Zhang Nuan still told me without turning back that there was a tree with words carved on it, and asked me to find that tree. I also walked over and circled around the trees while looking for the tree she said had words carved on it. After searching for a while, I asked her, what are the words carved on it? Zhang Nuan said fiercely, "Hurry up and find it for me, why are you talking so much nonsense!"
Although I felt that this girl was really unreasonable, I couldn't help but feel a little curious and wanted to know what was carved on the tree she was talking about.
My neck became sore from looking up, but I still couldn't find the words she said were carved on the tree. So I said to her, "Hey, sister, maybe you remembered the wrong place. The tree is not here, or have the words already grown on it?"
Zhang Nuan didn't answer me, so I had no choice but to keep looking up. But not long after, Zhang Nuan yelled over there, then called out to me loudly, saying that he had found it and asked me to come over and take a look.
I ran over to take a look, and I really saw some crooked traces of words carved along the direction Zhang Nuan pointed. But there was some book cover on it, and the carving was not very good before, so it was really hard to recognize, so I asked Zhang Nuan what the words were carved on
Zhang Nuan just stood there, looking up at the words on the tree and said softly, "until death do a part, my bear."
I really wanted to say to Zhang Nuan, "Fuck you!" I said, "I've been looking at it for a long time but I don't understand it. It turns out to be fucking English. Let me see it for a few times!" My face darkened and I asked her, "What does this English mean?"
Zhang Nuan raised her hand and gently touched the words carved on the tree and whispered to me that it means till death do us part, but I prefer its other translation, which is only death will separate us.
I blinked my eyes and listened to what she said, then looked up at the string of English words carved on the tree. However, what I paid attention to was not the first half of the sentence, but the "my bear" at the end. I couldn't help but whisper in my mouth, "my big bear." It seemed that this was carved by Zhang Nuan.
I couldn't help but turn my head to look at Zhang Nuan beside me, and found that she had closed her eyes and was gently touching the places that were covered with bark again. Then she smiled helplessly and said to me, "This is time. I didn't know it had been so long. I always felt like these happened just yesterday."
I scratched my head and looked at Zhang Nuan. I didn't quite understand what she said, but I didn't say anything. I just listened quietly. Zhang Nuan sighed softly, opened her eyes, put down her hand that was touching the words, turned around and said to me, "Do you know where this sentence comes from?"
I shook my head. Actually, she should know without asking me that I don't know such advanced English. Zhang Nuan pursed her lips and said slowly, this sentence is actually from a wedding vow. From now on, whether you are rich or poor, whether the environment is good or bad, whether you are healthy or sick, whether you are successful or failed, I will support you, love you, share the joys and sorrows with you, and work together to create a healthy and happy family until the day I die.
After Zhang Nuan finished her wedding vows, she didn't say anything else, but just stood there quietly, standing with the tree. I looked at her standing there quietly without saying anything, which was rare, and suddenly I felt a little distressed. I wanted to comfort her and asked her, "Do you love him?"
Zhang Nuan raised her eyes and looked at me. Her eyes seemed full of memories of him. She nodded gently and said, "Yeah."
I looked at her without saying anything, but my heart was beating faster and faster, just like the first time I watched a romance movie, like the first time I heard "I love you". You can feel it, but you don't want to tell anyone.
I subconsciously raised my head again and looked at the words carved on the tree. I couldn't help but close my eyes to experience her feelings when she carved the words on the tree. I thought about how she carved the words at that time, but after thinking about it for a while, I felt a little strange, because logically, wouldn't both people leave marks for each other? Why was there only one for Zhang Nuan? What about her boyfriend
I unconsciously imagined myself as Zhang Nuan's boyfriend. When I stood under the tree and saw these words, I suddenly understood. It turned out that Zhang Nuan had carved him on the tree, and he had already carved her in his heart. Just when I opened my eyes and wanted to ask Zhang Nuan if my guess was right, I saw that Zhang Nuan, who had just been standing next to the tree, was now lying on the tree, stretching out his arms and hugging it tightly, and whispering in the most gentle voice I have ever heard, "I miss you."
I can't see her face, I can't see her tears, but just looking at her back, my heart is broken.
I didn't know what to say, nor did I know what had happened between her and that big bear, but I still walked up to her and put my hand on her shoulder. I didn't say anything because I knew it would be useless to say anything at this time. I just wanted to let her know that I was behind her. Slowly, I felt her shoulders were not shaking so violently anymore, as if all her tears had flowed into the earth along the cracked scars on the bark, nourishing the roots of this big tree hidden deep in the ground. Finally, it will grow new branches and green leaves, facing the breeze. Although it cannot bear fruit, it will remain here forever.
Her shoulders finally stopped shaking slowly, and she let go of the big tree in her arms. She gently placed one hand on my hand on her shoulder, and then softly said to me, "Thank you."
