Chapter 2 Chapter 1 Why Are You Crying

In the summer of 1989, Ji Ting came to this city in the south for the first time with his parents who were transferred by work. He happened to be eleven years old that day. Ji Ting's mother is from the north, but his father, Ji Peiwen, grew up in the south. When Ji Peiwen was young, he went north to study, majoring in physics. After graduation, he stayed at the school to teach, and his wife also taught in the Chinese Department of the same university.After more than ten years of preaching and teaching, the two of them are everywhere, but Ji Peiwen still can't get used to the cold and dry climate in the north. So when his son was in the fifth grade of elementary school, he finally persuaded his wife to contact G University in the provincial capital of his hometown. , the family moved back to the South.

In the process of job transfer, Gu Weizhen, Ji Peiwen's childhood friend and deputy director of the Department of Economics and Trade of G University, coordinated with many parties and helped a lot.So after Ji Peiwen's family settled in the school's staff dormitory, the whole family visited Gu's family that night. There is no need to say more when old friends meet each other.After exchanging pleasantries, Ji Peiwen asked about Gu Weizhen's child, "Why don't you see your pair of jewels?" Gu Weizhen and his wife have a pair of twin daughters, who are just eight years old this year. A few years ago, when the two girls were just in kindergarten, Ji Peiwen met once, and Bingxue was so cute.

Upon hearing this, Gu Weizhen asked his wife, "Yes, where did the two children go?" It was dusk after dinner, and the sky had not yet completely darkened. Gu Weizhen's wife, Wang Fan, smiled and said, "The children may have gone out to play after dinner." In the faculty dormitory area, there are many primary school students who are the same age as the Gu family twins. They often get together at this time, play around the entire university campus, and only go home to do their homework after dark.After hearing what his wife said, Gu Weizhen didn't think it was strange.

Because of her husband's friendship with Ji's family, Wang Fan and Ji Peiwen's wife Xu Shuyun are also old acquaintances. When the two adults are together, naturally there is endless talk.Gu Weizhen and his wife had no sons, and when they saw Ji Ting, who was young, sensible, handsome and gentle, he couldn't help admiring him, and his love was beyond words.He said with a smile to Ji Peiwen: "Old Ji, when our two families live close to each other in the future, we will be like a family. If we can really become a family, it will be a beautiful thing." Ji Peiwen and his wife understood the implication in his words, and they couldn't help laughing at each other.Wang Fan smiled angrily and scolded her husband: "Daughter is so old, you started to make such calculations?"

"Even if it's an abacus, it's a wishful thinking. There's nothing unbelievable about the sons of Lao Ji's family, but I don't know which child has such a blessing." Gu Weizhen said. Ji Peiwen and his wife spoke modestly here, but looking at their son, they were not without joy in their hearts. Ji Ting sat on the side, he was able to fully understand the meaning of the adult's joke, his face blushed slightly, he did not speak, under the strict education of his parents since childhood, he has always been a polite and sensible child, but after hearing this, slowly There was a sense of boredom.

After all, it was the mother who knew her son. Xu Shuyun felt that Ji Ting could not sit still. She only thought that he was young and didn't like to mix in the conversations of adults, so she said to him: "If you are bored, just stroll around. It’s not very familiar on the first day here, just don’t go too far.” Ji Tingru was granted an amnesty, but it was inconvenient to be overly happy, so he greeted Gu Weizhen and his wife, and then walked out of Gu's house. At that time, the faculty dormitory was still a dozen old houses no more than three stories high. These small buildings were all built more than ten years ago, and they were very old.There are luxuriant flowers and trees between the buildings. There is a small piece of green space in front of and behind each building. Lush creepers and other vines cover the sunny side of the small buildings along the damp and peeling walls. Looking from a distance, It doesn't have a flavor either.

