Chapter 17: Weakness
Fortunately, Wei Qinghe also exercises regularly on weekdays, so he was able to barely keep up with Li Banruo's steps, and it took about twenty minutes to climb to the top of this hill.
Wei Qinghe could see that Li Banruo was keeping a proper distance from her, and she generally knew what the reason was, so there was a bit of indescribable bitterness in her heart.
The cold wind on the top of the mountain was fierce, like an ice blade, which could pierce the body, Wei Qinghe tightened his coat, and only then did he notice the crooked neck tree that was extremely conspicuous on the bare mountain top.
Li Banruo, who had his hands in his pockets, had already walked towards the crooked-necked tree, Wei Qinghe only quickened her pace to follow, and when she got closer, she saw the two grave bags buried in the snow.
Li Panruo pointed and said, "The one close to the crooked neck is the old man of Baicheng, and this one, the person buried below, is Bai Hongfang." ”
Wei Qinghe listened, took a few steps forward, walked past Li Banruo, stood in front of Bai Hongfang's grave, and stared deeply, because his back was to Li Banruo, so Li Banruo couldn't see Wei Qinghe's expression, but Li Banruo seemed to be able to think of what kind of sadness it was.
He turned his head, gasped and lit a cigarette, although the snow was not very thick, but in this environment, dragging this body that had not completely sobered up to climb up, he was still a little difficult, but even Wei Qinghe could bear it, and he would not show it directly as an old man.
"I used to like him because he was the only one who could give me security. Wei Qinghe suddenly said as if talking to himself.
Li Panruo sighed and didn't say anything, he didn't want to comment on anything, after all, this was a family matter.
"In your eyes, I will definitely think that I am the luckiest child, since I was a child, I have a golden key that most people can't touch in my life, my father is the biggest hero in Xicheng, and my mother is a big family in Xicheng, with such two halos, maybe I will become the happiest existence in Xicheng." She continued, slowly telling a story that had never been spoken to anyone else.
Li Banruo didn't deny anything, he was indeed a little envious, because for him, the easiest things for Wei Qinghe to get, he needed to exchange his life for them.
"People, it seems that I will never be satisfied, obviously I am so happy, but I am always hoping for more and more, I want to make my mother's health better, but her body is getting worse and worse, I want the relationship between my father and mother to be better, and they are becoming more and more estranged, even the only uncle who gave me warmth since childhood, has completely left Xicheng, when Wei Jiu forcibly sent me out of the country with Bingluan, in a sense, I think I have been completely abandoned. She said that it was a story that would make her jealous and sympathetic, but it was not for an audience with too much pity.
Li Panruo coughed a few times, had already played off the cigarette, and then continued to say again: "In a sense, you can't change anything, so now you don't need to blame yourself for anything, but you need to be loyal to your choice." ”
She still had her back to Li Panruo, but her shoulders seemed to be shaking, and she covered her face and said, "I never thought about it, I never thought that this would be such a story, I have never hurt myself from beginning to end, but have been hurting that person......
Her voice was already choked, Li Panruo's brows were already tightly furrowed, he shook his head and said, "Enough, enough, no matter how you repent, you can't change all this." ”
She slowly sat down in the snow, after seeing these two graves, the emotions that had been pent up for three months completely exploded, and she cried into tears for a while, maybe the whole Xicheng thought that the storm of these three months ago was completely over, but for her, her storm had just begun.
Li Panruo couldn't bear to walk behind her, but he didn't know what to do, gritted his teeth and said, "Wei Qinghe, this can't solve the problem." ”
"Just... Just let me cry for the last time... I... Definitely won't cry again. She kept wiping the tears on her face and said, while giving Li Banruo a guarantee, but just such a scene, how do people feel inexplicably distressed.
Li Panruo took a deep breath, leaned over and stretched out his hand.
Wei Qinghe looked at the hand that suddenly stretched out in front of her eyes, first raised her head and looked at Li Panruo pitifully, that is, for such a moment, she seemed to feel that such a ruffian was not so unsightly, and even had a trace of handsomeness, with an inexplicable charm, she held his hand and held it tightly.
Li Panruo exerted a slight force, and finally pulled up Wei Qinghe who was in the snow, and then gently knocked off the snow behind Wei Qinghe and said: "I understand your current mood very well, but you need to be rational now, because the current matter needs you to face it soberly, never be rash, and don't do anything for the reason of hurting yourself, this is my only request to you, promise me, okay?"
