Life of Heartaches Chapter 6

The documents delivered today were simply piled up. It was only when Tokikawa finished handling the work at hand that he realized that the hour hand had pointed to the number "six". There were two knocks on the door of the president's office, and Liang Chengbai walked in and reminded him, "Mr. Shi, you have an alumni meeting tonight. Do you want to leave now?"

Tokikawa's high school was in City A. He was young and promising, and could have been considered an outstanding alumni. He donated a building to his alma mater some time ago, so he was invited by the alumni association today.

The person at the desk raised his head and rubbed his forehead tiredly, "Okay."

"By the way, you call... and tell him. I forgot to tell him this morning."

"OK."

Liang Chengbai carefully closed the thick wooden door, then returned to the secretary's office and made a phone call.

"Hello? Hello, Teacher You. Is it convenient for you to answer the phone now?"

...

"Well, that's the case. Mr. Shi is going to attend an alumni meeting tonight, and he asked me to call you and let you know."

.......

"It's okay. You're welcome. This is what I should do."

*

The dinner was held in a hotel that was not very affordable for the people. Almost all the senior leaders of the school were gathered for the meal, and several former teachers were also invited. They sat next to Adrian with a smile on their faces, waving to others from time to time. Help me take some photos of them.

Adrian actually didn't like this atmosphere of stars holding the moon, so he simply nodded and exchanged greetings with them, then turned and walked towards a middle-aged woman sitting in the corner.

The woman was obviously surprised when she saw him. Shikawa smiled: "Teacher Hu, I haven't seen you for a long time. I wonder how you are lately? Are you feeling well?"

Teacher Hu was his class teacher in high school. Adrian had excellent grades and was the only son of the Shi family. Since he entered high school, he has been the focus of attention and discussion in the whole school. As a result, in his senior year of high school, Shikawa suddenly said that he wanted to take the art college entrance examination and enter the American University.

Shi's father and Shi's mother were busy with business abroad at the time, and they couldn't fly back home immediately even though they were anxious. All the teachers around Adrian strongly opposed his decision. Adrian was already full of thorns, and he even got into a tense situation with everyone at that time. . Fortunately, Teacher Hu patiently enlightened him and finally gave up this somewhat rash idea.

Because of this, even if the two have not seen each other for many years, Adrian always remembers Teacher Hu in his heart.

Although Teacher Hu is much older than before, when he sees Adrian, the smile on his face is still as gentle as before. "It's good. I'm about to retire recently, and my son also went to college the year before last. How are you doing now? I must be very busy at work."

The next second, she noticed the ring on Tokawa's hand, smiled and patted his arm, "You're getting married?"

Shikawa followed her gaze and looked at his fingers, his eyes instantly softened a lot, "Yes, I got married the year before last."

"What does the other party do?"

"He and I went to the same high school, and now he is a college teacher at University A."

Teacher Hu obviously paused, "Same high school? Which class is he from?"

"The guy from my class is called Victor. Do you know him? I can bring him to meet you another day."

The middle-aged woman's expression became stunned in an instant, her lips trembled a little, and she didn't say anything for a long time.

Adrian watched in silence as expressions of panic and shock appeared alternately on her face. After a long time, Teacher Hu brushed a strand of white hair from her forehead behind her ears. When she raised her head again, it was as if nothing had happened, and she smiled. Gladly, "No, no, you are all busy with work now, just take care of yourselves."

The dinner didn't last long, and Shikawa was also thinking about the people at home, so within more than an hour, he got up and prepared to leave. As expected, Adrian's leaving figure attracted everyone present. Several fat-bellied leaders ignored his polite refusal and insisted on sending him out of the restaurant.

Adrian patiently said goodbye to them politely at the door for a long time. When he finally got away, he breathed a sigh of relief and turned to see Teacher Hu standing aside.

The latter's eyes were focused and complicated. Shikawa's heart suddenly tightened slightly for no reason. He walked up to her and asked in a low voice: "What's wrong? Do you have anything to say?"

The woman seemed not to have expected that he would come over and ask. After calming down, the expression on her face was a little embarrassed and hesitant. She opened and closed her lips a few times, and finally showed a helpless smile: "When I was little, you were always so smart, alas. , In fact, it doesn’t matter. I’m just old and I always want to say a few words. "

"You and Xiaoyou are both good kids. The teacher wants to say that it's not easy for Xiaoyou. I hope... you can always have a good relationship with him."

A few minutes later, Liang Chengbai unexpectedly received a call from Adrian.

"Ask the driver to go back first and leave the car. I have something to do."

The man's voice was kind and deep, and Liang Chengbai knew that this meant that the boss was in a bad mood. But Shi Chuan was never a character who allowed others to meddle in other people's business, so Liang Chengbai just responded quickly, and then asked the driver to go home first according to his request, and gave Shi Chuan the keys.

