Chapter 3: Dear Ah Jing [3.2]
Street performers in the bar play the soothing and sad piano song "Tea".
S", Jing Yao's face was not very clear in the dim and intertwined light and shadow, as if she had no face in front of me.
I don't know if it's because we haven't seen each other for too long, but when we look back after we meet, I can't remember the specific outline of Jing Yao. Sometimes it seems vague, sometimes clear, sometimes close, sometimes distant. When I was a child, her face was clearly outlined in my mind, and her eyes were beautiful and vivid.
I tried to get her to talk about what she was thinking now, I thought we were all excited and happy after not seeing each other for so long, and there must be a lot of things that we had to spit out, but in fact we didn't know and talked about it, only silence.
I said Belli
Although it is refreshing and delicious, it is wine after all, and it is not advisable to drink too much, and it is easy to get drunk if you drink too much.
She looked at me with a smile, "How do you know?" She picked up her cup and shook it, "Ah, I remember you didn't like the taste, you didn't like peaches, did you?" ”
I said yes.
We grew up together, and she remembers it well.
When I was a child, we were threshing fruit in a fresh orchard in the suburbs, and after I picked the red and crystal clear peaches, I came back with a red rash on my face and body, and I took injections and medicine for a month before it disappeared. Since then, I've been intimidated by this fluffy fruit that looks fluffy on the surface, and naturally I don't like the taste of peaches.
"That's right, Flo
The taste of IDA is just right for you. She said.
"But I can't drink it." I say.
I was quitting alcohol and smoking, and I promised my mother that I would never rely on these things again for my creative inspiration and for the pleasure of cold numbing herself. After the last surgery for stomach bleeding, she was so anxious about my health that I threatened to stay away from my job as soon as possible if I didn't want to die early, and then asked to "control" my movement and diet.
Of course, I naturally didn't say this to Jing Yao, if she knew, it would just be a blockage for her.
"Okay."
I could tell she was disappointed. But from just now to now, I have always noticed that the corners of her mouth are slightly curved, with a hint of a cold smile. But when I looked closer, there was nothing, but I was wrong.
I asked, "Ah Jing, have you been unhappy lately?" Having trouble at work? ”
She seemed a little surprised: "No, why would you ask that." We finally met once and said something happy. ”
I said, "Is it true that you said in your letter that you were going to get married?" ”
"That's right. Will you come back then? ”
Before I could answer, she said, "I want you back." Ah Xi, you haven't been back for years. Really, for many years. She looked longing, as if she remembered the happy days when we were children together.
I looked at her, "You told me to go back, then I'll go back." ”
Did she say really? She was happy.
I mean it.
No matter how she said it was such an important day, I also want to see what the man who is worthy of her trust for life is like. No matter how I say it, I must at least know if he is good to her, whether he loves her, and whether he can give her happiness.
"You say, who is the person who married Jing Yao?"
When my mother asked me this, I was about to send my photo to Danny for review, and she was helping me pack my bags for my return. I plan to fly to China this Saturday to attend Jing Yao's wedding ceremony next Tuesday. But when my mother asked me this, I didn't know how to answer, because I didn't really know.
Jing Yao didn't tell me much about Mr. Feinan, I only knew that they had known each other at work, and they had known each other for five years. Mr. Feinan is an important partner of their company, serving as the CEO of a construction contracting company, and he is a charming man with a well-established career.
I said, how does he look? You've always been a face control.
Jing Yao squeezed her eyes at me, "Come o."
I'm not always that superficial, okay? Speaking of Yan Kong, who is more powerful between the two of us? ”
I smiled at her, and I definitely had a say in aesthetic matters.
"Still, he's really good-looking." She added.
"Congratulations, this is a veritable golden beetle."
She laughed out loud for the first time tonight: "Thank you, of course." ”
I didn't ask any more because she had suddenly mentioned Mr. Ann.
She asked me if I was still waiting for news from Mr. An, and I was surprised, really, because I hadn't deliberately reminded myself of this over the years, and I had been living my life well, except for the occasional anxiety in my work. What's more, I haven't completely lost his news, those previous contact information are still there, and his blog, MSN, and QQ have always been used, although there has never been any news.
I said, Ah Jing, you really made a mistake this time.
She couldn't believe it, she took my hand and said, don't wait for him any longer, Ah Xi. He returned to China last year, so if he wants to contact you, why doesn't he come to you?
The paper cutter roamed the paper, and I was slashed by its sharp edge, and the pain that broke my heart shattered.