Wei Qinghe never thought that he would be able to hear such a gentle voice in Li Panruo's mouth, so he nodded without consideration.
Li Panruo tried to squeeze out a smile, then glanced at the time and said, "It's time for us to go." ”
Wei Qinghe turned her head, looked at the two grave bags again, and whispered a word in her mouth, which was a voice that only she could hear, and then left with Li Banruo.
Compared with the uphill road, the downhill road is not as long as imagined, and by the time the downhill people really wake up, they have left the bare hill, and the rest is the road ahead.
Li Banruo started the car, turned back the same way, and drove to the other side of Xicheng, where all the memories of Li Banruo in recent years were hidden, it was a story that Xicheng had never had, and it may not be staged again in the future, the man sang a one-man show, everyone was his supporting role, and the real charm of that man was to make everyone willing to be his supporting role.
It wasn't selfishness, because their resentment was nothing compared to what the man had paid.
Perhaps because of the rendering of the sad atmosphere of Crouching Tiger Mountain, the two of them almost didn't have any dialogue, and Li Banruo seemed to want to speak a few times, but finally held back, as if he was afraid of disturbing Wei Qinghe's thoughts.
Killed all the way to Xicheng Cemetery, because Li Banruo only arrived at Jincheng Huafu at noon, plus this rush, the sky slowly dimmed.
Wei Qinghe was no stranger to this place, and walked through the high steps with ease, and this time, it was Li Panruo who silently followed behind Wei Qinghe.
The cold tombstone, black and white photos, but it is worth paying attention to Li Banruo that there are still a few white narcissus in front of the tombstone, but who left Li Banruo does not know.
She stared at the word Wei Jiu on the tombstone, a man who had left a shadow of half of her life.
"Dad, I'm back. She said.
People are always like this, they regret it when they lose, and they have nothing to fear when they have it, but now Wei Qinghe has interpreted such a sentence vividly.
The old smoking gun Li Banruo lit a cigarette again, took a deep breath, walked to the side and slowly squatted down, put the cigarette in front of the tombstone, and then lit one again himself, and said: "Ninth Master, since you have gone down, let's sleep peacefully, don't worry about the above things, I have a top here, as long as I still live in Xicheng for a day, the things you care about will not be touched by others, I said." ”
Wei Qinghe looked down at Li Banruo who was hanging his head, for her in the past, Li Banruo might not even be a minion, but now the entire Wei family needs such a slave to support, this is the most ironic, obviously this slave has a thousand reasons to leave, but because of a reason not to leave.
The more this is the case, the more it brings out the ugliness of her former superiority, which makes Wei Qinghe feel a little embarrassed.
Or if Li Banruo noticed Wei Qinghe's silence, he got up and said: "Don't blame yourself in your heart, the ninth master has never complained about you and Bingluan, he really treats you and Bingluan as his own children, between relatives, there is no need to say sorry." ”
Wei Qinghe heard this, her tears were a little irrepressible again, she forcibly turned her head, unwilling to let Li Banruo see her cowardly side, but some things are not something she can dodge if she can dodge, it seems that she has to wait until it is undoubtedly revealed, and she can barely put it down, perhaps this is the most ironic.
Li Banruo didn't continue, he thought he was cruel enough, but in the face of Wei Qinghe, whose shoulders kept shaking, he still couldn't let Wei Qinghe continue to forcibly open his eyes and face those naked realities.
But how long can this part be hidden, or will the wounds that remain in the heart really heal over time?
Li Panruo shook his head slightly, because he had really experienced it once, time will only polish away the most precious one, but it will never take away the torture in a person's heart, it will only aggravate it.
This is all Li Panruo's feelings.
"Have you thought about what happened last night?" said Li Banruo deliberately diverted the topic.
"I've already decided. This time, Wei Qinghe replied without hesitation, obviously having a clear choice in his heart.
Li Panruo was a little surprised when he listened, and he was a little skeptical that this would be Wei Qinghe's choice in a hurry, so he couldn't help but ask again: "Remember, this is a river and lake, not a child's play." ”
"I used to think it was a child's play, but now, I definitely don't think so. Wei Qinghe turned her back to Li Panruo and said, after a huge blow revealed the weakness in her heart, she slowly hardened like a stone that is invulnerable to fire and water.