You stay in my heart

chapter eight

A few days later in the evening, the sunset, the cloud gap is not exhausted, red and white color each other, like the autumn frost stained maple forest.

Xu Bai sat on the steps in the sunshine, holding their cat in his arms. A cat's soft fur is nice and warm, perfect for covering its hands.

Just then, Xie Pingchuan went out of the house.

Wearing a black coat, he passed the withered locust tree in front of the court and made a string of footprints in the snow.

Xu Bai put down the cat, she quickly followed his footsteps, running along his footprints - Xie Pingchuan suddenly stopped, so Xu Bai hit his back.

Xie Pingchuan said, "Why are you following me?"

Xu Bai stepped back and distanced himself from him: "Brother, where do you want to go?"

Strange to say, for a moment she had thought he was going to run away.

Xie picked up his phone and opened the flap to reveal a green screen: "Ji Heng asked me out to dinner." He gave the message to Xu Bai, and felt a little subtle.

Why did he explain to Xu Bai where he was going?

Xu Bai held his mobile phone and said, "It is in the hot pot restaurant across the street, can I go with you?"

The hot pot restaurant across the street is famous for its rich dishes, fragrant soup base and thoughtful service. It is indeed a good place to eat.

Ji Heng called Xie Pingchuan to eat there for no other reason than... He himself was repeatedly rejected from school. To be fair, he and Xie Pingchuan is a pair of brothers and sisters, two people eat hot pot together, may be able to comfort each other's wounded soul.

Jiheng in hot pot restaurant sit down not long, Xie Pingchuan and Xu Bai appeared together.

Ji Heng froze for a moment and said to them: "Come, come, I am here."

He didn't expect Xu Bai to follow him, so he ordered several bottles of beer in advance. After Xu Bai sat down, Ji Heng took the invoice and said, "I'll ask them if they can change the beer to..." Switch to yogurt and juice."

Xie Pingchuan obstructed him: "Don't change, I also want to drink today."

Ji Heng patted him on the shoulder: "I understand you, man, heart hurt, to fill with wine."

Jiheng voice behind, Xie Pingchuan picked up the menu. He still asked for a bottle of yogurt, but to take care of Xu Bai.

It was a cold winter night, and the people outside the window were wrapped in cotton-padded robes. Occasionally, I could hear the wind whistling, and the Windows were covered with a layer of fog. The snow piled up in the streets and froze the Windows like ice.

It is precisely because of the cold, hot pot restaurant business is booming, not only filled with guests, but also billowing heat. Clinking glasses and laughter were heard from time to time around, but at Xu Bai's table, the atmosphere was a little... I don't know. It's a little quiet.

With a mandarin duck pot on the table, Ji Heng sighed while instant-boiled mutton: "Xie Pingchuan, I really did not expect that I was rejected by the University of Southern California, what I applied for is the computer game major... Do you think I'm not qualified?"

Xie Pingchuan poured wine for him: "If I were an admission officer, I would accept you."

Ji Heng just felt pleased, Xie Pingchuan inserted a knife: "But the real admission officer, all think we are not qualified."

Ji Heng took a sip of wine and said, "Let me tell you, Xie Pingchuan, if you were an African, you would be admitted in a minute." Can you blame them for asking too much of Asians?"

After the drink, he belched again. "By the way, I heard you got rejected from a safety school. I was really surprised."

Xu Bai Wenyan, sitting opposite Ji Heng, looked up and insisted: "It is because the admission standard is exceeded, it must be this reason."

Ji Heng smiled and asked, "Overqualified?"

Xu Bai nodded: "Yes, obviously."

Xu Bai finished the word, and associated with the synonym of French, at the same time put a few cuttlefish into the pot, patiently waiting for it to be ironed.

She rested her cheeks on her hands and looked down as if in thought. Xie Pingchuan looked at her for a while, Xu Bai noticed, she asked: "Are you looking at me?"

Xie Pingchuan "HMM" a sound.

A question came to mind: "Did you say hello to your parents before you left?"

Xu Bai shook his mobile phone: "I sent a text message to my father, he won't come home tonight, my mother is busy with the exhibition again during this period... After I went to the third grade, my mother seemed to get busier and busier."

The cuttlefish in the stockpot had been scalded, and it rose from the water like a lone boat rolling in the open ocean. Xu Bai and Xie Pingchuan talk, Jiheng will bring a leaky spoon, the cuttlefish all picked up, put into Xu Bai's plate.

