The first four lines of the lyrics resonated strongly with Xiaowei.
I was the first in the college entrance examination in my hometown town.
Han Chuang studied hard for nine years and finally got admitted to the famous school he is now in.
The farewell banquet before coming to school was really full of gongs and drums and firecrackers.
I came to school in high spirits, dreaming of starting my own magnificent and brilliant life.
Unexpectedly, it was only after arriving at school that I discovered that my score was certainly outstanding in the small town.
But in this school where everyone is the local top scorer, my score is only less than 80% of that of some roommates!
This hit him deeply.
The good study habits I originally developed in high school gradually became loose.
I gradually lost interest in studying. No matter how hard I tried, I couldn't pass the exams against these perverted classmates in the class.
Over time, he became tired and spent all day watching dramas and listening to music to numb himself.
But when he heard this song, he suddenly realized that he seemed to be wrong!
Why should I give up on myself?
Why do I have to do nothing?
How could I, a good person like me, get depressed and give up as soon as I encounter a blow?
Why can't I have a brilliant life?
…
Ten minutes later, the dormitory door was opened, and the roommates came in one after another, laughing and chatting.
But I didn’t see the Xiaowei who usually watched dramas with his lunch box in his hand.
"Eh? Where has this kid gone?"
"You're not in the bathroom either. You went to the Internet cafe, right?"
"Haha, forget about him, the three of us will start a game!"
The three of them happily sat on the chairs and masturbated.
At this time, Xiaowei already had a few textbooks in his arms and a few slices of bread in his mouth. We arrived at the school library where the air conditioning was on.
"A person as good as me should have lived a brilliant life."
…
"Xiao Li, I recommend a new song to you!"
In a dormitory for female workers in an electronics factory in the south, a young female worker with a fashionable hairstyle and a small rose tattoo on her shoulder loudly greeted her roommate who had just finished lunch and was about to go into the room to rest.
"What new song?"
Xiaoli wiped the sweat on her forehead with the towel behind the door, took a big sip of cold water from the cup, and sat next to her roommate.
"Here, this one, "Someone Like Me"!"
"Oh, let me tell you, this song is so good. The singer's voice is nice and deep, and it also has the magnetism of a middle-aged man in it. The tone is simply amazing, okay!"
Xiaoli doubtfully took the headphones and put them into her ears, and then she heard Jiang Kan's singing voice that was like the sound of nature.
The disdain and cynicism in his eyes gradually calmed down and became solemn as the music played.
"A smart person like me
Bid farewell to simplicity long ago
Why did you still use a relationship?
To change my scars
"
"hiss……"
A burst of cold air rushed up from her back and hit her brain, making her whole body tremble!
Memories hit me instantly.
She is 18 years old. She was in her third year of high school and had just passed the college entrance examination.
But she was originally smart and motivated, but for some reason she became obsessed with her. She fell in love just when she was supposed to be working hard to score points, and was completely smitten by a handsome guy from the next class who was also a senior in high school!
Now I don’t want to go to get out of class anymore, and I don’t want to take extra classes anymore.
She was not in the mood to "waste" the daily milk tea time she enjoyed with her little sisters.
Whenever I have time every day, I get tired of being with my "boyfriend".
And this boy is also the one with the lowest grades. He has long lost hope of entering college, and he himself has no intention of changing.
Being able to hook up with a beautiful and excellent girlfriend before the college entrance examination is naturally a joy.
It was too late to get tired of being together, so how could he even think about encouraging her to study hard? After being admitted to college, there would be plenty of time for you and me.
In this way, Xiaoli, who could have scored more than 600 points in the exam, dropped more than 100 points in one semester.
She was supposed to be able to pass one exam, but contrary to everyone's expectations, she only passed over 450 and didn't even touch the edge of three exams!
But she was infatuated, but she didn't care, and she refused to listen to her family's advice to study for a year before taking the college entrance examination. Instead, she chose to follow her "boyfriend" south to Guangdong, and entered an electronics factory with a monthly salary of 4,000. The life of a young couple!
Everything was going well originally, and she was very satisfied with it.
But in recent days, she discovered that he was still being pursued by little sisters from other factories!
This made her so angry that she was having a cold war!
Then today I heard this song recommended to me by my roommate.
"A good person like me
I should have lived a brilliant life
How come more than twenty years have ended?
Still floating in the sea of people
"
Xiaoli was silent as she listened.
There was no sound for a long while.
"How about it? Does it sound good? Let me tell you, I will go to the Internet cafe after get off work in the evening to check on the Internet to find out which singer's trumpet this 'talking' is. How about we support him in the charts in the future?"
"Xiaoting, go ahead by yourself, I'm going back."
She took off her headphones and gently placed them back in her roommate's hands, giving her a small smile.
"Are you going back? Where? Home?"
The roommate known as Xiaoting was stunned and stared at her as if she were an alien.
"Yes, when I go home, I'm going to repeat my studies and try to get into a good university next year."
"No, why are you leaving all of a sudden? Are you going back to repeat your studies? Are you a high school student? How useful is it to repeat your studies?"
Xiaoting was shocked.
This little sister who went crazy with him, made troubles with him, and chased celebrities together never told him her origins. He thought that she was just like him. She didn't study well in junior high school, and she didn't even pass the middle school entrance examination in high school. A young gangster who just comes out to work.
"Yeah, I'm a high school student, and originally I thought I could just keep on being like... but I listened to this song and I figured it out."
"A good person like me should have lived a brilliant life."
"Why should I give up my potentially brilliant and happy life for this scumbag?"
While talking, Xiaoli packed up her daily necessities and bedding, folded them one by one, and put them into her bath bucket.
"Are you really leaving?"
Xiaoting's whole body felt bad. She stood blankly in front of her bunk bed, looking at her roommate with a determined look in front of her.
"Yes, I really have to leave. Thank you Xiaoting. It was this song you played to me that gave me the courage to make my decision."
She patted her shoulder and smiled.
"I'm leaving, you should take good care of yourself, learn more scientific and cultural knowledge when you have time, and sign up for a self-study exam..."
Xiaoli left, carrying the bucket without looking back, without notifying her "boyfriend" that she didn't even think about getting back this month's salary.
Xiaoting stood inside the gate of the electronics factory, watching Xiaoli outside the door gradually go away, and her figure blurred and disappeared into the sea of people.
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