Watching the sea from the shore

Chapter 46 Snow in Beijing
The results of the vocal music major in the Provincial Unified Art Examination came down before the Lunar New Year, and both Ni Manhua and Zhan Ping did well in the exam.

Ni Manhua still remembers that his score in the last unified examination was five points lower than this time.One and a half years later, Ni Manhua is very satisfied with the five-point improvement.

I went home to celebrate the New Year, but before the festival, the school exams for schools in and outside the province started again with great fanfare.Ni Manhua called Zhan Ping. Zhan Ping still planned to wait at home and wait for the semester to start before going back to school to hang out. She did so well in the joint entrance examination. As long as she passed the cultural level, she could enter the university. If she got lucky, If she does well in the cultural exam, she can basically choose a comprehensive university at will.

Only Ni Manhua took the school exam after the year. She actually went to two places, one of which was Beijing. She didn't pass the exam in Beijing because it was freezing and she didn't take precautions against the cold. I didn't have much preparation, but it was dry and cold when I arrived. I had a cold and fever for several days.

Ni Manhua felt that he came back this time not only to cut off the hopeless love between her and Lu Guanhai, but more importantly, to experience youth and make up for regrets.She picked out all the places where she had fallen, and conquered them one by one, maybe she could become a better version of herself.

So this time, Ni Manhua made complete preparations in advance, and the trip to Beijing went smoothly. Ni Manhua called Zhan Ping immediately after finishing the exam and asked her if she wanted to hear about the city of Beijing. How is the sound different from my hometown?

Zhan Ping was still sleeping. Nine o'clock in the morning was her dreaming time. She complained plaintively to Ni Manhua: "Please let me go, sister. First listen to my voice. How helpless and pitiful I sound. I don't care what the sounds of Beijing are." ,can not hear!"

Ni Manhua felt disappointed. After hanging up the phone, he walked around the Forbidden City and decided to return.

The last time Ni Manhua went home was on this day. Last time she didn't even pass the re-examination, but she was still delayed in Beijing for a few days because she had to go to the hospital for treatment.Unexpectedly, I didn’t fail this time, and the re-examination ended on this day.

Ni Manhua bought a ticket to go home that night. At the end of the day, her art exam was completely over. Next week, she should go back to school and seize the time to review the missed cultural classes.Ni Manhua called Lai Hongtu again and asked him if he had time to pick him up at the airport. Lai Hongtu seemed very busy today and sounded reluctant to make this trip, but Ni Manhua insisted on letting him drive to pick him up, and he compromised. , Ni Manhua sent the flight number information to Lai Hongtu, and he said he would try to get there at night.

It wasn't to act coquettishly or to deliberately embarrass Lai Hongtu, Ni Manhua was just too impressed by this day.Ni Manhua has always disliked letting adults worry about her since she was a child. She would do anything she could do by herself, so when she came back from Beijing alone, she did not ask her family to pick her up at the airport, but chose to take a taxi back.

But that night, Ni Manhua unfortunately got a taxi. The driver temporarily increased the fare. Ni Manhua argued with him, but he let him go in an unknown place.Lu Guanhai just called at that time, and Ni Manhua told him the situation anxiously. Lu Guanhai asked Ni Manhua to wait where he was. Ni Manhua thought Lu Guanhai was at home, but it turned out that he was a He traveled a long way from his hometown, and fortunately the village where his hometown is located is not far from the airport.

Lai Hongtu had to pick her up today no matter what, and Ni Manhua didn't want to experience the nightmare of that night again.

It was around nine o'clock in the evening when the plane landed at its destination. Ni Manhua got his luggage and walked out of the airport, looking at the endless night in the distance with pedestrians constantly passing by.During the day in Beijing, there are many different sounds from here, but at night, the two cities seem to be almost the same, quiet and peaceful.

Lai Hongtu's car was parked on the side of the road. When Ni Manhua saw him, he was on the phone and looked a little anxious.Ni Manhua walked over and put his luggage in the trunk. He wanted to call him, but saw that he had no time to pay attention to him, but he could only forget it.

