In the university's general education class, the large multi-media screen was playing. The students sitting in the half-filled classroom all had their heads lowered. Those who did not listen to the class were also quiet. Only a lecturer wearing thick glasses was on the podium, talking in a gibberish. It was like the sporadic late-born cicadas by the lake in summer and autumn. The chirping alone did not last long.
Yi Zi was sitting not far from the podium, flipping through a novel with crayon illustrations, but she did not look at the words, only the drawings. She was frustrated. This class would be from 6:30 p. m. to 9:00 p. m., and it was boring and long.
Yi Zi liked her name. From the name, Yi Zi was obviously a girl.
The name was given by Grandpa Yizi. She had no grandparents since she was young. Perhaps people in the old era more or less valued boys over girls. Since she was an only child, she could only raise her as a boy.
However, her name was very euphemistic. She heard from her mother that she wanted to call her Jingnan at first, but Yizi's father stopped her. He said that the word " Jing " was not good. Since she was a girl, as long as she was safe and sound, it was fine. She did not need to start a career, so it was better not to call her Jing. Since he wanted to be a boy, he might as well call it "Yi Zi". It sounded soft but firm.
Hearing that his son-in-law was reasonable, Yizi's grandfather agreed. When her grandfather realized that the name was not good and was not as realistic as the " Jingnan ", her father had already arranged a good household registration. It was really troublesome to change it, so this matter was nailed on the board and no longer debated.
Yi Zi didn't know that her father had the taste of a scholar. She was still grateful to her father for this. It was probably because he didn't let her grandfather give her such a vulgar name, even if this Yi Zi didn't sound very good.
Yizi's father often had affairs with other women, so her mother had affairs with other men. Therefore, they still lived together even after the divorce. The two of them kept their relationship a secret. It was only when Yi Zi entered high school that she found out about this ridiculous relationship.
Yi Zi wrote her name in the blank space of the book with a pencil. She didn't want to ruin the book. In fact, in university, she rarely used a pencil in her major, but she liked to use it. She was particularly greedy for this greasy black color. It must have been a hobby that she had developed since she was young.
When she was very young, she would often rub the pencil powder between her thumb and thumb until her fingers felt smooth and dry. At that time, as long as Mu Zi was beside her, she would mock her."You're courting death." Then, he poured some water from the water bottle onto the corner of his shirt and took her fingers to wipe them for her. There were often a few black marks on his white school uniform shirt, like black plum blossoms. She liked those black plum blossoms on purpose.
Later, when she grew older, she was too embarrassed to get the lead powder on her hands.
Mu Zi was Yizi's neighbor and was considered a childhood friend. He was one year younger than Yizi, a whole year. However, she and Yizi were in the same class before junior high school. Because both parents were usually busy, Mu Zi was allowed to stay a year earlier so that the two of them could have a companion and deal with homework.
Thinking of Mu Zi, Yi Zi stopped what he was doing and his thoughts immediately drifted far away.
Yizi, Yizi, also a man…
"Yizi, Yizi, Yizi is a man. Why did your grandfather give you such an ugly name?”Mu Zi, who was in the first grade of elementary school, said as she wrote her name on the notebook that she had given to Yi Zi.
Yi Zi was clumsy, lazy, and vain. She could write names, but it was extremely difficult to write them on the same level. So every time she wrote her name, it became Mu Zi's job. Therefore, Yi Zi was often called a child who only knew how to write names by the class teacher.
Mu Zi finished writing a book and handed it to Yi Zi. Yi Zi took it, but he ignored Mu Zi's words. He flipped to a page and picked up a thick pencil to draw. His mouth was still mumbling, and he would stop from time to time to count with his short and fat fingers. Mu Zi did not know what she was going to do, so she could only stare blankly.
After a long time, Yi Zi raised his head and returned the book to Mu Zi. He said seriously,""My name is ugly, but your name has more strokes than mine.”
Then Mu Zi saw that the entire piece of paper was filled with his and Yi Zi's names. There were also numbers below the names. There were many numbers. They must have been counted many times.
Yi Zi suddenly looked at the shocked Mu Zi with great pride. Then, she saw Mu Zi's somewhat angry expression. Therefore, Yi Zi lowered her head and followed behind Mu Zi for the next week, not daring to speak.
Mu Zi's surname was Huangfu, but others always called them Huang. Mu Zi did not allow Yi Zi to call him Huangfu Muzi, only Huang Muzi. At that time, Yi 'zi didn't know why, so she didn't dare to ask. So even now, she still didn't know. This time, in order to show off that her name was better, she had violated his taboo and felt extremely guilty.
There were two things that she could not mention to Mu Zi. One was his surname, and the other was a certain night when he was two and a half years old.
