Phoenix and Legend

Chapter 71 "White Swan" and "Swan Lake"

The days are slowly drifting by like fallen leaves in late autumn. For Jinlin's current emotional state, life is a helpless torment.

This is the fifth day that he and Bai Fei'er have established a relationship. Early in the morning, after Bai Fei'er went to work, she came to the office. Seeing Jin Lin suddenly felt shy, she smiled and said to him: "Jin Lin , I feel that seeing you is very different from before."

Jin Lin didn't feel the same: "Why is it different?"

"Because I love you, it's different."

Jinlin deeply felt that his sense of hearing had been invaded. He felt very sorry for Caining, as if his disloyalty was an insult to Caining. His expression remained unchanged. He didn't want Fei'er to observe his sensitivity. Said: "May'er, this is at work, are you not afraid to let other colleagues know?"

"So what? I like to let others know!" Mayfair said proudly.

Jinlin cooperated with her dumbfounded and gave her verbal care: "That's good, Ms. White Swan."

Mayfair asked in surprise, "Jinlin, what do you call me?"

"White swan, don't you like it?" Jin Lin asked with a smile.

Mayfair nodded happily: "Of course I like it, so I am so beautiful in your heart."

Jin Lin found that although this former school girl was two years older than Cai Ning, she was not as dignified and steady as Cai Ning, but had the same youthful mentality as Xu Qing.

"Jinlin, what are you thinking?" Fei'er asked curiously when she saw Jinlin pondering.

"I think you look like my sister."

"Oh, that means we're pretty much a family, right?"

"Yes." Jin Lin thought, she used to be quite quiet at work, why is she so lively today.

"Jinlin, I want to go back to my hometown on Sunday, can you accompany me?" Mayfair asked expectantly.

"Where is your hometown?"

"Anji Village, Guang'an Town, Yong'an County, Anzhou City."

"Your hometown is Yong'an County?"

"Yes, my grandfather came to Wutong County to work in 1950, so I seldom go back to my hometown. I have only been there three times so far, but my father and brother go back every year."

"Indus is only more than 60 kilometers away from Yong'an, which is not too far. Let's drive there."

When Mayfair heard that, she was very happy: "That's great, thank you old senior! I'm going to work."

On Sunday, Jinlin went to Taiyin Community to pick up Fei'er. After he drove to the community, he found her looking around in front of the building.After getting out of the car, Jin Lin shouted: "Fei'er!" She saw Jin Lin and ran over quickly.

I saw Mayfair wearing a white European-style long dress with an orange bow tied on her head, she looked like an unmarried girl.

Fei'er confidently said to Jinlin: "Am I beautiful today?" Jinlin took care of her with friendly eyes and said, "Of course, like a white swan, it gives people a very romantic feeling."

"Actually, after you called me a white swan that day, I bought this skirt and bow." Jinlin was speechless in the face of Fei'er's words, thinking how innocent she was like a child.

"Jinlin, what are you thinking about?"

"Oh, I think you look like a girl."

"Jinlin, you like children, so after we get married..." Fei'er blushed before she finished speaking, and said with a shy smile, "Jinlin, you are usually very polite, why are you so bad?" ?”

Fei'er's words left Jin Lin speechless. He felt that the "slender princess" in front of him was really not easy to "provoke", so he said, "Fei'er, are you not going back to your hometown? It's almost nine o'clock now."

"Look at me, I'm so busy showing off my swan style that I forgot about business."

After the two got into the car, Fei'er smiled and asked, "Jin Lin, are you happy with me?"

"Happy, where is Nan Nan, why don't you take him with you?" Jin Lin followed the listener and extended the topic to another realm. He knew that Nan Nan and Xu Boming had an extraordinary father-son relationship, and hoped to awaken Fei'er's love In the emotional world of the family, she and Xu Boming can "reunite through a broken mirror".

However, Mayfair can't feel Jinlin's intentions:

"Oh, at a quarter past seven in the morning, I asked my brother to pick him up. He went with us, wouldn't it affect our mood?"

