Chapter 5: Reunion After a Long Separation
"Su...Brother Su Yu!" Shi Yuling said in surprise, "I didn't expect to meet you here. You are still the same as before, you haven't changed at all."
Su Yu looked at Shi Yuling and said with great surprise: "You have changed a lot. From the little beauty you were before, you have become a big beauty. If your voice hadn't changed, I almost wouldn't have recognized you." ”
With that said, Su Yu hurriedly gave some instructions to the waiter, and then asked Shi Yuling and her companions to sit down at his table.
"Thank you, brother Su Yu, for the compliment." Shi Yuling said happily after pulling his companion to sit down.
"Teacher Shi and Mrs. Shi, are you okay?" Su Yu took two new pairs of bowls and chopsticks, handed them to Shi Yuling and her companions, and said with a smile, "After I was admitted to college, I visited your home again and learned that Teacher Shi has stopped teaching at No. 3 Middle School a long time ago, and you have also moved. "
"I passed by your house again during the Spring Festival after graduating from college."
“That area has been completely demolished and incorporated into the county’s planned development area.”
Shi Yuling was the only daughter of his former junior high school teacher when he was a student.
In the past, when he was in junior high school in his hometown town, he often went to the class teacher's house to make up lessons. Sometimes he would not go back on Sundays, and he would often stay overnight at the class teacher's house.
Because of his excellent grades, the head teacher felt that he was a talent that could be developed.
In addition, his family conditions are not good.
Therefore, the teacher took special care of him and never charged him even a penny whether it was for accommodation, meals, or extra classes.
Because of this, over time, he became acquainted with his teacher's daughter, Shi Yuling, who was only in her teens at the time.
"We have moved since 2008." Shi Yuling said softly.
"No wonder, when I returned from Yuhang during the winter vacation of 2008, I wanted to visit Teacher Shi, but I couldn't find you." Su Yu said, "Where did you move to later, and... you are in Yuhang now Reading?"
Shi Yuling shook his head and said, "No, I stopped studying after graduating from high school. Now, I work in Yuhang."
"Work?" Su Yu was shocked inside, with a very surprised look in his eyes.
In Su Yu's memory, Shi Yuling was about four and a half years younger than him. He should have just turned 19 now, the age when he was full of youth and indulged in wanton indulgence under the ivory tower.
In his impression, Teacher Shi's style has always been strict.
He would never allow his precious daughter to give up her studies and work in the society at this age.
"Yes!" Shi Yuling responded softly. He didn't want Su Yu to ask more about himself and his family, so he smiled again and introduced to Su Yu, "Brother Su Yu, this is my best friend and colleague. , her name is Lin Qingya, she is from Rongcheng, and she took care of me when I first came to Yuhang. "
With Shi Yuling’s introduction…
Su Yu greeted Lin Qingya with a smile, and then introduced Liang Bin to them.
"Brother Su Yu, are you working in a securities company now?" Shi Yuling said with admiration, "Is it in the Financial City? I knew that brother Su Yu, you would definitely be successful."
"It used to be, but not anymore!"
Su Yu answered, and found that Shi Yuling was deliberately changing the subject, and asked calmly: "Where do you work now?"
"A modeling agency." Shi Yuling whispered.
Su Yu frowned slightly when he heard the words 'model agency'.
In his heart, Teacher Shi, who took good care of him and helped him get into a key high school, was one of the only respectable people in his life.
So, for the teacher’s only daughter.
Shi Yuling, in his heart, was like his own biological sister.
Although they had not seen each other for five years, and in his previous life, he had never seen the teacher or his family again after the teacher moved.
But from the inside...
He hopes that the teacher and his family will be well.
I hope Shi Yuling can grow up according to the happiest and ideal path and not take some detours and crooked paths.
In Su Yu's view, the modeling industry is an extension of the entertainment industry and is far less glamorous than what ordinary people see.
Shi Yuling was only 19 years old, and he didn't want her to stay in this industry for a long time.
After all, it is often difficult to resist some temptations and stick to one's own principles and bottom line when entering society for the first time in an industry full of chaos and chaos.
"It is an e-commerce graphic model company."
Seeing that Su Yu looked wrong, Lin Qingya next to Shi Yuling added.
Su Yu nodded slightly, knowing that after the explosion of mobile smart terminals, e-commerce has also further expanded its scale with the popularity of mobile Internet.
Online merchants’ demand for e-commerce graphic models has further surged.
Not to mention that this is Yuhang, where Ali Baba’s headquarters is located and the e-commerce capital of China.
"Teacher Shi and Mrs. Shi, will you allow me to work out without going to college?" Su Yu paused for a while and asked.
When Shi Yuling saw Su Yu mentioning his parents again, he lowered his head, bit his lip gently, and said nothing.
