☆, Chapter 1
"My condolences, he must have loved you very much."
The words the nurse said and the conversation of the nurses outside the ward echoed in my mind again.
"That's true love. In such a critical moment, she was able to save her beloved. It's a pity that the man couldn't be saved."
"Yes, he must love her very much. What a pity, such a star-crossed couple! I heard they were high school classmates, and they encountered this kind of thing right after the class reunion."
"This car accident is really serious, that driver deserves to die..."
"Okay, okay, stop chatting and get to work."
Confusion and bewilderment filled her head like a ball of cotton, making her already uncomfortable condition even worse.
Xi Mo was lying on the hospital bed, holding the photo that the nurse gave her yesterday. She said that the man who saved her had put it inside his coat. It seemed that the owner cherished the photo very much.
The protagonist in that photo is seventeen-year-old Xi Mo. The photo was taken when she was standing in front of the school's honor wall after she ranked first in her grade in an exam.
Originally, such personal things should not have been handed to Xi Mo, but the person in the photo was her, and when the police car and ambulance arrived, the man hugged the unconscious Xi Mo tightly in his arms, as if he had regained possession of a long-lost treasure.
The car accident, the collision, the hug, the darkness, the photo... everything goes back to that man, or that boy.
After the banquet, he returned.
“Ding-ling-ling…”
The alarm clock rang on time at 6:30. Xi Mo reached out to turn off the alarm clock on the bedside table, got up, and went to the bathroom to wash up.
In the mirror was a young and tender face, with a bit of baby fat, and fine bangs covering most of the forehead. When the bangs were lifted up, a pair of thin, curved willow-shaped eyebrows were revealed, and the eyes were black, clear and bright. They should have been filled with expectations and yearnings for the future, but at this moment, there was only silence.
A small reddish-brown mole at the end of the eyebrow, which points downward and the end of the eye, adds a bit of liveliness. There is a blush on the cheeks as if just waking up. The pink lips are plump and the lip beads are obvious.
The face now is exactly the same as the one in the photo. It is the seventeen-year-old Xi Mo, who is now in the second year of high school.
The absurd thing of rebirth did not make Xi Mo panic. She could only feel fortunate that it was the Mid-Autumn Festival holiday, giving her time to adapt.
Returning to the place where she grew up, there was nothing strange about it. It was still the same home, and the aunt hired to take care of Xi Mo was still the same. Her parents, Xi Yicheng and Ruan Wenwen, were still far away, and Xi Mo was still alone.
But now the situation has changed. She will no longer live the same way as in her previous life. Her always ordinary life is about to change. She wants to repay Xiu Yangui for saving her life in her previous life.
Memories go back to the past. In fact, Xi Mo and Xiu Yangui grew up together. There is a word that can summarize their relationship, that is, childhood sweethearts. Ruan Wenwen and Xiu Yangui's mother Wu Manlin opened a beauty salon together in the past, so the two children have been in the same class since kindergarten. As they grew up, they were classmates in elementary school, junior high school, and even high school.
However, their relationship did not become closer as they knew each other for a longer time. Even when they entered high school, in their new class, almost no one knew that they knew each other, and they acted like strangers.
Her only memory of Xiu Yangui was the few glances she saw when they passed by in the classroom and corridor. Xi Mo remembered that Xiu Yangui had dropped out of school in her previous life, and she never met him again.
Xi Mo took the college entrance examination normally and went to study in a faraway city, where she lived and worked. Some people and things were erased from her memory due to distance and time.
But it seems that some people and some feelings will not disappear so easily.
Xiu Yangui's eyes full of emotion appeared in Xi Mo's mind again. Although Xi Mo was slow-witted, she was sure that it was definitely not an ordinary emotion.
This time she decided not to be so slow and took a step forward to step into a world that she did not know but that he would always uphold.
The Mid-Autumn Festival holiday was over and everyone returned to campus as normal. She was in the third row, while Xiu Yan was in the last row.
Qin Xinwei, Xi Mo's deskmate, was the class monitor and also Xi Mo's good friend in high school. However, in their previous life, the two were not able to talk about everything, and they even lost contact after graduating from high school.
One of the reasons is that Xi Mo is a very dull person and is insensitive to other people's emotional changes. Sometimes when Qin Xinwei has the urge to confide in Xi Mo, she doesn't get positive feedback from Xi Mo, not even an inquiring look, so she can only hold back her words.
As for Xi Mo, nothing could bother her, so naturally she had nothing to talk about. So for various reasons, the two of them, who should have been each other's best friends, gradually drifted apart.
