Chapter 5: Gathering on a Narrow Road (1)
I woke up from my nightmare again.
This time, I dreamed that Gu Qichen fell in a pool of blood, and I abandoned him again.
Just like that night eight years ago, he proposed to me standing in a heart shape surrounded by rose petals and candles, saying that he would book me down first so that I would not be coveted in college.
How did I answer him?
I slandered him with bad words: Gu Qichen, my true love is back, and you are just a spare tire. Do you really think that the companionship of the past is love? That's just a habit that can't be shaken off like a dog's skin plaster.
Then, I took Li Xin and walked away.
It was my 18th birthday coming-of-age ceremony.
On that day, I lost my parents and became an orphan.
It was also on that day that he crossed the ocean.
At this point, I just want him to be happy in another world.
It doesn't matter if there's me or not. For I have fallen into darkness.
He and I have long been people of two worlds.
He is high above, and I am low as dust.
He has his kingdom of business to inherit, and I have my blood feud to verify.
It doesn't matter if you see it or not.
It's just that my heart is so empty......
I tugged the silver-gray suit into my arms for a few moments. The clothes were crumpled by my tugging.
I was reluctant to even wash it, for fear that after washing away his breath on it, there would really be no bond between us.
Keep your eyes open again until dawn.
......
"Niannian?" Li Xin called me on the other end of the phone.
Because I went to the bar that night and didn't inform him, it was cold for a week, and he still couldn't hold his breath after all.
"Since when?"
"What?"
"Insomnia! Nightmares!"
I......
Dr. Xue's big mouth is getting less and less professional.
"Have you forgotten who introduced him?" Li Xin seemed to have a mind reading skill.
"Don't blame him, the relationship between our college bunk beds, he can't hide your business from me. We all care about you. ”
"I'm fine!"
"I don't want the same thing to happen a second time!"
"I'm really fine!"
"Can't you forget ......?"
"Brother!"
There was no sound on the other side immediately, and after a pause, the voice sounded again, and the arrogance in his tone was gone. "You know what? Whenever you run away or refuse, you always call me brother. ”
I......
"Grandpa Li's 80th birthday, I will attend on time. ”
"Don't push yourself!" he sighed over the phone.
"Don't treat me like a patient!"
"Okay, I'll pick you up the day after tomorrow.
Putting down the phone, Dr. Xue's advice echoed in my ears: "If you can't let go, just find it, and when you dare to face the past, it will herald a new beginning." ”
......
The old house of the Li family is on the Weishui River in the north of the city, which is an old residential area.
The locust trees on both sides of the road are luxuriant, and every year in mid-April, when the locust flowers bloom, you can smell the fragrant fragrance across several streets.
After the old man retired, he has been recuperating here. Basically, people who have retired from leisure live here.
When Li Xin and I arrived, the hall was already full of guests. The old man had excellent results during his reign, had a good atmosphere, and promoted him very well, although he is no longer in real power, the old mansion is still full of people.
Although the old man has reached the age of the Cane Dynasty, he is still tough and strong, he is in good spirits in a Tang costume today, and when he saw me and Li Xin, he waved his hand to let us pass.
"Grandpa", "Grandpa Li!"
"Our girl Xu is here!" Grandpa Li was always kind to me.
Li Xin didn't have such a good treatment as me, he pretended to be angry: "You still know that with my grandfather, I am about to become a left-behind old man when I am not at home all day!"
The guests next to him were amused by his witty words.
"Li Lao's words are serious, last month's economic defense case that caused a sensation in the city, Li Xin is fame and fortune, this is really a dog!"
"Yes, yes! Such a young and promising lawyer is one of the few in Xijing City!"
Seeing that Li Xin's voice was praised all around, the old man's face was pleasant: "Hey, look at these juniors, we can't accept the old man." His breathless voice was full of pride.
Seeing that the atmosphere was harmonious, I took out the gift, handed it over with both hands, and said respectfully: "Grandpa Li, I heard Li Xin say that you have recently loved Yan Liu Ou Zhao, I bought you a paperweight, I wish you happiness like the East China Sea, Shoubi Nanshan." ”
The old man took it with a smile, took out a little green dragon from the box, held it in his hand and looked at it, and then praised it again and again: 'There are tears in the pearl of the sea and the moon, and the blue field is warm and the jade is smoking. 'Such a good baby, I can't bear to use it to press my bad hand.' After saying that, the hall burst into laughter.
"Old friend, you're getting more and more humorous!" a powerful voice interrupted us.
Everyone's eyes looked at the front hall, and a steady old man walked in, followed by the tall and cold Gu Qichen.