Smoke relaxes the mood. This fight just now seems to have brought the two back to the years when they once fought side by side. Simple, only blood and loyalty.
"Thirty years old, why didn't you go back?"
Yang Lei asked.
"I didn't get a ticket."
Fang Yu was smoking a cigarette.
"Where's Yingzi, can't you come too?"
Fang Yu didn't answer.
Yang Lei didn't ask again. Fireworks exploded in the sky, illuminating the faces of the two of them.
"I made that call to make you embarrassed."
In the silence, Fang Yu said in a low voice.
"I don't mean anything else. I just want to meet you."
Fang Yu's phone call was made while struggling. After the fight he fell into regret. He shouldn't fight, but he can't control himself.
"Next time I come back, I don't know when. Before I leave, I want to see you again."
Fang Yu's voice was low and clear.
"You didn't plan to meet me in person, did you. Otherwise, you wouldn't have returned to Jianghai for those days, and you didn't show up."
Yang Lei knew.
Fang Yu was silent for a while.
"I'm afraid you're uncomfortable."
Yang Lei looked at the fireworks that lit up in the sky one after another. The fireworks now are much more advanced than the ones he put on when he was a child, and the brilliant halo lights up in the night sky, illuminating the river, sea, fire, trees and silver flowers.
"I was sitting here on the night of the Millennium Eve."
That night, he just sat here, listening to the sound of firecrackers, watching the fireworks, until the early morning.
"The gun battle was fired, and now I can't stand the sound of the gun battle."
Yang Lei flicked the cigarette butt. He told the truth. Right now, he was most annoying to hear the sound of firecrackers.
"Let's make an appointment. When you come out, we will play the sound of heaven and earth that night, and let it be a hundred and eighty. Remember it."
"Remember."
"The fireworks are about the same as tonight."
That night, how much he wanted to sit with Fang Yu like now, watching the fireworks fall.
This day is three years late. Now, they are sitting here, watching the same fireworks, but times have changed.
"That night, I really hated you."
Yang Lei said quietly.
"But I thought later, why do I hate you. I can't control my own feelings. What's wrong with you?"
Back then, let alone that they had not promised each other anything, even if they had promised, nothing would remain the same forever. It was just a relationship. It occupies only a small part of a person's long life.
"You may not believe it, but I understand what you thought back then. You were doing it for my own good. I know. What kind of person you are, others don't understand, but I don't understand."
If you don't understand, he is not Yang Lei, and he has fallen in love for nothing.
"I know you owe it all these years. I've always wanted to tell you that you don't think you owe me anything. You don't owe me. It's all over. If you still keep it in your heart and can't get over it, it's boring... "
Yang Lei says...
Fang Yu said nothing...
Yang Lei smoked for a while before speaking again.
"You and Yingzi, have a fight?"
Yang Lei had already seen it. He is not a fool. On New Year's Eve, Fang Yu was alone in this dark room, without eating or turning on the lights, lying on that bed alone. It's been three years, and Fang Yu hasn't heard from him for three years, and now he suddenly came back, isn't it strange? If I really want to go back for the Chinese New Year, is there anything I can do with Fang Yu? Even if you can't go back, will you not think of a way to pick up your wife for a reunion
Fang Yu seems very reluctant to mention these three years. Yang Lei saw it and didn't ask any further questions.
Yang Lei could feel that Fang Yu was not doing well.
"You're in the south, are you having trouble?"
Yang Lei hesitated and said.
"It's nothing."
Fang Yu said.
A person carrying a prison sentence is in an unfamiliar place, still unfamiliar with life and has no background, although there are two veteran friends to help, but if you want to start from scratch in a place without foundation, how can you say it with your mouth? So easy.
In the past three years, Fang Yu should not have been as beautiful as the Jianghai legend in the south. But Yang Lei didn't ask much.
Fang Yu is high-spirited and has a strong self-esteem. And these seven years, Fang Yu has indeed become more silent. Until now, Fang Yu hardly said a few words. After living in prison, Yang Lei felt Fang Yu's change.
This is a man's self-esteem, Yang Lei will not ask.
"What's the problem, I can help, just say it."
Yang Lei said.
"Don't treat me like an outsider."
Fang Yu nodded.
Yang Lei gave Fang Yu his cell phone number.
