Rebirth after the college entrance examination

Chapter 145 A Certain Room
Accepting change is very, very difficult.

The great philosopher Gide once said, "You never know how much effort people put into finding interest in life." It's so hard to accept giving up, accepting loss, and accepting changes in habits.
"My meatballs are for you, and your sausages are for me. Eat them."

Canteen corner.

Le Ning gave the lion's head sausage on the plate to Xia An in exchange for one of the only two sausages in his portion - fried sausage with green peppers. She saw with her own eyes that the aunt's hands were shaking as she shook the sausage in the spoon accurately, without losing any green peppers.

Le Ning wanted to laugh when she thought of Xia An's unhappy look when she had just argued with the aunt.

"I'm just talking about some meatballs, two per person, no need to fight or grab."

[Actually, that's too much. There's a very simple way to accept it. That's compromise.]
"That makes sense. I'll just order meatballs from now on." Xia An bit off half of one.

[At least, your compromise can make the other party happy to accept it.]
Because of habit, Le Ning has been accustomed to liking Xia An since childhood. When she is alone with Xia An, she is willing to subjectively not think about other people. This is the limit of what the 20-year-old Le Ning can do.

It was Xia An who suddenly appeared in the White Dragon Horse's hood last night, violently expanding the limit.

At the next table, Lu Yao was still in a bad mood, muttering to himself about Xia An's dishonesty.

He was not satisfied that he had lost the chance to go on stage after cramming for two days and two nights.

It’s not that I don’t agree with Xia An, it’s that I don’t agree that Fatty Qi was able to win wide acclaim for his role as Zhu Bajie yesterday.

The Sunshine Movement Project Team left and the campus BBS was unsealed, but over the past three months, everyone has gotten used to using it as a megaphone.

After last night’s gala, the heart-stirring 40-minute stage play was all over the megaphone.

Needless to say, Xia An's monologue infected the hearts of countless young literary and artistic people, and "I will carry you to the valley where flowers are blooming" suddenly became a special sentence pattern for confession.

Adaptations include but are not limited to:
——I will hold you in my arms to watch the rising sun tomorrow.

——I will wash every pair of discolored socks for you.

——I will carry you on my back to every 7-Day Express and Suba.

Zhu Bajie's unrestrained and carefree attitude of becoming a Buddha on the spot unexpectedly struck a chord with some single female classmates with curious tastes. Qi Buyang's mouthpiece received thirteen private messages in the past day and night.

Thirteen letters in total!

As a childhood friend, Lu Yao knew very well that this move made Qi Buyang's record of being hit on break from zero, and the number of times he was hit on even surpassed his own.

Moreover, the content is very simple and straightforward: QQ number, want to chat?

Lu Yao firmly believed that if Xia An had not intervened yesterday, he would be the school's idol today.

What's more, he knew that he might never have the chance to act out such a passionate scene with Le Ning in his lifetime.

What a pity.

If in my youth, I could let Le Ning, the ultimate white moonlight, shed a drop of love towards me...

Stop the bird. If it were me, she might not be able to cry out of emotion.

In retaliation, Lu Yao took the lion's head from Qi Buyang's plate.

Qi Buyang quit.

"Give me back the meatballs, and I'll give you my QQ number."

"Oh? Are you so kind?" Lu Yao felt that there was something fishy going on.

"Tsk," Qi Buyang curled his lips. "Compared to No. 18, No. 62, and No. 66, these are all too childish."

Apart from rehearsals, Qi Buyang has used up the diamond membership card that Xia An had bought for him. During the process, he not only became thinner and thinner, but also took a big step forward in his weight loss journey. He also had three more number plates in the gold medal fish pond.

After dinner, Xia An and Le Ning strolled side by side on the campus and became the targets of gossip.

"They were the two protagonists of last night's play."

"Hiss, a talented man and a beautiful woman."

An extrovert came up and asked, "When will your drama club perform?"

Xia An smiled and replied, "Please pay attention to the sign at the entrance of the small theater."

It has also entered winter in Binhai City, but it hasn't snowed yet.

The willows and poplars by the lake have become bare and desolate, and the surface of the lake has been wrinkled by the cold wind.

Sitting on the bench, wrapped in a white down jacket, little Le Ning leaned on Xia An's shoulder like a well-behaved rabbit, her legs crossed, her brown boots swaying back and forth.

"Is it cold?"

"Not cold, how about you?"

Xia An also shook his head. "It's already snowing at home. I looked at the weather forecast and it says we'll have the first snow here next week."

