She is in the fog

After the fourth evening self-study session, the students finally finished their classes for the day. The boarding students packed up and prepared to return to the dormitory, while the day students packed their bags and prepared to go home.

He Xi was still a little dizzy, feeling that everything around her was unreal. It was not until the lights in the teaching building were turned off that she slowly walked out of the classroom and headed towards the school gate.

But he saw Li Xingyu sneaking around the flower bed below Zhixing Building, and no one knew what he was doing.

He Xi and Li Xingyu live in the same community, one upstairs and the other downstairs. Their community is only a dozen minutes away from the school, so they walk to school and walk home every day, which is very convenient.

Thinking of what Li Xingyu said at the graduation party in his previous life, an idea suddenly came to He Xi's mind.

It is now March 2012, 3. Mingmei is still studying at Qinglin No. 9 Middle School and will not be able to transfer here until the second half of the year. But He Xi just can't let her go. He has to go to Qinglin No. Middle School in person to see her. He can only feel at ease when he sees Mingmei is alive and well.

Qinglin No. 1 Middle School is in Qinglin City. Although it is under the jurisdiction of Nancheng Province just like Nanzhou City, there is Yuzhou City between Qinglin City and Nanzhou City. The journey is long and one has to take a train. The problem is that He Xi has no extra money and cannot buy a train ticket at all.

But Li Xingyu was different. Her parents were both businessmen and were rarely at home. They rarely accompanied her, so they tried their best to satisfy her materially. When she was in high school, her monthly living expenses were over ten thousand yuan. They were a typical group of people who were stupid and had a lot of money.

Anyway, the Ning Xiaoduo incident was caused by Li Xingyu, so He Xi felt it was only natural to cheat her out of her money. Therefore, she had already carved out a perfect plan in her mind and was waiting to implement it tomorrow.

He Xi walked out of the school gate, turned a few intersections, and was about to swipe the card to enter the community from the side door when a group of people blocked the way. Leading them was Ning Xiaoduo.

At this time, the black villain suddenly appeared in front of He Xi, cheering for her: [Go ahead, He Xi, you are no longer a coward who can be bullied by others. These little girls are definitely no problem for you! ]

Ning Xiaoduo walked up, gently pushed He Xi's shoulder, raised her eyebrows and said, "Are you amazing?"

He Xi still had important things to do and didn't want to pay any attention to her. He just gave her a rather impatient look.

Ning Xiaoduo saw He Xi's expression. She stretched out her hand to hold He Xi's chin, put her head close to He Xi's face, and said through gritted teeth: "Are you so arrogant? I went to your classroom to look for you before, why didn't you come out?"

Yes, yes, it’s this long-lost yet familiar feeling.

She's really back! She's really back to high school!
He Xi was overjoyed, grabbed Ning Xiaoduo's hand that was pinching his chin, and then said excitedly: "Didn't you eat?"

Ning Xiaoduo was startled by He Xi's abnormal reaction. She struggled a few times, but was shocked to find that He Xi was so strong that she couldn't break free. She couldn't help but lose her composure. She was the one who took the initiative to find trouble, but she immediately became the passive party. Ning Xiaoduo widened her eyes and asked, "He Xi, what do you want to do?"

He Xi raised an eyebrow: "Should I be the one asking you this?"

"Let me go! Let me go!" Ning Xiaoduo shook her arms desperately and twisted her body like a nimble maggot.

He Xi loosened his hand nonchalantly, and Ning Xiaoduo lost her balance and fell to the ground.

He Xi looked down at Ning Xiaoduo lying on the ground, said coldly, "Don't bother me," and then swiped his card to enter the community.

Ning Xiaoduo watched He Xi disappear from sight, looked at the people around her, and saw that no one came to help. She couldn't help but curse: "Are you useless? Can't you see I'm still on the ground?"

Ding Xianting finally reacted and hurried forward to help Ning Xiaoduo up. "I'm sorry, Sister Ning, we didn't expect that... He Xi seems to have become a different person. She never dared to do this before."

Ning Xiaoduo fell on her butt, feeling a little pain. She rubbed her butt with obvious hatred in her eyes.

After He Xi entered the community, the black man appeared again, with a very disdainful expression: [He Xi, you have failed my expectations of you, it's such a pity, why are you just letting it go? Think about how she bullied you in the past, this will make her suffer a lot, right? ]

The white villain also showed up, and said to the black villain disapprovingly: [They are just a few little girls who are still wet behind the ears. If they beat up a few high school students, it would be very embarrassing if the news got out.]

The black man argued: [Can we open up a little? She is also a high school student now, so they are no different. ]

He Xi waved his hands and said impatiently: "You two are so noisy, can you shut up?"

Now she had no time to care about Ning Xiaoduo. The most important thing at the moment was to raise money for the train ticket so that she could go to Qinglin No. 1 Middle School to visit Mingmei.

There is one staircase per household in the community. After He Xi arrived at his floor, he did not choose to go home directly, but went up one more floor via the stairs.

The resident upstairs was an old lady who believed in Buddhism. After much persuasion from He Xi, the old lady agreed to lend her the wooden fish and Buddhist beads.

