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Golden Shores of Youth

This novel, narrated from the perspective of the protagonist Xiaoyu, chronicles her experiences and emotional changes from university life through to post-graduation. Xiaoyu is a woman who undergoes many ups and downs in her love life and personal journey, and her story touches on themes of friendship, love, loss, and growth. During her time at university, Xiaoyu becomes entangled in complicated emotional relationships with several male characters. Her relationship with her boyfriend Zhang Xiao is a mix of love and resentment. Zhang Xiao, burdened by his background in the underworld and a pessimistic view of the future, chooses to break up with Xiaoyu, hoping she can lead a better life. After their breakup, Xiaoyu experiences a period of confusion and loneliness, but she does not give up on searching for love. She later develops a relationship with another man, Muran, who, despite his status in the underworld, has genuine feelings for Xiaoyu and is willing to give up everything for her. Xiaoyu's friend Xiangxiang is also a significant character, sharing a deep friendship with Xiaoyu but also facing her own emotional setbacks. Xiangxiang is forced into an inappropriate relationship with Professor Zhang Cunzhen in exchange for academic success, causing her immense emotional trauma. After learning of Xiangxiang's ordeal, Xiaoyu tries her best to support and help her, but Xiangxiang ultimately chooses to run away from home, disappearing from Xiaoyu's life. In the latter part of the novel, as Xiaoyu faces Muran's departure and Xiangxiang's disappearance, she gradually learns to be strong and independent. She begins to reassess her life and future, deciding not to be swayed by emotions anymore but to take control of her own destiny. Xiaoyu's story is a journey of growth, self-discovery, and courage in the face of life's challenges.

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The days of love (1)

After returning to the dormitory, I took some clean clothes and rushed into the bathroom to take a deep shower, as if to wash off Robin's mark. During this time, I heard Xiangxiang was on the phone. It must be Su Qiang calling her. After leaving the bathroom, I didn't see the others go to bed as expected, so I couldn't deal with my torn bra for the time being. Because Xiangxiang was there. She put out the cigarette in her hand and looked at me. At that time, I was really a little panicked, because after all, I had spent a night with her boyfriend Su Qiang and I didn't report to her immediately after returning. I didn't know what she would think. Finally, Xiangxiang spoke first: "Xiaoyu."

"Hmm?"

I hurriedly agreed: "Are they asleep?"

I was trying to change the subject. "Hmm."

Xiangxiang nodded, then slowly stood up and walked to my side, suddenly hugging me. "Xiaoyu, you didn't feel wronged, did you?"

A gentle voice came, and at the same time, I was touched by a warm embrace. I suddenly realized that Xiangxiang was not going to slap me twice, but to hug me and comfort me. The tenderness in my heart suddenly overflowed, and I hugged her tightly and sobbed softly. "It's okay, it's okay, dear. It's just a breakup, it's no big deal. Whoever has no vision and doesn't cherish our Miss Xiaoyu, let him regret it!"

Xiangxiang's chest is very soft and elastic. We are about the same height. Now hugging each other makes our chests squeezed together. Feeling the feeling of four lumps of tender flesh squeezed together, I feel itchy and want to laugh out loud, especially Xiangxiang is now in pajamas and obviously not wearing a bra. The two extremely large grapes against my breasts are even more stimulating, sour and numb, and an indescribable evil fire is brewing in my lower abdomen. I couldn't help but caressing Xiangxiang in her arms, and Xiangxiang also gently patted my back, mumbling to comfort me. "Robin is not a good person to begin with, I have disliked her for a long time. With that kind of material, she still wants to eat swan meat? It's okay, sister will take you to meet some friends next time, all of them are ambitious young people with knowledge, I guarantee you will like them!"

Hearing Xiangxiang say this, I couldn't help but burst into laughter, and said to Xiangxiang coquettishly, "Who cares about ambitious young people with knowledge, I just want you to hold me to sleep!"

Xiangxiang laughed, then took me to the window sill. The moon was very good tonight. Xiangxiang was worried that I would catch a cold after taking a bath, so she closed the window, and then took a dry towel to wipe my wet hair, and then said faintly: "Xiaoyu, sometimes I really envy you..."

"How could it be, Xiangxiang?"

I blurted out in surprise. "Because you have a more beautiful youth than mine. At least that's what I think... but my youth, I got nothing..."

