Chapter 1 Rebirth
The three-year appointment has arrived.

Jiangnan City, a second-rate university, Jianghe University.

Ye An returned to his alma mater again.

An indescribable taste.

After getting out of the car, we walked to the third sports field on foot and came to the agreed place.

Someone is already waiting for him.

"The two of them haven't arrived yet?" Ye An came over to sit beside him and asked.

Baicheng nodded, picked up a can of beer and handed it to Ye An.

"How is it? Are you still writing novels?" Ye An took a sip of beer, glanced lightly at Baicheng beside him, and asked casually.

Bai Cheng gently shook the half-can of beer in his hand, and said in a faint voice, "I haven't written it for a long time."

Ye An glanced at Bai Cheng's face inadvertently, and saw that the corners of his mouth were bitter, his face was sallow and thin, Ye An vaguely understood something, turned his gaze away, and didn't ask any more questions.

In his memory, Baicheng was a lover of literature. He loved to write novels when he was in college. Ye An still remembers that the most frequent saying of Baicheng is that he wants to prove the Tao and become a god at Qidian.

At that time, he was handsome and talented, and was recognized as a talented person in the college. Many girls pursued him at that time, but he devoted himself to writing and did not fall in love once in four years of college.

Many people dedicate their youth to love, but he dedicates his youth to his dreams.

Just like many people's love did not blossom, his dream did not blossom in the end.

Bai Cheng raised his head, drank the remaining beer in one gulp, turned his head, looked at Ye An, and said, "How about you, how are you doing?"

Ye An looked aimlessly into the distance, and said in a self-deprecating voice, "I just work in a small company, with a salary of 3000 yuan a month, and 2000 yuan to my home every month."

"Auntie's illness still not cured?" Bai Cheng asked.

Ye An shook his head, his voice was a little low: "My mother has a heart disease."

Bai Cheng: "Your brother hasn't been found yet?"

Ye An shook his head bitterly, with deep powerlessness and self-blame in his tone: "My brother has a high heart, he hasn't replied to letters these years, and he probably doesn't have a good life outside. It's all because of me, a useless brother."

After saying that, Ye An turned his head and rubbed his sore nose.

Three years ago, my younger brother ran away from home suddenly, and my mother was bedridden with illness. The burden of the family fell on my father alone.

Seeing the depression at home, Ye An gave up studying for graduate school and found a job in Jiangnan City to support the family and share his father's hard work.

The autumn wind blows gently, it is cool, and it blows on the face, and there is no pain.But there was a chill, which inadvertently hit Ye An's heart. In this late autumn season, the bleak atmosphere eroded the last trace of warmth in his heart little by little.

Life is like this.

Everyone has dreams when they are young, but not everyone's dreams can come true.

When the pressure from family and society came, they had to bow their heads to reality, had to give up their most beloved ideals, turned to the most ordinary jobs, and began to deal with daily necessities.

Young figures were running on the sports field, while Ye An and Bai Cheng were drinking beer and chatting about their college life back then.

When a person appeared in front of them, Ye An and the two stood up together.

There was a look of surprise in his eyes.

He was wearing a shabby military coat on his upper body, a pair of washed white jeans on his lower body, and a pair of sneakers with no brand recognizable on his feet.

Ye An looked at the vicissitude-looking young man in front of him, who was even older than himself at a glance, and he seemed to have an illusion.

Is the man standing in front of him really Xiao Yu who is three years younger than himself?

Ye An's memory went back to three years ago, back to the university dormitory at the time, that short, lively and cute boy who loved to play games has turned into this after all the vicissitudes?
Ye An couldn't believe it, he didn't dare to imagine what happened to him in these years to cause such a big change in a person.

"Why, you don't recognize me anymore?" Xiao Yu smiled sarcastically, picked up a bottle of wine, and sat down on his own.

"Aren't you going to play professionally?" Ye An asked suspiciously.

Hearing this, Xiao Yu drank a big gulp of beer, smiled self-deprecatingly, and finally uttered a sentence: "It's been a long time since I stopped fighting."

Ye An felt a little cold in his heart, and seeing the forced smile on Xiao Yu's face, he was inexplicably heartbroken. The youngest roommate in dormitory 514 in the past, but so old, behind the phrase "I've stopped fighting a long time ago" Ye An couldn't imagine what kind of sadness it was.

The strongest king in the first district of LOL Telecom, the boy who claimed to participate in professional competitions and reach the world finals, is now in such a state of desperation.

At this moment, looking at the stiff smile on the other party's face, Ye An didn't know whether it was true indifference or the deep pain hidden in his heart under his strong smile.

