Chapter 6 Choices
The screeching whistle of the van behind him already made He Dudong feel irritable, he took out the cigarette in the glove box, and just wanted to light one, the car in front of him moved forward for some distance, and Twilight had to hang up D gear and follow. This section of the road has been blocked for almost an hour, and if it continues like this, it will only be late. Twilight lowered the window, took a sharp puff on the cigarette, and as the cold air poured into the cab, he looked at the building not far away that was jokingly called "Big Pants", and sneered, "Whatever!?"
Dilemmas can sometimes be more frightening than the end of the road.
The milky white door was spotlessly wiped by the cleaners, and Twilight admired the work attitude of the cleaners here, if he had the diligence of half of the cleaners here, he probably wouldn't have lived like this. Pushing open the door in front of him, he found that three people were already seated, but why was there a girl.
"Isn't it another traffic jam, twilight. The editor-in-chief of the publishing house, Song, opened up first, Twilight actually respected him very much, and he was responsible for the publication of all his novels at that time.
"This point is one, two, and three, and it must be blocked into a worm, it's okay, just get there. Director Liu, who is wearing a colorful sweater today, is obviously proud of "middle-aged greasy men also have spring", especially when Dusk saw the timid little girl sitting next to Director Liu, the disgust like carrion went straight to his throat.
"In this blockage, I feel like I have to change to a new energy car. He Dudong took off his coat and hung it on the hanger, then walked over to Editor-in-Chief Song and sat down opposite Director Liu, the smile he had worked hard to build up looked stiff.
"Come, Twilight, take a look at the terms of the contract. Director Liu pushed a stack of bound documents in front of Twilight, who picked them up and tried to avoid Director Liu's smiling smile and the timid gaze of the girl next to him.
"If you don't understand anything in the terms, you can ask me. Director Liu proudly put his hand on the back of the chair behind the girl, with a proud look on his face.
Twilight looked at the agreement page by page, and suddenly, the suppressed sense of suffocation, the indifferent sense of depression, all rushed up, he tried to examine every word on the paper, but for some reason, those small fonts seemed to all jump up, fleeing towards the corner of the table. Twilight closed her eyes and calmed down, Director Liu and Editor-in-Chief Song were chatting, and they didn't notice Twilight's strangeness at all, and in the end, it was the girl next to Director Liu who played a role.
"Teacher Liu......" The girl gently touched Director Liu's arm with her fingers, and Director Liu turned her head: "What's the matter?" The girl gently pointed to Twilight with her eyes closed, and Editor-in-Chief Song seemed to notice Twilight's strangeness at this time, and he patted Twilight on the back: "What's wrong, Twilight, where is it uncomfortable." ”
"Director Liu, can I take this agreement back and read it, and give you an answer tomorrow morning. Twilight opened his eyes and said weakly, Director Liu slapped his palm on the agreement, he glanced at Twilight with vigilance, looked at Editor-in-Chief Song and said, "Yes, you can, but if you reveal the content inside, you know the consequences." Twilight nodded, and Director Liu stretched out his hand back, "Okay, then let's do this today, Mengting, you explain the details of the agreement to Twilight tonight." Director Liu stood up and patted the girl next to him on the shoulder and said.
"That's not necessary, Director Liu, I'll have to go to the hospital first, so let's go back first." Twilight stood up and stretched out her hand to Director Liu, who held Twilight's hand, "In case there is anything you need help in the hospital, isn't Mengting just here." The fat on Director Liu's cheeks was trembling again. Twilight turned her head to look at Editor-in-Chief Song, and made a blank look: "Editor-in-Chief Song just go with me, the girl is not very convenient after all." Editor-in-Chief Song understood, and he said to Director Liu while getting dressed: "I'll just accompany Dusk Dong, you don't have to worry." Twilight nodded with a smile and walked to the hanger, took off the coat, and walked to the door with Editor-in-Chief Song: "By the way, Director Liu, if you want to match me with an agent in the future, please also trouble you to match me with a male agent, thank you." ”
City cleaners in orange uniforms have begun to sweep away the remaining dust from the road, and the broken leaves mixed with dew and dirt mixed with gray have been swept away.
"Uncle Song, how about this burrito, I didn't lie to you. Twilight looked at the editor-in-chief Song who had already eaten and got carried away, and a sense of accomplishment arose. Editor-in-Chief Song swallowed the food in his mouth, and his eyes narrowed into a slit: "You kid can do it, I will use this burrito for breakfast and lunch in the future." Twilight saw that Uncle Song was eating with a mouth full of oil, and immediately took out a tissue from the glove box of the car and handed it to Editor-in-Chief Song: "Uncle Song, eat slowly, I won't rob you." Uncle Song wiped his mouth with a piece of paper: "I used to think that the roadside stalls around the university could have some jade plates, but today I am blessed by you." ”
He Dudong looked at the gate of his alma mater in the distance through the car window, "When I was in school, I ate this burrito for breakfast every day, and I never got tired of eating it. "Many of the shops on the street are no longer people, but although the owner and name of this burrito shop have changed, the location and taste have not changed, which makes Twilight very happy.
"Uncle Song, am I already desperate? Twilight looked at the energetic college freshmen who came out of the school gate and asked. After Uncle Song glanced at Twilight, he stuffed the last bite of burrito into his mouth, "Twilight, Uncle will tell you the truth, if you want your career to reach a new peak, there is only this way in front of you, you have not published new works in the past few years, and old works can't be sold anymore." Editor-in-Chief Song pushed the car door and threw the burrito bag into the trash bin not far away, and then returned to the car.
