There was a continuous spring rain in March, and it rained continuously for five or six days. It finally cleared up in the past two days; the sun was shining brightly, and the breeze was gentle. As the weather got warmer, people took off their thick cotton-padded clothes and happily Put on a light jacket and T-shirt and live happily in the sunshine and breeze. The warm sunshine and light breeze are really comfortable!
At the Huimin Clinic not far from Star City University, as the weather improved, business seemed to be booming. The infusion room was already filled with five or six patients hanging from water. WWw. QUAbEn-XIAoShUo. COm
Xu Ze carefully pricked the last patient's needle, adjusted the drip speed, and then said hello to the nurse Sister Luo, then walked out, walked to the consulting room, and looked at Dr. Zhang who was reading a book. , said cautiously: "Mr. Zhang, I have something to do tonight, so I may not come over tonight!"
"Well...go get busy if you have something to do. Don't delay your studies!" Dr. Zhang looked up at Xu Ze, who had a humble face, nodded with a smile, then opened the drawer, took out an envelope and handed it over: "This is Collect last month’s salary!”
Looking at the thin envelope, Xu Ze's eyes lit up slightly, and he secretly thought that this was what he was waiting for. He took the envelope with a smile and said, "Thank you, Mr. Zhang, I'll leave first!"
He happily counted the eight hundred-yuan bills in the envelope, and then went to the cash machine at the school gate to withdraw all the 500 yuan he had saved for a long time. After that, Xu Ze rode his bicycle and went straight to Tongzi Street. And go.
Tongzi Street is the largest antique and jade street in Star City. Xu Ze has accompanied his classmates here several times before, so he is quite familiar with it.
But today he is not here to hang out. Today is the birthday of his girlfriend Zhang Linyun. As a boyfriend, he must prepare an unusual gift, so Xu Ze has been frugal for a month and plans to spend money today. Go and please your girlfriend.
He knew that Linyun had always wanted a jade Buddha pendant a long time ago, but because some slightly better jade pendants were quite expensive, he had always just looked at them with envy, and never thought about buying them.
Xu Ze Jin'er planned to pick one for Lin Yun as a birthday gift to surprise her. After all, they had been together for several months and had never given Lin Yun anything.
He knew that there was an older jade shop here. This shop had a history of more than 80 years on Tongzi Street. The shop owner’s craftsmanship was inherited from his ancestors. Xu Ze had accompanied several classmates who lived in Star City to buy jade here. The shop’s The store is not big, but several classmates who know the ins and outs of Xingcheng have made it very clear that although the store does not look big, it has always been a good deal, and it is much cheaper than buying it at a jewelry store outside.
So since Xu Ze made up his mind to buy the jade pendant, of course he took the money and went straight here.
Tongzi Street was always lively. Xu Ze pushed his bicycle along. After shopping for a while, he found the antique small signboard of Wangji Jade Shop among the colorful signboards on both sides.
Parking the car at the door, Xu Ze pushed open the somewhat old glass and wooden door and walked in.
Seeing the familiar shopkeeper, Xu Ze breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that he had found the right place. The last time he came here, it was also this gray-haired old man who was guarding the shop.
When the shopkeeper saw someone coming in, he nodded towards Xu Ze and said with a smile: "This classmate, what do you want to buy?"
Xu Ze walked over, smiled at the shopkeeper and said: "Old man, I want to buy a jade pendant, the one in the shape of a jade Buddha!"
The shop owner smiled and nodded, looked at Xu Ze, and suddenly laughed: "The man is carrying Guanyin and the woman is carrying Buddha. Do you want to buy a jade Buddha? Give it to your girlfriend!"
"Haha..." Xu Ze touched the back of his head and nodded with a dry smile.
The shop owner looked at Xu Ze who was obviously embarrassed and said with a chuckle: "What's the point of being embarrassed? Tell me what price you want to buy, and I'll help you choose a few!"
"Well... around seven or eight hundred will be enough!"
"Seven or eight hundred..." The shopkeeper touched a few sparse stubble on his chin, then leaned down and took out three or four boxes from the counter. He opened the lids one by one and put them on the counter. , smiled and said: "Take a look, these are all worth more than 700 or 800, tell me which one you like; since you came to me directly, of course you know that I will not give you the price!"
