Chapter Sixty-Nine: A Sad Promise
The swallow is gone, silently, with a happy smile on her face.
In the orange hotel near Yanzi's house, Yuqiu got up at 4 o'clock in the morning and went through all the processes and details again, although only his parents were present, he also had to arrange it perfectly, this moment he waited too hard, and it was too long.
After repeatedly making sure that nothing was missing, it was less than 5 o'clock, and there was still an hour before the time to set off to greet the family, he was extremely excited, his head resting on his arms, lying on the bed with his eyes open, imagining the appearance of the swallow in a wedding dress. He opened his arm again, pinched the flesh on it, and a burst of pain came, and he smirked with satisfaction. Then, as if he suddenly remembered something, he made a motion to get up, and lay on the bed and did push-ups. After two sets of 20 each, he clenched his fists and deliberately showed his biceps, then stretched out his arms and assumed the posture of holding the swallow. If you don't know, you will probably mistake him for a drama actor, and it's a pantomime.
Realizing that he was nervous and funny, he was a little embarrassed, took a few deep breaths, lay back on the bed, closed his eyes and pretended to be calm. The excitement of being the bridegroom dominated him, and in the intoxication of infinite excitement and happiness, he was full of vitality, as if he had seen himself become a tireless little bee, constantly flapping his little wings, flying from the window to the roof, from the bed to the bed, from the TV to the sofa. Everything had become the flowers he wanted to gather, and he was so busy that he seemed to have seen the sweet honey that was about to brew and was ready to offer to his mistress, the swallow.
At this moment, there seemed to be a gust of wind blowing through the window, and the gray curtain shook slightly, and after not moving, a white butterfly flew in. Out of curiosity, he was about to fan and fly over to say hello, but the white butterfly seemed to be deliberately playing hide and seek with him, and no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't catch up. He was a little discouraged, and stopped where he was, and the butterfly suddenly flew out of the window, and at the moment of leaving the window, the butterfly still grew bigger, and finally turned into a swallow, and was still wearing a white wedding dress.
"Swallow, why didn't you wait for me to pick you up. He asked in a "uh-huh" voice, and Swallow didn't know if he didn't understand, didn't answer, gave him a big smile, and jumped out of the window.
"Swallow!" Yuqiu was so frightened by this scene that she suddenly shook, jumped up from the bed, and rushed directly to the window and shouted loudly, but there was nothing. He patted his aching head, felt a handful of sticky sweat, and realized that it was a complete hallucination. After a while of inexplicability, he pinched his arm again, the pain was obvious, after making sure that he was awake, he turned around and walked back to the bed, picked up his mobile phone and looked at the time, it was almost 6 o'clock, he opened the curtain and looked out, the sky was already bright, although the sun was not yet visible, but the gray sky could already see the street downstairs, the cleaners had begun to sweep the street with a broom, and the rustle of the broom rubbing against the ground sounded rhythmically from one end of the street to the other. As they passed, the leaves on both sides of the street were swept away, leaving only a gray street that zigzagged between the buildings. Although he couldn't see their faces clearly, he suddenly developed a sense of reverence for these unknown cleaners.
Looking at the back that had already gone away, although it was still an hour earlier than expected, he couldn't wait, and decided to put on a suit, tie, and set off early. According to his idea, if the time is too early, it is a big deal to take the swallow on the road a few more times and then go to the hotel to hold the ceremony, and it is also a different scenery to be able to understand the morning style of the city so early.
After making up his mind, he knocked on the door of the room where his parents were next door, said hello to them, and then walked briskly out of the hotel lobby to the parking lot to drive the Rolls-Royce wedding car that he had specially rented yesterday. The nine hundred and ninety-nine roses that I bought at the flower shop to decorate the front of the car were all flower bones yesterday, and they have all opened overnight, and the bright red color is very pleasing to the eye, and Yuqiu thinks that the swallows have liked it very much. So he sped up his movements, got into the car, started it, then let go of the brakes, stepped on the accelerator, and because he was in such a good mood that even the humming of the car made him feel as if he was singing a pleasant song.
However, as soon as the car drove to the exit of the parking lot, his heart suddenly tingled, as if he had been pricked by something. He clutched his chest to endure the pain, slowly drove the car to the exit, found a place on the side of the road and stopped, unbuckled his seat belt and bent over the steering wheel. After about ten minutes, the pain slowly disappeared, he pressed his chest hard with his hand, there was nothing uncomfortable, the tension relaxed, and he was ready to set off again. This time, just about to start, the mobile phone rang, and the caller ID was Yanzi's mother, Yuqiu suddenly became nervous again, thinking that there was something wrong with Yanzi, so he cautiously shouted, "Mom." ”
"Yuqiu, when are you leaving, can you come earlier?"
Luo Fang's voice didn't sound unusual, Yuqiu quietly breathed a sigh of relief, and he laughed at himself for his sensitivity.
