Chapter 41 4. Thank you

Lu Yuan sat on the bench with Xia Ruhua. It was almost late autumn at sea level, and it was a little chilly in the evening. Lu Yuan put his coat on her, fearing that she would be bored, and told her interesting stories about job hunting. Xia Ruhua looked around the campus and listened carefully. She knew that she had no chance to do the same thing as Lu Yuan. Her life would turn a corner here and go to another direction with Wei Rufeng. "Ruhua, do you have any plans?" Lu Yuan asked naturally. "Maybe we have to live a different life than now." Xia Ruhua said cryptically.

"Oh, is it? Actually, I really can't imagine what your job is like. I always feel that you are not a person who has to run around for a living. You should live a very enjoyable life, leisurely and quiet. Every morning, Read a book quietly, drink a cup of tea, and if the weather is fine, go to the garden to bask in the sun and water the flowers..." Lu Yuan said longingly. Xia Ruhua thought of Wei Rufeng, squinted her eyes and smiled: "Yes, it's great, but I can't wait until graduation." "What? You can't wait? At least you have written your thesis." Lu Yuan thought she was joking, and said indifferently, "Also, you want to help me write my graduation speech!"

"Lu Yuan, I won't be able to graduate." Xia Ruhua lowered her head, Lu Yuan looked at her in surprise, and asked inexplicably, "Why can't you graduate?" "I'm going to another place, I won't study anymore." Xia Ruhua said with a sigh of relief. "why?" Lu Yuan was a little dazed, Xia Ruhua smiled and said, "Because I want to live the kind of life you said." "Ruhua, don't be joking, I'm telling you the truth! Don't read anything, what will you do in the future?" Lu Yuan frowned, and Xia Ruhua's serious expression made him flustered.

"What I said is true." Xia Ruhua saw the figures of Wei Rufeng and Su Tong from a distance, she stood up and said, "Lu Yuan, there are some things I can't tell you, I think you may not understand me , I know this road is difficult to walk, but I have someone I want to follow, and I want to follow him all the time." Lu Yuan followed Xia Ruhua's gaze, Wei Rufeng who was slowly approaching in the distance made his heart tremble suddenly, he seemed to understand something, but he couldn't believe it. The smile on Xia Ruhua's face was gentle and calm. Lu Yuan really wanted to smile at her, but the sour feeling of helplessness tied a knot in his heart. He stood up and walked to Xia Ruhua's side and said, "I want to say Goodbye?"

"Well, it's time to say goodbye." Xia Ruhua raised her head with a firm expression. "Will we see you again?" Lu Yuan asked with the last trace of hope. There was a little light in Xia Ruhua's eyes, she stared at Lu Yuan without answering.She is not stupid, she is just extremely reciprocating for this feeling. The coldness of autumn penetrated into Lu Yuan's heart all of a sudden, he was only half an arm away from Xia Ruhua, but he felt that he could no longer hold her back. Wei Rufeng approached a little bit, Lu Yuan sniffed, looked at him and said, "Ruhua, in fact, I wanted to find Wei Rufeng to exchange tickets with him that day, so that I could sit next to you. You said that if we exchange tickets that day? Once you get the ticket, won’t you leave?”

Xia Ruhua shook her head slowly and said, "He won't trade with you." Lu Yuan smiled, he never had the chance to reach the other side of Xia Ruhua's happiness. Wei Rufeng walked up to them, naturally tightened Xia Ruhua's scarf and said, "Go home." "Yes." Xia Ruhua handed Lu Yuan's coat back to him, tried to smile at him and said, "Six yuan, thank you." "Thank you, please slow down." Lu Yuan took his clothes and smiled hard.He knew that these three words were the most important words that Xia Ruhua could say to him, but they still failed to fill the void she left in his heart.