As soon as he finished speaking, Le Ning raised his head and a snowflake caught his forehead.

The ice crystals melted in an instant, and Xiao Lening smiled and said, "It's snowing."

She hugged Xia An's arm and looked at the water.

The slightly gloomy weather makes the lake look like cloudy glass, just like the rainy days every summer when I sit in the classroom with rain dripping on the windows. Those windows, which are different every semester, reflect my growing taller self and the boy in my memory who didn't want to pay attention to me.

The boy grew up, and she grew up too. She leaned on the boy's shoulder and looked at the world after growing up.

Sure enough, it was much wider and much warmer even though it was snowing.

Compromise is not necessarily a bad thing.

Le Ning asked him, "Do you sympathize with me?"

The boy felt as if his heart was being squeezed hard by a big, calloused hand.

"It's not sympathy, it's not obsession, there's no compromise, and it has nothing to do with the past. Just like yesterday's lines, I just like it, and I've always liked it."

Le Ning giggled, no longer showing any trace of the free and reserved nature of a female knight, like a happy little rabbit.

The sparkling ice crystals were like sand reflecting the sun, melting instantly when they fell on her hot face. She remembered her teacher once saying that every snowflake has its own unique beauty.

Yeah, just like yesterday's line.

Maybe I have woken up in another world, where I must have this love all to myself and have my own valley.

Then, let me in this world compromise for that person.

Le Ning turned around and straddled Xia An's legs.

"Let's kiss, like other couples. I've fantasized about you for years, where and under what circumstances you'd kiss me. This place is perfect, this snowy day is perfect."

The little white rabbit has two warm and soft lips.

……

Xia An didn't even know what to give Le Ning, even though he really wanted to give her a token of love.

But Le Ning, who knew that Xia An had some money, still prevented him from spending it recklessly.

He put Le Ning's hand in his pocket and walked along the beach step by step.

"Do you want a house?" Xia An asked suddenly.

Le Ning tilted her head and asked, "Can you even afford a house now?"

Xia An nodded sincerely: "Actually, I can really afford it."

Le Ning blinked curiously. For a moment, she even wanted to ask if it was Tang Wan's money. After all, Tang Wan had become very famous in the province these days. Everyone in the school knew that the richest person in the province had emerged on campus. She was not a parent, but a female doctor.

She didn't want to think about Tang Wan. Over the past half month, she, who was always self-deprecating, had begun to develop feelings for Zuo You. Well, the woman she met first suddenly became a rich woman. It seemed that compared to Tang Wan, Zuo You, who had not yet become a big star, should be her comrade-in-arms.

but now…

She seemed to have less need for comrades and possession.

"I don't want a house. I will also pay for our future house. Mom and Dad said I have a dowry." She was giving herself weight.

Xia An winked and smiled, "Is this what your parents are talking to you about now?"

Le Ning said, "I overheard it." She stretched out her other hand and put down her fingers one by one.

"I remember they said there was money and jewelry. My grandma and my great-grandmother both had jewelry handed down from generation to generation, and there were also a lot of miscellaneous things..." As he said this, he started giggling again.

Xia An remembered that Le Ning was a cold-faced knight and not a girl who liked to laugh.

Love can change a person's character, including himself.

"What about you? Do you have any gift for me?" she turned and asked.

"There must be."

Xia An remembered that he seemed to have saved gold in advance.

Le Ning: "Dad said our family doesn't want a betrothal gift. Even if you give it to me, I will take it back to our own family."

Xia An said, "Then I'll give you more."

The snow got heavier and the wind died down.

The red benches on the beach were covered with a layer of white.

Le Ning recalled the rainy day during the summer vacation. It seemed that every time a relationship progressed, it was not accompanied by good weather.

Later, everything will be fine later.

Xia An's phone rang. It was the counselor.

……

Xu Wanying called Xia An to the office and handed him an envelope containing two thousand yuan.

An exclamation mark appeared above Xia An's head.

"By that calculation, it will take less than a year to pay it back. Or is it with interest?"

Hearing this, Xu Wanying replied, "You wish. I got a bonus this month, and I'll keep enough for living, so I'll give you a little more."

Xia An put away the envelope, and Xu Wanying said, "I'm inviting everyone in your project team to dinner together on Friday night."

The stage presentation exceeded expectations and received high praise from both the Sunshine Movement Inspection Team and the school. The school leaders even praised Teacher Xu's performance on stage during the summary meeting in the morning and gave him a bonus of 1,000 yuan.

