CHAPTER XXII
What was shown in front of Yang Renjie and me was a huge lookout!
The floor of the observatory is paved with smooth and flat black granite, which stretches forward to take on the shape of a fan-shaped plane. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 At the edges of the info, half-human-high iron fences are erected. The observatory occupies almost half a floor of the building, and it is even more spacious when it is empty.
Standing here, you can truly understand what "spectacular" is! The original intention of the designer should be to create a place on the tallest building in Asia where everyone can overlook Shanghai. I've been here once, but I'm still amazed by what I see before me, just like when I first discovered it.
I went climbing the mountain with my classmates. The feeling of climbing a steep mountain wall and finally reaching the top and enjoying the scenery after sweating is unforgettable. But that height is nothing compared to here. What I see now is half of Shanghai Tang. Although it has been miniaturized, it is still completely and densely displayed in front of you. Everything was smaller, the buildings looked like toys, the cars were matchboxes, and the pedestrians looked like beetles, but I could still see them clearly. I can clearly distinguish a lot of places. On the opposite side of the glittering green space is the famous horse racing hall; Ahead, stretching across the Huangpu River, is the boat-to-ship Huangpu River. In the distance, it gradually connects with the sky. The clear blue sky was filled with a few large cotton-like white clouds. The clouds are thick and thin, and the thick places look soft, and the thin places reflect the sunlight as bright as gold.
I walked slowly to the edge of the fence, the wind was blowing from afar, and the sweat that had just remained on my forehead was quickly dried. The wind poured into my clothes, and my sleeves were full of bulges. I felt that my body was light, as if as long as I raised my arms horizontally, I could fly into the blue sky like a bird in the wind.
"Is it okay here? Is it beautiful? Is it cool? I asked Yang Renjie again and again, like a child who wants candy, desperate to get his praise.
"That's good. It's hard to find such a good place. Yang Renjie looked around with insufficient eyes and expressed sincere admiration.
I took another step forward and put my hand on the iron fence. It was scorched by the sun, and it didn't have the slightest metallic texture to the touch, but it was as rough and heavy as a rock that had been worn for years.
"You don't think it's empty or boring?" I asked.
"Of course not." Yang Renjie replied solemnly: "The sky, the city, and you are all the most beautiful scenery in the world!" ”
I laughed and said loudly, "I'm so glad you like the places I like." When I came here a few days ago, I thought that such a good place should be shared with others, but I was afraid that others would not understand the goodness of this place! ”
"Stay away from the railing." Yang Renjie admonished behind me: "This place has not been completely repaired, I'm afraid that the railing is not strong enough." Besides, you are so thin, and watch the wind blow you down. ”
I looked back and laughed, "How is that possible! ”
"How could it be?" Yang Renjie came over and grabbed my hand: "You are wearing this dress and skirt, and your current appearance looks like a kite." I'll have to hold you tightly, or I'm afraid you're going to fly." ”
I laughed even harder: "You're kidding me again." ”
"What I said is true." Yang Renjie walked closer, grabbed my shoulders, stood face to face with me, looked me in the eyes and said seriously: "Beauty Kite, I'm serious!" In order not to let you fly away, will you give me your thread to lead? ”
The wind ruffled his hair and made his robe flutter. His face was so close to me that I could even see me in every pupil of him. His sparkling eyes looked at me with all his attention, as if I was the most precious thing in the world, and if he blinked, I would literally let the wind blow away. His hands were on my shoulders, and through the thin clothes, I could feel the heat on his hands, the heat burning so much that I felt like I was about to burn.
His expression was so solemn that I couldn't keep my smile anymore. I remembered him holding a large bouquet of roses to me on the hospital bed, and I remembered his eyes lit up and he grinned involuntarily every time he saw me...... It occurred to me that afternoon, the day I will never forget in my life, the first time I saw him, a young man with a fair face, bandages on his shoulders, sweaty hair, and messy clothes. He was the last person my father saw on his deathbed. On that day, my father was gone; And that day, he came! He is the one God has changed for me, so that he can love me and care for me for my father, and treat me as a treasure as my father did. Maybe all of this is God's arrangement!
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The days that followed were romantic and beautiful.
Yang Renjie and I often walk along the tree-lined avenues full of plane trees, and then turn back when we reach the end, because in this way, the road never ends. Sometimes, an afternoon can be spent eating a meal, because there is always something to say. When I got off work, I would often see him smiling and standing on the side of the road waiting for me. Occasionally, when he had a heavy study task, he would sneak out unexpectedly, just to have a cup of coffee at "Marika", look at me, and whisper a few words to me.
In the evening, we went to the Huangpu River to spend the summer, took a small boat, and took a ferry boat for a ride. A little farther away, go to Wusong. Take a small train to the confluence of the Huangpu River and the Yangtze River to see the sea there. I like the beach of Chuansha Gaoqiao Beach the most, it is all white sand with small stones removed from the sieve, and it is so comfortable that people sigh when they step on it. There, we held hands and looked into the distance, watching the water and the sky, watching the tide rise and fall.
On the roof of the Yongan Department Store, in the summer, it is filled with flower bonsai, which becomes a veritable roof garden and opens up into an open-air playground. For a four-and-dime ticket per person, we can play there with great interest all day, and we can also enjoy various performances such as drumming, tricks, acrobatics, etc.
Yang Renjie is afraid of heat, and sometimes he is lazy and has no appetite in the sultry weather. So I made some bad edamame, sugar tomatoes, or cold noodles, which were appetizing foods to cool off the heat, put them in a lunch box and brought them to him, and then smiled and watched him praise and eat them all bite by bite.
Yang Renjie learned to drive a car, and sometimes he would drive the family car out and take me for a ride. At eight or nine o'clock in the evening, avoid crowded places, drive on secluded and uninhabited roads, and drive towards the wooded boundary on the edge of the city. Where there are trees, the temperature is low, and sitting in the car, I feel a cool breeze blowing in my face. The fresh scent of trees and flowers is everywhere, and the moon as big as a disc is overhead, sprinkling a light light on us.
When I think back to that summer, it always seems to be accompanied by the sweet taste of jasmine and gardenia. That summer, it was as vivid and happy as a dream!