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0 1.
In September, the south has already had a little coolness. The wind was swift in the morning, and a few slightly yellow leaves of the French phoenix tree fell slowly, drew a beautiful arc in the air, and landed firmly on Edward's nose.
Uncle Qing cocked his head slightly and saw Edward sleeping next to the painted wooden stool move his nose, but he still didn't mean to wake up. He smiled helplessly and continued to look up at the sky.
The autumn sky is always clean and spotless, just like a universe blooming quietly by the sea. I'm going to a new school tomorrow, and there must be few opportunities to be quiet with Edward after that, Qingshu thought silently.
He stood up slowly and went to Edward's side, reaching out and stroking his shiny white fur gently.
Unconsciously, Edward has grown from a thin puppy to a lively and beautiful big dog. Aoki remembers seeing it for the first time in his garage downstairs.
It was a cold winter night, and Edward was covered in dirt and shivering under an old car. His right leg was injured and he was limping. Edward might not have succeeded that night if the green tree hadn't met.
Another cool breeze blew gently, and Edward finally opened his eyes. It stood up quickly, stretched lazily forward, and then looked up at the green tree. It seems that it had a long dream, and its eyes became a little trance, but it was still pure.
Edward, let's go. Green tree patted its head with a smile, and then walked alone in front. He has never used the noose, and he knows that Edward will never leave him.
But this time there was an accident.
02.
When he came to the crossroads, he found Edward missing. He has been in a daze just now, not noticing the movement behind him, and I don't know when Edward lost him.
This has never happened before. He has just moved here and is not familiar with this road. He hurried back the same way and kept calling Edward's name loudly, but it never appeared.
He never gave up and ran back to the park. When he looked around, there was a tinkling sound in his ear.
He looked inside and saw a thin girl standing not far away. She wore a slender ponytail, a big T-shirt and beige cropped trousers, and a goose-yellow backpack with grotesque bells and decorations on her back. She quietly watched a yellow butterfly stop at her fingertips.
Edward lay quietly at her feet and looked up at the butterfly.
Uncle Qing shook his head helplessly. Edward is still the same, infatuated with all butterflies. He went over to call it away, but it sat motionless on the ground as if it were enchanted.
"Hey, handsome guy over there, is this beautiful Samoyed yours?"
The crisp voice came, and the green tree looked up and bumped into the girl's bright eyes. Those eyes seemed to drown a pool of shining water, and the water was covered with warm golden sunshine. He paused for a moment, then nodded silently.
The girl smiled, and two dimples suddenly appeared on her face. "Does it have a name?"
"Edward" Aoki replied lightly, lowering his head to pull Edward. He is always used to keeping his distance from all the girls.
"Hey, your Edward seems to be crazy about oranges, but in fact my family has lemons ..."
"Sorry, we have to go." Qingshu rudely interrupted her, and before the girl could react, he left quickly with Edward.
A few steps away from home, a girl's crisp voice came from behind. "Well, Edward, we'll meet again!" "
03.
The new semester has finally begun.
"Brother Dong, will you move this?" "Mosquito, give me the brush." "Chinese cabbage, are you going to ruin my painting?"
At this time, in the classroom of Class 7, Grade 2, everyone is cleaning and decorating the classroom. As a propaganda committee member, Su Candy is busy drawing gouache lace on the blackboard while directing others.
"If you know? There seems to be a transfer student in our class. " Stone leaned in and whispered in her ear.
"Are you? I have no idea. " Candy shrugged and continued to draw domineering on the blackboard.
"Mm-hmm, I heard it was a handsome boy!" Stone gave a bad smile. "Think about it, now there is only the position next to you in the class, and the handsome boy's deskmate position belongs to you."
Sue candy cocked her head and said, "Stone, if you bother me again, I won't bring candy tomorrow."
Shi Dong stuck out his tongue, so he left obediently. Sue knows Zhao Qian very well as a friend, but Shi can't resist the temptation of Zhao Qian, even though she hates her fleshy appearance.
Soon the cleaning work was over and the illustrations of Sue's candy were finished. She hurried back to her seat with some colored plates. At the moment, she didn't notice someone in front, and the whole person went straight into it. When she reacted, she looked up and saw some yellow marks on the other side's white school uniform.
"Oh, sorry, classmate." Sukan quickly apologized, but when she looked up, she suddenly froze.
