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《逐光者》
《Chasers of Light》

第1节
Chapter 1

《逐光者》

作者：蔚空
Author: Wei Kong

文案：
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曾经，许煦和程放是校园里的金童玉女，年少情浓，以为一辈子都不会分开。
Once upon a time, Xu Xu and Cheng Fang were the golden boy and jade girl of the campus, their youthful love so intense they thought they would never part.

而柏冬青是程放的室友，勤奋刻苦，成绩优异，总是穿着廉价的旧t恤，洗得泛黄的白球鞋，头发剪得很短，眉目清朗，沉默寡言。
And Bai Dongqing was Cheng Fang's roommate, diligent and hardworking, with excellent grades. She always wore cheap old t-shirts, white sneakers that were faded from washing, had her hair cut very short, her features clear and bright, and was quiet and reserved.

后来，柏冬青成了许煦刻骨铭心的人。
Later, Bai Dongqing became Xu Xu's indelible person.

一个老实人“横刀夺爱”的故事。
A story of an honest man "stealing a lover with a sword."

阅读指南:
Reading Guide:

1、都市酸爽小狗血。
1. Urban Bitterness and Satisfaction Dog Blood.

2、小虐大甜？he。
2. Slight torture, great sweetness? he.

内容标签：都市情缘 情有独钟 天作之合 天之骄子
Content Tags: Urban Romantic Journey, Unique Affection, Perfect Match, Heavenly Pride

主角：许煦 ┃ 配角： ┃ 其它：
Protagonist: Xu Xu ┃ Supporting Characters: ┃ Others:

第1章
Chapter 1

许煦是下飞机时才接到的主任电话，一路风尘仆仆赶到这家五星酒店，富丽堂皇的宴厅里，正是觥筹交错时。
Xu Xu received a call from her boss just as she was getting off the plane, and she hurried all the way to this five-star hotel. In the grand banquet hall, people were clinking glasses and chatting.

她穿着一身还来不及换下的休闲装和有些脏了的运动鞋，身后背着一个大背包，看起来与这满是衣冠楚楚精英的宴厅，很有些违和。以至于连端着托盘的服务生，都忍不住带着奇怪的神色朝她多看了两眼，怀疑她是不是走错了地方。
She was wearing casual clothes that she hadn't had time to change out of, and her sneakers were a bit dirty. She had a large backpack slung over her back, which made her look out of place in the hall filled with well-dressed legal elites. Even the waiters carrying trays couldn't help but give her a curious glance, wondering if she had wandered into the wrong place.

这是市律协举办的一个行业酒会，也是一年一度本城法律精英的盛大聚会。这种场合自然会邀请一些相关的媒体。
This was a professional networking event organized by the city's bar association, also an annual gathering for the city's legal elite. Naturally, some media outlets were invited to this event.

许煦是一家法律刊物的采编，刚刚才从外地出差回来，舟车劳顿，本来是准备回家早早休息，哪知刚刚下飞机就被领导召唤了过来，连装备都没来得及换。
Xu Xu was an editor for a legal magazine and had just returned from a business trip out of town. She had been exhausted from the travel and had planned to go home and rest early. However, she was summoned by her boss as soon as she landed, and she hadn't even had time to change her equipment.

许煦撇撇嘴，目光在人群中穿梭，去寻找自己的同伴。不经意间扫到了前面的几张酒桌中，一道熟悉的身影。
Xu Xu pursed his lips and scanned the crowd, searching for his companions. By chance, his gaze fell upon a few tables in front, where a familiar figure was present.

她停下目光，遥遥看着那边。
He paused his gaze, looking over at them from afar.

那张桌上的人，她都有些印象，是华天律所的几个合伙人和高级律师。她看的那人穿着一身得体的黑色正装，短发干净利落，年轻英俊，气质沉稳，微微侧着头，和旁边一位年长的律师在说着话。看得出多数是在谦逊地倾听，嘴角带着点细微的笑意，间或点点头，神色温和，丝毫没有年少得志的锐利和锋芒。
The people at that table were somewhat familiar to her; they were a few partners and senior lawyers from Huatian Law Firm. The person she was looking at was dressed in a neat black suit, with short, tidy hair, looking young and handsome. He had a calm and steady demeanor, slightly tilting his head as he spoke with an older lawyer beside him. It was clear that he was mostly listening humbly, with a slight hint of a smile on his lips, nodding occasionally, his expression gentle, showing no trace of the sharpness and 锐利 that often come with youthful success.

但在这个汇聚了全市法律精英的宴厅里，仍旧显得有些鹤立鸡群，以至于许煦一眼就看到了他。
But in this banquet hall that gathered the city's legal elite, he still stood out, making Xu Xu spot him immediately.

他什么时候变得这么令人瞩目的呢？她有点想不起来了。
When did he become so eye-catching? She couldn't quite remember.

她将目光从年轻男人身上移开，很快在角落一桌找到了自己那几个虽然穿着正装，却不计形象大吃大喝的同事。比起这个宴厅里的大部分法律精英，他们这些只能算一脚跨进行业，月薪半万的小编辑小记者们，这种免费吃喝的酒会，就已经算是工作福利。
She turned her gaze away from the young man and quickly spotted her colleagues, who, despite their formal attire, were indulging in food and drink without any regard for their appearance, at a corner table. Compared to the majority of legal elites in the banquet hall, they were just small editors and reporters earning a monthly salary of five thousand, and this free feast was already considered a perk of their jobs.

许煦勾唇笑了笑，背着包走过去。
Xu Xu curled her lips into a smile and walked over with her bag on her back.

社里的领导自然是跟其他大人物坐在一块的，正好让他们这桌来蹭吃蹭喝的小角色可以肆无忌惮地吃喝八卦。除了自己三个同事，桌上其他几个也都是圈内年轻同行，大部分跟访案子的时候见过，抬头不见低头见，所以虽然是拼桌，也并没有什么不自在，看起来聊得很开心。
The leaders of the office naturally sat with other high-profile figures, allowing them, as small roles who could freely eat and gossip, to indulge without restraint. Besides her three colleagues, the others at the table were also young peers in the industry, most of whom she had met during case visits. Since they saw each other frequently, it wasn't awkward to share a table, and they seemed to be having a good time chatting.

“许煦，你来了！”同事杜小沐看到许煦走过来，赶紧拍拍身旁给她留的座位。
"Xu Xu, you're here!" Du Xiaomu, a colleague, saw Xu Xu approaching and quickly patted the seat beside her.

许煦随手将包放在地上，边和桌上的人打招呼边坐下。
Xu Xu casually placed her bag on the ground, greeted the people at the table, and sat down.

杜小沐看了看她，啧了一声：“我说这么大好机会，你就不能换身行头再来？”
Du Xiaomu looked at her and sighed, "I said, with such a great opportunity, can't you change into something more appropriate?"

许煦笑道：“什么大好机会？不就是免费吃吃喝喝么？带上嘴巴和肚子不就行了？”
Xu Xu smiled and said, "What great opportunity? Isn't it just free food and drinks? All I need to bring are my mouth and stomach."

杜小沐道：“出息！今天可是汇聚了全城顶级法律精英，随便抓一个就是钻石金龟。”
Du Xiaomu said, "Get some ambition! Today, the top legal elites from the entire city have gathered, and any one of them is a diamond beetle."

她刚说完就被旁边的赵昊踹了她一脚：“杜小沐同志，你能不能有点节操？许煦可是有男朋友的，又不跟你一样是单身狗。”
As soon as she finished speaking, Zhao Hao kicked her from the side, "Comrade Du Xiaomu, can you have some morals? Xu Xu already has a boyfriend, unlike you who is a single dog."

“有男朋友怎么了？就不能换啊？”
What's the problem with having a boyfriend? Can't you change?

赵昊啐了一口：“许煦男朋友也是律师，就算是要换，也不能吃窝边草吧！”
Zhao Hao spat, "Xu Xu's boyfriend is also a lawyer. Even if you want to change, can't you avoid eating the grass next to your own nest!"

杜小沐问许煦：“你男朋友今天在这里吗？”
Dum Xiaomu asked Xuxu, "Is your boyfriend here today?"

许煦犹疑了片刻，笑着摇头。
Xuxu hesitated for a moment and shook her head with a smile.

杜小沐朝赵昊得意挑挑眉：“人都不在这里，算什么窝边草？”
Dum Xiaomu raised her eyebrows triumphantly at Zhao Hao. "If nobody is here, how can you be considered a homebody?"

赵昊佯装义愤填膺：“你这个道德败坏的女人！”
Zhao Hao feigned righteous indignation. "You immoral woman!"

无伤大雅的玩笑，让众人笑开，包括刚落座的许煦。
Jokes that don't hurt anyone made everyone laugh, including Xu Xu who had just sat down.

杜小沐开了个好头，这些本来就擅长八卦行业内各种小道消息的家伙，自然是顺着这话题开始兴致勃勃地聊起来。
Du Xiaomu started well, and these guys, who were already skilled at gossiping about various insider stories in the industry, naturally picked up the topic with great interest.

“对了，你们知不知道？柏冬青已经升为华天的合伙人了。”有人忽然兴奋道。
"By the way, did you know? Bai Dongqing has been promoted to a partner at Huatian," someone suddenly said excitedly.

许煦听到这个名字，下意识抬头看向对面那说话的女孩，本来端起杯子的手也不由自主顿住。
Hearing this name, Xu Xu subconsciously looked up at the girl across from her who was speaking, and her hand, which had been about to raise a cup, paused of its own accord.

杜小沐睁大眼睛兴奋问：“什么时候的事？我怎么不知道。”
Du Xiaomu widened her eyes and asked excitedly, "When did this happen? How could I not know about it?"

那女孩道；“我也是刚刚听华天内部人员说的，今天才正式签的协议，华天还没公布消息呢！。”
The girl said, "I just heard it from an internal staff member of Huatian. The agreement was signed today, and Huatian hasn't announced it yet!"

杜小沐咂咂舌：“我天！他还不到三十吧！”
Du Xiaomu clicked her tongue, "My goodness! He's not even thirty, is he?"

华天是本市顶级律所，主打刑辩，本省一半以上大案要案，都是他们代理。几个合伙人无一不是从业多年的业界大牛。一个不到三十岁的年轻律师能做到合伙人，可以堪称奇迹了。
Huatian is the top law firm in the city, specializing in criminal defense. More than half of the major cases in the province are handled by them. None of their partners are ordinary; they are all industry giants with years of experience. For a lawyer under thirty to become a partner is nothing short of a miracle.

这样的男人，自然会成为今晚的八卦主角。
Such a man would naturally become the gossip star of the night.

“据可靠消息，刚刚年满二十八。”
According to reliable sources, he just turned twenty-eight.

许煦默默低头喝了一口水。
Xu Xu silently lowered her head to take a sip of water.

杜小沐感慨道：“我之前和这位大律师打过几次交道，长得帅不说，还特别绅士有教养，感觉是个性格非常温和的男人。”
Du Xia Mu said with a sigh, "I had dealings with this senior lawyer a few times before. Not only is he handsome, but he is also particularly gentlemanly and well-mannered, giving the impression of a very mild-mannered man."

赵昊毫不留情地打断她的少女心幻想：“醒醒吧！别被表象迷惑了！他代理的那些案子，有几个简直就是教科书版的缺德。他那就是典型为有钱坏人服务的代表，为虎作伥的代名词懂不懂！”
Zhao Hao mercilessly interrupted her daydreams: "Wake up! Don't be fooled by appearances! The cases he handles are almost textbook examples of wickedness. He's a typical representative of serving wealthy villains, a symbol of aiding the tiger in its prey. Do you understand?"

杜小沐泄气般叹了口气：“说的也是，他这个年纪做到这种成就，只怕不仅仅是业务水平高这么简单了。”
Du Xiamu sighed in disappointment: "That's true. For someone of his age to achieve such accomplishments, it's not just about high business skills."

许煦放下水杯，轻笑了声，不紧不慢道：“一个案子判决的依据是证据和事实，律师在这个范围内为当事人追求最大权益，只要不违背法律准则，做什么都无可厚非，因为这是他们的职业。”
Xu Xu put down her cup and chuckled lightly, speaking slowly: "The basis for a case's judgment is evidence and facts. Lawyers strive for their clients' maximum rights within this scope, as long as they don't violate legal principles, they can do whatever they want. After all, this is their profession."

赵昊不以为然道：“许煦，咱们做这行的又不是不知道里面水多深，哪有那么干净的？”
Zhao Hao disagreed: "Xu Xu, we all know how deep the water is in this field. There's no such thing as something so clean."

许煦道：“我觉得柏冬青应该挺干净的。”
Xu Xu said, "I think Bo Dongqing should be quite clean."

杜小沐转头看着她，眨眨眼睛，笑问：“煦儿，我看你这是以貌取人吧？”
Du Xiaomu turned to look at her, blinked, and asked with a smile, "Xu'er, I see you're judging by appearance?"

许煦也笑，挑挑眉：“嗯，以貌取人。”
Xu Xu also smiled and raised an eyebrow, "Yeah, judging by appearance."

众人笑着，又继续聊业内八卦。
Everyone laughed and continued chatting about industry gossip.

大概是舟车劳顿的关系，许煦吃了点东西，就觉得肚子有些不舒服，只得放下筷子起身去洗手间。
Probably due to the travel, Xu Xu felt a bit unwell after eating and had to put down her chopsticks to go to the restroom.

其实可能也不是肚子不舒服，而是整桌的聊天话题，柏冬青这三个字出现的频率实在是太多了。
Actually, it might not have been her stomach that was uncomfortable, but rather the frequency of discussions about Bai Dongqing at the table was just too high.

她本来也是个爱热闹爱说笑的女孩，可是关于柏冬青的话题，她却不知该如何插嘴。听到他们兴致勃勃分享交换着有关他的各种小道消息，各种隐私传闻，明知道大多都是以讹传讹，却让她有种无从反驳的荒谬感。
She was originally a lively and talkative girl, but when it came to talking about Bai Dongqing, she didn't know how to join in. Hearing them enthusiastically sharing and exchanging various rumors and private gossip about him, even though she knew most of it was hearsay, it gave her a sense of absurdity that she couldn't refute.

从隔间出来，走到盥洗台前，旁边正在洗手的年轻女人，抬头朝镜子里看了一眼，然后咦了一声，歪头看向她：“你是许煦？”
Coming out of the cubicle, she walked to the washbasin. A young woman next to her, who was washing her hands, looked up in the mirror and then exclaimed, "Are you Xu Xu?"

许煦转头，女人穿着价格不菲的名牌套装裙子，干练知性，那张化着精致妆容的面孔有些熟悉，但一时没让她想起来在哪里见过，只得笑着点头先回道：“我是。”
Xu Xu turned her head, and the woman was wearing an expensive brand-name suit skirt, looking neat and professional. Her face, delicately made up, was somewhat familiar, but she couldn't place where she had seen it before. She smiled and nodded, saying, "I am."

女人确定自己没认错人后，站直身体，边抽出纸巾擦手边笑着道：“你变化不大，果然没认错。我是江大法学院毕业的，比你高两级，你还有印象吗？”
After confirming that she hadn't mistaken the person, the woman straightened up and, while wiping her hands with a tissue, smiled and said, "You haven't changed much, so I didn't mistake you. I graduated from Jiang Da Law School, two years ahead of you. Do you still remember me?"

“哦，是陈薇学姐。”许煦愣了下，总算想起来了，当初这位学姐是辩论社的成员，她看过几次她打辩论，当年也算是风云人物。
"Oh, you're Senior Chen Wei," Xu Xu was taken aback for a moment, but then she recalled. This senior was a member of the debate club back then, and she had seen her participate in debates a few times. She was indeed a prominent figure at the time.

陈薇笑：“当初我们准备辩论赛的时候，你总来找程放，我们还说过话呢！”
Chen Wei smiled, "When we were preparing for the debate competition back then, you always came to find Cheng Fang, and we even talked to each other!"

程放？如果不是前几天接到一条陌生号码的短信自称程放，她都已经快要记不起生命里曾经有过这样一个人了。
Cheng Fang? If it weren't for receiving a text message from an unknown number claiming to be Cheng Fang just a few days ago, she would have almost forgotten that such a person ever existed in her life.

可见这世上从来没有什么刻骨铭心和永垂不朽，人类本质不过就是趋利避害且善忘的动物。
It seems this world has never known anything truly profound or eternal. Human nature is merely that of an animal that seeks gain and avoids harm, and is prone to forgetfulness.

许煦没有打算和她叙这种已经毫无意义的旧事，笑着转移话题：“学姐在哪里高就？”
Xu Xu did not intend to reminisce about these matters that had lost all meaning, and instead smiled and changed the subject: "Where does Senior work?"

陈薇显然对于旧事也只是随口一提，回道：“之前在国外，去年回来进了华天。”
Chen Wei clearly only mentioned the past incident in passing and replied, "I was abroad before, and last year I returned to join Huatian."

华天的招牌之响亮，足以让这里的律师自我介绍时带着不加掩藏的骄傲。
Huatian's reputation is so prominent that it allows the lawyers here to introduce themselves with unhidden pride.

许煦点头由衷赞许：“很厉害啊！”
Xuxu nodded in genuine approval: "Impressive!"

陈薇问：“你呢？在哪个所？”
Wenwei asked: "And you? Which firm are you with?"

许煦道：“我不是律师，在《法治周刊》上班。”
Xuxu replied: "I'm not a lawyer; I work at The Legal Weekly."

“去媒体了？也挺好的，压力比我们小一点。”
Going to media? That's pretty good too. Less pressure than us.

“还行吧！”许煦玩笑道，“收入也比你少多了。”
Alright, I guess!" Xu Xu joked, "And his income is much less than yours.

陈薇笑了笑，忽然想到什么似的：“对了，我们所的柏冬青你肯定不陌生了，当初程放的室友，刚刚升了合伙人，绝对是我们江大之光，我这个老同学变成手下啦！”
Chen Wei smiled and suddenly thought of something: "Right, you definitely won't be unfamiliar with Bai Dongqing from our department. He was Cheng Fang's roommate back then. He just got promoted to partner, and he's definitely a source of pride for Jiang University. I, as an old classmate, have become his subordinate!"

许煦怔了片刻，才轻描淡写笑着回道：“圈子里的人应该都知道他吧！”
Xu Xu was stunned for a moment before lightly smiling back, "People in the industry should all know him!"

陈薇又道：“今天好有几个校友在，要不要去打个招呼？”
Chen Wei then said, "There are quite a few alumni here today. Should we go say hello?"

对于这个连认识都难称得上的学姐所表达的友好和热情，许煦很有些意外。其实她在法律媒体做了四年，对本城法律圈子，怎么可能比去年刚回来的陈薇陌生。只是她今天就是奉领导之命免费吃喝来的，加上在外奔波半个月，刚刚回来，累得要命，哪里有心思社交。
Xu Xu was quite surprised by the friendly and warm gesture from this senior whom she barely knew. In fact, after four years in a legal media company, how could she be more unfamiliar with the legal circle in this city than Chen Wei, who had just returned last year? However, she had come today as per her superior's orders to enjoy free food and drinks, and after traveling for half a month, she was extremely tired and had no energy for socializing.

但毕竟是学姐的一片好心，不好拂了人家的好意，便跟陈薇一起回了宴厅。
Still, since it was the senior's kind intention, it would be impolite to reject it. So, she went back to the banquet hall with Chen Wei.

宴厅这会儿已经很热闹，许多人离开本来的座位，却别桌敬酒寒暄热聊，过道也是人来人往，在金碧辉煌的大厅里，交织成一幅略显失真的浮华画面。
The banquet hall was already bustling with activity. Many people had left their original seats to toast and chat with others at different tables, and the hallway was filled with people coming and going. In the grand and opulent hall, it created a somewhat distorted and gaudy scene.

许煦跟着陈薇找到几个校友打招呼寒暄了一会儿后，正准备寻个借口回自己位子，陈薇忽然拉了拉她：“柏冬青在那边，我带你过去和他打个招呼。”
Xu Xu followed Chen Wei as she found a few alumni to greet and chat with for a while. Just as she was about to find an excuse to return to her seat, Chen Wei suddenly pulled her: "Bai Dongqing is over there. I'll take you over to say hello to him."

许煦寻声看过去，果然见着几米之遥的地方，一个年轻英俊的男人，正端着酒杯站在桌边，和两个人谈笑风生。他的酒杯颜色和其他人不一样，很明显是果汁，这是个不喝酒的男人。
Xu Xu looked in the direction of the sound and indeed saw a young and handsome man, a few meters away, standing by a table and chatting animatedly with two people. His wine glass was a different color from the others, clearly filled with juice. This was a man who didn't drink alcohol.

许煦还没回神，人已经被陈薇拉着走了过去。
Xu Xu was still dazed when she was already being pulled by Chen Wei and walked over.

……这位学姐是不是太热情了？
...Is this senior sister a bit too enthusiastic?

“柏大律师，许煦学妹来和你打招呼。”
Lawyer Bai, Xuxu, my fellow student, came to greet you.

柏冬青刚刚就已经看到了许煦，在她被陈薇拉着走过来时，他虽然还在听着旁边两位前辈说话，目光却已经落在她脸上，一错不错地看着她走过来。
Bai Dongqing had already seen Xuxu just now. As she was being pulled over by Chen Wei, his gaze had already landed on her face, watching her approach without missing a beat.

两个女人在他跟前站住，许煦对上他的目光，听到他开口问：“你什么时候回来的？”
The two women stopped in front of him. Xuxu met his gaze and heard him ask, "When did you get back?"

“……才下飞机没多久。”
…Not long after getting off the plane.

陈薇对他们的语气有些奇怪，似乎很熟稔，但又好像并没有那么熟悉，便随口问：“你们说什么？”
Chen Wei found their tone a bit strange, familiar yet not quite, and casually asked, "What are you talking about?"

许煦愣了下笑了，状似轻松道：“说出差呢，学长知道我这段时间出差。”
Xu Xu was taken aback for a moment before laughing, speaking as if it were no big deal, "Talking about my business trip, senior knows I've been on one recently."

第2节
Chapter 2

柏冬青的目光微微跳动了下，他的眼睛是薄薄的双眼皮，眼眸漆黑，看人的时候，有种人畜无害的柔软和真诚。许煦想，自己一开始被他打动，大概也就是因为这双眼睛。那么干净的眼神，好像很容易就能让人通往到他的内心。
Bai Dongqing's gaze flickered slightly. His eyes were thinly double-lidded, with dark irises that gave him a soft and genuine look when he looked at people. Xu Xu thought that he was probably drawn to those eyes from the start. Such a clean and clear gaze seemed to make it easy to reach his inner self.

但显然，这只是她的错觉。
But clearly, this was just her illusion.

陈薇笑：“我来华天半年了，也没见过许煦来所里，还说大家是校友熟悉熟悉，原来你们本来就熟啊。”
Chen Wei smiled: "I've been in Huatian for half a year, and I haven't seen Xu Xu come to the office. She said it was to get to know fellow alumni, but it turns out you two were already familiar with each other."

许煦语气轻松道：“我们杂志主要跟刑事案件，肯定得跟学长这样的刑辩大律师搞好关系啊！”
Xu Xu spoke with a light tone: "Our magazine mainly deals with criminal cases, so we definitely need to maintain good relations with lawyers like Senior Criminal Defense!"

柏冬青抿唇看着她，没有说话，眼睛在她的注视中，微微垂下来。华丽的灯光将他漆黑浓密的睫毛照得分明，微微跳动的眼皮，仿佛暗含着什么委屈。
Bai Dongqing pursed his lips and looked at her without saying anything. Under her gaze, his eyes slightly lowered. The brilliant lights illuminated his thick, dark eyelashes clearly, and his blinking eyelids seemed to carry some hidden grievance.

许煦将目光从他脸上移开，笑着朝陈薇道：“学姐，我同事还在等我，回座位了，你给我留张名片，我们以后有事联系。”
Xu Xu shifted her gaze from his face and smiled as she said to Chen Wei, "Senior, my colleague is still waiting for me. I'll go back to my seat. Leave me your business card, and we can contact each other in the future."

陈薇点头，将名片递给她：“好，再联系。”
Chen Wei nodded and handed her a business card, "Okay, we can contact each other again."

许煦回到座位，口袋里的手机震动了一下，她拿出来一看，是一条信息：一起回去。
Xu Xu returned to her seat, and her pocket phone vibrated. She took it out to see a message: "Let's go back together."

许煦怔愣了片刻，简短回复了一个“嗯”字。
Xu Xu was stunned for a moment before briefly replying with an "mm-hmm."

第2章
Chapter 2

这场酒会对于许煦和同桌免费来吃喝的同行们来说，有些过于漫长了，桌上已经开始无聊到吃第二轮，整个宴厅的喧声笑语仍旧没有减弱的趋势。这些站在职业领域金字塔上的拼命三郎们，在社交场上的精力显然也异于常人。
For Xu Xu and her colleagues who were dining for free at the table, the party felt unbearably long. The conversation at the table had already become dull enough to start on the second round of eating and drinking, but the din and laughter in the banquet hall showed no signs of diminishing. These hardworking professionals at the top of their field clearly had extraordinary social stamina.

许煦桌上的八卦已经从钻石精英到了某某大牛的正室小三如何和谐相处，她也从兴致勃勃渐渐听得有些兴趣缺缺了，百无聊赖转头扫了眼宴厅中央，很快就又看到了正在和人谈笑风生的柏冬青。
Xu Xu's gossip had moved from discussions about diamond elites to how the mistress and the third wife of a certain big shot were getting along harmoniously. She was gradually losing interest and turned her bored gaze to the center of the banquet hall, where she quickly spotted Bai Dongqing chatting and laughing with someone.

那一桌人正聊得热火朝天，显然是不知何时结束。
That table was still chatting animatedly, clearly without any end in sight.

许煦思忖片刻，拿起背包起身，找了个舟车劳顿赶回来太累的借口提前离席了。
Xu Xusisi pondered for a moment, picked up her backpack, and stood up, finding an excuse to leave early because she was too tired from the long journey.

她确实很累，这是她工作几年来，出差最久的一次，整整半个月。虽然工作让她拥有成就感和快乐，但她到底不是一个太能吃苦的人，所以这半个月一个人在外头，多少有些煎熬。
She was indeed very tired. This was the longest business trip she had ever taken, lasting a full two weeks. Although her work gave her a sense of achievement and joy, she was not a person who could endure hardship, so being alone for these two weeks had been somewhat of an ordeal.

柏冬青是二十分钟后和一众同僚们告别的，他见许煦那桌很热闹，只是自己要找的人不在座了，以为她是去了洗手间，便发了条信息给她：我在停车场等你。
Bai Dongqing bid farewell to his colleagues twenty minutes later. He saw that Xu Xusisi's table was lively, but the person he was looking for was not there. He assumed she had gone to the restroom and sent her a message: "I'll be waiting for you in the parking lot."

手机没有回应，他猜想可能她没看见，便一个人先去停车场等着了。
There was no response from her phone, so he guessed she might not have seen it and went to the parking lot alone to wait for her.

这个时候酒会的人，已经开始陆陆续续出来取车离开，有认识柏冬青的人看到他站在车边，笑着打招呼：“等人啊？柏律师。”
At this moment, people at the wine party began to 陆续陆续地 come out to retrieve their cars and leave. Someone who knew Bai Dongqing saw him standing by his car and greeted him with a smile, "Waiting for someone? Lawyer Bai."

“嗯。”柏冬青点头，放在裤子口袋里的手，在绒面小盒子上不由自主摩挲着。
"Uh-huh." Bai Dongqing nodded. His hand, which was in his trouser pocket, couldn't help but stroke the velvet small box.

等了一会儿，没等到许煦的回复，却看到几个熟悉的身影说说笑笑走出来。他将手从裤袋里拿出来，皱眉朝那几个人看了看，确定没有自己都要等的人，便迈开长腿走过去，和杜小沐打招呼：“杜记者！”
After a while, he didn't receive a reply from Xu Xu, but instead saw a few familiar figures walking out and chatting. He took his hand out of his pocket, frowned, and looked at those people. Confirming that none of them were the ones he was waiting for, he strode over and greeted Du Xiaomu, "Reporter Du!"

杜小沐刚刚喝了点酒，有些微醺，看到英俊的男人叫自己的名字，完全忘记了矜持，大喇喇回道：“柏大律师！”
Du Xiaomu had just had a little bit of wine and was slightly tipsy. Seeing the handsome man call her name, she completely forgot her reserve and boldly replied, "Big Lawyer Bai!"

柏冬青走过来，礼貌而温和问道：“许煦没跟你们一起吗？”
Bai Dongqing walked over and asked politely and gently, "Is Xu Xu not with you?"

“许煦？”杜小沐有些愕然，“她已经走一会儿了啊！你找她有事？”
Xu Xu?" Du Xiaomu was somewhat taken aback. "She's been gone for a while already! Do you need to find her for something?

柏冬青摇摇头：“那你们注意安全，再见。”
Bai Dongqing shook his head. "Then you should pay attention to your safety. Goodbye."

看着他折身走开，杜小沐摸摸头，看向旁边的赵昊：“听大律师语气，和煦儿挺熟的啊！怎么没听许煦提过？”
Watching him turn and walk away, Du Xiaomu 摸摸头, looked at Zhao Hao beside her. "From the lawyer's tone, it seems Xuhu'er is quite familiar with him. Why haven't I heard Xu Xu mention him?"

赵昊耸耸肩：“谁知道呢！可能是因为她男朋友也是华天的吧？”
Zhao Hao shrugged his shoulders: "Who knows! Maybe it's because her boyfriend is also from Huatian?"

坐上车子的柏冬青，从裤袋里拿出那个小小的红色绒面盒子。打开时，小盒子发出砰地一声轻响。
Bai Dongqing, sitting in the car, took out the small red velvet box from her pocket. When she opened it, the small box made a soft thud sound.

里面是一枚铂金钻戒，在车内暖黄的灯照下，闪着润泽剔透的光芒。确定自己升为律所合伙人那天，他就跑去了商场挑戒指，一连挑了三天，才选中了这款。
Inside was a platinum diamond ring. Under the warm yellow light in the car, it shone with a lustrous and transparent glow. On the day he was confirmed as a partner in the law firm, he had rushed to the mall to pick out a ring, spending three whole days before finally choosing this one.

饶是这样，他也还是有些忐忑，不确定她会不喜欢。
Even so, he was still a bit anxious, unsure if she would like it.

他盯着戒指看了会儿，低低吁了口气，将盒子小心翼翼收好。
He stared at the ring for a moment, let out a low sigh, and carefully put the box away.

回到家里，已经十一点多，屋子里一片黑暗，只有卧室散发出一点暖黄的光芒。柏冬青轻轻推开卧室门，默默看了会儿床上熟睡的女人，然后才蹑手蹑脚去了浴室。
Back at home, it was already after eleven, and the house was dark except for a warm yellow glow coming from the bedroom. Bai Dongqing gently pushed open the bedroom door, quietly looked at the sleeping woman on the bed for a moment, and then tiptoed to the bathroom.

许煦睡得并不是很熟，半梦半醒之间，感觉到有一双眼睛一直凝视着自己，刚迷迷糊糊睁开眼，便陷入咫尺间一道深幽而灼热的目光里。
Xu Xu did not sleep very deeply. In a half-dreaming state, she felt a pair of eyes staring at her. Just as she was about to open her eyes, she was met with a deep, intense gaze right in front of her.

“回来了？”她瓮声瓮气问。
"Back?" she asked in a hoarse voice.

柏冬青怕扰到她睡觉，上床时动作很轻，然后便这样一直一动不动看着她，也不知看了多久，仿佛时间都在在这凝视中静止了。
Ba Dongqing was afraid of disturbing her sleep and moved very lightly onto the bed. Then he just stared at her without moving, not knowing how long he had been doing so, as if time had stopped in this gaze.

他已经两个星期都没看到她了。
He hadn't seen her for two weeks already.

“吵醒你了？”见她睁眼，他终于抬起克制许久的手，轻轻碰了碰她的脸，柔声问，“出差很累？瘦了很多。”
Did I wake you up?" Seeing her open her eyes, he finally raised his hand, which he had been restraining for a long time, and gently touched her face, asking softly, "Did the business trip tire you out? You've lost some weight.

许煦半阖着眼睛任由他抚摸，胡乱点头：“有点。”
Xu Xu half-closed her eyes and let him stroke her, nodding randomly: "A little."

她睡着的样子乖顺得让柏冬青胸口发热，抚在她脸上的手，不由自主往下滑动。
She slept so peacefully that it made Bai Dongqing's chest warm, his hand involuntarily sliding down her face.

许煦本来是没有这方面意思的，但在外孤枕难眠半个月，这熟悉的温暖和气息，让她着迷又眷恋，在他的抚摸下，忍不住阖上双眼舒服地哼了哼，像是撒娇一般。
Xu Xu originally had no such feelings, but after sleeping alone for half a month, the familiar warmth and scent captivated and drew her in. Under his touch, she couldn't help but close her eyes and hum contentedly, as if pouting.

柏冬青不再犹豫，吻上那张他刚刚觊觎许久的红唇。
Bai Dongqing no longer hesitated, pressing his lips to the red ones he had coveted for so long.

这是他的女人。
This was his woman.

一个黏缠濡湿的吻结束，许煦白皙的脸潮红一片，嘴唇微微张开，急促地喘着气。
A sticky and wet kiss ended, turning Xu Xue's fair face a deep shade of red. Her lips were slightly parted, and she was breathing heavily.

柏冬青伸出大拇指，抚摸了摸她染上水迹的红唇，将她抱在怀中，轻车熟路地覆上去。
Bai Dongqing extended his thumb, stroking her lips that were stained with moisture, and embraced her, covering her with familiar tenderness.

*

这是半个月以来，许煦睡得最好的一觉，醒来已经快九点，坐起来睁开眼睛，久违的舒坦感，几乎让她有些不知今夕何夕的错觉。
This was the best sleep Xu Xue had had in half a month. When she woke up, it was almost nine o'clock. Sitting up and opening her eyes, the long-awaited comfort almost made her lose track of time.

她揉了揉乱糟糟的头发，下床趿着拖鞋来到客厅，安静的房内只有厨房内发出的声音。她默默走过去，靠在门框边，看着里面那道专注的背影。
She combed her messy hair and, wearing slippers, walked to the living room. The only sound came from the kitchen. She silently approached, leaning against the doorframe, watching the focused silhouette inside.

柏冬青个子很高，看起来有些清瘦，但许煦知道在他的衣服下，也有不算太单薄的腹肌，这得益于他良好的生活作息和运动习惯。
Ba Dongqing was tall and looked somewhat slender, but Xu Xu knew that beneath his clothes, he also had not-so-thin abs, which was due to his good living habits and exercise routine.

他应该是自己见过的自制力最好的男人，从学习工作到健康管理，自制力好得几乎有些刻板，以至于在经历种种后，她不得不开始怀疑，他的感情其实也不过是源自于良好的自制力和习惯。
He was probably the most self-disciplined man she had ever met, from studying and working to health management, his self-discipline was almost to the point of being rigid. This made her start to doubt after experiencing various things that his feelings might also stem from good self-discipline and habits.

习惯真不是一个好东西，就像是这半个月在外地，在孤枕难眠的长夜中，她已经打定主意要好好审视和思考这段太顺理成章的关系，但回来第一晚就又沉溺于他给的缱绻中。
Habits were truly not a good thing. Just these past two weeks away from home, in the long nights alone, she had already decided to carefully examine and think about this relationship that was too easy to take for granted. But on the first night back, she was once again ensnared in the 缠绵 (intimate and lingering) embrace he gave her.

忠诚于本能和欲望本身无可厚非，可她忠诚的欲望却只与他有关，在一千多个日子的亲密相处中，这已经成为她的习惯。
Being loyal to one's instincts and desires was not wrong in itself, but her loyalty was only to him. Over a thousand days of intimate companionship, this had become her habit.

同样成为习惯的还有他对她的关怀和照顾。这么久以来，她一直享受着这些习惯，心安理得，是因为这个人是柏冬青，是她愿意将生活分享给他的人。
It had also become a habit for him to care for and take care of her. For so long, she had enjoyed these habits, feeling justified, because this person was Bai Dongqing, the one she was willing to share her life with.

对于柏冬青来说，这应该也是他的习惯。但这种习惯大概也许应该并非得限定在她这个人，而很大程度上或许只是是源于他异于常人的责任心和良好的自制力。
For Bai Dongqing, this should also be his habit. But perhaps this habit should not be confined to her alone, and was largely due to his exceptional sense of responsibility and good self-control.

专心搅拌粥的柏冬青终于觉察门口的动静，转头看向她，微微弯起嘴角，柔声道：“早餐马上就好了，你快去洗漱。”
Bai Dongqing,专心 stirring the porridge, finally noticed the movement at the door, turned to look at her, slightly curled his lips, and spoke softly, "Breakfast will be ready soon. You'd better go wash up."

许煦朝他露出一个略带惺忪的笑容，点头。
Xu Xu looked at him with a slightly drowsy smile and nodded.

今天是周末，早餐丰富得有些让许煦咂舌，滑蛋牛肉粥，土豆丝饼，爽口的凉拌小菜，还有鲜榨果汁。
Today is the weekend, and the breakfast was so abundant that Xu Xu was left speechless. There was egg and beef porridge, potato shreds pancakes, refreshing cold-dressed small dishes, and fresh-squeezed juice.

“你几点起来的？早餐而已，做这么多你也不嫌麻烦。”许煦夹起两根凉拌青笋丝送入口中，微微笑着问。
"How early did you get up? It's just breakfast, and you didn't find it troublesome to make so much?" Xu Xu picked up two strands of pickled green bamboo shoots and put them in her mouth, smiling slightly as she asked.

柏冬青道：“很久没做了，今天正好周末有空。我看你出差半个月，瘦了很多，是不是在外面没吃好？”
Bai Dongqing said, "I haven't made it for a long time. Today is just the weekend and I have some free time. I noticed you've lost weight after being out on business for half a month. Did you not eat well outside?"

许煦心中微微一动，抬眼看他：“还好，就是毕竟在外面，饮食不太规律。”她转移话题，“对了，听说你升了合伙人。”
Xu Xu's heart stirred slightly as she looked at him. "It's fine, but the diet outside isn't very regular." She changed the subject. "By the way, I heard you became a partner."

柏冬青露出一个略显羞赧的笑容：“也是前几天才确定下来的，之前还没确定就一直没告诉你，怕空欢喜一场。”
Ba Dongqing gave a slightly bashful smile: "It was only confirmed a few days ago. I didn't tell you before because I was afraid it would be all for nothing."

“恭喜你啊！在咱们市里的几个大所，你应该是最年轻的合伙人了吧？”许煦笑着看他，她是真的替他高兴，那个聪明又努力却不争不抢的谦逊男孩，本来就该闪闪发光。
"Congratulations! You should be one of the youngest partners in the major firms in our city," Xu Xu smiled at him, genuinely happy for him. That smart, hardworking, and unassuming boy deserved to shine.

只是她习惯了这种熨帖而安稳的相处，以至于忽视了他什么时候早就在人群中变得耀眼。
She was used to this comfortable and stable companionship, but she had overlooked how he had already become dazzling in the crowd.

“运气好罢了！主要还是多亏了陈老师的栽培和提拔。”陈老师是华天的高级合伙人，也是之前一直带着柏冬青的金牌律师。
"It was just good luck! Mostly, it's all thanks to Teacher Chen's cultivation and promotion." Teacher Chen was a senior partner at Huatian and the top lawyer who had been mentoring Ba Dongqing.

他抬头看她，语气真诚道，“说起来我运气还真是挺好的，一路来总是遇到帮助我的人。”
He looked up at her and spoke sincerely, "I guess I've been quite lucky. All along, I've encountered people who have helped me."

运气好吗？许煦觉得，如果把他的人生际遇归结于运气好，实在是有些荒谬了。这几年他对工作的投入，别人不知道，她却看得一清二楚。
Was he really lucky? Xu Xu felt that attributing his life's experiences to good fortune was rather absurd. In recent years, the amount of time and effort he had put into his work, she saw very clearly.

可是他似乎一直是这样，总是习惯将世界给予他的那点其实很细微的善意扩大。
But he seemed to always be like this, always expanding the small acts of kindness the world had given him.

许煦笑：“反正我替你感到高兴。”
Xu Xu smiled and said, "I'm just glad for you."

柏冬青嘴角弯了弯，神色莫辨地看了看她，低下头喝粥，手伸进家居裤的口袋里，摸了摸那个绒面小盒子：“做了合伙人收入会高很多，应该很快就能实现财务自由了，生活总算能安定下来了。”
Bai Dongqing's lips curled slightly, his expression unreadable as he glanced at her. He lowered his head to drink his porridge, his hand reaching into the pocket of his pajama pants to feel the soft velvet box: "As a partner, the income will be much higher, and I should be able to achieve financial freedom soon. Life can finally be stable."

许煦道：“那很好啊！”
Xu Xu said, "That's great!"

柏冬青沉默了片刻，试探开口：“许煦，你希望我们现在的关系能稍稍有一点不一样吗？”
Bai Dongqing fell silent for a moment before tentatively speaking, "Xu Xu, do you hope that our relationship can be a little different now?"

许煦怔了怔，放下勺子，抬头看他，冷不丁道：“我们单位下个月会搬到北区那边，我打算跟着搬过去，上班方便一点。”
Xu Xu was taken aback, putting down his spoon and looking up at him. He suddenly said, "Our company is moving to the northern district next month, and I plan to move there as well. It will be more convenient for work."

柏冬青对她的跳跃没有马上反应过来，片刻才回神：“是吗？那我们这段时间去看看房子，干脆买个大一点的，以后就住在那边。”
Bai Dongqing did not immediately react to her jump, and after a moment, she regained her composure: "Is that so? Then we can take this time to look at houses. Why don't we buy a bigger one? We can live there in the future."

许煦犹疑了片刻：“我的意思是我自己搬过去，你律所在这边，跟我搬去北区太麻烦。”说着顿了片刻，“房子我爸已经给我买好了。”
Xu Xu hesitated for a moment: "What I mean is that I will move over myself. Your law firm is here, and moving to the North District with me would be too much trouble." She paused for a moment and then continued, "The house my father has already bought for me."

柏冬青似乎没太听懂她的话，抬头定定看着她，黑沉沉的眼睛闪动了动，有些无措。
Bai Dongqing seemed not to fully understand her words, and she looked up at her with a steady gaze. Her dark, deep eyes flickered, and she appeared somewhat at a loss.

“是……不是我哪里做得不好？”他其实是隐隐知道的，几个月前她去华天遇到了姜毅，以及后来又去了姜毅的婚礼，她虽然没有说过什么，但对他应该是失望了。他本来想解释，但不可告人的私心，让他无从开口。
"Is... is it because I did something wrong?" He actually had a vague idea about it. A few months ago, when she went to Huatian and met Jiang Yi, and later attended his wedding, although she did not say anything, he should have been disappointed with her. He wanted to explain, but his unspoken selfishness prevented him from opening his mouth.

许煦看着他的眼睛，那干净诚恳的眼神，让她有种自己在欺负人的错觉。可就如他说的，是时候让两人的关系稍稍有点不一样了。正是因为他做得太好，好到她必须让他从这种惯性中跳脱出来去，然后忠于内心的去审视这段关系是否是他真的所要。
Xu Xu looked into his eyes, those clean and sincere eyes making her feel as if she was taking advantage of him. But, as he said, it was time for their relationship to be a little different. It was precisely because he had done so well that it was necessary for him to break out of this habit and truly examine whether this relationship was what he really wanted.

也许是她对于爱情还是有天真的幻想，她希望自己爱的人，亦是出自真心爱自己，而无关乎其他。
Perhaps she still had naive fantasies about love, hoping that the person she loved would truly love her, not for any other reason.

她摇摇头，沉默片刻，忽然冷不丁问道：“柏冬青，如果当初不是我主动，是不是现在坐在你对面的女人，换做其他任何人，也并没有差别？”
She shook her head, fell silent for a moment, and then suddenly asked, "Baodingqing, if it wasn't me who initiated it, would the woman sitting across from you now be anyone else, and it would make no difference?"

柏冬青抿唇看着她，然后垂下眼睛，放在裤子口袋里的手，慢慢从小盒子移开，抽了出来。
Baodingqing pursed his lips as he looked at her, then lowered his eyes. His hand, which had been in his pants pocket, slowly moved away from the small box and pulled it out.

