In another week, Song Yan and his classmates will finish their training course. There will be a graduation test at the end, after which they can return to their unit.
Although Song Yanlai's superiors did not explain to him during the training what practical benefits would be after the training, he realized this after attending the training course.
He discovered that it was not so simple. Through daily contact and understanding with them, he learned that those who came to participate in the training were all key personnel in the unit, and almost everyone was older than Song Yan, while he was the youngest among them.
Song Yan had no interest in anything else; he only wanted to focus on the current training so he could go home smoothly after the course ended. He wondered how Wen Ruan had fared during the three months he had been away from home.
He had originally told Wen Ruan that the training would last about two months, but three months had almost passed in the blink of an eye, and Song Yan was starting to feel anxious, worried that his family would worry...
Two people, in different places but at the same time, are both longing for each other...
On Sunday, the next day, when Wen Ruan was looking at the study materials that Teacher Wang Qing had given her, she noticed that a book related to her major was frequently mentioned. The book was praised in her notes, and Wen Ruan thought about going to the school library to find it and borrow it.
Although she could find it at the Beijing Municipal Library, it was relatively far from home. It was more convenient to borrow it from the school. After getting up, Wen Ruan set off for the school.
Yesterday, she discussed it with Song's mother and Wen's mother, and they agreed that they would come to her house again at noon today, so Wen Ruan needed to rush back before lunch.
Soon, Wen Ruan found the books she wanted to borrow in the library. Thinking that Zhou Wen was still living in the school dormitory, she decided to invite her to her home for dinner, so she headed towards the dormitory.
During holidays, the school is very quiet, with most students going home for the holidays, except for those who choose to stay on campus due to special circumstances.
As soon as she reached the grove of trees at the intersection of the girls' dormitory and the canteen, she heard a quarrel. Wen Ruan felt that one of the female voices sounded familiar.
Hearing the voice, she looked over and said, "Wenwen, are you really not going back? Niu Niu is still waiting for you at home. She's only three years old. How can you bear to leave her like this?"
He was dressed very simply, his jacket was covered with thick patches, his face was tanned dark, and his fingers were rough, but even so, Wen Ruan could tell that the man's features were very regular.
"Don't come looking for me anymore. You don't have a city household registration, and I've just been admitted to university and returned to the city. We're destined to separate. This is destined to have no good outcome..." The woman's voice was extremely cold.
Wen Ruan then noticed that the girl with her back to her seemed to be Zhou Wen!
It wasn't that she was deliberately eavesdropping. Perhaps because there were hardly any people on campus, and the corner where the two were standing was rather secluded, they didn't have much to worry about, so they spoke a little louder. Moreover, it was on Wen Ruan's usual route back to her dormitory, so she couldn't help but hear them.
Wen Ruan felt a wave of embarrassment. Discovering someone else's secret was never a good thing, so she gave up on the idea of going to Zhou Wen's house for dinner and quickly turned to leave...
As soon as Wen Ruan arrived home, her mother and Song's mother had already prepared dinner. The three of them gathered together, and Wen's mother asked, "Didn't you go to school today? Did you take care of everything?"
Wen Ruan nodded to indicate that the book had been borrowed.
"Didn't you say you have a roommate who's still at school? Why don't you invite her over for dinner? You were just telling your mom you wanted to cook a couple more dishes," Song's mother continued.
Wen Ruan felt a little embarrassed when she recalled what she had just seen and heard. She quickly said that she couldn't find her, that she didn't have a dormitory, and that she probably had other things to take care of.
She knew beforehand that during this period, especially after educated youth were allowed to return to the cities and the college entrance examination was reinstated, many cases of people abandoning their spouses and children emerged, but she never imagined that such a thing would happen to someone close to her, and that the person would be her roommate...
She always felt that Zhou Wen was the most composed and honest person in the dormitory. She was very studious and usually took good care of the younger girls. In addition, she was the oldest in the dormitory, so everyone called her Big Sister.
Logically speaking, Wen Ruan would never have believed that such a thing could happen to her, but who knew... she saw it with her own eyes.
Although Wen Ruan understood rationally, she couldn't accept it emotionally.
This is perhaps a tragedy caused by the times. At present, the movement of people is strictly controlled, and the investigation by work units and departments is also very strict. You need a letter of introduction to go anywhere. If you do not return within the time limit of the letter of introduction, you will be labeled as a vagrant, locked up and sent back. The circumstances are very serious.
Although the reform and opening up will arrive soon, and the control over the movement of people will be relatively less strict, only Wen Ruan knows about this matter at present. It is unknown to other people, and Wen Ruan cannot remind them.
Wen Ruan was initially hesitant, wondering whether she should remind Zhou Wen, but after hearing how resolute Zhou Wen was, she decided not to interfere too much.
But she wouldn't tell anyone about it, keeping it to herself. Wen Ruan sighed silently to herself.
In the following days, Wen Ruan was just as busy as before, studying extensively every day to fill in her gaps and deficiencies. She made rapid progress at work, and Qin Jianwen was quite amazed by the speed at which Wen Ruan absorbed knowledge.
Even Wang Qing, a person who is warm on the outside but cold on the inside, kept telling Wen Ruan to take good care of her health and not to overwork herself. He also frequently gave her guidance on various professional skills and was very satisfied with Wen Ruan.
Friday arrived in the blink of an eye. Wen Ruan was the last person to leave the office. There was a document that needed to be finished before Monday, but Wen's mother and Song's mother would come to her house on the weekend. Recently, they had been coming to the small courtyard house often for the three of them to have dinner together.
Needless to say, Mr. Song often worked overtime at his company, frequently returning home late at night, leaving only Mrs. Song and Aunt Li at home, staring at each other every day. Meanwhile, Mr. Wen was also working energetically at the factory every day. In Wen Ruan's words, "He has found a second spring in his career..."
In addition, the two mothers were worried that Wen Ruan would just eat haphazardly at home, so they would come to visit whenever they had nothing else to do.
Therefore, Wen Ruan did not want to bring all her work home to handle, firstly because it was inconvenient, and secondly because she wanted to spend more time with the two of them.
Although it was summer and the sun set late, it was already completely dark by the time Wen Ruan came out of get off work. As she walked out of the company gate, she greeted the gatekeeper with a smile.
"Comrade Wen, you're off work so late again. You always stay up this late. You're a woman, so you need to be careful. You're just like your teacher, Teacher Wang. Oh dear, you both get so busy that you lose all sense of direction..." As people get older, they like to nag incessantly.
But Wen Ruan was never impatient; she would smile gently and listen patiently to the old man's concern.
"Ruan Ruan..." Wen Ruan heard a voice calling her, a voice that seemed to be the one she often encountered in her dreams.
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