Chapter 40: I Have Been to Your World
As the New Year's bell rang, hundreds of thousands of people cheered like a tsunami. A new year, a new day, has officially begun. At this time, it is also the most important time to say goodbye to the past and look forward to the future. And I? In the vast sea of people, I can't find myself.
What is my future?
For me in the future, at this moment, I don't have a clear and unambiguous answer.
It can also be said that I am full of confusion about my life.
I looked at Xiao Xiao in the crowd, her smile was like a touch of sunshine in the cold. And I could only look at her from afar, and I didn't want to say anything.
She, too, turned her head and looked at me.
Like a thief, I quickly avoided her eyes.
I asked myself, why dodge? I can't give myself an answer.
I plucked up my courage and looked up again at her in the crowd. She happened to be looking at me too. Our eyes are briefly connected. I don't have anything but a smile. I don't even have the courage to say Happy New Year.
Her smile is also deeply rooted in my mind.
Chinese New Year's Eve, also with bells and cheers, ended. The crowd also began, dispersed.
Seeing that I was still standing in place, Mao Xiaoyu touched me and said, "What are you looking at? β
I came to my senses and followed them away.
The scattered crowd is like the waves of the sea, wave after wave of the ocean. At the intersections of the streets, there are workers standing to maintain order.
Today is the most special day for us. However, it is the most tiring day for them. With their bodies and hands, they built a great wall. This Great Wall commands hundreds of thousands of people to come here happily and return home happily.
It took us half an hour to get out of the crowd.
It's tiring, but it's fun.
We came to the moat and sat on the piers. The greatest advantage of modern civilization is that it does not distinguish between day and night. We watched the river sparkle in the light. Looking, the traffic is constantly running on the wide avenue. Listening, laughter in the night.
At this moment, we look at the city with new eyes. At this time, we realized that the city has been living for more than twenty years.
We grew up to be the age we were looking forward to as children. Although, the self I expected as a child and the current self have deviated from the direction.
However, the mountains and water here have nurtured us. Our youth is also rushing by here.
We shouted to the other side of the river. A wave has not settled, and another wave has risen. We all express our vanished youth in our own way.
Ji Xiaoyu asked, "What are your plans in the future?" β
Mao Xiaoyu said, "I want to stay here and protect you." β
We laughed at Mao Xiaoyu and said, "It's so sour." β
Ji Xiaoyu showed a sweet smile.
Hongjiao said, "This place has raised me and educated me. I also want to educate others and pass the torch on to the next generation. β
Xiao Xiao said, "Where there is a home, there is a home." β
I said, "Eighteen, goodbye." β
Xiao Xiao and Hongjiao looked at me with strange eyes. Ji Xiaoyu and Mao Xiaoyu were also surprised. Even Hongjiao's fiancΓ© thinks that my nerve is wrong. However, I still shouted to the other side of the river, "Eighteen years old, goodbye." Youth, goodbye. β
Eighteen years old, what a wonderful age. It's a pity that the eighteen-year-old youth can never go back. It would be nice to be able to turn back the clock and go back to eighteen.
Xiao Xiao also shouted: "Eighteen years old, goodbye." Youth, goodbye. β
Hongjiao also shouted: "Eighteen years old, goodbye." Youth, goodbye. β
We shouted in unison, "Eighteen, goodbye." Youth, goodbye. β
Like crazy, we headed for the river and shouted, "Eighteen years old, goodbye." Youth, goodbye. β
Our voices, wave after wave, finally disappeared into the endless night.
Ji Xiaoyu raised his arm and said, "I want to be promoted and raised." β
Mao Xiaoyu said, "I want this world to belong to me." β
Xiao Xiao said, "I want to get married early." β
Hongjiao said, "I wish we all found our own home." β
I know she said that to me. And I, silent.
Xiao Xiao asked, "Why don't you speak?" β
I said, "I want to live freely." β
Ji Xiaoyu threw a disgusted look and said, "Taking off the list as soon as possible is the king." β
Mao Xiaoyu also sarcastically mocked me, saying, "No one takes in Wang who is single, the most miserable." β
Hong Jiao said pointedly, "Live in the moment and cherish the people in front of you." β
Xiao Xiao saw me looking at her and said, "Look at what, it's you." β
"Your world, I've been here. There was no you in my world. I faced the calm river, "I am glad that in the vast sea of people, your world, I have been here." For our youth, say goodbye. β
That night, we sat by the river and talked a lot. Tell the past and look forward to your future.
When I got home, it was already two in the morning. I turned on the light and saw my parents sitting on the couch. Suddenly, it startled me.
I patted my fragile heart and said, "Teacher Jiang, Teacher Hu, why don't you sleep yet." β
Mom held her hands and said with a smile, "You're back!"
