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Chapter 18: Affectionate Confession

The water in the fountain pool flowed down the waterfall style along the huge sculpture. Mi Cai and Jian Wei, the strange three-piece group, looked at each other in the sound of flowing water, and no one broke the silence for a while.

Finally, Jian Wei smiled and said to me, "Long time no see, Zhaoyang."

"Yeah." I only responded to one word, for fear that too many words would make her hear my trembling voice, and even more afraid that she would know that I was afraid.

Jian Wei just smiled at my answer, then looked at Mi Cai and asked, "Your girlfriend?"

Then I realized that I was still holding Mi Cai tightly, and I didn't care to let go of her. I thought to myself: If Mi Cai was really my girlfriend, it would be enough to prove that the years I broke up with Jian Wei were pretty good, at least I didn't die in the loneliness of a person.

I instinctively didn't want Jian Wei to see me living in a down-and-out way. Driven by this instinct, I actually nodded at Jian Wei and said, "Yes, it's my girlfriend."

After saying that, he looked nervously at Mi Cai beside him for fear that she would expose me in person and turn me into a joke.

Mi Cai frowned and was silent, as if she was planning to show mercy to my subordinates, but she seemed unwilling to give up this excellent opportunity to take revenge on me.

I hurriedly said to Mi Cai: "Don't you have something urgent to deal with in the company? Go quickly, and I will explain it to my friends and they will understand."

Mi Cai struggled and shook my hand away, as if she was eager to leave here, and she said nothing and turned around and walked towards her car.

The red q7 was carrying a gust of air flowing against my body, and the air seemed to be filled with Mi Cai's anger. It seemed that I really angered her.

The fountain was still surging, but only Jian Wei and I were left at the scene. I lit a cigarette, took a deep breath, and complained as if helpless, "Oh! She is just busy, she is busy all day..."

"Is that true? But your girlfriend looks pretty good."

"What does it mean to look good? Of course it's good!" I stood up straight and corrected Jian Wei's statement dissatisfied.

Jian Wei looked at me and said for a while: "Zhaoyang, you still haven't changed."

"What's the meaning?"

Before Jian Wei could answer, the best man Xiang Chen waved at Jian Wei in the distance, saying that the emcee was looking for her and that there was a wedding process that she needed to cooperate.

Jian Wei answered Xiang Chen, looked at me again, and asked, "The luncheon begins soon, don't you go in?"

"I'll finish smoking."

Looking at Jian Wei's back as she left, my heart was filled with loss. I wanted to tell her: She was right, I did not change, I was still nostalgic for those days we were together, I still remember: I couldn't meet her family that day, I could only hide in the corner to see her off. I also remember that she cried and wrote "waiting" heavily on the car window with lipstick. I looked from afar, until the word "waiting" was completely blurred in my sight, until two lines of tears she would never see on her face...

I was immersed in the past scenes, and even wanted to rush over and hug her, telling her that I still love her, but just now, the conversation after we had a long separation was so pale and tasteless, and it was not even an ordinary friend. I knew that those loves that were happy in silence were getting farther and farther away from us...

If my heart is a city, at this moment, the whole city is crying!

...

The wedding banquet began, and everyone sat in one after another. My colleagues and I sat slightly behind, while Jian Wei, Xiang Chen, the groom, and the bride sat at the front table.

I couldn't help but go to see Jian Wei, but I couldn't control it at all. I was ridiculous. I asked a woman who has been separated for three years and reminded me of every night. When she is only a short distance from me, how can I suppress my impulse to think of her?

My colleagues around me talked to me, and I was absent-mindedly dealing with it, but I always found a reason to look at Jian Wei in my heart. From beginning to end, Jian Wei didn't even give me a response. She just chatted with Xiang Chen around me from time to time. Basically, after saying a few words, she would smile knowingly. The two of them were very speculative, and Jian Wei seemed to be in a good mood.

The emcee encouraged Fang Yuan and Yan Yan to have an intimate interaction on the stage. The people in the audience started to make a fuss. I still didn't say anything, but I drank one cup after another.

In a trance, Xiang Chen walked towards me with a glass of wine. I picked up the glass and drank it all. When Xiang Chen walked in front of me, I had already poured myself a full glass of wine and rushed to Chen and shouted, "Brother Xiang Chen, come and lie down for me."

Xiang Chen smiled and said, "Who is not sure about hang out! How many are you going to drink this time?"

