Chapter 16 Back then (Thanks to Chen Tianwang for being the leader)
The next day, after breakfast, Hu Mengdie was about to go out when Li Zhuangsheng seemed to have just remembered: "Oh, by the way, I have a class reunion tonight..."

Hu Mengdie stopped and blinked in confusion: "Then you..."

"No, no, I will come back early tonight." Li Zhuangsheng said quickly.

Hu Mengdie chuckled: "Well, then I'll wait for you."

Li Zhuangsheng rubbed his fingers slightly and smiled tentatively: "This class reunion is a small gathering held by a few boys in our class. There are no girls... Do you want to go?"

"They are all boys... Then I won't go." Hu Mengdie hesitated for a moment, then smiled and shook her head, "Besides, I'm from another class, and I don't know the boys in your class."

"Okay, then I'll go alone!"

Li Zhuangsheng secretly breathed a sigh of relief. He said this on purpose, and this was the result he wanted.

He didn't want to take Hu Mengdie to the class reunion, maybe because of possessiveness, maybe because he didn't want to be teased, or maybe because Li Zhuangsheng was a little uneasy and worried that she would be noticed by others. He knew that he was not very good, and there were many high school classmates who were better than him... In short, he just didn't want her to go.

He felt that he was able to catch up with Hu Mengdie because of his fault. He knew very well that Bai Yueguang was the lover of countless boys back then.

However, since Zhang Qixiang mentioned it, Li Zhuangsheng still asked Hu Mengdie for his opinion.

It’s fine if he doesn’t ask, Zhang Qixiang was just joking. But Li Zhuangsheng was so stubborn. Since someone mentioned this matter, if he didn't tell Hu Mengdie, wouldn't it make him feel guilty? Although I feel a little bit in my heart, I can’t show it!

After fishing until get off work in the evening, Zhang Qixiang drove to pick up Li Zhuangsheng. Li Zhuangsheng was always thinking about Hu Mengdie's "surprise" and was not interested in the party.

He was willing to attend the class reunion entirely because of Zhang Qixiang's invitation. As he said, he stayed home when he was in high school. Apart from Zhang Qixiang, he didn't have any close friends. At most, they only sat together when they went to the cafeteria to eat. He didn't invite Zhang Qixiang to his wedding. other students outside.

Zhang Qixiang was the opposite of Li Zhuangsheng. He was a social expert in high school and could talk to everyone in the school. Li Zhuangsheng used to feel that he was just one of his many friends, but due to a strange combination of circumstances, the two of them now have the closest relationship.

On the way, Zhang Qixiang told Li Zhuangsheng that there were six people in total this time, which was more than Li Zhuangsheng expected. He was in a liberal arts class in high school, and there were only a dozen boys in the class.

"I have something else to do tonight. I'm leaving after dinner."

Li Zhuangsheng lazily leaned against the car door. He lowered the window a crack because of motion sickness. But then the cold wind whizzed into his neck, and he finally closed the window again.

"What can you do tonight? Your wife is waiting for you under the covers?" Zhang Qixiang scolded with a smile.

Li Zhuangsheng asked in his heart: How do you know? Can you pinch it and calculate it?

"Oh, I'm not familiar with him. We haven't contacted him for so many years." Li Zhuangsheng waved his hand.

"We are all old classmates. We will get to know each other just by chatting. You should also socialize occasionally!" Zhang Qixiang advised, "If you leave after eating, others will think you look down on them!"

"Tsk...sigh!" Li Zhuangsheng frowned in distress and sighed, "Let's talk about it, let's talk about it."

Favor is such a troublesome thing.

The boys' party was held at a self-service barbecue restaurant, which cost more than 100 yuan per person, which was not very expensive.

Zhang Qixiang and Li Zhuangsheng were the last to arrive, and by then the meat dishes had already begun.

"Boss Zhang, you are late!" one of them said with a smile.

