Rebirth: The Life of a Scholar

Chapter 47

There will be countless passers-by in everyone's life.

Dehui started school, and it was very lively as soon as the school started.

A popular section appeared on the school bulletin board. Ji Rong went abroad as an exchange student. What was written in the announcement was not clear. Many students began to speculate whether Ji Rong would come back. This topic aroused everyone's concern. , and some female students were heartbroken because of Ji Rong's departure.

Tang Xu hasn't contacted Ji Rong since the phone call that day, but Tang Xu still sent the photos he took to Ji Rong's mailbox as he said on the phone before, but he didn't wait for a long time for a reply.

Although Tang Xu was a little disappointed, it was only when Ji Rong was too busy going abroad that he didn't have time to contact him. It might be all right after a while.

This semester Tang Xu is obviously busier than last semester.

There is no network in the school dormitory, so Tang Xu can only buy a wireless network card by himself, because it is charged according to the traffic, so Tang Xu almost only uses it to send and receive emails.

He no longer went to work in a dessert shop. He found translation jobs for two foreign trade companies in city b on the Internet. There were many scammers recruiting online, and Tang Xu didn't dare to look for them randomly, so he felt that the closer ones were always safer.

Afterwards, Tang Xu only needs to receive emails every day and translate them for them before emailing them back. The price is set according to the number of original words, and the salary is paid on a daily basis, which is directly transferred to his bank card, which is relatively higher than the income of a dessert shop.

This job needs to be in front of the computer for a long time. Tang Xu has become an otaku from an active boy before. He is either in the library or in the dormitory every day after class and school. Shu and the others kept complaining about him.

Tang Xu didn't feel any changes in himself, he was still working hard for his studies and life, but in the eyes of others, they felt that Tang Xu had become silent, but for some reason, no one dared to think about the reason.

After one or two months, Tang Xu gradually got used to this kind of life, and when he was on vacation and not working, he would go out to play with Bai Liangshu and the others, and he would return to the dormitory exhausted every time. I still have to finish my work before going to sleep when I receive the email.

Then Tang Xu started to learn other languages. After choosing for a long time, he finally decided to learn German first. He signed up for a German class. Not many people learned it, but Tang Xu studied it very seriously. At the beginning, the class taught all For the basic content, Tang Xu found a lot of books in the school library and read them by himself. If he didn’t understand something, he would look it up in the dictionary. If he still didn’t understand, he would take notes and ask the teacher in the class. However, the teacher who came and went taught Tang Xu a lot of things.

Because Tang Xu had learned English before, Tang Xu's comprehension of language was much better than at the beginning, coupled with his good memory, soon Tang Xu was able to understand basic German, and he did not lose his oral skills.

"Is our dormitory going to produce a language genius..." Bai Liangshu looked at the pile of German books on Tang Xu's desk and was speechless.

"Tangtang, can't you take it easy?" Li Yan patted those books that seemed astronomical to him: "Are you going to be a full-time translator?"

"Isn't it good to learn more?" Tang Xu smiled and spread out the notes: "Now I learn more and I have more choices."

Xu Ye nodded in agreement: "That's good, but you've started worrying about the future at such a young age."

Indeed, Tang Xu is now worrying about the future, but he seems to find joy in this worrying. He feels that language is really a very magical thing. Every time he knows a word, he seems to be full of motivation. Tang Xu gradually indulges in Inextricable from these languages.

Learning a language is not an easy task, and it is impossible to learn all of it in a few months. Tang Xu is not in a hurry. While doing English translation, he finds some German books to translate by himself. In terms of grammar, he is basically familiar with teacher practice.

Everyday life is always in a cycle. Others would definitely find it boring, but Tang Xu didn't feel disgusted at all, but still felt very sad when thinking of Ji Rong occasionally.

On such a day, Tang Xu's birthday is ushered in, April NO.12.

It is said that the child's birthday is the mother's day of suffering. Tang Xu called his parents on this day. He didn't specifically say it was for this matter, but his parents clearly remembered his birthday.

"Xiaoxu, remember to eat eggs and longevity noodles on your birthday. You can buy it yourself when mom is not around, you know?"

"Well, I know how to eat, and you've worked hard." Tang Xu doesn't say too many nasty words, and maybe the only nasty thing he's said over the years is the one he said to Ji Rong on the train.

"Oh, if you hadn't been born, how would your mother still be alive now!"

"Hey, thank you mom for giving birth to me."

The mother and son chatted for a long time, and didn't hang up until the call time was up. His nose was sore. In his previous life, his parents would call him every year on this day, but he didn't have time to talk to them because of his busy work. Now think about it My previous self missed a lot.

