Chapter 152: Frequent Contact
Xiao Ai and I stood in the dazzling sunlight, cars and pedestrians drove past us non-stop, which made us seem more silent, I finally smiled and said to her: "If it is something that you think is right, then let it go, if you regret it because you have too many concerns, it will be very painful!" β
"Seeing what you said so touching, do you have a lot of regrets in your life?"
"It's quite a lot, and it's all irreparable regrets."
"You mean Zhao Chu?"
I nodded, feeling a little sad in my heart. In fact, the regrets in my life are not limited to Zhao Chu! The short past between me and Chen Yi is not a regret in my heart that I can't let go. But now we don't even care about each other's lives anymore, and some things have long been destined in our lives, unless we bury the thoughts of love in our hearts for the rest of our lives, otherwise we will definitely have this day when we are strangers.
Chen Yi is going to participate in the most brutal survival show, and I am still walking on thin ice in this huge city waiting for that faint opportunity, I want to do a good coffee shop, but the coffee shop has encountered a personnel crisis in YanzhΓ²ng, which makes people very panicked and sad, I feel ashamed of Su Han's entrustment!
I looked up at the sunshine at noon, it brought spring warmth to the city in the cold winter, which made me reluctant to think negatively about career things, so I finally smiled and asked Xiao Ai, "When you come back from Japan, you should go to Germany again, right?" β
Xiao Ai nodded.
"Then today's separation is almost no different from goodbye!"
"If you keep in touch frequently, the relationship will not fade."
"Frequent contact?"
Xiao Ai looked at me and asked after a long time, "Are you questioning something?" β
"No, it's just that the so-called diligent contact is still difficult to do after being separated by thousands of miles, because you will have a new circle of friends, new goals to work on, and some people and things in the country will gradually be taken care of. Just like me and Jin Qiu, before she studied abroad, we were very good friends, in the month she just went abroad, we also kept in touch, but gradually there was no motivation to contact, once I sent her an email, she may not have replied because she was busy, and then we didn't contact for nearly half a year, and gradually stopped contacting......"
Xiao Ai didn't speak, because she understood that what I said was a phenomenon that would inevitably occur after there was a distance, not to mention that we were just friends, even couples in love mostly couldn't withstand the test of a foreign country, and then became strangers to each other.
Three years is enough time for our living environment to change dramatically!
As we spoke, we finally saw the Wrangler coming towards us from the direction of the convenience store. She opened the window and motioned for me to get in the car, I looked at Xiao Ai, I always felt that there were some things that I hadn't said yet, but I didn't know what I wanted to say to her, which made me feel unpleasant.
Xiao Ai had already stepped into her bicycle, and she seemed to have finished talking to me, and the next moment she left her back to me, and rode her bicycle towards the road from which she came.
I looked at her again, I'm afraid this will be the last time I'll see her this year, and I don't know if I'll have a chance to see her in the future.
Yes, Yuan Zhen only has three days to come back this time, and if the time on the road is also counted in these three days, Xiao Ai will go to Japan with him tomorrow. At that time, the distance between us will not only be the city's tall buildings and roads, but also the time difference between the vast ocean and the country.
Gradually, her vision became more and more blurred, and in the melancholy of separation, I seemed to have an illusion that all the trees and eaves on this street had come to life, and they had retained Xiao Ai's demeanor before leaving, and quietly placed them in the blankest place in my memory, and I finally had a sense of lightness.
For the first time, I felt that parting was not so terrible, and she seemed to have forgotten to say goodbye to me again.
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I got into the car of Jinqiu, she walked through the streets of the city in the sunshine, turned an intersection, the sun was shining very positively, she put on sunglasses while sighing: "Today's weather is also too good, I haven't seen such a blue sky in Nanjing for a long time!" β
"New year, new weather...... Hehe. β
I squinted my eyes and looked at the blue sky, I always felt that this year's winter was not so enjoyable, it had already fallen a few snows in its fate, and spring was already waiting behind it, I seemed to see the beauty of a hundred flowers about to bloom, and my small yard with many flowers and plants should also be revived!
I finally asked Jin Qiu, "Have you ever been to Japan?" β
"I've been."
