Chapter 5: Basketball, Forward, and the Number 11 in Her Heart
Wen Chen didn't really return to China, although she originally planned to do so.
The reason for Wen Chen's postponement of returning to China is like this.
That day, she returned to the hotel, and after taking a shower, she lay on the narrow bed in the hotel, and once again sighed, the hotel rooms in Japan are really expensive and small, and the comparison with the country, the country is really beautiful.
She turned on the TV, and the people on it were muttering a word of Japanese that she didn't understand, and she began to change channels constantly, trying to find a program that interested her. Just when she changed 25 stations in a row and was about to give up, she stopped at the 26th station. It was a music channel, and the song she was playing was very familiar to her, and it used to be the ringtone of her mobile phone, and the name of that song was "Until the End of the World" - one of the ending songs of "Slam Dunk". Listening to that song, she suddenly wanted to go to Kamakura, to see the famous railway station.
Then Wen Chen changed the ticket, looked at the time, and after making sure that Zhaoying was not at work, he dialed her, and the phone was quickly connected.
"Hey, Chenchen."
"Well, it's me."
"When are you going to go back home?" I'll pick you up. ”
"I just wanted to tell you that I changed my ticket and may be back in a few days."
Zhao Ying was a little disappointed when she heard Wen Chen's notice of ticket change on the phone. And Wen Chen heard Zhao Ying seem to say a few words to someone on the other side of the phone.
"Who were you talking to?" Wen Chen asked.
"Song Minyou, I told him that you postponed coming back, and he looked a little lost."
"Why are you all together?"
"The lights in the studio burned out, so I finally waited until he was free and found time to help us change the light bulbs."
Wen Chen and Zhao Ying continued to chat a few words about the recent situation in the studio, and Zhao Ying told her that everything was normal except for the sudden burning out of the lamp. The two also expressed their longing for each other, but Zhao Ying seemed to be more dissatisfied with Wen Chen for letting her stay alone for so long.
Kamakura Kokumae Station is not as well-known as Kinkakuji, it is just a small railway station, not unlike any other railway station in Japan. But after Inoue Yuhiko drew it into "Slam Dunk", as this manga became popular all over the world, Kamakura High School Station had a special meaning.
Wen Chen stood in front of Kamakura High School Mae Station and saw that there were many people who were visiting and browsing here like her. Many people stood in front of the station to take pictures, and even held basketballs and posters of "Slam Dunk", which was not surprising to the students of nearby schools.
In Wen Chen's college days, she liked a teenager who played basketball. The boy is a forward on the basketball team of the Academy of Fine Arts, and wears the No. 11 jersey like Rukawa Kaede, but he has his hair cut short like Sakuragi Hanamichi.
At that time, Wen Chen was a cheerleader at the Academy of Fine Arts, and she always had to participate in performances in school sports meetings, basketball games and other activities, so she met the teenager wearing the No. 11 jersey. The teenager is very good at playing ball, and he is a well-known basketball star in the Academy of Fine Arts, and is favored by many girls. Wen Chen was just one of his many admirers, and he was even more shy and inconspicuous.
Wen Chen went to watch "Slam Dunk" because she was a teenager, and she saw that the teenager in her heart played the same position as Rukawa Kaede and wore the same jersey. She fell in love with Rukawa Kaede so much, in her heart, Rukawa Kaede was the boy, and the boy was Rukawa Kaede.
She drew a lot of sketches, and at first she painted Rukawa Kaede, but as she painted, she became a different look. She traces the lines carefully, and keeps each of the finished paintings in a safe place and treasures them carefully.
I don't know if it's fate or providence, at a party at an art academy, Wen Chen met the boy. At that time, the Academy of Fine Arts won the second place in the school basketball competition, which was an unprecedented good result.
At the party, everyone was very happy, and the boy, as the biggest hero, was even more sought after by everyone that night. The captain asked him to toast everyone present, and the young man was not shy and timid, toasting a large table of people one by one, saying thank you for everyone's support and encouragement. Wen Chen was the only one at the dinner table who used orange juice instead of beer because he was in his menstrual period. The big guys are not happy anymore so many girls drink why don t you drink she said that she was not feeling well today. The young man quickly understood, and relieved her: "Orange juice is orange juice, isn't it just a heart." Wen Chen looked at him without saying a word, his eyes full of gratitude.
