My girlfriend is from the future!

After all, it was a birthday greeting specially sent in advance, even if He Tianran wanted to keep his distance, he would not be so indifferent to reject other people's kindness to him.

He replied: "Thank you, Xixi, why didn't you send it the same day? You don't have to be so cautious~ hahaha."

Jiang Xixi: "Aren't you afraid of being misunderstood? By the way, Brother He, how are you and Sister Ai Qing going? I don't even know if you have successfully confessed~"

Seeing this reply, He Ranran was a little embarrassed. After typing "No" in the chat bar with his fingers, he paused for a second, then quickly deleted it, and retyped "Of course it succeeded."...

Seeing the cursor flickering behind this sentence, He Tianran finally pressed the send button...

He didn't want to bear another girl's expectations for him anymore...

On the chat box, the reminder that the other party is entering a message keeps flashing, but it has not been sent out. It can be seen that the little girl is also in a complicated mood after receiving this message.

However, this kind of silence is only for 1 minute. Online chatting seems to bring people closer, but without the face-to-face atmosphere and details, there is a lot of room for emotional reversal. Many words are expressed in words. It won't be so embarrassing anymore.

Jiang Xixi: "Haha, that's really congratulations to brother He. How does it feel to catch up with the person you like?"

He Tianran: "Of course it feels like my wish has come true... Xixi, cry if you want to cry (help your forehead)"

Jiang Xixi: "I won't cry, Jiang Xixi must be strong!!!"

He Tianran: "..."

Jiang Xixi: "Brother He, are you free tomorrow? I want to give you a birthday present in a fair manner. Of course, you can call Sister Cao to come with you."

"..."

He Tianran looked at the text sent in a daze, especially when he saw the words "birthday gift", he seemed to recall something.

"Okay, I'm free, thank you, Xixi, you really spent money."

"Haha, why thank you, it's your birthday, and brother He has helped me so much in the past two years, I wanted to send you off a long time ago, but there was no chance, then brother He, see you tomorrow! "

"Well, see you tomorrow."

The campus was quiet at night.

He Ranran put down his cell phone, leaned back slowly on the back of the chair, his head was tilted up, and the small night light on the table reflected the ceiling into a faint orange.

The music on the computer had stopped a long time ago, and the man just sat on the chair, slowing down for two to three minutes.

"Drip, drip, drip—"

When everything quieted down, the man seemed to hear such a continuous soft sound in his ears, and his shoulders trembled slightly...

Then he stood up, walked to his closet, and opened it.

He stretched out his hands and swept the hanging clothes left and right. His eyes quickly stopped at the source of the sound, and he saw that in a corner of the closet was hanging quietly, which symbolized his arrival. Gift……

It was the pocket watch that Cao Aiqing gave him.

He Tianran carefully took off the pocket watch and opened the cover, with a calm and gentle expression.

On the dial, the mechanical second hand tirelessly records the elapsed time.

Come to think of it, no matter how time repeats itself, as long as He Tianran has not experienced any pranks, then he will become friends with Cao Aiqing.

Therefore, on the beach on New Year's Eve, the bright sunrise after a long wait was witnessed by two people in countless timelines.

……

……

"Ai Qing, it happens to be a natural birthday in three days. Why don't the three of us have dinner together on that day? We've spent the past few years together, is that okay?"

"sure."

"What gift do you think I should give? It feels like he doesn't lack anything."

"Guo Huai, just have a good drink with him, he will be happy."

"Really? Haha, okay, then if Ai Qing is OK with you, I'll tell him."

"Um."

……

At the same moment when He Tianran found the pocket watch, Cao Aiqing, who had already returned home to rest on weekends, was looking at the chat records with Guo Huai on the phone screen. She folded her hands on the desk, bent down, and nodded her chin.

"A present?"

The girl murmured softly, her eyes unknowingly turned to the base of the lamp beside her.

There, wrapped around a string of shiny moon white bodhi seed beads.