"This is not because Leader Li is busy with official duties and has been waiting for a long time." Zhang Qixiang responded humorously, raising his head and motioning for Li Zhuangsheng to sit down together.

"Hey, are you the leader's driver now?"

"No, I am now the exclusive driver of leader Li Zhuangsheng!"

"Hahaha, it turns out that the best among us is Li Zhuangsheng. Even Boss Zhang can only be his driver. No wonder he can marry Hu Mengdie!"

Boys of this age rarely have the greasiness of having been in the workplace for many years. They get along more easily and chat without too many scruples. Although some of them have not seen each other for a long time, they soon start laughing and making a fuss.

Zhang Qixiang is good at dancing and is versatile. He can pick up any topic quickly, and sometimes even creates opportunities for Li Zhuangsheng to speak and show his face.

In fact, without Zhang Qixiang's help, the news of Li Zhuangsheng and Hu Mengdie's marriage had already spread like wildfire, and the boys all half-truthfully expressed their deep envy, jealousy, and hatred towards Li Zhuangsheng. Li Zhuangsheng talked about luck, luck, luck, luck, luck, luck, luck, luck, luck, luck, luck, luck, luck, luck, luck, luck, luck, luck, luck, luck, luck, luck, luck, luck, luck, luck, luck, luck, luck, luck, luck, luck, luck, luck, luck, luck, luck, luck, luck, luck, luck, luck, luck, luck.

Bai Yueguang from Xingpeng Middle School and Hu Mengdie, the uncrowned school beauty, are his wives. They are so virtuous and gentle, and they have prepared a "surprise" at home for him tonight!

Hehe, people's luck cannot be generalized, and Li Zhuangsheng felt a little proud in his heart.

Everyone has vanity. Zhang Qixiang often said that Li Zhuangsheng was a weak "scholar", but he was obviously not exempt from this kind of vanity.

Li Zhuangsheng watched the words and deeds of everyone with boredom. Zhang Qixiang was not the initiator of this party, but he soon became the center of the party unknowingly, controlling and guiding the direction of the topic, and many others agreed or praised it. He doesn't talk much and eats quietly for the most part.

Many people had to drive, and everyone only drank drinks. The boys toasted and drank together at the dining table, remembering their past classmates and teachers. Remember the regrets of the past and the beauty of the past. Miss the past possessions, miss the past misses. I miss my past youth and my past self.

As the saying goes, a sixteen-year-old looks at a twenty-six-year-old, watching the fire from the other side. Twenty-six years old looks like sixteen years old, there is nothing you can do. Li Zhuangsheng thought to himself. It is a pity that everyone cannot recognize youth when they are young.

In middle school, Li Zhuangsheng liked to read the magazine "Youth Style". Xinyiwu once published an article related to youth in this magazine. The writing is extremely gorgeous, and he even cut it out and posted it on the homepage of his collection of wrong questions.

But to this day, he has long forgotten the content of this gorgeous article that he once loved so much. He only suddenly remembered one of the sentences:
[You know you can’t go back, youth is just a memory. 】

There were not many entertainment facilities in the small county town. After finishing their dinner at the barbecue restaurant, the boys decided to go to KTV to sing. Li Zhuangsheng wanted to go home, but it was difficult to leave immediately because of the clamor. He thought, why not stay in KTV for a while and then leave.

He is introverted. As soon as he entered the KTV, he sat in the corner and played with the hand rattle. There is Mai Ba in the crowd, and Zhang Qixiang is also particularly good at singing. If he doesn't sing, he won't look awkward or awkward.

Others just sang two songs, and the third one was Luo Dayou's "Love Song 1980".

"You once told me that you would always love me

I understand love, but what is it forever?

Girl, don't cry, we are still together

Today's joy will be tomorrow's eternal memory
......"

Li Zhuangsheng listened quietly, shaking the rattle gently in his hand and humming along in a low voice.

At the end of the three songs, someone suddenly said that he had seen the graduation video of their class on Station B a few days ago.

