Chapter Thirty-Six: Here I Am

Maybe it was Nan Nan's vase that stimulated me, maybe it was the words left that reminded me, I still decided to go out on my own, I didn't tell anyone else, I didn't tell Wanrou, in fact, the place I was going to was the city where she was.

Sometimes I don't know what I make a decision, I don't know why, since I think of it, I do it, just like now, I bought a ticket to Hangzhou, and I also bought a ticket back, all for one day, only ten hours apart, I don't even have the courage to live there for a day, I don't even have the courage to tell Wanrou, I just want to see, just like to see the city where Wanrou lives, and her life. Allow me to be so presumptuous for once!

The plane had to fly to her for five hours, and I probably had to worry about being scared for five hours, to be honest, really scared, because I felt that there was no point in coming out this time, and I didn't even know how I got on the plane, as if the plane had already taken off in the haze. It's all a messy operation.

The sea of clouds in my eyes was churning, I didn't feel in the mood to enjoy it at all, I was hesitating whether to really meet Wanrou, or just hide in the distance, just look at her figure; I can still hug her into my arms and kiss her cheek, I am hesitating myself, my current mood is mixed, let's talk about it when it comes!

The airport in Hangzhou is indeed larger than the airport in my hometown, and when I got off the plane, I didn't want to take a taxi directly to the city, only to find that the original homework was not done well, and it is really not far from the city here!

In the car, the driver's eldest brother knew that I was from the northeast by listening to my accent, and he was chatting with me, he said, "There is no scenery in Hangzhou in January, why are you still here?" I told him, "I'm on a business trip, I'll leave in the evening!" "Then what are you doing in the city?" Just wait at the airport. "I want to go in and have a look, I haven't been here before." "Oh, but now there is no scenery when I go to West Lake, and it is very cold in Hangzhou now!" "Actually, I feel like it's about the same temperature as at home now, and it's not that hot!" "Ha, you are frost-resistant, we are afraid of the cold!"

Although the temperature forecast in Hangzhou has cooled down in the past few days, the temperature is around zero, but I came from the northeast, I feel much warmer, I deliberately wear less, and I don't feel too hot.

When I finally arrived in Hangzhou, I didn't see as many high-rise buildings as I imagined, nor did I see a tide of people, and the French plane trees on both sides of the road also lost their leaves, presumably because of the winter. The driver's brother knew that I was coming for the first time, and introduced me to the place names along the way, and the allusions to the construction here, and after walking for a while, the driver's brother asked me, "Young man, where are you going?" I thought about it, "Let's go to the edge of the West Lake, I'll go there and have a look." "I talked to Wanrou, her unit is in the scenic spot by the West Lake, and I seem to have checked that place on the Internet." It's there in a moment, where do you get off, I'll give you a business card, you take it, you can call me if you leave at night! "Okay." I took the business card and said thank you, because I thought the driver was not bad.

Change the city, change the mood, but this time I changed more than 3,000 kilometers away, and I finally stood on the shore of the West Lake.

Today's weather is not good, the sky is overcast, but it has not rained yet, there are not many pedestrians on the road, and occasionally you can see a group of tourists, because they are all wearing uniform hats. The greenery on the lakeside was very good, and I was walking along the road along the lake, so I asked for the direction of Wan'rou's place of work and walked on my own.

Maybe because of the contradiction in my heart, I didn't walk very fast, and I also saw the broken bridge, but the Leifeng Pagoda in the distance was in the smoke, faintly adding a lot of mystery. The water of the lake is very clear, I can clearly see the gravel and moss at the bottom of the lake, and the lake water is also very cold to the touch, I stood quietly on the shore, repeatedly pondering the words that Wanrou should say, but the more I pondered, the more I found it difficult to speak.

I didn't tell her, just come quietly, maybe I can surprise her, maybe I can disrupt her arrangements today, I don't care, I just want to see her.

I didn't waste any more time by the West Lake, I really walked a long way, and I stood in front of her unit as I wished. The greenery here is better, perhaps because of the scenic spot, people come and linger, the main entrance is not as big as imagined, among the rows of street trees along the road, it is only an open gate at the intersection, I walk along the gate, surrounded by four or five storey small buildings, chic but careful, surrounded by towering green trees, poplars seem to be still green here, lush, but in this winter has added a bit of vitality.

The first time I came here, I couldn't find where it was when I turned left and right, and I haven't figured it out in that building, so I found a cleaning aunt to inquire, and the aunt was full of Hangzhou dialect, and we communicated for a long time before she understood my intention, raised her hand and pointed, okay, I have been in that direction.

This is a four-story building, there is only one gate, look at the time, it is only four o'clock in the afternoon, it is not dark yet, if it is already dark at home, it is estimated that Wanrou will not be able to get off work now. Auntie didn't tell me how many layers Wanrou was on, because she didn't know the specific layering, there was only one general situation, so she simply got here, just look for it layer by layer. No one in the building stopped me, so I shouldn't look like a bad guy when I look like I'm dressing up! I went to the staff bar on the first floor and looked, there were a lot of people here, but they weren't gentle. I went up the stairs to the second floor, but I still didn't get gentle. My heart was beating faster, and if there was no one on the first or second floor, then it must be on the third or fourth floor. When I was almost on the third floor, I was really hesitant and conflicted, whether I should show up or not, or just hide from the side and watch from afar.

But I gritted my teeth and walked up. There are some unopened instruments placed in the staff bar on the third floor, so that people can't get close, and the personnel are not all visible, but I still found Wanrou's photo near the door! It was a photo of her and her colleagues, a photo of herself in work clothes, and I couldn't help but be happy, the Wanrou in the photo was the same as the Wanrou in the photo she sent me, the same beautiful, the same blinking her eyes, as if she had something to say to me.

I couldn't hold back my excitement and picked up my phone and sent her a message: "I'm here!" And attached a photo of her in the staff column. Afraid of being asked, I quietly retreated to the stairs and waited for her reply.

But for a long time, Wanrou didn't reply to me, I wanted to call her, but I didn't, I was really so close to her, but I didn't have the courage to see her!