Chapter Seventy-Six: The Memorial
Chen Mo didn't know what was going on in this world, why it didn't belong to him, because righteousness, or even just a hope, he needed to do something against his will, and it was so natural.
Of course, he would not argue with Kang Xuedong at this time, because he actually knew that his godfather's request was not too much, but it was difficult for him to turn the corner. He wants to stick to the innocence of love, but the world is too complicated, and innocent love really can't stand too many tests.
Whether it is Emilika who met in Norway, or Amal, who has been looking forward to him in London, or Nastya, who has given herself too much pressure as soon as she appears. They are testing themselves in different ways, whether active or passive, he thinks that his love has been tarnished.
Perhaps, after Roujia left, when he was with Li Shan again, he had tarnished the innocence of love!
Thinking of Rou Jia, Chen Mo felt even more sad in his heart. Tomorrow it's time to see her, too, and show her the glaciers, fjords, and lonely forests of Norway that she once dreamed of.
"Godfather, I'll do this, but I want to be able to handle it in my own way, and you don't put any pressure on me, okay?"
Kang Xuedong nodded and said, "We didn't want to put pressure on you in the first place, if it wasn't for your own way, do you think the other party wouldn't be able to see it?" ”
Yan Bo, who was sitting on the other side of him, said with a smile: "Xiao Mo, you don't have any psychological burden in this matter, in fact, letting you participate in this matter is not to think that you really make any achievements, but to use this matter to make us invincible first, so that we can rest assured that we can lead the snake out of the hole." For us, Qi Mingyuan is just a person who is not worth mentioning, the key is to look at other people's actions. ”
"I understand, but I can't turn a corner."
The matter was settled, and everyone offered to take their leave. Chen Mo and other ordinary employees still have double vacations, but for supervisors and senior leaders, it is rare to have one day off every week.
Like Kang Xuedong, although he has just returned from Switzerland, he has been out for so long, and there are still many things to be busy, and it is difficult to find free time without a few days.
Chen Mo had already prepared a room for him, and as soon as he entered the room, he lay directly on the bed and let out a long sigh. "I'm really old, I used to take the train for three days and three nights without feeling tired, but today is not good, I don't feel good."
"Do you want to turn on the air conditioner?"
"No, it's more comfortable than anything else lying under the covers."
"Then you rest first, and I'll go back to the house and sleep."
Kang Xuedong stopped him and asked, "Are you a little angry with your godfather today?" ”
Chen Mo lowered his head and shook it, and said, "I just don't want to be like my father." ”
"I know you definitely can't think about it in your heart, but you must know that no one is perfect, you don't want to be too harsh on others, and don't be too harsh on yourself" Kang Xuedong sighed again and said: "Go to sleep......"
Chen Mo walked to the door, turned around and asked, "I want to go see Rou Jia tomorrow, do you have time?" ”
After a while, Kang Xuedong said, "I have a meeting tomorrow, you can go by yourself." ”
Chen Mo returned to the main house first, the old man seemed to be sleeping soundly, the air conditioner temperature was moderate, and the pager was within reach, so he locked the door with confidence.
Unbeknownst to him, just after he left, the old man's closed eyes opened again. Although he wants to satisfy his grandson's mentality of taking care of himself, he pretends not to know anything in front of him and does not participate, but no matter what happens, he knows better than anyone else.
As he got older, he drowsy less, and even though he slept in bed every day, he still turned on his little radio and always listened to it until midnight before sleeping for a while. When he dies, he can sleep well, but now, he is not old enough to rely on his grandson.
Chen Mo returned to his room and cleaned up the living room, fearing that the sound of tossing would affect the old man's sleep, so he didn't clean it. I just put away all the water glasses, put the tea leaves in the refrigerator, put all the cigarette butts in the garbage bag, and sealed the mouth. He also deliberately left a slit in the window of the living room to let in the air, otherwise, the smell in the house would not be good the next day.
Lying in bed, he still couldn't sleep. Although it is not enough to serve Israel, but to take the initiative to contact Nastya is to betray his feelings, not to mention, who knows what the future development will be like?! She was originally a girl who had been hurt by love, could she still bear to hurt her? Of course not! But he didn't have a clue how to grasp the middle balance.
If Li Shan knew that she was doing this, would she look down on herself? She is a free and casual girl, and she can't see anything like flies and dogs, but now she is falling in this direction.
If there were no other plans involved, he wouldn't be so embarrassed. But now his godfather has mixed up several things together, trying to make others unable to break the game, which has also encircled himself. The interests of their entire small group were involved, and Chen Mo knew the weight of this matter, it was not only a matter of him and his godfather, but also too many people, so he had no reason to refuse.
