Watching the sea from the shore

Chapter 94
It often snows in Beijing in winter. On snowy days, there are a series of footprints on the road. Some children will follow the pedestrians' footprints again to make the traces they leave on the snow deeper.

At this time, Ni Manhua will remember that when she and Lu Guanhai were in school, Ni Manhua was afraid of the dark and was always suspicious. When walking at night, she would worry about someone suddenly breaking out behind her. Lu Guanhai always laughed at her for being suspicious.

But it was a laugh. Later, Lu Guanhai let Ni Manhua walk in front, and he followed behind. Sometimes Ni Manhua looked back, and he suddenly stopped as if being caught by the teacher, and looked at him innocently with wide eyes. she.

"What are you doing?" Ni Manhua asked curiously. Lu Guanhai urged her to move forward: "Step on your shadow. From now on, your shadow will remember me. The only one who can follow you is me."

Lu Guanhai was actually just having fun. When asked, he made up a random reason. Of course Ni Manhua didn't believe it. She felt that Lu Guanhai was stupid because of his reading.

Ni Manhua doesn't know why, but after coming to Beijing, the memory of Lu Guanhai still pops up in his mind.

In the past two months, Ni Manhua has adapted to living alone. She goes to rehearsals and performances alone, occasionally with colleagues, but most of her colleagues have appointments after the show.

Ni Manhua lives in the dormitory, the dormitory is a double room, the roommate is five years younger than her, young and energetic, and will talk on the phone until late at night.

Ni Manhua reminded her tactfully, and later she went out to fight. It was early for Ni Manhua to go to bed, but the "bang" sound of the door closing when she came back always woke Ni Manhua from his sleep.

Ni Manhua is not used to living here, so she plans to rent a one-person apartment nearby.

Ni Manhua called Zhan Ping to complain about these things. Zhan Ping complained on her behalf on the phone, and then said regretfully: "I really want to rush over and spend time with you in the world of two people now, but your uncle's old thing has beaten me I’m trapped, and as expected, men are troublesome, and I really want to kick him away.”

While Zhan Ping was talking, Lai Hongtu on the other end of the phone was yelling, saying that Zhan Ping abused her, and the two of them were fighting and making trouble. Ni Manhua laughed as he listened. They are so happy now.

Ni Manhua just listened to their quarrel for a long time. Zhan Ping told Lai Hongtu to get out, and Lai Hongtu got out. Zhan Ping finally had time to talk to her properly: "Aren't you going to take two days off after your performances these days? Are you planning to? How are you doing? Going out to have some fun?"

Ni Manhua sighed: "I'm looking for an apartment. I'm still considering whether to rent an apartment or share it with others. A single apartment here is too expensive, but in a shared apartment, I'm afraid of meeting roommates who are difficult to deal with."

Zhan Ping said: "It won't be so troublesome to find an acquaintance to rent with. We can share the rent together and live together."

"How many acquaintances do I have here? It's not like you don't know. Now I finally experience the pain of living alone in a foreign land."

"Do you regret it?"

"Not at all."

Ni Manhua and Zhan Ping chatted endlessly. She and Zhan Ping mostly talked about each other. In fact, Zhan Ping was thousands of miles apart from the problems she encountered and could not help her solve them.

On the weekend, Ni Manhua went to see the agent by herself. The agent took her around the neighborhood, and she was dazzled.In fact, there is a small suite that is not bad, but the price is a bit expensive. It will cost half of her salary to rent it for a month. Ni Manhua is a little hesitant.

She took a picture of the house and the price to Zhan Ping and asked her what she thought.Zhan Ping replied after a few minutes to find her location and said to look at the location.

The agent went out to answer a phone call while Ni Manhua wandered around the empty house alone.In the past, it was hard for her to imagine that there would be such a day when she lived alone in a foreign land, shopping, eating and even watching houses, most of the time she was alone.

Ni Manhua slowly walked around in this small house. The house was very clean and the decoration was not too old. You could see a good scenery outside the window. The sun shone in, and the warm feeling was still very familiar.

Ni Manhua liked this house, so she hesitated.

After a while, footsteps came from behind. Ni Manhua thought it was the agent who had ended the call. When she turned around, she saw Lu Guanhai walking towards her.Ni Manhua thought he saw it, it was an illusion caused by the bright sunlight.

Ni Manhua rubbed his eyes with the back of his hand and heard Lu Guanhai say: "You just touched the window frame with your hand. The window frame is full of bacteria. When you rub your eyes, all the bacteria get in, making it easy to get infected."

