While I saw the master, he also caught a glimpse of me in the yard, looking at each other, and was very surprised for a moment.

"Master." I walked forward and spoke voluntarily.

"How come you... are here?" The master looked puzzled and looked straight at me.

"What did you say? He...he is your master?" Yuan Yuan widened his eyes, pointed at Lu Yu beside him, and covered his mouth in surprise.

The master frowned, turned his face slightly, and explained to Yuan Yuan's cousin beside him: "This is Wu Ping. When I was working in the county, I brought an apprentice."

"What a coincidence. You are really master-apprentice!" Yuan Yuan clapped excitedly after hearing the master's explanation.

The master probably didn't like Yuan Yuan's straightforwardness and nodded at me indifferently: "Wu Ping, it's been a long time since we saw each other, it's such a coincidence today."

"It's really a coincidence. Xiao Yuanyuan, don't leave, have a meal here together, right?" Yuan Yuan's cousin looked at me with a gentle expression and sent an invitation to Yuan Yuan in a soft voice.

The master looked at Yuan Yuan's cousin and a forced smile flashed from the corner of his mouth: "Wu Ping, this is He Xiaonan, just call her Sister Xiaonan. She works in the Municipal Finance Bureau, we...we are..."

"What are we?" He Xiaonan glanced at him dissatisfiedly when he heard the master's hesitation. "We just got the certificate yesterday and were about to get married. We welcome you to have a wedding banquet. Today is a coincidence. I met Lu Yu's colleague in the county and Xiao Yuanyuan's classmate. When we have dinner later, you must tell us your master. We don't know what he did in the county yet? Especially with the matter called Hong, we all want to hear it..."

"This..." He Xiaonan's voice was like a needle, stabbing the tip of my heart.

"Xiaonan, stop talking. Since they are all familiar people, please hurry up and go into the house." At some point, Aunt Liu was already standing behind me, and her quiet words exuded a sense of majesty.

Looking at the arrogant He Xiaonan, the master was a little embarrassed and wanted to speak but stopped. He lost his voice for a moment. I felt depressed and uncomfortable. The words that surged to my mouth were swallowed again.

"No, I have something to do, Master, Xiao... Sister Xiaonan, Aunt Liu, I'll leave first." I was busy bowing to the master, turned around quickly, and stepped out of the beautiful European courtyard door.

"What's wrong with this young man?" Aunt Liu asked in confusion behind me.

"It's fine if he doesn't eat. A rural child who just took over has a bit of an unusual personality." The master's voice was helpless.

"Hmph-Are you afraid that he will tell me about his embarrassing things with that 'breaking shoe'?" He Xiaonan's tone was still unwilling to forgive.

"Stop making a fuss. Both of them are getting married, and they are still quarreling like children. Is there an agency cadre there?" Aunt Liu stopped him in a stern tone.

The late autumn sun shone softly on the streets of the sparse branches of the sycamore trees. I walked forward numbly. A bus was shaking and stopped on the bus stop on the roadside. I followed two steps and got on the bus. Yuan Yuan's rapid call sounded behind me. I grabbed the handrail above my head and looked at the car window behind me. In the leaping light and shadow, the girl rode her car after her. She held her right hand high, like a white sail in the blue sea. Someone in the car saw Yuan Yuan chasing the car. She thought something had happened and reminded the driver to stop and wait. But the driver probably was not surprised by such things, and the accelerator under her feet was not loose at all. The bus was getting faster and faster, and the white sail shadow became farther and farther away, and finally disappeared in the vast sea of ​​people.

The next morning, Yuan Yuan's little face was always stern. In class, I carefully kept a distance from her. As soon as the get out of class was over, I pretended to go to the bathroom and hurriedly hid out. After four classes were finished nervously, the bell for the end of get out of class rang in the afternoon, Yuan Yuan grabbed my arm before I could escape, and pulled me out of the school.

"Yuan Yuan, what's the matter? We can finish the meal, okay?" I knew I was in a disadvantage and quickly begged to rest.

"I'll treat you to a guest, and say while eating." Yuan Yuan glared at me.

"What are you doing? If we don't eat at school, we have to spend money on our own. Isn't it a waste?" I complained guiltyly.

"I'm happy. You helped me yesterday. I should treat you today." Yuan Yuan didn't give me a good look and said stubbornly with a pout.

"Hey--You Yuan Yuan is so vulgar." I sighed helplessly, pretending to be sighing.

