She is in the fog

On December 2012, 12, the end of the world predicted by the Mayans finally arrived.
The sky was gray, as if someone had dimmed the brightness using Photoshop, creating a doomsday atmosphere.

He Xi had already returned to school to continue her classes. She was an indestructible cockroach with a strong self-healing ability. In just a few days, the wound on her forehead was no longer a serious problem.

Wen Wan went to Jiang Province to compete, so He Xi took her place and sat next to Ming Mei.
She supported her head with her hands, staring at Mingmei's stunning beauty with her eyes fixed on her. Her gaze was so burning that she didn't even try to conceal it. Mingmei felt so embarrassed that she picked up a workbook from the table and covered her face.

Seeing Mingmei covering her face, He Xi pretended to yell, "Oh, my head hurts."

"Let me see! Why does it still hurt?" Mingmei put down the homework book in her hand and wanted to check He Xi's injury with a worried look on her face. However, when she saw He Xi smiling brightly, she realized that she had been deceived, so she picked up the homework book again to cover her face.

"Mingmei, just put your homework book down. It's not only tiring to hold it up like this, but it also blocks the light. How can you read if you block all the light?"

Speaking of light, Ming Mei seemed to remember something. She put down her homework book, turned around, blinked her eyes, and asked seriously: "He Xi, today is the end of the world predicted by the Mayans. Do you believe in the end of the world?"

"Do not believe."

Mingmei looked out the window at the sky and muttered, "But look at the sky today. It's even darker than the total solar eclipse in 2008. It's a bit scary."

Unexpectedly, Mingmei also believed in this prophecy. He Xi chuckled and decided to tease her, "If, I mean if, if today is really the end of the world, will you have any regrets? Or is there anything you want to do?"

Mingmei thought seriously for a while, then looked into He Xi's eyes and said, "I want to see snow. How about you?"

He Xi also looked into Ming Mei's eyes: I want to watch the snow with you. ——But she didn't say this in the end, and instead said "I haven't decided yet."

The second class was Zhong Nuo's. She saw that He Xi did not sit in her own seat, but occupied Wen Wan's seat instead. She could not help but scolded him, "He Xi, go back to your seat. You don't sit in your own seat, but sit in someone else's? How can this be accepted?"

So He Xi had to reluctantly pick up his schoolbag and go back to the last row, becoming Li Xingyu's deskmate again.

In the doomsday atmosphere, every time a teacher was about to give a lecture, a student would shout, "Teacher, it's the end of the world, please don't give a lecture."

The subject teachers all laughed it off and scolded them for their mischief.

The last class in the afternoon was physical education. The physical education teacher was on leave due to illness, so Zhong Nuo took his place.

As the winter solstice was approaching, it got dark early, so the lights in the classroom were turned on early.

Zhong Nuo was explaining the test paper when his classmates repeated their old trick and mentioned the end of the world. Zhong Nuo said, "Okay, even if today is the end of the world, you still have to copy down the wrong questions for me."

The students all made "tsk" sounds, but unexpectedly, at this moment, the lights suddenly went out, the classroom fell into darkness, and everyone was in an uproar.

Qin Yiran yelled: "It's over, the end of the world is coming!"

Some people say that when the environment suddenly falls into darkness, you will subconsciously look at the person you like first.

He Xi felt that this statement had some scientific basis.

The moment the lights went out, she stood up involuntarily and looked towards the first row, where Mingmei was sitting.

She stared unscrupulously in the direction where she was. The darkness in the room could not block the fiery light in her eyes. When she looked at her, she was looking at the past and the future.

When the lights came on again, Mingmei looked at her with a smile.

Peach blossom eyes and almond eyes meet, the past collides with the future, and the day and night of spring meet in winter.

"Teng——"

Someone turned off the lights again.

When the light was turned on again, Mingmei had already turned her head away.

The lights flashed very quickly just now, but she still saw her clearly, saw her eyes, and saw her look.

She was very familiar with that look, and therefore was extremely excited.

The way Mingmei looks at He Xi is the same as the way He Xi looks at Mingmei.

The most important piece of the puzzle in the long river of time has finally found its place.