This is no different from the bracelet she threw into the lead washing pool back then...

In other words, this is the same thing that represents Baiba's troubles.

Of course, this is not what Cao Aiqing salvaged from the lake later, nor was it the "real thing" left behind when she falsified and replaced the civet cat with the prince. She did lose the string of curses that can travel through time and space and play with fate...

But that was all before the world restarted...

Now, this string of Buddhist beads came back to her by chance.

As long as she went to Quanling Temple with He Tianran during the autumn outing, as long as she was admitted to the University of Hong Kong, and the class organized to meet the old monk, as long as the process remained the same, the result would not change.

Maybe the difference is that only He Tianran's side changed...

Thinking of what He Tianran did for herself recently, Cao Aiqing couldn't help expressing what was in her heart:

"Would you like to give it to him..."

The girl asked herself, her mind was as deep as the night, but this time, her heart did not feel the slightest whimper.

……

……

The next day.

The time agreed between Jiang Xixi and He Tianran was after class in the evening, at Wenhui Bridge on the other side of Xueyuan Road.

Students in the university town know that there is no bridge in Wenhui Bridge, or in other words, there was a bridge in the early years, but later the bridge was pushed away in order to build the city and expand the land, fill in the river and divert the road.

It’s ridiculous to say that, in fact, Wenhui Bridge was not called Wenhui Bridge at first, it was just an unknown small stone slab bridge, but later the news came that the university town was going to be built here, and the local leaders wanted to have a good intention. They deliberately changed the name of the Stone Bridge to Wenhui Bridge.

It’s just that I didn’t expect that the bridge is gone now, and the original name of the stone bridge has been forgotten in memory. The reason why there is still such a name as “Wenhui Bridge” is because it is a bridge on Line [-] of the Hong Kong City Metro. The hub station is also the most convenient subway station from the University City, and its name is "Wenhui Bridge West".

Since here is the airport to the north and the railway station to the south, in the impression of the students, this station gradually has the meaning of parting ways and will be indefinite. Standing in the west of Wenhui, there is a saying of parting between the north and the south.

The specific location agreed with Jiang Xixi would naturally not be in a crowded place like the subway entrance. He Ranran sat on an outdoor seat of a Starbucks 500 meters away from the subway station, holding a cup of steaming hot cocoa with his hands, He took a sip of enjoyment.

The weather in Hong Kong City turned cooler in December, and now the people on the street were all wearing thick clothes, breathing white gas from their mouths, and looked busy.

He Tianran's eyes moved through the crowd, and it didn't take long before he saw a small Jiang Xixi inside, wearing a white fur-ball hat and a warm-colored coat, wrapping herself tightly .

It's just that what is more eye-catching than her outfit now is something she is carrying on her back.

Seeing the direction she came from, He Tianran was sure that the little girl had just come out of the subway entrance, the man waved, Jiang Xixi put on a smile on her face, and trotted towards him with her legs straight.

"Slow down, I'm just sitting here, and I don't know how to run." He Tianran smiled, and pushed another drink ordered on the table over, "Hey, just now you ordered the Matcha Frappuccino in WeChat."

"Thank you! Here, Brother He, a birthday present for you!"

Jiang Xixi took off the things on her back and handed them over with both hands.

It was a guitar.

He Tianran was in a daze for a moment. He took it and held it in his hand. Looking at the slightly scratched piano bag, he asked uncertainly:

"This is... the piano you use?"

Jiang Xixi smiled and nodded, "Yeah! But I haven't played much since I went to college. It's a pity to keep it at home, so I ran home and brought it to you today!"

"Why did you think of giving me this?"

The girl sat down and took off her heavy coat. Seeing He Tianran staring at Qin in a daze, she leaned her elbows on the table and held her face in her hands, feeling a little emotional:

"Brother He, the account of your Xiaopozhan hasn't been updated for several years, do you stop playing the piano?"

"..."