许煦继续道：“我们在一起这么久，你连姜毅都没有告诉，不就是因为你内心对这段关系感到不确定吗？”她努力装作轻松的模样笑了笑，“这个世上男女之间一段恋爱或者一段亲密关系，并不代表什么，也不是睡过了就要负责，你不用把我当成你的责任。善良可以用在很多地方，但用在感情里，那肯定是错误的。”
Xu Xu continued, "We've been together for so long, and you didn't even tell Jiang Yi about it. Isn't it because you're uncertain about this relationship?" She forced a smile and said, "In this world, a romantic relationship between a man and a woman doesn't mean anything. Just because you've slept with someone, you don't have to take responsibility. You don't have to treat me as your burden. Kindness can be used in many places, but in the realm of emotions, it's definitely wrong."

柏冬青抬头看她：“不是这样的。”
Bai Dongqing looked at her and said, "That's not the case."

但是后面的话却一句说不出。就在这时，他放在桌面的手机响起。他看了眼来电显示，拿起来接听。
But the words stuck in her throat, and she couldn't say them. At this moment, his phone on the table rang. He glanced at the caller ID and answered it.

“好的，我马上来！”
Okay, I'll be right there!

简短两句就挂上了电话，他放下碗筷起身：“所里有点急事我得过去处理，你在家好好休息。”
He hung up the phone after a brief conversation and stood up, putting down his bowl and chopsticks: "There's an urgent matter at the station that I need to handle. You should rest at home."

柏冬青换了衣服，走到玄关处，许煦默默看了看他：“你刚刚说得对，我们的关系确实应该有点改变了。”
Bai Dongqing changed his clothes and walked to the entrance. Xu Xu looked at him silently: "You were right just now. Our relationship really does need to change."

柏冬青握着门把的手一顿，转过头看向餐厅的人，忽然开口问：“你今天说这些，是因为我让你失望了，还是因为程放回来了？”
Bai Dongqing's hand paused as he gripped the doorknob, then he turned to look at the person in the dining room and suddenly asked, "Did you say these things today because you were disappointed in me, or because Cheng Fang returned?"

“？”许煦愕然一怔，还没回神，柏冬青已经打开门离去。
"?" Xu Xu was taken aback and stunned, not yet having time to react, when Bai Dongqing opened the door and left.

程放，又是程放？好像某些尘封在旧时光里不再重要的人和事，非要郑重其事地跳出来一般。
Cheng Fang, is it Cheng Fang again? It's like some people and things from old times, long forgotten, insist on making a grand appearance.

许煦无奈地笑了笑，电话信息提示闪动了一下，她随手打开。
Xu Xu sighed helplessly and smiled. The phone notification flashed, and she opened it casually.

是一个陌生号码：小煦，你出差回来了吗？什么时候有空？方便一起吃个饭吗？
It was a 陌生号码: Xiao Xu, have you returned from your business trip? When are you free? Would it be convenient to have a meal together?

她想起这个号码，前几天给她发过短信，只简短说了自己身份，也是说想和她见面，得到她的回复在出差，便没有再打扰。
She remembered this number; a few days ago, it had sent her a text message, briefly mentioning its identity and expressing a desire to meet. After she replied that she was on a business trip, she didn't hear from it again.

许煦盯着那条短信怔愣了半晌，回过去：最近都有点忙。
Xu Xu stared at the text message for a moment, then replied: I've been a bit busy lately.

其实也才过去六年，可是为什么青春里曾经浓墨重彩的一笔，现在回过头去想，是那么陌生？
Actually, it has only been six years, but why does a once vivid chapter of her youth now feel so unfamiliar when she looks back on it?

程放！她是真的快要忘记了啊！
Cheng Fang! She is really on the verge of forgetting!

第3章
Chapter 3

八年前。
Eight years ago.

第3节
Section 3

刚刚过完十八岁生日，许煦就正式迎来了人生的新阶段——离家上大学。对于宣告成人做的第一件事，就是向父母争取到了独自去大学报道的权利。
Just after turning eighteen and celebrating her birthday, Xu Xu officially entered a new phase of her life—leaving home to attend university. As her first act of declaring adulthood, she successfully negotiated the right to travel to the university on her own without her parents.

爸爸妈妈到底不放心，无论如何要送她上火车，千叮嘱万嘱咐后还是担心，许爸爸甚至当场就要补张站票送女儿，最后因为列车员的催促，许煦不得不板着脸将这对红着眼睛的父母赶下了车。
Her parents were still not entirely at ease and insisted on seeing her off at the train station. Despite their numerous warnings and reassurances, they were still worried. Xu's father even wanted to buy a standing ticket to accompany his daughter, but in the end, Xu had to sternly push the tearful parents off the train due to the train attendant's urging.

她觉得父母真是太夸张了，虽然这是自己第一次独自出远门，但江城也就四个小时不到的车程，她这么大个人，还怕她丢了吗？她可是大学生了呢！
She thought her parents were being overly dramatic. Although this was her first time traveling far on her own, Jiangcheng was only a few hours away by train. She was a grown-up, a college student, and could take care of herself!

伴随着火车慢慢启动，是十八岁少女对新世界的兴奋期待。
As the train slowly pulled away, the eighteen-year-old girl was filled with excitement and anticipation for the new world.

然而四个小时后，当许煦满头大汗地拖着硕大行李箱，站在人潮蜂蛹的火车站出站口时，面对陌生的城市，壮志满满的少女整个人懵在原地，忘记了下一步该怎么走。
However, four hours later, when Xu Xu, drenched in sweat, dragged her large suitcase and stood at the exit of the bustling train station, the ambitious girl stood frozen in front of the unfamiliar city, unable to remember what to do next.

好在这时候，电话响起，是爸爸打来的。这是上了火车后，许煦第六次接到家里的电话，大概是怕一个人一直打会让她觉得烦，许爸许妈还刻意轮流着来。许煦接到第三次就烦了，后面几次都懒得接听，直接发短信报平安敷衍了事。
Fortunately, at this moment, her phone rang—it was her father calling. This was the sixth time Xu Xu had received a call from home since boarding the train. To avoid making her feel annoyed, her parents had deliberately taken turns. By the third call, Xu Xu was already annoyed and didn't bother answering the subsequent calls, sending text messages to reassure them instead.

但现下这个电话，却让她觉得实在是太及时了，于是赶紧接起来。
But this call felt too timely, so she quickly answered it.

“煦煦，你到了吧？”
Xuxu, you're here?

“到了到了，刚出了火车站。”
Here I am, here I am, just got out of the train station.

“哦，那你往右边走，那边是等出租的地方，你打到车，把车牌发给爸爸啊！”那头的许爸爸及时地解决了许煦独自闯世界遇到的第一个难题。
"Oh, then go to the right. That's where the taxi pick-up area is. You get a cab, and send the license plate number to Dad!" At the other end, Mr. Xu promptly solved the first 难题 Xuxu encountered when venturing out on her own.

“好嘞！”
Got it!

搞清楚了下一步怎么走，许煦如释重负地挂了电话，然后欢欢喜喜拖着箱子往右边走。走了没多远，一个黑黑壮壮的中年男人跑到他旁边，笑呵呵问：“小姑娘，要打车吗”
Figuring out the next step, Xu Xu released a breath of relief and hung up the phone. Then, she happily dragged her suitcase to the right. She hadn't walked far when a tall, sturdy middle-aged man caught up to her side and asked with a smile, "Little girl, do you want a taxi?"

许煦点头。
Xu Xu nodded.

男人道：“前面排队很长啊！我车就在对面，坐我的车不用排队，走过去就行。”
The man said, "There's a long queue ahead! My taxi is right across the street. You don't need to wait in line; just come over."

许煦转头看着他指的方向，确实是一辆出租车，虽然爸爸妈妈叮嘱了她千万不要坐黑车，但她对黑车的概念就是，只要是正规出租车应该就没有问题，于是没多想，拉着箱子准备跟着男人过马路。
Xu Xu turned to look in the direction he pointed, and indeed, there was a taxi. Although her parents had advised her never to take unlicensed taxis, she considered that as long as it was a regular taxi, it should be fine. Without much thought, she pulled her suitcase and prepared to cross the street with the man.

就在这时，忽然有个男生跑过来拍了她一下：“同学，你是新生吗？哪个学校的？”
At that moment, a boy suddenly ran over and tapped her: "Classmate, are you a new student? From which school?"

许煦转头：“是啊，江大的。”
Xu Xu turned her head: "Yes, from Jiangda."

在说话时，她已经看到男生身上穿着的t恤，上面写着“江城大学”四个字。
While speaking, she had already noticed that the t-shirt the boy was wearing was printed with the words "Jiangcheng University."

这是许煦第一次见到程放，九月初的天气还是很热。男孩的额头在艳阳下冒着一点汗珠，脸颊有些发红，整个人洋溢着让人一眼就能记住的阳光帅气。
This was Xu Xu's first encounter with Cheng Fang. The weather in early September was still quite hot. The boy's forehead was glistening with a bit of sweat under the bright sun, his cheeks slightly flushed, and he exuded a sunny and handsome charm that was unforgettable at first sight.

许煦想，她之前的同桌徐佩佩果然没有骗人，大学就是帅哥多。
Xu Xu thought that Xu Peipei, her previous deskmate, had not been lying; there were indeed more handsome guys in university.

程放不知道对面的新生在想什么，不过这两天他已经看惯了这种独属于新生的懵懂表情，他抬手拿起脖子上的牌子，朝她晃了晃，露出两排白牙，笑道：“学妹你好！欢迎来到我们江大，我是学校迎新的学长。”他转身朝火车站不远处的一张台子指了指，“那是我们的迎新点！主要是给从外地来的新生指路。”
Cheng Fang did not know what the new student opposite was thinking, but in the past two days, he had already gotten used to this kind of innocent expression unique to freshmen. He raised the badge around his neck and waved it at her, showing a row of white teeth and smiling, "Hello, little sister! Welcome to Jiang University. I am a senior here to greet new students." He turned and pointed to a table not far from the train station, "That's our welcome point! It mainly helps new students from other places find their way."

许煦朝他指的方向，果然看到一张台子上挂着的大学横幅，刚刚自己竟然没注意到。
Xu Xu saw the table in the direction he pointed, where a university banner was hanging. She had just not noticed it before.

旁边的黑出租司机见状，提醒她：“走不走啊！我车子不能停太久的。”
The black taxi driver next to her noticed and reminded her, "Are you going or not? My car can't stay parked for too long."

程放将许煦手中箱子拉过来，道：“这个时候正好有一趟校车，我带你去坐。”
Cheng Fang pulled the box from Xu Xu's hand and said, "There's a school bus right now. I'll take you to ride it."

听到有校车，许煦笑眯眯朝司机道：“大叔，我不打车了。”
Hearing about the school bus, Xu Xu smiled and said to the driver, "Uncle, I won't take a taxi anymore."

到嘴的肥肉没了，司机有些悻悻地走了。
With the fat chance gone, the driver left with some disappointment.

程放帮许煦拖着箱子，边朝停车场走，边对广场上迎新的同伴挥挥手：“这儿有个单独来上学的学妹，我送她去坐校车。”
Cheng Fang helped Xu Xu drag the box while walking towards the parking lot and waved to the classmates welcoming new students on the square, "There's a new student who came alone. I'll see her off to the school bus."

也不知是谁吹了声口哨，笑着调侃：“哟呵！在火车站待半天，一个能入眼的都没有，还说这一级新生质量不行，看来结论不能下太早啊！”
I wonder who whistled and laughed, jokingly saying, "Hey! After being at the train station for half a day, not a single one caught my eye, and you still say the quality of this year's freshmen is bad. Looks like you can't jump to conclusions too soon!"

许煦撇了撇嘴。
Xu Xu curled her lips.

程放对那玩笑话置若罔闻，笑着开口：“刚刚那是黑车。”
Cheng Fang ignored the joke and smiled, saying, "That was a black car just now."

“啊？”许煦抬头看他，有些费解，“我看是正规出租车啊！”
Ah?" Xu Xu looked up at him, somewhat puzzled, "I thought it was a regular taxi!

程放道：“来广场揽客的都是黑车，就算是出租车也是黑出租，说是打表，其实打表器做了手脚的，正常打车去学校就五六十块，但这种黑出租能打出两百多，昨天就有好几个新生中招了。”
Cheng Fang said, "All the cars picking up customers at the square are black cars. Even the taxis are black taxis. They claim to use the meter, but the meters are rigged. A normal ride to school would cost around fifty to sixty yuan, but these black taxis can charge over two hundred. Several freshmen fell for it yesterday."

许煦恍然大悟，笑道：“幸亏学长你拦住我，不然我就亏大了。”
Xu Xu suddenly understood and smiled, "Thankfully, Senior, you stopped me. Otherwise, I would have lost big."

她鼻头上闪着细细的汗珠，兴许是嘴角天生带着上翘的弧度，笑起来便显得有些俏皮。
Her nose was dotted with fine sweat, and perhaps because the corners of her mouth naturally curved upwards, her smile seemed a bit mischievous.

程放低头看向她，心里微微一动。
Cheng Fang lowered his head to look at her, a slight stir in his heart.

迎新的校车，一小时一趟，许煦正好赶上，还恰好有个座位。程放帮她放好行李，在她上车给自己道谢时，随口问：“对了，学妹哪个学院的？”
The welcoming school bus arrives every hour, and Xu Xu just managed to catch it, with a seat still available. Cheng Fang helped her settle her luggage and, as she thanked him for his help while getting on the bus, he casually asked, "By the way, which college are you in, junior sister?"

“法学院。”
Law College.

程放双眼一亮，似乎有些惊喜，笑道：“真是太巧了，我也是法学院的。”
Cheng Fang's eyes lit up, seeming a bit surprised, and he smiled, saying, "What a coincidence! I'm also in the Law College."

一下火车就遇到直系学长，许煦当然也很高兴，只可惜司机马上要开车，没有时间给他们两个人套近乎，程放赶紧从裤兜里掏出一个小小的便签本，拿起挂在胸口的笔，刷刷在上面写下自己的电话号码和名字，然后递给她：“有什么需要帮忙的，给我打电话。”
Meeting a direct senior right after getting off the train, Xu Xu was naturally very happy. Unfortunately, the driver was about to start the bus, leaving no time for them to get closer. Cheng Fang quickly took out a small notepad from his pocket, picked up the pen hanging from his chest, and quickly wrote down his phone number and name. Then he handed it to her, saying, "If you need any help, just give me a call."

许煦眉眼弯弯接过便签：“今天太谢谢学长了，等我安顿好再打电话好好感谢你。”
Xu Xumei accepted the note with a smile: "Today, I'm really grateful to Senior. I'll call you to thank you properly once I settle in."

然后在司机的催促下，随手将便签塞进牛仔裤袋里，急匆匆转身上车，找到了最后一个空着的座位。
Then, urged by the driver, she casually stuffed the note into her jeans pocket and hurriedly got back into the car, finding the last empty seat.

到了学校之后，便是手忙脚乱的报道找宿舍领床上用品，等累得像条狗一样在铺好的床上躺下，已经是晚上八点多，送孩子来上学的家长也都已经离开，只剩下四个新认识的室友。
Upon arriving at school, she was busy registering and finding a dorm room, picking up bedding. By the time she collapsed on the prepared bed, it was already after 8 PM, and the parents who had brought their children to school had already left. She was left with four new roommates she had just met.

等没了父母在旁，这些刚刚进入大学新生活的女孩们就跟脱了缰的野马一样，聊得热火朝天，聊得最多的自然是中学时代不能尽兴的话题——男朋友和谈恋爱。
Once her parents were no longer around, these girls who had just entered their new university life were like wild horses that had broken free, chatting animatedly. The topics they discussed the most were the things they couldn't talk about in middle school—boyfriends and dating.

四个女孩有两个已经有男朋友，还有一个则有暗恋了三年男生，只有许煦白纸一张，没男友也没有喜欢的人。所以听大家分享自己这种八卦事，听得兴致勃勃，两眼冒光。
Four of the girls already have boyfriends, and another has had a crush on a boy for three years. Only Xu Xuebai is a blank slate, with no boyfriend and no one she likes. So, she listened to her roommates share these gossip stories with great interest, her eyes sparkling with excitement.

其实她之前也有过情窦初开对某个男生动心的时候，但这种感觉似乎都没持续多久，就不知不觉消失了。现下听着几个室友满面飞霞的谈论自己喜欢的男孩，她忽然也就有点心痒难耐了。
Actually, she had also experienced the initial infatuation with a boy before, but these feelings seemed to fade away quickly. Now, hearing her roommates talk excitedly about their crushes, she suddenly felt a bit itchy to experience it herself.

话说回来，这个年龄的女孩，谁没想象过自己是言情小说的女主角呢？
To be honest, at this age, who hasn't imagined themselves as the heroine in a romance novel?

她想起徐佩佩说的，大学首要任务就是谈恋爱。她之前还嗤之以鼻，现在听着三个新室友说着恋爱的喜怒哀乐，她觉得这件事确实应该作为本阶段首要任务。毕竟青春短暂，不能留白。
She recalled what Xu Peipei had said: the primary task in university is to date. She used to scoff at this idea, but now, listening to the three new roommates talk about the joys and sorrows of love, she realized that this indeed should be the top priority. After all, youth is fleeting, and it shouldn't be left blank.

许煦对床的女孩叫王妍，就是暗恋一个男孩三年之久的那位，她见许煦从刚刚满腔八卦的热情陷入沉思，笑着问：“许煦，你喜欢什么样的男生？”
Xu Xu called the girl in the bed Wang Yan, who had been secretly admiring a boy for three years. Seeing Xu Xu shift from a bubbling interest to deep thought, she asked with a smile, "Xu Xu, what kind of boys do you like?"

许煦不假思索道：“帅的。”
Xu Xu replied without hesitation, "Cute."

她的答案并没有让其他人觉得好笑，实际上这个年龄的女孩，对于男生的喜欢，长相就是最大的因素，唯一的区别是哪种帅？比如金城武还是吴彦祖？
Her answer didn't amuse the others, as girls of this age usually base their preference on looks, with the only difference being what kind of cute—like Takeshi Kaneshiro or Louis Koo?

她说完，忽然想起今天在火车站遇到帅哥学长，赶紧去摸床尾牛仔裤的口袋，可里面除了几张零票子，哪里还有什么便签纸！
After saying this, she suddenly remembered encountering a handsome senior at the train station today and quickly reached for the back pocket of her jeans. But all she found were a few loose coins, where was the note paper!

“咦？”
Hey?

“怎么了？”王妍问。
"Wang Yan, what's wrong?"

许煦摇头：“没事。”
Xu Xu shook her head: "Nothing."

反正是一个学院的，以后肯定会遇到，就是之前忙得一团糟，连学长叫什么名字都没仔细看。
Since they were from the same academy, they would definitely meet again in the future. She had been too busy earlier to even pay attention to what her senior was called.

她旁边床尾的冯佳忽然老神在在坐起来，道：“说起帅哥，据说咱们学院大三大四帅哥云集，尤其是大三。等军训完毕，我就去教学楼蹲点去，看能不能蹲到个帅哥。”
She suddenly sat up at the foot of the bed next to her, saying, "Speaking of handsome guys, it's said that our college is full of them in the third and fourth years, especially the third year. After the military training is over, I'll go to the teaching building and wait there to see if I can spot a handsome guy."

许煦大笑：“你一个名花有主的跑去蹲帅哥，缺不缺啊？”
Xu Xu laughed loudly, "You, with a committed boyfriend, going to wait for handsome guys, are you missing something?"

冯佳道：“虽然我现在和我男朋友感情很好，但毕竟学校隔了大半个城市，没法儿经常见面。大学校园里这么五彩斑斓，就算我能一心一意，也不能保证对方跟我一样是不是？所以要一颗红心两种准备。再说谈恋爱本来靠得就是感觉，谁能不保证不对别人动心呢？”
Feng Jia replied, "Although my relationship with my boyfriend is very good now, the school is in a different half of the city, so we can't see each other often. With such a colorful university campus, even if I can be devoted, I can't guarantee that the other person will be the same, can I? So I have to be prepared for both scenarios. Besides, dating is all about feeling, who can guarantee that they won't be attracted to someone else?"

冯佳长得很漂亮，也会打扮，对比着还没脱离青涩学生气的其他三个，她的栗色长卷发，高挑的身材，举手投足的大气洒脱，走在校园里绝对是女神那一类。美女自然不缺乏追求者，她恋爱经历丰富，从初中开始到现在，已经交个三个男朋友，
Feng Jia was very beautiful and well-dressed. Compared to the other three who still had a touch of greenness, her long chestnut hair, tall figure, and the grace and ease in her movements made her stand out as a goddess in the campus. Naturally, she wasn't short of admirers. She had a rich dating history, having dated three boyfriends from junior high school to now.

王妍笑嘻嘻道：“也是，那赶紧出现一个帅哥，把我从前途无亮的暗恋解放出来吧！”
Wang Yan said with a smile, "That makes sense. Let's hope a handsome guy appears soon to free me from my hopeless crush!"

冯佳盘坐在床上，手指敲了敲膝盖：“我一个中学学姐是大三的，我跟她打听过了，咱们院头号帅哥就是院里的学生会长程放，据说刚刚恢复单身，好多女孩都在摩拳擦掌跃跃欲试补位呢，你们俩光棍儿，有机会啊！”
Feng Jia sat cross-legged on the bed, tapping her fingers on her knees, "One of my junior high school seniors is a third-year student. I asked her, and it turns out the top guy in our department is Cheng Fang, the student president. He's reportedly just single again, and many girls are eager to take his place. You two bachelors, you have a chance!"

王妍嘁了一声，摆摆手大笑：“又是头号帅哥，又是学生会长的，估计眼光高得很，咱们这种新手村出来的，就不去挑战那种高难度了。”
Wang Yan clicked her tongue and waved her hand, laughing: "Another top handsome guy, and also the student council president.估计 he has very high standards. We newbies from the newbie village don't need to challenge those high difficulties."

许煦不以为然笑道：“咱们也不差啊！而且谈恋爱就要找赏心悦目的，不然图个啥？”
Xu Xu smiled dismissively and said, "We're not lacking either! Besides, when dating, you should find someone who looks good to you. Otherwise, what's the point?"

王妍笑：“那你去挑战吧！我给你加油助威。”
Wang Yan smiled, "Then go challenge him! I'll cheer you on."

许煦自己也笑的乐不可支，笑过后又想起什么似的，道：“不过咱们院还真是有帅哥的，你们说的那个程放我不知道有多帅，不过今天在火车站，看到一个迎新的学长，长得特别帅。他还给我留了电话，说有什么需要帮忙的可以去找他，可惜被我弄丢了！”
Xu Xu couldn't help laughing himself. After the laughter, he seemed to remember something and said, "But our department does have some handsome guys. I don't know how handsome Cheng Fang is, but today at the train station, I saw a new student senior who was particularly handsome. He even left me his phone number, saying that if I need any help, I could find him. Unfortunately, I lost it!"

王妍捂脸道：“你说说你，本来拿了言情小说的剧本，大学第一天就遇到了帅哥学长，还留了电话，但竟然就被你生生给浪费掉了。算了算了，我对你挑战程放学长，是不抱希望了。”
Wang Yan covered her face and said, "You know, you had a romance novel script, and on your first day of university, you met a handsome senior and even got his phone number. But you somehow managed to waste it. Forget it, forget it. I don't have any hope for my challenge against Cheng Fang anymore."

许煦大笑，厚颜无耻道：“你怎么能对我这么没信心？我可是年方十八的无敌美少女！”
Xu Xu laughed loudly, shamelessly saying, "How can you have so little faith in me? I am an invincible beauty at eighteen!"

“呸！”
Ugh!

第4章
Chapter 4

许煦的大学生活，顺利地拉开了帷幕。虽然是第一次离家，但因为高中是封闭式管理的学校，有过三年的住校经历，加之家也不算太远，如果想家了，或者爸爸妈妈想自己了，来回也不麻烦。
Xu Xu's college life began smoothly. Although it was her first time away from home, she had three years of dormitory experience from her high school, which was a boarding school. Additionally, her home wasn't too far away, so if she missed home or her parents missed her, it wasn't much trouble to travel back and forth.

所以一切都很习惯，也对这种自由的生活充满了期待。
So everything felt very familiar, and I was full of anticipation for this free lifestyle.

宿舍里几个女生性格都不错，家境也没什么差距——至少表面看起来，几个女孩很快就成为朋友。新生活比想象中的还顺利，哪怕是接下里两个星期悲催的军训生活，也只是嘴上抱怨抱怨，然后继续痛并快乐着。
The girls in the dorm had good personalities and no significant differences in family background—at least, that's what it seemed from the surface. The girls quickly became friends. The new life was even more 顺利 than expected, even the next two weeks of unfortunate military training was just complained about verbally, and then continued to suffer and enjoy it.

军训之后就是国庆假期，许煦没有回家，也拒绝了许爸许妈的来校慰问请求，和宿舍其他两个非本市的室友，跟着冯佳这个本地人，来了一场说走就走的本城七日游。其实也就是逛街看电影吃吃喝喝。
After the military training, it was the National Day holiday. Xu Xu did not go home and refused her parents' request to visit the school. Together with the other two non-local roommates, she went on a spontaneous seven-day city tour with Feng Jia, a local. It was basically just shopping, watching movies, and eating and drinking.

在经过一个比军训还累的小长假后，大学生活才真正进入正轨。
After a long holiday that was even more exhausting than the military training, university life finally got back on track.

“许煦，待会儿在八角楼有校辩论赛决赛，咱们学院对传播学院，去不去看？”第一天上完课回到宿舍，刚刚加入院辩论社的王妍同学对许煦发出热情邀约。宿舍其他两个家伙晚上都要忙着在网上和男朋友打情骂俏，只有许煦在理论上有空。
Xu Xu, there's a final debate competition for the school debate tournament between our college and the Communication College in the Octagonal Pavilion later. Do you want to watch it? After finishing classes on the first day and returning to the dormitory, Wang Yan, a new member of the debate club, enthusiastically invited Xu Xu.

不等许煦回答，王妍又眨眨眼睛笑道：“我们辩论社社长是程放哦！”
Before Xu Xu could answer, Wang Yan blinked and smiled, saying, "Our debate club president is Cheng Fang!"

许煦虽然没加入辩论社，但对辩论也还有点兴趣，而且对传说中法院头号帅哥也很是好奇，便兴致勃勃地跟着王妍去看帅哥……不，看辩论赛了。
Although Xu Xu hadn't joined the debate club, she still had some interest in debates and was quite curious about the legendary top handsome lawyer. So, she enthusiastically followed Wang Yan to watch the handsome man... no, to watch the debate competition.

因为是校级比赛，来观看比赛的学生不少。许煦和王妍两人赶到八角楼这个学校最大的阶梯教室时，里面已经差不多坐满了人，好不容易才到后排找到两个连着的座位。
Since it was a school-level competition, many students came to watch. When Xu Xu and Wang Yan arrived at the Octagonal Pavilion, which was the largest 阶梯教室 on campus, the seats were almost full. They had to squeeze into the back row to find two consecutive seats.

双方辩手已经在台前坐好，因为辩手都是黑西装白衬衣这种统一着装，又隔得有些距离，一时很难分得清谁是谁。
Both debaters were already seated on the stage, as they were all dressed in black suits and white shirts, making it difficult to distinguish one from another at first glance.

王妍拉了拉她的手，凑到她耳旁小声道：“看到没有？正方四辩就是程放！”
Wang Yan pulled her hand and whispered in her ear, "See? The fourth debater for the affirmative side is Cheng Fang!"

许煦这才好奇地将目光停留在四辩男生身上，本来也只是带着随意一瞥，但却在看到那张微微低头的侧脸后，蓦地一怔，良久才道：“你说正方四辩是程放？”
Xu Xu only then directed her attention to the fourth debater, a male student, out of curiosity. She had only glanced at him casually, but upon seeing the slightly lowered profile, she was momentarily stunned. After a long pause, she asked, "You say the fourth debater for the affirmative side is Cheng Fang?"

王妍道：“可不是么？上次迎新大会他发言了的，你大姨妈来了待宿舍没见着。口才贼好，全程脱稿，一个结都没打，据说大会结束，就有大胆的新生去问他要电话号码了。”说着用手手肘戳了戳她，“是不是很帅？”
Wang Yan replied, "Of course! He spoke at the welcome assembly last time. You didn't see him because your aunt was on her period and you were staying in the dorm. He has excellent oratory skills; he spoke the entire time without notes, and didn't make a single mistake. It's said that after the assembly ended, some bold freshmen asked him for his phone number." She then nudged her, "Isn't he very handsome?"

因为从来没有将火车站那个热心的帅哥学长和程放联系起来，所以此时的许煦若说不意外，那肯定是假的。少女总是喜欢胡思乱想，这样奇妙的巧合，难免就让她忽然小鹿乱撞。
Because Xuyu had never associated the enthusiastic handsome senior at the train station with Cheng Fang, she definitely wouldn't have expected this, so her surprise was genuine. The girl always liked to daydream, and such a strange coincidence made her suddenly feel her heart fluttering.

她故意木着脸道：“看得不太清楚！”
She deliberately kept a blank expression and said, "I couldn't see clearly!"

王妍转头看她：“不是不近视么？哎？你脸怎么这么红？”
Wang Yan turned to look at her and said, "Didn't you say you weren't nearsighted? Huh? Why are you so red?"

“人太多，闷！”
There are too many people, and it's stuffy!

“是有点。”
There is a bit.

校级的辩论赛，而且还是决赛，每个人都是高手，水平自然很不一般。但程放的表现，也绝对算得上是最亮眼的，不仅仅是他的口才好，而是每当他站起来时，高大英俊的男孩便成了全场焦点，那身平淡无奇的白衬衣黑西装，再不能掩盖他作为一个少年人的锋芒和锐利。每次他发言完毕，观众席便会发出雷鸣的掌声和轻呼，多数来自于女生，这显然是一个极度受女孩子青睐的男生，人群中当之无愧的焦点。
The school-level debate competition, and it was the final round. Everyone was a top player, naturally at a very high level. But Cheng Fang's performance was undoubtedly the most eye-catching. It wasn't just his eloquence; every time he stood up, the tall and handsome boy became the center of attention. The plain white shirt and black suit could no longer conceal his youth's sharpness and acuteness. Whenever he finished speaking, the audience would erupt in thunderous applause and gasps, mostly from the girls. This was clearly a boy who was extremely favored by girls, the undisputed center of attention in the crowd.

“是不是很帅？”王妍问。
"Is he very handsome?" Wang Yan asked.

许煦含含糊糊唔了一声。
Xu Xu hummed indistinctly.

是很帅啊！
Wow, he is really handsome!

半个多小时的辩论赛在高潮迭起中很快结束。法学院不出意外地获胜，而程放也在众望所归中得到了最佳辩手。
The debate competition, reaching climax after climax, concluded rather quickly after more than half an hour. The Law School team won as expected, and Cheng Fang was named the Best Debater as anticipated.

教室里的观众慢慢散去，获胜的辩论队，正被一波学弟学妹们围住说话。王妍拉了拉许煦的手，兴奋道：“我去跟辩论队的学长学姐打了个招呼。”
The audience in the classroom slowly dispersed, with the winning debate team surrounded by a group of younger students who were chatting with them. Wang Yan tugged at Xu Xu's hand and excitedly said, "I went to greet the senior debaters."

两人磨磨蹭蹭来到前面时，人已经散得差不多，几个辩手也在说说笑笑收拾好起身。
When the two finally made their way to the front, most people had already left. The debaters were chatting and packing up to leave.

“学长学姐，恭喜你们获胜，作为辩论社的新学员，我要向你们学习。”
"Senior brothers and sisters, congratulations on your victory. As a new member of the debate club, I want to learn from you."

一辩陈薇认识王妍这个新社员，笑着道：“慢慢来！实践出真知，多打几场比赛水平自然就提高了。”说着又拍了拍旁边正在和学弟说话的程放，戏谑道，“不过呢，要是我们的最佳辩手社长大人能给你们言传身教，那肯定还是能事半功倍的。”
Chen Wei, who was the first debater, met Wang Yan, the new club member, and smiled, saying, "Take your time! Practice makes perfect. The more competitions you participate in, the better your skills will naturally become." As he spoke, he patted Cheng Fang, who was talking to a junior, and playfully added, "But, if our best debater club leader could give you both some personal guidance, it would definitely be twice the result with half the effort."

“你可别给我戴高帽子，理论上我这个社长马上就要退休了。”程放笑着转过来，本来是要去看问话的王妍，但是却先看到了她旁边的许煦。
"Don't give me compliments. Theoretically, I'm about to retire as the president of the club." Cheng Fang smiled as he turned around, originally intending to see Wang Yan who was being questioned, but instead saw Xu Xu beside her.

第4节
Section 4

他目光动了动，微微一怔，继而牵起唇角笑道：“是你？”
His eyes flickered, and he slightly paused, then a smile tugged at the corners of his lips as he said, "You?"

那天太匆忙，他甚至都没问许煦的名字，知道她是自己直系学妹，又是一个人来报道，秉着乐于助人的心思留了自己的电话。
That day was too rushed, and he hadn't even asked Xu Xu's name. Knowing she was his direct line junior and had come alone to register, he left his phone number out of a helpful heart.

她没打给他，过了几天他也就忘了这件事。但没想到时隔大半个月，再见到她，他一眼就认了出来。
She didn't call him, and after a few days, he also forgot about it. But he didn't expect to recognize her again after more than half a month.

许煦见他认出自己，多少有些惊喜，也就省去了扭捏，笑嘻嘻道：“学长，上次谢谢你的帮忙。”
Seeing him recognize her, Xu Xu felt a bit of surprise and thus spared the awkwardness, smiling and saying, "Senior, thank you for your help last time."

程放嘴角弯起，眉梢眼角还留着刚刚获胜后的春风得意，歪头故意道：“你这个谢谢有点迟啊！”
Cheng Fang's lips curled up, still showing the satisfaction from his recent victory, as he tilted his head and said intentionally, "Your 'thank you' is a bit late!"

许煦被说的有点不好意思了，虽然那天的事，对于程放来说，只是举手之劳，但对于她来说，确实是免于了被黑车宰一顿——哪怕两百块钱对她来说也并不算什么。
Xu Xu felt a bit embarrassed by this. Although that day's incident was just a minor favor for Cheng Fang, it had indeed saved her from being overcharged by a black car—two hundred dollars wasn't much to her either.

她不太自在地摸了摸耳朵：“本来是想打电话给你的，但我不小心把便签纸给弄丢了。”
She uncomfortably scratched her ear, "I was planning to call you, but I accidentally lost the note."

程放恍然大悟点点头，从书包里摸出一支笔，朝她道：“把手伸出来。”
Cheng Fang nodded in understanding and pulled out a pen from his backpack, saying, "Stick out your hand."

许煦懵懵然将手掌伸到她跟前。
Xu Xu hesitantly extended her palm in front of her.

程放朝她微微一笑，在众目睽睽之下，握着笔在她手掌心飞快写下一串手机号码：“这样应该不会掉了吧？”
Cheng Fang smiled slightly at her, and in full view of everyone, he grabbed a pen and quickly wrote a string of phone numbers on her palm: "This way it shouldn't fall off, right?"

笔尖在掌心滑动时，有点酥酥痒痒的感觉，好像有什么东西在许煦心中绽放开来。
As the pen tip slid across her palm, there was a tingling sensation, as if something had bloomed in her heart.

也许是春天里的一朵花。她想。
Perhaps it was a flower in the spring, she thought.

她怔怔得看了看手中的数字，又抬头看向程放，在他背着包准备离开时，她忽然叫住他：“学长，那次你帮我减少了两百块钱的损失，我请你吃夜宵当做感谢吧！”
She stared at the numbers in her hand for a moment, then looked up at Cheng Fang. As he was about to leave, carrying his backpack, she suddenly called out to him, "Senior, you helped me save two hundred yuan last time. Let me treat you to a night snack as a thank you!"

周围的人虽然已经不多，但都玩味地看着这一幕。程放性格开朗外向，女人缘很好，看起来有点花花公子的做派，但向来对主动的小女生没兴趣，刚刚就已经拒绝了好几个学妹的邀约，何况辩论队说好了去ktv庆祝的。
Although there weren't many people around, they all watched the scene with a sardonic expression. Cheng Fang was outgoing and sociable, and had a good reputation with women, giving him a bit of a playboy image. However, he had never shown interest in proactive girls, and had already turned down several invitations from junior girls just now. Moreover, the debate team had planned to celebrate at a KTV.

大家等着这个漂亮小学妹的玻璃心碎一地。就连许煦身旁的王妍都为她提了一颗心，忐忑地看着她。
Everyone was waiting for this pretty junior to shatter into pieces. Even Wang Yan, who was by Xu Xu's side, held her breath, anxiously watching her.

然而程放只是稍作犹豫，便笑着点头：“好啊！”
However, Cheng Fang only hesitated for a moment before smiling and nodding, "Sure!"

众人眼珠子掉落一地的同时，许煦刚刚悬着的心也落了下。
At the same time everyone's eyeballs dropped to the ground, Xu Xu's heart that had been hanging just fell down.

程放朝队友们挥挥手:“钱柜我不去了，账算我的。”
Cheng Fang waved his hand at his teammates: "I won't go to the money cabinet, I'll pay for it."

众人作鸟兽散，王妍对许煦用目光表达出滔滔江水般的敬佩之情后，也飞快跟着陈薇他们走了。
Everyone dispersed like birds and beasts. Wang Yan expressed boundless admiration for Xu Xu with her gaze and quickly followed Chen Wei and the others.

许煦和程放最后出门，此时已经九点多，上自习的学生陆陆续续从教室回宿舍。两人刚刚从八角楼里出来，程放忽然道：“你等一下，我看见我室友了，我让他帮我把包带回宿舍。”
Xu Xu and Cheng Fang were the last to leave. It was already after nine o'clock, and students who had been studying in class were gradually returning to their dormitories. Just as the two of them came out of the Octagonal Tower, Cheng Fang suddenly said, "Wait a moment, I saw my roommate, I'll ask him to bring my bag back to the dormitory for me."

他说完，便朝前方一个男生疾步走过去，走近后冷不丁在对方肩膀用力拍了一下。
He finished speaking and quickly walked over to a male student in front of him. As he got closer, he suddenly gave the other a hard slap on the shoulder.

那男生正专心走着路，被人这样一拍，似乎是吓了一跳，转过头看到来人后，松了口气微微一笑。
The male student was walking intently when he was slapped, seemingly jumping in surprise. After turning to see who it was, he let out a sigh of relief and smiled slightly.

两个人与许煦隔了一段距离，不过恰好站在路灯下方，所以她大致能看到程放这位室友的侧脸轮廓。头发很短，个子很高，看起来很清瘦，身上的旧t恤在夜风中空空荡荡地拂动。程放将书包交给他，又说了几句不知道什么话，那男生没开口，只是点点头，然后提着程放那个分量不轻的包转身走了。
Although Xu Xu and Cheng Fang were a bit apart, they were standing under a streetlight, so she could roughly see Cheng Fang's profile. His hair was very short, he was tall, and he looked quite thin. His old t-shirt fluttered loosely in the night breeze. Cheng Fang handed his backpack to him and said a few more words, but the male student didn't open his mouth; he just nodded. Then, he turned and walked away with the relatively heavy backpack.

程放跑回来，朝站在原地的许煦展颜一笑：“走吧！”
Cheng Fang ran back and smiled at Xu Xu, who was still standing there. "Let's go!"

许煦随口问：“你室友也是咱们专业的？”
Xu Xu casually asked, "Is your roommate also in our major?"

程放点头：“是啊！”
Cheng Fang nodded, "Yeah!"

许煦又道：“这才开学就上自习？”
Xu Xu then said, "You're already studying in the self-study room just after the start of the semester?"

虽然是从炼狱的高三刚刚走过来的，但开学这么一段时间，她已经听到了不少过来人的歪理，他们这种文科专业，就是考前等划重点背一背就好了。虽然她毫不怀疑这些过来人都是学渣，但对于开学不到一个月并且刚刚结束小长假就上晚自习这件事，她还是有点好奇。
Although she had just come out of the hell of senior year in high school, she had already heard quite a few pieces of dubious advice from seniors in this short period of time. For their humanities major, it was just a matter of waiting for the key points to be emphasized and memorizing them before the exam. Although she had no doubt that these seniors were all underachievers, she was still curious about the fact that they were attending evening self-study sessions less than a month into the semester and right after a short holiday.

程放道：“我室友学霸，年级第一拿国家奖学金的那种。”
Cheng Fang said, "My roommate is a top student, the type who gets national scholarships and is first in their grade."

“难怪。”许煦道。
Xu Xu said, "No wonder."

作者有话要说：
Author's note:

程放：纳尼！我竟然不是男主？所以作者你给我这么多小言男主标配是几个意思？
Cheng Fang: What the heck! I'm not the main male character? So what's the point of giving me all these OOC male lead 标配 (standard traits)?

第5章
Chapter 5

有关许煦和程放的恋情，在江大法学院那两年，一度有好几个版本流传。一种版本是女追男——刚入校的大一菜鸟许煦一顿夜宵将法学院风云人物程放搞定；还有一个版本是男追女——校辩赛获得最佳辩手后，程放在许煦手上写下自己的电话号码并且当晚成功表白。
During the two years that Xu Xu and Cheng Fang were in the law school at Jiang University, there were several versions of their romance circulating. One version was of a girl pursuing a boy—Xu Xu, a freshman who was a rookie at the school, managed to win over the campus's star, Cheng Fang, with a late-night snack. Another version was of a boy pursuing a girl—after winning the Best Debater award at the school debate competition, Cheng Fang left his phone number on Xu Xu's hand and successfully proposed that night.

两个版本虽然大相径庭，但相同的一点是，程放许煦两人第一天认识就看对了眼，并确定了关系，速度堪称神舟六号。
Although these two versions were vastly different, they shared one common point: Xu Xu and Cheng Fang recognized each other's appeal from the moment they met and quickly established a relationship, which was as fast as the Shenzhou VI spacecraft.

校园里风云人物的恋爱故事，对于看客来说，无疑是一段茶余饭后的谈资。尤其当一个是名声在外才貌双全且据说还是顶级富二代的风云学长，一个不过是刚刚入校虽然长得还算漂亮却并看不出有何过人之处的小学妹。这样的故事无疑有些王子和灰姑娘的浪漫味道——虽然许煦绝不认为自己是什么灰姑娘。
The love stories of campus celebrities are, for spectators, a delightful topic of conversation over tea and meals. Especially when one is a renowned, good-looking, and reportedly top-tier rich second-year student, and the other is a freshman who, although pretty, doesn't seem to stand out in any particular way. Such a story has a touch of the romance between a prince and a Cinderella—although Xu Xu did not consider herself a Cinderella.

当王妍将这些传闻笑着讲给已经开始恋爱的许煦时，许灰姑娘义愤填膺道：“什么叫一天就确定关系？我明明考虑了整整一个星期。”
When Wang Yan told Xu Xu, who had already fallen in love, about these rumors with a smile, Xu 灰姑娘 indignantly said, "What do you mean by 'settling things in a day'? I clearly thought about it for a whole week."

那天她和程放去的是校外的大排档，许煦很少吃这种路边垃圾食物，之前在家没机会，现在到了大学没人约束，自然是可以肆无忌惮。学校旁边的大排档，散发着浓郁的生活和青春气息，许煦心情大好，胃口大开，一顿夜宵又是麻小又是铁板烧，吃得不亦乐乎，甚至还喝了点啤酒。
That day, she and Cheng Fang went to an outdoor food stall outside the campus. Xu Xu rarely ate this kind of street food; she had no chance to do so at home before, and now that she was in university with no one to restrict her, she could indulge herself. The food stall near the school exuded a strong sense of life and youth, and Xu Xu was in high spirits, with a big appetite. She enjoyed a night snack of spicy crickets and iron plate cooking, thoroughly enjoying herself, and even had a few beers.

也许是一丢丢酒精作祟的缘故，一开始许煦还有些矜持，到后来就完全是轻轻松和程放谈笑风生。毕竟程放也是一个非常擅长与女孩聊天的男生。
Perhaps a little bit of alcohol was to blame, but at first, Xu Xu was still somewhat reserved. Later, she was completely at ease and chatting merrily with Cheng Fang. After all, Cheng Fang was also very skilled at chatting with girls.

夜宵结束回宿舍时，程学长很有绅士风度的将许学妹送到了她所在的女生楼下。
When they finished their night snack and returned to the dormitory, Senior Cheng showed a gentlemanly demeanor by escorting Junior Xu to the entrance of her female dormitory.

