Chapter Twenty-Eight: Be Your Spring
This chapter is best watched with the song "Be Your Spring", J_ust].
It's been more than half a month since he ended his short solo debut song stage that week - living a "comfortable" life of occasionally going to the old building of the company to "mess around" with trainees for a day or two, and then using the rest of his rich time to write songs and compose songs, because there are no notices that have to race against time to catch up. Without those trips that will be urged to go no matter whether you want to do it or not, this half a month has actually become the most "relaxed" period of time since Wang Nanqian debuted as a member of EXO.
No longer have to stay up all night, no longer have to reverse day and night, and like other members of EXO who have collectively gained weight because they are stuck in the dormitory and have nowhere to go, so they live a wonderful life of eating and sleeping when they are full, and eating when they wake up, Wang Nanqian, who has survived the most torturous period at the beginning of the year, made him physically and mentally exhausted, and his life is finally a little more regular, is also difficult to avoid the "fortune".
Although Jiang Shiqi, who always clamored for him to have dinner, and the members of EXO, who took advantage of the lack of a specific return plan, and the members of EXO, who would serve high-calorie foods such as fried chicken and pig's trotters pizza every time he ordered takeout, all contributed a lot to his healthy and more normal body shape, but the reason why Wang Nanqian "exploded fat" in this half a month The biggest reason for five or six catties is that he finally regained his spirits and gradually recovered from the farce of Wu Yifan saying goodbye.
What I wanted to say to that guy has been told through the solo debut song that sounds like a lovelorn love song on the surface - since everyone has made a choice, there is no specific meaning in pursuing who betrayed whom and who deceived whom, and although the injuries that have been suffered cannot be completely healed in a short period of time, the pain has slowly eased and faded with the passage of time.
Since coming to South Korea, he has experienced many setbacks, how many difficult years he has endured, and even moments when he is in deep despair and feels that he has no future - Wang Nanqian, who has long been accustomed to facing difficulties, knows very well that the world will never work according to one's own wishes.
You never know if there will be an accident tomorrow, and when something you don't want to see happens, all a person can do is try to adjust themselves and solve problems that even if you can't avoid them.
Like now, he has to start solving the "problem" at hand.
When he walked into the small coffee shop and saw the girl sitting alone at a small round table in the corner, holding a mobile phone, he was mentally prepared for everything - the one with a large black beanie on her head and the same black knitted sweater on her body, which was two or three sizes larger than her figure. The girl who covered her face with a large black mask glared at him viciously when he pushed open the door of the store, but now she lowered her head and pretended not to know him at all, or it could be understood that she deliberately didn't want to deal with him.
Sighing helplessly in his heart, Wang Nanqian no longer looked at the girl who was obviously playing with him, he took off the mask hanging on his face, and walked straight to the shopkeeper who looked like she was forty or fifty years old who was standing behind the counter and looking at him with a smile.
The table of the little round table in the corner was still in a clean state, and seeing such a sight, even the stupidest, stupidest, and stupidest man should know what to do at this time.
"Please give me an iced Americano, a latte, and a piece of brownie, thank you. ”
"Okay, please wait a minute...... Young man, go over and sit down quickly, and I'll send you there later. ”
After taking back the bank card she had just handed over from the aunt who was squeezing her eyes at her, and then bending down slightly to show her etiquette, Wang Nanqian turned around, and before she could lift her feet, she found that her eyes had completely met the girl sitting in the corner.
A girl's heart is really ever-changing in an instant.
Even if he has shaken his head in his heart I don't know how many times, and I don't know how many words have poured out, Wang Nanqian didn't let those emotions affect his expression and movements - imagining the gaze that was staring at his face as a camera flashing red light, Wang Nanqian kept the smile on his face, met the two eyes straight, and walked to the small round table in the corner.
"It's ...... waiting"
"For an hour and twenty-four minutes, a girl sat alone for an hour and twenty-four minutes, and finally waited for her boyfriend to appear, but the guy who made the girl wait alone for an hour and twenty-four minutes didn't even say hello to the girl, but ran to buy food and drink for himself first, isn't this boyfriend too much?"
Not to mention the words to be used for explanation, even the initial polite words had not had time to finish, and the girl who was sitting at the small round table, looking up because her eyes were focused on his face, had already interrupted him with a series of words - because the big mask covered most of the girl's face, so Wang Nanqian, who could not see the expression on her face when she said these words, was not sure whether the other party had really lost her temper.
Probably because her voice is too sweet and soft, so even if she says something like this, it will make people feel like she's just being coquettish, right?