He Tianran was silent, seeing that the former idol didn't answer, Jiang Xixi said to herself:
"Brother He, I used to go to comic exhibitions with you, cosplay, play together, and eat together. Of course, these were very happy, so much so that I forgot that we met through the guitar at the beginning, until we met in the past two months. I didn’t contact you very much, but it made me pay attention to this matter again. When I think of you giving up playing the piano, I’m more reconciled than I don’t play the piano..."

He Tianran smiled wryly and said: "Isn't this normal? People are always interested in different things at different stages, just like Xixi, you used to like guitar, now you like cosplay, and maybe you will like it again after graduation. Whether it’s an interest or a hobby, it doesn’t mean that you really want to let go of other things, it’s just that you pick them up less often.”

Although the other party explained so patiently, the little girl lowered her head and stirred her Frappuccino, complaining softly with a little emotion in her heart:

"It's true to say that, but at the beginning I liked you because Brother He played the guitar so well..."

He Tianran smiled and said:
"Is the male god's filter broken now?"

Jiang Xixi wrinkled her nose and gave him a vicious look.

"Hmph! It's great to have a girlfriend! When you speak, you are confident!"

He Tianran didn't take this problem, he opened the guitar bag, and inside was a Taylor's spruce acoustic guitar, although it was a little worse than the Yamaha red standard guitar he used before, but for daily playing, it was already a Very good.

"Really give it to me?"

He Ranran was silent for a moment, then asked.

Jiang Xixi looked at the piano, hesitated for a second or two, then nodded vigorously as if making a heavy decision.

"Ok!"

The two got acquainted because of the guitar. Jiang Xixi fell in love with He Tianran at the beginning because of this hobby and advantage he cultivated since he was a child. But now, none of them choose to continue playing the piano.

Perhaps, if Jiang Xixi was still the little girl who wanted to fulfill her dream of performing with her, then there might be some intersection between them.

Sadly, this is no longer the case in this world.

But that's fine too, isn't it?
At least Jiang Xixi won't suddenly lose her mind after a protracted pursuit.

Just like what He Tianran said, people will always like different things at different time stages. For the things in the past, it is too absolute to say that they don’t like them, but to put it bluntly, as long as they are picked up less frequently, it will prove ...

Didn't like it that much anymore.

Therefore, He Tianran knew exactly what it meant for Jiang Xixi to give him this piano.

Holding the piano in his hand, the man looked at the little girl in front of him sincerely, and said with a relieved smile:
"...I like this gift very much, Xi Xi..."

As he spoke, he lowered his head and rubbed the body of the piano again, his eyes seemed to be looking at this long-lost old friend, and he murmured:
"Thank you...thank you..."

At this time, Jiang Xixi may not be able to understand all the emotions in He Tianran's words, she just returned to the beginning, with an expression of admiration and expectation on her face, she couldn't wait to propose:
"Play something, Big N."

From the little fan girl who followed the update of N University on the Internet, to the little girl who congratulated her brother, to the female college student who has regained this title in front of real people, Jiang Xixi is really what she said, no matter what No matter which reincarnation it is, no matter which meeting it is, she will grow up.

"it is good."

He Tianran agreed to her request. After thinking for a while, he didn't move the strings in a hurry. Instead, he tapped the panel of the piano box with his right thumb, the thenar, and made a sound similar to that of a cajon drum. Another sound, the muffled drumbeat seemed to be beating on people's hearts, and a few scattered piano sounds gradually overwhelmed the drumbeat, and the connected melody became a prelude to the more sad in this bleak winter .

He played "Anhe Bridge".

The man didn't sing, but just let the melody flow freely at his fingertips. Most pedestrians came and went in this music, and occasionally some people stopped to listen for a while, some of them stayed to appreciate, and some of them hurried away after stopping. On the road again.

