The time of year is spring, but spring in Beijing is really frustrating

As long as it enters the middle of April, catkins begin to fly all over the sky, and people with allergic rhinitis live a particularly difficult life, wearing masks all day long, and Nie Congcong is also this feeling that life is worse than death.

Every morning, I get up on the balcony and open the window, and as soon as the window is opened, I can immediately make twenty or thirty sneezes, and after the sneezing, I burst into tears. Then, the nose was red, the eyes were red, and the brain was blunt, like wood without an open mind, and it was so uncomfortable.

On this day, Nie Congcong left earlier and came out of the company building, and it was not dark yet. Because the wind is relatively strong, the flying flotsam in the air is blown away, and the air is rarely refreshing. Nie Congcong took off his mask, covered his nose with his hands, and looked around as he walked. When she was about to walk to the north cross of Huixin East Bridge, she suddenly heard a man calling her name loudly in the distance - Nie Congcong.

Nie Congcong paused, in the unit, the leader called her Xiao Nie, her colleagues called her Congcong, and her best friend called her dear. Is there anyone else with the same name as her? That's amazing too. But after thinking about it, no, this voice was so familiar, although she hadn't heard it for a long time, she still remembered it clearly. She was hesitating to turn back when her arm was grabbed, as if she was going to run away.

She turned around and saw him, the person who was both strange and familiar - Liao Feng.

I haven't seen him for a few years, and he has hardly changed. The black coat made him look a little bloated, and he carried an oversized computer bag on his left shoulder, which was very heavy without having to try it by hand. Probably because he was a little anxious to chase her, he was a little out of breath. He asked eagerly, Cong Cong, why are you here? Nie Congcong glanced at him and pretended to be free and easy, why can't I be here? I've always been here, it's what I have to do every day. Liao Feng said angrily, can't you talk well? Nie Congcong felt a burst of sadness in his heart, moved his gaze to his hand, and whispered, You let go of your hand first. Liao Feng suddenly realized, immediately let go of his hand, looked at Nie Congcong with fixed eyes, his eyes were a little red under the street lamp, and he sighed and said, Cong Cong, don't you want to tell me something? Beijing is so big, if it is not an appointment, the chance of two acquaintances meeting is zero. Although I was still a teacher at the school in front of me, it was rare for me to pass here so late, and it was thanks to my good eyes that I saw you when I was on the bridge and chased you all the way, otherwise, we would not have met at all.

Nie Congcong lowered her head and didn't speak, she had imagined the scene of their reunion countless times, but none of them would have thought of this. Two people who are separated are like two chess pieces, no matter how good the relationship once was, if they are separated, they will be lost somewhere else, not to mention, there are so many years in between.

After being silent for a while, Nie Congcong said, I'm going back, you should go back earlier. Liao Feng said, Cong Cong, in your heart, I would have died a long time ago, right? Nie Congcong repeated what he said just now, I'll go back, you come back earlier. Liao Feng grabbed Nie Congcong's arm again and said, No, Congcong, I won't let you go now, if I let you go, I don't know if I can meet you. Nie Congcong said, Liao Feng, we are no longer children, whether we miss spring or autumn, those things in the past have long passed. I don't ask about the past, I don't ask you, I just ask you to let me go, as if I had never met before. After saying this, she left without looking back.

What could be easier in this world than to be separated?

In the summer of 2004, on the green train of 4708, he sat across from her. was speechless all the way, until the second half of the night, she listened to Tang Lei's lilacs and burst into tears, he sent her a napkin, talked to her, and left his phone number. He didn't know that his appearance changed the trajectory of Nie Congcong's life.

Many times Nie Congcong thinks that if she hadn't met Liao Feng, she would marry her boyfriend at the age of 27 and have another child in a few years, so she would have lived an ordinary life from then on. It's just that there are so many ifs in life, it should be said that Liao Feng and Nie Congcong are each other's calamities in each other's lives, or rather, they have simply met their own kind. Before we met, he was a top student in the eyes of his classmates and mentors, a man from a good family in the eyes of all his relatives and friends, but she was an eccentric, talented journal editor-in-chief and an author who could write anything. At that time, you could see her name just by opening the magazine. In the words of the editor-in-chief, Nie Congcong was a proud mess.

But what's so important about that? Life is so long, everything before the age of 30 is only a small part of life, only after the middle age, can you see half of a person's life. Nie Congcong is the peak of her life from 23 to 28 years old, and since the age of 28, she has been doing one thing, constantly digging and filling holes for herself. Now, her youth is over, and her pit has not yet been filled. Sometimes, what are dreams? Is it really that he is constantly breaking and reorganizing, turning himself into another person who is both strange and familiar?

If she hadn't left the hospital that year, she would have been the head nurse of the tertiary hospital, guarding a department, and knowing the nursing knowledge of the patients in the palm of her hand, the only difference is the changing faces and the eternal three-shift work.

In the afternoon of the next day, Nie Congcong had just walked to the north gate of United University, and she saw Liao Feng standing at the intersection of Huixin East Bridge North from a distance, looking at pedestrians from time to time. Before she could come to her, Liao Feng trotted all the way to meet her, and said with surprise on his face, I have waited for you. Cong Cong, I've only been waiting for half an hour, and I'm so lucky today. I thought I'd have to wait at least an hour or two. It may be that the mood of joy is contagious, and Nie Congcong is also quite happy. Liao Feng said, this is the time to eat, what do you want to eat? Nie Congcong said, I want to eat the Yang Guofu Malatang in front of him, and pointed to the north with his finger as he spoke. Liao Feng said, eat something good. Nie Congcong laughed, what is better in my eyes than hot pot or spicy hot pot? Liao Feng also smiled, Cong Cong, now you are the real you, you are alive again. The smile on Nie Congcong's face suddenly froze, on the streets at the beginning of the lights, those loneliness, no matter how to hide, they couldn't hide.

Yang Guofu Malatang was very close, and the two of them walked for ten minutes. There are not too many people eating here at this time, and there are a few tables in the hall, Liao Feng and Nie Congcong found a place by the window and sat down, waiting for the meal. Liao Feng said, Cong Cong, I don't ask you what you have experienced over the years, and I don't ask why you suddenly came to Beijing, I just want to accompany you to have a meal you like. Let me tell you some of my recent situation, for yourself, when you want to tell me, you can say, if you don't say, I will never ask you. Nie Congcong's heart suddenly let go. She nodded, smiled and said, "Okay, tell me quickly, what great changes have you had in the past two years?" Liao Feng said that nothing else has changed, that is, at the end of last year, we got an investment and set up a company called Magic Space, the company's main business is to do light and shadow shows, shared warehouses and VR theaters, and the company's address is in Changping. From the current point of view, the company is developing well, but it is still in the early stage, and everyone is working hard......

Nie Congcong sat opposite and looked at Liao Feng with a smile talking about the company's development and existing problems, and she didn't ask for soup or make mistakes, and habitually ate the food she didn't eat, those trivial things were exactly the same as before, Nie Congcong couldn't help but search in his memory, was there such a scene in his dreams?

It's so familiar, so real, and so dreamlike.