The teenager in front of him is looking at her with cold eyes, with a hint of anger between his eyebrows. Su Kan stayed for a long time and suddenly remembered that he was the boy who was under the buttonwood with Edward that day.
She never imagined that the sentence she casually said that day must be goodbye, which was so effective.
But she has a bad feeling.
04.
As Shi Dong expected, Uncle Qing became Su Kan's deskmate.
What Shi Dong doesn't understand, however, is that Su Candy doesn't like Uncle Qing like other students in the class, but hates him very much. Every time I mention uncle Qing to her, she always gnashes her teeth and wants to eat him.
"Fruit fruit, people's Shangguan classmates are so excellent, you should not always be biased against others." At noon in the dining hall, Shi Dong said vaguely with rice in his mouth.
"You eat really well! Why did you tell me that cheapskate! " Sue candy rolled her eyes at her.
After the accident, Qingshu kept a sad face and didn't say a word to her, as if she had disappeared from his blindfold.
Sue thought bitterly about candy and threw a lemon-flavored candy into her mouth. The vibrant lemon fragrance bloomed quietly on the tip of her tongue, and her mood was slightly better.
The first class in the afternoon is math, and Sue Candy has never had a serious class. She glanced at the tree clearing out of the corner of her eye and found that this guy was absent from class.
"Hum, I think it's amazing." Su Kan muttered something, and then drew some unfinished drawings from the drawer. As soon as she turned around, she accidentally bumped into the backpack behind her, and the small bells and pendants on the bag jingled.
Qingshu tilted her head slightly and saw Sue candy drawing something on her face with a carbon pencil. He heard what she said just now, and Aoki felt very helpless. He was never angry with her at all, but he was not good at dealing with girls.
"Su Kan! Tell candy! " A loud roar made Su Kan draw a line askew. She frowned, picked up a math book and stood up.
"I see you have been writing on calculus paper for a long time. You should have the answer. Tell me about it. " The teacher who teaches mathematics is a particularly annoying glasses man. Once he is caught, he will be bored to death. Stone in the first row cast a sympathetic look at her.
Su Kan glanced at the topic and was about to say that he didn't know, but there was a slightly hoarse voice coming from Uncle Qing's ear. "With dislocation subtraction, the answer is 10."
She looked at him with some surprise, but Qingshu never looked up. Thinking of the picture of being lectured by glasses man at night, Sue Candy gritted her teeth and clearly repeated Uncle Qing's answer.
Glasses man didn't seem to expect Sue to pick up the hurdle. He was shocked. Shi Dong quickly said, "Teacher, the answer is right." Then several students echoed.
Because of the glasses man, Sue never painted again after candy, so she forced herself to listen carefully. After a class, she suddenly felt exhausted.
After class, Su Kan immediately jumped up to go out, but was stopped by Uncle Qing. "You should listen carefully in the future." He said quietly, his eyes still not looking at her.
Sukan originally wanted to thank him, but when she heard this, she became angry. "I don't want to be lectured by someone who doesn't attend classes!" "
"If you can do this, you don't have to go to class." Qingshu finally turned around and handed Su Kan a thick book.
Su Kan wanted to refute, but she was dumbfounded when she saw the words on the cover-"The Secret Book of Mathematical Olympiad". Her double ponytails, which had just been raised high, suddenly fell down.
Green tree looked at her depressed, suddenly want to laugh.
05.
Later, Su Candy heard from Shi Dong, a "gossip girl", that the class teacher deliberately let Qingshu sit next to her.
Aoki is very good at science, and won the first place in the last monthly exam. Even Shi Dong envied and hated that she could sit at the same table with Uncle Qing.
But Sukan is not happy. She is tired every day now. Qingshu can always find all kinds of papers for her, and also coldly threaten the class teacher to draw in class if she doesn't finish painting.
Su Kan kept cursing him in his heart, but he still had to hold the pen and chew on the topic.
Uncle Qing is not a vegetarian. Su Candy immediately understood the most difficult problem. Although she still likes to tease him, her heart is gradually filled with gratitude.
After spending a long time with Sue Candy, Qingshu found that she was actually very smart and had a good foundation. It's just that she spends all her time painting. A few days ago, in her math class, it turned out that Edward was painted, and her two yellow butterflies, oranges and lemons were flying beside her, one left and one right.
