Trafford’s Trading Club

"We didn't find this person named Xu Xin."

"Please check clearly. I am from the 2003 class, and then I borrowed it from you to study in the third high school. Xu Xin, can you check again?"

"I'm sorry, sir, we have checked the student status information, and there really is no such person named Xu Xin. Are you mistaken?"

"It's impossible. I did find Xu Xin's information somewhere in our school, and the annotation came from you."

Early in the morning, Xue Si drove to the high school where Xu Xin originally studied as found out from her class teacher.

"Really not. I'm sorry, sir, we can't help you... If nothing happens, I still have work here. Do you think..."

Xue Na reluctantly left the staff office of this high school and walked out of its door in despair.

He still couldn't understand the whole story. Why do all the classmates, even the head teacher, know that Xu Jiayi and Xu Xin are two people...but him.

Only when we got to him, we became the same person?

Xue Si sat in the driver's seat of his car and didn't move for a long time. His mind was as chaotic as paste. He thought that everything was over after he came back from that business trip.

He was enjoying the journey that had been his dream for the past eleven years... He felt that everything was complete. Even if this young love could not come to the end, the one in the mall, in order to recover some The kiss of time is enough.

Xue Si gritted his teeth and took out his mobile phone. He asked the old squad leader for Xu Jiayi's contact information... Perhaps, if he contacted her again, he could learn something.

But he hesitated for some time, hesitating whether to call or not.

Or... let's take a look at her Facebook first. With this in mind, Xue Si finally opened the personal page that recorded Xu Jiayi's every detail.

On the first page, the first photo, a woman wearing a protective yellow helmet took a selfie while standing on a coastline. The outline of the woman's face was 60-70% similar to Xu Jiayi in his memory... something he didn't expect. Yes, she has short hair and has gained a lot of weight.

Completely, not at all, Xu Jiayi, whom he met in the hotel during his business trip... And the time of this photo happened to be the first day of his business trip.

Xue Xi scrolled through the photos one by one...from her holding her child, to her wedding photos, photos of her and her boyfriend...photos of her life when she was studying in college abroad.

Little by little, this woman, who was now a mother, gradually returned to the appearance of Xu Jiayi in Xue Xie's memory, as she had been in high school.

"I...who did I meet?" Xue Nao lay on the steering wheel for a long time.

Finally, he plucked up the courage to make a direct call, an international long distance call.

"Hi! Ho-are-you?"

"Is it...Xu Jiayi?"

"Ah, I am, you are..." A woman's confused voice came from the other side.

"It's me, I'm Xue Xi."

"Ah! Xue Xi! It's been such a long time!"

The woman on the other side of the phone smiled and said: "Well, congratulations. I heard that you are getting married soon, right? The monitor called me a few days ago. Well... I'm so sorry, I can't leave my job here. , can’t attend your wedding.”

Very polite, very polite, very formulaic answer.

That feeling of alienation almost made Xue Si's hands and feet feel cold.

"It's nothing. You got married and had children, and I didn't give you my blessing." Xue Mao responded stiffly.

"Xue Xie, I'm sorry, I'm going to be busy here." The woman said quickly: "I'm sorry, keep in touch, okay? If you have a chance to return to China, let's get together again, okay?"

beep! !

…

Xue Na went home and stayed at home alone for the whole afternoon until it got completely dark.

He didn't turn on the lights, just turned on the TV, and didn't turn the channel. He just watched the pictures flash by frame by frame, but the memory could never be retained.

He didn't even know what he was seeing. All he could think about was the second half of his senior year in high school.

Wan Zishan came back from get off work and turned on the light when she entered the door. She saw Xue Si sitting alone on the sofa watching TV, but it seemed that she had no focus.

She opened her mouth, but gently put down her things, walked around the back of the sofa, put her hands on Xue Xi's shoulders, kneaded them gently for a while, then lowered her head and said, "Well, this strength is enough. ?"

Xue Xi reached out and patted her hand, turned around and knelt on the sofa, hugging Wan Zishan without saying a word.

"I am so tired today?"

"I didn't go to work today."

"Hmm... are you worried?"

"Don't ask, just let me hold you like this, okay... Only then will I feel real." Xue Ma said softly.

Wan Zishan smiled softly, stretched out her hand and slowly held his head.

They hugged each other like this for a long time, and then Xue Ma fell asleep like this, sleeping on the sofa.

…

During the day, Xue Nao woke up with a headache and found that he was covered with a blanket. Wan Zishan had already gone to work, but left a rich breakfast and a note on the table.

Remember to have breakfast. You didn't eat anything last night. I asked for leave from the company and told you that you were not feeling well and if you were tired, you should have a good rest for the day.

Xue Si sat down, asked himself what was bothering him, and silently ate the food in front of him bite by bite.

