Chapter 9 Chapter Eight "Holding Hands and Looking at Tears"

The train slowly entered Nanjing Station. Su Guanlan stepped on the chair, took a few large boxes off the luggage rack, looked at the pile of luggage, and then looked at Ling Yunzhu and his wife: "How can you move it?" "Someone will pick you up." Ling Yunzhu was concerned about another matter, "Can't you really stay in Nanjing for a day or two?" "It's a pity, I can't." Su Guanlan said, avoiding Ding Jieqiong's disappointed eyes.The train finally stopped, and the carriages were already full of people. "From now on, don't regret it!" the professor sighed.

Su Guanlan avoided this topic: "It's a pleasure to meet you and your wife during this journey - can you leave me an address so that I can ask for advice in the future." "Don't worry," Ling Yunzhu smiled, "You will know our address soon." Su Guanlan couldn't say anything more.He was strong and strong, so after helping Professor Ling, he helped Ding Jieqiong; but the girl had very few things, only a net bag and a deerskin box—this box was not only made of deerskin, but also decorated with spots like sika deer.Before Su Guanlan could carry all the luggage under the car, a middle-aged man who looked like a clerk came with two panting servants. Move those big boxes on the cart.Su Guanlan thought: Hey, it seems I was right, the professor really came to Nanjing to be an official!

Song Subo asked the girl with concern: "Jieqiong, are you going directly to Jinling University?" "yes." "Mr. Ling and I will come to see you." "It should be me who came to see you!" "You go to school to report first." Professor Ling turned his head and extended his right hand to Su Guanlan, "Goodbye, we will see you soon! Young people like you who are young and can impress me are rare. You are full of vitality and seek knowledge. Strong desire, willingness to help others, perseverance in the face of difficulties, courage to explore and fight hard, full of sense of justice and patriotism, you are a rare talent! I look forward to one day you can become a pillar of the country and the nation."

Ling Yunzhu and his wife followed the clerk and two servants pushing the cart to the exit.When they disappeared from sight, Su Guanlan turned her head and met Ding Jieqiong's sad and painful eyes; the girl's eyes were filled with tears, which looked clear and moist.Su Guanlan avoided that gaze, and said in a friendly voice, "Sister Qiong, are you familiar with Nanjing?" "This is my first time in Nanjing." "Professor Ling could have taken you to Jinling University by the way..." The girl glanced at him: "Isn't it intentional for us to be alone for a while!"

Su Guanlan didn't dare to think about it, so she kept talking.He stretched out both arms, grabbed his big rattan box with his right hand, and grabbed the girl's deerskin box and net bag with his left hand, and walked side by side with Sister Qiong to the exit.By a flower bed next to the exit, the two stopped at the same time.Su Guanlan put the heavy luggage on the cement floor. "Can't you stay in Nanjing for a while?" The girl looked at Su Guanlan eagerly, "Even if it's just for a day or two." "Why don't I want to..." The young man looked at his watch, then at the bus that was about to leave for Jinan not far away, he hesitated, "However, Qi University's school rules are harsher than hell—if there really is a hell .”

Ding Jieqiong forced a smile.She didn't doubt what the young man said, so she didn't question it; but Su Guanlan patiently explained: "From the first day of school, the first minute, to the last day and last minute of the semester, we are very strict. For example, , you can’t be late for one minute on the first day of school, or you will be punished. No matter how good your future grades and overall grades are, even if you get full marks every time, even if you have enough credits, it doesn’t matter; Scholarships, etc., all incentives will be cancelled!" "Have you ever won the first place?" Sister Qiong looked at her carefully.

"Never fall behind, I'm always number one!" "So you feel like there's nothing better in the world—do you?" "Sister Qiong!" Su Guanlan lost her voice. Ding Jieqiong turned her face away and looked away. "I'm not so vulgar!" Su Guanlan bit her lip. "Then, why do you insist on not getting out of the car and staying in Nanjing for a few days? I'll say it again, even if it's just a day or two!" Ding Jieqiong turned her face, her eyes were burning, her voice trembled slightly, she was begging, "Guan Lan, Have you ever thought about it, even if it is only a short day or two, many very beautiful things may happen..."