“对了，我有个问题，刚刚一直想问你来着！”当许煦告别准备转身离开时，程放忽然叫住她。
"By the way, I have a question. I've been meaning to ask you about it!" Cheng Fang called out to Xu Xu as she was about to say goodbye and turn around.

许煦转头：“什么问题？”
Xu Xu turned her head: "What question?"

程放摸摸鼻子，笑：“你有男朋友吗？”
Cheng Fang 摸摸鼻子, 笑道: "Do you have a boyfriend?"

许煦摇头：“没有啊！”
Xu Xu shook her head: "No!"

“真巧，我也没有。”
Coincidentally, I don't have one either.

“啊？”
Ah?

程放：“……我不是说我没男朋友，我的意思是，我也没有女朋友。”
Cheng Fang: "...I wasn't saying I don't have a boyfriend. What I meant is, I also don't have a girlfriend."

许煦：“……”
Xu Xu: "..."

程放清了清嗓子，眼含笑意，歪头看她：“那你想不想要一个男朋友？陪你上自习逛街，给你打饭提水带你玩的那种男朋友？”
Cheng cleared his throat and smiled, tilting his head to look at her. "Then, do you want a boyfriend? One who can accompany you to study sessions and shopping, bring you meals and water, and take you out to play?"

许煦耳根一下热起来，很快就蹿上了脸颊。面前的男生是那么英俊，路灯下含笑的眉眼像是被打了一层柔光，带着点勾人的邪气。许煦不敢再直接对着他那双让女孩难以招架的眼睛，红着脸低下头去看自己的鞋尖。
Xu Xi's ears turned hot, and the warmth quickly spread to her cheeks. The boy in front of her was so handsome; his smiling eyes under the streetlights seemed to be softly illuminated, with a hint of alluring wickedness. Xu Xi couldn't bear to look directly into his eyes, which girls often found irresistible, and she blushed, lowering her head to look at her shoes.

饶是从小到大，她有过好几次被人表白的经验，但面对一个女生宿舍卧谈会经常出现的主角，她还是有些无所适从。
Even though she had been proposed to several times before, facing a male figure who was a frequent topic of discussion in female dormitory chats, she still felt at a loss.

“我……”她支支吾吾。
"I..." she stammered.

程放笑：“给你一个星期慢慢考虑，如果需要的话，给我打电话。”
Cheng Fang smiled: "I'll give you a week to think about it. If you need anything, call me."

许煦“哦”了一声，一溜烟跑回了宿舍。
Xu Xu sighed, and darted back to her dormitory.

当然，与事实不符的传闻，并没有真的让许煦有什么不爽。因为无论是她和程放火车站的相遇，还是辩论赛他在自己手心写下电话号码，亦或是夜宵之后的婉转表白，都绝对称得上罗曼蒂克的范本——这可是经过了恋爱鼻祖冯佳的盖棺认证。
Of course, rumors that didn't match the facts didn't really bother Xu Xu. After all, her encounter with Cheng Fang at the train station, the time he wrote down his phone number on her palm during the debate, and his subtle confession after the late-night snack—these were all quintessential examples of romance, as certified by the love guru Feng Jia.

这如同小说的开始无疑满足了一个十八岁女孩对于恋爱的所有想象，而程放这个法学院头号帅哥男朋友，也足以符合许煦对初恋的所有要求。年少的恋爱，在春心萌动的背后，其实也有着不可忽视的虚荣心。无论什么样的女孩，如果拥有一个让人羡慕的男朋友，绝对是青春里值得炫耀的一件事。
This beginning, like the start of a novel, perfectly satisfied all the romantic fantasies of an eighteen-year-old girl. And Cheng Fang, the top handsome boy from the law school, was more than enough to meet Xu Xu's expectations for her first love. Youthful love, behind the budding of springtime desires, also had an undeniable element of vanity. For any girl, having a boyfriend that others envied was definitely something worth boasting about in her youth.

喜欢程放的女孩那么多，比许煦漂亮的有之，比她优秀的有之，但她一个刚入校的小女生，用一顿饭就把程放收入囊中。
There were so many girls who liked Cheng Fang, some prettier than Xu Xu, some more outstanding. But as a freshman girl just starting college, she managed to win Cheng Fang over with just one meal.

她自己都觉得：牛逼！
She herself thought: Impressive!

进入大学的第一个月，许煦以自认为完美的姿势开始了自己人生中第一段恋爱。
In the first month of university, Xu Xu began her first romance in what she believed to be the perfect way.

其实学生恋爱能做的是乏善可陈，无非吃饭看电影逛街。实际上因为要上课，而程放又是大忙人，就算每天能见面，相处的时间也并不多。但程放实在是个会讨女孩欢心的男生，尤其是许煦这种初出茅庐的新手，面对他的各种甜言蜜语和关怀照顾，很快就在这段恋爱里丢盔卸甲目眩神迷。
In fact, what students can do in a relationship is rather unremarkable, mostly just eating, watching movies, and going shopping. Actually, because of classes and Cheng Fang's busy schedule, even if they could see each other every day, the time they spent together was not much. But Cheng Fang was really good at pleasing girls, especially Xu Xu, a newcomer. Facing his various sweet words and care, she quickly lost her composure and was dazzled in this relationship.

和大部分初次陷入爱河的女孩一样，许煦在刚刚开始恋爱的那段时间里，整个人都处于亢奋状态，几乎有点神经兮兮，比如一天刷牙四五次，没事就拿出镜子照来照去，不到十分钟就会拿出手机看有没有新信息进来，就连上课的时候都不例外。晚上回到宿舍和程放打完电话，经常发癫似的又唱又跳，哪怕会遭到室友们“忍无可忍”的群殴。
Like most girls who fall in love for the first time, Xu Xu was in an excited state during the early days of her relationship, almost to the point of being neurotic. For example, she would brush her teeth four or five times a day, and would constantly check her reflection in the mirror. She would check her phone for new messages every ten minutes, even during class.

冯佳经常打趣她：“果然你跟歌里唱的一样，恋爱不但是一种病态，它还可能是一种变态。”
Feng Jia often joked about her: "Sure enough, you're just like the song says; love is not only a sickness, but it can also be a perversion."

许煦这种变态状一直持续了将近大半个月，兴奋才慢慢归于淡定。
Xu Xu's state of perversion lasted for nearly two weeks before her excitement gradually calmed down.

这天傍晚，许煦本来和程放约好了一起去校外吃饭，但他临时学生会有事，她只能一个人去。
That evening, Xu Xu had planned to go out to eat with Cheng Fang, but he had to cancel last minute due to student union duties, so she went alone.

十月份一过，这座城市的气温便骤降，等许煦吃完饭从餐厅出来回学校，萧瑟的凉风渐起，好在她听了程放的话，出门时多换了件挡风的外套。
After October, the temperature in the city dropped sharply. When Xu Xu finished eating at the restaurant and returned to school, a chilly breeze began to blow. Fortunately, she had listened to Cheng Fang's advice and had added a windproof coat when she left.

走了一段，忽然听到一阵悠扬的二胡声传来，她寻声看去，便看到前面路边一个卖艺乞讨者。这二胡拉得实在是不错，路过的学生大多会驻足片刻，许煦走上前，好奇地朝那人看去，原来是一个双腿截肢的残疾人，四五十岁的样子，拉琴的时候异常投入。
Walking for a while, she suddenly heard the melodious sound of a erhu. Following the sound, she saw a street performer and beggar by the roadside. The erhu playing was truly excellent; most passing students would stop to listen for a moment. Xu Xu approached, curiously looking at the man. He was a disabled person with both legs amputated, around forty or fifty years old, and was deeply engrossed in his performance.

城市里乞讨者多是残疾人，但像这种认真卖艺的却并不算多，许煦一来是觉得这人拉琴拉得不错，二来是觉得这种方式也算是自食其力，于是从钱包里掏出几张零票子，弯身放在前面的钱盒子里。
There were many beggars in the city, but those who seriously performed for a living were not common. Xu Xu, on one hand, thought the man played the erhu well, and on the other, felt that this was a way for him to earn his own living. Thus, she took out a few loose coins from her wallet and bent down to place them in the money box in front of him.

她放钱时，旁边有个人几乎和她同时弯身，两个人放钱的手，在盒子上方不小心碰撞了一下。
As she was putting in the money, another person bent down almost at the same time, and their hands accidentally bumped into each other above the money box.

许煦下意识转头，是一个头发短短的男生，见她朝自己看过来，微微弯了下嘴角，低低道了声“对不起”。
Xu Xu instinctively turned her head, and saw a boy with short hair. He slightly curled his lips and muttered an apology to her.

许煦不甚在意地摊摊手，站起来退后，准备再听完一首这卖艺者的曲子。不料这时风愈加大了，那卖艺者的琴弦已经受到影响，草草拉完手中的曲子便收了琴。旁边几个驻足的人四散开去，这小小的一方天地，只剩下卖艺者和还没离开的许煦，以及刚刚那个男生。
Xu Xu casually shrugged her hands and stood up, retreating a bit, preparing to listen to another song by the street performer. However, the wind had intensified, and the performer's strings were already affected. He hastily finished his piece and put away his lute. The few people who had stopped to watch dispersed, leaving only the performer, Xu Xu, and the boy from earlier in this small space.

许煦见状自然也是要离开，只是走了两步，也不知想到什么，忽然又停下来回头看过去。
Seeing this, Xu Xu naturally wanted to leave as well. But after taking two steps, she suddenly stopped and turned back to look.

那卖艺者已经收拾好一切，脖子前挂着一个包，身后背着他的胡琴，双手撑地，朝旁边一辆残疾人助力车挪过去。那人大概残疾已久，动作还算自如，车子不过几步之遥，很快就挪到。但车子毕竟不矮，要爬上去，对他这种双腿截肢的残障人士，就有点麻烦了。他伸手扶住车子，想先攀上座椅前的踏板，但不知是不是因为风渐大的关系，滑了一下没有成功。
The performer had already packed everything up. He had a bag hanging around his neck, his erhu slung over his back, and he was on his hands and knees, moving towards a disabled scooter. He seemed to have been disabled for a long time, and his movements were still relatively smooth. The scooter was just a few steps away, and he quickly reached it. However, the scooter was not short, and for a person with both legs amputated, climbing up was a bit troublesome. He reached out to support the scooter, intending to first climb onto the footrest in front of the seat, but for some reason, possibly due to the increasing wind, he slipped and failed to succeed.

许煦因为这轻轻的一滑，心里提了一下。就在这时，那个站在原地还没离开的男生，忽然走上前，从后面将那人抱起来，小心翼翼放在了车子上。
Xu Xu was slightly startled by the gentle slide. At this moment, the boy who had been standing there without moving suddenly walked forward, picked up the person from behind, and carefully placed them in the car.

“谢谢啊！”卖艺者笑着道。
"Thank you!" the performer said with a smile.

男生微笑回应：“不用谢。”
The boy smiled in response and said, "No need to thank me."

说完便转身离开，他转身时恰好对上许煦直矗矗的目光，大概是意识到自己在被别人看着，有点不太自在地低下了头。
After saying this, he turned to leave. As he turned, he happened to meet Xu Xu's direct gaze, and, realizing he was being watched, he lowered his head slightly, looking a bit uncomfortable.

许煦倒是没觉得有什么不对，她本来就不是害羞的女生。男生刚刚的举动足以让她这个旁观者觉得温暖，而且她总觉得他有点眼熟，好像在哪里见过，以至于被对方发现自己在看他，也没有收回目光，一直到人走远了一截，才抓抓头发准备转身。
Xu Xu didn't feel anything amiss; she wasn't a shy girl to begin with. The boy's previous actions were enough to make her, as an observer, feel warm. Moreover, she always felt that he looked somewhat familiar, as if she had seen him somewhere before, so she didn't avert her gaze when he caught her looking at him, only to finally scratch her head and turn around after the person had walked a good distance away.

就在这时，她的目光不经意落在刚刚那卖艺者离开的地方，上面赫然掉了一张他们学校的校园卡。她疾步走过去拾起来，朝已经走远了好几步的男生叫道：“喂！前面那个男生你等一下！”
At this moment, her gaze inadvertently fell on where the performer had left, and there, lying on the ground, was their school's campus card. She quickly walked over to pick it up and called out to the boy who had already walked several steps ahead, "Hey! Wait up, that boy in front!"

如果没猜错，这校园卡应该是刚刚这男生抱那卖艺者上车时，动作太大，不小心从口袋里滑下的。
If her guess was correct, this campus card must have slipped out of the boy's pocket when he was holding the performer into the car, his movements being too vigorous.

男生似乎是犹疑了才停下脚步转头，看向她：“你叫我？”
The boy seemed to hesitate before he stopped and turned to face her, "You called me?"

许煦举着校园卡晃了晃：“你是不是掉东西了？”
Xu Xu held up the campus card and shook it: "Did you drop something?"

男生摸了下口袋，脸色微变，赶紧走上前：“是我掉得卡，谢谢你！”
The boy touched his pocket, his face changing slightly, and hurriedly walked up: "It's my card. Thank you!"

许煦却不马上给他，拿起校园卡正面看了看。学校的校园卡有照片和名字，卡片上小小的一寸照上，留着平头五官端正的男生正是面前的人，照片旁边写着三个字：柏冬青。
But Xu Xu didn't give it back right away. He picked up the campus card and looked at the front. The school's campus cards had photos and names. On the tiny one-inch photo, the boy with a buzz cut and 端正的五官 was the person in front of him. Beside the photo, it read three characters: Bai Dongqing.

许煦举起卡片对比了一下，点点头：“没错，是你的。”
Xu Xu held up the card to compare it and nodded: "Yes, it's yours."

然后将卡片还给他。
Then return the card to him.

“谢谢！”柏冬青郑重其事道。
"Thank you!" Bai Dongqing said earnestly.

“不用，就是恰好看到掉在地上。”她不甚在意道。
"No need, it's just that I happened to see it fall on the ground," she said with a slight lack of concern.

柏冬青似乎是很感激，但又不知该做点什么，以至于看起来有点局促，嘴唇翕张了片刻，又道了声“谢谢”。
Bai Dongqing seemed very grateful but didn't know what to do in return, appearing a bit awkward. After his lips moved for a moment, he said "Thank you" again.

许煦好笑般挥挥手：“小事小事。”
Xu Xuhao waved his hand with a smile: "Trivial matter, trivial matter."

柏冬青看了眼这满脸笑意的女孩，犹豫了片刻，准备离开。
Bai Dongqing looked at the girl with a full face of laughter and hesitated for a moment before preparing to leave.

可就在他转身时，忽然又被许煦叫住：“哎！我是不是在哪里见过你？”
But just as he turned around, Xu Xuhao called him back: "Hey! Have I seen you somewhere before?"

如果换做一个男生对女生说这话，那就是标准的搭讪嫌疑，但此时对两人来说，就只是一句再普通不过的询问。
If a boy said this to a girl, it would be a clear case of flirting, but for the two of them, it was just a routine inquiry.

柏冬青看着面前这个陌生的女孩，茫然地摇摇头。
Bai Dongqing looked at the unfamiliar girl in front of him and shook his head blankly.

许煦上下打量了他一眼，也许是穿着打扮太平淡无奇——头发只比板寸长一点点，个子倒是很高，但身上的旧t恤和脚下发黄的廉价运动鞋，即使是作为一个男生，也太过朴素了些，以至于连带着那张五官英挺的清朗面孔，都随之显得有些寡淡了。
Xu Xu looked him over from head to toe. Perhaps his appearance was too unremarkable—his hair was only slightly longer than a crew cut, and he was quite tall, but his old t-shirt and yellowed, cheap sneakers made him look too plain, even for a boy. As a result, his otherwise handsome and clear-cut face seemed somewhat dull.

这就是一个走在人群中不太会让人注意到的男生。所以许煦虽然觉得有点眼熟，却始终想不起来在哪里见过。
This was a boy who would easily go unnoticed in a crowd. So although Xu Xu felt a familiar connection, she couldn't recall where she had seen him.

“应该是我记错了。”她耸耸肩，不甚在意地朝他摆摆手，“走啦！”
Probably I'm mistaken," she shrugged, waving her hand nonchalantly. "Let's go!

站在原地的柏冬青，低头看了看手中的校园卡，又抬头看向已经走出几米远的女孩背影。一阵暮色中的凉风吹过，将女孩过肩长发卷起。大概是脖子灌进了风，她有些夸张地缩了缩肩膀。
Bai Dongqing stood still, looked down at the campus card in his hand, and then looked up at the girl's silhouette who had walked a few meters away. A cool evening breeze swept by, lifting the girl's shoulder-length hair. Perhaps the wind had chilled her neck, as she exaggeratedly shrugged her shoulders.

第5节
Chapter 5

柏冬青摸了摸耳朵，转身。
Bai Dongqing touched his ear and turned around.

作者有话要说：　　男主男配拿错剧本啦~~
Author's Note: The main male and the sidekick have the wrong scripts!~~

第6章
Chapter 6

过了几天，程放的辩论队在八校联赛中夺冠，按着惯例请宿舍的人吃饭，顺便带许煦正式认识自己室友。
A few days later, Cheng Fang's debate team won the Eight Schools League, and as per tradition, they treated their dorm mates to a meal and introduced Xu Xu to his roommates.

学生恋人带男女朋友认识室友，从某种意义上来说，跟见家长差不多。虽然都是同一个院系的学生，但差了两级，许煦并不认识程放宿舍其他人，除了和程放在食堂吃饭见过一个叫做姜毅的男生，其他两个就一无所知。对了，还有第一次在八角楼外，远远看到的那个帮程放拎包回宿舍的男生。
When a student brings a boyfriend or girlfriend to meet their roommates, it's somewhat akin to meeting the parents. Although they are all from the same department, they are two years apart, and Xu Xu did not know Cheng Fang's other dorm mates except for a boy named Jiang Yi whom she had seen eating in the cafeteria with Cheng Fang. The other two were a mystery to her. By the way, there was also the boy she had seen helping Cheng Fang carry his bag back to the dormitory from far away outside the Octagonal Building for the first time.

程放和她在一起时，倒是经常提自己室友，听上去几个人关系很好。和很多男生宿舍一样，他们也是按着年龄大小排号。之前见过的姜毅是老大，程放是老二，还剩下不知名的老三老四没见过。
When Cheng Fang was with her, he often mentioned his roommates, and they seemed to have a good relationship. Like many male dormitories, they were numbered according to age. The one she had previously met, Jiang Yi, was the eldest, Cheng Fang was the second, and the third and fourth were still unknown to her.

“怎么样怎么样？”傍晚赴约前，许煦一连换了几身行头都不大满意。
"How about this one?" Before meeting up in the evening, Xu Xu tried on several outfits but was not satisfied with any of them.

“挺好啊。”坐在桌前吃饭的冯佳瞅了她一眼。
"It's pretty good." Feng Jia, sitting at the table eating, gave her a look.

许煦问：“就是和刚刚几身比起来，哪个看起来更正式点？”
Xu Xu asked, "Which one looks more formal compared to the previous ones?"

冯美人翻了个白眼：“你这有什么区别吗？无非是从红色帆布鞋换成白色帆布鞋再换成白色板鞋，裤子从没破洞的牛仔换成破一条缝的牛仔再换成两个洞的牛仔，衣服就别说了，你那衣服除了连帽衫就是套头衫，反正换来换去都是一个风格，标准都市学生妹打扮。不过你是去跟程放他们宿舍去吃饭，又不是要应聘，休闲装扮就好了。”
Feng Mei rolled her eyes: "What's the difference? You're just changing from red sneakers to white sneakers and then to white sneakers again, from jeans without any holes to jeans with one hole, and then to jeans with two holes. As for your clothes, apart from hoodies, they're all crew necks. In any case, you're always dressed in the same style—standard urban student attire. But you're going to have dinner at Cheng Fang's dormitory, not applying for a job, so casual wear would be fine."

许煦想了想也是，对着穿衣镜里的青春少女挤眉弄眼一番：“我觉得我还是很漂亮的，不至于给程放丢脸吧？”
Xu Xu thought about it and then made funny faces at the mirror image of the young girl: "I think I'm still pretty enough not to embarrass Cheng Fang, right?"

冯佳大笑：“那是！你可是一顿夜宵就拿下程院草的美少女呢！”
Feng Jia laughed loudly: "Of course! You're the beautiful girl who took down Cheng Yecao with just one night snack!"

许煦得意地昂昂头，背上双肩包出了门。
Xu Xu proudly raised her head and left the house with her backpack on.

冯佳看着她的背影，好笑地摇摇头：“小屁孩！”
Feng Jia shook her head, smiling at her back: "Little brat!"

到了楼下，许煦看到来接自己的程放，开心地跑过去挽住他的手臂，旁边有同院系的女生经过，虽然看过来的目光并无深意，但许煦就是会虚荣心爆棚地理解为是羡慕。
At the bottom of the stairs, Xu Xu saw Cheng Fang, who was there to pick her up, and happily ran over to take his arm. Although some girls from the same department passed by and looked at them without any deep meaning, Xu Xu would interpret their gazes as envy, her vanity soaring.

和风云学长谈恋爱，当然是值得羡慕的。
Dating with Senior Fengyun is definitely something to be envied.

程放低头看了看她，笑道：“去见我兄弟们，怎么不见你紧张？”
Cheng Fang looked down at her and smiled, saying, "Why aren't you nervous about meeting my brothers?"

相处一个月，程放已经了解她的性格，就是那种很典型开朗外向的小姑娘，兴许是刚刚从高中过来，还很有些天真和幼稚，什么都明晃晃写在脸上，善良且毫无心机，应该是家庭氛围极好被宠爱长大的孩子。
After a month of getting to know each other, Cheng Fang had already understood her personality—she was a typical cheerful and outgoing girl. Perhaps she had just come from high school, still quite innocent and naive, with everything written plainly on her face. She was kind and innocent, with no ulterior motives, and should be a child who grew up in a very loving family.

这是他第一次和这种女孩交往，好像也有点……意思。
This was his first time dating a girl like her, and it seemed to have some... potential.

许煦抬头看他：“有什么好紧张的？就是几个学长而已，他们又不会吃人。”
Xu Xu looked up at him. "What's the big deal? They're just seniors. They won't eat you."

程放弯眉笑：“他们挺喜欢开玩笑的，要是待会儿开咱们玩笑，你可别生气啊！”
Cheng Fang arched his eyebrows and smiled. "They really like to joke around. If they make jokes about us later, don't get mad, okay?"

许煦昂昂头：“谁开谁玩笑还不一定呢？”
Xu Xu lifted her head high. "Who knows who'll be making jokes?"

程放轻笑出声：“许同学，你挺厉害啊！”
Cheng Fang chuckled and said, "Xu student, you're quite impressive!"

“那当然。”
Of course.

不然也不会一顿夜宵就搞定了你，许煦心道。
Otherwise, he wouldn't have settled you with just a late-night snack, Xu Xuixin thought.

说说笑笑来到约定的餐厅包厢，里面已经坐了两人。
Chatting and laughing, they arrived at the agreed-upon restaurant 包厢, where two people were already seated inside.

程放拉着许煦走进去，笑道：“老大老四，我女朋友许煦。”
Cheng Fang pulled Xu Xu into the room and smiled, saying, "Big Brother and Big Brother Four, this is my girlfriend, Xu Xu."

姜毅和老四周楚河站起来，一个叫“弟妹”，一个叫“嫂子”。
Jiang Yi and Zhou Chuhé, Big Brother Four, stood up. One called her "Little Sister," and the other called her "Big Sister."

程放本以为许煦会被这两个家伙的玩笑称呼吓到，正虚指着两人要警告，许煦却笑嘻嘻打招呼：“学长好！”
Cheng Fang originally thought that Xu Xu would be scared by these guys' playful nicknames, but instead, she greeted with a smile, "Hello, Senior!"

程放笑着放下手，又介绍：“姜毅你见过的，还有我们宿舍老四周楚河。”说着又问俩室友，“老三呢？”
Cheng Fang laughed and put his hand down, then introduced, "Jiang Yi, you've met before, and Zhou Chuhé, our dorm mate." He then asked his two roommates, "Where's Big Brother Three?"

姜毅道：“青儿说有个师兄临时给他介绍了个兼职的活儿，来不了了，让我们自己吃。”
Jiang Yi said, "Qing'er said one of the senior brothers temporarily introduced him to a part-time job, but he can't come anymore, so we have to eat ourselves."

程放道：“大晚上的去干什么活儿？”
Cheng Fang said, "What are we doing at such a late hour?"

“不知道，应该就是帮忙送货什么的吧！”
Didn't know, should just be helping with deliveries or something like that!

程放摇摇头，拉着许煦坐下：“下次再给你介绍我们宿舍老三，咱们院里的大学霸。”
Cheng Fang shook his head and pulled Xu Xu to sit down: "Next time, I'll introduce you to our dorm's third brother. He's the top student in our college."

许煦道：“我知道，就是那次辩论赛后，你让人把书包带回去的那个学长吧？”
Xu Xu said, "I know, the senior who had someone bring back his backpack after that debate, right?"

程放似乎忘记了那天的事，想了会儿才点头：“就是他。”
Cheng Fang seemed to have forgotten about that day and nodded after a moment, "That's him."

少一个人并不影响今天的聚会，这是校外一家高档中餐厅，价格不菲，程放豪迈地一口气点了十来道菜。
The absence of one person did not affect the gathering today. This was an upscale Chinese restaurant outside the campus, with prices to match. Cheng Fang generously ordered over a dozen dishes in one go.

学生恋爱加上才刚刚交往没多久，彼此并不会去关注对方的家庭背景，但一个人家境如何，从平日里的吃穿用度就可窥见一斑。许煦看得出程放就如传言中所说，应该是个富二代，他不太喜欢在食堂吃饭，穿的运动鞋多为限量版，用最新的电子产品，两个人去外面逛街买东西，从来不看价签，也从来不让许煦买单。短短一个月，在许煦可见的范围内，他的花费远远超过普通大学生，应该比父母给自己的生活费还要多很多。
With a new relationship and only just starting to date, neither of them paid much attention to each other's family backgrounds. But one's background could be gauged from their daily habits, such as their eating, dressing, and spending. Xu Xu could tell that Cheng Fang, as rumored, was likely a rich second-generation, as he didn't often eat in the cafeteria, wore mostly limited-edition sports shoes, used the latest electronics, and when they went shopping together, never checked prices and never let Xu Xu pay. In just a month, within Xu Xu's visible range, his spending far exceeded that of an ordinary college student, likely more than what his parents provided for him.

程放的两位室友显然早就习惯他的慷慨，对于点这么多菜没有任何异议。几个人很快就聊得热火朝天，开始两个男生还调侃一下程放和许煦，但发觉许煦对玩笑很坦率大方，根本达不到看小姑娘害羞窘迫的结果，甚至还被她直来直往弄得节节败退，只得感叹常见后浪推前浪，最后去聊别的话题了。
Cheng Fang's two roommates clearly had long gotten used to his generosity, and had no objections to ordering so many dishes. The group quickly got into a lively discussion. At first, the two boys teased Cheng Fang and Xu Xu, but they soon realized that Xu Xu was very open and straightforward about the jokes, and didn't make the boys feel embarrassed or uncomfortable at all. In fact, she even made them feel a bit at a loss, so they could only sigh and change the topic.

吃到一半时，周楚河忽然感叹了一句：“对了，老三干了件事你们知不知道？”
Halfway through the meal, Zhou Chuhé suddenly sighed, "By the way, did you guys know what Old Three did?"

程放和姜毅异口同声问：“什么事？”
Cheng Fang and Jiang Yi asked in unison, "What did he do?"

周楚河道：“这学期不是有个什么助学金么？反正跟咱们没关系，就是专门资助优秀贫困生的，一个班只有一个名额，咱们班肯定就是老三。但是你们知道他干了什么吗？”这位学长很有些叙事天分，说到这里还像卖关子一般故意顿了顿，才揭晓谜底，“他把名额让给陈建民了。”
Zhou Chuhé replied, "This semester, wasn't there some kind of scholarship? Anyway, it's not related to us, it's specifically for outstanding poor students, with only one spot per class. Our class would definitely be for Old Three. But do you know what he did?" This senior had a knack for storytelling and paused dramatically as if to build suspense before revealing the answer, "He gave his spot to Chen Jianmin."

姜毅惊讶：“他把名额让陈建民了？他脑子是不是进水了？”
Jiang Yi was surprised: "Did he give his spot to Chen Jianmin? Did his brain get flooded?"

周楚河道：“陈建民不也是贫困生么？好像他爸最近生了病，底下还有弟弟妹妹在上学。然后老三不是刚拿了国奖么？说自己也没负担，就把助学金让了，五千块呢，都够他半年生活费了。”
Zhou Chuhe said, "Chen Jianmin is also a poor student, right? It seems his father has been sick recently, and he has younger brothers and sisters still in school. Then, Third Brother just won a national scholarship. He said he didn't have any burdens, so he gave up his scholarship, which was five thousand yuan. That's enough for his living expenses for half a year."

程放无语地摇摇头：“他是没负担，反正是一人吃饱全家不饿。”
Cheng Fang shook his head in silence: "He doesn't have any burdens, anyway, one person eating enough to feed the whole family."

姜毅笑道：“青儿脑回路是有点跟正常人不一样，还记不记得当初入校军训升国旗时，他边跟着唱国歌边流泪的事，我当时心想这不会是个傻子吧？”
Jiang Yi smiled and said, "Qing'er's way of thinking is a bit different from normal people. Do you still remember when he was singing the national anthem during the school military training and crying? At the time, I thought he might be a fool."

周楚河似乎也觉得好笑，拍了拍桌子笑道：“对对对，还有大一下学期那次，他晚上兼职回来，在校门外遇到有人打劫一个女生，路见不平一声吼把人喝走了也就算了，非得去帮女生把包追回来，人家俩劫匪拿着刀，包是追回来了，人却被捅了两刀，在医院躺了大半个月。问题是那女生包里总共就几十块现金，一个旧手机。”
Zhou Chuhé seemed to find it amusing as well, and he tapped the table and smiled, saying, "Right right, there was also that time during his first semester of sophomore year. He came back from a night job and encountered someone robbing a girl on campus. He intervened and chased the robbers away, but he insisted on helping the girl retrieve her bag. The two robbers had knives, and although he got the bag back, he was stabbed twice. He ended up in the hospital for over half a month. The problem was, the girl only had a few dozen dollars and an old phone in her bag."

程放笑：“是啊！虽然那俩个劫匪抓到了，学校也给了个见义勇为的奖励，但这事传开，谁不笑他傻？这回让了助学金，肯定又得被人笑。”
Cheng Fang laughed, "Yeah! Although the two robbers were caught and the school gave him an award for bravery, this incident only made people laugh at him for being foolish. This time, he lost the scholarship, and he'll probably be laughed at again."

一直一言未发的许煦，忽然将筷子重重磕在桌面，冷不丁问道：“你们觉得这位学长很好笑吗？”
Xu Xu, who had remained silent until now, suddenly slammed his chopsticks on the table and asked abruptly, "Do you think this senior is funny?"

程放转头，发觉小女朋友不知何时脸色有点奇怪，不明所以问：“怎么了？”
Cheng Fang turned around and noticed that his little girlfriend's face had become a bit strange. He asked in confusion, "What's wrong?"

“你们觉得很好笑吗？”许煦又问了一次。
"Do you think it's very funny?" Xu Xu asked again.

姜毅：“……就是觉得他的行为有点傻。”
Jiang Yi: "…Just think his behavior is a bit silly."

许煦语气凉凉诘问：“是爱国傻？还是见义勇为傻？或者是助人为乐傻？”
Xu Xu asked coolly, "Is it patriotic silliness? Or righteousness and bravery silliness? Or helping others silliness?"

第7章
Chapter 7

几个本来说笑调侃的男生，面面相觑，一时陷入不知如何应对小学妹诘问的尴尬之中。
Several boys, who had been joking and teasing, looked at each other awkwardly, unsure of how to respond to the freshman's serious questioning.

许煦继续道：“如果是别人嘲笑这些行为倒也算了，但你们都是法学生，如果连法学生都觉得正义和善良是一件很傻的事，那我觉得这是法律人的悲哀。”
Xu Xu continued, "While it might be acceptable if others were mocking these actions, since you are all law students, if even law students think that justice and kindness are foolish, I believe that is a sad state of affairs for legal professionals."

她知道自己说这些不仅听起来好笑，而且还很破坏气氛，但她毕竟只有十八岁，还没有来得及学会迂回和圆滑。当她刚刚听着他们调侃着另一个男生本应该受到赞誉的举动，实在是觉得很有些不舒服。
She knew that what she was saying sounded funny and was disrupting the mood, but at eighteen, she had yet to learn the art of being tactful and smooth. When she had just listened to them joking about another boy's actions that should have been praised, she had felt quite uncomfortable.

她也知道，自己刚刚这一番话，可能在程放几个人眼中，也跟那位没有出席的室友一样傻里傻气。
She also knew that her words might seem as silly as her absent roommate to Cheng Fang and the others.

意外的是，三个男生沉默了片刻后，收敛了之前的笑容。先是程放拍拍她的肩膀，用试图缓解气氛的轻松语气道：“你误会了，我们没有嘲笑的意思。”
Surprisingly, after a moment of silence, the three boys sobered up and stopped smiling. Cheng Fang patted her shoulder and spoke in a light tone to ease the atmosphere, "You misunderstood. We didn't mean to mock."

姜毅连连点头，清了清嗓子附和：“是啊是啊！我们和老三不仅是室友也是好兄弟，就是希望他能为自己多着想一点，他的情况跟我们不大一样。”
Jiang Yi nodded repeatedly and cleared his throat in agreement, "Yes, yes! We and Old Three are not only roommates but also good brothers. We just hope he can think more about himself. His situation is quite different from ours."

周楚河跟着道：“老三爸爸是军人，在他小学的时候因为执行任务殉职了，他是烈士家属，升国旗应该也是触景生情。他这人特别正直，大概就是受他爸的影响。”
Zhou Chuhé added, "Old Three's father was a soldier who died on duty when he was in elementary school. He is a family member of a martyr, and it's natural for him to be moved when the national flag is raised. He is very upright, and it's probably due to his father's influence."

程放歪头看向许煦，轻笑：“是啊！我们真不是嘲笑老三，主要他妈在他初三那会儿也过世了，这些年都是一个人生活长大，没有人抚养照顾，我们把他当家人呢。像类似让助学金的事，也不是第一次了，我们就是希望他能多想想自己，毕竟一个大学生养自己活自己也不是那么简单的事。”
Cheng Fang tilted his head towards Xu Xu and smiled lightly, "Yes! We truly didn't mock Old Three. The main reason is that his mother passed away when he was in junior high, and he has been living alone for many years without any care or support. We treat him like family. We've done similar things like this before with scholarship applications, and we just hope he can think more about himself. After all, it's not easy for a college student to support themselves."

其实刚刚他们确实是在调侃的，虽然没有带着任何恶意。但当许煦这样义愤填膺地质问，他才意识到这并不是一件应该调侃的事。
Actually, they were just joking around just now, although without any malice. But when Xu Xu questioned them with righteous indignation, he realized that this wasn't something that should be joked about.

面对一个小女生的义正言辞，他忽然就有点自惭形秽了。
Facing a little girl's stern words, he suddenly felt a bit ashamed of himself.

许煦从那个未曾蒙面的学长身世中回神，先是惊愕，然后意识到自己刚刚确实是太较真了点，有点不好意思笑道：“我知道你们是开玩笑，我就是觉得那位学长其实挺难得的。”
Xu Xu returned to her thoughts from the background of that unnamed senior, first in shock, then realizing that she had indeed been too serious just now, and she smiled a bit sheepishly, saying, "I know you were just joking. I just think that senior is quite rare."

姜毅笑呵呵道：“那当然，我长这么大就见过他这么一个。”
Jiang Yi smiled and said, "Of course, I've only met one like him in my life."

众人都笑，气氛总算又恢复了轻松。
Everyone laughed, and the atmosphere finally returned to being 轻松.

漫长的晚餐结束，服务员来结账，姜毅指了桌上还剩下的菜：“麻烦帮我们打包。”
The long dinner was over, and the waiter came to settle the bill. Jiang Yi pointed to the dishes that were still on the table: "Could you help us pack these?"

许煦笑道：“你们还挺节约的嘛！”
Xu Xu smiled and said, "You guys are quite thrifty!"

程放道：“给老三带回去的。”
Cheng Fang said, "For the third one to take back."

许煦怔了一怔，皱眉问：“给人打包怎么不在开吃前就装好？带剩下的不好吧？”
Xu Xu was taken aback and frowned, asking, "Why don't you put the leftovers in the container before eating? Wouldn't it be better to bring the remaining food?"

姜毅不甚在意地笑道：“我们平时在外面都是这么干的，男生哪里会这么讲究！”
Jiang Yi smiled, not taking it too seriously, and said, "We usually do it this way when we're out. Boys aren't that particular about it!"

程放也道：“是啊。”
Cheng Fang also agreed, saying, "Right."

许煦本想问他“如果有人给你打包剩下的饭菜你会吃吗”，但到底没说出口，毕竟这是男生之间的相处方式，何况他们一个宿舍已经住了两年多，她的质疑显得不太恰当，于是也就抛到脑后了。
Xu Xu had wanted to ask him, "If someone packs your leftover food, would you eat it?" but ultimately didn't say it. After all, this was a way boys interacted with each other, and since they had been living in the same dorm for over two years, her doubts seemed inappropriate. So, she put it aside.

回到宿舍区，程放和许煦与另外两人道别后，便开始了小情侣的夜间日常——在校园里压马路。
Returning to the dormitory area, Cheng Fang and Xu Xu bid farewell to the other two and began their couple's nightly routine—strolling around the campus.

走了一会儿，两人在湖边长椅坐下。此时已经进入十一月份，夜晚的湖边很凉。程放将许煦抱在怀里相互取暖，也不知想到什么，伸手在她脸颊捏了捏，却没说话。
After walking for a while, the two sat down on a long bench by the lake. It was already November, and the evening by the lake was quite chilly. Cheng Fang held Xu Xu in his arms to share warmth, and for some reason, he reached out to pinch her cheek, though he didn't say anything.

许煦抬头看他，见他目光闪闪，略带笑意，看起来有些意味深长。她摸了摸自己的脸：“怎么了？我脸上有东西？”
Xu Xu looked up at him, noticing his sparkling eyes and the hint of a smile, which seemed to carry some deeper meaning. She touched her face and asked, "What's wrong? Is there something on my face?"

程放摇头。
Cheng Fang shook his head.

“那怎么了？”许煦一头雾水，也许是过了初恋的变态期，她不再像起初那样被他盯着就会心跳若狂。
"What's the problem with that?" Xu Xu was perplexed. Perhaps she had passed the stage of being overly infatuated with her first love, and she no longer experienced an accelerated heartbeat when he stared at her.

程放弯唇笑了笑：“我现在才发觉你真可爱！”
Cheng Fang curved his lips into a smile and laughed. "I only realize now how adorable you are!"

先前在饭桌上，当她义正言辞地诘问他们几个，他并没觉得不好意思，反倒是忽然觉得这小姑娘原来这么可爱。
Earlier at the dinner table, when she sternly questioned them, he hadn't felt embarrassed at all. Instead, he suddenly found this little girl so adorable.

许煦被夸得眉开眼笑，昂昂头道：“现在才发现？意思是之前不觉得咯？那为什么要做我男朋友？”
Xu Xu beamed with delight at the compliment and raised her head proudly. "Only now? So you didn't think so before? Then why did you want to be my boyfriend?"

程放一怔，摸了摸额头：“……就是越来越觉得你可爱。”
Cheng Fang was taken aback and touched his forehead: "…You're becoming cuter and cuter."

“这还差不多。”
That's better then.

这晚的小插曲，许煦倒是没放在心上，也没有去好奇程放那位未曾蒙面的室友，和所有热恋的女孩一样，每天满心满眼都是男朋友。和程放的约会越来越频繁，甚至还跟着他去社团，两个人几乎如胶似漆，连冯佳他们都天天嘲笑她每天春光满面，一看就是陷入爱河的恋爱狗。
Xu Xu didn't dwell on the small incident that night and didn't bother to wonder about Cheng Fang's unnamed roommate. Like all girls in love, she was consumed with thoughts of her boyfriend. Her dates with Cheng Fang became more frequent, and she even accompanied him to club activities. The two of them were practically inseparable, so much so that Feng Jia and others mocked her every day for her radiant appearance, clearly indicating she was deeply in love.

因为马上要期中考试，大忙人程放和非学霸许煦也不得不暂时把约会活动从逛街看电影诸如此类改成好好学习天天向上。
Since the mid-term exams were approaching, the busy Cheng Fang and non-A-student Xu Xu had to temporarily change their date activities from shopping and watching movies to studying diligently every day.

程放不喜欢去自习室，说容易犯困，两个人都没课的下午，他就拉着许煦去校门外的星巴克。
Cheng Fang doesn't like to go to the study room, saying it's easy to fall asleep. On afternoons when both of them are free, he pulls Xu Xu out to the Starbucks outside the campus.

校外这家星巴克下午人很少，环境确实算得上清静。程放第一次牵着许煦的手走进咖啡店时，里面只有零星几个顾客。
This Starbucks outside the campus is usually very quiet in the afternoon, and the environment is indeed quite peaceful. When Cheng Fang first held Xu Xu's hand and walked into the coffee shop, there were only a few scattered customers inside.

两人走到吧台，程放敲了敲台面，朝收银台后低着头的男生道：“老三！”
The two of them walked to the counter. Cheng Fang tapped the countertop and called out to the boy with his head down at the cash register, "Old Three!"

穿着星巴克绿色围裙制服的男生抬头，笑问：“来喝咖啡？”
The boy in the green Starbucks uniform looked up and asked with a smile, "Want to have a coffee?"

程放拉了拉旁边的许煦：“是啊，我女朋友许煦，你还没见过呢！”
Cheng Fang pulled on Xu Xu's side: "Yeah, this is my girlfriend, Xu Xu. You haven't met her yet!"

许煦震惊地看着吧台里的男生，满脸写着不可思议。柏冬青也看到了许煦，脸上的愕然一闪而过，然后很快反应过来，朝她微微一笑。
Xu Xu looked at the boy behind the bar in shock, her face full of disbelief. Bai Dongqing also saw Xu Xu, a moment of surprise flashed across his face before he quickly recovered and gave her a slight smile.

程放给许煦介绍：“这就是我们宿舍的老三柏冬青。”
Cheng Fang introduced Xu Xu: "This is our dorm's third-year resident, Bai Dongqing."

柏冬青！许煦还记得这个名字，是那天在校园卡上看到的，当然也认出了这张面孔。
Bai Dongqing! Xu Xu still remembered that name. She had seen it on the campus card that day, of course, and recognized that face.

柏冬青没有提那次的小插曲，只笑着问两人：“你们喝什么？”
Ba Dongqing did not mention that little incident, only smiling and asking the two, "What would you two like to drink?"

第6节
Section 6

程放道：“我要一杯摩卡。”又转头问许煦，“你呢？”
Cheng Fang said, "I'll have a mocha." Then he turned to ask Xu Xu, "And you?"

“拿铁吧。”
An espresso, please.

程放揉了把她的头：“你先去找座位坐好。”
Cheng Fang rubbed her head: "You go find a seat first."

许煦笑着点点头，不由自主看了眼已经低头专心打单子的柏冬青，转身去找座位。
Xu Xu smiled and nodded, involuntarily glancing at Bai Dongqing, who was already bent over,专心 typing orders. She turned to find a seat.

座位对着吧台，她放下书包抬头，正好看到靠在吧台前等待咖啡的程放朝她看过来，四目相对时，男孩帅气地挑眉朝她一笑，然后转头低声和吧台里做咖啡的柏冬青低语了几句不知什么。
The seats faced the bar. She put down her backpack and looked up, just catching Cheng Fang looking at her from the bar. Their eyes met, and the boy raised an eyebrow in a handsome gesture, then turned to whisper something to Bai Dongqing, who was making coffee behind the bar.

柏冬青没有说话，只面含微笑，间或点点头。一直到做好手中的咖啡，递给程放时，才抬头，似乎是不经意朝许煦这边看了眼，淡淡笑了笑。
Bai Dongqing didn't speak, only smiling and nodding occasionally. It wasn't until she handed the coffee to Cheng Fang that she looked over, seemingly by chance, and gave a faint smile.

许煦还没来得及给他一个回应，他已经又低头继续工作。
Xu Xu didn't have time to respond before he bent his head to continue working.

