The rain is like a child talking to himself, "ticking" into the river and flowing freely, and the scattered lights are like a silent spectator, watching the rain merge with the river, looking at me who stands face to face with Xiao Ai but is silent......

Xiao Ai finally took her eyes off me, she picked up a piece of rubble from the ground, and then threw it towards the river, she was a master of water rafting, after a small piece of rubble was thrown out of her hand, she jumped against the river, and when she was about to reach the center of the river, she sank into the water, Xiao Ai threw out another piece of it, and this time she flew farther, and the water waves rippled in circles on the surface of the river......

She finally asked me, "Jiangqiao, will you be able to fight in the water?" ”

"I played with it when I was a kid."

"Let's have a competition, whoever fights more times will be the smartest person in the night!"

"Someone who does not do it more often is a fool?"

"Well, do you dare to come?"

"If you don't dare, come on."

Xiao Ai nodded, then looked at the ground and said, "There are only two pieces of rubble left on the ground, so we will decide the winner in one game, how about it?" ”

"Yes." I said as I took one of the rubbles from her hand and made a lady-first motion.

Xiao Ai closed her eyes and took a deep breath, and in her selfless expression, I no longer wanted to remember what she said just now, I just wanted to decide with her in the middle of the night who was the fool and who was the smartest.

After Xiao Ai put on a good stance, she shook off the rubble in her hand with skill, the rubble jumped lightly on the surface of the river, and finally jumped 9 times before sinking into the water, she looked at me with a steady expression and said: "It's your turn, you will win if you play more than 9 times, and you will lose if it is equal to or less than 9 times." ”

I wasn't very confident in myself, so I replied very carefully: "Why is it equal to 9 strokes that I lost!" Isn't it supposed to be a tie? ”

"Because I'm a woman, of course women's arm strength is not as good as you men, if you don't want to carry forward the demeanor of a man, and even care so much about one, then don't compare, it's much more comfortable to go back to sleep than to stand here......"

Before Xiao Ai's words were finished, I held the cigarette in one hand, and then picked up the other arm and threw the rubble out in a chic manner.

This botched performance scared me so much that I stared at the river in amazement......

"Haha, you're such a barbarian! …… If this river were a person, you would have smashed your head and bled out, right? Haha......" Xiao Ai laughed presumptuously and burst into tears......

I put the rain-soaked cigarette in my mouth, and only a limited amount of smoke was inhaled, and the rest was damp moisture, and I finally whispered to her, "Well, I admit that I'm an idiot, the stupidest fool in the world!" ”

"So a super invincible smart girl in the universe wouldn't like the stupidest fool in the whole world, would she?"

Xiao Ai's words do not involve you and me, but contain an unassailable inertial logic. She did win, she won perfectly, and I had nothing to say about my loss, so I nodded convincingly.

Xiao Ai wiped the stains off his hands with a tissue, and was silent for a long time before saying to me: "Jiang Qiao, let me tell you what kind of world this is...... This is a world where the wind rolls and the rain gets wet. There are many, many stories that happen in this world, and the stories contain countless mornings and evenings, some people come and go, and some people come and go, and it is because of these comings and goings that a complete story is formed...... If my life is also a story, what I care about is not the joy and sorrow of the ending, I want a complete ...... Therefore, I also want to tell you: my studies in Nanyi are almost over, and I will go to Germany to study after this year...... There's nothing to say, just wish you and Chen Yi happiness......"

"Oh."

"Hmm."

……

When I returned to the hotel again, it was already half past one in the middle of the night, I was lying in bed tossing and turning, although when I was with Xiao Ai just now, I only used an "oh" word to end everything tonight, but when I was left alone, I still couldn't control her words over and over again.

I can't dig out the deeper meaning of the words, but I know that Ji Xiaowei's first prophecy will come true, Xiao Ai will really go to Germany to study in the next year, and then get closer to her dream of being an artist. Then when she comes back, Ji Xiaowei's second prophecy should also come true, and she will marry Yuan Zhen and become Yuan Zhen's wife at that time.