"Fang Yu, we are brothers. You can have a few seven years in your life, and these things will not be left in your heart, and you will regret it when you are in your seventies or eighties. You have a family, and you and Yingzi have a good time. Don't worry about me, I Not a child anymore, I will live my life well."
"This house, I rented it at the beginning, and wanted to keep it in my mind. Later, I got used to renting it, and I didn't want to return it. After the new year, this piece will be demolished, and everything is new. You see, everything is going. Go forward, if we both step back, it will be boring."
"Call the brothers another day and get together. If your factory is really not going well, if it is closed, come back to Jianghai, and your home will be safe. Jianghai is your place, don't make you feel uncomfortable for me... "
Yang Lei says...
When leaving, Yang Lei asked Fang Yu when to leave.
Fang Yu pressed down the cigarette and said, "After the New Year.
Yang Lei paused for a moment and said, "Let's go after drinking the wedding wine." You also know Fang Mei.
Yang Lei knew that if the two of them wanted to be buddies without any barriers, there was no need to avoid some things.
"The third day of the new year is your birthday."
Yang Lei did not forget.
Before 1995, no one thought Fang Yu's birthday was anything special, but in 2002, all young Chinese knew that that day was called Valentine's Day.
"Let's have a meal together."
On the third day of the new year, Yang Lei booked a box at the Oriental Hotel.
Fang Mei also came. Fang Mei heard that it was Fang Yu's birthday and said that she came to invite this meal. She also wants to meet Fang-woo.
Fang Mei asked Yang Lei if it would be better for her to invite Fang Yu on another occasion. Yang Lei said, nothing, let's come together.
Fang Yu arrived on time, wearing a black leather jacket, with a remarkably slender figure, tall and cold. Fang Yu has been wearing black clothes since Yang Lei saw him again.
"Fang Yu, it's been a long time. I came uninvited, so you won't blame me."
Fang Mei Luoluo greeted Fang Yu generously.
Before Yang Lei told Fang Mei, don't say anything superfluous, and don't ask Fang Yu for the past few years.
In fact, without his instructions, with Fang Mei's cleverness, she knows what Yang Lei thinks, and she won't say anything that shouldn't be said.
She is a kind and considerate woman who neither exposes people's scars in person nor spoils Yang Lei's painstaking efforts. She just felt bad for Yang Lei, that's all, she still thinks about Fang Yu all the time.
"I've heard that you're back, and I've been wanting to invite you to get together. We haven't been together for a long time. Come, I'll be the host today, and toast! Just for... so that we don't look old!"
Fang Mei picked up the wine glass and said cheerfully.
Fang Mei is more beautiful and has the charm of a mature woman than when Fang Yu first met her a few years ago. It was a style that could not be compared to when a little girl was young.
The three raised their glasses and touched each other.
"You're still so pretty."
Fang Yu complimented politely. He still remembered what Fang Mei looked like back then.
"Don't make fun of me, it's an old girl, so why is it not beautiful, the old cucumber is painted with green paint to pretend to be tender!"
Fang Mei knew that she had to liven up the atmosphere on this occasion today.
"She knows your birthday and insists on coming. Let her be."
Yang Lei explained to Fang Yu.
Fang Mei looked at Fang Yu and smiled.
"Fang Yu, you're even more handsome. If you hadn't already become famous, you'd definitely be fascinated by the little girl."
Fang Mei didn't expect that, after marriage and family, Fang Yu didn't have a bit of the fat loss of a married man, and he didn't feel that stable and down-to-earth feeling. On the contrary, like many years ago, he still carried the unique aura of a bastard, with some vicissitudes of maturity, mixed into a more precipitation and colder temperament.
"Come, this cup, to celebrate the reunion of the three of us after a long absence, and wish Fang Yu a happy birthday!"
Fang Mei always makes the atmosphere seem natural.
Fang Yu drank the wine in his glass, and Yang Lei drank too.
Fang Mei is a person who will not be cold in any occasion. She speaks in a measured manner. She jokes and laughs from time to time, and the topic is subtly not involved. She just talks about some light topics, so that Fang Yu and Yang Lei will not be embarrassed. Fang Mei talked about a game she was playing and invited Fang Yu to play together when she had time.
"Yang Lei can't do it. His troops don't play games, and his skills are very poor. He can't kill a little monster, let alone an old monster."