Looking at Xiangxiang's eyes full of affection and wanting to say something but stopping, the soft spot in my heart was deeply touched. Feeling the bright moonlight pouring on my face and body, I recalled the winter of my first year in high school... It was not long after the ignorant period of junior high school ended. We all stepped into the best high school in the city, and there were all kinds of people here - compared to junior high school. There were officials' daughters, rich businessmen's sons, hardworking bullies who studied hard, and free-spirited people who were idle all day long, those who were hit by the high school entrance examination, and those who happily received the notice in the countryside... In short, this is a place with serious polarization. At 9:30, after the evening self-study, I packed up my books and left the classroom with everyone to go home. The students in the city basically went to school, leaving only the boarding students who were admitted from other places to continue the next stage of evening self-study in the classroom. The boy in front of me has been paying attention to me for a long time, or I found out that he has been paying attention to me for a long time. Every time after school, he always walks in front of me or behind me, in short, near me, and surrounded by a bunch of friends. He chats with those friends from time to time, and laughs with everyone from time to time, but occasionally he will glance at me. A woman's skin can feel that a man is looking at her, and she doesn't need to use her eyes to find it, so he often looks at me when I raise my eyes. But he has never had the momentum to chat with me, which makes me have some good feelings for him. I don't like those who like me because I am beautiful and then chat with me to get close to me. That would make me feel that his behavior would disrupt my life. And my self-proclaimed peaceful life was disrupted one afternoon in the winter of this semester. Although it was winter, the sun at 12 o'clock was indeed very warm. When I was walking on the school path with several girls in my class and preparing to leave the school gate, I was suddenly surrounded by several boys. What's more hateful is that they deliberately missed the girls around me and blocked me alone. I suddenly felt a little uneasy. I looked around and saw that most people had left, so I couldn't find any familiar faces. At this time, the two men in front of me stepped aside to let a tall and fat man, who seemed to be a senior high school student, and the others surrounded me and made it impossible for me to escape. "Xiaoyu, right?"

The man who was obviously the leader stared at me with lustful eyes, as if he wanted to squeeze the water out of me. "What are you doing?"

I replied coldly. "How do you talk to Big Brother Ma?"

A little brother slapped me on the head from the side. Although it was not very heavy, it still made me stagger and fall towards the tall and strong "Big Brother Ma". How could Big Brother Ma give up such a wonderful opportunity? He hugged me and looked at his little brother with appreciation. Everyone around him cheered for Big Brother Ma with a congratulatory expression. My mind was completely confused. I lowered my head in shame. The few girls who went home with me were also driven away by their people. Moreover, the people around did not dare to look in this direction and avoided them from a distance. It was obviously due to the accumulated power of this group of people in the school. The more this happened, the more helpless and deeply frightened I felt. What if they pulled me to do something and take a few photos? Wouldn't it be easy to force me to submit in the future? When I was thinking about what I should do if they used pornographic photos to force me to submit in the future, the voice of the fat Big Brother Ma came. "Don't be afraid, little sister. You look so pitiful when you tremble. Come, brother will love you..."

As soon as Da Ma finished speaking, he let out a scream of "Ugh!"

, and then a "Pah!"

sounded. I saw a half-broken brick falling from Da Ma's side. Before the broken brick hit the ground, there was another "bang" sound. I deeply felt that Da Ma's two arms holding me twitched and then drooped softly, and his huge body also slowly slid down with the man behind him. I raised my head. This was the first time I looked at Zhang Han so closely. Oh my god, the doubts that I had about whether my prince charming would disappoint me were swept away. What I saw was a face full of gentleness and eyes full of concern. He kicked Da Ma's bloated body away casually and extended his right hand to me elegantly, like a male partner inviting him to dance. I also gave him my soft, tender, and timid little hand. He pulled me close to his chest, and then stood up straight and confronted the group of people around him without fear. What happened next was very simple. After Zhang Han pulled me to run a few steps, he suddenly turned back to face the group of boys chasing after him, and fought with seven or eight of them. Each of his punches was fierce and powerful, but at the same time he had to withstand four or five punches falling on him. Until later, I didn't know how they finished fighting. Zhang Han came back to my side and said breathlessly: "They left."

Looking at my frightened look, he added: "I won't bother you in the future."