Later, an accident brought the two to meet again, and the boy bumped into Wen Chen, who was about to sketch with a sketchpad while running. The drawing board fell from her hand, and the paintings in the drawing board were scattered and scattered by the wind, and the young man squatted down to pick them up one by one for her, and just like that, he saw the paintings she had drawn in many days and nights, and the people in the paintings looked like Rukawa Kaede, but not like Rukawa Kaede.
The boy picked up the painting and asked, "Is this ...... Is this Rukawa Kaede? ”
At that moment, Wen Chen just wanted to escape as soon as possible, and the long-buried secret was inadvertently discovered, which made her embarrassed. She nodded and replied softly, "Yes." The voice was so small that she could barely hear herself.
Seeing her embarrassed, the young man also coughed twice, trying to say something to alleviate Wen Chen's embarrassment. He said: "I also like to watch "Slam Dunk", and I also like Rukawa Kaede, and my jersey number is the same as Rukawa Kaede. ”
It's okay if he doesn't say it, but when he says this, Wen Chen is even more embarrassed, because she knows that he can see that the person in the painting is not only like Rukawa Kaede, but also like himself.
Later, the two naturally got together. The two of them watched "Slam Dunk" together, painted together, traveled together, and did a lot of beautiful things together.
Later, like many college student couples, they broke up after graduation.
The breakup was proposed by Wen Chen, in the White Dove Park, she watched countless white doves spinning and flying wantonly, and then she said, "Let's break up." The boy didn't ask why, just said yes. In fact, both of them know in their hearts why reality is no longer as beautiful as in the ivory tower.
Wen Chen saw that the young man's eyes gradually deepened, like an amber, wrapped in countless emotions.
She thought, goodbye, my Rukawa Kaede.
Among the crowds of visitors, Wen Chen saw the man he had met last time in Kinkakuji Temple. He also had a large DSLR camera around his neck like he had last time, and this time he was carrying a black backpack. He stood there taking pictures of the scenery of the sea and the sky, his body was slender, and the sea breeze ruffled his hair, looking worldly and independent. People like this are always more likely to be noticeable.
Maybe he noticed that someone was watching him, he put down the SLR, turned his head slightly, and saw Wen Chen not far from him. After he saw Wen Chen, he was slightly stunned, as if he hadn't reacted, and then laughed at Wen Chen.
The sea rolled up layer after layer of waves, the oncoming sea breeze mixed with the saltiness of the sea, the sound of the waves crashing against the stone wall echoed in his ears, and the man waved his hand towards Wen Chen with his back to the sun. The sun was dazzling, and she squinted at the man opposite, and finally remembered which Korean actor he looked like.
Wen Chen felt that he looked very much like Hyun Bin.
Han Jixing said: "It's really fateful. ”
"yes, it's fate." Wen Chen's eyes lit up.
"Didn't you say you were going back home?"
"Plans changed, and suddenly I wanted to come here to check it out."
"I didn't expect that you are a girl who also likes "Slam Dunk".
"Yes, I have a lot of good memories from my college days related to "Slam Dunk", and I also drew a lot of "Slam Dunk" paintings, including sketches and watercolors, so I thought that since I came to Japan, I must come here to see it. In fact, after I came, I realized that it was really just a very ordinary station. ”
Haruko Akagi's palpitations at the other end of the wave to Sakuragi Hanamichi really only exist in the girlhood. Wen Chen thought to himself, what is really beautiful is not the scenery, but the person who greeted him and the memories in his heart.
"When I was studying, I liked to play basketball because I liked "Slam Dunk" very much, and I felt that many boys who played basketball at that time were more or less influenced by "Slam Dunk". What's your favorite character? ”
"Rukawa Kaede."
After listening to the answer, Han Jixing smiled, and the answer was what he expected.
"Sure enough, it's Rukawa Kaede, I feel that most of the girls who watch "Slam Dunk" like Rukawa Kaede, and appearance is king."
"Not only because he's handsome, but because he plays basketball well and works hard, and I like people who are talented and work hard."
"You know what? I also joined the varsity basketball team when I was in college, playing as a forward, and the school gave me a jersey number 11. But I actually don't feel anything about Rukawa Kaede, I prefer Mitsui Shou, who is very scummy in combat, and I like the sentence he knelt down and said to Coach Anzai, 'Coach I want to play basketball'. That's what I told my coach in the first place. ”
Wen Chen turned his head to look at the man beside him, and his already clear eyes became even brighter. After hearing about the basketball, the forward and the number 11 jersey, she had an indescribable emotion flowing through her body with her blood.
