Chapter 103: We Used to Love Deeply
After ending the call with Janeway, I was in a trance, and Robben next to me noticed my abnormality, pushed me and asked, "Whose call is it, I can't give up after answering it!" ā
I came back to my senses and said, "A friend, give me the keys to your motorcycle, I'll go out and do something." ā
Robben was cheerful, didn't ask too much, took the motorcycle key from the pocket of his denim jacket and threw it to me, and took out the helmet from his side and gave it to me.
I took the car keys and helmet, said hello to Le Yao, Robben, and CC who was singing on stage, and ran out of the bar.
Along the way, I drove Robben's modified track motorcycle away, and in just a quarter of an hour I was at the moat, and Janeway didn't seem to be there.
The temperature was so low tonight that the moon in the sky looked so cold, maybe I shouldn't have mentioned it to meet here, after all, Janeway was a young lady, she was afraid of the cold, and she didn't like the freedom of the wilderness as much as a rugged man like me.
I sat down on the steps by the river, habitually lit a cigarette, looked at the moonlit river, and waited for Janeway's arrival.
A moment later I heard the horn of the car and stood up, sure enough, it was Janeway's red Cadillac CTS, I waved at her, she spotted me, and opened the door and walked towards me.
I also walked towards her, and the two stopped a meter away from each other and looked at each other.
I saw that her clothes were very thin, so I mentioned yƬ and said, "It's quite cold outside tonight, why don't you go and sit in your car." ā
"No need, I'm looking for you for one thing, and it will be fine soon."
"Oh."
Janeway said, "Go to the steps by the river and sit and talk." ā
"Hmm."
After I had finished speaking, Janeway walked before me to the steps by the river, and sat down on the steps, and I sat down not far from her.
"What are you looking for from me?"
Jian Wei didn't have any extra nonsense, she took out a bank card directly from her bag and handed it to me and said: "There is 500,000 on this card, which is my savings over the years, my economy has become independent, and I haven't asked my parents for money for a long time, so there is only so much I can take out, I hope it can help you!" ā
I looked at Jian Wei in surprise, I never thought that she asked me out for this matter, but when Xiang Chen asked her if she had any money to lend me during dinner, she clearly said no......
Could it be that Xiang Chen asked her on purpose? In order not to let Xiang Chen think too much, she said that she had no money, and now she gave it to me separately.
Seeing that I didn't respond for a long time, Jian Wei handed the bank card to me again and said, "What, are you too little?" ā
"That's not what I meant......"
Before I could finish my sentence, Janeway interrupted and said, "That's not what you mean, you just take it." With that, he put the bank card on my lap.
I hurriedly stuffed the bank card back into Jian Wei's hand and said, "Jian Wei, I really can't ask for your money, it's not appropriate, it's so inappropriate!" ā
"Whatever is suitable or not, you will take it." Janeway said as she took my hand and put the card back in my hand.
So, our hands were also held together, and I felt as if I had been struck by a bolt of lightning, and the softness and slenderness of her hand made me both familiar and strange......
Familiar because I have held her hands countless times, strange because I haven't held her hand again for three years!
In the clenching of my hands, I looked at Janeway in a daze, and my love was violently torn apart by the deep love I once had and the strangeness I was now.
There seemed to be tears in Janeway's eyes, but I couldn't see them because we had our backs to the moonlight.
This is my delusion, it must be my delusion, I panicked and let go of Janeway's hand and said, "I'm sorry...... I lost my temper. ā
Jian Wei replied in a very flat tone, "It's okay...... You can keep this card, the password is 101206. ā
I still wanted to refuse, but Jian Wei had already stood up and said to me again: "Zhaoyang, you are still the same as before, you like to hold on to the death, and like wishful thinking to speculate on others, but this is not necessary, you don't need to have a burden at all to lend you this money, because you will have to pay it back to me in the future." ā
"You're going to be unhappy like this." I reminded Janeway.
"I knew he was going to be unhappy, so I found you alone."
"But why would you do that?"
Jian Wei, who has always been resolute, was silent for a long time when faced with this question, and finally said, "I don't know...... Maybe it's because ...... We used to love dearly! ā
Suddenly there was a cold wind blowing from the surface of the lake, and Janeway turned around with this cold wind, and walked lightly towards the riverbank, and I just took the bank card she left for me, and watched in a daze, until she got into her car, until the figure carrying her completely disappeared from my sight.
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Another gust of wind-blown moonlight shook restlessly on the river, and I did not leave, lying on the lawn and letting the wind cut me.
I tried my best to empty myself, not wanting to think of my past with Janeway, but the memories were surging with the gusts of wind, and a warm feeling suddenly came from the corners of my eyes, because of Janeway's sentence "Maybe it's because we once loved each other." ā
This sentence filled me with pain and helplessness, we were indeed deeply in love before, but tracing the footsteps of the light of time, and then examining this love, it has been so pale and so weak, so Janeway will use the past to tell that love.
I squeezed the bank card I had left behind tightly, and once again felt the pain of trying to hold it but not being able to hold it.
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I rode Robben's motorcycle all the way as if venting, and it took me less time than I had come to get back to the bar, and after I returned the keys and helmet to Robben, I didn't say anything, I asked the bar for the strongest drink, and then drank it one after the other in silence.
Le Yao snatched the wine glass from my hand, grabbed me, and asked in a choked voice, "Zhaoyang, what's wrong with you?" ā¦ā¦ Is my matter putting too much pressure on you? ā
I broke free of Le Yao and took back the wine glass from her hand, but squeezed out a smile and said, "It's okay with you, I just want to drink, I haven't slept well recently, and I won't lose sleep if I drink a little wine." ā
"Then you drink less...... Don't get drunk! ā
"Don't worry, you won't get drunk."
As he spoke, CC walked over from the stage and said to me, "Mi Cai called me just now, saying that she was coming to Le Yao's bar to sit down. ā
"Why, haven't you brought her to play before?" I finally put down my glass and asked.
CC smiled and said, "I invited her to play, but she's been very busy, and she may only be free tonight." ā
I answered and didn't speak again.
CC suddenly remembered something and said: "Zhaoyang, isn't Mi Cai the CEO of Zhuomei Shopping Center, or a master's degree from the University of Pennsylvania Business School, and must have a lot of insights in business marketing. ā