"Today is Wednesday...Are you going to take another day off?"

Xu Wanying said halfway and glared at Xia An.

Xia An said he would not leave for a while.

"Okay, go tell them. Let's go sit with Weita after the class meeting on Friday."

It is the only bar in the food street.

Xia An reminded: "It's not cheap."

Xu Wanying said, "Don't worry about it. I'm the teacher. I got the bonus because of this play. It's all thanks to you. I can't keep it all to myself."

Xia An said, "That's not Lu Yao, is it? He can drink quite a bit too."

Xu Wanying glanced at him, sorted through the documents on her desk, and asked Xia An, "Your little theater has become an overnight success. You need to keep up with your future repertoire. Do you have any ideas?"

Xia An asked tentatively, "A lot of people have asked me this question today. My idea is to take advantage of the situation. How about we perform a few more performances of Journey to the West?"

Xu Wanying paused.

She felt very satisfied, especially the lines last night, which she had participated in writing and polishing. When she really performed them on stage, every word touched her heart, and the shock was different from that of the audience.

She instinctively liked Xia An's suggestion, but she knew clearly that she couldn't do it, as it would be too unprofessional.

Shaking her head, she said, "Just plan the next show. It's always new."

Xia An saw through her thoughts and felt that it was not a good idea to stab the little girl again and again, so he stopped trying to persuade her. After thinking about it, he came up with his second plan.

"I want to apply for a campus cinema, which means adding a large, retractable screen to the small theater. Professor, can you please ask the school if they can cooperate or help research the necessary procedures?"

Xu Wanying blinked her big eyes, not understanding.

Xia An: "Just ask the school directly. They'll understand."

……

The next day, Xia An still asked for leave.

Bai Nan said that the Municipal Administration for Industry and Commerce has an express channel for Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan business. The hotel management company in Hong Kong opened a general account in the mainland and it was expedited. It took this set of procedures to the bank and it was opened directly.

The one in Hangzhou will take two more days.

Xia An thought about it and decided to wait until both accounts were settled before sending them to Venus together.

He sent Venus an email last night saying everything was ready.

I received a reply in the early morning, and the other party said that they were ready a long time ago.

Xia An knew that within a week at the latest, he would become a nine-figure tycoon.

Even though the money hadn't arrived yet, Xia An still felt dizzy.

There is still 1100 million of He Zhenzhen’s money left in the card, but tens of millions and hundreds of millions are two different concepts.

He understood that as long as he didn't follow He Zhenzhen's habit of making a fortune, he would never be short of money in his life.

In terms of the amount of capital, he achieved a class leap.

Of course, compared to Tang Wan, who is trying hard to play the role of a female president in Dongshan, the provincial capital, she is still inferior.

Liu Youwei and Zhang Tiancheng were not there, so Bai Nan, a recent graduate, was the highest-ranking official in the office.

He asked Bai Nan if he could drive.

Unexpectedly, Bai Nan said yes.

“Will it be open, or are there only tickets?”

"My dad drives a taxi. When I was in junior high school, he secretly taught me how to drive a taxi."

Xia An smiled and handed her the Bentley keys and the BMW keys.

"Go to the airport and bring this one back. This one will stay at the company as a company bus. You'll take care of it for now. Once the logistics department is established, you can give it to them."

All of a sudden, Bai Nan had the right to use the BMW.

Several leaders from other departments sensed a different flavor. It was obvious that President Xia's preference for this girl was obvious. Judging from Bai Nan's appearance alone, it might not be what they had guessed before.

Then there is only one possibility left, Bai Nan has won the boss's favor and is being cultivated vigorously.

No, why?
...

Xia An did not speak to other employees alone. He walked to the technical department's workstation to inspect the internal testing of Megaphone 3.0, the first version of Weibo, and then left the company.

He is going to buy a gift for Le Ning.

Yes, house.

After much thought, he decided to buy a house for Le Ning.

When they got married in the original world, Le Ning didn't ask him for any gifts. He could buy the ring, the car, and anything else. The only exception was the wedding house, no, it should be said that the room in the wedding house that belonged to the two of them. Le Ning suggested that she design it.

Xia An remembered that Le Ning had a notebook, probably a diary. During the renovation, she used that notebook to discuss the design plan with the designer.

Xia An guessed that perhaps when Le Ning was very young, she had already imagined what kind of house she and he would live in in the future.

Because she was young, she could only imagine the style of a room.

Come to think of it, that room already exists in the diary now.

(End of this chapter)