Chapter 41: The Crossroads (2)
When they all came out, Ye Feng saw Chen Ying. He nodded, greeting her in the usual reserved way. Chen Ying noticed that he was still wearing the same black bracelet on his hand, and the pendant under the pagoda was peeking out of his sleeve. Chen Ying smiled at him and watched him take Liang Jing's hand and walk in front. She silently walked side by side with Wang Yi behind the pair.
"Come backβare you alright?" They walked for a long time, and when they arrived at the door of the cafeteria, Wang Yi suddenly asked. He avoided her gaze as he spoke, his fingers still caressing the tip of his nose from time to time. It was cold, and his nose was red from the cold, which reminded her of the red-nosed prince in the fairy tale "Da Lin and Xiao Lin" that she read when she was a child.
"Okay." She replied simply. Standing at the door with him, watching Ye Feng carrying two large bags of steamed buns, Liang Jing walked around in front of him, like a happy housewife shopping in a supermarket.
"I really didn't expect Liang Jing to handle it so well." Wang Yi continued, "I know that the person I like is leaving, but I can still live so calmly and live every day seriously. If it were me, I'm afraid it would be difficult to do it. β
"Ye Feng is leaving?"
"Yes."
"Where?"
"England."
"When are you leaving?"
"Next semester."
"When will you be back?"
"I don't know. It may or may not come back. Wang Yi sighed and spit out a white cloud of water vapor. The gas erupted from my mind like a memory, and it looked so intense, but it dissipated in an instant. He turned his head to look at her and continued, "Ye Feng's father is a university teacher, and he has been transferred to the university in the UK to work. After the Spring Festival, their whole family will move over, and Ye Feng will also transfer to a school in the UK to study. You see the picture on my computer, which was taken after the two of us met when they went to England to look for a house. β
Chen Ying raised her eyes and looked at Wang Yi, not understanding how he could hide such an important matter in his heart for so long. His friend was about to leave, and if this happened to Liang Jing, she wouldn't have been silent no matter what. On the other hand, she also blames her friends a little. Liang Jing is always very considerate of her in all aspects, and offers advice when she is hesitant and uneasy, but when she is facing a big event, she is excluded alone, and she does not disclose the slightest rumor to her. But she couldn't blame her, it was at this moment that Chen Ying understood the reason why Liang Jing didn't come to pick up the plane and behaved abnormally.
"How could Liang Jing ......," Chen Ying said, looking at the cafeteria window. Liang Jing was checking the steamed buns and vegetables in the bag, and Ye Feng stood next to her and waited patiently for her.
Ye Feng was also reluctant, but Liang Jing insisted on breaking up. She said they should try to be friends again before he leaves, so that they don't have to be so sad when they part. Wang Yi said.
Chen Ying shook her head, unable to believe that Liang Jing was willing to end the relationship in this way. After all, Ye Feng was so good to Liang Jing, whenever Liang Jing worked overtime to do experiments, Ye Feng would always run to the cafeteria an hour in advance to line up, just to be able to buy her favorite stir-fry. He also always buys her fruits and snacks, and if she can't eat, he will stuff a lot of them into Chen Ying. Liang Jing's social space is full of photos of the two of them, building snowmen, admiring flowers, and rowing...... Her favorite one was the one they used to do at the Xiangshan Autumn Leaves Festival one year, and after spending two nights refining it, she made it into a new desktop for her laptop. Screensavers are the places they have traveled together in the motherland, from long trips during the holidays to outings on weekends. These former memories have now become memories that must be parted, and Chen Ying thinks of Wu Yun, who still has many similar photos in her computer.
"After a breakup, you will feel pity, and it must be because the other person is a very beautiful person, so that you would rather deign to be friends than keep the last contact. Ye Feng's thoughts, I can understand very well. Although he is still young, he knows that it is difficult to find a second person in the world who makes him so fond of him. Even if you can't be together, even if you pass by each other, sit next to each other, or simply meet each other, you will be upset. If you are separated from such a person, you may not see each other for the second time in your life. After Wang Yi finished speaking, he turned his head to Chen Ying. She saw that there was no longer that agitated look in his eyes, but rather soothing and calm, as he had done in the Prague hotel, when he spoke through the glass on the balcony.
That's when the two men came out. Ye Feng's hand was heavy, and the steamed buns in the bag were still slowly steaming from the gap in the bag. Liang Jing still held two in her hands, occasionally sticking them to her cheeks through the bag, like a stove. Chen Ying watched her swaying on the curb of the road, Ye Feng supporting her hand with his shoulder.
"Let's come up together. There was no one in the lab. Liang Jing greeted the other three like a hostess, so enthusiastic that she would be condemned if she refused. They walked up the stairs to the room where urine smelled. They took the rabbit out of the corner and placed the cage on the windowsill. Liang Jing skillfully boiled water for the rabbit, and Ye Feng helped break the steamed buns into small pieces. Chen Ying and Wang Yi stand by the pool and scrub the carrots.
"You see, these rodents are always chewing and chewing, as if they can never finish eating." Liang Jing said as she approached to observe the rabbit. Chen Ying noticed that there was a rabbit whose ears were always drooping, so she pointed it out to Liang Jing.
"It's okay, it'll be fine in two days." Liang Jing took a closer look and came to a conclusion. The three people next to him hurriedly agreed. Then she instructed them to peel turnips, add water to the water tank, and give each rabbit a new warm, dry nest. By the time they were all done, it was almost time for dinner. But Liang Jing didn't seem to be in a hurry, and went around to see if the geranium leaves had wilted, and whether the nutrient particles of the mice were enough. She walked around, unaware of the passage of time.
"I think Chen Ying and Wang Yi are probably hungry." Ye Feng glanced at them as he spoke, "Let them go to dinner." β
"Yo, it's all about time. Sorry, I didn't pay attention to the time. Liang Jing said apologetically to Chen Ying, "It'll be fine right away." β
"It's okay, you guys keep busy. We'll go downstairs and wait for you. After Wang Yi finished speaking, he turned around and went out. Chen Ying followed him. He stopped at the corner of the landing, and looked into the distance through the thin mist of water on the glass, past the dry layers of branches, the silver chimney of the cafeteria steam curling like the spout of a boiling kettle. His fingertips slid gently over the bed, leaving a few neat rows of marks.