"When I came out today, I encountered such a little situation, and I really couldn't ...... directly"
In order to avoid the eyes of the other members, in order to avoid the tracking of those illegitimate eaters who are dead at the door of the dormitory every day, he jumped into a total of four convenience stores and two restaurants before finally sneaking into a small alley and stopping a taxi - gently pushed away the chair placed on the other side of the small round table, and hung the backpack on the back of the chair, Wang Nanqian sat opposite the girl, and opened his mouth to try to defend himself.
Who knew that this time he wouldn't be able to finish his sentence.
"Oh, young people don't make so many excuses, listening to someone who has heard a word, a good apology, is better than anything else. ”
The aunt, who didn't know whether it was the manager or the clerk, walked up behind him with a tray and interrupted him with an overly enthusiastic laugh and a hearty tone—probably because there were only two customers in the store, and the aunt seemed to have heard all the conversations between them.
"Also, little girl, you too, look at how handsome your boyfriend looks, it's not bad compared to those bouncing children on TV, this is your blessing, but you have to cherish it!"
Seeing that the aunt put the coffee on the tray on the small round table like the brownie cake that was not too big, and made a serious look while setting it back, teaching them two "ignorant young men", Wang Nanqian only felt a little crying and laughing- Just as he was thinking about whether to symbolically say a few words to the enthusiastic onlooker, thanking her for her perhaps unnecessary concern, the girl sitting across from him had already responded to the aunt first.
"What's a good thing about this! It's because he's good-looking, that's why people work extra hard! Auntie, you don't know how many girls are thinking about him, as long as one of them is not careful, the next second he will run away with someone else. ”
"Okay, okay, here's your iced Americano, latte, and brownie, all here. I won't bother you, you can talk slowly. ”
Although she interjected a little recklessly just now, the aunt who had been watching the store alone at night still knew how to look a little - after transferring all the contents of the tray to the small round table, she stopped talking to the girl in the big mask and continued the conversation about the previous topic, so quickly turned around and walked back behind the counter.
After tilting her head and craned her neck to make sure that the aunt had completely disappeared from the counter, the girl, who claimed to have been waiting in this small café for "an hour and twenty-four minutes," finally reached out and took off the mask that covered most of her face.
Perhaps because of the imminent return, her cheeks looked a little thinner — in the dim dim light of a little retro-inspired café, she looked a little fresher and more intimate with only a light make-up than when she stood on stage.
Because of her action, Wang Nanqian finally saw her expression clearly.
Compared to the appearance of standing on the stage, under the delicate stage makeup, deliberately making an idol-exclusive stage expression, the appearance of the girl sitting not far in front of him, just squinting her eyes slightly, slightly curling the corners of her mouth, and looking at him with such a light smile made him feel more heart-wrenching—and made him feel deeply sorry for being so late.
"Chu Long, I really encountered some situations when I came out, and it really took a lot of time...... Sorry to keep you waiting. ”
"Well, I totally understand, I'm not angry at all, Oppa, don't care. ”
I don't know why, after the aunt disappeared, the atmosphere around the two people seemed to have become strange - looking at the bangs hanging in front of the girl's eyebrows and the tips of the long brown and black hair scattered over her shoulders all shaking with her slight shaking movement, Wang Nanqian felt as if her heart was also shaking with the slight shaking.
So he hurriedly lowered his head, so that his eyes were no longer filled with the other party's face, and his right hand subconsciously reached out to the latte in front of him—and just as he picked up the delicately made light blue coffee cup and took a shallow sip of the coffee in the cup, the girl sitting opposite him had already opened his mouth again.
"Oppa, your complexion looks a lot better, you must have encountered something good recently, right?"
"Are you saying I've gained a lot of weight lately? I'll admit, I'm a little fat...... We don't have any plans to return yet, and we don't have any itinerary, so we haven't done much to manage our body......"
"Oppa, you just keep going like this, don't lose weight anymore, okay?"
"Why?"
“…… If you're too thin, it's uncomfortable to hold. ”
Unexpectedly, Park Chulong, who has always been gentle and considerate, introverted and conservative, and rarely said anything sweet even when he was with him, actually poked out such a sentence after "pondering" for a few seconds, and the latte that Wang Nanqian had just put into his mouth almost choked into his trachea.
Subconsciously stretched out his left hand, which was free at the moment, and touched a tissue from the small round table in front of him to gag his mouth, and coughed vigorously a few times before finally relieving his breath - Wang Nanqian didn't notice at all that the girl who was in front of him at this moment had also lowered her head while sorting out her bangs with her hands.
