At the end of summer, Yan Qiwei received a special gift.
It was a simple and compact dark black leather box, which was placed in front of her house by an unknown person, and seven letters were meticulously and neatly placed in it.
Each credit kraft envelope is individually packaged. Viewed from top to bottom, the year of 2014-2019 is written on the cover in turn. Only the bottom one has no logo.
An unformed conjecture slowly sketched in her heart. She sat on the sofa and carefully opened the first letter from 2014.
The letter paper stretched out, and the handwriting that came into view was as delicate and beautiful as bamboo joints. Yan Qiwei easily recognized the owner of the handwriting, and a smile grew from the corner of her mouth.
Vivi:
Hi.
We found the letter you left me in the relics. At the end of the letter, if you leave unexpectedly one day, we will meet again in the future.
After thinking about it for a long time, I decided to write to you and tell me about my life experience. That way, if we do meet again after many years, you won't be too surprised by my change.
After that incident, my adoptive father was arrested and brought to justice, my adoptive mother was long dead when she was found, and I was placed in a nursing home because of her illness.
You don't have to worry, the condition is not serious. I eat, drink and play every day, which is equivalent to spending a leisurely vacation in the busy third year of high school.
The people in the nursing home are fun. When I tell them about you, everyone praises you as a kind and beautiful little girl like an angel. If you can hear those words, you will be very happy.
Only they are willing to believe in the promise of "meeting again in many years", instead of telling me in the tone of coaxing children like doctors and parents did, it's just a joke you left inadvertently.
You will definitely be back, right
…
The content of the letter is a lot, and it is written in three full pages.
Yan Qiwei thought while watching, he was clearly lying.
From Chen Jiayi's mouth, she vaguely understood Liang Xiao's experience in the sanatorium. It was a dark and depressing day like a nightmare. The teenager was deeply tormented by illness and inner demons. Every time he fell ill, he would crack the wounds left by the violent beatings on his body, and attack the medical staff unconsciously, covered in blood.
He even had serious suicidal tendencies, and Chen Jiayi could only tell him over and over again: "Think about Weiwei, she definitely doesn't want you to give up your life easily."
For Liang Xiao, Liang Wei will always be the most effective and only bargaining chip.
The rest of the content said a lot of leisurely and comfortable daily life, and there was not even a single gloomy word describing the real experience. The more he spoke, the more distressed Yan Qiwei looked.
- At that time, Liang Xiao was in a trance state every day and every night, like a ferocious beast locked in a cage, but even under such circumstances, he did not forget to fabricate an illusory but wonderful past for her.
Just because I don't want to make my beloved girl feel sad for me.
She took a breath and opened the second seal.
Vivi:
Hi.
After the college entrance examination, Guo Mengmeng and I both entered Imperial College, studying finance and law respectively. Zheng Zeyu performed exceptionally well and was admitted to the Department of Economics and Management of Imperial University of Finance and Economics.
To tell you the truth, I'm still accumulating Monopoly points. It really helped me a lot, and every time I feel burnout or lazy, I always think of it and you.
The scenery of the school is very good. There is a bell tower left over from the Republic of China on the top of the back mountain. It is a retro Western European-style building. When you reach the top, you can see the mottled sunlight that penetrates the shutters. Sometimes one or two lost birds fly in. will love it.
Weiwei, as you said, there are many beautiful things in the world, which are enough to support human beings to continue to survive.
But whenever I see them, I can't help but think that there should be two people who appreciate this beauty at this time, not the only one who is not alone.
…
How could he know that she loved the clock tower the most among all the buildings in the school.
Yan Qiwei twisted the page lightly, remembering when she ran into Liang Xiao there one day.
At that time, he was sitting on the stone bench in front of the clock tower reading a book, while she and her friends hid on the top floor. Yan Qiwei didn't dare to approach her, so she could only lie on the window and look down secretly, as if she was aware of it, and the other party raised her head lightly.
She was so frightened that she jumped back and rammed her head into the big bell.
