Soul knot

It is said that there is nothing important in this world except life and death, but no matter how serious life and death are for others, they will eventually bid farewell to them after crying hoarsely.

People always have to learn to get out of sadness, no matter how difficult it is to accept, there is no way to escape.

Zhang Ziyun is a strong girl, she went back to school the day her father's ashes were buried.

After returning to school, she didn't act so pitifully, but quickly entered the state of study.

She was still with Lu Yudong every day, and went to the cafeteria for three meals a day on time.

Everything is the same as before. The two girls are inseparable every day. After lunch, they go back to the dormitory for a lunch break. After dinner, they go to the classroom to endorse books together.

At first, the classmate would look at Zhang Ziyun with pity, but after a long time seeing that she was not sad every day, she gradually forgot the pain of this classmate.

For a long time, Zhang Ziyun looked the same as before, at least on the surface.

But Lu Yudong knew that Zhang Ziyun had changed a lot.

The girl who used to have a flamboyant personality has restrained a lot of her sharpness and become a lot quieter.

She no longer brings a lot of snacks to the dormitory every week to share with her good friends like before, and she no longer spends money extravagantly on treats, and plays with others carefree.

Zhang Ziyun's mother's salary is not high, and there is already a lot of pressure just to support her education, and the family's 10,000+ debt is temporarily repaid.

Zhang Ziyun deleted the games on her mobile phone that required krypton gold from time to time, and no longer spent money to chase stars. She was in a lot of trouble all of a sudden, but she never showed that she was not used to it in the slightest.Just like a flying bird whose wings were suddenly broken, there was a feeling of pride in his heart that he didn't want to break, and he tried hard not to let others see his wounds hidden under the broken wings.

It was also from then on that she finally began to value the honey walnuts that Lu Yudong would share with her every week.

In the past, there were so many delicious snacks every day, she didn't even look at the dark jar next to Lu Yudong's pillow, but now she realizes that those things that she used to despise have a special taste.

Zhang Ziyun owes Zhang Hao [-] yuan, which is undoubtedly a hole that cannot be filled in a short period of time for her today.

Fortunately, Zhang Hao didn't mean to urge her to pay back the money, but just like the past three and a half years, he still tried his best to please her.

Because of this debt, Zhang Ziyun was no longer ashamed to ignore Zhang Haoai, but tried to keep a certain distance.

But for Zhang Hao, the change in Zhang Ziyun's attitude was a very gratifying thing.

He became more enthusiastic than before. Such enthusiasm caused many students in the class to have some kind of illusion.

Many people thought that Zhang Hao was about to chase Zhang Ziyun, but only Lu Yudong knew that Zhang Ziyun repelled Zhang Hao in his heart, but because of the debt that weighed her down, he had to give in when he made progress. It provoked more and more gossip.

Zhang Ziyun was afraid that Zhang Hao would suddenly ask her for debts, so she dared not provoke Zhang Hao.

She can't afford it, she can't afford it now at all.

Not to mention Zhang Hao's [-], even Lu Yudong's [-], she didn't know how long she would have to save to pay it back.

This kind of pressure made Zhang Ziyun feel more and more inferior. I don't know when, even when he walked, he only dared to look at the ground.

Lu Yudong saw everything in his eyes, but also pretended not to know.

December [-] of that year was Lu Yudong's birthday again.

At noon on his birthday, Manzhu came to school to pick Lu Yudong out to eat hot pot to warm up his body, and also called Zhang Ziyun along the way.

After lunch, the three ate birthday cake again.

Over the years, every birthday of Lu Yudong has been celebrated by Manzhu alone with her. Manzhu will hold the cake and sing birthday songs for her. She will make wishes, blow out the candles, and then cut the first knife on the cake.

But even if it is a small six-inch cake, both she and Manzhu can waste a lot.

This year was different, there was one more Zhang Ziyun who sang the birthday song, and naturally one more person who shared the cake.

In the end, there was not much left of that cake. Manzhu looked at the time, and it was almost the end of lunch break, so she sent the two children back to school.

After school in the afternoon, Zhang Ziyun dragged Lu Yudong to the guard's room to pick up a courier. The courier bag was not opened, so he stuffed it into Lu Yudong's hand.

"For you!" Zhang Ziyun said with a smile in his eyes.

"What is this? It's quite big." Lu Yudong opened the package, and inside was a creamy brown corgi doll, which looked silly and cute, extremely cute.

The little Corgi is very soft, comfortable to the touch, and has good elasticity. Holding it and crawling into the two thin quilts in the bedroom, I even feel that this winter is not so cold.

"From now on, I have two favorite dolls!" That night, Lu Yudong sat on his bed, holding the little white dog from Manzhu in his left hand, and the little corgi from Zhang Ziyun in his right hand, showing off happily all the time. .