这回她终于知道为何那次在校外觉得他眼熟了，原来是真的见过，只不过是八角楼外的远远一瞥，也不怪她当时没想起来。
This time, she finally understood why she had felt familiar with him outside the school; she had indeed met him before, just a distant glance at the Eight Corner Tower. She couldn't blame herself for not remembering at the time.

平心而论，这个男生是长得帅的，与许煦想象中或者在校园里见过的贫困生也不大一样，不阳光也不阴郁，不时尚也绝不土气。就算是穿着和旁边服务生一样的绿色制服，也能感觉到他由内而外的干净和独属于少年人的青涩。
To be honest, this boy was quite handsome. He was different from the impoverished students Xu Xu had imagined or seen on campus—neither overly sunny nor gloomy, neither trendy nor unrefined. Even in a green uniform like the waiter next to him, one could sense his inner cleanliness and the fresh, youthful innocence that only a teenager could have.

这种气质让他很难被人注意，但注意到后大概就不会再忽视，毕竟他长得实在算是很好了。
This demeanor made it hard for people to notice him, but once noticed, it was unlikely to be forgotten, given how good-looking he was.

程放端着咖啡走过来，将拿铁放在她面前，笑道：“我的爱心咖啡。”
Cheng Fang carried the coffee over and placed the latte in front of her, smiling and saying, "My heartwarming coffee."

许煦低头看去，咖啡上面有漂亮的拉花，写着程放和自己的名字首字母，中间是一颗心形图案。小女生谁不喜欢这种简单的浪漫，她弯起嘴唇轻笑，心中喜悦，嘴上却故意道：“又不是你自己做的。”
Xu Xu looked down, seeing a beautiful latte art with her and Cheng Fang's initials in the middle of a heart. Who wouldn't like such simple romance? She curled her lips into a light smile, feeling happy inside but said deliberately, "It's not like you made it yourself."

程放：“我这是特意让老三帮我做的。”
Cheng Fang: "I had Third Brother specially make it for me."

许煦看着拉花，不舍得马上喝，瞅了眼在吧台工作的柏冬青：“柏学长是在这里打工吗？”
Xu Xu looked at the latte art, not wanting to drink it right away, and glanced at Bai Dongqing who was working at the counter: "Is Bai Senior working here as a part-time job?"

程放点头，笑着随口道：“他做咖啡特别好，拉花小能手，以后来喝咖啡专门让他给你做。”
Cheng Fang nodded and smiled, saying casually, "He makes coffee really well, a pro at latte art. In the future, if you want to drink coffee, just have him make it for you."

他的理所当然让许煦不以为然：“人家是在这里工作的，麻烦人家多不好。”
Xu Xu's assumption that he was being a bother made her doubt his logic: "He's working here, it's not nice to trouble him."

第8章
Chapter 8

跟大部分熬过高考后就放飞自我的大一生一样，许煦不再有学业压力，加上又投奔了恋爱大军，学习自然是靠后站，她没有拿奖学金的雄心壮志，只要成绩不难看就行。至于程放，虽然是风云人物，但他的风云不在学习上，而是在各种学校活动中的体现，自然也不会在学习上为许煦当榜样。
Like most freshmen who let loose after surviving the college entrance exam, Xu Xu no longer had academic pressure. With her joining the ranks of the dating crowd, her studies naturally took a back seat. She had no ambition to win scholarships; she just wanted her grades to look decent. As for Cheng Fang, although he was a figure of note, his fame didn't lie in his studies but in his various school activities. Naturally, he wouldn't serve as a role model for Xu Xu in terms of academics.

期中考试比较简单，两个人都是三天打鱼两天晒网，去过几次星巴克，说是复习，其实大多时候也还是聊天打瞌睡玩手机。
The mid-term exam was relatively simple, and the two of them were inconsistent, studying for three days and taking it easy for two. They went to Starbucks a few times, saying they were reviewing, but most of the time they were just chatting, dozing off, and playing with their phones.

去的时候，柏冬青几乎都在兼职，他似乎不爱说话，每次只是简短和程放打招呼，然后朝许煦微笑着点点头。
When leaving, Bai Dongqing was almost always working part-time. He seemed to be a quiet person, only briefly greeting Cheng Fang and nodding slightly to Xu Xu.

许煦没怎么和他说过话，偶尔坐在座位上不经意往吧台一看，他大多数时都在低头默默做咖啡，有客人点单，除了礼貌询问一两句客人需求，很少开口说话，但因为脸上一直带着浅淡的笑容，所以并不会让人感觉冷淡，反倒有种春风和煦的温和。
Xu Xu didn't talk much to him. Occasionally, when she sat at her seat and glanced over to the bar counter by chance, she found him mostly bent over, quietly making coffee. When customers placed orders, he would politely ask for their preferences, but rarely spoke. However, because his face always wore a gentle smile, he didn't come across as cold; instead, he had a warm and pleasant demeanor.

而自从认识后，除了星巴克，许煦在宿舍区三天两头也会见到柏冬青一次。宿舍区不大，法学院男生宿舍和女生宿舍也就隔了一栋楼，如果作息规律，中午傍晚在通往食堂和水房的路上，其实遇到的几率不会太小。
Since they became acquainted, Xu Xu would see Bai Dongqing in the dormitory area almost every other day, in addition to Starbucks. The dormitory area wasn't large; the male and female dormitories were only separated by one building. If their schedules were regular, the chances of encountering each other on the way to the canteen or the water room during lunch and dinner were quite high.

许煦想，也许之前和这位学长也擦肩而过很多次，只是他在人来人往的学生中太过平凡无奇，所以她从来没有注意到过这样一个男生。
Xu Xu thought that perhaps she had passed by this senior many times before, but he was just too unremarkable among the bustling student crowd, so she had never noticed him.

然而奇妙的是，如今无论隔多远，她总是能一眼看到他，毕竟他确实是一个模样生得很好的男生。有时候隔得近，她就会笑着和他打声招呼，他则会抿唇微微笑着点头回应。
However, strangely enough, no matter how far apart they are, she always manages to spot him at a glance. After all, he is indeed a good-looking boy. Sometimes, when they are close, she would smile and wave at him, to which he would respond with a slight smile and a nod.

他似乎总是行色匆匆，多数时候是从开水房和食堂回宿舍，不是提着四个暖水壶，就是抱着三四个饭盒。大学男生尤其是文科男生，哪怕是重点大学，到了大三课程不那么多的阶段，有很大一部分也是整日过着堕落生活，昼夜颠倒地在宿舍打游戏。程放宿舍几个家伙经常都是睡到中午才起来，想来也只有柏冬青这种优等生，才会如此作息规律。
He seemed to always be in a hurry, mostly returning to the dormitory from the boiler room and cafeteria, either carrying four hot water bottles or holding three or four lunch boxes. University boys, especially those in the humanities, even at prestigious universities, often lead a decadent life during their third year, staying up late and playing games in the dormitory day and night. Cheng Fang and his roommates often slept until noon, and it was only students like Bai Dongqing, who were top performers, who maintained such regular 作息.

一日傍晚，许煦和程放现在外面吃了晚饭回来，恰好撞见拎着四个热水壶的柏冬青回宿舍。
One evening, Xu Xu and Cheng Fang returned from dinner outside and happened to run into Bai Dongqing, who was carrying four hot water bottles, heading back to the dormitory.

程放隔了几米远就和他打招呼：“老三！你待会儿晚上是要去兼职吧？”
Cheng Fang greeted him from a few meters away, "Old Three! Are you going to do a part-time job tonight?"

柏冬青走过来，点头：“嗯。”
Bai Dongqing walked over and nodded: "Mm."

“那你回来的时候，顺便帮我在药店带盒喉宝，我常吃的那种，回头给你钱。”
Then when you come back, pick up a box of lozenges for me at the pharmacy, the kind I always take. I'll give you the money later.

“好嘞。”柏冬青微微笑着应道，擦身而过时，朝被程放牵着的许煦点点算是打招呼。
"Got it." Bai Dongqing smiled slightly in response and passed by, nodding at Xuyu who was being held by Cheng Fang.

待走了几米，许煦忍不住扯了扯程放的手臂：“我每次看到柏学长打水，都是拎着几瓶，是帮你们打的吧？”
After walking a few meters, Xuyu couldn't help tugging on Cheng Fang's arm: "Every time I see Senior Bai fetching water, he always carries a few bottles. Is he doing that for you guys?"

室友之间帮忙带饭打个水不足为奇，许煦宿舍几个也会经常干这种事，但从来是轮流着来，绝不对总是一个人。而这两个月下来，许煦是从来没看到程放去打过热水，不过帮自己倒是提过几回。
It's not surprising for roommates to help each other bring meals or fetch water. In Xu Xu's dorm, they often do such things, but they always take turns and never let one person do it all. But over these past two months, Xu Xu had never seen Cheng Fang go to fetch hot water, though he had helped her a few times.

程放听她问，点头道：“是啊！反正他每天去食堂吃完饭都是要打热水的，就顺手帮我们打了，免得我们这些懒得去食堂的，专门跑一趟。”
When she asked, Cheng Fang nodded and said, "Of course! He goes to the cafeteria every day and always gets hot water. He just helps us out since we're too lazy to go to the cafeteria ourselves."

“你们好意思啊？”许煦有些无语。
"You guys really have the nerve," Xu Xu couldn't help but say, feeling a bit speechless.

程放好笑地看了她一眼，不甚在意道：“这有什么不好意思的，你以为我们男生像你们女生一样斤斤计较。我们老三人特好，都主动帮我们干的。”
Cheng Fang smiled and looked at her, not taking it too seriously. "What's the big deal? Do you think we guys are as petty as you girls? We three are really good; we all take the initiative to help out."

许煦撇撇嘴：“刚带药不是你让人干的吗？”
Xu Xu pursed her lips: "Didn't you have someone do that just now with medicine?"

程放道：“那不是顺便么？”他吸了口气啧啧两声，歪头看她，笑道，“我说许小煦同学，你把我们想成什么人了？欺负同学的恶势力？”
Cheng Fang said, "That wasn't just a side task, was it?" He took a deep breath and clicked his tongue twice, tilting his head to look at her and smiled, "Xiao Xu, what kind of people do you think we are? A gang of bullies who bully classmates?"

许煦道：“我就是觉得你们这样不大好。”
Xu Xu said, "I just think it's not good for you guys to do that."

程放笑：“什么不太好？我们宿舍人关系好着呢！反正老三也不用谈恋爱，像我们一样为女朋友鞍前马后，帮兄弟们分担一点琐事就是举手之劳而已。”
Cheng Fang laughed, "What's not good? Our dorm gets along really well! Anyway, Third Brother doesn't need to date, and he can do things like we do for our girlfriends, helping out with little chores for our brothers."

“他为什么不用谈恋爱？”许煦下意识问。
"Why doesn't he date?" Xu Xu asked instinctively.

程放道：“他现在得学习打工挣钱养自己啊，怎么可能谈恋爱？他自己也说了工作后才会考虑这种事的。”
Cheng Fang said, "He needs to learn how to work and earn money to support himself right now. How could he possibly date? He himself said he would only consider such things after getting a job."

许煦想起之前在聚会中说的，柏冬青父母双亡，已经一个人生活多年。
Xu Xu recalled what Bo Dongqing had said at the gathering—his parents were deceased, and he had been living alone for many years.

程放揉了把她的头发：“放心吧，你男朋友绝对不是那种会欺负室友的男生。”
Cheng Fang patted her hair, "Rest assured, your boyfriend is definitely not the kind of guy who would bully roommates."

许煦对柏冬青不了解，但想到之前吃饭时，程放几个说他的事，以及那次在路边看到他将那位卖艺者抱上车子的举动，猜想可能真的是一个善良热心的男生。也许男生确实不太会计较这种细微末节的琐事。
Xu Xu did not know much about Bai Dongqing, but recalling how Cheng Fang had mentioned him during dinner and the time he had seen him help a street performer into a car, she guessed that he might indeed be a kind and 热心的男生. Perhaps the boy really did not care much about such minor details.

于是也就没再纠结这件事。
So she stopped worrying about it.

许煦和程放的恋爱和相处渐入佳境，虽然也许还没有到懂得爱情真谛的年纪，但谁都不能否认这就是爱情，是这个年纪快乐的源泉。
Xu Xu and Cheng Fang's relationship and interactions were gradually becoming more harmonious. Although they might not yet fully understand the essence of love, no one could deny that this was love, the source of happiness for their age.

到了十二月份，便正式进入了这个城市寒冷的冬季，没有暖气的宿舍，早上和被窝告别就成了一件高难度的事，尤其是周末，许煦不到十点肯定是不起来的。
By December, the city's cold winter officially began. Waking up in a dorm without heating in the morning was a challenge, especially on weekends, when Xu Xu was guaranteed to stay in bed until after ten.

这日早上九点多，她接到程放打来的电话。不等对方说话，许煦就瓮声瓮气笑道：“你今天怎么早？”
On that morning around nine o'clock, she received a call from Cheng Fang. Without waiting for the other party to speak, Xu Xu chuckled in a deep voice, "Why are you calling so early today?"

平时周末，程放的第一个电话基本上已经是十一点左右，因为这个时候他才刚起床。
On regular weekends, Cheng Fang's first call was usually around eleven o'clock, as that's when he would just wake up.

那头的男生唉声叹气道：“今天不是什么国际志愿者日么？我们辅导员把我们几个宿舍的男生挖起来去干义务劳动，我们宿舍被分配去西门外那个天桥清理小广告。大冬天的简直丧心病狂啊！”
The boy on the other end sighed and said, "Today is International Volunteer Day, isn't it? Our counselor dug up all the boys in our dorm to do voluntary labor. Our dorm was assigned to clean up small advertisements under the overpass outside the west gate. It's absolutely insane in the middle of winter!"

许煦幸灾乐祸地大笑：“多有意义的一天啊！行吧，待会儿我来慰问你的工作。”
Xu Xu laughed maliciously, "What a meaningful day! Alright, I'll come to console you later."

“别了，冷得要死，等我干完活儿给你打电话，咱们去吃好吃的。”
Goodbye, it's freezing. I'll call you after I finish my work, and then we can go eat something delicious.

许煦“嗯”了一声，两人又说笑了两句，才挂了电话。
Xu Xu "Mm-hmm"ed, and they chatted for a couple more minutes before hanging up.

说是这样说，但爱情的力量，让她在挂了电话后，坚强从温暖的被窝里钻了出来，洗漱后直接去了西门外找程放。
Though she said it was fine, the power of love made her get out of her warm bed after hanging up, wash up, and head straight to the western gate to find Cheng Fang.

西门外这座十字形天桥加起来得有几十米，深受小广告喜爱，从台阶到桥面再到栏杆，常年被各种办证找小姐的小广告覆盖，要清理干净还真不是件轻松的任务。
The crosswalk at the western gate, stretching for several dozen meters, was a favorite spot for small advertisements. From the steps to the bridge surface and even the railings, it was constantly covered in various "find a girl" and "get a license" ads. Cleaning them all up was no easy task.

因为是冬天上午，这会儿来往的人很少，只有稀稀拉拉几个身影。许煦跑上天桥，遥遥看到蹲在地上干活的男生。她认出来是柏冬青，而程放几个却不知在哪里。
Because it was early winter in the morning, there weren't many people around; only a few figures could be seen. Xu Xu ran up to the overpass and saw a boy working on the ground. She recognized him as Bai Dongqing, but Cheng Fang and the others were nowhere to be seen.

她狐疑地走过去，问：“学长，程放呢？”
She approached with suspicion and asked, "Senior, where's Cheng Fang?"

柏冬青大概是干活干得太投入，被突然闯入的声音吓得手顿了一下，抬头看到是许煦，朝她微微笑了笑，道：“他们出来穿太少，冷得受不了，去买热饮了。”
Bai Dongqing seemed to have been so engrossed in his work that he was startled by the sudden intrusion, his hand pausing for a moment. He looked up and gave her a slight smile, saying, "They went out because they were too cold in their thin clothes, so they went to buy hot drinks."

今天气温本来就低，天桥上更是有四面八方的寒风涌来，许煦才站了片刻就，就能感觉到寒风刺骨。她低头看着柏冬青身上单薄的旧夹克，忍不住问：“你怎么没跟他们一块去？你不冷吗？”
The temperature was already low today, and the overpass was hit by cold winds from all directions. Xu Xu could feel the chill just standing there for a moment. She looked down at Bai Dongqing's thin old jacket and couldn't help asking, "Why didn't you go with them? Don't you feel cold?"

柏冬青低下头继续干活，不甚在意道：“还行！”
Bai Dongqing lowered his head and continued working, shrugging slightly, "Not bad!"

许煦想了想，蹲下来拿起他旁边的一个小铲子：“那我等程放回来。”
Xu Xu thought for a moment, then squatted down and picked up a small shovel beside him, "Then I'll wait for Cheng Fang to come back."

柏冬青见她要干活，忙不迭道：“我弄就行了，这儿风大，你去下面的店里等着吧，程放来了我告诉他。”
Bai Dongqing, seeing that she wanted to work, hurriedly said, "I can handle it. It's windy here, so you go wait in the shop below. I'll tell Cheng Fang when he comes."

“没事！我穿得多，而且活动活动就暖和了。”许煦用铲子铲了两下地上的小广告，笑道，“还挺好玩儿的嘛！”
It's fine! I'm dressed warmly, and I'll get warm by moving around," Xu Xu used the shovel to scrape away some small advertisements, smiling, "It's actually quite fun!

柏冬青看了看那她，没再说什么，复又低下头继续专心干活。
Bai Dongqing looked at her, said nothing, and then lowered her head to continue working attentively.

许煦铲了几张小广告就有点无聊了，默默转头看向离自己不到两米的男生，风从栏杆缝隙吹过他的脸，脸颊和嘴唇在这寒风中有些干涸苍白。
Xu Xu shoveled a few pieces of small advertisements and found it a bit boring, silently turning her head to look at the male student less than two meters away from her. The wind blew through the gaps in the 栏杆, touching his face, making his cheeks and lips somewhat dry and pale in the cold wind.

他显然是冷的。
He was clearly cold.

她想了想问：“学长，程放是不是经常让你帮他干这干那的？”
She thought for a moment and asked, "Senior, does Cheng Fang often ask you to help him with various tasks?"

柏冬青愣了下，转头看她一眼，有些茫然地摇头：“没有啊。”
Bai Dongqing was taken aback for a moment, turned to look at her, and shook his head uncertainly: "No."

许煦道：“我经常看到你帮他们打水带饭。”
Xu Xu said, "I often see you helping them fetch water and carry meals."

柏冬青恍然大悟地勾了勾唇，不甚在意道：“就是顺便而已，打一份也是打，打三份四份也是打。程放他们也经常帮我的。”
Bai Dongqing gave a knowing smile and said indifferently, "It's just a 顺便 matter. Whether it's one, three, or four, I still have to write. Cheng Fang and the others also often help me."

“是吗？”许煦眼睛一亮，朝他挪过去一步，“程放帮过你什么？”
"Is that so?" Xu Xu's eyes lit up as she took a step closer to him. "What has Cheng Fang helped you with?"

柏冬青道：“很多啊，帮我介绍兼职什么的。”
Bai Dongqing said, "Quite a few. Help me introduce some part-time jobs."

许煦毕竟和人不熟，也不好具体多问，只笑眯眯道：“这样啊！”
Xu Xu, after all, didn't know many people and didn't want to pry too much, so she only smiled and said, "Oh!"

柏冬青点点头，抬头看她一眼，笑道：“程放人很好的。”
Bai Dongqing nodded and looked at her, smiling, "Cheng Fang is a very good person."

男朋友被人夸许煦当然很高兴，但也不好表现在脸上，只佯装平静地“嗯”了一声，没有再说话，和他一样，继续默默干活。
Xu Xu was naturally happy when her boyfriend was praised, but she didn't show it on her face. She only pretended to be calm by "mm-hmm"ing and didn't say anything else, continuing to work silently just like him.

然而这位人很好的男朋友，连同他两个室友，在许煦蹲在寒风中刮了快二十分钟小广告后，还是没有回来。
However, the nice boyfriend, along with his two roommates, still did not return after Xu Xu spent nearly twenty minutes scraping flyers in the cold wind.

她等得有点不耐烦了，掏出手机拨了程放的号码。没有人接听。
She grew a bit impatient and took out her phone to dial Cheng Fang's number. No one answered.

她挂了手机，瘪瘪嘴没好气道：“买个热饮是被人贩子打包拐走了吗？这么久都不回来？”
She hung up the phone, pouted, and said unkindly, "Did you get kidnapped by human traffickers and have your hot drink stolen? Why haven't you come back yet?"

“你要不然去下面的店里等着，他回来我告诉他。”柏冬青看了她一眼，道。
"Or you could wait downstairs in the store, and I'll tell him when he comes back," Bai Dongqing looked at her and said.

许煦其实也觉得待在这里有点冷了，但看了看还没刮到一半的小广告，又默默看了眼认真干活的男生，犹豫了一下：“没事，我就在这里等吧！”
Xu Xu actually felt a bit cold staying there, but after glancing at the half-finished advertisement, she quietly looked at the diligent boy and hesitated: "It's fine, I'll just wait here!"

就当是帮程放把他该干的活干了。
As a way to help Cheng Fang get his work done.

于是在接下来的半个多小时，人烟稀少的天桥上，一对隔着两米的年轻男女在寒风中吭哧吭哧劳动。
So, for the next half hour on the sparsely populated overpass, a young couple, separated by two meters, labored in the cold wind.

许煦是个嘴巴不太喜欢闲住的女孩，但毕竟和柏冬青不熟，也看得出这位学长不爱说话，想开口聊天完全不知道从何说起，暗搓搓偷瞄了默默干活的男生几回后，看了看手中的活儿，道：“学长，这张有点刮不掉。”
Xu Xu was a girl who didn't like idle talk much, but since she didn't know Bai Dongqing well, she could tell this senior didn't like to talk either. Not knowing how to start a conversation, she covertly glanced at the boy who was quietly working a few times before commenting, "Senior, this one is hard to scrape off."

柏冬青转头，朝她铲子下看了眼，走过来用力将顽强的小广告刮掉：“好了。”
Bai Dongqing turned her head and glanced at the small advertisement under the shovel, then walked over and forcefully scraped it off. "Done."

然后又默默走开去干自己的活儿。
Then she quietly walked away to continue her work.

“哦！”许煦抿抿唇。
"Oh!" Xu Xu pursed her lips.

第9章
Chapter 9

好在这样的静默，终于被姗姗来迟的声音打断：“老三，你的柚子茶来了。咦？小学妹也在呢！”
Fortunately, the silence was finally broken by a belated sound: "Old Three, your yuzu tea is here. Hey? Little Junior Sister is here too!"

说话的人姜毅，而走在他后面的程放看到许煦，笑嘻嘻跑上来，作势要抱她：“领导真来视察工作啊？”
The speaker, Jiang Yi, saw Cheng Fang approaching Xu Xu and smiled, running up to her with a playful expression, as if to hug her: "Is the leader really here to inspect work?"

许煦拍开他的手，将小铲往他身上一丢，哂笑道：“你这买个热饮还挺快啊？”
Xu Xu pushed his hand away and threw the small shovel at him, laughing sarcastically: "You're pretty quick at buying hot drinks, huh?"

程放看着她被风吹红的脸颊，料她来了应该有了一会儿，他笑着摸了摸额头：“……就有点冷，稍稍去网吧坐了会儿。”
Cheng Fang, looking at her cheeks flushed from the wind, guessed she had been there for a while. He smiled and touched his forehead: "…A little cold, so I just sat in the internet cafe for a bit."

许煦皮笑肉不笑问：“稍稍坐一会儿连电话都没听到？”
Xu Xu asked with a smile on the outside but not on the inside, "You didn't even hear the phone when you sat there for a while?"

程放从衣兜里掏出手机，看到未接来电，笑道：“……就坐着的时候正好戴着耳机，所以没听到。”
Cheng Fang took out his phone from his pocket and saw the missed call, then smiled and said, "…I was wearing headphones when I was sitting, so I didn't hear it."

许煦干笑两声：“然后戴着耳机顺便打了一局游戏？”
Xu Xu chuckled dryly, "And you were playing a game while wearing the headphones?"

程放嬉皮笑脸道：“我不是让你别来么？冷得要命，看看你脸都冻红了。”说着要伸手去捂她的脸。
Cheng Fang grinned mischievously, "I told you not to come. It was freezing, and look at your red face." As he said this, he reached out to cover her face.

第7节
Chapter 7

许煦躲开，指着掉在地上的铲子：“我和柏学长已经清理一半了，剩下的归你们了。”
Xu Xu dodged and pointed to the shovel on the ground. "Brother Bai and I have already cleaned half of it. The rest is for you."

拿了姜毅给的热饮正在喝的柏冬青接话道：“没事的，这里也没多少了，我弄完就行，你们去玩吧！”
Bai Dongqing, who had just taken a sip of the warm drink given by Jiang Yi, chimed in, "It's fine. There's not much left here. I'll finish it up, so you guys go play!"

程放朝许煦眨眼睛。
Cheng Fang winked at Xu Xu.

许煦不为所动，板着脸道：“你赶紧的，自己的事自己做，什么都让别人帮你弄，要不要脸啊？”
Xu Xu remained unmoved and said with a stern face, "Hurry up! Your own business should be done by yourself. Do you have any shame to let others do everything for you?"

一旁的姜毅和周楚河见程放被小女友训，乐不可支。程放瞪了他们一眼，拿起铲子道：“笑什么笑！赶紧干活！”
Qian Yi and Zhou Chuhé, on the side, found it hilarious to see Cheng Fang being scolded by his little girlfriend. Cheng Fang glared at them and picked up a shovel, saying, "Laughing at me? Get to work!"

姜毅拍拍柏冬青：“青儿，你歇会儿吧，剩下的我们来弄就行。”说着蹲在程放身旁小声戏谑，“你以前不这样的啊，看来我们小学妹很是与众不同啊！”
Qian Yi patted Bai Dongqing and said, "Qing'er, you rest for a while. We can handle the rest." As he said this, he squatted beside Cheng Fang and whispered playfully, "You weren't like this before. Looks like our little junior is quite unique!"

程放道：“废话！”
Cheng Fang said, "Nonsense!"

许煦没听到两人在说什么，拍拍手靠在栏杆边，一副地主婆督工的模样，见柏冬青喝完饮料，又要蹲下去跟他们一起干活，赶紧阻止：“哎！学长，你已经清理了那么多，剩下就让他们干吧！哪有干活五分钟偷懒两小时的道理，自己的事就得自己做。”
Xu Xu didn't hear what the two of them were saying. He clapped his hands and leaned against the railing, adopting a landlady's supervisory posture. Seeing Bai Dongqing about to squat down and join them in the work, he quickly stopped him: "Aye! Senior, you've already cleaned so much. Let them do the rest! There's no such thing as working for five minutes and then slacking off for two hours. Your own things should be done by yourself."

柏冬青还没说话，程放已经笑着啪啪鼓了两下掌：“许小煦同学批评得对，我坚决改正错误，剩下的我们仨干完就行，老三你回去吧！”说完又朝许煦眨眨眼就，“我这么知错能改，是不是得什么奖励啊？”
Before Bai Dongqing could speak, Cheng Fang had already laughed and clapped his hands twice: "Classmate Xu Xiao Xu's criticism is correct. I will definitely correct my mistakes. The rest of us three can finish it. Third Brother, you go back home!" After saying this, he winked at Xu Xu again, "Since I can admit my mistake, do I deserve some reward?"

程放天生哄女孩子的高手，一双桃花眼含情脉脉朝人一看，便能让人心花怒放，许煦自然也架不住他的魅力，眉眼弯弯一笑，凑上前弯身抱着蹲在地上帅气的大男孩，在他额头用力亲了一下。
Cheng Fang, born with the skill to flatter girls, with his peach-blossom eyes gazing at someone, could make their heart bloom. Xu Xu, naturally unable to resist his charm, smiled with a slight curve of his eyebrows and stepped forward to hug the handsome boy squatting on the ground, pressing a firm kiss on his forehead.

姜毅和周楚河故意捂着眼睛哇哇大叫：“这大冷天的，我们不仅得干苦力，还得被塞狗粮，有没有人性啊！”
Jiang Yi and Zhou Chuhua deliberately covered their eyes and wailed loudly: "In this freezing weather, not only do we have to do hard labor, but we also have to be fed dog food. Is there any humanity left?"

程放道：“得了吧，你俩又不是单身狗！”
Cheng Fang said, "Come on, you two aren't single people!"

姜毅笑：“那不是女朋友隔得远么？远水解不了近渴，哪里像你和小学妹，天天能黏在一起。”说着又感叹道，“还是老三好，一心学习，心无旁骛，不近女色。”
Jiang Yi smiled, "Then your girlfriend is far away, right? Long-distance relationships can't solve immediate needs. How is that like you and the little junior, who can stick together every day." He then sighed, "Old Three is still the best. He focuses solely on his studies, with no distractions, and has no interest in women."

许煦本来也是跟着在笑，听到冷不防说到柏冬青，下意识便朝几步之遥站着的男生看过去。
Xu Xu was also laughing along, but when he suddenly mentioned Bai Dongqing, he subconsciously looked over at the boy standing just a few steps away.

被人点名的柏冬青抿唇轻笑着，沉默不言，脸上并没有被人开玩笑的不自在，大概是觉察到她的视线，抬头看过来，那双干净的眸子里无波无澜，只带着点温和的笑意。目光对上她后，只微微停留，很快就移开。
Bai Dongqing, who was called out, pursed her lips and smiled lightly, remaining silent. She didn't seem uncomfortable at being joked about. Noticing her gaze, she looked up, her clear eyes calm and untroubled, with only a gentle smile. After meeting her gaze, her eyes lingered for a moment before quickly moving away.

柏冬青到底没有先离开，喝完了饮料，就又和大家一起干活，其他几个包括许煦在内，难免边做事边打闹，只有他一个人最专心，只偶尔应一声，或者默默笑一笑。
Bai Dongqing did not leave first. After finishing his drink, he continued working with everyone else. The others, including Xu Xu, inevitably teased and joked around as they worked, but he was the most focused, only occasionally responding or quietly smiling.

干完活，已经是中午，程放大手一挥要请大家去旁边新开的餐馆吃饭。一行人笑笑闹闹结伴而去。
By the time they finished working, it was already noon. Cheng Da waved his hand and invited everyone to the newly opened restaurant nearby for lunch. The group went off together, laughing and joking.

席间自是欢声笑语其乐融融，姜毅见许煦和程放黏黏糊糊，故意拉着周楚河开他俩的玩笑，许煦也不害羞，在两人架秧子起哄下，还大大方方和程放当众亲了嘴。然而不管大家闹得怎么夸张，柏冬青都很少说话，只是默默吃着饭，看着大家笑。
During the meal, there was laughter and joy all around. Jiang Yi saw that Xu Xu and Cheng Da were being particularly close, so he deliberately teased Zhou Chuhé about them. Xu Xu was not shy and, under the encouragement of the two, even publicly kissed Cheng Da in front of everyone. However, no matter how exaggerated everyone's antics were, Bai Dongqing rarely spoke, just quietly eating and watching everyone laugh.

快吃完时，程放的电话忽然响起，他看了眼号码起身笑道：“你们继续啊，我去接个电话。”
Just as they were finishing, Cheng Da's phone suddenly rang. He glanced at the number, stood up, and smiled, "You guys keep going, I'll just take this call."

姜毅戏谑：“什么电话还出去接，不会是哪个美女打来的吧？学妹你可得看紧着啊！”
Jiang Yi teased, "What kind of call requires you to go out to answer it? Don't tell me it's from some beautiful lady? You should keep a close eye on your junior!"

许煦斜了眼神色闪躲的程放，笑道：“是美女吗？”
Xu Xu glanced at Cheng Fang's evasive expression and smiled, "A beautiful lady? Really?"

程放朝姜毅瞪了一眼：“什么美女？社团的辩友找我说比赛的事呢！你就多吃点吧，把嘴巴塞上。”说着朝许煦眨眨眼睛走出去将门带上。
Cheng Fang glared at Jiang Yi, "What beautiful lady? A fellow debater from the club is looking for me to discuss the competition! Just eat more, fill your mouth up." With that, he winked at Xu Xu and walked out, closing the door behind him.

过了十来分钟，大家都已经吃完放下筷子，出去打电话的程放还没回来，许煦心下奇怪，起身打开门去看，长长的走廊空空荡荡，哪里有程放的影子。
After about ten minutes, everyone had finished eating and put down their chopsticks. Cheng Fang, who had gone out to make a call, still hadn't returned, which puzzled Xu Xu. He got up and opened the door to check, but the long corridor was empty, with no sign of Cheng Fang.

她走回来刚拿出手机，程放的电话已经进来：“我有点急事先走了，单已经买了，吃完了你自己回去，不用等我了。”
She walked back just as she was about to take out her phone, and Cheng Fang's call had already come in: "I have a bit of an urgent matter and need to leave early. The single room is already booked, so eat and then go back on your own, no need to wait for me."

许煦有些不悦：“什么急事招呼不打一声就跑了。”
Xu Xu was a bit displeased: "What urgent matter that you didn't even give a heads up and ran off."

“就是有人来找我，你先回宿舍，我完事了给你打电话。”
It's because someone came looking for me. You go back to the dorm first, and I'll call you when I'm done.

“好吧。”
Alright then.

因为程放已经离开，许煦到底和这些人不算熟悉，一起出了餐馆大门，就笑着道别，没和他们一道回去，而是准备再外头一个人再瞎逛逛。
Since Cheng Fang had already left, Xu Xu was not very familiar with these people. After leaving the restaurant, she bid them a cheerful farewell and did not go back with them, instead preparing to wander around outside alone.

然而走了一小段路，她忽然看到前方拐角处有道熟悉的身影，因为被一棵大树挡着，又隔得有些远看不太清楚，正要走上前去确认。却见那身影和一个女孩拉拉扯扯着，上了路旁一辆红色的小车。
However, after walking a short distance, she suddenly saw a familiar figure at the corner ahead. Because a large tree was blocking her view and they were a bit far away, she could not see clearly. She was about to approach to confirm when she saw the figure tugging at a girl and getting into a red car parked by the roadside.

毕竟已经交往这么久，虽然那身影从大树后面到钻入车内，不过几秒的功夫，但许煦还是认出来那是程放。她急忙跑上前想去看究竟，可人还没跑近，一辆电动车从辅路急速骑过，几乎是擦着她的身体将她带倒在地，偏偏那骑车人明知撞到人，也不停下，直接肇事而逃。
Although they had been together for so long, it only took a few seconds for the figure to emerge from behind the tree and get into the car. Xu Xu still recognized it as Cheng Fang. She hurriedly ran forward to see what was happening, but before she could get close, an electric scooter zoomed past the side road, barely missing her and knocking her to the ground. The rider, knowing they had hit someone, did not stop but fled the scene.

许煦摔了一跤，慌乱中抬头朝前方叫了一声“程放”，可是已经坐进车子里的人，并没听到这声呼唤。她只能眼睁睁看着那辆红色车子绝尘而去，消失在拐角处。
Xu Xu fell to the ground, and in her panic, she called out "Cheng Fang" towards the front. However, the person inside the car did not hear her call. She could only watch helplessly as the red car sped away, disappearing around the corner.

许煦气急败坏地从地上爬起来，哪知脚下传来的剧痛差点让她再次摔倒，而没摔倒的原因是——她被人扶住了。
Xu Xu, in a fit of anger, struggled to get up from the ground. However, the intense pain from her feet nearly caused her to fall again. The reason she didn't fall was because she was supported by someone.

许煦转头，看到不知何时出现的柏冬青：“你还没走？”
Xu Xu turned around and saw Bao Dongqing, who had appeared at some point: "You haven't left yet?"

柏冬青道：“我取了单车从这边去星巴克打工。”他低头去看她的脚,“你没事吧？”
Bao Dongqing replied, "I took my bike and am going to Starbucks to work." He looked down at her foot and asked, "Are you okay?"

许煦提起那只扭到的脚，龇着牙道：“脚扭到了。”
Xu Xu lifted the twisted foot and gritted her teeth, saying, "I twisted my foot."

柏冬青微微蹙眉，冷不丁蹲下身体，拨开她的牛仔裤脚，去查看她的脚踝，他伸手按了下，正好按在痛处，许煦疼得倒吸一口冷气。
Ba Dongqing slightly furrowed his brows and suddenly crouched down, pushing aside her jeans to check her ankle. He pressed down, exactly on the sore spot, and Xu Xu gasped in pain.

柏冬青抬头看她：“应该是扭伤了，问题不大，揉点药就行了。”又站起身问，“你们宿舍有药吗？”
Ba Dongqing looked up at her and said, "It's probably a sprain. Not a big issue, just rub some medicine on it." He then stood up and asked, "Do you have any medicine in your dorm?"

许煦摇头。
Xu Xu shook her head.

“这样吧，你先在这儿等一下，前面有个药店，我去帮你买药，然后送你回宿舍。”
Alright, then you wait here for a moment. There's a pharmacy in front, I'll go get the medicine and then take you back to your dorm.

许煦被他扶着手臂往边上走，疼得边吸冷气边道：“谢谢你啊学长！”
Xu Xu was supported by him as he walked to the side, gasping for breath and saying, "Thank you so much, senior!"

柏冬青请笑了笑：“没事的。”
Bai Dongqing smiled and said, "It's nothing."

许煦靠在路边他的旧单车上，看着他准备转身去药店，忽然想到什么似的叫住他：“等等等等！我给你钱。”
Xu Xu leaned against his old bicycle by the roadside, watching him prepare to turn and head to the pharmacy. Suddenly, he seemed to think of something and called out to him, "Wait, wait! I'll give you the money."

说着掏出一张一百的钞票递给他，柏冬青愣了下，接过来，朝前面小跑去。不过两分钟，他就去而复返，将药和找零的钱一起递给她。
As he said this, he pulled out a hundred-yuan note and handed it to him. Bai Dongqing was taken aback for a moment but took the money and ran back to the front. In just two minutes, he returned, handing her both the medicine and the change.

许煦也没看吗，一骨碌塞进包里：“真是太谢谢你。”
Xu Xu also didn't bother to look, rolling it into his bag: "Thank you so much."

柏冬青笑着摇头：“没事的，上回你还帮我捡到校园卡呢！”
Bai Dongqing smiled and shook her head: "No problem! Last time you even helped me find my campus card!"

许煦不甚在意地嘻嘻笑了笑，想了想又道：“对了，你是要去打工吧？我还是打电话让程放来接我。”
Xu Xu chuckled slightly, not taking it too seriously, and then added, "Oh, right, you're going to work, right? I'll just call Cheng Fang to pick me up."

她掏出手机，拨了程放的号码，电话是接通了，但是明显是响了几声就被人摁掉，试了几次都是如此。
She took out her phone and dialed Cheng Fang's number. The call connected, but it was obvious that it was hung up after a few rings, and this happened several times.

柏冬青见状，道：“没事，这里离宿舍区就几分钟，我来得及。”
Bai Dongqing said, "No need to worry, it's just a few minutes to the dormitory area, I'll make it."

许煦收了电话，一边腹诽程放，一边抬头看他：“那就麻烦你了。”
Xu Xu hung up the call, muttering under her breath about Cheng Fang as she looked up at him, "Then it's trouble for you."

到底是不熟悉，她没法像程放他们那样，将他习以为常的热心当做理所当然。
Since she wasn't as familiar, she couldn't take his usual kindness for granted like Cheng Fang and the others did.

柏冬青轻笑了笑，踏上车子，示意她坐好。
Bai Dongqing smiled lightly and got on the bike, gesturing for her to sit comfortably.

许煦笑嘻嘻坐上车后座，平时坐男友的单车，她可以轻轻松松靠在程放身后抱着他，但此时这个载着自己的男生，只是一个并不算熟悉的学长，她只能小心翼翼抓着他的外套衣摆上方。
Xu Xu smiled as she sat in the back seat of the car. Usually, when she rode her boyfriend Cheng Fang's bicycle, she could easily lean back and hug him. But now, this boy driving her was just an unfamiliar senior, so she could only cautiously grab the hem of his coat.

他骑车很稳，身体挺直，将迎面而来的寒风替身后的许煦挡开。
He rode very steadily, his body straight, shielding Xu Xu from the cold wind that came from the front.

短短几分钟的路程，遇到减速带，难免也有颠簸时候，许煦的手就会下意识靠近他的腰。虽然是冬天，但他穿得并不厚，隔着薄薄的棉外套，也能感觉到坚硬而劲瘦的腰身。明明都是偏瘦的男生，许煦却觉得柏冬青和程放截然不同，至于哪里不同，她却说不上来。
The short journey was bumpy due to the speed bumps, and Xu Xu's hand would subconsciously move closer to his waist. Although it was winter, he wasn't wearing much, and through the thin cotton coat, she could feel the firm and slender waist. Even though both boys were slim, Xu Xu felt that Bai Dongqing and Cheng Fang were completely different. However, she couldn't pinpoint exactly where the difference lay.

很快到宿舍楼下，单车停稳后，许煦单脚跳下车，再次给柏冬青道谢。
Soon, they arrived at the dormitory building. After the bicycle was parked, Xu Xu hopped off with one foot and thanked Bai Dongqing again.

柏冬青笑着摇摇头，温声叮嘱道：“对了，那个药你按着说明书擦，用点力气不要怕疼。我之前运动扭伤好多次，用这个药效果很好，顶多两三天就没事了。”
Bai Dongqing smiled and shook his head, speaking softly and giving instructions: "By the way, use that medicine according to the instructions and apply some force, don't be afraid of pain. I've twisted my ankle many times from sports, and this medicine works very well. It usually takes no more than two or three days to recover."

许煦算是第一次听到他说这么长电话，笑着抿嘴点点头：“我知道了，谢谢学长。”
Xu Xu was hearing him speak for such a long time for the first time, smiling and nodding: "I understand, thank you senior."

待他将单车掉头快速离去，她才拨了电话让冯佳下楼来接自己。
After he turned the bicycle around and left quickly, she called for Feng Jia to come downstairs to pick her up.

“你搞什么？不是去找程放么？怎么脚扭伤了？你俩打架了？”冯佳扶着她，小心翼翼上楼。
"What are you doing? Didn't you go to find Cheng Fang? Why did you twist your ankle? Did you two fight?" Feng Jia supported her as she carefully climbed the stairs.

许煦疼得龇牙咧嘴：“去你的！是被个电动车撞了，然后肇事者逃跑了。”
Xu Xu winced in pain: "Go to hell! I was hit by an electric scooter, and the driver fled."

“不是吧？这么缺德！”
Really? So unscrupulous!

许煦摆摆手：“算了，也就脚扭了一下。”她默了片刻，小声道，“不过我觉得程放确实有情况。”
Xu Xu waved her hand: "Forget it, I just twisted my ankle." She fell silent for a moment, then whispered, "But I think Cheng Fang is indeed up to something."

“啊？”冯佳做出惊讶状，“劈腿了？”
Ah?" Feng Jia made an expression of surprise. "Cheating?

许煦嘴角抽了抽：“不知道，反正我看到他和个女孩儿上了辆车，鬼鬼祟祟的。”
Xu Xu's lips twitched: "I don't know. Anyway, I saw him get into a car with a girl, acting suspiciously."

“我去！这还得了？”冯佳拍拍胸口，“放心，要是他真劈腿，姐替你去讨公道。”
Shit! What are we going to do about this?" Feng Jia patted her chest. "Don't worry, if he really cheated on you, I'll go get you justice.

美女室友的豪爽仗义取悦了许煦，她咧嘴笑道：“有你这句话就够了！”
Feng Jia's straightforward and generous nature pleased Xu Xu, who grinned and said, "That's enough from you!"

冯佳又问：“对了，那是谁送你回来的？”
Feng Jia asked again, "By the way, who brought you back?"

许煦道：“程放一室友。”
Xu Xu said: "Cheng Fang's roommate."

“哪个室友？”
Which roommate?

“柏冬青，你认识吗？”
Bai Dongqing, have you met him?

“听说过，他们年级每次第一个那位吧！不过不知道长什么样子。反正那种学生活动参加少，只知道埋头学习的男生，应该都长得比较安全。”
I've heard of him; he's usually the first one in their year! But I don't know what he looks like. Anyway, guys who participate in few school activities and just focus on studying should all look pretty safe.

“是挺安全的。”许煦说完才反应过来这安全的意思，连忙呸呸了两声，“什么叫长得安全？人家长得挺好的好吗？不积极是因为要打工，哪里有时间参加那么多活动。”
It's quite safe." Xu Xu only realized the meaning of "safe" after saying it. She quickly spat twice, "What do you mean by 'safe' looks? People have good looks, alright? We're not passive because we're working, where do we have the time to participate in so many activities?