The secret peeping turned into a loud bang, which startled the birds in the back mountain, and it could not be more obvious that her plans were wrong. Yan Qiwei wanted to cry but had no tears, but fortunately Liang Xiao didn't delve into it.
She continued to look down, and the handwriting on the stationery gradually changed from delicate and soft to vigorous and powerful. The content was mostly about the recent situation of Liang Xiao and other old people, and how much he missed her.
Unconsciously, Yan Qiwei saw the one from 2018.
That was the year before she and Liang Xiao met.
Vivi:
Hi.
Recently, I have often dreamed of you, standing on the slope filled with spring mist and smiling at me.
I rushed forward and wanted to hold you in my arms, but when you were about to be touched by your fingertips, you suddenly disappeared, as if it had also turned into an ethereal mist.
In every dream since then, I only dare to stand in the distance and stare at your figure. Even that kind of memory can make me feel happy.
I really want to see you again.
Mom asked if I was still writing to you, and sighed with red eyes when I got a positive answer. She said that I should come out of that memory and not be bound by the past to the future.
That so-called reunion promise is nothing but your unintentional remarks. There is no miracle of resurrection from the dead in the world. I understand all the truths.
I understood it all the way, but you are—
You are beyond reason, a unique existence.
That little hope and unrestrained fantasies are the only driving force for me to move forward. If I don't even have that little hope, I don't know what reason I should use to live.
-If it wasn't for the words you left behind, I would not have chosen to live on my own five years ago.
Sorry, Vivi, for saying something weird.
Talk about something fun.
…
His words have always been gentle and lively. This is the first time Liang Xiao has expressed his intentions so unabashedly in a letter. Yan Qiwei's eyes are red when she sees it.
That was a full five years.
He struggled with self-blame and grief for five years, and he never got out of the torment of the old shadows from beginning to end.
But in order to meet her again, even if there is little hope, Liang Xiao still chooses to accept this life full of pain, which is all supported by an almost impossible wish.
She knew that Liang Xiao loved her, but she never realized that for the lowly and lonely boy, the little girl who always accompanies him is the only and all of life.
The sixth letter reads 2019. When writing this letter, Liang Xiao already knew her identity.
She didn't know when her heartbeat speeded up quietly, Yan Qiwei's fingertips trembled, and she gently opened the letter.
Vivi:
Hi.
How fortunate to meet you again.
I used to be out of tune with everything around me—you know, I was wounded, introverted and timid, couldn't do anything well, and always caused you trouble.
Weiwei, don't joke, when you are willing to take the initiative to approach me, I am flattered and frightened, my heartbeat almost explodes.
It's always a pleasure when I'm with you.
Listening to you patiently explain the math finale after class, watching your cheeks bulging like a hamster after eating the puffs, sitting on the sofa together on weekends in a daze, even going home side by side and looking up at the foggy moon in the sky, all will Self-consciously raised the corners of his mouth.
Speaking of this topic, in fact, I will do the finale questions in my second year of high school. I pretend to not understand and ask you, just want to talk to you more.
I do not know since when, I will always follow your figure subconsciously, after clarifying my mind, I choose to hide it silently in my heart.
Because of status, timidity, and countless other factors, most importantly, I'm afraid you'll walk away in disgust if you know about it.
I don't believe and I can't believe you'll like me.
Vivi, you are the moon I stare at in the abyss.
This year is like a dream of Nanke—to be precise, being able to be with you is something that has never happened in my dreams.
But people are always greedy and never satisfied. After tasting some sweetness, they can't control themselves and want to grab more.
So Vivi, I want to hold your present tightly.
Also want to hug the rest of your life.
More like a love letter than a letter.
Yan Qiwei thought, she must be blushing now, otherwise there would be no heat coming out of her ears, making her consciousness groggy.
"The rest of my life" means...
She put her heart on her chest, and when her violent heartbeat finally calmed down, she slowly opened the last envelope.
There was also a letter in it.
The one she wrote to Liang Xiao.
At the beginning, Yan Qiwei knew that her death was coming. In order not to make Liang Xiao feel too sad and blame herself, she wrote a few paragraphs in an envelope and kept them in the drawer in the middle of the desk.
