Chapter 35 Chapter Thirty-Fifth Yusi's Memory

After leaving Bai's house, He Ru stopped a taxi at the intersection to go back to Pudong.When passing the Bund, she asked the driver to drive more slowly.Looking at the sparkling river, her thoughts seemed to return to nine years ago. It was also a night, and it was drizzling. She and Wu Xiaotian held an umbrella and strolled along the railing of the Bund.At that time, the two sides of the river were not as prosperous as they are now, and Pudong, which was under development in the distance, was looming in the rain and fog.The night seemed exceptionally quiet.Neither she nor Wu Xiaotian spoke first, just walking slowly in the rain like that.Before this, the two of them had already said everything that should be said, and the current situation was not so much silent as heavy.

That day, He Ru had already obtained her visa to study in the United States, which was the result of her hard work for more than two years.With excellent grades, she was accepted by G University in the northeast of the United States to study for PhD.Her dream has finally come true. But her nearly three-year relationship with Wu Xiaotian has come to a crossroads, if not a dead end.He Ru couldn't persuade Wu Xiaotian to study in the United States with her. In fact, Wu Xiaotian's grades have always been among the top in the class, and he has already passed the eight-level English test.He seems to be more optimistic about the prospects of Shanghai, so he wants to stay and develop instead of spending a few years of hard work to get that foreign doctorate.He made a deal with He Ru before getting her visa: if He Ru can get the visa, he is willing to wait in Shanghai until she comes back after obtaining a degree in the United States; but He Ru meant the exact opposite, she said that if she stepped out, She will never look back, but she is willing to wait for Wu Xiaotian in the United States for three years, so that he has room to choose and maneuver again.

He Ru got his visa today, and the two met at the Bund to make a final decision. Wu Xiaotian smoked desperately, the pungent smell of smoke was so choking that tears were about to come out.He Ru finally broke the silence and spoke first: "Xiaotian, since we are so stubborn about our choices, we have to make decisions based on time. As I have already said, I am willing to wait for you for three years. In the middle of the year, you may have new ideas." Wu Xiaotian said: "This is impossible. If it is only because of this consideration, then I advise you not to force yourself. If you are willing to come back after you finish your studies, I can wait for you."

He Ru smiled wryly and said, "You should know why I went to America. So I won't go back." Wu Xiaotian said: "If that's the case, then tonight will be the last time we meet." When He Ru heard this, he hugged him tightly, weeping uncontrollably.Wu Xiaotian's eyes were also wet. At that moment, he once thought of giving up his choice, but then he warned himself that it was just a fleeting impulse. That day was also in mid-August, and the two hugged tightly in the rain like that, neither of them wanted to let go. It wasn't until two o'clock in the middle of the night that Wu Xiaotian supported He Ru and walked her back to her residence.

A few days later, He Ru left for the United States. When she boarded the plane at Hongqiao Airport, she kept turning her head, hoping that Wu Xiaotian would suddenly appear in the waiting room.But she was disappointed. In fact, Wu Xiaotian was in a corner of the waiting room at that time, silently watching her enter the cabin.After he arrived in the United States, he never told He Ru about it.His temper is like this, like a child desperate for face. And no one understands Wu Xiaotian's temper better than He Ru.So at the end of last year, when she learned that Wu Xiaotian was going to come to the United States as a postdoctoral fellow, she was very surprised.Of course, she didn't know about the grievance between Wu Xiaotian and Chen Qiudi at the beginning, she just felt that when Wu Xiaotian was dealing with major choices, he was indecisive on the one hand, and extremely willful on the other hand.

Looking at the gently rippling river outside the car window, she thought to herself, since today, why bother? !In nine years, no matter how precious the past was, it has been diluted. When He Ru returned to the hotel, a lady came over with a bouquet of flowers and said, "Miss He, a gentleman surnamed Gu asked someone to send you flowers just now." He Ru took the flowers and found a small note inside, which said in English: "Dear Miss He, please forgive my presumptuousness. I would like to invite you to have dinner with me tomorrow night. Thank you, It's an honor! Gu Cun."

He Ru smiled faintly, put the flowers on the window sill, then found out Gu Cun's business card, dialed his mobile phone, and said, "Mr. Gu, I'm very sorry, I have another appointment tomorrow night." Hang up the phone. She remembered the books that Wu Xiaotian asked her to bring to Zhou Run, so she called Zhou Run's home.A rough man's voice came from the other end of the phone. She didn't sound like Zhou Run, her college classmate she was familiar with.So she asked the other party, "Excuse me, are you Zhou Run?" Hearing her voice, the other party froze for a while and said, "I'm Zhou Run. Who are you? Your voice is a little familiar."

He Ru didn't want to tell him who he was right now, so he said, "Your classmate Wu Xiaotian asked me to bring you a few books. After eight o'clock tomorrow evening, go to the service desk in the lobby of Pudong Shangri-La Hotel and look for the room on the 28th floor. A lady named He. She has something for you."