Chapter 576 Gate of Kassel

Su Xiaoqiang typed "Are you there" on the screen, and after waiting for a few minutes for no response from the other party, she cut out the chat interface in frustration. The chat record showed that the last speech recorded by the other party was sent on the afternoon of May 19th. It was a string of dates, 2010.5.25, followed by Su Xiaoqiang’s simple harassing chat with no nutritional value (question-based chats such as whether he had eaten, whether he had slept, what he was doing, etc.), but the other party did not respond at all. After that message was sent, the avatar was grayed out for nearly a week. I don’t know if it was a unilateral invisibility or if it was really offline.

Cut out the chat interface, revealing the group photo in the cafe on the big screen. The girl reached out and gently raised the corners of the boy's mouth to make him smile. Outside the window was a rain-dropped garden, and the warm yellow light shone on the window and reflected two people. The backs of individuals leaning together, every inch of light and shadow, and every pixel look so beautiful, making people wish they could freeze at that moment forever.

Su Xiaoqiang tilted his head and looked at his screensaver in a daze. After being stunned for a while, he focused on the time in the lower right corner. It is now eight o'clock in the morning on May 25th. Outside the drawn floral curtains, there is a sliver of sunlight that cannot be covered. It shines on the wooden floor close to the wall like a flowing golden snake. It is so dazzling that it dazzles the eyes. Imagine how nice the weather is today.

She pushed open the pink mechanical keyboard on the table, stretched to the window and grabbed the curtain. With a gentle pull, brilliant golden waterfalls rushed into the entire room, illuminating every corner. of fine dust.

She raised her hand to cover the strong summer breath, and squinted her eyes to look at the dripping blue sky above the rows of tree shades. There was a faint buzzing sound from the plane flying far over the city.

"Xiaoqiang, breakfast has been prepared. Today is rice cakes and soy milk. I heard you said yesterday that you wanted something sweet, and I gave you a small white steamed bun that you can eat with condensed milk. If you have slept well, you can come out directly. Let's have breakfast in the restaurant. When I came, I saw something at the door that I needed to sign for in person. I was afraid that it was something valuable and might get damaged, so I didn't let you touch it. If you have time, you can go to the doorman to pick it up in person. Let me put a cover on your dining table to keep it warm before you go!" The nanny's voice came from downstairs outside the door. The voice inherited the passivity that middle-aged women automatically acquire when they regret it when they get older. It has strong penetration no matter what is hidden in it. You can hear it in every room in the villa, but without this angry aunt, you can't go to four or five houses a day to support your daughter who is in college.

Su Xiaoqiang changed out of her pajamas, opened the closet, picked out a relatively plain white short T-shirt, and put on a pair of denim overalls. She gestured in the mirror and felt that she looked a lot better than next door... Looking back, she was still the same. There was no movement on the screen or mobile phone. I sighed, put on my slippers and trotted out of the room.

The wind rustled the leaves of the cypress and poplar trees outside the window, and the two petals of the white quilt that had just been hung up on the balcony swayed gently with the sun in between. Su Xiaoqiang stepped on the stairs, stretched out his hands, yawned, and rubbed his eyes as if he was not awake.

The dining table was covered with a metal dinner cover. When you opened the first one, it wasn't morning but a note. On it was a message from Su's father, saying that he had to go to Europe to discuss business in the next few days and wouldn't be back. What's the matter? Call him on the phone or leave it to his driver. He also asked her to help her with questions about studying abroad this time, and told her not to worry. She should attend normal classes and take the college entrance examination well if she can. If she still wants to go abroad in the future, her father will still fully support her...

Su Xiaoqiang read every line, folded the note and pressed it under the plate. He sat in the empty restaurant and quietly ate breakfast. He took out his mobile phone and put it on the table. One message notification after another popped up, and he clicked on it. After opening it, I jumped directly into the class group. What stood out in front of my eyes was a photo.