冯佳大笑：“你急什么？你跟人很熟么？”
Feng Jia laughed loudly, "Why are you in such a hurry? Do you know the person?"

许煦翻了个白眼：“好歹人家助人为乐把我一个伤残人士送回宿舍。”
Xu Xu rolled her eyes, "At least the studious senior helped me, a disabled person, back to the dorm."

冯佳眨眼睛逗她：“不会那位学霸学长对咱们许煦同学也那什么……”
Feng Jia wiggled her eyebrows playfully, "Don't tell me that senior genius also did... something to our classmate Xu Xu?"

许煦啐了一口，有些不虞道：“你别胡说八道了。”
Xu Xu spat out, somewhat unprepared, "Stop talking nonsense."

她不是一个开不起玩笑的女孩，实际上宿舍几个人经常开一些乱七八糟无下限的玩笑，但是当这个玩笑的主角变成柏冬青和自己，她就觉得很不舒服，甚至有种说不出来的反感，当然不是反感柏冬青，而是觉得他那样的男生被当成玩笑，有些在侮辱人了。
She was not a girl who couldn't take a joke. In fact, the few people in their dorm often played some extremely low and bottomless jokes. However, when the target of these jokes became Bai Dongqing and herself, she felt uncomfortable, even a bit of an indescribable aversion. Of course, it wasn't that she disliked Bai Dongqing, but she felt that such a boy being made fun of was somewhat an insult to him.

作者有话要说：　　女主以后绝对实力宠小青，还没喜欢人家就已经护犊子啦~试着想象一下场景：
Author's note: The main female character will definitely dote on Xiao Qing in the future, even before she likes him. Try to imagine the scene:

xx：程放好像傻逼哦~
xx: Cheng Fang seems like a fool~

嘘嘘：红红火火恍恍惚惚哈哈哈哈~
Pee pee: 红红火火恍恍惚惚哈哈哈哈~

xx：柏冬青好像傻逼哦~
xx: Ba Dongqing seems like a fuckwit~

嘘嘘：你才傻逼，你们全家都傻逼
Pee pee: You're the one who's a fuckwit, and your whole family is a bunch of fuckwits

第10章
Chapter 10

程放的电话过了快两个小时才通，不过这回是他打过来的。
Cheng Fang's phone call didn't connect for nearly two hours, but this time it was he who called.

听许煦说看到自己和一个女孩上车，还因此被电动车刮倒扭了脚，非常老实地交代了那女孩是前女友。
After Xu Xu saw him get into a car with a girl and was even knocked down by an electric scooter, twisting his ankle in the process, he confessed very honestly that the girl was his ex-girlfriend.

程放有前女友的事，许煦当然知道。实际上作为院里的风云人物，她不用亲自问他，就早从八卦中得知他之前的恋爱经历，知道他在大学期间，交过两个女朋友，在她之前分手的那位，是传媒大学的校花。
Xu Xu naturally knew about Cheng Fang's ex-girlfriend. In fact, as a figure of 风云人物 in the institute, she didn't need to ask him personally; she had already learned about his past relationships from gossip. She knew that during his university days, he had dated two girlfriends, and the one who broke up with him before her was the campus beauty of Communication University.

程放这样耀眼活跃的男生，别说在大学交过两任女友，就是再多几个也不奇怪。许煦对前女友这事还真没放在心上，她自己也不是一入校就谈恋爱了吗？
Such a dazzling and active male student, it wasn't strange for him to have dated two girlfriends in university, let alone a few more. Xu Xu wasn't really concerned about the ex-girlfriend thing. After all, hadn't she started dating right after entering school?

再说了，前女友是校花的风云学长，还不是一顿饭就落在她手里。嘻嘻！
Moreover, the ex-girlfriend of the 风云学长, who was the school beauty, didn't end up with her after just one meal. Haha!

然而当这个本来已经退场的校花前任，忽然又出现，还让程放对自己躲躲闪闪，并导致自己被电动车刮到，就有点让她很不爽了。
However, when this ex-girlfriend, who was supposed to have already left the scene, suddenly reappeared and made Cheng Fang act evasively towards her, causing her to get scratched by an electric scooter, it made her quite unhappy.

程放倒也坦白，说前女友是想找他复合，他背着她去和她见面，是为了彻底打发她，免得她阴魂不散去打扰她。至于这坦白真实度有多高就有待考证了。
Cheng Fang was also straightforward about it, saying that his ex-girlfriend wanted to reconcile with him, and he met with her secretly to completely get rid of her, so she wouldn't keep bothering him. The authenticity of this confession was still up for debate.

为这事，许煦连着三天没搭理程放，正好脚扭伤窝在宿舍没去上课，程放想逮人也逮不着，只能天天鞍前马后给她打水买饭，送到宿舍楼下，让冯佳他们帮忙带上去。
Over this matter, Xu Xu didn't talk to Cheng Fang for three consecutive days. Coincidentally, she had sprained her ankle and was staying in the dorm without going to class, so Cheng Fang couldn't catch her. He could only follow her around every day, fetching water and buying meals for her, delivering them to the dormitory entrance and having Feng Jia and the others help bring them up.

在三个室友几天的考察下，一致认为程放的表现很优秀，建议许煦酌情宽大处理——当然主要也是这三位没禁住程放糖衣炮弹的诱惑，收受了零食大礼包之类的贿赂。
After several days of observation by the three roommates, they unanimously agreed that Cheng Fang performed excellently and suggested that Xu Xu consider leniency—of course, the main reason was that these three couldn't resist the 诱惑 of Cheng Fang's sweet promises and accepted snack gift baskets.

许煦其实也没打算就这样分手，被个前女友就弄分手，太没面子。
Xu Xu actually didn't plan to break up so easily. Being dumped by a former girlfriend would be too much of a loss of face.

然而，她还没想好怎么原谅程放，便接到了那位前女友的电话。
However, before she could figure out how to forgive Cheng Fang, she received a call from that former girlfriend.

“你真去啊？”冯佳看她在在衣柜挑衣服，笑着问。
"Are you really going?" Feng Jia asked, smiling as she saw her rummaging through the closet to pick out clothes.

许煦道：“当然，要不去她还以为我怕她呢？而且我也想知道她和程放到底怎么回事？我可不会听信程放一面之词。”
Xu Xu said, "Of course, or she might think I'm afraid of her? Plus, I also want to know what's going on between her and Cheng Fang. I won't believe Cheng Fang's one-sided story."

冯佳瞅了她一眼，朝她招招手，将椅子滑到她旁边。
Feng Jia glanced at her and beckoned her over, sliding her chair next to hers.

第8节
Section 8

许煦奇怪问：“干嘛？”
Xu Xu asked curiously, "Why?"

“你就打算这么去？我可是听说了程放前女友是传媒大学校花。”冯佳笑，“情敌相见，你好歹化个妆吧！”
Are you really going like that?" Feng Jia laughed. "I heard Cheng Fang's ex-girlfriend was the school flower of Communication University. At least put on some makeup, you rivals should at least look your best!

许煦其实长得很不错，肤白大眼，笑起来眉眼弯弯，看起来很舒服，是最讨人喜欢不过的模样。只不过刚上大学几个月，还残留着高中生的青涩，清汤挂面的直发，休闲装帆布鞋，也从来不化妆，孩子气倒是不少，女人味确实半点都无。
Xu Xu actually looked quite good. She had fair skin and big eyes that curved into a gentle smile, making her look very pleasant. She was the most likable kind of person. However, she had only been in university for a few months and still retained the greenness of a high school student. Her straight, thin hair was like a bowl of clear noodles, and she wore casual clothes and sneakers. She never wore makeup and was quite childlike, with not a trace of womanly charm.

许煦想了想那日的匆匆一瞥，那位前女友好像确实很时尚靓丽。她笑嘻嘻凑到冯佳跟前：“那你给我弄弄。”
Xu Xu thought back to that quick glance she had that day. The ex-girlfriend did seem very fashionable and beautiful. She smiled and leaned in to Feng Jia: "Then you can do something for me."

冯美人将自己平日里化妆的装备拿出来，把她拉下坐好。修眉画眉，粉底口红眼影一整套弄下来，已经是二十分钟后。
Miss Feng took out her daily makeup tools and had her sit down. She carefully shaped her eyebrows, applied foundation, lipstick, and eyeshadow, and by the time she was done, it was twenty minutes later.

冯佳看着面前的少女，对自己的大作得意地吹声口哨，将镜子递给许煦，笑道:“这谁家的漂亮姑娘？我都不认识了。”
Feng Jia looked at the girl in front of her and whistled with satisfaction at her own masterpiece, then handed the mirror to Xu Xu and said with a smile, "Who's this pretty girl? I don't even recognize her."

不得不承认，三分天注定七分靠打扮确实是个真理，许煦从来都是自信的女孩，但这会儿也不得不感叹化妆这门邪术的厉害之处，对着镜子都有点舍不得拿开。
He couldn't help but admit that three parts are predetermined and seven parts depend on how you dress up is indeed a truth. Xu Xu had always been a confident girl, but at this moment, she couldn't help but marvel at the power of makeup, feeling a bit reluctant to take the mirror away.

冯佳看她那自恋的小模样，笑道：“行了别自恋了，祝你旗开得胜。要是打起来就赶紧打电话，姐去救你。”
Feng Jia smiled at her self-indulgent appearance and said, "Alright, stop being so self-indulgent. I wish you good luck. If you need to call for help, just give me a ring, I'll come save you."

许煦大笑：“这里可是我的主场，我还怕她不成？而且她约的是星巴克，不至于在那种地方撒泼吧！”
Xu Xu laughed loudly, "This is my home turf. I'm not afraid of her. Besides, she's meeting at Starbucks, so she won't be throwing a tantrum in such a place, right?"

冯佳点头：“也是。”
Feng Jia nodded: "Indeed."

于是，化了妆的许煦怀着一举击退前任的雄心壮志去赴约了。
Thus, Xǔ Xù, with the ambition to defeat her ex with one blow, went to meet him after getting dressed up.

星巴克里，柏冬青正在柜台内工作，看到她进来，朝她抿嘴笑笑打招呼。许煦也朝他笑了笑，唤了声“学长好”，然后也不知为什么有点心虚地低头匆匆去了里面。
At Starbucks, Bái Dōngqīng was working behind the counter. Seeing her enter, he gave her a small smile and greeted her. Xǔ Xù also smiled back and called him "Senior Brother good", then for some reason felt a bit guilty and quickly went inside.

还好，梁露坐的位置很靠内，离收银台很有些距离。
Fortunately, Liáng Luō sat quite far in, quite a distance from the cash register.

许煦本是信心满满而来，可先是见到打工的柏冬青莫名就虚了一下，在梁露面前坐下时，又虚了一大下。因为程放这位前女友确实不负传媒大学校花之名，不是因为脸有多美，而是整个人穿着打扮举手投足的气质，和她们这种女学生，尤其是大一女生，实在是截然不同。饶是自己化了妆，和梁露一比，也还是显得太学生气。她甚至觉得程放和这位前女友的气质都有些不搭，毕竟程放看起来也就是个帅气的大男孩。
Xu Xu originally came with full confidence, but he first felt a bit nervous when he saw Bo Dongqing working. When he sat down in front of Liang Lu, he felt even more nervous. Because Cheng Fang, this former girlfriend, truly lived up to the reputation of the beauty of Communication University, not because of her face, but because of her overall demeanor, her way of dressing, and her every move, which were worlds apart from theirs, especially freshmen girls. Even with her makeup on, she still seemed too much like a student compared to Liang Lu. She even felt that Cheng Fang and this former girlfriend didn't quite match, as Cheng Fang looked more like a handsome young man.

显然，梁露也是这样看待许煦的，她轻飘飘上下打量了她一眼，脸上的轻蔑几乎毫不掩饰：“你就是许煦？”
Clearly, Liang Lu also viewed Xu Xu this way. She gave him a light, disdainful once-over and said, "You're Xu Xu, right?"

输人不输阵，许煦板着脸道：“没错！你找我有什么事？”
Not backing down, Xu Xu said with a stern face, "That's right! What do you want from me?"

梁露勾唇笑了笑：“听说你和程放认识第一天，他就对你表白了？”
Liang Lu smiled and said, "I heard that on the first day he met you, Cheng Fang confessed to you?"

许煦：“这跟你没什么关系吧？”
Xu Xu: "This has nothing to do with you, right?"

梁露继续道：“你觉得他为什么对你表白？是不是以为自己美若天仙，让他一见钟情了？”
Liang Lu continued, "Why do you think he confessed to you? Isn't it because you think you're so beautiful that he fell in love with you at first sight?"

她语气明显的讥诮让许煦不由得皱眉，她压下心头的不快，不去接这话，转而道：“我猜猜你为什么来找我？是因为想找程放复合，但是他不答应，所以想从我这里下手，对吗？”
Her clearly mocking tone made Xu Xu frown. She suppressed her annoyance and didn't respond to that, instead saying, "I'll guess why you came to find me. You want to reconcile with Cheng Fang, but he won't agree, so you're trying to get to me, right?"

梁露到底年纪也不大，脸色微微一变，敛了笑容：“你以为程放真喜欢你？我实话告诉你吧，我们在一起快两年，开学那会儿两个人闹了点小矛盾赌气分手，他找你不过是为了气我。”
Liang Lu, though not very old, changed her expression slightly and put away her smile. "Do you really think Cheng Fang likes you? Let me tell you the truth. We've been together for almost two years. When we first started school, we had a little argument and broke up on a whim. He came to you just to upset me."

要说许煦不相信这话那肯定是假的，当初一顿夜宵程放就向自己表白，她起初也以为是一见钟情，还为此沾沾自喜多时，毕竟自己对程放也算是一见钟情了，看起来是实在是太符合她所有的少女幻想。
If Xu Xu didn't believe this, it would definitely be a lie. Back then, Cheng Fang confessed to her over a late-night snack, and at first, she thought it was love at first sight, which made her quite pleased with herself for a while. After all, she felt the same way about Cheng Fang, so it seemed to fit all her teenage fantasies perfectly.

但细想下来，程放已经大三，见过的女孩那么多，又不是自己这种初出茅庐的菜鸟，怎么可能那么容易一见钟情，何况一见钟情的对象还是对她这种菜鸟。
But upon further reflection, Cheng Fang was already a third-year student, having seen so many girls, and wasn't some greenhorn like herself. It was impossible for him to fall in love at first sight so easily, especially with someone like her, a greenhorn.

但毕竟在一起两个多月，程放对自己如何，她能感觉得到，她不相信一个男生随便找一个和前女友赌气的女友，会对她做那么多，带她玩给她送礼物让她认识自己的室友，而且无底线包容她的小脾气。
However, after being together for over two months, she could sense how Cheng Fang felt about her. She didn't believe that a guy would do all that for a girlfriend just because she was angry with his ex. He would take her out, give her gifts, introduce her to his roommates, and endlessly tolerate her little quirks.

虽然梁露的话让她很不舒服，但她还是笑着道：“所以呢？你觉得跟我说这个，我就会和他分手，让你们复合？坦白说，你又何必自欺欺人，就算我和他分手，程放也不会和你复合吧？不然你怎么会狗急跳墙来找我？”
Although Liang Lu's words made her uncomfortable, she still smiled and said, "So what? You think telling me this will make me break up with him and let you two get back together? Frankly, why do you deceive yourself? Even if I break up with him, Cheng Fang wouldn't get back with you, right? Otherwise, why would you come to me in such a desperate manner?"

“你……”梁露不料这个小女生如此尖牙利齿，偏偏又戳中她的痛处。
"You..." Liang Lu did not expect this little girl to be so sharp-tongued, and even more so, to hit right at her sore spot.

开学那会儿她和程放耍小脾气闹分手，他一怒之下说你信不信我马上就去找别人。她以为他只是说气话，没想过了没几天，他真的交了个新女友。她跟人打听后知道，他跟那女孩认识第一天就在一起了，用脚趾头想想也知道他是故意气自己，实际上他在电话里也没否认。哪想自此之后，他却没有再给自己打电话，打给他也不接，后来找到他，他只留一句“我们已经分手，以后别来找我”，就头也不回离开。
When they broke up over a tantrum at the beginning of the semester, he said, "Do you believe I'll go find someone else right away?" She thought he was just saying it to vent, but a few days later, he really did start dating a new girlfriend. After asking around, she found out that he had started dating that girl on their first day of knowing each other, and it was obvious he was just trying to upset her. In fact, he didn't deny it when she called him on the phone. However, since then, he never called her back, and when she tried to reach him, he only left a single message, "We've already broken up, so don't bother looking for me again," before walking away without a second glance.

她这才知道他跟那女孩来真的了。
She only realized then that he was serious about that girl.

许煦见她对自己怒目而视，拿出电话：“这样吧，我把程放叫来，看他选你还是选我？”
Xu Xu saw her glaring at her and took out her phone, "How about this? I call Cheng Fang over, and see if he chooses you or me?"

说着已经拨通电话，那头很快接起，传来程放欣喜的声音：“宝贝，你终于肯理我了！
Saying this, he dialed the number, and the other end picked up quickly, with Cheng Fang's delighted voice on the line: "Honey, you finally decided to talk to me!"

许煦冷声道：“你赶紧来星巴克，你前女友正劝我和你分手呢！”
Xu Xu said coldly, "Hurry to Starbucks, my ex-girlfriend is trying to convince me to break up with you!"

说完也不等那边有回应，立刻挂了电话。
He didn't wait for a response and immediately hung up the phone.

梁露气得脸色铁青，没料到她会来这一出，咬牙切齿道：“你别太得意！”
Liang Lu was so angry that her face turned ashen. She hadn't expected this, and gritted her teeth, saying, "You won't get away with this!"

许煦这会儿倒是冷静了，如果程放真的跟这位前女友还有什么藕断丝连不清不楚，她不会是这种反应。想到这里，她忽然就放松了，不甚在意地靠在椅背，等程放赶来。
Xu Xu is now calm. If Cheng Fang really still has some unresolved feelings for this ex-girlfriend, she wouldn't react this way. With this thought, she suddenly relaxed, leaning back in her chair, waiting for Cheng Fang to arrive.

梁露深呼吸一口气让自己冷静下来，睨了眼她身上国产运动棉服的标志，哂笑道：“你知道程放家境吗？你知道他一个月生活费多少吗？你知道他成年后，每年生日礼物是一辆新跑车吗？小姑娘，灰姑娘那是童话，在现实中是不存在的，跨阶级谈恋爱是不能长远的，你这种可能连车牌子都不懂的普通女孩，和程放根本不是一路人，你跟不上他的。”
Liang Lu took a deep breath to calm herself down, glanced at the logo on her Chinese sportswear, and sneered, "Do you know how wealthy the Cheng family is? Do you know how much Cheng Fang spends on living expenses each month? Do you know that every year on his birthday, he gets a new sports car? Little girl, Cinderella is a fairy tale; in reality, it doesn't exist. Inter-class dating can't last, and you, a common girl who probably doesn't even know the brand of the car, are not on the same level as Cheng Fang. You can't keep up with him."

许煦挑挑眉，朝落地窗外的红色小车看去，扬扬下巴问：“保时捷？”
Xu Xu raised an eyebrow and looked out the window at the red car, tilting her chin and asked, "Porsche?"

梁露轻蔑地哼了一声。
Liang Lu sniffed disdainfully.

许煦摊摊手：“我们家还真没有，只有奔驰s级和宾利。”
Xu Xu shrugged his shoulders: "We really don't have one. We only have a Mercedes S-Class and a Bentley."

梁露一愣，随即又讥诮一笑。
Liang Lu was taken aback, then sneered.

许煦靠回椅背，笑道：“谈个恋爱还要讲家庭背景，难怪程放要和你分手！”
Xu Xu leaned back in his chair and smiled. "Discussing a relationship based on family background? No wonder Cheng Fang wanted to break up with you!"

刚刚坐下来时，她看到这位前女友的长相，本来是有点没底气的。但现在听她这一番话下来，顿时就对这个人有点不以为意了。程放的家境富裕是全院皆知的事实，但除了吃穿用度比普通学生消费多一些，他其实并不算奢侈，他不是本市人，所以所谓的跑车这么多久也没见他开过，每天在学校只是骑着辆捷安特。他不止一次半开玩笑半认真地同自己说过，因为未来要做检察官，所以要提前走群众路线——虽然每个月至少两三双限量版球鞋这种作风，实在是不那么群众。
When she first sat down, she had been a bit unsure about this ex-girlfriend's appearance. But after hearing her words, she now found her rather unimpressive. It was well-known that Cheng Fang came from a wealthy family, but beyond spending a bit more on food, clothing, and necessities, he wasn't particularly extravagant. He wasn't from the city, so despite all the sports cars, she hadn't seen him drive one. He rode a Giant bicycle to school every day. He had mentioned more than once, half-jokingly and half-seriously, that as a future prosecutor, he needed to cultivate a more down-to-earth image—although his habit of buying at least two pairs of limited edition sneakers every month was far from down-to-earth.

但大体来说，程放确实和面前这位前女友不是一路人。
But overall, Cheng Fang was indeed not the same kind of person as this ex-girlfriend in front of him.

许煦这幅笃定的样子彻底激怒了梁露，忽然拿起面前的咖啡杯就要朝她泼过去，然而才刚刚将杯子端起来，手腕就被一只有力的手固住。
Xu Xu's confident demeanor completely infuriated Liang Lu, who suddenly picked up the coffee cup in front of her and was about to pour it over Cheng Fang. However, before she could raise the cup, her wrist was firmly held by a strong hand.

梁露惊愕抬头，看到旁边站着的男生，顿时沉下脸怒道：“柏冬青，你干什么？！”
Liang Lu was shocked and looked up, seeing the boy standing beside her. She immediately scowled and angrily asked, "Bai Dongqing, what are you doing?!"

柏冬青面色沉静，一言不发，伸出另一只手去拿她手中的咖啡杯，他的动作看似轻描淡写，可那力度却让梁露毫无反抗之力，只能眼睁睁看着他将咖啡杯从自己手中拿走，甚至都没洒落一滴，然后转身走开。
Bai Dongqing's expression remained calm, saying nothing. He reached out with his other hand to take the coffee cup from her. His actions seemed casual, but the force was enough to leave Liang Lu with no resistance, leaving her helplessly watching as he took the coffee cup from her without spilling a drop, then turned and walked away.

梁露本就憋着一股怒火无处发作，见状气急败坏站起来，一时风度全无，大声道：“柏冬青，你把咖啡还给我？信不信我投诉你，让你老板叫你滚蛋！”
Liang Lu was already harboring a burning anger with nowhere to vent it. Seeing this, she stood up in a fit of rage, her composure completely gone, and shouted, "Bai Dongqing, give me back the coffee? Do you think I'll report you to your boss and have him tell you to get lost!"

柏冬青停在原地，转头看她，面色有些犹豫，语气一如既往地平和：“除非你保证不乱泼人。”
Bai Dongqing paused where she stood, turning to look at her with a hesitant expression. Her tone remained as calm as ever, "Unless you promise not to spill it on anyone else."

梁露青着脸，轻蔑道：“你好好打你的工，少管闲事！我的闲事不是你这种人能管得起的！”
Liang Lu's face contorted in disdain, she retorted, "Mind your own business and do your job! This is not something you can interfere with!"

本来坐在原处还有点没反应过来的许煦，闻言蹭的起身，拿起手中的咖啡，毫不客气地泼向了趾高气昂的女人，怒道：“你以为你是谁？凭什么对学长这么说话！”
Xu Xu, who had been sitting there and hadn't quite processed what was happening, suddenly stood up and, grabbing the coffee in her hand, poured it with no hesitation onto the haughty woman, shouting, "Who do you think you are? What gives you the right to talk to the senior like that!"

第11章
Chapter 11

这突如其来的变故，不仅仅是梁露，就是还端着咖啡的柏冬青都愣住了，连带着本来就安静的咖啡厅一时也变得鸦雀无声，寥寥几个客人俱好奇朝这边看过来。
This sudden turn of events not only stunned Liang Lu, but even Bai Dongqing, who was holding a cup of coffee, was left speechless. As a result, the usually quiet coffee shop fell into an even more silent atmosphere, with a few curious customers glancing over.

还是柏冬青反应最快，迅速从旁边抽出几张纸巾。只是正要上前递给梁露时，却被匆匆跑进来的程放给挤开。
Bai Dongqing reacted the fastest, quickly grabbing a few napkins from the side. However, just as she was about to approach and hand them to Liang Lu, Cheng Fang rushed in and pushed her aside.

“你们干什么？”程放气喘吁吁的声音，打破了这一室寂静。
"What are you doing?" Cheng Fang's breathless voice broke the silence in the room.

梁露看到来人，顿时面露委屈，也不顾不得脸上的狼狈，哭着朝他跟前冲过去，然而却被程放避开，伸手将她挡住：“怎么回事？”
Liang Lu saw the person approaching and immediately looked distressed, ignoring her disheveled appearance, and ran towards him, crying. However, Cheng Fang avoided her, reaching out to block her: "What's going on?"

他皱眉看了看面前的梁露，又看向站在座位翻着白眼的许煦。
He frowned as he looked at Liang Lu in front of him, then glanced at Xu Xu standing at her seat with a blank expression.

梁露干脆顺势而下，可怜兮兮地指控：“你的好女朋友就是这个素质？！”
Liang Lu, taking the opportunity, plaintively accused, "So this is the quality of your so-called good girlfriend?!"

许煦先前本来自认站了上风是有些暗爽的，但方才见梁露对帮了自己的柏冬青出言不逊，顿时火气就冒上来，脑子一热便端起咖啡泼了人，而且竟然还不解气，听了她的控诉，恶声恶气道：“对你这种人不需要讲素质！”
Xu Xu had previously felt a bit smug about having the upper hand, but when she saw Liang Lu speaking disrespectfully about Bao Dongqing, who had helped her, her anger flared up. Without thinking, she poured coffee on someone, and even that wasn't enough to satisfy her. Hearing Liang Lu's accusation, she spoke in a harsh tone, "I don't need to deal with someone like you with any quality!"

“你！”梁露到底没沉住气，转身就要去扇许煦，却被程放及时拉住。
"You!" Liang Lu finally lost her composure and turned to slap Xu Xu, but was promptly held back by Cheng Fang.

“行了梁露，咱俩的事我已经跟你说得再清楚不过，谁让你来找许煦的？”他将她推开，走到许煦身旁，从桌上扯了两张纸巾丢给满脸咖啡残迹的人。
"Enough, Liang Lu. I've already made it clear to you what concerns us. Why did you go to find Xu Xu?" He pushed her away and walked to Xu Xu's side, pulling a handkerchief from the table and tossing it to the person covered in coffee stains.

梁露接过纸巾，不甘心地指着许煦道：“她……”
Liang Lu took the handkerchief, unwillingly pointing at Xu Xu and saying, "She..."

程放已经缓过劲儿，拉着许煦的手打断她：“她是我女朋友，该说的我已经和你说清楚，请你以后不要再来找我，更加不要来打扰我女朋友。”
Cheng Fang had recovered and, holding Xu Xu's hand, interrupted her, "She is my girlfriend. I've already explained everything to you. Please don't come looking for me again, and especially don't bother my girlfriend."

梁露本来就狼狈的脸，顿时血色全无，虽然之前程放已经说过这话，但她万万没想到他会当众这么不给自己面子。她自小众星捧月，放下身段求程放复合，已经是她人生第一回 ，却不料对方这么薄情。
Liang Lu's already disheveled face turned pale as she lost all her color. Although Cheng Fang had already said those words before, she never expected him to publicly humiliate her like this. She had always been the center of attention since childhood, and it was her first time lowering herself to beg for Cheng Fang's reconciliation, but she never anticipated such a cold-hearted response from him.

感觉到这咖啡屋里的客人，都在往这边看，梁露只觉得又羞又恼，随手抹了把脸，朝许煦哂笑一声：“你也别高兴太早，你的男朋友当初和我开房的时候，也是各种甜言蜜语哄过我的。”
Feeling the guests in the coffee shop staring at her, Liang Lu felt both ashamed and angry. She wiped her face and gave Xu Xu a mocking smile: "Don't get too excited yet. When he was with me, he was full of sweet words to deceive me."

说完哼了一声转身飞快离去，因为动作太大，还撞到了端着咖啡站在原地的柏冬青。
After saying this, she huffed and quickly left. Her movements were so large that she bumped into Bai Dongqing, who was holding a coffee and standing still.

“让开！”兴许是怒气无处发泄，朝他气急败坏吼了一句。
"Move!" Perhaps because her anger had nowhere to go, she shouted at him in frustration.

柏冬青表情依然平静，只顺势默默别开身体让开，倒是许煦没忍住又皱了皱眉。
Bai Dongqing's expression remained calm, and he only moved to the side silently, letting her pass. Xu Xu, however, couldn't help but frown again.

程放拉了拉许煦的手，小心翼翼笑着低声哄她：“你看！我真没干坏事儿。”
Cheng Fang pulled on Xu Xu's hand, smiling cautiously and whispering softly to comfort her, "Look! I really didn't do anything bad."

柏冬青见梁露出门，转头看了看留在原地的两人，端着咖啡默默回了收银台。
Seeing Liang leave the door, Bai Dongqing turned to look at the two people left behind, holding the coffee and silently returning to the cash register.

许煦瞪了程放一眼，将他推开，怒气冲冲飞快往外走。程放赶紧去追她，到了门口才算将人拉住：“许煦，梁露到底跟你说了什么？你别听她胡说八道。”
Xu Xu glared at Cheng Fang, pushed him away, and walked out angrily. Cheng Fang quickly chased after her, only managing to pull her back when they reached the door, "Xu Xu, what did Liang Lu actually say to you? Don't listen to her nonsense."

许煦停下脚步看向他，阴恻恻道：“我问你，你当初为什么刚认识就对我表白？”
Xu Xu stopped and looked at him with a sinister smile, saying, "I ask you, why did you confess your feelings to me the moment you met?"

程放心虚地干干一笑：“……当然是对你一见钟情。”
Cheng Fang nervously chuckled and said, "Of course, I was smitten at first sight."

许煦看着他冷笑不语。
Xu Xu looked at him and sneered without saying a word.

程放做投降状：“好吧，我承认当时确实是因为和梁露赌气要找个新女朋友。但喜欢我的女孩那么多，我为什么偏偏找了你？还不是因为第一眼见你就有好感，当时不觉得是一见钟情，现在回头看不就是么？而且比起肤浅的一见钟情，难道不是相处下来真正喜欢上你这个人更重要吗？咱们在一起也两个多月了，我不信你感觉不出来我有多喜欢你。”
Cheng Fang made a surrender gesture, "Alright, I admit that at the time, I was indeed upset with Liang Lu and wanted to find a new girlfriend. But with so many girls who like me, why did I choose you? It's because I had a good feeling about you the moment I saw you. I didn't think it was love at first sight at the time, but looking back now, isn't it? And isn't it more important that I truly like you as a person rather than just being infatuated? We've been together for over two months, and I don't think you can't feel how much I like you."

不得不说搞辩论的人确实会说话，语气诚挚有情有理，明明是在为自己辩解，却仿若在说情话。
It's undeniable that debaters do know how to speak; their tone is sincere and reasonable. They were defending themselves, yet it sounded like they were pleading.

许煦果然有些被说服了，但她可不愿意这么就放过他，瞪了他一眼，阴阳怪气道：“这些话你和你那位前女友开房的时候也说过很多次吧？”
Xu Xu was indeed somewhat convinced, but she wasn't willing to let him off that easily. She glared at him and said sarcastically, "Didn't you say these things to your ex-girlfriend when you were having affairs with her?"

程放讪笑着摸了摸鼻子，没皮没脸道：“谈恋爱开房不是很正常么？你要是想咱们现在就去！”
Cheng Fang chuckled and scratched his nose, shamelessly saying, "Isn't it normal to have affairs while dating? If you want, we can do it now!"

“程放！”许煦小脸一板，怒吼一声，抬手就是一顿猛揍。
"Cheng Fang!" Xu Xu's face turned serious, and she roared in anger, raising her hand to beat him.

程放也不躲，由着她打，等她解气了，一把将她抱住：“好啦！要打要骂随你，但因为一个不重要的前女友，我窦娥冤啊我！”
Cheng Fang didn't dodge and let her hit him, holding her when she was done: "Alright! Hit or scold me as you wish, but because of a trivial ex-girlfriend, I'm the wronged Dou E! I'm the wronged Dou E!"

许煦干笑两声：“你跟人谈恋爱的时候不也挺重要的么？男生翻脸还真快！我可得有前车之鉴。”
Xu Xu chuckled dryly: "You were also very important when you were dating someone else, weren't you? Boys can really change their minds quickly! I need to learn from this."

程放在她额头亲了一下：“之前那不是不懂事闹着玩的么？你怎么能一样？你看我多稀罕你啊！”
Cheng Fang kissed her forehead: "That wasn't just a playful prank before, was it? How can you compare? Look how much I cherish you!"

许煦哼了一声，将他推开往前走，程放又死皮赖脸黏上去，再推开，再黏上去，走了几米之后，两个人终于还是挽在一起。
Xu Xu harrumphed and pushed him away, walking forward. Cheng Fang then stuck to her like glue, only to be pushed away again. After walking a few meters, the two finally linked arms together.

“那是你室友吧？”星巴克柜台里，全程目睹小情侣打情骂俏的女孩，收回视线请笑了笑，朝身旁的柏冬青低声道，“帅哥就是好，前女友现女友都长得那么漂亮。冬青，你觉得哪个更好看？”
Is that your roommate?" Inside the Starbucks counter, the girl who had witnessed the couple's flirtatious exchange the entire time turned her gaze and smiled as she whispered to Badeqing, "A handsome guy is great; both his ex-girlfriend and current girlfriend are so beautiful. Dqing, which one do you think is prettier?

正低头给客人做咖啡的柏冬青抬头往玻璃门外看去，那两道相拥的身影已经走远，很快就看不见了。
Badeqing, who had been bent over making coffee for a customer, looked up and glanced out the glass door. The two figures hugging each other had already walked away and were soon out of sight.

他茫然地怔了片刻，复又低下头，过了会儿才回答女孩方才的问题：“……现女友吧！”
He stared blankly for a moment before lowering his head again. After a while, he answered the girl's question, "…The current girlfriend!"

女孩看了他一眼，点点头坏笑道：“原来冬青喜欢那种类型的女孩啊！”
The girl looked at him and nodded, then cackled, "So Dqing likes girls like that, huh!"

“不是——”柏冬青下意识否认，可也不知为何脸颊却有些莫名发热。
"Not exactly—", Bai Dongqing instinctively denied, yet for some reason his cheeks felt oddly warm.

也许是这种问题对他来说太陌生了罢，他想。
Perhaps this kind of question was too unfamiliar to him, he thought.

好在有客人来，女孩没再继续纠结这件事。
Fortunately, a guest arrived, and the girl didn't continue to dwell on the matter.

许煦和程放和好如初，这场风波不过是小情侣间的小打小闹罢了。许煦到底年纪小，有着许多小女孩初次恋爱的弊病，程放的态度和纵容让她开始得意忘形，就像是故意考验男友的真心和底线一般，时常就要无理取闹一番。
Xu Xu and Cheng Fang reconciled as if nothing had happened, this little storm merely being a minor tiff between a couple. Xu Xu, being younger, suffered from many of the drawbacks of a girl's first love. Cheng Fang's attitude and indulgence made her start to lose her sense of propriety, as if she was deliberately testing her boyfriend's sincerity and limits. She would often act unreasonable and pout.

冯佳她们有时候都忍不住吐槽她太作。但她却不以为然，程放越纵容她，她就越喜欢骑在他头上威作福。而对程放来说，喜欢一个人的时候，她做什么自然是都是可爱的。以至于在很长一段时间里，法学院女生宿舍楼下，三不五时就会看到学院之草，可怜兮兮地站在烈日或者寒风中等待闹脾气的女朋友下楼，然后求原谅。
Feng Jia and her friends couldn't help but tease her for being too dramatic. But she didn't mind. The more Cheng Fang indulged her, the more she enjoyed being the center of attention and acting like a spoiled brat. To Cheng Fang, when he liked someone, whatever she did was adorable. As a result, for a long time, outside the law school girls' dormitory, one could often see the so-called "grass of the academy" standing pitifully in the sun or the cold wind, waiting for his temperamental girlfriend to come down and beg for forgiveness.

两个人高调的恋爱，不能说轰轰烈烈，但也谈得风生水起，人人皆知。程放擅长甜言蜜语，精通吃喝玩乐，让许煦的大学生活在多姿多彩中徐徐展开，对于这个年纪的女孩来说，爱情无非就是快乐。
Their public relationship wasn't exactly passionate and dramatic, but it was certainly lively and well-known. Cheng Fang was skilled in sweet talk and knew how to enjoy life, making Xu Xu's college life colorful and fulfilling. For a girl of her age, love was simply about happiness.

一切都好，只欠烦恼。
Everything was perfect, except for the occasional worries.

她还是会经常看到柏冬青，有时候是在通往食堂和水房的路上，有时候是去星巴克看书的下午，有时候是和程放一块，有时候是她一个人。
She would still frequently see Bai Dongqing, sometimes on the way to the cafeteria and bathroom, sometimes in the afternoon when she was studying at Starbucks, sometimes with Cheng Fang, and sometimes alone.

每次去星巴克，她拿到的咖啡，都有别致的拉花，每次的拉花都不一样，有时候是一朵花，有时候是一片树叶，有时候是一只猫，有时候是云朵，有时候是海浪。
Every time she went to Starbucks, she would receive a coffee with a unique latte art, and each design was different. Sometimes it was a flower, sometimes a leaf, sometimes a cat, sometimes clouds, and sometimes waves.

惟妙惟肖，栩栩如生。
It was lifelike and vivid.

以至于许煦再去星巴克，开始对那杯咖啡有了莫名的期待，有时候就不由自主站在吧台前直勾勾盯着柏冬青的动作，看着那杯平淡无奇的咖啡在他手下开花。
This made Xu Xu begin to have an inexplicable anticipation for that cup of coffee whenever he went to Starbucks. Sometimes, she couldn't help but stand by the counter, staring intently at Bao Dongqing's movements, watching the ordinary coffee bloom under his hands.

而他从来低着头专心致志，一言不发，长长的睫毛遮挡住了黑眸中的色彩，只在做完后递过咖啡，才会抬头，面带微笑递给她。
And he would always keep his head down, focused and silent, his long eyelashes concealing the color in his dark eyes. Only after completing the design would he lift his head, smiling as he handed her the coffee.

第9节
Chapter 9

冬去春来，大一很快就过去大半，很快又是一年初夏。
Winter gave way to spring, and before they knew it, more than half of the first semester had passed. Soon enough, it was early summer again.

前几天程放告诉许煦他们宿舍准备给柏冬青过生日，让她一块去。许煦当然是欣然同意，不过否决了他们搓一顿的计划，而是提议在宿舍给柏冬青办一个生日派对。程放几个都是懒鬼，不过女朋友的提议自然不会反对。
A few days ago, Cheng Fang told Xu Xu that their dorm was planning to throw a birthday party for Bai Dongqing and invited her to join. Xu Xu naturally agreed, but she vetoed their plan to have a big meal and instead suggested throwing a birthday party in the dorm. Cheng Fang and the others were all lazy bones, but they wouldn't oppose their girlfriend's suggestion.

生日是周五，柏冬青拿了一个竞赛的名次，当日下午去参加领奖活动，晚上才回宿舍。趁着他不在，许煦招呼程放他们给自己打下手，一块布置宿舍。
The birthday was on a Friday. Bai Dongqing had won a prize in a competition and went to collect it in the afternoon, returning to the dorm only in the evening. Taking advantage of her absence, Xu Xu called Cheng Fang and the others to help her set up the dorm for the party.

“已经上来了！”快九点时，姜毅给柏冬青打了个电话，确定他已经到楼下后，赶紧从阳台溜进来，“快快快！把灯关了！”
Up he is already!" At almost nine o'clock, Jiang Yi called Bai Dongqing, confirming that he was already downstairs, and quickly slipped in through the balcony, "Hurry! Turn off the lights!

啪的一声！本来亮堂的男生宿舍瞬间漆黑一片。
Bang! The once brightly lit dormitory was instantly plunged into darkness.

两分钟后，敲门声响起，屋内屏声静气不回应，柏冬青在门外小声嘀咕：“都不在宿舍吗？”
Two minutes later, the sound of knocking on the door echoed inside. The occupants remained silent, and Bai Dongqing muttered softly from outside, "None of you are in the dorm?"

然后掏出钥匙开门，在门打开的那一刻，站在门边的姜毅迅速将灯打开，彩条气球，点了蜡烛的生日蛋糕，然后是许煦带头唱起的生日歌，光芒和热闹瞬间将整个宿舍填满。
Then, he fished out the key and opened the door. As soon as the door creaked open, Jiang Yi, standing by the door, quickly turned on the lights. Colorful balloons, a birthday cake lit with candles, and then Xu Xu leading everyone in singing "Happy Birthday" filled the dormitory with light and joy in an instant.

柏冬青愣愣站在进门处，半晌没反应过来，
Bai Dongqing stood dumbfounded at the entrance for a long while, not reacting.

程放笑着揽住他的肩膀：“老三，生日快乐！本来是想跟以前一样，大家去吃顿饭给你庆祝生日的，但小煦说给你在宿舍办个生日派对更好。宿舍这些花花绿绿的玩意儿，可都是她布置的，要是觉得幼稚，别怪我们啊！”
Cheng Fang smiled and put an arm around his shoulders: "Old Three, happy birthday! We originally planned to go out for a meal to celebrate your birthday, but Xiao Xu suggested having a birthday party in your dormitory. All these colorful decorations in the dormitory were set up by her. If you think it's childish, don't blame us!"

许煦龇牙咧嘴踹了他一脚。
Xu Xu gritted her teeth and kicked him.

柏冬青抬头看了看宿舍，又看了看自己的几位室友，最后将目光落在笑盈盈的许煦脸上。
Bai Dongqing looked up at the dormitory, then at his roommates, and finally settled his gaze on the smiling Xu Xu's face.

他漆黑的眸子里，如有星子般微微闪了闪，喉咙像是被人掐住，半晌才哑声开口：“谢谢！”
His eyes, dark as night, flashed like stars for a moment, and his throat felt constricted as he hoarsely said, "Thank you!"

第12章
Chapter 12

程放将柏冬青拉到桌前：“你可别感动哭了，赶紧吹蜡烛许愿，这蛋糕还是许煦同志亲自去挑的呢！”
Cheng Fang pulled Bai Dongqing to the table and said, "Don't get so emotional that you cry. Blow out the candles and make a wish! This cake was personally picked by Comrade Xu Xu!"

五彩缤纷的水果蛋糕散发着甜丝丝的香气，蛋糕上只点了一根粉红蜡烛，已经燃了一些，下方有一个彩色的数字，写着他的年龄——二十一。
The colorful fruit cake emitted a sweet fragrance. Only one pink candle was lit on the cake, and below it was a colorful number indicating his age—twenty-one.

带给他生命的父母离世多年，虽然每年都会有人给他送生日祝福，但其实他对生日早已经没有概念。而上一回属于自己的生日蛋糕，要追溯到七年前十四岁那年了。
His parents, who had given him life, had passed away many years ago. Although someone would always send him birthday wishes every year, he no longer had any concept of his birthday. The last birthday cake that belonged to him was seven years ago, when he was fourteen.

柏冬青看着蛋糕上跳动的烛光，半晌没有动作，还是程放按捺不住推了推他：“赶紧的啊！”
Bai Dongqing looked at the flickering candles on the cake and didn't move for a long time. Cheng Fang couldn't hold back and nudged him: "Hurry up!"

他反应过来，闭上眼睛许了个愿，然后将蜡烛吹灭。男生当然不会好奇他许了什么愿，实际上姜毅和周楚河觊觎蛋糕已久，见他吹了蜡烛，迫不及待拿起纸盘，嗷嗷叫唤：“分蛋糕！分蛋糕！”
He finally reacted, closed his eyes, and made a wish. Then he blew out the candles. Of course, the boys weren't curious about what he had wished for. In fact, Jiang Yi and Zhou Chuhé had been eyeing the cake for a long time. Seeing him blow out the candles, they couldn't wait to grab the paper plates and shouted: "Divide the cake! Divide the cake!"