"Well, did I paint Edward very handsome?" As soon as she picked up the brush, Sue Candy immediately returned to her original narcissistic state. Aoki pretended to be surprised and said, "Is that Edward? Is it not just an ordinary white dog? "
Sukan gave him a hard look. "Then bring Edward out and I'll draw him another one!"
At the weekend, when Sue Candy showed up with panda eyes and a pile of test papers, Edward really flew to her. It raised its front foot, lay on Sue's candy leg and licked her face with its tongue.
"Well, I didn't stay up all night when I saw Edward." Su Kan rubbed his eyes and quickly pulled out the drawing board from behind.
Autumn seems more intense. The wind blew through Sue's candy's slender ponytail, and several yellow leaves of French phoenix tree quietly landed on her shoulder. But she still sat motionless on the bench and kept moving her pencil.
Edward has fallen asleep sweetly. When Qingshu successfully finished two sets of questions, Su Tang finally stood up and stretched himself. She seems to have finished painting. Green tree gently walked to the front of the drawing board and was taken aback.
In the picture, Edward is sleeping soundly on the bench. A yellow butterfly is resting on his nose and another butterfly is flying in the air. The leaves on the French phoenix trees on both sides turned yellow, countless leaves fluttered slowly in the air, and the outline of an iron tower was looming behind those leaves.
"This is ..."
"It's the Paris Tower." Sue quickly packed the paint, then took a lemon candy out of her pocket and handed it to Qingshu. "I haven't told you my dream."
Aoki took the candy in his hand and shook his head slowly.
"My dream is to be a street artist in Paris." Su Kan's tone is very serious. "I know that many people think this dream is not great, but my dad said that no matter what kind of dream, no matter how humble and great, it is worthy of respect. Every dream has a unique taste, mine is citrus and lemon. "
Aoki didn't expect Su Kan, who has always been eccentric, to say such a thing. "Shu, I think Edward must have his own dreams. Maybe his dream is just to be friends with oranges and lemons, but such a dream is not necessarily unimportant. "
Sue candy's double ponytails were blown by the wind, and Qingshu saw that she was like a butterfly with open wings, flying to the dreamy distance in the painting.
06.
The final exam is over, and the long-awaited winter vacation has finally arrived.
Su Kan and Shi Dong came to the corridor to see the results, and the first place was Shangguan Qingshu. "Wow, Shangguan is amazing!" Stone sighed, and then searched for Sukan's name like a treasure hunt.
"Look, you actually entered the top 50 of the grade!" Stone was so excited that his voice couldn't help raising the octave.
Sukan is also very happy. Although I don't care about ranking, I am still satisfied to see that my efforts have been rewarded. It suddenly occurred to her that she should thank uncle Qing.
"Alas, value color over friends." Stone pursed mouth said.
Su Kan finally found Shangguan Qingshu on the roof of the school. She wanted to call him happily, only to find that he was seriously folding paper planes. She narrowed her eyes and saw that it was the report card of the final exam.
After the green tree folded the plane without saying a word, with a gentle force, the paper plane was easily separated from his hand, drew a beautiful arc in the air, and then flew farther and farther, never to be seen again.
He turned around with a sigh of relief, only to see Su Kan with a stunned face.
What can I do for you? He looked at her and asked.
"Why?" Sukan murmured, "Shu, aren't you happy?"
Green tree slightly raised his head and said nothing. After a long time, he said in a hoarse voice, "I am very happy, really." Unable to hear the echo, Qingshu lowered his head and saw Su Kan's slightly red eyes.
"You're lying." She spoke slowly and took out a pile of drawing paper from behind her. Every painting depicts him. He leaned against the railing and looked at the sky. He stood on the playground with a basketball in his arms. He solved the problem quietly on calculus paper. ...
"You are not happy at all." Sukanti continued, "Expressions don't lie."
Green tree just looked at those paintings and suddenly gave a wry smile. "Well, Sukanti, do you really want to hear my story?"
07.
When the green tree was very young, it often didn't see its father.
Every time someone asks about his father, Xiaoqing tree will proudly say that his father is a doctor and can cure many people.
Having said that, Xiaoqing sometimes thinks that it would be great if her father were not a doctor. Other children have their father's pain, but his father has never taken him to the playground. If he is not a doctor, maybe he can give himself more love. Xiaoqing thought so until Edward came.
That winter night, thanks to Shangguan's father's holiday at home, Edward's life was saved. Xiao Qingshu watched his father take out the medicine box and skillfully bandaged Edward's wound. At that moment, he finally realized how noble and sacred it is to save people.