The photo was sent by Zhao Menghua. The shooting location was in the hospital. The girl on the hospital bed was wearing a white striped hospital gown. Her left hand was gently resting on a book "If You Give Me Three Days of Light" lying flat on the quilt, and her right hand was gesturing. Scissorhands looked at the camera with a slightly sleepy smile.

The news that Chen Wenwen was found and admitted to the hospital has spread among the class. On the first day of opening for visits, the ward was overcrowded by members of the literary club. A literary club without its president is like a Christian losing its church. Pilgrims are no longer in Jerusalem, and now that Chen Wenwen is back, the entire literary club has finally been revitalized. They are so happy that they can almost perform a chorus of "Praise to the Resurrection of Jesus" live in the hospital ward.

Su Xiaoqiang also went to see Chen Wenwen that day, chatted with her for a while, and asked her what she remembered, but the answers she got were somewhat specious. She didn't ask further questions and just said that the person was back.

Regarding the disappearance of Chen Wenwen, the news announced by the police was surprising, but it was particularly realistic. The next day after Chen Wenwen returned, a TV news announcement announced that a secret MLM organization that had been running around the country had finally been captured. This secret organization is different from the pyramid schemes of the southern and northern sects. It chooses mobile pyramid schemes to commit crimes. There are many people involved and countless victims, and Chen Wenwen also happens to be a victim.

According to the police description, when she was discovered, Chen Wenwen was being locked up in an MLM den and memorizing the MLM speech manual. Probably the MLM personnel took a fancy to the girl's excellent reading skills and wanted to train her to become the next MLM leader. He put a lot of effort into brainwashing this girl. After vigorous correction by the police, it took a lot of effort to finally change those incorrect concepts, but the price is that the girl now seems a little dazed from time to time, and her memory is not correct.

The doctor comforted her by saying that she would recover after a period of time. Even if she forgot the previous experience, it would still be a good thing. Her parents and classmates who cared about her felt at ease. It is estimated that she will be discharged from the hospital today or tomorrow. She returned to reviewing and studying, and one month was enough for her to recover from this incident and work hard for the college entrance examination.

Everything seemed to be back on track, and there were no earth-shattering incidents. In the eyes of outsiders, it was just a girl who disappeared for a while and was found. Zhao Menghua, who was very grateful, rushed to send a banner to the police station and asked for donations and support. The police chief thanked the police officers for their work and said that we deserved this banner. Let’s talk about donations...

In the whole incident, there was nothing about Su Xiaoqiang, nor anything about Lu Mingfei, nor anything about the boy who really solved the matter. The Pearl Tower reopened after being closed for a few days. Su Xiaoqiang watched the live broadcast of the local news, The inside and outside are brand new, but the door to the safe corridor is locked. It will probably take a while longer before the inside is opened. I don’t know if the broken limbs on the walls and corridors have been cleaned. If they are picked up by a tourist in the future...

She glanced at her phone and saw that the "are you there" hadn't been answered yet, which seemed a bit deserted and sad. This made her couldn't help but confirm today's date again, and she could only comfort herself that it was too early. Maybe he will return to himself by noon?

After poking at the phone, the class group next door began to chat about what gifts Chen Wenwen would give when she was discharged from the hospital while Chen Wenwen was recovering in the hospital. Some people were responsible for banners, others were buying hydrogen balloons, and large bundles of literature books and books were also being delivered. Probably because he wanted to surprise the girl in class... Su Xiaoqiang didn't have much interest.

After having a real "confession game" with the boy that day, she found that the few roads she had originally planned for the future suddenly widened into two or three, and after the fog dissipated, a cliff hung over the abyss. Bridge, avoiding the suspension bridge she can still walk on the former Sunshine Avenue.

Her father has helped her establish a good relationship in China. The president of a major university in Shanghai is an old classmate with her father. Recently, when doing business overseas, it is inevitable that she will travel there a lot. I happened to meet a few old classmates and have a drink. After a few drinks, the other party boasted that as long as your daughter takes the college entrance examination, I will have to get it for you...

