Ning Xiaobei opened his eyes, only to feel that the temple on the left side of his head was throbbing like a cramping pain.

"Drank too much……"

In the past two years, although he was good at drinking due to his entertainment with clients, but after seeing Magage, whom he hadn't seen for a long time, in the Seafood City yesterday, he really drank too hastily, and now he feels uncomfortable all over.

It was the same in "Dream World" just now. He was at the dinner table, watching CCTV's Spring Festival Gala while eating. Hearing Naying and Faye Wong singing "Meet Nine Eight", he couldn't help being fascinated.

Unexpectedly, Fan Xia took advantage of his unpreparedness and secretly poured his father's fruit wine into his Coke.He didn't notice it for a while, raised the cup and did it, and then lay down on the table.

"Fan Xia, just wait for me...see if I go back and not deal with you."

Ning Xiaobei looked at the electronic clock on the bedside, and found that it was already nine o'clock the next morning.

After washing up, Ning Xiaobei changed his clothes and sat in the living room in a daze.This time I went to the "Dreamland" for quite a long time, directly spanning from 97 to 98.

"From 96 to 98, two years. It's really a snap of the fingers,"

After sighing, Ning Xiaobei felt a little flustered with hunger, got up and went to the kitchen to find something to eat.

He didn't eat anything before he passed out yesterday, and now his stomach has been singing "Empty City Strategies" for more than ten hours, no wonder his stomach hurts.

At this moment, the doorbell rang suddenly, Ning Xiaobei couldn't think of who would come to his house so early, and he went to open the door after a while.

"You can finally wake up. If you sleep again, I doubt whether you are drunk or fainted."

Said Cao Cao Cao Cao will be there, Fan Xia, wearing a police officer uniform, is standing at the door with two full food bags in each hand.

"Dangdang!"

He picked up the bag and waved it in front of Ning Xiaobei, "'Black Cat Takeaway' has arrived."

Ning Xiaobei couldn't help laughing out loud.

"You sent me back yesterday?"

"Why not?"

Ning Xiaobei opened the lunch box containing porridge, and watched Fan Xia open the takeaway boxes one by one.

"Fried rice, deep-fried dough sticks, rice cakes, big pancakes, small steamed buns, pot stickers, raw pan-fried... so much can the two of us eat it all?"

He looked at the whole table full of breakfast, and he didn't know where to start.

"Don't worry, if you can't eat it, just leave it to me. I'm your 'food grinder'."

As Fan Xia said, he put the peeled boiled egg into Ning Xiaobei's porridge bowl.

"Eat eggs."

Looking at the steaming breakfast, Ning Xiaobei looked up at the portrait of Ning Jianguo on the bookshelf—after the first seven days, the Lingtai was removed, and Ning Xiaobei put this photo on the shelf. The most conspicuous place on the bookshelf.

"After my father left, I haven't had a good meal for a long time, let alone breakfast."

Ning Xiaobei took a sip of porridge, and felt the long-lost warmth on this late autumn morning.

"That can't be done. Uncle Ning always said in the past that the food should be delicious, and you can't be 'bad food'."

As Fan Xia said, he took a piece of pickled melon and put it on the porridge, "Eat more, otherwise Uncle Ning's spirit in heaven will worry about you."

"Fan Xia...why didn't you know you were so gentle and considerate before?"

Ning Xiaobei couldn't help asking, "You're so skinny when you were young, you can poke a big hole in the sky. Do you remember pulling out the valve core of the teacher's bicycle when you were young?"

"How long is the old almanac, what are you doing looking through it?"

Fan Xia lowered his head in embarrassment, and urged, "Eat quickly, I have to go to work in the bureau after dinner. In order to buy you breakfast, I will report to the bureau first, and then come back, and take two people nearby to work." We ran all over the food court.”

"That was really hard..."

Ning Xiaobei was about to thank him when he suddenly realized something was wrong.

"Fan Xia, have you been promoted?"

He pointed to Fan Xia's neckline and the epaulets on his shoulders and said, "You have been promoted to a higher level in just a few days? Why didn't you mention it when we were drinking yesterday? What a wonderful thing."

"Boss, are you still drunk? Go up to a level in a few days, let's dream."

Fan Xia touched his epaulettes dumbfounded, "I've been wearing these epaulets for two or three years. You should find a way to make a big case for me so that I can really get promoted."

"No, when I saw you before, you were obviously a second-level inspector... No..."

Ning Xiaobei put down his chopsticks, held onto the corner of the table with one hand, leaned forward, his face was almost touching Fan Xia's, and the eyelashes of each other were clearly visible.

"What's your degree?"

"what?"

Fan Xia looked bewildered.

"Tell me, what school did you graduate from?"

This is important!

