I found a cell phone from ten years ago.

Chapter 126 A Chance Encounter at the Station Farewell
Friday, September 14th.

Li Xu got up before 7 a.m. He hadn't slept well last night because Luo Jiahui wasn't home.

It's true what they say: it's easy to go from frugality to extravagance, but difficult to go from extravagance to frugality. He'd only slept with his beautiful girlfriend for a few days, and now he couldn't get used to being alone in his room.

As usual, Li Xu went for a morning run in the neighborhood, and then went to the breakfast stall outside the east gate of the neighborhood for breakfast.

Around 8 o'clock, he took a taxi to school.

Upon arriving at the No. 2 girls' dormitory building, Li Xu got out of the car, asked the taxi driver to wait a moment, and took out his phone to call Guan Jiayu.

After waiting for about ten minutes, Guan Jiayu, wearing a long beige down jacket and dragging a large suitcase, came out of the building, followed by Su Youyou.

"Hi!" Su Youyou waved and greeted Li Xu with a smile.

She was dressed very cutely, wearing a loose red sweater, with neat bangs and two braids in front of her chest. She just looked too young, like a middle school student.

Li Xu smiled and nodded at Su You, asking, "You haven't left yet?"

"I'll be leaving soon; my train is this afternoon," Su Youyou said softly.

“Actually, you don’t need to come to see me off. I’ll take the subway to the train station…” Guan Jiayu said, subconsciously looking behind Li Xu, but she didn’t see his Mercedes-Benz E300.

"Where's your car?" she asked in surprise.

"Jia Hui is going to a car show in Shanghai today, so I had my assistant drive her there," Li Xu explained.

"Your car isn't here, so why did you come to give me a ride? It's not like I can't take a taxi myself," Guan Jiayu said, somewhat speechless.

"This is a token of my appreciation, don't you understand? Besides, I've already called a car for you, so you don't have to drag your suitcase to the school gate to hail a taxi."

As Li Xu spoke, he pointed to the taxi parked on the roadside not far away.

"Alright, thank you, okay?" Guan Jiayu said with a playful smile, a slight smile unconsciously appearing on her lips.

Then, she said to Su Youyou, "Youyou, I'm leaving now."

"Okay, goodbye." Su Youyou waved to Guan Jiayu with a cute smile.

Li Xu and Guan Jiayu walked together toward the taxi. When they reached the car, he took the suitcase from Guan Jiayu and helped her put it in the trunk.

The two then got into the back seat of the taxi together.

"Student Affairs Officer, what time is your train?" Li Xu asked after boarding the train.

“The train is at 10:16,” Guan Jiayu said.

"There's still plenty of time," Li Xu nodded after hearing this.

It's only a little past 8:30. There's plenty of time to take a taxi to the train station, or even take the subway.

"Don't keep calling me 'Life Committee Member' anymore, it makes me sound like I'm from the family planning office," Guan Jiayu said, glancing at Li Xu.

"Then what should I call you? Jiayu?" Li Xu asked with a smile.

“Just call me Jiajia, that’s what my family calls me,” Guan Jiayu said.

"Okay, then I'll call you Jiajia from now on." Li Xu's lips curled up slightly, revealing a smile.

The two chatted for a few more minutes, and Guan Jiayu took out her phone and started fiddling with it, occasionally a smile appearing on her face, probably chatting with someone on QQ.

Suddenly, she looked up and noticed that Li Xu had been staring at her. She couldn't help but say, "Why are you staring at me like that?"

"It's nothing, I just think you look really good today." Li Xu smiled and looked away.

"Stop sweet-talking me. Save those words for your girlfriend." Guan Jiayu rolled her eyes at Li Xu, not taking his words seriously.

"I'm telling the truth," Li Xu said, somewhat helplessly.

He was telling the truth. Guan Jiayu was indeed dressed very beautifully today. Instead of her usual high ponytail, she let her hair down and wore light makeup, which elevated her overall appearance and temperament.

To be honest, Guan Jiayu has quite good physical attributes. She is 170cm tall, has a standard oval face, a high nose bridge, and a strong, energetic vibe typical of girls from Northeast China. The only drawback is that her skin is a little less fair.

In just over twenty minutes, the taxi arrived at the train station.

After getting out of the car, Li Xu went to the back of the car, opened the trunk, and took out Guan Jiayu's suitcase.

"Alright, we've arrived at the station. Why don't you go back?" Guan Jiayu said, taking the suitcase from Li Xu.

"What do you mean? Are you trying to kick me out now that we've arrived?" Li Xu said jokingly, feigning displeasure.