Of course, eleven-year-old Ji Ting didn't appreciate these things. His new home lived in another dormitory building next to the Gu family's building. He walked around the mossy campus path curiously. Since the faculty dormitory area is separated from the student activity area, the excitement and popularity of the university are not felt here. There are only groups of children chasing and playing around.Ji Ting thought: Maybe the twin girls from Uncle Gu's family mentioned by his father were also among them. At that time, the sky slowly darkened.After night fell, there were far fewer children playing, and Ji Ting felt that he was walking farther and farther away, and gradually he couldn't even see the old people walking, and the surroundings became more deserted.The lush and lovely forest of flowers and trees in the sun has become a cluster of dark shadows.He couldn't help feeling a little apprehensive, and was about to go back the same way, when he accidentally approached the bushes beside the path, only to hear a rustling sound mixed with a few soft groans, and he couldn't help but secretly startled.He bravely walked forward, pushed aside the branches and leaves slightly, and hiding in the bushes was a pair of young men and women hugging each other.The young Ji Ting didn't know that this was a wild mandarin duck that was common in universities, and when he saw it suddenly, he was so shocked that he blushed.The pair of mandarin ducks was not as embarrassing as he was, and the boy said harshly, "What are you looking at!"

Ji Ting hurriedly let go of the hand that pushed the branches and leaves away, turned around and fled, until he was sure to leave that scene behind him, he still couldn't help feeling ashamed.At his age, he can roughly guess what he encountered. After finally calming down his nervous heartbeat, Ji Ting realized that he no longer knew where he was, and the shrubs were already behind him, and the moonlight gradually shone through the clouds.At this time, there were a few faint sobs, and when he listened carefully, there was no sound. At this time, even if it was a boy, he couldn't help being horrified.He wanted to leave, but his natural curiosity drove him to take a few steps forward, bypassing a slope of roses, and there was a small open green space in front of him.The cry came from a little girl in a pink dress.

Ji Ting thought that he might never forget this scene in his whole life. Whether it is an adult or a child, there will always be a softest place in the heart, waiting for such a moment, such a scene, such a sentence, or such a person to gently touch it.For Ji Ting, this is the case now.Under such moonlight, the crying girl was as fragile as glass, so he couldn't help but want to hold her in his hands. Hearing the sound of footsteps, the little girl stopped crying, and only silently looked at the strange boy with a pair of tearful eyes.Ji Ting walked up to her, squatted down like her, and asked, "Sister, why are you crying?"

She hesitated for a moment: "Because I'm afraid of the dark." Her tears no longer flowed, Ji Ting looked into her deep black eyes, and couldn't help feeling distressed.For the first time, the boy had the desire to protect someone well. "If I'm with you, you don't have to be afraid of anything." He smiled at her and firmly kept his promise, without even thinking about why he said that. "Will you accompany me?" the girl asked in a childish voice. "I will, but first you have to tell me, why are you here?" "My family lives in the school."

