Happened So Swiftly Chapter 1

Every March, on the day of the Waking of Insects, it always rains in Liyun City. The sound of pattering rain mixed with the unique humid air of a small southern town enveloped his body. This was a feeling that Mason Lin could not forget even after many years away from his hometown.

He suffered from insomnia and had never slept well since the day his father passed away at the age of 29. Therefore, after being awakened by the sound of rain at four o'clock in the morning, he sat at the door of his house and looked at the Liyun Mountain obscured by the hazy rain and fog. In 1990, Liyun Mountain had not yet discovered the mineral resources buried deep under the soil. Therefore, it was majestic and majestic, which was very different from the devastated appearance in Mason Lin's impression.

The door of the house is in a mess, with a white wreath with the word "Dian" blown crookedly by the wind, a suona randomly placed in the corner with splashes of mud, and a red firecracker skin that is limp and plump after being wet...

He turned back and his eyes fell on the cedar coffin parked alone in the living room. The raw wood, which had been brushed with mature tung oil, was red and shiny. It was expensive and was the favorite material of the rich in Liyun City.

Lying inside was Jiang Jipin, Mason Lin's grandfather who had clearly been sent away in tears more than 20 years ago.

A calendar with a galloping horse hanging on the wall has "March 6, 1990" written in black and white. Mason Lin was immersed in a dreamlike trance, but still knew that in four days, the old man he had missed for half his life would be buried in the Liyun City cemetery with drums and gongs. And his tombstone will accompany the increasingly glorious development of the Jiang family and become a holy place where the Liyun Municipal Committee will routinely worship during the Qingming Festival every year.

Mason Lin only remembered that she was carrying a bottle of wine and drinking it in front of the cemetery outside. That day, he had just finished studying abroad. When he returned to Yan City, he rushed to Liyun without stopping. He had not slept for more than 40 hours in a row and was highly exhausted. He was also shocked to hear the bad news that his old friend Noah Gao had been executed. He was exhausted both mentally and physically and fell into despair. I couldn't stop crying. After crying, I leaned on the tombstone and fell asleep.

When he woke up again, he had returned to the day of his eighteenth birthday twenty-five years ago.

"Mason Lin!" The regular sound of falling rain was broken by the sound of rolling chains. A semi-old bicycle came into view and stopped in front of Mason Lin. The owner of the car put one long leg on the ground, held an umbrella in one hand, and said cheerfully: "I guess you haven't gone out yet. Come on, I'll take you to school!"

Eighteen-year-old Noah Gao had a short shave and wore a shabby but clean large-sized school uniform. A hand-knitted turtleneck sweater peeked out of his head. Compared with the increasingly expensive Shen who later joined the "gang", The color suit is too plain. But Mason Lin had not seen this heartless smiling face for more than ten years.

He didn't say anything for a long time. Noah Gao saw that he was pale and in a daze, but he just thought he was overly sad because of his grandfather's death. He didn't dare to persuade him. He just patted his 28 aggravation and said nonchalantly: "Hurry up." Ah, damn, don't be late for self-study again!"

Mason Lin reacted for a few seconds and stood up slowly: "Wait for me for a while."

He turned around and returned to the house, but did not pick up the school bag he had packed the night before. Instead, he walked to the coffin and leaned over to look at the thin, short, serene old man inside with his eyes closed.

This is the family member that Mason Lin is most attached to and the only one she trusts in her long life.

"Grandpa." Why don't you let me come back a few days earlier? Even if it's just one more time to hear that majestic and loving voice. Mason Lin reached out to tidy up the old man's slightly messy hair. His eyes ran across his young, tight, slender and slender fingers. He hesitated for a moment, and finally released his right hand that was tightly gripping the coffin wall. He swallowed, choked up, and revealed his face with tears in his eyes. A nostalgic smile came: "I went to school."

In Liyun City in 1990, urban construction was not that scientific. After leaving the "rich area" of the Jiang family, the roads began to become potholed. Mason Lin sat in the back seat, holding an umbrella for Noah Gao, bumping from time to time, feeling the impact of the old-fashioned bicycle under her B*tt0cks, and hearing the chatter of her young friend: " The results are coming out today, it’s over, you must have failed the exam. The class teacher has been displeased with us recently, so I’ll probably have to write a review this time, and you’ll have to plead for me in front of my mother..."

