Chapter 41 Chapter 41 Fate is used in meeting and reunion...
The seven years in Hai City were full of struggle, pain, and confusion, but also full of freedom and hope.
After she became an adult, she basically never asked her family for money. The tutoring on weekends and holidays was enough to cover her tuition and living expenses.
F University is also generous in providing scholarships. The top 15% of students in their majors will receive a generous reward.
During her college years, she gradually learned how to dress herself up, no longer wore a low ponytail, and no longer felt inferior. Her innocent face and strong professional skills made her famous in the School of Journalism and Communication.
When you walk on the street, pedestrians will turn around and look at you a few more times.
But she has never been in love.
There is no idea of "keeping one's chastity" for anyone, so it's simply not a question.
There is no shortage of outstanding and handsome boys in F University. Excellent universities have different activities every day, and she has also come into contact with many people.
With the help of her friends and roommates, she has met many boys, but they can only be friends. It is unlikely that the relationship will be more advanced.
It's not that the other person is a bad person. As a friend said, "A talented man and a beautiful woman are meant to be together."
But nothing felt right. To be honest, she just didn't feel anything, and she didn't have the urge to get to know him better.
Occasionally, when she went to the library to study, she would see a young couple being intimate in the corner. She would stop for a while, and then lower her eyes and think for a moment after thinking about something. Then she would return to her usual seat and start her study tasks for the day.
Later, when I was in my junior and senior years, I was overwhelmed by countless papers and press releases every day, and I had even less time and energy.
While everyone was still considering whether to pursue a master's degree or work, Xu Sui had already made plans for his life, taking exams and taking GPAs, participating in various projects with teachers, and improving his ability to respond on the spot.
Finally, during the graduation season, I successfully got a job at Haishi Radio and Television Station with the second highest score in the written test and the first in the interview, and officially became a reporter.
A year and a half after she started working, Xu Sui bought a second-hand school district house near the school. Her mentor retired from F University, and her son bought a new house in a prime location in Hai City, so he sold it to her at a low price.
So when she was about to turn 24, she owned a house of her own in Hai City.
Later, when I returned to Chongqing during winter break, my neighbors and old classmates would always say, "Xu Sui, you're so lucky! You turned things around in high school and graduated from a prestigious university. You have a stable job in a big city, a house, and a high salary. You're really enviable."
She didn't say anything, just smiled, then when she turned around, she hid the smile in her eyes, looked at the sky, and thought, how could it not be, it seemed that everything was so perfect, the goddess of luck favored her, and her life would be smooth sailing from then on.
But occasionally she would look at the western sky and see a plane flying overhead, leaving a long white tail.
This place is so small, and even his relatives live in the apartment building next door, but it seems that all the fate was used up in the meeting in the third year of junior high school and the reunion in high school.
Seven years, and we never met.
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The sudden encounter caught Xu Sui off guard, but on the way back he had calmed down and was no longer so lost in thoughts.
The meal was very quiet. Zhou Xiaoling was a very well-behaved person, and only the occasional sound of a little girl smacking her lips could be heard.
Xu Sui clearly saw the woman's slightly frowned brow, but in the end he said nothing.
After dinner, Zhou Xiaoling stayed for a while and then left with her child.
The room that had been cleaned up was ultimately unoccupied.
The small group of three people on WeChat is still bombarded with messages crazily.
Jiang Changjia: [Damn, damn, damn, Xu Sui, are you back this time?! My flight is tomorrow morning, can we go to the bar together tonight?]
Xu Zhiyao: [? What about me? Miss Changjia?]
Jiang Changjia: [Haven't you been in Chongqing the entire time? Besides, it's not good for a Chinese teacher to go to a bar, right? Aren't you afraid your students will find out that their beloved head teacher is hanging out at a bar?]
After graduating from university, Xu Zhiyao returned to Chongqing and became a junior high school teacher, taking care of a group of half-grown children every day. In her own words, she was working as a most respectable ox and earning the highest salary.
In addition to teaching, we also have to deal with students' strong curiosity, and even their social media accounts may be dug out if we are not careful.
Xu Zhiyao: [I am a teacher, not a criminal...]
Xu Sui was originally sitting on the sofa drinking water, but when he heard this, he almost couldn't help laughing.
I put the cup of water on the table in front of me and started typing.
[But tomorrow is Dragon Boat Festival, and I have to spend time with my grandparents.]
Jiang Changjia: [Then the day after tomorrow. Can you pick me up at the airport tomorrow? Okay, I'm about to board the plane now. See you tomorrow.]
Jiang Changjia majored in finance at Q University. In his senior year, he was successfully admitted to the Wharton School of Business in the United States and became a graduate student in finance. At a time when finance is declining, Jiang Changjia is living a comfortable life.
Bai Ruoxing joined one of the world's top 100 companies in Country M right after graduating from university. He had no intention of competing with her for assets and was now waiting for the end of his postgraduate thesis defense so that he could directly enter his own company and meet the management.
Xu Sui looked at the time. It was already 9:30 in the evening. She was used to working overtime, so it was difficult for her to fall asleep so early.