His father was really worried about Su Xiaoqiang's studies. Not only domestic universities, but also foreign universities were basically familiar with it. He also specially prepared a bank card at home with a "sponsored" label on it. The numbers are enough to make the president of every American university smile approvingly.

After all, the Su family has no other children except Su Xiaoqiang, the eldest daughter, and her father is not planning to have a second child, so she will most likely inherit her father's family business after four years of studying. At that time, she doesn't know how big the Su family will be. No matter how strong she is, there should be no problem in keeping her happy and a rich woman for the rest of her life.

But will she really be satisfied with this...?

In the future, when she walks on the haze-free Sunshine Avenue, can she resist looking back and glance at the boy walking alone on the hanging bridge? Now for the first time the boy reached out to her and gave her a choice.

After spending eighteen years of happy life, Su Xiaoqiang met the boy named Lin Nian, standing in front of that huge door, behind which there was an uncertain future and danger.

Are you scared? She was scared that night. She was so scared that she couldn't walk. She was only supported by her stubbornness. She was not sure how far she could go, but at least she found herself in the end. I got all the answers I wanted.

Today, eighteen years later, this hidden door finally opened to Su Xiaoqiang. Standing behind the door was a boy holding a sword as bright as a seraph.

The other party extended his hand to her. If she refused, she would miss everything behind the door. There was only one chance. The boy stopped contacting her for so long, probably because he wanted her to prepare herself mentally.

Su Xiaoqiang and Lin Nian chose coins countless times. Each time they guessed, they paced and knocked on the door. But this time, the other party finally put the coin in front of her from his hand, and she wanted to All you have to do is have the courage to open the door and select the coin.

As time went by, the topic in the class group gradually wandered to watching movies. Su Xiaoqiang glanced at it, swallowed the last bite of breakfast, and turned off the screen. After drinking a mouthful of water and gargling her mouth, she cleared away the plates and changed them. I put on a pair of white sneakers and went out.

The sun was so strong along the way that she once regretted not putting on sunscreen when going out, but the distance from here to the entrance of the community was not far away. She trotted under the shade of a tree, and her black hair tied back was fluttering up and down.

She approached the shadow in front of the guard room. The guard took one look at Su Xiaoqiang and immediately greeted him warmly. This was probably due to the Ghost that Su Xiaoqiang's father had recently changed into. The goddess of joy was so polished that she wished she could be Looking in the mirror, every time he came in and out of the community, the guard looked so serious that he almost thought he was going to raise his hand to salute. The entire community knew that the Su family had become more prosperous. The villa where Miss Su lived had become a hottie in the eyes of the beauties.

"Do you have anything of mine?" Su Xiaoqiang asked after politely greeting him for a few words.

"Yes, yes, there is a letter that requires your personal signature."

A letter was pushed out of the doorman's window. Su Xiaoqiang paused and took it. It was pure white with a faint sweet fragrance. There was a violet pattern on the ink pad of the envelope. "Instructions? Did the postman say that?"

"The person who delivered the letter is a foreign girl with strange platinum hair. She doesn't dress like a postman and drives a nice car. She also speaks Chinese very well. She specifically said that you need to get this letter to open it in person. You can’t let anyone else collect it on your behalf, and I didn’t even give it to your aunt when she came here just now,” the guard said.

"A foreign girl?" Su Xiaoqiang raised his eyebrows, feeling that something was strange, but after thinking about it, he had no clue. He took a pen to sign and then turned over the envelope in his hand, "Did she say anything else?"

"I didn't say anything, but I glanced into the community several times while delivering the letter," the guard said. "If I hadn't seen that she didn't look like a thief, I would have detained her."

"Are you dressed nicely? What brand is it?" Su Xiaoqiang, a shopping guru, had an occupational disease and asked casually. But the man who has been a doorman for more than ten years does not know any English, and it is really unreasonable to let people recognize the brand. It's too difficult.

