Huo Qinian didn't sleep well. He could even vaguely feel that he was dreaming.

His dreams were all about past events, some of which he thought he had long forgotten.

Three years ago, the second year after Su Yunbai returned to China, City A ushered in a cold winter that had not been seen in a century. At that time, the Fang family was in a big mess, and Huo Qinian sent Qu Qingyin abroad at this juncture.

Mr. Huo finally couldn't sit still. One weekend, he called Huo Qinian home and asked him what his plans were.

I forgot what they said wrong, or maybe they didn't say anything right at all. In short, they didn't agree on the topic, and as expected, the father and son quarreled again.

Huo Qinian slammed the door and left.

The weather was very cold. At the end of January, the Lunar New Year was approaching. Shops on the street began to use the New Year theme one after another, attracting batches of customers.

As the festival approached, people's faces were filled with happy smiles, but Huo Qinian was alone, driving aimlessly on the street.

Huo Qinian was not a person who could be easily affected by the bad environment around him. But it might be that the weather was too cold that day, or maybe the unpleasant parting with Mr. Huo had affected him...

In short, he suddenly didn't want to be alone.

Huo Qinian turned the car around and went to his aunt, Teacher Tan.

Teacher Tan had a customer.

The customer was sitting sideways to Huo Qinian, so he didn't see her face at first, he only knew that she was a very young woman.

She was wearing a round-neck white sweater, her hair was simply tied up, and her bangs were loosely attached to her ears. Her whole posture was very relaxed, revealing a strong bookish air.

Of course, this might also be related to her sitting posture.

She sat on the sofa in Teacher Tan's living room, sitting very properly, with her back straight, as if she was a good student listening to the teacher's lecture.

Huo Qinian was amused by this.

He rarely joked with strangers he met for the first time, but that day, he did so: "Teacher Tan, you are not so fierce, are you? Look how scared you are by your students."

A pair of teachers and students who were chatting idly heard the noise and turned to look.

Huo Qinian saw a pair of very clear and unique eyes.

The first thing he thought of was not anything else, but the pine and cypress standing in the snow. You know that snow is cold and white, and you also know that pines and cypresses are verdant, and that they stand alone in the cold...

This is a very resilient sense of transparency.

The pair of eyes looked at him, blinked lightly, and revealed a look of surprise.

Huo Qinian didn't want to stare at a stranger for too long, so he looked away at the right time.

Teacher Tan smiled and cursed him, then introduced them to each other.

Her name is Yunbai... This name really suits her.

Associate professor... No wonder, her temperament is quite like that of an academic, and she has a noble style - of course, I don't mean it in a derogatory way.

The host had a guest, and Su Yunbai was very tactful and quickly asked to leave. It happened that Teacher Tan had almost finished chatting with her, and didn't keep her for long.

After everyone left, Teacher Tan said a few words to Huo Qinian about Su Yunbai: "My former student, he studied undergraduate at K University, and I was his supervisor for his graduation thesis.

"He was a very smart kid, he went to college at the age of 16, and he was in the junior class, and he was recommended by a physics competition. After graduating from undergraduate school, he went abroad with a full scholarship and got a doctorate in just four years..."

Huo Qinian raised his eyebrows .

Teacher Tan is not the kind of person who speaks without purpose. He said so much in detail. Is he hinting at something?

Could it be that Teacher Tan was also influenced by the old man at home? When he met a woman of the right age, he wanted to match him up?

Huo Qinian thought so and asked so.

Teacher Tan bluntly hit him: "Don't flatter yourself. Such a good seedling, don't let me waste it..."

Huo Qinian touched his nose, not feeling embarrassed at all, "Isn't it PTSD that I have caused this?"

Teacher Tan looked quite disappointed: "Do you have any vision? You are so blind? Didn't you hear me? I'm recommending a talent to you!

"Aren't you working on a project with A-University? She just returned to China and is in a hurry to produce results. She's also smart... You know what I mean?"

Huo Qinian joked, "Teacher Tan, you can't use backdoors! If she is really capable, she will definitely come to the fore, so don't worry." Of

course, he was joking with Teacher Tan. It was rare for Teacher Tan to recommend someone, so Huo Qinian naturally had some plans in mind.

