The moment Lai Yang saw Yuan Shengda, he immediately straightened Tian Jing and quickly separated from her.
Tian Jing also turned her head in panic, then waved and greeted Yuan Sheng.
"Jingjing, what a coincidence, this small county town is really small, hehe~"
Yuan Shengda walked towards him step by step on the misty yellow ground with a smile on his face, but he did not even look at Lai Yang.
"Well, it's quite small, but the scenery is indeed very beautiful."
Tian Jing reached out and smoothed down a few strands of messy hair, then raised her head and glanced at Lai Yang: "You two can chat for a while, I'm a little tired, so I'll go back first."
After saying that, she left quickly.
Not until her figure became a dot in sight did Lai Yang look at Yuan Shengda beside her. She was staring at a human-shaped sculpture in the center of the square with a somewhat dull gaze.
Lai Yang could feel that she was in a low mood. Just when he was about to say something, Yuan Shengda just laughed.
"It seems like it was the right decision to let her be the bridesmaid. Has your relationship become closer?"
After a short pause, Yuan Sheng raised her head, her beautiful eyes sparkling as she asked, "That was such a good opportunity just now, why didn't you kiss her?"
"… You misunderstood. I was just fooling around with her."
"Oh... just kidding. I thought we were the only ones who could do that move."
"… "
Lai Yang clenched his hands, not knowing what to say.
But what Yuan Shengda said was right. From childhood to adulthood, he had always relied on this trick to subdue her.
But in the future, I may never do such intimate actions again.
"When did you decide to get engaged to Aru?" Lai Yang changed the subject.
Yuan Shengda glanced at him and suddenly her eyes turned red, leaving Lai Yang at a loss. He wanted to help her wipe her tears, but his feet seemed to have taken root, making him like a sculpture in the square, unable to move.
"My mother's illness... This treatment can only be temporarily suppressed. The hospital said... There is a possibility of... deterioration at any time. The night before I returned to Shanghai... We talked a lot. She hoped that I could get married early and stay in Xi'an..."
As she spoke, she wiped away her tears: "Ah~ Come to think of it, the hearts of parents are on their children, and the hearts of children are on stones."
Lai Yang frowned slightly, he thought he should understand the meaning of this sentence.
"I didn't live up to my parents' expectations... I didn't study well, and my job was not good... It was just like that, so I wanted to do something for her while she was still healthy...
...something that can make me happy, so that night I... decided. ”
"Are you happy then?"
Yuan Shengda looked at Lai Yang for a long time this time, until a gust of wind blew. She smiled suddenly with red eyes.
"If I say I'm not happy, will you marry me?"
Lai Yang's fingertips trembled, and then felt numb. He shook his right hand and avoided Yuan Shengda's gaze.
At this time, two stray dogs came out from the holly bushes nearby. One was pure white and dirty, and the other was a small yellow mongrel. They snuggled up to avoid the two people and ran towards the other end of the road.
Lai Yang's attention was drawn to the two of them, and he remained silent until Yuan Sheng spoke loudly.
"Do you think those two puppies are childhood friends or lovers?"
“… They should be a couple. The probability of them being childhood friends is very small. After all, when they were born, one was probably in the north of the city, and the other was in the south.”
"Oh~"
The previous topic seemed to have ended with the appearance of the two puppies, and no one mentioned it again.
Lai Yang took out a cigarette and put it to his lips. Just as he was about to light it, Yuan Shengda said.
"Laiyang, can you teach me how to smoke?"
Lai Yang looked at her in astonishment. The light from above her head cast shadows around her eyes, making it impossible to see the changes in her expression.
"Don't smoke. It's not good for women to smoke."
"I'll just smoke one, okay?"
Lai Yang raised his head and sighed, but still shook his head, threw away his cigarette, touched his nose with his hand and said.
"Sheng Da, please don't do this. It makes me feel bad! You can't force feelings. I think if one of us lived in the south of the city and the other lived in the north when we were young, maybe we would meet in high school or college. Maybe we would be like Song Wen and Yun Lu, but..."
Lai Yang gritted his teeth and continued.
"But since, since that's not the case, then we can be the best childhood friends! Even let our children be childhood friends, but... I don't want you to quickly decide to get married because you are disappointed in... in a relationship. Of course, if you love him and have really thought it through, then I congratulate you, otherwise... I'm worried that you will regret it."
Lai Yang said a lot in one breath.
These are the words he has always wanted to say but didn't know how to express.
Maybe this small town is like a place constructed in a dream, where you can let go of your heart and soul.
I thought to myself that after I wake up from the dream, I might never come here again in this life.
Naturally, you won’t be sad when you see the scene.
"Are you done?"
"That's all. I hope you can think about it carefully. Are you really a little bit angry..."
"Maybe the future you just talked about doesn't exist at all."
Yuan Shengda's tears suddenly overflowed.
She was not a crybaby, but she shed almost all her tears in front of Lai Yang.
"I will be in Xi'an after I get married. What about you? If you are in Shanghai, maybe our children will never know each other... But I will tell him (her) our story. I will tell him (her) that when my mother was young, she was deceived by an uncle and went to Shanghai. He gave me hope... But in the end, he blamed us for not being born separately in the south and north of the city... He..."
Yuan burst into tears. She suddenly squatted on the ground, holding her heart in her hands, wailing heart-wrenchingly.
Lai Yang felt as if his heart was hit hard by a heavy object!
He held Yuan Shengda's arms with both hands, trying to pull her up, but at this time Yuan Shengda slapped Lai Yang's chest hard and shouted with tears in his eyes.
"Laiyang... If I had told you that I was a girl when we first met... Would everything be different?"
Lai Yang's eyes were also a little red. Yuan Shengda just stood there until the sobbing gradually stopped. Then she wiped away her tears fiercely, turned around and left alone.
…
After returning to the hotel, it was already past ten o'clock in the evening. Song Wen and everyone else were drunk. Lai Yang was taken into a private room by the waiter. Song Wen struggled to get up and shouted.
"Brother Yang, why... burp~ Why did you come just now? You didn't even answer the phone. Where have you been?"
Lai Yang looked at his cell phone and found it was out of battery.
He clasped his hands together and said sorry, then looked around at everyone. Some of them were leaning back in their chairs, some were lying on the table, but Li Dian and Tian Jing were not there, nor was Yuan Shengda.
"Looking for President Tian? President Tian has left. Brother Yang... She said she was going to stay at the airport hotel... Come on, let's have a drink."
Lai Yang's heart trembled, he shook his hand and said that he didn't want to drink anymore and was a little sleepy.
Then he turned around to go back to the room, but at this moment the corner of his clothes was grabbed by someone. He turned around and saw Alu, who was drunk and glaring at him.
"Brother Yang, wait for me... I want to talk to you... about something."