I know that it was Zhang Han who helped me to bear it, but people like Da Ma Ge who can cause trouble in such a school must have a family background. For a while, I was full of worries for Zhang Han. Although I haven't expressed my worries so far, I know that my worries about him have slowly turned into love for him. Only by making him happy can I resolve the sense of guilt in my heart. Was it more of a "repaying a favor" feeling or a direct liking for him? I didn't have time to think about it at the time, and I was faced with Zhang Han's confession... "You weren't scared, were you?" Zhang Han asked with a smile, a playful smile hanging on his face with a little bruises on his eyes, just as if I was beaten up by someone just now. "Oh. It's okay..." This kind of casual answer is obviously the words that people answer without thinking too much. "What do you mean it's okay? You were shaking with fear just now!" Zhang Han was still laughing, as if talking with me was the happiest thing. I pouted and looked at him aggrievedly. I finally felt a little safe with you, why did you start to make fun of a girl? Zhang Han was stunned for a moment when he saw the red eyes waiting for Zhang Han and the slightly trembling lips that wanted to speak but didn't know what to say. "Why are you looking at me like that? Are you afraid that I will eat you?" I asked him angrily. "I'm scared by your behavior... Damn, don't cry, okay, let's not talk about what happened just now, let me ask you, why are you being entangled by them?"

Zhang Han looked at me curiously. "I didn't know! I didn't know these people before."

I felt wronged when I thought of those people just now, and those girls who didn't have any loyalty, they must be almost home now. "Oh, that's good. I thought you knew each other and were just joking, so it would be troublesome for me to intervene."

"Hey, have you ever seen such a joke? Oh, by the way, it's a good thing you came, thank you so much!"

I smiled brightly at Zhang Han, and then reached out to help him wipe the blood on his cheek: "You're bleeding!"

I said with a smile. "Ah? How could it be! Damn, I don't know whose nails were so long just now! It's over, it's over, it's disfigured..."

Zhang Han shouted in surprise without any image, not like the hero who just fought seven or eight people alone, my hero. "Okay, I'll treat you to a meal to make it up to you!"

I pretended to be very calm and asked to go out for dinner together. This was the first time I took the initiative to invite a boy to dinner. In the past, boys would ask me out for dinner a few days in advance, and I would have to see if I was in a good mood! In addition, I was in junior high school before, and I basically didn't go to dinner parties. Now that I'm in high school, I've gradually relaxed a little. "You're not going home?"

Zhang Han's words always make people angry. Do you want me to go home so much? "Ahem" I cleared my mouth and said, "I'll call home. What about you? Do you want to tell me?"

I took out my phone and handed it to him. Zhang Han didn't answer, just shook his hand and said, "I usually eat alone at home."

Looking at his expression, I didn't ask much, just smiled and said, "Let's go to a restaurant on the back street of the school. I don't even know your name."

"Zhang Han, Xiao means cool."

"Oh."

I paused and said, "My name is Xiaoyu."

Then I picked up the phone and called my family to tell them that I would not be home for lunch. After listening to a long string of nagging about safety and taking care of yourself, I finally hung up the phone. After the call, I dragged Zhang Han to the pharmacy near the school to buy a lot of medicine, gauze and so on, and then ordered him not to move or resist, and let me apply medicine and bandage for him. "Hey, I said you don't have to make me look like a seriously injured person, right?"

Zhang Han took a selfie with his phone and said to me with a smile. "This is good! It feels like the five heroes of Langya Mountain."

I argued. "You're still a warrior? I think you're more like a martyr! Take it off quickly, especially the ones around my head, or my dad will think I was chopped off when I get home..."

Zhang Han took off the bandage while I wasn't paying attention, and then asked me for a makeup mirror to apply some hydrogen peroxide cream. "Xiao Yu, let me tell you, this hydrogen peroxide cream is a good thing! You can apply it to relieve itching and pain when you get bit by mosquitoes or ants, and you can use it when you get a cut by a knife and it bleeds, and you can also use it when you get acne on your face after eating too much... Anyway, there are so many benefits! This is a universal medicine for wounds!"

Zhang Han was busy with his hands, and he kept chattering. "Come on, you're talking like a doctor. Can it be used as eye cream? Can it be used as foundation? When you're done, go eat something."

"You little greedy cat, are you hungry?"

"You're hungry! I saw you trembling when you walk..."

"Nonsense, that's because someone kicked you with a leather shoe and your muscles got sore..."