"Then what's your name?" The girl is silent.Ji Ting recalled that his parents often taught him not to casually tell strangers their names.So he grinned, "I also live in the school, I just moved here today. My name is Ji Ting." The girl hesitated, "My... name is Gu Zhiyi." Since Gu Weizhen had already completed the transfer procedures for Ji Ting at the primary school affiliated to G University, in order not to delay his son's studies as much as possible, Ji Peiwen and his wife packed a schoolbag and textbooks for Ji Ting the next morning, and let him go to school. .Ji Ting was just in the sixth grade, and the Gu family's twin sisters were in the third grade, so Ji Peiwen and the Gu family made an agreement to let the three children go to school together, and each other would also have a care. Before he reached the downstairs of Gu's house, Ji Ting had already seen the little girl from last night from afar.He was a little embarrassed to say it, last night he promised to protect each other in his heart like a little man, who knew that when the two of them were walking back together, he realized that he could no longer tell the direction and couldn't find the way back In short, he lost his way, and finally the girl brought him back to the correct direction leading to the staff dormitory.Obviously, she is much more familiar with the terrain in this area than he is. After turning left and right, when he was delighted to see the teaching building in front of him, he could no longer find her whereabouts.He should have thought that there were not many people with the surname Gu, so she was one of the twins of Uncle Gu's family.Thinking of this, the boy couldn't help feeling a burst of light joy in his heart. With the close relationship between the two families, he will spend a long time playing with her in the future. He secretly hid the joy in his heart, followed his father to Uncle Gu, and called obediently, "Good morning, Uncle Gu." Then he smiled and said to the little girl who lowered her head to adjust the strap of her schoolbag, "Zhiyi, I saw you again. is you." Hearing this, the girl raised her head, bathed in the morning sun, she no longer had the fragility and cowardice of last night, and stared directly at Ji Ting and Ji Peiwen with her dark eyes without avoiding others.Ji Ting felt a little embarrassed under her gaze, but he couldn't mistake those eyes and angelic face. As soon as the girl opened her mouth slightly, Gu Weizhen smiled, "Hey, how did Ji Ting know Zhiyi from our family? But you got it wrong, this is Zhi'an, and Zhiyi and her mother haven't come out yet... Hey, Wang Fan, just talking what about you……" Ji Ting looked behind Uncle Gu, and saw Aunt Wang leading a girl who looked exactly like the "Zhi Yi" in front of him and came out. Gu Weizhen smiled and grabbed his daughter's hand, "Zhiyi, how did you meet brother Ji Ting? Did you meet him last night?" Zhi Yi nodded lightly, then smiled, "...Brother Ji Ting." Only then did Ji Ting realize that he had admitted to the wrong person, and he couldn't help feeling a little embarrassed.Gu Weizhen smiled and said: "You are not the first person to mistake them, but after you get to know each other, you will definitely not be mistaken. The two sisters are still very easy to distinguish." Zhi An pouted after finally adjusting the straps of the schoolbag, "Of course the idiot wouldn't recognize it." "You child, how do you talk? Brother Ji Ting is the son of your uncle Ji, that is, your little brother. From now on, you will go to school and go home together, and you must listen to your brother." Zhi An didn't talk back anymore, but his face was full of disapproval. It was Wang Fan who made the rescue, she smiled and said, "Go to school, or you'll be late." Ji Ting looked at Zhi An and Zhi Yi, and couldn't help being confused. It turned out that he had really admitted the wrong person. It is said that twin sisters or brothers, as long as they are of the same sex, usually have very different personalities.The same is true for Gu Zhiyi and Gu Zhian. Even when they were children, they belonged to two people who felt like they were carved out of the same mold when they first met in the eyes of others. After a little familiarity, they would never mistake each other again. Zhiyi is the elder sister and Zhi An is the younger sister. It is said that the difference between their birth time is only one hour. After getting acquainted with the two sisters, Ji Ting often felt that it was quite ridiculous for him to admit that they were wrong that morning.Because Gu Zhian would never cry alone in a dark place, she would only make others cry.Like Zhiyi, Zhi An, who is in the third grade of elementary school, is a girl who looks like a doll, but she is the out-and-out king of children among her peers in the dormitory area of ​​G University faculty and staff.She is bold, flexible, curious, energetic, and has a kind of ruthlessness that boys can't match.It is inevitable for children to fight and fight, but if someone bullies her or Zhiyi, no matter whether the other party is a boy or a girl, or how many years older than her, as soon as she starts to fight, she will have a feeling of not being able to hit her. The opponent begged for mercy and vowed not to give up.What's even more troublesome is that she has a bad habit of stealing other people's things, whether it's other children's toys or comic books, the more others like her, the more she wants to grab them.But she didn't cherish the things that she had worked so hard to snatch from the other party, she fiddled with them a few times and then threw them aside.As a result, she