Liang Xiao:
Morning, noon, afternoon and evening are fine.
You must be very surprised that the reason I left this letter, I can't figure it out myself, it probably comes from an epiphany under the influence of the sixth sense.
You really are a very, very gentle and powerful person, it's a pleasure to meet you - that's what I want to say to you the most.
The time with you was very pleasant, but if, I mean, if one day I leave due to an accident, please believe that after many years, we will meet again after all.
There are many beautiful things in the world, and they are enough to be the reason for existence - the blossoms of the trees in front of the courtyard, the clouds floating in the air as soft as cotton candy, the fragrance and noise in front of the school gate. Snack Street, there are all kinds of people coming and going.
Liang Xiao, even without me by your side, I hope you can learn to love life and live with hope.
Until then, I will definitely appear by your side in the distant future.
The contents of the letterhead should have ended here, but someone added another sentence in black pen to the next line at the end.
-"Got you."
The vigorous and handsome font is powerful, and every word poked directly to the tip of her heart.
As if feeling something in her heart, Yan Qiwei, with her heart hanging high, walked quickly to the door, took a deep breath and twisted the door handle.
At the same time as the oncoming wind and sunlight broke into the line of sight, there was also a very familiar face.
Liang Xiao smiled and lowered her eyelashes to stare at her, strands of golden debris were gently shaken off, and fell into the soft water light at the bottom of her eyes.
Yan Qiwei didn't realize until now that it was September 1st when Liang Xiao rescued her from the water.
It is the origin of all cause and effect in the perverse time and space and identity, and now, it will be the end of the dust.
He quietly stared at the red-eyed girl in front of him, reaching out to wipe away the tears that suddenly gushed for her, and the latter threw himself into his arms with a whimper.
Liang Xiao was wearing a thin white shirt. When his palms covered his back, he could clearly feel the scorching temperature through the fabric, which was more scorching than the summer air.
He didn't speak, just slowly stroked her soft and fluffy black hair, as gentle as a fragile treasure.
When the crying stopped, Yan Qiwei raised her head sobbingly: "Liang Xiao, when will we get married?"
This abrupt question caught everyone off guard, Liang Xiao frowned in distress, and smiled lightly.
His voice was a mess, with a sigh, it turned into spring water and dripped into the eardrum: "Weiwei, I haven't proposed to you yet."
"I-I'm proposing to you right now!" She stared at her red peach eyes, "Don't you..."
Suddenly, a white flash of light flashed across his eyes.
Yan Qiwei was dazed by the remaining heat, and after three seconds she realized that it was a diamond ring.
She opened her mouth slightly, but she couldn't make any sound when she looked at Liang Xiao. She could only stare blankly at him half-kneeling on the ground and raised her clear black eyes: "Will you marry me?"
wait wait wait. He never told her—
It's one thing to say that in a hot head.
Being proposed with a diamond ring in a serious manner is another matter entirely.
The annoying heat penetrated into the brain, dyeing the blood and nerves hot.
Yan Qiwei's tongue was knotted, and the villain in her heart sat on the rocket that was spinning and rising, and flew away into outer space. She was stunned for a moment, then remembered to stretch out her right hand, and said those three words in a calm but still slightly trembling voice: "I do."
The ring slid in with an unreal feel, followed by a soft, feathery kiss.
—Liang Xiao leaned over slowly, her lips fell on her warm fingertips, leaving ripples in her heart like dragonflies.
Like a dream, Yan Qiwei thought.
At the beginning of everything, she once thought that this was a one-sided chase with no end, and never thought that Liang Xiao would be able to violate the established fate for her and choose another path that runs counter to it.
Even though fate is a heavy shackle, there will always be someone who will smash it open because of a certain fetter.
And those who pursue each other will eventually meet again, on the road of walking alone and going forward.
[END]
The author has something to say: Ah, I'm done! ! Thank you ladies and gentlemen for your company!
There are about two or three extras, which are the years after Happy Sugar and Weiwei's death (I know you want to read it, and I can't control the unicorn arm to write hehe. The devil's carnival.)