Fang Mei deliberately damaged Yang Lei's level.
"Can you be humble? That's what I let you."
Yang Lei has been cooperating with Fang Mei to make the atmosphere relaxed.
"What did you let me do? When did I not spend my blood to save you?"
"Is that the rescue?"
"Why not, I said yes."
"Okay, what are you talking about."
"Don't admit it, it's too early for me to win!"
Fang Mei was joking. The two were used to bickering.
"… "
Fang-woo listened silently to their bickering.
Yang Lei casually put the egg flaps in the salad aside. He had a bad problem since he was a child. He didn't like egg yolks, only egg whites. Fang Mei saw it with sharp eyes, took the egg flap from his plate, scooped out the yolk with a small spoon, ate it by herself, and put the egg white back into Yang Lei's bowl. Yang Lei glanced at it and ate it casually.
Fang Mei has known about Yang Lei's problem since she was a child. The two often do this when they eat. They have long been used to it and do it naturally.
Fang Yu looked at them.
This day is Valentine's Day. There are many couples in the hotel, and they have been playing lingering love songs. The hotel is very considerate. I wish the couples and friends who dined a happy Valentine's Day through the sound.
The three people here happened to be no one talking, and the table was quiet for a while, and they all heard it.
"Sorry, I didn't let you guys have a good holiday today."
Fang Yu said.
That year was when the business media first started to hype up Valentine's Day. The streets were full of propaganda, and Fang Yu knew what day it was.
"I respect both of you. Thank you for spending your money today."
Fang Yu picked up the wine glass.
"What, are you polite to us?"
Fang Mei said. Fang Yu had already picked up the glass and finished it.
"… "
Yang Lei and Fang Mei also toasted the wine. All three of them didn't know what to say.
"The day is set."
Fang Yu asked Fang Mei.
Fang Mei and Yang Lei haven't received the certificate yet, but Yang Lei has taken care of her, so I don't mention these.
"I'm still picking the day, old people, pay more attention."
Fang Mei smiled.
"Fang Yu, don't leave either. Come have a drink at the happy bar. I won't give you the invitation. You are Yang Lei's best buddy, and also my buddy, so don't come here to be phony."
Fang Mei knew that Yang Lei had invited Fang Yu. She's smart and knows why.
Yang Lei heard Fang Mei say this. He acquiesced in saying this to Fang Mei, but now that he heard it, he couldn't tell what it was like.
Fang Yu didn't answer, paused for a moment, and took out a box from his pocket.
"I don't have anything to give you. This is a golden Buddha. Brother Jiu gave it to me in the past. I said what I asked for, and it works. It's not worth the money, so I can get a good deal."
Fang Yu handed it to Fang Mei.
"… "
Fang Mei looked at Yang Lei with some embarrassment.
"Take it."
Yang Lei said, word by word...
Other guests passed by outside the private room, glanced inside inadvertently, and cried out.
On the same day, Yang Lei and several classmates from Fang Mei junior high school also gathered for dinner in the Oriental Hotel. These couples are either married or single, and have a dinner together for Valentine's Day. Their junior high school class has a very good relationship. After graduation, they often meet and communicate frequently. They originally invited Yang Lei and Fang Mei that day, but they had already made an appointment with Fang Yu and turned it off. Oriental Hotel, just happened to meet.
"Okay, the two of you don't get together with us, sneak here to celebrate the festival by yourself!"
Several old classmates ran into the private room to make a fuss.
"What is the bridegroom's urgency? Everyone is yours, and you are reluctant to let us take a look?"
When a classmate comes up, it's fun.
"Don't be blind! Celebrate a buddy's birthday."
Yang Lei did not expect to meet these classmates here. These people also saw Fang Yu at this time and said hello.
They didn't know Fang Yu, and when Yang Lei was with Fang Yu, they didn't meet with these classmates.
Originally, Yang Lei and Fang Mei got married, but they didn't tell anyone. Most of the acquaintances only found out when they saw the wedding photo and then you talked about him. So when these classmates found out, they all blamed Yang Lei and Fang Mei for being uninteresting, and they didn't say anything. Now that I have met, the other side has just arrived, and I haven't chosen a private room yet. Seeing that Yang Lei's private room is big enough, I can't help but say it, so I went straight to it.