I took out a cigarette from the cigarette case, and my heart was still fighting fiercely, because I didn't know what Chen Yi was thinking now, so I couldn't say if my initiative was a burden to her, maybe she just wanted to be quiet now

I knew the rest of the night was going to be tough, so the hotel wasn't the place I should be right now, I should take advantage of the night to get acquainted with the city, I didn't want to see all the good things here through the eyes of a stranger.

I came to the river across Dongguan Street again, I sat on the steps of the embankment and looked at the night of the city, and I no longer had the burning cigarette in my hand, my throat was a little uncomfortable, I smoked too much cigarette today without news of Chen Yi.

In the cold wind of the night, the phone vibrated in my pocket at a very fast rate, and I was numb to the fact that I no longer wanted to wonder which inconsequential person was calling, and I didn't want to answer it.

The phone was still vibrating, I finally took it out of my pocket, and the next moment my qi and blood began to surge, this call was from Chen Yi, I took two deep breaths in a row before answering the call.

We were silent, and we could even hear each other's breathing, and finally she asked me, "Have you eaten?"

"Well, what about you?"

"I haven't, just came back from Beijing."

I didn't respond immediately, but I knew she must be tired because yesterday she was in Haimen, and today she has already walked back and forth to Beijing once.

"What to do in Beijing"

"I went to an awards ceremony and I won the award."

"Oh, it's good"

Chen Yi on the other end of the phone was silent again, and I was silent and didn't know what to say, we seemed to have become strangers in the world, and the next moment my heart began to hang, because I didn't know if Chen Yi would suddenly say the word "break up" to me, this kind of silence was really suffocating

She finally said to me again, "Aren't you at home, I'm at your doorstep." ”

"I was in Yangzhou, and a friend opened a coffee shop on Dongguan Street here, so I came to visit and learn."

"Hmm."

After Chen Yi responded, there was silence again, but some emotions had become more and more intense in his heart, and the next moment was either hell or heaven, because some words held in his heart always had to be said no matter whether they were good or bad.

Regardless of the discomfort in my throat, I subconsciously lit a cigarette and said to Chen Yi: "You go to the mood coffee shop and sit for a while, I'll drive back now." ”

"No need, I'll go to Yangzhou."

"You're so tired, I'm not at ease driving alone."

"I'm not tired, I slept on the plane, are you on Dongguan Street?"

"Well, next to the Huancheng River across Dongguan Street."

After finishing the conversation with Chen Yi, I looked at the yellowed river surface rendered by the moonlight for a long time, and the picture I imagined in the evening will be real in more than an hour, although it is not as lively as when the night just came, but the charm of Dongguan Street can continue until late at night. We don't have to care about what we eat and drink when we walk down this street, as long as we can end the Cold War that has begun

More than an hour is not a long time, but because of anticipation and worry, my mood has not been able to calm, knowing that she will not come so soon, I still can't help but look behind me, I want to hear her voice, to see her kind appearance, just like the air I have always needed to live, one minute less my life is in danger.

Probably, this is what first love tastes like.

An hour and a half later, I looked behind me more and more often, and after I couldn't remember the first time I turned around, I finally saw her in red heels

Her long black hair was messy in the wind, but her steps were still so steady. She is always the most temperamental in the crowd, even in Dongguan Street, where beautiful women are gathered, she is so eye-catching, she is like a lonely flower, approaching me little by little, but her footsteps are tired and low since this day.

We finally faced each other in the night wind, our shadows reflected in the river around the city swaying with the floating leaves

"I'll take you to Dongguan Street for dinner, I heard from a friend that there is a shop where the dumplings are delicious."

Chen Yi's hands were taken out of the pockets of her coat, and the next moment she hugged me, and then leaned on my shoulder and whimpered, my heart was full of mixed feelings, I knew that when she ran from Nanjing to Yangzhou to find me in the middle of the night, she already had a lot of grievances in her heart

I had a bad day, and she probably had a worse day, and all of this annoying bad was due to an argument that probably shouldn't have happened between us. If love is also an academic event, we are probably only preschool students, and we love too emotionally

But because of this, the sense of happiness at this time is so strong

I asked Chen Yi to sit by the river around the city and wait, while I went to Dongguan Street to help her buy the best rice balls and soup dumplings, and when I returned to her, I opened the fast food box and tore open the chopsticks and handed them to her.

