Time has you, memories become flowers

Chapter 2 Simple Age (2)
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Wei Chi dreamed of bloody fire again, woke up with a start, he checked his phone, it was three o'clock in the morning.

He knew that he would not be able to sleep again that night, so he got up and went to the study room, looking through the unfinished books on the table.His bookshelves are full of books on astronomy, physics, psychology, chaos, ghosts and gods, and literature.

As usual, Wei Chi went out to the photo studio at eight o'clock, because his residence was not far from the photo studio, so he walked unless it was raining.Just as he was about to go to the breakfast shop that he often eats to buy breakfast, he saw a car driving out in the community ahead, and he recognized the person sitting in the co-pilot at a glance.He wanted to run over, but several cars speeding past on the road made him stop.When he looked over again, the car had already reached the intersection and disappeared after turning the corner.

Sitting in the passenger seat, Zhao Moli said to Han Jing who was driving: "It's my first day to work in a big hospital, and I'm a little nervous."

"You can even do something as awesome as running away from home, and you're still nervous?"

Li Li stated sadly: "I didn't do it because I disagreed with my dear father's three views. When I was in kindergarten, my mother took me to see the Four Little Swans. I saw that the white dress was beautiful. I wanted to learn to dance, but my dad refused to let me learn piano. Later, I wanted to learn to draw and do animation in the future, but he refused, saying that there was no future. Why is there no future? Our Chinese animation has been making steady progress , as long as I don’t give up, one day I will be able to produce works that will shine in the world; later on, I wanted to study medicine, but he insisted that I study economics. The doctor was kind, and he told me to go home and get married and have children. I don't want a marriage without love, and I don't want to have children for someone I don't love. I don't want my life to be boring and sad. I I want to play this game of chess by myself, even if I don’t win in the end, at least I’m happy in the middle.”

Han Jing looked at the heroic and determined childhood sweetheart between his brows, and said with a smile: "I thought your father asked you to come back this time. When you come back, you plan to be a filial daughter."

"How could I be unfilial? When I was away from home, I saw that health care products that are good for the treatment of high blood pressure were bought and sent to the old man. I also fell for his birthday gift. I come back every Chinese New Year. I respect him, but I don't agree with him. Certain concepts; I am filial, but not at the price of giving up on myself." Mo Li said pitifully, "I'm back, but I just miss the Xiaolongbao and Jiuniangyuanzi here."

After Zhao Moli arrived at the hospital, she went to the oncology department to report. The director of the department took her to meet colleagues in the same department, and everyone went about their business.

Zhao Moli has been away for more than three years. In the first half of the year, she traveled all over the country. Later, she chose a small city she liked, rented a room, and entered a second-grade hospital to work.

Although the hospital has been changed now, Zhao Moli has changed the soup but not the medicine. Zhao Moli has followed her predecessors to study and be a helper. She is polite and modest. In just one morning, she has established friendly relations with colleagues in the same department.

At noon, a female colleague who had dinner with Zhao Moli asked her why she wanted to study medicine.

Mo Li thought for a while and said, "Responsibility."

The female colleague said: "Great. I watched a TV series called "It's All Angels' Trouble" when I was a child. Later, when I grew up, I had forgotten about that TV series, but I always yearned for being a doctor. .”

Li Li said very literaryly: "The outside world just left a seed in your heart, and in the end, the seed grew into a tree by itself. This is a sentence I saw somewhere before, and it is quite appropriate to describe your situation."

"Haha, yes. Although being a doctor is very hard and tiring, it still feels good to save lives and heal the wounded."

Li Li silently raised his thumb, this colleague is really great.

And when Li Li thought of herself, she actually wanted to be an animation producer.But because her mother's health was getting worse when she was in high school, she decided to apply for medicine.

As a result, her mother left before she graduated from college.

In the afternoon, Zhao Moli followed his senior to check the room and was about to go back to the office when he saw an old man sitting at the end of the corridor with a confused look on his face.

