It was almost noon when they arrived in Y City, Zhou Minggao and Shen Yuanyuan had not eaten breakfast, and there were almost no restaurants near the station, but fortunately, there were snacks sent by the owner's sister who had a homestay to fill their stomachs. Shen Yuanyuan muttered a little puzzled, "Why does this place look a little desolate......" After finding Zhou Minggao squinting at her and laughing, Shen Yuanyuan quickly cleared his throat, "But my preparations are very good!" We're going to find a place to eat now, and I'll take you on a tour after dinner. ”

The hard work paid off, and they eventually found a Lanzhou ramen shop. Zhou Minggao ordered a bowl of beef noodles, but Shen Yuanyuan didn't like to eat noodles, so he ordered a bowl of rice bowls. As a result, the restaurant was extremely unauthentic, the taste was very average, and both of them were not very comfortable eating. Shen Yuan repeatedly explained that it was just an accident, and Zhou Minggao just laughed and didn't say anything to refute it.

After lunch, Shen Yuanyuan took Zhou Minggao to the bus stop. She said, "I'll take you on a double-decker coastal bus!" You haven't sat on it. When she said this, she smiled like a child, and the light in her eyes flashed. Zhou Minggao looked at her happy now with great cherishment, and he thought, this time, he must let her stay happy, and he must keep her.

"Ask you, what are you doing in a daze?"

"I haven't sat down." Zhou Minggao hurriedly replied, "I'm looking forward to it." ”

Shen Yuanwan felt that he was a little perfunctory, so he sighed and didn't speak again.

When I arrived at the bus station, the double-decker bus just arrived, and Shen Yuan pulled Zhou Minggao on the bus, still excited.

They sat on the second floor of the car, the most forward, facing the large windshield. Shen Yuanxuan sat by the window on the left, and Zhou Minggao sat on her right. The car drove forward for a long time, and there was no trace of the sea outside the window, Shen Yuanxuan was a little anxious, turned his head and said to Zhou Minggao, "We won't get on the wrong car." ”

"No, I'll see it soon."

"Really?"

"Hmm. You don't have to keep turning your head to look out the window, just look at me, and I'll call you when I can see the sea. ”

Shen Yuan smiled. "What do I think you're doing? Stupid staring at you like this? ”

As soon as her words fell, Zhou Minggao said, "Look back at the sea." ”

Shen Yuanyuan hurriedly turned around. At this time, the bus was traveling along the sea, which was different from the sea area of P City, where the sea was blue. Shen Yuanxuan's mood at noon because of the bad rice bowl immediately jumped up, "Look! The sea here is so blue. After speaking, she added to herself, "This is called the sea." ”

The bus kept driving along the sea, and Shen Yuanyu kept holding his mobile phone to record the video. She recorded a lot of videos, the ocean, the clear sky, and the people on the beach, which made her feel happy. Later, she also posted one of the videos on Weibo with the prelude of "Sunny Day" as a BGM.

"I applied to the university here." Shen Yuanxuan said, "It's a pity, I knew that this place was so beautiful, so I wrote that university in front." ”

After arriving at the bus stop that Shen Yuan had checked, she and Zhou Minggao got off the bus. Zhou Minggao didn't ask about the next itinerary, but Shen Yuanyuan couldn't help but explain it himself. "Let's go to Island Y! I've already checked it out, it's beautiful and we can play there for two days. Based on the success of this double-decker bus, I think Island Y must be good as well. ”

There is only one road to the island, which can be used for small cars, and there is a narrow sidewalk next to it. Shen Yuanyuan and Zhou Minggao looked at the road with no end in sight, and decided to choose to take a taxi to the island. As a result, whether it was calling a taxi or stopping a taxi on a mobile phone, no one wanted to take the order from the island. In the end, they were picked up by a private car owner who happened to be on the island, and the owner was very nice, chatting with them casually along the way, and in the end only a little money was symbolically charged.

The first thing they see when they get to the island is a few food stalls, and behind the food stalls there are a cluster of hotels. Shen Yuanyuan said that it was inconvenient to hold the luggage, and it was recommended to find a place to live first. Zhou Minggao said, "It's all up to you, anyway, now you're a tour guide." ”

After asking around the hotel area, they found that all the accommodations were ridiculously expensive and the conditions were very average. In the end, they chose to leave their luggage at one of the hotels, then rented a car from the place where they rented their electric cars, intending to explore the rest of the island to see if there was a more suitable place to stay.

At first, Shen Yuanyuan was still very happy - this was the first time she sat in the back seat of Zhou Minggao. She hugged Zhou Minggao's waist and felt the sea breeze blowing on her face little by little. There are patches of reeds along the road, and the air smells of earth and the sea.

Then things started to go wrong.

They passed by one after another simple but high-priced "fishing family", and gradually found that all the families on the island depended on this for their livelihood. If you don't go to live in the super expensive hotel over there, you can only live in these private "fishing houses". Then they pass by an abandoned children's playground, with swings and wooden horses lying crookedly across the ground, in the same atmosphere as at the beginning of a horror movie. In the end, their electric car ran out of battery while climbing a small hill. Shen Yuanyuan had no choice but to get out of the car and help Zhou Minggao push in the back, so he barely crossed the slope.

