Chapter 589: Retreat (24)

Lu Mingfei typed GG on the screen and exited the game.

The last scene on the screen, thirty-seven minutes later, he stared at his own pile of cockroaches, blasters, and a large number of hydralisks being destroyed by a nuclear bomb. It is true that everyone says that StarCraft players are disabled. Lu Mingfei ignored the obvious reminder "Nuclear bomb launch detected" until he was distracted and stopped everything he was doing to go home and look for the red dot. Hmm? Where is my huge army? He was stunned for a while until the Terran soldiers arrived at the gates and turned his nest into a pool of blood. Only then did he realize that he had lost the game.

"Brother, you are anxious. Zerg is at a disadvantage against Terran in the late game. In the final battle, if Zerg chooses to fight Terran in an air battle instead of fighting hard, it will definitely lose. Those who are good at playing in the Korean server will choose Hydralisk and Zerglings, and then upgrade the speed and attack power of Zerglings and Hydralisks, and stockpile Ultralisk and Mutalisks to fight in the air and on the ground. The two sides will exchange and demolish. Blindly exploding soldiers is simply giving opportunities. There is really no need to die exploding soldiers when playing Zerg. Change your thinking and play harassment. Maybe there is still a chance this time." "Old Tang" talked freely in the chat channel. Lu Mingfei looked at him and gave his acceptance speech. His expression was still a little dull, as if the opposite side The man also noticed that his good brother was not in a good state, so he stopped analyzing the game and asked, "What's wrong? Are you in a bad mood? Did you fail the interview?"

"I was rejected."

"It doesn't matter if it's a tragedy. You don't have to go abroad. Aren't there many good universities in China? In recent years, the United States has not been safe. There have been shootings and so on. It's good to study in China." I don't know if Lao Tang did it on purpose or if it was a problem with the input method association. It doesn't seem to be inconsistent to type a rejection into a tragedy, but you can still hear the sincerity of the man opposite from the comforting words.

Lu Mingfei didn't explain that he was rejected by the American university, not that he was rejected. It's actually meaningless to say these words, because no matter who rejected whom, the moment he left the Regent Hotel today, the mysterious American college and those bizarre worlds had nothing to do with him.

He still remembers the surprised expressions of Professor Guderian from the United States and the Finnish senior student beside him when he said forget it, as if they could swallow the salmon roll on the table in one bite. Lin Xian, who was standing by, was not too surprised, as if he had received a reasonable answer. He said nothing and even politely sent his aunt and her family home. He was so decent that his aunt and uncle repeatedly prepared to introduce their good boy Lu Mingze to his sister.

Lu Mingfei estimated that if Lu Mingze really knew about this, he would probably be scared to stay at home for a month. After all, everyone who studied at Shilan knew that if you touched the name Lin Xian, there would be a bad star named Lin Nian who would put your head in the toilet.

In the chat channel, Lao Tang was still comforting him, saying that the principals of American schools were all money-grubbing people. You were not favored because you didn't pay enough, not because you were not good enough. Brother, you are a little poor, but at least you have integrity. People with integrity can shine wherever they go and are very good at comforting people. Lu Mingfei was also quite moved. Although he didn't comfort them to the point, he still thanked Lao Tang and logged off the game.

There were two softwares on the laptop, one was "StarCraft" and the other was QQ. After returning to the desktop, there was an avatar flashing in the lower right corner. He took a look and found that it was Lin Nian. He put the mouse on it but didn't click it for a while, feeling a little timid as if he had failed to live up to the trust and optimism. After returning home, his uncle and aunt complained to him for a whole day, saying that he didn't know what was good for him. The conditions and environment of Kassel College were so good, and Professor Gu paid for the scholarship to give it to you at his own expense. You actually told him to forget it? Why did you, Lu Mingfei, forget it? With your transcript, can you get a score of 3 or 4 points above the average score in the class?

It was a bit unpleasant to hear, but it was not difficult to hear that it was all angry words. Lu Mingfei knew that his aunt and uncle wished that the notice was sent to Lu Mingze instead of him, Lu Mingfei. Maybe they tried to treat Lu Mingfei as a member of their family and were proud of him going to an American university, but it was a pity that this pride was finally pushed away by Lu Mingfei himself.

"What do you have to think about? What are you thinking about? Do you still want to go to Harvard?" The aunt's words snorted from her nose, and the lingering sound lingered for a long time.

In fact, no one said Lu Mingfei's true thoughts. Wei Lewa, who knew the inside story, probably thought that he was afraid of the real world, and Professor Guderian thought that Lin Nian's determination hurt his self-esteem, but what they said was actually wrong. He refused for other reasons, a reason that he couldn't tell anyone and could only keep in his heart, because if he said it out, people would sneer and think it was absurd. But he was actually a person who would be inexplicably persistent for a ridiculous reason. He just felt that there was still hope, and he couldn't give up. He still had hope until he was buried in the soil. If he really chose to accept the invitation of that college, then everything would really be like a hydrogen balloon with a broken line, red like an apple flying towards the blue sky in the boundless American city, until the top of the atmosphere, the imbalance between the inside and the outside suddenly popped and exploded.

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 stars. 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 onto 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 him After speaking, all the emotions disappeared.

"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 the same as 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 You will probably turn to the last page willingly. You will turn it with anticipation and read with full emotions until you are willing to cry. There are not many people like you, but there are always some. They always like the people they like so much. , No matter what others say, every time this kind of person takes another look at the 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 expect the best from people like this." 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 open roads across mountains and build bridges across 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 sweet things and you asked me why I like sweet things." It’s not over yet.”

"Yeah." Lin Nian suddenly slapped Lu Mingfei on the head. The force was so strong that it almost knocked him unconscious. He hesitated and turned to look 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 be opened 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 finish everything and close the door willingly, 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 Watching a movie in a private theater this weekend, organized by Chen Wenwen, 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.