I have a group of children in Liangcheng who have been playing with each other since childhood and have very deep feelings for each other. Yin Ning is one of them. She was my classmate in junior high school. Although we were not in the same school in high school and college, and she stayed in Luzhou after graduating from college, we have been in contact over the years and our relationship remains the same.
Sitting on the high-speed train, I texted Yin Ning and told her that I was broken up in love, so when I got off the train, don't ask me why I was so embarrassed.
Yin Ning knew about my breakup with Chen Wenhang, and she also knew that I liked Luo Xiangdong, but she didn’t know what the relationship between Luo Xiangdong and Kuang Yiyang was. She only replied to me: Come to my big city, eat, drink, have fun, and find a man. !
I looked at the cheesy pictures she sent on my phone, crying and laughing, which scared the people around me and gave me sidelong glances.
It takes seven hours to go from Yecheng to Lanzhou by high-speed rail. I woke up and fell asleep while sitting in the car. I woke up and saw a text message from Xu Lu. She told me not to be sad, and time would heal everything.
I used to believe that no matter how beautiful or painful things are, time can always make everything return to peace. But there are some things that are imprinted on the heart. As long as the heart is still beating, it is a wound that cannot be scabbed for a lifetime. Even if you breathe lightly, every inch of the skin on your body will ache.
I don't want to tell Xu Lu too much. It's not that I don't trust her, but I just know the relationship between her and Kuang Yiyang. If I tell her, it will make her feel embarrassed.
So I just replied to her: Don't worry, I will be fine.
At 10:55 in the morning, the high-speed train stopped inside Lianzhou Station. I was originally wearing a layer of fleece and thick leggings and a thick cotton jacket, but I heard from Sister Gao that the outdoor temperature in Lanzhou was 25 degrees above zero.
It's fifty degrees different from Night City!
I was too lazy to go to the bathroom to change clothes, so I simply took off my cotton-padded clothes and went out wearing the turtleneck sweater underneath.
As soon as I got out of the car, the big sun outside shone brightly, and I instantly felt warm all over my body. Following the crowd outside the station, I answered Yin Ning's call, and she asked: "Da Jinzi, where are you?"
I said, "We're walking out."
Yin Ning said: "What are you wearing? There are a lot of older people outside. I'm afraid you can't see me, so it's easier for me to find you."
I said, "Just find someone dressed in black and wearing a turtleneck sweater. That's me. Why didn't you tell me earlier that it's so hot in Lanzhou? Everyone around me is wearing short-sleeved skirts, and I'm the only one covering my head like an idiot." To the feet, do you know how much hair there is in the boots on my feet?”
Yin Ning immediately replied: "Damn, eldest sister, you called me in the middle of the night last night and said you were coming over. I thought you were kidding me! It's good that you didn't hang up the phone."
I rolled my eyes and said aloud: "Okay, hurry up and wait for your arrival outside. I won't tell you anymore. Two big boxes are too big to carry."
I hung up the phone, put it in the coat pocket on my arm, and then walked out dragging the two suitcases.
Lanzhou is also well-known as a developed city with a densely populated population. I looked up and saw dozens of meters ahead, densely packed with human heads. There was an endless flow of people around me, so I walked out along with the crowd. When I left the station entrance, I wanted to look for Yin Ning, but there were so many people that I couldn't even see one percent of her when I glanced over.
There were people in front of me and behind me, so I couldn't stay where I was, so I had to follow the crowd and follow them out.
When I got out of the crowded place and stood a little outside, I reached into my coat pocket and wanted to take my cell phone to call Yin Ning, but when I touched it, the pocket was empty. I was suddenly frightened and quickly touched the other pocket. Sure enough, both pockets were empty.
I deceived myself and touched my body again, even though I knew I must have lost my phone.
Losing your mobile phone at the station is like finding a temple in Thailand, or finding a person in India to dream about.
My mood suddenly hit rock bottom and I almost wanted to hit someone.
Just as I was standing alone in an unfamiliar place, secretly holding my breath, a familiar call came from not far away: "Da Jinzi!"
I looked around and saw a 'boy' wearing a denim skirt and a red T-shirt running towards me quickly. Before I could react, she rushed forward and gave me a big hug, which almost knocked me down.
"Da Jinzi, I miss you so much!"
Her voice has not changed since junior high school. She used to change her mobile phone number and call me, pretending to be a stranger, and I could almost hear her.
We habitually hit each other on the back. After saying hello, I said to Yin Ning: "I'll go, I'm so angry, I lost my phone!"
Yin Ning's big eyes widened and she said loudly: "So fast? I asked you why I called you just now, but your mobile phone couldn't get through."
I cursed in a low voice, my whole face gloomy. Yin Ning patted me on the shoulder nonchalantly and said, "Oh, I've already lost it. What else can you do if you're angry? Forget it, just treat it as a waste of money to ward off disaster."
This phrase "spending money to prevent disaster" is a panacea that most people in our country use to comfort themselves after losing something. After listening to it, I instantly felt much better.
