Chapter 9: Just Now to Say I Love You
It was a Sunday, the sun was shining, Yang Pan was awakened by the sun, he opened his eyes and found that Zhang Jun's bed was empty. What are you doing out so early? Yang Pan muttered, pulled up the quilt to cover his head, and continued to sleep.
On the crowded Huangshan Road, Zhang Jun was wandering alone, carrying the only eighteen yuan left in his pocket this month, and he wanted to buy a gift for Sophie.
He figured out that in the past three years, it seems that Sophie has always taken the initiative, and he has rarely taken the initiative. It's so unfair to a girl, what girl doesn't want to be chased by a boy? I don't take the initiative, but complain about Sophie, is it too selfish?
Now the appearance of Li Shuai can also be said to have helped him, and now he has to use his performance to win this game again as he did at the beginning. The hat-trick was one goal away and now he's going to make up for it.
But what to buy? Eighteen dollars is too little. I said that I could buy a greeting card, but now I still give this one, which is really insincere. Raw cake? The cheapest is eighteen yuan, but ...... Zhang Jun looked at the eighteen-yuan cake in the window, how did it look like expired food that had been left for a month. Toy dolls? Well, it's good, girls like these things, right? But what about the price...... Zhang Jun clutched a handful of coins in his palm, looked at the label, the cheapest cost 36 yuan, the difference was doubled, Zhang Jun thought that he couldn't talk about the price anyway, so he had to reluctantly walk out of this gift shop.
Really, for three years, he has always been a hat trick as a gift, and he has never considered other gifts, and now let him pick them, and he doesn't know what to give, which thing best represents his heart, so that Sophie can understand it when he sees it.
Not long after Sophie got up, she received a call from Li Shuai, saying that she was buying a gift for his sister, I don't know what kind of girl likes, Sophie and his sister are the same age, they should know, so they want to find Sophie to staff the staff. Sophie remembered that she had something to say to Li Shuai anyway, so she agreed. The two agreed to meet at the school gate.
After meeting, Li Shuaixian was in a good mood, "Are you here?" My sister just called, I have to buy him a gift, she wants to come to Hefei to see me, and I don't know what kind of things girls like, so I have to ask you for help! I'm sorry to bother you! ”
"Nothing, it's the last time anyway."
"Finally...... What do you mean? Li Shuai was stunned for a moment.
"I know what you're thinking, but I think maybe my attitude misled you." Sophie looked at the cars coming and going on Jinzhai Road, and there were always taxis slowing down in front of them, thinking that it was another "couple" who wanted to use the car. "From beginning to end, I treated you as a general friend, and I already have a boyfriend, so it's impossible for me to be with you......"
"Why can't it be?" Li Shuai's smile condensed on his face, "What's wrong with having a boyfriend?" I can fight with him, I don't believe I can't fight ......"
"You can't compete with his ......" Sophie interrupted Li Shuai softly, and he looked at another taxi that was slowing down, "Aren't you going to buy a gift for your sister?" ”
Li Shuai was stunned, "Sister? Where did I come from, sister! He shook it off and turned and walked back to the campus, trying to be as chic as he could, but he couldn't do it anyway.
Sophie smiled apologetically at the stopped taxi driver and shook her head, then turned back to look at the school, where Li Shuai was nowhere to be found.
She thought about it for a while and decided not to go back to school for a while, but to go outside for a walk, so she should take a break. Although she said something "ordinary friends", she knew that it would be better for everyone not to meet again in the future, and between men and women, if they can't become lovers, they should become enemies.
In a corner, Zhang Jun found a very inconspicuous Tibetan jewelry store. When it comes to Tibetan Province, people will think of pure blue sky, pure sunshine, and pure air, which is very suitable for Sophie, pure and beautiful.
There is no door in this shop, only a Tibetan style blanket hung on the door as a curtain. Zhang Jun felt that the things in such a small shop should not be expensive, so he opened the table and entered. The moment he entered, his eyes were slighted, and he looked fixedly, only to find that the three walls of this small shop of less than five square meters were covered with all kinds of hidden ornaments, and he must have been shaken by the sunlight reflected by these hidden ornaments just now.
Zhang Jun casually looked at a pendant, the price was more than fifty, which startled him and quickly retracted his hand.
There is only one middle-aged uncle in the store, who should be the boss, and asked Zhang Jun very enthusiastically: "Young man, what kind of jewelry do you want to buy?" ”
Zhang Jun muttered: "Just look at the ......" He went around and found that the ornaments on the east wall were cheaper, so he locked his eyes on this area.
Most of these ornaments are flat, and there are some patterns engraved on them, Zhang Jun thought that this should be Tibetan, but unfortunately he didn't know it, and he didn't know what they meant.
