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Ye Wenyu was stunned. She looked at Cai Wenchuan with a bittersweet feeling. Yes, he was right. She gazed at him through the swirling snowflakes and said softly, "Brother Wen, yes, the more unrelated people are, the closer we can be."
Love is wanting to reach out and touch, then pulling your hand back.
She spoke with some difficulty, because after standing in the snow for a while, both of them had snowflakes covering their heads and shoulders, especially their heads, which were completely white, with no trace of their black hair. Her mood improved again, and she tilted her head and smiled, pointing to his head, then tilting her head and pointing to her own head, and said to him playfully, "Half a year has passed, three and a half years, it's a very short time."
What? Cai Wenchuan was stunned. At first, he didn't understand what she meant, but he quickly realized it. He was touched, but he still couldn't quite believe it.
His heart warmed, and his nose tingled with emotion. The little girl in front of him was even more sensible and mature than him.
Ye Wenyu smiled gently and said, "Besides, now that we're old and gray, we will definitely grow old together." She smiled, her eyes and brows curving like a crescent moon.
Her voice trembled in the snow because of shyness and nervousness.
Cai Wenchuan looked at the snow on her head, which almost completely obscured her dark black hair. He had indeed heard someone online say, "If two people keep walking together on a snowy day, they can grow old together."
So when Xiaoyu told him she wanted to grow old together, he was overjoyed. He hadn't expected the girl he loved to be more mature, more sensible, and more resilient than him. He longed to hold her in his arms, embrace her tightly, and kiss her passionately. But now, he couldn't—
It's too disadvantageous for both him and her—
Therefore, Cai Wenchuan smiled and said, "Yes, Xiaoyu, we will definitely grow old together." He deliberately emphasized the words "grow old together." Slowly, he raised his head and looked at the snowflakes falling from the sky. His heart was filled with gratitude. This was the first time in his life that he felt a snowy day was so beautiful.
Ye Wenyu regained consciousness and said to him, "By the way, I came to ask you something, Brother Wen. There's an extra four thousand yuan on my meal card. Did you top it up for me?"
Cai Wenchuan snapped out of his daze and immediately said, "No." He was a little flustered, but he didn't want her to know, because if she knew, she definitely wouldn't accept it, so he had to deny it.
Upon hearing the answer, Ye Wenyu's face was filled with suspicion. She looked at Cai Wenchuan with her large, clear eyes, tilted her head, and gently asked, "Really?"
Cai Wenchuan smiled, turned his face away, looked into the distance, and said gently to her, "Really, no. It's probably a poverty subsidy that the school gave you."
Subsidies for students from impoverished families? Ye Wenyu raised one eyebrow.
Cai Wenchuan said in a serious tone, "That's right. Q University has a tradition of providing subsidies for students from impoverished families. Every semester, if a student is from an impoverished family, the money will be quietly deposited into their meal card. So, I think it must be the subsidy for students from impoverished families."
"But I—" Ye Wenyu was suspicious. Although her family was indeed so poor that they couldn't even afford to eat, and she was practically the most miserable student at Q University, she was not a student in poverty. Compared to children from remote mountain villages or those whose fathers had cancer, she couldn't be a student in poverty. She remembered that when she first started university, she had tried to apply for a student in poverty but was rejected.
Ye Wenyu originally wanted to ask Cai Wenchuan more questions, but seeing several people approaching in the distance, she worried that their meeting would be seen and rumors would spread. Therefore, she quickly said, "I understand, goodbye, Brother Wen." Then, like a startled rabbit, she quickly fled into the snow and disappeared in an instant.
Cai Wenchuan watched Ye Wenyu flee like a fawn in the snow, a surge of inexplicable anger rising within him. He wondered why he was never free, why he had never been free from childhood to adulthood! In his family of origin, he couldn't freely choose his own life, and now, even though he was working and independent, he couldn't freely choose his love. He liked a girl, but he had to do it secretly and wait in vain!
The next day, the ice and snow melted, the sun peeked out from behind the clouds, revealing a bright smile, and the temperature began to rise. Students walked in twos and threes on their way to class. Long icicles hung from the branches of the towering pine trees, sparkling like diamonds in the sunlight.
As Cai Wenchuan walked to class, the beautiful scenery before him gradually lifted his spirits, which had been gloomy all night. He remembered that since yesterday, Xiaoyu no longer had to eat only one dish per meal because of the extra four thousand yuan on her meal card. He was very happy.
Worried that she might still be reluctant to spend the money, he took out his phone and sent Ye Wenyu a private message on WeChat: "Now that you have money on your meal card, don't be as frugal as before. You must eat two meat dishes and one vegetable dish for every meal." He thought for a moment, worried that she wouldn't accept his suggestion, so he sent another private message as a supplement: "The school provides subsidies for students in need every semester, so you have 4,000 yuan this semester, and you'll have it next semester too. There's only one month left until the holidays, so you can spend this 4,000 yuan on your meal card without worry. Don't be stingy."
He sent a private message, crafted like a long novel. Ye Wenyu quickly responded with a smiling, nodding emoji and a picture of bright red lips—a kissing emoji. Cai Wenchuan, standing outdoors in the melting snow, suddenly smiled, a warm feeling washing over him. His heart pounded like a drum, as if Xiaoyu had truly kissed him, not just with an emoji on WeChat. She liked him, didn't she? The feeling of mutual affection was wonderful!
Knowing that she loves him too, his current troubles are nothing at all, and everything will pass, won't it?
The bell rang; it was the backup bell. Less than five minutes before class started, Cai Wenchuan snapped out of his daze, his face beaming with a smile like water overflowing from a basin. He immediately put his phone back in his pocket and hurried to the classroom, stepping through the snow and ice.
He taught a class to his students in a good mood, and afterwards patiently answered their questions. After finishing, he returned to his office, somewhat tired.
Although I was a little tired, my heart was happy. The sunlight outside seemed even brighter. A few rays of sunlight fell on my desk, making it smooth and golden, like honey in spring. I could hear the sound of rain falling outside; the snow was melting.
He watched and listened to all of this with amusement. At that moment, the grade leader walked up to Cai Wenchuan and said to him, "Professor Cai, the principal wants to see you in his office." A hint of schadenfreude flashed in his colleague's eyes.
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