Chapter 2 The old things are empty, and I know that people are not as old as they used to be

I got into the only car that wasn't involved in the fire and stepped on the gas pedal like I had countless times before. This car, which has been with me for several years, forty minutes later, when I got out of the parking lot of the gymnasium, I actually patted the driver's wheel a little nervously, and said with a smile:

"Dude, after being with me for so many years, maybe, I can only accompany you here."

I got out of the car, the sky was oppressive and it was difficult for my chest to breathe, this depression really permeated the whole world, but the people on the road didn't realize it at all, they still came and went as they did on a normal day, busy with their lives, it was really incredible, and sometimes, I even suspected that it was my brain that had the problem.

Today's stadium is particularly lively, the parking lot is ninety percent parked, if you come a little late, maybe the last seat will be gone. At the entrance of the gymnasium, banners of amateur boxing matches were posted everywhere with Wang Laoji's advertisements, but I had never heard of the names of boxers.

I bought a ticket at the ticket office and entered the venue, and the venue was full of people, and many people were holding glow sticks and waving them while shouting and cheering on the platform.

On the court, which was originally a basketball court, I don't know when a boxing ring was built, I saw muscular boxers bare-chested, wearing boxing gloves, and boxers attacking each other, and the game seemed to have reached a fever pitch, and the audience was shouting. But I didn't care about the situation in the ring, I just looked for Tang Mengyan's shadow in the sea of people. There were so many people that the ring stands were so crowded that I couldn't tell the difference between each person, and I felt a sense of powerlessness to dizzy when I looked at the entrance of the venue.

I suddenly remembered that on the day Tang Mengyan left me, I was also looking for her in the vast sea of people, but in the end, no matter how I searched, I couldn't find her, and in the end, she left me.

Many years later, everything starts all over again.

I walked around in the aisles, powerlessly looking for Tang Mengyan's figure in the crowd, even I felt a little ridiculous, how easy was it to find her among thousands, tens of thousands? And even if I find it, what if I find it? It's just that she was rejected again, what's more, she already has a boyfriend, and she is accompanied by a friend who doesn't know what her identity is, I suddenly appeared at this time, what's the point?

Even I wondered if I was crazy.

I laughed self-deprecatingly, my eyes swept around like a machine gun, and everyone else's eyes were on the ring, only my eyes were on the audience.

There were a few times when I really thought I had found Tang Mengyan, but when I walked in, I found that she was either a little taller than Tang Mengyan, or a little thinner than her, there were too many girls dressed in bells and whistles, and there were too many girls like Tang Mengyan, I really couldn't find it. I even doubt that Tang Mengyan will be gone?

I know that Tang Mengyan is not the kind of girl who can endure her temperament, maybe she just came to watch the game to accompany her friends, she doesn't like it herself, she just has a good time, maybe she has left halfway and gone to some other place, such as a movie theater, clothing city, etc., that is much more likely.

After about twenty minutes of wandering around the audience like a zombie, I began to want to give up, because I really couldn't find that familiar figure, I thought she was so special to me, her hair, her back, her facial features, her limbs, her figure were so clear in my mind, then she should be like a halo on her head, I could find her in the sea of people at a glance.

But I was wrong.

I don't know if I overestimated my eyesight, or overestimated her special compared to other girls, or overestimated how important she was to me.

Perhaps, both.

Then, all of a sudden, I found her.

Not because of her unusual figure, but because of her unusual voice.

In a row at the front of the auditorium, I heard a familiar female voice, crying out for fear that the world would not be chaotic:

"Come on, come on! It's just a little bit close! Don't give up! ”

As if encouraging me, I immediately recognized the voice.

I won't admit it.

It can't be such a coincidence, right?

I jerked my head back and finally found her in the front spot.

It's really a good popularity, and I actually got such a top ticket, which made me look for it for so long, Tang Mengyan.

I saw her, wearing a pink Korean-style double-breasted woolen jacket with a vest dress suit, a pitch-black fur hat on her head, which suppressed her soft hair, and a white round boutique handbag hanging from her waist, which was very cute and really in line with her character.

But, unfortunately, I saw someone sitting next to her. One left and one right, one male and one female.

The man, I recognized it at a glance, dressed like a horse boy, was her boyfriend.

The woman, I also recognized, is a girl who looks a little quiet, her eyes are a little small, but she doesn't seem to have a bad personality.

The worst case scenario was finally met by me.