"I'm already on my way and should be there soon. ”
"Oh, okay, how long will it take?"
"Ten minutes, no traffic jam in the morning. ”
Luo Fang's question about the time, he didn't pay too much attention to it, and after hanging up the phone, he stepped on the accelerator and set off.
This is a short distance, and there is not much traffic in the morning, so Yuqiu will soon reach the swallow downstairs. It's just that what he didn't expect was that Luo Fang was already waiting at the entrance of the parking lot downstairs, looking at the road constantly, looking a little flustered.
As soon as Yuqiu saw Luo Fang, the car had not yet entered the garage, rolled down the window, and asked again in her heart, "Mom, you are waiting for me here, is there anything important?" Is there something wrong with the swallow?"
At first glance, Luo Fang's eyelids were a little puffy, his eyes were red, his expression was a little dull, his two hands were held together and kept intertwined, as if he had a lot to say, but he hesitated for a long time before he deliberately smiled and said, "Yuqiu, you came so early." ”
"Mom, didn't you just say you wanted me to come early? I was already going to go, so I arrived soon. ”
"Oh, yes, yes. Well, I have something I want you to talk about. ”
"What's the matter? Why don't we go up first, is she already up?"
"No, not yet, she slept soundly and deeply last night. ”
"That's good, it seems that her illness is getting better, and what the doctor said is only an estimate after all. Yuqiu still remembers the words the doctor said, and every time she thinks about it, her heart aches unbearably. Originally, although he was reluctant and had prepared for the worst, the swallow's improvement in the past few days brought him hope again, and he even began to believe that miracles in the world were happening to them. For this reason, he is grateful, and secretly sends a good life every day in the future, and will never waste an inch of time.
"Yuqiu, I want to ask you something, you have to answer me honestly, this can be regarded as an old mother asking for her daughter. Luo Fang stared at Yuqiu's face in a daze and said.
"Mom, we're all a family, just ask, I know everything. ”
"If the swallow suddenly leaves, I mean, what would you do?"
"Heartbroken!"
Yuqiu didn't think about it, and answered Luo Fang's question directly.
"But what if the swallow wants you to go on with your life and live happily ever after, will you do what she says?"
"Mom, your question is so strange, why do you ask this. If the swallow wants me to be good, of course I want to be good, I love her, and I will be happy with her happiness for the rest of my life. ”
"Mom wants you to remember today's words and take the happiness of swallows as happiness, can you do it?"
"As soon as the word is spoken, the horse is difficult to chase, what I Zeng Yuqiu said must be loud, and if you do it, Mom, you can rest assured." Yuqiu thought that Luo Fang was deliberately testing him, because after all, as a mother and daughter, she was about to leave home to live with herself, and she should be a little unbearable, so he made a promise in front of Luo Fang to let her trust the swallow to herself.
Luo Fang nodded with satisfaction, tears suddenly appeared in her eyes, she forced herself not to shed tears, but in the end she couldn't hold back. In the morning, her voice was about to burst, and she couldn't wake up the sleeping swallow. She has only one daughter in her life, but she didn't expect to go one step ahead of her, her world collapsed, and she fell into a bottomless darkness, desperate and even wanted to find a rope to follow directly. She thought of Yuqiu again, this boy who loved swallows deeply, which made people feel distressed. She couldn't imagine how painful it would be if he pushed open the door and saw that the swallow had stopped breathing, so she decided to take the first step to give him a psychological foundation, hoping to use the swallow's words to make him strong.
However, reason is often vulnerable to emotion.
When Yuqiu pushed open the familiar door again, and saw the swallow lying on the bed, he saw that the familiar face was no longer bloody, and the familiar hands were already cold to touch, he didn't cry, not even a tear, he was completely silent, and his whole body stood stiffly in front of the bed, unusually calm.
"Mom, you see it's not early, you hurry up and help Yanzi put on the wedding dress, my car has arrived, wait for us to set off early and go around the avenue to see the cityscape in the morning." Then go to the hotel, walk the red carpet, and have a wedding ceremony. ”
When Luo Fang returned to Yanzi's room, she had secretly covered her mouth and couldn't cry, and when she heard Yuqiu's voice being so flat and quiet, she couldn't control her shouting at all.
"My silly boy, the swallow is gone, the wedding is canceled, after all, she is not blessed. ”
"Isn't she good? Mom, hurry up and help her get dressed, there will be more people on the street later." ”
"Kid, face it, mom beg. Remember what you just said below?"
"Remember, of course remember, I'm going to be happy with her happiness, I'm going to give her the most memorable wedding she could ever dream of, to be the happiest and most beautiful bride in the world, and to make her remember this day forever. ”
"Swallow is gone, Yuqiu, she left us, forever ......"
"No, she promised me to be my bride, how could she just leave, and I would chase her back when she left. ”
Yuqiu kept repeating this sentence countless times.