It's time to make a change.
"Momo, let's go have breakfast."
"Let's go."
Today is Monday. The school cafeteria has a wide variety of breakfast options and they are cheap. Last night, Xi Mo invited Qin Xinwei to have breakfast together at school.
Of course, going to the cafeteria to eat together was to get closer to Qin Xinwei and also to see Xiu Yangui.
The school did not force students to read early on Mondays, and the teachers were lax in supervision, so some boys in the back rows of other classes, including Xiu Yangui, were scattered all over the school except for the classroom after entering the school in the morning.
Xi Mo knew that Xiu Yangui and some other male classmates must be in the cafeteria at this time. She went there for no other reason than to take a look at Xiu Yangui, who was still feeling his heartbeat.
After morning reading, the two went to the cafeteria together, and sure enough, the classmates were there too.
As the class monitor, Qin Xinwei was more familiar with her classmates' faces. "There are so many people here. Those who were not in the classroom during morning reading are now here. They are so arrogant. Aren't they afraid of Old Lin getting angry?"
Xi Mo followed Qin Xinwei's gaze, and her sight was focused on Xiu Yangui.
He was wearing the same autumn school uniform as everyone else, with his jacket half-unzipped, revealing the collar of his summer school uniform underneath. Just sitting there, he looked different, casual and lazy, as if he was a step above everyone else.
He has always been the focus of the crowd. On the one hand, it is because he is tall, and on the other hand, Xi Mo's eyes are all on him now, so lively and so flamboyant.
His face is narrow, his slightly parted hairstyle is long but in line with school regulations, he has beautiful fan-shaped double eyelids with upturned eye ends, and his amber pupils are like glass. When he stares at people, he always looks so affectionately, as if he only has eyes for you.
Even when she's not smiling, the corners of her mouth are slightly raised, and her delicate and affectionate face and thin lips also become ambiguous.
Still as beautiful as I remembered.
It wasn't just Xi Mo who was looking at him. All the classmates in the cafeteria were secretly glancing at him, from every grade.
Xi Mo withdrew her gaze and went to order with Qin Xinwei, so naturally she didn't notice that the person she was looking at just now was also looking at her at this moment.
Chen Nianyu, who was sitting next to Xiu Yangui, saw them and said, "Hey, the squad leader is here too. Could it be that Old Lin is finally angry and is here to arrest us?"
Lao Lin is the head teacher of their class, Lin Yongquan, an old man who is about to retire. This is the last class he will teach.
Although Lao Lin is old, he is open-minded. Basically, as long as they don't go too far and their grades don't decline, Lao Lin will turn a blind eye.
It can be said that their class is the most envied class in the whole year. If other teachers want to manage them, they have to look at Lao Lin's opinion. After all, Lao Lin is an old senior and his qualifications are there.
Xiu Yangui was finally able to look over there openly. "It definitely has nothing to do with Lao Lin. Just come over for breakfast. Isn't Xi Mo next to you?"
He spoke in a calm and casual tone, but only he knew the strong throbbing that suddenly arose in the depths of his heart when he finally could pronounce the two words "Xi Mo" with dignity after such a long time.
Chen Nianyu looked at it a few more times, as if worried, "Really?"
"Well, let's do this." Xiu Yangui stood up and bought two bottles of drinks from the self-service beverage vending machine next to him: one bottle of pure milk and one bottle of yogurt. "Let's go and give them to Xi Mo... the squad leader and the others."
"Okay, okay. Ah Yan, that's great."
"That's right, a man can't say he can't do it."
In fact, Xiu Yangui was so nervous that he almost lost control of his hands and feet. His Adam's apple rolled and he swallowed quietly in a place where no one noticed.
Xi Mo had her back to them and didn't know that Xiu Yangui and Chen Nianyu were walking towards her, but she could feel the gazes coming from behind. It was very familiar, as if she had felt it at some point in her previous life.
Chen Nianyu greeted generously, sitting next to Xi Mo, facing Qin Xinwei, "Hi, squad leader, happy Monday! I'll bring some water to you and Xi Mo."
Why not sit next to Xi Mo? That seat was naturally reserved for Xiu Yangui. After all, he was the one who bought the milk. Let him be closer to the two of them and make them familiar.
But Xiu Yangui did not sit there. Instead, he stood behind Xi Mo like a bodyguard, put the yogurt on Xi Mo's table, and handed the milk to Chen Nianyu.
Chen Nianyu took the milk and stood up. "Come on, squad leader, try not to mention me in front of Lao Lin. I'm scared."
