If the world had no daylight

Returning to the apartment with the purchased things from the supermarket, Bai Tian got out of the elevator and walked to the door of the house.

The person opposite seemed to be waiting for her, suddenly opened the door and walked out, stood behind Bai Tian, ​​and asked, "Are you going to the class reunion tomorrow?"

Bai Tian turned around, the emotions in the morning were no longer on her face, she calmly replied: "Whether I go or not has nothing to do with you."

Ye Wan stepped forward, looked at her and said seriously: "I suggest you not to go, this time it's not just from class A, but also from other classes."

She didn't say the rest clearly, but Bai Tian understood it.

"It seems that Wen Xinlei is here to ask you to go to the classmate reunion." Bai Tian gave her a rare smile, but there was no smile in his eyes.

Ye Wan frowned, "You just met her? No matter what she says, you don't care."

Bai Tian put the things in his hand on the ground, leaned against the door wearily, and raised his head to meet her eyes.

"She said that Zhao Yuelan has returned to China."

Ye Wan turned her head away, remained silent for a while, and then said: "I just don't think it's necessary to tell you about this, and you don't want to see any of us again."

Bai Tian nodded indifferently, and said with a smile: "Yes, in your eyes, there is nothing necessary to tell me. I have long been used to it."

"No." Bai Tian shook his head lightly again, sneered at himself, and said again: "It's in the eyes of all of you. Anyway, I don't need to know anything, and I'm not qualified to participate. I'll always be a bystander."

Ye Wan frowned and looked at her, moved her fingers, but retracted them.

She hesitated for a moment before speaking: "You have already experienced the price of the participants."

"You chose Ye Li because you wanted a peaceful and simple life?" Her tone was emotionless, just stating a fact.

"Then forget about everything and live your life."

Ye Wan turned around, turned her back to her, and finally said: "Bai Tian, ​​Ye Li is very suitable for you, so don't miss him because of other people's reasons."

"When the limelight passes, I will leave."

Bai Tian watched her go in and close the door, and the body leaning on the door slowly slid down and sat on the ground.

She hugged her knees, gently raised her right hand and turned around, looking at the thin long white mark on the lower side.

"After paying the price, I am still a bystander in the end."

The next morning, Bai Tian pretended to see Gao Xi's WeChat now, and replied to her.

Ye Li called early and told her not to drink or play too late, and to call him when she got home.

Bai Tian agreed one by one, and by the way gave him the address for the dinner, so that he could rest assured.

When Liu Ran came to pick up Bai Tian in the car, he looked at her in amazement, started the car and asked, "You have a personality that doesn't go to the Three Treasures Palace for nothing, and you will be fooled by Gao Xi, tell me honestly." Is there something inside?"

Bai Tian looked at the sunny day outside the car window, and replied casually: "I'm so bored after staying at home for a long time, come out to get some air."

After she finished speaking, she turned her head, looked at Liu Ran and asked, "Why do you feel that you are getting fat again? Your mother will definitely push you to the gym next time."

Liu Ran had a headache for a while, "I really can't help it. I've been working overtime lately and my work and rest are upside down. Today I live in the United States and yesterday I lived in Africa. Can I not gain weight?"

"It's not all thanks to whom." He muttered something in a low voice, but Bai Tian didn't hear it clearly and didn't care.

"You work hard for the company and your boss won't thank you."

After Bai Tian finished speaking, he took out the air cushion to touch up his makeup.

It took her twice as long to put on makeup today than usual, but the weather was so hot that she was in jeopardy after only a few 10 minutes of going out.

Sprayed it with makeup setting spray, Liu Ran sneezed when he smelled it, Bai Tian could only open the window to let the smell out.

The place for dinner was set at a club called "BLUECLUB" in the outskirts of the city. Bai Tian had never heard of this name, so he asked Liu Ran, "What is this for?"

Liu Ran has never been ashamed of his occupation, and immediately replied: "It's just a place to eat, drink, and have fun. Anyway, all kinds of facilities are available, and you can have all kinds of fun there. Of course, the cost is also high, and it's a membership system. Simple It is said that it is an entertainment place specially opened for the rich."