Just as she was about to go over and ask about the situation, she saw a boy coming out of the director's office with a case.Li Li watched him help the old man up, because he was much taller than the old man, so when talking to the old man, he bent slightly and lowered his head.

When they walked past her, Li Li heard the boy say with a smile: "Grandma, I'm really fine."

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The college entrance examination is coming as scheduled.On June [-]th and [-]th, the weather was fine and not too hot, which was considered a beautiful day.

After finishing the final English test, Xia Chu walked out of the examination room, and her deskmate also came out quickly, and walked up to her, "How did you do in the test?"

Xia Chu nodded, "It's okay. What about you?"

"It feels okay." The tablemate took her arm, "Finally liberated, Xia Chu baby, let's go, let's eat, drink and have fun!"

"Wait." While chatting with her deskmate, Xia Chu kept staring at the examination room next door, and after a while, she saw Tang Xiaonian walking out.

At this time, people were coming and going, Xia Chu stood under the tree with her deskmate, as Tang Xiaonian got closer, her heart beat faster and faster, her hands subconsciously moved up and down in front of her abdomen, and took a deep breath.

Tang Xiaonian: "Practice?"

"..." Xia Chu mumbled, "When are you free? Shall we make an appointment to meet one day? I have something to tell you."

Xia Chu's deskmate always felt that the wishful Xia Chu was stupid, and he wanted to climb this unpredictable active volcano instead of climbing any mountain.

Tang Xiaonian stared at Xia Chu for a while, then suddenly smiled, "Okay. I have something to do today, and I'll make an appointment with you in two days." Then he reached out and touched her red cheeks, "Go play with your friends first."

Xia Chu was dumbfounded, and took a while to reply: "Oh."

As soon as Tang Xiaonian left, the tablemate was speechless: "He must be eating your tofu, he touched your face for a long time."

"Nonsense!" Xia Chu said angrily, "It should be said that I finally let him take advantage of me."

The deskmate hates iron but not steel, "You really give me a face."

She thought of many ways to express her feelings to him. The phrase "I like you" has been hidden in her heart for a long time, and she wants to tell him when the time is right.

At worst it was just wishful thinking, but it was her own will.

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Tang Xiaonian walked into the photo studio again, but this time he only saw a woman cleaning.

"Where's the boss?"

The woman looked up, "Going out for dinner."

Wei Chi has been going to eat near the neighborhood where the car was last seen for several days in a row.When I returned to the store, I saw Tang Xiaonian sitting on the sofa by the window, strumming the guitar, and uttered a slow and somewhat sad tone - "Abyss of Destiny".

Tang Xiaonian stopped playing when he saw Wei Chi coming in.

"Sister Xiang, you should get off work first today."

Sister Xiang had just packed up the cleaning tools, she replied "OK" without asking any further questions, and went to the back room to wash her hands, then went behind the screen to get her purse and left.

Wei Chi went to the bar and poured two glasses of water, one black and one white ceramic cup, he put the white one on the small coffee table in front of the sofa, and then he sat on the wicker chair against the wall.

"Have you finished the college entrance examination?"

Tang Xiaonian twitched the corner of his mouth.

Wei Chi took a sip from the black cup and said objectively, "You don't really need to waste your time going to the college entrance examination."

Tang Xiaonian closed his eyes and thought, he was very talented, but he gave the impression of being extraordinarily precocious and decisive, "But I don't want to go to the hospital and wait to die. I would rather let the savings left by my parents be handed over to the nursing home and let them take good care of me. Grandma. Besides, I also want to see if I don't have this damn problem, can I follow the path I envisioned... Apply to the school she applied for, tell her what I think, after graduation, I will I will work hard to make money, take good care of her and grandma." After Tang Xiaonian finished speaking, he opened his eyes, "Boss, your life must be very interesting. You can see all kinds of futures, just like a prophet. It is your camera that can Do you see the future, or yourself?"

Wei Chi didn't answer, "Is this important?"

