April is the season of catkins, and there are more and more people on the riverside. The eyes of the people follow the wild ducks as they sweep across the river and look up at the clear blue sky with clouds rolling up.

Jiang Xia inhaled the breeze and ran desperately along the river. She walked through the crowd of ducks, her throat burning like a glass of spirits.

She stopped by the railing.

A man ran behind her, hugging her tightly from behind.

Their cheeks were pressed together, and each could hear each other's breathing. Their hearts coincided, and their hearts beat faster.

Jiang Xia took his big rough hand and put it in her heart.

"If you dare not love me, I will kill you!" Jiang Xia gasped and said.

"Kill me! Even if you cut me with a thousand knives, don't leave me again. Cheng Lifeng watched a wild duck plunge into the water in Jiang Xin, and there was a snow-white splash around it.

"This is my favorite hometown."

"As long as you like it, I like it."

"But...... You're a little reckless. ”

"What should come will come. Whatever? ”

The two were talking, and some tall and strong men walked in the distance. A group of people stood on the narrow road by the river, and it was crowded. Jiang Xia saw a middle-aged man in a black shirt, with a bare head and a somewhat loose face, and her heart tightened.

The middle-aged man stood up and looked at Jiang Xia with a little regret and gentleness:

"The little girl has grown up."

"Brother." Jiang Xia screamed softly.

"When you come back, you don't come to see me."

Jiang Xia pursed her lips, showing a little shyness on her face.

The middle-aged man looked at Cheng Lifeng again, looked at it seriously, and sighed: "Kangzi, it's really not good." ”

Behind him was a chubby young man with a shallow scar on his right eyelid and a cloth bag on his body. He stepped forward, with a heavy smell of wine and smoke on his body, staring at Jiang Xia tightly, his eyes moist.

"Long time no see...... Yasuko smiled softly.

Jiang Xia held Cheng Lifeng's hand. Kangzi also took advantage of the situation to look over, with tears in his eyes, and his eyes showed dividends.

Cheng Lifeng took a step forward.

"You're Yasuko?"

"You're her current man?" Yasuko has always spoken directly.

"Yes. She wanted to come back here, and I came with her. She told me about you. ”

"What did she say about me?" Kangzi looked at Jiang Xia.

"She said you were simple and kind-hearted."

"What else?"

Cheng Lifeng also looked at Jiang Xia and stopped talking.

"Did she tell you that we lived together for three months?" Yasuko said.

"I know."

"Her first time was mine."

"I don't care."

"No man doesn't care, unless you don't love her!"

Cheng Lifeng sighed slightly, "Kangzi, I know it's not easy for you. After all these years, you haven't been able to let go of her. ”

Kangzi raised his hand to stop him:

"You don't know! You don't know anything. ”

Yasuko said, "When I was in elementary school, I liked Kasumiko. She was beaten by her father when she was a child, and when she grew up, I took her out of the house. Since then, the two of us have worked together and eaten churros together. When I was unemployed, we accompanied each other through the most difficult and bitter times for each other. At that time I took her to meet my eldest brother, and she promised to marry me. We went back to the apartment that night......"

"Don't say it...... I know all of that. Cheng Lifeng's face was a little painful.

"You don't know, I'm going to tell you. That night, she blindfolded me, undressed under the covers, and lay on my chest. I didn't dare to move, I listened to her. Kasumi's body is hot, and that feeling no man can forget. She was a life-saving straw given to me by God at that time, and it was the most precious gift. ”

"But all this doesn't mean she loves you."

"Every time I asked her if she loved me, she said she didn't love me. But how can she explain that if she doesn't love me, why does she treat me like that? ”

"Think about it, what happened later?" Cheng Lifeng asked rhetorically.

"Then I ripped off the black cloth that covered my eyes. The two of us looked at each other in the dark, and Kasumiko's eyes were so bright with tears that they were the most beautiful I had ever seen. She told me to cheer me up, try to find my next job, and try to live. It was she who gave me the courage and I swore in front of her that night that I would stick to it no matter what time it was. She did give me the first time that night, and even if she didn't say it herself, you'd notice it, wouldn't you? ”

Cheng Lifeng gritted his teeth, didn't answer anything, and only held Jiang Xia's hand tightly.

"And later?"

Kangzi looked at Jiang Xia with a sad expression: "Xiazi, when I finally have a stable job, I want to tell you first, but why don't you give me a chance?" When I get home, you're gone without saying goodbye. You tell me, why? Why can't you just wait? ”

"Because she's waited." Cheng Lifeng said for Xiazi: "Your friend had already called her that day, and she knew that you got that job, and she could finally leave with peace of mind." ”

"No, she wouldn't have left if she knew!" Kang Zi became excited in disbelief and looked at Jiang Xia tightly: "This person is really interesting. Kasumiko, if you knew, of course you wouldn't have left me, would you? ”

Jiang Xia's eyes floated, and she turned her head to look at the sorrowful wild ducks flying low on the river.

Kangzi understood something from her expression, and her heart ached.