Bai Tian frowned, but Liu Ran already knew what she was thinking, and hurriedly said: "Hey, don't worry, it's a formal place, otherwise I would have cut that brat Wang Nan to death."

Wang Nan is the sports committee member of Class A, and Bai Tian's only impression of him is that he is "tall and black, suspected of being of African descent", and the girls in the class have good comments on him.

She reluctantly felt relieved and planned to leave after eating.

It took a lot of time to drive this way, and Bai Tian almost fell asleep when he arrived at the destination.

Liu Ran parked his second-hand off-road vehicle at the door, woke up the drowsy Bai Tian, ​​and said, "Here we are."

A tall man in casual clothes was chatting with three people at the door. When he saw Liu Ran get off the car, he waved his hand and said, "Fatty Liu, here it is!"

Liu Ran cursed with a smile, walked over and gave him a hammer, and several people stood together and chatted.

Bai Tian walked slowly behind. The tall man saw her and asked Liu Ran pretending to be ambiguous: "Your girlfriend? You are very lucky."

Liu Ran rolled his eyes and scolded, "Are you blind? That's Bai Tian."

Wang Nan looked at him with a face full of astonishment, then glanced at Bai Tian who was walking over, and couldn't help but say: "Damn it."

The three people on the side were the first to come back to their senses, and greeted Bai Tian one after another: "Wow Xueshen, I haven't seen you for so many years and you are still beautiful and charming. Are you single?"

Liu Ran gave them a fist one by one, and said with a smile: "You are so fucking disgusting, we Lao Bai are going to get married, give up on you guys."

A group of people suddenly "wow" in surprise.

Bai Tian greeted them with a smile, she was wearing a simple summer dress today, very clean and refreshing.The short hair was coiled up and a small ball was tied on the head, which was held with a hairpin, revealing a complete face.A light blue short-sleeved shirt with a pair of white shorts, and plain white flat shoes on the feet.

She stood in a group of people, as plain as if she was the only one who actually came to eat.

It was too sunny outside, so Wang Nan hurriedly greeted them into the lobby, called someone to take them upstairs, and then went back to the door to pick them up.

Liu Ran explained to Bai Tian: "This time, he and Gao Xi did it together. They just got their certificates last month, and they came to show off to us."

Bai Tian smiled, and said softly, "Then I'll probably receive an invitation, so get ready for the red envelope."

Liu Ran shrugged and mourned his salary.

The three people at the side were chatting, and suddenly brought the topic to Bai Tian.

"When does Xueshen plan to hold a wedding? Send us invitations too."

The smile on Bai Tian's face remained unchanged, she gave Liu Ran a look, and then replied: "Don't listen to his nonsense."

They obviously didn't believe it, and continued to ask: "Why didn't you bring your boyfriend here today? It's good for everyone to get to know each other."

"We were supposed to come together, but he's been busy with work recently, so we'll get together again next time."

Liu Ran on the side interjected leisurely: "He's a business owner, he's so busy all day long, how can he have time to play?"

Bai Tian gave him a sideways look, and Liu Ran closed his mouth.

Several people glanced at each other, changed the subject, and asked, "I heard that Xueshen is now a teacher. Which school is he in?"

Bai Tian still had a smile on his face, and replied, "The Affiliated Middle School of Capital University."

They gave another exaggerated "wow", and Liu Ran became impatient, and asked the waiter who led the way: "Haven't you arrived after walking for so long? Your place is quite big."

The quality of the waiter was obviously not ordinary, she walked ahead with a smile from the beginning to the end, and now she replied softly: "I am sorry for the inconvenience caused to you, please wait a moment, there is still a long way to go arrive."

Liu Ran was just looking for something to say casually, and waved his hand after hearing the words: "It's okay, the environment here is not bad, and it looks quite comfortable."

"It is our duty to provide you with the best environment and service. I hope you can have a satisfactory experience today."

Liu Ranxin said that the waiter talked in a different way, and he was better at talking than him, so he stopped talking.

After going through another small garden, they finally reached the place.

Wang Nan ordered an afternoon tea in an open-air garden. It was in a relatively closed glass room with a comfortable temperature and complete facilities. There was everything to eat and drink, and there was a huge outdoor movie screen.

