1985, the year of the great writer, began with Infernal Affairs!

The meal was finished in silence.

Zhao Wanwan helped her mother clear the table and wash the dishes.

After doing all that, she returned to her room and closed the door.

It was completely dark outside the window.

Zhao Wanwan opened her desk drawer and took out a notebook.

This is her diary, with a pink plastic cover, which she has been using for over a year.

She turned to a new page and picked up her pen.

The pen nib lingered on the paper for a long time before finally falling:

"August 16, 1985, sunny. Today I went to see Xie Lu. He got his college admission notice back from that rotten village clerk. I gave him the hundred yuan I had saved, and he walked me home. The sunset was beautiful."

Zhao Wanwan stopped writing at this point.

The pen tip hovered over the paper, and the ink gradually gathered into a small black dot.

She thought for a moment, then added:

"Xie Lu's smile, though a bit roguish, is more beautiful than the sunset."

After writing this sentence, Zhao Wanwan quickly closed her diary, her face turning red as if she had done something wrong.

She locked her diary in the drawer, hid the key under her pillow, then sat down at her desk, took out her admission notice from East China Normal University, and read it again.

Report for duty on September 5th.

Twenty days left.

Twenty days later, she was going to Wuhan.

And Xie Lu will also be in Wuhan.

Thinking of this, Zhao Wanwan suddenly felt a strange sense of anticipation.

When Xie Lu returned home, it was already completely dark.

There are no streetlights in the village, only the dim yellow light shining from the windows of each household.

He pushed the cart into the yard and saw the lights on in the main room, where his parents were sitting at the table waiting for him.

"Why are you so late?" Wang Yufen stood up. "Have you eaten? I've left some rice in the pot for you."

Xie Lu lied: "I ate it, I ate it in the county town."

Actually, he hadn't eaten. After dropping Zhao Wanwan off, he rushed back without stopping. His stomach was growling with hunger, but he didn't want his mother to keep busy.

"What are you eating?" Xie Youshan asked, holding a pipe but not lighting it.

After parking the car, Xie casually remarked, "Coarse corn porridge and pickled vegetables."

"Was that female classmate safely delivered?"

"It's been delivered." Xie Lu walked into the main room and sat down at the table. "Her home is in the steel factory's residential compound, it's easy to find."

Wang Yufen and Xie Youshan exchanged a glance, their understanding unspoken.

"Son," Xie Youshan began, his tone suddenly turning serious, "that female classmate, what was her name again?"

"Zhao Wanwan".

"Oh, Zhao Wanwan." Xie Youshan nodded. "What's your relationship with her?"

Attorney Xie had anticipated this question.

In this day and age, whether in the countryside or the city, it was no small matter in the eyes of parents if male and female classmates went out alone and were even escorted home.

"We're just classmates, we were in the same class in high school. She heard about my college acceptance letter and came to see me."

"It's that simple?"

Wang Yufen looked at Xie Lu with suspicion. Based on her experience, she felt there was definitely something fishy going on.

"It's that simple." Xie Lu shrugged. "Mom, what are you thinking?"

Wang Yufen felt a little embarrassed by Xie Lu's question. She rubbed her hands together and said, "I was just worried. She's a girl from the county town, pretty, and both her parents work. We're from the countryside, and our circumstances are poor. I was afraid you..."

Lawyer Xie, do you want a wife or not?

"What are you afraid of?" Xie Lu smiled. "Afraid I'll try to climb the social ladder?"

"That's not what I meant. Your mother is worried that you're young and immature, and that you might do something bad that would ruin the girl's reputation and your own."

This is a very straightforward and honest statement.

This era is nothing like what it will be like 30 or 40 years from now. In this era, everyone values ​​their integrity. No matter whether they are men or women, if anyone dares to engage in casual sexual relations, they will be punished to the fullest extent of the law and even be shot.

Xie Lu also stopped smiling and said seriously, "Dad, Mom, don't worry, Zhao Wanwan and I are just ordinary classmates now."

She came today to give me money. She heard from Liu Zhenyu that Li Hanwen was asking for 200 yuan before giving me the admission notice, so she gave me the 100 yuan she had saved.

"One hundred yuan?" Wang Yufen exclaimed in surprise. "Where would a young girl like her get so much money? Did she steal it from home? Do her family know?"

"It's money she saved up. It's the money she's been saving since junior high school, from her New Year's money and allowance. I said I didn't want it, but she insisted on giving it to me, saying it was a loan."

Xie Youshan and Wang Yufen both fell silent.

One hundred yuan is a huge sum for a rural family, and it's not a small amount for a girl from a county town either.

To be able to give this to a classmate shows such deep affection.

"This child has such a kind heart," Wang Yufen murmured.

Xie Youshan sighed: "Yes, but the more it is like this, the more you need to be careful."

Son, to be honest with you, the gap between our family and other families is too big.

It's not that we're inferior, but that's just how it is.

"You've been admitted to Wuhan University, which means you have a bright future, but right now, you're still just a kid from the countryside."

After a pause, Xie Youshan took a drag of his cigarette and continued, "You should remember the kindness of the girl, but you can't let it lead you to have inappropriate thoughts."

It's not wrong to have a partner, but you should wait until you're capable enough to provide a good life for them before doing so.

Before marriage, you absolutely must not ruin someone's reputation, understand?

Xie Lu nodded: "Dad, don't worry, I'm not that kind of person."

"That's good." Xie Youshan stood up, patted his son on the shoulder, and said, "Go eat, your mother saved some food for you."

Wang Yufen hurried to the kitchen and brought out a bowl of still-warm corn porridge and a small dish of pickled vegetables: "Eat quickly, it's still warm."

Xie Lu was indeed hungry, so he took the bowl and chopsticks and began to eat heartily.

Wang Yufen and Xie Youshan went about their own business, and in less than ten minutes, Xie Lu finished the last mouthful of porridge in his bowl.

"I'm full, Mom and Dad. You should go to bed early. I'm going to write something."

"Don't write too late, it'll strain your eyes."

"understood."

Xie Lu went into his room and closed the door.

Xie Lu walked to the desk, pulled out a chair, sat down, and turned on the light.

The dim yellow light illuminated the desktop.

There was a manuscript paper spread out on the table, a fountain pen next to it, and the "Contemporary" magazine that I bought from the county town.

Do you even know what "Contemporary" is? This is just a bunch of random, presumptuous writing.

He opened the magazine and glanced at He Chongshan's name on the title page.

I wonder what Lao He's reaction will be when he sees that half of his Infernal Affairs story.

Xie Lu couldn't help but feel secretly pleased when he thought of this. He picked up the old-fashioned rubber ink-absorbing fountain pen on the table, unscrewed the cap, and found that it was leaking ink badly.

His father saved up some money to buy this when he was in junior high school, and he still uses it now.

The pen tip lingered on the manuscript paper for a moment before falling.

He continued writing Infernal Affairs.

The story has reached a crucial moment.

Chen Yongren's identity was almost exposed, and Han Chen began to suspect him.

After Officer Wong's sacrifice, Chen Yongren lost his only contact and became a true wanderer, sinking deeper and deeper into despair, almost forgetting who he originally was.