"I don't know what brand she is wearing. There is nothing written on the clothes, but the letter was taken out of her handbag. I remember that the bag was very shiny under the big sun. There was a string of foreign characters on it, which seemed to be... panda? Yes, that should be It means panda! Although I don't have much education, I still know the foreign language of our national treasure." What Su Xiaoqiang didn't expect was that the guard clasped his hands and thought hard for a while and actually said one, two, and three.

Su Xiaoqiang was stunned for a few seconds, and the English word for panda flashed through his head, and then he slowly understood what English should be on the girl's bag. It was understandable that the uncle recognized it as a panda. After all, the beginning and end and The lengths are almost the same.

"What kind of car did she drive?" Su Xiaoqiang asked casually, guessing that the car the other party drove should be good. After all, ordinary cars parked at the entrance of this community would have to be checked by the guard, and they could also be stuffed into the guard room. The oral message cannot be any different.

"I don't recognize it, but I remember that there was one on the calendar at home. It looks beautiful, but it should often rub against the chassis. It's not as practical as your father's car."

Oh, a sports car.

Su Xiaoqiang nodded without any surprise, waved his hand to the guard to say hello and thanked him, then turned and walked back.

A foreign girl with a bag on her shoulder and a car in her car came to the gate of the community and addressed her by name and sent her a letter? It was quite strange, but not enough to make her go to the extreme. Maybe it was someone at home who knew her father was away and temporarily let her accept the letter, right? Otherwise, it would be too weird to send a letter so haphazardly, with no sending address or receiving address, and asking her to receive it by name.

If it were changed to a martial arts-style scene, after the letter was opened, there was a challenge letter, asking her to fight to the death somewhere on a certain day of a certain month of a certain year. The content was to compete in the knowledge of famous brand fashion and so on... She shook Shaking her head, which was a little polluted by a boy with a certain surname, she opened the envelope in her hand and took out the snow-white A4 letter paper inside. The sunlight shining on the paper dazzled her eyes. The girl lowered her head and squinted her eyes and took two steps forward. Then suddenly stopped.

She was in the sunny path in the middle of the shade of trees on both sides. There was an airplane roaring overhead. The rumbling sound was far away in the empty blue sky, leaving a long line of white cloud smoke in the blue sky wrapped in the shade of the trees. , in the sunlight, the white and black characters on the paper glow with a faint golden light, which makes people a little dazzled.

"Dear Miss Su Xiaoqiang:

First of all, I would like to express my special thanks for your long-term interest and attention to Kassel College. Your perseverance has been paid attention to and recognized by the school. In the speech of the president of our school, Hilbert Jean Angers, and the lifelong professor Gerd Ru Dolf Manstein, tenured professor von Schneider, tenured professor Ferdinand von Bock, etc., jointly recommended by several professors, and after reviewing your application several times, and after careful evaluation, we believe that you meet the criteria for the card. Searle College's admissions criteria, hereby invites you.

Please contact Professor Guderian of our school as soon as you receive this letter. He is on an academic visit to China and will arrange an interview with you.

If you have any questions, please contact Professor Guderian (detailed contact information is attached here). I will assist him in providing services to you. My name is Norma Lawns, College Secretary at Cassel College. It is a pleasure to meet you.

Sincerely,

Norma"

Su Xiaoqiang, who was under the sun, grabbed the letter and basked in the sun for a long time. Suddenly, he grabbed the letter and ran towards the end of the trail. The black hair tied up behind his back almost seemed to fly, and he rushed towards the distant sunshine. .

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"Wait, what did you say, Cassel College?"

It was probably early in the morning when Su's father received the call. He was lying in a hotel in Europe and was suddenly awakened by his daughter's call. The ringtone was a very joyful one: "The Princess is calling!", which shocked Su's mother to the point of almost missing her. Some rolled under the bed.

