1 Chapter 1
After many years, Chen Ying returned to the old Fanhua Street. Unlike nine years ago, the current Fanhua Street was a bit more desolate, struggling to thrive despite its dilapidated state.
She came back secretly and told Ye Jinyi alone.
The taxi turned left and right, passed a bus stop called Fanhua Station, and stopped five hundred meters ahead.
She thought of Zhou Baixi at an inappropriate time.
Fanhua Street is a street near Chen Ying's high school. There is a bus stop between Fanhua Station and the school, opposite the school. Chen Ying always likes to get off the bus one stop early and then walk slowly to school, even in her senior year of high school when every second counts.
Later, another person, Zhou Baixi, got off the bus early.
He didn't say anything, but he gave Chen Ying an earphone with English listening music in it.
The driver helped to move the luggage out of the car and drove away.
There were two suitcases, neither too big nor too small, but it was still hard enough for one person to carry them. Chen Ying turned on her cell phone and was about to dial the number when a scream suddenly sounded behind her.
"Chen Ying!"
"Mr. Ye, you agreed to pick me up—"
Ye Jinyi didn't wait for her to finish, and rushed over to give her a bear hug, which made Chen Ying choke on the rest of the words.
"Hehe, I was too excited last night and couldn't sleep, so I got up late. Sorry." Ye Jinyi excitedly held her face and looked left and right, and the surprise in his eyes could not be hidden. "Good for you, you secretly got plastic surgery without telling me!"
"No……"
So Ye Jinyi was even more surprised. Her former best friend became more beautiful, so she was naturally happy.
The two of them soon started playing around. After not seeing each other for years, the atmosphere of playful behavior became lively again when they met.
The two of them had fun for two days, and Ye Jinyi took a special leave. According to her, it meant: Fanhua Street used to be your home ground, but now it is my territory!
She insisted that eight years had passed, things and people had changed, and Chen Ying was no longer familiar with the place. She wanted to accompany Chen Ying to take the bus to tour Fanhua Street, and then walk around the area to familiarize herself with the environment.
"Look at this bus stop. I used to get off here often." Chen Ying said to Ye Jinyi while waiting for the bus. "Later, Zhou Baixi also often got off here, and we went to school together."
"It really is this place!" Even though he had heard about it in advance, Ye Jinyi was still a little surprised when he was there and felt the feeling that Chen Ying described.
She knew Zhou Baixi, the protagonist in all of Chen Ying's stories.
When she heard her talk about this before, she always thought it was just a beautiful beginning of a campus love story. She didn't expect it to become the source of Chen Ying's sadness in the future, and even become an obsession.
"Are you still sad?" Ye Jinyi was a little worried.
Chen Ying's face was filled with smiles, and she said with a smile: "Why am I sad? I'm just reminiscing about the past. After all, I see this station again. It is an indispensable part of my high school life."
She was taller than Ye Jinyi, so he could put his arm around her shoulders. Ye Jinyi leaned on her shoulders and held Chen Ying's arm like a child, listening to her talk.
"You don't know how dull my high school life was. I've always been alone, used to being alone. But one day, Zhou Baixi suddenly got off the bus at this stop, as if he had taken the wrong medicine, and walked to school."
Ye Jinyi said lazily: "I know, you two just hooked up like this."
Chen Ying smiled and said calmly, "What do you mean by hooking up? Go away. You know I just have a one-sided crush on her, and she doesn't know anything."
Yes, Ye Jinyi knew everything about Zhou Baixi.
Including the time when Chen Ying met him and then they had no contact anymore.
The bus appeared in the traffic, and Ye Jinyi pulled Chen Ying aboard. It was summer vacation, so there were fewer students, and this route was mostly occupied by students. The bus was a bit empty, so the two of them headed straight for the last row and sat down.
Eight years ago, there were two neat rows of towering sycamore trees on the roadside. Now all the trees are gone, replaced by newly built school district houses and brand new buildings.
When passing by Fanhua No. 1 Middle School, Chen Ying was a little dazed. Then she remembered that on the day she came back, she heard a familiar voice at the airport, which sounded very much like Zhou Baixi's.
On second thought, I felt it was impossible.
The probability is too small, she won't be so lucky.
"Hey, hey!" Ye Jinyi snapped his fingers, bringing her back to her senses. "I know your high school is great, but that doesn't mean you're so lost in thought! Our No. 2 Middle School is also great. I'll introduce you to it later!"
She could see that Chen Ying was remembering something from the past. She looked too dazed. If this continued, Ye Jinyi was really afraid that the scenes from her college days would reappear.
Chen Ying at that time really made her feel extremely distressed.
She had never taken the initiative to make friends in her life. Chen Ying was the first one. Being from the same hometown was one reason, and another reason was that she was really worried about Chen Ying's condition.
"Let me tell you, you haven't been back for so many years, so your familiarity with Fanhua Street is no longer as good as mine. Praise me, and I'll introduce it to you!"
Chen Ying was immediately surprised and said, "What! There's a super-warm-hearted beauty who wants to introduce me to someone and even treat me to a meal?!"
“No treat!”
"What! Eating at the spicy hot pot place in front of No. 2 Middle School?!"
"Okay, okay!" Ye Jinyi rubbed his head back and forth on Chen Ying's arm, pretending to be angry.
She loves Chen Ying's current state.
After a quick bus ride around Fanhua Street, Ye Jinyi took Chen Ying to a supermarket near the apartment and bought a lot of snacks and sodas. The two of them went home breathlessly carrying large bags of snacks.
On the third day after returning, Chen Ying started looking for a job. She did not have much work experience, but her academic qualifications were not low. Her previous company was one of the Fortune 500 companies, so it was not difficult for her to find a job in a small city with a low material living standard.
On my first day at work, my colleagues at the stock exchange were all very nice and the atmosphere was harmonious.
But Chen Ying was not very happy. The familiar voice at the airport on the day she came back kept lingering in her mind and could not be shaken off. She couldn't help but think of the name hidden in her heart, and felt a little uncomfortable.
It was the height of summer, and the weather was incredibly hot, making everything outside the window seem indifferent.
Ye Jinyi had been renting a house by herself, but after Chen Ying came back, they started living together. Chen Ying was very grateful to Ye Jinyi. She was the legendary funny girl. When Chen Ying met her, it was like opening the door to a new world. It turned out that girls could be so unrestrained and free-spirited. Ordinary and simple life often became easy and interesting in her exaggerated descriptions.
On many anxious nights, Ye Jinyi was her salvation. Even if it was dark, Chen Ying would feel at ease as long as she could hear Ye Jinyi's voice.
But even with Ye Jinyi around recently, Chen Yin was still anxious.
I have clearly controlled my anxiety very well and haven't felt anxious for a long time, but that name is like a dandelion, floating from all directions, trying to get into my heart and take root.
Maybe it was just an auditory hallucination that day.
Regardless of whether it was an auditory hallucination or not, Chen Yin was very clear about the consequences of not taking the medicine.
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