Su Guanlan's heart skipped a beat.He sensed his timidity.He stubbornly avoided Sister Qiong's sight. The girl still couldn't take her eyes off: "Besides, it's not like you don't have relatives in Nanjing." "Dear one?" Su Guanlan shook her head and sighed, "Don't mention my father, it's hard to say." "Do you have any other relatives in Nanjing?" "Other relatives?" Su Guanlan thought seriously, "Oh, and my sister." "Where's my sister?" "I don't have a sister." "No?"

"No. Really, not even cousins." "Hmph, no, no!" Ding Jieqiong's eyes and tone were full of resentment. "No, sister Qiong!" Su Guanlan shouted.He suddenly realized something, but lost his voice again.He was emotional, joyful, and impulsive in love, but felt his throat was blocked by something. But Ding Jieqiong was gazing at a certain corner with full concentration, as if turning a blind eye to everything in front of him, and the young man beside him no longer existed.Su Guanlan followed her gaze and found several pots of bluegrass on the flower bed.Midsummer has just passed, and there are no flowers, but the dark green stems and leaves are plump and dense, full of business; even though there is no wind, those leaves seem to be swaying slightly against the air current, smiling and nodding at the two boys and girls...

Su Guanlan's heart skipped a beat, and she remembered Sister Qiong's deep eyes and emotional words in the ward of Songju Hospital: "No matter where I am from now on, as soon as I see bluegrass, I will think of you!" Su Guanlan clearly remembered that when he avoided Sister Qiong's gaze, his heart was pounding, as if he was about to jump out.He knew that if he and Sister Qiong continued to look at each other and get so close for a few more seconds, he really didn't know what would happen... Thinking of this, Su Guanlan couldn't control her impulse, she grabbed Sister Qiong's hands and squeezed them In a ball, holding tightly in his two big hands, he shouted tremblingly: "Sister Qiong, listen to me!"

The girl turned her face and stared at Su Guanlan. "Sister Qiong, although I can't stay in Nanjing this time, my heart stays in Nanjing." Su Guanlan blushed and stammered, "Because, from now on, I have another relative in Nanjing..." Ding Jieqiong looked at the young man with tenderness and love in his eyes. "Sister Qiong," Su Guanlan yelled every word, "this relative is you!" "Guanlan!" Ding Jieqiong burst into tears. "Sister Qiong," Su Guanlan's eyes were filled with tears, "Do you know what I'm thinking right now?" The boy wants to hug Miss Joan!Hugging tightly, hugging both sides can't breathe, hugging me in you, and you in me, until the two become one... "I know, I know, I know!" the girl murmured, feeling her face was hot and her whole body was weak, and she was about to be unable to stand up.She longed for herself to shrink, shrink, and shrink even more, until she was completely curled up in Su Guanlan's bosom.She expressed this desire with her eyes and expression, and also encouraged Su Guanlan with her eyes and expression. Woo-woo- The train whistle whistled.Su Guanlan looked back, yes, the train bound for Jinan was about to leave. Both of them wanted to talk, and wanted to say a lot; but, strangely enough, they couldn't utter a single word!Instead of words are tears.Only at this moment did Su Guanlan appreciate the artistic conception of "holding hands and looking at teary eyes, but choking speechlessly".His eyes were hot.But he is a man, and a man does not flick his tears easily, so he has no choice but to hold back and let the tears glisten in his eyes.Ding Jieqiong's hands were tightly held by Su Guanlan, pinched and squeezed, the girl experienced the joy in the pain, and the tears flowed down.She didn't move, didn't make a sound, and endured everything meekly, bearing the love expressed by Guanlan in this way... Yes, she felt regretful, she was not satisfied, and she still had a more passionate desire.But for the time being, that's all there is to it; in a sense, that's enough.Both of them are still young, and they still have a future--that beautiful and splendid future, which must belong to both of them! Woo-- The locomotive screamed again.It is urging two "speechless" young people, teasing two reluctant hearts...