The boss saw that Zhang Jun repeatedly looked at these ornaments on the east wall, so he came over and explained to him in detail the meaning of the patterns on them: "This represents health and longevity, and that is wishful and auspicious......"
Zhang Jun flipped through them one by one, and the boss explained them one by one with thoughtful service, and that enthusiasm made Zhang Jun think about saying so much to him, and it seemed that he should buy one too. So he picked up a chain casually, the workmanship was not fine, he thought it should not be very expensive: "This, how much?" ”
The boss looked at the label on the wall again, "Twenty-five dollars." ”
Zhang Jun's heart chuckled, there was still seven yuan missing, he looked at the others, and the cheapest was this. "Cheaper, boss!"
The boss touched his beard: "Okay, twenty, can't be cheap." ”
Twenty, it can't be lower, but I only have eighteen, and there are still two pieces missing. Zhang Jun really didn't want to give up like this.
Seeing that Zhang Jun was hesitating, the boss thought that he thought the price was too high, so he hurriedly said: "This is the last one, I have already lost a little bit of this price!" ”
Zhang Jun began to rummage through all his pockets, hoping to find the two dollars he had forgotten in a corner, but unfortunately, he was disappointed in the end.
He looked at the ornament in his hand that represented the eternal love and eternity, and hung it back very reluctantly, turning around and going out.
But as soon as the boss sat down, Zhang Jun folded back again, and he seemed to have mustered up the courage to take out all the money on his body and put it in front of the boss, a ten-yuan banknote, a five-yuan bill, and three one-yuan coins. "I only have eighteen dollars, can I ...... it?"
The boss looked at the coins that were still sweating, and then looked at Zhang Jun, who was embarrassed, and smiled: "You bought it for your girlfriend, right?" ”
Zhang Jun was stunned: "How do you know?" ”
"Hey, hey! If you have to buy jewelry that symbolizes love for a long time, who else can you give it to your girlfriend? The boss uncle laughed, he got up and walked to the wall, took off the ornament, put it in a special small bag, and handed it to Zhang Jun: "It's a deal, eighteen yuan!" That's it, that's all! ”
Sophie walked to Huangshan Road, which was the most lively place near the school, and students from several nearby universities were gathered here.
When she was tired of walking, she sat down in a large stone chess casserole in the middle of the street garden. These Go games are usually for passers-by to rest, and one by one they are polished to illuminate people. Nearby chess pieces sat in pairs of couples, snuggled up to each other, as if no one was around. She and Zhang Jun used to sit here, but today she is the only one. Sophie didn't want to look at the intimate couples, so she looked around, and suddenly she found a very inconspicuous corner, there was a hidden jewelry shop, there was no door, only a curtain hung in the doorway.
Sophie remembered that it would be Zhang Jun's birthday in a few days, and she should buy him a birthday gift, these days, he must be very aggrieved.
The door curtain was opened, and a very beautiful girl came in, and the boss couldn't help but take a few more looks, but beautiful is beautiful, but there was always a trace of sadness in his eyes.
It's a small shop, less than five square meters, with all kinds of hidden ornaments hanging on three walls, and there are no other customers in the store, so it seems that business is not very good. She turned around and found that the price was affordable and low, but she didn't know if the ornaments had any special significance. She turned back to the boss standing on the side and asked, "Is there an ornament that represents the eternity of love?" ”
The boss was stunned for a moment: "Love lasts forever? Yes, but it was just sold, and it represents the eternal love, which was bought by a young man, and the last one. ”
"Bought?" Sophie just had a little hope, but she was poured cold water on the boss's words.
"Yes, that young man didn't have enough money, and he was short of two dollars for a long time, and finally sold it to him for eighteen dollars. I think he's quite pitiful, and he's been holding on for eighteen dollars for a long time. The boss uncle laughed: "College students seem to be poor at the end of the month, but they still have to buy gifts for their girlfriends, hey!" ”
"The last one, nothing else? Samples are also OK! Sophie wanted to buy it, but she was in a hurry, the uncle was taken aback, and the beauty seemed to be very imposing when she was in a hurry! He shook his head: "I don't even have a sample, the kind is very difficult to sell, I haven't bought much." Now in these years, who still believes that love will last forever and last? ”
Sophie didn't hear what the boss was saying, she looked at the wall again, she wanted to buy the one that had been bought now, and she lost interest in everything else.
May love last forever and forever. What a fitting wish! What she and Zhang Jun need most now is this kind of blessing, it is the first love between her and him, I really hope that this first love can continue forever, forever, forever.
It's a pity that I came one step late!
"Is there really none?" Sophie makes one last effort.
Uncle shook his head.
She had to lift the curtain and walk out with great regret, it seemed that she was going to find time to go to the city center.
