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Time flies by.

The bell for the last class rang and the teacher left the classroom.

The students quickly packed their bags and walked towards the classroom door.

Suddenly, only a few people were left in the classroom.

Su Ran and Wu Hongying packed their things and left the classroom together. They were going home in different directions, so they separated at the school gate.

Su Ran walked towards home slowly and leisurely.

Suddenly, there were cries and shouts in the alley. Su Ran looked into the alley and saw that something seemed to have happened in a family. There were many people gathered at the door.

Su Ran pursed her lips and walked over slowly. The closer she got, the clearer the crying became.

She stood in the crowd and looked into the yard.

A thin old man in the yard squatted on the ground with his hands on his head, his face full of sadness. An old lady with silver hair was holding a pale child and crying. Two skinny children stood beside them. The older one also had tears on his face, and the younger one looked only one or two years old, with a confused look on his face, as if he didn't know what was going on.

People around were talking a lot.

"Ah, Aunt Jiang has such a hard life."

"Yes, my son died early, and my daughter-in-law ran away with someone else with the pension, leaving behind these three children. Now my eldest granddaughter is gone too."

"God is blind. Liu Guixiang is so cruel. She took all the money. How can this family survive?"

"Yes, if the street hadn't been so unbearable and arranged street sweeping jobs for Uncle Jiang and Aunt Jiang, we really wouldn't be able to survive."

"How much money can you earn by sweeping the streets? We have three children to feed at home. How can we have enough food? I heard that this eldest girl always gives her food to her younger siblings. She starved to death after a few days."

"The eldest girl was too sensible, that's why she ended up like this."

Listening to their words, Su Ran's eyes slowly turned red. For the poor in this era, having enough food to eat was a luxury.

At the moment, she was focused on what the people around her were saying, and she didn't notice that someone was carrying things inside. By the time she noticed it, the person was about to bump into her.

Instantly, a big warm hand grasped her wrist and took her aside.

Su Ran was pulled unexpectedly and hadn't recovered yet.

Her heart was pounding, and she looked up at the man who had just pulled her over, "Thank you, He Cheng, this is the second time you've helped me."

He Cheng looked at her and said casually, "You're welcome."

After saying that, he walked forward. Then he saw that there was no one around, so he turned around and asked, "Aren't you leaving?"

Su Ran reacted, smiled and said, "Let's go."

Then he trotted to He Cheng and the two of them walked forward together. The road was very quiet, with only a few bicycles passing by occasionally.

He Cheng suddenly called her, "Su Ran."

Su Ran looked up at him in confusion, "What's wrong?"

He Cheng looked ahead, his thin lips slightly parted, "Last time you said you were interested in machines, are you planning to go down this path?"

Su Ran was a little surprised that He Cheng would ask her this question, but she still smiled and replied: "Yes, you have to work anyway, so you might as well choose something that interests you."

Hearing her words, He Cheng was stunned for a few seconds before he slowly spoke: "Yes, you always have to work."

Su Ran looked at him, "What about you? What do you plan to do in the future?"

He Cheng lowered his eyes and looked at the road under his feet, pursed his lips, "I don't know what to do either. I'm about to graduate and I still don't have a goal. Am I a failure? I really envy you."

Su Ran looked at the man beside her, somewhat surprised that such a gifted man would actually say such a thing. "You haven't decided what to do yet, perhaps because you have too few choices. You should give yourself more opportunities to get in touch with different things."

She thought of the family in the alley just now, pursed her lips and continued: "Besides, most people in this world work to survive rather than because they like it. Compared with them, we are lucky to have the opportunity to choose."

He Cheng looked ahead, and he also thought of the family just now. The two old people saw their son die young. Even though their hearts were broken, they still had to work hard tomorrow because they had to feed their children. They had no time to grieve. Thinking of this, He Cheng curled his lips and laughed at himself, "Am I too hypocritical?"

Su Ran also smiled faintly, "Not everyone is qualified to be pretentious, you have to cherish it. Besides, being pretentious is unique to young people. Being pretentious means you are still young."

He Cheng couldn't help but smile, "What you said makes sense."

Seeing that his mood had improved, Su Ran asked curiously, "He Cheng, what is your relationship with Engineer Wang from the machinery factory? I saw you two were quite familiar with each other last time."

He Cheng: "Uncle Wang is my uncle's classmate, and they have a good relationship, so he often comes to our house, and we became familiar with each other after a while."

Su Ran nodded in understanding.

He Cheng stopped and said, "I'm here."

Su Ran was stunned. The area behind him should be the government staff housing compound. It seemed that Hongying was right. His uncle was indeed a government employee. However, whether it was true or not was none of her business.

Su Ran waved at him, "Okay, bye, see you tomorrow."

"See you tomorrow."

Then Su Ran turned around and continued walking forward. He Cheng stood there and watched her leaving back. There was a hint of strangeness in his calm and dark eyes.

After the conversation just now, Su Ran has already classified He Cheng as a friend. Suddenly having a new friend, she was very happy and skipped home.

After arriving home, she quickly finished her meal and went back to the laboratory. She was deeply moved by what happened to the family in the alley today, and she hoped that she could do something for the people of this era.