"Fei'er, since we are going to be together in the future, the child must try to accept me." Jin Lin still spread his thoughts and used words to touch Fei'er, but Fei'er still couldn't understand:
"Don't worry, my son is sensible, he listens to me the most."

An hour and a half later, they arrived at their destination, Anji Village.

This is a seemingly ordinary village, but the many small farm buildings show the hardworking and wealthy life of the villagers. The straight and wide asphalt roads extend in all directions, extending hard work, wealth, happiness and health.

Jinlin asked Fei'er: "Do you have any relatives or friends in Anji?"

"no, what happened?"

"Where are we going then?"

"My house!" Fei'er's answer made Jinlin feel a little baffled: "You still have a house here?"

"Yes!" Mayfair took out a rusty key from the bag and continued, "Look, I still have the key here."

"Is it far from here?"

"It's not far away. Just park your car in the open space in front of you." Fei'er pointed to a small parking lot about 150 meters south of the village.

Jinlin drove the car over, parked it, and walked to the depths of the village with Feier. After passing through several winding paths in the forest, he suddenly saw a green brick and gray tile pointed courtyard covering an area of ​​about 800 square meters. , seems to have a history of nearly a hundred years.

"Fair, is this your home?"

"Yes, how about it, is it impressive enough!"

"At first glance, it looks like the manor of a wealthy family."

"That's natural. My great-grandfather was a fifth-rank magistrate in the late Qing Dynasty. After the Qing Dynasty ended, he went into business for more than 20 years and became a well-known businessman in Anzhou. Otherwise, how could I have such a noble temperament." Fei'er's arrogance Ling Jinlin disagreed very much. He believed that the ideological realm that Mayfair was proud of was mixed with vulgar concepts. That kind of meaningless point of view regarded showing off as capital, and reduced "show off" to a derogatory term.He also didn't want to argue with her:
"Fair, can I take a tour?"

"Of course," Mayfair said as he opened the door. At this time, the dust falling like a sand curtain revealed the traces of history. In an instant, Mayfair's hair and face were covered with a thin layer of soil. , the white skirt was rendered gray, and Jinlin's light blue shirt was also gray, like dark clouds in the sky. The two coughed and wiped the dust off their bodies. Fei'er smiled and said: "Look , so soon I became a 'gray swan'."

Jin Lin asked, "Is there any water here? Let's wash our faces."

"There is running water in the innermost courtyard."

"Still entering the courtyard three times," Jin Lin savored while walking inside, passing through two hanging flower doors to the inner courtyard.

Jin Lin sighed: "It's a pity that there are so many houses that are unoccupied."

"This manor was originally given to my brother by my father, but I didn't agree, and my brother let me down, so it belongs to me." Fei'er continued: "Why don't we all quit our jobs after we get married and move here. What do you think of living a life where men farm and women weave?"

Jin Lin pondered for a while and said: "The idea is very idealistic, but it is not realistic. Are our relatives and friends isolated from them?"

Mayfair thought for a while and said, "As long as we are together is the most important thing, everything else is fine, what do you think?"

"Okay, I promise you." Jinlin felt helpless for Feier's enthusiasm, and felt deeply guilty for Caining, but he knew that Feier's words were just based on his feelings, and the real problem was not hers. If you say give up, you can give up.

After the two washed their faces, they came to the main room, where the original furnishings were still preserved, as if they had traveled through a century.

"Jinlin, how do you feel?"

"It seems to have gone through a hundred years."

"Then you mean we had an agreement in our previous life?" Fei'er's words made Jinlin feel that he had deeply touched the bottom line of his true love for Caining, but he couldn't use words to hurt her. He changed the subject and said: "Noon What do we eat? You can’t cook here.”

"Then we'll go to town for lunch, which is closer to here."

"Okay." Jin Lin thought, fortunately, Fei'er didn't continue to ask, otherwise they would "fall out" here, and they would be very embarrassed. How can they work together in the same unit in the future.

"Jinlin, shall we go to the east of the village to visit the ancient pagoda in the afternoon? I really like it there."

"Ok."

Just as Jin Lin finished speaking, Fei'er's cell phone rang, and a childish voice came from inside: "Mom, I miss you so much, where are you?"

