After changing into her formal dress and removing her makeup, Ye Li got off the bus at the East Gate of Imperial University around 11 o'clock.
As I walked towards the Starry Sky Apartment, I could see Xie Yunkai standing at the bottom of the steps and Lu Xiaoxiao smiling on the steps.
"pear……"
Upon seeing Ye Li, Lu Xiaoxiao waved and greeted her, looking surprised. "You didn't go home tonight?"
"No, I'm afraid I won't be able to get up tomorrow morning!"
Ye Li shook her head and asked with an amused look, "Why don't you two go upstairs to talk?"
In early spring, the nights are still a bit chilly.
Xie Yunkai's suit jacket was draped over Lu Xiaoxiao's shoulders, but it still couldn't block out the cold.
Lu Xiaoxiao hugged her coat tightly, looking embarrassed. "I won't let him go upstairs tonight. Pear, you should go upstairs quickly, don't get cold!"
Ye Li nodded, turned around and walked into the apartment building.
Even after they'd walked away, Lu Xiaoxiao's sweet voice could still be heard, "Yun Kai, you look so handsome in a suit. When we're rich in the future, you'll wear a suit for me every day, okay?"
Ye Li didn't hear Xie Yunkai's response, but she knew that there would be no other answer besides "okay".
Looking back, Ye Li was no longer visible. Lu Xiaoxiao smiled, let go of her hand, and threw herself into Xie Yunkai's arms. "Yunkai, you've been so busy lately..."
"sorry!"
Lowering his head to kiss Lu Xiaoxiao's hair, Xie Yunkai's dark eyes gradually brightened.
"Xiaoxiao..."
As if having made up her mind, Xie Yunkai said softly, "Let's... not take the postgraduate entrance exam, okay?"
? ? ?
Lu Xiaoxiao stood up straight in surprise. "Yun Kai, what's wrong? Has Auntie's old problem flared up again? Or Uncle Xie...?"
"no!"
Xie Yunkai shook his head, looked up at Lu Xiaoxiao and said, "It's my own choice not to take the exam."
"Why?"
Lu Xiaoxiao's anxious expression gradually calmed down.
Suddenly, I realized it was all meaningless.
The two have been together for so many years, and are not only lovers, but also soulmates.
Xie Yunkai said in a deep voice, "Xiaoxiao, I believe that all the efforts we put in now will definitely pay off, just like we will definitely succeed in the postgraduate entrance examination as long as we prepare seriously. But what happens after we succeed? Postgraduate, Master's, Doctoral... and then what? Don't you think that our hard work is often meaningless?"
“There are three types of people on the road to success. One type is like Ye Li, who is talented and has won at the starting line from the very beginning. Another type is those who are diligent, hardworking, and have the resources to strive. Xiaoxiao, and we are the third type.”
Lu Xiaoxiao listened attentively.
Xie Yunkai also spoke seriously, "We have to give it our all just to get to the same starting line as them. But by the time we get there, they'll already be on their way to success, maybe even near the finish line. Xiaoxiao, I'm not giving up, it's just... I don't want to compete anymore."
"Xiaoxiao, let's get married!"
First, there was that phrase, "Madam Fu."
Then, she learned from Zhong Ke'er that Ye Li was already married.
From that moment on, Xie Yunkai's heart was filled with restless desire.
The moment Xie Yunkai spoke those words, he felt as if all the pressure had vanished.
"Xiaoxiao..."
He lowered his head and kissed her lips, then said in a deep voice, "I don't want to take the postgraduate entrance exam anymore. Just like we said when we first met, after graduation, we'll go back to the village and become teachers. I'll teach math, physics, and chemistry, and you'll teach Chinese and English. That way, we can not only be together forever and take care of our parents, but also help more children get out of that mountain. Okay?"
"The clouds are parting..."
Lu Xiaoxiao was stunned.
She's had a dream ever since she was 18 and fell in love with Xie Yunkai.
To have a dream that belongs only to her and Xie Yunkai.
From school uniforms to wedding dresses.
From youth to old age.
When they are old and frail, they will sit hand in hand on a long bench in the playground, shoulder to shoulder, head to head.
But that was their plan for the rest of their lives.
They are still young, and they have so many ideals and ambitions yet to be realized.
Xie Yunkai has not yet become an outstanding physicist or a learned scholar.
She hasn't earned much money yet, enough to take her parents to see Tiananmen Square or take Xie Yunkai's mother to the hospital for treatment.
They have been working hard, but they have not yet become the shining version of themselves they imagined.
"Xie Yunkai, I won't allow you to give up!"
The girl, who was always smiling, had an indescribably serious expression at this moment. "I won't give up either!"
"But Xiaoxiao..."
"No buts!"
Xie Yunkai had barely begun speaking when Lu Xiaoxiao forcefully interrupted him, "I know there will be many unavoidable difficulties in reality, and there will definitely be all sorts of problems. But I believe we can overcome them. Just like the college entrance exam, it's like thousands of soldiers crossing a single-plank bridge; some people pass, and some people definitely don't. Does that mean those who don't pass have to live?"
"Just a different way of living!"
Lu Xiaoxiao said firmly, "Studying, life, postgraduate entrance exam, part-time jobs... I'm serious about everything. Including being with you."
"Thank you, Yun Kai!"
Lu Xiaoxiao walked down the steps, looking up at the tall boy who was now a head taller than her. "I'm absolutely certain that if we're serious, we'll achieve our own success. And let's not compare ourselves to others; let's just be ourselves and reap our own rewards, okay?"
The girl's gaze was firm, her eyes filled with anticipation as she looked at him.
It was as if no matter what happened, she would be with him, by his side, facing it together.
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