Of course, the project was still in the selection stage, so he was not in a hurry to do anything.

Teacher Tan had just been transferred to A-University and was currently living in the expert building inside A-University. Three meals a day were prepared by a dedicated person, and the taste was really good.

Huo Qinian had a rare lunch. It happened that A City had just had a heavy snowfall. The scenery of A University after the snow was absolutely stunning. He was in a rare mood, so he went out to enjoy the scenery by himself.

There is a lake on the campus of A University, and a circle of trees are planted along the lake. The north bank is planted with plums, and the south bank is planted with cherry blossoms, with the pavilion in the center of the lake as the east and west boundary. The two trees have different flowering periods, but they are generally lively when they bloom, attracting a large number of local and foreign tourists, and sometimes even appear in the local news of A City.

At this time of winter, the plum blossoms on the north bank are in full bloom, and the red □□ is connected into one piece, which is beautiful against the snow scene.

Huo Qinian strolled among the plum blossoms and suddenly sniffed.

He smelled a very strong fragrance. Plum blossoms have fragrance, but its fragrance is relatively light and ethereal, and it should not have such a sense of presence.

This is more like the fragrance of plum blossoms.

Huo Qinian followed the scent and indeed saw a small patch of plum blossoms in full bloom from a distance.

The temperature in City A was unusually cold this year, so the plum blossoms had not yet withered at this time of year. This patch of plum blossoms was also in the plum blossom forest, but it was far away from the lakeshore and closer to the main road in the campus.

There was a cobblestone path in the forest for pedestrians to walk through. Huo Qinian was walking on this path, leisurely enjoying the scenery, and he saw Su Yunbai coming towards him.

Beyond this plum forest and plum blossom forest was the library. Su Yunbai had obviously just come from the library, holding a pile of books in his hands.

When Huo Qinian looked over, she was just tilting her head slightly to avoid the branch of a plum tree that was growing on the side of the road. Her bangs fell slightly as she moved, and she casually hooked them behind her ears.

Brown branches, red plum blossoms, black hair, white knuckles that were slightly blue from being frozen, and Su Yunbai's nonchalant expression... all of this together formed a very impactful picture.

Huo Qinian couldn't help but pause.

He found that Su Yunbai's temperament was actually very suitable for winter. That kind of light coldness and loneliness perfectly fit the scene at the moment.

Su Yunbai didn't see Huo Qinian. It's not that he was not obvious enough, but that her attention was not on the road ahead, but was constantly looking back.

The plum blossoms are yellow, and this yellow is very saturated, which looks particularly eye-catching. Coupled with the strong fragrance of plums, it attracted some students.

Under a plum tree in the distance, a young couple was expressing their love for plums - picking flowers, and picking them in big bags, as if this was their own backyard.

The heartache on Su Yunbai's face was almost flowing out. She walked on the path with a pile of books in her arms, but her eyes were on the young couple, and her steps became slower and slower.

But no matter how slow she was, she still walked forward. So, she bumped into Huo Qinian head-on.

Su Yunbai was distracted, but Huo Qinian was not.

He watched with his own eyes, and even waited for her to bump into him.

Huo Qinian didn't know why he didn't hide. Whether before or after, he had never thought about this problem.

He didn't even notice this problem.

And this time, from an outsider's perspective, he finally noticed it.

——It's not because of the Fang family, is it?

He has been possessed by

the devil for a long time. If only she hadn't said that terrifying oath.

That's too scary!

How can a person know clearly what he really thinks in his heart? Especially since it happened so long ago...

What if Su Yunbai asks you again now?

Do you dare to say with confidence that it's not because of the Fang family?

Do you dare to go against that oath and say that your mind is pure and not influenced by the Fang family in the slightest?

Huo Qinian, who was sleeping, twitched his eyebrows fiercely, as if he was very uneasy.

As I said before, the oath is meaningless...

Huo Qinian skipped this question, almost hypnotically unwilling to wake himself up, greedily "dreaming" about the next development -

he bumped into someone, and Su Yunbai tightened his arms at the first moment, and he managed to hold the book in his hands firmly, but he staggered before standing steadily.