Kamakura Kokumae Station is visited 365 days a year by tourists, some because of "Slam Dunk", and some just with their companions. Most of the second type of people are disappointed when they see such an ordinary station, because the scenery in front of them is not as beautiful as the scenery in their hearts, but the important thing at the moment is not the scenery, but the person who is watching the scenery with you.
"Wen Chen, you stand there, I'll take a picture of you, my photography skills shouldn't be bad." Han Jixing pointed to a clearing next to him.
Wen Chen listened to his words, walked over, and stood there quietly. Her skirt and hair fluttered with the sea breeze, the sun poured down, gilding her hair into blonde, the white clouds swimming like fish in the blue sky, and the chance encounter with Han Jixing, all of which she thought were wonderful.
After taking the photo, Wen Chen returned to Han Jixing's side. Han Jixing took off his backpack, rummaged through the backpack, and took out a box of yogurt from it.
"Well, here's for you." Han Jixing handed the yogurt to Wen Chen.
"What about you?"
"I don't drink."
"Why do you have yogurt in your bag?"
Han Jixing didn't answer Wen Chen, just grinned.
Wen Chen looked at Han Jixing with a smiling face, and only thought of one word in his mind - like a spring breeze.
Wen Chen took the yogurt and used a white straw to draw circles on the tin foil printed with green patterns, she drew circles and circles, and Han Jixing, who was watching from the sidelines, finally couldn't help but say, "Don't draw circles, drink quickly." ”
Wen Chen then inserted the straw into the yogurt box and brought it to his mouth. It's just a box of plain yogurt, not a new flavor like strawberry or banana, but the taste is so pure that you can even smell the faint frankincense of the yogurt. But she felt like drinking fine wine, drinking slowly, so that the people next to her also had a reverie, what is the taste of this yogurt?
Han Jixing remembered that many years ago, he also had a happy family, when his father and mother were by his side. His mother loved to make him breakfast. Every morning, when he wakes up from his sleep, he can smell the smell of food coming from the kitchen, sometimes the bones of the noodles boiled in the soup, sometimes the buttery aroma of bread in the oven, and the starchy aroma of fried French fries. And no matter what his mother does, she prepares a cup of homemade yogurt for him.
He doesn't drink yogurt as slowly as Wen Chen, he often drinks it in one go. Even after a while, when he was taken to school by the driver, he could still feel the milky smell of yogurt between his lips and teeth. He fell in love with drinking yogurt, no matter where he went, he always liked to go to the supermarket or convenience store to buy yogurt, and in front of the refrigerator for a while, he picked and chose different brands of yogurt, but he never picked only the original yogurt.
Later, his parents divorced, but his mother did not take him away, and he went to a distant place alone, and he never drank his mother's homemade yogurt again. He drank so many different yogurts all over the world, but he never found a yogurt that tasted as good as when he was a child, and even after a long time, there was still frankincense between his lips and teeth.
Wen Chen finally drank the box of yogurt in her hand, in fact, she felt a little thirsty before drinking the yogurt, but this yogurt was like the blue sea, the more she drank it, the more thirsty she became, the more thirsty she wanted to drink. She tried to taste the aroma of the yogurt that was still on her lips and teeth, but found that she didn't seem to feel anything in her mouth. But the box of yogurt seemed to open her appetite, and she felt a little hungry.
"I'm a little hungry, do you want to go to dinner with me?" She sent an invitation to Han Jixing for lunch.
Han Jixing also gladly accepted "The appointment of beautiful women, how can it not be reasonable".
They went to a restaurant that combined Japanese and Western, and when they first entered, there were not many people in the restaurant, so they chose a window seat to sit down; When ordering, several groups of people came in the restaurant one after another, and the originally quiet restaurant became lively.
"What are you going to eat?" Han Jixing flipped through the menu page by page, his eyes swept from lines of Japanese.
"Do you eat Japanese food or Western food?" He continued.
"Well, it's still Japanese food, I want to eat rice."
"Do you want to eat sushi? Or a food event? What about drinks, what do you want for drinks? Want dessert? ”
Han Jixing was very careful and patient, and thought of all kinds of things for Wen Chen almost in every detail, such as appetizers before meals, desserts after meals, and fruit juice drinks. And Wen Chen, because he doesn't understand Japanese, just say that you decide.