"That's right!" Xu Ze smiled and nodded: "I accompanied a few classmates to buy it, so I came directly to you. Of course I am very relieved."
Immediately, he was not polite. He lay on the counter and looked at it carefully. These jade Buddhas were all light green jade, and one was milky white jade. Xu Ze frowned and looked at it for a while. In his opinion, , the light green jadeite species are extremely beautiful, but it seems that Linyun likes that kind of white jadeite.
So, Xu Ze looked at the white jade Buddha, which seemed quite beautiful, and asked the shop owner, "How much does this white one cost?"
"Well... this white jade pendant is eight hundred and five hundred!" the shop owner laughed.
"Eight hundred and five..." Xu Ze frowned and thought about the thirteen hundred dollars in his pocket. He secretly thought that it would be better to save some for living expenses. He then looked up at the shopkeeper and said, "Old man, it can be cheaper. Is it? Eight hundred and fifty is a bit expensive..."
The shop owner looked at Xu Ze and chuckled: "For this jade, eight hundred and fifty is already a very fair price. I can guarantee that if you go to a jewelry store outside, you will never be able to get this jade without more than one thousand and fifty." Since you have been to my place, you should know that all prices here are real, no bargaining!"
"But it's really expensive." Looking at the white jade pendant on the table, Xu Ze hesitated.
Seeing Xu Ze's hesitation, the shopkeeper smiled and took out two boxes from the counter and put them in front of Xu Ze. He said with a smile: "Then look at these two boxes. They are both white jade. One is six hundred and eighty and the other is seventy. One hundred and five."
Xu Ze looked at the two white jade Buddhas and was really not satisfied. This 850-year-old one was obviously much more beautiful. Since I was buying it for Linyun, I had to choose something better, not just to save a hundred dollars.
At that moment, he shook his head slightly, looked at the shopkeeper without giving up and said: "Old man, you can make it cheaper. I really like this one better!"
"Ha... you know the rules of our store. You really don't bargain." The store owner shook his head slightly, looked at Xu Ze, and said with a smile: "I can also see that you really want to buy it. If you are sure to buy this, then I will I can give you a gift."
After that, the shopkeeper took out another small silk bag from the counter, took out a light green jade pendant and put it on the counter, saying: "The so-called man carries Guanyin and the woman carries Buddha. I think you don't have a protective Guanyin either. Here is a piece of Guanyin jade pendant that came with my purchase. Although the carving is not very good, the quality of the jade is still acceptable. If you like it, you can take it together. It will match a pair, but the price of 850 is not worth a penny. few!"
Looking at the jade pendant in front of him, Xu Ze sighed lightly. The jade looked quite transparent, but the carving couldn't be said to be bad, it could only be said to be very bad, because if you look closely, No one can tell that this is Guanyin.
But there was nothing he could do. Xu Ze knew that the shopkeeper was telling the truth. Wang Ji never bargained on jade. Now that he could earn a free jade pendant, it was pretty good. He might as well get a pair. Lin Yun brought Maitreya Buddha. , I take Guanyin with me, so we can be considered a couple!
Thinking of this, Xu Ze felt sweet in his heart and stopped worrying about it. Anyway, he still had a few hundred, so he should save some for now!
Immediately he paid the money, hung the light green jade pendant that didn't look like Guanyin around his neck, then treasured the box containing the white jade Buddha, thanked the shop owner, and rode back happily. Go to school.
But Xu Ze, who was full of joy, didn't notice that the light green jade pendant suddenly flashed a strange light after it was hung around his neck.
It was already half past one when I returned to school. I ate some lunch and rushed to class. The afternoon of partial anatomy was spent in chaos. Xu Ze kept looking at the delicate box containing the Jade Buddha in his hand. , Xu Ze's heart has always been sweet, looking at the crystal-clear jade Buddha in the box.
When Lin Yun saw this jade Buddha, she would definitely like it very much. Thinking of Lin Yun's happy look, Xu Ze's heart also became lighter.
The dormitory boss Mule sitting aside, after looking at Xu Ze who had been giggling and absent-minded all afternoon, finally couldn't help laughing, snatched the box from Xu Ze's hand, and said with a smile: "Let's see what you are doing. What did you buy for Linyun? It looks so precious!"
