Chapter 68: Compounding
Olive
gone, and the entire Lu brothers were quiet. Everyone's energy is focused on work, and the office is still busy, but it exudes a relaxed atmosphere.
And the man's mind still can't be completely focused on work, because he has another heart disease. After work, he sat on the sofa and thought for a long time before picking up the phone.
"Hey." Jiajia's voice came from the phone.
He hesitated for a moment and said softly, "Hmm...... Jiajia, I'm ......" The courage that the man had just mustered up immediately weakened a lot, and what he wanted to say choked in his throat.
Jiajia was refreshed, burst out laughing, and said, "What's the matter, remember the meal I owe you?" ”
As soon as the man heard this, he immediately picked up the words: "Oh, yes, you promised to invite me to dinner, and now your legs are healed, you see ......"
Jiajia smiled again and said, "It's really careful, I remember a meal for so long." After saying that, Jiajia thought for a while, "Okay, then Friday night, I'll invite you." ”
The man said excitedly, "Okay, okay, then...... What to eat? ”
Jiajia thought for a while and said, "Fuxing Gate, Parkson Mall, see you at 10 o'clock in the evening." ”
"Okay, see you soon."
The man happily hung up the phone, stood up, and muttered repeatedly: "Friday night at 10 o'clock, Parkson." Suddenly, he frowned and said to himself, "Ten o'clock in the evening?" Is Parkson still open? ”
On Friday, Jiajia and Xiao Yiyun went out to run errands and did not come to the company. Before it was time to get off work, the man couldn't sit still. He packed his things and went straight to the Fuxingmen Parkson Mall. When I got there, when it was more than 8 o'clock in the evening, the man was really hungry, so he ate a bowl of noodles casually, thinking that Jiajia must not have eaten either, and went to buy his wife's cake and fruit salad, and sat in the tea restaurant and waited.
Time passed minute by minute, and Jiajia still didn't come. At 9:30 p.m., the homecoming music rang out at Parkson Mall. The man sat for a while, the lights in the café were already half off, and a few cleaning attendants glanced over here from time to time.
Seeing that he couldn't go any longer, the man got up and walked out slowly. The man stood on the steps in front of Parkson, watching the salesmen and mall staff walk out one after another, not knowing where to go for a while. He paced up and down the steps.
The lights of Parkson had all been extinguished, and the man boredly walked to the Fuxingmen subway entrance next to him, sat on the steps, and watched the traffic of the second ring road. The headlights pull out strips of light, dragging the beautiful night.
It's already past 10 o'clock, and the man's mood becomes cold as the night deepens, will something go wrong? He looked at his phone, and was struggling with whether to make another call to urge him, when he suddenly felt that someone was standing behind him, and when he looked back, he immediately stood up excitedly, "Jiajia, you are finally here, I thought you were not coming." ”
Jiajia smiled faintly and said, "What I promised you, when did I miss the appointment." ”
The man smiled hesitantly, and hurriedly handed over the wife cake and salad in his hand, "You're hungry, eat some." ”
Jiajia took it and took out a piece of wife cake and stuffed it into her mouth, looking very enjoyable.
The man smiled and said, "It's cold now, and it tastes better when I first bought it." ”
Jiajia nodded, took out another piece, and said while eating: "Well, as long as it is a good thing, even if it is cold, it will be fragrant in the mouth." After speaking, he walked down the steps alone and slowly walked up the second ring, and the man hurriedly followed.
"Where are we going?" The man asked.
Jiajia chewed her wife's cake in her mouth and walked forward slowly, "Don't go anywhere, just go shopping." ”
"Oh." The man looked around, they had already taken the main road of the second ring road, and walked north along the sidewalk, because it was the main road, there was nothing to see around to visit, the man was a little confused, "Jiajia, let's not go to the auxiliary road, I'm afraid there is no place to rest on this road." ”
Jiajia stopped, stared at the man and said, "What's wrong?" Are you so lazy? Can't walk with me? ”
When the man heard this, he quickly waved his hand and said, "Look at what you said, I just thought about it...... Okay, let's go. ”
After a while, Jiajia finished eating her wife's cake and clapped her hands, looking very satisfied.
The man handed the fruit salad and said, "Let's have some more salad." ”
Jiajia took it and didn't eat it in her hand. At half past 10 o'clock, the main road of the second ring road was full of traffic, but there were no people to be seen on the sidewalk, and the vehicles passing by at high speed no longer noticed the two people walking.