Xu Bai was surprised and said, "Thank you, senior."

Because she was sitting opposite Ji Heng, Ji Heng looked up and smiled, "Call me Ji Heng, season of seasons, balanced Heng, pleasant to listen to and easy to remember."

Before Xu Bai answered, Ji Heng joked again: "You can call me brother, just like Xie Pingchuan, I am the same age as Xie Pingchuan, should be older than you." Come on, tell my brother to let me..."

"Listen" word has not said, Xie Pingchuan suddenly smiled.

Xie Pingchuan reached out to Jiheng's back, stopped for a few seconds did not put down - this move Jiheng is very familiar, in general, Jiheng and Xie Pingchuan team to participate in programming competition, whenever Jiheng made any mistake, Xie Pingchuan's reaction is like this.

Almost without exception.

Ji Heng quickly changed the subject: "Xie Pingchuan, do you think the man sitting in front of me is a salted fish?"

Xie Pingchuan agreed: "Yes, he is a salted fish."

Having said that, his eyes were on Ji Heng.

Xie Pingchuan poured beer for Ji Heng, and his own glass was full. After the two clinked glasses, Ji Heng said, "But the guarantee school that rejected you admitted him. Isn't it strange?"

Don't you think it's weird?

That seems to be the case with admissions, which speaks volumes about the unpredictable.

A man of high self-esteem, Xie responded by drinking beer.

He was at home by his parents, is really read tired, out and Jiheng dinner, or to discuss the school - he actually did not want to talk about these.

However, students' job is to study, and the aura of famous schools is irreplaceable. Although after entering the school gate, there may be eliminated, but in the current situation, taking the admission is a victory.

So far, Xie Pingchuan is still the bare-rod commander.

He had nothing but a rejection letter.

It is impossible to say that he does not care; he is used to smooth sailing. But now it was circling the harbor, and there seemed to be no ferry.

He had no blind confidence in himself, and had imagined the worst - if all schools rejected him, whether he would have to wait to apply next year.

Xu Bai said, "Brother, I can't open the bottle cap."

She held the bottle of yogurt, quietly and Xie Pingchuan eyes, because stuffed a spare rib, cheek is still bulging... Like a little hamster.

Xie Pingchuan was originally sitting in a row with Ji Heng, but because of the bottle of yogurt, he stood up and sat on Xu Bai's side.

In doing so, he was separated from Ji Heng.

Jiheng did not react, see Xie Pingchuan sat on the opposite side. His heart is slightly lost, feel Xie Pingchuan abandoned himself.

Xie Pingchuan was unaware. He took the bottle of yogurt, quickly unscrewed it for Xu Bai, and listened to Ji Heng say: "Just said that the person sitting in front of me, he also got the admission, but I really can't figure out why?"

Ji Heng said, "Isn't he a salted fish? He hasn't won any prizes in competitions, and the TOEFL and SAT are not as high as you..."

Xie Pingchuan nodded, recalling the classmate, his biggest impression is: "I like to take off my shoes in class."

"Sure," said Ji Heng with a tone of indignation, "he took off his shoes and sat in which corner could not smell it?" I can't even open the window to get rid of the smell, why are such people admitted?"

Xie Pingchuan into memories, silence to.

It was not only an extraordinary memory, but also a smell that could not be removed from the window.

Ji Heng continued to share his hatred with him: "By the way, he lent me two hundred dollars last time, and he hasn't paid me back yet."

Xie Pingchuan answered, "Don't you ask him?"

Two hundred dollars for Ji Heng, is just a trivial small amount, originally everyone is a classmate, this money to say hello even passed.

However, now the feng shui turns, the classmate often shows off in front of Ji Heng, which makes Ji Heng can not accept, it began to turn up the old score.

Ji Heng said: "Xie Pingchuan, you help me ask, his eloquence is better than mine, I can not talk about him."

Xie Pingchuan put down the bottle: "I don't want to talk to him for a while."

"That's right," Ji Heng said, ironing a handful of spinach and turning it back and forth with his chopsticks. "Don't go. He'll definitely show it off to you."

"It's not that," Mr. Xie said, propping up his chin. "He's been taking off his shoes lately."

"So why?" Ji Heng sighed deeply, "Such people have received admission, but we two were rejected."

