Xiao Ze stopped where he was, hesitating to move forward.
Alfred flew forward and patted him gently: "What's wrong?"
Xiao Ze shook his head.
The young man sitting on the bench seemed to have sensed something, turned his head, saw Xiao Ze and Alfred, immediately stood up, and strode towards the man and the dragon.
The young man had the same face as Xiao Ze, but his expression was completely different.
A faint smile was on his gentle face, and his eyes were bright. When he saw Xiao Ze, he did not stop, walked up and hugged the little fat dragon, and his voice was full of joy: "Teacher Alfred."
Alfred spread his claws and let the young man rub his face.
As a result, he was reluctant to let go for a long time. Alfred pushed him away and pointed at Xiao Ze who was standing stiffly beside him, "He is the man." Xiao
Ze's hands hanging by his side suddenly curled up, and he tried hard to restrain his trembling.
Although he had already guessed it in his heart, he still had a little hope because of his trust in the store owner and Alfred.
Hearing Alfred's straightforward declaration, it was like a dream shattered.
Xiao Ze felt like he was trapped in the quagmire of childhood again, his feet were heavy, and he didn't dare to look up to see the expression of the young man opposite him.
He must be very disappointed.
The young man looked at Xiao Ze without any surprise, and slowly stretched out his hand to him: "Hello, 22-year-old me."
Xiao Ze raised his eyes subconsciously, and his pupils shrank quickly, "You knew it was me?"
The young man held Xiao Ze's hand, and his smile was still so gentle: "I guessed it."
The young man took Xiao Ze and Alfred back to the bench and sat down, and then held Alfred in his arms. In a slow and nostalgic tone, he said: "Until I was eighteen, your letters gave me the motivation to keep moving forward. They were more effective than prophecies, accurately predicting all the problems I would encounter and patiently writing down various solutions. When I was eighteen, I began to think - who else would consider me so diligently and conscientiously besides myself? And one day when I was prescribing a prescription for a patient, I suddenly found that my handwriting was exactly the same as the handwriting in the letter. It's self-evident who the person that Teacher Alfred was talking about was."
Xiao Ze looked at the young man and felt that he was a completely different person.
His habits of speech and behavior, his personality, his profession, and his thoughts were not like him.
Xiao Ze's emotions were so complicated that he couldn't sort them out. He didn't know whether to be glad or sad. "Aren't you disappointed?"
The young man handed him a handkerchief, smiled and shook his head: "I'm very happy. At the age of 22, I didn't forget the me who was left behind when I was five years old, and I specially asked Teacher Alfred to come back to help me. I searched for the treasure in the world, but couldn't find it anywhere. Finally, it was delivered to me by Teacher Alfred. Thank you for not giving up on me. Thank you for loving me so deeply."
Xiao Ze bent down, rested his elbows on his knees, and covered his eyes with his left hand.
If he hadn't been lucky that night and happened to meet Lu Yao, he would have given up.
Xiao Ze felt sad and ashamed in his heart, but he couldn't say it to the young man.
He was too good.
Gentle, steady, considerate and cheerful, he had grown into a stronger person than he dared to imagine.
The young man and Alfred were silent, their eyes simultaneously turned to the river not far away, and they smiled alike.
After a long time, Xiao Ze's mood gradually stabilized, and his ears and eyes were red.
He felt embarrassed, but he also knew that this was a rare opportunity, so he took the initiative to ask: "Are you a doctor now?"
The young man looked at him with a warm gaze, nodded slightly, stretched out his right hand, activated his superpowers, and the light that originally only existed in his fingers gradually seeped out of his flesh and flesh, and materialized into a sharp golden blade tip: "My ability has awakened a second time. At first, only my fingers could glow, and after training, I was able to manipulate the light to become a physical entity. When I finally took the professional assessment, I was able to control the light blade to perform some delicate operations, so now I am a doctor."
Xiao Ze was deeply shocked, incredulous and He stared at the young man's fingertips in fascination and murmured, "I thought my ability was the lowest level, not even qualified for the ability test, but I actually awakened for the second time."
The young man nodded in understanding, "I understand your thoughts, after all, I am you. More than ten years ago, Teacher Alfred sent your letter and left a book. There was a passage written on the title page of the book, which inspired me to break through the recognized rules and usher in the second awakening of my ability at the age of fifteen. Teacher Alfred did not lie to me."
Xiao Ze lowered his head to look at Alfred.
Alfred spread his paws, and his eyebrows and eyes proudly wrote "cocky".
The young man gently rubbed Alfred's wings and took out a stack of letters from behind him. There was a book under the envelope. "This is the reply letter I wrote to you. It started from the year I entered the boarding school. Now I can finally hand it to you. There is also a book by teacher Alfred. I think you will be interested."
Xiao Ze's eyebrows twitched slightly, and he paused for a moment before reaching out to take it.
The young man stood up, patted Xiao Ze on the shoulder, and said with a smile: "Thank you for giving me a different seventeen years."
He slowly approached Xiao Ze, his smile was as light and calm as a cloud, and his figure became as blurred as a shadow until it disappeared.
Xiao Ze stood up in panic and looked around: "Where did he go?"
Alfred flew up, stretched out a claw and tapped Xiao Ze's chest, "He's here."
Xiao Ze fell on the bench, distraught.
Alfred fell back onto the bench and patted the young man’s arm with his short, thick paw: “Don’t look so heavy. A man named Albert Camus once said that not being loved is just bad luck, but not being able to love is a great misfortune (1). You see, whether it is loving others or loving yourself, the power of love will never diminish. The person you love deeply has not disappeared, but has returned to your heart and turned into a spark. Generally speaking, when humans have the ability to ‘love’ themselves, love from others will follow. Xiao Ze, congratulations on successfully completing the tutorial!”