"I'm sorry..." She turned around in a hurry and saw Huo Qinian clearly. She was stunned. "Oh, it's you..."

Huo Qinian had a lazy smile on his face. "Did you fall?"

After saying that, he looked up at the couple under the tree and raised his voice a little: "Classmates, if you love flowers, you should cherish them. There is no need to be so greedy, right? At least leave some for passers-by like us?"

When no one said anything, they could be reckless. When someone said something, the couple should not go too far and walked away embarrassedly. What

a small matter, it's not worth her to go through so much trouble.

Isn't this using other people's mistakes to find unhappiness for yourself?

Huo Qinian couldn't quite understand.

After driving the people away, Huo Qinian retracted his gaze and found that Su Yunbai was looking at him with a very focused look, and he didn't know how long he had been looking at him.

He paused, and his voice softened subconsciously: "Are you embarrassed to say that to them?"

"No." Su Yunbai said, "I'm waiting for them to finish picking the branch they have. If they don't stop..."

She smiled, as if she was a little embarrassed.

Huo Qinian laughed.

Why is this person so cautious? Is he still on probation?

He looks aloof and cold, but he is not as unapproachable as imagined.

But in fact... this kind of personality is not good, right?

Not only for her, but also for the people around her.

People will be corrupted by habits, and they have the greedy gene of asking for more.

She has a tolerant side in her personality, so, unconsciously, she will be asked to be more tolerant...

But there are limits.

If the couple who picked the branches want to pick more branches, she will not compromise.

She was not just talking.

He was her non-compromise.

A sudden sense of loss enveloped Huo Qinian, and he woke up suddenly as if he had stepped on empty air in the dark night. It

was three thirty in the morning.

Huo Qinian rubbed his brows and took a deep breath. The feeling of loss seemed to chase him from his dream to the outside world, tormenting him every minute and every second. Huo Qinian

got up from the bed, picked up the cigarettes and lighter on the bedside, and went to the balcony.

At three thirty in the morning, there seemed to be no sound of human activities on Lotus Mountain. All around were the high and low sounds of insects.

The louder the insects chirped, the quieter the night became. This silence was so profound, as if it had no boundaries, and it constantly reminded someone who was awake at the moment that he was now alone.

The smell of cigarettes grew stronger in the sunlight.

Huo Qinian satisfied his craving for cigarettes, and quietly blew the wind in the night for half an hour, finally calming down.

He turned back to the house and went to the study next door.

He began to rummage through the boxes and cabinets - he remembered that he had a pile of black leather books, but why couldn't he find them?

After searching for a long time, Huo Qinian turned around and finally found what he wanted in the corner of the bottom shelf of the bookshelf.

The thing he called a "black leather book" actually had a very delicate outer packaging, and it looked like an expensive book. There was even gold-plated English on the spine - this was the brand of this book.

This was given to him by a friend of his. He remembered that when he brought back the box of black leather books, Su Yunbai laughed and said that the books were more exquisite than real books and it would be better to put them on the bookshelf.

It turned out that she really put them on the bookshelf.

Huo Qinian took a deep breath, calmed down, took out one of the books, and brought it to the desk.

Nothing is difficult in the world if you set your mind to it.

Saving a relationship is like treating a patient. The first thing to do is to find out the cause of the disease.

He has to analyze first to find out where the problem is, and then he can prescribe the right medicine.

The desk lamp was turned on. The cold white light fell on the white notebook, with a cool glow, clearly reflecting the information on the title page in Huo Qinian's eyes.

There are many items to be filled in here, including but not limited to the title of this book, the author's name, etc.

Huo Qinian turned over the title page subconsciously.

Before he put pen to paper, he turned it back again, and his eyes involuntarily fell on the position of the title.

At this moment, he suddenly remembered what Su Yunbai had said, saying that she "is so difficult to understand" and that she had to establish a "Su School" or something.

Of course he knew that she was mocking him.

But... why not?

Isn't he doing this now?

Huo Qinian concentrated and calmed down, and put down his pen - Su Xue.

Su Yunbai's Su, Xue for knowledge.