Xie Pingchuan with the breath of wine, half joking: "Because we can not compare with the salted fish."

He was just following Jiheng's words and continuing a topic of comparison with him. Ji Heng stayed for several seconds before laughing awkwardly and said, "Are you serious?" That doesn't sound like your sentence."

Xie Pingchuan smiled and said, "What do you think I should say?"

Ji Heng could not answer.

The noisy chatter in the hot pot restaurant drowned his thoughts. The table became extremely quiet, except for the noise of the boiling soup pot, there was only the gentle noise of chopsticks bumping against utensils.

Xu Bai still has half a piece of rice cake in his mouth. She is the only one who eats carefully tonight. She tries hard to chew the rice cake, during which she accidentally chokes. Xie Pingchuan asks, "Would you like some water?"

"No," said Xu Bai, pulling at his sleeve, "you should say..."

Xie Pingchuan does not understand the meaning of Xu Bai.

Xu Bai explained, "I'm answering your question."

She put down her chopsticks and sat upright: "You should say that you have plans and ideals, and people with ideals are not salted fish... Plus, you aced your TOEFL and SAT, you took part in a lot of competitions, and you found time to teach."

Xie Pingchuan didn't listen carefully.

He only noticed that Xu Bai coughed twice, so he asked the waiter for a glass of water. The young waitress had a visible blush as she bent down to speak to him.

The waitress gently replied, "Just a moment, please." Then he asked gently, "Sir, would you like anything else to drink besides a glass of water?"

Xie Pingchuan said, "No, thanks."

After the waitress left, Xu Bai picked up his chopsticks again: "I'm so sad, you don't listen to me."

Xie remembered that Xu Bai had said "volunteer teaching", so he responded: "I do volunteer teaching in order to apply for going abroad."

Opposite Ji Heng has been drinking high, he knocked the bowl with chopsticks: "Oh, Xie Pingchuan, you finally admitted."

Xu Bai said, "No, it's not like that."

She turned to Ji Heng and said, "He could have done easier work, actually he didn't have to do it himself, and he could have relied on his parents, but he didn't."

For the last five words, Xu Bai seems to have used stress.

Yes, from small to large, Xu Bai most admired one of the people, is sitting beside her Xie Pingchuan. As a child, she had a lisp that made it impossible for her to say exactly what she meant, but she knew very well that there were certain things she would say to him one day.

Now is a good time.

Xu Bai partial half of his face, looked at Xie Pingchuan: "I know you have a clear goal, serious work, careful sense of proportion, strong sense of responsibility, is a very gentle person." You just don't say it..."

She slowed down and spoke earnestly and firmly, one sentence at a time.

Before Xie Pingchuan answered, Xu Bai covered his left chest: "But here, you have everything." I've known you for ten years. I know you very well."

Xie Pingchuan looked her in the eye for a moment and then asked in a low voice, "Really?"

Xu Bai nodded solemnly.

It's not often she's this serious.

Xie Pingchuan picked up his glass and said, "Is there anything else you want to say to me?"

Xu Bai considered it carefully and borrowed their adults' favorite words, which are often used to bless others: "There is one more word, you will have a happy marriage and a successful career in the future."

Xie Pingchuan's thoughts were deflected by the word "marriage". He took another sip of wine and looked out at the moon. "Promise me you won't praise anyone else like that."

Xu Bai said nothing and agreed directly.

The atmosphere at the table softened and became cheerful.

Ji Hyeong is the one who ruined the atmosphere.

Ji Heng knocked on the table and said, "Xiao Bai, I don't agree with what you said just now."

He could not help questioning her: "Where is Xie Pingchuan gentle and kind, he just spoke ill of his classmates with me, and despised others who took off their shoes and had beriberi..."

Ji Heng paused for a moment and emphasized, "He still doesn't allow you to praise others. How small-minded that is."

Xie Pingchuan interrupted him: "Ji Heng, are you in a good mood?"

Ji Heng pucks his lips: "Not very good."

"Coincidence, me too," Xie Pingchuan took off his mechanical watch, "let's go out and fight."

Thinking of the arm-wrestling on the bus, Ji Heng was clear-headed and immediately judged the situation: "Xu Bai, I tell you, as far as I know, there is no more handsome and reliable boy than Xie Pingchuan."

Xu Bai smiled and replied, "Yes, I know."