He discovered that he had been eating this woman's breakfast for four or five years. But at this time, he felt an unprecedented sense of guilt for staying here. He was embarrassed, uncomfortable...and uncomfortable.

He decided to take a walk on the street.

…

Unconsciously, he walked downstairs where Xu Jiayi used to live, and stood here staring at the empty suite for a long, long time.

Then he turned around and left silently, not knowing where he was going, so he just walked like that... walking the same path that he and that girl had walked for a whole semester.

At that time.

"Wow, arcade, I want to play Street Fighter! Hey, haha!" She said, waving her little fist.

Are you a girl...

"Well... this candied haws on a stick is not delicious, I won't buy it again!" She got angry.

I've already eaten the third one...

"Xue Xi, do you think we should adopt a kitten? Build a small house here and come over to feed it every day after school?" She became curious for a moment.

Who will shovel the shit...

"Xue Xi, do you want to treat me to a piece of cake?"

For the first time, you took the initiative to talk to me.

Xue Ma stopped. Unknowingly, he walked in front of the bridal shop. He subconsciously looked across the road...the guardrails surrounding the big banyan tree had not yet been removed.

The sky was still overcast, and it seemed like it was going to rain. It was almost six o'clock in the evening... I walked like this for most of the day.

"It turns out that it hasn't been cut down yet..." Xue Si stared blankly at the wishing tree across the road. There was almost no trace of the past, only a few yellow leaves and dead leaves, sparsely. Hanging on the blackened branches.

Xue Na suddenly felt an unspeakable discomfort.

He suddenly ran across the road, ignoring the surprise of passers-by, and began to lift some floor tiles under the tree, dug out the soil, and once again dug out a treasure certificate buried here.

He patted the dirt off the box, opened it again, looked at the treasure, and ran down the long street.

Xu Jiayi, I want to be with you forever!

Xu Jiayi, which university are you going to get admitted to...that university? What a high score, but I’ll give it a try! I will definitely pass the exam!

I just want to know who you are who have been with me.

I don’t want... I don’t even know who the person I loved so much is... I don’t want to be unable to remember you when I grow old.

…

Ding dong!

The doorbell rang, and Xue Nao pushed open the old door with all his strength, and stood panting in the lobby... This time, he seemed to have found this place faster.

The owner of the club seemed a little surprised. He slowly put down the book he was reading and raised his head: "Guest, what can I do?"

Xue Xi shook his head, adjusted his breathing, and walked towards Boss Luo... If no one knew the answer, then the shop owner in front of him must know it.

If no one can give him the answer, then the mysterious shop owner in front of him must be able to.

"The person you arranged for me to meet is not the real Xu Jiayi, right?"

Boss Luo said calmly: "Guest, this doesn't seem to be very important. Because your request is to see the girl you first loved again, isn't it?"

"I just want to know the answer." Xue Mao said in a deep voice, "The real answer!"

Luo Qiu thought for a while, stood up, and walked in front of Xue Nao... This made Xue Nao take a slight step back.

Luo Qiu stopped and did not continue to approach, but whispered: "So, are you planning to buy this answer this time?"

Seeing Xue Ma's hesitant expression, Luo Qiu said calmly: "I remember the guest said that he is not willing to remove anything that will damage you and your wife in the future just for this matter. So whether it is your life span, Health, any kind of emotion, you don’t think of it as something to sell to us, right?”

Seeing that Xue Xi still didn't speak, Boss Luo then said softly: "So, are you willing to break your previous decision in order to know this answer? For an answer in the past, and your own future...how will you choose?"

What a difficult and painful choice.

It was equivalent to putting that girl and Wan Zishan in front of him and letting him choose only one of them.

So hard.

He tightened the box containing the treasure in his hand, took a deep breath and said: "I still have things that can be sold without affecting the future... I don't believe that all the happy memories of my childhood are just It’s not enough to exchange for another answer!”

"Don't you feel it's a shame to lose all the happiness of your childhood and never be able to remember it again?" Boss Luo asked curiously.

Xue Yan said quietly: "Happy memories can be recreated... I believe I can. However, I don't want to not know the answer for the rest of my life. If I can't know... I will never be able to face Zi Shan again. "

"As expected of a social man, he is very economical." Boss Luo smiled slightly, "Then... the contract is concluded. Guest, please come to me."

"With you……"

Before Xue Mao finished speaking, he immediately stopped what he wanted to say... because he was no longer in the shop, but on the road.

"This is..." Xue Na looked at everything on the road in astonishment, "Why did you bring me here?"

Bridal shop...wishing tree...under the tree.

"Here is the answer you want, our guest." Boss Luo pointed to the wishing tree, "Please put your hand on it and I will let you know the answer."

Xue Ma could not help but believe in the boss's words. Slowly, slowly, he put his hand on the trunk of the fallen tree.

Please give me the answer.