Chapter 2: When I Wake Up
The most painful thing is not because I fainted and did something wrong, but because when I woke up from a dream, I felt that kind of remorse.
Xia Meng, 28 years old, will get married in three months. The person she wants to marry is a man who is seventeen years older than her. The man had everything, including the age gap.
She is not satisfied with all this, she wants something above all material. So, she planned to banish herself once before marriage.
It is said that Bali has the most gentle and infatuated men in the world, they are from Java, they believe in Hinduism, and they are born with the seeds of infatuation. So much so that Japanese women who are about to enter the palace of marriage are fascinated. Those Japanese women will come to this place in search of such a man, in search of their last romance before marriage.
When those Japanese women find such a man, for Japanese women it is just a game of premarital banishment, but for those Balinese men, it is a lifelong infatuation.
Xia Meng set his honeymoon in Bali, and also heard the story of the Balinese man. It's just a story, and others just laugh when they hear it.
Xia Meng didn't know why somewhere in his heart moved.
She wanted to go to that place to see it in person before marriage, naturally not for those fancy men, the initial idea was very simple, just to see what kind of environment she spent on her honeymoon three months later, at least she had the bottom of her heart.
Schumann, who was supposed to travel with her, temporarily missed the appointment, and she had to travel alone and alone.
On the plane, she remembered that story, consciously or unconsciously. She still restrained herself and tried not to think about those things. She knew she wasn't one of those Japanese women. What's more, I'm about to get married, how can I think of those Balinese men?
When you're alone, your thoughts are always crazy. Xia dreamed that she was about to get married, and she felt a little bit of loss in her heart, and she didn't know where this sense of loss came from. Although her fiancé promised her a lot, there was nothing left but these promises. Thinking of that story, there was a hint of excitement in her heart.
"I'm sorry, can you give me a moment?" She noticed a man sitting next to her.
She glanced back at the man, who was about thirty years old and looked very polite. She quickly turned sideways to give way to the man, who got up, walked out, and went to the back cabin.
Xia Meng's face flushed slightly, I don't know if the man could see the embarrassment at the moment. She smiled bitterly and closed her eyes.
After a while, the man came back and took his seat. The atmosphere was slightly awkward. After a long time, the man spoke: "I'm sorry ......."
Xia Meng was stunned, and he also owed a debt: "It's okay......"
"You're going to Bali?" The man asked again. It seems that he is eager to break the awkward atmosphere.
"Yes, go to Bali......" Xia Meng also smiled, "What about you?" ”
"Me too! I'm getting married, I'm going to Bali to see, my wife loves it there and wants to spend her honeymoon there. But I like Gulangyu a lot, no way, my wife likes Bali......" The man seemed to open up the conversation.
Xia Meng smiled slightly: "You know how to respect your wife, you are a good man......"
The man smiled: "No, this is how it should be...... By the way, what are you doing in Bali? Tourism? ”
"Hmm!" Xia Meng nodded slightly, she didn't know why she didn't say her intention to go to Bali at the moment.
"Oh, Bali is very good, do you like to travel? I think Lijiang is pretty good, have you ever been to Lijiang? There are also Gulangyu Island, as well as Qingdao, in fact, the scenery of Qingdao is also quite good. ”
Xia Meng couldn't help but chuckle: "You ask so many questions, I don't know how to answer you." ”
The man was also a little embarrassed.
"Why didn't your wife come to Bali with you?" Xia Meng asked.
"She didn't know about the honeymoon, and I wanted to surprise her, so I went to Bali first."
When Xia Meng heard this, he was slightly sour. A sense of loss arose in my heart: "It's so good! ”
In the next chat, Xia Meng deliberately didn't mention much about himself, and he didn't even say anything about his upcoming marriage. just said that he traveled to Bali, except for telling him his name, other things, all of which were casually prevaricated.
That man's name is Li Haodong. A native of Jiangsu, 31 years old, is an excellent photographer. He has his own career and is about to have his own family, but when they meet quietly on this plane, his life changes slightly.
After arriving in Bali, he began to follow Xia Meng, who he felt was very special. He also knows that any casual re-encounter is nonsense, and all re-encounters can only be achieved under the intentional facilitation of one party.
Xia Meng booked a room in an ordinary view room in a resort. After such a toss, she was already a little tired. When I got to the room, I lay on the bed, but I couldn't sleep.
On the way here, I have always thought of that story, consciously or unconsciously, what a man of color and what an infatuated lover. The good impression was compiled all the way in my heart, and when I arrived here, the man who saw it was slightly disappointed.