柏冬青笑了笑，拿起塑料刀起开蛋糕，给他们一个一个装好。别人早已经开始吃，他才最后给自己装了一块，低下头慢条斯理品尝。
Bai Dongqing smiled and picked up a plastic knife to cut the cake, carefully packing it for each of them. While others had already started eating, he finally took a piece for himself and slowly savored it, lowering his head.

他其实对甜食不感兴趣，但是掺杂着水果清香和奶油滑腻的甜味，在口中往下蔓延开去，好像连心脏也沾染了那清甜的味道。
He actually had no interest in sweet foods, but the sweet taste mingled with the fragrance of fruits and the smoothness of cream spread through his mouth, as if even his heart was tainted by that clear sweetness.

他嘴角不由自主弯起，下意识抬头，恰好对上许煦带着笑意的清澈目光。他口中的“好吃”二字还没说出来，却见她本来笑着的脸，忽然神色一变，等他反应过来，已经躲闪不及，程放和姜毅手中的半块蛋糕稀里哗啦贴在了他脸上。
His lips involuntarily curved upward, and he instinctively looked up, just to meet Xu Xu's clear and smiling gaze. The words "tasty" that were on the tip of his tongue had not yet been spoken when he saw her smiling face suddenly change. Before he could react, she had already dodged, and the half-cake in Cheng Fang and Jiang Yi's hands splattered onto his face.

恶作剧得逞的两人，贱兮兮叉腰大笑。
The two who had succeeded in their prank laughed with a sneering glee as they crossed their arms.

只是还没得意三秒，两人脸上就啪啪两下被许煦砸成了两朵花。大功告成的女孩拍拍手得意地挑眉。
But before they could revel in their success for three seconds, Xu Xu's hands slapped their faces, leaving two red handprints. The girl who had just completed her prank clapped her hands and raised her eyebrows with a satisfied expression.

程放抹着脸哇哇大叫：“胳膊肘往外拐的家伙，你反了你！”
Cheng Fang wiped his face and yelled, "Elbow-out guy, you've gone too far!"

边叫又去捞蛋糕，宿舍顿时陷入一场混战，几个人闹作一团。柏冬青站在一旁，默默看着几个互砸打闹的家伙，嘴角的笑容不由自主荡开。
While yelling, he reached for the cake, and the dormitory instantly descended into chaos, with several people fighting and brawling. Bai Dongqing stood aside, watching the guys bicker and fight silently, a smile involuntarily spreading across his lips.

好在蛋糕一人吃了一块，剩下也不多，砸了几下就弹尽粮绝。
Fortunately, each person ate a piece of the cake, and there wasn't much left. After a few throws, they ran out of cake.

几个男生这才想起来生日礼物还没送，姜毅从桌下搬上来厚厚一堆书本，足有一尺多高，他笑着拍了拍：“青儿，哥几个送你的生日礼物，全套司考复习资料!”
The boys then remembered they hadn't given birthday gifts yet. Jiang Yi moved a stack of books from under the table, about a foot high, and laughed as he patted it. "Qing'er, this is the birthday gift from the guys—complete bar review materials!"

司考是下半年，大部分的学生已经开始着手准备，有钱的学生大多会去上高级的辅导班，但柏冬青这样的贫困优等生，自然就是全靠自己动手丰衣足食。
The Bar Exam was in the second half of the year, and most students had already started preparing. Wealthy students would typically sign up for advanced tutoring classes, but for a poor yet top-performing student like Bai Dongqing, it was naturally all about self-study.

复习资料作为生日礼物虽然有点奇葩，对他来说无疑却是再合适不过。
While study materials as birthday gifts might seem a bit odd, they were perfect for him.

他笑了笑：“谢谢你们啊！”
He smiled and said, "Thank you all!"

程放揽着他的肩膀，笑嘻嘻道：“你肯定考试没问题，就是看考多少分的事儿了，咱们哥几个复习的时候，还得靠你多给我们压压题划划重点呢！”
Cheng Fang put his arm around him and grinned, "You're definitely going to pass the exam, it's just a matter of how many points you'll get. When we review, we'll still need you to help us with practice questions and highlight key points!"

许煦啐道：“程放，你能要点脸吗？平时考试让柏学长给你划重点也就算了，司考还想麻烦人家，你烦不烦啊？”
Xu Xu spat out, "Cheng Fang, can you have a little dignity? It's one thing to have Senior Bai mark your study notes during regular exams, but to ask for help with the bar exam too? Are you annoying or what?"

程放大笑，摇了摇柏冬青的肩膀：“老三，你烦不烦？”
Cheng Fang laughed loudly and shook Bai Dongqing's shoulder, "Old Three, are you annoying or what?"

柏冬青笑着摇摇头，忽然想起什么似的，从书包里掏出两个泥塑公仔：“今天颁奖活动发的纪念品，你们谁要吗？可以送人的。”
Bai Dongqing laughed and shook his head, then suddenly remembered something, pulling out two clay figurines from his backpack, "These are souvenirs from today's award ceremony. Does anyone want them? They can be given away."

姜毅瞅了眼，笑道：“我女朋友倒是挺喜欢玩偶，不过喜欢的是sd娃娃，这种小东西她肯定是没兴趣的。”
Jiang Yi glanced at them and smiled, "My girlfriend would probably like dolls, but she prefers SD figures. She definitely wouldn't be interested in these small things."

周楚河耸耸肩：“要是我女朋友喜欢这小玩意儿就好了，不用我成天勒紧裤带省吃俭用，给她买口红了。”
Zhou Chuhé shrugged his shoulders: "If my girlfriend liked this little trinket, I wouldn't have to pinch every penny and save up just to buy her lipstick."

柏冬青有点不好意思地摸了摸头，笑道：“好像是没什么特别的。”
Bai Dongqing scratched his head a bit awkwardly and smiled, saying, "It doesn't seem to be anything special."

“等等等等！”见他要放回去，许煦赶紧拦住，然后将那两个泥塑小人拿过来，“你怎么不问我呢？我喜欢啊！”
Wait, wait!" Xu Xu hurriedly stopped him when he was about to put it back, then took the two clay figurines over, "Why didn't you ask me? I like it!

程放翻了个白眼：“我看也就你会喜欢这种小玩意儿，你学学人家女孩子，喜欢点高大上的行不行？包包啊口红啊什么的，要不然手办也行。你男朋友我又不是送不起。”
Cheng Fang rolled his eyes: "I think only you would like such a trinket. Learn to like something more upscale like a handbag or lipstick, or even a figurine. I'm not too broke to give your boyfriend one."

许煦小心翼翼捧着两个泥塑小人，瞥了眼他：“你懂什么？这是传统手工艺品，非物质文化遗产，很珍贵的。”
Xu Xu carefully held the two clay figurines and glanced at him: "What do you know? These are traditional handicrafts, intangible cultural heritage, very precious."

柏冬青目光闪了闪，笑道：“也没有很珍贵，就是一个手工艺人赞助的。”
Bai Dongqing's eyes flashed, and he smiled and said: "Not very precious, just a contribution from a craftsman."

许煦将泥塑小人放进自己包里：“反正我挺喜欢这种东西的，我家里还收藏剪纸皮影什么的呢！”
Xu Xu put the clay figurines into his bag: "Anyway, I really like this kind of thing. I even have paper-cuts and shadow puppets at home!"

程放双手抱拳调侃：“失敬失敬，原来许小煦同学是民间艺术家啊！”
Cheng Fang clasped his hands and joked: "Respect, respect. So Xu Xiaoxi is actually a folk artist!"

许煦踹了他一脚，忽然想起自己的礼物还没送出，赶紧从包里摸出一个小长盒子递给柏冬青：“学长，我也不知道你喜欢什么，上次看到你在程放笔记本上写得字很漂亮，想你应该喜欢书法，就挑了支钢笔送给你，希望你喜欢。”
Xu Xu kicked him and suddenly remembered that she hadn't given him her gift yet. She quickly pulled out a small long box from her bag and handed it to Bai Dongqing. "Senior, I don't know what you like, but last time I saw you writing on Cheng Fang's notebook, and it looked very nice. I thought you might like calligraphy, so I picked out a pen for you. I hope you like it."

柏冬青神色莫辨地看了她一眼，将盒子接过来，低声道：“谢谢！”
Bai Dongqing looked at her with a puzzled expression, took the box, and whispered, "Thank you!"

许煦不甚在意地摊摊手，看了下时间已经不早，不客气地踹了一脚程放：“我回宿舍了！”
Xu Xu shrugged nonchalantly, glanced at the time and, without being particularly polite, kicked Cheng Fang. "I'm going back to the dorm!"

程放连忙献殷勤：“我送你。”
Cheng Fang hurriedly offered to help: "I'll walk you."

许煦摆手，边往外走边道：“不用了，你们赶紧收拾，寿星最大，别什么都让柏学长一个人弄。”
Xu Xu waved his hand and walked out while saying, "No need, you guys should hurry up and clean up. The birthday person is the most important, so don't let Brother Bai do everything alone."

程放连连说是，但那晚凌乱的宿舍到底是谁收拾的，就不得而知了。
Cheng Fang agreed repeatedly, but who ended up cleaning up the messy dorm that night remained unknown.

*

生日派对后，许煦再见到柏冬青，已经是过了一个星期。那天下午上完课，正要回宿舍，她忽然接到老爸的电话，说来这边开会正好路过学校，时间紧迫来看她一眼就走。
After the birthday party, Xu Xu didn't see Bai Dongqing again until a week later. That afternoon, after finishing class, she was about to head back to the dorm when she suddenly received a call from her dad, who said he was in town for a meeting and would pass by the school to see her before leaving in a hurry.

许煦问了他的位置，正好在东门外，便让他去星巴克等着，然后匆匆赶了过去。
Xu Xu asked for his location, which happened to be outside the east gate, and told him to wait at Starbucks. Then, she rushed over.

许爸爸坐在离门不远的位置，许煦进门第一眼就看到，笑着朝他挥挥手，然后走到收银台前，朝正在工作的柏冬青笑眯眯道：“学长，一杯拿铁，一杯美式咖啡。”
Mr. Xu sat not far from the door, and Xu Xu saw him the moment he entered, smiling and waving at him. Then he walked to the cash register and smiled at Bo Dongqing, who was working, saying, "Senior, a latte and an Americano, please."

柏冬青笑着点头，见她说完就朝后面坐着的中年人看去，有些着急的样子，便道：“你去坐着吧，我做好咖啡给你们送过来。”
Bo Dongqing smiled and nodded. Seeing that she was done speaking, she glanced at the middle-aged man sitting behind her, who looked a bit anxious, and said, "You go sit down, I'll bring the coffee over to you."

许煦着急是因为爸爸赶时间，听他这么说，感激地道了声谢，跑到了许爸爸的座位。
Xu Xu was anxious because her father was in a hurry. Hearing this, she thanked him gratefully and ran to Mr. Xu's seat.

“爸！你怎么来看我也不提前打声招呼，还这么赶？一点诚意都没有。”许煦坐下后，对着爸爸佯装嗔道。
"Dad! You didn't even call to let me know you were coming and you're so rushed? Not even a bit of sincerity," Xu Xu said, pretending to be upset after sitting down, addressing her father.

许父四十多岁，器宇轩昂，有种与生俱来上位者的威严，但是面对三个月没见的女儿，脸上的严肃顷刻散开，眉梢眼角都是慈爱的笑意：“这段时间太忙了，来这边开会也是连轴转，这点时间还是挤出来的，马上还得去赶下个应酬呢！”顿了顿，又学着她的语气假装抱怨道，“你还说我呢！你自己还不是几个月不回家，你妈妈都怀疑你是不是有了男朋友就不想家了！”
Mr. Xu, in his forties, exuded an air of authority, radiating the kind of dignity that comes naturally to those in power. However, upon seeing his daughter after three months, the sternness on his face instantly melted away, replaced by a warm smile in his eyes: "I've been really busy lately, attending meetings non-stop, and managed to squeeze out some time for this. I have to rush to another social engagement soon!" Pausing, he mimicked her tone and pretended to complain, "You're criticizing me, right? You haven't been home in months either! Your mom even wonders if you've found a boyfriend and don't want to come home anymore!"

父母开明，许煦谈恋爱没多久就跟他们提过，但是爸爸这样当面说出来，她还是有点害羞的，梗着脖子道：“当然不是，就是很忙，要学习还得参加社团活动。”
Xu Xu had mentioned her dating to her parents not long ago, but her father saying it in front of her made her a bit embarrassed. She stiffened her neck and said, "Of course not, I'm just very busy. I have to study and participate in club activities."

嘴上这样说，心里却有些虚，因为上学期的成绩单，实在是不算太好看。她大部分的课外时间，确实是和程放吃喝玩乐瞎混。
Though she said this, she felt a bit guilty because her last semester's grades weren't particularly impressive. Most of her free time had indeed been spent eating, drinking, and having fun with Cheng Fang.

许爸爸倒也不拆穿，笑呵呵从椅子旁边拿起两个袋子：“这是你妈妈给你做的点心，让我给你带过来的，你拿去和同学们一块吃。”
Mr. Xu did not contradict her, smiling and picking up two bags from beside his chair. "These are some snacks your mom made for you. She asked me to bring them for you to share with your classmates."

许煦笑嘻嘻接过袋子，朝里面翻了翻：“嗯，都是我喜欢吃的。”
Xu Xu smiled and took the bag, flipping through it: "Mm, all of these are what I like to eat."

这时，端着两杯咖啡的柏冬青走过来，放在两人面前：“咖啡好了。”
At this moment, Duan Dongqing walked over with two cups of coffee, placing them in front of the two: "The coffee is ready."

许煦抬头看他，笑道：“谢谢学长！”
Xu Xu looked up at him and smiled, saying, "Thank you, senior!"

柏冬青笑着摇摇头。
Duan Dongqing smiled and shook his head.

许爸爸咦了一声，看了眼柏冬青，随口问女儿：“你同学吗？”
Mr. Xu exclaimed and glanced at Bai Dongqing before casually asking his daughter, "Are you classmates?"

许煦道：“我们学院的学长，在这里打工，他咖啡拉花特别厉害。”说着朝自己面前那杯拿铁上的麦穗图案指了指，颇有些骄傲地介绍道，“学长学习成绩也很好，每次都是年级第一。”
Xu Xu said, "He's an upperclassman from our college, working part-time here. He's particularly skilled at latte art." As he spoke, he pointed to the wheat-ear pattern on the latte in front of him and introduced proudly, "The upperclassman also has excellent grades, always topping the class."

许爸爸笑着看向柏冬青，目露赞许地点点头：“现在这么努力的年轻人不多了，咱们煦煦得向学长学习。”
Mr. Xu smiled at Bai Dongqing, nodding in approval, "Young people like this, who work so hard, are not common these days. Xu Xu should learn from the upperclassman."

“伯父过奖了，没有许煦说得这么夸张。”柏冬青面色微赧，“你们二位慢用，我去工作了。”
Uncle is being too kind," Bai Dongqing blushed slightly. "Please enjoy your time. I'll go to work now.

许煦点点头，转头目送他回到柜台，又才转回来和许爸爸小声说道：“这个学长真的很厉害的，而且人还特别好。”
Xu Xu nodded and turned to watch him return to the counter before turning back to his father and whispering, "This senior is really impressive, and he's also very nice."

许爸爸挑挑眉：“看出来了。”顿了顿又道，“对了，你怎么不把你男朋友带来让爸爸看看？”
Xu Dad raised an eyebrow. "I noticed that." After a pause, he added, "By the way, why didn't you bring your boyfriend for me to meet?"

许煦撇了撇嘴：“谈个恋爱又不是要结婚，见父母干什么，别把人吓到了。”
Xu Xu pursed her lips. "It's not like we're getting married just because we're dating. Why should we meet your parents? Don't scare him away."

许爸爸轻笑摇头，端起咖啡喝了两口，又稍微正了正色：“你也知道是谈恋爱不是结婚，爸爸妈妈向来是不反对这些的，但女孩子做事要有分寸，不然受伤害的还是自己。”
Xu Dad chuckled and shook his head, lifting his coffee to take a couple of sips before straightening his expression slightly. "You know it's not about marriage, and we've never opposed these things. But girls need to be careful with their actions; otherwise, they'll be the ones who get hurt."

许煦明白他的意思，耳根不由得有点发热，有些恼羞地哼哼唧唧道：“哎呀知道啦！”
Xu Xu understood his meaning, and her ears turned slightly red. She grumbled indignantly, "Oh, I get it!"

许爸爸看着女儿，心中感叹，不知不觉自己那个小小的姑娘就长这么大了。他再喝了口咖啡，抬手看了下腕表：“我得走了！你没事多给妈妈打电话。”
Xu Dad looked at his daughter and sighed. Unconsciously, his little girl had grown up. He took another sip of coffee and raised his hand to check his watch. "I really have to go! You should call Mom more often."

“明白！你自己也别老是这么忙，有空多和妈妈过过二人世界，旅旅行度度假什么的。”许煦提起手中的袋子，起身送他。
"Understood! You should also not be so busy. Make time for your own world with Mom, travel, and take a vacation." Xu Xu picked up her bag and stood up to see him off.

许爸爸苦笑：“我倒也是想啊，但现在真是身不由己，再等几年吧！”
Xu Dad smiled wryly. "I'd like to, but I'm really caught up right now. I'll wait a few more years!"

许煦撇撇嘴：“看你现在忙得跟什么似的，想想还不如小时候你做法官那几年，虽然也忙，但好歹业余时间是自己的。”
Xu Xu pursed his lips: "Look at you, so busy. Think about how much easier it was when you were a judge back when you were younger. Even though it was busy, at least you had some free time."

许爸爸轻笑：“行了行了，你一小孩子家家的，就别操心大人的事，也别光顾着玩儿，成绩还是别太难看，向你这位学长学习学习。”
Mr. Xu chuckled: "Alright, alright. You're just a kid, so don't worry about grown-up things. Don't just play all the time either. Try not to do too poorly on your grades. Learn from your senior."

说着朝旁边吧台里的柏冬青指了指。
He gestured towards the bar where Bai Dongqing was sitting.

“收到。”许煦朝柏冬青笑了笑，忽然想起什么似的，从手中的袋子里拿出一个小盒子递给他，“学长，这是我妈妈做得芙蓉糕，你尝尝。”
Got it." Xu Xu smiled at Bai Dongqing and, as if remembering something, took out a small box from the bag in his hand and handed it to him. "Senior, this is some yam cake my mom made. Try it.

也不等怔愣的柏冬青反应过来，许煦已经将盒子放在台面上，朝他挥挥手，笑嘻嘻挽着许爸爸出门了。
Xu Xu had already placed the box on the countertop and waved to him with a smile, leading Xu Dad out before Wintergreen could react.

柏冬青回神，将糕点盒子拿过来，低下头默默看着。
Wintergreen came to his senses and picked up the box of pastries, lowering his head to look at them silently.

还是旁边一起打工的年轻男孩“啧”了一声将他唤回神。
It was a young boy working alongside him who snapped his fingers and called him back to attention.

“怎么了？”柏冬青后知后觉回神，转头问他。
"What's wrong?" Wintergreen, realizing only later, turned to ask him.

男孩朝门外抬抬下巴，低声道：“奔驰s级，你这学妹原来是富二代啊，平时看不出来。”说着，又似是了然道，“不过经常能来这里喝咖啡的大学生，确实不太可能是工薪家庭的孩子。”
The boy nodded his chin toward the door and whispered, "Mercedes-Benz S-Class. I never would have guessed that your fellow student is a rich second-generation. You don't usually give that away."

一杯咖啡二三十块，对于上班族来说不过尔尔，但对普通学生来说，确实有些奢侈了。
A cup of coffee costs around twenty to thirty yuan, which is nothing to a white-collar worker, but it's quite a luxury for an ordinary student.

柏冬青微微眯眼朝玻璃门外看过去，许煦正站在路边送父亲上车。一个司机模样的男人，毕恭毕敬地替许父打开后车门。
Bai Dongqing slightly narrowed his eyes and looked out the glass door. Xu Xu was standing by the roadside, seeing off her father. A man who looked like a driver was respectfully opening the back door for Xu's father.

就算他对车不熟悉，也看得出那辆黑色的车子价值不菲。
Even if he wasn't familiar with cars, he could tell that the black vehicle was quite expensive.

许父坐上车后，笑着朝窗外的女儿挥手道别，眼中俱是宠溺，叮嘱道：“自己好好照顾自己，有什么事要及时打电话给家里。和同学们要好好相处，勿要攀比，戒骄戒躁，要时刻保持一颗正直善良的心。”
After getting into the car, Xu Fu smiled and waved goodbye to his daughter through the window, his eyes full of indulgence. He advised, "Take good care of yourself. If there's anything, make sure to call home promptly. Get along well with your classmates, don't compete, and stay humble. Always keep a straight and kind heart."

许煦眉眼弯弯笑着挺直身体，对父亲敬了一个标准的军礼：“收到！祝许团长工作顺利！”
Xu Xu smiled with her eyebrows arched and straightened her body, giving her father a standard military salute: "Received! Wishing Commander Xu a smooth career!"

作者有话要说：　　男配：劳资都没见家长~
Author's note: The male secondary character: Ha, haven't met the parents yet.

第13章
Chapter 13

柏冬青收工回到宿舍时，已经快十点。他将背包放在桌上，手指不经意间滑过书包薄薄的布料，触碰到了包里那个点心纸盒的棱角。
When Bai Dongqing returned to the dormitory after finishing his work, it was almost ten o'clock. He placed his backpack on the table, and his fingers inadvertently brushed against the thin fabric of the bag, touching the edge of the cracker box inside.

手在半空顿了下，将书包拉链打开，朝里面那个还没开封的盒子看了过去，怔了会儿，忽然想起什么似的，打开书桌抽屉，拿出那只安安静静躺在笔盒里的钢笔。
The hand paused mid-air, opened the zipper of the backpack, and looked inside at the unopened box. After a moment of hesitation, it suddenly seemed to remember something, opened the drawer of the desk, and took out the pen that was quietly lying in the pencil case.

崭新钢笔的金属触感明明很冰冷，但是握在手中，却有种莫名的灼热。他低头看了看那钢笔，转过头，正好见姜毅从椅子起身准备去厕所。
The metal texture of the brand new pen was clearly cold, but holding it felt strangely hot. He lowered his head to look at the pen and turned around just in time to see Jiang Yi stand up from his chair to go to the bathroom.

第10节
Section 10

“老大，用你电脑查个东西。”他开口道。
"Boss, can I use your computer to check something?" he said.

姜毅拉开椅子，爽快挥挥手：“随便用啊！”
Jiang Yi pulled out a chair and waved his hand cheerfully: "Go ahead and use it!"

宿舍几个人，只有柏冬青没有电脑，但他很少借用他们的电脑，需要有用的时候，大部分都是去学校机房。
Among the few people in the dorm, only Bai Dongqing didn't have a computer. However, he rarely borrowed theirs. When he needed to use one, he usually went to the school computer lab.

他走到姜毅桌前，点开电脑网页，将手中这只笔的牌子和型号输入搜索栏，按下回车键，相关信息立刻跳出来，最上面的几条就是跟价格有关。
He walked to Jiang Yi's desk, opened the computer's web browser, entered the brand and model of the pen in the search bar, pressed the enter key, and relevant information immediately popped up. The top few results were related to prices.

握着钢笔的柏冬青，看着网页上显示的价格，倒吸了口冷气，
Bai Dongqing, holding the pen, looked at the price displayed on the webpage and sucked in a cold breath.

几百块的钢笔对于奔驰s级家庭来说，可能不足一提，但是对他来说，实在是太贵重了，何况这还是一个没有任何关系的女孩送给他的生日礼物。
For a Mercedes S-Class family, a few hundred dollars for a pen might not be worth mentioning, but for him, it was too precious. Moreover, this was an unconnected girl's birthday gift to him.

他忽然觉得手中这冰冷的钢笔，变成了一块烫手山芋，又好像是一件不应该属于他的易碎珍宝。
He suddenly felt that this cold pen in his hand had become a hot potato, and it seemed like a fragile treasure that shouldn't belong to him.

“当当当当！我回来了！”虚掩的宿舍门，忽然被从外面踢开，满面春风的程放大喇喇走进来。
"Bang! Bang! Bang! I'm back!" The partially closed dormitory door was suddenly kicked open from the outside, and Cheng Da walked in with a spring in his step.

柏冬青拿着鼠标的手吓得一抖，迅速将网页浏览记录删掉，然后关了网页，另一只握着钢笔的手，默默背在了身后。
Bai Dongqing's hand holding the mouse trembled in fright, quickly deleting the browsing history, then closing the webpage. The other hand, holding the pen, was silently placed behind his back.

上完厕所的姜毅从阳台跳进来，朝程放调侃道：“瞧你那骚劲儿，肯定又带小学妹去哪里鬼混了！就你们这黏糊劲儿，这约会频率，你可注意点，千万别搞出人命了。”
After finishing his bathroom break, Jiang Yi jumped into the room from the balcony and teased Cheng Fang, "Look at you, all saucy. You must have taken a freshman somewhere to do who knows what! With your clingy nature and dating frequency, be careful, or you might end up killing someone."

程放呸了一声：“我和我家许小煦同学纯洁着呢！你少拿你肮脏的思想来揣度我们。”
Cheng Fang spat, "Me and my classmate Xu Xiaoxu are pure! Don't use your dirty thoughts to judge us."

姜毅道：“就你还纯洁？你丫以前和女朋友开房的时候，老子还是处男呢！”
Jiang Yi retorted, "And you're pure? You were having sex with your girlfriend when I was still a virgin!"

程放大笑：“你别玷污处男两个字好吗？咱们宿舍也就老三还能用这个词。”
Cheng Da laughed loudly: "Don't defile the words 'virgin' and 'maiden.' Old Three in our dorm is the only one who can use them."

被冷不丁点名的柏冬青，抿嘴笑了笑，默默挪到自己桌前。
Bai Dongqing, who was suddenly singled out, pursed her lips and smiled, then quietly moved to her own desk.

程放从包里掏出一把点心，丢在几个人桌上：“我未来丈母娘做的点心，你们尝尝！”
Cheng Da took out a handful of pastries from his bag and tossed them onto several tables: "Pastries made by my future mother-in-law, give them a try!"

姜毅跑过来，拿了块撕开，丢进嘴里，含含糊糊道：“我去！你这和小学妹都要定下终身了啊！以前说好的要游戏人间的呢？”
Jiang Yi ran over, tore off a piece, and popped it into his mouth, mumbled, "Wow! You're about to be engaged to a little sister! The one time you said you wanted to live life to the fullest?" %%

程放托腮做深沉状：“哎！遇到真爱只能认命了！”
Cheng Fang put his chin in his hand and made a deep-thinking pose: "Ah! When you meet true love, you just have to accept your fate!"

姜毅嗤了一声，大笑。
Jiang Yi snorted and laughed loudly.

旁边一直没说话的柏冬青，将桌上的包拿起来：“……我出去跑步了！”
Bai Dongqing, who had been silent until now, picked up the bag on the table: "…I'm going for a run!"

程放看了他一眼，随口问：“跑步还背包？”
Cheng Fang glanced at him and casually asked, "Running with a bag?"

柏冬青：“再过几个月就司考了，我顺便去看看书，公派的英语成绩也得准备了。”
Bai Dongqing: "The bar exam is just a few months away. I'll take this opportunity to review some books, and I also need to prepare for the English test sponsored by my employer."

程放露出夸张的敬佩状，拍拍他的肩膀：“老三加油，等以后你留学回来当教授，我这个小小检察官，要有遇到问题还指望继续请教你呢！”
Cheng Fang showed exaggerated admiration, patting his shoulder: "Old Three, keep it up. When you return from studying abroad to become a professor, this little prosecutor will still rely on you for advice whenever I have problems!"

柏冬青笑了笑，没说话，背着包出了门。
Bai Dongqing smiled but said nothing, and left with his backpack.

此时早已经入夏，十点多的校园，晚归的学生们陆陆续续返回宿舍。柏冬青没有去操场跑步，而是随便找了个路边长椅坐下。长椅靠着路边大树，和人行道的路灯隔了点距离，于是他整个人便像是隐没在黑暗中，与校道中灯光下来来往往说笑着的学生，泾渭分明。
By this time, it was already early summer. Students returning to their dormitories one by one from the campus at around ten o'clock. Bai Dongqing didn't go to the playground for a run but instead sat down on a roadside bench. The bench was next to a tree by the roadside, with a small distance from the pedestrian street's streetlights. Thus, he seemed to blend into the darkness, standing out starkly from the students walking and chatting under the lights on the school path.

他低头看了看手中那支已经被自己握得带了体温的钢笔，小心翼翼放入书包内层夹袋，然后取出包里那个还没打开的点心盒子。
He lowered his head to look at the pen in his hand, which he had warmed with his grip, and carefully placed it in the inner pocket of his backpack. Then, he took out the untouched cookie box from his bag.

为女儿做的手工点心用纸盒精心包装着，这应该是个很用心生活的母亲，就像他的母亲一样。小的时候，妈妈也经常给他做各种好吃的，用保鲜袋和盒子精心装好，让他带去学校和同学们分享。
The homemade cookies were carefully packaged in a paper box for his daughter. This should be a very thoughtful mother, just like his own. When he was young, his mother also often made him various delicious treats, carefully packed in plastic bags and boxes to share with his classmates at school.

但是十四岁之后，那些出自母亲之手的美味，就再也没有了。
But after the age of fourteen, those delicious treats made by his mother never came again.

柏冬青将纸盒小心翼翼打开，拿出一块小袋子分装好的芙蓉糕，慢慢送入口中。带着清香的甜味在口中蔓延，比想象中的味道还要好。他一连吃了好几块，直到盒子里只剩下两块，他才停下，然后认真装好，放回了书包里。
Bai Dongqing carefully opened the paper box and took out a small bag of lotus paste cake. He slowly put it in his mouth. The sweet, fragrant taste spread in his mouth, even better than he had imagined. He ate several pieces until there were only two left in the box before he stopped, then carefully packed them back and put them back in his backpack.

人生四味酸甜苦辣，他十四岁后，就只剩下三味，今天却好像品尝到了暌违已久的甜意，也许不是今天，而是最近开始，好像生活中就多了一点带着酸涩的甜味。
The four tastes of life—sour, sweet, bitter, and spicy—left him with only three after the age of fourteen. Today, however, it seemed he had tasted a sweetness he had long been without, perhaps not today, but perhaps it had started recently, as if life had a hint of sourness mixed with sweetness.

这味道太陌生了，以至于他不都敢仔细去体会。
This taste was so unfamiliar that he dared not savor it carefully.

“你说我六点才吃饭，还吃了你给的点心，怎么又饿了？”
You say I only eat at six and had your snack, yet I'm hungry again?

“大概是你还在长身体吧！”
Maybe it's because you're still growing!

“横向么？”
Horizontal?

“这可不是我说的。”
This isn't what I said.

熟悉的声音，让坐在路边长椅的柏冬青抬头，夜色校道中，两个女孩说说笑笑地从他跟前走过，朝小卖部的方向走去。是许煦和她的一个室友。
The familiar voice made Bai Dongqing look up from the bench. In the dimly lit school path, two girls chatted as they walked past him, heading towards the convenience store. They were Xu Xu and one of her roommates.

柏冬青默默看着两人的背影走远了一段，鬼使神差般站起来，跟了上去。
Bai Dongqing watched the two girls' figures disappear for a while, and for some inexplicable reason, he stood up and followed them.

他走在人行道靠里的位置，沿着路边的绿荫大树内侧，路灯几乎照不到的地方。而两个女孩则走在人行道下，踏着路灯的光芒前行。
He walked along the inner side of the sidewalk, close to the shade of the green trees lining the street, in a spot where the streetlights barely reached. The two girls, on the other hand, walked below the streetlights, stepping in the glow of the lights.

相同的方向，其实只隔了几米的距离，可一个在路灯下，一个在夜影中，就像是隔了千山万水的两个世界。
Though they were walking in the same direction, only a few meters apart, it felt as if they were in two entirely different worlds, one bathed in light and the other shrouded in darkness.

两个女孩边走边说说笑笑，说到兴奋时，许煦就会笑盈盈扭过头看向自己的同伴。
As they walked and chatted, Xu Xu would turn her head with a smile whenever she got excited, looking at her companion.

柏冬青默默看着她的背影，年轻姣好的侧脸，一颦一笑，在夜灯下是如此生动不已，美好得有些失真。
Bai Dongqing silently watched her figure, her youthful and beautiful profile, every expression vivid and lifelike under the streetlights, almost unreal in its beauty.

小卖部不远，几分钟就到了。
The convenience store wasn't far away, and it took only a few minutes to get there.

两个女孩进了小店，柏冬青在一棵大树旁站定，目光依然看着许煦的方向。这会儿店里的学生不少，两个女孩挤进去之后就看不到了人。
The two girls entered the small store, and Bai Dongqing stood by a large tree, still looking in the direction of Xu Xu. There were quite a few students in the store at this moment, and the two girls could no longer be seen after they squeezed inside.

几分钟后，再出来时，许煦手中多了一盒冰淇淋。小卖部门口灯光明亮，她的面容在柏冬青眼中，忽然就清晰得仿佛触手可及。
A few minutes later, when she came out again, Xu Xu was holding a box of ice cream. The light outside the convenience store was bright, and her face seemed suddenly clear and close to touch in Bai Dongqing's eyes.

许煦不知道自己正被人注视着，她舀起一大勺冰激凌送入口中，满足地闭上眼睛，一副愉快的享受状。
Xu Xu was unaware that she was being watched. She scooped up a large spoonful of ice cream and put it in her mouth, closing her eyes contentedly, looking as if she was enjoying herself greatly.

王妍笑道：“我饿得肚子咕咕叫也只敢吃根烤肠，你竟然买这么大盒冰淇淋，真不怕胖了你家程帅哥嫌弃你啊？”
Wang Yan smiled and said, "I only dared to eat a grilled sausage because I was so hungry, and you actually bought such a big box of ice cream. Don't you fear gaining weight and having your handsome Cheng Xiaoer reject you?"

许煦又舀了一勺：“吃了再减，他要敢嫌弃我，我甩了他！”
Xu Xu scooped up another spoonful and said, "I'll lose weight after I eat. If he dares to reject me, I'll break up with him!"

王妍笑：“甩了他可就找不到这么帅的男朋友啦！”
Wang Yan laughed, "If you break up with him, you won't find such a handsome boyfriend!"

“谁说的？天涯何处无芳草。”
Who said that? There's always a flower for every season.

“那你倒是说说咱们院里还能找得出比你家那根草帅的男生吗？”
Then can you tell me if there's a more handsome boy in our courtyard than the one from your family?

许煦想了想，嘻嘻笑道：“好像是没有。”
Xu Xu thought for a moment and smiled mischievously, "I think there isn't."

“瞧把你得意的！”
Look how pleased you are with yourself!

两个人说说笑笑往回走，许煦一口一口吃着冰淇淋，时而满足地咂咂嘴巴，时而伸出舌头舔舔唇，是这个年纪的女孩再真实简单不过的快乐。
The two walked back chatting and laughing, with Xu Xu eating her ice cream one bite at a time. She would occasionally savor the taste with a contented lick of her lips, and at other times, she would stick out her tongue to lick her lips. It was the most genuine and simple happiness of a girl of her age.

站在阴影中遥遥看着她的柏冬青，喉咙微微滑动了下。
Standing in the shadows, Bade Qing watched her from afar. His throat moved slightly.

她好像总是很快乐。这样的女孩怎么会不快乐呢？有优渥幸福的家庭，宠爱自己的父母，有相互喜欢且英俊优秀的男友，足以让她能随心所欲的生活。
She seemed to always be so happy. How could such a girl not be happy? With a prosperous and happy family, parents who doted on her, and a boyfriend who was both handsome and excellent, she could live as she pleased.

她的人生是如此美好，就像是此时笼罩她周遭的温暖灯光，一切都是那么明朗。
Her life was so beautiful, like the warm lights that enveloped her at that moment, everything so clear and bright.

柏冬青将手伸进书包里，摸了摸夹袋中的钢笔，不知为何，有些怅然地叹了口气。
Bade Qing reached into his backpack, feeling the pen in the pocket folder, and for some reason, he sighed wistfully.

走出了大概十几米后，许煦吃了一口冰淇淋，忽然转过身朝后面扫了眼。柏冬青下意识挪了下脚步，将身体应藏在了树干后。
After walking about ten meters, Xu Xu took a bite of her ice cream and suddenly turned around to glance back. Bai Dongqing subconsciously moved her steps and hid her body behind the tree trunk.

“怎么了？”王妍见她停下脚步，奇怪问。
"Wang Yan, what's wrong?" she asked curiously when she noticed Xu Xu stop.

许煦舔了舔嘴唇：“我感觉有人在看我！”
Xu Xu licked her lips and said, "I feel like someone is watching me!"

王妍瞅了眼来去匆匆的学生：“没有吧？”
Wang Yan glanced at the students who were rushing past: "No, I don't see anyone."

许煦抿抿嘴问：“你没感觉到吗？”
Xu Xu pursed her lips and asked, "Don't you feel it?"

王妍摇头：“没有啊。”
Wang Yan shook her head. "No, I don't."

许煦狐疑地摸摸头，又看了眼周围：“现在是没有了，不过刚刚真是有种被人盯着的感觉。”
Xu Xu suspiciously touched her head and glanced around. "It's not there now, but I really did get the feeling like someone was watching me just now."

王妍道：“你别吓我，跟讲恐怖故事似的。”
Wang Yan said, "Don't scare me like you're telling a horror story."

许煦轻笑出声：“拜托！虽然是觉得有人在看我，但也能感觉出肯定是没恶意的。”
Xu Xu chuckled and said, "Please! Even though I feel like someone is watching me, I can tell it's not with any ill intent."

王妍嗤了一声，坏笑道：“所以是感觉哪个暗恋你的人，在偷偷看你吗？你都有程帅哥，还不满足？”
Wang Yan snorted and said with a wicked smile, "So, you think it's one of your secret admirers who's secretly watching you? You already have Handsome Cheng, and you're still not satisfied?"

“我就是刚刚莫名生出来的感觉。”许煦自己也觉得有点好笑，摆摆手道，“算啦，肯定是错觉啦！”
I just had this inexplicable feeling," Xu Xu said, finding it a bit amusing. She waved her hand and said, "Forget it, it must just be a hallucination!

这一次，直到两个女孩走远，渐渐消失在夜色中，柏冬青才从大树后面走出来，慢慢朝宿舍的方向走回去。
This time, it wasn't until the two girls had walked far away and gradually disappeared into the night that Bai Dongqing emerged from behind the tree and slowly walked back towards the dormitory.

第14章
Chapter 14

九月中旬司法考试，许煦难得起了个大早，跑到男生宿舍下等着给程放壮行打气。程放虽然在学习上有些吊儿郎当，但还算是一个目标明确的家伙，一个富二代不去继承家业，一门心思要当检察官，所以司考必须得过，于是刚刚过去的这个暑假，跟着柏冬青头悬梁锥刺股了整整两个月。
In mid-September, Xu Xu, who rarely got up early, went to the male dormitory building to see off and encourage Cheng Fang for the bar exam. Although Cheng Fang was somewhat casual about his studies, he was still a clear-minded fellow. As a second-generation wealthy individual, he was determined to become a prosecutor, so he had to pass the bar exam. Thus, he had been studying diligently for two months during the just-ended summer vacation, hanging a rooster by its tail and pricking his thigh with a awl, following Bao Dongqing's example.

他运气不错，考场就分在学校附中，骑车过去不到二十分钟，也就不需要找酒店，住在宿舍就已经很方便。
He was lucky that the exam venue was just at the affiliated middle school of their school, a ride of less than twenty minutes by bike, so he didn't need to find a hotel. Staying in the dorm was already convenient.

许煦没提前告诉他自己一大早跑到他楼下等他，待人出来，冷不防跳到他面前，吓了人一大跳。
Xu Xu hadn't told him in advance that she had run down to his dorm building early in the morning to wait for him. When he came out, she suddenly jumped in front of him, scaring him half to death.

程放笑着将她抱起来：“这是来给我爱的鼓励吗？”
Cheng Fang smiled as he picked her up: "Is this your way of giving me a loving encouragement?"

许煦见柏冬青在旁边，有点不好意思地将人推开，笑着和他打招呼：“学长，好久不见了，你和程放在一个考点吗？”
Xu Xu saw Bai Dongqing beside her and, feeling a bit embarrassed, pushed the person away, smiling as she greeted him: "Senior, it's been a while. Are you and Cheng Fang in the same exam group?"

从上个学期期末到现在，她好像就一直没看到过他，包括这开学的十来天，无论是学校星巴克，也都反常地没有遇到过，这会儿乍一看到，莫名有点兴奋。
From the end of the last semester to now, she seemed to have not seen him at all, including these past ten days of the new semester, even at the school Starbucks where she would usually run into him. Seeing him suddenly now, she felt inexplicably excited.

柏冬青微微笑着点头，一如既往地没有多话。
Bai Dongqing smiled slightly and nodded, as always without saying much more.

程放笑嘻嘻揉了把小女朋友的头发：“好久没参加过大型考试了，本来还有点紧张的，看到你专门来给我打气，我忽然就充满了信心。”
Cheng Fang smiled and gently tousled his little girlfriend's hair: "It's been a while since I last took a major exam. I was a bit nervous, but seeing you come to cheer me up, I suddenly felt very confident."

许煦这时候也不再吐槽他，笑着握了握拳：“虽然你学习没有柏学长这么厉害，不过我相信你也一定没问题的，加油！”说着从口袋里掏出两块巧克力，递给他一块，“考试时间长，下午精神容易不好，进去前吃块巧克力能补充能量。”
At this moment, Xu Xu no longer teased him, and smiled as he shook his fist: "Although you're not as good at studying as Brother Bai, I believe you'll be fine. Good luck!" He then took out two pieces of chocolate from his pocket and handed one to him, "The exam is long, and your energy might drop in the afternoon. Eating a piece of chocolate before going in can help boost your energy."

程放做出夸张的感动状：“我女朋友太贴心了。”
Cheng Fang made an exaggeratedly touched gesture: "My girlfriend is so thoughtful."

许煦笑着瞪他一眼，将另一块递给他旁边的柏冬青：“学长，你也拿一块下午补充能量吧。”
Xu Xu smiled and glared at him, then handed the other piece to Bai Dongqing next to him: "Brother, take one too to boost your energy in the afternoon."

柏冬青迟疑了下，才接过那块巧克力，轻声道：“谢谢！”
Bai Dongqing hesitated before taking the chocolate, saying softly, "Thank you!"

许煦摆摆手踹程放一脚：“赶紧去吧别迟到了，好好考，考不好拿人头来见我！”
Xu Xu waved his hand and kicked Cheng Fang in the leg: "Go already, don't be late. Do your best and bring your head to see me if you don't!"

程放大笑着说遵命，跟她挥挥手去去单车了。柏冬青比他慢一步，走了两米，忽然转头朝许煦看过来。
Cheng Fang laughed loudly and said "Yes, sir," before waving and riding off his bike. Bai Dongqing was a step behind, walking two meters before suddenly turning to look at Xu Xu.

晨光下的许煦怔了怔，抬手朝他笑着挥挥手：“学长，祝你考试顺利，为咱们学院争光。”
Under the morning light, Xu Xu was taken aback, raising his hand to wave and smile: "Senior, good luck with your exam. Bring glory to our college."

柏冬青嘴角微不可寻地弯了弯，对她点点头，将手中的巧克力握紧，转身离开。
Bai Dongqing's lips curled up in the slightest, nodding at her before tightening his grip on the chocolate in his hand and turning to leave.

*

司考之后，大四生就要正式为前途奔波，考研考公出国找工作，人生的另一阶段就要从这里开始分岔。程放还算轻松，他的目标就是当检察官，因为和许煦来自不同的城市，他已经计划留在江城，而本市的法检系统招考要等到明年春夏交际，准备时间绰绰有余。
After the bar exam, seniors would officially start their job hunt, whether for postgraduate studies, civil service exams, or job hunting abroad. Cheng Fang was relatively relaxed; his goal was to become a prosecutor. Since he and Xu Xu came from different cities, he had already planned to stay in Jiangcheng. However, the city's judicial and procuratorial system recruitment would not start until the spring and summer transition next year, giving him ample time to prepare.