Seeing her expression, Su Yu guessed that something had happened to the teacher's family. He sighed softly and did not dare to ask any more questions. He changed the subject: "Yuling, please give me your mobile phone number. I will remember it." Just remember, if you encounter any difficulties in Yuhang in the future, you can come to me."
"Yeah!" Shi Yuling nodded.
The depressed mood on his face disappeared in an instant, and he happily reported his mobile phone number to Su Yu.
Su Yu wrote down the number and called back, and then he saw Shi Yuling's phone in her bag began to ring.
Then, everyone at the table started talking about some light topics. Shi Yuling was lively. Although she hadn't seen Su Yu for a long time and was not familiar with Liang Bin, she could still talk about many common topics.
At 8 o'clock in the evening, after dinner.
Liang Bin saw that Su Yu obviously had something to ask Shi Yuling, so he left first.
Lin Qingya made a random guess about the relationship between Su Yu and Shi Yuling in her heart, and ignored her bestie's hint and took a taxi to leave independently.
"Brother Su Yu, ask whatever you want to ask!" The two came to a cafe, and Shi Yuling said softly when she saw that there was no one else.
Su Yu pushed a cup of warm coffee in front of Shi Yuling.
In his mind, he recalled many past events. After thinking for a moment, he said, "Yuling, we... haven't seen each other for five years, right?"
"Well, you came to our house during the Spring Festival of 2008." Shi Yuling nodded gently, "Five years and two months."
"What happened in these five years?" Su Yu asked, "I remember that Spring Festival, you told me that you wanted to apply to Zhejiang University. Now the changes... are a bit too big."
"My parents... died in a car accident."
Faced with Su Yu's inquiry, Shi Yuling was silent for a while, and said softly, "It happened in April 2008. Later, I transferred to my aunt's house. The original house was sold because no one lived there."
Su Yu was shocked when he heard the news.
No wonder he hadn't seen Teacher Shi's family since the time node of 2008 in his previous life.
But it turned out that such a change had happened.
It was also his fault that he didn't go to the school to inquire in detail before, and mistakenly thought that Teacher Shi had just been transferred and moved.
"I really didn't expect it..." Su Yu's heart was filled with sadness, "God always seems so moody at certain times."
"After moving to my aunt's house..."
Shi Yuling choked up slightly and continued, "My academic performance began to plummet. I don't know why, but I feel that I can no longer study."
"Is your aunt not good to you?" Su Yu asked.
Shi Yuling shook her head: "It's not bad, but I feel... I'm not used to it and want to leave my original place."
"During the college entrance examination, I didn't get into college. My aunt advised me to repeat the year, but I gave up on my own."
Su Yu knew that the death of Mr. and Mrs. Shi must have left a huge trauma in Shi Yuling's heart, which led to her later growth path.
He didn't know what to say about this.
After all, everything has happened. Even if it is comfort, it is too late at this time.
"What are your plans for the future?" Su Yu was silent for a long time and asked.
Shi Yuling shook her head and said in a daze: "I don't know. Sometimes I feel that the current situation is pretty good. Sometimes I feel like a ship lost in the sea, unable to find the right direction."
"But I don't want to go back, and I don't want to go back to school."
"Teacher Shi once said that only knowledge can change destiny." Su Yu said, "In this society, without education and skills, life will be very difficult."
"Yuling, you have unique conditions in the field of graphic modeling, but this industry is too deep."
"If you get stuck, you will often be very It's hard to get out of it."
"I don't want to see you getting deeper and deeper into this field and taking unnecessary detours."
"Teacher Shi has taught me and cultivated me. He is a person I respect in my heart. In my heart, you are also like my own sister."
"I know!" Shi Yuling said with a smile, "So I am really happy to meet Brother Su Yu today."
"In fact, I came to Yuhang, thinking of you here, Brother Su Yu, hoping that one day we can meet in this prosperous big city."
"I didn't expect...it really came true."
Su Yu looked at the bright and bright colors in her eyes and was very emotional.
If Liang Bin hadn't insisted on treating him to hot pot tonight, the two would not have had any intersection at all. In fact, in the original time trajectory.
The two never met again.
He didn't know the life trajectory of Shi Yuling afterwards.
In his original memory, Shi Yuling was just a lively girl who was fixed in his mind five years ago.
"Okay, let's not talk about this anymore." Shi Yuling smiled gently, suppressing all the unhappy past events in her heart, "Let's talk about you, Brother Su Yu, these five years... have you been doing well?"
Su Yu thought of his experience in the past five years and smiled: "Not bad, compared to you, it's been quite uneventful."
"Then... do you have a girlfriend?" Shi Yuling asked hesitantly.