I walked on the aisle of the main road, separated from the rows of spectators below by iron railings, and I couldn't get to the front rows without going around to the entrance outside the stadium to buy tickets for VIP seats. And as far as I know, the conductor has already said that the tickets for those rows are no longer sold.

I took a breath, put my hands on the railing, and watched her back from a distance, watching her still wave her arms with enthusiasm and vitality as before, and the corners of her mouth couldn't help but involuntarily curl up a smile.

That's nice.

It's good not to live in the shadows of the past.

I clasped my hands on the railing, then inhaled hard, and with a little ground on my feet, I rolled over the railing and jumped off the stands!

Suddenly there was a loud scream of fear from the girls, but I didn't care, I just let myself jump off the stage and land on the seats below, and then row after row of seats and jump down. There was a scolding sound around me, and I apologized casually with a hot face, and kept jumping down until I jumped in front of her!

In everyone's life, there will always be an experience of jumping back for the sake of a certain girl's beloved.

Not for this her, or for the other her.

But you always have to jump.

Only by jumping can you feel that your turbulent and wandering heart finally stops struggling, and it hits the ground like a bird with broken wings, never to leave mischievously.

Tang Mengyan also seemed to hear the movement behind her, and slowly turned her head, and at that moment I just jumped off and appeared in front of her like a god descending from the sky. She startled, her eyes widened, and she withdrew her hand and took two steps back until she could see my face.

Hey, it's a pleasure to watch. I laughed.

Top dog? She looked at me in surprise, instinctively screamed, and then, as if realizing that she had lost her words, quickly covered her mouth, and her eyes went back and forth on the face of her boyfriend behind her.

I didn't care about the eyes of others, all eyes were focused on her pale face, and then I slowly knelt down on one knee and slowly took out a red box from my shirt underwear pocket, and in front of her, slowly opened.

A golden ring that radiated like the sun in front of her.

Yan Yan, marry me. Is it okay to be my bride? This is a request of my life.

Word by word, slowly, with all my strength, I said steadily.

Tang Mengyan's friend exclaimed in surprise, covered her mouth in disbelief, and was speechless in shock.

Tang Mengyan also took a breath of cold air, and the expression on her face was extremely complicated.

But in the end, she sank her face.

Are you crazy? What are you here for? She asked me angrily.

I'm proposing to you. I said with a smile. I've been looking for you for a long time.

I held the ring in my hand in front of her and said.

Marry me, Yanyan. Let's be together, just like we used to.

Tang Mengyan's face became more and more ugly, she looked at me angrily, her eyes did not blink, and in the depths of her pupils, there seemed to be candlelight flickering.

You're sick in the head, aren't you? Don't you know what this place is?!

"Marry me!? Tang Mengyan! I exclaimed, and the eyes of the audience around me gradually drifted away, and more and more people's eyes gradually shifted from the fierce stage to me.

Tang Mengyan took a step back and looked at me like a monster, her face was ugly.

"Marry me!?" I shouted again, looking at Tang Mengyan with pleading eyes.

Marry him.

Marry him!

Promise him!

Around the audience, more and more people began to shout, and soon the cry spread like a bomb, and everyone saw it, thousands of pairs, maybe tens of thousands of pairs of eyes witnessed this moment of confession, they clapped their hands, shook the glow sticks and signs in their hands to cheer for me.

"Marry me!" I shouted again, and the cries around me grew louder and louder, and more and more people saw the scene here, which had overshadowed the cries of cheering for the boxers.

Tang Mengyan looked around in embarrassment, and behind her, I saw her boyfriend's face turned green.

He wanted to come up to find trouble, but was stopped by Tang Mengyan.

I'll talk to him about it. Tang Mengyan pushed his boyfriend away, winked at him, and hinted.

Tang Mengyan walked up to me, said with a cold face.

Yang Jiandong, you deliberately came to make me ugly today, didn't you?

I just looked at her and repeated the phrase, marry me.

Tang Mengyan's breathing gradually became short, she looked around, but found that everyone was on my side, she had been pushed to the center of the stage, and there were no steps to go down.

My confidence also grew, and my heart was still wavering at first, but at this moment, I suddenly had a strong premonition.

I'll make it, definitely.

Tang Mengyan's eyes turned red, and she suddenly choked.

Let's go, Yanyan. Tang Mengyan's friend pulled her and said.

Tang Mengyan had red eyes, shook off her hand, shook her head, and looked at me.

