Ruan Ye

In 1995, the heart-wrenching cry of a child broke the quiet night of Changlin Lane, and the son of the Ruan family was born in the community at the end of the lane.

Her husband, a firefighter, was out on a mission. Suddenly, Li Fangshu's water broke. She didn't have time to go to the hospital, so she woke up her experienced mother-in-law and gave birth at home.

Li Fangshu looked at Ruan Ye crying loudly and non-stop, thinking that this child would definitely be very naughty in the future.

She was right. When Ruan Ye grew up, he was a notorious troublemaker in the alley, always calling his friends and running around. His parents were always called in at school, and he often got into trouble during holidays. Li Fangshu had to clean up his mess a lot.

For example, on this day, Ruan Ye was competing with others in throwing stones, and accidentally broke the glass on the second floor of an old villa, and was caught by Mr. Zhu.

Li Fangshu wanted compensation, but Grandpa Zhu said it was not necessary. He also had a grandson of that age, so he just needed to educate him.

Because her husband was busy with work and allowed the child to be naughty, Li Fangshu threw Ruan Ye to the care of Mr. Zhu. But before Mr. Zhu could even open his mouth, Ruan Ye took the opportunity to run away, leaving Mr. Zhu shouting, "You little bastard!"

From then on, Ruan Ye always avoided the Zhu family, fearing that he would be caught by Old Man Zhu.

But we still have fun everywhere as usual.

Until his father died in the line of duty, his mother cried every day and had no time to clean up his mess. He remembered his father said that if his father was gone one day, he would be the pillar of the family, so Ruan Ye restrained his temper.

He no longer worried his mother, and began to improve his messy handwriting, improve his poor grades, and put an end to his playful heart.

It seemed as if two people died in Changlin Lane: a hero, and the hero's carefree son.

Ruan Ye walked to school from the old house every day. When Grandpa Zhu saw him, he was reminded of his grandson who was being strictly disciplined every day. He felt very distressed. One day after school, he even said to Ruan Ye: "Boy, how about we play a game of throwing stones and see who can throw the farthest? Even if you break the glass of my house this time, I won't be angry."

Ruan Ye shook his head and said only two words, "Childish."

Old Master Zhu looked at Ruan Ye's thin back and sighed.

Ruan Ye walked away, from the sunshine to the shade of the trees, from the pile of toys to the desk, from the popular kid who called all his friends to the top student in the grade who was kept away from strangers.

In 2012, the sound of a chair falling to the ground reached Ruan Ye's ears. He turned his head and met the eyes of Fu Xingchuan, the lead singer who had bet with him to join the band. He was caught smoking by Fu Xingchuan.

Fu Xingchuan didn't say anything and left. Ruan Ye put out the cigarette and walked to the other side, not taking it seriously.

Girls often left love letters on his desk, and Ruan Ye would throw them away as trash every morning. He had no intention of falling in love, at least that's what he thought at the time.

"Hello." Ruan Ye came out of the school woods to smoke and just threw the cigarette butt into the trash can. Someone called him. He turned around and saw it was Xu Qinghong. Ever since he threw away the love letter from the girl he liked last time, he has been pestering him. Ruan Ye was so annoyed that he asked him directly: "Want to fight? If you lose, stay away from me."

Dad's teammates had been teaching him fighting, so Ruan Ye couldn't lose. Xu Qinghong was knocked to the ground, and only Ruan Ye's schoolbag was injured, with the things inside scattered on the ground.

He picked them up and left.

Back at Changlin Lane, Ruan Ye discovered that his hand was accidentally scratched by a branch. If Li Fangshu saw it, she would definitely ask him about it. He was upset, but he clearly heard the sound of someone falling to the ground.

When he looked closely, he found that it was actually a person. There was no one around except him. He quickly ran over to get first aid, called, and sent the person to the hospital.

After all this hassle, he returned home late. Li Fangshu chased him and asked, "Why are you back so late? Did something happen? What's wrong with your hand? Why is your schoolbag not zipped up? Did you drop anything?"

Ruan Ye said casually: "No, I slept."