"Boss, I know that I couldn't read you when I was young, unlike you who got into Z University and majored in finance."

Looking at the handsome face close at hand, at Ning Xiaobei's brown eyes, at his eyelashes that were too long and curly for a man, Fan Xia swallowed heavily unconsciously.

"But I'm not bad. I graduated from H University of Political Science and Law with a major in criminal investigation. At least I got a bachelor's degree."

He stared wide-eyed, watching Ning Xiaobei get closer and closer, he could even feel the hot breath exhaled from the other's upturned nose.

"Boss, Boss... If you have something to say, speak up, my waist..."

Ning Xiaobei kept moving forward, Fan Xia could only keep leaning back, if Ning Xiaobei pressed down again, his waist would not be able to support it.

Before Fan Xia could finish speaking, Ning Xiaobei sat back with a serious face.

"call……"

Fan Xia touched his heart that was beating wildly, and secretly heaved a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, he has been exposed to the sun and rain for many years because of his work, and he is a little darker than when he was a child.Otherwise, Ning Xiaobei would have been able to detect that "Little Heipi"'s face was flushed red at the moment at such a close distance.

"H's undergraduate degree in Political Science and Law... that's not right."

Ning Xiaobei's hand holding the chopsticks trembled slightly.

He clearly remembered that the last time Fan Xia said that he had been an auxiliary police officer for a period of time after graduating from the three schools, and he became a regular because of his good performance and meritorious service.

That's right, it must be because Fan Xia was admitted to No. [-] Middle School in the "Dream World", so the fate of his life was completely changed afterwards.

He saved a lot of detours, and the height of life is completely different.

"Boss, are you alright?"

Seeing that he didn't speak for a long time, Fan Xia was trembling all over, and put his hand on his shoulder worriedly.

"No... I'm just hungry and dizzy. I'll be fine after breakfast."

Ning Xiaobei lowered his head and took a sip of the porridge to hide his over-excited heart.

"Boss, are you really okay? Why don't I call back and ask for a half-day leave, and I'll take you to the hospital for a look. I felt something was wrong after you passed out yesterday, why don't you just check it out thoroughly..."

"Fan Xia."

"what?"

"Eat fast and go to work. I don't need you now, but the country needs you."

As Ning Xiaobei said, he took two mouthfuls of food quickly, then turned and went into the bedroom to get dressed.

"Leave after eating, and I will leave in a while."

"Boss, just throw it away when you're done using it, you have no 'wude'."

After talking, Fan Xia started to activate the "quickly clean up the desktop" mode.The food on the table was wiped out one by one at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"Where are you going, boss? Want me to drive you?"

Finally "eliminated" the breakfast before Ning Xiaobei went out, Fan Xia asked, touching his mouth.

"Alright."

Ning Xiaobei nodded bluntly, "I want to go back to my alma mater, so you can see me off."

He always felt that the early appearance of Wang Yihong's family must be related to certain events in the real world.Just like he met Fan Xia at the original site of Jiandeli.

He wants to go back to the No. [-] Middle School, maybe he will find clues there.

----

Standing at the school gate of No. [-] Middle School, looking at the tall buildings inside the fence, Ning Xiaobei once again laments that time has passed so long that he almost couldn't recognize his alma mater.

Since graduating, Ning Xiaobei only went back to his alma mater alone in his freshman year, and met the teacher who was in charge of the third year of high school language, mathematics and physics.After that, never came back.

When he was studying at the school, the teaching buildings were all white exterior walls, but now they are all changed to dark brown.

Looking in through the railing, he noticed that the original teacher's bicycle shed had been converted into an electric car shed with charging equipment.However, there are not many cars parked inside. Instead, the original small playground has been converted into a garage. Forty or fifty cars of various brands are parked densely, and the body reflects the light of the sun.

It may have something to do with the request of the school to clear all tertiary industries and rental housing a few years ago. The original row of snack bars and printing shops in front of the school have been demolished and replaced with several outdoor basketball courts.The building along the street that was once leased to others to open a tutoring institution was also taken back by the school.

Looking from the outside, one can vaguely see the fitness equipment placed on the other side of the glass window on the first floor, which seems to be for students majoring in sports.

"Hey, sir, you've been here for a long time. What are you going to do? Let me tell you, this is an important place for the school. You'd better leave as soon as you have nothing to do."

Just when Ning Xiaobei was about to observe for a while, an uncle in a security uniform with his waist down, leading two sturdy men came over from behind him, and shouted at Ning Xiaobei.

Ning Xiaobei turned around and saw the nervous faces of the three of them, and two of them were holding explosion-proof forks in their hands. He knew that they might have misunderstood.

In the past two years, there have been frequent cases of campus violence, and all schools have strengthened their security forces to protect the safety of students. It seems that my actions just now were a bit "sneaky", and they regarded them as bad guys.