"Is it pretty?"
"Seeing the cherry blossoms in the spring at night, seeing the blue sea in the summer, seeing the autumn leaves in autumn and the snow falling in winter, this season is the best time to go to Hokkaido...... Regardless of the prejudices between ethnic groups, I think Japan is a good country to visit. β
"Oh." I replied, remembering the cherry blossoms of Tokyo, the snow of Hokkaido, and the sea of Okinawa, and a lively figure let go of the burden of the world and walked through it so freely, as if it had no weight.
Yes, when she repays Yuan Zhen's kindness over the years, she should be happier and freer than now, and then boldly chase her dreams in music, so what could be happier than this?
I finally smiled for her......
"Ehashi, why did you suddenly ask me if I had ever been to Japan?"
"If Japan is really as playable as you say, I don't think she's going to have a bad time there, and I hope she's happy."
"Who is she you talking about?"
"A very good friend, she's going to Japan."
Jin Qiu finally turned to look at me, she smiled, and then didn't ask any more questions, and I looked out the window in the silence of not talking. The sun still shines so directly on the world, my miss is my sorrow, it is a little erratic and eye-catching when exposed to the late winter air......
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This is the first time that Jin Qiuzhi has come to the nursing home to see her grandmother after returning to China, and she put down some of the gifts she bought and greeted her grandmother......
Whenever this happens, I'm the one who has the most to do. I don't know why, from the earliest Chen Yi, to Xiao Ai later, and then to the golden autumn at this moment, whenever they talk to their grandmother, I can't seem to interject.
When I came to the door of Lao Jin's house, I kept holding my grandmother, who was not very convenient for her legs, and Jin Qiu took out the key and opened the door, the first thing I saw was the dining table full of vegetables in the living room, Lao Jin sat at the dining table with Erlang's legs crossed and read the newspaper, and after hearing the movement, he put down the newspaper and walked towards me and my grandmother.
He hugged my grandmother for me, and said with a smile: "Old lady, this complexion looks good, and she is more energetic than the last time we met!" β
Grandma laughed and said again and again: "Thanks to you, thanks to you......"
After entering the house, Grandma sat down on the sofa, and Luo Sumei also came out of the kitchen to say hello to Grandma, saying that she would have lunch later.
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After a while, the five of them sat down around the dining table, and at first they talked about some parents, and gradually they talked about the fact that Jin Qiu and I had ordered a baby, and the initiator of the topic was naturally Lao Jin.
Actually, I know that it is only Lao Jin who is keen to match me and Jin Qiu, and Luo Sumei has reservations, she has never expressed her position very clearly, and this makes me even more puzzling, why did Lao Jin mention this matter again and again? At first, I could have thought he was joking, but now that grandma is there, he won't put the joke in front of her.
After Lao Jin raised his head and drank a glass of liquor, he said: "Old lady, there are not many opportunities for us to meet, and today while the two children are here, I will mention this matter again." I and Jiang Qiao's father are comrades-in-arms, that is a lifelong friendship, when we were in Lanzhou together for military service, I fell into the ice cave because of carelessness, it was Lao Jiang who desperately rescued me, I have always remembered this love...... Lao Jiang and I did order a baby kiss for the two children in private, but I am not a wooden brain, if Jiangqiao's child is not reliable, I can't delay our family for a lifetime because of this promise! β¦β¦ Over the years, Jiang Qiao has been working hard with me in the wedding industry, I can see the child's character clearly, and my old Jin recognizes this son-in-law. The reason why I didn't mention it before was because the age of the two children had not yet arrived, and Jin Qiu had been abroad, and now that the conditions are ripe, I want to take this matter out and discuss it...... My only request is that Jiang Qiao has to join our Lao Jin family, I don't know if you can do this for Jiang Qiao, old lady? β
Grandma looked at me, I looked at Jin Qiu, Jin Qiu looked at Lao Jin with a cloudy face, and the atmosphere became a little awkward for a moment, because except for Lao Jin, Jin Qiu and I didn't have that idea at all.
