"Thank you. Tang Xiao smiled politely and said.

The white-haired uncle was originally sitting here alone playing chess, but when he saw Tang Xiao and Ji Xiaoru coming, he didn't play chess anymore, but only smiled and talked to the two.

Tang Xiao thought to himself, he has been lonely for a long time, no one who can come to this nursing home will be short of money to spend, many people are cadres when they are young, but in this world, having money and background does not mean that they will not be lonely.

Even many times, the more beautiful people are, the more lonely they are behind their backs.

"Before...... Someone is playing chess with me," the white-haired uncle held a ceramic cup in his hand, and his bright eyes looked into the distance, as if someone's face was emerging in the sky in the distance, "It's just that person left before me, and I have a very uncomfortable day by day, so I am waiting to see him as soon as possible in the future...... When I saw him, I had to ask him why he didn't wait for me, why did he leave so early......"

As he spoke, there seemed to be a layer of water in his eyes.

Tang Xiao and Ji Xiaoru did not speak out tacitly, they understood that sometimes, what people need is not to explain, but to listen.

When people can happily pour out their thoughts and thoughts, some of the emotions that have been depressed in their hearts can also be released, and some questions that have not been answered may also be found in the confession.

However, in a world where everyone is busy, it is not easy to find one or two people to sit down and listen to your heart.

Moreover, it is not at the right time, even if you meet the right person, those words may not be spoken.

The winter wind blows softly and slowly, the air is quiet and comfortable, and the nose smells the aroma of honeysuckle flowers.

He stretched out his hand and wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes, and he was glad that the two little girls didn't ask anything, didn't say anything.

Once the confession is interrupted, then he is likely to be ashamed to speak up and take his secret all the way to the grave.

So many years have passed.

He's old, too, and he's gone.

If you don't say it, no one will ever know about it again.

Originally, they had made up their minds to bury everything in their hearts, but, he thought, maybe someone should know their story.

He withdrew his gaze from the distance and stared at the ceramic cup in his hand—

That's what he left behind.

The ceramic mug is already very old, very old.

It was given to him when he was young, and after his death, the cup was returned to his hands.

Sometimes, when he drinks tea with this cup, he will feel his taste from between his lips and teeth, although it is very light and light, but the crisp taste clearly belongs to him.

Will these two little girls be able to accept their feelings?

Do they, like most people, find them disgusting?

He suddenly hesitated.

So, he looked up and glanced at them.

I saw two young and beautiful girls, both sitting there quietly, one smiling quietly and the other smiling lively.

However, in their eyes, he saw their purity and beauty—

These are two children who don't have the slightest bad intentions.

He was touched and couldn't help but smile back at them.

Then he turned his head sideways, looked at the scorching maple tree in the distance, and said in a slow voice, "I have known him since we were very young. We grew up in a big school, when I was a child, he was more skinny, I was more honest, since I was a child, I followed him to ......"

When Ji Xiaoru heard this, she felt a little strange, opened her mouth to say something, and held back.

Tang Xiao turned his head and shook his head gently at her, signaling her not to speak.

Ji Xiaoru nodded.

Ji Xiaoru has always been very aggressive, her mind is not as delicate as Tang Xiao, she hasn't understood what the old man said "he" is a man, but Tang Xiao understands.

To be precise, she thought of it from the very beginning when the old man talked about the person who played chess with him.

The sanatorium was huge, and it was a winter afternoon, and there was no one passing by, everything was quiet, with quiet maple forests in the distance, and rolling green hills in the distance.

Occasionally, a bird flew by in the sky, but soon it disappeared, turning into a small black dot on the horizon, until there was no trace at all, as if it had never been.

Just like human memory, if you don't remember everything you want to remember, it's likely to disappear like a bird passing through the sky, as if it never existed.

“…… It's also unclear who liked whom first. Actually, at first, I really didn't know what it was called liking-" He paused and smiled, as if a little helpless and a little happy.

"Anyway, I like it, I just like it. When I don't see it, I think about it very much. When I met, I felt that talking was not enough, and it was not enough to just look at each other and laugh...... So what's going on? Like a girl, holding hands and kissing the mouth? Hey...... At that time, I had never been exposed to this kind of thing, and I felt that I was sick, and I was not lightly ill, so I forced myself not to think about it, but I couldn't see it during the day, and I always dreamed about it at night. I often dream at home, and suddenly shout his name and sit up from the bed, and the family asks, what's wrong? He beat you, or does he owe you money?...... It's neither, but I don't dare to say it, I can only say that I hate him and annoy him. ”

He smiled again, put his lips to the warm ceramic cup in his hand, as reverent as a kiss, he kissed the rim of the cup that his lips had touched countless times, imagining him sitting on a chair basking in the sun and drinking tea with a cup, and his heart felt very happy, this moment seemed to be very close to him, very close.