"No, I just came to take a look. I used to be a student who graduated from this school, and I haven't been back to my alma mater for a long time."

Ning Xiaobei hastily raised his hands to show his innocence.

"Look at your alma mater? Isn't Lennon a parent?"

The security captain who took the lead looked Ning Xiaobei up and down, and found that he was handsome and well dressed, and he didn't look like a bad guy, so he felt relieved.

"Fah, yes, I don't have a villain (child) yet."

Ning Xiaobei hurriedly struck up a conversation in Shanghai dialect, "Uncle, why is Nong the doorman now? So where is Lao Dou who is in the door room?"

"Hey, Lennon is talking about when. It will be seven or eight years since Lao Dou retired, and now he is going home to bring his grandson."

Hearing this, the security captain finally confirmed that Ning Xiaobei was not some weird person, and nodded to him with a smile, "It will be at least fifteen or six years since you graduated, right?"

"I graduated from the high school of our school in 03, almost 20 years ago."

Ning Xiaobei said with emotion.

"Grandpa, I want to visit the school, can I cut it?"

"Little brother, it's not that grandpa and uncle are unreasonable. Lennon also knows that now we are paying close attention to campus safety, coupled with the need for epidemic prevention, idlers and others are not allowed to enter the school. To enter, Lennon needs the teachers inside to come in and guide you Tell me, which teacher do you still have contact with?"

Ning Xiaobei followed the security team into the security room on the west side of the school gate. Uncle was very polite and made Ning Xiaobei a cup of tea.

"Nong is a student of the 'Golden Class 03' of the [-] class. You are amazing, you must be doing well now."

In the "real world", Ning Xiaobei is not a sociable person.I didn't have much contact with my classmates and teachers in middle school, and I only participated in the class reunion once. When I was passing by a restaurant one time, I was caught by an old classmate who happened to come out to smoke, and I was forced to go in.

He remembered that when he just graduated from university, he played "Renren" and "Kaixin" for a while, and made friends with a few middle school classmates.But with the decline of these two networks, they simply lost contact completely.

"Hey, sir, the teachers you mentioned are either retired, or they have already transferred to other schools to teach, and they are no longer in No. [-] Middle School."

The security captain was enthusiastic, and took a contact book to check the names that Ning Xiaobei reported one by one. Unfortunately, the teachers he could name were all gone.

"Then, where is Teacher Wang Xiuyun who is in charge of the library? Is she still there?"

Ning Xiaobei thought for a long time, and finally found the teacher's name from the depths of his memory.She was only in her 30s when he graduated, so she probably hasn't retired yet.

Moreover, the teacher in the library should not change jobs casually.

Every Tuesday afternoon, there is an interest class in No. [-] Middle School, and students can choose their favorite subjects.But Ning Xiaobei didn't have any particular favorite things, he just liked reading books.

So every Tuesday afternoon, he plunged into the library until school was over.

In the noisy campus, only the library building is always quiet.Ning Xiaobei likes being in it, swimming in the vast ocean composed of countless books.

Most of the time, he and Mr. Wang are the only two people in the whole reading room, each holding a book, sitting far away across the long corridor and a long table.

Sometimes Mr. Wang would invite him to the office for snacks when he saw that he was tired from reading alone, and he would also help the teacher move the books.In the second year of junior high school, he simply became a librarian, taking time to help in the library building every day.

Therefore, Mr. Wang should still remember him as a quiet student.

"Teacher Wang is still here!"

Uncle Security finally stopped shaking his head, Ning Xiaobei's eyes lit up.

"But there is a meeting in the district in the afternoon, and Teacher Wang has already left. Hey...how about you come back tomorrow. You come to the guard room tomorrow to find me, and I will take you in."

The warm-hearted uncle patted his chest and said.

"Then... thank you."

Ning Xiaobei smiled gratefully.

At this moment, a silver SUV drove up to the school gate and lightly honked its horn twice.

The security uncle got up from his seat and leaned out of the window.

"Oh, it's Teacher Chang, you came so late, you only have class this afternoon?"

The long-haired woman sitting in the cab took off her sunglasses and nodded to the uncle, but she didn't see Ning Xiaobei sitting in the corner.

The uncle opened the railing with the remote control, and the car slowly slid into the school gate.

"Mr. Chang, wait a minute. I have a courier, and I'll bring it to you."

"Then I'll go first. Thank you, Grandpa, today."

Ning Xiaobei was embarrassed to disturb the security uncle's work, and walked out of the guard room.

The moment the woman opened the car window and took the courier from the doorman, Ning Xiaobei walked past her car window and subconsciously turned her head to look at her.

"you……"

Looking at the woman's familiar yet unfamiliar face, Ning Xiaobei stopped involuntarily.

