tao Ran came closer, glanced at the basketball, then at Chu Ci, and said, "Good boy, your eyes are quite vicious. You caught the most precious thing here at a glance."

"Oh?" Chu Ci raised an eyebrow, "How do you say that?"

Tao Ran pointed to the basketball in his hand and said, "This basketball is not simple, it is a championship ball."

"Champion ball?"

Tao Ran nodded and said: "It once led a team to win the intramural basketball competition for three consecutive years. It was a glorious time. Unfortunately, its owner chose the girl he liked and abandoned it. Please pay attention." Look, is there a name under that graffiti?”

Chu Ci took a closer look, and sure enough, there was a name written in red paint under the random graffiti, "Su Xiao."

Chu Ci read it out, but his eyes suddenly widened in the middle of the sentence.

"Ahem, finish reading, that's not your Su Xiaoxiao," Tao Ran said.

"what?"

Chu Ci continued to look at it, and sure enough, instead of the word '小', there was the word 'Qiang' behind it.

This is embarrassing.

Chu Ci covered his face with a wry smile. After practicing to his level, he still panics because of a name, which means that his practice is not enough.

"Haha, the owner of the basketball thought that girls also like basketball, so he randomly wrote the other party's name on the basketball, and took the basketball with him to defeat six generals and dominate Mingyuan Middle School. Well, don't think this is nothing. In fact, in When I was a student, being able to dominate the school was already a big deal.”

Chu Ci nodded. Achievement does not necessarily mean comparing with the whole world. How capable you are of doing great things. For ordinary students, being able to dominate high school for three years means having the absolute right to choose a spouse.

That's better than countless people.

"What happened next? Why did the basketball boy lose it?" Chu Ci asked.

Tao Ran smiled slightly and said sadly: "Young people are always self-centered. It was only when I graduated that the basketball boy realized that the girl didn't like him at all, but liked one of his friends. It was completely inappropriate to be close to him. In order to get close to his friends, he graduated that year. You don’t know, but a very tall kid cried like a man in tears. The basketball also suffered a disaster and was abandoned. Alas.”

"Well, Laoban, although you said it was very sad, I actually want to laugh and feel a little envious. What the hell?"

"Haha, because that's youth."

"Yes, once youth is gone, you can never go back. Even if you experience it again, you will no longer have that youthful heart."

Snapped!

Tao Ran slapped Chu Ci on the back with a thick slap. Tao Ran wanted to slap Chu Ci on the shoulder, but the guy was too tall and he couldn't hit him.

"You're only a few years old. Don't live like a little old man. Youth is all about youth. Young people have their youth, and older people have their youth. You have to face life with a smile, you know?"

"Haha, that's what Laoban taught me." Chu Ci seriously admitted his mistake and put down the basketball in his hand.

Suddenly, Tao Ran narrowed his eyes and smiled, and said: "Chu Ci, let me show you something good."

"Oh, there are also good things? No, the things here are all good things in my opinion."

"You really have some understanding, kid, but this good thing is just for you." Tao Ran said mysteriously.

This made Chu Ci's heart skip a beat. It stands to reason that with his current state of mind, he would have been able to not panic when Mount Tai collapsed in front of him.

However, after arriving at Mingyuan Middle School, his heart rate continued to beat as if he had been given a blood injection.

He knew there was something here that he could never forget.

He was afraid and he was looking forward to it.

Tao Ran knelt down, groped under the small bed for a while, and quickly brought out a suitcase the size of a mahjong box.

He gently swept away the dust on it, placed it on the bed, and opened it gently as if he were treating his lover.

Chu Ci looked around and saw some photos and letters inside the suitcase.

The photos were graduation photos, and they were all classmates Chu Ci didn't know. Of course, one thing they had in common was that they all had Tao Ran in the photos.

I don’t know what the letter is, but I think it must be a letter written to him by Tao Ran’s student.

Seeing the envelope, Chu Ci felt even more guilty. He just didn't come back to see Tao Ran, not even a letter.

As Tao Ran said, if Tao Ran hadn't been strong enough, maybe he would never have been able to see each other three years ago.

"Old classmate, are you going to show me your graduation photo? Haha, to be honest, I can hardly remember what I looked like at that time." Chu Ci was also looking forward to it.

He also had his graduation photo, but it was kept in his hometown. Since then, he has rarely been back to his hometown, and he doesn't even know if the graduation photo is still there.

Tao Ran glanced at Chu Ci and said, "What's so good about the graduation photos? Didn't I tell you that they are exclusive to you?"

"Ah?" Chu Ci was stunned.

Tao Ran carefully turned over the photos. The photos should be placed in an orderly manner. After a while, he seemed to have found the target and took out one of the many envelopes.

"Well, here you are."

"My letter?" Chu Ci was surprised. He had never received a letter in his life.

No, it was the admission notice. Other than that, he had never received a letter in his previous life.

The envelope suddenly fell into his hands, and he didn't know what to do for a moment.

"Look slowly, I'll go out and see if the takeaway has arrived."

Tao Ran used a lame excuse and turned around and walked out of the room.

Chu Ci seemed to realize something, and the hand holding the envelope shook unconsciously.

The envelope is white, with no name of the writer and no relevant information on it, but it is signed.

‘Classmate Chu personally greets you! ’ followed by a big smiling face.

"Classmate Chu"

Just a signature, just a title, just handwriting.

Chu Ci's hand stopped on the edge of the envelope, and his murderous hand didn't dare to tear it off. His heart, which was not afraid of the ultimate evil, trembled for the first time as if it was about to jump out.

"It's Xiaoxiao, it must be Xiaoxiao, it's the letter she left me, but when, when." (End of Chapter)