I don't know how Wang Linhao and the others knew about the birthday. Tang Xu was caught by Wang Linhao before he arrived at the dormitory.

"Yo, yo, where is our little birthday star going?" Wang Linhao stopped Tang Xu's way, with an expression on his face that I was driving this way.

"Senior, don't you have to go to evening self-study today?"

"Evening self-study is not as important as our Tang Xu's birthday!"

"Senior, are you skipping class!? Do you want to deduct credits? Well, senior, how did you know my birthday?"

"It's okay, I'm on sick leave, Lin Ziyang asked me to take you out to celebrate! Let's go!" Wang Linhao said and took him out.

Tang Xu was taken to the school gate out of nowhere. Seeing Bai Liangshu and the others waiting there, he felt helpless. In fact, they wanted to use the name of birthday to have a good time...

When Lin Ziyang saw that everyone was here, he told them to get in the car quickly. Since Tang Xu was a birthday boy today, he was given priority in letting him sit in the passenger seat. The four big men in the back seat were crowded together, and Li Yan was so crowded that he simply Sitting on Bai Liangshu's lap, Wang Linhao applauded fieryly: "Oh!!"

"Damn it, get down for me!!"

"No, it's much more comfortable this way~"

Tang Xu turned to look at them and thought the scene was really funny, so he laughed too. Bai Liangshu's neck turned red immediately, Xu Ye pretended he didn't see anything and looked out the window, Lin Ziyang couldn't help driving Zhu laughed loudly, and complained to Tang Xu: "You two brothers have such a good relationship, hahaha."

"Good girl!"

"Is it finally seen hahaha!"

Bai Liangshu and Li Yan spoke at the same time but their meanings were completely different. Tang Xu smiled helplessly: "Well, they are very close."

A group of people came to a restaurant with home-cooked food. It seemed that Lin Ziyang had already booked a private room. Tang Xu asked Lin Ziyang suspiciously: "Senior, how do you know my birthday?"

Lin Ziyang was stunned for a moment, his expression was a little stiff, and he hesitated while staring at the front: "Uh, this, I saw it when I went to your school before, haha, you also know that my father is a shareholder of Tonghua, and you The principal is very familiar with it, so I want to know what is so difficult about your birthday, hahaha."

These words were far-fetched, Tang Xu thought it was strange, but Lin Ziyang did not give Tang Xu any time to ask questions and took them into the private room.

The decoration of the private room is very elegant. Tang Xu was arranged to sit in the middle, and Tang Xu left the order to them. Tang Xu is not picky about food, and he can eat whatever he can, which is very easy to feed.

Before the dishes were served, a group of people were boringly preparing to play games. Tang Xu is not a person who can play games. He didn't want to participate, but a group of people grabbed him and insisted that he was today's birthday star and had to join. Tang Xu had no choice but to follow along Play.

While playing the game, Tang Xu thought of the previous barbecue outing, which was also a few of them, but this time Ji Rong was missing. At that time, he and Ji Rong played cards together, watched the scenery, and barbecued. Now that I think about it, that scene seems difficult. no more.

In fact, on such a day, it is very touching to have a group of friends who can celebrate for themselves, but when I think of that person who is far away overseas, I feel an endless void. It would be great if he was there.

It would be nice if he was there.

Because it is a birthday, the birthday cake is indispensable. When the dishes on the table are almost finished, the cake comes up. The two-layer fruit cream cake looks very delicious. It says "Tang Xu's 16th birthday hapiness".

Tang Xu was pushed in front of the cake, and Wang Linhao inserted the candles one by one: "Before blowing out the candles, you have to make three wishes. Say two of them, and keep the third in your heart, otherwise it will fail."

Make a wish?Tang Xu never believed that wishes would come true, but he still closed his eyes under the anticipation of everyone: "The first wish is that everyone will always be like this, the second wish is that everyone can be admitted to a good university and have a bright future. Three wishes..." I hope that my father's health will recover, and that Ji Rong will be safe and healthy in the United States.

"Tang Xu, don't you have any wish for yourself?" Lin Ziyang raised his eyebrows.

"I'll make another wish about myself next year." Tang Xu chuckled nonchalantly. He felt that he was very good now, and he didn't have any extravagant wishes to become his wish. The three things mentioned above were his favorite now. I care about it.

Before Tang Xu could react, Wang Linhao dipped a paw of the cream onto Tang Xu's face, Tang Xu was stunned, and in the blink of an eye bursts of laughter rang out, Tang Xu stuck out his tongue and licked the cream standing on his lips , showing a warm smile: "Don't waste food."

