If I don't have money to go to college, I can only go to slay the dragon.

Chapter 589 Retreat (24)

Lu Mingfei typed GG on the screen and cut out the game.

The last scene on the screen, which was so obscene that thirty-seven minutes later, he stared at the screen where a large number of cockroaches, self-banaling insects and a large number of Hydralisks were reduced to nothing by a nuclear bomb. Everyone said that StarCraft players are all disabled. It is true. "A nuclear bomb has been detected." Such an obvious sentence reminded Lu Mingfei that he ignored it when he was distracted. He stopped all operations until the daze ended. Go home and look for the red dot. Um? Where is my huge army? After being stunned for a while, the human soldiers came to the city and turned his nest into a pool of blood. Only then did he realize that he had lost the game.

"Brother, you are anxious. The Zerg are already at a disadvantage when fighting against the Terran in the late stage. If the Zerg chooses to fight the Terran in aerial combat without being tough in the final battle, they will definitely lose. Anyone who knows how to play in the Korean server will choose Hydralisks and Puppies, and then upgrade the Puppies. With the speed and attack power of the Hydralisk, the Thunder Beast and the Flying Dragon can cooperate in the air and ground. The two sides can exchange demolitions and blindly explode troops. It is simply an opportunity. There is really no need to kill the explosion troops when playing the Zerg. Maybe you can change your thinking and play the harassment flow. There is still a chance for this." "Old Tang" was chatting in the chat channel. Lu Mingfei watched him deliver his acceptance speech, but his expression still looked a little dull. It seemed that the man opposite him also noticed the state of his good brother. Something was wrong, so I stopped analyzing the game and asked, "What, are you in a bad mood? Did you fail the interview?"

"Rejected."

"It doesn't matter if it's a tragedy. You don't have to go abroad. Aren't there a lot of good universities in China? In recent years, there haven't been shooting incidents in Ansheng in the United States. It's good to go to school in China." No. Knowing whether Old Tang did it on purpose or because of an input method association problem, it didn't seem to be a violation to be rejected and labeled as a tragedy, but one could still hear the sincerity of the man opposite him from the comforting words.

Lu Mingfei did not explain that he was rejected by the American university, not that he was rejected. In fact, these words are quite meaningless, because no matter who rejected whom, the moment he left the Regent Hotel today, that university The mysterious academies in the United States and those bizarre worlds have nothing to do with him.

He still remembers when he said forget it, the surprised expressions of Professor Guderian from the United States and the Finnish senior next to him, as if they could swallow the salmon roll on the table in one bite, and Lin Xian beside him He wasn't too surprised, as if he got a reasonable answer. He didn't say anything and even politely sent his aunt and his family home. He was so polite that his aunt and uncle had repeatedly prepared to introduce their well-behaved Narusawa to his sister. .

Lu Mingfei estimated that if Lu Mingze really knew about this, he would be so frightened that he would hide in his house for a month. After all, anyone who reads Shilan knows that if you touch the name Lin Xian, there is a high probability that there will be a evil star named Lin Nian. Stick your head in the toilet pit.

In the chat channel, Old Tang was still comforting him, saying that the principals of American schools are all blind to money. The reason why you are not favored is because you are not given enough money, not because you are not good enough. Brother, you are poor, but you are still rich. Integrity, a person with integrity shines brightly wherever he goes and is very good at comforting others. Lu Mingfei was also quite touched. Although he was not comforted to the point, he still thanked Old Tang and played the game.

There were two softwares hanging on the laptop, one was "StarCraft" and the other was QQ. After retreating to the desktop, an avatar was flashing in the lower right corner. He took a look and found that it was Lin Nian. He placed the mouse on it and didn't click it for a while. Going down, I felt a little timid, as if I had betrayed my trust and optimism. After returning home, my uncle and aunt complained about him for a day, saying that he was ungrateful. The conditions and environment of Kassel College were so good, but Professor Gu paid for a scholarship at his own expense and gave it to you, and you actually told others to let it go? Why do you, Lu Mingfei, let it go? With your report card, can you give the class average a score of three or four?

