Extra 16: Low to Dust (Dean)

He's changed a lot, his skin is darker, his beard is long and stronger, and with that messy hair, I almost rubbed shoulders with him.

Or he stopped, I suddenly felt that something was wrong, looked back, and saw him looking at me, I recognized him!

He turned to face me, "Long time no see." ”

His voice was soft, faint, that feeling was light and light?

I curled my lips, "Long time no see......"

We went to the restaurant, I invited him to a glass of wine, and during a casual conversation, I learned that he was now working as a forest ranger in a remote town.

"Aren't you coming back? Noshi is worried about you. ”

He took a sip of wine and shook his head gently, then reached out and approached the ashtray and flicked it and said, "It's very good there, the mountains and rivers are beautiful, and the folk customs are also very simple, I like it there." ”

This sentence can be regarded as an answer, but I still said with some reluctance: "But what about the contract on your side?" ”

"It's casual, it's not impossible to sue me for breaking the contract."

"You misunderstood me." I hurriedly explained, "How can I sue you, Nuoxi is suppressed, and ...... She didn't tell me, but I knew she would do her best to help you when you came back. ”

Ah Wen laughed softly, like a sigh, "I'll go back the day after tomorrow, there are not enough people over there." ”

"......" This is a refusal, I lowered my eyes, nodded slightly, and then raised my glass, "Remember to inform me next time you come back, don't let me arrest you again, I'm in this city, and I'm just a friend of you." ”

He looked at me fixedly, paused, raised his glass, and drank it down.

After drinking a bottle of red wine, he said that he was leaving, and he had not yet taken a shower today.

I knew he didn't want to stay longer, smiled and nodded to send him to the door, he raised his hand and waved it lightly, I watched him turn around, and couldn't help frowning and calling him, "Arwen." ”

He came back to look at me with doubts in his eyes.

I said, "Can I tell Noshi?" ”

He looked at me for two seconds, then pursed his lower lip and said, "Next time, I'll take another look at my grandmother tomorrow before leaving." ”

β€œβ€¦β€¦ Good. ”

"Bye." As he spoke, he took out a cigarette and lit it as he walked with his head down as he spoke.

I looked at his back, I couldn't say what I felt, regretful, helpless, the good future is like this, he himself is not distressed, I look distressed.

Suddenly I understood why Noshi was so angry when I said I didn't want to sing.

It's a pity that I'm not qualified to say anything about Arwen, after all, I've done it myself, it's a choice, and there will be a reason behind every choice, or a reason, and Awen's reasons and reasons are more adequate than I was at the beginning......

I still told Noshi that Arwen was back and that I had seen her.

Noshi on the other end of the phone was silent for a long time, and the first thing he said was, "Is he okay?" ”

"Well, he looks good, strong, and addicted to smoking bigger than before." I laughed, but my voice was bitter.

There was another half-silence as I spoke, and then Noshi said, "That's good......"

I suddenly didn't know what to say, I pursed my lips, and just as I was about to open my mouth, Noshi suddenly said again: "He...... Are you still there? ”

β€œβ€¦β€¦ No. ”

"Oh......"

The lost voice, my heart stabbed, my fingertips clenched and said: "But he said, next time he comes back, he will call me, we can have dinner together, I have a treat." ”

β€œβ€¦β€¦ All right. She paused for a second and chuckled back, but the smile sounded more bitter than my voice.

One day half a year later, I received a call from Arwen, who said that he would come back the next day and that he had not broken his promise.

The next day, I picked him up, first sent him to see his grandmother, and then went back to the restaurant together, on the way I asked him, can I invite Noxi to come along?

He didn't hesitate to say that of course he could, and it wasn't him who was in for a treat.

He said it very casually, without rejection or care, and he was still so calm and light-hearted......

That afternoon, after a year and a half, the three of us sat together again, and the atmosphere seemed a little frozen and awkward, and we didn't speak, or maybe we didn't know what to say.

Finally, Arwen opened his mouth first, "Can I smoke a cigarette?" ”

He asked like that, but his hand had already taken out the cigarette, Nuoxi didn't say anything, and didn't glance at him again, but looked at him after lighting the cigarette, his eyes were a little red and asked, "I said it is useful to mind?" ”

"Probably not." He exhaled smoke.

After a long silence, I pursed my lips to break the silence, "By the way, Awen, are you still used to it over there?" ”

"Habit." He nodded back, as if he felt too perfunctory, and added, "It's good over there." ”

"Huhβ€”" I barely lengthened my laugh and wanted to answer, but I couldn't seem to find a topic.

Then he curled his lips at me and said, "Didn't you invite me to dinner?" ”

"Oh, by the way, what do you want to eat?"

"What do you know?" As he spoke, he lifted the cigarette in his hand and took a puff.

I smiled, this time with a lighthearted smile, "Then the table can't be set up." ”

"Hahahaβ€”then let's do whatever it takes."

"No problem." As I spoke, I stood up.

