Chapter 34 "Actually, it's good to go to college"

In the winter, the night sky is clear and cloudless, and the moonlight pours down, illuminating the not prosperous city slightly.

Leaving the Hequan Hotel and walking down the road without guardrails, the lights on the side of the road are sparse, and it seems that there are not many people living there.

Bai Yan walked on his right and buried his chin in the collar of his sweater.

Sui Yi looked at him, approached quietly, found Bai Yan's hand unskillfully, and squeezed it lightly.

"What do you want to eat?" Bai Yan asked him in a low voice, suddenly not knowing what to call Suiyi.

Sui Yi said awkwardly, "I don't know what's here?"

"Oh." Bai Yan replied in a muffled voice.

The two walked forward unhurriedly, and when they came to a street that looked very lively, Bai Yan tugged at the corner of his clothes: "Take you to my favorite store in high school?"

Half of the noodle shops along the street are exposed to the outside, and the long plastic table spans the door frame of the entire shop, like a long white ladder.

Bai Yan took Sui Yi to sit outside the door, then ran to the owner's side and whispered something.

Suiyi immediately felt the baptism of her gaze. The slightly fat proprietress held a spoon that was bigger than her face in her hand, and looked out suspiciously, looked at Suiyi, and threw a large amount of noodles into the pot.

Bai Yan, who had returned to Iquan, was much more lively. He walked towards him with a few chopsticks and jumped slightly when he passed the threshold.

Sui Yi felt a strange yet familiar feeling, holding her head to look at him.

"Do you like noodles?" Sui Yi took the things in his hand.

"This one is delicious." Bai Yan answered nonchalantly.

"I thought southerners didn't like noodles." Sui Yi pulled the stool next door closer and waited for Bai Yan to sit down.

"I like to eat everything." Bai Yan sat on the spot, looking forward to the mist on the stove.

Sui Yi took the chopsticks in his hand and stared at the person without restraint.

The proprietress walked over lightly carrying two bowls of pork ribs noodles, looked at Sui Yi for a while, and placed a bowl in front of him, Sui Yi glanced at the hill of pork ribs piled up in front of Bai Yan, with the illusion of being outcasts from outsiders. .

Bai Yan let him watch, lowered his head and took a piece of spareribs from the bowl, threw it into Suiyi's bowl, threw a piece, took another piece, and transferred the spareribs in the bowl like a Foolish Old Man moving a mountain.

"Eat yourself." Sui Yi couldn't help interrupting him.

Bai Yan stopped moving smoothly and took a chopstick noodles.

"Xiao Bai." Sui Yi's voice softened a little, "Why don't you take my money."

"Ah?" Bai Yan asked with puffed cheeks.

Suiyi also felt that this sentence was inappropriate, and after thinking about it, she changed the wording: "I came to see you, not to eat and drink for free. You must let me spend some money."

Bai Yan blinked, pointed to the slightly fat proprietress, and said vaguely, "Then you go to pay."

Sui Yi put down his chopsticks and stood up, walking to the stove: "Boss, how much is it?"

"...Thirty." The proprietress had a strange expression and took the things in his hand: "Are you classmate Xiaobai?"

"Yes." Sui Yi replied.

"College classmates?" The boss lady chased after him.

"Yes."

The boss's expression was clear: "His college classmates are all stars, are you a star?"

Sui Yi said seriously, "I'm not."

"You look like a star." The proprietress said again, "Are you and our Xiaobai good friends?"

Sui Yi paused, pondered her attitude for a while, nodded and said, "Yes."

The night in Hequan was not as quiet as imagined. The stalls in the late night became more and more lively, and various snacks were steaming hot on the street.

"Then I'll take you back?" Bai Yan asked him secretly, rubbing his unchanged belly.

Sui Yi thought for a while and said, "I'll take you back."

Bai Yan shook his head in disapproval and pulled his arm back.

The Hequan Hotel stood quietly by the upward ramp. There were several small cubicles with lights on. With Yi's footsteps, they got slower and slower, and then stopped in place.

"Then are you going back?"

With a rare grievance in Sui Yi's tone, she lowered her voice and said.

Bai Yan was stunned and stopped.

"Can't you stay with me?" Suiyi seems to have evolved, putting aside the unspeakable things of the nineteen-year-old and becoming honest and direct: "I want to stay with you."

Bai Yan's expression became very serious, he tilted his head to think for a while, and said, "Then stay until twelve o'clock, and I will go back."