As soon as the words fell, the group of people started playing, you wiped me, I wiped yours, and the private room was filled with the sound of their fights for a while, Tang Xu, as a birthday star, is undoubtedly the person who has received the most cream baptism.

After eating, a group of people who washed up a little went to the game hall with their bodies full of creamy smell. Among them, only Wang Linhao and Lin Ziyang were there. There was a sign outside the game hall that clearly stated that minors are prohibited They entered, but they didn't wear school uniforms, so the store manager didn't recognize them. Even if they saw something, the store manager just turned a blind eye and passed by.

It was the first time for Tang Xu to come to the game room, and everything he saw was novel. Apparently, it was not the first time for Bai Liangshu and the others to come to this kind of place. The veteran touched the fish behind his back and played with it for a while, but he was not very interested, so he just sat on the side and watched them play.

Lin Ziyang and Wang Linhao never left the racing car. Tang Xu sat behind them and watched them cheering for the game. He thought, Ji Rong must have been here with them, maybe Ji Rong would show such a smile...

Tang Xu really felt that he was a bit of a demon. He had been thinking about Ji Rong since the meal, and it seemed that he hadn't contacted him for two months...

"What's wrong with Tang Xu? Isn't it fun?" Lin Ziyang saw Tang Xu sitting there in a daze and patted Wang Linhao, and the two walked up to Tang Xu and looked at the little birthday star.

"No, I just had a full meal and now I'm a bit stuffed, so I sat down for a while." Tang Xu stretched his waist and made a full-fledged expression, but his acting skills were really poor.

Lin Ziyang didn't expose him, he smiled and sat beside him: "Ji Rong often came with us in the past."

"Senior Ji Rong likes to play this?" Tang Xu regained his energy and listened attentively to Lin Ziyang's words.

"Well, I like it very much. He has good skills and can crush us every time. He is even crazier than us~" Wang Linhao put the shoulder of the host Lin Ziyang and sat next to him, as if he wanted to share Ji Rong's story: "You I don't know that he was also a second ruffian when he was a child."

Tang Xu naturally didn't know, he had never heard it from others, and Ji Rong had never told him about his childhood, Tang Xu's ears perked up when Wang Linhao said this: "Are you naughty?"

"Yeah, when he was seven or eight years old, he pulled out all the flowers and plants in their backyard, which made him so fucking angry, but he was precious again. If you beat him, you will feel sorry for him. If you don't beat him, you will feel sorry for those flowers and plants. In the end, Ji Rong That thick-skinned self apologized, and everything will be fine after I'm sorry."

"Let's talk about this. When I was young, that kid scared the girl in the kindergarten class next door to tears. I thought he liked the little girl, but he really hated that girl."

"I still remember that child. I laughed so hard. Now think about how cute and naive Ji Rong was at that time! It doesn't look like he is indifferent to everything now."

"Hahaha, it feels like I remember a lot of Ji Rong's dark history again, such as taking out the ornamental fish in the bathtub to feed the cat, and you encouraged him."

Tang Xu listened carefully to what they said about Ji Rong's interesting stories. It turned out that Ji Rong was so cute when he was a child.

It was dark before Lin Ziyang sent them back to the dormitory. The first thing Tang Xu did when he returned to the dormitory was to open the computer and refresh the mailbox. Sure enough, there were two emails.

"Don't be too busy when you've already ordered this, we'll be working on it tomorrow." Bai Liangshu was persuading.

Tang Xu looked at the time and it was past eleven o'clock. It was indeed very late, and he hadn't washed yet, so it would probably be twelve o'clock after he finished washing.

While thinking about it, he slid the mouse down. He has a habit of deleting the emails he has read and replied to. When he clicks the mouse into the email he has sent, what he sees is the record of the email he sent to Ji Rong in February. After so long, he has always I didn't delete this record, and I don't know if Ji Rong saw it, why didn't he reply until now...

Are you so busy that you don't even have time to reply to an email?

Unexpectedly, in the third month after Ji Rong left, Tang Xu received his e-mail, which was very brief.

"to: Tang Xu

Sorry for replying to you now, here is my school [Picture] [Picture] [Picture] My dormitory [Picture] [Picture] [Picture]

I [picture]

Everything is fine here, and so are you.

by: Ji Rong. "

There are not many words, and the scroll down is full of photos. Tang Xu's mouse hovered over Ji Rong's face. With a light feeling, Tang Xu couldn't help but chuckle, Ji Rong really hasn't changed at all.

Also, how much can change in just three months...

Tang Xu stretched his waist and rubbed his sore eyes. At this time, Tang Xu realized that Ji Rong was not just an exchange student. He should have guessed from Wang Linhao's words that Ji Rong was just an exchange student. It's just an excuse, maybe, the university will also study abroad.

