Yu Xiao glared at Cheng Ran, and Cheng Ran also looked at him. The two looked at each other. The only people left in the background were the group of middle school students who were still talking about Three Kingdoms. The air was silent, and something was slowly brewing.
Cheng Ran knew that it would be difficult for Yu Xiao to accept this result for a while. He knew that feeling. Jiang Hongshao was different from Yang Xia. Yang Xia had always stood out from the crowd since she was a child and had always been excellent. But she was not far away and was right next to them. They could joke with each other, lose their temper, and make fun of each other.
But Jiang Hongshao was different. Every time they met, it was a glimpse. He didn't feel that she was superior to him, but he was very aware of the distance between them. He was the rare one who didn't envy her life trajectory. Instead, he thought it was nice to be able to look at her from afar and wish her the best, just like looking at the flowers in the wind, the snowy night and the bright star tracks in the sky.
There will be no envy or jealousy, only sincere emotion and praise.
However, now, it is such a difficult picture to accept that a person has to walk parallel to the star tracks.
Perhaps Yu Xiao was shocked and shocked for a while. Cheng Ran was still thinking about how to explain this matter to him. It was not what he imagined...
Yu Xiao suddenly spoke up, "Damn... Jiang Hongshao has it, but what about me? Why don't I have it? When are you going to make me available?"
"Huh?" Cheng Ran was stunned. This sudden turn of events caught him off guard.
"It should be more handsome. I want to make a character holding a big sword. The character's skills should be as powerful as possible! Of course, don't lose balance... Make it as powerful as possible..."
Cheng Ran: “…”
After all, Yu Xiao was still young at heart. The first thing he thought of was Jiang Hongshao, not himself.
But after a moment, after Yu Xiao finished imagining and planning Cheng Ran's character, he leaned forward and lowered his voice, like an ancient wizard revealing a mysterious spell that would subvert the world, "You actually have a crush on Jiang Hongshao!?"
"Damn it, brother, you've gone too far..."
Yu Xiao's eyes bulged as much as they could, as if he was telling an unbearable secret. "Let me tell you, we didn't know before, but it is said that Jiang Hongshao's father is very powerful, at least one of the top people in the city! Her mother's background is even more mysterious and powerful. It is said that her grandfather is an old general. Some of her family members are abroad, and some are in China. She has a big business..."
"She is now in Chengdu No. 10 Middle School. What kind of school is that? It's the 'humble house' in the southwest! You know how the name of No. 10 Middle School spread to No. 1 Middle School, right? A few years ago, a student from No. 10 Middle School came to exchange ideas with No. 1 Middle School, just like helping the poor. It was said that a senior in the third year of high school was discussing a single-player game. The top student from No. 10 Middle School was very surprised and asked them if they had ever seen a computer. "
"They are here to talk about study methods. To put it bluntly, they are here to teach you bunch of people who have never seen the world. In our No. 1 Middle School, if one or two students are admitted to Tsinghua University and Peking University every year, it's a big deal. We want to announce it to the whole city and become famous in the province. Do you know what they are like there? There are two classes that all go to Tsinghua University and Peking University and universities of the same level and key disciplines. This is also because Tsinghua University and Peking University have local protection policies and preferences. There are restrictions on enrollment quotas in our Sichuan Province, otherwise all the students in those two classes can go to Tsinghua University and Peking University! There are also several international classes, that is, those who have rich families and are excellent themselves, all go directly to foreign universities with IELTS and TOEFL. In the future, they will return to China with a high profile or move abroad, depending on their mood... Excellent students are like water in a cup. Other schools have only a little water in their cups, but No. 10 Middle School is full and it keeps overflowing. Just like this, Lao Jiang is a celebrity in No. 10 Middle School. We saw it last time, right? The top ten youth model of the province, is this something that ordinary people can win?"
Cheng Ran knew that the legend about Jiang Hongshao had never been lost among the students of the old junior high school. Moreover, as time went by, a lot of information about her was constantly supplemented and improved.
"I know you and Jiang Hongshao usually exchange letters... But I do too! Old Jiang also writes to me!" Yu Xiao looked smug, with an expression that said "You are not special", "Well-educated girls are different. They have the most basic courtesy to everyone. No wonder she is so popular. Her former friends from junior high school are still in touch with her, and many people keep asking for all kinds of news about her, and those who are capable ask from Rongcheng No. 10 Middle School. So when many of her things are gradually exposed, everyone is so surprised..."