Tang Xiao and Ji Xiaoru, who were sitting opposite the old man, could already hear it, and they couldn't help but sweat for the two people in the story.

What happened, what happened?

Are they together?

Do they know each other's minds?

……

I only heard the old man's voice coming quietly and slowly: "...... It was a terrible feeling, and I wanted to see him, and I was afraid to see him, and for a moment I felt like he was some kind of man-eating monster, and I was afraid of him, and I wanted to rush over to find him immediately. ”

“…… I was an impatient, but in the end I couldn't help it and told him. But he'......"

The old man stretched out his hand to cover his eyes, sighed and said: "He has been looking at Pi since he was a child, he is not honest, he fights every day, and makes his family worry about it, in fact, he is very filial and obedient, how can he bear to make his family worry......? To be a weirdo who is pointed at behind his back?"

"Don't say he doesn't want to, I don't want to see him like that! So, after all, we all know how to go. I later learned that he liked me too, and that was enough. I'm even more glad that he can't accept girls, he loves me, but that doesn't affect him from falling in love with someone else later, getting married and having children like a normal person......"

"I think it's good that I don't delay him, and he doesn't delay me...... Of course, we didn't delay anyone. ”

He lowered his eyes and looked at the ceramic cup in his hand. The heat has gradually dissipated, the tea sank to the bottom of the cup, and when I drank it again, I only felt that it was more bitter than sweet, but I was used to being bitter, and I didn't feel bitter anymore.

"I went to see him later...... He was a guest at his house, and he had a wife, children, and children. My son looks like him, I look at it, it is almost the same as what he carved out of a mold when he was young, his son doesn't know why, and he is very close to me, but I don't dare to say too much to his son, for fear that I will shed tears when I talk about it...... It's not that it's uncomfortable to shed tears, it's that it's happy to shed tears, that feeling...... It's like going back to when I was a child, facing him at that time, but I'm not me anymore, I'm old, and I'm getting farther and farther away from him. His daughter, very beautiful, as beautiful as his wife, and his wife is also a good person—I know, that is our former high school class flower, and she has always liked him, and they are no longer compatible, and he should find a dignified and virtuous woman to teach a pair of lovely and intelligent children. That's the perfect life......"

He quickly wiped the tears that slipped from the corners of his eyes, and said with tears in his eyes: "I have no regrets, and I have nothing to owe - I didn't plan to get married, after all, I don't like anyone but him, so I don't plan to harm others." But later, my wife came to me and said that she liked me and wanted to marry me, and I said that what I liked was a man, and even if I married you, I couldn't give you a normal married life, she didn't believe it, and said that she must try, and she didn't blame me if it didn't work. Later, the family was tight, and the family liked her, so let's get married, just like I told her, I couldn't accept her, but she didn't blame me, she still took care of me and treated me well...... Then I am also good to her, how others take care of their wives, how they are good to my wife's mother's family, I am also the same, but I still feel guilty in my heart, because I don't love her......"

"She later became ill and went in her fifties. But before she died, she said that she was still grateful to me, that I gave her a good marriage, and that she felt happy even if I didn't love her. However, she always regretted that she did not leave me a child—how could I blame her for this......? Hey, I'm too stubborn, there's no way around it. ”

"A few years ago, he found out that he had an incurable disease, called me, and said that he wanted to go out with me. Ha...... Two old men, what are you going out for? I think it's funny and sad when I hear it. ”

"This 'distraction' is a gift he owes me for half his life. I thought he had forgotten, but he hadn't, none of us had forgotten. When I was 16 years old, he told me one day, "When my brother is rich, my brother will take you to the end of the world!" I said, how much money is considered rich? He was also young at that time, and after thinking for a long time, he said, at least you have to have money to go to a foreign country! I said okay, then when you have money, let's go to Venice to take a boat and go to Australia to see kangaroos...... Unexpectedly, by the time this promise was fulfilled, we were all too old to look good......"

When he said this, his voice trembled slightly, and his hands trembled like words, but there was still a smile on his lips, after all, that "distraction" was the last happy time in his life.