Chapter 2: This Feeling Can Be Remembered

  Chen Fan's hands kept rubbing his cheeks, his head against the tree trunk, looking up at the sky, his eyes like a burst dam, rushing down to the low-lying plain. He took out his phone and looked at the familiar contact "wife". He couldn't make up his mind to delete it for a long time. "Ah" Chen Fan sighed, hastily got up and ran back, hoping to see Lian'er one more time, and never see her again afterwards.

  Waiting for him to return to the starting point, where there was still a glimpse of the beautiful woman's figure, the air was filled with the faint smell of car exhaust, looking down at the sparkling ring, bending over to pick it up, his right hand constantly caressing it, as if caressing his own lover, a rare and precious diamond ring.

  Tears from the eyes are like pearls that have broken off a string, one drop after another... The collar of my clothes is wet, but I don't feel anything. Once the tears dry up, perhaps they won't flow again.

  "Ah, Chen Fan is back, where did he go tonight?" Jin Xiliang asked in a low voice as he saw the dispirited Chen Fan return. But the response was silence. Seeing Chen Fan crawl into bed with his slippers on, he didn't say anything else.

  "Xiao Fan, you said when we get married, will you also buy me a diamond ring as big as this one? Will you?!"

  "Xiao Fan, hurry up, we're going to miss the train."

  "Xiao Fan, stinky Xiao Fan, hurry up and get up, aren't you supposed to take me to Qixia Mountain?"

  “……”

  "Chen Fan, let's break up!"

  Lying in bed, I fell into memories, every word my lover had said before. Do you still remember? Chen Fan's silence was suffocating, everything disappeared with the words of breaking up. Tears soaked the pillow, maybe I cried too much, maybe I forgot the pain. Li Zhaoxian fell asleep again, entering a dream that brought him unbearable pain, perhaps this could heal the wound of breaking up.

  "I'm afraid not, sir. Our jewelry store has a no-return policy on sold items. Even if we were to make an exception, you would only be able to get back sixty percent of the original price. The rest is our depreciation fee." The salesperson looked at the diamond ring in surprise, which had been purchased just yesterday and was now being returned today. She wondered whether it was because his girlfriend had declined the gift out of consideration for her boyfriend's financial situation, or if she had simply refused it outright. Either way, the quality of their relationship was clearly different from what she had imagined."

  "Oh, I see! In that case, I won't withdraw it." Chen Fan heard the waiter's response and couldn't help but feel a sense of relief in his heart. He decided to keep it after all, although the living expenses weren't much, he could barely get by.

  Chen Fan turned his head and walked out of the jewelry store, taking out the ring with his right hand and looking at it. Baby, from now on, you'll be the only one accompanying me.

  …………

  The next day, Chen Fan held his head in both hands and sighed. He had another dream last night and didn't know if the things that happened in the dream would come true or not.

  Chen Fan finished washing up, took a look in the mirror, and thought he looked okay. His stomach growled with hunger, "Grrr...grrr...", he hadn't eaten since yesterday. He had planned to have a romantic candlelit dinner, but that was ruined now. He chuckled to himself. From now on, Chen Fan would be single again, and the beauties would come knocking on his door once more.

  Chen Fan bought two steamed buns and a dish of salted vegetables in the restaurant, eating with relish, it was really refreshing! He patted his stomach contentedly, smiled, and turned to leave. But he didn't notice the conversation between the couple sitting next to him.

  "Dear, isn't that Chen Fan, the love saint? I heard his girlfriend was stolen by a good friend." The male comrade said with schadenfreude as he looked at Chen Fan leaving.

  "Husband, it seems like him, poor thing." The girl with a motherly glow said sympathetically.

  "There's nothing pitiful, no money, even the best girl will leave, look what he eats? Pickles, we eat what, it's like shark fin and bird's nest exist." The male companion said disdainfully, really losing face for men, but still can't help feeling jealous, someone like this has such a beautiful girlfriend, that's truly unacceptable.

  "Alright, don't say anything more, it's a pity for you. When will you also buy me a diamond ring?" The girl said with a smile, looking at the boy.