就算是撇去家里的关系，程放对这种考试也很有信心，虽然学习成绩不算太突出，但毕竟他们是重点大学，当初高考也是真枪实弹考进来的。只不过上了大学，爱好太多，学习上就有些疏忽了。但底子在，用心准备，也绝对能考出一个好成绩。除此之外，他的履历也确实太漂亮了，光是全国辩论赛最佳辩手的头衔，就足以让他在这种招考中鹤立鸡群。
Even without considering his family's connections, Cheng Fang was confident in these exams. Although his academic performance wasn't particularly outstanding, they were key universities, and they had truly passed the college entrance exam. However, with too many hobbies in college, his studies had become somewhat neglected. But with a solid foundation, if he prepared diligently, he would definitely achieve good results. Moreover, his resume was indeed too impressive; the title of National Debate Champion alone was enough to make him stand out in such recruitment exams.

于是在大家都忙得不见人影时，就他一个人留在学校优哉游哉地陪女朋友。
So while everyone else was busy, he was the only one left at school, leisurely accompanying his girlfriend.

转眼就是两个月过去，司考成绩终于出来了，程放有惊无险地低空飘过，自然是拉着许煦出去胡吃海喝了一顿。
Two months passed in a blink, and finally, the LSAT scores were released. Cheng Fang barely scraped through, so he naturally dragged Xu Xu out for a feast.

当天下午许煦没有课，他又将人拉到自己宿舍陪他看片儿。他们宿舍如今常住人口就他一个，姜毅去实习，周楚河准备考研在校外租了房子，而柏冬青是本地人，基本上确定会走学校的公派项目出国读研，大四也没什么其他事，自然是住回了家里。
That afternoon, Xu Xu had no classes, and he dragged him to his dorm to watch movies. Currently, the only resident in their dorm was him. Jiang Yi was on an internship, Zhou Chuhuo was preparing for his postgraduate exams and had rented a house off-campus, and Bai Dongqing, being a local, was almost certain to participate in the school's overseas graduate program, so he naturally returned home for the fourth year.

其实程放一富家子弟，早就想住在外面，与小女朋友共筑爱巢，但被许煦严词拒绝后，只能继续可怜兮兮地窝在学校宿舍。
In fact, as a wealthy young man, Cheng Fang had long wanted to live outside, building a nest with his girlfriend. But after being sternly rejected by Xu Xu, he could only continue to miserably stay in the school dormitory.

今天看的片子是一部欧美的爱情电影，尺度颇大。影片播放到高潮处,那撩人的旖旎画面，让许煦耳根发热，心跳加速，尤其是程放逐渐粗重的呼吸在她耳边响起时，青春的荷尔蒙呼之欲出。
Today's movie was an American romance film with quite explicit scenes. When the film reached its climax, the alluring and seductive scenes made Xu Xu's ears heat up and her heart race. Especially when Cheng Fang's gradually heavy breathing reached her ear, her youthful hormones were practically bursting.

程放忍不住将她抱在腿上，胡乱地边亲她边将手伸进他的衣服内，低声呢喃道：“宝贝，给我好不好？就当给我司考通过的奖励，我会对你好的。”
Cheng Fang couldn't help but hold her on his lap, kissing her wildly while reaching his hand under her clothes, whispering, "Baby, please? Just as a reward for passing my exam. I'll be good to you."

许煦直觉不应该如此，至少不应该是在这种地方这种时候，但她毕竟是个未经世事的女孩，被这么一撩拨，脑子和身体都不太受自己控制，也就没再挣扎。
Xu Xu instinctively felt this was inappropriate, at least not in this place and at this time. However, as an inexperienced girl, she was easily stirred up, and her mind and body were no longer under her control, so she stopped struggling.

正在意乱情迷时，宿舍的门忽然被打开，有人走了进来。
Just when they were in a daze of passion, the door to the dormitory suddenly opened, and someone walked in.

两人猝不及防，顿时惊慌失措地分开，许煦吓得从程放腿上跳下来。
The two were caught off guard and immediately panicked, separating. Xu Xu was so scared that she jumped off Cheng Fang's lap.

第11节
Chapter 11

“……不……不好意思，我……我不知道，我拿个东西就走。”撞破了人好事的柏冬青，比他们两个还尴尬，眼睛落在许煦凌乱的头发和衣服上，瞬间移开，随手从抽屉里抓了几本书塞进书包，逃也般匆匆跑了出去，前后不过几秒。
"... N-no... Sorry, I... I didn't know, I just took something and left." Bai Dongqing, who had caught them in the act, was even more embarrassed than the two of them. Her eyes fell on Xu Xu's messy hair and clothes, and she quickly averted them. She grabbed a few books from the drawer and stuffed them into her backpack, fleeing as if she were running for her life, all within a few seconds.

待到屋内恢复安静，许煦才从刚刚的怔忡中回神，恼羞成怒在程放身上捶了几拳：“都怪你！丢死人了！”
When the room finally returned to silence, Xu Xu came back to her senses from her daze and, filled with anger and embarrassment, punched Cheng Fang several times: "It's all your fault! You've disgraced us!"

虽然刚刚其实也只是抱在一起，还没有做到少儿不宜的一步，但毕竟两个人刚刚并不只是打算亲亲抱抱。想到这种事被人撞见，还是柏冬青撞见，许煦就觉得难堪极了，恨不得挖了个地洞钻进去。
Although they had only been hugging and kissing and had not yet reached an inappropriate stage, the fact that they had not just planned to kiss and hug made Xu Xu feel extremely embarrassed, especially when it was Bai Dongqing who had caught them. She wished she could dig a hole and crawl into it.

好好的气氛被打断，程放真是比窦娥还冤，他哭丧着脸道：“老三都已经好久没在学校出现过了，我哪里想到他会忽然回来！”说着又要将人往怀里拉，“再说了，咱俩郎情妾意的，他又不是不知道，被撞见也无所谓啊！”
The pleasant atmosphere was disrupted, and Cheng Fang was truly as innocent as Dou E. He said with a mournful face, "Third Brother hasn't shown up at school for a long time. How could I have thought he would suddenly return!" Then he tried to pull the person closer, "Besides, we're in love, and he knows it. It shouldn't matter if we get caught!"

许煦将他推开，气呼呼道：“我看男人都不是好东西，甜言蜜语说到底还是想骗女孩子做这种事。”
Xu Xu pushed him away and said angrily, "I think all men are no good, and sweet words are just a way to trick girls into doing this."

程放哭笑不得：“我要不想对你做这种事，你才该苦恼吧！”
Cheng Fang was at a loss for words, "If I didn't want to do this to you, you should be the one worried!"

许煦哼了一声：“我可是有前车之鉴的，等被你骗到手，肯定就跟你那位前女友一样，弃之如敝履了，我才不干！”
Xu Xu snorted, "I have a lesson from the past. Once you have me, I'll be discarded like your ex-girlfriend. I won't do that!"

程放失笑摇头，又正了正色，拉住她的手：“小煦，你不一样的，我对你如何你难道感觉不到吗？”他想了想，道，“这样吧，为了表示我对你的真心，我可以继续接受你的考验。和你在一起我真的很开心，也想把这份开心长长久久保持下去，所以我留在这里工作等着你毕业。虽然我确实想马上拥有你，但你不愿意我也绝不会强求。”
Cheng Fang chuckled and shook his head, then straightened his expression, holding her hand. "Xuxu, you're different. Can't you feel how I feel about you?" He thought for a moment and said, "Let's do this. To show you how sincere I am, I can continue to accept your test. Being with you makes me very happy, and I want to keep this happiness for a long time. So I will stay here to work and wait for you to graduate. Although I really want to have you right away, I will not force you if you don't want it."

不得不说，他英俊的模样，含情脉脉的眼神，以及娓娓道来的声音，确实是很有魅力，许煦自然是被他打动了。
It's undeniable that his handsome appearance, tender gaze, and gentle voice are indeed very charming. Xu Xuxu was naturally moved by him.

程放又试探道：“等明年我毕业怎么样？我看过了，毕业那天，应该正好是你二十岁生日，我的毕业礼，你的成人礼，怎么样？”
Cheng Fang then probed, "What about next year when I graduate? I've checked, and graduation day should be your 20th birthday. My graduation gift, your coming-of-age ceremony, how about it?"

许煦红着脸支支吾吾点头：“好吧！”
Xu Xuxu blushed and nodded hesitantly, "Okay!"

程放笑开，抱着她亲了一下：“说定了，到时候可不准反悔啊！”
Cheng Fang smiled and hugged her, kissing her: "We've agreed, so no backing out later, okay!"

许煦笑着掐他：“当然不会。”
Xu Xu smiled and pinched him: "Of course not."

宿舍里卧谈会其实会经常讨论这种事，冯佳是早就尝了禁果，吴小南和异地男友估计也快了。许煦并不排斥，相反还很有些跃跃欲试的好奇，之所以没有下定决心，确实是因为程放的前科问题。冯佳也告诫过她，可别让男生太容易得逞，因为男的通常都很现实，没得到的时候装孙子装得乐此不疲，得到后就成大爷了。她可不想程放也这样。
In fact, the dormitory chat sessions often discussed such matters. Feng Jia had already experienced the forbidden fruit, and Wu Xiaonan and her long-distance boyfriend were probably close to it too. Xu Xu wasn't opposed to it; in fact, she was quite curious and eager to try it. The reason she hadn't made up her mind was indeed due to Cheng Fang's past record. Feng Jia had also warned her not to let the boys get their way too easily, as they were usually very practical. They would pretend to be submissive when they hadn't gotten what they wanted, but once they did, they would act like they owned the world. She didn't want Cheng Fang to be like that either.

但她也知道，两个人谈恋爱久了，这种事肯定也会水到渠成。所以程放如此有诚意的提出来这个约定，她觉得没有任何理由拒绝。
But she also knew that after being in a relationship for a long time, such matters would naturally come to fruition. Therefore, she felt there was no reason to refuse Cheng Fang's sincere proposal of this agreement.

实际上她也知道，在这个时代，谈两年才突破最后的防线，足以证明这个男生的诚心。
In fact, she also knew that in this era, taking two years to break through the final barrier was enough to prove the boy's sincerity.

*

在两个人约定好未来的同时，刚刚撞破别人亲密的柏冬青一口气从宿舍跑出来，跑了好几分钟才停下。兴许是跑得太急，他这会儿一站定，只觉得有些天旋地转地发晕，胸口憋闷得厉害。
While the two had agreed on their future, Baodongqing, who had just witnessed someone else's intimacy, ran out of the dormitory for several minutes before finally stopping. Perhaps due to running too hastily, he felt dizzy and had a hard time catching his breath when he stood still.

趔趔趄趄往前走了几步，整个人有些迷迷糊糊，仿佛一下不知今夕何夕。迎面一个冒冒失失的男生跑过来也没注意，一不小心就被撞上了。
He stumbled forward a few steps, feeling somewhat disoriented, as if he had lost track of time. A careless boy ran towards him without noticing, and they bumped into each other.

他往后踉跄了一步，好不容易才站稳，手中的书包却掉在地上，一支钢笔从没有拉严实的拉链中跳出来，滚出了半米远。
He stumbled back a step, managing to stand still with difficulty, but his backpack fell to the ground. A pen, from the unzipped pocket, rolled out half a meter away.

他如梦初醒般回神，目光落在地上，脸色大变，蹲下身手忙脚乱将笔捡起来。光滑蹭亮的黑色笔身沾了一层灰，他赶紧用手去擦。沾上的灰是擦干净了，然而那笔帽上却赫然留下了两道刺眼的擦痕。
He came to his senses like someone waking from a dream, his gaze falling on the ground. His face changed dramatically, and he knelt down, frantically picking up the pen. The smooth, black body of the pen was covered in a layer of dust, and he hurriedly tried to wipe it off. While the dust was removed, the cap of the pen was left with two glaring scratch marks.

柏冬青惊慌失措般再次用手指擦了擦，然而痕迹依然在。他似乎有些不可置信，又小心翼翼哈了口气，再用衣袖轻轻擦了擦，然而那擦痕还是没有半点变化。
Bai Dongqing, in a state of panic, used his fingers to wipe at the marks again, but they remained. He seemed almost incredulous, and with great care, he blew on the pen and then gently wiped it with his sleeve, but the scratch marks did not budge in the slightest.

他停下动作，怔忡地看着手中的钢笔，一时似乎手足无措到不知该怎么办了！
He stopped his actions, staring blankly at the pen in his hand, momentarily at a loss as to what to do!

闯祸的家伙还没离开，看着蹲在地上的人奇怪的举止，有点怀疑这个男生是不是要哭了？
The culprit who caused the trouble had not left yet. Watching the strange behavior of the person crouched on the ground, the other person wondered if this boy was about to cry?

“那个……同学，你没事吧？”男生小心翼翼问。
"Um... classmate, are you okay?" the boy asked cautiously.

柏冬青这才回神，抬头看了眼男生，摇摇头：“没事。”
Bai Dongqing only then returned to reality, looked up at the boy, and shook his head: "I'm fine."

“哦！”男生这才慢慢离开，边走边回头朝依旧蹲在地上的人看了几眼，直到走出了一大段距离，才有些狐疑地摸摸头走了。
"Oh!" the boy slowly moved away, glancing back at the person still squatting on the ground a few times as he walked. It wasn't until he had walked a considerable distance that he suspiciously touched his head and continued on.

柏冬青用手指轻轻摩挲了几下钢笔上的擦痕，用力闭上眼睛，明明只是钢笔被留了两道痕迹，为什么却像是心脏被人刮了一块，隐隐在发疼。
Bai Dongqing gently ran his fingers over the scratches on the pen, tightly closing his eyes. Even though it was just a pen with two scratches, why did it feel as if his heart had been scraped and was aching faintly.

他很想自欺欺人装作不知道这是为什么，可是他骗不了自己，他很清楚这感觉是源于何故。
He very much wanted to deceive himself and pretend he didn't know why he felt this way, but he couldn't fool himself; he was well aware of the source of this feeling.

这让他感到从未有过的隐秘而羞耻。
This made him feel more secretive and ashamed than ever before.

从十四岁后，他的人生就得靠自己摸石头过河，跌倒时没有人扶，迷茫的时候没有人牵引，也不会再有人告诉他什么事该做不该做。所以他做任何事都小心翼翼又用尽全力，生怕行差踏错半步，给关心他的人们添麻烦，让去世的父母失望。
Since the age of fourteen, his life had been a matter of trial and error, with no one to help him when he fell or guide him when he was lost. No one would tell him what to do or what not to do. So, he did everything with great caution and all his might, afraid of making a single mistake that could cause trouble for those who cared about him and disappoint his deceased parents.

他也一直做得不错，日子久了，他都开始相信，只要自己认真努力，人生应该就不会出错。
He had done well for a long time, and eventually, he began to believe that as long as he worked hard and was serious, his life should not go wrong.

然而，他还是犯了错。
However, he still made a mistake.

当他意识到自己可怕的想法后，几乎立刻远离，这个学期甚至离开学校，住回了孤单冷清的家里。他以为自己已经拨乱反正，但是刚刚不小心撞见的一幕，让他明白，自己的这个错误还在继续，甚至已经在不知不觉中放大。
When he realized the terrifying thoughts in his mind, he almost immediately distanced himself, even leaving school for the rest of the semester to return to his lonely and cold home. He thought he had corrected his mistake, but a scene he accidentally witnessed just now made him realize that his error was still ongoing and had even grown unnoticed.

“冬青，你来学校啦？”一道突如而至的男声，将柏冬青唤回神。
"Qing, you're at school?" A sudden male voice called out, bringing Bai Qing back to her senses.

他抬头看到来人，赶紧收拾好情绪，站起来微微笑了笑，礼貌打招呼：“张老师！”
She looked up and saw the person approaching, quickly composing herself, stood up, and smiled slightly, politely greeting, "Teacher Zhang!"

这位张老师是他们的辅导员，笑着道：“我还正准备给你打电话呢！第一批公派名单已经下来了，你顺利通过，这下可以好好休息一会儿了，准备准备论文，然后就等着毕业出国深造吧！”
Teacher Zhang, who was their counselor, smiled and said, "I was just about to call you! The first batch of government-sent list has come down, and you've passed successfully. You can now rest a bit, prepare your thesis, and then just wait to graduate and go abroad for further studies!"

柏冬青愣了下，点点头：“谢谢张老师！”
Bai Dongqing was stunned for a moment, then nodded, "Thank you, Teacher Zhang!"

张老师笑着拍拍他的肩膀：“加油吧，好好学习，争取回来留校，到时咱们就是同事了！”
Teacher Zhang smiled and patted his shoulder, "Work hard, study well, and try to stay at the school when you return. Then we'll be colleagues!"

柏冬青轻笑了笑：“我会的。”
Bai Dongqing smiled lightly, "I will."

“那行，我走了，过几天开会再见。”
All right, I'll be going. See you at the meeting in a few days.

“再见，张老师。”
Goodbye, Teacher Zhang.

目送辅导员背影离开，柏冬青昂头，眯眼看了看天空的太阳，握紧手中的钢笔，重重舒了口气。
After watching the counselor's 背影 leave, Bai Dongqing raised his head, squinted to look at the sun in the sky, tightened his grip on the pen in his hand, and let out a deep breath.

是啊！离开了，就好了。
Yes! It's better this way.

离开后就可以断掉那些隐秘而羞耻的妄想了。
After leaving, one can cut off those secret and shameful fantasies.

作者有话要说：　　今天也是一只可怜的小青青，差点就ntr了~
Author's Note: Today, Little Qingqing is also a 可怜 creature, almost got ntr'd~

程男配fg已立，马上就要下线咯~请鼓掌
Cheng Nan's partner fg is established, about to log off~ Please clap

程放：敲你奶奶滴~
Cheng Fang: Hit your grandmother~

第15章
Chapter 15

虽然那次在宿舍和程放亲热被柏冬青撞见，让许煦觉得很尴尬，但她到底心大，过了几天就没放在心上了。
Although Xu Xu felt embarrassed when Bao Dongqing caught her and Cheng Fang being intimate in the dormitory, she was broad-minded and didn't dwell on it after a few days.

柏冬青因为司考考了一个接近四百六的变态分数，这几日在院里一时名声大噪，不仅院办宣传栏里张贴着醒目的表扬通告，上课的时候几乎每个老师都会提起他的名字，打鸡血般动员许煦他们这些学弟学妹向他学习。除此之外，大四公派出国的第一批名单公示，柏冬青的名字赫然在列，是美国藤校知名的法学院。
Bao Dongqing's score on the bar exam was a bizarrely high 460, making him suddenly famous on campus in recent days. Not only was there a prominent commendation notice posted on the bulletin board of the office, but almost every teacher mentioned his name in class, motivating Xu Xu and her fellow junior and sophomore students to learn from him. Additionally, Bao Dongqing's name was prominently listed on the 公示 of the first batch of students going abroad for their senior year, indicating his admission to a well-known law school at an Ivy League university.

在这之前，柏冬青虽然成绩优异之外，但在院里的名气远远比不上其他诸如程放之类的活跃男生。大部分人对他也只是闻其名不见其人。柏冬青三个字自然也不会出现在女生卧谈会中。
Before this, although Bao Dongqing had excellent grades, his reputation in the department was far less than that of other active male students like Cheng Fang. Most people only knew his name without having seen him. Naturally, Bao Dongqing was not a topic of discussion in female dormitory chats.

但这几天大概是听得多了，晚上熄灯后，大家像往常一样聊天，也不知谁先提到了柏冬青的名字，然后他就成了这场卧谈会接下来的主角。
But over these past few days, the topic of Bai Dongqing's name came up during the nightly chats after the lights were turned off, and he became the main focus of the conversation.

冯佳道：“其实吧，如果男生像柏冬青学长那样学习优秀，就算家境不好长得一般，也无所谓。毕竟男生还是有上进心勤奋刻苦最重要。”
Feng Jia said, "Actually, if male students are as academically excellent as Senior Bai, their family background or looks don't matter. After all, it's still important for boys to have ambition and work hard."

王妍笑着接话：“是啊！不过我这个颜狗还是更喜欢长得帅的。虽然不知道柏冬青长得什么样子，不过那种家境不好，特别刻苦的男生，想想也猜得出是哪一类。”说着又道，“对了许煦，他不是你家程放室友吗？到底长什么样子？”
Wang Yan smiled and added, "That's true! But as a fan of good looks, I still prefer those who are handsome. Although I don't know what Senior Bai looks like, I can imagine that a boy from a poor background who works extra hard must fall into a certain category." She then said, "By the way, Xu Xu, isn't he Cheng Fang's roommate? What does he look like?"

许煦在黑暗中嗤了一声：“我之前跟你们说过吧！柏学长长得挺好的，绝对不是你们想的那样子。”
In the darkness, Xu Xu snorted, "I've told you before! Senior Bai is quite good-looking and definitely not what you think he is."

王妍来了劲儿：“真的还是假的？”
Wang Yan put on some energy: "For real or just pretending?"

许煦道：“我骗你干嘛？”
Xu Xu said, "Why would I lie to you?"

王妍笑嘻嘻问：“我有点不信，要真长得帅，怎么没听人说过。”
Wang Yan asked with a smile, "I'm a little skeptical. If he's really that handsome, why haven't I heard anyone mention it?"

许煦脑子里冒出柏冬青清朗的俊脸，撇撇嘴：“柏学长就是低调而已，主要是挺朴素的，第一眼看过去确实不显眼，但要是多看两眼，就会发现绝对是大帅哥。”
Xu Xu's mind flashed to Bai Dongqing's clear and handsome face, and he curled his lips. "Bai Senior is just low-key. The main thing is that he's quite simple and unassuming. At first glance, he might not stand out, but if you take a closer look, you'll definitely realize he's a real heartthrob."

“大帅哥？”王妍来了劲儿，“有没有这么夸张？跟你家程放比呢？”
Big handsomeman?" Wang Yan got excited, "Is it really that exaggerated? Compared to your home 程放?

许煦想了想：“这个没法比，两个人又不是同一类型的。”
Xu Xu thought for a moment, "This can't be compared, the two people aren't the same type."

王妍大惊：“程大帅哥竟然在你心里不是理所当然排第一。那柏冬青还真是长得帅啊！看来我哪天得去认识认识这位学长了。如果真像你说得长得帅，成绩还这么牛，我就要视他为偶像了。”
Wang Yan was greatly surprised, "Actually, Big Handsomeman Cheng isn't naturally considered first in your heart. That Bai Dongqing must really be handsome! It seems I need to meet this senior one day. If he really is as handsome as you say and has such impressive grades, I'll have to regard him as a role model."

许煦不甚在意道：“人家本来就长得很好，而且不仅长得好学习好，人也特别好。”
Xu Xu didn't take it too seriously, "He's naturally very good-looking, and not only is he good-looking and studious, but he's also an exceptionally good person."

冯佳笑嘻嘻插话：“煦煦，你要当你家程放面这么夸他室友，看他不吃醋！”
Feng Jia smiled and chimed in, "Xuxu, if you praise your roommate Cheng Fang like that in front of his family, watch him savor the sweetness of it!"

许煦不以为然道：“这是客观事实，我当程放面也夸啊，还让他向柏学长学习呢！”
Xu Xuxu disagreed, "This is an objective fact. I praise Cheng Fang too, and even encourage him to learn from Brother Bai!"

她语气理所当然，虽然并不算熟悉，但在她看来，柏冬青确实是自己见过得最好的男生。现在听大家聊起他，想到这个很好的学长马上要毕业去国外留学，以后不知道还有没有机会见面，她心里竟然有点失落。
Her tone was matter-of-fact, though she wasn't particularly familiar with him. In her eyes, Bai Dongqing was indeed the best boy she had ever met. Now, hearing everyone talk about him, she felt a tinge of sadness as she thought of this excellent senior about to graduate and go abroad for studies. She might not have the chance to meet him again.

嗯，有机会要当面恭喜他！
Yeah, I should congratulate him in person if I get the chance!

*

隔日中午下课回来，进入宿舍区后，正在和王妍说说笑笑的许煦，余光忽然瞥到前方不远处一道熟悉的身影。
The next day at noon after class, Xu Xu, who was chatting with Wang Yan as he returned to the dormitory area, suddenly caught a glimpse of a familiar figure not far ahead.

她转头定睛一看，果然是柏冬青。不由得面上一喜，正要将人叫住，对他说声恭喜，哪知手都还没抬起来，只见明明已经看到她的柏冬青，忽然转身急匆匆走了，动作之迅速，就像是被什么可怕的东西追赶一般，一溜烟就不见了身影。
She turned to look closely and sure enough, it was Bai Dongqing. A smile involuntarily appeared on her face, and she was about to call out to him to congratulate him, but before she could lift her hand, she saw that Bai Dongqing, who had already seen her, suddenly turned around and walked off hurriedly, his movements so quick as if he was being chased by something terrifying, disappearing in an instant.

许煦一头雾水地放下手。
Xu Xu put down her hand in confusion.

“怎么了？”王妍见她怔愣着停下脚步，奇怪问。
"What's wrong?" Wang Yan, noticing her standing there in a daze, asked curiously.

许煦摇头：“没事。”
Xu Xu shook his head: "It's fine."

……应该不是觉得上次在宿舍撞见她和程放，觉得看到她尴尬才走开的吧？
… Shouldn't it be because he felt embarrassed to see her when he ran into her and Cheng Fang in the dormitory last time, and thus left?

一直到放寒假，许煦都没再见到柏冬青，恭喜的话自然也就没机会当面说给他听。
Xu Xu didn't see Bai Dongqing until the winter break, so he naturally didn't have the chance to convey his congratulations in person.

她随口问过程放，他也只是耸耸肩说学校没事了自然就不用过来，还顺便吐槽说让他来学校陪自己都不干，太不够哥们儿了。
She casually asked about Cheng Fang, who merely shrugged and said that since the school was fine, there was no need to come over. He also complained that he wouldn't even come to the school to keep him company, which wasn't very brotherly.

许煦倒也没多想，学校没事谁愿意住在宿舍啊？洗个澡还得去澡堂排队呢！
Xu Xu didn't think much of it. Who would want to live in the dorms when there's nothing going on at school? Even taking a shower meant queuing up at the bathhouse!

一个学期又很快在这种无忧无虑中结束，短暂的寒假也转瞬即逝。然而新学期开学了一个多星期，程放却没有如约返校。其实在寒假期间，许煦就觉得他就有些古怪，不仅不像之前那样一天和她联系好几次，甚至她主动给他打电话，他也通常是敷衍说几句就说有事挂掉。
The semester quickly came to an end in a carefree manner, and the short winter break passed in a flash. However, more than a week into the new semester, Cheng Fang had still not returned to school as agreed. In fact, during the winter break, Xu Xu had already sensed something odd about him. Not only did he no longer contact her several times a day as before, but even when she called him proactively, he would usually just 敷衍 say a few words and then claim he had something to do and hang up.

但是因为过年那会儿，在家里忙着走亲会友，各种各样的聚会占据了许煦大部分精力，也就没有多想。回到学校，程放还是这种状态，她才后知后觉事情不对。
But because he was busy with family gatherings and various parties during the New Year, most of Xu Xu's energy was consumed, so she didn't think much about it. When Cheng Fang was still in this state upon returning to school, she only realized something was wrong.

作为有着丰富恋爱经历的冯佳提醒她，是不是程放有情况了？
As Feng Jia, with extensive dating experience, reminded her, could it be that Cheng Fang was having some issues?

许煦恋爱经历贫乏，一听到这个就跟炸毛了一般，再打电话，免不了各种质问，那头的程放却始终否认，只是态度极为敷衍。
Xu Xu's dating experience was scarce, and upon hearing this, she reacted as if she had been electrocuted. When she called back, she inevitably launched into a series of interrogations, but Cheng Fang always denied it, his attitude being extremely perfunctory.

许煦这一年习惯了在他面前骄纵和任性，自然受不了他这种态度，两个人在电话里吵了好几次，可过几天，程放又会好声好气道歉，她自然又原谅他，两个人拉拉扯扯到了五月份，程放还是没有返校。
This year, Xu Xu had gotten used to being arrogant and capricious in front of him, so she naturally couldn't tolerate his attitude. They argued several times over the phone, but a few days later, Cheng Fang would apologize sincerely, and she would forgive him. They bickered and made up until May, but Cheng Fang still hadn't returned to school.

直到那天许煦从院办回来，看到大四当天的答辩名单，许煦才知道程放已经回了学校。
It wasn't until that day when Xu Xu returned from the office and saw the list of seniors' defense presentations that she realized Cheng Fang had already returned to school.

回了学校却没告诉她，她当即怒气冲冲跑去了他们宿舍。几声敲门声后，门从里面被打开，程放略显疲惫的脸出现在许煦眼前。
Upon returning to school without telling her, she immediately stormed to their dormitory. After a few knocks, the door opened from the inside, and Cheng Fang's slightly weary face appeared before her.

她微微一怔，旋即又被积累多时的愤怒淹没，瞅了眼他们宿舍只有他一个人，走进去将门大力关上，怒气冲冲问：“程放，你到底什么意思？想分手就直说！”
She was slightly taken aback, but was quickly overwhelmed by the anger that had built up over time. Glancing around and seeing that only he was in their dormitory, she walked in and slammed the door shut, asking angrily, "Cheng Fang, what do you really mean? If you want to break up, just say so!"

程放神色莫辨地看着她，沉默了片刻，才有气无力道：“那就分手吧！”
Cheng Fang looked at her with a unreadable expression, remaining silent for a moment before speaking in a listless voice, "Then let's break up!"

许煦一下怔住，似乎不太相信自己的耳朵：“你说什么？”
Xu Xu was momentarily stunned, seemingly not believing what she had heard, "What did you say?"

程放道：“你说分手，那就分手吧！”
Cheng Fang repeated, "You said you want to break up, so let's break up!"

许煦脾气瞬间被点燃，气急败坏质问：“你是不是移情别恋了？“
Xu Xu's temper flared instantly, and she angrily demanded, "Are you cheating on me?"

程放看着她生气的脸，道：“那就当我是吧！”顿了顿，又道，“你总是这么任性了，脾气一点都不好，什么都要我依着你，我累了！”
Cheng Fang looked at her angry face and said, "Then treat me as if I were." Pausing, he added, "You're always so capricious, with such a bad temper. You want everything your way, and I'm tired of it!"

满腔的愤怒让许煦忽视了对面的男生颓然而沮丧的语气，怒不可遏地用力推了他一把：“分手就分手，你以为我稀罕你！”
Her full rage ignored the despondent tone of the boy across from her, and she forcefully pushed him, "If you want to break up, then break up! Do you think I care about you?"

说完，摔门而出。
With that, she slammed the door and stormed out.

她跑得又急又快，压根儿就不看路，一口气刚刚跑出男生宿舍，冷不防就与迎面而来的一个男生撞了个满怀。本来是她撞了人家，但那人身体坚硬挺拔，她没把人怎么着，自己倒是差点被反弹力撞得差点跌倒，还是对方伸手及时将她扶住。
She ran so fast and so urgently that she didn't even look where she was going. Before she could even leave the male dormitory, she collided with a boy coming from the opposite direction. Although she was the one who had run into him, his body was firm and upright, and she didn't hurt him. However, she almost stumbled backward due to the rebound force, and it was his hand that steadied her in time.

“你没事吧？”柏冬青见她站稳，才将手慢慢松开。
"Are you alright?" Bai Dongqing slowly released his hand after she had regained her balance.

许煦抬头，看到这张许久未见的面孔，微微一怔，也不知为何，刚刚那种几欲发狂的怒气就莫名平静了几分，人也清醒了不少，她勉强朝他笑了笑：“没事，不好意思，撞到你了。”
Xu Xu looked up and saw a face she hadn't seen in a long time, which made her slightly startled. For some reason, the intense anger she had just felt seemed to subside, and she felt more alert. She 勉强 smiled and said, "I'm fine, sorry for bumping into you."

柏冬青俊秀的眉头微微蹙起，定定看着她，迟疑了片刻，才开口试探问道：“你……来找程放吗？”
Bai Dongqing's handsome brows furrowed slightly as he stared at her. After a moment of hesitation, he tentatively asked, "Are you looking for Cheng Fang?"

第12节
Chapter 12

程放的名字，让刚刚平静几分的许煦心中立马又涌上一股烦躁，她不想多说，语气也就有些不好：“我和他已经分手了。”说完绕开他走开，走了几步，又觉得自己和程放的破事干嘛迁怒别人，于是有些愧疚地转头道，“对了学长，恭喜你司考第一，拿到公派名额去藤校，之前就想当面恭喜的，但一直没遇到你。”
Cheng Fang's name immediately stirred up a wave of irritation in Xu Xu's heart, which had just calmed down. She didn't want to say more and her tone was a bit harsh: "We have already broken up." After saying this, she walked around him and walked a few steps before feeling a bit guilty for taking out her frustration on someone else. She then turned her head and said, "By the way, Senior, congratulations on being the top scorer in the bar exam and getting a scholarship to a prestigious university. I wanted to congratulate you in person before, but I never ran into you."

柏冬青点点头：“谢谢。”
Bai Dongqing nodded: "Thank you."

许煦扯了扯嘴角，朝他摆摆手：“那再见！”
Xu Xu tugged at the corner of her mouth and waved at him: "Then, goodbye!"

柏冬青抬起手，一声“再见”还没出口，许煦已经转身走开，再没有回头。
Bai Dongqing raised his hand, but before he could say "goodbye," Xu Xu had already turned and walked away, not looking back.

他站在原地，默默看着她的背影，直到消失不见，自己才转过身往宿舍走。
He stood there, silently watching her figure until it disappeared, then turned and walked towards the dormitory.

宿舍中，程放正在收拾行李。
In the dormitory, Cheng Fang was packing his luggage.

“今天就走了吗？”
Are you leaving today?

程放抬头看了进来的人一眼，低低嗯了一声：“我哥晚上来接我。”顿了顿，又道，“老三，你待会儿陪我去喝一杯吧！”
Cheng Fang looked up at the person who had come in and murmured, "My brother will pick me up tonight." Pausing, he added, "Old Three, will you accompany me for a drink later?"

柏冬青点头：“真的就这样和许煦分手了吗?”
Bai Dongqing nodded. "So you really broke up with Xu Xu like that?"

程放怔怔地看着地上的行李箱，神色黯然道：“不分能怎样？其实几个月前就该分的，一直拖到了现在。”
Cheng Fang stared blankly at the luggage on the ground, his expression somber. "What else could we do? We should have split up months ago, but we kept dragging it out."

“她什么都不知道，是吗？”
She knows nothing, right?

程放点头：“这是我自己的事，跟她无关，她不需要知道。”
Cheng Fang nodded: "This is my own business, and it has nothing to do with her. She doesn't need to know about it."

柏冬青看着他，沉默了良久，又才低声开口：“可是……她会很难过的。”
Bai Dongqing looked at him, silent for a long time, before speaking softly: "But... she will be very sad."

程放抬头对上他的眼睛：“如果真是这样，我应该高兴不是吗？这说明她在乎我。”他顿了顿，又才继续，“我其实特别自私，明明不想让她难过，可是又希望她能为我难过，因为只有这样，才能证明我对她来说很重要。”
Cheng Fang raised his head and met his eyes: "If that's the case, shouldn't I be happy? This means she cares about me." He paused, then continued, "I'm actually very selfish. Even though I don't want her to be sad, I still hope she will be sad for me, because only then can it prove that I am important to her."

他说完站起来，拍拍自己这个相处四年如兄弟的男生肩膀，对着他有些茫然不解的眼神，苦笑道：“跟你说这些，你可能也不懂。等你哪天遇到喜欢的女孩子，就明白了。”
After saying this, he stood up and patted the shoulder of this boy he had been with for four years as brothers. Looking at the confused and incomprehending expression, he smiled bitterly and said, "You might not understand this now. But one day, when you meet a girl you like, you will understand."

柏冬青神色莫辨地看着他，嘴唇嚅嗫了片刻，到底什么都没说，只微不可寻地点了点头。
Bai Dongqing looked at him with a complex expression, her lips moving for a moment before she ultimately said nothing, only nodding slightly.

*

虽然这回吵架升级到了说分手，但许煦大概真的是被程放纵容习惯了，她潜意识还是认为这跟之前无数次的小打小闹没什么差别，她还等着程放来跟自己道歉，只不过这回他实在是太过分了，即使他道歉了，她也要再晾他几天。
Although this time the argument had escalated to the point of breaking up, Xu Xu probably really had gotten used to being indulged by Cheng Fang, and subconsciously still believed that it was no different from the countless minor squabbles before. She was still waiting for Cheng Fang to apologize to her, but this time he had gone too far. Even if he did apologize, she would still need to give him a few more days.

然而几天过去了，她没能等来程放的任何消息。没有电话，没有短信，也没在宿舍楼下看到他徘徊的身影。
However, several days passed, and she didn't receive any news from Cheng Fang. No phone calls, no text messages, and no sight of him pacing around the dormitory building.

“煦儿，你和程放怎么回事？真分手了吗？”就这样快过了一个星期，中午在宿舍休息，冯佳风风火火从外面跑进来问。
"Xu'er, what's going on with you and Cheng Fang? Did you really break up?" It was almost a week later, and during her nap in the dormitory, Feng Jia ran in from outside, breathless and asking.

许煦这几天没等来程放的求和，正郁闷着，听了这话，便有些赌气道：“是啊！真分了。”
Xu Xu hasn't heard from Cheng Fang's request for reconciliation these days and was feeling depressed. Hearing this, he said with a pout, "Yes! We really did break up."

冯佳试探问：“那你没事吧？”
Feng Jia tentatively asked, "So you're okay with that?"

许煦不甚在意道：“分个手而已，我能有什么事！”
Xu Xu didn't take it seriously and said, "Just a breakup, what could I possibly be okay with!"

冯佳松了口气：“那就好，我听大四的学姐说，程放出国了，还想着你好像都不知道，怕你知道了难过呢！”
Feng Jia let out a sigh of relief, "That's good. I heard from a senior in the fourth year that Cheng Fang has gone abroad, and I was wondering if you knew about it. I was afraid you might be sad if you found out!"

许煦抬头震惊地看向她：“你说什么？”
Xu Xu looked up in shock and stared at her: "What did you say?"

冯佳：“……我说程放出国了，你……”
Feng Jia: "...I said Cheng Fang has gone abroad, you..."

她话还没说完，许煦已经蹭的一下从椅子上跳起，飞快跑出了宿舍。冯佳皱眉看向大开的门口消失的身影，忧心忡忡皱起了眉头。
Before she could finish speaking, Xu Xu had jumped up from his chair and ran out of the dormitory at a sprint. Feng Jia frowned at the open door, her expression worried as she watched the disappearing figure.

飞奔下楼的许煦满脑子都是惊愕和不可置信，程放从来没说过自己要出国，怎么可能忽然出国？
Running down the stairs, Xu Xu's mind was filled with shock and disbelief. Cheng Fang had never said he was going abroad, how could he suddenly leave?

她一口气跑到那间自己去过无数次的宿舍，还没抬手敲门，门已经从里面打开，这回开门的不是程放，而是柏冬青。
She ran all the way to the dormitory she had visited countless times. Before she could even raise her hand to knock, the door opened from inside, and this time it was not Cheng Fang but Bai Dongqing who opened it.

许煦看了他一眼，默默越过他走进屋内。那张原本属于程放的桌子和床位已经空空荡荡，这意味着什么，她不会不明白。
Xu Xu glanced at him, silently stepping over him to enter the room. The desk and bed that originally belonged to Cheng Fang were now empty, and what that meant, she was not unaware of.

她转头茫然地看向旁边的男生：“学长，程放呢？”
She turned her head and looked at the boy next to her blankly: "Senior, where is Cheng Fang?"

柏冬青漆黑如墨的眼睛微微闪了闪，犹豫了片刻，低声道：“……他走了。”
Bai Dongqing's eyes, dark as ink, flickered slightly, hesitated for a moment, and then whispered, "…He's gone."

“去哪里了？”
Where have you been?

“和家人一起出国了。”
Abroad with my family.

许煦沉默了半晌，怔怔点头：“哦！”
Xu Xu fell silent for a moment, then nodded blankly: "Oh!"

她的脑子在这一刻彻底空白，这超出了她所能思考的范围。她想过和程放吵架和好，甚至也想过真的分手，但绝对没想到过他会不告而别。
Her mind went completely blank at that moment, exceeding the scope of her thoughts. She had thought about arguing with Cheng Fang and making up, and even considered a real breakup, but she never imagined he would leave without saying a word.

以至于她一时找不准现在该有什么情绪。难过？痛苦？还是愤怒？
She couldn't quite pinpoint what emotion she should be feeling—sadness? pain? or anger?

她完全不知道了，只是有些茫然地往外走，却也不晓得自己这是要哪里去。
She had no idea where she was going, just walking aimlessly out, though she didn't know the direction either.

柏冬青蹙眉看着她不紧不慢地出门，没有开口叫住她。在犹豫片刻后，默默跟着走了出去。
Bai Dongqing frowned as she watched her leave slowly without calling her back. After a moment's hesitation, he silently followed her out.

如今已经入夏，午后的阳光炙热，校道的学生们，都很聪明地走在树荫下，许煦却对似乎对这烈日浑然不觉，毫无顾忌地将自己暴露在明晃晃的阳光下。
It was already late spring, and the afternoon sun was scorching. Most students walked under the shade of the trees, but Xu Xu seemed oblivious to the heat, exposing herself to the bright sunlight without any concern.

路过一处篮球场时，一个篮球忽然飞过来，砸在肩膀，然后落在地上。
Passing by a basketball court, a basketball suddenly flew over and hit her shoulder before landing on the ground.

柏冬青明显看到她身体歪了一下，心里不由得跟着一紧，但被砸中的女孩却仿佛没什么感觉。
Bai Dongqing could clearly see her body tilt slightly, and his heart tightened involuntarily. But the girl who was hit seemed to have no reaction.

“美女！帮忙捡一下球！”球场挥汗如雨的男孩朝这边叫道。
"Beautiful lady! Could you help pick up the ball?" the boy sweating profusely on the court called out towards her.

许煦置若罔闻，跨过篮球继续往前走。
Xu Xu ignored him, stepped over the basketball, and continued walking forward.

柏冬青走上去，弯身将那颗已经停下的篮球，丢回了操场，然后又默默跟上去。
Bai Dongqing walked over, bent down, and tossed the basketball that had stopped back onto the playground, then followed silently.

许煦不知道自己走了多久，等她回过神，人已经不知不觉走到校外，她目光落在旁边的星巴克，走了进去，问服务生要了杯拿铁，也没在收银台等，直接去落地窗旁的位子坐下。
Xu Xu didn't know how long she had walked. When she came to her senses, she had unknowingly walked to the school's 校外 (校外 means "outside the school" and is kept as is). Her gaze fell on the Starbucks beside it, and she walked in, ordering a latte from the staff. She didn't wait at the counter but went straight to sit at a table by the floor-to-ceiling window.

跟进来的柏冬青看了她一眼，走到收银台前，随便要了杯美式咖啡，然后将许煦那杯已经做好的咖啡要过来，问相识的服务生要了工具，在上面拉了一朵漂亮的花，然后端着两杯咖啡来到了许煦桌前，拉花的拿铁放在她面前，另一杯放在她对面。
Bai Dongqing, who came after, glanced at her and walked to the counter. She ordered a regular Americano coffee and then took over Xu Xu's coffee that was already prepared. She asked the familiar barista for some tools and drew a beautiful flower on it. Then, she carried both cups of coffee to Xu Xu's table, placing the latte with the design in front of her and the other one on the opposite side.

许煦正怔怔看着玻璃窗外发呆，对于身旁的一切浑然不觉。直到柏冬青在她对面坐下，她才蓦地回神，表情却依旧有些茫然：“学长，你怎么在这里？”
Xu Xu was staring blankly out the window, not noticing anything around her. It wasn't until Bai Dongqing sat down across from her that she suddenly snapped back to attention, her expression still somewhat dazed: "Senior, how did you end up here?"

柏冬青望着她，喉咙微微滑动下：“……路过。”
Ba Dongqing looked at her and his throat moved slightly: "…Just passing by."

许煦低头看向面前咖啡上的拉花，那图案有些特别，她问：“这是向日葵吗？”
Xu Xu looked down at the latte art on the coffee in front of her. The pattern was a bit unusual, so she asked, "Is this a sunflower?"

柏冬青点头。
Ba Dongqing nodded.

许煦道：“很漂亮。”
Xu Xu said, "It's very pretty."

柏冬青弯唇笑了笑，没有说话。
Bai Dongqing curved his lips into a smile and did not speak.

很多人只知道向日葵象征着阳光，却不知它的花语是——沉默的爱。
Many people only know that sunflowers symbolize sunshine, but they do not know that their meaning is—silent love.

