After walking around the top of the mountain, Percy and Qi Xun took the cable car down.
They didn't go anywhere in the afternoon, just wandering around town while Percy spent the afternoon playing with the cats in the coffee shop.
In the evening, they went to the town square and waited for the show, which was said to be preceded by fireworks.
Percy has seen fireworks many times, domestic and foreign, from school parties to playground performances, no matter how strange it is, it loses its freshness. But in this ancient town far away from the city, in the mountains, rivers, lakes and seas, watching the lights bloom like flowers in the valley, there is still a movie-like romance.
There was still some time before the performance, so Qi Xun went to buy him milk tea first.
Sitting on the stone bench by the square, he looked around aimlessly in the crowd, but as soon as he looked up, he saw the girl he had just met in town. She was wearing a bright red down jacket today. Conspicuous in the crowd.
Percy waved at her to say hello, and the girl ran over, looked at him alone, and asked him, "Why is it just you, where is your friend?"
"He went to buy me milk tea." Percy said and sent a WeChat message to Qi Xun, asking him to buy another cup of milk tea to bring back.
The girl said "oh".
She was a familiar personality, and she was chatting with Percy for a while yesterday, but today she didn't seem very interested.
She looked at Percy with a bit of envy and asked, "Don't mind, I wanted to ask yesterday, are you two a couple?"
Percy didn't expect that she and Qi Xun would be exposed so easily.
But he didn't hide it and nodded.
"Yes, he is my boyfriend." He said this with a smile.
"very nice."
The girl smiled a little lonely. She looked up at the sky where the fireworks had not yet been set off. It was pitch black and she couldn't see anything.
"You two look so good, and I really want to fall in love," she said.
She sat on the stool and shook her legs, her fingers pressed the phone unconsciously, and the screen turned on and off for a while.
Percy could clearly see that her wallpaper was the profile of a boy.
Obviously the girl didn't say anything, but as someone with six years of secret love experience, he was keenly aware of something.
"Then do you have someone you like?" he asked softly.
The girl nodded.
She played with her phone impatiently, hesitated, and then said, "Actually, today is my birthday. I wanted to confess to the person I liked while I was there, but if I said that in person, I would be cowardly, and I just wanted to say on the phone. , but when the time comes, I still dare not call."
She didn't know why she was telling Percy this.
Maybe it's because of strangers who meet by chance, but it's easy to confide in her heart, and she wants to talk to people too much about her emotions.
Percy looked so gentle that it seemed like he wouldn't be ostracized or impatient if he said anything.
Percy indeed just looked at her calmly, without impatience or ridicule.
She asked Percy, "Do you want me to make a phone call? If I don't confess, I may still be a friend. If I confess, I may wake up from my dream. If you don't, you can flip a coin for me. I'll go on heads and not tails. go."
She looked at the crowd in distress.
The person she likes is not among them, and she hopes that he is there and that he is not.
Percy knew this feeling all too well.
He smiled and said to the girl, "Go ahead and try it. I used to be a coward too, so I didn't dare to confess, for fear that I wouldn't even have to be friends."
When he said these words, Qi Xun was separating from the crowd and walking towards them.
In the hustle and bustle of people, Qi Xun is like a walking light source, and he can easily attract the attention of the people around him wherever he goes.
Bai Xichong raised his chin to Qi Xun, and said to the girl beside him, "I also have a crush on him. I have a crush on him for six years, and I haven't confessed. If it wasn't for some accidents, maybe we are still just friends. "
"But by chance, he knew what I was thinking," Percy looked at Qi Xun, his eyes were gentle and bright in the night, he said softly, "Look, now he is the best boyfriend in the world."
At least in his mind.
The girl's eyes widened, and she felt a little incredulous. When she saw Qi Xun and Percy like that, she thought it must be Qi Xun's Percy.
Qi Xun had already walked up to them and handed the milk tea to Percy and the girl.
The girl didn't expect that she had it too, so she said "thank you" after taking it.
But now that Qi Xun has come, she doesn't want to be a light bulb anymore, so she stands up.
She held up milk tea to Percy, "Thank you for listening to me take out the trash, I'll think about it. I'm going to brew, so I won't bother you."
Percy smiled and gave her a cheering gesture.
But before the girl left, she glanced at Qi Xun, who was still looking bad at her, and suddenly narrowed her eyes.
She bent down to Percy and said in a low voice, "Your boyfriend must like you very much now. He was staring at you yesterday, super exaggerated, like he was afraid that you would be abducted. So I thought he would be the first to chase. And yours."
After she finished speaking, she laughed and ran away.
Like yesterday in the Maple Leaf Forest, they didn't exchange names, and they didn't add a WeChat.
This was just a chance encounter, two strangers had a brief friendship, and they would never see each other again after brushing shoulders.
Qi Xun sat down beside Percy, frowned and asked, "What did she say to you, sneaky."
Percy bit the milk tea straw and looked at him.
