After the Qingming Festival, there were a few more rains in N City, and the temperature was low, and it was late spring, and it was still a cold wave day.

When the day finally cleared, I was doing color exercises in my backyard at home, and after a few days of rain, the flower beds were full of life. Halfway through the painting, Chen Qian came out of the back door of the house and said to me, "Buckwheat, you have friends who come to see you." ”

I said a little strangely, "Who?" ”

Chen Qian stepped aside, and a person walked out behind her, smiling at me with the corners of her lips.

I was a little stunned, stunned, and smiled at him, Chen Qian said, "Let's talk, will you stay for lunch later?" ”

Ji Xingyun nodded and said, "Okay, then you're welcome, thank you, madam." ”

Chen Qian smiled and turned back to the house, Ji Xingyun came over, and I asked him curiously, "How do you know where my home is?" ”

He said: "When you sent something home in Switzerland before, I accidentally saw it and wrote it down. ”

I laughed and said, "Oh...... You didn't even return to China for the spring shooting, what is the big event coming back this time? ”

He lowered his eyes to look at my painting, then turned his perfectly angled forty-five-degree face, pouted, and said, "I remember you saying that if your painting fetchs a good price, you'll be treated." As a result, I clearly saw on the news that you took the lead in the calligraphy and painting part, but I waited for a long time but didn't see any news from you, so I came to ask you why you didn't speak. ”

I couldn't laugh and cry and said, "Oh, that's it...... Don't mention it. ”

Ji Xingyun smiled, stood for a while, and spoke again: "Didn't you say at that time that you would go back to Europe after the New Year, why didn't you come?" ”

I put the brush down and was silent for a moment: "Well, I was delayed by something. Raising my head, I said, "Where are you going next, and when?" I really want to go out for a walk. ”

Ji Xingyun pondered for a few seconds: "Have you ever been to the Seychelles?" ”

I thought for a moment: "Are you talking about the place where Prince William and Princess Kate spent their honeymoon?" Haven't been. ”

He hummed and said easily: "It is the three pearls of the Indian Ocean along with Mauritius and the Maldives, and it is a tropical archipelago country, near the equator, and now it is just the dry season, and it will not be too wet and rainy. The national treasures there are sea coconuts and giant tortoises, and they have more tortoises than the total population of the country, and the shape of the sea coconut is very unique, I can't say how unique it is, you will know when you see it. ”

After a few seconds of silence, I nodded and said, "Sounds good, so it's decided." ”

Ji Xingyun paused: "It's decided so soon?" I still have a few alternatives that I haven't said. ”

I smiled: "Actually, it doesn't matter where you go. After pausing for another two seconds, he raised his eyes and said to him sincerely: "Ji Xingyun, I'm really happy to see you again." ”

Seychelles is visa-free, so our itinerary was quickly finalized, and five days later, we flew to the airport in the capital of Seychelles. When I changed the island hopping plane from the airport to Praslin Island, I looked down from the window, the sea was green, the sky was blue, and the scenery made me suddenly think of Xiangzhou, but the sea here is more peaceful and quiet.

Compared to the Maldives and Mauritius, Seychelles is more pristine. As Ji Xingyun told me, there are more tortoises there than people, and they often lie in the middle of the road and pretend to be a sculpture, sometimes kicking them if they are not careful. Sea fishing, swimming, cycling, and diving are all traditional activities here, and I want to go diving, but I feel that the body may not be able to bear the deep diving, so I have to snorkel. Although it was already the dry season, there were still a few rains in the middle of the two days, and it was not cool after the rain, and the equatorial heat was beaten up by the rain, and the whole island became a transpiring and humid tropical world.

On that day, before the first dawn after the sunshine and the sixteenth day of our visit to the Seychelles, Ji Xingyun and I sailed a sailboat and waited for the sunrise on the sea.

The time of coming out was a little early, and the whole world was still a quiet blue-purple, with no wind in all directions, the sea was very quiet, and the boat was barely shaking. I took off my life jacket and leaned against the bow of the boat for a moment. Later, Ji Xingyun patted me, and I vaguely heard him whisper: "It's started, wake up." When I opened my eyes, I saw the first faint light seeping from the distant sky.

I folded my hands behind my head, my eyes slowly raised little by little with the huge red sun, and there were only me and Ji Xingyun on the sea level below, he and I didn't speak, and the whole sunrise process was extremely quiet. The morning light is hazy and sparse with a mist of water, reminiscent of Monet's "Sunrise? Impressions.