After closing the door, Ruan Ye applied medicine to himself. While doing so, he remembered that the girl he had saved was holding his wrist in the ambulance, and he wondered how she was doing.

Later he found out that the girl's name was Zhu Sui'an. She had transferred to their class. Ruan Ye saw her introducing herself in a healthy manner from her seat and actually smiled.

He thought he was a despicable and heartless person. He would shamelessly go back on his words and ruthlessly reject girls. But no one expected that he would still fall in love with Zhu Sui'an.

She wasn't outstanding, had poor grades, and was talkative, but that didn't matter to him. If she chased after Xu Qinghong, he'd get angry. If she acted coquettishly towards Fu Xingchuan, he'd get jealous.

She also often went to Fu Xingchuan's house. Ruan Ye was so obsessed with her that one day she dreamed that she smashed the window on the second floor of the old house again.

Zhu Sui'an and Fu Xingchuan are inseparable every day, so Ruan Ye is becoming more and more annoyed with Fu Xingchuan.

However, seeing Zhu Sui'an being bullied by Xu Qinghong from a distance, Ruan Ye could not step in and not let Li Fangshu worry, so he had to pass a piece of paper to remind Fu Xingchuan. He ran over to beat Xu Qinghong, and Ruan Ye carried Zhu Sui'an to the infirmary.

"Thank you." In the infirmary, Zhu Sui'an loosened his clothes and said to him.

Ruan Ye stared at her and said, "Don't like him anymore."

Zhu Sui'an was stunned. Before Ruan Ye could continue speaking, he was interrupted by Fu Xingchuan who came in. Zhu Sui'an looked at him very worriedly, and Ruan Ye left.

After hearing Xu Yangyang's comments, Ruan Ye became even more discouraged. He didn't even want to pick up the book that had fallen.

I was depressed for a while, and one day I heard the girls in my class talking about, "It turns out Zhu Sui'an and Fu Xingchuan are twins, a boy and a girl. They don't look alike at all!"

He woke up immediately. The window next to him was not closed, and Fu Xingchuan's draft papers were blown everywhere. He carefully picked up the papers one by one and put them back on his desk.

After school, he went to a dessert shop for the first time and told the owner that he wanted to join the band. Qi Yao said, "Chuan will definitely be very happy if he knows that."

Ruan Ye believed it, but in fact, Fu Xingchuan was not very happy and seemed to be quite hostile to him.

So Ruan Ye tried every possible way to be nice to him and change his mind. After a while, although Fu Xingchuan still hated him, he seemed to be assisting him and Zhu Sui'an intentionally or unintentionally.

Ruan Ye asked him, and he said: "If you want to pursue her, pursue her well. I won't stop you, but don't be fickle. Also, quit smoking."

He nodded with a serious attitude.

It just so happened that Zhu Sui'an was alone. When Zhu Sui'an returned to Changlin Lane that day, he was waiting for her at the entrance. She was obviously stunned for a few seconds before greeting him, "Ruan Ye, hello, you just got out of school?"

"No, I skipped evening self-study." He said honestly. Zhu Sui'an stood two or three meters away from him and looked into his eyes. "Why?"

"Because I knew you would come back at this time." He confessed to her directly, "Because I want to tell you that I like you."

"I'm sorry..." she blurted out. Ruan Ye said, "Wait, I can change what's wrong with me. Don't be so quick to reject me."

"You are very cold, and sometimes I am afraid of you." Zhu Sui'an said honestly. Ruan Ye swore, "I will never be cold in front of you. I will treat you well with all my heart. Please give me a chance, okay?"

Zhu Sui'an hesitated, and Ruan Ye saw that her shoelaces were loose, so he squatted down to tie them for her. After tying them, Zhu Sui'an actually agreed to his request. Ruan Ye was so happy that he lost himself in joy and kissed Zhu Sui'an on the lips.

Zhu Sui'an hadn't expected that Ruan Ye wasn't very good at kissing. He let her go after a short kiss. She blushed and felt a little annoyed, "I haven't agreed to let you kiss me yet!"

Ruan Ye supported her arms on both sides and asked seriously, "Sui'an, can I kiss you again?"