"Who's chasing you? I just don't want to take up too much of your busy schedule," Guan Jiayu said, both amused and annoyed.

"Since you're already here, I'll see you to the station." Li Xu stopped joking and stopped smiling.

He dragged his suitcase and went through security with Guan Jiayu into the train station.

The two took the elevator upstairs and arrived at the waiting hall. The hall was crowded with people, and there was hardly a single empty seat. Many of them were students who were on holiday and preparing to take the train home.

"It's still early, why don't we find a place to sit for a while?" Li Xu said, taking out his phone and checking the time.

It's not even 9 o'clock yet, and there's still more than an hour before ticket check-in.

"But it seems like the place is full," Guan Jiayu said, looking around the hall.

"Let's look around, maybe there are still empty seats." Li Xu dragged his suitcase and searched the lobby with Guan Jiayu for a while, only to find that there were indeed no empty seats. Even when they occasionally saw empty seats, they were occupied by people with their luggage.

"Maybe I should just forget about it and stand there for a while," Guan Jiayu said.

Li Xu didn't say anything and continued walking forward.

Seeing an empty seat occupied by a handbag, he went up to the person sitting next to him and asked, "Is this seat taken?"

"There's someone here," the other person said without looking up.

After asking three or four people, I finally found an empty seat.

After the middle-aged woman sitting next to him took her luggage off the seat, Li Xu turned to Guan Jiayu and said, "Okay, sit down quickly."

Guan Jiayu glanced at Li Xu and sat down in her seat.

Li Xu handed her the suitcase and said, "Please sit down first. I have something to do and will be right back."

After saying that, he turned and left.

"What are you doing?" Guan Jiayu called out from behind him, but Li Xu did not respond.

About 10 minutes later, Li Xu returned carrying a large plastic bag of snacks.

"Did you go buy me food? You don't need to buy me anything. I have food in my suitcase. Besides, things at the station are too expensive. It's not worth it."

Seeing the bag of snacks in Li Xu's hand, Guan Jiayu said with a mix of complaint and heartache.

Things inside the train station are two to three times more expensive than in supermarkets outside.

"It's okay that you brought food, why don't you bring some more? You've come such a long way, you don't want to run out of food," Li Xu said with a smile to Guan Jiayu, handing her the bag of snacks he was carrying.

At that time, there weren't many high-speed trains. It took more than 22 hours, or a day and a night, to travel from Jiangning to Shenyang, Liaoning by a regular train with a K-series license plate. It was quite a long time.

Guan Jiayu took the bag of snacks and found it filled with eight-treasure porridge, beef jerky, sunflower seeds, potato chips, milk, and drinks. She couldn't help but say, "You bought so much stuff, it must have cost a hundred or two hundred yuan. That's more than my train ticket."

Upon hearing this, Li Xu seemed to remember something and said, "By the way, what kind of ticket did you buy? It wasn't a hard seat, was it? You can upgrade to a sleeper berth after you get on the train. It's too much for a girl like you to sit in a hard seat for a whole day and night."

Just as Guan Jiayu was about to say something, the middle-aged woman sitting next to her smiled and said, "Young lady, your boyfriend is really good to you."

Guan Jiayu was taken aback and subconsciously glanced at Li Xu, just about to explain to him that the two were not boyfriend and girlfriend.

Li Xu reached out and patted her head, smiling as he said to the older woman, "She's my girlfriend. If I don't treat her well, who else should I treat well?"

Guan Jiayu looked up in surprise and glared at Li Xu reproachfully.

This guy actually took advantage of her.

A little while later, a train started boarding, and many people got up to queue for boarding. A lot of seats became empty, and Li Xu sat down in the empty seat next to Guan Jiayu.

"It'll be almost forty more minutes before they start checking tickets. If you have something to do, you can go back first. You don't need to stay here with me." Guan Jiayu took out her phone, checked the time, and said to Li Xu.

Despite her stubbornness, she was actually quite grateful to Li Xu for coming to see her off.

She knew Li Xu was extremely busy, writing two novels, making videos, and recently starting a company.

She couldn't even understand how Li Xu could manage so many things at the same time.

"It's alright, I'll stay a little longer," Li Xu said with a smile.

"Then why did you just tell someone that I'm your girlfriend?" Guan Jiayu glanced at him and couldn't help but ask.

"You've always been my girlfriend, my female friend, or girlfriend for short," Li Xu said to Guan Jiayu with a smile, then added half-jokingly:
"Actually, if you really want to be my girlfriend, it's not impossible. I don't mind having another girlfriend."

"You don't mind, but I do!" Guan Jiayu rolled her eyes at Li Xu, a little annoyed.

"You're dreaming. You want to find two girlfriends?"