Mom's words always make me feel very uncomfortable. I asked in a trembling voice, "Teacher Jiang, have something to say." β
My mother interrogated me in a condescending manner, "How does it feel to be dating?" β
"Ahh
The mother asked again, "You are with Aunt Zou's daughter!"
"Ahh How did I date Aunt Zou's daughter. I looked at the second elder and didn't speak.
Mom said, "If you don't admit it, it's okay." I just know it. β
I asked, "What does Mr. Jiang know?" β
"Everything. β
When I saw the tone of my mother's speech, I mistakenly thought that I was on a blind date, and it was revealed. I struggled a little, and was just about to confess my guilt and confess my crimes. Suddenly, my mother changed her words and said, "I'll just say that you and Aunt Zou's daughter are very compatible." β
"Teacher Jiang, do you know?" After all, the paper still can't contain the fire, and it seems that my blind date is completely exposed.
"What do you want me to say. β
"Teacher Jiang, I was wrong. Punish me!"
"You are dating Aunt Zou's daughter, I can't be happy yet, I will punish you for what to do. β
"Ahh She couldn't do without Aunt Zou's daughter in a few words. How disgusted she is, my son.
"Have you seen Aunt Zou's daughter?" I asked tentatively, uncertainly.
Mom said, "The person I dated you today is not the girl I met when my father and I went to your blind date." β
I thought to myself, "What's the situation?" β
I saw the expectant eyes of the second elder, and asked instead of answering, "Teacher Jiang, Teacher Hu, how do you know that the girl who is New Year's Eve with me is the one who goes on a blind date." β
When my mother saw that I had arrived at this time, she kept her mouth tight, refused to admit it, and hurriedly said, "I know, you will hide it from me." Do you remember that I called you today?"
I asked, "What's the problem?" β
Mom smiled and said, "I asked the girl, and she said it was the person who went on a blind date with you." She also admitted. β
I'm even more blindsided. The person I went on a blind date with, how could it be Xiao Xiao. If the second elder knows, I didn't see the blind date. My fate was predictable.
Today, it's because I quarreled with my dad and fell for him. In order to prove that I was with the opposite sex, I asked Xiao Xiao to help me out. I wonder what happened in those three minutes. Otherwise, how could the second elder treat Xiao Xiao as Aunt Zou's daughter.
I thought again, how does my mother know that the person who is with me on New Year's Eve is the person who went on a blind date last time. Could it be that my mother told her about my blind date. If that's really the case. Wouldn't it be very embarrassing to see Xiao Xiao in the future.
Or is it that I am thinking too much.
But, I thought about it. If Xiao Xiao knew that I was going on a blind date, she would definitely hit me. However, after answering the phone, her face was calm and she couldn't see anything. Could it be that she said something that made them misunderstand under my mother's questioning.
It's as if Xiao Xiao's mother mistakenly thought I was her boyfriend.
I said to myself, "It's an old classmate! It's too much sacrifice to help me." These two big meals are worth it. β
After figuring this out, my heart hanging in my throat finally landed. Fortunately, the second elder regarded Xiao Xiao as Aunt Zou's daughter. So, I went on a blind date, and I didn't see the blind date, and I didn't reveal it. The second elder doesn't know, and I won't be stupid enough to take the initiative to admit my mistake.
I continued to fool the second elder. Although one day, my lies will be exposed by the second elder. But, I hope that this day will come a little later.
I was judged by my mother for half an hour, and I quickly yawned in protest. My mother saw that I was very sleepy and let me go. I pretended to be sleepy and went back to my room.
I lay on the bed, playing with my phone.
For some reason, I said, "It's really you, how nice it would be." β
I clicked on WeChat and saw that there were many comments on WeChat. A few buddies in college, seeing that I posted a news, mistakenly thought that I had succeeded in getting off the list, and sent congratulatory messages one after another.
Sun Zhi asked me, "Who!"
"Is there a situation?"
"Did you take the first step? β
As I scanned the comments, I scolded, "It's terrible to be uneducated." I just borrowed the Book of Songs, and I was been..."
I read the messages of my buddies, but I won't go back. Some things are better to be mysterious. After graduating, we didn't have a good life. I'm not going to tell them that I'm having a worse time.
I read a few more messages from the New Year.
Ji Xiaoyu said, "Wait for the right person to marry me." β
Mao Xiaoyu said, "Please wait for me and marry you." β
I scolded: "It's a shame to take out such a numb word." β
I watched Hongjiao's dynamics again, and when I opened it, my mood was heavy. She said, "The rest of my life will live up to my life." β
I looked at this message, and the whole person felt a little more indescribable. I took a breath and said heavily, "It's good to have a home. β
My eyelids were up and down, and they were together. I turned off my phone and was getting ready for bed. suddenly remembered that he hadn't seen Xiao Xiaofa's dynamics yet. I turned my phone back on and clicked in to take a look.
Her words are simple... I've been to your world.