Chapter Forty-Eight: A Narrow Road Encounter
At that time, my days were very leisurely, I was busy at work and desperately trying to make money, I relaxed after work, sometimes I made an appointment to promise to wait for one or two friends to go to the bar to sit, sometimes I asked Bian Xu to come out for a ride and play ball, and the days passed unconsciously.
I felt that such a life was fulfilling and comfortable, with a thriving career, with enthusiastic friends, men became dispensable decorations for me, really, for a while I felt that I would live like this forever, and it didn't matter if I didn't need a nominal husband.
But my parents' family definitely do not agree with my point of view, my parents still often call to urge me to get married, in the face of their anxious urging, I adopted a strategy of delaying and concealing, anyway, my parents and I are not in the same city, as the so-called generals are not subject to military orders abroad, the sky is high and the emperor is far away, and there are some things they can't help me.
My cousin, because she introduced me to several men but didn't make it, she lost patience with me, saying that I was too high-minded to give me any more such things, of course, this is the result of my unhappiness.
So, in that relatively short period of time, my life became very relaxed and colorful, and my friends said that I had become more beautiful and attractive, and of course, I preferred to believe that it was their flattery to make me happy.
However, it is true that the mood has improved, when I first divorced, almost every night I dreamed of some things in the past between me and Xu Minghui, some scenes, some scenes were on our college campus back then, some scenes were the scene of the rent complaint when we first got married, and some scenes after we moved to a new house, I rolled up my sleeves in the brand new kitchen waving a big spoon to stir-fry, Xu Minghui and his daughter jumped and sat in the spacious and bright living room watching TV.
I came out with the fried dishes, but found that Xu Minghui and his daughter were gone, I was surprised to put down the dishes, and looked around for their father and daughter while unbuttoning the apron, I came to the balcony, opened the window and shouted downstairs: "Xu Minghui!"
"Hey, I'm here!" I heard a crisp answer, it was Xu Minghui's voice, but it was different from his voice today, because it sounded so young.
I poked my head out and looked carefully downstairs, only to see the young Xu Minghui standing in the wide open space downstairs, he was wearing a snow-white shirt, with a refreshing student head, and a childish face full of sunshine, at this moment he was waving his arms and calling to me, calling out my name loudly: "Haichao! Haichao! Come down quickly! The weather is good today, let's go to the book city for a walk......
Looking at Xu Minghui's elated face, I froze, because this "he" at this time is not the current him, but the "he" we were on the college campus fifteen years ago. ”
At that moment, I collapsed in front of the window as if all my strength had been drained away.
"Haichao!Weihaichao!What are you doing?, come down!" Xu Minghui was still calling my name anxiously.
Almost without thinking, I rushed downstairs, but when I ran to the open space downstairs, where was Xu Minghui's figure? The surroundings were empty, and there was no one to be seen.
I was in a hurry, I started to run fast, and then shouted Xu Minghui's name: "Minghui, Minghui, where are you?"
It was in this anxiety that I suddenly woke up, looked around blankly, and realized that I had just had a dream, a nightmare that I could never get rid of.
For a long time after the divorce, I had this kind of dream over and over again, although sometimes the scene would change a little, but the content was basically the same, just like a movie montage, in the dream I superimposed some scenes of Xu Minghui in the past and today, which made me have mixed feelings, sigh, but there was nothing I could do.
For a long time, I thought that I would never be able to get rid of this nightmare on the night after my divorce, but today, I got rid of it, this difficult leisure time, so that my mind and body and mind have been relaxed to the greatest extent, for a while I had a sweet dream every night, there are scenes when I was a child, there are scenes when I go out with friends, and even occasionally Zhou Yaze will appear, but I will never see Xu Minghui again.
Bian Xuyue and I play together on weekends, and it has almost become a fixture for us.
This Saturday, we both had nothing to do and made an appointment to play together at a golf club that we used to frequent.
At that time, when Bian Xu and I first walked into the stadium, we happened to meet Zhou Yaze in a white jersey, and there was another woman beside him, but this woman was not Wu Yanran, but a beautiful girl who looked a little like a mixed-race child.
Seeing me and Bian Xu walking over together in jerseys, Zhou Yaze's expression was very surprised, and he asked me softly: "Sister Wei, are you also here to play?"
When I suddenly saw Zhou Yaze, I was unprepared, but I still responded to him with a smile out of politeness: "Yes, I often invite friends to come here to play on weekends." ”
Zhou Yaze looked at Bian Xu, his expression was a little suspicious, and he asked me softly: "Who is this...... Your friend?"
I glanced at Bian Xu awkwardly, groaned slightly, and then pointed at Bian Xu and introduced to Zhou Yaze: "Oh, this is my cousin, Bian Xu." ”
"Cousin?" Zhou Yaze looked at Bian Xu, and there was obviously an element of disbelief in his expression.