Tang Xiaonian didn't ask any more, "Okay, boss, can you tell me why she didn't go to college?"

"She died." Seeing Tang Xiaonian standing up in shock, Wei Chi continued, "She and her family were driving out, and the car crashed off the highway."

"You...you're just talking nonsense!" Tang Xiaonian was so angry that his voice trembled.

"After the college entrance examination, she will go on a trip with her parents. I think they had an accident on the day of the trip."

Tang Xiaonian couldn't accept it, he sat down on the sofa again, and it took a long time before he said again: "I don't believe it."

"Then why did you come to me?"

Tang Xiaonian gritted his teeth and said, "I'll go find her and tell her and her family."

"Do you think they'll believe it?"

Tang Xiaonian thought of the drowned woman, he shook his head, "No."

"You don't want her to die?"

"Nonsense, of course I don't want to!" Tang Xiaonian was extremely disgusted by Wei Chi's statement of death without emotion. He rubbed his face and restrained his temper, "Boss, you did your best to save the drowned man back then." Is it? Or just a gentle reminder, and then wait for her to die?"

Wei Chi rubbed his temples tiredly. He hasn't slept well for several days. "Now, we're talking about your classmates."

Tang Xiaonian smiled wryly, "She is the one I like."

"That couldn't be better."

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Zhao Moli does not reject the profession of a doctor, but she really doesn't like hospitals very much—almost every day, she has to face death, or a death that has not yet happened but has been confirmed.

She also thought of the young man with his grandmother whom she had seen a few days ago. Today, she inadvertently learned from the director that he had a malignant tumor and did not plan to undergo chemotherapy.His reasons were straightforward and realistic, and he didn't want to waste money.

After Han Jing put the takeaway food into his own bowls and plates, he went into the study and asked Zhao Moli to eat, and saw her sitting on a chair in a daze.

"It's time for dinner. The weather is nice today. Let's go for a walk by the river after dinner." Seeing that she was not moving, Han Jing approached her, "What are you thinking?"

"Do you remember what I was like?"

"? Ten years ago." Han Jing recalled, "You are younger and cuter than you are now, of course. You read comics, read novels, love to play, love to eat, and love to cling to your mother."

"Carefree?"

"Hmm." Han Jing saw a photo next to Zhao Moli's computer, and he picked it up to look, "When was this taken? Who is the person taking the photo with you?"

"I met this girl on the train when I left Shanghai four years ago." This is another thing that caught Mo Li's mind recently. "She sat across from me. She was very cheerful and lively, and she talked very interestingly." , We chatted very well. She said her name was Wei Lan, and she was going to play in City A. In the end, she left me her phone number, but I couldn't get through that number after calling several times. I guess her phone may have dropped .I thought that this one-sided relationship would end there, but this time I picked up this photo just after returning to Shanghai. Don’t you think it’s unbelievable?” Zhao Moli said, standing up, “How about Don't go to the riverside after dinner, just go to our alma mater S to stroll? I found this photo there, maybe she often goes there, maybe I can meet her again."

As a middle school that can be traced back to the Republic of China, the school is full of trees and leaves, and there are still some green tile buildings that combine Chinese and Western styles.In the evening, many nearby residents will go for a walk in the playground in S.

Zhao Moli and Han Jing went to S, and the two walked and chatted after entering S. When they walked to the window in front of the library, Mo Li saw photos displayed inside.

She took a closer look, "Do you have the graduation photo of this year's senior year?" After looking at it, it turned out that "Shanghai S Middle School's 2016 graduation photo" was printed on the top of the photo.

Zhao Moli glanced at those young faces, and saw the boy standing in the last row with a slight smile.

On the blackboard next to the photo, it was written in red chalk: No matter what your grades are, you still have a long way to go in life!May you ride the wind and waves, spread your wings and fly high, to create a beautiful and broad future!

"When encountering a confirmed death, what should we do? What is the right way?" Mo Li looked at Han Jing with pity in his eyes.