"Which naughty boy turned off the light? You scared me!" Zhong Nuo pretended to be angry and cursed, "If I catch you, I will punish you severely!"

As soon as Zhong Nuo finished speaking, Qin Yiran stood up and apologized loudly, saying, "Teacher Zhong, I was wrong. I just wanted to create an atmosphere. Since I know my mistakes and can correct them, please don't punish me, okay?"

The whole class burst into laughter. Zhong Nuo gnashed his teeth and said, "What a talented little girl! She directed and acted out the whole thing herself, turned off the lights and made a scene. I really thought the world was coming to an end. You scared me!"

The class burst into laughter again, and the classroom atmosphere was very pleasant.

After the evening self-study, the students went home in twos and threes.

After sending Mingmei back to the community, walking on the deserted street, He Xi suddenly felt very empty in his heart.

She remembered Mingmei's words "I want to see snow", and took her hands out of her pockets to feel the temperature around her.

It was warmer than the last few days, so snow was out of the question.

But Mingmei wanted to see the snow, what should she do? He Xi pinched his chin and frowned in thought.

Suddenly, she seemed to have thought of something, and a smile spread across her lips. "Isn't it just a snowfall? Since the weather is not good, I will be the green girl."

Thinking of the two-yuan store that still had its lights on, He Xi immediately ran into the two-yuan store that was about to close as fast as he could, and asked breathlessly, "Boss, do you have water that can turn into snow?"

"Oh, you came at an untimely time. They're all sold out. But we'll have new stock tomorrow. Please come tomorrow."

"It will be too late tomorrow." He Xi was a little disappointed. "Is there really not even one box left?"

"It's really gone." He Xi was disappointed. When he was about to leave, he caught a glimpse of a beautiful crystal ball on the shelf.

On the other side, Mingmei returned home and sat at her desk, with a lot of thoughts in her mind: If, I mean if, the end of the world is real, if I close my eyes tonight, I will never wake up again, and never see the sun tomorrow, then, will I have any regrets? If there really is no tomorrow...

He Xi's face suddenly appeared in front of her. She made up her mind and took out her cell phone from her bag. When she was about to call He Xi, the incoming call page suddenly lit up.

A call from He Xi.

Mingmei paused for a moment, then answered the call, "Hello."

"Mingmei, come downstairs quickly and see the snow!" The voice was bright, pleasant and extremely cheerful.

"right away!"

Mingmei didn't open the curtains to check whether it was snowing. Instead, she put on her school uniform jacket directly. She didn't even have time to change her shoes. She ran to the elevator in a hurry in her fluffy slippers.

When she walked out of the building, she didn't see the snowflakes as she had imagined. Just as she was wondering, she found He Xi standing under the camphor tree at 3 o'clock and waved at her: "Mingmei, come here!"

The first time Mingmei saw He Xi, she was extremely excited and jumped towards her seat. Perhaps she was too happy and one of her slippers fell off without paying attention. She had to hop back on one foot, put her shoes back on, and ran to her side embarrassedly.

"He Xi, didn't you say you wanted to see the snow? It's not snowing at all." Ming Mei tried to cover up the embarrassing scene of her shoes falling off by changing the subject.

"I'll show you the snow right away. Pay attention!"

He Xi took out a transparent crystal ball of Warm Winter Home from behind, turned on the light at the bottom, shook it vigorously a few times, and then placed it in front of Mingmei's eyes. The bottom of the crystal ball was shining with white light, refracting the snowflakes inside into a pure white and dreamy state.

Mingmei stared at the snowflakes inside, watching them spin and jump one by one, and finally fall on the cabin and on the snowman wearing a red hat... Then she looked at He Xi's sparkling eyes, and suddenly felt that the anxiety and expectation in her eyes were brighter than the snowflake sequins in the crystal ball.

She suddenly felt an impulse like a moth to a flame, and she rushed over and hugged her.

She leaned her head on her shoulder and hugged her waist tightly, her expression shy and sweet.
"He Xi, thank you. The snow tonight is the most beautiful I have ever seen."

He Xi's mind went blank for a moment, and she heard her heartbeat getting faster and faster, "thump, thump". After three seconds of psychological preparation, she smiled and hugged her tightly.

