The Wind Blows Fallen Leaves Chapter 96

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After Liang Qian finished speaking, he noticed Qi Wang standing outside the window sill. Qi Wang seemed to feel that someone was looking at him, and saw Liang Qian walking through the crowd towards him.

“Why are you unhappy?”

Qi Wang said nervously: “No, I just came to a new environment and needed to adapt.”

But Liang Qian still noticed his clenched fists and confused eyes, patted his shoulder and said, “Relax.”

Qi Wang took a deep breath and congratulated: “Congratulations, you became the top scorer in Ancheng’s college entrance examination.”

Liang Qian smiled lightly and said, “Thank you.”

The congratulations in Qi Wang’s eyes were fleeting, and the corners of his mouth slowly twitched. Liang Qian took a sip of the wine in his glass. Although it was only for a moment, he still caught the trace of envy and inferiority.

Liang Qian asked him: “What are your plans in the future?”

Qi Wang smiled far-fetchedly, and replied as if someone had taken off his fig leaf: “My situation cannot support me in planning for the future. I just need to live in the present.”

“I remember you are 20 years old this year, right?”

Qi Wang nodded in confusion and sighed, “I’m already twenty years old.”

Liang Qian wanted him to wake up and spoke louder: “You drank too much. You are not already twenty years old, you are only twenty years old.”

“So what if I’m twenty years old? I’ve been running around in this city for five years, and I’ve endured five years of hardship. I finally smoothed my mind and blocked my eyes that can see the long term. That’s it.” Qi Wang put his hands on the window sill, with band-aids on his joints. At only twenty years old, he spoke neither lightly nor seriously, but his words were covered with a layer of vicissitudes of life, “Twenty years old? The feeling of being twenty is that you can endure hardships when you are young.”

Liang Qian put down his wine glass, his flowing hair fluttering in the wind, but nothing could stop his shining eyes.

“There is a lot of suffering in society, and I know that there are countless people who can endure hardships and stand hard work, and you should know it too. Don’t lower your attitude, because there will always be people crawling on the ground. You said that young people can endure hardships at the age of twenty. What about ten years later, twenty years later, thirty years later, can you still rely on your youth? If you help me, then we are friends, so I don’t want you to wait until you can no longer eat the rice bowl of youth, and say lightly if at that time…”

Hope felt a touch in his heart, and he brought the wine glass to his mouth. He had clearly drank a lot, but the wine in the glass seemed to have been refilled.

Liang Qian propped himself up on the balcony, with the wine glass standing quietly by his hand, and said softly: “You chose a good place. When the sun rises, you should be greeted by the first ray of sunshine.”

Liang Qian looked solemnly at the dotted lights and busy streets outside. Tears were already streaming down his face from the prayer. He was not a weak-hearted person, but hearing these words reminded him of the feeling of his hands soaked in water during the coldest time in winter, and the feeling of his cheeks being frozen.

Qi Wang didn’t say anything, his shoulders were sore, and he had been dragging on that inferiority complex for five years.

Liang Qian knew that he was struggling, and was not prepared to disturb him any further. He said, “There is still a long time before the end of this banquet. I can help you solve your worries, if you are willing to raise the wine glass in your hand.”

Liang Qian walked into the crowd again and found a quiet corner to sit down. An Yuzheng and Shen Luo were chatting with each other. Liang Qian interrupted: “What are your plans.”

Shen Luo said: “I’m going to take the college entrance examination again.”

Liang Qian seemed to be much more mature today. He rubbed his cheeks and for a moment, he seemed to see Liang Zheng. He said, “You have decided, I have no objection.”

Shen Luo looked at An Yu, as if expecting his answer. An Yu pinched the flesh on his face that had been cultivated by him and said, “Since this is your decision, of course I will support you.”

Shen Luo’s cheeks were very soft, and the pinched piece of flesh quickly turned red. An Yu felt that it was necessary to be symmetrical, so she also touched the other side of him. Shen Luo blushed and said, “Stop making trouble.”

Qi Wang looked at his reflection on the cup, his eye sockets were sunken, his eyes were dull, and his hair was withered.

He thought about three piano pieces. When the last note drifted away in the wind, he looked at Liang Qian, who was laughing and playing with Shen Luo. He didn’t look at him until his eyes ached.

Qi Wang squeezed the cup tightly, and the wine trembled uncontrollably. Then he slowly raised it and toasted from a distance.

Liang Qian nodded slightly, seeming to agree to the end of the banquet.

After sending everyone away, Qi Wang sat down across from him. The air froze for a second, and Liang Qian said, “Have you made up your mind?”

“Well,” Qi Wang nodded heavily, “You said you could help me, then I just want to do one thing.”

Liang Qian nodded to indicate that he could speak boldly.

“I want to re-enroll.”

Liang Qian seemed to have expected it and said calmly: “Yes, I can help you.”

Qi Wang’s eyes were firm, but he did not feel the joy of being helped. Instead, he looked at Liang Qian’s sincere eyes and said solemnly: “Don’t worry, since I have accepted your help, I will not let you down. You can treat me as an investment, and I will ensure that you get the highest benefits.”

“Since you are so sure, I will try my best to help you.”