Chapter 6: The End of the World
Hua Xin'er looked unusually calm, as if she was traveling to an ordinary place, "When will you go back?"
Gu Hongxin let go of one hand holding the steering wheel, pinched her hand and rubbed it in her palm,
"We've lived here for almost 10 years and we've never been on a tour."
"Where do you want to go?"
In the past ten years of companionship, the two have reached a tacit understanding that one sentence and one look can know what each other is thinking in their hearts.
Therefore, Hua Xin'er didn't ask about when she would go back to China, or in her heart, this place is better than China, and no one in that home in China wants to wait for her to go back.
"The end of the world."
"The end of the world?" Hua Xin'er repeated.
"yes, do you want to go to the end of the world with me?" He took his hand and rubbed it against his face.
When he was a child, Gu Hongxin liked to rub his cheeks with Hua Xin'er's small hands, especially his unshaved beard.
Every time Hua Xin'er would scream, "Brother, your face is so prickly", which caused Gu Hongxin to burst into laughter.
But this was all when he was a child, and now his brother picked up his hand and rubbed his cheek again, and the breath exhaled from his mouth made Hua Xin'er feel hot, and her cheeks couldn't help but turn crimson.
She quickly withdrew her hand, pretended to pull her hair inadvertently, and began to fiddle with the stereo in the car, but her small action did not escape Gu Hongxin's eyes.
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Calculated from the straight line of the Pacific Ocean, Argentine is the only country in the world closest to Antarctica, and at the southernmost point of the interior of Argentine, there is a small city called Ushuaia, which is also inhabited here, mostly tourists from various places, because it is only 800 kilometers from Antarctica.
The environment here is also very close to Antarctica, the ice and snow are all year round, and there is a very famous lighthouse in this small town, "The Lighthouse at the End of the World", which is also a tourist attraction in Argentine.
The mysterious red and white lighthouse stands lonely and firm on the rocks surrounded by the sea, like an unyielding soldier protecting every inch of the land here.
There are many tourists around, but they can't stop a strong sense of desolation at the end of the world.
Gu Hongxin looked at Hua Xin'er, who was standing in the snow, looking at Hua Xin'er, who was wearing thick warm clothes but still red from the cold, and had an urge to hug her and keep her warm.
But he restrained himself, and only gently took her hand, and said in a voice as gentle as oxygen,
"You know what? Most of the people who come here are lovelorn or frustrated. ”
"They come here from all over the world just to leave their troubles here and start a new life."
"Doesn't it make your heart feel very calm here, where all the love and hatred seem so small and insignificant."
Hua Xin'er quietly looked at the lighthouse towering in the rocks, yes, although she has been very happy in the past ten years, the pain in her heart has not decreased at all, but it has been covered under Gu Hongxin's gentle and considerate care.
Standing at this boundless "end of the world" at this moment, I really feel that human beings are very small, just a drop in the vicissitudes of life.
I also feel that life is so precious, and we should cherish what we have now.
Hua Xin'er stretched out her arms to wrap around Gu Hongxin's waist, the thick warm clothes were too fat, but fortunately, his figure was very thin, so Hua Xin'er could barely hug him.
She shifted her head to his chest and pressed it tightly, and he also stretched out his arm to wrap his arms around Hua Xin'er.
The two hugged each other like this, without saying a word to each other, just wanted to quietly hug the person in front of them.
Whether it is the end of the world or the end of life, the two of us have to be together, this is what Hua Xin'er thinks at the moment.
A cold wind blew and blew away the scarf tied around Hua Xin'er's neck. Gu Hongxin reached out to help her straighten her neck and found a red rope, which was a red rope necklace with a key strung with it.
When he first met Hua Xin'er, he found that she was wearing this simple but special necklace around her neck.
Who would use a key as a necklace, this key must have an important meaning to Hua Xin'er, maybe it is the key to open the door of her heart.
They have been together for ten years, and she has never mentioned the secret of the key, which is always hidden in her clothes.
"This key is the last relic my mother left me."
Hua Xin'er tried very hard not to say this with sadness, and Gu Hongxin gently but without losing his strength held her slightly trembling shoulder.
She is so thin, even in such a heavy down jacket, she can still feel the thinness of her body.
Gu Hongxin hugged her again, he was very happy, this was the first time she mentioned her mother in ten years, and the first time she recalled the past.
The past can't be hidden, they can't be hidden, they have to face it, and there are some things that can't be hidden for a lifetime.
Hua Xin'er whispered about the past again: "My mother asked me to keep the key to her room that night, and now I think about it, my mother is like knowing that something will happen to me." ”
At this point, he suddenly choked up, and the sobs became louder and louder.
"Cry out." Gu Hongxin patted her back gently.
"Wow!" Tears flowed out like a floodgate water, and that pretty face was already stained with tears.
Gu Hongxin helped her wipe away the tears from the corners of her eyes, and a string of tears fell on the back of his hand.
Looking at her crying and swollen eyes, tears quietly hung on her thin pink cheeks, this appearance really made men feel pity.
But he resisted the urge to go up and kiss her on the cheek.
Although he was her fiancé, she didn't know and didn't plan to tell her at this time.
There are still a lot of things waiting for him to do in the future, and he is not sure if Hua Xin'er has always regarded him as a brother in his heart.
"Xin'er, my brother wants to ask you for something......
Gu Hongxin was a little uneasy, this key was too important to her, he wanted to come over like this, would he give it?
"Brother, what's the matter?" It was the first time Hua Xin'er had heard Gu Hongxin use the word "ask".
His brother has always been his patron saint and can do anything. I actually begged her today, which really made her curious and surprised.
"Can you give me this key?" Gu Hongxin said very honestly.
"Brother, can you give me a reason?" Hua Xin'er was very surprised, how precious this key was to her.
"Xin'er, there are some things that I can't and can't explain to you now, but you believe me, I want this key to be really useful, and I promise to return it to you intact in the future." Gu Hongxin said it frankly again.
After only hesitating for a moment, Hua Xin'er took off the red rope and handed the key to Gu Hongxin. If it were someone else, there would definitely be no room for negotiation.
But in the face of her brother's request, she is willing to give whatever she can do and give, even if it is her most precious thing.