Chapter 1336

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Protagonist:

Li Xiulan

The boarding announcement sounded; boarding had begun.

Wang Xiaohua and Gu Wenqing boarded the plane.

Their seats were quite far apart, so Gu Wenqing wanted to swap with a passenger next to Wang Xiaohua.

But the passenger was unwilling, saying they were afraid the plane would have an accident and the family members would claim the wrong body.

Gu Wenqing said with a smile, "What you say makes quite a bit of sense; then I won't change seats."

She did not become depressed or unhappy because of the refusal, let alone angry.

Instead, she accepted it quite readily.

Seeing her like this, Wang Xiaohua couldn't help but feel admiration.

If it were me being refused, no matter how small the matter, I would definitely feel uncomfortable inside; I'd need to adjust and digest it internally before I could let the matter go.

In the blink of an eye the plane arrived at Baiyun Airport; after Wang Xiaohua got off the plane, he asked Gu Wenqing:

"Teacher, just now on the plane, that person next to me refused to swap seats with you — how come you had zero reaction?"

"What reaction would I have?" Gu Wenqing's face showed puzzlement.

"Well, like feeling depressed, or unhappy, that sort of thing."

Gu Wenqing was even more puzzled:

"Why would I be depressed, why would I be unhappy? I have the right to suggest a seat swap to someone else, and they have the right to refuse my suggestion; this kind of thing is mutual. My mother said, respect others' choices, and the world will be full of goodwill."

Hearing this, Wang Xiaohua nodded in sudden realization.

Today he counted as having learned a tiny bit of life experience from Gu Wenqing.

Gu Wenqing asked at this moment:

"When you usually come back to Guangzhou, how do you go home?"

Wang Xiaohua replied:

"My eldest brother and sister-in-law have already settled in Guangzhou; I usually go to their place first, then either drive back myself or my eldest brother drives me back."

Gu Wenqing said:

"How about we first go take a walk around the university your wife used to attend, then go to your eldest brother and sister-in-law's?"

Wang Xiaohua said:

"Great!"

So the two hailed a taxi and headed straight for University Town.

Arriving at University Town, they reached the school gate of the university where Li Jianjia studied; looking at the familiar scenery, Wang Xiaohua couldn't help but feel a pang of emotion.

Before, when he had just returned from Beijing and came to University Town, he and Li Jianjia had walked through this school gate countless times.

Last year today within this gate, her face and peach blossoms reflected each other red; her face knows not where it has gone, the peach blossoms still smile in the spring breeze.

At this moment Wang Xiaohua suddenly understood Cui Hu's poem with incomparable depth.

Every line of the poem, crossing a thousand years, materialized concretely before Wang Xiaohua's eyes right here and now.

So-called things remain but people are gone — nothing exceeds this.

Now Li Jianjia is no longer here; the person by Wang Xiaohua's side has become Gu Wenqing.

Li Jianjia was his classmate, his lover.

And Gu Wenqing is his teacher, and also his friend.

The relationship between the two seems similar, yet is also different.

Wang Xiaohua sat on a chair near the school gate, recounting to Gu Wenqing the bits and pieces of his time with Li Jianjia.

He spoke of the first time he came to University Town to find Li Jianjia, spoke of Li Jianjia setting the goal of the postgraduate entrance exam for him, spoke of Li Jianjia's struggles while alive, and of all the efforts he himself made.

Gu Wenqing listened attentively.

She even took out her mobile phone, opened the memo app, and made notes in the memo, recording some key points.

In a blink, dusk had already arrived.

It was getting late; Wang Xiaohua took Gu Wenqing to the urban village where Li Jianjia had rented a room while alive. Because the lease had been terminated long ago, he could only stand downstairs and tell Gu Wenqing about the rental situation.

Then Wang Xiaohua took Gu Wenqing and headed toward his eldest brother's villa.

Planning to eat a meal there, incidentally stay the night, and return to the county town the next day.

Wang Xiaohua also planned that after returning to the county town, he would take Gu Wenqing to the Li family's house, where the ashes of Li Jianjia and Li Zhongxian are kept, and where Wang Xiaohua's youthful memories are also stored.

Although Li Zhongxian had all sorts of stains on his record, Wang Xiaohua still had to admit that Li Zhongxian's teachings had a very large influence on his life.

For example, regarding choosing to take the civil service exam, it was initially Li Zhongxian's suggestion; then he began to seriously think about whether to develop in that direction.

The two got into a taxi and headed for Wang Dashan and Du Xiaojuan's villa.

On the way, Wang Xiaohua gave his eldest brother a call:

"Big Brother, I'm back in Guangzhou; tonight, can I stay at your place?"

Hearing this news, Wang Dashan was very happy:

"Just come; I'll have Kang Yi cook a couple more dishes. Don't be polite with me, don't say 'stay a night' or anything — we're family, how can you say 'stay'?"

Wang Xiaohua said weakly:

"That... I also have a friend who might need to stay at your place for a night."

"A friend?" Wang Dashan immediately froze, then curled his lip and hurriedly asked: "Male or female?"

Wang Xiaohua was a bit embarrassed: "Cough cough, a woman."

Mainly he was afraid Big Brother, Eldest Sister-in-law, and his own mother would misunderstand!

He and Gu Wenqing were both teacher and friend; as for any other impure relationship, there wasn't a single bit.

Sure enough, the more you fear something, the more it comes!

Wang Dashan immediately misunderstood:

"That's wonderful, you don't know, Mom has been nagging about you, when will you find a partner! She's nearly frantic with worry, just afraid you won't look anymore!"

Wang Xiaohua hurriedly explained: "Big Brother, it's not what you imagine, that's my teacher!"

"Teacher? Would the age difference be very large?"

"Not that much larger, three or four years older than me... no, why ask this?"

"Three or four years older is nothing, completely no problem! Haha!" Wang Dashan laughed heartily.

Wang Xiaohua hurriedly said: "Really not what you think, she and I are just pure friends, when we arrive, you and Eldest Sister-in-law, and Mom, must not speak carelessly!"

Wang Dashan laughed heartily:

"Okay okay okay, rest assured, definitely won't speak carelessly, must give her a good impression!"

Wang Xiaohua hung up the phone, couldn't help but sigh.

Then explained to Gu Wenqing:

"Really sorry, my big brother heard I'm bringing you over, and thought I was bringing a girlfriend back."

Gu Wenqing smiled and let it pass:

"No matter, if I were your big brother, I might also misunderstand like this."

Soon, Wang Xiaohua brought Gu Wenqing to Wang Dashan and Du Xiaojuan's villa side.

Gu Wenqing saw this villa, her expression couldn't help but freeze.

This was very different from what she imagined.

She had thought, even if Wang Xiaohua's big brother and sister-in-law bought a house in Guangzhou, it would be ordinary commercial housing; never expected it would actually be such a large villa.

"Student Xiaohua, didn't you say your family was very poor? How did your big brother and sister-in-law buy such a good villa?"

Wang Xiaohua smiled:

"That's my big brother's good luck. He didn't finish high school before joining the army, served two years as a conscript then retired. Just after retiring and coming back, he found a job in Guangzhou, and that's when he met Eldest Sister-in-law. When Eldest Sister-in-law had nothing, he got together with her. Later Eldest Sister-in-law succeeded in entrepreneurship, became a female CEO, and they bought this large villa."

Gu Wenqing heard this, couldn't help but exclaim:

"That is indeed quite good luck. Put that way, your big brother's story is actually quite remarkable, right?"

In her heart she thought, perhaps Wang Xiaohua's big brother could also be written with a heavy, colorful stroke.