Boss, what else do you want? You have ruined my youth, you have ruined my life, and now you are coming to me again, do you even want to ruin the love that I finally get!?

You're here to play with me on purpose, right? That's what you want to make me ugly, aren't you?

Suddenly she began to cry like a lost child.

The shouts around them gradually subsided, and the audience began to realize the abnormality of the situation, and the relationship between the man and the woman was not as simple as they imagined.

"I'm sorry......" I muttered, "I'll make it up to you with everything I have." Marry me. Yan Yan. It's been a request for the rest of my life. As long as you promise me, I will do anything. For you. ”

What are you?

Tang Mengyan's boyfriend stepped forward with a blue face, but Tang Mengyan cried and pushed him away.

Don't worry about it! I'll figure this out! Tang Mengyan cried and said.

No, don't get in your way, I'm going to kill him. Tang Mengyan's boyfriend pushed Tang Mengyan away like thunder and walked in front of me.

What are you? He punched me in the face.

So what are you? I asked with a sneer and wiped the corners of my mouth.

I have slept with Tang Mengyan a long time ago. I said lightly, many times. You didn't know where it was then.

The man froze in place, his face became more and more ugly, Tang Mengyan's eyes were red and red, but his face was getting whiter and whiter.

Tang Mengyan looked at me in disbelief, and couldn't believe that I would blatantly reveal the past of the two of us.

She was trembling all over, and her face turned from white to red.

For many years, this matter has been hidden in the bottom of my heart and not mentioned.

But I know it's impossible. I couldn't get through it.

It was the judgment of a doomed fate.

Someday it will come to me.

I can't avoid it.

I've known this for a long time.

The air seemed to be condensed.

Tang Mengyan's boyfriend's face was blue and white, flashing like a traffic light.

You are crazy. You're really crazy. You're sick! Tang Mengyan couldn't cry anymore, she rushed towards me like crazy, beat my chest hard, slapped the ring box in my hand away, and vented it on my body like a storm, as if she wanted to vent all the hatred and resentment in her heart for me. Maybe she's been holding back for years, and we've needed a vent like this for a long time.

You go. She gritted her teeth and said fiercely. Go, never let me see you!

Marry me.

I grabbed her wrist. Repeating the same words word for word.

Let's start over. This time, I won't let you run again.

There was a burst of applause from under the ring, and the referee walked onto the stage to announce the birth of this year's boxing champion. Everyone's eyes shifted again, and I still looked at Tang Mengyan.

Marry me, as long as you are willing to give me a chance, I am willing to do anything.

I choked up.

Tears rolled down my cheeks silently.

Yan Yan, come back. I miss you so much.

Tang Mengyan also cried, and we cried together.

But her face is still gradually getting colder, and she is no longer the little girl who can be moved by just a few words.

Her eyes were red, but in the depths of her eyes, they were still so cold, as if they were frozen with a layer of snow-capped mountains that could not be melted away for many years.

She glanced at the boxing champion in the ring and said in a stiff voice.

Okay, as long as I'm willing to marry you, you're willing to do anything, aren't you?

Be.

I nodded.

Tang Mengyan nodded her chin, looked at the ring, pointed to the muscular boxing champion on the ring, and said.

Good. Then you go and knock him down for me. Go on! Defeat him, and I'll marry you!"

I froze.

The heart is cold.

There was a dead silence all around.

Then out of nowhere, there was a burst of laughter, as if laughing at my self-indulgence.

I looked at Tang Mengyan fixedly.

She looked at me too, with tears in her eyes.

Exactly three seconds.

Then I rolled up my fist.

Good.

I said calmly.

Then I'll go and knock him down.

Even if you die in the ring.

Then, I jumped off the audience, raised my head, rolled into my fists, and walked down the aisle, step by step towards the ring.

It's like walking alone on the battlefield and facing thousands of ancient Roman warriors in the distance.

I quickened my pace, like a passer-by who dared to go on the field during a martial arts competition in a martial arts novel, jumped into the ring, and the security guard ran towards me, and the referee looked at me in surprise and wanted to eject me from the ring, but I stubbornly pushed him away and walked in front of the boxing champion.

The boxing champion looked at me with a stunned look on his face and didn't say a word.

I'm sorry, but my girlfriend said that as long as I defeat you, you will marry me, can you have a fight with me? It just so happens that I also know boxing. I bear the consequences.

With that, I didn't even have time for the referee to pull me away before I punched the boxing champion in the strong chest.

The boxing champion frowned.

