Chapter 1: A Glimpse
This is an almost true story. A good friend told me about it himself.
I couldn't resist writing it down. Because it's so beautiful, it's beautiful, it's pure, it's pure. It's so beautiful that it moves me, and it's so pure that it moves me.
I worked as a middle manager in a large private company in the city, and it took me more than ten years to rise from a small clerk to today's position.
Because our company often has to cooperate with TV stations to promote their products, I happen to be in charge of this part of the business, so I know a lot of people from TV stations. Among them, there is a boy named Xiaoyong, who has just graduated from college for a few years, is sunny and handsome, and is also tall and mighty, probably because he often moves and lifts in the background, all of which give people a feeling of being powerful. I have a good impression of him, mainly because the lad is warm and has a bright and warm smile.
At several events, we would chat a few words while busy. He didn't smoke, but when he saw me hand him a cigarette, he didn't refuse, smiled and helped me light the fire, and then took a few puffs himself, obviously feeling that he was smoking with me.
Enthusiasm, being considerate of other people's feelings, and not being pretentious, is one of the most lacking traits in young people nowadays. I think. All, the impression of Xiaoyong is really good.
What's more, he actually lives in the same neighborhood as me.
I met him that night when I went down for a walk, and I found out that it was the same building. Our building has more than 30 floors, I am on the 7th floor and he lives on the 26th floor. He shared a house with two co-workers, and the rent cost him a third of his salary.
People are going to work and leaving work every day.
Everyone is taking care of each other, living according to the rules, just like the traffic every morning.
There is suffering, tiredness, leisure, and self-knowledge.
One night without moonlight, I went downstairs for a walk as scheduled and met Xiaoyong. He looked depressed, seemed to have drunk some wine, and had just returned.
When he saw me, he was suddenly happy.
We walked together for a while, and he handed me a cigarette.
"Aren't you not smoking? Don't be bad. I said.
"If you smoke a cigarette, you'll learn badly, hehe, you're not old enough for my dad. Elder brother. He squeezed out a small smile.
"Feeling bad?"
"yes, a little, but it's okay." He kept his head down.
"What's so distressing about you at your age?"
"Brother, guess what."
"Your character...... I don't know how to drill the horns, so it shouldn't be a job job. ”
"yes, so what else is there besides work?"
"Feelings." We speak in unison. Look at each other and smile.
This young man has the feeling of my youth, I suddenly thought.
A gust of wind blew, and the willows on the edge of the artificial lake floated up. The late autumn in the south is still extremely hot, and this breeze is particularly precious.
We talked for a while about the young man's relationship problems, and soon, we were downstairs.
"At that elevator entrance, I met a girl." He said softly.
"Oh, what girl?" I asked.
"About a year ago, one night, around 7 o'clock, I had just come back from work at the TV station, and while I was waiting at the elevator, suddenly, the door opened, and a girl walked out, she was the only one, and the moment I opened the door, I only saw her eyes."
"Mom, don't scare me." I laughed.
"I mean, my eyes were looking into hers, and for a few seconds, my whole body was melting...... I seemed to see a lot of things in her eyes, and that feeling was wonderful! I will never forget. Her eyes seemed to penetrate my heart, and I felt that for a moment, the whole world stopped, as if ...... It seems like ......", he paused, "have you ever tried to feel like this?" Elder brother. ”
"It's a wonderful feeling, it's like she's an angel, and she's suddenly in front of her, as if it's ...... My life's work is here to ...... Come and meet her. He added excitedly.
"You are studying screenwriting in the director team, and you are too involved in learning, right?" I laughed.
"Brother, don't laugh. It's a real feeling, and I really can't forget it. The girl, probably in her early 20s, seemed to be wearing a long dress, dressed very specially, very ladylike, there seemed to be a few very special braids hidden in her curly long hair, and her eyes were very large, although not very bright, but in her hazy eyes, she seemed to be able to speak. He described it affectionately.
She also kept looking me in the eye until she walked out of the elevator. After I got into the elevator, at that moment, I don't know where I got the courage, I jumped out when the door was about to close, at this time, she had already walked to the glass door, and even looked back at me, oh my God, when I stepped out, I was thinking, will she come back to look at me? Who knows, it really will!! And, she looked back at me with a smile on her face! What a flash! I thought at the time, if it really is, then it is really fate, the most beautiful and beautiful fate! I'm going to have to get hold of it. ”
"Do you have it?" I asked curiously.
"Ugh."
"Didn't catch up?"
"Hmm."
"Why?"
"I don't know. I actually...... I'm also quite shy, and I'm rarely so bold. Even running out of the elevator to catch up with her is the bravest level in my opinion, and then chasing out, accosting her, or taking her phone, I don't have that courage...... I'm so remorseful. ”
"What would you tell her if you did catch up?" I asked.
"I didn't expect that. However, I thought about it a million times in hindsight. If I catch up, I'll say, "Hey, I think I've seen you somewhere?" Or, I want to know you, my name is ...... Excuse me, what's your name? …… However, I felt that it was too old-fashioned, too abrupt, and unnatural. Alas. I ......"
"So, you haven't seen her since?" I asked.
"Hmm."
"It's been a year, and you still can't forget it? Just because of that look? ”
"Hmm."
"You, you've watched too many TV series." I laughed.
"Brother, don't laugh at me. That's a very real feeling, and my heart doesn't deceive me. I fell in love with her at that moment, although I didn't know who she was, I didn't know anything about her, but from the moment we looked at each other, I knew that we were both in love with each other. That's peculiar...... It's an amazing feeling. ”
"How do you know she's in love with you? Just by looking at each other? Perhaps, she just politely turned around and smiled at you, maybe the look she looked at you before was also her usual expression, and you were self-inflicted. "I deliberately poured cold water on it.
"Young people, don't talk about love easily." I added one more sentence.
"Maybe. However, you can't understand the feeling at that time, brother. Only I know. After that time, I used to walk around the door at about 7 p.m. for half an hour and hold on for a long time without seeing her. Half a year has passed, and I still can't forget that meeting, and I even ...... I had to go to the security room to bring up the surveillance video to see, and the security guard said that I had to be from the police station to see it, so I said that my home was burglarized and I went to the police......"
"Ah, you're reporting a false case! Silly boy. Can't do that. ”
"I'm just thinking about it...... Hee-hee. However, there are some things I still do, for example, I went to the property management company to ask who lived in our building, to find out if there were any girls of her age and appearance, and I even thought that she might be a tutor, teaching children piano or Chinese and math or something, all of them, I went to a few nearby training centers to have a look, hoping to meet her. ”
"See?" I asked.
"Alas......" he hung his head.
"Forget it. Don't waste any more time, this is just the plot of the movie, what past and present lives, the relationship between the previous life continues to this life, and so on, don't be affected by these things, or work hard, work hard, find a girl seriously, talk about a relationship in a down-to-earth manner, don't pursue this kind of thing in the air, I feel that this thing is the most unreliable. I also saw a TV series that day, there is a plot that says, because I love each other too much, so I chose to leave, isn't this bullshit, since I love so deeply, I have to leave, obviously I don't love enough, what is this? It's all about kids, so don't be too ......."
"I see, brother. You are a good big brother, for my good. Thank you. He interrupted me. I'm not a kid anymore, brother. ”
I laughed dumbly.