Soon after the start of school, Wu Dao was promoted to lecturer, and his salary also rose a lot. In order to celebrate this event, Meng Yihong also made dumplings.

One afternoon in late September, Wu Dao was borrowing books in the library, when suddenly his mobile phone rang, and when he looked at it, it was Si Baifang who sent a text message:

"Wu Dao, Xu Jinfeng and I have set up to get married on October 2nd. We are best friends and I would be very happy if you could come. I hope to see you at the wedding. "Then there is the name of the hotel where the wedding will be held, its address and the exact time.

Seeing the text message, Wu Dao felt like a thunderbolt from the blue, and almost fell to the ground, what he had been most worried about still happened. He remembered that October 2nd was a special day, and that day was Si Baifang's birthday, and she and Xu Jinfeng chose to get married on that day, which showed that their relationship was very good.

Wu Dao sent a text message back to Si Baifang: "Baifang, you can have a good home, I'm happy for you." We are best friends and your wedding, I will definitely go. ”

"Wu Dao, I have a home, and I also hope that you can find a partner in life. The forty-year-old engagement is over. ”

"I'll find out."

Wu Dao put the book in his hand back on the shelf and walked out of the library with a strong spirit. He often went to the library to borrow books, and was very familiar with the teacher in the library, who saw that he had not borrowed books, so he asked:

"Mr. Wu, won't you borrow books this time?"

"Don't borrow it yet, let's borrow it next time." Wu Daoqiang said with a smile.

Wu Dao walked back to the dormitory with heavy steps, his heart was full of sadness and pain, and he didn't hear several students greeting him on the way. At that time, Meng Yihong was washing clothes in the dormitory, and when she saw Wu Dao's solemn expression, she stopped and asked him what happened. Wu Dao said:

"Sister Meng, do you remember the girl I said about named Si Baifang?"

"Of course I remember her, did something bad happen to her?" Meng Yihong said.

"I told you that Si Baifang and I once made a covenant to be forty years old."

"Yes, you told me that one year Si Baifang committed suicide, and you saved her, and then you made that agreement. However, when Si Baifang was teaching abroad, didn't she already have a boyfriend, and when we went to Jeju University to attend a seminar, did she tell you herself? At that time, your agreement was actually over. ”

"But, in my mind, that pact wasn't over yet. Just a few minutes ago, it was over. ”

"Is something going on?"

"Just now I was borrowing a book from the library, and Si Baifang sent me a text message, saying that she was going to get married on National Day, and told me that the 40-year-old appointment was over."

Meng Yihong looked at the sad Wu Dao and did not speak. Wu Dao continued:

"I don't have any hope now, really, I want to get myself drunk and cry."

"Drink if you want, cry if you want. We don't cook today, I have a phone from a nearby restaurant, I call them to deliver food. I still have wine in my room, which was sent to you by River Town before, and you put it here for me. I drink with you and cry together. You can rest in your room for a while, and I'll finish washing the rest of my clothes, and I'll call you later." Meng Yihong said.

Wu Dao looked at Meng Yihong in front of him, stopped talking, and returned to his room.

Meng Yihong quickly finished washing clothes, called the restaurant again, and ordered the food. Half an hour later, the waiter at the hotel brought the food. Meng Yihong took the food, paid the money, and put the food and wine on the table in his room before calling Wu Dao over.

Meng Yihong closed the door, closed the curtains again, then sat down on the chair and poured a glass of white wine for Wu Dao and herself. She said to Wu Dao:

"Wu Dao, I know that lovelorn people are very uncomfortable in their hearts. If you want to drink, then have a drink. ”

Wu Dao didn't speak, picked up the wine glass, and drank it all. Meng Yihong also drank the wine in one gulp, and then poured wine into the wine glasses of the two people, but it was less than the first glass. The two of them drank it all again, and then Meng Yihong poured a third glass of wine, which was a little less than the second glass.

After drinking the third glass of wine, Meng Yihong did not pour the fourth glass, she said to Wu Dao:

"I know that Si Baifang has an irreplaceable position in your heart, she is getting married, you must be very sad and very painful.

However, you once told me that Si Baifang witnessed her parents quarreling and her mother committing suicide since she was a child, and she had a fear of marriage in her heart, and now she has finally opened her heart knot and can accept marriage, we should be happy for her and bless her, right? ”

"Sister Meng, what you said is very right, Si Baifang can get married, and there is someone who will always protect and take care of her, I should indeed be happy for her, and I should bless her. Still, I was in a lot of pain, and it was a heart-rending pain. I feel like I've lost her forever. Wu Dao said.

