Turned 70

  The woman's body trembled slightly, her expression telling me that there must be something more. I smiled wryly, but it didn't matter anymore - everything was unimportant now. I had thoroughly understood that this woman must have a remarkable background, though what exactly it was, I had no idea. Her family detested hoodlums; perhaps they had some dark history. Qihao being with her might ensure his research prospects, and in the future, as a master's or doctoral student, he wouldn't need to worry - Zhang Xiaoxi must have also broken up with him by now. He couldn't turn back anymore; one misstep led to another. Since Zhang Xiaoxi had already given up on him, what was the big deal about giving up on Wang Yue, someone they hadn't been in touch with for a long time? After all, prospects were very important.

  As I passed by Qi Hao's side, I patted his shoulder and said, "Chairman Qi, you may become a promising person in the future, but you're not alone anymore, hehe."

  Pulling Nuan Nuan out of the door, at the doorway, Nuan Nuan hesitated for a moment "You say, is Qi Hao in love with you as a person, or in love with the power behind you? Think about her previous one."

  "You're so picky about us being useless, I knew it. You people don't have any good intentions." The woman said coldly.

  Nuan Nuan smiled and said "I don't need to provoke you, you won't have a good ending." Then she pulled me out of the cafeteria. I sent Nuan Nuan back to the girls' dormitory, at the door of the dormitory, I held Nuan Nuan's hand "Nuan Nuan"

  "What's wrong?"

  "Am I being too childish?"

  Nuan Nuan smiled and said "You silly fool." Then she hugged my face, kissed my forehead and said "Liu Liu, cheer up, I love you." After that, she turned around, waved at me, and ran into the girls' dormitory.

  I stood at the entrance of the girls' dormitory, lit a cigarette, and gazed out at the quiet night. The cool breeze blew in, and there was no one else around on campus.

  Laughed and walked towards the boys' dormitory, saw Qi Hao, followed by that girl, from my opposite side, rushing towards me. Qi Hao still looked at me.

  I was looking at Qi Hao, when suddenly, from who-knows-where, several people rushed out.

  I heard a sentence "fuck your mother". Then I felt my face hurt. Two more people came up and kicked me several times, and after a few kicks, they knocked me to the ground.

  I lay on the ground, looking at Qi Hao, letting these people kick and punch me, insult me. I knew who was hitting me, it was Huang Tao and those people. But I didn't know why, without any thought of fighting back, my hands were wrapped around my head, on the ground. Occasionally glancing at Qi Hao, seeing him looking over here.

  They were a group of 7 or 8 people, and they beat me for a long time. Afterwards, one of them pointed at me and said "Damn your mother, you think you can just apologize and give us money after ambushing us? Damn it." This time, there were clearly some new faces, and they were quite ruthless. My whole body is sore all over.

  After they left, I slowly sat up, wiped my nose and found that it was bleeding. I sat on the ground in this dark winter night, feeling a bit lonely. From start to finish, Qi Hao had been staring at me from where he stood, while the woman next to him had a look of pleasure and contempt for me on her face.

  I watched that girl pull Zhi Hao and slowly walk out of our school gate, get into a taxi, from start to finish, without even coming over to help me up.

  I don't know why, but tears just started flowing out of my eyes.

  Four years ago, a sturdy and lovely athletic student rushed to me and said "My name is Qi Hao, Sixth Brother, from now on I'll hang out with you."

  In the blink of an eye, four years have passed. This silly and lovely athletic student has grown up, matured, and become steady. He has learned to educate me in a tone as if he were my elder, with the demeanor of a big shot. He has learned to watch as that little brother who once went through thick and thin with him gets beaten on the side. He has learned to listen to that woman's words, abandon his girlfriend, and abandon his brothers. He has learned that one's own future is more important than anything else. He has learned that if you don't do things for yourself, heaven will destroy you and earth will annihilate you. He has learned how to become a person with a promising future. He has learned to be mature, steady, and hypocritical. But he has forgotten how to be a human being.

  I smiled and held back tears, completely giving up on the various fantasies I had about Qi Hao. The pain they inflicted on me was nothing compared to the pain in my heart. I wiped away the nosebleed that refused to stop. A gust of cold wind blew by, it's really so cold. Everything is cold.

  At this time, a paper towel was handed over to me.

  I turned around and saw Nuan, wearing only a set of pajamas. A very cute Hello Kitty pair of slippers, no socks were worn, it was already early winter, dressing like this was really too cold.

  I stood up and smiled at her "How did you come down again."

  Warmly shook her head, reached out and wiped away the tears from the corners of my eyes, as well as the bloodstains on my face. "Does it hurt?"

  "Don't catch a cold, how can you come out in such cold weather?" After saying that, I quickly took off my coat and found it was still a bit dirty. I slapped it a few times with force and handed it to Nuan Nuan with a smile, "Put this on first, hurry back home, don't catch a cold."

  Nuan Nuan didn't say a word, and then she rushed into my arms. She hugged me tightly.

  I hugged Nuan Nuan tightly and stroked her soft hair. Like this, we stayed here, embracing for a long time.

  "The wind is very strong, I'm just fine, let's hurry back, okay?"

  Nuan Nuan shook her head, "Why did they hit you again."

  "Because we just beat them."

  "Why."

  "Dignity."

