On the return trip, Xu Tingsheng flew directly to Milan, Italy from the United States.
The agreed time has passed. During this period of time, after repeated attempts to contact Li Wan'er, Li Wan'er's phone number has not been reached. Xu Tingsheng was worried, so he had to come to Milan to find her.
He first went to Li Wan'er's residence in Milan, the house he moved for her, but he knocked on the door for a long time, but no one responded. In the end, an old Italian lady came out from the next door, making gestures and chattering, which probably made Xu Tingsheng understand that the people inside had already moved out.
Xu Tingsheng had no choice but to find the garment workshop where she worked.
There is still no sign of Li Wan'er in the garment workshop, and the old man Angelo is also not there. Perhaps at this time, he went to Shenghai to get extra money. But there are still people who met Xu Tingsheng in the workshop.
That time Xu Tingsheng came, and someone talked to him.
An old craftsman took a letter and handed it to Xu Tingsheng.
Sitting on the street in Milan at night, Xu Tingsheng held a cigarette in one hand and a piece of letter paper in the other.
Xu Tingsheng:
If you come to me, you will see this letter. The reason I'm leaving it here instead of mailing it to you or calling you because I don't really want you to come to me.
Maybe, in fact, I still hope. This means that at least I am still missed by you.
But I'm sorry, Xu Tingsheng, I regret it.
I don't want to follow our agreement anymore, so I ran away.
I lived through your death once, you know? I passed out in the hospital and walked away as if I had lost my soul.
They told me that you were dead, and I finally found out that I was actually a woman who didn't even have the qualifications to appear at your funeral. I couldn't even find out where your grave would be, so I went to see you.
Can I be your woman? Xu Tingsheng, maybe you have never thought about it this way.
After that, I returned to Milan, but I didn’t know how to live, because everything that supported my happiness and expectations for the past six months was gone, and when I left with you, there was nothing left.
I can't even find someone to cry for you with me because I can't tell anyone.
This is the feeling I have experienced, like the boundless darkness, I am afraid.
Later, when I finally had the courage to search for your name again, wanted to see your photos, and hoped to recall you peacefully, I learned about your recovery from the Internet.
I was ecstatic at the first moment, thinking of going to you right away.
I packed my bags, rushed out of the house, and rushed to the airport...
Then, I regretted it.
I'm sorry, after experiencing that you left completely, I realized that I actually can't do it, can't get along for a while, then don't have you, can't have our child, and then, don't have you.
Forgive my cowardice, I really dare not try that pain again.
So, I repented, ran away, and I chose to leave Milan.
I will always remember those moments that belonged to us, from the first time we met, to when I tied a tie for you, to the round rainbow outside the window that day, to the day we made the promise...
All the mistakes are that I fell in love with a little bastard who likes to mess around, but you gave me an amazing Xu Tingsheng.
And I still hope that you are just a punk, anyway, I don't eat much, so it's not difficult to raise.
I'm leaving, if I see you again one day, let me say that sentence to you, clear up.
At the end of the world, when I die of old age, there is someone who misses you every day, I love you, Xu Tingsheng.
— Li Waner.
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Maybe if you look for it, you can find it after all.
However, Xu Tingsheng was not qualified to look for it.
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August twenty-eighth.
Xu Tingsheng picked up Xiang Ning, who was still unfinished, at the Yanjing International Airport, and Wu Yuewei sent her here. As for Apple, at the music festival awards ceremony, they won three awards: Best Newcomer, Best Album, and Best Single After that, she recently had difficulty even going out.
Xu Tingsheng said "thank you" to Wu Yuewei.
Wu Yuewei looked at Xiao Xiang Ning and said: "She is really happy, very enviable..."
Xu Tingsheng couldn't take it anymore.
On the plane, Xiao Xiang Ning chattered all the way, describing to Xu Tingsheng the award ceremony that day, Apple took the stage three times to accept the award, and the fans were competing with fans of other singers, she shouted until her voice became hoarse.
