Landing
The memory book No. 011, which had been with her for many years, simply disappeared from her life, as if it had never existed.
Six years of companionship, can it all just be erased and vanished like this?
She didn't believe it, and painstakingly uncovered the evidence of the existence of Memory Book No. 011. Her rebirth and her mission to save others were not fake; they had all truly existed.
The diary containing everything about it, along with the little notes she wrote herself, were laid out on the table, all testifying to its existence.
But how can these secrets be spoken aloud? And to whom can they be told?
As a result, Xu Changjia's parents discovered that the door they had opened their hearts to just the night before had slammed shut again.
He locked himself in his bedroom for several days, refusing to go out or speak much.
Aside from answering her parents' questions during meals, she spent the rest of her time searching for the memory book, trying every possible method, but she never saw it appear.
She hadn't even finished her rescue mission, so how could the memory book have disappeared? Because of the sudden disappearance of the memory book, Xu Changjia spent the entire Spring Festival in a daze.
Feeling sorry for her daughter, Xu's mother secretly contacted her best friend the day before she was to go out to work, asking her to help take her daughter out for a walk. She said it was no good for her to lock herself in her room all day long, never seeing the sun and refusing to step out of the door.
She had to go to a meeting at the headquarters, which would take more than half a month. Her father was also going abroad to do business. When she came back, her daughter would be back in Nan'an to study. She really didn't want her daughter to go to school in this state.
After receiving the call, Ou Liyao's mother relayed Xu's mother's message to her daughter. She decided to act decisively and forcibly take Xu Changjia out to accompany her to find a lawyer and sign a contract, keeping Xu Changjia busy for the rest of her two-week vacation so she wouldn't have time to overthink things.
This tactic really worked.
Since the beginning of HX2121, Xu Changjia has been working around the clock.
At the beginning of the year, I accompanied Ou Liyao to various agencies, and finally helped my good friend sign with Huaxin Entertainment, one of the top three entertainment companies in China.
Her agent and assistant also recognized this good friend next to their artist, added her on WeChat, and even joked that she was quite talented if she entered the entertainment industry, and that the company could package her and launch her career if she wanted to.
Xu Changjia declined, as she still wanted to focus on her studies, save the lives of those around her, and change their fates. She didn't really want to enter the entertainment industry.
Then came the repeated farewells before the start of the school year.
First, after the Spring Festival, my parents went back to work one after the other.
She didn't usually have so many feelings, but for some reason this time it was particularly strong. When she saw her father off at the airport, she received an unexpected hug and his words of encouragement to study hard brought back countless memories of her being taken to school when she was a child.
Back then, her father would tell her to listen to her teachers at school, study hard, and he would pick her up after school. Every time, he would carry her out of the car and watch her walk into the school before leaving. Whenever she turned around, he was always there behind her. Now, however, her father leaves without looking back, leaving her behind.
The day after seeing her father off to go abroad, Uncle Chen came to pick up her mother.
She took her mother's hand and went downstairs. Before leaving, her mother didn't forget to ask about her recent state, holding her hand and telling her not to overthink things, that even if the sky fell, her parents would still be there for her.
I'm going to a meeting at the headquarters this time, and the business is quite complicated. My return date is uncertain, but I promised my mother I would bring her a gift when I get back.
Xu Changjia was overjoyed, as if his relationship with his parents had improved even further, and it was no worse than when he was at Junzhou No.1 Middle School.
Little did she know that this separation from them would become the countdown to seeing her parents again.
Zheng Ruoqian and Zhang Yuning left on a bright, sunny day, so warm it didn't feel like winter at all.
Three people saw Zheng Ruoqian off, two people saw Zhang Yuning off, and finally Ou Liyao went to work in another province, leaving her alone to return to her small apartment near the school.
In my last semester of senior year, I didn't have many classes. Besides writing my graduation thesis, I would occasionally audit Professor Xu's classes. His school started the semester relatively early, and I returned just after the Lantern Festival.
One day, at the end of class, Professor Xu called her to his office again.
The senior students in the Folklore and Ethnology department all know that Professor Xu has taken on a last disciple, whom he specially recruited from the Directing major. He says she is a particularly quiet junior sister who occasionally attends the professor's lectures.
Professor Xu also specially arranged for a second-year graduate student to mentor her. In addition to giving her a list of books to read, she also wrote a thick paper of tens of thousands of words to submit to her seniors.
She thought that Professor Xu had called her to his office today to ask about her thesis, but when she went in, he asked Wang Jing, a second-year graduate student, to give up her computer.