At this moment, we seemed to forget the time that was wasted, and in the blink of an eye, we went back to those years when I helped her climb the courtyard wall to buy wontons in junior high school, and I was also going back and forth in the night at that time, and I was never afraid to risk it for her.

The world fell silent, as we sat next to each other, and even the river flowing under our feet seemed to become warmer, and I gradually forgot the rights and wrongs that I had to face in life, and only wanted to give my body and soul to this city that I had become familiar with.

Chen Yi put the lunch box in her hand aside, and she asked me, "Did we all feel a little uncalm yesterday?"

I nodded and replied, "Yes, but have you ever wondered why such a small matter of meeting your parents caused such a big twist and turn between us?"

"I've thought about it, but there are some things we can't avoid, but I have to admit that this time I'm too anxious, I should find a more suitable time, so that you don't have to be so embarrassed and embarrassed."

"I wonder why you're in such a hurry to do this"

Chen Yi was silent, she habitually pinned her windswept hair behind her ears, and replied after a long time: "I am a woman who has received a traditional education since I was a child, so I have a very important family outlook, I hope my parents can recognize our relationship as soon as possible, what I am looking forward to most now is that we can be together in the name of righteousness, nothing is more important than this"

I lowered my head, my heart filled with speechless pain

At this moment, how I wish those universal values could be like clouds in the sky, which can change shape because of a gust of wind, and then cater to my needs. I really don't want Chen Yi's parents to be prejudiced against me because of my incompetence, and I can't see the determination that I can sacrifice my life for Chen Yi without fear.

If the courage to protect a person is also a kind of wealth, I can stand in front of Chen Yi's parents with the richest attitude, but courage is not wealth, and the source of my pain and Chen Yi is here, after all, we are just two chess pieces trapped in the world and enslaved by universal values.

I finally replied, "I can understand your feelings. ”

"Hmm." After a period of silence, Chen Yicai said to me again: "Jiangqiao, in fact, I didn't go to the family banquet last night, I called my parents and went directly to the airport, and then stayed in Beijing for one night and one day. ”

As she spoke, she took out a crystal trophy from her handbag and handed it to me, and finally said to me with a smile: "The most popular female holder award for college students, but unfortunately I didn't win the best host award, I still need to continue to work hard in this industry."

I took the trophy from her, and I knew she was telling me that we could work together and that she wasn't perfect in this field, so what I needed was not inferiority, but determination to work with her.

I clenched the trophy and took her into my arms, and I whispered in her ear, "Everything will be fine." ”

She nodded, then looked at the distance of Yangzhou City and said to me: "If the conditions allow in the future, it is good to buy a suite near this Dongguan Street, you can visit Dongguan Street in the evening, and you can come to sit by the Huancheng River at night, blowing the wind here, and it feels as if there is no trouble and trouble in life."

I thought about the life she described and finally smiled, and after a long time of reminiscing, I replied: "Okay, just the agreement between us, when we are old, we will live in Yangzhou and enjoy the slow life here."

"Hmm."

"We should have a full house of children and grandchildren by then."

After asking this question, I felt Chen Yi's body move closer to me again, she snuggled me tightly, but when I wanted to say more about my future life, she had already fallen asleep on my lap.

At this moment, her tense nerves finally relaxed, and this nervous tension not only comes from emotional contradictions, but also from the huge pressure at work, as a woman, she is really not easy, but I can't do much for her except for distress

I carefully took off my coat, gently draped it over her body, and then kept caressing her hair, I hope that time can be eternal in this moment, or in the next moment to bring us to the twilight of the world, I don't care how many years I have lived in this world, and now I am willing to become a simple old man silently by her side

The night grew deeper and deeper in my fantasies, but I didn't want to wake Chen Yi so much, because I really enjoyed the moment full of security, and as for the city of Yangzhou, it was more like we eloped after escaping from the world