"Jiajia, what do you want?" The man asked in a whisper.
Jiajia had a melancholy expression on her face, she slowed down and said softly, "I'm wondering, do you remember this road?" ”
The man looked a little dazed, "This road is ......" At this time, a car sped by on the road, and the deafening sound of music floated out of the open window: how rough and bumpy is this road......
The man subconsciously glanced back at the car, then turned around and looked at Jiajia again, "You mean the second ring?" ”
Jiajia nodded. A word suddenly popped up in the man's mind: Erhuan Thirteen Lang, and he couldn't help laughing.
Jiajia looked at the man suspiciously and asked, "What are you laughing at?" ”
"Oh," the man explained with a smile, "You just talked about the second ring, my first reaction was actually the second ring thirteen, you remember, that drag racing young man, it only took thirteen minutes to run the second ring, hehe, it's really." ”
Jiajia also smiled and said, "We are not so fast, we ran halfway through the second ring and used it...... Three hours? As soon as Jiajia said this, the man suddenly understood.
When the man and Jiajia first came to Beijing, the man came back from the DT interview, there was no bus, and the two of them had no money to take a taxi, so they could only walk back to the Shuguangli community of Sanyuanqiao along the second ring road from Fuxingmen. The man suddenly understood Jiajia's intentions and why Jiajia was here tonight.
His thoughts were hooked up all of a sudden, and the man seemed to have returned to that cold night back then, he hugged Jiajia, and the two encouraged each other to move forward along the way, telling jokes all the way to force themselves to drive away the cold and exhaustion. Thinking of this, his nose was sour and his eyes were moist. The man didn't speak, and his arm quietly grabbed Jiajia's shoulder. Jiajia was stunned for a moment, did not dodge, and the two of them walked forward silently.
After walking for a while, the man leaned Jiajia's head on his shoulder and whispered, "Jiajia, come back, it's time." ”
Jiajia lowered her head and walked forward silently, and suddenly, she raised her head and asked, "Man, do you love Liu Li?" ”
The man was shocked, hesitated, and felt that it was better to be honest, so he looked at Jiajia and said, "Jiajia, to be honest, I am more moved by Liu Li." She chose to stay by my side when I was at my worst, and I really couldn't refuse that attachment at that time. Thinking of Liu Li, the man showed a guilty expression, he sighed and said, "But when we were really together, I realized that in fact, we are not people of the same world." ”
"But we are together, and there are a lot of contradictions?" Jiajia asked with vinegar.
The man waved his hand, smiled and said: "It's different, our contradictions can be reconciled, and the contradictions between me and her are often values, which are difficult to communicate and cannot be resolved." The man remembered the huge change in Liu Li when he was about to break up, and then added, "But Liu Li changed a lot later, but this growth came too late." After speaking, he looked at Jiajia, "I really think that love is destined, fate gathers and dies, the time is up, the time should come, the one who should go, and the one who should go, can't be demanding." ”
Jiajia burst out laughing, glanced at the man, and said, "You don't have to brainwash me, I have my own judgment." ”
"Oh? What is your judgment? ”
Jiajia didn't answer him directly, but turned her head and asked, "Liu Li came to me after resigning, do you know?" ”
"Huh?" The man was very surprised, can these two incompatible women be okay together? "She, what is she looking for you?" The man asked anxiously.
Jiajia didn't speak, took out an envelope from her satchel, handed it to the man, and said, "Look at it, she gave it to me." ”
The man took the envelope and looked at it through the faint street lamp, "What is this?" ”
"See for yourself." The man took it out and took a look, weren't these the three photos with Jiajia that were taken away by Liu Li at his home?
The man's mouth was wide open, he really didn't expect these photos to be there.
"This ...... Liu Li said that she had torn up the photo? Why is it still there? And, what does she mean by giving you the picture? What did she say? The man asked.
Jiajia glanced at the man and said, "I don't know about the photo, she just told me...... She's going to let go. ”
Jiajia briefly told the process of meeting Liu Li, and the man realized that Liu Li had actually made up her mind to break up with her when her father had an accident. Men can understand when they think about it, because in Liu Li's concept, providing men with a high-quality life and enough wealth is the only thing she attracts to men, and since she can't do it now, it's time to end this love. From another point of view, Liu Li is still a simple and kind girl at heart, even if she is the most reluctant person, she also chooses to be perfect, rather than being stiff and not dying, it is better to be an adult.