I just sighed softly, agreed, and didn't say anything more. I didn't say anything to comfort her, but just stood behind her silently, because I knew she still needed to say goodbye to it.
She looked at the big tree, turned her back to me, raised her hand and wiped her tears with the back of her hand, then whispered to the tree, "When I hugged you just now, I found that you have become fat, just like me. We both need to eat less in the future."
I couldn't help but smile knowingly as I listened from behind. Zhang Nuan stood on tiptoe again, raised one hand and touched the place where she had carved the words. She sniffed and said guiltily, "I'm sorry, it's all my fault. But don't worry, this place will heal one day."
Zhang Nuan took her hand back, waved gently at the tree, said I'm leaving, turned around and said to me with a smile on her face, I'm ready, let's go. I nodded, said nothing, and followed her and slowly left the trees.
Zhang Nuan took me for a stroll around the campus, and after a while we arrived at the flag-raising place. Although Zhang Nuan's eyes were still red, her mood was obviously much better. She said to me as if she was telling me a funny story from her childhood, "You know, when I told him that I carved words on that tree, he scolded me, saying that I was too cruel, and asked me if I didn't know that trees can feel pain too?"
I was so angry that I cried. Then he asked the teacher for growth hormone and climbed up the tree to apply it to the place where he had carved the words for me. Although we later found out that it was useless, he forgave me only after he had done it. I said he was a wooden man and that he just wanted to carve the words I said to him there so that he would never forget them. He said he wouldn't forget them even if he carved it on the tree. I asked him where he carved it, and he patted his heart.
When Zhang Nuan said this, she raised her head and smiled at me gently. I also smiled and said to her, I really envy you guys. I wish my partner and I could be half as good as you guys.
Zhang Nuan tilted her head and said to me, "Then buy me some more delicious food, and I will tell you the secret of how to get along well with your girlfriend!" I nodded and said yes.
Zhang Nuan rolled her eyes and said to me mischievously, "Oh, I'm so hungry. Let me take you to eat the best food around here!" I smiled and said, "Okay."
I didn't ask her what happened between her and her boyfriend. It's not that I'm not curious, but I didn't want to make her sad again. After all, from her behavior just now, it can be seen that she still loves her boyfriend, but they don't seem to be together now. And I believe she will tell me when she wants to, because I believe that when she told me about her and her boyfriend's past, she already regarded me as a good friend with whom she could confide.
After leaving the school gate, she led me across the road in front of the school and entered an alley opposite the school. When I looked over, I realized that even though it was Saturday and most students were on holiday, there were still quite a few people at the snack stalls. Zhang Nuan led me straight to a stinky tofu stall and asked the boss for two servings of stinky tofu, emphasizing that she wanted the stinkiest ones.
I was thinking, what the hell, is there any stinkiest stinky tofu? Sure enough, the boss put two pieces of stinky tofu into the pot, and the smell was a bit unbearable for me. Zhang Nuan was so greedy that her eyes almost fell into the pot. But at this time, I heard the sound of cursing and flipping tables at the entrance of the alley. I turned my head to see what was going on. As a result, I saw a group of people standing outside the entrance of the alley. The strangest thing was that although they were all wearing different clothes, they all had a red belt tied around their arms.
In addition, several people with red bands on their arms had already entered the alley and were surrounding a student wearing the uniform of No. 8 Middle School who was sitting in front of a barbecue stall. The small table in front of the student had been overturned to the ground!
At this time, not only me, but even the boss who fried the stinky tofu for Zhang Nuan and me stretched his neck to look over there, as well as the owners of other small stalls. Almost everyone in this alley's attention was attracted over there, except Zhang Nuan, who kept swallowing his saliva and staring at the stinky tofu in the pot.
The people surrounding the student looked young. There were not only men, but also a woman with pink hair. She looked particularly eye-catching in the alley that was blackened by cooking fumes!
As soon as I saw the boy in school uniform, I knew he was also panicked. He sat on a small stool with a toasted steamed bread slice in one hand and a skewer of meat in the other, and asked the pink-haired girl, what's the matter
When the guy asked this, I couldn't help but wonder what this meant, because it seemed that the guy, like us, didn't know what was going on. He was probably having a great time eating barbecue when a group of people came out and not only kicked his table, but also surrounded him.
But at that time I couldn’t help but wonder if this group of people wanted to beat up this guy. Isn’t this too fucking excessive
Just when I was wondering what was going on, I didn't expect the pink-haired girl to suddenly raise her hand and slap the boy in school uniform in the face!
The slap was so loud that it almost echoed in this little alley!
Then I saw the pink-haired girl pointed her finger at the boy's nose and said, "Fuck, you are from No. 8 Middle School, right?" The boy was also stunned by that blow, and just stared at him and asked, "What's wrong?"
Before the pink-haired girl could say anything, she saw a guy with a red stripe tied around his arm kick the boy to the ground, and then cursed, "Fuck you, what the hell are you doing! Fuck!"