  "Does fighting have anything to do with dignity?"

  "They bullied Fatuo, you know me, I'm a hoodlum, but what's wrong with being a hoodlum? Hoodlums are also human beings, and they're actually more straightforward and trustworthy than some big shots. I won't let anyone bully my brother. Everyone is the same."

  Does it hurt?

  I shook my head. "This is a small matter, the ones on me are much more serious than these. You've seen them before, don't worry, it's fine."

  "Why must we always fight."

  "Because I'm a hoodlum, a hoodlum, can only solve problems with violence."

  "Liu Liu, don't be like this, I know you're suffering."

  "I don't have it warm and cozy. Hurry back home, or else on a cold day like this, I won't be able to keep you warm either."

  "Six six, I saw your expression just now, and for some reason it's especially heart-wrenching, really."

  I glanced at Nuan "You've fallen in love with me too, haven't you?"

  Nuan Nuan fell silent for a moment, very calm "I don't dare."

  "Is it fear or dislike."

  "Alright, let's head back." Nuan Nuan reached out to wipe the bloodstains off my face. "I'm cold too, I should get going as well. Liu Liu, take good care of yourself and stop fighting all the time. Although Qi Hao was really over the line, what he said was realistic. Liu Liu, if it were the same situation, at least eight out of ten people would do the same thing. Being a graduate student, master's or Ph.D. is something many people dream of. That girl spoke so confidently, she must have had her reasons for saying that. As vocational school students like us, you understand too, don't be sad anymore, okay?"

  You're afraid, so you don't want to believe in men anymore, right? Have you heard this saying?

  She lifted her head, big eyes shining brightly, gazing at me and blinked.

  I smiled and said "God is sometimes kind, letting you go through a thousand hardships just to bring you closer to your destined happiness"

  Nuan Nuan smiled slightly at the corner of her mouth and said "Good boy, listen to me, I'm going back." After saying that, Nuan Nuan gently kissed my lips and ran back to the dormitory, ignoring me again.

  I strolled into the dormitory and found Dong Ge and Bo Long eating instant noodles.

  "Grass, didn't even say a word, brought back for you guys."

  "I don't want to eat anything else, it's been a long time since I've had this, let me have one."

  "Where did you come from."

  Tao's chubby.

  "Fat boy Tao."

  "Dong Ge smiled and said 'He didn't want to eat this, he went to the cafeteria to buy something himself.'"

  "How come you still haven't returned?"

  "Let's go back after eating. Why are you so concerned about Fatuo? Where is your coat?"

  "Take it off."

  "What's wrong."

  "It's nothing, just got bitten by a dog a few times."

  "Isn't it too soon?" Bao Long said with a mouthful of bubble tea. "Are they blocking you?"

  "Uh, don't come to our dorm."

  "He didn't come." Dong Ge stood up and walked over to me. "Go wash your face, there's still dried blood on it."

  "It's okay, let's be careful for the next few days, don't let them catch us"

  "We've seen Huang Tao's kind of person before."

  "Not the same, there are a few more, it's not bad." I thought for a moment, recalling just now "I was knocked down in a few moves, there were several men, and they hit me quite hard." Suddenly, my eyes lit up.

  Big Brother Dong was about to speak, and I grabbed his hand in one go. "You just said, where did Fat Tuo go?"

  "I'm going to the cafeteria. Said go to the cafeteria for dinner." Dong Ge's face was full of curiosity "Why are you looking at me like that?"

  "I was just in the cafeteria and came out, then I was blocked by those people. Later, Nuan came down, at that time I didn't think much about it, now thinking back, something doesn't feel right."

  "Who? Nuan Nuan?" Dong Ge's face was filled with surprise "How did she appear again."

  "It's impossible for those people to have known in advance that I was eating in the cafeteria. They must have seen me afterwards, came out, hit me, and then told me 'don't think that just because you gave money and apologized, it's fine'. Everything before makes sense, but what's with giving money and apologizing?"

  Boluo also stood up "Pangzi Tao went to the cafeteria to eat."

  At this moment, the dormitory door opened and Fat Tuo rushed towards us with a smile "Sixth brother, Dragon brother, Dong brother." After finishing speaking, he entered the dormitory. We looked at Fat Tuo without saying anything, but everyone was staring at him.

  Pangzi Tao returned to the dormitory and tidied up his bed. "Today, I heard from my classmate that our school has a street dance team, but I didn't know who they were. After asking around for half a day, I found out it was Peng Ge and his friends. They're all into street dancing. I heard they're really good at it, and they even formed a club. My classmate is a member of the club, and we get along pretty well usually. These past few days, they went to another school for some kind of dance battle or something. Everyone says they're amazing."

  "Xiao Yetao." Bao Long picked up a cigarette, walked to his side, reached out and lifted up his face, looked at him, and saw that Xiao Yetao's face was tense.

  "Turn around."

  Pangzi Taolai smiled and said "What's wrong?"

  "Hurry up."

  "Baolong has that hobby, you can turn it over."

  "Go to hell, Household Registration East."

  "Damn you, big mouth."

  "The household is in the east."

  "Big mouth cannon."

  "Alright, alright, stop arguing, let's go take a look at the serious stuff first." After saying that, I pointed to Taotao and said "Turn around."

  Pangzi Tao looked at us and turned his body around.