Suddenly, he stopped me again and said, "Can you open a bottle of wine first?" A little thirsty. ”

I shook my head angrily and amusedly, "I'll go get the drink open first." ”

I went to cook after I opened the wine, but I was a little absent-minded, not knowing that he and Noshi were still embarrassed and had nothing to say.

When the appetizers were served in, they looked at me together, and then I saw that Noxi's eyes were a little red and his eye makeup was a little dizzy, I must have cried......

But she curled her lips and smiled at me, her eyes flashed with gratitude, she was thanking me, the barrier between her and Arwen who didn't even know how to say should have been broken.

We all drank a lot that night, and after three miraculous hours, Noxi's phone didn't ring.

We didn't talk much, just talking about the current situation, until Arwen said that he was going back, and Noshi's expression suddenly became nervous.

I tried to keep him, but Arwen said he was going back to take a shower and rest, and he was going back to the forest farm tomorrow after seeing his grandmother.

I couldn't force it any longer, he simply pinched his cigarette and stood up and waved at us, Noshi watched him turn around, his mouth open as if he wanted to say something, but he didn't say it.

"Aven...... I'll send you. "I hinted at Noxi, in fact, she could use the excuse of leaving, and send Arwen by the way.

In this case, what is inconvenient to talk about, it is also ...... Can say it in the car......

However, Nuoxi just wrinkled his eyebrows and didn't say anything, and Arwen walked up to me with a smile and patted me on the shoulder, "Take care of your restaurant, what to give, I will take a taxi myself." ”

Arwen's words fell, the hand on my shoulder fell, and I walked towards the door without a moment's pause, I looked at Nuoxi with some anxiety, and saw her lips open again, and finally shouted, "Arwen-"

Arwen paused, paused for a second before turning around, "What's the matter?" ”

"You...... If you want to come back, you can ...... at any time," she said, lowering her eyes slightly and pursing her lips, "The contract is there, and the company will give excellent actors more opportunities." ”

Avinn paused, and the corners of his lips raised slightly, "I don't have this plan for the time being, but...... Thank you first, Sister Gu. ”

Thank you Sister Gu, not the company, if I can hear it, Awen can naturally hear it...... However, he clearly did not want to come back.

But it's good progress now, at least Arwen's heart knot doesn't seem that heavy......

After that, Arwen basically came back every six months, we would have a dinner together and talk about the current situation, the atmosphere was getting better and better year by year, but he also felt more and more vicissitudes, and he was like two people on the screen back then.

But the vicissitudes of life are just a breath, in fact, he feels more and more energetic, and his body is getting better and better, once he came to stay for two more days, saying that I would only soak in the kitchen all day, and should go out for a walk, and then pulled me to climb the mountain.

He crawled fast and walked like a fly, and I followed him as if I had been back in the night at the cemetery all those years ago.

But it wasn't night, it wasn't the eerie grave mountain, this viewing mountain, the sun was shining, and he wasn't dragging the barbed grass in front of me......

He climbed so fast that I felt my lungs panting out with my hands on my knees hunched over to catch up with him at the top of the mountain.

He stood not far away and looked at me and smiled, "How do you feel?" ”

"...... I wanted to get back to him, it didn't feel good, but I couldn't speak, I just looked at him.

He laughed out loud, against the wind, and laughed heartily, and then laughed and said, "Sit under the tree over there and wait for me, I'll go buy two bottles of water." ”

I nodded, turned around, and looked at a tree not far away, and sat down with an old man's hunched back.

As soon as he took his breath, his whole body was sore, and after a while, he came over with two bottles of light spring water and sat down next to me.

Knowing that I didn't have the strength right now, he kindly unscrewed the cap of the bottle and handed it to me, and I lifted it up and filled half the bottle.

"If you go out for a walk more, blow the wind, and breathe fresh air, you will be more energetic and your mood will become more open."

I slowly put down the mineral water, turned my head to look at him, and saw him leaning against the trunk of a tree, looking in the direction of the sky in the distance.

I found that he had matured, and although he was still untamed, he was sharpened...... Moreover, he shouldn't have completely come out yet, because he didn't have a shaved beard, which Jiayi kept since he had an accident......

Since I climbed the mountain with Awen, I have developed a habit of going to the park in the morning, walking for an hour, and getting a fitness card, so I can't always follow him.

I always wanted Arwen to come out, so when two years later, I pushed the food cart into the cubicle and saw him turn his head, I completely ignored the person standing next to him.

Because his beard was actually shaved, does that mean that his heart knot has been completely untied?!

"Oh my God! You're finally willing to shave! I paused for two seconds to find a voice.

He smiled, raised his hand and touched his chin, and without saying a word, I pushed the food cart briskly behind him, only to notice that there was a person standing next to him, a woman......

The body is a little petite, wearing formal clothes, looking very energetic, giving people a good first feeling, a very energetic feeling.

"Who is this?" I asked angrily.

What Ah Wen can bring must have a different relationship with him.

He curled his lips, and a softness flashed in his eyes, "My girlfriend, Jiayuan." ”