What Xiang Chen and I called lying down was a bad habit left over from college. We were once young and frivolous. We would definitely drink each other until we lie down. At that time, the only person who was still standing would be very awesome to call the lying down grandson. I spent four years in college, and Xiang Chen naturally also lived on. So the three of us were grandsons who had been four years of grandsons, but never admitted that the other two were masters!

In fact, since I entered society, I have never been as stupid as I was in college. But today, no matter Xiang Chen or anyone else, as long as I pick up the cup with me, I will accompany me any wine or any number of cups, because I feel happy for Fang Yuan and Yan Yan and feel sad for myself. With so many emotions, maybe alcohol is my best antidote.

After changing to a large goblet, I poured almost full glass of white wine, picked up the glass and said to Xiang Chen, "Just like before, I can't drink it anymore. I quickly lie on the ground and pretend to be dead. Don't beg for mercy and don't explain."

Everyone was amused by my words and burst into laughter. They just thought we were joking, but I didn't blink and really picked up the cup and drank a full glass of white wine in two sips, then pointed the cup down and signaled that it had been finished.

Amidst a burst of amazement, everyone's attention was shifted from Fang Yuan and Yan Yan to Xiang Chen and me, and Jian Wei also looked here.

"Zhaoyang, you have been graduating for several years and you are still so vigorous, but I will definitely drink this wine because I am very happy today." After that, I drank the wine in my glass in one sip, and then looked at Jian Wei.

I discovered this detail, and a string in my heart was suddenly pulled. I understood who the happiness in Xiang Chen's mouth was for.

When I was in college, I pursued Jian Wei with him, but Jian Wei chose me. Then he was communicating with Jian Wei's brother and sister and still gave me meticulous care. Of course, this seemed a relief at that time, but now I and Jian Wei have broken up, and Jian Wei has returned to China. If Jian Wei is still single, then he can pursue Jian Wei again with justification.

I remained silent, but Xiang Chen poured a full glass of white wine and said to me: "Brother Zhaoyang, please do a favor, let's have another glass."

I nodded and poured a glass of white wine, preparing to drink it all, but Xiang Chen held my cup and said, "I'll drink it first this time."

After Xiang Chen said that, he raised his head and drank a whole glass of white wine, then placed the wine glass on the table and walked towards Jian Wei.

Jian Wei blamed Xiang Chen in a concerned tone: "Do you drink less alcohol. Wouldn't you be afraid of harming your body when drinking like this?"

"With the wine I have drunk, I want to tell you what I think!" After Xiang Chen said that, he raised his head and closed his eyes and took a deep breath, then borrowed the microphone from the host, and watched Jian Wei enter a deep affectionate state.

I suddenly had a premonition that the next scene would be enough to tear me apart!

...

The audience was silent. At this moment, Xiang Chen's expression was full of sincerity, gentleness and emotion. He held Jian Wei's hand tightly and stared at it for a long time and said, "Today is a happy day, and it is also a day I have been looking forward to for a long time... Jian Wei, I have loved you deeply for 5 years and have never changed. Even if you are with Zhaoyang, I have never given up loving you... I used to think Zhaoyang would give you happiness, but I chose to bless you silently, but the facts prove that your love is a failure. I will not evaluate your love. After all, love is free, and it is meaningless for anyone to entangle the past... Now you are single, I hope you can be my girlfriend. I am really willing to give everything for you. Even if you plan to go back to the United States, I am willing to go abroad with you. In short, I will accompany you at the ends of the world, just like the days when I went to the United States to accompany you two years ago! Make you happy and give you happiness!"

My heart felt as if it exploded. Xiang Chen's words reminded me of something: that was a month after Jian Wei and I broke up. Xiang Chen did go abroad for a while, but he didn't tell us which country we went to. Now we can confirm that he went to the United States to accompany Jian Wei after his love breakup. It turned out that he had been in touch with Jian Wei over the years.

Everyone was waiting for whether Jian Wei would agree to Xiang Chen, but at this moment I fully understood that Jian Wei loved a feeling when she was in college, but after graduation she loved a good match.

No matter from any aspect, Xiang Chen and Jian Wei are the most suitable... I think: Maybe I already know the answer that Jian Wei will give Xiang Chen soon.

In the pain of tearing, I seemed to see the "Wait..." she cried and rewritten "Wait..." on the car window with lipstick when she saw her off that day.
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