Cheng Lifeng sighed again, and then asked, "But why aren't you working there now?" ”

"Kangzi has been working for a few months, and it happened to be laid off by the unit." The middle-aged man took over. "He said that he would follow me, and no matter how hard and tired he was, he would earn money and wait for Kasumi to come back. At first, I said that he was not suitable, but he really learned to drink and do things with me, and he helped me a lot over the years. ”

Jiang Xia's eyes were also a little wet.

The middle-aged man saw her intentions and patted Kangzi on the shoulder: "Kangzi, you are a good boy." Kasumi, too, is a good girl. If the two of you are not together, it is fate, there is nothing to say. Now that you have seen the people, do not do anything more. ”

Tears welled up in Yasuko's eyes.

He turned and leaned over the railing, his body twitching. The catkins in the sky are flying all over the sky, and the river below is roaring. An unwilling cry sounded......

Jiang Xia still looked at the wild ducks in the river, and she felt a little unbearable in her heart, and at this time, she seemed to remember something, and trembled.

"Sharpening, let's go."

"Okay."

She took Cheng Lifeng's hand and turned to leave. But suddenly I heard a shout from behind me:

"Kangzi, don't!"

Yasuko stepped over the railing with one leg. The brothers around him held him tightly. He said resolutely: "Kasumiko, I once told you that if you have someone else, I will die!" ”

Jiang Xia's heels were slammed.

"You're threatening me?"

"I'm just keeping my promise."

Jiang Xia was shocked, she turned around, she knew that what Kangzi had said would be done.

Then she felt a hand pulling her. She remembered that it was also just now, and Sharpedge said to her, "You kill me!" Even if you cut me with a thousand knives, don't leave me again. ”

Jiang Xia called softly: "Kangzi." ”

Kangzi was stunned.

Jiang Xia said: "Kangzi, you are ...... well"

Kangzi's heart softened, and his tears continued to flow, dripping into the river.

"Kasumiko, tell me, in those three months, did you ever have a trace of love for me?"

Jiang Xia shook her head. "Yasuko, I thank you for bringing me out of the house in the first place. I did love you. I love you because I want you to try to live. I love you as a close friend. But it's not that kind of love. Kangzi, you put it down. ”

Yasuko closed her eyes and remained silent.

Jiang Xia felt a faint pain in her heart, and suddenly scolded fiercely: "Kangzi, you coward!" ”

Yasuko opened her eyes in surprise and looked at her angry look in disbelief.

"You were like that, and you are still like that. You are a big man, can't you live without a woman? If you jump from here, you'll be in vain what I did for you! You're sorry for me! You jump, I regret that I should not know you! Kangzi, you listen carefully to me, it's not that I don't love you, it's that you don't deserve me! ”

Jiang Xia said all this in one go, staring fiercely at the man straddling the railing, and her heart was extremely happy.

Then she cried and said, "I hate you...... If you jump from here, I'll hate you for the rest of my life! ”

Yasuko's heart was shattered by these powerful words. He remembered Jiang Xia's once weak face, but he couldn't imagine that her heart was so strong. He suddenly felt that he was very low in front of his beloved. He never seemed to know the real her. For a long time, he only knew that sacrificing his life for love was the bravest, but the people in front of him were willing to sacrifice physical love in order to keep him alive. He may not have received her love, but is he really light in her heart?

Kangzi let someone help him down the railing, and felt that his legs were already weak.

yes, he really doesn't deserve her.

He looked at Kasumi warmly, as if he saw Kasumi floating away freely like catkins.

The middle-aged man grabbed Kangzi's arm and waved to Jiang Xia with a sigh.

Jiang Xia took Cheng Lifeng's hand and left the river.

The two walked to the bridge, and Jiang Xia sat down on the sun-drenched steps.

"Don't sit like this, be careful of catching a cold." Cheng Lifeng took off his coat and padded her under him, but he sat down like this.

"You've seen him now." Jiang Xia looked at him.

"Yasuko is fine."

"You don't hate him?"

"Actually, it's you who hate others."

"What about you?"

"I feel sorry for you. He lied, and that night, he didn't do anything to you, and with your personality, if you don't like someone, you will never let that person really do anything to you. He wanted to force you at the time, but you regretted it and desperately didn't agree. Besides, I know you're not only unfamiliar with that, but you're also a little scared. ”

"But...... Aren't you surprised? Jiang Xia's body trembled, and tears flowed down.

"I was waiting for you to tell me."

"I actually made it myself. Before Yasuko took me out of the house, I once escaped alone and met a girl. There was a sister on the periphery who took pity on me for my young age and quietly asked me to do so. She told them I was sick, and they let me go......"

Cheng Lifeng hugged Jiang Xia and patted her gently: "It's all over......"

Jiang Xia raised her face and smiled slightly at the catkins fluttering in the air.

The river flowed at their feet......

"Do you really believe these things?" Jiang Xia asked.

"Do you want me to believe it?" Cheng Lifeng asked rhetorically. "If you want me to take it as a joke, then let's take it as a joke."