After bringing him there, the waiter smiled and said, "Just call us on the tablet if you need anything." Then he returned the same way.

Looking at the open-air garden, Liu Ran couldn't help but said, "Wang Nan is rich?"

The person next to him shook his head and whispered to him, "It's not that he got rich, it's that Gao Xi's business has been doing well in the past two years."

Bai Tian was not very interested in these, so he didn't interrupt.

Gao Xi, who was standing inside chatting with people, saw them and hurried over to say hello.Bai Tian glanced at the number of people inside, sighed in his heart, and followed her in.

Bai Tian, ​​who hadn't participated in a classmate reunion for nine years from the third year of high school to the present, was besieged by everyone. After she dealt with it one by one, her face was about to freeze with a smile. Liu Ran quickly found an excuse to rescue her and hid in the Sitting on a sofa in the corner.

The two of them went out without having lunch, and now they took some food casually, and ate while chatting.

Most of the afternoon tea was dessert, Bai Tian felt too tired, so he just took a cup of black tea and drank it slowly.

Sitting next to her, Liu Ran introduced to her one by one who the people there were, how they were doing now, whether they were married or not, and how old their children were.For a moment, Bai Tian didn't know whether to admire his information bank or praise his good memory.

"You have this brain capacity, how good it is to remember something useful."

Liu Ran swallowed a piece of cake and muttered, "You are jealous."

Bai Tian drank black tea and didn't want to talk to him.

The people who came today are indeed from more than one class, because after so many years, some people in the class can no longer be contacted.Quite a few people from other classes came, and Bai Tian had already seen several familiar people.

After all, the protagonists of today's class reunion are Gao Xi and Wang Nan, and the people who came congratulated her one after another, and the relationship with other people was secondary.

Bai Tian didn't have any feelings to contact, so he just sat in the corner all the time.

She was about to ask Liu Ran how much money would be more appropriate, when she heard a noise at the door, Bai Tian and Liu Ran turned their heads to follow the sound, and saw a woman who had just walked in,

It's Wen Xinlei.

Liu Ran blurted out "I rely on": "Why is she here?"

Bai Tian was not surprised. She looked at the door without looking away.

Not long after, another tall figure appeared at the door, which aroused the crowd's exclamation.

Bai Tian looked at that face with a calm expression.

Gao Xi was full of surprise, she trotted over, and said to the people at the door: "My God, when did you return to China?"

Wen Xinlei stood aside, raised her eyebrows and said to her, "Did you forget me when you saw her?"

Gao Xi didn't dare, he quickly took her hand and greeted her, but the person who just walked in was already surrounded by everyone.

Bai Tian looked at Liu Ran and asked, "Aren't you going to say hello?"

Liu Ran looked away, shook his head, took a sip of milk tea.

Bai Tian patted him on the shoulder and said nothing more.

"I'm going out to smoke a cigarette." Liu Ran couldn't sit still, and walked out through the door behind them.

Bai Tian didn't persuade him, and he didn't even want to persuade himself.

In the huge glass conservatory, one side is crowded with people and the other side is silent and alone, as if in two worlds.

Bai Tian leaned on the sofa, listening to the occasional laughter over there, some things that shouldn't be remembered popped up very abruptly.

Someone suddenly sat down beside her, picked up the teapot and poured her a new cup of black tea.

"I didn't expect you to actually come."

Bai Tian turned his head, looked at her profile, flipped through his memory, and suddenly said: "It's you."

The woman looked at her sideways, showing a friendly smile.

The still young face in memory overlapped with her smile at the moment, Bai Tian saw again in a trance, the girl standing in the classroom said to her: "By the way, my name is Shi Yuanyuan."

It's a pity that Bai Tian at that time didn't know what the name represented, nor what was hidden in the girl's smile.

By the time she knew it, it was too late.

Few people hate National Day, except for those who don't have a holiday.

Bai Laosan is the one who does not take holidays.

He opened the store throughout the National Day, but he couldn't ignore the reasonable request of the clerk to rest, so he could only exploit Bai Tian, ​​a child laborer.

Bai Tian readily accepted, after all, she had already decided to sign up for the competition, and it was time to gain more experience.