He didn't expect that he and Qi Xun would be like this in the eyes of others.
He smiled with frowning eyes, a little sly, "I won't tell you."
Qi Xun's brows furrowed even deeper, but Percy didn't ask any more questions because he didn't say anything after being beaten to death.
At eight o'clock, the performance on the square started on time.
The fireworks were set off first, and countless fireworks burst into the winter night sky, dispelling the depression.
In the mountains and forests, laughter and the sound of fireworks echoed.
All kinds of lanterns were also lit on the square, and the lights were full of lights, just like in the poems, the sound of the phoenix flute, the light of the jade pot, and the dance of fish and dragon all night.
Bai Xi followed Qi Xun to a higher place, stood on the bridge and watched the dance performance in the center of the square. The dance skills were not very superb, but the girls' skirts and makeup faces reflected the surrounding lights, it was indeed like a dream. Magic, like a demon in the mountains, sneaked into the world at night.
He wanted to talk to Qi Xun to find out that Qi Xun was not watching the performance, but looked down at his hand.
On his middle finger, he wears the small silver ring he bought in the morning.
Percy asked curiously, "What's wrong?"
Qi Xun grabbed his hand and rubbed the silver ring.
Qi Xun asked, "Didn't you buy the couple's ring in the morning, and the other one for me?"
Qi Xun's voice was not too loud, but following the night wind, it clearly entered Percy's ears.
Percy was stunned, her lips parted slightly, and she didn't know what to say for a while. He didn't expect that he would be seen by Qi Xun when he bought a ring in the morning.
"Boom" sounded, and the drum sound was added to the dance in the square. The drum sound was fierce and high-pitched, and it accompanied the dance, making the soft dance just now become sharp and vigorous.
He looked up at Qi Xun, the cold night wind ruffled Qi Xun's forehead hair, revealing a pair of clear eyes, which reflected bright fireworks and his appearance.
Percy's heart was hot, and clumsily took out another ring from his pocket. Because this ring had been hidden in the pocket for a long time, it had his body temperature and was no longer cold.
"It's for you," he explained hastily. "It's just, it's just not too late."
This is an ordinary small silver ring, which doesn't match Qi Xun's watch that costs millions.
But when Percy put the ring on Qi Xun's finger, his heartbeat was so loud that it seemed to drown out all the sounds around him.
The drum beat was so fast that every beat felt like a hammer on his heart.
He had always felt that his love affair with Qi Xun was a driftwood floating on the water, a reed tied to a rock, and it might break at any time when the wind blows, falling to pieces.
Because Qi Xun was not with him because he loved him.
He is very clear.
So he is not greedy.
This day is treated as if he stole it, and every day counts as a day, and a long day earns a day.
But he has been in love with Qi Xun for more than a month, and the knife hanging over his head has never fallen. Instead, it has turned into a spring rain. The seeds in his heart slowly germinate, giving birth to a little courage to dare to go Looking forward to a long time.
He put the ring on Qi Xun's middle finger.
He himself often wears casual clothes, and it is not awkward to wear them, but Qi Xun, an elite person in suits and leather shoes all year round, seems out of place.
But Percy still felt happy.
He put his hands together with Qi Xun, the two wore the same rings on their fingers, the chubby little carp bit the pearl, and the koi were in pairs. It was indeed a good omen as the old master said.
He suppressed his pounding heartbeat, and pretended to calmly said to Qi Xun, "It doesn't seem to fit you a bit. I'll give you another style in the future."
Qi Xun looked at him and said, "Okay."
With a bang, another firework exploded in the sky, and the girls dancing in the square spread out like flowers, scattering silk flowers and colored confetti into the crowd.
Percy glanced at the date on her phone just now. Today is December 7th.
It was also the forty-fifth day of his relationship with Qi Xun.
He held hands with Qi Xun and stood in the crowd, like every ordinary couple.
At the moment when the fireworks went out, Qi Xun took him in his arms, wrapped him in a coat, and the two watched the fireworks fall from the sky together.
Qi Xun and Percy spent two full days in this town, and they drove away on Sunday afternoon.
The maple leaf forest has not yet fallen, and it is as hot as when they came, but in a few days, it will turn red all over the ground.
It was snowing when they left.
There seems to be a little more snow this year than in previous years.
Percy slept in the car with a little blanket on. It was hot in the car, and he wore only a blue shirt with an open neck.
He looked sideways at the passing scenery outside the car window.
Compared with the other tourist attractions he has been to, this ancient town seems to be mediocre, but if he really wants to leave, he is still a little reluctant to leave.
He hummed a song softly. This song was written by Liang Song when he was playing a band in high school. It was called "Eavesdropping" and was written to his girlfriend at the time.
Later, although the relationship between Liang Song and his girlfriend turned yellow, the song remained.
Percy doesn't remember much of the other lyrics, but I only remember the last sentence, "Love you like snow, no matter the reason."