16 year old graduation ceremony

"I don't know." Zhao Xiuyin closed the notebook, poured out hot tea from the pot, and took a sip: "I just mind my own business."

I can't tell how the Zhao Xiuyin in front of me is different from 12 years ago, because I have never had a chance to know her, just from the appearance, she is wearing a big plain green striped cotton shirt, her hair is pulled behind her head carelessly, and she has the precocious look of the past. His melancholy expression is as dazzling as a torch in the dark night, but now it is like the afternoon moon that appeared too early, outlining a translucent pale outline in the blue sky, and no one bothers to look up.It must be because she has experienced more things in the world now, and she is no longer as childish and ignorant as she was back then, Xian Ling thought, planning to end this dry and tasteless short reunion, moved her sitting position to find an excuse to say goodbye first, when the toe of her shoe suddenly hit her Something was kicked under the table, and there was a series of blunt and dull crashing sounds.She lowered her head to search for the sound, and saw two wooden legs scattered on the carpet. Looking up, she saw two wide khaki trousers hanging empty on the chair, and she couldn't help being stunned.

"Excuse me, please help me pick them up." Zhao Xiuyin said slowly from above, "Sometimes when it's hot, I take them off to the side for comfort and coolness."

Xianling carefully set those smooth and beautiful wooden legs against the wall, and suddenly remembered Zhao Xiuyin's pair of well-proportioned milk-coffee-colored long legs standing on the diving platform many years ago, and tears welled up in her eyes.

"I was studying in the United States five years ago. I broke my leg while skiing. After amputating my leg, I was lying in the hospital for a whole year." She answered Xian Ling's tearful questioning eyes with only a few words, as if talking about something wrong. related third party.

"Why do you always stay out of it? Even your legs, or the poems I wrote..." She shut her mouth suddenly, and she actually blurted out that past event that she swore she would never bring up again!But these words awakened Zhao Xiuyin, she looked up at Xianling again, the indifference on her face gradually melted away, she bit her pen and nodded and smiled:

"Ah! I finally remembered, it turned out to be you!" She leaned forward slightly, becoming interested in Xian Ling in front of her: "That's right, we used to be in the same class, but you transferred later, right? They said yes Because I, weirdly, I don't remember us ever talking."

Xianling pretended to be surprised: "They said that? How funny!" She laughed so hard that she burst into tears.The Zhao Xiuyin in front of her is much more ordinary, she is no longer so far away, and there is no unstoppable light that makes Xianling intimidated. Her hands are bare without any accessories, and unfortunately, she is missing both legs. Therefore, Xianling has become a rich man. Excessive charity, she cared about Zhao Xiuyin's life and work, but she only received an understatement.So Xianling brought up all the details of her wedding, hoping to see the envious expression on Zhao Xiuyin's face like other women, but her words were like piano music in the air, and Zhao Xiuyin just rubbed her book with her fingers. The crumpled black cover of the note seems to have not heard it.Like an absent-minded card player, who was urged to deal the cards by a burst of silence, Zhao Xiuyin then answered the words:

"Did you know that people in this world have at least 40.00% of their lives wishing to be someone else? Well... like, becoming a big star or some great political figure, or even just playing in the park Sha’s child. But this is just a rough average, some people just don’t tell the truth during the investigation, but they spend their whole lives trying to be someone other than themselves.”

Xian Ling thought she was laughing at him, those amber eyes seemed to penetrate her body, looking a little farther than the carnation bush behind her.

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