Zhao Yuelan sent a message asking her what time to sign up on Saturday, but Bai Tian looked at the message and never typed a reply.

The other party probably felt something, so he didn't ask again for two days.

On the third day, Zhao Yuelan finally sent another message: "I'm sorry I didn't tell you that Xinlei is my cousin. She doesn't like playing with me very much, and she doesn't want to meet me at school, so I didn't tell you. anyone."

This is very reasonable, Bai Tian thought to herself, she has no obligation to tell others about her family affairs.

So Bai Tian replied: "I don't mind."

This is not a lie, because this is not what she minds at all.

After Wei Zheng's shop closed, Bai Tian put the matter aside.I run back and forth between restaurants and homes every day, completely immersed in the kitchen.

Bai Laosan was a little puzzled by her sudden seriousness, and couldn't help asking: "You don't want to usurp the throne now, do you? Your uncle and I are in good health now, let me tell you."

Bai Tian looked at him speechlessly, and replied: "Then why don't you hurry up and find a wife, do you really want to be single all the time?"

"You're still taking care of my business at such a young age, go back and chop vegetables." Bai Laosan scowled, Bai Tian said "cut" and went back to the kitchen.

Taking advantage of the fact that there was no one in the store, Bai Laosan sat outside and drank tea.He thought of something, and suddenly said to Bai Tian inside: "Your head teacher called me two days ago."

Bai Tian poked his head out of the window and said nervously: "You can lie to me, I haven't committed any crime recently."

"It's so strange that he praised you. I thought he made a wrong call, and asked three times if he was talking about Bai Tian." Bai Laosan took a sip of tea, his tone full of disgust.

Bai Tian also found it very strange that Li Laotu would praise her?

"What did he praise me for?"

"Praise you for your recent improvement in grades. Let me persuade you to calm down. It's too late to focus on your studies now."

Bai Tian snapped the kitchen knife in his hand, and said inwardly that it was terrible.

She was so absent-minded during the first month of school that she forgot to mark her marks during the exam, which was a mistake.

"It's all good luck, don't listen to his bragging." Bai Tian lowered his head and continued cutting vegetables.

Bai Laosan immediately stared at her, raised his voice and said: "Don't fool me, do you really think I don't know how much you weigh? Let me tell you, there is no way out as a cook! Take care of me and be careful." Study, after you pass the college entrance examination, you will be a teacher just like your parents, that will be your job..."

Bai Tian raised the knife and chopped it violently on the cutting board, interrupting his words.

Bai Laosan stood up, pointed at her and said, "You're still losing your temper, Bai Xiaotian, don't think your uncle can be fooled just because he hasn't studied. Your head teacher told me long ago that you just refused to study hard on purpose. The heart is not in school, what do you think I ask you. Your uncle is not dead yet, you are going to rob the restaurant?"

The more he talked, the more angry he became, and finally let go of his cruel words: "I tell you, if you don't get a college diploma, you won't be allowed to be a chef in your life!"

Bai Tian threw down the kitchen knife, tore off his apron and sleeves, and rushed out of the restaurant without saying a word.

Bai Laosan looked at her back, his anger was suppressed, and then he sighed.

After walking to the street, Bai Tian became a little dazed, because her life has always revolved around her family, restaurants, and a school.But now that it's a holiday, she doesn't know where to go.

I don't want to go to the dance class, I don't want to go home, and I don't want to go to that annoying person.Bai Tian lowered his head and began to wander around the street.

After walking for a while, Bai Tian gradually calmed down.

She knew that what Sanjiu said was right.Even though she is only in high school, she knows the importance of academic qualifications and diplomas in this society.But in Bai Tian's eyes, she can learn everything she can learn in school by herself, so why waste her time in school?

Three years in high school and four years in college are too long.Bai Tian just wants to spend all of these precious time learning cooking skills, and then when he is in his 20s and can be independent, let the third uncle retire to rest and make plans for his own life.

Bai Tian had already arranged her own way, she thought very clearly, she never acted on her own will, but the third uncle didn't understand her.

Probably all family conflicts come from not being able to understand each other, Bai Tian walked down the street a little dejectedly, rubbing his already hungry stomach.

