middle aged

It was already past ten o'clock in the morning after leaving Yonghe Soymilk. Han Yue didn't stay at school on weekends, and her home was in the opposite direction from school, so she took a taxi back home.Mo Pingfan, Yan Nan, and Shen Qianqian walked along the street. Mo Pingfan walked in front, and the other two followed behind with their heads down.

"Teacher? How are we going back to school?" Passing by a bus stop, Shen Xiangqian saw Mo Fanfan walking in front, but he didn't show any intention of stopping.

"Let's take a taxi." Mo Fanfan said, he really didn't want to take the bus for another three or four 10 minutes to go back. He slept too late last night, and this brainstorming thing happened again in the morning. Finally, he can deal with it now. His hair is foggy, and he just wants to go back to his small house to catch up on sleep as soon as possible. In addition, although Mo Fanfan is a real road idiot, he still recognizes it. This is the place where Li Wei got married last fall!That means, the longer you stay here, the more likely you are to meet those acquaintances. Mo Pingfan doesn't want to take this risk, so now he just wants to leave here as soon as possible.

Around ten o'clock in the morning on the weekend, some people gradually appeared near Taishan Road. Mo Fanfan and his two and a half children stood by the side of the road, reaching out to stop the taxi.Seeing them waving, a car approached slowly. When it was approaching, Mo Pingfan saw that there was another person on the passenger side of the car.

"It just so happens that the eldest sister got off the car, come here, get on the car, young man, where are you going?" The taxi driver enthusiastically welcomed the passenger.

Mo Fanfan let Yan Nan and Shen Xiangqian sit in the back seat, while he waited for the eldest sister in the co-driver to get off.

However, when the passenger in the co-pilot paid and drove out, Mo Pingfan recognized her——Ms. Li, the hot-tempered beautiful head teacher back then who cared for them!It's just that after so many years, the former bright and charming teacher's face has been riddled with age, and the sharp and domineering eyes in the past have now become gentle and soothing.

Mo Pingfan still remembers that after his mother passed away, Teacher Li came to see him and held his hand to comfort him. That was the rare delicacy and tenderness that Teacher Li gave to students at that time, that comfort , for Mo Fanfan at that time, it was undoubtedly a rare strength, so Mo Fanfan always remembered, remembering Teacher Li, when he came back to Z City this time, in addition to fulfilling his emotional wishes for many years, Being able to meet Teacher Li is also one of his demands.However, when he first came to Z City, he asked someone to know that Mr. Li had already gone to the south with her husband to do business.

Mo Fanfan looked at Teacher Li, a little dazed, and forgot to blink his eyes, but Teacher Li didn't recognize him at all, he just felt that it was really impolite for this young man to stare at her so directly, Just as he was about to close the car door and leave, Mo Fanfan couldn't help calling out: "Teacher Li?!"

Only then did she turn her head to look at him carefully. She has not been a teacher for more than ten years, and Mo Fanfan only followed her for a semester. Searching for his face in her memory, for a person who is about 50 years old, It's not easy.

"It's me, Mo Fanfan?" Seeing that Teacher Li didn't recognize him, Mo Fanfan simply said it himself.

"Mo Fanfan?" Teacher Li muttered to himself, "It's you!" Teacher Li instantly found him in his memory who was only fifteen or sixteen years old at that time, but in his impression, that student often wore a thick Glasses, long bangs always like to droop down to cover his eyes.On weekdays, this student doesn't like to talk, and he doesn't have a strong sense of presence. If his mother hadn't died that year, she might not remember him at all.

"It's you?" Teacher Li looked at the man in front of him with a much more delicate brow and eyes. Although he still wore glasses, he was no longer as shy as he was when he was a teenager. He has a smooth forehead, and those eyes have lost the gray hopelessness in his memory. Now he looks clear and clean, and against the background of the gold-rimmed glasses, he is extremely refined and elegant.

"Mo Fanfan?" Teacher Li still couldn't believe her eyes. This child has changed too much. His mother's sudden death has hit him too hard. She was worried that this child would not be able to pass this hurdle.But now it seems that she still thinks too much.

"Ms. Li, I haven't seen you for a long time. Over the years, I have been looking for a chance to come back to see you, but there are always some things that have delayed me. After I came back to Z city last year, I went to school, only to know that you have left school. South."

"Hey, boy, can't you come up? I can't stop here for too long, or the traffic police will fine you." The taxi driver pointed to the traffic lights ahead, and sure enough, a traffic policeman with a big hat Aim here.

Mo Fanfan took out a red ticket from his wallet and stuffed it into Yan Nan's hand through the rear window: "You guys go back first, write a check for me, and report to me on time at six o'clock on Monday night." , Let the taxi driver drive to Z University.

"Are you also here to attend the party in our class?" Teacher Li and Mo Fanfan walked side by side and said as they walked.