The words were a little harsh, but it was easy to hear that they were all angry words. Lu Mingfei knew that his aunt and uncle wished that the notice was sent to Lu Mingze instead of Lu Mingfei. Maybe they were trying to treat Lu Mingfei as their family member. He was a member of the group and was proud that he went to an American university, but unfortunately, this pride was eventually pushed away by Lu Mingfei himself, who "didn't live up to expectations".

"What do you have to think about? What are you thinking about? Do you still want to go to Harvard?" Auntie snorted from her nostrils and the words lingered for a long time.

In fact, no one said what Zhonglu Mingfei was really thinking. Veleva, who knew the inside story, probably thought he was timid about the real world. Professor Guderian thought it was Lin Nian's determination that hurt his self-esteem, but what they said was actually wrong. , there was another reason for his refusal, a reason that he could not tell anyone and could only keep in his heart, because if he said it out, it would make people laugh and think it was ridiculous. But he is actually that kind of person who is inexplicably persistent for a ridiculous reason. He just feels that there is still hope and he cannot give up. He still has hope until he is buried in the soil. If he really chooses to accept that college Invitation, then everything is really like a hydrogen balloon with its string cut off. The red color is like an apple flying into the blue sky in the endless American cities. When it reaches the top of the atmosphere, the internal and external imbalance suddenly snaps and explodes.

The cursor on the flashing avatar moved again. The boy in front of the laptop got up, walked out of the room, walked through the living room without turning on the lights, opened the door and slipped out. He didn't go downstairs, but went all the way up the stairs to the top floor. , the air conditioning unit whined on the top floor, and boxes were piled under the rusty iron stairs. He stepped on the stairs all the way up through the domestic garbage piled on both sides, used sofas, wooden coffee tables, and abandoned bicycles, and pushed to the end. The iron gate with the sign "Rooftop closed".

The iron door opened, and behind the shadows were thousands of miles of starlight. The night sky and air currents of the entire city rushed towards him. However, standing at the door, he did not take a step forward because there was a figure sitting on the edge of the rooftop in the distance. There, facing the city, the light image is the quiet bronze statue in the park, listening to the wind, watching the sky light as spring passes and autumn comes, smelling the fragrance of locust flowers, and watching the labyrinth on fire like fireflies strung together. Here, it's like looking for the exit of a maze, and also looking for the future exit.

Lu Mingfei walked up to the rooftop. The night wind blew his shirt close to his side. He came to Lin Nian who was sitting and looked down at him. Maybe he was confused, surprised or even afraid, but in front of the other party After speaking, all the emotions ceased to exist.

"Do you still remember that time when Chen Wenwen celebrated her birthday? You made her a necklace out of shells. You left it in the playground during physical education class and found it at dusk in the afternoon."

Lu Mingfei's expression was complicated and reminiscing, and he nodded, "Remember, that necklace is still in my drawer."

"A person who knows what he is waiting for can endure the waiting forever." He said, his eyes reflecting the burning maze under the night sky. "This sentence was told to me by a candidate during the interview yesterday."

"Su Xiaoqiang?" Lu Mingfei sat next to him. Looking at the night scene, he suddenly didn't want to say anything more. All his original questions were blown away like fallen leaves, and he just felt a little numb. , I just want to talk about something that makes me sad.

"A lot of people are laughing at your joke."

"You too?" Lu Mingfei asked.

"I don't think you are a joke, because you are similar to her. You are both the same kind of people, but your luck is a bit worse." Lin Nian said, playing with a coin in his hand, with white light shining on his fingers. flip.

"Am I almost like a 'little goddess'? How can I be so virtuous?"

"You are all the kind of people who won't shed tears until they see the coffin. If you think a story has a good ending, you will read it to the end." Lin Nian said, "Even if I tell you that there will be a knife on your chest at the end, you I will probably turn to the last page willingly. I will turn it with expectation and read with full emotions until I cry willingly. There are not many people like you, but there are always some. They always like the people they like so much. , No matter what other people say, every time this kind of person takes another look at that person, the intense love in their heart makes them like a whale to the sea, like a bird to the forest, there is no way to avoid it.”

