Chapter 41: The Crossroads (3)
"Qin Hong is home?" He asked without looking up. In the past, he always avoided this name, as if the mention of Qin Hong made him lose the ability to continue talking. He turned slowly to her and watched her nod silently.
"It's like this every year, but I'm relieved to let you stay alone." He continued to talk to himself, "I'm not afraid that you will cry when you encounter difficulties, and I am not afraid that you will be sad because of your thoughts." I don't think he has seen you sad, and he doesn't know how your life is going. I see you've signed up to be a translator for next week's housing show, haven't you? ”
Chen Ying admitted.
"'Will that long-cherished pursuit of love one day become a scourge on the one you love?' He asked, and without waiting for her to answer, he continued, "It is not so much that man is inert as that he relies on inertia." As long as you can live in the same way, you don't want to change, even if you know there's a better way, you pretend you didn't hear or simply tell yourself that it won't work. I think everybody is like that, inevitably. ”
"Part-time work is my choice, and it has nothing to do with Qin Hong." Chen Ying argued.
"You love it, I know. So I don't want to bother you either. But when I knew that Ye Feng was leaving, I realized that such inaction would always come to an end. When an external force breaks the previous equilibrium, the orbit will undergo various distortions, and people will find a new equilibrium point while running on the new orbit, trying to return to the original state again. Some are irreversible, and perhaps equilibrium can no longer be found. ”
"Wang Yi, don't be like this."
"You know what I'm talking about, I'm glad you still have that dzi." He pointed to her phone, the pendant was hanging from the pocket of her coat and shining in the sun, "Don't worry, as long as you don't say it, no one will know." ”
Chen Ying thanked him.
"You don't have to thank me, as long as you think it's worth it. Also, I'm going to go to that show. Wang Yi said.
At this time, Liang Jing and Ye Feng appeared on the stairs, the two of them looked relaxed, talking and laughing, and they didn't doubt the conversation between Wang Yi and Chen Ying at all. Liang Jing let go of Ye Feng's arm, walked down the stairs quickly, and raised his hand to the gate to beckon them to hurry up. When Chen Ying saw her friend's appearance, she was also infected by the other party's emotions, and smiled heartily. In this way, they happily walked out of the faculty building of the Department of Psychology, and soon came to the nearby cafeteria.
"What did Wang Yi tell you just now?" Liang Jing asked when the two boys were waiting for food.
"Nothing." Chen Ying hurriedly said.
"There's something I don't know if I should tell you." Liang Jing looked to the side, "It's Ye Feng who said it." ”
"What's the matter?"
"Wang Yi likes you very much." Liang Jing said, "It's been a long time. ”
"Really?" Chen Ying tried her best to make a surprised expression, "He himself never mentioned it. ”
"That's right." Liang Jing took the dish that Ye Feng brought over, and took advantage of the chaos to pout at Chen Ying, telling her not to talk about this topic anymore. The four of them sat down around a table and began to share interesting facts about Europe. Wang Yi talked in detail about the news that he encountered the Eiffel Tower turning off the lights, which was not easy to encounter, and he felt very fresh. He then shared what he had seen in Norway, seeing whaling ships returning to port to sell fresh fish to locals. There was also the snowstorm before the departure, and all trains were suspended.
"So what to do?" Liang Jing asked.
When Wang Yi answered, Chen Ying buried her face in the meal, pretending not to be interested in the whole thing. Don't let those memories that have become confusing come back to you. In the process of narrating, Wang Yi didn't look at her. When he talked about having to go to the hotel for a night, Ye Feng, who had been silent, suddenly asked.
"When did you go to Oslo?"
"About three days before Christmas." Wang Yi said without blinking.
"Oh, I also thought that if you had gone a few days earlier, maybe you might have met Chen Ying." Ye Feng said, "Didn't she go a week before Christmas?" Liang Jing and I both received postcards from her in the mail. ”