"If that's the case, then Chu Long, you don't want to lose weight. ”
"That's not going to work. ”
"Why not?"
"I remember when I didn't lose weight before, there was someone who always disliked me for being fat and urged me to manage my body every day. If I don't work hard and get fat again, some people will definitely dislike me again. ”
What kind of person is there, what kind of person is so-called, isn't that himself? That was probably more than a year ago, right? I still remember that at that time, he always shared some body management secrets with the girl who was really a little fat as an Idol, and when they first met, he also complained to Lu Han ruthlessly about the captain of Apink, but now? That girl is not only like a big transformation, completely slimmed down, but even became his girlfriend.
What kind of wonderful fate is this, what kind of amazing story?
All kinds of past continue to emerge in front of me, when she first debuted, she was punishively hidden by the company, and she met again on the set of the TV series "Please Answer 1997", and suddenly changed the relationship because of a kiss, from the initial embarrassment and coping to sincere gratitude and dependence......
When I sneaked out of the Christmas dinner party of "School 2013" for her sake, I was rushing to her place on that late Christmas Eve......
A faint warmth gradually gathered in the bottom of my heart, and then surged from the bottom of my heart to all corners of my body—looking at the girl who had already picked up the cup of iced coffee with both hands, and was gently tilting her head and biting the straw, looking at her slightly rosy cheeks, an indescribable impulse ignited in his heart, and he subconsciously called out her name.
"Chu Long. ”
"Huh?"
“……”
“Oppa?”
"Ah...... Wish, I wish you a happy birthday, I have prepared a gift for you. ”
The girl in front of her raised her head slightly, and also let go of the straw she was biting in her mouth - she was staring at her face, and her clear eyes made Wang Nanqian feel as if the other party had seen through and seen through the inexplicable desire he had just generated in his heart: he lowered his head in a little panic, and in order to resolve the dilemma in front of him, he quickly put his hands into the backpack placed at his feet.
"Oppa, thank you. ”
It's been almost a year and a half since the relationship was formalized, right? They don't have much time to spend together, even on holidays like Christmas and Valentine's Day, they have hardly spent time together - and it is precisely because of this that every gift her boyfriend gave her, whether it was a birthday gift or a holiday gift, Park Chulong cherished it extraordinarily: earrings, pendants, rings...... Every small object that may not be worth much money is an extremely precious memory and an extremely precious gift for her.
Taking the paper bag from the other party's hand, Park Chulong didn't care at all about the outer box that the birthday gift didn't seem to be sincere, completely unpackaged, and seemed to have been opened - she only felt that the corners of her mouth were completely out of her control, and she was about to rush to her ears.
Valentine's Day just passed not long ago, she originally wanted to meet her boyfriend no matter what, but in the end, she missed the opportunity because this super busy person from the group EXO was arranged by the company for an evening trip - after receiving the other party's euphemistic rejection message on Valentine's Day, this time for her birthday, she thought that they might still not be able to see each other: so the meeting at this moment, The conversation at this moment is already like a birthday gift for her, how can she care if the gift given to her by the other party has been opened?
Can't wait to hide the "birthday gift" hidden in the outer box that has been opened, a white mini digital player was finally dismantled by her - Park Chulong initially thought that this birthday gift would be something like a trinket or something, but she didn't expect to get such a high-end, seemingly expensive digital player in the end, she couldn't help but hold this white "little thing" in her hand, tilted her head sideways to "observe".
"Chu Long, it is said on the Internet that the sound quality of this thing is very good, hundreds of times stronger than listening to songs on your mobile phone, do you want to try it now?"
"Uh-huh!"
Without thinking much about it, after hearing the words of her boyfriend, who had specially prepared a birthday gift for her, she directly plugged the headphones plugged into her mobile phone into the headphone jack of the mini digital player - gently pressed the switch, and on the screen that showed light, Park Chulong saw a line of small Korean characters.
The simple six characters represent the only song stored inside: "Be Your Spring".
Whose song is this? Why didn't you seem to have heard of it before?
Suspiciously, she gently stroked the play button with her fingers, and at that moment, without any prelude, a gentle male voice sounded directly in her headphones.
"It would be nice to have someone tonight, if only you were with me,
Already hated to be alone at night like this,
When I miss being with you, that inexplicable throbbing mood,
Words that were once familiar now seem to have become unfamiliar.
Another day has passed like that, and before you know it, another year, where are you now?
If you take me by the hand and lean on my shoulder,
If you say that you feel very happy, I would like to be your spring.
A wonderful night, leading you on the road,
I'm going to be very serious and listen to everything you say,
Are you a gift from heaven?