Maybe this song is too famous, even though He Tianran didn't sing the lyrics, but after that familiar interlude, in the eyes of Jiang Xixi, between the lips and teeth of passers-by, following the song he played The melody, he seemed to be able to hear other people's voices, and heard these two sentences——

I know those summers, like youth, can never come back
Instead of dreams, it can only be reluctant...

……

It's just that, in He Tianran's heart now, compared to these two sentences, he is more touched by the last six words of this song——

So hello, goodbye.

It may be that he has come back to his youth so many times that he finally got to the tail of this post-adolescent period, so he really felt the weight of these six words...

The rendering of the music gave this winter crowded street a different mood.

Sensitive, sad, dazed and ordinary.

After the song was played, sporadic applause came from the crowd. He Tianran nodded to the passers-by who stayed for this purpose, but after that, he still avoided the end of the song and people dispersed.

No regrets, stop at the west of Wenhui, there is no prospect of going north and south.

As if to confirm this sentence, the gathered crowd slowly dispersed, and they reintegrated into the sea of ​​people. Among them, He Tianran seemed to see the back of a familiar woman...

It seems to be, Cao Aiqing?
He Tianran was not very sure, Jiang Xixi's voice sounded in his ears again, interrupting his desire to see clearly.

"That's great, I didn't expect my guitar to make such a sound..."

Jiang Xixi was melancholy and happy at the same time.

The former is because of the sadness of the music, and the latter is because of the idol playing the guitar again.

"Practice more and you will improve. What's the matter, do you have the intention to take it back?"

He Tianran joked.

Jiang Xixi shook her head: "No, every time I watch N big fingerstyle, I want to work hard to learn the piano, but every time I pick it up, I just play 53231323 randomly, so instead of leaving the piano with me, it's better to let it have a good time." What a great place to stay!"

The man was startled, then smiled.

The little girl stood up, picked up her glass of drink, with a carefree expression on her cute little face, she said:
"I'm leaving!"

He Tianran was collecting the piano, he was a little surprised when he heard this, and asked:

"Leave after delivering the things? Don't talk much."

Jiang Xixi shook her head again:
"No, Jiang Xixi doesn't want to be contemptuous, knowing that Brother He has a girlfriend, he still wants to move forward, and Brother He is the same. When you go back, remember to explain to Sister Cao how this guitar came about, so as not to misunderstand...

And there's another thing...Brother He, don't always get too close to the opposite sex. We used to play together because you haven't confessed your feelings to Sister Cao. Now that we are together...it's not suitable for us... ...Hmm...I feel like a scumbag, doing this is really worthless in the eyes of girls..."

Hearing the little girl talking a lot like a guilty conscience, He Tianran didn't make fun of anything, but looked into Jiang Xixi's clear eyes, and said seriously:
"understood."

"Well...then I'm leaving..."

"...Goodbye, Xi Xi."

"Goodbye...Brother He."

Jiang Xixi took one last look at him, and turned around resolutely. The small, stubborn figure walked away from here, gradually drifting away.

He Tianran is very sure that this is not the last meeting between him and Jiang Xixi, but it is indeed their farewell to a relationship.

Will she be strong again?

She must be able to!
Holding such expectations for Jiang Xixi in his heart, He Tianran stayed in place again, watching a person walk firmly towards the future.

……

……

Many days later, in the music area of ​​Xiaopozhan, a small incident happened that no one paid attention to.

A guitar fingerstyle UP master named "NaturaL" finally remembered his password and updated a fingerstyle video after he stopped updating for several years.

Due to being suspended for more years and being an unpopular channel, his fans have lost a lot, and there are only a few dozens of replies in the comment area.

Among them, there was a first-class trumpet named "Poor Xixi", who replied happily:

"( ), that's great! N University is finally back! I'm happy, happy, happy, I'm going to change my name to Happy Xixi! I'll always be a fan of N University!"

If you click on this user's follow list, you can find that "NaturaL" is TA's only follow.

And the fingerstyle content released by NaturaL this time is an old song...

From Jay Chou——

"Broken Strings".