Ni Manhua closed the trunk and was about to get in the car. From the corner of his eye, he suddenly saw a person walking slowly not far away, seemingly aimless.Ni Manhua squinted his eyes for a while, then called out tentatively: "Lu Guanhai?"

It was really him, Lu Guanhai walked towards her after hearing Ni Manhua's voice, Ni Manhua asked him: "Why are you here?"

Lu Guanhai looked a little embarrassed: "I'm seeing my friend off, why are you here?"

"I just finished the exam and came back from Beijing. Where are you going now?"

"Going home, I wanted to carpool, but the driver didn't have enough people heading in the direction of my house."

Lai Hongtu was still on the phone. While negotiating with others, he stretched out his hand and knocked on the car door: "Get in the car, why are you here to renew your friendship? I'm in a hurry! Get in the car!"

Ni Manhua didn't expect Lai Hongtu to be so busy today. She was about to get in the car and glanced at Lu Guanhai again: "You come with us. I'll ask my uncle to take you home."

Taking a taxi alone at this time is expensive, and it is not easy to get a carpool with people whose destination is in the same direction. It is more convenient for Lu Guanhai to go back with them.Lai Hongtu has come all the time. Giving one is a gift, and giving two is a gift.

After they got in the car, Lai Hongtu finally stopped calling. He looked at the rearview mirror and reversed the car at a fast speed. He also babbled: "I said Manman, so you just torment me. Do you know how busy your uncle is tonight? Where is your driver?" ?”

Ni Manhua didn't want to be nagged by him as soon as he got off the plane and felt dizzy, so he said briefly and concisely: "My dad is on a business trip, so I'm going with him."

"Then why don't you take a taxi? How much does it cost to take a taxi home? If you don't want to share a taxi, just rent one. You can always get a hundred, right?"

If it weren't for driving safety, Ni Manhua would have really wanted to hit Lai Hongtu twice on the head: "Lai Hongtu, are you my uncle? I'm a girl taking a taxi at night, don't you worry about my personal safety? What if I meet a bad guy?"

"Okay, okay, I can't help you." Lai Hongtu surrendered: "Fasten your seat belt, I have to drive faster, I'm really in a hurry."

"Pay attention to your safety and don't violate traffic regulations." Ni Manhua casually told her, but she was not actually worried about Lai Hongtu. Lai Hongtu was good at driving and cared about his life, so there was no point in worrying about him.

Lu Guanhai suddenly asked in his ear: "Is Beijing interesting? How is it different from here?"

Ni Manhua was a little surprised that Lu Guanhai was not the first to care about her exam. Normally, when she returned from combat, most people would ask her how she did in the exam.However, Lu Guanhai didn't bother asking, since the results hadn't come out yet, and Ni Manhua didn't know how to answer.

Ni Manhua took out some specialties from his bag and handed them to Lu Guanhai: "Try it, this is what Beijing tastes like. The most special thing about Beijing is actually the snow, but I can't bring it back."

Lu Guanhai smiled: "The snow mark is in your mind, so it's actually brought back."

Lai Hongtu answered another call at this time. He parked his car on the side of the road and cursed at the person on the phone for a while.Ni Manhua thought that Lai Hongtu would drive faster after scolding him, but he didn't expect that Lai Hongtu turned back to look at them and said: "Get off the car, leave some money for you two, take a taxi back, and then Let’s go have a late-night snack, I’m in a hurry!”

After saying that, Lai Hongtu took out his wallet, took out two hundred and handed it over.Ni Manhua took the money and looked at it for a long time, feeling that Lai Hongtu was using the money to send her away.

Lai Hongtu looked at Ni Manhua's reluctant look and pointed to Lu Guanhai on the side: "Don't worry, you are not alone now. There is a path beside you to protect you, you can't lose it!"

(End of this chapter)