This girl looks so good, she will definitely look better when she wears a wedding dress, right?

Definitely, who can be her man is lucky enough!

Thinking of this, I smiled, a few years later, we may have lost contact at all, and gradually will never think of each other again, but if she can habitually think of me Jiangqiao on a whim before the wedding, and invite me to her wedding, I will definitely marry her as my best friend and give her a most heartfelt gift, because we are so painfully similar and have so much fun together in the days that have been reduced to the past...... So, I just want her to be the girl who comes and goes in my life, not the girl who comes and goes......

I thought of myself and Chen Yi again, on the day we got married, after going through the comings and goings, who else would attend our wedding with great enthusiasm? And will my mother, who has no news, pay attention to me in other ways, and after knowing that she has such an excellent daughter-in-law, she will come to this wedding with what I have missed for more than ten years?

I don't have an answer, I just saw too many unknown tomorrows in the wakefulness of the night, and there has always been a voice in my heart telling me that life is not as simple as I thought, and there will be ups and downs behind the sunshine......

……

After a night of wind and rain, the next day Yangzhou City ushered in another sunny day, but the temperature could not climb, so the whole city can no longer see people wearing short sleeves, everyone has put on sweaters and coats to resist the coolness of late autumn.

Although I didn't sleep well last night, I woke up early and went to Ji Xiaowei's "1999" coffee shop with my notebook to learn how to make pastries.

I spent the whole morning in a fast-paced busyness, and I left the kitchen with a full harvest when it was almost noon, and when I passed by the lobby of the coffee shop, I found that Ji Xiaowei happened to be there, he was lighting a cigarette and looking at the tablet in front of him with a rich expression.

When he found me, he greeted me very warmly: "Jiang Qiao, come and have a drink." ”

Although Ji Xiaowei and Yuan Zhen are from the same school, they have an affinity that Yuan Zhen does not have, so I don't exclude getting along with him, and I even like to listen to him talk about those love histories that seem to him to be very singable and crying like telling stories.

I sat down next to Ji Xiaowei, he opened a bottle of beer and handed it to me, then handed me the tablet he was looking at and said, "This is a video of me and Yuan Zhen and my little sister participating in the music festival three years ago, when I was the keyboardist in the band and Xiao Ai was the drummer...... Hehe, can you imagine the coolness of a woman when she is a drummer?

After a slight pause, he said with a satisfied expression: "After the festival ended, all the audience inquired about Xiao Ai's news through various channels, and the owners of several bars even paid high prices for Xiao Ai to perform a special performance...... Hehe, the most glorious days of my life should be that period with them! ”

I was very interested in Xiao Ai's past, so I said, "Show me the video." ”

Ji Xiaowei nodded, then pressed the play button, and there was a dense drum beat immediately from the tablet, and the first shot was given to Xiao Ai, I saw her wearing a mask and sitting next to the drum kit, beating the drum surface very rhythmically, her long hair swayed with her rhythm, which was very visually impactful, and the lights rendered her full of mystery......

Ji Xiaowei pointed to the tablet with his finger, and said with admiration in his words: "Jiangqiao, do you hear it, how good the elasticity of the drum sound, how full of resonance, my junior sister is really a genius, a kick drum is placed in front of her, a drumstick and a foot down, it must be two voices, boom...... Even a professional drummer may not be able to reach her level, really awesome!! ”

I didn't understand these very professional things, so I smiled and replied: "She inherited the excellent genes of your teacher, although I don't know much about it, but I can also hear that her musicality is really good!" ”

"It's not just good, it's just perverted."

Under Ji Xiaowei's praise, I looked at Xiao Ai who shined at the music festival again. I'm in a trance, is this really the girl who will play a temper with me? If it weren't for my previous experience, if I had seen her at a music festival, I would have turned into a fanatical fan to cheer her on, she is really an idol!