"Hmph...I'm just vulgar, what's wrong with vulgar?" The little girl showed off a quarrel, "What did you run away yesterday? I left me alone on the street."

"I didn't run away. We didn't come back all the way. I just came out to take the bus by myself, so you won't be able to take a detour again." I made up the reasons randomly.

"Don't make excuses!" Yuan Yuan finally laughed laughing when he saw my embarrassing look, "I punish you for treating me today."

"Okay, okay, I'll invite you, I'll invite you." I quickly beg for forgiveness and hurriedly agreed.

Yuan Yuan pulled me to a Shandong mutton restaurant across the street. Because our students were regular customers here, the owner of the store was naturally very enthusiastic. I pretended to be generous and asked Yuan Yuan to order dishes. Yuan Yuan glanced at me disdainfully and ordered two bowls of mutton soup, a plate of cold lamb liver, a plate of fried lamb belly, and two bowls of rice. When the soup was served, she transferred half of the rice in her bowl to me.

"You are not from the south, how can you eat these fishy and spicy things?" I looked at the food in front of me and asked with a little confusion.

"You are wrong. My mother is from the south, and I am from Huaibei." Yuan Yuan glanced at me and replied with a little smugness.

Although the food in the training class is good, it is still too bland for me. Looking at the tempting food on the table and thinking that it is all my hard-earned money, I moved the dishes and chopsticks without hesitation.

"It's really delicious. In order to take over the debts of others, my grandfather worked in a Shandong mutton restaurant in the city for several years." I sighed while eating.

"If you eat more, eat more." Yuan Yuan looked at my greedy look and continued with a smile, "Hey--I'll ask you, Brother Wuzi, you are your master. When I was working in your factory, did you have a ignorant relationship with a female worker?"

"You...why are you asking this?" I got stuck in my throat with a mouthful of food and started coughing uncontrollably, "Is it...your cousin asked you to ask?"

"That's not the case, I'm very curious. I heard that she looks very charming. If it weren't for this, how could Brother Wu Zi be fascinated by her? In the end, he was fascinated and almost broke up with Aunt Liu and his family." When the little girl said this, her tone was full of indignation.

I suddenly lost my appetite and put down my job: "So it was because the master did not withstand the pressure and finally abandoned Sister Hong?"

"Sister Hong? Why do you call her Sister Hong? Are you very familiar with her?" The little girl seemed very surprised for a moment and stared at me with big eyes. "I heard that her lifestyle is not good, and people call her 'breaking shoes'. Brother Wuzi is so outstanding. How could he be so confused that he found such a person and almost ruined his bright future. "

"This..." Looking at Yuan Yuan's pure and thorough eyes, I felt like a Category 10 hurricane blew in my heart. I believe this kind girl had no intention of hurting others, but when she said the word "breaking shoes" contemptuously, I felt an extreme resentment and panic.

Yuan Yuan also seemed to feel that the words were a bit inappropriate, and her fair cheeks were slightly red: "Well... I... I mainly want to ask..."

"I know what you want to ask, but I really can't tell you because I still don't know, or I haven't figured it out. I can only say that the master and Sister Hong have truly loved each other. If they have put aside family, identity and status, they are really compatible and compatible. If there is no change in the fate of the master, they can live together peacefully, I think they should be very happy. I remember a saying in "Red and Black", 'Under the constraints of etiquette, it can lead to the exhaustion of all love'. I don't know if it is suitable for the master and Sister Hong, but my understanding is only like this..." I really can't explain the bitterness and absurdity of this girl who has lived in a luxurious and pure and passionate life.

Yuan Yuan's tears were filled with tears in his eyes, and there was a sadness that he had never felt before: "Are you trying to say that the prince and Cinderella cannot live happily together?"

"Of course, so that's a fairy tale, and it's told to the children. How can we adults believe it? Similarly... it's impossible for princesses and poor people, because... because of their gap, it's too big." I felt that the originally confused things began to become clear and thorough, and some things were simply insurmountable.

After lunch that day, Yuan Yuan paid the money. When I was about to pay, the little girl took a bite on my hand. I pretended to be indifferent and said a joke that was not funny. I didn't know whether this was a kind of inferiority or self-esteem. Sometimes it was difficult to tell the difference between the two.

The yellow dead leaves of the sycamore tree fell down on our heads. Walking back to school, our hearts were like these fallen leaves, full of helpless loneliness.
Chapter completed!