guarding you for seven years

Whatever happens, you can be at ease. ---Ouyang Weiqiao

NO.35 in the fourth year

Liu Yao bought the fastest train ticket to City D. There was no seat and it was a standing ticket.He was worried about Xia Lu, he looked at the beating time on his phone, it was already eleven o'clock, and it was estimated to be one o'clock in the morning when he arrived at the place, he wondered how Xia Lu was doing now?

Liu Yao called Sun Shike, "Liu Yao? Why are you in the mood to call me?" Sun Shike's teasing laughter came from the phone.

Liu Yao calmed down his emotions, and said softly, "Sun Shike, didn't you go on a date with Xiao Zi?" Liu Yao's voice sounded very happy, but he felt extremely tormented in his heart.

"Just came back, it's her birthday today, let's have dinner with friends to celebrate, why are you still up so late?" Sun Shike lay on the bed and relaxed a little.

"Today is Xiao Zi's birthday?" Liu Yao finally understood why Xia Lu rushed to D University. It turned out to be Xiao Zi's birthday. Liu Yao clutched his beating heart, feeling sore all over his body.

"Yeah, are you surprised?" Sun Shike caught Liu Yao's emotional changes, "No, no, I don't know Xiao Zi's birthday is today, and I didn't tell her happy birthday, please help me to add something later." Liu Yao quickly covered it up, but Sun Shike responded with a smile and said it was okay.

"Are some of your classmates accompanying Xiao Zi on her birthday? Are there no old classmates coming?" Liu Yao wanted to know if Xia Lu had seen Xiao Zi, "Just some friends from D University, including Xiao Zi's roommate, and others My roommate, Xiao Zi, doesn't want to make it so grand, it's just a few friends having dinner together." Sun Shike was a little surprised why Liu Yao asked such a question, but he still answered Liu Yao's question honestly.

Sun Shike didn't mention Xia Lu, so Xia Lu hasn't seen Xiao Zi yet, so Xia Lu's phone is out of battery, how can she contact Xiao Zi?Where is she now?Will something happen?There are a lot of questions in Liu Yao's mind. Now he is more and more worried about Xia Lu, wishing he could grow a pair of wings and fly to Xia Lu's side.

Liu Yao hurriedly hung up on Sun Shike's phone, he was afraid that he couldn't help telling Sun Shike that Xia Lu went to find Xiao Zi.Liu Yao selfishly doesn't want Xia Lu to see Xiao Zi at this moment, so he rushes to take Xia Lu away by himself. This is the best result. The distance will become farther and farther.

"Xia Lu, wait for me." Liu Yao leaned against the window at the seam of the train carriage, it was pitch black outside, not even a single star, Liu Yao was helpless except anxious.

Xiao Zi lay on the bed after washing, looking at the quiet phone, today is her birthday, but Xia Lu didn't call her, which is very unreasonable.Xiao Zi picked at the edge of the phone, wondering why Xia Lu hadn't called her yet. It was already 11:30, and her birthday would be over in half an hour.

Xiao Zi thought a little lonely, maybe Xia Lu forgot, should he call to remind her?Or maybe Xia Lu thinks it's too late today, so she will call herself tomorrow, but today is her birthday, and it's still her birthday.

Xiao Zi thought of many possibilities, but what he didn't expect was that Xia Lu was in the gazebo downstairs of the dormitory, weeping uncontrollably.

The lights in the dormitory were off, and it was time to turn off the lights. She couldn't see the figures shaking the windows, and she didn't know which dormitory Xiao Zi lived in.She looked up at the dim street lamp, and the corners of her lips moved, "It's a good thing you won't go out, and it's a good thing you're with me."

At this time, there were no people on the side of the road, and the courtyard of the girls' dormitory was also locked by the gatekeeper.

Xia Lu opened the cake box on the stone table, Xia Lu took good care of the exquisite cake, it didn't stick to the edge of the box at all, Xia Lu took out a candle and put it on the birthday cake, but remembered that she didn't have any matches or a lighter, She looked at the big number "18" with a wry smile.

After a few minutes of silence, he clasped his hands between his eyebrows and silently made a wish, "May Xiao Zi be healthy and happy. I would like to give her my happiness as long as she can smile happily every day."

This wish is simple but deep, to give her my own happiness, and it doesn't matter what I will be from now on.

Xia Lu took out the small purple box in her backpack and opened it. A watch just like her was lying inside. The translucent dial shone under the light of the street lamp. Xia Lu seemed to see Xiao Zi's smiling face from the dial, trembling He touched the dial lightly with his fingers, stroking it over and over again.

The dark night sky was a bit dull, thick dark clouds blocked the moonlight, the night wind blew Xia Lu's hair, and the smell of cake lingered on the tip of her nose, "Is it going to rain? Is even the sky sympathizing with me?" Xia Lu Muttered softly.

The sound of the hands turning, tick, tick.Xia Lu looked at the three hands that were about to approach twelve o'clock, and felt numbness in her heart, and the pain hit her body along with the blood.

"Xiao Zi, happy birthday." Xia Lu smiled big at the cake, but tears were in her eyes, filling her round almond eyes.

Xiao Zi called Xia Lu in the last 10 minutes before twelve o'clock and turned off the phone.Xiao Zi was lying on the bed restlessly, she felt that Xia Lu was very close to her, she seemed to be able to smell Xia Lu's breath, but why was Xia Lu's cell phone turned off?

The trees outside the window were rustling by the wind, Xiao Zi stood up and walked to the window, "It must be raining." Her heart was sour, and she knew clearly that the sourness was because Xia Lu didn't say happy birthday to herself, so she just Like a ceremony that has not ended, my heart is empty and I am at a loss.