Yin Ning helped me hold my coat and a suitcase, and we walked through the crowd to the taxi outside. After getting into the car, I could finally breathe a sigh of relief. I was already sweating all over the road.
Yin Ning asked me: "How long can you stay here with me?"
I didn't answer but asked: "Why? You don't want me to stay longer?"
Yin Ning immediately glanced and replied: "Stay! Stay until you get married!"
In fact, what Yin Ning said was not unreasonable at all, but I was inexplicably struck by the word 'marriage'. My heart ached and sore, and I replied aloud: "I can't get married, maybe 20 years ago. I came here after resigning, and I plan to heal my wounds with you."
Yin Ning took my hand and said cheerfully: "There is still more than a month until the end of the year. If you want to stay temporarily, I will arrange for you to stay in a hotel. If you stay here permanently, you can stay with us."
I deliberately squinted and said, "Stingy."
Yin Ning laughed and said, "My little salary is not enough to pay you for a month's hotel. You can go to my place to grievance. I can still afford you food, drink and fun."
I asked: "Do you share a house with your colleagues?"
My current state is not suitable for living with too many people. I am afraid that I will suddenly go crazy and cry loudly at any time and scare the people around me.
Yin Ning replied: "No, I rented it with my boyfriend."
Hearing this, my eyes widened immediately because I was so surprised.
When Yin Ning saw this, she looked at me and asked, "What are you doing?"
I said: "Which boyfriend? Is it the one who is two years younger than you?"
Yin Ning rolled her eyes at me and said, "Don't say this to his face, otherwise he will think that I have had several boyfriends."
This is true. Counting this one, Yin Ning has only had two boyfriends in so many years. The first one started in junior high school and continued until they were in their senior year of high school when they were admitted to college. The man did not do well in the exam and only got into three universities. Yin Ning took one exam at that time and could have gone to Yecheng to study, but then she accompanied her boyfriend to Luzhou. But less than a year after coming to Lanzhou, Yin Ning discovered that his boyfriend was cheating on a girl in the school, and the two broke up.
To this day, I still remember that in my freshman year, Yin Ning called me crying and said that she was so distressed that she was about to die. If she was not the only child in the family, she would really want to take medicine and commit suicide. At that time, Chen Wenhang and I used our mobile phones to persuade each other. My mobile phone was out of battery, so I had to replace it with Chen Wenhang's.
After convincing her to be patient for three or four hours, I hung up the phone. Chen Wenhang hugged me and said, "Zijin, I will never be like Yin Ning's boyfriend, and I will never betray you."
At that time, how much felt sad for Yin Ning in my heart? How many of them are secretly glad for themselves
Now four years have passed, Yin Ning has already started over, and I have made the same mistake she made.
After a brief recollection, I whispered to Yin Ning: "How long have we been living together?"
Yin Ning also whispered back: "Not long, less than a week."
My eyes flashed, and I replied with a mischievous smile: "Well, you are newlyweds, and I can live there, okay? Wouldn't it be like being a big light bulb?"
Yin Ning touched my thigh and said, "When you come, you can sleep with him at night and let him cool off."
I asked, "How much does it cost per night?"
She stretched out her hand and gestured to me as a five, and I asked, "Fifty? Isn't that too little?"
"What a beautiful thing you think of, five dollar purse year!"
We talked and laughed all the way, and she dispersed the depression I had been feeling. On the way, I also used her mobile phone to call my family and friends to tell them that I had lost my mobile phone. If strangers used my mobile phone to ask for money from them, I must not be deceived.
My mother received my call and asked in surprise: "You are not in Yecheng, why did you go to Lianzhou?"
I smiled and replied, "I'm on a business trip, so I came to Lanzhou to see Yin Ning."
My mother had no suspicion at all. After a few words of instruction, she hung up the phone.
The house that Yin Ning rented was located in the city center of the first ring road. The car stopped in front of a luxury high-rise building. After I got off the car, I couldn't help but let out a "yo" and then said: "Okay, you dare to ask me please" Can’t afford a hotel? You’re staying here.”
Yin Ning dragged her suitcase and replied carelessly: "Follow me!"
I followed her forward, but she didn't take me into the high-rise apartment, but walked around the apartment and back. Behind the high-rise apartment, there is an entire old residential area, and there are many vegetables grown in the community, and there are even chickens and ducks.
I felt like I was in another world, watching as I walked.
Yin Ning saw the expression on my face and couldn't help but laugh: "I went to ask about the monthly rent of the luxury apartment in front. It was 4,700 per month, with one deposit and three payments. How much is my monthly salary? After paying the rent We can’t survive?”
I asked: "How much does it cost here?"
"One thousand six, it comes with a botanical garden and a zoo. When you have nothing to do, you can come down and chat with your grandparents and play chess. How nice."
I gave Yin Ning a thumbs up. It didn’t matter where I wanted to live, just do as the Romans do. But when I dragged my suitcase up to the sixth floor on two legs, I didn't think so.
I said to Yin Ning: "Go and rent the apartment outside. I'll take the price!"