Thinking of what her colleague Shi Miao said during the day, the two old people had already gone to bed, so she walked to the wall, turned off the light with a "click", and returned to her room.
The furnishings are still the same as before, nothing has changed much, even the direction of the quilt on the bed is exactly the same as when I was young.
Xu Sui took out his tablet from his bag, opened a website dedicated to searching for information, and typed in the seven big words "Butterfly Baby Research Institute".
I heard that this medical seminar is about "epidermolysis bullosa", which Xu Sui doesn't know much about. The seminar is scheduled for June 27th, which is five days later.
The circle made of dotted lines rotated twice and then jumped out of the page, and photos of patients with this type of disease also flooded into Xu Sui's eyes.
Although Xu Sui had heard of the term "butterfly baby", he was still shocked when he really learned about it.
This type of patient group is mainly children, whose skin is as fragile as butterfly wings and breaks at the slightest touch. It is a rare hereditary skin disease.
Why are children the main subjects?
Because few butterfly babies survive to adulthood.
At present, there is no effective medicine for this purpose available in China or even in the world, and it is still in the research stage.
That day, Xu Sui stayed up all night and read all the relevant information.
This caused her to almost be late for the airport pick-up the next day.
Xu Zhiyao's phone rang non-stop, demanding his life. Xu Sui brushed his teeth as he pressed the answer button. Without waiting for the other party to speak, he mumbled, "Right away, one minute."
Then he hung up.
Xu Zhiyao, who was waiting for her downstairs: "..."
Xu Sui quickly changed her clothes and walked to the door to change her shoes. The phone rang again at this time. Seeing her hurried look, her grandmother couldn't help but ask: "What are you doing? You didn't even eat breakfast so early in the morning."
After saying that, he put the bowl of noodles on the table.
Xu Sui glanced at it hastily and answered the phone while saying: "I need to pick up a friend's grandmother. You eat first. I'll buy a bun for myself later."
"Nothing outside is as good as home..."
With a "click", the door was closed from the outside.
Xu Zhiyao leaned against the door of her father's leftover BYD car. From a distance, she saw Xu Sui jogging towards her. He turned the car key ring around his finger a few times and waved at her: "Hey, this!"
Just as Xu Sui was about to give Xu Zhiyao a hug, she pressed her shoulder with a finger, and then the key was thrown into her arms with a "clatter".
"What?" Xu Sui looked up at Xu Zhiyao, his face full of confusion.
"Didn't you take the driving test? You drive." Xu Zhiyao turned his head and looked away, saying a little guiltily.
Xu Sui was puzzled. Xu Zhiyao got his driver's license right after graduating from the college entrance examination. Although his driving skills were not very good, he was considered an experienced driver.
She only took the driving test last year, and in Hai City, where driving is slower than a snail, she usually takes the subway and has only touched a car a few times.
Seeing Xu Zhiyao's expression, Xu Sui tried to ask, "Have you finished deducting the twelve points?"
"! What do you mean by 'finished'? Xu Sui, do you know what you are saying?" Xu Zhiyao suddenly jumped up like a cat with its fur standing on end, and was about to fight with her.
"Okay, okay, I didn't deduct all the points. I only deducted six." Xu Sui smiled and got into the driving seat. After fastening his seat belt, he stepped on the brake and started to shift gears.
"You can't blame me for this, you know?..." Xu Zhiyao fastened his seat belt while telling Xu Sui about his tragic experience.
"Please keep an eye on it for me. I don't usually drive." Xu Sui said to Xu Zhiyao while paying attention to the road conditions ahead.
"Ok, leave it to me." Xu Zhiyao patted her chest and gestured. Seeing her like that, Xu Sui's originally uneasy heart felt a little relieved, but he didn't know how badly he would be cheated by Xu Zhiyao later.
The roads to the airport are all main roads, and there are no winding roads to take, so Xu Sui didn't have to worry much about driving skills, so he drove steadily along the way.
Thirty minutes later, the two finally arrived at the airport. Jiang Changjia hadn't called them yet, so it seemed that they hadn't landed yet. The car couldn't stay on the road for too long, so they thought about parking the car in the underground garage.
"I'm not very good at backing into a parking space. How about you do it?" Xu Sui frowned slightly and said to Xu Zhiyao in the passenger seat. Xu Zhiyao opened the car window, looked at the position, and patted his chest confidently and said, "It's okay. I'll give you instructions. We will definitely park it. Let's park in the front parking space."
There was a silver Lotus reversing into the parking space right in front of them. They lined up behind it and watched the car smoothly and obediently enter the parking space.
"The one next to it, drive forward and then turn left to the death."
"Yes, yes, yes, stop right here, then put the car in reverse and steer the wheel. Don't..."
Xu Sui listened to what Xu Zhiyao said in his ear, and all he could think of was "Hit him to the left, hit him to the left."
She couldn't control her speed for a moment, and she didn't know if it was because she didn't control the distance well or what, but when the sensor installed at the rear of the car started beeping frantically, she could only brake urgently.
"Swish——" Xu Zhiyao didn't even have time to finish his words "Don't hit other people's cars." before Shui Lingling hit someone else's car.
The one just in front of them.
The two looked at each other and saw the word "finished" in each other's eyes.
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