Chapter 26 Chapter Twenty-Five

The day that both Yao Xiaoping and Shi Yan feared finally came. One morning, just after finishing a class, the department secretary came to the classroom and called Yao Xiaoping outside to say a few words. In the blink of an eye, when Yao Xiaoping came back to the classroom, her face became very ugly. , I don’t know why, a description popped up in Shi Yan’s heart: “It’s like I just went to hell.” Although she has never seen the face of a person who just went to hell, she feels that this sentence appropriate. It just so happened that the next class started at that time, so Shi Yan didn't have a chance to ask Yao Xiaoping what was going on, but she could guess whether she asked or not, the department must have informed Yao Xiaoping that she couldn't stay in school.She was in a mess, and always felt that she was sorry for Yao Xiaoping, because at least 50% of her believed that the matter was caused by Excellence, and it was all because of her.The only thing she can comfort herself is that she is determined not to stay in school. In that case, it can prove that she did not think of paying Yao Xiaoping's "national wealth".

When she thought this way, she felt a sense of sadness in her heart, and she realized that the so-called "sadness" was actually the "sadness" of the bystanders and the "strongness" of the person involved, because she didn't feel any sadness in her heart, all of them were strong, There is a sense of relief and relaxation. She couldn't help but think of those martyrs who sacrificed their lives for the country, those underground party members who sacrificed themselves to protect their comrades, maybe they were in the same mood as her now, whether they sacrificed their lives or were heroic, maybe it wasn't for the cause or for others, It's for yourself, because if you don't sacrifice your life and don't be heroic, life will be difficult in the future, not to mention that the party and the people will regard you as a traitor or fear of death, even if they don't, you will feel guilty for the rest of your life. Forget it.

After she made up her mind, she felt calmer. She only hoped that get out of class would be over soon, so that she could tell Yao Xiaoping about her decision, so that the head teacher would not dream too much. If Yao Xiaoping had a heart attack in class, then she There is no point in making a decision, it is equivalent to preparing to sacrifice yourself to save comrades, and discovering that comrades have been killed by the enemy, it will be troublesome, because the organization may not know or believe that you are willing to sacrifice yourself to save others, It is a fact that your comrade is dead, and it is also a fact that you are still alive. Anyway, you have a hard time saying it, and it is more troublesome than being sacrificed.

Finally looking forward to the end of get out of class, Shi Yan hurried to Yao Xiaoping's side, ready to be Yao Xiaoping's punching bag, and also ready to be a scapegoat for the teacher's college.But Yao Xiaoping looked very calm. I don't know if she took out her heart as firewood during class, and now there are only dead ashes left. Yao Xiaoping didn't intend to speak first, so Shi Yan had no choice but to break the embarrassment.She asked: "Just now Secretary Wang—" "She said the dean wanted to talk to me—" Shi Yan thought, no wonder Yao Xiaoping was still standing there and didn't fall down. It turned out that the conversation hadn't started yet.She asked cautiously: "What do you think -- what will the department talk to you about?"

Yao Xiaoping curled her lips and asked back: "What else do you think they can talk about? It must be about not being able to keep me—" This was exactly Shi Yan's guess, so she hurriedly stated: "Yao, don't worry, if you can't stay in the department, I will definitely not stay in the department—" Yao Xiaoping looked at her like a psycho: "Why?" "Because I—I—don't want to pay your 'national fortune'—" Yao Xiaoping chuckled: "Shi, what you said is so funny that I can't help laughing even in such a bad mood. What are you afraid of sending 'national wealth'? If you don't stay, the spot will be given to Li Tree them, do you think that if you don't stay, the department will keep me?"

Shi Yan was stunned, this is true, why didn't she think of this just now?It seems that if Yao Xiaoping doesn't stay in the line, she will stay in the line as a matter of course, completely forgetting that Li Shu is coveting this position (she doesn't know the pronunciation of these two words, but she knows the meaning of the word, and thinks This word is unique, and no other word can replace it).She asked Yao Xiaoping: "Then—are you not sad?" "Why am I not sad? But I'm sad because I can't stay in the department, not because you stay in the department. What are you afraid of? Forget it, I'm not in the mood to go to class, go back to the dormitory, the conversation will not be until the afternoon .Is it because I'm afraid I won't have time to die? They're so annoying that I'm hanging on a rope to their beam—"