"You are very talented, you shouldn't give up, unlike me, you have no talent at all." Bai Cheng said leisurely, and at the end, he smiled bitterly, tilted his head, and took a few more gulps of beer.

Xiao Yu didn't speak, but stretched out his left hand.

Of the five fingers, four have been deformed.

"Your hand..." Ye An's heart trembled, and he vaguely understood why Xiao Yu gave up e-sports.

Xiao Yu's eyes were low, he stared at his left hand, and said in a low voice: "Two years ago, I had a conflict with someone in an Internet cafe. Those four fingers were interrupted at that time. Although they were connected later, but Responsiveness and flexibility are not as good as before.”

"As you know, during my four years in college, I didn't even get a diploma, and I never dared to tell my family about playing games. Later, when I couldn't play games, I went to work as a laborer on a construction site. Although the salary was Not much, but at least I can support myself.”

Xiao Yu said it very easily, but after the two listened to it, their hearts were extremely heavy.

Ye An patted him on the back, then hugged him.

On the other side, Baicheng also embraced him.

The three of them huddled together at this moment, and faint cries filled the air.

The crying became louder and louder, and gradually, all three of them began to cry.

The man did not shed tears, but he did not go to the sad place.

In the past three years, each of the three had their own sorrows and difficulties. Now when the three of them get together and confide in each other's inner thoughts, the embrace of the three of them seems to be an outlet for their emotions.

It can be seen from the twitching shoulders that they usually suppress too much emotion.

When friends around them start discussing buying a house and a car, they are still running for their family’s livelihood; when people around them wear famous brands to go to high-end clubs and restaurants, they can only order a piece in an ordinary small restaurant wearing the clothes they bought. Snacks for a few bucks.

This is the difference between people, and the three of Ye An are the people who live at the bottom of the society, living a shallow life with a meager salary.

A cool breeze blows, blowing the sky from dusk to night.

The last person in dormitory 514, Liu Zixu, finally came.

The four of them reunited and hugged first.

After exchanging pleasantries for a while, the three of Ye An realized that Liu Zixu was not as good as they thought.

Liu Zixu's family is poor, although he is a top student, but after graduation, his girlfriend will go to study in the United States, and he will start a business at home, so the two can only end their relationship by breaking up.

Liu Zixu started his business for three years. In the first year, it went smoothly and made some money. Then he continued to borrow money and wanted to expand the company's business. Unexpectedly, the situation was bad and he lost money.

All of a sudden, after tossing more than 100 million, Liu Zixu's company had no choice but to declare bankruptcy. Until now, he still owes a bank loan of 50.

Hearing this, the three of Ye An sighed.

"Come on, let's go to bedroom 514." Xiao Yu picked up a can of beer and held it up.

Then, the four cans of beer collided fiercely.

Ye An suddenly thought of a poem by Bei Dao.

We had dreams then, about literature, about love, about traveling across the world.Now when we drink late at night, the clinking of glasses is the sound of broken dreams.

Four people in one dormitory, four dreams, all shattered.

Ye An shook his head mockingly, recalling how arrogant they were in college, but they couldn't be arrogant anymore.

"It seems that the worst mess in our class should be in our dormitory." Baicheng said jokingly, with a smile that was less sad and more free and easy.

The same is the end of the world, and maybe what he is talking about is his current mood.

In front of your best friends, you can share all your grievances, embarrassments, and difficulties without worrying about their sympathy, pity, ridicule, and contempt.

This is friends.

Liu Zixu cursed with a smile, and asked, "How are you three doing? I remember that in Baicheng you rejected countless girls for your dreams."

Baicheng smiled, raised the beer into the air, and said, "Xiao Er, take two pounds of Dream and feed it to the dog."

"Okay, Erjin Dream!" Xiao Yu raised his voice and echoed.

Seeing the fight between the two, Ye An smiled happily.

This feeling seems to have returned to the college life back then.

"It's getting late, let's find a place to eat." Ye An suggested.

"South gate, food stall."

The three said in unison.

After speaking, the four of them laughed together.

……

Jianghe University South Gate, University Road.

Seeing that there was still 1 second left in the countdown to the red light, Ye An and the others started to cross the road.

However, on their right, a large truck was rapidly approaching.

Ye An turned his head, looked at the large truck that was not slowing down at all, his pupils shrank suddenly, and immediately shouted: "Go!"

After finishing speaking, Ye An looked at Liu Zixu who was playing with his mobile phone with his head down. He didn't have time to think, so he quickly reached out and pushed him a few steps away, but he was too late.

"bang"

In an instant, Ye An's body fell into the air, and in a daze, he seemed to see a bright light descending from the sky.

The moment he landed, Ye An had lost consciousness.

(End of this chapter)

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