"Twilight, Uncle also asked you, why there are no new works over the years, you said there is no inspiration, ask you why you have no inspiration, you have not answered me. Editor-in-Chief Song took off his glasses and wiped the fog on them with a glasses cloth, "Your first novel was very well written, how did you have the inspiration at that time, why is it not now, don't you say that the writer's inspiration is because of life, can't all these years of life bring you a little inspiration." ”
Twilight wanted to smoke, but he held back, he knew that Editor-in-Chief Song hated the smell of smoke the most, so he had to lower the window of the car a little crack, breathing in the fragrance of the plane tree and the smell of the books of the passing students. He knew how his first novel was finished, and he understood why the inspiration was so well-flowing, because of a painful process, and because of a girl who didn't say goodbye.
This was five years ago.,When I was in college, Twilight was still a young freshman who only knew how to write articles and submit articles to various magazines all day long.,Twilight Winter wasn't ready to fall in love in college.,He just wanted to earn some manuscript fees to supplement daily expenses through submission.,For this reason, he also participated in the university's literary club.。
But Twilight, who is already very handsome, naturally has no shortage of girls chasing him, and his roommates often use wood as a metaphor for his attitude towards girls, but Twilight always insists on her own way. In fact, Twilight herself understands that she is not indifferent to girls, but she has been in college for more than a year, and she has not met the girl who makes her heart flutter at all, so she has the idea of being responsible for the girl and not wanting to waste her energy, and Twilight maintains an indifferent and arrogant attitude in front of the girl.
Unexpectedly, in that summer, in the place where he often goes, he finally let his heart melt as cold as ancient ice.
On a noisy summer day, in order to grab the newly published "Harry Potter" series of novels, Twilight broke into the bookstore with cicadas singing all the way, panting and sweating. I wanted to leave while there were fewer people in the store to buy a copy, but I didn't think that before I walked to the new book booth, my fingers hadn't even touched the new book, and my legs didn't obey. A girl with long black shoulder-length hair and a beige blue and white dress caught He Dudong's attention. Twilight felt his heart pounding, and he admitted that he was a little moved, so he had to walk over cautiously and stand side by side with the girl, but he didn't dare to turn his head to look at her.
"Senior He Dudong, are you also here to buy books?" the girl's silver-bell-like question floated into Twilight's ears. Twilight turned his head to look at the girl with a red face, and he found that the girl's face was very innocent and lovely, and her big eyes looked at him without blinking.
Twilight smiled embarrassedly, "Yes, you know me?"
"Senior, my name is Luo Yutong, a freshman, majoring in economics, and I am also from the Literature Club, so please give me more advice. The girl stretched out her hand on her own initiative, her eyes full of innocence, as clean and immaculate as the eyes of a baby in swaddling clothes.
After the two shook hands, they left each other's contact information. But when she returns to school, Twilight learns that the girl is the flower of the finance department, so everyone in the dorm encourages Twilight to pursue her.
"There aren't many boys with her contact information. ”
"Brother, if you don't go crazy, you'll be old. ”
"You can't afford to waste that great resource. ”
In this way, under the repeated bombardment of his roommates, Twilight finally couldn't bear it, and Twilight herself had a good impression of Yutong, so he decided to try to get along with Luo Yutong for a while. In that month, the two made an appointment to watch movies together, go shopping together, eat night markets together, and in the days of contact with Yutong, Twilight felt unprecedented sweet and happy. So, after the two of them have been together for three months, Twilight decides that it is time to officially confess to Yutong.
But there are unforeseen circumstances, and the day before preparing the confession ceremony for Yutong in late winter, Yutong disappeared without any warning. Some say they saw her get into a Bentley and never came back. Twilight initially thinks that Yutong is testing himself, and he calls Yutong countless times, but all the responses are "The number you dialed is not in the service area." Twilight searched for all the teachers and students who knew Yutong, but none of them knew where she went.
Since then, He Dudong has started to write his first novel, he wants to write a novel about her, a novel about first love, about later hatred. He devoted all his energy to writing, and often wrote and wrote, and he was stunned and couldn't cry. Twilight couldn't figure out why Yutong didn't even give him a chance to say goodbye, and why he left him without even saying hello.
"I know what to do, Uncle Song......" Twilight raised the window and started the car, "Thank you for taking care of me all these years, if it weren't for your discovery, I wouldn't have had this opportunity." ”
Editor-in-chief Song plugged in his seat belt, "I've been suffering from insomnia these days, and I'm getting old and getting less sleep, so you drive slowly and call me when the place comes." Editor-in-Chief Song narrowed his eyes and put down the back of his chair, "If you really want to become a superstar in the future, don't forget about me as an old man when you ask for an autograph." ”
"No, Brother Song will always be eighteen years old. Twilight smiled and turned the steering wheel mischievously.
The car drove towards the viaduct and towards the outer ring road, and as the destination approached, Twilight found that the buildings on both sides of the road were so familiar, and when he saw the traffic light posts not far away, the clip-art statues all appeared in front of him. The girl in a big red down jacket in front of the car that night, the girl who shared Western food with her and smiled happily that night, and the stubborn girl who rented a simple basement .......
Dusk looked at Editor-in-Chief Song, who was sleeping next to him, looked at his watch, and turned the car from the intersection to drive in the other direction.