The sound that surrounded this empty room made Ni Manhua confirm that this was not an illusion. Ni Manhua stared at Lu Guanhai closely, as if he would disappear if he was not careful.

Maybe it was because I hadn't seen him for a long time, maybe it was because I didn't want to face the missing of him from the bottom of my heart, Ni Manhua was a little nervous for a while, she held the hem of her clothes tightly with both hands, trying to make her voice sound calm: "You Why are you here?"

Lu Guanhai walked to and stood in front of Ni Manhua. Ni Manhua looked into Lu Guanhai's eyes. He seemed to be resting well recently. His eyes were covered with mist, as clear and transparent as when they first met. .

Lu Guanhai smiled at Ni Manhua and said softly: "I come here to work and need to rent a house."

"Are you coming to Beijing to work?" Ni Manhua's eyes widened in disbelief. Ni Manhua wanted to ask him for a reason. She might have guessed it, but she was afraid that she would humiliate herself if she didn't.

Lu Guanhai nodded: "Yes, I have actually started preparing for it a long time ago. Are you happy to see me?"

"Fortunately," Ni Manhua said duplicity: "Why did you come to Beijing?"

Ni Manhua looked at Lu Guanhai and wanted to hide it, but he couldn't hide the anticipation in his eyes.It only took a second for him to walk towards her, and all the mental walls built by Ni Manhua collapsed. The psychological hints she had made to herself countless times at night, he blinked, and they were all overturned.

Lu Guanhai looked at her calmly with gentle eyes: "I came to you. I want to live with you and walk with you for a while. I have actually explained a lot before, but there is one more thing I forgot to explain. , the day my mother fell, I went out to answer the phone because there was something wrong with the resume I submitted here. I wanted to confirm it earlier and come here earlier. It is my responsibility for my mother to go to the hospital. I don’t want to excuse it, but I just want to say that every step I take is really for our future."

Ni Manhua's fingertips were trembling: "When did you plan to come to Beijing?"

"It starts from knowing that you want to come. I know that you have accommodated a lot and sacrificed a lot for me, so this time, I want to follow in your footsteps."

Ni Manhua's tears fell one after another. She didn't want to cry. She didn't want to make the reunion after a long separation too emotional. She didn't want her emotions to be released so easily, but she stood in front of her and said these words to her. The real person is Lu Guanhai. He comes to untie the knot in her heart and also comes for their future.

The ripples in Ni Manhua's heart could not be subsided for a long time, and she still wanted to suppress herself, so she tugged at the hem of her clothes and tried not to let herself make a sound.

Lu Guanhai raised his hand to wipe away her tears, but her tears showed no signs of stopping. Lu Guanhai reluctantly took his hand back, sighed and asked, "Can I hug you?"

Ni Manhua nodded silently, and Lu Guanhai walked over, stretched out his arms and took her into his arms.Ni Manhua leaned against him and felt that his body suddenly became lighter.

It was the burden on her shoulders that was lifted by him, the shackles on her heart that were unlocked by him, and she finally felt light.

Lu Guanhai hugged Ni Manhua and murmured in her ear: "I will learn not to be silent, I will learn to release my inner demons, admit my own ordinaryness, and spend all my time fighting with the world on you. If you think The old Lu Guanhai was terrible, so you can try to get to know me again."

There was no time travel this time, but the 28-year-old Lu Guanhai confirmed that he would be completely different from the Lu Guanhai he was before.

My mother lived very happily in her hometown. She had already adapted to the life there. She received monthly living expenses from Lu Guanhai. In her free time, she played cards and chatted with her grandmother and relatives at home. She had no intention of living in the city permanently. .

Su Guzhi and Guan Fei have reconciled, and Lu Guanhai will be repaid all the kindness he received from their help, and he no longer has to worry about being caught between the two of them.

From now on, their life is just the life of the two of them.

At this time, the agent came in from the door after making a phone call and was shocked to see them.Ni Manhua discovered it first. He pushed Lu Guanhai away and wiped his tears with his sleeves.

The agent asked them awkwardly: "Um... do you like this house?"

Before Ni Manhua could reply, Lu Guanhai had already nodded. He took Ni Manhua's hand and said to the agent, "That's it, let's rent it."

Lu Guanhai still can't afford a house in Beijing, but Lu Guanhai already understands that what Ni Manhua needs is not a real estate certificate with two people's names written on it, but a home that can accommodate two people's future.

Lu Guanhai looked at Ni Manhua tenderly, and wiped away her tears with the other hand: "From now on, this will be our home, the home of the two of us, so I won't let you fall alone at home again." Tears.”

(End of this chapter)