Lu Yuyu got married when she was twenty-seven years old.
The object of marriage is a college classmate who has been chasing her for six years.
In a person's life, there is always something hidden deep in his heart. For Lu Yuyu, that thing is a person's name, and that name is Zhou Yaoqin.
For Zhou Yaoqin, Lu Yuyu may be just a dispensable passer-by in his life, but for Lu Yuyu, the name Zhou Yaoqin contains too many things.
Until now, Lu Yuyu still remembered the boy in the shirt with a gentle and shy smile.
On the first day of the second year of high school, Zhou Yaoqin walked towards her on crutches, and he said to her, Hello, I am Zhou Yaoqin. Lu Yuyu replied, Hello, I am Lu Yuyu.
Time flies, these memories are covered with a layer of fuzzy veil, but Lu Yuyu still remembers that gentle, spring-like smile on Zhou Yaoqin's lips.
When Lu Yuyu went to college, his family was against it. The Northwestern University she applied for was far away from home, almost the distance across the entire country.
After her notice arrived, her brother asked her seriously, asking if she really wanted to go, or if she just wanted to be angry.
Lu Yuyu held the notice and thought for a long time, then she said that she wanted to go. So the elder brother who had loved her for more than ten years agreed, not only agreed, but also helped her convince her parents.
In the third year of high school, Lu Yuyu's family experienced a big turmoil. Things that should not have appeared in her field of vision appeared one after another. Lu Yuyu saw blood and death.
However, during this turmoil, Zhou Yaoqin accidentally became the one who sheltered her from the wind and rain.
In the end, Lu Yuyu's family members all escaped unscathed, but she and Zhou Yaoqin drifted apart from then on.
Probably because he discovered his feelings for him, Zhou Yaoqin's attitude towards her became lukewarm. Lu Yuyu was not courageous in the first place, and the last courage was just to tell Zhou Yaoqin how he felt for him.
The memories of her youth, even if they are bitter, always have a sweet taste. Lu Yuyu finished college in the Northwest, went to school for several years, and did not come back from the Northwest until the year before her marriage.
At this time, it has been almost ten years since she and Zhou Yaoqin met each other for the last time.
How many decades are there in life? Lu Yuyu's mother cried when she saw her, and cried heartbreakingly while holding Lu Yuyu tightly.
Lu Yuyu also shed tears, she found that ten years is really too long, it even made her a little scared.
In the next few days, Lu Yuyu revisited his hometown and went to see the high school he had studied for three years, and the teacher who was already a little unfamiliar. Her elder brother Lu Xiangming also came back because she asked for leave on purpose. Lu Xiangming, who is in his thirties, seems to have not changed much, but his eyes have changed a bit.
Lu Xiangming said, you little girl, you still have the face to come back.
Lu Yuyu hugged Lu Xiangming's arm, crying.
Lu Xiangming said, where is your wedding going to be held, here or their side.
Lu Yuyu said that if she does both, she will make up for the past ten years.
But the only thing in the world that won't come is time.
On the eve of the wedding, Lu Yuyu sent invitations and met many old friends, but still deliberately ignored someone.
But there are some things that you cannot escape if you want to. On the afternoon when Lu Yuyu finished taking wedding photos, she still met the person she wanted to avoid—Zhou Yaoqin.
The weather was fine that afternoon.
The autumn is crisp and clear, with a few white clouds floating in the high blue sky. Lu Yuyu is holding an ice cream in her hand, laughing and talking to someone.
The ice cream is strawberry flavored, delicate and smooth, sweet and delicious. Lu Yuyu ate very happily, and then saw a familiar figure. At that moment, her smile froze.
Lu Yuyu imagined Zhou Yaoqin ten years later countless times, and the person who appeared in front of her at this moment coincided perfectly with the prince she imagined.
Zhou Yaoqin has grown taller and thinner. Without the crutches, he looks like a perfect prince. Ten years of time did not engrave the cruelty of the years on his body, but made him exude a more dazzling brilliance like a jade.
Zhou Yaoqin was smiling and talking with others. The person talking to Zhou Yaoqin was taller than him, and Lu Yuyu recognized that it was Zhou Yaoqin's younger brother Zhou Yaoyun.
The person next to her called Lu Yuyu several times before Lu Yuyu realized that she had lost her mind, and her partner asked her what's wrong. Lu Yuyu smiled and said that he met an acquaintance.
Then, she went to say hello to Zhou Yaoqin.
Zhou Yaoyun seemed very surprised to see Lu Yuyu here. He said, "It's been a long time since I saw you. I asked Lu Xiangming. He said that you went to the northwest and never came back."
Lu Yuyu nodded and said with a smile, "Have you received the invitation? You must come then."
Zhou Yaoqin smiled and said definitely, no matter how busy he is, he will find time.
Lu Yuyu observed Zhou Yaoqin's face, and after a while, he seemed to have no intention of asking: "What about you? How are you doing now? You have a girlfriend, when are you going to get married?"
Zhou Yaoqin just smiled when he heard her question, and said, "I don't have a girlfriend, but I have a boyfriend."
Lu Yuyu's next words were all stuck in her throat. She never expected Zhou Yaoqin to answer her question in such a calm manner that she didn't know how to continue.
Zhou Yaoqin said, "Did it scare you?"
Lu Yuyu shook his head, and said, "When did you... get together?"
Zhou Yaoqin smiled shyly, and he said, "When I was in college." When he said this, he couldn't help but raise his head and look at Zhou Yaoyun who was smiling at him.
Looking at the interaction between the two, Lu Yuyu suddenly had a vague but horrifying idea in her heart. She forced a smile and said, "Ah... I really didn't expect..."
Zhou Yaoqin said softly: "Well, I didn't expect that I would definitely come to your wedding."
Lu Yuyu nodded again, and then watched Zhou Yaoqin and Zhou Yaoyun go away.
Lu Yuyu's companion was a rotten girl. Seeing the two walking away, she shouted loudly: "Yu Yu, this is your friend? So handsome, are they a couple?"
Lu Yuyu said slowly: "I don't know either..."
The companion said: "Why is your face so ugly? Are you uncomfortable?"
Lu Yuyu shook her head heavily, and then nodded heavily. She wanted to say something, but the words stuck in her mouth, but she couldn't say anything. The companion looked at Lu Yuyu with surprise, and finally, she whispered: "Yu Yu, why are you crying?"
Lu Yuyu raised her hand and touched her cheek, only to find that it was full of tears.
Lu Yuyu said: "Ah, I still like him very much."
Ah Mea said, "Who do you like? Like the one who just left?"
However, there was no answer to her question, because Lu Yuyu just waved her hand and continued to walk forward without crying or looking back.