Outside the school gate, there were many parents anxiously waiting for their children to finish their exams. There were countless educational institutions distributing flyers, and colorful umbrellas and paper fans were everywhere.

But Lin Chaoxi walked through them and saw Bao Xiaomeng at first sight.

The girl was leaning against the camphor tree outside the milk tea shop. When Bao Xiaomeng saw her, he opened his big black eyes and waved at her.

"Why did you let Pei Zhi bring the message to me..." Lin Zhaoxi walked over and decided to say hello first.

"Are you and Pei Zhi together?" Bao Xiaomeng asked.

“No.”

"Then I just saw him after I handed in the paper and asked him to pass the message to you." Bao Xiaomeng said.

Hearing this, Lin Chaoxi suddenly realized that the exam was not over yet, and Bao Xiaomeng had even handed in her paper earlier than Pei Zhi.

As if he could see what she was thinking, Bao Xiaomeng said directly: "You and I are actually similar. It is meaningless for both of us to spend an extra 30 minutes on the questions."

Lin Chaoxi didn't know what to say.

During this pause, Bao Xiaomeng turned around and walked towards the milk tea shop. She stood in front of the cashier and said to the clerk, "Two cups of bubble milk tea."

Lin Chaoxi quickly pulled down his backpack and tried to take out money.

Bao Xiaomeng: "I'll treat you."

"Don't make it look like we're breaking up." After searching his pocket for money, he found it was empty. Lin Chaoxi zipped up his pocket and said with some regret.

"We're breaking up anyway." The girl smiled at her calmly, "I'm going to Yongchuan during the summer vacation, and I won't have many opportunities to come back in the future."

"What are you going to do?"

"Our boss is going to open a new jewelry chain store in Yongchuan, and she wants to find our old employees to go there."

"The boss likes you very much."

"Yeah." Bao Xiaomeng was a little happy.

Lin Chaoxi thought about it and asked, "Are you really not going to continue studying?"

"I've said it before, everyone has their own life, I think my peaceful life is good. And our boss said that I might be able to become a store manager in the future, and I won't necessarily make less money than you!"

The black glutinous rice pearls were scooped into plastic cups. The waiter skillfully mixed the milk tea with essence. The sealing machine made a click and two cups of pearl milk tea were quickly ready.

"Oh, that's good." Lin Chaoxi said.

"I think so too." The straw pierced through the plastic seal, Bao Xiaomeng took a big sip, and then said, "If it weren't for you, I wouldn't want to understand it so clearly."

Lin Chaoxi looked at the girl's slightly smiling face and frowned.

Bao Xiaomeng explained: "That day, almost across the street, you fell down, and then suddenly woke up, and your whole person changed drastically. The next day, when you went to the 1st shift to compare 9:00 p.m., you were dead!"

Lin Chaoxi avoided her sight and remained silent.

"You've really changed so much." The girl stood in front of a gap between floor tiles and said, "If this is a starting line, we were clearly together at the beginning, but suddenly, you ran to the position of that aunt."

Bao Xiaomeng pointed to a small silhouette far away and said.

"In fact, I tried hard, when you didn't know. But I found that when I was thinking about working hard, you ran very far away." Bao Xiaomeng looked at the place that was so far away that it couldn't be farther and said, "At that time, I realized that there was such a big gap between people. It was impossible for me to catch up with you."

"Actually, it's not." Lin Zhaoxi interrupted her subconsciously.

"That's right!" Bao Xiaomeng turned around, "Then tell me, how can I catch up with you?"

Lin Chaoxi was suddenly speechless.

It turns out that after going around in circles, they are back to this problem, the problem of "not catching up".

She couldn't answer.

To give an inappropriate example, when facing the same game of 21, after mastering various strategies, her chance of winning may be 80%, Pei Zhi's is 99.5%, and Bao Xiaomeng, who knows nothing, may only have 50%.

She hasn't yet found a way to increase her chances of winning to 99.5%, so how can she tell Bao Xiaomeng the answer?

Well, in fact, Bao Xiaomeng has already provided an answer.

——People should not work so hard to pursue those lofty goals. Just live a simple life and live their own sweet life.

At this moment, she was even convinced by this answer.

"Why don't you speak?" Bao Xiaomeng asked.

Lin Zhaoxi raised his head reluctantly: "I was thinking, Yongchuan is too big."

"It doesn't matter, I can find my way home." Bao Xiaomeng joked cheerfully, "I have said what I need to say, and I am leaving now."

"I will also be in Yongchuan during the summer vacation, at Sanmi University. Can you come visit me?"

"You're showing off again." Bao Xiaomeng said, turning back while holding a cup of milk tea.

Lin Chaoxi really wanted to say "I didn't", but when the words came to her lips, she didn't want this separation to become a very uncomfortable process.

"I'm sorry." She didn't argue.

"Goodbye then!" Bao Xiaomeng took a sip of milk tea and waved at her nonchalantly.

In the sunlight, her black hair was like a waterfall and her back was very brilliant.

Lin Zhaoxi raised his head suddenly: "Why did you come to see me today?"

"I'm saying goodbye to you. After all, we had such a good relationship before." Bao Xiaomeng turned around and smiled again, but her voice was wet and choked.

Why do you feel so uncomfortable? Isn't this the path you want to take?

Bao Xiaomeng's figure gradually walked away until her smile faded and she disappeared into the crowd.

After looking at it for a long time, Lin Chaoxi also felt pain in his eyes.

Maybe youth is something that, no matter how many times you come back, you are always pouring clean water into the cup.

The pickled lemon slices at the bottom of the cup spread out, slowly releasing their sourness and saltiness, and when you taste it in your mouth, you can’t really describe the taste.