"I didn't expect everyone to look like Wu Yanzu, at least I had to ......" Xia Meng got up and walked to the window, looking at the Balinese men walking on the beach outside, the colorful and dazzling clothes they were wearing were really worthy of the title of "fancy men", although the strong muscles of those men made Xia Meng inadvertently glance at a few times, but these were not enough to attract Xia Meng, the dark skin and short height of those men made Xia Meng maintain a discouraged attitude.
After all, the rumors are a bit exaggerated! It is probably an advertising and marketing method! Xia Meng thought so, and suddenly his face was hot for a while. She began to question what she was here for. She began to torture her soul, suppressing these nameless thoughts in her heart on the grounds that she was going to get married.
Outside the window, the man, Li Haodong. Xia Meng saw him, and she was suddenly stunned, she was really destined, and she could meet here.
Xia Meng smiled and walked out of the room. At the end of the corridor, I met Li Haodong.
Almost in unison: "What a coincidence! "But they know each other.
"I live in that room, what about you?" Li Haodong said.
Xia Meng said, "I'm next door to you!" ”
Li Haodong pretended to be surprised, but in fact, he deliberately opened this room because he had just inquired. On this day, since he met this Xia Meng, he has done enough play, and he has an unprecedented sense of excitement. In this foreign land, his imprisoned heart was relieved.
Li Haodong is a photographer, although he is not a wealthy man, at least his family background is okay. has a great reputation in the photography circle, and his income is enough for ordinary white-collar workers to struggle for ten years. A man born for art always has many dissatisfaction with his own circumstances and life, including his upcoming marriage.
Two years ago, through the introduction of his family, he met his current fiancée, an ordinary white-collar worker, with a middle-to-upper appearance, and most of the time he does not apply powder. Their relationship was brought together for the rest of their marriage. After experiencing acquaintance, falling in love, and getting married today, everything seems unremarkable.
Li Haodong is easy to be content, so for such an ordinary woman, he seems to be very content, with no requirements, and no dislike. Maybe it's because I've heard a lot from the older generation, and when you're looking for a wife, you have to find the kind that is down-to-earth and not too beautiful.
The Xia Meng in front of her is a beauty, a light and elegant woman like an orchid. Li Haodong inadvertently wanted to get close to this woman. He didn't know if he had a plan.
Separated by a wall, they all walked to the balcony window, looked at each other and smiled. Then look out the window at the view of the beach.
After a long time, Li Haodong looked back at Xia Meng: "Can you swim?" ”
Xia Meng lifted the hair that was blown away by the sea breeze, smiled lightly, and shook his head: "No." ”
"When I was in school, I was the champion swimmer in the school season! But I haven't swam since I worked! ”
Xia Meng giggled: "Bragging......"
Li Haodong looked at her and smiled, feeling a little overjoyed: "Don't believe it? Let's try it in the pool? Let's see if I'm bragging! ”
Xia Meng shook his head: "Don't go ......"
Li Haodong was puzzled, just looked at Xia Meng. Of course, he didn't know that there was a scar of more than ten centimeters on the back of Xia Meng's waist, which was cut by his father with a sickle when he was ten years old.
Xia Meng's father was a drunkard, once he failed the exam, he went home with the test paper to find his father to sign, and it happened to catch up with his father's drunkenness, Xia Meng was slapped in the face and fell to the ground, his father still didn't understand his hatred, and he lifted the sickle that was leaning against the wall to harvest and cut it at Xia Meng. Xia Meng dodged a little faster, and the scythe only slashed at the back of the waist. More than ten years have passed, Xia Meng has almost forgotten about this matter, she never dared to hate her father, but the only regret left was to say goodbye to the bikini.
Xia Meng's back was a little chilled by the sea breeze, and he didn't say hello to Li Haodong, and turned back to the room. She looked at her messy hair in the mirror, thinking about how she would be wearing a wedding dress in three months, but her heart was empty.
Xia Meng lay on the bed, his mind was blank, he didn't think about anything, just looked at the light on the roof, and gradually fell asleep.
The next morning, Xia Meng woke up early. After a brief wash, I went downstairs to the restaurant to eat.
The people who come to Bali are all glamorous, but Xia Meng has a somewhat lazy and casual temperament, like the aborigines here. Xia Meng casually found a place and sat down. She only knew a little bit of English, and when she arrived in Bali, her ability to converse was basically lost. She sat quietly in this position, looking at the menu in her hand, but she hesitated to know where to start.
Luckily, the person sitting across from her could help her.
"There are a lot of seats in the restaurant, why are you sitting across from me?" Xia Meng asked Li Haodong opposite.
Li Haodong smiled slightly: "If I don't sit here, maybe you will be hungry all morning!" Li Haodong said, took the menu, and spoke a few words of English fluently that Xiao Nanqin couldn't understand, and the waiter took the menu and turned away.