For that I am grateful every day.
Let me fill the vacant position in your heart, right?
Another day has passed like that, and before you know it, another year, where are you now?
If you take me by the hand and lean on my shoulder,
If you say that you feel very happy, I would like to be your spring.
Every time I go to see you, it's like being in a dream, and I look forward to it.
Those lonely times, those long nights, like the sunshine of you,
If you take me by the hand and lean on my shoulder,
If you say that you feel very happy, I would like to be your spring.
I will be your spring, and always will be, your spring. ”
Having listened to so many songs written by that guy, and even having a list of all the songs he has written on his mobile phone, Park Chulong is really familiar with the composition style of this guy sitting in front of him - the crisp guitar chords, soft piano accompaniment, it is simply pure and pure his style: just after listening to the first few lines, she has already figured everything out.
This digital player is only part of the birthday gift he gave her, and the song in it is the other part - I don't know if it's because he didn't use a professional recording studio, the sound quality of this song seems to be a little "rough", but Park Chulong can't care about so many subtle details anymore.
She only felt that her brain was gradually going blank, and her eyes seemed to become warmer and warmer.
The guitar was gone, the piano was gone, and the gentle male voice was gone.
In front of her, the face of the guy who was smiling at her seemed to be gradually blurring.
She only felt that the things she had experienced in the past, the ones she had endured, the ones she had endured, and everything she had hidden in her heart and had nowhere to tell them was all worth it.
“…… Oppa。 ”
"Huh?"
"You...... Can you sit down for a moment?"
"Huh?"
“…… Just sit down for a moment. ”
She didn't know how she had said all these words, and she couldn't remember how the guy who had been across from her had moved to her side with a chair, and when she noticed that there was a faint extra temperature around her, she didn't even hesitate for a moment, she turned sideways and stretched out her hands to the source that had warmed her heart.
Arm...... Elbow...... Wrist...... Hand...... Finger.
Aiming her fingers at every slit between the fingers of the hand that was a full circle larger than hers, she first passed through it, and then shook it back hard.
“…… Chu Long?"
Even if he was a little fatter than before, he was still too thin.
When she rested her head firmly on the other person's shoulder, even through the hat, she really felt the hardness - although it was not very comfortable, but it was worth relying on.
"Chu Long?"
"Oppa, I think, very happy. ”
"Huh?"
"I feel very happy. ”
He didn't know if Park Chulong, who had leaned his whole body on him and was holding his hand tightly with two hands, felt his rapidly rising body temperature and heartbeat, and he didn't know if Park Chulong noticed that his entire arm was trembling slightly at the moment - in order to hear Park Chulong's voice so subtle that it was almost impossible to hear clearly, he stiffened his head.
This time, maybe it was because Park Chulong amplified his voice a little, maybe because he was closer to her, he finally heard her words clearly-that indescribable desire suddenly rose in his heart again, and he didn't know which string in his head was cramping, so he actually lowered his head like that.
It's different from every time.
There's no smell of foundation, no smell of lipstick, no smell of gum, just the smell of shampoo.
Breathing seems to be getting hotter, and human desire is such a thing, once you stop trying to suppress it, it will swell more and more, more and more unstoppable, more and more uncontrollable - if only his head is lowered a little more, maybe this time, it will no longer smell of shampoo......
Struggling, hesitating, at the moment when reason and desire were engaged in the final struggle, he who had raised his head slightly, suddenly felt that one of the two hands that was holding his hand had left his hand.
The next moment, that hand was already on his face.
The hot heat from her fingers burned through his cheeks and his heart, and at the moment when his sanity had completely surrendered, just as he was about to bow his head again and head further down than before, his phone suddenly vibrate.
The ruthless fellow who had declared his presence at the most opportune time, in the most appropriate way, the fellow who had not read people's hearts at all, who was lying on that little round table, trembled and reawakened his sanity with a series of rapid buzzing sounds.
and her sanity.
After the hand that had already touched his face also hung down weakly, and the hand that had been holding his hand was also released, when the guy who shook and stopped, stopped and shook again, he didn't know how many times it shook again, he finally sighed deeply and grabbed the guy who kept making noise regardless of the occasion or time.
“…… Hello?"
"Brother, something is wrong! Where are you? Hurry back to the dormitory!"
It was Luhan's bastard's voice - if the bastard's dog couldn't spit ivory out of his mouth, the first thing he would do when he got back to his dorm would be to slaughter him.
"What's going on?"
"BROTHER! KRIS HE ...... Wu Yifan, he came back just now!"