The end of the Soviet Union and the south
Ambiguous like aquatic plants growing wildly -
One afternoon that year, sunlight leaked through the gaps between the leaves, casting a dappled glow on the ground.
Su Mo sat in the shade of a tree by the school's basketball court, thinking about whether to continue his studies here, or let his parents arrange for him to go to a key middle school.
A basketball suddenly flew straight towards Su Mo like a stray bullet, and Su Mo didn't have time to react, only to hear a "bang", and someone blocked the basketball with his arm.
"Are you alright?" The panting Lin Younan held the basketball and stood nervously in front of Su Mo, the beads of sweat refracting bright light in the sun.
Well, Su Mo nodded at a loss.
Lin Younan had eyes as bright as cold stars, and there was a smile hidden at the corner of his mouth, and when he turned to leave, he glanced at Su Mo deeply, and that glance seemed to be looking into people's hearts.
Don't go back, Su Mo suddenly felt that this school was so beautiful.
Not long after the start of school, the school held an inter-school basketball game, and Lin Younan made a big splash and soon became the idol of the girls in the class. More and more girls are asking Lin Younan to teach them to play basketball.
Someone said, Lin Younan, you teach me to play, I failed the basketball exam. The classroom at noon was quiet and empty, Su Mo, who was sitting by the wall, suddenly looked up, just in time to meet Lin Younan's dark eyes, Lin Younan glanced at Su Mo meaningfully, and smiled evilly, no, I have promised to teach others to play.
Su Mo lowered his head and smiled, relieved and disturbed.
Ambiguous like the aquatic plants at the bottom of the sea grow wildly, but they are erratic, but because of this, it is even more indescribable.
Lin Younan has an indescribable sense of distance, he likes to fight alone when he plays basketball, likes to sit alone in a corner when he eats, and he is still the first to cross the line after a 3000-meter run.
He sat alone on the runway and applied alcohol to his wounds, the afterglow of the setting sun stretching his figure thin and long. Su Mo stood behind him and said to him, go to the infirmary. Lin Younan was silent, and suddenly raised his head, what kind of university do you want to go to?
What kind? I don't know, but at least we have to get out of here.
After graduating from high school in 2002, Su Mo went to Changsha, the provincial capital, to go to university. Lin Younan stayed in the small city of his hometown.
Superficiality is the most primitive proof of love -
College campuses have always been a paradise for love. 19-year-old Su Mo has bright eyes, and there seems to be no reason for such a girl to be disliked.
The most sensational one was the department's New Year's Day party.
The energetic dance brought by the six handsome boys' group was the focus of the whole party, and after the show, the leading boy stood on the stage and refused to take a curtain call, his hair was shining in the light without knowing whether it was sweat or sequins. The boy said, "My dance is for you, Su Mo, are you there?"
The auditorium was silent for a moment, and then screamed like thunder, and everyone excitedly asked, who is Su Mo and where is Su Mo?
The boys' love is superficial and fanatical. But I have to admit that for the young Sumo, perhaps only this superficiality is precisely the most primitive proof of love.
The roommates were very interested in this kind of gossip, and they chased Su Mo and asked her what kind of boy she liked.
What does Su Mo like? Su Mo likes bright eyes like cold stars, Su Mo likes blue shirts that are lifted by the wind, and Su Mo likes slender fingers to play with basketballs.
Su Mo likes Lin Younan.
And Lin Younan had nothing else to say except for occasionally leaving a brief greeting to Su Mo on QQ.
Su Mo felt that Lin Younan was sometimes like a gust of wind, never a clear trace, but it never disappeared and dissipated.
Su Mo sometimes wrote letters to Lin Younan.
For every letter, Su Mo decided to send it, but every time he walked to the mailbox, he inexplicably stopped.
A girl, when she is young, gets too much favor from the opposite sex, she will get used to the proud one in love, and she will think that all boys who like her are the same fanatical and persistent, and they have no hesitation.
On his junior birthday, Lin Younan finally appeared in front of Su Mo.
So a few friends had dinner together. After everyone arrived, Su Mo smiled and said, Wait a minute, there are still people who haven't come. After a while, a smiling boy came in, holding a large bouquet of bright red roses.
Several of the girls immediately screamed. Su Mo said, This is my high school classmate Lin Younan.
Hello. Hello.
Lin Younan stood up with a smile and shook hands with the boy, his demeanor was still the same.
Su Mo was so sad that he couldn't open his mouth.
You're so good that I can't catch up anymore—
After graduating from university in 2006, Lin Younan stayed in his hometown to become a civil servant under the arrangement of his family. Accustomed to seeing high-rise buildings, bustling crowds, and busy traffic, Su Mo didn't want to go back. If you don't want to go back, you have to pay the price.
The first floor of the old-fashioned community is dark and damp, but it is close to the city and convenient for work, so Su Mo did not hesitate to rent it. Overtime has become commonplace, and when I returned to the rental house, it was already 9 o'clock in the evening, but I hadn't eaten dinner yet, and I lost a lot of weight in half a year.
