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Chapter 8 That Year

  Chapter Eight That Year

  As for this so-called university life, Li Sansheng had never held too much expectation, because in Li Sansheng's memory, there was a piece of not-so-good memories about universities, and it was estimated that only Er Long, who grew up with Li Sansheng, knew about it.

  There was once a girl who was only three years older than Li San Sheng. When Li San Sheng was little, every time he got punished by his grandfather, the girl would bring him delicious food. Many of Li San Sheng's elementary school knowledge were also taught by this lovely and innocent girl. As they grew up, the girl left the small village for the county town, but she would always make time to visit Li San Sheng. When Li San Sheng was in middle school, he already understood a lot, and the knowledge didn't pose any difficulty for him. However, every time the lovely girl came to visit, Li San Sheng would take out many questions he didn't understand to ask her. The girl was an excellent student from a provincial key high school in the county town, with grades that made boys of the same age look up to her in admiration. Perhaps such girls exist in everyone's student era.

  When Li Sansheng was a child, he would pick up trash every time he came back. There was always a little girl wearing a floral skirt who had hot water ready for him. It's not sentimental to say that this little girl became like family to him, as he didn't have any relatives of his own during childhood.

  And so it was until that day when the little girl grew up to be a beautiful princess whom many boys pursued, proud and never lowering her high head for anyone. The girl undoubtedly got into a nationally renowned key university, and that year Li San Sheng was also about to enter that prestigious school that everyone looked up to. When the girl went off to college, it was also Li San Sheng's first time leaving the small town. Li San Sheng still remembered when they parted under the old locust tree, the girl had a smile so innocent that it made Li San Sheng's heart ache as she held his hand and said: "San Sheng, wait for sister to come back and be your wife."

  This is the most memorable sentence for Li San Sheng since childhood, because every time Li San Sheng was scolded by his grandfather, the little girl would say "Little San Sheng doesn't cry, when you grow up sister will be your wife"

  One year later, when Li Sansheng was working as usual in a coffee shop, Er Long found him with an extremely ugly face. Li Sansheng had already felt that something must have happened, because Er Long's smile, which was always shining like the sun at noon, had never looked so bad before. Even when his most beloved grandfather died, Er Long hadn't been so sad. But Li Sansheng absolutely didn't expect it to be that thing. With a sorrowful expression, Er Long told Li Sansheng: "Sister is dead."

  Li Sansheng felt the world disappearing for the first time in his life, and he was stunned for a full ten minutes. Li Sansheng finally turned his head, his eyes were cold enough to scare Erlong, and he asked in a trembling voice, "Sister, how did you die?"

  Er Long really didn't want to tell Li San Sheng, he knew Li San Sheng would do something crazy, because Er Long understood what role that girl played in Li San Sheng's few pitiful childhood memories. Er Long knew this because the girl still played a crucial role in Er Long's own life memories. However, Er Long had no choice but to tell Li San Sheng about the cause of death of that radiant and innocent girl who always smiled at them: "She committed suicide, she was raped by a notorious rich kid from the Yangtze River Delta region, it was covered up."

  A few short sentences have made it clear what happened, and it's just an ordinary family that had to compromise under the double pressure of power and money, enduring the pain of losing a daughter, because if they didn't compromise, it would only lead to the destruction of their home and the loss of their lives.

  Li Sansheng could imagine the girl's clear and terrifying eyes when she died, as well as the smile that still wouldn't disappear from her face, and the unfulfilled vow, "Sansheng, when you grow up, sister will be your wife."

  One year ago when she came to that famous key university, her face still had an innocent and sincere smile that made people's hearts ache, until the moment of her death, it was still clean and pure, making people unable to bear sullying it.

  Li Sansheng understood that the naive and innocent little girl lived in this real world with her simple thoughts, and she also faced this dirty world with a very innocent smile. Li Sansheng even more understood why the girl wanted to commit suicide, because the culprit was himself, he gave a small girl a perfect spiritual world, so the little girl wanted to repay Li Sansheng with an intact and pure body. When the only poor world that supported the little girl collapsed in an instant, one could imagine what kind of foolish choice a naive and beautiful girl would make, she felt that she no longer had the qualifications and face to see Li Sansheng again.