"There's no rule that says you can't have two girlfriends, is there?" Li Xu said jokingly.

Guan Jiayu gave Li Xu a deep look, unsure whether he was joking or serious.

About fifteen or sixteen minutes later, the announcement suddenly came on: "Ticket boarding for train Kxxx from Jiangning to Shenyang is now open..."

"It seems like they've started checking tickets early," Guan Jiayu said, standing up from her seat.

"Then hurry up and get your ticket checked, get on the train early, and ask the conductor if there are any sleeper berths left. If there are, get one," Li Xu instructed her.

"Okay, I'll handle it. Don't worry about it too much," Guan Jiayu said with a slightly impatient smile.

Then, with a hint of reluctance, she said, "I'm going to get my ticket checked now."

"Go ahead," Li Xu said with a smile.

However, just as Guan Jiayu was dragging her suitcase and carrying a bag of snacks, preparing to queue for ticket inspection, Li Xu suddenly called her back.

"You're just leaving?"

"Otherwise, what else could it be? If we don't go this way, what else could happen?" Guan Jiayu asked, puzzled.

"We're parting ways, how about a hug?" Li Xu said half-jokingly, opening his arms as if to hug.

Guan Jiayu glanced at him with amusement, put down her suitcase and snack bag, and generously stepped forward to give Li Xu a hug.

"Alright, alright?" she said, and then she was about to let go.

But Li Xu held her tightly, smelling the fragrance on her body and hair, and whispered, "Wait a minute, let me hold you a little longer."

After a minute or two, seeing that Li Xu was still holding her tightly, Guan Jiayu couldn't help but say, "Haven't you had enough of holding me yet?"

Li Xu then let go of her hand and said with a smile, "Let's go, I'll go with you to get your ticket checked."

He stayed with Guan Jiayu until she finished queuing to have her ticket checked, watched her walk into the platform, and then turned and left.

After exiting the train station, Li Xu walked towards the taxi stand, intending to hail a taxi back.

Just then, he seemed to catch a glimpse of a familiar figure out of the corner of his eye, and suddenly stopped and turned to walk towards the entrance of the train station.

Xiao Yu dragged her suitcase into the station and was about to put it on the conveyor belt for security check when she suddenly felt someone lightly pat her shoulder.

She turned her head and saw Li Xu standing behind her with a smile on his face.

"What are you doing here?" Xiao Yu asked, both surprised and delighted.

"I'll help you." Li Xu didn't answer, but took the suitcase from her and put it on the conveyor belt.

After the two passed through security, Xiao Yu asked with a smile, "Why did you come to the train station?"

"I was about to ask you the same thing, why didn't you take a plane, but instead came by train?" Li Xu retorted.

Why would Xiao Yu, a rich girl, choose to take the train instead of flying?

It's worth noting that the flight from Jiangning to Chengdu only takes two or three hours, and even including the waiting time at the airport, half a day is enough.

If you were to take a train, there were no high-speed trains at that time. Even the Z-series express trains would take more than 18 hours, and ordinary trains would take 33 hours.

The road to Shu is difficult, more difficult than ascending to heaven; this is no mere saying.
“I don’t really like flying. I usually don’t fly unless I’m going abroad,” Xiao Yu explained to Li Xu.

After hearing this, Li Xu finally understood why she had also taken the train when school started.

If Xiao Yu hadn't taken the train, he would never have met her at the subway station; that's fate.

"I'm at the station to see a classmate off," Li Xu explained.

A gift for a classmate? Xiao Yu didn't need to guess to know that Li Xu was most likely giving the gift to a female classmate.

"I'll be going now, my train is about to leave." With that, Xiao Yu reached out to take the suitcase from Li Xu.

Li Xu didn't hand her the suitcase, but instead said, "How about I take you there? I'll help you with the suitcase, it'll be faster."

"Then I'll have to trouble you." Xiao Yu hesitated for a moment, but did not refuse.

Li Xu dragged his suitcase and walked quickly ahead, with Xiao Yu following closely behind. The two soon arrived at the waiting hall.

Sure enough, the train was about to depart, and people had already started queuing to have their tickets checked.

"Thank you, I'll go check my ticket now." Xiao Yu said to Li Xu with a smile, taking the suitcase from him.

However, just as she turned around, Li Xu called out to her again, "Can I take up two or three minutes of your time?"

"Is there anything else?" Xiao Yu stopped and asked.

“I want to sing you a song,” Li Xu said, looking into her eyes.

"Sing?"

Xiao Yu was a little surprised. She looked at Li Xu, smiled, and nodded, saying, "Okay, you sing."

……

(End of this chapter)