She was completely bewildered, following the professor's instructions like a puppet, doing whatever he asked her to do.
It wasn't until the postgraduate admission website appeared that she glanced at the time in the lower right corner of her computer and realized that it was already time to check her scores.
"Xu Changjia, enter your information and let me see your score in the preliminary test."
Professor Xu did not participate in the grading of the postgraduate entrance examination this time, but he and another teacher created the questions together. He also wanted to see how his junior student would perform in the hands of other teachers.
Sitting in front of the computer, surrounded by a group of academic luminaries, she couldn't help but feel nervous. Sweat dripped from her palms onto the mouse, and though her voice wasn't loud, it was loud enough for everyone around her to hear:
"I've entered my information, now I'll click confirm."
Professor Xu stood behind her with his hands behind his back, motionless. "Okay."
The postgraduate admission website kept loading for a long time without refreshing, and everyone's eyes were fixed on the computer screen without blinking.
Time passed by little by little, feeling as long as an eternity, until finally!
Name: Xu Changjia
Registration number: 999956775
Examination Admission Ticket Number: HX2124007008123174
Total score: 439
Ideological and political theory: 77
English (I): 88
Professional Course 1: 141
Professional Course 2: 133
Senior Wang Jing's mouth dropped open, unable to close it. "My god, junior sister, you've really made the professor proud. You scored over 130 in both of your major courses. That's incredible!"
The other senior students also compared the national and university cutoff scores from the previous two years, and found that their scores were consistently 10 to 20 points higher than the national cutoff scores in each subject. If nothing unexpected happens, they should be among the top-ranked students out of the more than 2,000 applicants this year.
Professor Xu was very satisfied, his smile was hard to hide, and he patted her on the shoulder, "Not bad, prepare well for the re-examination."
Then he turned around and went to show off to other teachers. He truly deserves to be his prized disciple, he really brings him honor.
After the professor left, several senior students came over to share their experiences with her. One would say a word, another would say a few words, and the implication was that the re-examination was very simple and that as long as you prepared, you could basically pass.
But Xu Changjia didn't think so. He believed that no exam was easy.
After all, their standards are set, and they're not specifically designed for you to pass. If that were the case, it wouldn't demonstrate the competence of the test creators.
Therefore, she specifically enrolled in a suitable interview preparation agency and used all her extroverted experience to prepare for this interview.
Fortunately, hard work pays off. After studying diligently at the institution for more than a month, she faced the three examiners in the re-examination, one of whom was her "sure thing" mentor. She remained neither humble nor arrogant, once again refreshing their perception of her.
During the written exam in the afternoon, she felt an unprecedented calm. After finishing the paper, she looked out the window at the two little birds perched on the book and couldn't help but think of the notebook that had been with her for so long. Her earnest life and studies should not be a waste of the second life it had given her.
While waiting for the results of her re-examination, she also prepared for her graduation thesis defense.
With the experience of the re-examination, the defense seemed less difficult, especially after the news of her first place in the preliminary examination came from the Department of Folklore and Ethnology to their School of Media. Several teachers knew her name and smiled at her on stage without making things difficult for her. She knew that she had a sure thing.
She received her graduation certificate and new admission notice at the same time. The school didn't even give her a chance to mail them. Instead, senior student Wang Jing told her to come to the School of Sociology to pick up the notice and submit her recently written thesis.
Xu Changjia was both amused and exasperated. Could she say that she hadn't written anything recently?
Fortunately, the professor was just joking with her and didn't ask any further questions. He also gave her a reading list to study carefully.
As she left South Shore University, she took one last look at the place where she had spent four years. She was about to move on to another three years of life there, and she felt an unprecedented sense of peace.
Now that everything had settled down, she suddenly felt like talking to someone. However, her friend Ou Liyao had just taken on a role in a period drama and was probably too busy right now. As for Zheng Ruoqian and Zhang Yuning, she could just send them a message; there was no need to call them specifically.
After thinking it over, she finally made a phone call to her mother. They'd been in touch quite often lately, so it would be nice to share the good news with her.
But the phone kept showing no answer. It's lunchtime now, are they still in a meeting?
As she walked out of the school, she also sent a message to her father, sharing the good news that she had received her graduation certificate and graduate school admission notice.
As she walked, she suddenly bumped into a tree while walking along the side of the road. Her heart felt inexplicably crushed, and the phone she was holding fell to the ground without warning. She leaned against the tree, her legs gave way, and she was about to fall backward.
At the critical moment, a pair of hands supported her from behind and caught her steadily.
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