Weather for Friday, March 29: cloudy to sunny
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In the evening, I went to the restaurant where I had an appointment with Lan Siyang as scheduled. The British-style small restaurant is simple and romantic, and the light jazz adds a layer of classical luxury to the time and space. As soon as he entered the door, he saw a woman sitting by the window, quietly watching the darkening scenery outside. She still had her hair tied up in a bun and wore a black singlet. Her silhouette was beautiful and concise, and her whole person had a kind of elegance and sexiness that can only be expected in a woman's golden time after her youth.
I sighed, if I were a man, I would also fall in love with such a woman. Under the ambiguous light, it is already a beautiful scenery without any words.
I walked over and asked: "Hello, is this Miss Lan Siyang? I am Guan Xiaobei."
She smiled with picturesque eyebrows, pointed to the chair opposite and said, "Please sit down. If you want, you can call me Sister Siyang. Can I call you Xiaobei?"
I nodded and sat down.
A waiter came over and asked what to drink. Lan Siyang said: "Bring me a cup of tea. There are many opportunities to drink coffee abroad. If you don't drink tea back home, it would be unauthentic. Give this lady... a cup of cocoa." Then he turned to me and asked: " Xiaobei, are you drinking cocoa?"
I was a little surprised, but nodded.
The waiter said "wait a moment" and left. We fell into a waiting silence. Lan Siyang looked at the lights of the city with one hand on his chin, and I saw the diamond ring on her finger reflecting the bright fireworks.
Big, beautiful, perfectly cut, everlasting love.
Lan Siyang seemed to feel my gaze and stretched out the hand with the ring in front of me. His fingers were as slender as a work of art.
"Is it beautiful?" she asked with a smile, "I'm getting married to the person I've been in love with for ten years."
I feel like everything about me is stuck with glue, heavy and dry. I tried my best to smile and said, "Congratulations."
She looked at me carefully for a while and said, "Xiaobei, what's bothering you? I heard that you love to laugh. But now, why are you frowning so tightly?"
what is this? First the clarion call for war, then the provocation for confrontation? But... I gave myself a sad smile, what can I do to win this so-called war? After ten years of dating, a priceless wedding ring is her weapon, but I am empty-handed.
"What does Miss Lan want from me?" I asked coldly.
Lan Siyang smiled slyly: "I said, you can call me Sister Siyang. I came to you to tell you a story about someone we both know."
When the drink arrived, I hugged the quilt and took a sip, while Lan Siyang took a sip of tea and exaggeratedly said: "It's really good. Foreign tea can never catch up with our own."
Amidst the fragrance of tea, she said slowly: "Xiao Yi and I are family friends. Our family backgrounds are surprisingly similar. Both families have been in business for generations. There were civil servants and military generals among our ancestors, but most of them were businessmen. When our parents arrived, In this generation, we are business partners and close friends in life. Xiaoyi and I...maybe what people call childhood sweethearts. When we were ten years old, we were sent abroad to study together. Our parents are both in China. There are only two of us, dependent on each other... "
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"Childhood sweethearts?" I couldn't help but interject, but the word "depending on each other" was too serious.
"Growing up together, the two families are like one family. If they were married in ancient times, they would be married." Lan Siyang smiled, "However, although the family is rich, they must follow some kind of 'poverty education', saying that they cannot let the next generation be contaminated. The nature of a playboy. With two and a half-year-old children in a foreign land, no adults to take care of them, and not much money, life is actually very difficult."
"Although Xiaoyi looks like he's strategizing in the mall now, you don't know how clingy he was back then. He cries when he misses home, cries when New Year's Day comes, and cries when he's bullied at school. Even if he is not used to eating Western food, he still cries. The most exaggerated thing is that when there is thunder, he will hug the fat cat we raised and hide on my bed to cry. Oh, can you imagine a boy crying so loudly because of thunder? But it happened It thunders a lot where we stay..."
I think that life like this is nothing for an adult, but it is indeed difficult for two children. But when Lan Siyang talks about his helplessness in childhood, why does he still have a sweet smile on his face? The Yi Fan I know often does things that make people laugh or cry, but when I look back, he is always so upright and peaceful. He carried my back after falling into the water, his chest that I leaned on when crying, and his arms that tightly wrapped around me after fighting off the gangsters. They were all solid and steady. Yeah, I can't imagine childish Yi Fan crying because of thunder. These are their memories...