  Li San Sheng was in a daze all day, not saying a word, and no one knew where he went. Upon hearing the news, Old Meng, Hei Zi, Er Long, Wang Zi, Yu Er, and many others went to look for Li San Sheng. Although they didn't know what had happened to make Li San Sheng like this, in their minds, the powerful and awe-inspiring Third Brother was always unshakeable. But they didn't understand, and neither would Er Long say anything.

  Finally, Er Long suddenly thought of a place, the Xi'an City Wall, because it was where the little girl had once told Li San that she most wanted to go. And they finally found Li San there. When they found Li San, he was sitting with his back against the city wall, laughing with his eyes unfocused and his hair disheveled. His laughter was heart-wrenching, and he muttered to himself, "Being alive is so good, being alive is so good."

  Li Sansheng was also unaware of what role he played in the world of a naive and beautiful girl.

  Li Sansheng finally understood now why his grandfather would always lower his head and sigh, drinking alone whenever he saw a girl coming over when he was young, because his grandfather knew that one day it would be like this.

  At night, Heizi, Wangzi, Er Long, Lao Meng, Qingwa, Dada, Yuer, Da Ya, Xinxin and others in Li Sansheng's circle booked a big stall, two tables of people accompanied Li Sansheng to drink wine, cup after cup of old Xifeng Baijiu was poured down, the spiciness of Xifeng's entrance made their throats burn like fire, but not one person frowned or said a word.

  A large group of people drank recklessly, drinking to the point of being terrified, scaring the boss of the restaurant so much that he didn't dare bring out more wine. The final result was that four people ended up in the hospital that same night, and the rest were vomiting until they were dizzy and disoriented.

  That was when Li Sansheng's world began to change, and it was also why he later became the person that everyone in the school at the foot of Qinling Mountain could only look up to.

  Li Sansheng never hated anyone, but he hated this damn society. Ordinary people were forever oppressed by power and money, without any ability to resist. Until now, that guy who should have died a thousand times over is still above the law, and has become a somewhat famous businessman.

  But Li Sansheng remembered his grandfather's words, "Repay the debts of this life in this life." Every time he got news about that person from newspapers and TV, Li Sansheng would reveal a bloodthirsty smile, because one day he would make that person's family broken and homeless, dead without a place to be buried.

  Finally, Li San Sheng thanked his grandfather for teaching him too many things, enough to make him desperate and determined to climb up.

  Sometimes Li Sansheng wonders what would happen if that little girl had chosen the same path as most people in today's society. Many people would hesitate between a pen that can change their fate with money and their cheap, pitiful bodies, and choose the former. This is also the sorrow of our decadent and disgusting real society.

  No longer immersed in one's own spiritual world, still the same phrase, standing and gazing will never climb to the height that makes everyone look up.

  This is what Li Sansheng was thinking about while reading a book after entering the classroom, until the instructor called out the name "Li Yuzhi", and Li Sansheng came to his senses.

  Li Sansheng only then took a good look at the counselor of his Tourism Management class, and surprisingly, it was a beautiful female counselor. She had a tall and slender figure with a curvaceous body, long hair that reached her chest with subtle waves at the ends, which was very trendy nowadays. From her overall demeanor, Li Sansheng knew that she was another woman who had been spoiled by men, and such women were destined to be high-maintenance because they had their own capital.

  Suddenly I remembered the girl with a duck tongue hat and frog mirror on the highway, she must be out of reach.

  After the roll call, Li San Sheng patted a boy with a darker complexion sitting next to him and asked with a smile, "Brother, what's the name of this beautiful female instructor?"

  Qí Hào turned his head to look at Lǐ Sān Shēng, who looked a bit down, because the beautiful teaching assistant had already introduced herself. Could it be that this guy had traveled back in time and just returned? However, he still replied, "Lǐ Jìng Qí, now we're in luck, running into a beautiful teaching assistant, what a great personality explosion!"