"Hey... the mule is moving around, please give it back to me..." In this moment of confusion, Xu Ze saw that the box in his hand was missing, and he quickly said nervously: "Don't break it..."
Seeing Xu Ze's nervous look, Mule carefully opened the box in his hand, looked at the crystal clear white jade Buddha, and couldn't help but exclaimed. He looked up at Xu Ze and said, "You used to be very frugal, but I didn't expect to treat Lin Yun so much." I'm really willing to take it. If this jade Buddha doesn't cost more than a thousand dollars, I'm afraid I won't be able to get it. I saw a similar one last time, and it cost more than 1,800 yuan!"
Xu Ze carefully snatched the box back from the mule, quickly closed it, and then he breathed a sigh of relief and said, "It's almost the same, as long as Linyun likes it!"
"Tsk tsk... You kid, you really can't see that this is the case!" The mule pretended to sigh twice and said with a smile: "Okay, kid, let's have some fun today. It's best to strike while the iron is hot... Haha..."
Xu Ze turned a blind eye to the mule's teasing. He just carefully put away the treasure box and put it in his pocket, waiting for the get out of class to end.
After finally waiting for the end of get out of class bell to ring, Xu Ze ran excitedly towards Linyun and their dormitory building No. 10. He had kept the surprise for the whole day and finally brought it to her at this time.
Xu Ze had already asked that Lin Yun had no classes this afternoon. At this time, she was probably dressing up in the dormitory and getting ready to go out for dinner.
Xu Ze ran to Dormitory Building No. 10, excitedly took out his second-hand Nokia, and dialed the familiar number; however, the familiar ringtone did not come from the phone, but a depressing female computer voice: "Sorry, the phone you dialed has been turned off. If you need..."
Suddenly, Xu Ze was stunned, "Shut down the phone? What's going on?"
"She must have forgotten to charge it!" Xu Ze thought for a moment, seemed to smile suddenly, and then pressed another set of familiar numbers.
"Beep... beep... beep..." Xu Ze waited for a long time, but no one answered. Just when he felt more and more uneasy, a familiar voice finally came from over there.
"Xuanzi, is Linyun here?" Xu Ze asked quickly with some doubts and uneasiness after hearing this familiar voice.
Xuanzi's voice seemed to hesitate for a moment, and then he answered: "Well... Linyun is not here, I... I haven't seen her since this afternoon!"
"Lin Yun isn't here?" Hearing Xuanzi's uncomfortable tone, Xu Ze felt more and more uneasy. He pondered for a moment and asked again: "Then do you know where she went? Her mobile phone is turned off! "
"I don't know, maybe the phone is out of battery. How about you wait and try again?" Xuanzi said with a dry smile.
Xu Ze took a breath, suppressed the uneasiness in his heart, and said calmly: "Okay, Xuanzi, thank you. If you see Linyun, can you ask her to give me a call?"
"Okay, I still have something to do, so let's do this for now..." As the voice fell, a "beep beep..." disconnection sound came from the microphone quickly.
Holding the phone, Xu Ze's delicate eyebrows knitted together tightly, filled with uneasiness and doubts: "What happened? Today is her birthday, but where has she been?"
Thinking of this, and thinking of Xuanzi's somewhat strange tone just now, Xu Ze's face gradually became gloomy. Could it be... Thinking of this, Xu Ze was startled, and then shook his head, quickly getting rid of the thought in his mind. With terrible thoughts, she murmured: "No, Linyun will never..."
"But today is her birthday, but why is her phone turned off? Why does Xuanzi speak so weirdly?" The expression on Xu Ze's face changed rapidly. After a long time, he finally sighed and looked up at the sixth floor That window, turn around and leave;
However, after leaving the door of Building 10, Xu Ze hesitated for a moment, then found a stone bench under a tree not far away and sat down. He sat like that, as if quietly waiting for something...
Building No. 10, dormitory 602, Xuanzi stood on the balcony, looked down carefully, finally sighed, turned to a bright girl and said: "Linyun, Xu Ze is gone!"
"Gone? Are you sure you're gone?" After receiving confirmation from Xuanzi, the girl named Linyun finally relaxed her tightly knitted eyebrows, breathed a sigh of relief, and then took the cell phone of the other girl next to her. , made a phone call.