In the end, Han Jixing ordered an eel meal and a glass of Coke for her. The carbonated drink was requested by Wen Chen himself, originally Han Jixing ordered corn juice, she took the initiative to say that I wanted to drink Coke, Han Jixing only said that drinking too much carbonated drink is not good for the body, but he did not force her. He ordered himself a black pepper steak and a beer. The steak was served, and a large chunk of beef creaked on the hot iron plate.
Wen Chen looked at Han Jixing, who was sitting opposite him, he took a knife and fork to cut the steak into pieces, each piece was about the same size, and his movements were as elegant as an English gentleman. Then I watched him divide the cut steak into two pieces and put them in her food box.
Such a man is too tempting, as said in the Korean drama "Queen Inhyun's Man", "He is a natural player in the face of women".
"You know, every time I watch a Japanese drama, I think the beer in it is very delicious." Wen Chen said.
"So, do you want a beer?" Han Jixing shook the beer in his hand at her.
"No, no, I'm just saying it casually, I'd better drink Coke."
"Why do you like carbonated drinks? If you drink too much of this, it's not good for your health. ”
"I love the bubbles of carbonated drinks filling my stomach and enjoying the feeling of these bubbles slowly taking away the temperature in my body. For me, a summer with Coke is a complete summer. After Wen Chen finished speaking, he lowered his head and put the spoonful of eel rice in his hand into his mouth.
A waiter carries a fruit platter in the middle of the table where two people are eating, and the fruit platter is beautiful, arranged as a blooming flower, and like most Japanese dishes, it is more ornamental than its own edible value.
Han Jixing stopped the waitress, the two of them didn't know what they were communicating in Japanese, and Wen Chen couldn't understand it.
After the two finished communicating, he looked at Wen Chen with an incredulous expression: "We're so lucky, do you know, the waiter said that we were the 999th and 1000th customers of this restaurant this month, respectively, so the store manager decided to give us a fruit platter." ”
After Wen Chen heard this reason, he only felt inexplicable. Not to mention that she doesn't believe this reason at all, even if there is really this kind of giveaway, for Wen Chen, who has never won a big prize, she won't believe that she will really have this kind of good luck. This should have been done by Han Jixing on purpose, in order to be more interesting.
"The manager is there, look."
Wen Chen looked in the direction of Han Jixing's finger, and she saw the store manager at the bar not far from her, waving at her. She nodded to the store manager and expressed her gratitude, though she still didn't believe the fruit platter on the table was delivered.
"It seems that with you, my luck will be better, after all, I haven't even won five cents before."
Han Jixing raised his eyebrows: "That should be my reason, my luck has always been good." With that, he sent a small piece of steak to his mouth.
The two of them had a good meal, chatting with each other about some interesting things they had encountered in Japan. Han Jixing has been to many places in Japan, and he said that he had to go somewhere else, and Wen Chen told him that she was really going back to China this time.
After the meal, Han Jixing sent Wen Chen to the station.
When the two said goodbye, it happened to be in the afternoon, when the sun was at its hottest.
Han Jixing felt that time was like a pony, running through the hooves of a rattling horse. He found that compared with the last time he said goodbye, a little nostalgia and reluctance rose in his heart, and he couldn't be as crisp as last time.
He was worried, and after saying goodbye to each other, he chose to turn around and leave, wanting to be decisive. It's just a girl you met by chance in a foreign country, and remember that you're the one who wants to go back and get engaged. He said this to himself.
But after taking a few steps, he turned around and grabbed Wen Chen, who was waiting for the bus.
Wen Chen only felt that someone had grabbed her arm, she thought it was some enthusiastic Japanese again, and when she turned around and found that it was Han Jixing who had gone and returned, she looked at him with some surprise, her eyes were full of puzzlement.
"What's wrong, did you drop something?"
"Wen Chen, this is my business card, it has my contact information on it, you ......"
Before he finished speaking, the bus waiting for Wen Chen had already stopped beside him.
"I hope you can contact me when you return home." Originally, he wanted to ask, what is your contact number?
Wen Chen smiled, took the business card and got on the bus, she waved goodbye to Han Jixing through the blue glass. When the bus was far away and there was no longer him in her field of vision, she found an empty seat and sat down, looking down at the business card in her hand.
The business card is designed very simply, with black letters on a white background, with the name and mobile phone number of the owner of the business card on it, and a silver lily printed on it, which will only sparkle at a certain angle and in the light.
Wen Chen's fingers rubbed the smooth business card, his fingertips slowly slid over the name of the owner of the business card, and the air flow spit out from her closed mouth, and she heard herself softly read the three words: "Han, Ji, Xing." ”