"No." Sui Yi immediately refused.

"Then don't you go to bed at twelve o'clock?" Bai Yan stayed for a while and asked questions.

"I'm going to your house." Sui Yi unceremoniously gave a solution.

Bai Yan's expression froze for a moment, frowning slightly, as if thinking about some unparalleled problem.

Sui Yi stopped talking, and looked down at him, looking down at him.

In the end, they got on the bus together. The blue light in the carriage flickered on and off, making people sleepy.

Sui Yi pulled Bai Yan to sit at the back on the right, with their shoulders resting on their shoulders, swaying with the car.

"Squad leader." Bai Yan came over and called him.

Sui Yi raised her tone reflexively when she heard the title: "Huh? What's wrong?"

"Actually, my home is a welfare home." Bai Yan hesitated for a while and said, "It's the kind of many children who don't have parents and live together."

Sui Yi looked at him and said nothing.

"They are also called orphanages, but we don't like them, so we don't call them that." Bai Yan explained and forced a smile.

Sui Yi held his hand and smiled.

In the direction of the suburbs, the traffic gradually dwindled, and several cars passed by the window, leaving a sharp whistle.

"Squad leader." Bai Yan continued a little embarrassedly: "I didn't hide it from you on purpose, I forgot."

He casually squeezed his hand and said, "It's okay."

"I really forgot." Bai Yan's very serious gratitude came up again, and he repeated it again.

"I know." Sui Yi interrupted him: "I know where your home is. I peeked at your courier. I was wrong. I apologize first."

Bai Yan was stunned, listening to Sui Yi's explanation with four me as the subject with a blank expression, then came back to his senses and looked out the window awkwardly.

"What are you going to tell your mother-in-law in a while?" Sui Yi asked in a pointed way.

Bai Yan looked at him inexplicably: "My mother-in-law knows you and is the squad leader."

Sui Yi nodded very helpfully, then followed his angle and looked out the window.

When arrived in the suburbs, the night sky was much clearer, and could see the twinkling stars in the distance, much softer than the street lights on the roadside. The empty and flat road stretched farther, and was cut into sections by the street lights. on.

Hequan No. 3 Welfare Institute was originally located in the city center. After several reforms in the small town, it was relocated to the most eastern suburbs, and a few dozen kilometers to the east is the Inland Sea.

There is a small yard outside the three-story building of the welfare home. In the yard, a few bamboos are used as clothes drying poles. The surroundings are quiet, and only the first floor is illuminated.

Bai Yan led him inside, opened the door of the hall with the key, followed Yi carrying her bag, and controlled herself lightly.

The hall was filled with various chairs and small sofas, which looked a bit messy. An old grandma wearing glasses sat on the sofa for a nap, and held a hot water heater in her arms.

The dean is older than Suiyi imagined, his hair is all gray, and there are many ravines on his face. Fortunately, his temperament is very gentle, and he looks a lot softer.

"Mother-in-law." Bai Yan pushed her over and shouted softly.

The dean opened his eyes and asked confusedly, "Are you back?"

"Go to the room to sleep." Bai Yan gestured to help her.

"Who is this?" Dean's hand stopped in mid-air, his expression changed, he looked at Sui Yi from above his glasses, "Why are you here."

Sui Yi stood on the spot, nervously crushed the ground with her feet, and prepared a draft in her stomach: "Hello, Dean."

"It's the squad leader." Bai Yan cut off his self-introduction.

"Oh! It's the squad leader! Are you here to find Xiaobai?"

With a guilty conscience, Sui Yi nodded with a smile.

"Mother-in-law, go to bed." Bai Yan stubbornly hurried people, stuffed the dean into the corner room on the first floor, and after a few more words, turned off the bedroom light.

Sui Yi stood in the living room with her bag still in her hand, and finally looked at Bai Yan as if she was at a loss.

Bai Yan came over and took his hand, leading in the direction of the stairs: "I live on the fourth floor, keep your voice down, everyone is asleep."

Sui Yi lowered his head and let him pull it. There was only a small attic on the fourth floor, and the position near the window was only half a person's height. Bai Yan locked the door, as if he was relieved.

Sui Yi thought that his light-handed and light-footed appearance was very cute, and thought about the expression on his swiftly climbing stairs like a cat, and couldn't help but smile.

"Squad leader, what are you laughing at?" Bai Yan asked him.

Sui Yi smiled and asked, "Don't make people laugh?"

