Chapter 3: Qiu Lan's Advice
Hongming's mailbox was about to burst.
He had been mentally prepared before, knowing that there would be irrelevant people writing emails to impersonate, but the number of impersonators still caught him off guard. Every night when he opens his mailbox and sees the number of new emails, he always feels a mixture of joy and sorrow.
He kept his promise to check the mail himself.
Qiu Lan enthusiastically called and asked, "How is it, Hongming, is there any gain?"
"Nope." Hongming replied.
"How do these people explain why they didn't go to school that afternoon?" Qiu Lan was very curious.
Hongming glanced at the computer screen, "Ah, this is to see a sick friend." Some people are uncomfortable and want to go home, some go to the movies, some go to the library, cut their hair, buy books, candy, clothes, go to parties, there are so many reasons, there is no one I know. Someone else directly said that she was not the girl, but wanted to date me. There are also people looking for jobs. ”
Qiu Lan laughed, "Do you have a photo?" ”
"Pretty much everybody posted their own pictures."
"Are there any beautiful women?"
Hongming replied, "All of them are big beauties." ”
"Is there anything you like?" Qiu Lan challenged him.
Hongming sighed, "It's so beautiful, I can't remember who is who, I've been tired, and I haven't moved." ”
Qiulan asked him, "Hongming, do you want to continue looking?" ”
Hongming was surprised: "Of course I look for it." ”
Qiu Lan sighed, "Who knows how long it will take?" It's been on the show for so long, and I'm sure no one doesn't know about it, and she must know about it," she paused, "Hongming, you know that anything can happen in nineteen years." ”
Seeing that Hongming didn't react, Qiu Lan couldn't help but help him analyze, "Imagine that if she is good and everything is going well, there is no reason why she doesn't want to contact you." ”
Hongming listened to her quietly.
Qiu Lan showed her cruel side, "Maybe she's no longer alive." ”
Hongming was taken aback by her: "No, how can people die so easily?" ”
Qiu Lan continued to analyze, "Maybe she is ashamed of herself, she doesn't want to see you, and she wants to keep a good impression in your heart forever." ”
Hongming is noncommittal.
Qiulan asked, "Hongming, do you want to hear me tell you a story?" ”
Knowing that she was going to give him advice, Hiroaki smiled calmly, "Listen up." ”
Qiu Lan got to the point, "Hongming, I have been hosting this show for a long time, and I have seen a lot of people, to tell you the truth, so far, no story has a happy ending." Especially when it comes to the emotional entanglement between men and women, almost all of them regret that they did it too much. Couples who have broken up for many years, no matter how deep their love and hate were at the beginning, when they meet again after many years, they find that the other party is no longer the same person they were at the beginning, and all of them finally told me that the past should really be let pass, and never look back to find it, disappointment is doomed. Even if it feels good when we meet for the first time, it will feel boring when we meet again. No one can resist the power of time. Keeping a good memory in your heart is the best ending. ”
Hongming on the other end of the phone was silent.