That is, from then on, Xiaoqing tree began to secretly read the medical books on his father's bookshelf. Although he doesn't understand them very well, he has been working hard. He knows that studying medicine is very demanding, so he works hard at school. But ten years ago, at the age of seven, he just wanted to give full marks to his father's Xiaoqing tree, but he heard a bad news.
That year was an unforgettable year for medical staff all over the country. A new type of virus has claimed many lives, and many medical staff are not immune.
On the night of losing her father, Xiaoqing cried with her mother in her arms. It was at that time that Shangguan's mother solemnly said to Xiaoqing tree, you must never be a doctor, never.
Although he was sad, he nodded gently.
Since then, he has buried that dream deeply.
08.
The position next to the green tree has been vacant since the second semester of high school.
Sue's candy, like her two butterflies, quietly flew out of the world of clearing trees. She used to make noise in his ear, but now she's gone, but she's so quiet that she makes him uncomfortable.
He recalled the last time he saw her. After listening to her story, she has been crying silly, as if she were sadder than him. Finally, let him comfort her in turn.
Where the hell did this little girl go? Looking up from the sea of questions, Qingshu will always see the clear and bright eyes of Su Candy, like an endless golden pool of water.
In fact, he envied her, envied her for being able to protect her dreams without hesitation, and envied her for always believing that she would paint on the streets of Paris one day.
But he lacks the courage to guard.
In spring, it drizzles in the south of the Yangtze River. Qingshu and Edward are walking in the street, and the rain is gently floating on their faces, which is very cold. He was about to call Edward home, but there was a familiar jingle in his ear.
He suddenly turned his head and saw Su Kan's familiar figure. I haven't seen you for a while. This girl seems to have lost weight.
"A tree?" Sukan was also surprised to see him. "Edward, how nice of you to be there!" "
They walked silently under the buttonwood tree in France and sat on the bench as usual. Sue Candy took out a lemon-flavored candy from her bag and Qingshu took it silently.
"Actually, I wanted to give you a surprise, but I can't help it if you run into me." She gently shook her thin calf. "Shu, I am really happy in the art class now!" "
It turned out that Sukanti took Edward's painting to participate in the competition and actually won the first prize in the country. With this achievement, several universities in France have put her on the list. As long as she passes every subject in the college entrance examination, it is not a big problem to be admitted.
Sue said, dancing candy, uncle qing suddenly interrupted her, "do you really want to learn art? No regrets? " .
She was silent for a while, then looked up and said, "Shu, if you become a doctor, will you regret it?"
09.
The days of senior three seem endless.
Every Wednesday, Sukan's letter will be handed over from Shidong to Uncle Qing. Only trivial things were recorded in the letter, but he kept them well. He said in his letter that he would give her a surprise when his and her dreams came true.
Sukanti wrote in his reply, "That's good. By the way, I also want to prepare an adult gift for you. Haha. " As always, without punctuation, Uncle Qing smiled helplessly and folded the letter.
He didn't tell her that he gave up the Peking University walk quota that the headmaster gave him under the surprised eyes of everyone.
If the person who makes Aoki dream is his father, then Su Candy is definitely the person who makes him know how to have a firm dream. Because of her, he realized that he had never given up his dream of becoming a doctor. On the way of chasing dreams, temporary pain is always inevitable, but real dreams will not be easily replaced or changed.
He doesn't want to lie to himself anymore.
10.
The college entrance examination finally ended in cheers.
After that, Qingshu received many candies from France, all of which were citrus and lemon flavors. He peeled off the candy paper and put a candy in his mouth, and the smell of citrus and lemon suddenly spread.
It suddenly occurred to him that Sukanti said that every dream has a unique taste. Her tastes are citrus and lemon, so what's his taste?
He looked at the admission notice of the Medical College of the University of Hong Kong in front of him and found the answer in his heart.
"Sue sugar, thank you for your sugar. However, I prefer mint. " Green tree said flatly.
"Tree! I hate mints! " Su Kan's roar came from the microphone.
They chatted for a while, and finally Sue Candy offered to hang up. Slightly disappointed, she asked, "Nothing else?"
"Yes!" Although we didn't meet, Qingshu's heart beat fast through the microphone.
"Edward asked me to tell you ... it missed oranges and lemons."