Because of something on his mind, he got up early the next day, punched sandbags in the yard for a while, and his whole body was warm. Seeing that his godfather and grandfather had gotten up, he ran to the alley to buy breakfast and came back.
After the three of them had breakfast, Liang Hao also came over on time to pick up Kang Xuedong. Wuhan also came back from vacation and came over to borrow Chen Mo's computer to surf the Internet, and Chen Mo entrusted the old man to him to take care of him by the way.
After a while, the neighbors will also come to visit the door, and the old man will not worry that there will be no one to take care of him. But Chen Mo didn't want to alarm Li Shan to go and see Rou Jia, so he had to hurry up. He still has to go to Chaoyangmen Street first, Cao Yu's company to get the washed photos, and the time is still very short.
This time he went to Europe to take photos, Chen Mo gave all the negatives to Cao Yu, and their company has a dark room, so it was easy to help Chen Mo wash these photos. Chen Mo didn't ask for negatives, but asked her to wash out two sets of photos, one for herself to keep, and the other for Roujia's grave to be burned.
Jean Taxi waited at the door of their company for a while, and when he came out, Chen Mo was carrying two sets of photos in the bag. In order to save time, he simply let the taxi go directly to the fourth ring road, so that although it is a little farther, it does not need to travel through the city, and it is still faster to calculate.
The time has entered the late autumn, and the peach trees in the garden are only bare branches, and there is an indescribable gloom in the garden. Although it is a weekend, it is not a day of public sacrifice, there are very few people in the cemetery, and only a few families may have met the dead and placed sacrifices in front of the tombs of their ancestors.
Rou Jia belongs to the people who are dying, and she is not too long-lived, but Chen Mo still insists on coming when it comes to her birthday every year. She has always been afraid of loneliness, but she enjoys loneliness, she has always believed that loneliness is external, but loneliness belongs to the heart.
Chen Mo sat down in front of her tombstone and rubbed a handful of cold stone tablets with his hands. I haven't been here for a long time, and the autumn in the capital is very dusty, and a layer of dust has fallen on the tombstones.
He took out an old towel and wiped it carefully, not missing a corner, a crevice. Except for the front of the tombstone, because he has been writing and doing homework there for many years, and the grinding is particularly smooth, the other places still maintain the original edges and corners. This kind of edge and corner is very hard and very cold, but it makes Chen Mo feel so kind.
"Brother Xiao Mo, my mother gave me a dollar, let's go buy ice cream to eat...... As a result, I ate more than half of the ice cream by myself.
"Brother Xiao Mo, I don't want to go home...... I'm going to sleep with you......" As a result, the two of them slept until they were seven years old.
"Brother Xiao Mo, is going to school to be with you every day......" The two are also inseparable at school.
"Brother Xiao Mo, Song Tao, he pulled my pigtails......" Chen Mo rushed up and pushed Song Tao to the ground.
In junior high school, Roujia began to develop and had a taboo against boys, but she was still unhindered in front of herself.
"Big black dog, there is a small lump on someone's chest, it hurts......" Chen Mo stupidly wanted to help her rub it, so that Rou Jia turned around and ran away in shame, the first time, he ignored him for three days.
"Big black dog, only touch it gently, don't tell others......" Chen Mo knew the difference between men and women for the first time.
"Big black dog, I can't do this question, come and tell me about it......" Chen Mo learned her handwriting, and one person had to do the homework of two people.
"Big black dog, I'm too full to eat, I can't walk, I want you to carry my ......" Every time he carried her, Chen Mo felt that he had the whole world.
After getting sick, Rou Jia no longer shouted the big black dog, she kept shouting silently, Chen Mo couldn't stand this kind of flesh and numbness the most, but now she felt extremely enjoyable.
"Silently, don't cry, I'm going to cry if you cry......" Knowing the condition, Rou Jia was stronger than him, and Chen Mo, who had always been a little adult, cried for the first time. He watched TV and knew that if he had leukemia, he would die.
"Momo, I don't want to die, I want to travel all over the world with you......" Chen Mo felt that the tears of his life had dried up during that time.
"Silently, you're going to have a good life, you know? You have to live well for me, see the world for me......" He finally lost her, and the fairy tale castle he had built since childhood completely collapsed.
Maybe Roujia is a fairy, but she is a layman, so the fairy is leaving, and he can't keep her. Chen Mo leaned on the tombstone and looked up at the sky, but the gray air obscured the way to heaven.