The scene cuts to Yuan Zhen, who is like a raging singer in dense drum beats and heavy metal music, tearing out a goosebump-inducing prelude with the bass, and I finally asked Ji Xiaowei, who was immersed in intoxication, "Yuan Zhen should be a more emotional singer." ”

"Not only emotional, but also a violent temper, if the mood is at the performance scene, you really dare to smash anything......" Ji Xiaowei said and lit a cigarette, took a deep breath, and then said: "But his emotionality is a double-edged sword, although he has won the reputation of the king of the scene, and has done a lot of irrational things because of this...... Do you know, because of the fight, he didn't graduate from college, although he is now well-known in the music world, but Nanyi has always disrecognized him as a student of this school, and Yuan Zhen has always been used as a negative example to educate other students. ”

Somewhat surprised, I asked, "What's going on?" ”

"Actually, it's not a big deal, it's just that there was a drunk student who said a little flirtatious words to Xiao Ai, he happened to be next to Xiao Ai, and without saying a word, he knocked down the student with a brick, and he was seriously injured, not only did he fail to graduate because of this, but he also stayed in the detention center for half a year...... After that, because of such a stain, it also had a very bad impact on his acting career, and now he can only mix in the underground music circle, but it's a pity that he has such a good talent! ”

I'm a little shocked, no wonder Ji Xiaowei said before that Yuan Zhen dared to do anything for Xiao Ai, so it seems really true, he has ruined half of his star career in order to maintain Xiao Ai, and the loss in this is definitely not something that can be calculated simply with money, originally he had the opportunity to become a famous man in the music industry, but now he can only be an underground singer, how much gap he needs to bear, I'm afraid only Yuan Zhen knows best in his heart.

Ji Xiaowei looked at me who was shocked, smiled and said, "So now you can understand why I said that the two of them will definitely be together, right?" And Xiao Ai will definitely make up for everything Yuan Zhen lost in the music industry in the future...... In the eyes of our friends, they are really a destined pair, because they dare to give everything for each other that ordinary people can't do! ”

I replied after a while: "Well, it's quite rare to pay such feelings regardless of gains and losses!" ”

……

While talking, the door of the coffee shop opened, and the person who came was Xiao Ai, who Ji Xiaowei and I had been chatting about, she sat down opposite us and asked very casually, "What are you talking about?" ”

I replied, "I'm talking about a girl who seems a little restless, but she has a lot of stories and talents. ”

Xiao Ai looked at me, then at Ji Xiaowei, pointing to his nose and asking, "It looks like you're talking about me." ”

Ji Xiaowei's doting on Xiao Ai has reached the bones, Xiao Ai just sat down, and he said to Xiao Ai: "You talk to Jiang Qiao for a while, I'll help you buy jade roasted wheat, this thing has to be eaten just out of the cage." ”

"Thank you, brother."

After Ji Xiaowei left, Xiao Ai and I, who were sitting opposite each other, never found a topic to chat about, she simply took out her mobile phone and played her favorite game, and I sat so dryly, until the mobile phone vibrated on the desktop, I felt that I was still a person with something to do.

I picked up my phone and looked at it, and was pleasantly surprised to find that it was Chen Yi calling, she rarely called me at this time, I hurriedly answered and asked, "Didn't you go to Taili today?" ”

"Well, I've already arrived at Dongguan Street, where are you?"

"You're in Yangzhou!"

"Yes, the day after tomorrow is the wedding of Mr. Xiao and Li Zishan, the pressure has been too great recently, and the nerves have collapsed too tightly, so take advantage of a little time to relax in Yangzhou." After a pause, she whispered to me again, "I miss you." ”

My heart was trembling because we were in love, but we lacked this intimate expression, and it was a long time before I responded in a softer voice than hers, "Me too...... You're waiting for me at the Huancheng River, and I'll pick you up now. ”

"Hmm."

I hung up the phone in a hurry, and I didn't even have time to inform Xiao Ai in front of me, so I couldn't wait to push open the door of the coffee shop and run outside Dongguan Street......