Before this, she had nothing, but now, she is the richest person in the world.

The beautiful and peaceful time did not last long. A beam of strong light suddenly shot over, illuminating the two of them.

He Xi couldn't open her eyes because of the light, so she subconsciously stretched out her hand to block Ming Mei's eyes to prevent her from being burned by the strong light. When she was about to have a good argument with the owner of the light, the other party spoke first.

"You two under the tree! What are you doing hugging and being affectionate? Which class are you from?"

Such a deep voice...isn't that Jiang Qi's voice!
He Xi was puzzled. Why was Jiang Qi here? And why was he so nosy? Was he addicted to being the dean? Did he have to go up and pry two road posts apart? He Xi lowered her head in dismay, and then she noticed that she and Ming Mei were still wearing the school uniforms of Nanzhou No. 1 Middle School...

It's bad, we're in trouble.

Seeing that the two did not respond, Jiang Qi asked again: "I'm asking you, which class are you from? You are so young and don't study hard. How can you hug each other?"

As he said this, he walked towards them.

He Xi leaned close to Mingmei's ear and whispered, "It's Jiang Qi. What should we do? Run?"

Mingmei took off He Xi's hand that was protecting her eyes, squinted slightly, and looked at the beam of light that was getting closer and closer, but she was not nervous at all. She raised her eyebrows slightly, and suddenly had a playful mentality that only teenagers have. She stretched out her hands and put them in front of her mouth, making a trumpet shape: "Director Jiang, come and catch us!"

After she finished speaking, she quickly grabbed He Xi's hand and excitedly said the word "run", and the two of them held hands and ran quickly in the opposite direction of Jiang Qi.

Jiang Qi stopped where he was and shone the flashlight at their backs. He couldn't help but mutter, "Strange, why does this voice sound so familiar? No! That's not the point. The point is that she provoked me!"

Jiang Qi was so angry that he shouted at the two men's backs: "Stop right there, both of you!"

Then he immediately chased after the two of them.

So, two teenage comrades ran in front and a 43-year-old middle-aged comrade chased behind, adding some vitality to this quiet and boring winter night.

After running around the community for a few laps, Mingmei was tired and out of breath, but Jiang Qi was still chasing her. Mingmei was exhausted, so she simply pulled He Xi into the dry outdoor swimming pool.

The two of them sat together, leaning against each other, ignoring the dust on the pool walls and bottom.

Mingmei breathed carefully until she saw the flashlight above the pool disappear and no one was around. Then she began to breathe heavily and complained intermittently, "I'm so tired. I finally got rid of him. But why did he come here? Is he visiting relatives?"

He Xi looked at her panting appearance and couldn't help but smile knowingly. He didn't expect that she had such a naughty side.

But she is so cute even when she is so naughty.

The two chatted for a while in the swimming pool. It was getting late, so He Xi accompanied Mingmei to the downstairs of Building 3.

"It's already late today, it's time to go back and rest." He Xi said softly.

Mingmei nodded, put the crystal ball into her school uniform pocket, and then reluctantly walked through the door. Suddenly, she stopped, turned around, and looked at He Xi through the glass door.

He Xi waved at her: "Mingmei, see you tomorrow."

Mingmei pursed her lips for a while, then she walked to the glass door, put her hands on it, and said hesitantly, "He Xi, everyone is saying that today is the end of the world. Will there be a tomorrow? I mean, will we... have a tomorrow?"

In the silence of the night, Mingmei's words came out from the small gap in the middle of the glass door, and He Xi heard them very clearly. She also stepped onto the steps, stretched out her hands, and placed them on the glass door, overlapping with Mingmei's palm print on the glass door, one inside and one outside, full of a sense of fate.

"Believe me, it will happen." He Xi's eyes were firm and gentle. "I'm a prophet. I've verified that the end of the world is fake. We will have tomorrow. We will have thousands and thousands, countless tomorrows. Go back and have a good sleep. The new sun will rise as promised."
This time, I won't let tragedy happen again.

Mingmei stared into her gentle and firm eyes for a long time without blinking. After a while, she chuckled and said in an equally gentle voice: "I believe you."

(End of this chapter)