"But if we talk about this, it's not your turn. It's said that there are countless people in Rongcheng who like her... This is just public, not to mention the number of people who like her in private, it's as numerous as the sea of clouds... Do you know what the recent rumors about her are... It is said that at an event, someone drove a luxury car from his family and followed her. At least they were luxury cars worth millions, isn't this exaggerated? It's hard to believe, it's hard to believe that someone with a strong family background and the qualifications to pursue her would actually engage in such jealousy... But reality is often more exaggerated than drama, and it just happened!"
“So…” Yu Xiao reached out and patted him on the shoulder, sighing, “Brother… It’s not that I don’t think highly of you… It’s just that this is not a lunar exploration project, it’s not like a human migration to Mars… What’s going on with them, what’s going on with us… We want to rent a mountain and raise pigs to get rich!”
I'd rent a mountain with you to raise pigs!
Are you desperate? You keep talking about raising pigs.
But in the end, Yu Xiao still refused to believe that Cheng Ran had any chance of success.
Cheng Ran finally smiled and shook his head, "What are you talking about... It's not as exaggerated as you think, and it hasn't come to that."
"I know," Yu Xiao patted his shoulder again, with an expression that said, "I know, I know everything." "It's a good thing to recognize reality. At least it's a good start... It's better to get rid of unrealistic things as soon as possible. I understand how you feel, because I've been so depressed before... Let's go play StarCraft tonight and have a good time in the game. Don't think about this kind of fucking troubles... Just accept your fate."
…
But in the end, after dinner, Cheng Ran still didn’t plan to go to the Internet cafe with Yu Xiao to play games. StarCraft had only been out for a few months, the graphics hadn’t been optimized yet, and there were even quite a few bugs. It was a bit painful for Cheng Ran to play.
Maybe it’s because of my psychological age. After being reborn, it’s okay to play similar games for nostalgia, but it’s hard to feel really excited again.
And the key point is that after eight o'clock in the evening, Cheng Ran still has to go home to make a phone call.
After the timeline jumped over 1998, in the past six months, he and Jiang Hongshao had some special ways of communicating. In addition to letters, they used letters more often to arrange future contact times. For example, they would write a letter on the weekend and send it to Chengdu a few days later, and then they would agree to call each other at a certain time next weekend. This was like a small agreement sent to the future, which was quite interesting.
Occasionally, when her family or her own parents came home, she would wonder who they were calling to talk so happily. That was when Cheng Ran and Jiang Hongshao had to hang up the phone, but there was a unique excitement.
And even though there are pagers and mobile phones now, the two of them still follow this way of maintaining contact and stubbornly guard the interesting little secret.
In the communication of such radio waves, the two talked about movies, art, philosophy, technology, politics, life and death, and history...
For example, sometimes they would discuss classic movies. Jiang Hongshao said that she cried to death at the end of Brave Heart, and that William Wallace was such a pity, and he was so manly. Cheng Ran said, "Yeah, his girlfriend by the stream has a nice figure." Then there was silence on the other end of the phone, and Jiang Hongshao said, "Sophie Marceau is even better. Have you seen her in other works?" This often causes a cold front of low pressure to pass through.
When it comes to art, literature and the like, Cheng Ran feels a little inferior. I'm not talking to you in general terms, but whenever Cheng Ran can name a work or writer that has come out, she can give a corresponding comment, but she doesn't actively instill any of her own ideas. It's as if she's always waiting for Cheng Ran to share his more wonderful ideas.
They talk about the six billion human beings splitting from a very small number of ancestors at the beginning, so do the so-called three souls and seven spirits in tradition really exist
They discussed whether technological progress would make humans busier
They explore whether gods exist, and whether so-called secular religions are just imaginary worship of gods. Real gods don’t care about humans and civilization, just like you don’t care whether a group of bugs have built a sand castle on the beach that will be completely submerged by the waves.
They talked about the universe and the constellations.
But they are careful and never discuss the future of their lives too much.
Even if this happened, the girl would pretend to be nonchalant and change the subject.
Maybe, I just want to maintain this connection a little longer... a little longer.
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