"I feel a little weird." Shen Yuanxuan finally couldn't help it, "It doesn't seem to be the same as what I found here...... Why don't we go to the recreation area? She pointed to the road sign next to her, "It's almost there anyway, let's go check it out." "The play area is the biggest selling point of this island. On the road sign, it is surrounded by a bunch of "fisherman's house", which looks a little funny.

Sadly, the play area didn't give them back hope.

There are few people on this beach, and there are only a few shops, and business is very bleak. When Shen Yuanyuan was buying drinks, he asked the shop why there were so few people on the island, and the shop owner said, "You guys come early, this is not the island's travel season, and the sea doesn't heat up until August." ”

But Shen Yuanyuan felt that even in August, it would not be better—this island looked extremely depressed, and it could change in a month.

She asked, "Why are you still doing business here with so few people?" ”

The man replied, "That's where I live." Have you found a place to stay? I also have a fishing house at home, welcome to you. ”

Zhou Minggao and Shen Yuan waved their hands again and again, indicating that they had found a place to live.

The electric car was really out of power, so Zhou Minggao and Shen Yuanyuan were forced to go back, first returning the car, and then staying in the hotel where the luggage was stored. They chose a room that was less outrageously expensive, and after getting the keys, they went up the stairs.

"Don't you think it's weird here?" Zhou Minggao asked.

Shen Yan swallowed a mouthful of saliva. "Hmm...... At least it's better than a fisherman's house. ”

After arriving at their room, Shen Yuanyuan was pleasantly surprised to find that the room was not bad. She breathed a sigh of relief and sat down on the bed. Zhou Minggao shook his head mysteriously, "Little girl, you are too happy too early. ”

He pressed the switch on the wall, and the room didn't change at all.

- This room, unexpectedly, no, no, there, light.

There is only this one room left in the special room, and after discussion, the two decided to leave the island for one night and tomorrow. Shen Yuan slumped on the bed with a sad face, "It's all my fault, I believe in Amway on the Internet too much......"

"It's nothing, even then we can play well."

"How to play, that aunt said it, it's not the tourist season."

"So what." Zhou Minggao said, "You wait for me, I'll go out and rent another electric car, and then come back to pick you up." ”

Zhou Minggao rode on the electric car again. He took her to ride fast on the seashore, facing the setting sun, and he shouted two words, "Love when you die." ”

Shen Yuanwan was amused by him, "Are you stupid?" How to sing suddenly. ”

"Don't you sing? In such an empty place, the opportunity is rare. ”

Shen Yuan closed her eyes and took a deep breath of salty sea breeze, and when she opened her eyes again, she saw a small wild cat running by the side of the road.

She also sang along with Zhou Minggao.

Until many, many years later, Zhou Minggao did not forget this scene. Even if this scene has later become a dream-like memory, he has never forgotten that on the windy desert island in Y City, he carried his girl and shouted and sang "Love when you die" together. "This desert island is very bad, but this oolong-like experience of playing on a desert island is so beautiful, so beautiful that even if it disappears, he is not willing to forget.

It was getting dark, and the temperature was dropping. Zhou Minggao first sent Shen Yuanyuan to the small barbecue stall downstairs of his residence, and then went to return the electric car alone, and then walked back to the place where he lived.

He walked slowly, slowly looking at his surroundings, and lit a cigarette. Time flies so fast, he thought, he's not quite ready.

In November 2019, Shen jumped to her death from a building in the city where she went to university. One day in December 2019, Zhou Minggao woke up to find himself lying in bed in the rented house next to his school – for some reason, he traveled back to the end of February 2019.

Before meeting Shen Yuanyuan again, he made all kinds of preparations and various assumptions, originally he planned not to meet her again this time, but he couldn't convince himself to go to a place without her. Didn't he come back just to meet her again and change his trajectory? Other than that, he couldn't think of any other meaning of the crossing.

This time, he deliberately did a lot of things different from "that life", hoping that these details would bring a butterfly effect and make Shen Yuan not leave again.

But can it really succeed? He wasn't entirely sure.

The cigarette was quickly gone, and the others had already walked downstairs to the residence. Shen Yuan ran to her when he saw him coming back, "Why did you come back?" The message was not returned. ”

"I smoked a cigarette on the way."

"You don't look happy, what's the matter, is it too bad here?"

Zhou Minggao did not answer. Without waiting for Shen to speak again, he leaned over and took her into his arms. "Don't forget what you promised me."

"What's the matter?" She didn't react at once.

"Don't hurt yourself, don't leave me."

"Okay, I won't." Shen Yuan patted him on the back. "What's wrong with you lately, you always talk about this, and people are also worried."

Zhou Minggao hugged her tighter.

Knowing that repeatedly emphasizing that it was useless and easy to stress her that she "don't break her word", he still couldn't help but do it. Because he was so scared that he couldn't imagine what would happen to him—if, in about the same time, he lost her again.