What are you doing.

He asked in a thick voice.

Challenge you. Aren't you a champion? I'm not convinced. You have the ability to beat me.

With that, I struck again, and punched him in the chest again. He didn't move.

The referee went crazy and grabbed me, but I pushed him away.

Don't stop me!

I shouted, and then I threw another punch at the boxing champion. This time, the boxing champion didn't hit me, he covered himself with gloves, and then punched me hard in the chest.

For a moment, I felt like I had hit a small train in my chest, and I staggered backwards.

I clutched my hot chest and the referee stopped between me and the champion, but I yelled, pushed him away like a mad bull, lunged at the boxing champion, grabbed him by the waist, and then punched him in the chest.

I felt like every punch I was hitting a hard iron wall, my fists were so soft, soft like two sponges, and his muscles were like a fortress.

Are you sick? The boxing champion punched me in the abdomen, and I felt all the internal organs in my stomach roll up like clothes in a washing machine, and I coughed violently and spat out all over the ground.

But I still pounced, like a stray dog that had been kicked away, knowing that the gap between my physique and that of the bully was there, but I still rushed forward without hesitation, desperately trying to bite one of the other party's feet.

After a few crazy punches from me, the boxing champion also came to his heart, and the green tendons on his forehead were throbbing.

The referee couldn't hold him anymore, and he threw an angry punch at me, causing me to fall to the ground holding my stomach and barely stand up.

Come on!

I hooked my fingers defiantly, then lunged at him again.

Open.

Another punch hit me in the shoulder, and I felt my shoulder crack and it hurt, but I still swung my limp fist and hit him in the chest. I hit it, and the champion actually laughed.

Are you tickling me?

He said angrily and with a smile.

Cool, come again!

I wiped my mouth, screamed like crazy, stumbled up, and swung my fist at him.

I was met with a relentless blood-red fist, a punch to my jaw and a feeling like the whole world was spinning, and I vomited, a large mass of gastric juice squirming in my throat, and fell to the ground weakly.

Actually, I already knew the ending.

I simply couldn't be a match for a professionally trained boxing champion.

I already knew.

There are some things that you can't change with effort.

It's like I'm inseparable from the confinement zone.

A lot of the time, you're just a mindless moth stupidly pounced on that candle flame.

You think you can extinguish it, but in the end, you'll just burn yourself.

Don't want to live anymore, do you? Seeing that I was obsessed, the voice of the boxing champion froze.

I couldn't speak anymore, and as soon as I opened my mouth, gastric juice and blood would flow out of my mouth, but I still dragged my body, staggered, and walked towards him step by step.

Come on.

I said softly.

I'm still standing.

I haven't fallen yet.

Then, I raised my fist high again and rushed towards him.

There was already chaos in the audience, and everyone thought I was crazy.

It turned out that he was a psychopath.

Falling out of love too much, going crazy.

Someone said so.

I was trembling, every cell in my body was telling me to run away, they were telling me that I was okay, that I couldn't beat him.

I'm going to die.

But deeper in my heart, there was another voice shouting stubbornly.

The voice stubbornly and lonely held on to the last position.

What is that.

I don't know anymore.

All I knew was that the voice sustained me, and made me walk towards him, inch by inch, trembling, little by little, straightening up my crooked fist and striking him.

Another punch.

I don't know how many punches I did, but each punch hit me in the abdomen, in my chest, knocking me to the ground and making me feel like my bones were falling apart.

I finally started to stand up, and the boxing champion looked at me indifferently and didn't say anything, like a winner looking at the loser and turning around to leave.

Don't leave.

I squirmed on the ground and reached out in pain to grab one of his feet.

I can still move.

I can still fight.

I haven't lost yet.

I gritted my teeth, and my gums oozed fishy blood because of the severe pain.

It's useless, you can't beat me. He said. You are no match for me.

There are no absolutes in this world. I said it word for word.

There are some things that you say are absolute, just because you didn't make it to the end.

I grabbed him by the ankle, and he kicked me away, crouched down, and punched me in the face again.

Click.

There was a crisp sound, and I felt my two front teeth shattered, and there was a sharp tearing pain in my mouth.

I couldn't see my surroundings clearly, and all I could see was a mixed glow.

I knew that my body was already no longer able to hold up.

Standing in front of me was a huge wave, and I was just a canoe.

And I, in this canoe, want to climb over this monstrous wave.

That's dreaming.

You lose. You lost, you know?!