The economy has entered an era of development. Although Liyun City, located in Qunnan Province, is only a small town, a group of "people who got rich first" have emerged. Cars occasionally drive by on the small and spacious road, mostly Santana's with square heads and square faces. Being hit in the face by the dust and exhaust whistling from the front, Mason Lin woke up from the unreality that seemed to be wrapped in bubbles, and was recalled by the vivid complaints of the completely real high school boy next to her. Can't help but smile bitterly.

Review? It's not that simple.

1990 was the biggest turning point in Mason Lin's life. This year he was about to graduate from high school and usher in a new start. However, after his grandfather passed away, the changes that followed disrupted everything.

If all his memories are real experiences in his previous life, then in the first class after arriving at school today, the head teacher Sage Li will announce that several students in Class 1 whose test scores are not optimistic will be transferred to the fifth class. Class news. Unfortunately, Mason Lin himself, Noah Gao, and their other friend Ivy Zhou were among them.

Noah Gao and Ivy Zhou's grades were not good to begin with, and they have always been a thorn in the side of their class teacher Sage Li. Mason Lin's grades were originally very good, but she was recently struck by the reality that her grandfathers were seriously ill and passed away one after another, so she had no intention of studying. . The bad thing is that the review process in the senior year of high school is very stressful and the homework is intense. Although Mason Lin has been absent-minded for only half a month, the decline in his grades is already very obvious. From the top ten in the school, he fell directly out of the top thirty in the first class. The college entrance examination results are related to the upcoming teacher evaluation by the Liyun City Education Bureau. In the past, because Noah Gao's mother was also a teacher in No. 1 Middle School, Sage Li couldn't bear to say it. , now that the interests are at stake, she can no longer bear it.

The senior classes in No. 1 Middle School range from Class 1 to Class 5, and the meaning of the arrangement is obvious. In her previous life, Mason Lin received such a transfer on the eve of the college entrance examination. She felt that she had suffered a great shame and humiliation. Her psychology, which had been overwhelmed by the death of her family, finally completely collapsed, and her final college entrance examination results were a mess.

This brought about a series of chain consequences, and also indirectly affected the trajectory of Mason Lin's life. Because of his academic qualifications, his ability to work has been questioned, and his promotion may be restricted. Before he became independent, he had been in a hopeless confusion about his future. It was not until he was thirty years old that he learned from the painful experience and took a leave of absence from work to study, which made waves out of this hopeless quagmire. However, by that time, he had already lost too much because of his own incompetence. too much.

His friends Noah Gao and Ivy Zhou were short of money and self-funded college was too expensive, so they simply stopped studying and joined a local gang in Liyun City. It had been famous for a few years earlier, but the small gangs in Liyun City were arrogant in the local area. Outside of this place, they were just little grasshoppers that could be crushed to death by big shots. As a result, the wind suddenly spread, the building collapsed at the slightest thought, the boss ran away, and Ma Zai took the blame. One of them had a life sentence, and the other was sentenced to death. It was a mistake that caused great misfortune, and the family was even more devastated, which was terrible to watch.

And myself...

Mason Lin suddenly remembered his father who was in tears before he died on the hospital bed. His heart tightened and he was choked for a long time and couldn't breathe. It wasn't until Noah Gao parked his bicycle at the school gate that he suddenly woke up when it slid sideways.

"...you think so?" Noah Gao asked.

Mason Lin didn't listen to a word.

"Forget it." Noah Gao saw him at a loss, thinking that he was still in grief over the death of his family, and took out an iron lunch box from the hand-sewn bag on his side: "I forgot just now, you haven't eaten yet, right?" My mother made scallion pancakes and asked me to bring them to you."

Noah Gao's mother, Lila Hu, was the head teacher of Class 5 and also taught mathematics in other classes. Mason Lin was famous in school for growing up with his grandfather without a father or mother. Therefore, Noah Gao's mother, Lila Hu, took great care of him and often sent him to work. Noah Gao came to bring him a meal or something.