The gift was bought, but Zhang Jun was still worried that it would be too cold, the price was too cheap, the workmanship was not very fine, and he didn't know if it was really a hidden ornament, so for Sophie, compared with Li Shuai's gift, it was too inconspicuous, right?
But this has already spent all the money on him, and he can no longer afford to buy any other gifts of sufficient weight.
Zhang Junxiang was upset, he glanced at Yang Pan's walkman on the bed, recently Zhou Huajian's new album "Forget the Worry Grass" was finally released, Yang Pan just bought it and didn't listen to it for a few days, I heard that there are a few songs in it that are very good, and he has never heard it.
took the Walkman, the tape was in it, the battery was there, put on the headphones, pressed the "play" button, and after a short wait, the piano sounded, and then Zhou Huajian's voice rang. Zhang Jun was influenced by Yang Pan and liked to listen to Zhou Huajian's songs, he felt that there was always a kind of warmth in Zhou Huajian's singing, which could make people be moved unconsciously, not noisy, not pretentious, not flashy, not pretentious, just like the gentle flowing water in your ear, but it was enough to make you smile or burst into tears.
The music continued, and Zhang Jun collapsed on Yang Pan's bed, but he was almost asleep. Suddenly he sat up abruptly, picked up the Walkman, rewinded, played...... Rewind, play...... Rewind, play...... He listened to a song several times, and he finally found a way, a song that could speak his heart, a romantic expression. He believed that Sophie should have understood after listening to the song. This song is almost like it was written especially for him.
He hurriedly moved his hand, poured the tape to the place where the song began, then put it in the cassette case, put it in his arms, and went out.
There was no class this afternoon, Sophie went to Sanxiaokou, the fourth archway that ran a trip, walked through all the Tibetan jewelry stores, did not see the ornament that represents the eternal love is the same, the eternal ornament, whenever she asks "is there a decoration that represents the eternal love", those people always look at her with a very strange eye. With money in his pocket, he could only return empty-handed. Back in the dormitory, her roommate on the top bunk handed her a cassette tape: "That, Zhang Jun gave it to you." ”
Sophie took it, it was Zhou Huajian's new album "Forget the Worry Grass", a very ordinary cassette tape, Sophie couldn't see anything special, she asked her roommate: "Did he say anything?" ”
"No, he only asked me to give it to you, and nothing else was said."
Sophie sat down again and took out the tape, it wasn't a new cassette tape, it was obvious that it had been heard, and the tape stopped in the middle...... Sophie's heart suddenly moved, she took out the Walkman next to her pillow, put the tape into the machine, put on the headphones, and pressed the "play" button.
Yang Pan returned to the dormitory and wanted to listen to the song, he took the Walkman, put on the headphones, pressed the "play" button, waited for a long time, but did not hear any reaction, strangely he turned on the machine, only to find that the tape inside was gone!
"Hey! Weird! Which of you saw me tape! Yang Panchong shouted to the people in the dormitory.
The three people in the dormitory turned their heads to look at him, shook their heads, and went about their own things again.
Zhou Huajian's singing voice came from the headphones. Sophie listened and was stunned.
Remember saying that for you,
To win the whole world.
but ignore that you are left behind.
I didn't notice it when I went around,
Your smiling face, just to cover up.
Silent beside me.
I don't want to say anything,
You should understand.
Love is an intuition that doesn't have to be verbal.
But time has proven everything, but it cannot be rewritten,
Who can understand your grievances?
I'm sorry for me and just now to say: I love you!
If I knew how to hold you tight, I would have hugged you a long time ago.
I'm so sorry! Just now to say I love you,
Hopefully it's all in time!
oh - I'm really sorry for the past few years,
I'm a little selfish.
Unintentionally hurt, but forgot to apologize.
In fact, when you are vulnerable,
What word could be more considerate, more direct than this?
I'm sorry for me, and I love you again!
If I knew how to hold you tight, I would have hugged you a long time ago.
I'm so sorry to say I love you now,
Hopefully it's all in time!
I'm sorry! I love you forever!
I'm sorry for me, and I love you again!
Thank you so much, I'm going to hold you tight!
I'm so sorry to say I love you now!
I hope it's all in time,
Say to you: I love you the most!
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The roommate looked strangely at Sophie listening to the tape sent by Jang Jun, but burst into tears, not knowing what was going on. Sophie didn't speak, didn't make a sound, didn't care about the eyes of her roommates, she just sat on the edge of the bed and cried quietly, quietly listening to the song, quietly being moved.
Zhang Jun sat alone on the steps in front of the bronze statue of the first president of U University, quietly watching a group of children playing by the fountain. The sun is close to dusk and dyes everything in front of me a golden yellow, making this autumn afternoon extra warm.
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