  Li Sansheng shook his head, this has nothing to do with character, you think you can be like a toad wanting to eat swan meat? Give up on that idea, what kind of person can pursue what kind of woman, crossing levels to chase someone is always doomed from the start, unless you're pretending to be a pig to eat a tiger, just like me.

  "Oh" Li Sansheng nodded.

  "Dude, we're in luck now. Look at our class, there are quite a few beauties, aren't there? More than 40 people and only 9 of us guys, it's a real case of too many lambs and not enough wolves!" Li San Sheng saw that Qi Hao had already begun to indulge in his fantasies, guessing that this guy was thinking about whether he could have two girls at once, enjoying the blessings of heaven.

  "If you have the ability to do it ten times in one night, we will absolutely not block your opportunity to make contributions to humanity." Li San Sheng looked at Qi Hao from head to toe and struck without hesitation.

  Li Sansheng finally had the opportunity to take stock of his tourism management class, after all, this class will also be with him for several years in life, some necessary human feelings are still needed, although most people here will eventually become ordinary, it was decided when they entered this school, maybe these children still have a naive idea that they must make a big difference in their lives, thinking that they can achieve great things, but after starting university life, slowly being worn down by their own laziness and the harsh society, their heroic spirit will gradually fade away.

  Nine boys basically all sat in the back, this way they could also have an advantage to see all the flowers and grasses in the class, I guess these guys were holding such thoughts.

  Indeed, after scanning the room, Li Sansheng found that his class was generally at a mid-to-high level, and there were even a few girls who were quite good-looking and fashionably dressed. However, Li Sansheng could be certain that these girls would only spare him a few pitiful glances when they noticed him.

  An ordinary short-sleeved shirt, a pair of old black cloth shoes that didn't leave any ripples in their eyes or memories, a three-dollar haircut from an outside barber shop where the boss might not even charge if he was in a good mood, not handsome, not cool, no attractive accessories like rings or watches on his hands. Li Sansheng regretted not borrowing Hei Zi's Earl classic men's watch to dress up his appearance, but he bitterly smiled, guessing that it would probably be mistaken for a high-quality fake anyway.

  Li San Sheng himself couldn't find anything that could attract girls, and in the end, just as Li San Sheng said, when he went to get his book, almost all the girls in the class basically just glanced at him and then continued playing with their iPhones without stopping to look at him again. There was no tiger-like aura, no endless stream of women flocking to him, and Li San Sheng was destined not to catch the attention of these girls.

  Even the beautiful counselor Li Jingqi was just smiling and handing over the book to the very ordinary Li Sansheng. Li Sansheng could only mock himself that even if he were thrown into the vast ocean of people, no one would notice him, a small figure after all. However, Li Sansheng also knew that even if it were a big shot who was thrown into the vast ocean of people, they too wouldn't attract attention from passersby.

  Li Sansheng took his book and gave everyone a silly, naive smile as he sat down in his own little corner. Li Sansheng had a habit of always sitting in the last seat on the left side of the classroom, and when taking the bus, he would only sit in the last seat on the left side by the window, never drawing attention to himself, not flashy or eye-catching.

  When it was time to elect class cadres later, those children who thought they had some thoughts and had paid a certain price naturally got the class cadre positions. Only the labor committee position was unwilling to do anyone, most of them were girls, no one came forward, and the remaining few boys were also estimated to be spoiled at home and no one was willing to do it.

  Li Sansheng couldn't help it, this is the simplest human nature, and didn't want to waste any more time, stood up and pretended to be a fool, saying "Counselor, I'll do it"

  The beautiful teaching assistant smiled warmly at Li San Sheng after hearing this, while the others in the class, especially those proud princes, looked at him with a disdainful and contemptuous gaze.

  And so, the first evening self-study of university life passed like this, and Li Sansheng made a head that was not recognized by several people.

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