"Then are you going to sleep?" Bai Yan skipped his question.

"I'm not sleepy now." Sui Yi slept well in the evening, and after eating the noodles, she was a little energetic: "Can you show me your photo?"

Bai Yan looked at him incomprehensibly.

"If you invite people to be a guest at home, they will look at the album." Sui Yi recalled for a while and explained her few experiences indiscriminately, and then said after a while: "I want to see the photos of your childhood."

Bai Yan thought for a while, and pulled out a thick leather photo album from the bookshelf.

"This is from the orphanage." Bai Yan pulled him to sit on the cot that was too short. "There should be mine too, but not much."

The leather album looked older than the building, and the plastic interlayer on each page had cracks. Bai Yan took a long time to find himself, pointing to an old photo with only black and yellow: "This should be me ."

A little boy with a very serious expression is standing in the inferior scenic setting with a toothbrush, pursing his lips and staring at the camera, as if he is accomplishing some kind of task.

"Why are you so fierce?" Sui Yi touched the child in the photo with her hand.

Bai Yan shook his head: "I don't know what I was thinking at that time."

"Did you just come here for the photo?" Sui Yi was itching and pulled out the photo.

Bai Yan shook his head again: "I was brought back by my mother-in-law as soon as I was born, and I only know my surname Bai."

"Oh." Sui Yi answered dryly.

"She was still working in the city government at that time, and she found a very good teacher to give me a name. I hope that I will be happy and leisurely in the future, so she will call me Bai Yan." Bai Yan tilted her head and said, "But you can call me anything. whatever."

Sui Yi looked at him, her eyes a little dark.

There is a skylight facing the night sky on the sloping roof, and a cold wind blows in.

Sui Yi looked at him, her eyes dark.

He suddenly felt an indescribable sense of direction, maybe it was this very powerful teacher, maybe it was others, Sui Yi had other impulsive goals besides his own desire for Bai Yan, he, the dean, and this powerful teacher Like my teacher, I hope Bai Yan can be happy and leisurely in the future.

Bai Yan lowered his head and turned several pages, found a group photo, took it out and placed it in front of Sui Yi, saying, "This is when I graduated from junior high school."

Sui Yi followed his hand and looked over. In the middle of the dense crowd, Bai Yan stood upright, his expression as serious as when he was a child, his hair was blown by the outdoor wind and fluttered in the air.

"Why are you taking pictures so seriously?" Sui Yi couldn't help but say.

Bai Yan thought for a while: "I don't know, I can't relax."

"Are you so nervous as long as there is a camera?" Sui Yi put another photo in front of her, flipping through it rudely like the owner.

"Maybe." Bai Yan said.

"When you were in junior high school, was it the same as in college?" Suiyi asked him.

Bai Yan didn't quite understand: "What do you mean?"

"It's just that you don't like talking to people, you don't have classes, and the teacher doesn't care about you." Sui Yi thought about it for a while, and objectively described Bai Yan's situation when he just entered the university.

Bai Yan shook his head and said, "No."

"What's that like?" Sui Yi raised her eyes to look at him.

"The classmates and teachers in the junior high school are very kind to me." Bai Yan smiled, "Maybe it's because my grades are good? Everyone likes children with good grades, and the parents of my classmates will not mind that I am from a welfare institution. Let them let me be more, the teachers also like me, and the dean is very happy when he goes to the parent-teacher meeting."

Sui Yi touched his head.

"High school too, everyone treats me very well." Bai Yan thought for a while, "Is it different from Hequan? It seems that people in other places think that children without parents will be weird, introverted, and have a bad temper.Well, or being bullied a lot at school."

"But I haven't experienced this, and I have been doing well until the college entrance examination. Maybe the teacher's name is very good." Bai Yan rubbed his eyes, and his eyes were a little red.

"Yeah." Sui Yi seemed to agree with this statement.

"Actually, it's good to go to university." Bai Yan's eyes were a little sleepy, "I met you."

Bai Yan stretched out naturally and lay down across the quilt, showing a very comfortable expression.

Sui Yi felt that her throat was a little tight, she lowered her head to see him bury herself in the bed, and reached out to touch his head.

"Squad leader, I'm so sleepy." Bai Yan's tone was a little erratic.

In a casual voice, he said, "Go to sleep."

The clouds outside the skylight were blown away, and the moonlight fell more clearly, lifting the quiet yard from the darkness.