After that, she wrote a piece of paper with scribbled handwriting with her left hand, drew a cat's paw print on it, walked to Li Xingyu's door, and knocked hard. After she realized someone came to open the door, she threw the note on the ground and ran away.

The next day, she was the first to arrive in the classroom. She sat in her seat, put the wooden fish on the table, and fiddled with the Buddhist beads with her left hand.
Seeing that the hour hand of the clock on the wall pointed to 6 and the minute hand was about to point to 6, she picked up a small hammer and started hitting the wooden fish, "dong dong dong", muttering something in her mouth, as if she was saying some mantra for rebirth.

But in fact, if you listen carefully, you can hear that what she said is: "From the south came a lama, lifting a five-jin pagoda in his hand, and from the north came a mute, with a trumpet on his waist..."

Soon, someone passed by the window sill and pushed open the door. Seeing that Li Xingyu had indeed arrived on time, He Xi stopped what he was doing and took the initiative to ask in a puzzled manner: "Li Xingyu? What are you doing in the classroom so early?"

Li Xingyu avoided the question and refused to answer it directly. He asked, "What about you? What are you doing?"

"Hey, do you still remember the kitten that was drowned by Sun Tingyu? It came to me in my dream last night." He Xi brought out her Oscar-winning acting skills and sighed, "It said that it died a violent death, so it has never been able to enter reincarnation, so I'm trying to find a way to save its soul."

"Is it useful?" Li Xingyu looked at He Xi, his eyes filled with three parts of curiosity and seven parts of anticipation.

"Of course it is useful, but I am just an ordinary person. I can only do my bit, and I can't completely save the soul. I heard that there is a master in Jinyunshan Temple in Qinglin City who is very advanced in Taoism. He must have a way, but it's a pity..." He Xi frowned, his expression full of regret.

Li Xingyu was anxious: "What a pity?"

He Xi stretched out her right hand, rubbed her thumb and index finger in front of her eyes, and said sadly: "A relative of mine has made an appointment with that master, and she transferred the quota to me. Unfortunately, I have no money, so I can't go even if I want to."

"How much do you want? I'll give it to you!" Li Xingyu's voice was high-pitched. Perhaps she also realized that she was too emotional, and the expression on her face suddenly became unnatural. She made up for it, "What I mean is... that kitten is so pitiful, let it enter reincarnation as soon as possible."

He Xi immediately pretended to be grateful and said, "Great, Li Xingyu, you are such a good person. The Buddha will remember your merits. How much money do you have?"

Li Xingyu felt around in his pockets, searched in his schoolbag, and pulled out a bunch of red leather bills. He counted them and said, "Five thousand eight hundred yuan."

"Okay, give them all to me."

Li Xingyu hesitated and handed all the money in his hand to He Xi, and asked: "Do you really need so much?"

"Of course!" He Xi took it, "He's a master."

"But..." Li Xingyu hesitated.

"But what?"

"Do you really want them all? You won't leave any for me? I...I..."

Seeing her shy look, He Xi said helplessly: "Just say what you want to say."

"If you take all of it, at noon..." Li Xingyu lowered his head in embarrassment, "I will have no money for lunch."

"Why didn't you say so earlier!" He Xi took out a red leather note and put it on the table, then put the rest of the money in his pocket and said as he walked out of the classroom, "Then I'm going to Qinglin City. Bye."

Li Xingyu frowned: "You're going now? You're not going to class today?"

He Xi stopped, turned around and replied, "I may not be able to attend the evening study session tomorrow."

The high-speed rail from Nanzhou to Qinglin only started running in 2015. Now she can only take the train, which takes several hours to get there. When she gets there, she has to visit Mingmei. She definitely can't come back today. She can only take the train back tomorrow. If she's lucky, she might be able to catch the evening self-study class.

Li Xingyu was a little worried, "Have you asked for leave?"

"No, if the teacher asks, just help me find an excuse to deal with it." After she said that, she left without looking back.

Li Xingyu looked at her back and always felt that something was strange.

He Xi bought the earliest train ticket. When he got on the train, a white man appeared in front of him and accused him: "He Xi, how could you do this? You cheated your classmates and spent their money. 】

The black villain moved upon hearing the voice and retorted: [What's wrong with that? Although Li Xingyu didn't mean it, she hurt her so badly after all. This is what Li Xingyu owes her. Just consider it as compensation for mental damage.]

The white villain frowned: [You are making up stories! ]

The black villain rolled his eyes in a scoundrelly manner: [Lululu, but, He Xi, now you have returned to your high school days with your memories, it is completely a God's perspective, quickly raise money to buy two more houses in Nanzhou New District and wait for the appreciation of value. ]

"None of this matters." He Xi raised his eyes, his eyes were bright and the determination in his eyes said it all.

The past can be used as a warning, and she returned to her high school days. Since God has given her a chance to start over, she must seize it and give Mingmei and herself a happy ending.

The black man sneered: [Forget it, it's not important. Don't be so poor that you can't even support your wife. You can endure hardships, but you can't let your wife suffer with you, right? ]

(End of this chapter)