Qiu Lan continued, "Okay, now I'll tell you a real story. That's an acquaintance of mine. She was talented and beautiful when she was young," she paused for a moment and corrected herself, "Actually, now, she is also talented and beautiful, but our society is not fair enough to middle-aged women, do you agree?" She is well-known in the academic world and is recognized as a talented woman. However, when people reach middle age, they suddenly feel that marriage is like a shackle, and she feels that her husband can no longer attract her, and her psychology has led to several disputes between the two of them, so she feels that the marriage can not continue, and proposes to divorce. Her husband thought it was just a small quarrel between the two people, but he didn't expect her to divorce, and he didn't agree to anything, and the two of them kept fighting coldly. At that time, she suddenly remembered a boyfriend she had in the past, who was a few years younger than her, and she said that she felt good when they were together, but because of the age difference between the two, one had to take care of work and the other had to finish school, so they broke up. She said that she was too young at the time, and she didn't think too much about it, so she divided it. But after so many years of going around and around, she suddenly looked back and felt that the time she spent with her little boyfriend was the happiest, so she turned back to him. Now it's easy to find someone, she quickly found him, of course, he is also middle-aged, has a wife and children. This lady wants to find him for the same reason as you, Hiroaki, and she also said that she knows that the two of them have missed out, and she just wants to be good friends in the future. Very good wishes, isn't it? She smiled and asked him, "Hiroaki, are you ready to listen to the second half of this story?" “
Hongming only said, "Speak." ”
Qiu Lan sighed, "This is the most chilling story I've heard. After she found him, she called him, and the two made an appointment to meet again. The first time she chatted, she felt good, but my friend was not stupid, and the second time she saw that this old lover was no longer the big boy she knew in the past. She regretted finding him a little, but naively thought that it would be good to keep her distance from now on and stop at the point. She didn't expect that this old lover would hit her mind. He called her every day and asked her to help with this and that, and later even borrowed money and things. At first, she thought about the old love, and she didn't want to tear her face with him, so she reluctantly agreed, and then she was finally scared. She regretted that she was too impulsive at the time and got herself into such a big trouble. So she stopped contacting him and didn't answer his calls, and then the old lover turned his face. At first, he just humiliated her from time to time on the phone for a sentence or two, and said at every turn, how are you doing when you are so old, and then simply sent their story to all their common acquaintances, he said that she is not old-hearted, she was a merry woman when she was young, and she shouldn't be at such an old age, seducing him, a married man, he said that she took the initiative to chase him from beginning to end, when she was young, and now she is more enthusiastic and arrogant, of course, those words are much more ugly than this. He even openly and secretly disclosed the details of their intimacy together when they were young. My friend went from a talented girl who everyone respected to Pan Jinlian overnight, and her old lover wanted to strip her naked on the street. Later, she couldn't stay in the unit anymore, so she had to resign, and her husband really divorced her. ”
"And then?" Hiroaki asked.
"Later? She had no choice but to leave her homeland and go into self-imposed exile. Qiulan said, "She felt that she had humiliated her husband and had no way to compensate him, so she voluntarily left the house and didn't want anything." Her husband was finally kind and gave her a part of their property. Originally, she was impatient with her marriage and wanted to end it, but at the moment of the real divorce, she was still very devastated. ”
Hongming asked, "How is she now?" ”
Qiu Lan still let out a long sigh, "Hey, I haven't been in touch for a long time." I know that with her talents, there is no problem in supporting herself, but after being hurt like this, the torment in my heart can be imagined, and I don't know when it will be calmed. It's really true that the saying is true, there is no regret medicine in the world. She just suffered a mid-life crisis, and she was weak for a while, who didn't have a moment of weakness? She has to pay such a big price. ”
"So," she began to conclude, "contentment is always happy, and the words of the ancestors are really golden words. It's a pity that too many people don't understand until they make mistakes. She changed her words, "Hongming, to be honest, I heard that you were coming to the show, and the people in the station were crazy with joy, but I sweated for you, you are respectful and golden, if someone wants to plot against you, you have now given people a rare opportunity." ”
Hongming didn't seem to care at all, "My situation is much simpler than your friend's. I'm not worried about the same thing. ”
Qiu Lan shook his head, "So, are you going to hit the south wall and not look back?" Hearing that Hongming didn't answer, she said, "Hongming, the most unpredictable thing in the world is the human heart." You know better than I do, don't you? What if the lady you're looking for also asks too much of you? Twenty years is enough to make a person unrecognizable, and if she suffers and suffers, she may become even more unbelievable. It's not my nonsense that the environment changes people. ”
Hongming said, "Thank you, Qiulan, I will consider your suggestion carefully." ”
Qiu Lan's tone was sincere, "Really, Hongming, think about it, if nothing has happened now, it is actually worth celebrating." Hurry up and stop it, so you don't regret it too late. If you want to hear other stories, I'll tell you more, and I'm sure it's longer and more exciting than "One Thousand and One Nights". ”
After closing the line, Hongming suddenly became upset and didn't want to look at the email anymore. He stood up, paced into the kitchen, made himself a cup of coffee, and stood in front of the window looking out at the glittering city night.
There is nothing wrong with what Qiu Lan said, and this possibility certainly exists.
However, reason like him still resisted to speculate about the girl in this way. He squinted and thought back to her, soft, gentle girl, truly like a flower.
No, no, she won't be like that, he doesn't believe it, he's going to wait for her to show up.