Passing by a station, Bai Tian stopped and took out his change, but found that it was only enough for a bowl of noodles, so he gave up the idea of ​​going to the snack street by car.

Two people with hiking bags walked past her, and just as the bus stopped at the stop, the two got on the bus quickly.

Bai Tian glanced at it casually, then looked away, and was going to find a noodle restaurant for lunch.

Three seconds later, Bai Tian suddenly stopped and turned around, looking at the two people in the car who walked to the back seat and sat down.

The faces of the man and the woman were a little disturbed, and the bags on their backs were also very large, stuffed to the brim.The boy sat by the window to block the person next to him. Bai Tian couldn't see the girl's full face clearly, but he still felt a little familiar.

She thought for a while, and when she finally remembered who they were, the car started.

Bai Tian glanced at the driving route map behind him, the destination of this train is...

On the first day of school on Monday, No. [-] Middle School ushered in two uninvited guests.

Bai Tian was a little lethargic throughout the morning. She thought that her period might be coming, so she had to stay in the classroom to rest.

For some reason, the people in the classroom all went out as soon as the get out of class was over. She looked around the quiet and empty surroundings, a little puzzled.

It was not until the lunch break that Bai Tian saw Liu Ran in the cafeteria.

She sat down with a plate and asked, "What happened today? You disappeared after class."

Liu Ran was using his mobile phone to connect to the forum, and said without raising his head, "Something has happened, Chen Huiru and her parents came to school today."

Bai Tian was startled, and asked puzzledly: "Didn't she transfer to another school a long time ago? Why did she come to our school?"

Liu Ran put down the phone and whispered, "Chen Huiru ran away from home. Her parents came to the school to look for her former classmates and asked if anyone had seen her."

"It's too miserable. The two of them were crying in the office, begging the head teacher of Class D to help them ask."

Bai Tian instantly recalled the people he met at the bus stop a few days ago, stood up abruptly, and asked, "Have they left?"

"Still in the office, pulling Chen Huiru's former classmates and asking... Hey boss, why are you going?"

Bai Tian ran wildly all the way out of the cafeteria, took a shortcut to the teaching building, and went up to the second floor.

A group of students were surrounded outside the office, all of them looked inside quietly. Bai Tian squeezed in, and saw a tearful middle-aged woman pulling a girl, crying and asking, "Why haven't you seen this?" What about her, you used to have such a good relationship with her, didn't you often live in our house and help her with tutoring?"

The tall girl with her back to the door looked at her, not knowing how to answer.

The middle-aged man stood aside, secretly wiping away his tears.

"Ye Wan, Auntie knows you are a good boy, please help Auntie, Huiru hasn't been home for five days, Auntie really has nothing to do, Auntie please."

Bai Tian stood at the door, looked at that figure for a while, then raised his voice and said, "Auntie, I met classmate Chen five days ago."

The tall girl suddenly turned around to look at her, but Bai Tian ignored her and went straight into the office.

The middle-aged woman immediately stood up, walked up to Bai Tian, ​​grabbed her excitedly and asked, "Student, have you really met Huiru? Where? When? Tell auntie quickly."

Bai Tian patted her hand reassuringly, and said in a low voice, "It's not convenient to talk about it here."

The head teacher of Class D who was standing aside understood something, hurried to the door and waved away the students who were watching, and then locked the door of the office.

Ye Wan looked at Bai Tian with a complicated expression, and wanted to say something, but Bai Tian never looked at her.

When there were only five of them left in the office, Bai Tian organized his words carefully, and said to the middle-aged woman whose eyes were swollen from crying: "I saw her at the bus stop on North Second Street five days ago, and I thought she looked familiar at the time." So after looking at it for a long time, I was sure it was her."

Chen Huiru's mother quickly asked, "What time is it? Is she alone?"

Bai Tian paused for a moment, but still answered bravely: "It was almost one o'clock in the afternoon. She was carrying a big hiking bag, and..."

Ye Wan came over and wanted to hold Bai Tian, ​​but she had already said: "...with a boy."

Chen Huiru's parents were stunned, and their faces turned pale instantly.