Xuanzi walked into the room and looked at Linyun who was talking intimately to the person on the phone in a soft voice. He shook his head helplessly. After Linyun hung up the phone, he smiled bitterly and said: "Linyun , This doesn’t seem good!”
Hearing Xuanzi's words, a shadow flashed across Zhang Linyun's pretty face, but she quickly turned around and said with a smile: "Xuanzi, you can't force feelings. I liked him at first, but after dating him for a while, I fell in love with him. I found that he is not the type I like, and he is rather stingy;"
"And now I have found someone I really like and who treats me well; Tao Zhixiong is not only good at basketball, but also very sunny and generous. He is much better than Xu Ze. You have to bless me." !”
Zhang Linyun's words made Xuanzi shake his head helplessly and sighed softly: "Well, this is your own business and we can't control it. It's just that Xu Ze is not stingy to you. He earns living expenses by working part-time every month. , but it seems that we have never asked you to pay for it when we are together...Although Tao Zhixiong is more generous to you and often sends flowers and so on, but...forget it, today is your birthday, we won't mention it anymore!"
Soon, the cell phone just now rang again. Lin Yun looked at the number on the phone, with a charming smile on her face. She smiled at her roommates and said, "Let's go downstairs. They are already here." !”
Xu Ze looked at the familiar figure among the girls walking out of the door of dormitory building No. 10 from a distance. Suddenly, a strong pain that he had never felt before surged up in his heart. Why did Linyun lie to me...
Xu Ze was extremely confused and painful, but he soon understood, because he saw the four boys who had just walked downstairs to greet him. The two groups of people met together, and then one of the boys gave the most familiar figure A bouquet of pink roses was given, and the two of them were still standing closely together, not knowing what they were doing, but a few people next to them suddenly burst into cheers.
Seeing all this, Xu Ze felt dizzy for no reason, and his chest suddenly felt tight, as if his whole body was suffocating;
Xu Ze's eyes were red, he gritted his teeth, and punched his chest hard several times. After that, his chest seemed to be slightly loosened. He stroked his chest and murmured: "Why? Why is this?" ?”
Xu Ze was in pain here, and the group of people over there also left the door of the dormitory and walked towards the avenue here, apparently preparing to go out for dinner.
Seeing the group of people walking towards this side, Xu Zeqiang calmed himself, took two deep breaths to make the tightness in his chest no longer so uncomfortable, and then slowly stood up from the stone bench.
The group of people walked and walked, and finally reached the avenue and walked towards a silver-gray Toyota parked nearby. But at this time, someone finally saw Xu Ze standing under the tree on the opposite side of the avenue.
"Xu Ze!" Xuanzi looked at the pale Xu Ze opposite him, exclaimed and then stopped in shock.
Hearing this name, the other three girls stopped in shock, raised their heads in unison, and looked at Xu Ze who was walking slowly across from him with some guilt.
Zhang Linyun, who was holding the boy's hand and walking in front, looked at Xu Ze who was slowly walking over. His face, which was smiling sweetly, suddenly froze.
Xu Ze walked over slowly, looked at Zhang Linyun, and then looked at the boy next to him with a stern hair and an earring, and a face full of flamboyance, but there was a faint smile on his pale face, but this The smile makes people feel a little chilly.
"Your new boyfriend?" Xu Ze smiled faintly and coldly, his bright black eyes shining with a complicated light, and he looked at Zhang Linyun quietly and asked.
Zhang Linyun looked at the faint and charming smile on the usually handsome and gentle face in front of her, and the pair of dark eyes, her mouth moved twice, and she felt panic in her heart, but she didn't say anything. .
She had never felt this kind of fear when facing Xu Ze. In the past, Xu Ze had always given her a gentle, casual, even cowardly aura, and she had always been in a state of fear in front of him. Dominance, what she says is what it is.
But now, the strange aura on Xu Ze's body made her heart tremble slightly. It seemed to be a feeling that made her feel... awe, yes, awe.
The boy next to him also recognized the person in front of him, Xu Ze, who seemed to be Lin Yun's ex-boyfriend. He snorted coldly and shouted: "Boy, who I am is none of your business, get out of the way!"