Mason Lin thanked her and almost shed tears as she tasted this long-lost taste.

After Noah Gao's accident, Lila Hu aged beyond recognition overnight. She passed away not long after the verdict was handed down. Before she died, she was still thinking about Mason Lin's insomnia. She was almost half of Mason Lin's mother. On the day he sent her away, all the strength in Mason Lin's body was drained. However, when he visited Noah Gao, he had to pretend to be relaxed and conceal the truth.

This life...this life...

He swallowed the fragrant scallion pancakes in his mouth heavily, lowered his head and let his long bangs hide the tears in his eyes. After turning the corner, he heard a distant sneer coming from the direction of the class: "Mason Lin? Are you taking the exam this time?" How dare you come to class like this?"

Mason Lin's heart moved, and when she raised her head, she saw that it was her cousin Oliver Jiang, an old acquaintance.

Oliver Jiang is the only son of Mason Lin's aunt. He and Mason Lin have never gotten along with each other. They both live in a small place like Liyun City. Because they are the same age and in the same class, they have had constant conflicts since childhood.

The conflict among children is nothing more than trivial matters. Oliver Jiang looks down on Mason Lin, who has no father or mother, but is always underperformed in terms of grades. After growing up, the reasons for the quarrel became more complicated. Mason Lin's grandfather, whose surname was Jiang, had a small property in Liyun City. Before his death, he made a will to distribute all the property to his children, but he also kept the house where he lived and the antique collection in it. They were also assigned to Mason Lin.

The old man is successful, and he also knows that his children are not generous people. Mason Lin has just turned eighteen and is surrounded by wolves and tigers. How can he keep his property? It's better to keep hard currency to ensure his livelihood. What's more, although the bronzes he collected are extremely rare, they are not popular in Liyun City nowadays, and not many people should know their value.

However, this decision, like a thunder, exploded in the Jiang family.

Even the old man never thought that when he was still seriously ill, his children had already figured out the fate of his treasures. No one cares about bronze wares in Liyun City, but outside this small world, there are many people who know the goods. In Qunnan Province, where Liyun City belongs, there is a small leader in the provincial capital who likes to collect these things. Mason Lin's aunt got to know each other through someone and boasted about Haikou early. Now, her business with this leader is quite convenient. She just waits. Once the old man goes, he will fulfill his promise.

Who would have thought that the old man actually made a will and left these things to Mason Lin! A person with a foreign surname! He also took the path of fairness and justice. Simple things were now complicated. Aunt Jiang was so angry that she scolded her at home every day. She just wished that Mason Lin died suddenly. Oliver Jiang had heard a lot and knew that Mason Lin had ruined his family's good things. He was so angry early in the morning. When his results came out this time, he learned that Mason Lin failed in the exam and was more than a hundred points lower than himself. He simply didn't know How cool. Therefore, he waited at the door of the class early, just waiting for Mason Lin to come and laugh at this sentence in person.

Mason Lin didn't respond, but Noah Gao immediately became angry and stepped forward and shouted: "What did you say?! Say it again!"

"None of your business? Oh, I forgot. Aren't you the follower of Mason Lin, the low-ranking guy in our class? What's the matter, do you want to hit someone?" Oliver Jiang stared at Mason Lin's thin arms with provocative eyes. He had already Several friends were gathered together, and whenever Mason Lin made a move, they would come to help, and they had to vent their anger. When the time comes for the school to investigate, he will not be the first to take action.

Mason Lin could see through this childish caution at a glance. He stopped Noah Gao, whose face was red with anger, and slowly finished the cake in his hand. Although he was not angry at the provocation, he was not without any disturbance in his heart.

Because Oliver Jiang, or the entire Jiang family behind Oliver Jiang except his grandfather, was too colorful in his life.

It took a long time for Mason Lin to realize what the antiques left by his grandfather meant to the Jiang family. At this moment in his previous life, he was just an ignorant young man who had never seen the world. Those bronzes owned by his grandfather were just a kind of emotional sustenance for him. He didn't want to let them go, but the Jiang family was determined to get them.