  "Ah, this one? It's fine, as long as my wall doesn't collapse, I'll be okay." The boy said with a hint of nervousness.

  "Alright, then I'll wait for your diamond ring. Otherwise, your wall base will be dug up too, and I also have many people chasing after me." The girl said with a smile, turned around and left, leaving the boy in shock.

  “……”

  Chen Fan walked out of the restaurant and headed straight for the subway station, wanting to go to the jewelry company to see if what happened last night would happen again.

  "Hello, sir. Is there anything I can help you with?" The salesperson asked politely after seeing the customer arrive. But in his heart, he was thinking "Isn't this the man who just bought a diamond ring yesterday?"

  "Hello, miss. I bought a diamond ring here yesterday and I was wondering if I can return it today?"

  "Oh, I'm afraid not, sir. Our jewelry store has a no-return policy on sold items. Even if we were to accept returns, you would only get sixty percent of the original price back, and the rest would be our depreciation fee."

  "Yeah, it's similar to what I dreamed of last night, but there are still some differences. At least the salesperson's expression wasn't in my dream." Chen Fan thought for a moment and said on his face: "Oh, that's it! No wonder! Sorry to bother you, then I won't return it, let's just make it a collection!"

  Chen Fan finished speaking and left directly, but in his heart he was overjoyed. The tool for cheating is really useful! Whether it's business or officialdom, he can't help but achieve great things. From this moment on, he truly broke free from the emotions of parting ways and began to make plans for the future.

  On the contrary, the salesperson was stunned to look at Chen Fan's back as he left. Is this person sick? Chen Fan didn't know what she was thinking in her heart, and even if he knew, he wouldn't care. He hurriedly returned to his dormitory to work on his money-making plan.

  Chen Fan returned to his dormitory, opened his computer, thought for a moment, and decided that the fastest way to make money was through lottery tickets. As long as he thought about the lottery tonight and remembered the winning numbers, the money would be easy to get. He opened the webpage and carefully looked at the information on the lottery, focusing on it. After comparing the advantages of several types of lottery tickets, he still decided to buy a double-color ball ticket.

  The rules of the double-color ball are relatively simple and do not require remembering too many things. Chen Fan started practicing his memory to better remember numbers. A string of numbers, Chen Fan slowly recited several times: 54, 22, o4, 3, 24, 5, 6, 37, 8, 94, 21, 2, 14, 52, 4, 67. He started writing silently: 54, 22, o4, 3, 24, 5, 6, 37, 87, 94, 21, 2, 14, 52, 4, 67. Comparing the numbers, he didn't just remember single-digit numbers because double-color balls also have two-digit numbers.

  A whole day was spent by Chen Fan memorizing and reciting hard, with some effect, but not very great, his head got bigger, his brain was full of a pile of numbers.

  Lying in bed, Chen Fan muttered lottery numbers to himself, but instead of falling asleep, he became more awake. It seemed that even thinking about making money wasn't easy! He didn't know how many tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of times he had silently counted, but eventually Chen Fan fell silent and slept like a dead pig, so deeply that not even an earthquake could wake him up.

  "Ah, this sleep was so refreshing, I've never felt this way before." Chen Fan stretched his waist and sat up, looking around to find that his roommates were all gone. What's going on? He picked up the phone from his bedside, "Great, it's already 10 o'clock." Chen Fan couldn't even remember when he last slept for so long.

  Roommate Jin Xiliang went to practice in a foreign land yesterday, and Dai Mengxiong and Yang Hui also don't know where they went. Chen Fan suddenly remembered, my lottery ticket! My money! I didn't dream last night! Has the dream world lost its magic?

  Chen Fan was worried and lost. He used to dream about things that were troublesome, but now he's gotten used to it, yet it's gone wrong again. Forget it, the plan to make money has fallen through, might as well just focus on doing research honestly.

  Chen Fan finished washing up and went straight to eat, it was already eleven o'clock, which is also meal time, so he had breakfast and lunch together. He brought his computer and rushed to the teaching and research office, starting his research work. Whether he could come up with something or not, only time would tell.

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