After nearly twenty minutes, the orange-yellow and orange-red colors finally dissipated and turned into a warm white light from above. I sat up, and then I realized that I was covered with Ji Xingyun's clothes. I handed him back my clothes and said with emotion, "Watching the sunrise from the sea is better than watching it from the pier and the mountains, and it is quiet, and for the first time I feel that I am so close to the sun, as if I am at the end of the world." ”

He smiled back at me and said, "Seeing you're asleep, I thought you weren't interested." ”

"No, I just didn't sleep well last night." I shook my head and looked at him with some admiration: "What else would you not do?" If you can be a diving instructor and have a sailing license, you shouldn't be able to fly the twin propeller plane that brought us here, right? ”

"You reminded me that learning to fly an airplane can be included in the agenda." He smiled and scratched the surface of the boat and asked me, "Are you going back and going for breakfast?" ”

I thought for a moment and said, "I'm not hungry, are you hungry?" ”

He shook his head, and I said, "Then sit down again." ”

Ji Xingyun didn't say anything, I got up and went to the front to sit on the deck with him, and kicked the sea water under my feet for a while. As far as the eye can see, a blue sea and blue sky, where the water and sky meet, the color is a little hazy, lighter than the sky blue, and darker than the peacock green. I pointed to the distance and asked Ji Xingyun, "You see that color doesn't look like Tiffany blue, it's the famous brand of diamond jewelry." ”

He also squinted, mumbled, and was silent for another two seconds: "Actually, the color you mentioned first came from the robin, the kind of creature in Western legends that symbolizes the final marriage of lovers." ”

I looked at him with interest, and Ji Xingyun said: "Their eggs are naturally that color, and I once saw them in a small town south of Birmingham. ”

I said, "Why do you always see so many things that no one else knows?" ”

He shrugged his shoulders: "It's nothing, the four seas are home, and there are more places to go." ”

I said, "I've been to a lot of places, but I don't find beauty as much as you do." ”

He smiled: "Then I'll take you to see it." Looking back at me: "Just like here, there are a lot of interesting things, such as the sea coconut you saw a few days ago, do you know, the sea coconut is gendered, and always appears in the form of a partner, next to a coconut tree on the high sea, you can always find a mother sea coconut tree, so they are called love trees." ”

I muttered: "That's it......" I was silent for two seconds, and nodded: "A few days ago, I also heard the hotel waiter tell me about the legend of their national flower, anchovy orchid, this place is very romantic, no wonder I see that the hotel is full of newlyweds who come for their honeymoon." ”

After being quiet for a while, Ji Xingyun suddenly smiled again: "Well, it's really the right time, the right place." ”

I said, "What's the right time?" ”

He grinned, "What do you say? Such a beautiful love place, such a good skylight, and such a vast sea, this boat with only the two of us. After a pause, he narrowed his eyes: "Of course it's a confession." ”

I was stunned, and before I could react, I heard Ji Xingyun say, "Li Qiao, I think I like you." ”

I was a little dumbfounded, I didn't know what to say for a while, but he didn't mean to let me speak, he looked at the sea in the distance calmly and said: "In the past, after I separated from others, I always left them behind quickly, because I felt that there were still many wonderful places waiting for me in this world, and I never had the idea of lingering for anyone, but you are different." He turned his face to look at me, his deep eyes glowing softly, and the corners of his lips curled beautifully: "After parting with you in Switzerland more than a month ago, I found that I would miss you, and I would keep reminiscing about the time I was with you, and those memories made me so happy that I couldn't help but come to you." ”

I looked at him in amazement, and suddenly remembered that he had said that he wanted to be sure of something, but I wondered if it was this. Ji Xingyun continued to smile and said: "Judging from your reaction when you were with me, I think you are also very happy, which shows that we are very compatible. In the past, I thought that the certainty or commitment of a relationship between two people was a kind of bondage to each other, but now I don't think so, and I feel very happy if you promise to be in a relationship with me. So Li Qiao, I want to ask you very sincerely, would you like to be with me from now on? ”

I was still a little stunned, and digested his words for a long time. To be honest, such a sudden, direct and enthusiastic confession made me a little stunned, but I was also a little moved, and I felt that my heart was like the sea in front of me, which was slightly swayed by a very light sea breeze.

I don't know how long it was quiet, I looked at Ji Xingyun, sighed softly, lowered my voice a little and said, "Thank you really for liking me, I'm just sorry, I can't respond to you." ”

He blinked his eyes and thought for a few seconds, the corners of his lips still raised upward: "Is it because you still like the person you drawn?" In fact, I think that sometimes people need to give themselves more opportunities, just like this world is so big, if you don't come out, how do you know if there is a more beautiful scenery elsewhere? ”

I looked at him, there was silence for a while, and I whispered, "You're right...... Ji Xingyun, in fact, in my heart, you are a very good person, your world always makes me feel so casual, open and bright, I can stay with you without thinking about anything, very relaxed...... If it was before, I might have promised you not necessarily, but it's a pity that now...... The world is big, but I can't get far. ”

He gathered his eyebrows in some confusion, I turned my face away, looked at the vast sea in front of me, fell silent for a while, pursed my lips and said, "Do you remember that in Switzerland before, I coughed up blood?" At that time, I happened to have a cold and pharyngitis, and I thought it was not a big deal, but this time when I went home, I went to the hospital for an examination, and I realized that I was a little sick...... Did you notice that I brought an extra suitcase this time than before? It's full of medicines, and I have to take a lot of pills every day now, and I can't come out for too long, so I have to go back every month for a checkup. ”