"Such a person is stupid, right?"

"No, this is not stupid. On the contrary, I always hope for the best for such people." Lin Nian looked at Lu Mingfei and whispered, "They are teased as stupid, licking dogs, and have no self-awareness, but I always hope that this group of people can build roads across mountains and build bridges over rivers until they reach the other side they want, instead of sitting on their own planet watching the sunset of another planet with self-pity.”

"Say what you want to say clearly, don't drag me down." Lu Mingfei was stunned for a while, hugged his knees and whispered.

"Do you like Chen Wenwen?"

Lu Mingfei looked at Lin Nian. He wanted to say something to make fun of him, but when he saw the other person's expression, he couldn't say those bad words and could only nodded lightly.

"Since when?"

"I don't know, I forgot."

"What do you like about her?"

"I can't even tell you if you ask me to say it all at once."

"If you don't even know that you like her, how dare you say that you like her?" Lin Nian looked directly at him, his words a little aggressive.

Lu Mingfei suddenly became irritated and said dully, "I just like it, right? Why do you have to tell me why? I said I like ice cream and you asked why, I said I like sweets and you asked me why I like sweets. It’s not over yet.”

"Yes." Lin Nian suddenly slapped Lu Mingfei on the head. The force was so strong that it almost knocked him unconscious. He turned around and looked at Lin Nian.

"There is no reason to like someone." Lin Nian looked at the lights of the city and said, "I heard today that you rejected Professor Guderian. I was not surprised at all. On the contrary, I was a little relieved."

".?"

Lin Nian looked at the confused Lu Mingfei and said, "Are you willing to give up the Kassel Gate for a confession with an uncertain ending? I can say you are stupid, but I am absolutely sure that you really like Chen Wenwen, right?" Her love is genuine."

"What's the meaning.?"

"I'm glad you can make a decision instead of being indecisive. Giving up something for something is the first lesson you must learn. You rejected Kassel College because of her, just like Su Xiaoqiang chose because of me. Like Kassel College, they are worthy of respect rather than ridicule and contempt," Lin Nian said.

"But at the same time, I don't want to see you accept or give up Cassel College because of a relationship." He said, "Because this is an opportunity that changes your life, and it should receive due attention and be placed in an important position, just like you The same thing as what you are going to do next, your relationship should also go from beginning to end, but you must know that the door of Kassel will not open to the same person twice."

Lu Mingfei paused and said softly, "Does that mean I have no chance? Is this why you came here today to tell me this?"

"No." Lin Nian looked at Lu Mingfei and said, "I'm here to tell you that the door to Kassel will only open once and will not make exceptions for anyone, including you. But this time he will always open it to you , until you have settled everything and are willing to close the door or walk in."

Lu Mingfei was stunned and raised his head to meet Lin Nian's gaze. He nodded gently, "Yes, I am encouraging you to do what you want to do but have never dared to do. I heard that the class group is planning to Watch a movie in a private theater this weekend, organized by Chen Wenwen. It will probably be your last gathering before graduation."

"Movie?" Lu Mingfei subconsciously wanted to touch the Nokia phone to check the group messages but failed. Only then did he remember that after he rejected Professor Guderian, his uncle used his phone to Why don't I take away the N96 because I'm keeping it for you? Now he's become an inorganic talk again.

He stared at the night view of the city for a few seconds and suddenly said, "What will happen if I fail?"

“Which do you think is worse, ignorance or indifference?”

"What?"

"The correct answer is: I don't know, I don't care." After Lin Nian chuckled, the expression on his face slowly disappeared, "Either you will be lonely after failure, or you will be vulgar after success. As a friend, I can't let you do anything. Take both of them, right? Just do whatever you want, you always have a way out."

Lu Mingfei was stunned for a long time, lowered his head and said, "I understand. Thank you."

No one answered him. When he raised his head again, he found that the boy beside him had disappeared, leaving only him alone on the empty rooftop and the silent and majestic night sky above the city.