"Now I know that men can't stand loneliness more than women, so they will express their emotions in such extreme ways. But at that time, I really hated Xiao Yi. A girl two years older than him had to take over the responsibilities of his mother. , I was taking care of a clingy, crybaby younger brother. I was often very scared, but I had to force myself to smile and comfort him. When I got tired of comforting, I would open my mouth and scold him. This was a noisy and noisy situation for many years. At that time, I complained about my parents the most. Instead of sending me abroad, I came abroad with such a kid. But who would have thought that the child who used to cry and cry behind me could turn out to be so unexpected." Lan Si sighed leisurely. .
"Everything is unpredictable." I said.
"Did you know that Xiao Yi likes to watch cartoons, which are so childish?" Lan Siyang suddenly asked.
I nodded: "Your surname is Lan, so he called you Smurf. He also told me that his favorite cartoon when he was a child was "Flower Fairy"."
"Yes. For a while, Xiao Yi followed me every day. I couldn't stand it anymore, so I lied to him and said that I liked watching "Flower Fairy", but there were activities at school and I couldn't watch it, so I had to ask him to watch it for me. , recorded it. I wanted to be quiet for a few days at first, but unexpectedly, for the whole school year, as soon as school was over, he rushed home to help me record a cartoon for the TV station. A year later, I had a whole cabinet cartoon video. What a ridiculous kid.”
"That's ridiculous," I agreed reluctantly.
Is it ridiculous? What kind of affection is behind the ridiculously persistent behavior of young Yi Fan...
"But, you know, Xiaobei, that year was a turning point in my life. That year, I got rid of Xiaoyi's entanglement and joined the school band. Then, I met the love of my life, the piano and A man."
"What?" I didn't quite understand what she meant.
"Although I had been learning piano before, I didn't feel anything special until that day, when a blond boy played Beethoven's "Destiny" in front of me. The music was majestic and heavy, but his fingers seemed to be flying lightly. An elf in a black and white world. The golden profile in the sunset, the focused dark blue eyes... My heart must have sunk at that moment." Lan Siyang was like a witch from the East, speaking in an elegant and mysterious tone. There was a touch of psychedelia between us.
"You... fell in love with a foreigner?" I asked, but I felt stupid for asking.
Lan Siyang pursed his lips and took a sip of tea with a smile, and said: "A boy who suddenly leaves his mother always has a kind of Oedipal mood. He will try his best to get close to the woman closest to him. But I was also a child at that time, and Xiao Yi relied on him. I was very tired, and I wanted to find someone I could rely on. At that time, the piano and Johnson gave me great comfort."
"Later, I followed Johnson and went to the same university as him. Soon after, we officially confirmed our relationship. Fast forward ten years. Now we finally have the victory of this long-distance love. This summer, we will hold a wedding in Hawaii. After saying that, she waved the diamond ring on her hand to me like a show off.
Fireworks splashed everywhere, shining brightly all over the place.
I was stunned for a long time, and finally managed to say: "Congratulations."
"You have said this before, but I accept it no matter how many times." Lan Siyang said happily, then she took something out of her bag and pushed it in front of me.
A metal pendant, a blond girl with big eyes, the style is from more than ten years ago, and it looks very old.
"Someone gave it to me when I was a kid and insisted that I accept it. I lied to him when I said I liked watching "Flower Fairy", so naturally I didn't like this pendant. But he told me that he earned it with his first part-time job. I asked someone to buy it from China, so I accepted it and kept it until now. Every time I pack up old things, I always want to throw them away, but there is always a voice telling me to keep them. It seems that there is a secret Some things are destined, and today I understand that I am waiting for the day when I give it to you."
I took over the carefully preserved pendant and had mixed feelings.
"You should smile more. Someone told me that the girl who is as bright as a flower fairy loves to laugh." Lan Siyang said.
I wanted to laugh, but I couldn't help but wipe the tears from the corners of my eyes.
"But... I saw him say 'don't go' to you at that time." I said softly.
"You don't know how insensitive he can be to his feelings. I always thought that he was actually just attached to my sister. A year ago, I told him that I was getting married, but he just refused to admit it. . I came back this time just to let him accept the fact that I have recovered from my worries and can get married with peace of mind. Now I feel that I can feel at ease." She patted the back of my hand and smiled like a mother marrying her daughter. .
"The one who cries while holding others is just a little boy who has not grown up. Only when he grows into a real man can he make the woman he loves smile brightly and cry peacefully." She finally said.
Farewell to Sister Siyang, it's almost midnight, the air is filled with the gentle breath of spring, and the lights are as bright as day.
I looked at the flower fairy's metal pendant in my hand and started laughing again.
Yes, some things are destined, like mountain streams, winding in the torrent of time, destined to meet at a certain moment.