Thinking of Tang Xu sitting up straight and replying Ji Rong's email, it was also cut short.

"to: Ji Rong

I'm fine too, I've grown taller, I eat a lot, and I'm learning German.

Can we keep in touch?

by: Tang Xu. "

This email has not been answered for a long time, Tang Xu gave up after refreshing the mailbox n times, unplugged the network card, shut down the computer and climbed onto the bed, but could not fall asleep with his eyes open and tossed and turned.

The next day Tang Xu went to class with faint dark circles under his eyes, and was severely teased by Wang Linhao during lunch.

"Why do you have panda eyes again? Did you have a nightmare last night?" Wang Linhao laughed heartlessly, taking pictures of Tang Xu who could barely eat.

"No, I just didn't fall asleep." Tang Xu swallowed the rice that was almost photographed just now: "Have you contacted Senior Ji Rong?"

Wang Linhao shook his head unhappily when he heard Ji Rong's name: "This guy doesn't recognize his brother after going abroad. He hasn't even called me for so long. When I called him, it showed that the number was empty. Wait." I will kill him after he returns to China!!" He gritted his teeth as if he wanted to tear Ji Rong into pieces.

Tang Xu felt that he should not tell him that he had received Ji Rong's email. For some reason, he felt a little strange in his heart. Ji Rong did not contact Wang Linhao, but contacted himself... This feeling is very special.

After school, Tang Xu went back to the dormitory to check his email. He didn't expect to report anything, but he found Ji Rong's reply email in a pile of work documents.

"to: Tang Xu

keep in touch.

by: Ji Rong. "

It was only three words that made Tang Xu happy, and he started to work cheerfully.

Today Tang Xu was obviously a little different from usual. Bai Liangshu and the others returned to the dormitory and looked at him with a smile on his face, all inexplicable. They leaned over and stared at the files in his computer: "Why are you so happy to see?"

"Ah? No, it's just that I'm in a good mood." Tang Xu scratched his head and continued working without saying anything.

Li Yan saw the test papers piled up next to him and asked curiously: "Tangtang, did you not do your homework?"

After being told by Li Yan, Tang Xu realized that he hadn't done a single word of the homework he brought back, and immediately patted his head: "I almost forgot, I'll do my homework first." He quickly saved the translated file and turned off the phone to concentrate on doing his homework.

"It's so rare that Tangtang would forget to do his homework! Tangtang, what are you thinking about today! It's been weird since noon!" Li Yan didn't let Tang Xu go, laying on his shoulder and poking his cheek non-stop .

"Could it be love?" Xu Ye originally said this unintentionally, but as if realizing something, he looked at Tang Xu in unison with the other two.

Tang Xu helplessly pushed Li Yan on his shoulders, but his face suddenly flushed a little: "Don't talk nonsense..." He just got an email from Ji Rong, why did they think they were in love...

"I said yes, Tang Xu is in love with us every day, how could we not know..."

"Ahaha, that's what I thought, Tangtang doesn't have time to fall in love, okay?"

"He's just a nerd, how could he fall in love."

After the three of them finished speaking, they were a little worried, and Li Yanlai refused to get up on Tang Xu's shoulder: "It can't be that we met on the Internet! There are a lot of scammers on the Internet now! Tangtang, don't be fooled!"

Tang Xu was a little dumbfounded: "Really not, I haven't downloaded any social software, and I can't see anything other than work on my computer..." This sentence is a bit guilty, I still remember that he right-clicked last night Saved photos of Ji Young...

"Well, this is the best way. Well, Tang Xu is already tired. What are you doing lying on top of him? Get off!" Bai Liangshu grabbed Li Yan's collar and pulled him aside.

"Tch, I'm tired too! Then Xiaobai let me lean on~" Li Yan began to hug Bai Liangshu as he spoke, and Bai Liangshu pushed him away in all kinds of disgust.

The two had a quarrel again, Xu Ye shook his head and sighed, and silently went to Tang Xu's side to do homework with him: "How do you analyze this question?"

Tang Xu looked at the topic and analyzed it together with him. The two of them saw that they started to do their homework and then started to do it. Several people crowded together on the same table and the atmosphere was lively.

After that day, Tang Xu would receive emails from Ji Rong every half a month or a month, but the two of them never chatted. They wrote about their recent situation in the emails. Every place Ji Rong has been to will take pictures and send them to Tang Xu.

Those photos of Tang Xu will be saved in the computer, and all of them will be saved in a folder called "g", which is like a kind of psychological comfort. Seeing these, he feels that he and Ji Rong are still very good friends .