Lu Yuan and Su Tong didn't say anything, they sent Xia Ruhua and Wei Rufeng out of the campus.Under the faint starlight on an autumn day at Haiping, Wei Rufeng and Xia Ruhua silently disappeared into the night.They seem to be holding hands, but they can no longer see clearly.Wei Rufeng's black and Xia Ruhua's white mixed into a gray, just like their future, which is hard to predict.Su Tong and Lu Yuan, who were standing in the bright place, could only watch them walk away slowly without moving. After that day, Xia Ruhua stopped going to school and stayed at home to pack her luggage.Wei Rufeng said try not to bring too many things, as it would be inconvenient to walk on the road.Xia Ruhua didn't want to buy things with Cheng Hao's money either, so she picked out the usual clothes of the two of them and packed them up, as well as some items brought from the old house, such as her mother's old shirt and her grandma's handkerchief.She didn't take any of the things for school and the scripts of the repertory troupe. The only tape she and Rufeng read and recorded, she was really reluctant to put it in the interlayer of the travel bag.

Wei Rufeng took out all the money in their bankbook and put it in two envelopes. He and Xia Ruhua each took one. He was afraid that if they got separated on the way, Xia Ruhua would not have the money to support her.He thought far more than Xia Ruhua, and thought out all possible bad possibilities, and among them, Cheng Hao was the one who disturbed him the most. He never turned on the cell phone Cheng Hao gave him, and Dong Ge's people never came to him.Wei Rufeng very much hoped that Cheng Hao would not think of him for a while, but he always felt that something was wrong.He didn't dare to disappear so simply, he kept calling Brother Bin to find out about Dongge's situation.

The day before departure, Xia Ruhua asked him to go downstairs to buy spare batteries for the flashlight, so he turned a corner and went to the public phone booth to call Brother Bin for the final confirmation. Brother Bin's tone was very normal, and when he asked about his physical condition, Wei Rufeng replied carefully: "I still need to change the medicine, but I feel that I have no strength. If there is something to do, I will go back, and if there is nothing to do, I will rest for two more days." "It's nothing, you can take care of it. Next time, everyone, don't be so desperate with others." Brother Bin said.

"If Huang Mao didn't talk about my sister, I wouldn't bother to touch them!" Wei Rufeng said with a cold snort, "You haven't been to the pier to pick up the goods recently?" "No, Mr. Cheng hasn't had a boat coming in recently. He hasn't come to Dongge these days. He's gone to another place for a meeting. Oh, by the way, Cheng Xiuxiu's plane tomorrow, she's going to the United States, don't you want to send it?" Brother Bin asked. When Wei Rufeng heard about Cheng Xiuxiu, he was taken aback and said, "Well, I'll call her."

"She's right here, I'll ask her to come pick her up." Brother Bin called Cheng Xiuxiu's name loudly, and after a while, Cheng Xiuxiu's voice came out. "I, I've been waiting for your call!" She panted slightly, as if she had rushed over, Wei Rufeng sighed lightly and said, "Isn't this a beating?" "I thought you forgot... I almost went to your house to look for you." Cheng Xiuxiu said with a sob, "It's difficult to get a visa in the United States. I didn't expect it to be so soon..." "when's the flight?" "At six o'clock, come to Dongge, Uncle Zhong will drive us there." "it is good." "Rufeng, will you come?" Cheng Xiuxiu's usual domineering tone was full of pleading at this moment, Wei Rufeng paused and said, "Yes." "Then I'll wait for you!" Cheng Xiuxiu said happily. Wei Rufeng hung up the phone and walked out of the public phone booth.He stood downstairs, looked at the light in their room upstairs, and lit a cigarette. He will not go to see Cheng Xiuxiu off, at nine o'clock tomorrow night, he and Xia Ruhua will leave Haiping on the "Tianhe" ship.It is impossible for him to leave Xia Ruhua at this critical juncture, and he can only let down Cheng Xiuxiu. Wei Rufeng took a deep breath, threw away the cigarette butt and stomped it out, shaking the battery in his hand, and walked towards the door of the building.Just when he was about to enter the unit door, a person flashed out from the shadow of the building door. Wei Rufeng's hand stopped in the air, and the battery fell to the ground with a crisp sound.Old Zhong bent down to pick it up, and said with a smile, "Rufeng, come back to Dongge with me."