"Xiaoxi, Xiaoxi?" My mother looked up and called to me, "What's wrong with you?" ”
I put the bleeding wound in my mouth: "No, it's just a scratch." ”
I told her, "I think he's a good person." ”
Jing Yao was only in Vancouver for three days, during which time I took her to a meal with her mother. As before, my mother talked to her very well, and I could barely interject a few words after the whole meal.
My mother asked her about what had happened to her in the past few years, and most of the others were talking about me, my work problems, and my studies. I took her to Zurich for skiing, and once I carried her on a hike on the North Coast Trail and didn't come back until 3 months later.
Jing Yao sounds very interested in my deeds, she has said less about her own affairs, going abroad to study, completing her studies ahead of schedule, and then returning to China to work, everything is according to plan. Rather, her work-study experience at a music bar in York says a little more.
"Every night before the bar opens, the bar puts on the authentic Cool Jazz and Bebopo that Ah Xi likes
Bop.” She said.
I said, "What music do you remember I liked?" ”
"Of course."
"Unfortunately, I didn't hear much about it in Oxford, and it was only after I came to North America that I heard a lot."
She said, "I'll take you if I know." ”
I regret that during the time we were both in England, we didn't have many opportunities to see each other, I rarely went to York, but every summer and winter vacation, Jing Yao would come to Oxford to see me, unless, of course, I didn't fly to other countries at that time. However, we had a night trip to London together and it was a very pleasant and memorable experience.
On that occasion we talked about our childhood, and we talked for almost a night, until we ushered in the first rays of the morning with the Thames.
Her face lit up in the twilight, her smile floated in the air factor, and her hair fluttered behind the wind.
She said, Ah Xi, the sunrise is you, and every sunrise is.
And I looked at her, and a red glow crossed the distant sky.
Auntie, do you remember? Ah Xi was naughty when she was a child, and I still remember that she once took off our history teacher's wig. Oh my God, in front of our class, the teacher kicked her out of the classroom.
Mother smiled and said, how could she not remember that Ah Xi was cute and naughty when she was a child.
Jing Yao cherished my "heroic deeds" back then, but she would never have known that the history teacher would write in the final comment to me: This girl is small and intelligent, but she is very stubborn, and she is also talented. For this reason, I was severely punished by my grandfather, copied the "Book of Rites" for a summer vacation, and then saw the teacher again, but I dared to take a detour.
After my mother came back, she told me that she felt that Jing Yao had changed a lot, and the girl with a literary temperament had become sassy and vigorous, and her temperament was stronger. But when you smile, it's still as likable as when you were a child. She turned around and mentioned me again.
"I know that you were also well-behaved and cute most of the time when you were a child, but you were stubborn and proud in your bones, and you didn't like to be restrained. Speaking of which, I don't know as well as Jing Yao about you, I really don't know what you're thinking sometimes. ”
I said, "I don't want to tell you everything." ”
The mother said, "Don't lie to me." Are you doing this for nothing when I'm a mother? ”
I shook her hand and said coquettishly: "No, no, no, of course it's not for nothing, how good you are, I don't know how relieved I am with you." ”
I know that my mother has been feeling guilty about what happened before, and she has always thought that all the bad habits I have now are contaminated by taking care of her emotionally anxious and pessimistic her, and her mental ability to cope. But in fact, in addition to learning to smoke, I drank, stayed up late, played extreme sports, and pursued excitement in order to bring a breakthrough outlet to my life and my creation, until I was paralyzed and exhausted.
Every photograph I take, every travelogue I write, every extended footprint I record, every story I hear, see, and write down with my own hands. And every life I have envied and loved for a short time is being reborn and dying again and again.
My mother knew I liked to walk, and she knew I was looking for the end of every stop.
Jing Yao is gone, let's go to Ca
Dy Aisle eats the sweetest sweets in the world, eats the most expensive bread and cheese at the Granville Island Market, and drinks British Columbia wine until he finishes a whole bottle.
Jing Yao ghost cried wolf all the way.
"Quit alcohol or something, to hell with it."
I covered her mouth in time: "Shhh It's a secret for both of us. ”
She chuckled, "It's better to be in Vancouver, it's a nice place." ”
"Of course."
"I can't even leave." Ah Jing said, "Why don't I stay and not leave?" Ah Xi, I live here with you. ”
I laughed at her, "Don't be stupid. ”
went to the airport to see her off, Ah Jing said, Ah Xi, I will miss you forever and forever.