In the 1990s, in small cities like Liyun City, the law was ineffective. The Jiang family was so bold that they openly removed the antiques from the old house when their demands failed. Mason Lin was furious and wanted to pursue the case, but her mother, who was far away in the provincial capital and whom she had never visited since she was a child, made a caring call at this time.

Mason Lin was at his most vulnerable, with no source of income and having to deal with countless swords and winds every day. His mother's gentle image drowned him almost instantly. Under the persuasion of that kind mother-like voice, he chose to tolerate his "family", and under the persuasion of his mother, he gave up the ordinary university in Yan City and applied for a self-funded junior college in the provincial capital city where his mother was located.

A long, long time later, when he finally realized that it was all a scam.

The Jiang family had already secured their position as the richest man in Liyun City with the help of this good gift.

Out of the corner of his eye, he saw two figures hurriedly approaching. Mason Lin smiled slightly, let go of Noah Gao, stepped forward, approached Oliver Jiang, and chuckled softly: "I don't care what my grades are. You are not as good as me." Pay more attention to your mother. She has been so angry these days, don't you?

Oliver Jiang was poked in a painful spot, and immediately jumped up high, grabbed Mason Lin's collar, raised his fist high with one hand, his eyes were broken, and he screamed: "You are looking for Fcuking death ---"

"stop!!!"

He was about to take action, but unexpectedly, there was a loud shouting sound behind him, which scared him so much that he almost urinated. Looking back, Oliver Jiang's legs felt weak. The director of the Political and Education Department was standing not far away from his homeroom teacher, with a very ugly look on his face.

Oliver Jiang was slightly chubby and tall, while Mason Lin, who was thin and fair, stood next to him, and the contrast was stark.

The director immediately yelled: "What are you going to do! Are you beating your classmates openly? Do you still look like a student?"

The head teacher Sage Li took a look at the situation and hesitated. After all, Oliver Jiang's test scores were very good this time, so she had a preference in her mind.

She tentatively came to Oliver Jiang's rescue: "Mason Lin, you are the same! You are fooling around all day long, you can't even clap your hands, and you don't know how to improve your grades, so the troubles are getting worse and worse!"

Mason Lin didn't say anything, just lowered his eyes, looking resigned.

"Okay!!" The director of political education originally had strong objections to Sage Li's immoral act of seeking a relationship with the principal to adjust students' classes, so he followed suit and announced that he was already very angry. When he heard this kind of bias, he immediately became furious and directly raised the issue. Said: "What's your name for beating people?"

A classmate nearby who disliked Oliver Jiang immediately reminded him: "Teacher, his name is Oliver Jiang!"

"Oliver Jiang, right?" The director couldn't stand Sage Li, and pitied Oliver Jiang for becoming a victim. "The college entrance examination is about to take place, and you still want to bully your classmates! You must be punished with a demerit! Before Monday, you write a self-criticism and publicly report it to Oliver Jiang when the national flag is raised. This classmate apologizes!"

"Director---" Sage Li was shocked. It was okay to say that the self-examination was just hurting his self-esteem. It was a big deal to record a demerit. It would be left in the file. It would be affected if he joined the Youth League, the Party or even graduated. , Oliver Jiang's mother came to have a relationship last time, and planned to let the school offer Oliver Jiang a place to be admitted to Qunnan University.

This requires students to be both good in character and academic, without any bad records. In this case, the plan of recommendation is 100% hopeless.

The director ignored her and went straight into the classroom.

Sage Li was displeased with being rejected. She also thought that the 50,000 yuan benefit that Oliver Jiang's mother had promised her as a recommended place was in vain. She became so angry that she glared at Oliver Jiang angrily and followed in. classroom.

Outside, Oliver Jiang was completely stunned. He stared blankly at the backs of the two teachers. He suddenly thought of his mother's original plan to send students to school. He immediately realized something and turned pale.

Mason Lin took the collar out of the opponent's already limp hand, smoothed it, and patted the opponent's shoulder. This small amount of force almost made Oliver Jiang collapse to the ground.

He looked at the other person's dead look and laughed dully: "Be strong, cousin."