"I've had three glasses of wine, let's have some food first."

Meng Yihong picked up the chopsticks in front of Wu Dao and put them in his hand, and then used his chopsticks to eat a few bites of food. Seeing that Wu Dao also ate the food, Meng Yihong poured wine for the two of them again, but not a glass, but half a cup. After pouring the wine, she said:

"I can relate to your pain. My ex-husband and I met when we were in junior high school, we had a crush on each other in high school, and we only settled down when we went to college, and then we went through so many things to get together, and finally we got divorced.

The tragedy of Oedipus is inevitable, but we still have to face up to the arrangement of fate. We study literature, and we have read countless literary works, from which we should draw courage and strength in life.

Moreover, I know more or less about you and Si Baifang, you have never owned each other, the two of you have always been free, since you have never had it, you can't talk about losing. All along, you have taken the relationship between you and her too seriously and are too persistent. ”

Meng Yihong's words touched Wu Dao's heart, and he glanced at the middle-aged woman in front of him. She has experienced many vicissitudes, but the hardships did not make her lose the courage to live, but made her realize the true meaning of life.

She is no longer young, but her wisdom makes her shine. Her face was already very white, and after a few glasses of wine, her face flushed with a flush, which added to her attractiveness.

Wu Dao suddenly discovered that he had actually fallen in love with Meng Yihong for a long time, but he didn't want to admit it because he couldn't face the reality of falling in love with two women at the same time. Wu Dao picked up the wine glass and said:

"Drink."

Both of them drank all the wine in their glasses, and Wu Dao said to Meng Yihong:

"Sister Meng, I like you."

"What did you say?"

"I said, Yihong, I like you."

"You can't like me, and you shouldn't call me a rainbow. I am your elder, you call me Sister Meng, there is no major hindrance, just call it. But if you call me Yihong, it's very inappropriate. Say you like me, it's even more undeserved. ”

"Xiaolongnu is Yang Guo's aunt, aren't they also together? I've never dared to face my heart, I love Si Baifang, but I'm in love with you at the same time, and I've never dared to face this. I never imagined that I would fall in love with two people at the same time.

I don't know when I started liking you, maybe it was when I first learned about your divorce, maybe it was when I heard that you had done so many good things, maybe it was when I went to the mountain village elementary school with you.

Your sincerity, kindness, and wisdom have deeply touched my heart, I have lost Si Baifang, and I don't want to lose you again. Yihong, let's get married. ”

"Wu Dao, you must have drunk too much! I'm so much older than you, and I still have infertility. Even if there is no infertility, at this age, there will be no more children, and we cannot get married. If we do get married, what will your family think and what will your colleagues at school think? ”

"I don't care about that, I just want a relationship of my own, I just know, I like you, that's enough. In the past, Si Baifang was the biggest obstacle in my heart, but now that this obstacle is gone, I want to be with you. Yihong, I know you like me too, let's be together. ”

"It's not a matter of liking it or not, it's that we can't be together."

"Why can't we be together? You just said that literature gives us the courage and strength to live. With all this courage and strength, what difficulties cannot be overcome? ”

Wu Dao poured another glass of wine, and then drank it in one gulp. He walked to Meng Yihong's side, hugged her, kissed her, and Meng Yihong also hugged Wu Dao. The two of them hugged each other with all their strength and kissed each other, and both shed tears.

……

Wu Dao said to Meng Yihong:

"Yihong, you are my first woman, let's get married."

"I can be your woman, but not your wife." Meng Yihong said.

"Why?"

"You have your life, I have my life, although our lives intersect, but the end is different, you need someone who can accompany you for a lifetime. Wu Dao, I can't be your wife, but I can be your Mrs. Warren. ”

At this time, Wu Dao was already much sober, and he knew that what Meng Yihong said was thoughtful, and there was no possibility of change. He hugged Meng Yihong tightly and looked at the woman in his arms, he found that she had more gray hair than before. Meng Yihong broke free from Wu Dao's embrace and said:

"I'm glad to see you come out of a broken relationship. The best way to truly step out of the shadows is to start a new relationship. The object of this love should not be me, but a young girl. You can't stay here and you still go back to your room at night. Let's act as if nothing had happened. ”

"Is this really all we have to do?"

"That's the way it can go. You have to find a real partner. ”

Wu Dao hugged Meng Yihong, but the latter broke free from his embrace. Both of them got dressed, and Wu Dao returned to his room.

He couldn't figure out how it had just happened, but it had happened. Si Baifang, a spiritual friend, is about to get married, but the elder Meng Yihong has become the first woman in his life, and the life tracks of the three have taken a turn since then.