Xiao Ze said nothing.
Alfred stopped talking and sat with him in silence, from the time the sun rose to the time the sun set in the west.
Finally, Xiao Ze sorted out his emotions, and stood up with the letters and books in his arms, "Teacher Alfred, let's go back."
Alfred flew up and chased after him, patting the young man's head with his stubby claws, "Okay."
Xiao Ze and Lu Yao returned to the cram school, and only three minutes had passed.
Hu Jiao had just brought back a bunch of snacks from outside, and when he saw the two people suddenly appear, he was no longer surprised. He tilted his head and glanced at the table, and sure enough, the sleeping little black dragon and the silver ball were back.
Xiao Ze's eyes were still red, and he felt a little embarrassed in front of Hu Jiao. He handed the letters and books to Lu Yao and turned to go to the bathroom to sort them out.
Lu Yao took out a special box and planned to put the letters and books in it so that Xiao Ze could take them back later.
Jiao Jiao came over curiously, his eyes fell on the purple cover, and he asked curiously: "What book is this? Can I take a look?" Lu
Yao said: "This is Xiao Ze's book, you can ask him later."
After a few minutes, Xiao Ze came out of the bathroom.
Huojiao immediately said, "Senior, can I take a look at that book?"
Xiao Ze paused, "Senior?"
Huojiao: "We are both cram school students, you came first, I thought I could call you that."
Xiao Ze couldn't help shaking his head, "How old are you?"
Huojiao: "I will be seventeen in two months."
Xiao Ze: "That's just after I graduated. Your professional assessment result is self-employed?"
Huojiao shook his head: "I didn't finish college, I dropped out in the second year. I ran away from home, couldn't find a suitable job, so I became an anchor."
Xiao Ze looked a little embarrassed: "Sorry."
Huojiao shook his head nonchalantly: "Brother, it's okay. Can I take a look at this book?"
He hadn't read a book seriously for a long time, and suddenly he was a little interested.
There were quite a few guests outside, Lu Yao packed Xiao Ze's things and went out to help.
Xiao Ze walked to the table and saw that the letters and books were neatly placed in a bright orange square box, and there was a small white flannel box on top of the book.
Xiao Ze picked it up and opened it, and an oval golden badge came into view. It was only the size of an adult's thumb, and there was a line of small words engraved on the bottom of the badge - Childhood Tutorial Center Graduation Anniversary.
The round and delicate badge lay on the white flannel, shining brightly.
This is a commemorative gift from the Childhood Tutorial Center to every student who successfully graduated.
Xiao Ze touched it and put it back carefully, then picked up the book below, pulled a chair and sat down: "I haven't read it yet, let's read it together?"
Jiao Jiao was actually not used to getting along with adults and was a little resistant.
Xiao Ze on the other end had already opened the title page.
Huo Jiao's gaze fell, and his pupils trembled slightly.
The room was quiet and silent. On the light yellow pages of the book, there was a passage he had never seen anywhere else.
After the peak period of customer flow, Lu Yao asked Xu Xiaoxiao to have breakfast first.
The two glass tea rooms were booked by customers, so Xu Xiaoxiao had to eat in the cram school.
She walked in with her lunch box and saw Xiao Ze and Huo Jiao reading together. She walked over and greeted them: "Is the last cram school over?"
In the morning, the two arrived at the store one after the other. Xiao Ze knew that Xu Xiaoxiao had changed jobs.
In view of their previous relationship, it was actually a bit awkward to meet again.
Especially after the cram school was over, maybe their mentality had changed. Xiao Ze recalled that both of them were a little ridiculous.
However, the other party looked calm and relieved, so Xiao Ze tried to adjust his expression and nodded, "Well, today just ended, and the owner gave me a commemorative badge."
Xu Xiaoxiao sat down at another table, opened her lunch box, and smiled, "That badge is super cute, I have one too. Is that book also a graduation gift?"
Xiao Ze nodded, "Yes, it was a gift from Teacher Alfred."
Xu Xiaoxiao smiled happily, "I got a similar gift."
For her, the news was the best gift.
Xu Xiaoxiao couldn't help but add, "Teacher Alfred is really cute."
Jiao Jiao couldn't stand it, feeling that he was excluded from the topic: "Where's Lu Yao? When do I start tutoring?"
He also wanted to meet the legendary Alfred.
Xu Xiaoxiao: "I'll go take her place after dinner. But tutoring is very exhausting, and the owner needs to rest. Don't rush her."
Seeing that the store was busy, Xiao Ze prepared to leave with his things in his arms. As he was leaving, he told Huo Jiao that he could lend him the book.
Huo Jiao waved his hand and refused.
It was a good book, but it had been marked by Xiao Ze's mark.
Huo Jiao had an unknown expectation in his heart - he also wanted a unique gift that belonged to him without any additional conditions.
But he didn't know who to ask for it.
When Lu Yao came in, he saw Huo Jiao in a daze. He walked straight to the drawer and took out his mind key and information. "Huo Jiao, it's your turn."
Huo Jiao came back to his senses: "Sister Xiaoxiao said you need to rest." Lu
Yao shook his head: "It's okay, I want to see the situation first. The formal tutoring will start in the afternoon."
According to the memory he accidentally saw last night, Huo Jiao's situation is different from Xiao Ze and Xu Xiaoxiao. This tutoring may be more tiring.
Huo Jiao turned on the mind key and took Lu Yao and the young Huo Jiao back to his childhood.
The two opened their eyes and stood in a dark and narrow corridor.
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