She bit her lip and thought for two seconds, then nodded. Ruan Ye leaned over and was about to touch her when he heard the sound of a stone being thrown, hitting her leg. He frowned and looked over, only to find it was Fu Xingchuan. "What are you doing? Separate yourself quickly."

Ruan Ye held Zhu Sui'an's hand and said to Fu Xingchuan with a smile: "She is my girlfriend now."

Fu Xingchuan, who was unhappy with everything, was so angry that he forced their hands apart and said, "Even if she is my girlfriend, why are you kissing when we are just dating?"

Fu Xingchuan took Sui'an's hand and took her home. She looked back at Ruan Ye. His dimples were deeply sunken, and he looked very satisfied today.

After returning home, Ruan Ye couldn't sleep all night, and his mind was full of Zhu Sui'an.

After that, in addition to studying and his mother, Ruan Ye's heart and eyes were also full of her.

When she was watching the fireworks with joy, he felt like he was about to explode; when she was pushed down and injured, he felt heartbroken; when she suddenly said she wanted to break up and was just playing with him, he felt desperate and collapsed.

That's why I said to her: "If you leave now, I won't stand here waiting for you, don't regret it."

After Zhu Sui'an left, he was in a bad state. He was affected by the breakup and missing her for a long time. He felt that he was sick, with an incurable terminal illness.

It was only when Lin Luo said that Li Fangshu knew that he was smoking but pretended to be ignorant that he cheered up again.

With the college entrance examination approaching, Ruan Ye wanted to first give an account to his mother for all her hard work over the years. He sat obediently at his desk to study, blocking out any distractions, and only regarded Fu Xingchuan as a smart deskmate.

In the early morning of June 7th, Ruan Ye dreamed of his father after a long time. He apologized to Ruan Ye, "Xiaoye, I'm sorry that Daddy couldn't accompany you to grow up. I made you suppress your nature, and made life very tiring for you and Mommy."

"Dad, what are you talking about? You are a hero. Mom and I are very proud of you." For the first time in many years, Ruan Ye cried in front of his father.

When he woke up in the morning, there were still tears in the corners of his eyes. Ruan Ye wiped them away, got up and packed his schoolbag. Li Fangshu kept telling him not to be nervous at the door.

When Lin Luo was about to go out, Li Fangshu repeated those words to her again.

There was no sound for a long time. Ruan Ye came out of the room and found Li Fangshu talking to him in front of his father's portrait. The kitchen was on fire.

He quickly pushed Li Fangshu out of the door and asked her to call the fire department. He then went in to put out the fire. However, even after turning off the power, the fire could not be controlled and spread out of the kitchen.

Ruan Ye remembered the only photo he took with his father when he was a child, and hurried to the room to get it. Li Fangshu called him worriedly outside the door. Fortunately, Ruan Ye quickly found his way out of the fire, and the fire truck arrived to put out the fire.

Li Fangshu held Ruan Ye in her arms and saw that his hands were burned, so she wanted to take him to the hospital without caring about anything else. Ruan Ye refused and picked up his schoolbag and ran to school.

But in the end I still didn't catch up.

He stood at the school gate and took out the photo from his pocket. His father was smiling brightly and the little boy was nestled in his arms.

Did his father deliberately make him miss the first exam? So that he could stay in Nan'an with his mother? Ruan Ye comforted himself, not feeling too sad, and accepted it calmly.

When Li Fangshu arrived, he smiled and comforted her.

After going to the hospital to treat his wound, he focused extra hard on the remaining three exams. After the exams, Li Fangshu still blamed herself. Ruan Ye didn't know how to persuade her, nor did he know what the future would hold.

It was Lin Luo. She came back to talk to Li Fangshu and even chatted with him on purpose. Although what she said was quite pretentious, it was quite useful.

The point is, she brought Zhu Sui'an's phone number. Ruan Ye sat on a bench waiting for her call. Not long after, the call came. Ruan Ye slowly picked up the phone and said, "Hello."

"Hello."

"Hello!" Her tone was still familiar, and she must be more comfortable than before.

Ruan Ye breathed a sigh of relief and blinked, "Sui'an, I'm not feeling well. I'm sick."