He said angrily, kicking me away again, and walking away step by step.

But I still held him back.

Not with the hands, but with the mouth.

I bit his foot and neck and held him so hard that he wouldn't go far.

I felt like my hands were useless and I couldn't use any strength.

But I still can't give up.

I'm going to beat you.

I muttered.

This is no longer for him, but for myself.

I'm going to beat you. I say.

Because I know there's a girl watching me, and if I don't beat him, she's not going to change her mind.

Because I know that there is another girl waiting for me at home, and if I don't defeat him and give her a satisfactory answer, she will not leave me with peace of mind.

The champion was really angry, he ignored the security guards and the referee, he detained me to the ground, punched me and punched me, I was beaten so that I was on my back, spitting water, and the whole person curled up in a ball, like a worm about to die.

But my hands kept holding his feet.

Do you want to let go? He asked me coldly.

I closed my eyes and shook my head.

I was punched hard in the stomach and the pain made me convulse.

Do you want to let go? He continued.

I was still shaking my head, and I was punched hard in the cheek again, and I felt like my jaw was about to dislocate.

"Daddy!!"

"Brother!!"

A hazy shout suddenly sounded in my ears, I opened my eyes slightly, as if I vaguely saw the figures of Xue Qi and Yuezi coming at the entrance of the audience, their faces were full of tears, through the railing, crying and calling me, their eyes were red and red, and tears flowed down their cheeks one by one.

They were looking at me.

I can't fall yet.

A voice in my heart said this.

I don't know where the strength came from, even I didn't expect it, I began to stagger, like a drunken drunk, grabbing the champion's feet, and standing up little by little, like a coat without the support of a hanger.

I'm going to take you down! I yelled hoarsely, tears streaming down my face.

I pounced on the champion for the last time like a mad dog, and I hugged him tightly, biting him, hitting him hard with my forehead like crazy!

Touch!

Touch!

Touch!

My forehead was broken, and there was blood coming out of my face, and he was also bleeding from his head, and he was in a hurry, desperately resisting, and hitting me with all his might, I was beaten to the point that I couldn't stop spitting water, and I was weak, but I still held him to the death, refusing to let go of an inch.

I know I can't back down.

If I lose, that girl will never leave me and will not be able to get her own happiness.

If I lose, the girl who felt guilty in my heart won't forgive me, and the iceberg in her eyes won't melt.

At this point, it's not a pure win.

It's a belief.

Convincing or not? Convincing or not?

I slammed my forehead against the champion's face, and he was stunned, he didn't realize that I was going to fight him with my life.

He rolled me over and pressed me to the ground, but his eyes were staring at me blankly.

I bit his arm and screamed like crazy.

Convincing or not? Convincing or not?

Why do you have to win me? He looked at me and asked.

I had blood blisters in my mouth.

Because I love her.

I said word by word, my voice slurred, tears welling up in my eyes.

Champion suddenly cried too, he let go of me, staggered back two steps, and fell to the ground, gasping for breath, as if he had lost his soul.

It's you who wins.

He said softly, with flickering tears.

I lost.

He added.

I trembled, finally smiled contentedly, and tried to stand up from the ground, but my hands slipped, but I no longer had the strength, and the whole person was pressed to the ground, my face turned sideways, and the blood and stomach acid stuck my face to the ring.

Through the blurred vision, under the ring, I saw a pale pretty face under a black fur hat, on the pretty face, in those tearful eyes, the snow-capped mountain that had been frozen for many years had finally melted.

"Boss...... That's enough...... Don't fight anymore...... I promise you...... I promise you...... I promise you......"

The girl covered her face, cried, and repeated the same words.

As the champion conceded defeat, I saw Tang Mengyan running into the ring, and after a while, Xueqi ran into the ring, Yuezi also ran into the ring, and there were Yuhui, James and Frexiu who rushed in the distance.

Xue Qi picked me up and cried loudly, tears flowing, and her pretty little face turned red. Tang Mengyan crouched beside me, staring at me blankly, repeating the sentence in her mouth.

“…… I promise you...... I promise you...... I promise you...... I promised to marry you......"

I saw that the iceberg in her eyes had melted, like bathing in the spring sun.

I looked at Xue Qi with tears on her face with relief and tiredness, and said intermittently.

See, Qiqi, I won, someone is willing to marry me, you can ...... Rest assured to go......

I closed my eyes without regret.

The world stage is slowly coming to an end.

In my life, I have never had such regrets.