Before I knew it, the two of them walked for almost an hour, and they were really a little tired. The man saw that there was a flower bed on the side of the road and the street lights were relatively bright, so he suggested sitting down and resting for a while.
Sitting by the flower bed, Jiajia took out the box of fruit salad and ate it nonchalantly. The man turned his head sideways and asked Jiajia cautiously: "Jiajia, can I ask you a question?" ”
"You say." Jia Jia replied nonchalantly.
The man plucked up his courage and said, "They all said, you ...... with Brother Xiao."
Jiajia stopped chewing, and after a while she resumed eating, and said lightly, "What do you think?" ”
The man lowered his head and said to himself: "Actually, Brother Xiao is a good person, with strong ability, good people, and good family conditions, if you choose him, you will definitely be happy in this life, and even ......" The man lowered his head and said with some sadness, "Even happier than being with me." ”
Jiajia didn't speak, put down the salad in her hand, sighed and said, "Yes, I can hardly see Brother Xiao's shortcomings, I think whoever is with him will be happy." After speaking, Jiajia raised her head and looked at the starry night, "It's a pity that I can't be as rational as you." The man looked at Jiajia and waited for her to continue.
Jiajia tilted her head, smiled bitterly, looked at the man and said, "Think about it, we have been together for eight years, and my best youth memories have been given to you, how can you let me forget?" She breathed a sigh of relief and continued, "Women are different from men, once a man is in their hearts, it is difficult for other men to live in. Jiajia was stunned for a long time, then suddenly turned around, pointed at the man and said, "If I meet Brother Xiao first in the next life, you won't have any chance." With that, he turned around and strode forward. After hearing this, the man was overjoyed and hurriedly followed.
The man caught up with Jiajia, took out a small box from his pocket, and said to Jiajia, "Jiajia, do you remember it?" ”
Jiajia stopped, looked at the small box and asked, "What is it?" ”
The man didn't speak, but handed the things in his hand to Jiajia. Jiajia slowly opened it and saw that it was her small plastic dolphin ring. Jiajia held this little dolphin, and her heart was turbulent for a while. Separation and integration, happiness and grievances, sweetness and suffering, all came to her heart, and Jiajia couldn't help but shed tears.
The man's mood also became no longer calm, and the ten years of experience flew in front of him like a movie, and his eyes were moist. The man took the plastic dolphin ring, held Jiajia's left hand, slowly put it on her ring finger, and said affectionately, "Jiajia, that's it." Jiajia's tears burst out of her eyes, she couldn't hold back her feelings anymore, and hugged the man and cried bitterly. The man hugged Jiajia tightly and silently shed tears.
After crying for a while, Jiajia straightened up and wiped her red eyes.
The man said, "That's it, okay?" ”
Jiajia took a breath and suddenly said, "No! ”
The man was startled and said, "Why?" ”
"Your words never count."
"When doesn't it count?" The man hurriedly wiped his nose and tears, and asked in a panic.
Jiajia took out her wallet from her shoulder bag, carefully took out a note from it, handed it to the man and said, "Look at your promise, have you fulfilled it?" The man hurriedly took it and took a look, only to suddenly realize.
When the man was with Jiajia, he once joked that the man promised to take Jiajia to eat all the delicious places in Beijing, and wrote a note on a menu, but he didn't expect that after so many years, Jiajia still kept this note.
The man burst into tears and said with a smile: "I will definitely do this, from this weekend onwards, we will eat every weekend, and we will definitely be able to eat all over Beijing City in a year, how about it?" ”
Jiajia also laughed and said in disgust, "Can I trust you?" ”
The man looked into Jiajia's eyes and said gently but firmly: "I will definitely do it this time, this is my lifelong commitment." ”
Jiajia slowly closed her eyes and leaned on the man's shoulder, her face full of happiness.
After a long time, Jiajia lifted her head off the man's shoulder, looked at the plastic ring on her hand, and said, "By the way, you also said that you would turn it into a big diamond ring, right?" ”
The man held Jiajia's hand and said confidently, "I can do this at any time." After speaking, he raised Jiajia's hand and let the moonlight spread on the back of her hand, "Such a beautiful hand, only the most colorful diamond ring is worthy of it." ”
Jiajia smiled, she rested her head on the man's chest, looked at her hands, and smiled sweetly.
The traffic of the Second Ring Road is still shuttling, and who would know that a broken marriage will continue to be the front edge again in this busy traffic.