Chapter 15 Homecoming
Shen Yue first smiled, then looked at me with a complicated expression and asked, "Okay, then give me a reason to stay."
"I..." I found that I really couldn't find a reason for her to stay, and I was speechless when she asked me this.
"Look, I asked you what reason you have to keep me here, but you hesitated yourself. Dongli, let's be realistic. We have been together for three years and you still can't marry me. I don't ask for anything else. I just hope you have a life." It doesn't matter if you buy your own house, even if you and I pay for the house together, live a very simple life, and suffer a little hardship, but what do you have? How long do you want me to wait for you? Don't say that I look down on you. You know, if your current situation continues, you won’t be able to buy a house even if I give you another five years?”
Although Shen Yue's eyes were red, every word that came out of her mouth was more ruthless than the last, like a saw-tooth inserted into my heart and pulled back and forth.
"Yueyue, I, I am so good to you, are you willing to leave me? Can you please give me a little more time? I... I really love you, I love you very much, don't leave..."
I cried. In front of everyone in the departure hall, a grown man lost all his dignity and stood in front of her with his head bowed, crying like a fool.
"I can't bear to part with you, but in our situation, it's hard to bear to be apart, but it's torture to be together. I know what kind of temper I am, and I also know that if you and I are separated, maybe I will never find someone like you again in this life. A man who treats me well like this, can tolerate and understand me. But so what, can love be used as food? If he is good to me, can he be good to me for the rest of his life? I don’t lack a man who treats me well, in this world The cheapest thing on the Internet is the so-called 'love', do you understand Zhou Dongli?!"
She also cried, but her eyes became more determined and unfeeling. I tried to go forward to hug her, but Shen Yue took two steps back as if instinctively. This scene was very similar to the lyrics of Xue Zhiqian's "Gentleman": Are you serious about taking half a step back? A small movement can still cause so much harm."
"Passengers on flights to the Imperial Capital... please line up and go through the security check as soon as possible."
The announcement to pass the security check once again sounded, as if it was foreshadowing that we were about to be completely separated.
"Why, why can't two people who love each other be together..."
"There is no reason, Dong Li, this is real life, not a TV series, not a movie. Stop immersing yourself in your ideal world. I am a realist person. We are destined to not have a good ending together. Once upon a time I have thought about marrying you, but that can only be done in the past. You have no money, no family background, and no background. Why do I care about you? Do I care about the rent, water and electricity you pay every month?"
"Dongli, let's not suffer the pain of love anymore. Just let me go. I don't regret loving you. I have never loved or been loved like this in my life. I believe that after we are separated, we will become better and better." Okay, I believe you believe in yourself. I’m leaving..."
Yes, she left, taking away my last glimmer of hope and leaving behind all my despair. I thought I had seized the opportunity and tried to save her, but I didn't expect that I would fall into a deeper hell.
After Shen Yue left, I walked out of the airport. A plane flew across the sky. I raised my head and looked at it. The sunshine was not only dazzling, but also heartbreaking.
I sat alone on the lawn outside the airport, smoking one cigarette after another, until half a pack of cigarettes was almost finished. A series of ringtones from the phone in my pocket brought me back to my senses. It was Qiu Yue calling.
Telephone.
"Hey, Dong Li, I rushed to the airport as soon as I got off work. I just arrived now. How is it? Have you left her?"
"I...cough..." I smoked too much and my throat was hoarse. I cleared my throat before continuing: "She's gone. I'll sit here on the lawn now. Come over here and give it to me by the way."
Bring a bottle of water."
"Then... okay, you wait for me."
Not long after, Qiu Yue came over with a bottle of water and sat with me on the lawn for a while. He asked me where I was going, and I said just go home.
Qiu Yue sent me back to the apartment where Ning Bingrou let me live. Before leaving, he told me, "If you need a buddy to accompany you for a drink, just call me anytime." But I don't want to do anything now, I just want to be alone.
Be quiet.
I didn't ask Qiu Yue to stay with me, but I just took away the pack of Red Nanjing cigarettes I just bought in his pocket.
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This night, I didn't eat anything, and I didn't even turn on the lights when I returned to the apartment. I sat alone on the sofa quietly. During the long dark night, there was prosperity outside, but inside the house it was the end of prosperity and loneliness.
No one knows how I survived the night, and I don't know what Shen Yue was like on the plane. By now, she might have arrived in the imperial capital.
I understand that this time, we really have no future and are completely separated.
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The next day I woke up at around seven in the morning. I also forgot what time I fell asleep last night. Maybe it was around three in the morning, maybe around four in the morning. What woke me up was the signal from my body.
, I haven’t eaten anything since the meal I had at noon yesterday, and I was really hungry.
I found half a box of instant noodles on top of the refrigerator in the kitchen. It can be seen that when Ning Bingrou lived here, she often ate instant noodles. God knows how hungry I was, so I cooked three packs of instant noodles at once.
eat.
At noon, my old father sent me a WeChat message asking me when I would go home. I looked at the time and remembered that today is September 28th, and the National Day will be in two days.
I sent the message "It's almost time" to my father, Lao Zhou, and then went back to my room to pack my clothes. Yes, I'm going home. In this city at this time, everything seems to be full of thorns.
, it hurts my heart.
As soon as I left the house, it was Qiu Yue's turn to call me.
"Are you awake? You don't have to go to work this morning. Didn't you really want to go to that 'Hong Kong style breakfast' before? I'm already on my way to find you, and I'll go over with you for morning tea later."
Qiu Yue spoke in a very relaxed voice, and I knew he was doing it specifically to make me feel better.
I forced out a smile and said to Qiu Yue on the other end of the phone: "No, I'm fine. By the way, you don't need to come over to my side. I'm already on the way to the high-speed rail station. I'll give it to you in the morning."
He sent me a WeChat message and asked me when I would go home for the National Day. I thought about it, since I am an unemployed homeless person now, I might as well go home early to spend the holiday with my parents."
Qiu Yue pondered for a while and replied: "Okay, then go home. Home is the harbor of the soul. Just take it as a restful place and come back whenever you want. By the way, wait until I tell our parents
say hello."
"Yeah, I got it."
After hanging up the phone, the song "Autumn Sea" by Su Huilun happened to be playing in the taxi. The lyrics really brought me to tears in an instant.
"The summer has passed and will never come back. Like the footprints on the beach, the attachment is still clear. Waiting for time to bury it, I still don't understand that love can be replaced. I am confused and dare not reach out to love again..."
Although my "love" has not been replaced yet, I know that after we are separated, Shen Yue may soon marry another man, and it will be a matter of time before it is replaced.
Yes, we almost got married, and our parents also met each other, but we still separated. Is there really a love that "will eventually get married" in this world? I am confused and scared, no Dare to reach out and love.
Chapter completed!