naturally had constant disputes around her, and sometimes suffered a disadvantage because of the difference in age and physique, but this child of hers was never willing to give in, even if she was pushed to the ground, her body was covered with injuries, or her nose was bleeding, It will also try to get up and rush to the opponent, kicking and biting.A few children around her age, even brave boys, have seen such desperate battles, so in the battle of Zhi'an, she usually ended in victory.Over time, her reputation has gradually spread, and the children in G University follow her lead. Usually after school, she leads more than a dozen children, big and small, to "adventure" around the campus of G University. It was such a joy. When Ji Ting first came here, he often heard people talking about Zhi An's glorious "deeds", and he always felt a little unbelievable. Although he knew that Zhi An was not a well-behaved child, but such a delicate and delicate glass baby like Zhi Yi, How could it be the "devil king of the world" who everyone says is fearless?Until one time, when he saw her riding on a boy who was more than a head taller than her, beating and scolding her, he had to be stunned to believe that the rumors were true.What surprised Ji Ting even more was that when she "taught" the boy that time, it was nothing more than the boy stole a few goldfish raised by Zhi Yi.Then he saw with his own eyes that when she successfully recaptured the goldfish in a plastic bag filled with water, she tore open the transparent plastic bag by herself, and then watched the goldfish flopping hopelessly in the mud until they died. Because of Zhi'an's misbehavior, school teachers and parents of other children frequently went to Gu's house to complain. , Repeatedly taught.At first, they thought that Ann robbed other people's things just for the sake of novelty, and they often promised her that if she wanted anything, she could tell her parents that they could buy it for her as long as it was not unbearable for their family. She is completely dismissive of things on the Internet.Sometimes when Gu Weizhen saw her doing something wrong, he would say a few words to her, and she would sway her neck, looking like she was not afraid of anything, she would get angry, and would break the couple's agreement on educating their children never to use corporal punishment. , Wang Fanqiang held him every time to calm him down.Husband and wife are of the same heart, how could he not understand what Wang Fan didn't say, so Gu Weizhen often reprimanded him at the end, and often sighed and died down, while the youngest daughter continued to go her own way.At this time, they usually think involuntarily: Fortunately, there is Zhiyi. Yes, Zhiyi is their caring baby, no one does not feel sorry for such a child.She doesn't talk much, and she doesn't deliberately say things to please adults. Her sweetness lies in that she will pour a glass of water for her parents when they are most tired, and hold their hands when they are most angry.Looking at her big talking eyes, Gu Weizhen and his wife felt that all the unhappiness would disappear without a trace.Gu Weizhen often sighed with Wang Fan, how could there be such a huge difference between the two girls who grew up together?But what worries them is Zhiyi's introversion. She is not as lively and active as children of her age. She likes to be alone most of the time. Her only hobby is raising fish. She loves the tank of goldfish she raises like a treasure. Devote most of your time outside of school to it.Sometimes her parents can't figure out, a few fish that can only swim in the water, can't talk and can't be funny, what magic can attract a little girl so much, sometimes they will ask her , but Zhiyi herself can't say it, she just said that she likes it.Since she has this hobby, Gu Weizhen and Wang Fan are also happy to continue to buy her fish, as well as simple family fish breeding albums. Over time, Gu Zhiyi has become half a little expert in fish farming, with goldfish tanks placed in many places. It also usually becomes the first impression of the guests when they first arrive at Gujia. It's a good thing to be well-behaved, but it's not a good thing for a girl to be so introverted when she is at her most lively age.Gu Weizhen and his wife also often encourage Zhiyi to go outside to play with children more, so sometimes Zhiyi will follow Zhian to run around the campus.Helpless, she is beautiful, and her personality is too kind. Some bad little boys often like to tease her, and some usually suffer from Zhi An and dare not speak out, so they make her a punching bag, so once Zhi An is not around If she is around, she can easily become the target of children's bullying.She usually hides her hardships in her heart and doesn't say anything. If Zhi An finds out, she will become the source of fights again. It's strange to say that these two children with very different personalities have been very close since they were young, and only when facing Zhi An, Zhi Yi can't finish talking, she is willing to give up good things to Zhi An, and occasionally stop An made her parents angry, and Zhiyi also protected her sister every time.Although Zhi'an doesn't say anything, she doesn't like to take Zhiyi with her when she goes out to play, and she doesn't like her sister's goldfish, but if she sees someone bullying Zhiyi, she will never let it go.Others looked at it and said, this is natural, there is no one who is closer than twin sisters, Gu Weizhen and his wife heard it, and they just smiled wryly.However, the deep feelings of the two sisters are also the most comforting thing for them.