"Thank you, Uncle, for your trouble."

The woman took the courier and put it on the passenger seat. When she looked up, her eyes met Ning Xiaobei's in the air.

"You are...you are..."

The woman covered her red lips in disbelief, her eyes full of disbelief.

"Chang Leyun..."

"Ning Xiaobei! Old classmate!"

Chang Leyun was stunned for a while, and then couldn't help clapping her hands, showing a bright smile.

"Our music and art class has always been the least valued. You see, the office allocated to us is just like dried tofu. You can sit wherever you want, and I'll pour you a cup of tea."

Thanks to Chang Leyun's blessing, Ning Xiaobei, who had been wandering outside the door for a long time, was finally able to enter the long-lost campus.He followed Chang Leyun through many corridors, took the elevator, and came to an office located in the northernmost part of the teacher's building.

This is an office shared by one of the few music teachers and art teachers in the school, with a total area of ​​just over ten square meters.

For so many years, there are more than 1000 students in the junior high school and high school, and there are only two music and art teachers each.

If the music teacher in the junior high school is sick, then the senior high school must come to help.If both teachers are sick at the same time... that's great, let's take math.

Ning Xiaobei took the hot tea from Chang Leyun with both hands, and looked around in embarrassment.

There are various finished and semi-finished paintings hanging on the walls, including sketches and traditional Chinese paintings.All kinds of music scores and learning materials are mixed together on the table.In the corner is a pile of plaster statues. Beside the statues lies a triangular bell and a copper dial. I don’t know whether they were put together intentionally as a still life model, or they were piled up randomly.

In short, it is small and messy, like a utility room.She is incompatible with Chang Leyun, who is dressed in a foreign style.

"I don't usually come here. I'm usually in the piano room. The art teacher stays in the art room, which is much bigger than here."

Chang Leyun said with some embarrassment.

"You're a music teacher here? That's really fitting."

Ning Xiaobei said, looked at Chang Leyun, and praised sincerely, "You have played the piano well since you were a child, you used to live upstairs in your house, and you could hear the sound of the piano from downstairs every weekend. At that time, my dad said, "Look at Aunt Wang's daughter, she is full of artistic cells. After listening to it a few times, I feel that I will become more elegant."

Quite different from some low-quality neighbors who only get loud disco bangs.

"Hey, I'm just making a living. I'm really good at playing. I've already gone to the orchestra."

Wang Leyun brushed her hair embarrassingly.

"Ning Xiaobei, why did you think of coming to No. [-] Middle School? I've been working here for three to five years, and I haven't seen any of our former classmates."

It really is the [-]th transformation of the female university, the beautiful little princess back then has become a mature woman in front of her eyes.Ning Xiaobei thought that if they met on the street instead of at the school gate, maybe the two of them would just pass by.

From Chang Leyun's mouth, Ning Xiaobei knew that their mother and daughter moved again after she graduated from high school. When they moved, they lost their classmates, so she gradually lost touch with her original classmates. connect.

"You look more and more like your mother. By the way, how is Aunt Wang?"

Ning Xiaobei asked tentatively.

"Her? She's wonderful."

Chang Leyun pointed at herself, "Unexpectedly, my family is actually a 'second-child family'. My mother is in her 40s, and she gave me a younger brother. He is 16 years old this year, and he is a young man." .It's amazing."

"what?"

Ning Xiaobei took a breath.

"Your mother remarried?"

"Yeah, it happened in my freshman year. My mother did a good job of keeping it secret. In order not to delay my college entrance examination, she kept it tightly covered. When I first found out, my expression Exactly the same as you are now."

Chang Leyun shrugged half jokingly.

Aunt Wang really remarried, who is the groom?

Ning Xiaobei asked nervously.

"Uncle Zhao who also lives in our building. You know him too."

Chang Leyun said.

"what?"

Not only was his heart about to burst out of his throat, but Ning Xiaobei felt like his eyeballs were about to pop out of their sockets.

Dare he operate like a tiger in the "dream world", trying to match up Dad and Aunt Wang, but in the end he actually took advantage of Uncle Zhao?

He also got a son for Uncle Zhao?

Ning Xiaobei still wanted to ask in detail, but Chang Leyun stood up quickly after hearing the class bell, saying that she was only busy chatting with him, and forgot that the first period in the afternoon was her own class.

He had no choice but to leave the school.

Standing outside the school gate, Ning Xiaobei turned around and looked at the youthful children on the playground not far away, and couldn't help but hear Chang Leyun's words just now—"Uncle Zhao, you know me too", "Old Mussel Give birth to a pearl, give birth to a younger brother"...

It was obviously a cold autumn wind, and Ning Xiaobei could feel his back covered in cold sweat.

no!Before anything happened in the dream, he wanted to "go back" and change it right away!

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