It was a weekend night, and it was still the same familiar park. Two people were sitting on a bench in the park.
Xue Jian and Elizabeth sat side by side. After she finished singing, Elizabeth's forehead was still drenched in sweat. She placed her backpack on her side and rested for a while as if nothing had happened.
After spending some time together, especially with Xue Jian's help during class, in Elizabeth's heart, Xue Jian could be temporarily classified as a friend. In her eyes, her deskmate was a very strange guy. He was clearly a good student, but she could not see the essence of a so-called good student in him.
Compared to the first time they met in this park, this time, they felt more familiar with each other.
"Here!" As usual, Xue Jian placed a can of drink in front of her.
"Thank you!" Elizabeth accepted it and thanked him.
After opening the jar, they put the jar to their mouths at the same time. Even they themselves did not notice this unintentional action.
After a moment of silence, Xue Jian took the initiative to speak.
"It's such a beautiful Sunday, but you still came here instead of resting with your friends. You're really hardworking!" He sighed.
The reason why he came here tonight was not because of Elizabeth. He was just passing by when he was buying supper for his hard-working secretary, just like last time. Sika, who usually made his own supper, asked Xue Jian to come out and buy it during the weekend. This could probably be imagined how busy she was now.
Of course, this had nothing to do with the current situation. It wasn't even eight o'clock yet, so Xue Jian still had some free time to chat with her.
"Music is not a simple thing. It takes a long time to master it. If he rested for a day, it would take him three days to recover from that unfamiliar feeling.”Elizabeth placed her hands on her black dress. As she spoke, she looked up at the sky.
"But we are all students now. There's still a lot of time, isn't there?"
Xue Jian's words seemed to have turned on a switch.
"Not enough! It's not enough at all!" Elizabeth gripped the jar in her hand tightly. The calmness on her face had already turned into gloominess.
"Not enough? Can you tell me? There were some things that one would probably not feel comfortable suppressing in their hearts alone!”Xue Jian heard something unexpected from her voice, which instantly piqued his interest.
"You! Alright then! For the sake of your drink. It was not a big deal anyway. Do you have an ideal that you want to achieve even if you risk your life?”Elizabeth first glanced at Xue Jian, then retracted her gaze and said as if nothing had happened.
“...”Silence!
This question was really difficult for Xue Jian to answer. If there was, he didn't seem to have that feeling. However, if he had to say that he didn't, based on his past thoughts and current life, his dream should have already been realized. However, he did not think that he was going all out.
Ignoring the silence, Elizabeth began to talk about her life. Perhaps she just wanted to find someone to confide in. As for whether the other party would respond to her, she had never thought about it from the beginning.
"I do. My family doesn't feel like home at all. Maybe those two will get a divorce soon! That's why I don't want to go back to my own home at all. No, that's just where I live. It's not a place that can be called home. In the past, when they went back every day, they would deliberately restrain their quarrels when they saw me, but recently, it seemed that they had already torn apart the last of their faces. Ah, how could there be such a family in the world?”Elizabeth's voice and expression were filled with sarcasm.
However, what made Xue Jian feel strange was that there was no resentment on her face. Living in that kind of family, it was impossible to say that there was no resentment in his heart. There was only one reason why she didn't have any resentment now, and that was that she had completely given up on them. If she didn't have any expectations from the beginning, she naturally wouldn't be disappointed or resentful. After all, people rarely hated a stranger. Her parents were probably the most unfamiliar people to Elizabeth.
Without saying a word, Xue Jian unconsciously took another sip of the drink. However, this time, the drink that was obviously sweet tasted a little tasteless. On the other side, Elizabeth continued her foreword.
"Once, I ran out of my house when I was angry. At that time, in the darkness, I encountered something that changed my fate.”This time, her words were filled with longing.
"Change fate?"
"Well, do you know Marie-Antoinette? At that time, I heard her singing. I still remember that feeling. It was as if my soul had been purified. At that time, I decided that I wanted to be like her. Even if it's just music, singing, or being alone, I want to live for one thing.”
It was undeniable that at this moment, Xue Jian saw an unparalleled light from the girl in front of her. It was the will to live purely in pursuit of one's ideals, even to the extent of determining it as the meaning of one's existence. He had seen this light on another girl before.
A young girl chasing her dreams? It's really dazzling, but unfortunately, it doesn't match my color.
"So you chose music?" Putting down the empty jar, Xue Jian seemed to be asking, but also seemed to be sighing.
"Yes! I don't seem to be very talented, nor have I received any relevant education. Most of the time, I'm just fumbling around on my own, and I'm not famous. But I've already decided that I'll never see them again after graduation. I want to live alone." The girl's voice revealed a firm determination.
This kind of pure ideal might not be that pure, because it contained the idea of escaping from his parents. That place could no longer be called home to her. That was why she thought that she would never go back. She wanted to live on with her ideals. It was a young and innocent dream. Perhaps she would only understand how difficult the future contained in her determination was after she was defeated by the monster called reality.
"I see! Have you tried any other methods?" Xue Jian said with a smile.
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