Sitting in the restaurant, waiting for the waiter to serve the food, Zhang Han and I suddenly felt a little unnatural sitting like this. He kept taking out his phone, flipping through it, and then putting it away, while I looked at him from time to time and flipped through the magazines on the table from time to time. Finally, Zhang Han broke the silence. "Are you hungry?"

Did he ask this because he had nothing to say or was he concerned about me? "No, how about you? But you, you just had a strenuous exercise... hehe."

I joked, trying to create a relaxed atmosphere. "Oh, it's okay, it's a small matter. Xiaoyu, hehe, your skin is very good!"

Zhang Han suddenly changed the topic, which made me feel shy for a while. "I use Oriental Flower. If you like it, I'll give you two bottles."

Seeing Zhang Han shaking his head and nodding, I couldn't help but burst out laughing: "Zhang Han, I often see you after school!"

My meaning has been expressed very clearly: Do you like me? If you like me, just say it. "Really? I think it's a coincidence! Today, too, the teacher kept me to hand in homework, so I came out late, but fortunately I met you this way! Otherwise..."

Zhang Han actually showed a sly smile, so annoying, thinking about that. I picked up a piece of Mapo Tofu and stuffed it into his mouth and said, "Yes! Thank you. This is the first time I pick up food for a boy."

My voice was as thin as a mosquito's buzz. It was more than picking up food, it was clearly the taste of him eating! Zhang Han smiled and put it in his mouth. He was immediately burned and exhaled. Looking at his silly look, I giggled. After hearing my laughter, Zhang Han acted as if he was enjoying your service and was very comfortable. He chewed the food in his mouth with big mouthfuls. This expression made me feel unhappy. "Hey, Xiaoyu, do you have a boyfriend?" Zhang Han asked casually while chewing the food in his mouth. I raised my eyes and looked at him innocently, without saying anything, to see how he would react. I cursed myself for being so evil and teasing him like this. "Uh... I mean, this... If you have a boyfriend, will it affect you to invite me to dinner?" Zhang Han stuttered. "No!" I said briefly, but Zhang Han's expression was obviously a little depressed. "Uh... if he knows, will he play the cold war with you? Or domestic violence or something..."

I cursed in my heart: "Beat your head!"

But in fact, I looked hesitant and embarrassed: "Never mind, you are my savior!"

"Oh, haha, you are flattering me. Come on, I saw you were in trouble and helped you by the way."

Zhang Han scratched his head carelessly. I suddenly put away my playful expression and approached him and asked: "What if it was another girl in trouble, would you help?"

"Ah? This..."

Looking at his hesitation, I smiled happily, indicating that he didn't need to give me an answer, I was just teasing him. "Zhang Han, I don't have a boyfriend. Don't think about it."

I said in a light tone, but in fact I was trying my best to hide my uneasy and excited heart. "Haha."

Zhang Han smiled, smiled happily, and then came over and asked me: "Xiao Yu, I think... I think..."

"Hmm?"

"

Do you want me to be your boyfriend? "

After saying this, Zhang Han's face turned red. I clearly saw that it turned red in an instant. God knows how much pressure he was under to say these words. Am I scary? "Ah? Zhang Han? "

Although I know he likes me, it still feels different to say it out loud. For a moment, my head was blank and confused. Zhang Han thought I was rejecting him, and then he smiled miserably, a really miserable smile, which made my heart ache. He hasn't said NO yet, why did he make such a miserable expression? Then I saw that he was still smiling elegantly, but he didn't say much. He picked up the fish-flavored pork shreds that had just been served for me, and then he picked up a chopstick head and mixed it with the rice to eat. I didn't move my chopsticks, but just leaned on my cheek to look at him, with a smiling face. I believe that my curved eyes with long curly eyelashes must be very beautiful, especially when I look at men, they have almost no resistance. "Zhang Han" I called him softly. Although we were in a noisy restaurant at the moment, we both felt as if there were only two of us in the world, and we were not disturbed by the noisy crowd around us. "Huh? Haha. "

Zhang Han smiled. Although his eyes looked very happy, I knew that there was a hint of sadness and loneliness hidden in his eyes. "Let's come here to eat in the afternoon. I think it tastes good."

I smiled and said. "Hmm? Oh, okay!"

Zhang Han agreed very readily after being surprised. "But you have to treat me!"

I said it like I was acting like a spoiled child to my lover, and I laughed first. Zhang Han laughed, very happily, brightly, and unrestrainedly.