Qin Xinwei asked suspiciously, "What are you doing? Bribing me?"
Chen Nianyu smiled as he opened the bottle of milk for Qin Xinwei and handed it to her flatteringly. "Well, what are you talking about? How can this be considered a bribe? This is just friendly interaction between classmates."
Qin Xinwei knew what he was thinking and took the milk. "If the head teacher doesn't ask me, I won't tell you. But if she does, I won't be able to do anything."
Chen Nianyu: "Okay, okay."
"Hehe, thank you, squad leader, you are so nice."
After saying that, he left with Xiu Yangui and patted Xiu Yangui on the shoulder, "Why didn't you say anything just now? Play your social butterfly role. It's not like you to be silent like that."
"Oh, that's right. You have good grades, so don't worry. Lao Lin won't be willing to say anything bad about you."
Xiu Yangui looked like he had fallen asleep and was woken up by Chen Nianyu. Just now, when he had such close contact with Xi Mo, he really felt like he was dreaming and everything seemed to be floating in the air.
Xi Mo sat there with her back to him. Looking from above, she looked petite and delicate, a small ball of wool. The hands exposed from her sleeves seemed unable to even hold a rice ball, and her fingertips were dyed pink by the heat.
Standing there, he could see that one side of Xi Mo's cheek was bulging when she ate, and it moved when she chewed, which was very cute.
It must be because they were really close, he could always smell the scent of laundry detergent coming from Xi Mo's body. It was a light fragrance, very pleasant.
Not only that, when Chen Nianyu opened the bottle cap for Qin Xinwei, Xi Mo naturally raised the bottle of yogurt for him to open. Although she didn't even look at him, his heart felt like it was hit by Cupid's arrow.
He took it stiffly and naturally, opened the lid and handed the yogurt back to Xi Mo. There was no communication between the two, but their movements were so familiar as if there had never been any barriers between them.
Although Chen Nianyu just said that "it's just friendly interactions between classmates", Xiu Yangui always felt that the act of opening the bottle cap for Xi Mo just now was so intimate and he liked it so much.
Qin Xinwei noticed that they gave Xi Mo yogurt and glanced at their backs. "What a coincidence! They know you're lactose intolerant?"
Xi Mo paused for a moment, intending to tell the truth: "Xiu Yangui knows, we knew each other before."
"Oh!" Qin Xinwei suddenly realized, "Why haven't I heard you say that before?"
Xi Mo blinked, "Then I'll talk more about it later."
"OK."
Looking at Qin Xinwei's smile, Xi Mo knew that she had done the right thing.
Speaking of yogurt, something about yogurt happened in my previous life.
In their previous life, when their class was in their senior year, the school provided a midnight snack service, a bag of bread and a bottle of milk, to ensure the students' health and nutrition.
But most of the things in the box are milk, and there are only a few bottles of yogurt. If you need them, you have to tell the classmate who is responsible for assigning midnight snacks in advance so that you can exchange them for yogurt.
Xi Mo didn't take this matter to heart and didn't care about yogurt and milk, but every time Xi Mo came back from dinner to attend evening self-study, there was always a bag of bread and a bottle of yogurt on the table.
At first, Xi Mo thought that Qin Xinwei had told the classmate who assigned the midnight snack that she was lactose intolerant, so that classmate helped her change to yogurt every time. But later Xi Mo found out that Qin Xinwei did not tell her.
Later in the second semester of senior year, Xiu Yangui was expelled. Throughout high school, Xi Mo actually had little communication with him and their relationship was very weak. When she heard the news, she didn't feel anything.
A new week begins a new study session. When Xi Mo returned to the classroom to start evening self-study, a bag of bread and a bottle of milk were already placed on the table, but this bottle of milk was milk, not yogurt.
Xi Mo stared at the bottle of milk in her hand for a long time without making any other movements.
Qin Xinwei was not at her seat. There was a list of students who were responsible for distributing midnight snacks on her desk.
This was the first time that Xi Mo moved something on someone else's desk without their consent. The paper was easy to find, as it was placed on top of the book. Xi Mo could see it clearly as long as she stood up.
There were several names written on the right side of the upper half of the paper. The name of Xiu Yangui, one of the students in charge of distribution, was clearly written on the paper, but because he dropped out of school, his name had been crossed out.
I remember that Xi Mo was sitting in her seat at that time, looking dazed, as if she was thinking about a lot, but also as if she was thinking about nothing. The surroundings became silent, and it seemed as if she was the only one left in the world.
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