This sentence suddenly poured on Mo Pingfan's head like a basin of cold water. Indeed, why did Teacher Li suddenly appear in this place in City Z? Why didn't he think that he must be here for this party !The current Mo Fanfan suddenly felt that it was difficult to get off the tiger. If he said no, then obviously he had nothing to do now, he had already come here, and it was really unreasonable to say no to it.Say yes, but that person...

For a while, Mo Pingfan hesitated, but he couldn't tell any lies to the teacher back then, so he had to tell the truth: "I just helped two students in the class deal with some things, so I thought I had to deal with them It was very late, so I told my classmates that I couldn’t go, but fortunately, it’s handled faster now, and I’m fine now.” Half-truths and half-false words are already the best excuse Mo Pingfan can come up with at this time.

"That's right, come with me to meet old classmates."

"...Okay" Although he still resisted, but couldn't stand Teacher Li's enthusiasm, Mo Pingfan agreed.

Because it was still early, Mr. Li and Mo Fanfan were sitting in a Starbucks on the street, drinking coffee and chatting.

"Teacher, the party should be at noon, why did you come so early?"

"Hey, since my family left Z City more than ten years ago, I rarely come back. This time, my child happened to be taking the college entrance examination this year, and said that he wanted to take our Z University. Her father and I brought her back to have a look. Our previous class The classmates here knew about it, and they said that the party wanted me to come and have a seat, but I thought that we lived in a hotel near Z University, and even if we had to take a taxi, it would take more than an hour. Who knows, a new city elevated After that, the distance was shortened so much, no, I arrived before 10:30."

Mo Pingfan still vaguely remembers that Taishan Road is a newly developed area. When he was studying in Z City, the vicinity was indeed deserted, and the urban elevated expressway was only opened to traffic a few years ago. No wonder Mr. Li would remember it. wrong.

"What about you? Why are you working in City Z now? I remember that time, you went back to City S with your family?"

Mo Pingfan smiled, "After my mother passed away, I went back and went to study in Japan. It happened that a brother was a teacher at Z University. He invited me to come over for two years of academic exchanges. I also want to come back and have a look. , I’m coming.” In fact, after so many years, I said it simply, and I’m coming.

"Have you still been in touch with the classmates in the class? I remember that you had a very good relationship with Qi Yunze and the others at that time, and they were inseparable all day long."

"..." Upon hearing Qi Yunze's name, Mo Fanfan suddenly became speechless, as if there was a heavy weight on his chest, which weighed heavily on him, making him unable to open his mouth.

But Teacher Li, who was opposite him, was completely unaware of his reaction, and continued: "I remember that kid Qi Yunze was still depressed for a long, long time after you transferred to another school. I have dealt with other classmates. Although the grades are still so good, but I have taken him as the head teacher for three years, and I can still see that he was very reluctant to part with you at that time. During the college entrance examination, his grades could be admitted to Tsinghua University, but he still I chose S University. Although I ended up taking the best major in S University, it was a pity for him. At that time, the teacher always thought that he went to S University because he wanted to find you. Why, you have been Is there no contact?"

"..." Mo Fanfan felt that his chest was tight and his throat was tight. He smiled wryly and said, "No, after I transferred from our school, I went to Japan two years later. When he was in S University, I It should be in Japan, how could there be a chance to meet again?"

"That's right, but maybe the teacher was thinking too much. Maybe he really likes S University. This kid is really stubborn. The teachers in the class and his parents took turns to persuade him to go to Tsinghua University. His mother even secretly changed his name. It was his wish, but in the end he found out and changed it back, it seems that he even got angry with his mother,..."

Mo Fanfan felt his head was foggy, and the weight on his chest became more and more clear. Teacher Li's mouth was still opening and closing in front of him, but he couldn't hear a word. In the past few months with Qi Yunze, he never He had never heard of his past events, and he never knew how this stubborn person sacrificed his own future in exchange for the slim hope of seeing him again in those years.What's more, he didn't know how Qi Yunze searched for himself like a needle in a haystack in the huge city during those years of studying at S University, and how he gradually slowed down the vague hope in his heart. Slowly pour out.

Mo Fanfan only knew that he and his family, his wife, and his children after the reunion, but he didn't know that in the past years, Qi Yunze's dedication to this relationship had never been half less than his own. He is much braver, at least, he dared to gamble with his future, the possibility of meeting him, while he himself only dared to cower in the Japanese school building, complaining about himself, looking at his shadow, but never gave anything substantial half effort.

Even after the reunion, he couldn't resist the condemnation in his heart, and hurt that person again and again, without knowing it, and even thought that this was for his own good, but to put it bluntly, he felt better in the end. It was just the inexplicable guilt feeling in his heart. He never cared about Qi Yunze, never asked what he thought, and never entrusted the choice of feelings to him. Pingfan suddenly felt that over the years, he had been extremely selfish and a scumbag.