Chapter 40: The Stage is Whitewashed, and the Nature Is Here (5)
The time of the family banquet was changed to the weekend of this week because of the fact that He Tianran had to attend classes.
Wen Liang was both expectant and nervous about this, but He Tianran was very indifferent.
Early on Friday morning, he came to HKU again and found Cao Aiqing, who had just come out of the radio station and finished broadcasting.
The girl was slightly stunned when she saw him waiting outside the building......
A place like a radio station is really full of memories of the two of them.
In November, the port city gradually has autumn mood, yesterday just had an autumn rain, today the temperature dropped several degrees, but also thanks to this sudden cool weather, so that the campus grass and flowers with moist dewdrops, spit fragrant.
He Tianran has always liked this kind of climate, but if you insist on picking out a fly in the ointment, it may be ......
The morning sun dimmed a little.
Cao Aiqing wore a camel-colored thin trench coat today, lined with a pure white waist-tied T-shirt, and a pair of washed jeans with a pair of black Martin boots.
He Tianran waved his hand, Cao Aiqing came back to his senses, and said a few words to a few fellow classmates at the broadcasting station, and then slowly walked towards him.
After meeting a few times, the two of them didn't seem to be as unfamiliar and repulsive as before.
"You can appear here, it seems that Wen Liang has been coaxed by you again?"
Without greeting, the girl went straight to the point.
He Tianran ignored the sarcasm in the conversation, and avoided the topic with a smile:
"I'm here for you, so let's stop talking about warmth."
Cao Aiqing frowned slightly, "Some time ago, you avoided me and begged me to give you some time, but now you come to me by yourself, what is this statement?" ”
"Hey, because you don't necessarily give me time, so I'm in a hurry."
He Tianran shrugged, trying her best to maintain the atmosphere between the two, but Cao Aiqing was keenly aware of a trace of helplessness flashing in the other party's eyes, but the girl didn't choose to ask more questions or continue to ridicule, just looked at him coldly.
The boy stopped beating around the bush and continued to say bluntly:
"Last time, I postponed a dinner with my family, but my protagonist was not there, my mother couldn't sing this play, and it was not easy to explain to you afterwards, did she contact you later?"
Cao Aiqing didn't hide it, and said: "You flew directly to the capital to find your girlfriend, this thing was done so decisively, the signal was already obvious, your mother couldn't pretend to be confused, so naturally she didn't have the original mind, she asked me to get together another day, but it should only be compensation after the no-show, the nature is different, you can rest assured." ”
"She asked you out alone, and you went too?" He Tianran couldn't help but ask.
"I have a deep friendship with your mother in the future work, and speaking of which, it should be thanks to you, isn't it? But despite this, it doesn't prevent me from wanting to get to know her now, and you can be regarded as doing a good thing to me, He Tianran. ”
"Hah...... Is that ......."
Looking at the boy in front of him who was confused and silent for a while, Cao Aiqing was puzzled.
"Why do you seem to ...... Don't know about it? ”
He Tianran reacted immediately, smiled bitterly and said vaguely:
"Perhaps...... I don't think that's a good thing......"
"Maybe? So there are times when you don't know it? ”
Cao Aiqing was not dispelled by this specious answer, because when He Tianran did something, he must have his own purpose, he always knew what he was doing, and it was by no means like now, a simple answer to a foregone yes or no would be so vague and ambiguous.
He Tianran didn't want to dwell too much on this issue, because it would expose the fact that he had forgotten about his family's memories, so he threw out the main purpose of today's meeting to change the subject.
"Don't talk about this, I came here today to invite you."
"What?"
"On Sunday, my parents arranged a table of crab feast, if you are still willing to come, I will send you the address later, you can rest assured, I will also tell my parents about this matter."
Cao Aiqing was incredulous after hearing it.
"You took the initiative to invite me?"
He Tianran nodded and said calmly:
"Yes, although I don't know what you think of my mother now, you should also know that she invited you to suppress my father and belittle his failed education for me over the years.
Well, you were happy to see it happen at first, but as you said, when I insisted on going to find Wen Liang and didn't go to the appointment as scheduled, she had no reason to accuse me, so even if she liked you and regarded you as an excellent junior, she wouldn't invite you to this family dinner. ”
Cao Aiqing was silent for two seconds, and quickly clarified He Tianran's purpose for doing this, and said:
"So you're inviting me now to prove to them that you have a clear conscience about your feelings?"
The same invitation, the same person, but the meaning is completely different.
Bai Wenyu's invitation was to point fingers at Sang and scold Huai, but if He Tianran did this, he would be open to his parents and express his current feelings and life, and he didn't need them to point fingers.
But in this regard, He Tianran shook his head: "You shouldn't help me, and you don't want to see people like me receive blessings and recognition, what to say with a clear conscience, this kind of ideal ending is too far away for me." ”
Cao Aiqing was even more puzzled, "Since you know that I won't help you, then why do you invite me to your family's dinner?" ”
"Haven't you always wanted to know who I am now after my two memories coincide?"
He Tianran's rhetorical question made the girl dumbfounded.
The conversation in the tea restaurant last time is still vivid, but I didn't expect that He Tianran would really fulfill his promise with such an open fire.
"I can't tell you exactly whether I'm the boy who protected you when I was eighteen or the executioner who slowly pushed you down the fire pit at thirty-one. But I should be able to do something to make you understand why I have a crush on you, fall in love with you, and even end up hurting you. ”
He Tianran finished speaking in a deep voice, and then slowly added:
"Of course, if you think it's important to you......"
Cao Aiqing silently looked at the other party's serious expression, his young eyes were full of guilt, but there was no dodge in the slightest.
In fact, the image of that young man was already shattered as early as the moment Cao Aiqing threw out the Buddha beads, but on the contrary, every fragment of him was struggling, revealing vitality and flashing with light.
This is the most tangled thing for Cao Aiqing.
He was the shining of the past, and he was also the muddy of the future.
"You don't have to give me an answer now, you still have time, just send me a message when you're ready."
After saying this conclusion, He Tianran was ready to leave.
"Did you tell Wen Liang about this?" Cao Aiqing asked.
"Heh~" The boy laughed, and then touched his nose, "I asked her to wait for me at the school gate, she only gave me half an hour to see you, your school is really big, I walked for about ten minutes just by walking." ”
Cao Aiqing didn't ask anymore, but just said with a lot of heart:
"It seems that you are really in a hurry, He Tianran."
The boy was stunned, silent for a few seconds, and slowly left.
(End of chapter)