Shi Yan is not in the mood to go to class anymore, or she thinks she should not be in the mood to go to class now, otherwise it will be a harm to Yao Xiaoping, so she echoed: "I am not in the mood to go to class anymore, let's go." The two skipped class and went to the dormitory.Halfway through the walk, Yao Xiaoping said, "Do you dare to come with me to find Excellence?" Shi Yan was taken aback: "Why are you looking for him?" "Ask him for help. By the way, check his words and demeanor to see if he is playing tricks in the middle." Yao Xiaoping urged, "It will be good for you if I find out this, otherwise, if you follow him in a muddle, you will have trouble in the future." You suffered-"

"Then we—where are we going to find him now?" "Go to his dormitory and make a phone call first. If he's not there, you can go back to the dormitory and rest. I'll go to Yan Jing's place—" Shi Yan couldn't think of any reason to refuse, so she voted for it.The two of them ran back to the dormitory building to make a call, and found Joyo immediately, and said that they could go there now, and said that if there were not two of them, he would drive over to pick them up. After the two girls dressed up a bit, they went to find him at Zhuo Liang's residence.As soon as Shi Yan entered the door, she thought she was dreaming, because there were magazines and newspapers everywhere in Zhuoyou's living room, which was completely her classic scene of "a tube of writing brush".

Yao Xiaoping apologized hypocritically and said, "Oh, I'm so sorry, I didn't know you were busy—" Zhuo Zhuo moved the newspapers and magazines on the sofa aside, let the two of them sit down on the sofa, and apologized: "I'm sorry, it's too messy. I've been rushing to draft these days, and the house is a mess—" Yao Xiaoping kept the topic straight and said politely, "What masterpiece is Mr. Zhuo writing?" "Where is the masterpiece, it is a manuscript requested by "National Higher Education", and a manuscript requested by a national conference. It happens that there is a book and it is urgently pressed. Several things are put together. It's a bit—one has no skills—. What do you want to do with me today?"

Yao Xiaoping pointed to Shi Yan and said, "She wants to ask how the detention you helped her do—" Shi Yan was taken aback, how could this Yao Xiaoping do this?She obviously said she was going to find Zhuoyue, so why did she brazenly push this matter on her all of a sudden?When she's dumb and won't plead?She was about to defend herself, when Zhuo Zhuo said, "I'm really sorry, I've been too busy these days, I—— haven't gone to find those people yet. But don't worry, I'll go find them after I finish this—" Shi Yan quickly seized the opportunity and said: "Don't bother me, I'm not going to stay in school anymore, I told you the other day, maybe you didn't hear—"