"It's a good thing we won..." she said.
She came back with a big bag of clothes on her back, some of which she showed to Xu Tingsheng, some of which she didn't.
She said Qingbei was beautiful and the library was huge, and she showed Xu Tingsheng the high school study plan, methods and precautions that Wu Yuewei had written for her, a whole booklet.
She also said that they were joking together, saying that Xu Tingsheng under Xishan Pagoda, Bai Suzhen under Qingcheng Mountain... are all monsters.
She couldn't be happier.
Xu Tingsheng didn't know how much grief Apple and Wu Yuewei had to bear behind their backs in this way of getting along, or did they really let go? … Then, why bother
It was late in the evening when the plane landed in Xihu City, Xu Tingsheng planned to borrow a car and rush back to Yanzhou.
"But I'm very tired." Xiao Xiang Ning looked at him and said, "Shall we go back tomorrow?"
How can you make Xu Tingsheng refuse.
After having dinner by the West Lake and strolling around for a while, Xiao Xiang Ning waited until it was really "too late" before calling her parents and saying that she would stay overnight in West Lake City today.
Soon, Xu Tingsheng received a text message from Xiang's father on his mobile phone:
"Xiao Ning is still young."
Xu Tingsheng quickly replied, "Uncle, don't worry, I know."
The two walked around the West Lake for a long distance. In the previous life, they walked away for one day. That was the best three days in Xu Tingsheng's memory. When she came to see him in West Lake City, she was wearing his big T-shirt and filled the room. like a little bird.
As she walked, Xiao Xiang Ning became unhappy.
Xu Tingsheng didn't know what was going on, Xiang Ning gestured to the couple passing by with her eyes, but Xu Tingsheng still didn't understand.
"Oh, Xu Tingsheng, your hands are so big..." Xiao Xiang Ning said, "Compare and see how much bigger than mine..."
Two palms, one big and one small, were printed together, and then the hands were pulled together like this.
The uncle and the girl who held hands were both a little embarrassed. They walked for a long time in silence with smirking smiles. They didn't speak, but they walked too far. When they came back, Xiao Xiang Ning couldn't move. back.
When we arrived at the hotel, the most critical test came. The uncle was dignified and righteous, and said to the front desk: "Two rooms..."
Xiao Xiang Ning tugged at the corner of her clothes and whispered, "But I'm afraid to sleep alone."
The uncle decisively told the front desk, "Then, two beds."
Or to hide her shyness, Xiao Xiang Ning started chatting endlessly after entering the room. Even if Xu Tingsheng didn't answer, she could still talk to herself, or watch a TV series and explain the plot to Xu Tingsheng.
Anyway, she didn't intend to take a bath at all, she just rolled and jumped on the bed...
"It's really too naive..." The uncle was in so much pain, he didn't think about it, thinking that there was at least something a little charming and ambiguous.
"Then why don't you just go to bed early to avoid being tortured. Xiang Ning should go to bed too, and it's still noisy. I don't think she will be able to wake up at noon tomorrow."
Xu Tingsheng adjusted his mood, pretended to be in a hurry to sleep, and said, "Little Xiang Ning..."
"Um?"
"Can you put me to sleep?"
"ah?"
Maybe Xu Tingsheng said something wrong, lively and chattering little Xiang Ning suddenly quieted down, sat on the bed, hugged her legs with her hands, buried her hot face on her knees, hesitated, struggled...
"Not yet." Finally, she said in a low voice with difficulty.
"What do you mean it's not enough?" Xu Tingsheng asked.
"Not yet, I can't let you sleep yet, I'm still young. Mom said so."
"..."
Xu Tingsheng threw himself on the bed with a howl, groaning in his heart, "Although I am a rascal, I really didn't mean this sleep. When the mother-in-law explained to her daughter, the words she used were abstract enough.
Xiao Xiang Ning looked at his painful face, and said nervously, "Oh, don't worry, I'm just scared, and I'm too young... I, I will be fine in the future."