Lin Younan sent a text message to Su Mo, it's not good, let's come back.
Su Mo was stir-frying yesterday's leftovers alone at this time, she looked at the egg fried rice in the pot that was about to be fried, and quickly deleted the text message. That day's dinner, Su Mo felt tasteless.
In addition to eating and sleeping, Su Mo spent almost all his time on work.
She began to learn how to express herself appropriately in front of her leaders, and learned to protect herself in complex interpersonal relationships, and everyone in the company regarded her as a potential stock, which was the predecessor of the white bones in the workplace.
Promotions, salary increases, and studying abroad, but after two years, Su Mo gained a foothold in this city.
She bought herself expensive shoes and bags, rented a high-end apartment in the city center by herself, and stood by the floor-to-ceiling windows with a view of the river in the distance. Su Mo said in his heart, Lin Younan, I just want you to see a very good me, and a better me is worth letting you work hard.
At the end of the year, when he returned to his hometown, Su Mo reunited with his high school classmates. She took care of all the students at the banquet just right, remembered what everyone liked to eat and what they didn't like to eat, talked and laughed, and would not leave anyone out in the cold.
Lin Younan sat quietly on the side, and he asked, how are you doing now?
Very good, Su Mo said that the advertisement he created was published by a professional magazine in the industry, which is very influential, and it should have the possibility of winning an award; Not long ago, I went to Paris to investigate and study, and finally saw the legendary Eiffel Tower, which is actually very ordinary; Su Mo said that Changsha is about to repair the subway, and it should be very convenient to buy a small apartment next to the subway......
Lin Younan smiled, you didn't like to talk much before, and you didn't take care of others.
Su Mo also smiled, does that mean that I have become mature.
Lin Younan didn't make a sound, Su Mo looked up and saw Lin Younan's eyes, his eyes were about to speak and stopped, making people elusive, and even, there was a trace of sadness.
On the evening after the party, Lin Younan called Su Mo. His voice sounded a little tired on the phone, and he said, Su Mo, do you know, you are so good that I can't catch up.
Su Mo slowly hung up the phone, thinking to himself, Lin Younan might be drunk.
Flowers fell from their heads—
In 2008, Su Mo's life was quietly changing. Lin Younan drove to Changsha overnight and met Su Mo alone for the first time. Lin Younan said, Su Mo, I'm getting married.
Well. Su Mo nodded at a loss, as dazed as when they first met.
Lin Younan was silent and sent Su Mo home. Walking to the door of the community, Lin Younan said, it's late, you go upstairs.
Well.
Lin Younan nodded, then I'll go first.
Oh.
You...... Lin Younan just took a few steps and slowly turned around. Su Mo stood quietly in place.
Lin Younan stepped forward, stretched out his hand, as if he wanted to hug Su Mo, paused, gently pinched Su Mo's thin shoulder, bowed his head and said, goodbye.
Good bye.
Lin Younan silently turned to leave, his back silently disappearing into the dark night. Su Mo suddenly missed Lin Younan playing with the basketball with his slender fingers, missed the way he sat on the track and smeared his wounds, and missed him asking quietly, how are you doing now, I missed it, squatted on the ground and cried.
Lin Younan sent an invitation to the wedding, and Su Mo went. The strange man sitting next to him suddenly whispered, Are you Su Mo?
Who are you? Su Mo was surprised.
I'm your college roommate, you don't know me, I know you. Younan was drunk late one night and called me to say that Su Mo was gone, left, and was getting farther and farther away from him. I thought you were out of the country.
Su Mo found that tears could flow back, one by one, dripping in his heart, causing pain and pain.
The host invited everyone to toast collectively, Su Mo stood up, looked at the couple on the stage, and the colorful flowers just fell from their heads, and Su Mo drank it all.
It took ten years to miss out -
In an inland city like Changsha, the weather in October is just right, there is no biting cold in winter, but there is already a warm sun in early winter.
A talk show between Liu Ruoying and Chen Sheng was being shown on TV.
Host Hou Peicen asked Chen Sheng: "Do you like Liu Ruoying?" Chen Sheng said very directly: "Of course I like her, otherwise why would I do so many things for her." ”
However, Chen Sheng continued: "Now she is like a kite, I don't know where she has floated." Liu Ruoying couldn't help crying when she heard this.
She asked childishly: "If I fly far, you can pull the string, the kite string will always be in your hands!" As soon as you pull the string, I'll be back! Chen Sheng was silent for a moment and then said, "But, I can't find the line!" ”
When we are young, we have the most ardent love, but it is often accompanied by clumsiness and pride.
I used to think that liking and being liked were easy things, so it was easy to turn away, wanting to see your bowing down, wanting to be chased and looked up to. So he flew farther and farther, but forgot that the cableman would be tired if he looked up for too long.
But, fortunately, we didn't hurt each other. It took us just a decade to miss it.
What a beautiful thing it is to have an unharmed past. Su Mo squinted his eyes in the warm sun of early winter and laughed unconsciously.