Although she knew that the price of this little corgi was only more than 70 yuan, the rest of the roommates might not think much of it.

But she is just happy and likes it.

***

In January, the weather was freezing cold, and the winter vacation of the first year of high school finally came.

After half a semester of hard work, Lu Yudong and Zhang Ziyun's grades have improved to a certain extent. For this reason, Zhang Ziyun dragged Lu Yudong to the playground like a little lunatic, bouncing around against the cold wind for a long time.

That day, when everyone was packing up the dormitory and preparing to go home, Lu Yudong pulled Zhang Ziyun aside and chatted alone.

Lu Yudong: "Zhang Ziyun, come to my house to find me tonight."

Zhang Ziyun tilted his head: "What are you doing?"

Lu Yudong smiled, and whispered, "I'm not an old friend who brought you there."

Zhang Ziyun couldn't help being surprised when she heard this: "What are you doing there? I won't go... Your little uncle is so fierce." She still remembers how fiercely that little uncle made her face back then.

"We've grown up, we're sixteen this year!" Lu Yudong said, "You dress more maturely, I guarantee you won't be kicked out!"

Lu Yudong could tell that Zhang Ziyun had been very depressed every day during the half semester, and she wanted to take her to relax.

Indulging yourself is the best way to relax.

She and Zhang Ziyun are both sixteen years old. She took off her school uniform, dressed like an adult, and covered her hair. Who can tell if she is an adult?

"That's not an adult either!" Zhang Ziyun frowned, shook his head and said, "Besides, I don't have any money..."

"I'll invite you to drink, you can eat whatever you want." Lu Yudong said, "My sister has an employee discount!"

"Drink?" Zhang Ziyun couldn't help being a little moved, and asked cautiously, "Wine?"

Lu Yudong pondered for a moment, then asked back, "Do you want to drink?"

Zhang Ziyun said: "What's the difference between going to a bar without drinking and going to a milk tea bar?"

Lu Yudong asked, "Aren't you afraid of being scolded by your aunt?"

Zhang Ziyun thought for a while, and said, "Just...just a little, let's order a drink for the two of us!"

Lu Yudong said, "Then I have to secretly do it behind my sister's back."

Zhang Ziyun nodded in agreement, just as he was about to leave, Lu Yudong grabbed his wrist again.

Lu Yudong: "Zhang Ziyun."

Zhang Ziyun: "Huh?"

Lu Yudong: "We are 16 years old."

Zhang Ziyun: "You said it twice."

Lu Yudong smiled, and whispered something in Zhang Ziyun's ear.

Zhang Ziyun was taken aback for a moment, then his eyes were filled with anticipation, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but rise a bit.

"Are you serious?"

"Of course! Be very serious!"

That afternoon, Lu Yudong did not go with Manzhu because he was an old friend, but waited at home.

After 07:30 in the evening, Zhang Ziyun put on some light makeup, let loose her long hair, wrapped in a down jacket, and came downstairs to Lu Yudong's house.

Lu Yudong put on his coat as soon as he received the QQ private chat, and ran downstairs with a "thud, thud, thud".

Two high school students who thought they had grown up bounced around under the street lights and walked to the bar that they had visited together a long time ago.

Lu Yudong has long been a regular customer who is not an old friend. As soon as she opened the door of the bar, the waiter with horns who happened to pass by the door greeted her.

I haven't been here for three years, Zhang Ziyun has already grown a lot, at 1.6 meters [-], he is taller than Huanxi, plus he is dressed in a relatively adult style, this time, no one really came up to chase the guests.

Manzhu sang very early today, and the bar was already full of her charming singing.

Lu Yudong pulled Zhang Ziyun, who had timid eyes, to the bar and sat down, imitating the appearance of some guests he saw on weekdays, propping his elbows on the table, resting his cheeks on his hands, and shouted to Yan Zhaomu: "Little master!"

Yan Chaomu couldn't help but be taken aback when he heard the whining voice, he raised his eyes and looked Lu Yudong up and down for a long time, until he confirmed that the girl hadn't been caught by anything dirty, he was relieved.

Yan Zhaomu: "You, you, you...what's going on?"

"Hush." ​​Lu Yudong made a silent gesture, and smiled, "I'm bringing my classmates to play, we are 16 years old, not too young, can we order wine?"

Yan Zhaomu frowned, and after a few seconds of silence, he lowered his head and said, "No, no... still, still young."

However, in just two short sentences, Zhang Ziyun couldn't help being surprised.

That cold and handsome bartender brother who had been in her mind for three years, would stutter?

In the next second, she realized that this surprise was very impolite, so she quickly suppressed it.