The person next to me was a little silent, and I turned my face to see his face change slightly. I said, "Do you understand, I don't accept you, not because I can't let go of the past, but because I know I have no future...... Do you know that 80 percent of people who have a heart attack to the point where they have developed to the point of being like me will not live for five years......" Thinking and shaking his head, I said, "So, I don't think I can go to the end of the world with you unrestrained, in fact, I don't think that whoever opens his world to me now, I don't have the strength to go in." ”

Ji Xingyun looked at me, his expression seemed to be a little frozen, I looked at him for a few seconds, feeling as if I had never seen him with such an expression, and after a while, I stretched out my hand and shook it in front of him: "Hey, are you okay?" ”

He came back to his senses, gently picked the corners of his mouth again, I looked at him a little funny, and said: "Can you not have this compassionate expression, I am a chronic disease, and I am not dying so soon, the doctor also said, I am still young, unlike most of the sick are elderly, if I recuperate, it will not develop to severe heart failure so quickly, and even if it is severe heart failure, you can also do surgery, or heart transplantation." I'm not that desperate, and you don't have to feel sorry for me. ”

Ji Xingyun listened, was silent for two seconds, and suddenly smiled: "No, I was just thinking just now, and I wasn't sad." ”

I was stunned for a moment and frowned: "Then you don't need to be so open-minded, I was still a little sad when I first heard it." ”

He didn't speak, and smiled faintly. I turned my head and squinted at the place where the sea and the sky met in the distance, where the sun shone a dreamy sheen, and I sighed, "Thank you for bringing me here, this place is so beautiful and reminds me of mermaids." ”

After a long silence, I heard the person next to me whisper, "I think...... Even so, I still want to be with you. ”

I didn't hear it too clearly, and turned my face back a little ignorantly, Ji Xingyun said: "If you don't have the strength to walk into my world, you can stand in place and wait for me to walk into you." ”

I opened my mouth to say something, but he continued, "I don't need you to give me any eternal promises, I like to be happy in time." If you really don't have that long a future, as you say, then at least we still have the time between now and the future. You don't have any responsibilities, and neither do I, you don't have to worry about anything else, just think about whether you're happy with me. He paused, then smiled again and said, "Although the story of the mermaid is beautiful, her love is a tragedy. You believe me, I'm not the same person you painted, I won't make you sad or let you be lonely and turn into a bubble. ”

I was completely stunned, he raised his eyebrows again, and smiled very beautifully: "How about it, do you think you can think about it?" ”

I swallowed with a little difficulty and said, "You ......"

He didn't speak, blinked, leaned over, and touched my lips unexpectedly.

I didn't have time to dodge, lowered my eyes, I saw that Ji Xingyun's eyelashes were very long, his eye sockets were very deep, and my reflection was reflected in his light brown eyes. He tilted his head and tentatively touched the corner of my other lip, and I held the hand at my side, not knowing whether to back away or not.

Perhaps seeing that I wasn't hiding, he reached out and lifted my chin, pinched my thumb and forefinger gently, and two seconds later, his upper lip was pressed against mine.

Frowning, I heard the sound of my throat swallowing hard, and simply closed my eyes, my fingers gripping the edge of the sailboat. His movements were very light, patiently pecking a little along the lip line, and I even felt like there was a gust of wind blowing through him. Then for a moment, all movement stopped, and I felt my lips slightly pushed apart, as if something was about to reach in.

There was a "boom" in my mind, and without thinking about anything, I suddenly let go of my hand that was grasping the edge of the boat and pushed the person in front of me out with all my might.

Before I opened my eyes, I heard a "bang", and the water splashed down on my head and face, I subconsciously shrank and hid, and when I turned around and opened my eyes, I saw that Ji Xingyun was gone. I looked at the still tumbling sea in front of me in shock, and suddenly I panicked and shouted to the underwater, "Holy!? Ji Xingyun?! ”

But there was no response in front of me, and even the sea gradually became calmer, and I turned around left and right, but there was no movement, and I ran back to my place anxiously, and I broke down and shouted, "Hey! Ji Xingyun, don't scare me! Where have you been, hurry up and get out, you—Aren't you very water-based?! ”

Still didn't react, I felt that my palms were in a cold sweat, and I couldn't think anymore, I clenched my fists, and was taking off the coat on my body, when I suddenly heard a "bang" behind me, turned around, and saw Ji Xingyun coming out of the stern, climbing the side of the boat and laughing.

I ran over and he said, "Are you sure you're really sick with a very strict disease?" Or are you just making excuses for rejecting me? You're so powerful, you really don't look like it. ”

I said frantically, "What are you kidding?!" I'm really going to have a heart attack! ”

He was still laughing: "This is the offshore sea, and there are no waves, what are you afraid of?" After looking at me for a few seconds, he pursed the corners of his mouth and tightened it, "Okay, I'm sorry, I apologize." ”

After a long silence, I cried and stretched out my hand to him helplessly: "Come up first." ”