"Didn't I ask everywhere about this college for you before, and they all said that this college is no longer recruiting?" Dad Su lit up the bedside lamp and rubbed his head, a little confused, "Xiaoqiang. Didn't we say that if we want to go abroad? Should I give priority to the University of Chicago? I have established connections there.”

"Well, please speak slowly. Okay, okay, I didn't tell you not to go. Haven't you already received the admission notice? Of course you go! As long as you are happy, you can!"

"Well, it's not an admission letter? It's an interview notice? Why is Cassel College so big, and it requires an interview to admit my daughter? Do you have the phone number of their principal? I'll give him a call and have a chat. He's from the University of Chicago. The principal is very polite to me, let alone Kassel College."

"Okay, okay, I won't mess around. If you really want to go for an interview, go ahead and I won't stop you. Who in the family would dare to stop you, my little ancestor." Dad Su said with a bitter look on his face, "But don't put too much pressure on me. , I’m not saying that I don’t hope for the best for my daughter. Just in case, it’s just in case. If you fail in the interview, don’t get frustrated and lose your temper. I have already negotiated with the University of Chicago. You can nod in one sentence and get the admission notice tomorrow. Just send it to your home. Anyway, I know about it. Your mother and I are here to support you. If you want to go, just go. It’s good to be able to live, but it doesn’t matter!”

Under the bedside lamp, the couple sat in front of the pillows. It wasn't until the girl on the other end of the phone finished talking about everything and said good night that she hung up the phone.

"I don't know what's so good about Kassel College that can make this girl so obsessed." Dad Su put down his phone, rubbed his eyes, sighed and lay down again.

"Hey, Lao Su, I heard that if a daughter insists on going to a certain college and doesn't give a reason, it's probably because of boys." Su's mother, who was leaning on the pillow, suddenly poked her husband's shoulder.

"How is it possible? Who can make my Xiaoqiang miss you so much?" Dad Su hummed and found a comfortable position to sleep again, "Have you forgotten? The son of the boss of the Black Prince Group, what is the top ten? As a young man, Shao Yifeng couldn't say a few words in front of my daughter. If you ask me, the son-in-law who can take over my responsibility in the future must be Nezha, who has three heads and six arms. He is the kind of dragon among men who can spit fire and step on wheels. possible!"

"Just think about it, I will like whatever boy Xiaoqiang likes. It doesn't matter if I don't have money. Our family is rich. The main thing is that he is pleasing to the eye and has good moral character. The most important thing is to be good to Xiaoqiang." Su's mother smiled and patted the person next to her pillow and turned on the light, "And do you really think your daughter is a visionary? She has the same virtue as me and won't let go of anything when she sees it right."

"When you chased me, you almost skinned me. You just needed to drug me." Dad Su looked at his wife beside him and suddenly felt a little emotion and fear on his face, "But what do you mean when you say Xiaoqiang looks like you? statement?"

"Didn't I say before that a boy who was in the same class as Xiaoqiang in Shilan High School went to study abroad? The one that was very popular among parents, have you forgotten?"

"Which one? The parent group? Aren't you in charge of the parent group?" Dad Su was stunned for a moment.

"Didn't I tell you before? Now that your work has improved, you should pay more attention to your daughter's affairs!" Su's mother complained.

"No, dear, didn't you just say that a boy from the student group went to study abroad? Why did you mention this suddenly?" Dad Su suddenly sat up in the dark and looked a little weird.

"That boy went abroad to study at Kassel College. Xiaoqiang seemed to have been obsessed with going to that college at that time." Su's mother said with a smile.

"." Dad Su suddenly became silent after hearing this. He sat up slightly in the dark and silently. He was stunned for a while, then slowly lay down again, leaning on the pillow with a dull expression.

It wasn't until a long time later that Su's mother beside her seemed to have fallen asleep again. Su's father still stared at the ceiling with his eyes open in disbelief, and finally he finally cursed, "Fuck, that's it, that's it." Which brat dares to invade my house——"

"Our cabbage made the first move." Su's mother said faintly in the darkness, which instantly choked Su's father to death.