Lu Yudong on the side was still acting coquettishly with Yan Zhaomu, and after a while, he wanted to secretly order a glass of wine.

Mu Shenshan came over at some point, saw the girl lying in front of the bar and groaning for a long time, couldn't help but stepped forward and asked: "What's the matter? Yudong's stomach hurts today?"

Lu Yudong was taken aback by Mu Shenshan, he quickly sat up straight, and subconsciously blocked Zhang Ziyun beside him.

But how could such a big girl escape from Mu Shenshan's eyes?

"Tsk." Mu Shenshan recalled it seriously, looked at Zhang Ziyun and said, "I remember you, Yudong's little deskmate, who came here three years ago."

Zhang Ziyun was embarrassed for a moment, raised his eyes and said timidly, "Hello, Uncle..."

"Why are you here?"

"Come drink." Lu Yudong said seriously.

"drink wine?"

Lu Yudong nodded.

Mu Shenshan was silent for a moment, then turned around and said, "I have to ask Honghong."

"Hey!" Lu Yudong grabbed Mu Shenshan's arm and said anxiously, "Little uncle! You know it!"

"What do I know that I know?" Mu Shenshan frowned, turned around and saw Zhang Ziyun's disappointed eyes.

Yes, he really does know.

At the beginning, Manzhu asked him if the child's father was still saved.

There is salvation, every goblin in the bar can be saved, but the price is too high, everyone chooses absolute indifference.

Now that child came here and said that he wanted to drink a glass of wine, it made people feel a little bit unsure how to refuse.

"Little boy, what wine do you want to drink..."

"Haven't you ever drank it?" Lu Yudong saw that Mu Shenshan was showing signs of letting go, and quickly said, "Let's try it, and definitely don't drink too much!"

Zhang Ziyun nodded in agreement.

Mu Shenshan thought for a moment, then raised a finger: "Let's talk first, follow me to the second floor after drinking, the smell of alcohol subsides, don't tell your sister."

Lu Yudong nodded quickly: "I definitely dare not tell my sister!"

"Zhaomu." Mu Shenshan yelled, and looked back at Yan Zhaomu, "You, see what they want to drink, just give it to them."

Yan Zhaomu: "You... you said, Hong, sister Hong gave birth, angry, I..."

Mu Shenshan: "I said it, I said it, she didn't find it the best, if she found out, she would vent her anger, I will bear it all, okay?"

Yan Zhaomu frowned, looked at the two expectant girls, and asked, "What do you want to drink?"

Lu Yudong and Zhang Ziyun looked at each other, then shook their heads together and said in unison: "We don't understand!"

Yan Zhaomu: "..."

The two little girls don't understand wine at all, which is as troublesome as the guests who order "Surpriseme" after entering.

Finally, under the expectant eyes of the two little girls, he mixed a glass of wine that looked very beautiful.

The upper part of it is a bright orange, and it fades to a touch of bright red at the bottom, quietly sinking at the bottom of the cup, which looks like the sky at sunrise.

On the elegant champagne glass, there is a slice of fresh orange and a cherry. When put into the straw, the crystal clear ice cubes collide with the glass wall, making a pleasant sound.

"It's so beautiful!" Zhang Ziyun couldn't help taking out his phone to take two pictures, and asked curiously, "What kind of wine is this?"

Yan Zhaomu: "Dragon, dragon tongue..."

"Tequila Sunrise, tequila sunrise. Low alcohol content, very suitable for you girls to drink." Mu Shenshan said, sat down on the side, raised his legs leisurely, and reminded cruelly, "85 cups, two little beauties .”

"It's so expensive!" Zhang Ziyun was startled.

Lu Yudong was relatively calm, not because of his old friend's drinks, which were always not cheap, and even a little more expensive than most bars outside. If customers are willing to buy it, the price will naturally not drop.

She patted Zhang Ziyun's shoulder from the side, signaling not to panic.

In the next second, Lu Yudong jumped off the high stool, walked to Mu Shenshan in two steps, leaned into his ear mysteriously, and said, "Little uncle, let me tell you that it's not a secret. The secret—we have no money."

Mu Shenshan subconsciously took a deep breath.

Lu Yudong continued: "We can work part-time to pay off our debts, and we can pay off our wages every day!"

"No!" Mu Shenshan patted the table.

"Why not?" Lu Yudong put his hands on his hips and held his head high, "We are sixteen, so we are no longer child laborers!"

That tone, that expression, was unreasonable and strong.

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Working part-time to pay off debts, and during the process of opening up and assisting in accumulating energy, Yudong's opening up has a lot to do with his deskmate, so...you know everything?

The daily guarantee is [-], and it will be changed from time to time, just for warmth, poor poor child.