After everything was handled, Liang Chengbai looked at the mobile phone beside him, with a hesitant expression on his face.

Should I call Teacher You and tell him about this?

*

The huge parking lot was empty, and the endless silence made time in the car slow down to the point of feeling stagnant. Tokikawa sat quietly in the car alone, darkness brushing his face, making the expression on his face obscure.

Adrian had just keenly seen the flash of sadness on Teacher Hu's face when he mentioned Victor. So at this moment, the same sentence has been lingering in his mind for a long time.

"Xiaoyu is not easy," Adrian took a deep breath and repeated in a low voice, "it is not easy."

What she said must be related to Victor, and once any issue is related to Victor, Adrian will inevitably want to get to the bottom of it.

Pointing his fingers regularly on his knees, he thought repeatedly about what Teacher Hu meant.

There were many people around just now, and Tokikawa didn't find a chance to ask what the meaning of this sentence was. He carefully recalled the pile of information that his mother had put in front of him before he got married, and he regretted more and more why he had only picked it up and browsed through it.

All I remember is that Victor's parents divorced when he was in high school, and that they happened to go to the same high school and college. As far as he knew, Tokikawa's family didn't seem to be in particularly difficult circumstances. If it wasn't financial difficulties, what else could it be?

After thinking about it for a long time, he still had no clue. After a long time, he took out his mobile phone and dialed a number.

"Hello? Well, it's me."

The voice on the other side was sleepy, "Brother Shi? Why are you calling me so late? What happened?"

The silence seemed to have substance in the darkness, and Tokikawa felt out of breath for no reason.

The street lamps in the distance were dim and yellow, and the lampshades above were rusty and dusty. Shikawa looked into the distance and tried his best to ask in a relaxed tone: "I want to ask you------"

"Do you know what happened to Victor in high school?"

There were footsteps on the other end of the phone first, and then there was a "click" of the switch being turned on. Yang Su took the phone and got out of bed, then let out a long sigh. There was no sound for two full minutes. Shikawa knew that the other party was deliberately killing time, but his patience today was horribly long, and he made it clear that he would not give up until the results came out.

Yang Ze finally compromised, "Brother, have you... met my sister-in-law's parents, right?"

Adrian seemed to have been touched by something. He frowned slightly and turned his head, "Well, he is reorganizing his family. What's wrong?"

Yang Sui was very troubled. He considered reorganizing his words before speaking, "What I want to say has something to do with this."

"Then do you know why his parents divorced?"

"Why?"

"When his parents got divorced, it was quite ugly. It seemed like his mother, uh, cheated on her."

Tokikawa was inexplicably agitated, "Just cheat, just cheat. What does this have to do with him?"

Yang Su was silent for a moment.

"But it seems that the person his mother cheated on was a teacher in our high school."

"The most terrible thing is that this male teacher's wife also works in our high school. Although everyone knows that she has nothing to do with Victor, but you know..."

"It is said that the woman went crazy when she found out about this. She rushed to Victor's class with her hair disheveled. I'm not sure exactly what she did, but she seemed to have thrown all his books down the window, and then scolded him. ...It’s pretty ugly.”

His throat suddenly became dry. Shikawa tapped the bottom of the cigarette case twice with one hand, took out a cigarette and lit it. The dark red firelight lit up again and again in the darkness.

He raised his eyebrows, closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and the joints holding the phone turned white from exertion.

"Do many people know about this?"

Yang Sui clicked his tongue on the other end of the phone, "Not only that, but the whole school knows about it."

After thinking for a while, he added: "But Brother Shi, you probably don't know that you went to other provinces to participate in competitions at that time."

"By the way, my sister-in-law seemed to be at the top of the school at that time. She could have participated in some competition, but she didn't do it because of this matter. And... I don't know who spread the rumor at that time. Say, say That's what he does."

"go on."

"Then, I heard that a few people brought this matter to bear on my sister-in-law, but they seemed to have a backer at home, so the matter ended in nothing."

"Who are they, do you know?"

"I don't know. After all, I heard what others said at the time, and I don't know if it's true."

No one spoke on the other end of the phone for a long time, and the air was deathly still.

Yang Su suddenly regretted telling Shi Chuan about this, "Brother...you don't have any prejudice against your sister-in-law, do you?"

"How is that possible? I just think------"

"I feel sorry for him."

Yang Sue was speechless on the other end of the phone and felt uncomfortable in his heart.

The night was dark, with only street lights in the distance.

Shikawa held a cigarette in his hand. The length of the ash was already extremely dangerous, but he ignored it and just looked out the window steadily. The dim light made the surroundings look like a black hole, connecting the years of more than ten years ago to the present.

The hole leading to the past was deep and long, and Adrian vaguely saw Victor's innocent youth falling towards this place.