"Mom is in her hometown, and she will go back at night."

"No, you have to come back now, I want you to play with me."

"Be obedient, my son."

"Please, Mom." Fei'er felt very sad when she heard her son's crying. She looked at Jin Lin apologetically and was about to speak, "Let's go back, don't make the child wait too long." Jin Lin sincerely Said to Mayfair.

"I'm sorry." Mayfair said disappointedly. At this time, she also had a conflict in her heart. She found that family affection is better than love and romance.

Jin Lin comforted her and said, "The future will be long." Fei'er nodded.

After sending Fei'er home, Jin Lin felt like traveling with her sister for half a day. Although it was not tiring, she had family affection but not love with Fei'er. I can only let the situation develop naturally.

Jin Lin was going to greet Cai Ning in the afternoon, but before leaving the house, he received a call from Director Fang, who asked him to work overtime at the unit to sort out the materials. Very blurry.

At dusk, the silver light of the full moon fills the dark blue sky, and the brilliant light gives people a kind of quiet and misty beauty.

When Jin Lin was about to come to the gate of the old villa, he suddenly found a white figure floating in front of him, flying past like a swan.Jin Lin, who was in an extremely depressed mood, was not curious, but a familiar impression flashed in his mind.

"Brother Jinlin." Xu Qing came slowly in the night, her delicate face showed a kind of elegant and quiet beauty in the subtle moonlight, the white gauze dress made her look particularly delicate and gentle .

Seeing Xu Qing's beautiful attire, Jin Lin didn't care: "Xu Qing, when did you come?"

"Just arrived."

"are you looking for me?"

"It's okay, can't I come to see you?" Xu Qing's tender eyes showed a little arrogance, but her tone was as charming as a fairy.

"of course can."

"Brother Jinlin, I didn't expect that the true love between you and Sister Caining would be nothing more than that. It started as beautiful as a legend, but ended mercilessly in reality."

Jin Lin was stabbed hard by Xu Qing's words. He felt that Xu Qing was not laughing at him, but himself was making fun of himself. Suddenly, his eyes seemed blurred, and he could only whisper in confusion:
"Xu Qing, don't talk casually about things you don't understand."

"Brother Jinlin, then I want to ask you why you would rather choose Bai Fei'er than me? Are you so cruel to let me waste my time for you?"

"Xu Qing, I have been persuading you all along, but you have turned a deaf ear to it. You have to let me reject you with cold words before you give up completely!"

"Brother Jinlin, can my beauty never melt your cold heart?!"

When Jin Lin heard this, he was very annoyed. He was very confused about Bai Fei'er and didn't know what the future would be like, but Xu Qing still followed her like a shadow and kept pestering her. He had no choice but to use metaphors to influence her: "Xu Qing Qing, if the sun and the moon appear at the same time, what do you think will happen?"

Xu Qing immediately understood Jinlin's thoughts, she felt that her meticulous and pure attire was in vain and lost: "Brother Jinlin, thank you for your polite refusal again, but I will still wait for you until my youth The smoke cleared."

After Xu Qing finished speaking, she walked slowly towards Ye Mu Zhong.

Jin Lin felt that there was nothing he could do about Xu Qing, and he didn't have the heart to take her feelings into consideration, but he still cared about her: "Xu Qing, I'll take you home."

When Xu Qing heard this, she stopped walking, looked back and smiled sweetly: "That's good!"

On the way to send Xu Qing home, although the street lamps are very bright, Jinlin can't feel any brilliance, which seems to make him pick up the loveless marriage with Ouyang Tingting again, and he wants to leave but can't leave. There is nowhere to hide if he wants to hide, so he can only let his fate arrange him, and at the same time, he desperately hopes that there will be a miracle with Caining.

Xu Qing suddenly stopped walking, looked at Jin Lin and said tenderly:
"The moon is so round tonight, reflecting the romance of "Swan Lake". Brother Jinlin, in this beautiful and moving moonlight, do I look like a pure white swan?"

"Maybe."

"Brother Jinlin, why maybe?"

"Because it's just a fairy tale."

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(End of this chapter)