Wei Chi walked by the river.

In that year, except for the time in City A, he would spare time every night to drive around the river.He only knew that the man was robbed and pushed into the river after dark, but he didn't know the exact time or the exact location.This kind of inspection has little hope, and in the end, he really failed to save that person.

Wei Chi looked towards the boundless river.And this time, he was not sure whether he could really change the result.

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Xia Chu waited for two days, but Tang Xiaonian never contacted her, so when she opened the door and saw the person at the door, she was very pleasantly surprised.

"How did you come? No, how do you know where my house is?"

"Ask the squad leader, he has a contact address."

"Oh." After Xia Chu calmed down, he asked in a low voice, "Do you want to come in and sit?"

"Stop sitting, I'm here to 'kidnap' you." Tang Xiaonian tilted his head slightly, showing a sincere smile.

"what?"

Tang Xiaonian sighed, "I don't want to use strong methods, after all, twisted melons are not sweet. Then why don't you elope with me?"

Although Xia Chu could still hear the misty words, his face was already flushed.

"I'm going on a trip with my parents tomorrow. Xiaonian, can you wait for me to come back? When I come back, I'll go find you..."

"It seems that we still have to kidnap."

"what?"

Tang Xiaonian grabbed Xia Chu's arm, "Do you have your phone with you?"

"Ah."

"Let's go then."

"Wait, Xiaonian, where are you taking me? Well, well, I'll go with you, but I have to be back before eight o'clock, otherwise my parents..."

"Miss Xia, you are being kidnapped by me now, I have the final say on when you can go home."

"..."

The sunset glow all over the sky gradually faded from its prosperity and turned into blue gray.

Tang Xiaonian held Xia Chu's hand and sat on the bus.

Recalling the previous conversation with Wei Chi in his mind——

"What do you want to do to help her?"

"I'll take her to a place and inform her parents that she's safe, but won't be coming home for a while. But that's not a guarantee, and her parents will cancel the trip - if they feel she's going to go home for a while. If the disappearance is not dangerous, and you don't want to waste the money you've already paid for the trip, chances are, something will happen to them anyway. Isn't it, boss?"

"Maybe."

"Oh...why would I believe such an outrageous thing. In short, I will contact them again. If they don't cancel the trip, I will tell them that I will take her with me and never come back. "

When the car drove to the suburbs, there were very few people in the car.Xia Chu had never been in this car before, but she no longer cared about where the car would go. She only paid attention to the people around her, thinking, is it just wishful thinking for them to be like this now?

Suddenly she heard Xiaonian laughing, she thought he had seen through her inner drama, she blushed, "Why are you laughing?"

"I laugh at myself." Tang Xiaonian looked sideways at Xia Chu, "I turned the reality into a fake, and acted like I was myself."

Xia Chu's cell phone rang, and it was her mother calling.

She connected in a panic: "Hello, Mom?"

"Where are you? Why aren't you at home?"

Xia Chu was so dizzy that he didn't know how to explain the current situation, so the phone was picked up by the person around him.

"Hello, Auntie, my name is Tang Xiaonian, and I am Xia Chu's classmate. I will take Xia Chu out to play for two days."

"Ah? How can this work? We're going to take Xiaochu on a trip tomorrow. You...you let Xiaochu answer the phone."

"I'm sorry." After Tang Xiaonian finished speaking, he hung up the phone and turned off the phone. Then he said to Xia Chu, "I will keep your phone for the time being."

The beginning of summer is blinded...

"Are we really going to be out for two days?"

"Ah."

"My mother must be mad... She has a bad temper... Let me call her again... No, you are kidding, we will go back tonight..." Xia Chu said incoherently.

Tang Xiaonian held Xia Chu's face in his hands, and the two looked at each other, "Today, everything I told you is true."

"..."

"Choose me or travel?" Tang Xiaonian asked seriously, "Answer me at the beginning of Xia."

"you."

(End of this chapter)