许煦心不在焉地盯着那朵花，看了许久才抬头，冷不丁问：“程放出国的事，早就告诉过你们吗？”
Xu Xixin stared absentmindedly at the flower for a long time before looking up and suddenly asked, "Did Cheng Fang tell you about his going abroad long ago?"

柏冬青迟疑了下，摇头：“也是回来答辩才知道的。”他认真看着他，默了片刻，又才道，“他不是故意瞒着你的。”
Bai Dongqing hesitated for a moment and shook his head. "I only found out when he came back for the defense." He looked at him seriously, paused for a moment, and then added, "He didn't intentionally keep it from you."

许煦怔了片刻，回神，故作轻松地耸耸肩：“无所啦，反正我们已经分手。”
Xu Xu was taken aback for a moment, then regained her composure and shrugged nonchalantly: "No worries, anyway, we've already broken up."

柏冬青眉头微微蹙起，过了半晌，试探问：“你真的没事吗？”
Bai Dongqing's brow furrowed slightly. After a moment, she tentatively asked: "Are you really okay?"

“没事啊！”许煦摊摊手。
"Of course I'm fine!" Xu Xu shrugged her hands.

不过就是分手吗？当然不会有事。但她此刻一点都不愿意去想这个问题，看了眼柏冬青的杯子，转移话题：“你喜欢喝什么咖啡？”
It was just a breakup, after all, so naturally there was nothing wrong. But at that moment, she didn't want to think about it at all. She glanced at Bai Dongqing's cup and changed the subject: "What kind of coffee do you like?"

柏冬青轻笑了笑：“其实我很少喝咖啡，不是很了解。”
Bai Dongqing lightly smiled and said, "Actually, I don't drink coffee very often, so I'm not very familiar with it."

许煦奇怪问：“你在这里打工不是可以免费喝吗？”
Xu Xu asked curiously, "If you're working here, shouldn't you be able to drink it for free?"

柏冬青点头：“是可以免费喝，但是没有时间。”
Bai Dongqing nodded, "I can drink it for free, but I don't have the time."

总是匆匆来匆匆去，哪里会有闲心品尝像小资们一样静坐下来品尝咖啡，说起来这竟是他人生头一次。
He was always rushing in and out, so he never had the leisure to sit and savor coffee like the bourgeoisie. In fact, this was his first time doing so.

许煦想了想道：“我听说公派给的奖学金很充裕，你以后可以专心学业，不用打工了。“
Xu Xu thought for a moment and said, "I heard that the scholarship provided by the public fund is quite generous. You can focus on your studies from now on and don't need to work part-time anymore."

柏冬青微微笑了笑：“是的。”
Bai Dongqing smiled slightly. "Yes."

许煦平日里话多，每次遇到沉默寡言的柏冬青，都是主动找话说，但是现在脑子和心里空空荡荡，没有半点说话的欲望，勉强说完这几句，就低下头，看着咖啡表面那朵精致的拉花出神，过了片刻，终于还是拿起勺子搅拌开来，然后端起杯子一口气喝了半杯。
Xu Xu was usually talkative, and whenever he encountered the reserved Bai Dongqing, he would proactively start a conversation. But now, his mind and heart were empty, with no desire to speak. After forcing out those few words, he lowered his head, staring at the delicate latte art on the surface of his coffee, lost in thought. After a moment, he finally picked up a spoon to stir the coffee, then lifted the cup and drank half of it in one go.

放下杯子后，她也没想起擦嘴角，站起身朝柏冬青挤出一个笑容：“学长，你慢慢喝，我走了！”
After putting down the cup, she didn't even remember to wipe her mouth. She stood up and forced a smile at Bai Dongqing, saying, "Senior, you take your time. I'm leaving!"

柏冬青抬头对上她的眼睛，点点头没有说话，只是目送她走出咖啡厅，才又低下头。
Ba Dongqing looked up at her eyes and nodded, saying nothing. He merely watched her leave the coffee shop before lowering his head again.

他端起面前的咖啡慢慢呷了一口，没有加糖的黑咖啡，香气浓郁，却也苦味十足。
He picked up the coffee in front of him and took a slow sip, the unsweetened black coffee rich in aroma but also overwhelmingly bitter.

他一个人坐了片刻，将两只杯子端起来，来到收银台。
He sat alone for a moment, then carried the two cups to the cashier.

“小安，你帮我把这两个杯子装起来，我以后不来了，想留个纪念。”
Xiao An, help me pack these two cups. I won't be coming anymore, but I want to keep a memento.

叫小安的男生也是大学生，和他很熟，笑着道：“店里有售卖的杯子，你登记一下，拿一套回去就好啦，干嘛要用过的？”
The boy named Xiao An is also a college student and he knows him well. Smiling, he said, "There are cups for sale in the store. Just register and take a set home. Why use a used one?"

柏冬青微微笑了笑：“我就是拿回去作纪念，这个就好。”
Bai Dongqing smiled slightly: "I just want to take it back as a souvenir. This one is fine."

小安若有所思点点头：“我知道了，因为是自己喝过的更有意义，对不对？”
Xiao An nodded thoughtfully: "I see. Because it's more meaningful to use one you've drunk from, right?"

柏冬青勾了勾唇，不置可否。
Bai Dongqing curled her lips, remaining silent.

小安拿过杯子，边帮他清理打包，边随口问道：“冬青，听说你要出国了是吗？”
Xiao An took the cup and, while helping to clean and pack, casually asked, "Dongqing, I heard you're going to study abroad. Is that true?"

柏冬青点头：“嗯！”
Bai Dongqing nodded: "Mm-hmm!"

小安露出羡慕的笑容：“真好啊！以后你肯定前途无量的。哪像我，读个三本学校，指不定毕业了还要继续在这里做咖啡呢”
Xiao An wore a look of envy: "That's great! You're definitely going to have a bright future. Unlike me, I'm just a third-tier school student, and I might still be making coffee here after graduation."

柏冬青默了片刻，似是想到什么似的，低声道：“……其实做咖啡也挺好的啊！”
Bai Dongqing fell silent for a moment, as if thinking of something, and then whispered, "Actually, making coffee is pretty good too!"

小安将杯子递给他，笑嘻嘻道：“你别安慰我了，做咖啡能有什么前途？”
Xiao An handed him the cup and smiled, saying, "Don't try to comfort me. What future could there be in making coffee?"

柏冬青没说话，只是抿唇笑了笑，接过杯子后道了声再见，转身离开。走到店门时，却又停下来，回过头朝收银台看去。
Bai Dongqing didn't say anything, just pursed his lips and smiled. After taking the cup, he said goodbye and turned to leave. When he reached the store door, he stopped and turned back to look at the cash register.

他想起之前好多个日子，他就站在小安的位置，低头做着咖啡，而在收银台外，有一个等咖啡的女孩，站在他对面认真看着他。
He recalled many days when he had stood where Xiao An was, bending down to make coffee, while a girl waiting for her coffee stood opposite him, looking at him intently.

他做咖啡其实很快，但却会故意一点一点放慢手上的动作。他虽然低着头，但是知道那一刻，她看向自己的眼神，一定是专注而欢喜的。他也知道，只有那一刻，自己真真切切地在她眼中。
He could actually make coffee quite quickly, but he would deliberately slow down his movements. Although he was looking down, he knew that at that moment, her gaze would be focused and joyful. He also knew that only at that moment, he truly existed in her eyes.

那些午后，总是有温暖的阳光，有咖啡的香味，偶尔还有舒缓动人的音乐。有自己，有她，没有孤独。
Those afternoons were always filled with warm sunlight, the aroma of coffee, and occasionally soothing and touching music. There was just himself and her, with no loneliness.

他有时候便想，时间如果凝固在那宁静的两分钟里，该多好！
Sometimes, he wished that time could freeze in those two minutes of tranquility!

也只有在那个时候，他才敢生出那么一点妄想。
It was only then that he dared to indulge in such fanciful thoughts.

所以，做咖啡是真的挺好的。
So, making coffee is really quite good.

收银台的小安觉察他的目光，抬头看去，正要开口说话，门口的人却又已经转身离开。
The cashier Xiao An noticed his gaze and looked up. Just as he was about to speak, the person at the door had already turned and left.

“冬青怎么有点怪怪的！”小安奇怪地嘀咕了一句。
"Something seems off with Dongqing!" Xiao An muttered curiously.

作者有话要说：　　热烈欢送程男配下线~撒发发~
Author's Note: I warmly bid farewell to Cheng Nánpèi as he logs out~ sprinkling some joy!

程放放：我福汉三还会肥来的！！
Cheng Fàngfàng: Even Fú Hán Sān will come fat and healthy back in!!

第16章
Chapter 16

分手以及程放的不告而别，似乎并没有给许煦带来多大影响, 她几乎没有半点失恋人该有的状态。仍旧是该吃吃该喝喝, 每天与室友傻乐。因为不需要再谈恋爱约会, 还三不五时跟宿舍里的好学生吴小南去上自习, 荒废的学业竟然捡回了不少。
The breakup and Cheng Fang's sudden departure seemed to have had little impact on Xu Xu. She showed no signs of a broken-hearted person. She continued to eat and drink as usual, still laughing with her roommates every day. Since she no longer needed to date, she would sometimes go to the study room with her good student roommate, Wu Xiaonan, and surprisingly managed to reclaim much of her neglected studies.

以至于连最亲近的几个室友，都以为她是真的没把失恋当一回事。
To the point where even her closest roommates believed she truly didn't take the breakup seriously.

一次上课的间隙, 许煦和冯佳去安全楼梯的楼道透气, 还没进去, 便隐约听到两个女孩提起她的名字。
During a break in class, Xu Xu and Feng Jia went to the corridor of the safety stairs to get some fresh air. Before they even entered, they could vaguely hear two girls talking about her name.

“你瞧瞧许煦，当初和程放谈恋爱的时候多高调啊！整天在宿舍楼下秀恩爱，生怕人家不知道她男朋友是程放似的。我还当多情比金坚呢, 还不是毕业就分手。人家学长肯定也就是在大学的时候玩玩儿，毕业了就甩了。”
Look at Xu Xu back then when she was dating Cheng Fang! She was so loud about it, always showing off their love downstairs in the dormitory, as if she was afraid people wouldn't know her boyfriend was Cheng Fang. I thought being multi-loved was a sign of strength, but it ended in a breakup right after graduation. The seniors probably just played around in university and dumped their partners once they graduated.

第13节
Chapter 13

冯佳转头，紧张地看向许煦, 只见她扯扯嘴角, 一脸满不在乎的神色。
Feng Jia turned her head and nervously looked at Xu Xu. She saw Xu Xu pull at the corner of her mouth with a carefree expression.

冯佳眉头蹙起，大力将门推开, 朝里面两人冷笑道：“谁大学谈恋爱不是玩玩儿, 不过要找个程放那样的男友玩玩儿也还是要点资本的, 不是随便什么火柴妞都行。”
Feng Jia's eyebrows knitted together as she forcefully pushed the door open and coldly said to the two people inside, "Who doesn't play around in university when dating? But to play around with a boyfriend like Cheng Fang, you still need some capital, not just any matchstick girl will do."

两个女生是隔壁班的同学, 不过点头之交, 彼此完全不熟悉，见背后碎嘴编排人家被抓了个现行，一时尴尬的面红耳赤, 尤其是当冯佳这种大美人讥诮地说出“火柴妞”三个字，两人更是无地自容，支支吾吾着离开了。
Two girls were classmates from the neighboring class, but they were merely acquaintances, completely unfamiliar with each other. Caught in the act of gossiping behind someone's back, they felt awkward and blushed, especially when Feng Jia, this beautiful woman, mockingly said "Fire 柴 Girl." The two felt utterly humiliated and stammered as they left.

许煦跟着冯佳走进去，叹了口气道：“说实话，我其实觉得跟程放谈恋爱谈得挺亏的。”
Xu Xu followed Feng Jia inside and sighed, "To be honest, I actually feel like I've lost out dating Cheng Fang."

“啊？”冯佳疑惑地看向她，不知道她要说什么。
"Ah?" Feng Jia looked at her in confusion, not knowing what she meant.

许煦愤愤然道：“奶奶的！跟那么个大帅比谈了快两年，竟然没把他给睡了，我特么就是个白痴啊，简直亏大了！”
Xu Xu fumed, "Damnit! I dated such a handsome guy for almost two years and still didn't manage to sleep with him. I'm such an idiot, I've really lost out!"

说完就没心没肺大笑起来。
He finished speaking and burst out laughing without a care.

冯佳怔了下，在她肩膀轻轻揍了两拳，笑道：“看来你真没事啊！之前看你跟人分手了没半点反应，还想着你是不是憋着呢！”
Feng Jia was taken aback for a moment before gently punching her on the shoulder and smiling, "It seems you really are fine! Before, when I saw you break up with someone, you didn't react at all, and I was wondering if you were holding it in!"

许煦昂昂头，傲娇道：“当然没事，不就是分个手么？旧的不去新的不来，多得是帅哥在前方等我呢！”
Xu Xu raised her head high, speaking with a touch of petulance, "Of course I'm fine, it's just a breakup. The old should leave and the new should come, there are plenty of handsome guys waiting for me ahead!"

冯佳大笑，只是目光里却隐隐有些担忧。
Feng Jia laughed loudly, but there was a faint hint of concern in her eyes.

六月底是许煦的生日。二十岁，一个有着重大意义的生日，自然要过得隆重，父母虽然没有赶过来为她庆祝，但是提前寄了礼物，还给她拨了一笔生日基金，让她请室友们去腐败。
By the end of June, Xu Xu's birthday was approaching. At twenty years old, a milestone birthday naturally deserved to be celebrated grandly. Although her parents couldn't make it to celebrate with her, they had sent gifts in advance and even set aside a birthday fund for her to treat her roommates to a good time.

那天是周五，下午正好没课，许煦带着三个室友，跑出去吃喝玩乐半天，晚上还胡吃海喝了一顿生日大餐，又去唱歌，回到学校，已经快十点。
That day was a Friday, and there were no classes in the afternoon. Xu Xu took her three roommates out to eat, drink, and have fun for the whole day. In the evening, they indulged in a grand birthday dinner and went singing. By the time they returned to school, it was almost ten o'clock.

往常这个时间，学校虽然还有人来人往，但比起白天，已然宁静得像另一个世界。但是今晚，整个宿舍区，却出奇得喧嚣热闹，校道上大队大队的学生敲敲打打唱唱跳跳，仿佛是在过着什么狂欢日。
Usually, at this time, although there were still people coming and going on campus, it was already quiet, almost like another world compared to the daytime. But tonight, the entire dormitory area was unusually bustling and lively. Students were marching and dancing down the school paths, as if celebrating some kind of carnival day.

“对了，今天毕业典礼呢！这届大四今天正式毕业啦！”王妍最先反应过来。
"Right, today is the graduation ceremony! This year's seniors will officially graduate today!" Wang Yan was the first to realize.

江大有毕业夜游的传统，许煦在学校待了两年，见识过一次学校毕业夜的盛况，只是时隔一年，已经有些陌生了。
Jiang Da You has a tradition of night tours after graduation. Xu Xu had witnessed the grandeur of the school's graduation night party during her two years there, but it felt somewhat unfamiliar after a year.

现下看着不远处一队不知哪个学院的毕业生，拿着饭盒敲敲打打，还有人大声喊着心上人的名字表白，她忽然就怔忡在原地。
Now, seeing a group of graduates from an unknown college nearby, banging on their food boxes and loudly shouting out their loved ones' names to confess their feelings, she suddenly stood still in her place.

冯佳见她停下脚步，拉了拉她，笑道：“跟鬼哭狼嚎似的，咱们赶紧回去休息吧，累得不行了！”
Feng Jia noticed her pause and tugged at her, smiling and saying, "It sounds like a cacophony of ghosts and wolves wailing. Let's go back and rest. We're exhausted!"

许煦回神：“你们先回去吧，我在外面乘会儿凉。”
Xu Xu returned to her senses and said, "You guys go back first. I'll stay outside and enjoy the cool air for a while."

王妍：“你不累啊？”
Wang Yan: "You're not tired?"

“还行吧！”许煦挥挥手做出一个赶他们走的姿势，自己朝旁边长椅跑去。
"Alright, I guess!" Xu Xu waved his hand to gesture for them to leave and ran towards a nearby bench.

王妍也没在意，挽起另外两个小伙伴的手臂：“走吧走吧，让她一个人在这里思考人生。”
Wang Yan didn't pay much attention and linked arms with the other two companions: "Let's go, let's go. Let her think about life on her own here."

冯佳忧心忡忡朝许煦看了眼，微微叹了口气，跟着王妍走了。
Feng Jia looked worriedly at Xu Xu and sighed slightly before following Wang Yan.

六月末已经进入这个城市的炎夏，今天又是个大晴天，即使是到了夜晚，也还是热的厉害。
By the end of June, the city was already in the scorching summer, and today was another sunny day. Even at night, it was still unbearably hot.

许煦本来之前唱歌的时候就喝了点啤酒，这会儿还真是燥得很，也许不止是身体的热，而是心里头忽然生出的抓心挠肺般的焦躁。
Xu Xu had already had a few beers while singing before, and now she was really restless. It wasn't just the heat in her body, but a sudden, unbearable anxiety in her heart.

这时，一群夜游的毕业生从她跟前喧嚣而过，有男生敲着饭盒大叫：“莫云云，我爱你！我要和你永远在一起！”
At that moment, a group of night-wandering graduates passed by her, with a male student banging on his 饭盒 (metal food container) and shouting loudly: "Moyunyun, I love you! I want to be with you forever!"

许煦怔了片刻，脑子里一根不知绷了多久的弦，突然咔擦一声断掉了。好像有一股巨大的力量，瞬间将她的内心全部掏空。
Xu Xu was stunned for a moment. A string that had been tightly stretched in her mind for an unknown period of time suddenly snapped with a crack. It felt as if a massive force had instantly drained her inner self.

失恋该有的情绪，在经过一个多月后，忽然就后知后觉地袭来。痛苦、挫败、迷茫……
The emotions of a broken heart suddenly hit her after more than a month, overwhelming her with pain, defeat, and confusion...

铺天盖地，排山倒海，天崩地裂。
They came pouring in, like a tidal wave, shaking the very foundations of the earth.

她这个时候才意识到，那个陪伴他快两年，填满了她生活的男生，是真的已经离开了。
It was then that she realized the boy who had been by his side for nearly two years, filling her life, had truly left.

一时间无法承受的痛苦，让她心脏都疼起来，蓄积多时的泪水，决堤而下。
The pain was too much to bear at the moment, causing her heart to ache. The tears that had been building up for a long time finally overflowed.

她手忙脚乱掏出手机，拨通了那个已经好久没拨过的号码。
She frantically pulled out her phone and dialed a number she hadn't called in a long time.

“您拨叫的电话暂时无法接通。”
Your call cannot be connected at the moment.

再拨。
She dialed again.

“您拨叫的电话暂时无法接通。”
Your call cannot be connected at the moment.

再拨。
Redial.

……
…

机械冰冷的女声始终重复着这句话。
The mechanical female voice continued to repeat those words.

魔怔般拨了十几遍之后，许煦终于放弃，然后又想到什么似的，调出手机那个很少用的男生宿舍号码。
After going through the gesture of dialing several dozen times in a trance-like state, Xu Xu finally gave up, then remembered something and pulled up the phone number of the male dormitory, which he rarely used.

电话响了七八声，许煦正要挂掉时，忽然有人接起。
The phone rang eight or nine times, and just as Xu Xu was about to hang up, someone suddenly picked up.

“喂！”一道清润的男声从电话中传来。
"Hello!" A clear and smooth male voice came from the phone.

许煦怔了一下，旋即情绪彻底崩溃，对着电话里大叫道：“程放！你这个王八蛋！你这个骗子！你说过要留在江城做检察官，和我永远在一起的，你说过要让我看到你的诚心，继续等我的。你说今天是你的毕业礼，我的成人礼！你为什么不讲信用，出尔反尔！你这个骗子！大骗子！”
Xu Xu was stunned for a moment, then her emotions completely broke down, and she shouted into the phone, "Cheng Fang! You bastard! You liar! You said you would stay in Jiangcheng to be a prosecutor and be with me forever. You said you would let me see your sincerity and continue to wait for you. You said today was your graduation ceremony and my coming-of-age ceremony! Why don't you keep your word and go back on your promise! You liar! Big liar!"

她边哭边骂，却词穷得厉害，翻来覆去只有这几个字，直到最后终于只剩下了上气不接下气的抽泣声。
She cried and cursed, but her words were exhausted, repeating only those few words until finally, all that was left was ragged sobs.

电话那头的人，沉默地听着她的控诉和哭声，直到她许久没再开口，才出声道：“许煦，我是柏冬青。”
The person on the phone listened silently to her accusations and sobs until she stopped speaking for a long time, then said softly, "Xu Xu, I am Bai Dongqing."

他的声音很轻，带着点小心翼翼。
His voice was very light, with a hint of caution.

许煦愣了下，挂掉电话，继续埋头痛哭。
Xu Xu was stunned for a moment, hung up the phone, and continued to sob deeply.

柏冬青是十分钟后，找到许煦的。
Bai Dongqing found Xu Xu ten minutes later.

他拖着一个行李箱，在长椅上的女孩跟前站住，却没有唤她，直到她哭得差不多抬起头抹脸时，才递上一张已经在手中攥了不知多久的纸巾。
He dragged a suitcase and stopped in front of a girl on a bench, but did not call out to her. Only when she had cried until she could barely lift her head to wipe her face did he offer her a handkerchief that he had been holding for an unknown duration.

许煦本来哭了这么久，已经后继无力，但抬头看到来人，接过他手中的纸巾后，也不知为何，再次悲从中来，又稀里哗啦哭起来。
Xu Xu had been crying for so long that she was now exhausted, but when she looked up and took the handkerchief from him, she inexplicably felt a surge of sorrow and began to cry again.

柏冬青默默看着她，仍旧一言不发。
Bai Dongqing watched her silently, still saying nothing.

宿舍里其他两个人都已经在毕业典礼后就离校。想到即将远离，他心中有些依依不舍，于是留守到了这个时候。
The other two people in the dormitory had already left after the graduation ceremony. Thinking about the impending separation, he felt a tinge of reluctance, so he stayed until this moment.

当他拉着行李箱出门，正要把封条贴在宿舍门上时，忽然听到宿舍里的电话响起。
When he pulled his suitcase out and was about to affix the seal to the dorm room door, he suddenly heard the phone ringing inside the dorm.

他本来是没打算接的，但是听着那电话锲而不舍地响了六七声，他犹豫了片刻，还是重新打开门，匆匆走进去将电话接起。
He had originally not planned to answer it, but as the phone persisted and rang six or seven times, he hesitated for a moment before re-opening the door and rushing in to pick up the call.

里面传来的声音，他再熟悉不过，只是那原本快乐的声音，这一次却是在电话中痛哭。
The voice on the other end was all too familiar to him, but this time it was crying in pain, something he had never heard before.

在他对她所有的记忆里，她总是快乐的，好像永远都是那么无忧无虑。可原来她也有这么难过的时候。
In all his memories of her, she was always happy, seemingly carefree and worry-free. But now he realized she had moments of such deep sorrow.

他知道她的眼泪，是为谁在流？所以他连走上去，替她擦干眼泪的资格都没有。
He knew whose tears they were for, so he didn't even have the right to walk up and wipe them away.

十几分钟后，将多年来没流过的眼泪都哭干的许煦，终于哭够了。她抽噎着抬起头，目光落在柏冬青身后的箱子，哽咽着问：“学长，你是回家吗？”
Several minutes later, Xu Xu, who hadn't cried in years, finally cried her fill. She hiccupped as she lifted her head, her gaze falling on the box behind Bai Dongqing, and she choked out, "Senior, are you going home?"

柏冬青点头：“嗯。”
Bai Dongqing nodded, "Yes."

许煦抹着眼睛，站起来，颤抖着声音道：“学长，我今晚不想回宿舍，可不可以去你家借宿一晚？”
Xu Xu wiped her eyes and stood up, her voice trembling as she said, "Senior, I don't want to go back to the dorm tonight. Can I stay at your place for one night?"

因为先前喝过一点啤酒，又哭得太厉害，她脑子里这会儿已经混混沌沌，根本意识不到自己在说什么，只是想着自己这个样子太狼狈，不想让室友们看到，或者说想暂时逃离这块悲伤之地。
Because she had drunk a little beer earlier and cried so intensely, her mind was now a jumbled mess, and she was completely unaware of what she was saying. She just thought that her current state was too humiliating and did not want her roommates to see her, or perhaps she wanted to temporarily escape this place of sorrow.

柏冬青仍旧默默看着她。因为哭了太久，眼皮已经红肿，但她似乎浑然不觉，抬头对着他的眼睛，在等他的答案。
Bai Dongqing still looked at her silently. Her eyelids were already swollen from crying for too long, but she seemed completely unaware of it, lifting her head to meet his eyes, waiting for his answer.

他知道自己应该拒绝的，他们其实连朋友都算不上，甚至都不能说熟悉。一个女生跟着不熟悉的男生回家过夜，想想都很荒谬。
He knew he should refuse. They weren't even friends, let alone familiar with each other. A girl staying overnight with an unfamiliar boy—it was absurd to think about.

何况他心中那不为人知的心思，让他根本无法去坦然地答应。
Moreover, the secret feelings in his heart made it impossible for him to agree calmly.

但是对着那双红肿可怜的眼睛，他发觉拒绝的话无论如何都说不出口，良久，终于还是点了点头：“嗯。”
But facing those red, pitiful eyes, he found himself unable to utter a refusal, no matter how he tried. After a long moment, he finally nodded: "Mm."

许煦显然是松了口气，她擦了擦泪痕，将手中的纸巾丢在一旁的垃圾桶里，混混沌沌跟着柏冬青的脚步往校外走去。
Xu Xu clearly let out a sigh of relief. She wiped away her tears, threw the tissue into the nearby trash can, and followed Bai Dongqing out of the school in a daze.

两个人谁都没有说话，许煦是脑子混沌，心不在焉，而柏冬青向来就是如此沉默寡言，两人各有所思，倒也不算尴尬。
Neither of them said a word. Xu Xu's mind was foggy and she was absent-minded, while Bai Dongqing was always taciturn. Each lost in their own thoughts, they didn't find the silence awkward.

柏冬青家离学校很远，好在有一趟直达的公交车，这会儿已经是末班，车上只有寥寥几个人。两人找了位子坐好，许煦靠着窗，柏冬青坐在她旁边，仍旧没有说话，看过去就像是没有任何关系的乘客。
Bai Dongqing's home was far from the school, but fortunately, there was a direct bus. It was already the last bus, and there were only a few people on the bus. They found seats and sat down. Xu Xu leaned against the window, while Bai Dongqing sat next to her, still not speaking. They looked like any other passengers with no connection.

夜晚的道路畅通无阻，车子开得快而平稳。
The road was clear at night, and the car moved fast and smoothly.

兴许是真的累了，车内又有舒适的空调，许煦便在这摇摇晃晃中靠在窗边睡了过去。
Perhaps she was truly tired, and with the comfortable air conditioning in the car, Xu Xu leaned against the window and fell asleep.

柏冬青看了看她露在空气中的胳膊，从箱子里找出一件外套，小心翼翼搭在她身上。这细微的动静，没有让她醒过来，只是闭眼呢喃着稍稍换了个姿势。
Bai Dongqing looked at her exposed arm and carefully took out a coat from the box, placing it over her. This subtle movement did not wake her, and she merely closed her eyes and murmured, slightly adjusting her position.

车子偶有颠簸，她额头便会随之在玻璃窗上轻轻磕一下，然后眉头微微蹙起，大概还是有些疼。
When the car jolted, her forehead would gently bump against the glass, causing her to frown slightly, probably still feeling a bit of pain.

柏冬青思忖片刻，将手臂从她后方伸过去，手掌贴在窗户上，把她的脸和玻璃隔开，用手给她当枕头。
Ba Dongqing pondered for a moment, then extended his arm behind her, placing his palm against the window to separate her face from the glass, using it as a pillow for her.

那是一个类似于环抱的姿势，但他身体坐得笔直，除了垫在他脸侧的手掌，两人没有任何身体接触。
It was a hug-like posture, but his body was straight, and apart from the hand resting beside his face, there was no physical contact between the two of them.

然而手掌传来的温度，还是让他心猿意马，心乱如麻。
Still, the warmth transmitted through his hand was enough to make his mind wander and his thoughts chaotic.

脑袋不再因为车子颠簸被磕碰，许煦终于是沉沉睡去。
With the car's bumps no longer jarring his head, Xu Xu finally fell into a deep sleep.

柏冬青默默凝视着那张与自己只隔着咫尺距离的侧脸，皮肤白皙，眼皮微微红肿，偶尔有城市的霓虹从车窗外划过，便衬得这张脸愈发恬静又楚楚可怜。
Ba Dongqing silently stared at the side profile of the face just an arm's length away from her, skin pale and eyelids slightly puffy. Occasionally, the city's neon lights would flicker past the window, making the face appear even more serene and pitiful.

许煦无知无觉地睡了一路，柏冬青也就一直保持着这个姿势一动不动。
Xu Xu slept through the entire journey without any awareness, and Ba Dongqing remained in the same position, motionless.

整整四十分钟。
Full forty minutes.

第17章
Chapter 17

公交在终点站停下，空荡荡的车厢里只剩下了他们两人。许煦还睡得人事不知。柏冬青小心翼翼将手掌抽开, 又把她身上搭着的外套拿走收好, 这才轻声唤：“到了！”
The bus stopped at the terminal station, leaving the empty 车厢里只剩下了他们两人。许煦还睡得人事不知。柏冬青小心翼翼地抽开手掌，又把搭在她身上的外套拿走收好，这才轻声唤：“到了！”

没有反应。
No response.

他稍稍提高声音：“许煦, 到了！”
He slightly raised his voice: "许煦, 到了！"

许煦终于迷迷糊糊睁开眼睛, 惺忪地看了下周围，一时竟不知今夕何夕, 直到目光落在身旁柏冬青的脸上, 才稍稍清明。
许煦终于迷迷糊糊地睁开眼睛，惺忪地看了看周围，一时竟不知今夕何夕，直到目光落在身旁柏冬青的脸上，才稍稍清明。

公交车里的灯已经亮起, 暖黄的灯光让他本来就温润的面容，显得更加沉静柔和。许煦还未来得及升起的惶恐和无措，瞬间就消失殆尽。
The lights in the bus had already come on, casting warm yellow light that made Xu Xu's already gentle features appear even more serene. The fear and unease that had just begun to rise in her vanished instantly.

虽然这是深夜陌生的地方, 但只要是柏冬青，好像也就没有什么可不安的。
Even though it was the middle of the night in a strange place, as long as it was Bai Dongqing, there seemed to be nothing to worry about.

柏冬青见她本来朦胧的眼神逐渐清晰，起身拉起旁边的箱子, 淡声道：“下车吧！”
Seeing her eyes gradually becoming clearer, Bai Dongqing stood up and pulled the suitcase beside her, speaking in a calm voice, "Get off the bus!"

“哦。”许煦慢悠悠站起来, 刚刚睡了一路，这会儿才发觉半边身子发麻, 还没走出来, 就差点一个趔趄, 还是柏冬青眼明手快将她给扶住了。
"Oh," Xu Xu slowly stood up. After sleeping through the journey, she only just realized that half her body was numb. Before she could step out, she almost stumbled, but Bai Dongqing quickly caught her.

“谢谢！”许煦讷讷道。
"Thank you!" Xu Xu said hesitantly.

柏冬青微不可寻地“嗯”了一声, 慢慢走在她前面, 领着她下车。
Bai Dongqing murmured an "mm" almost imperceptibly and walked slowly in front of her, leading her out of the car.

这一块已经快接近市郊，比起学校所在的繁华区，几乎看不到任何霓虹闪烁, 到了这个时间，周遭早已经陷入沉睡的寂静中，只偶尔有路边草木中的虫鸣传来。
This area was nearly at the outskirts of the city, and compared to the bustling district where the school was located, there was hardly any neon light visible. By this time, the surroundings had already fallen into a deep silence, with only the occasional chirping of insects from the roadside vegetation.

许煦转头环顾了下四周，陌生的街道里，看不到任何人影。她有些忐忑地往前走了两步，与柏冬青并排而行。
Xu Xu turned her head to look around, and in the unfamiliar streets, she could not see any figures. She walked forward a few steps with some trepidation, walking alongside Bai Dongqing.

柏冬青转头，借着昏暗的路灯，看了她一眼，柔声道：“没事的，这里治安不算差，前面的就是小区门口。”
Bai Dongqing turned his head, and under the dim streetlight, he glanced at her softly, saying, "It's fine. The local security isn't bad, and that's the entrance to the neighborhood ahead."

许煦顺着他手指的方向看去，大概往前几十米的地方，便是一个小区的大门。听他这样说，她也就不再害怕了。
Xu Xu followed the direction of his finger. About fifty meters ahead was the entrance to a residential complex. Hearing him say this, she no longer felt afraid.

月朗星稀，夜色安宁，一路清风徐来，虽然心中还是像是被人挖了一块空空洞洞，但那种绞痛感却已经消失殆尽。
The moon was bright, the stars few and far between, and the night was peaceful. A gentle breeze blew along the way, though her heart still felt as if a void had been left behind, the intense pain had already subsided.

许煦默默跟着柏冬青，没有再说话，一路宁静的只有两人徐徐的脚步声，以及行李箱轮子在地面的滚动声。
Xu Xu silently followed Bai Dongqing, not saying a word. The only sounds were their slow footsteps and the rolling of the luggage wheels on the ground.

进了小区后，没多久就到了柏冬青家的单元楼。老式的低层楼房，没有门禁也没有电梯，脚步踏在楼梯的水泥地面，昏暗的声控灯随之亮起。
After entering the residential area, it didn't take long to reach the apartment building of Bai Dongqing. The old, low-rise building had no security gates or elevators. As footsteps echoed on the cement floor of the stairs, the dim motion sensors lights turned on.

“到了。”走到三楼，柏冬青停下脚步，低低道了一声，拿出钥匙，将老式的防盗铁门打开，又打开里面的木门，“进来吧！”
"Here we are." Walking to the third floor, Bai Dongqing stopped and softly said, took out the key, opened the old-fashioned anti-theft iron door, and then opened the wooden door inside. "Come in!"

他把箱子拉进去，放在玄关，从旁边的鞋架，拿了一双拖鞋，弯身放在许煦脚边。
He pulled the box in and placed it by the entrance. From the nearby shoe rack, he took a pair of slippers and bent down to place them by Xu Xu's feet.

第14节
Chapter 14

许煦默默脱了脚下的帆布鞋，穿上那双男式凉拖，跟着他进入屋内。
Xu Xu quietly took off his canvas shoes and put on the pair of men's flip-flops, following him into the house.

“你坐一会儿，我给你倒杯水。”
You can sit for a while. I'll get you a glass of water.

到底是忽然身处一个陌生的房间，许煦有些局促地点点头，然后在客厅的布沙发坐下。待柏冬青去厨房，她下意识环顾了一下周围，这是一间很小的客厅，不算明亮的灯光下，是再简单不过的装修，但房间很干净，干净得几乎没有一点烟火味。
Since he suddenly found himself in a strange room, Xu Xu nodded somewhat uneasily and sat down on the living room's cloth sofa. When Bai Dongqing went to the kitchen, she subconsciously looked around. The living room was quite small, and under the not-so-bright lights, the decoration was extremely simple. But the room was very clean, almost without any trace of home cooking.

柏冬青很快端了杯水出来，放在她面前的茶几，温声提醒她：“你今晚不回宿舍，还没电话告诉你室友吧？”
Bai Dongqing quickly brought a glass of water out and placed it on the coffee table in front of her, softly reminding her, "You won't be going back to your dorm tonight, right? Haven't you told your roommates yet?"

许煦这才反应过来，赶紧从包里掏出手机，手机也不知何时被她给关了机。刚刚开机，就有电话进来，她看到是冯佳的号码，迅速按下接听，还没说话，那边已经喘着气噼里啪啦问道：“你跑去哪里了？我跟王妍在学校找了你一圈都没找到，电话也打不通，都快吓死人了，差点就要去报警了 ！”
Xu Xu only then realized what was happening and quickly pulled out her phone from her bag. The phone had apparently been turned off at some point. As soon as she turned it back on, she received a call. Seeing it was Feng Jia's number, she quickly pressed the button to answer. Before she could say anything, the other end was already panting and asking rapidly, "Where did you go? I looked all over the school for you and couldn't find you. I couldn't reach you on the phone either, and I was about to be so scared that I almost called the police!"

等她一口气说完这一串，许煦才有些没底气回道：“我到朋友家玩，今天不回宿舍了。”
After she finished her breathless rant, Xu Xu replied a bit uncertainly, "I went to a friend's place to play. I won't be returning to the dorm tonight."

“什么？什么朋友？大半夜就这么跟人跑了？”
What? What kind of friend? Running off with someone in the middle of the night like that?

许煦抬头看了眼站在一旁的柏冬青，低声道：“是很好的朋友，我没事的，你不用担心，明天一早就回宿舍。”
Xu Xu looked up at Bai Dongqing standing beside her and whispered, "It's a very good friend. I'm fine, don't worry about me. I'll be back at the dorm tomorrow morning."

“行吧！你自己当心点。”冯佳也知这个时候不可能让人回来，只能作罢，想了想又补充道，“有什么事情马上给我打电话。”
Alright! Take care of yourself." Feng Jia also knew that it was impossible to send someone back at this time, so he had to give up. After thinking for a moment, he added, "Call me immediately if there's anything.

许煦轻笑了一声：“能有什么事？都说了是很好的朋友。”
Xu Xu chuckled: "What could possibly happen? I've already said it's a good friend."

“好吧，那你休息，明天早上回来，周一还有最后一堂考试呢！”
Alright, then you rest. Come back tomorrow morning. There's still one final exam on Monday!

“明白。”
I understand.

挂了电话，许煦朝柏冬青道：“学长，给你添麻烦了！”
After hanging up, Xu Xu said to Bai Dongqing, "Senior, I'm sorry for the trouble!"

柏冬青摇摇头：“没事的，我给你找了身换洗衣服放在卫生间，你洗个澡好好睡一觉。”
Bai Dongqing shook his head. "It's fine. I've put some clothes for you to change in the bathroom. Go take a shower and get some rest."

许煦点头：“谢谢。”
Xu Xu nodded. "Thank you."

她将包丢在沙发，慢吞吞去了卫生间。
She threw her bag on the sofa and slowly went to the bathroom.

老房子的洗手间很小，不过两三平米，除了一个马桶和简易盥洗池，就什么都没有了。盥洗池旁的架子，放着一套整整齐齐的球衣，想来就是柏冬青为她准备的睡衣，盥洗池上有一只瓷杯，瓷杯上横搁着一支没有开封的牙刷，自然也是他为她准备的。
The bathroom of the old house was tiny, barely three square meters, containing only a toilet and a simple washbasin. Beside the washbasin was a shelf holding a neatly folded set of sports jerseys, which must have been Bao Dongqing's sleepwear for her. Above the washbasin was a porcelain cup, on which lay an unopened toothbrush, naturally also prepared by him.

许煦心中微动，将那支廉价的牙刷打开，又从另一只的杯子里拿出牙膏挤在上面，开始对着镜子刷牙。她这才发觉自己眼睛红肿得厉害，简直像个女鬼一样，好在这么狼狈的模样，只有柏冬青一个人看到。
Xu Xu's heart stirred slightly as she opened the cheap toothbrush, squeezed some toothpaste onto it from another cup, and began brushing her teeth in front of the mirror. She only then realized how swollen her eyes were, looking almost like a ghost. Fortunately, such a disheveled appearance was only seen by Bao Dongqing.

刷完牙，又迅速洗了个战斗澡。
After brushing her teeth, she quickly took a fighting shower.

柏冬青个子高，他的球衣穿在许煦身上，松松垮垮的一直盖在了大腿，裤衩就更夸张，许煦的两条细腿空空荡荡，裤子似乎随时都会掉下来。
Bao Dongqing was tall, and his jerseys hung loosely on Xu Xu, covering her thighs. His underpants were even more exaggerated, leaving Xu Xu's two slender legs hanging in the air, as if the pants could fall off at any moment.

“我洗好了！”她磨磨蹭蹭从卫生间走出来，有点不好意思。
"I'm done washing!" She finally emerged from the bathroom, moving slowly and feeling a bit embarrassed.

坐在沙发的柏冬青看了她一眼，很快不着痕迹地移开目光，朝一扇房门指了指：“床铺已经收拾好了，你去睡吧！”
Bai Dongqing, sitting on the sofa, glanced at her and quickly averted his gaze, pointing to a door. "The bed is already made. Go to sleep!"

“哦！”许煦攥了衣服挪到门口，朝里面看了眼。屋内虽然摆设简单，但看得出这就是一个男生的房间，她转头看向他，“我把你床睡了，你睡在哪里？“
Oh!" Xu Xu held her clothes and moved to the door, glancing inside. Although the room was simple, it was clear that it was a boy's room. She turned to him and asked, "I'll take your bed. Where will you sleep?

柏冬青道：“我在沙发睡就好了。”
Bai Dongqing replied, "I'll sleep on the sofa."

家里有两间卧室，但父母过世后，那间主卧就再没有住过人。
There are two bedrooms in the house, but after my parents passed away, the master bedroom hasn't been occupied by anyone.

许煦对自己的鸠占鹊巢有些犹豫：“学长……”
Xu Xu was hesitant about occupying the other person's bed: "Senior..."

柏冬青看她一眼，轻笑一声：“没事的，你睡吧，我平时看电视经常睡沙发的。”
Bai Dongqing gave her a look and chuckled lightly: "Don't worry, you can sleep. I usually fall asleep on the sofa when I watch TV."

许煦虽然心有愧疚，但也知道他那样的人，决然是不会让女生睡沙发的，于是点点头：“……晚安。”
Although Xu Xu felt guilty, she also knew that a person like him would never let a girl sleep on the sofa. So she nodded: "…Goodnight."

“晚安。”
Goodnight.

柏冬青的床不大，被子有些旧了，是再朴素不过的颜色，但是洗得很干净，没有半点让人反感的异味，反倒有种清新的香气。睡在这样的床上，许煦也就没有什么不安，只是明明很困很倦，可关了灯后，却辗转反侧，怎么都睡不着。
Bai Dongqing's bed was not large, and the quilt was somewhat old, in the simplest possible color. However, it was washed very clean and had no unpleasant odor; instead, it had a fresh scent. Lying on such a bed, Xu Xu did not feel particularly uneasy, yet despite being very tired, she tossed and turned after turning off the light, unable to fall asleep.

也不知道过了多久，她从床头柜上摸出手机打开，时间显示还有十分钟就到十二点。
She didn't know how much time had passed, but she reached out to her bedside table and opened her phone. The time showed that it was still ten minutes away from midnight.

十二点也就意味着她二十岁的生日过去了。心里头忽然就没来由的一阵焦躁，好像有什么亟待完成的事情，还没有完成，必须要今天做完才行。
Midnight meant that her twenty-first birthday had already passed. Suddenly, she felt a sense of urgency in her heart, as if there was something that needed to be completed today, and it had to be done tonight.

“我的毕业礼，你的成人礼。”
我的毕业礼，你的成人礼。

程放的话蓦地萦绕在她的脑子里，像是魔咒一样挥之不去。
Cheng Fang's words suddenly echoed in her mind, like a curse that wouldn't go away.

她大口呼吸了几下，还是无法平息身心的焦躁，烦躁地从床上爬起来，赤脚走到门口，将房门轻轻打开。
She took several deep breaths, but still couldn't calm her agitated mind and body. Annoyed, she got out of bed and walked to the door, gently opening it with bare feet.

客厅的灯已经关掉，小小的房间安静得似乎落根针都能听到，以至于沙发上男生的呼吸，在空气中都显得有些明显。
The living room lights were already off, and the small room was so quiet that even a pin drop could be heard. As a result, the boy's breathing on the sofa stood out in the air.

窗外的月光打进来，落在柏冬青身上。因为沙发窄小，他双腿微微曲起，脸朝外侧着，胸口下半搭着一条毛巾被，一只手垂落在沙发下，一只手覆盖在眼睛上。
The moonlight from outside shone through the window, falling on Bai Dongqing's body. Since the sofa was narrow, he slightly curled his legs, facing outward, with a towel blanket draped over his lower chest. One hand hung beneath the sofa, while the other covered his eyes.