Yao Xiaoping said: "Don't listen to her. She saw that I would not be able to stay in the school, and she was afraid that I would be sad, so she refused to stay in school. Isn't this too childish? Even if she didn't stay, the department wouldn't stay." I can't change anything—" Shi Yan explained: "That's what I said, but if you didn't stay in school and I stayed in school, I would always feel a little guilty—" Zhuoyou interjected and asked, "What are you guilty of?" Shi Yan was speechless when asked, and Yao Xiaoping said generously: "That's right, I thought you were the one involved in the matter of my detention in school - demolishing the bridge, so I told her this guess. I was just guessing. , who knows that she took it seriously and refused to stay in school, because she also believed that you demolished the bridge inside, and you must have demolished my bridge for her, right? So she felt very guilty and refused to stay. School. Do you think this is a bit pedantic? I persuaded her, but she didn't believe it, so I had to come to you to find out about this matter. If you were the one who broke the bridge in the middle, then—— she and I would I won't stay in school anymore; if you didn't tear down the bridge inside, you should try to persuade her—" Seeing Zhuo Zhuo's eyes brighten up again, Shi Yan was a little scared, because Yao Xiaoping said everything so recklessly and involved her, she didn't know what would happen, what would happen? It's not good that Zhuoyou would order the two of them to "get out", and it would be a shame. Zhuoyou's eyes were staring at Yao Xiaoping all the time, as if he wanted to see through her internal organs and six lungs.Probably relying on her thick chest, Yao Xiaoping was not afraid of Zhuo Zhuo's sparkle, and stared at him like a rogue, as if to say: "I'm lying, how? I'm not afraid that you will see through, and you won't see through use." Shi Yan didn't dare to watch the two of them engage in man-to-man tactics, so he didn't know who would win and who would lose in the result of their mutual staring. He only heard Zhuo Zhuo say, "Why should I tear down your bridge inside?" "Because Shi wants to stay in the department—" "What does her wanting to stay have to do with you?" "Why doesn't it matter? There is only such a quota in the department, keep me but not her, keep her but not me—" Zhuoyou smiled generously: "That's your idea. Since I promised to help her, I'm sure I can help her. It doesn't matter where you stay. If you think I can help her by pushing you away, Then you look down on me—" Shi Yan felt Zhuo Zhuo’s words were very weighty and convincing, and she admired him so much. By the way, he thought it was a bit like showing love from the side, “Since I promised to help her”, it sounded to her like “Since I love you.” Like her, she felt inexplicably excited. Yao Xiaoping suddenly asked: "Then do you know Zhao Shiguang?" "Zhao Shiguang? Which Zhao Shiguang?" "That Zhao Shiguang from the mathematics department—" "From the Department of Mathematics?" He thought about it for a while, and said, "I don't know him, what's the matter?" "It was he who tipped off to my husband that I had a—good——" Shi Yan really convinced Yao Xiaoping that he was able to talk about this with a man, and even use such a vulgar "good friend", even a "lover" is better than this, no wonder Zhuo Zhuo said that Yao Xiaoping is vulgar, it is a bit vulgar.She lowered her head and blushed, as if she had betrayed her husband, and she only hoped that they would stop talking about it.But she heard Zhuo Liang said calmly: "I don't see what you're telling me for—" Yao Xiaoping said sharply: "Because I suspect that you told him to inform my husband—" Zhuo Liang said coldly: "Your imagination is too rich---" I don't know whether Yao Xiaoping was stunned by Zhuo Liang's indifference, or was driven mad by the irony in his words, but she said regardless: "Let me tell you, you have to be conscientious, the matter between you and Shi Yan is still my fault." What was promoted in the middle, don't cross the river and tear down the bridge, and repay your kindness with revenge—" There was a buzzing in Shi Yan's head, and she almost fainted.How could Yao Xiaoping say that?If Zhuo Zhuo heard this and thought she had said something to Yao Xiaoping, how could she step down?Aren't you going to be laughed at by him to death? Zhuo Liang seemed worried that she would not faint, and asked instead: "What's the matter with Shi Yan?" These words didn't make Yao Xiaoping dumb, but they made Shi Yan's head explode. Didn't he deny that he was interested in her?She felt as if she was rejected by him when she wooed him, blood rushed to her head, her face was flushed red, and tears were about to come out.She wanted to stand up and make a statement, but she didn't know how to make a statement, because those two people were staring at me, and I was looking at you. The smell of gunpowder was very strong in the air, and she was afraid that the room would explode if she spoke. Yao Xiaoping threatened: "You know what's going on with Shi Yan, you know it in your heart, don't think that no one can see your thoughts, you are playing tricks with me, and you are too young. I will find out about this sooner or later, unless You go and kill Zhao Shiguang. But it's useless to kill him, it just proves that you have a ghost in your heart." Shi Yan could tell that Zhuoyou was very angry, as if his hands were shaking a little, but nothing could be seen from his face.She was terribly afraid, not because she was afraid that Zhuo Liang would kill that Zhao Shiguang, but because she was afraid that Zhuo Liang would jump up and beat Yao Xiaoping.In a real fight, Yao Xiaoping must suffer. She wanted to pull Yao Xiaoping away, but Yao Xiaoping had already stood up and said, "Shi, let's go, he must be playing tricks inside." Then she said to Zhuo Zhuo, "Don't be too smart about your little abacus, and don't plan on others. It’s too ruthless, otherwise——no good results. You just remember one thing: I can’t stay in school, and Shi Yan won’t stay in school—— Shi, don’t you think so?” Asking Shi Yan to answer such a serious question now is completely killing her. She had originally made up her mind that if Yao Xiaoping couldn't stay in school, she would definitely not stay in school, but now being asked by Yao Xiaoping in front of Zhuoyou, The nature of the matter changed, and it was no longer a question of whether to stay in school or not, but a question of whose side to stand on.She saw both Yao Zhuo and Yao Zhuo looking at her expectantly, she was too anxious to speak. Yao Xiaoping reminded: "Didn't you just say that before you came here? You said that if I can't stay in school, you will definitely not stay in school—" Shi Yan also looked at her when she saw Zhuo Liang, as if she was waiting for her to come out to confirm whether Yao Xiaoping was right or not.She didn't dare to look at him, and said weakly in a small mosquito-like voice: "I said so—" Then she raised her head slightly, glanced at him, and quickly looked away, saying, "I'm not talking to you." Did you say that? I said I didn't want to stay in--" After she said this, it was as if she had untied a time bomb tied to her waist. She felt at ease and became more courageous. Instead of avoiding anyone, he walked back and forth across the faces of the other two, looking at their expressions with interest.She saw a victorious smile on Yao Xiaoping's face, but it was hard to tell whether it was Joyo's expression, whether she was happy or unhappy, it could be said that she was expressionless. The two exchanged their gazes for a while, and Zhuo Zhuo said calmly, "Since you have discussed it long ago, why did you come to me? It was a waste of time for me to write the manuscript."