I pretended to stand there calmly, nodded affirmatively at him, and then smiled at Bian Xu, who nodded at me understandingly, needless to say.
I don't know why I suddenly went crazy and introduced Bian Xu like this, but I just don't want Zhou Yaze to know that Bian Xu is just my ordinary friend, because it is always easy to misunderstand, after all, I am single now, and when I go out to play with a young man, it is easy to give people the illusion of patting and dragging.
However, if I say that we are related, then this misunderstanding disappears.
In order to break the current embarrassing atmosphere, I looked at the beautiful mixed-race girl and asked Zhou Yaze at the right time: "Are you also here to play with your friends?"
Zhou Yaze nodded at me, smiled very gentlemanly, and then gently put his hand on the waist of the beautiful girl beside him, and introduced us generously: "Come, introduce, this is my friend Daisy." Zhou Yaze said as he smiled at the girl named Daisy.
Daisy also responded by giving him a playful smile and then extended his hand to us very warmly: "Hi, nice to meet you. "She's a bit blunt, and it seems like she probably grew up in a non-native environment.
I smiled awkwardly, and then reached out and shook Daisy back, but Bian Xu just smiled politely at her, and Daisy smiled at him in return.
Next, Zhou Yaze explained to us: "We used to play in the stadium in Xuancheng District, but today it was full, so we came here temporarily, but I didn't expect to meet you by such a coincidence." ”
I also smiled at Zhou Yaze, and then said deliberately: "The weather is so good, let's not stand here and waste time, it's better to hurry up and show off our skills." ”
Zhou Yaze smiled politely at me and said, "Okay." But he also added, "Let's play our own singles first, since we are so fated to get together, why don't we have a mixed doubles for a while?"
I was slightly taken aback, glanced at Bian Xu, and saw Bian Xu respond generously to Zhou Yaze: "Okay." As he spoke, he glanced at the pretty half-breed girl.
I secretly complained in my heart, I thought to myself, this kid must have let the beautiful mixed-race girl hook her soul, so he agreed to Zhou Yaze's invitation so happily, but in fact, even if Bian Xu didn't agree, I had no reason to refuse, so I smiled reluctantly and nodded at Zhou Yaze: "Okay." ”
Hearing us all say this, Daisy clapped her hands and smiled happily, "Okay, great!
That day, Bian Xu and I had just played for half an hour, and Zhou Yaze came to us with Daisy, so we started mixed men's and women's doubles, Bian Xu and I stood on one side, Zhou Yaze and Daisy stood on one side, and we also changed a match in between.
Zhou Yaze's ball skills are very high and very stable, when playing with him, he takes care of the opponent's feeling very much, and will not send very tricky balls to make it difficult for us, I often can easily catch the balls he sent and hit them back, as long as he runs moderately.
Zhou Yaze's style of play matches his personality very well, mature, restrained and calm.
Comparatively speaking, Bian Xu still looks younger, lacks some experience, although he plays very vigorously, but sometimes he doesn't grasp it very well, some of the balls sent in the past often catch the opponent off guard, and Bian Xu often has to run hard to play against each other, very tired.
From a woman's point of view, my skills are okay, that Daisy seems to have started playing very early, and her skills are quite good, in short, it was a chess opponent that day, and she was equally strong, but she was tired enough, and after a ball, both of us ladies were out of breath.
Seeing us like this, Zhou Yaze suggested at the right time: "Take a break." ”
I gasped and nodded in agreement.
So, a group of four of us walked to the rest area for the guests to rest and sat down, and Zhou Yaze ordered drinks for each of us.
During the break, Zhou Yaze looked at Bian Xu, and then asked me softly: "You said that Bian Xu is your cousin, since he is a cousin, he can only be a relative of his aunt's family or his aunt's family or uncle's family, may I ask which side of your relative Bian Xu is?"
I didn't expect Zhou Yaze to ask so carefully about the roots, I was drinking the juice and was stunned for a moment, almost choked, seeing me like this, Bian Xu hurriedly handed me a clean tissue.
I took the tissue that Bian Xu handed me and wiped the juice that overflowed from the corner of my mouth, and coughed in disguise.
Seeing this scene, Zhou Yaze smiled meaningfully, and then said to me gently: "Maybe I asked too presumptuously. ”
I waved my hand at him and replied softly, "It's nothing, it's nothing," then I glanced at Bian Xu and explained calmly to Zhou Yaze, "Oh, Bian Xu is me...... The child of my aunt's family. ”
Zhou Yaze smiled incomprehensibly, he held a bottle of orange juice in his hand, and then said slowly to me: "Sister Wei, I remember that you are from the north, and your hometown seems to be from N Province, right?"