My alma mater has not changed much from before. What has changed is that people have come and gone, carving an unforgettable memory with four years of youth.
Under the shade of greenery and beside the grass, some junior students were reading quietly. It was very harmonious and peaceful. Ye Fan and others felt like they had returned to the past, far away from the impetuousness and noise they had experienced in the past three years.
After graduation, everyone was busy for life and ideals, and many people stayed away from the city. Except for a few people such as Ye Fan, almost everyone returned to their alma mater for the first time.
The small lake not far away is rippling with gentle waves, and the scenery remains the same. I still clearly remember the scenes of melancholic and decadent or high-spirited figures holding guitars and singing campus ballads by the lake.
Even after many years, whenever the melody sounds, it will always remind people of the carefree and innocent era. The faint sadness makes people sad and sweet, and it can easily touch people’s hearts.
The accumulation of years will always leave a bit of a sour and bitter taste.
I just don’t know if those people back then can still pick up the guitar and play and sing now. It will be difficult to find their whereabouts after graduation.
“I vaguely heard from my friends that the melancholic guitar master was singing in a bar in another city. He went through many vicissitudes over the past few years.”
“Do you still remember the versatile, long-legged girl from the school band? She was a very beautiful and innocent lead singer. It is said that she is now accompanying drinks in a nightclub.”
Everyone could only sigh.
After graduation, many people encounter the impact of ideals and realization. Sometimes life is really helpless, making people feel frustrated and confused.
After a brief silence, everyone continued to move forward.
At this time, Lin Jia came to Ye Fan’s side.
She was wearing a blue and white chiffon dress, which reached to her thighs, making her two slender legs even more fair and attractive. She wore a black belt to make her waist look more feminine. Her long hair was spread over her plump chest, and her figure was attractive.
With her beautiful face, snow-white skin, and uniquely charming red phoenix eyes that slightly fly upward, Lin Jia has a special temperament.
“You obviously have a car, why didn’t you tell me yesterday?”
“Where do I have the chance to say it?”
“Won’t you invite me to ride in your car today?”
“I am very happy. I solemnly invite Miss Lin Jia here.”
At this point both of them laughed.
Lin Jia suddenly mentioned what happened yesterday, but then walked around lightly. She didn’t say anything more about what happened yesterday, nor did she deliberately lower her profile to close the relationship.
After saying this, she turned and left with a smile. Lin Jia is a smart woman. She knows that it is not good to be too deliberate. It will only appear false and is far inferior to being direct and natural.
This subtle change naturally also happened to some other students.
It was almost noon when they left their alma mater. Everyone came to the food street and climbed to the restaurant building.
Wang Ziwen privately asked Ye Fan to sit at their table. Ye Fan just smiled and went over to toast a few glasses of wine, still sitting with the same people as yesterday.
“Ye Fan, don’t mind if I talked drunkenly yesterday. I’ll toast you and do it first…” The male classmate who said that his fiancée was the niece of a bank executive treated Ye Fan like He looked preachy, but today he tried his best to explain what happened yesterday in a low profile.
The female classmate who said that her husband had been promoted to the vice president of the company also changed her attitude from yesterday and was polite to Ye Fan.
“Come on, let’s raise a toast together.”
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Compared to yesterday, Ye Fan’s table seemed lively today. Everyone was clinking glasses, and people from other tables came over to toast from time to time. Of course, Ye Fan couldn’t shirk it, and he clinked glasses with others one after another, and even had a drink one by one with the people who came to Wang Ziwen’s table.
Liu Yunzhi was very calm. Although he was embarrassed yesterday, he was completely calm today. He didn’t show any strange expression, as if nothing had happened.
“Everyone, I received a call last night from across the ocean…”
The speaker was Zhou Yi, a very elegant young man. It was rumored that his family had a strong background and it was no secret among his classmates. Yesterday, Wang Ziwen was the one waiting to greet him outside Mingyue City on the Sea.
Everyone stopped and looked at Zhou Yi. No matter when he was in school or now, he was very easy-going and never seemed arrogant.
Zhou Yi told the news that three classmates studying abroad on the other side of the ocean had left to return to China, which immediately caused heated discussions among the students present.
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“After graduation, we were far apart, and each of us had our own different life trajectories. It was not easy to be together. When we meet again, we may have become fathers and mothers, and we don’t know how many years will have passed by then. Three classmates who are studying abroad are going back to China. I have a suggestion to extend this gathering a little…”
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Ye Fan drove home, made a cup of light green tea, and quietly looked at the sycamore tree outside the window. He remembered some past events.
The people I missed, the footsteps that left, and the road that went further and further away were like the leaves of the phoenix tree falling gently in front of me.
Li Xiaoman, this name has faded out of Ye Fan’s memory for a long time.
When Li Xiaoman graduated from college, he went to study abroad on the other side of the ocean. In the first few months, the contact between the two was very close, but as time went by, the exchange of emails and phone calls gradually decreased, and eventually the contact was completely broken off.
Rather than looking at each other across the sea, it is better to say that we forget each other across the sea. A love that was not favored by friends came to an end as expected.
Today I learned from Zhou Yi that Li Xiaoman was about to return to China. When Ye Fan first heard the name, he even felt a little strange. Looking back, more than two years have passed.
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The party was extended and they were going to visit Mount Tai. All expenses were borne by Wang Ziwen, Zhou Yi and others. For ordinary people, this might be a huge expense, but for them it was nothing.
Three days later, Ye Fan saw the familiar figure again at the foot of Mount Tai. Three years have passed, and Li Xiaoman is still graceful and graceful, without much change.
She was about one hundred and seventy centimeters tall, wearing a pair of sunglasses, her long black hair fluttering in the wind, standing there gracefully. Her clothes were simple, casual and cool. Her lower body was a pair of shorts that reached just above her knees. Her beautiful legs were white and slender. Her upper body was a T-shirt with a cartoon pattern printed on it.
Li Xiaoman is undoubtedly very beautiful. Her skin is white and tender, her eyes are big, her eyelashes are very long, and she looks very smart. She is unassuming but very confident.
She talked calmly and calmly with the classmates around her, obviously becoming a central figure, but also making people feel friendly.
There is a tall young man beside Li Xiaoman, who is said to be her American classmate. Compared with the soft and smooth face of Oriental people, he has a typical Western face, very three-dimensional, with a high and blue nose bridge. He has slightly sunken eyes and slightly curly blond hair. He is very handsome in terms of Western aesthetics.
“Hello, I’m Cade. I’m longing for Mount Tai. I can finally… see it.” Although this American young man named Cade is not very fluent, he is able to express his meaning clearly.
The other two students in front who have returned from studying abroad have also been enthusiastically surrounded and are being asked about their life and study situation on the other side of the ocean.
After three years, Ye Fan saw Li Xiaoman again, and he felt as if space had changed and time had passed.
Both of them were calm and greeted each other politely. There was no joy after seeing each other after a long separation. Some of them were just as plain as water, even a bit bland and breezy.
Without too many words, just passing each other gently. Some things don’t need to be said. Speechlessness is the result.