It took a lot of time to recall.”Before he could finish speaking, the classroom was in chaos. It was as if several people had suddenly appeared in an empty room. Yi Zi actually shivered. Fortunately, it had rained that afternoon and Yi Zi was not wearing much. It was not strange for him to shiver.
Yi 'zi immediately packed his things and ran out as if he had seen a ghost.
Yi Zi didn't like the teaching building of this university. She had gotten lost here three weeks ago. When school had just started, this teaching building was a twin building. It was all curved and there were many doors inside. It was really like " there will be a way out when the car reaches the mountain ".
Yi Zi followed the crowd out of the building, chattering like a bird.
She chose a road that she thought was relatively quiet and safe. She had to run at night, but not to lose weight. She knew that an hour at night would not be of much use, so she treated it as an exercise.
Even though it was raining, there were still many people on the field, but most of them were residents nearby. Yi Zi began to run around the field, moving forward in small steps, as slow as a dead dog.
At 10:15, her phone rang. Yi 'zi's entire body went numb.
She immediately stopped and steadied her breathing.
"Sleeping?" The other party asked as soon as the call connected.
" It's…Hu…Hu…" Yi 'zi couldn't help it.
"The bathroom closes at eight o'clock. After running, you'll be sweating all over and have nowhere to wash up. It'll affect your rest.”The voice sounded impatient.
"Oh…Phew…"
"I'm going to sleep. Be careful."
"You…"
"Beep…"
The other party hung up very quickly, and Yi 'zi didn't even finish speaking. The caller was Mu Zi, who would call at 10:15 every night. Yi Zi usually stayed in the study room until this time. When the call came, he would immediately pack up and leave the classroom, then tell him that he was asleep and return to the dormitory. Today, for some reason, he was so focused on running that he forgot about the time.
She put her phone in her pocket, took out her school bag, and took out a tissue to wipe her sweat as she walked towards the dormitory.
A thick voice came from the study room next door."The door is locked…The door is locked…"
Most of them were old men with a large plate of keys in their hands. Their clothes were always torn, and most of them were wearing slippers. They had cigarettes in their mouths or behind their ears. Their simple and honest voices traveled far away.
Hearing the urging voice, Yi Zi couldn't help but quicken her pace. In fact, that voice had nothing to do with her.
When they arrived at the dormitory, Yi Zi threw her bag onto the table and then fell onto the bed.
"You went jogging again today?" Taiping asked, but her face was facing the computer screen as she was playing a dance with her boyfriend.
Taiping was her nickname. Her surname was Liu and her name was Liu Shuiting.
Taiping's ex-boyfriend was called Wang Wei, which was also the origin of her nickname.
Speaking of the two of them, their relationship was really complicated. Before the matter of the boy's ex-girlfriend was resolved, he got together with Taiping. After Taiping found out, he had no choice but to fight against that woman. His life was very " difficult."
Yi Zi once joked that whether Liu was Princess Taiping or Lady Wang depended on the person.
The next day, Taiping broke up with Wang Wei, so the number one of "Taiping" fell steadily on Liu's head.
"Hey." Yizi replied in Cantonese. She was trying hard to learn Cantonese. She wanted to wait until she was almost done with her studies so that she wouldn't have to stay up so late in the self-study room every day. She would be able to answer the phone in the dormitory. They couldn't understand her in Cantonese. Mu Zi could speak Cantonese, and his mother was from Guangdong.
Even though he was deliberately less polite in his words, there was still a gap between them. Yi Zi naturally did not want them to know about Mu Zi.
"Wasn't it raining in the afternoon? There's no water on the field?"
"Yes, but the grass is not very wet. Many people are running.”Yi Zi said as she sat up, because she suddenly remembered that there were many black rubber particles scattered on the green lawn of the sports field. She took off her shoes and saw that there was indeed a layer of paste on the side of her shoes. It was numb.
She hurriedly took off her slippers and changed into slippers to wash up. She opened the door and walked a few steps before returning to take the basin to wash up.
Yi Zi had always been lazy. She didn't want to go to the water room all the time.
Their dormitory was the closest to the water room. However, the water room was not well lit at night and was a little gloomy. Although she said she was not afraid, it was too late and she still felt a little guilty.
When she came back and entered the corridor, she heard the noise coming from her dormitory. It was mostly teasing laughter, but the words were not very clear.
Yi Zi pushed the door open and saw that Gu Jing and Jiang University's top student had returned. Both of them were from Sichuan and had typical southern heads. One was called Jiang Rui, and the other was called Qiu Gujing.
Jiang Rui was slightly shorter than Gu Jing, and she looked more like a southern woman. She was very good at her studies and spent her time in the library every day. However, she was rarely called by her real name in the dormitory. When she got to know her better, Yi Zi called her Sister Jiang affectionately, so her roommates also expressed their goodwill. However, Yi Zi later called her the University of Jiang's top student or straight-A student. The reason was self-evident.
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