Grandma finally opened her mouth, and he said to Lao Jin: "Xiao Jin, can you not dislike our family's Jiangqiao's background, and I want to do this for Jiangqiao, but the matter of marriage still has to properly respect the child's own wishes." β
Lao Jin shook his head and replied: "Old lady, I don't agree with what you say, Lao Jiang and Yang Jin were in love back then, and in the end, it was not that they didn't live a good life, so I always thought that marriage was a matter of two families, if the parents didn't do a good job, it would be difficult to say that this marriage was reliable!" β
Grandma looked at me, and she seemed to think about all these years, and her eyes couldn't help but redden, but even then she didn't say anything, maybe she didn't want to put her only grandson in someone else's house, or maybe she had other thoughts in her heart. And I was in a trance, because for the first time in so many years, I had heard someone mention my mother's name again, and even I had almost forgotten that her name was Yang Jin!
Lao Jin's repeated wishful thinking finally angered Luo Sumei, she didn't give Lao Jin a good face, Lao Jin finally chose to be silent, and then drank two glasses of white wine in a row, but the atmosphere of the meal became not very good.
In this regard, I think this is Lao Jin's idle problem after leaving the wedding industry, and he doesn't need to worry about the marriage between me and Jin Qiu, because we already have our own opinions in our hearts, and it is impossible for us to be husband and wife.
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After dinner, Jin Qiu and I sent my grandmother back to the nursing home, and on the way back, we were a little silent, and the last person to speak first was her, she said to me: "Today my dad talked about this at the dinner table again, which made everyone quite embarrassed, I apologize to you for him." β
I smiled: "Actually, your dad is very good, and there are not many real people like him in society." Everyone knows that I am not worthy of you, even if it is to get into your family, I will take advantage of it! β
Jin Qiu slowed down, she turned her head to look at me, and only replied after a while: "I don't know what to say about this matter!" β
"Then let's not talk about it, let's just be a person who understands."
Jin Qiu nodded, and after a while, she asked me again, "Jiang Qiao, have you ever thought that one day your mother will come back to you?" β
I looked out the car window, sighed softly, and replied in an indifferent tone: "When I was young, I dreamed about it, but she hasn't come back for so many years, so I don't want to dream anymore." Let her go, she can be the son of mine in the world, so what else can I not see? β
"I can tell you have a hate for her."
"I hate Jiang Jiyou even more!"
"Perhaps, what are their unspeakable troubles?"
I smiled disdainfully, and without saying anything, I closed my eyes and leaned back in my chair, waiting for the golden autumn to send me back to Tulip Road.
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In the afternoon, I was busy in the coffee shop, and I heard the clerk talking in the middle, the "Su Han Hotel" that Qiao Ye opened before had been sold by Qin Miao almost for nothing, and I knew that Qin Miao would do this because he hated Qiao Ye and Su Han.
She also hates me, I tried to call her, but she didn't answer once, and then I couldn't get through to her anymore, I know that she probably put me in the blacklist of the address book, I regret losing this friend, just like losing Chen Yi, there is no room for redemption.
As the evening approached, some regular customers came to the coffee shop, and they already knew the news that the store manager was leaving, so they came to see them off. In the few years they have spent here, they have already established a deep relationship with the store manager.
I was a little depressed, and I always felt that I had not been able to run the coffee shop that Su Han had almost given me. I thought about it again, since Su Han has reunited with Qiao Ye, does this coffee shop that was originally intended to commemorate still have the meaning of its zΓ i?
After lighting a cigarette, I had the idea of transferring this coffee shop for the first time, because without the manager, it is a big question whether this coffee shop can survive, and I am going to enter the wedding industry next year, will I still have enough energy to take care of this coffee shop?
After thinking about it for a while, I put aside the idea of transferring for the time being, because before that, I had to ask Su Han's opinion first; In addition, the transfer of the coffee shop is the worst outcome, and there may be a new person who can replace the store manager, and it is far from the point where it is to be transferred.
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At night, just like that, I stood outside the coffee shop, once again haunted by loneliness and loneliness, I always felt that the separation between noon and Xiao Ai had come lightly, and I seemed to have something to say to her. If she leaves tomorrow, the next time we see each other will be next year, after which she will go to Germany to study, and the chances of us meeting are almost gone.
Tonight, should I ask her out for another talk?