It was not an official photo taken by the school. It should have been taken privately by a teacher or student at the school. It seems quite interesting. He asked everyone if they wanted to watch it together. It just so happened that this KTV could use mobile phone screencasting.

This proposal was unanimously approved by everyone. This type of video is to be played at reunions of old classmates. After returning home, one cannot watch it alone, as if one is trapped in the quicksand of time, entangled by memories and unable to break free.

[When will you come back? I miss you]

At this time, Hu Mengdie sent a WeChat message to Li Zhuangsheng.

[I'll be back soon, and it'll take me about half an hour to get home]

Li Zhuangsheng glanced at Zhang Qixiang and others who were fiddling with screen projection using their mobile phones, his fingers moving rapidly.

We’ve eaten and gone to KTV… Let’s go home after watching this video.

Li Zhuangsheng also wanted to take this opportunity to reminisce about his high school life, which he had long romanticized.

Hu Mengdie quickly sent a selfie taken at that moment. In the photo, she was wearing a cool and seductive white silk nightgown, and her slender legs were covered with snow-white and thin stockings.

She was sitting on the bed, with her hair tied in a ponytail that only existed in Li Zhuangsheng's memory from high school, with a few seductive strands of hair hanging on both sides of her cheeks.

Just like the beautiful, clear moonlight.

Li Zhuangsheng couldn't help swallowing his saliva, wishing he could grow wings and fly back immediately.

He turned off his phone, took a deep breath, and became restless.

Really, why don’t you start it yet! If it doesn’t work out, I’ll go back! What’s so good about a crappy video!

"Finally done!"

With a shout of joy, the cell phone image was projected onto the giant screen in the private room.

Everyone took their seats and the video started playing.

It can be seen that the person who shot the video was a novice, his camera skills are not very good, the editing is rather random, and the background noise is also heavy, but it makes it more realistic.

The video starts with a small lake in front of the school. Back then, Li Zhuangsheng would occasionally lean on the railing by the lake and daydream.

As the route progressed, they saw the crescent pond and vine corridor behind the school, the empty playground, the cafeteria that looked like a Roman temple, the nostalgic furnishings in the noisy teaching building, and the classmates they still vaguely remembered.

Don’t be surprised by the heavy spring sleep caused by alcohol, and don’t be surprised by the smell of tea caused by gambling on books. At that time, I thought it was normal.

The plants and trees that we ignored back then are now particularly missed.

When he was young, he listened to the rain on the singing stage, with red candles dimming the curtains. When he was in his prime, he listened to the rain in a boat, with the river broad and the clouds low, and the geese calling in the west wind... Li Zhuangsheng suddenly thought of this line of lyrics, but then he thought that he was only in his twenties, and it seemed a bit pretentious to think like this.

There isn’t much scenery in the video. Following the birds flying across the sky, the camera turns to the people in the teaching building. The photographer seems to be very naughty, walking around the floors and saying to everyone he sees, “Look at the camera, look at the camera, talk!”

The reactions of the people in the camera are also very interesting. Their attitudes vary. Some walk away shyly, some just smile and wave, some say parting words or their dreams for the future to the camera, and some make faces and all kinds of funny poses at the camera.

The people in the video are smiling and imagining the future, while the people outside the video are smiling and reminiscing about the past.

But Li Zhuangsheng's mind was not on the video at all at the moment. He just wanted to go home early. His body kept shaking from side to side, as if there was a hot iron plate under his butt instead of a sofa, and he couldn't sit still at all.

Suddenly, Hu Mengdie, whose face had not yet completely lost the youthfulness of a young girl, entered the camera. Like the others, she was wearing the panda-colored Xingpeng school uniform and the high ponytail that made people dream about her.

----split line----

Thanks to my good friend Chen Tianwang, I have written one chapter with more than 3,000 words today, and I will make up for it with three chapters tomorrow.

(End of this chapter)