"Xia Lu, wish me a happy birthday." Xiao Zi said softly to the dim streetlight outside the window.Tears of loss and grievance glistened in his eyes.

Xiao Zi's dormitory is on the second floor, basically on the same level as Xia Lu's gazebo.In fact, as long as Xiao Zi takes a good look at the gazebo not far from the window, she will definitely find a girl sitting there, with a thin body but with her unique stubbornness.

The three hands overlapped, Xia Lu looked at the two identical watches, the tears accumulated for a long time finally flowed out, and the raindrops outside the gazebo also began to drip, this is destined to be a stormy night, and it is also destined to be a heartbreaking pain time.

The deeper the night, the colder Xia Lu felt, even though she was wearing a coat, it was still unbearably cold.The hair was messed up by the wind, Xia Lu ignored it, just quietly looked at the cake on the stone table, recalling the first acquaintance with Xiao Zi in her head, recalling the three years of high school between the two, thinking of Xiao Zi When giving her supplementary lessons, I praised her for being smart, and I wanted to accompany Xiao Zi to eat the extremely spicy conch powder, and the street I walked through many times, the jewelry store I went to many times, and the one I often went to watch the sunset. stands.

When Liu Yao walked out of the train station, it was raining heavily outside. He took a taxi and hurried to D University. The school gate was closed. Liu Yao stood under the canopy at the door, thinking about how to get in.

It was raining heavily and urgently, and Liu Yao had no way to find the entrance to go in. The guard at the gate heard a sound at the door, and got up to see Liu Yao standing under the canopy, thinking that it was another student who came back late, so he hurried It's raining heavily, so I can't go back to the dormitory.

The doorman couldn't bear to watch Liu Yao standing under the canopy, "Student, classmate." Liu Yao heard someone talking, turned around and saw the doorman opened a crack in the door at some point, and was waving to him.Liu Yao ran over in a hurry, "It's too late to come back, the school gates are closed, and it's raining so much, you will record your late return when you go back to the dormitory now." The uncle scolded Liu Yao, and Liu Yao stood innocently in the uncle's residence by the door.

The uncle looked at Liu Yao's handsome face with a touch of anxiety and innocence, sighed helplessly, picked up an umbrella beside the bed and handed it to Liu Yao, "Hurry up, it's almost two o'clock in the morning, tomorrow Remember to return the umbrella to me."

Liu Yao took the umbrella in a daze, a little numb, didn't understand what the old man meant, "Why don't you go, want to spend the night with my old man here?" The old man chuckled, Liu Yao came back to his senses, thanked him quickly, and promised tomorrow Be sure to send the umbrella to the uncle, and then hurried into the campus with the umbrella.The uncle looked at Liu Yao's disappearing figure, sighed and shook his head, turned off the light and continued to sleep.

Liu Yao is not familiar with D University, he held up an umbrella and looked in front of the plan for a long time, his clothes were soaked by the rain, and his shoes were already soaked, but Liu Yao didn't care about it at all, he must find Xia Lu now, Based on his understanding of Xia Lu, Xia Lu hadn't seen Xiao Zi, so he must be waiting in a corner.

Liu Yao circled around for almost an hour, and the rain gradually became lighter. Liu Yao stood at the gate of the girls' dormitory compound. He was not sure about Xia Lu's exact location, so he had to look at all the places that could shelter from the rain.

Liu Yao found a gazebo, and his feet were a little numb. He stood for more than two hours when he came here, and then walked on the campus in the rain for more than an hour. He was really tired.He walked into the gazebo slowly and sat on the stone bench that was not splashed by the rain, feeling restless.

Xia Lv stared blankly at the cake on the table, not noticing that someone had entered the pavilion at all, her clothes were mostly soaked by the rain, her hair was also wet, and it was tightly stuck to her face.

Liu Yao looked down at the phone, it was past three o'clock, where is Xia Lu?

Liu Yao turned his head and looked around, his gaze was fixed on the cake on the stone table. Under the dim streetlight, he clearly saw a girl sitting in front of the cake, with long black hair that was mostly wet by the rain, and a pair of big Xingyan's eyes were blank, staring at the cake in front of him without blinking.

Liu Yao's heart suddenly hurt so badly, he walked towards Xia Lu step by step, the short distance of a few meters, he felt as far away as the sky.

"Xia Lu." Liu Yao's voice was a little trembling, Xia Lu slowly raised her head, looked at Liu Yao with still blank eyes, after a while, the corners of Xia Lu's mouth lightly raised, "You're here." Four very lightly The words hurt Liu Yao's heart, as if Xia Lu thought he would come.In fact, at this moment, Xia Lu didn't know who the person in front of her was at all, she just answered habitually.

Pale face, messy hair, wet clothes, dull eyes, is the girl in front of her Xia Lu?Is it the girl who shines on the tennis court?

Liu Yao sat next to Xia Lu, and gently took her into his arms. The thin Xia Lu was completely wrapped in his arms. It turned out that Xia Lu was still so thin, she was still the fragile Xia Lu, and she was still the same herself. Xia Lu silently endured the pain.

Liu Yao held Xia Lu's hands tightly, it was bitingly cold, Xia Lu's hands had never been so cold, the cold touch hurt Liu Yao's heart, now he complains about his selfishness, if he tells Xiao Zi, Xia Lu will Lu came to look for her, to celebrate her birthday, wouldn't she see such a fragile Xia Lu?Wouldn't Xialu be as light as a feather, giving people the feeling that it will disappear at any time?

"I'm sorry, Xia Lu, I'm late, I'm sorry." Liu Yao's voice was a little choked up, and the corners of Xia Lu's mouth slightly raised in her arms, leaning against Liu Yao's chest warmly, her beating heart reassured her.

No more dark nights, no more downpours, no more solitude.

Enen come on.