We said yes, forever

Chapter 35 The End of the Maze (2)
Ding Dong had mixed feelings in her heart, she unconsciously met her mother's gaze, and saw deep fear in the old man's eyes, she pulled a smile uglier than crying, and said, "It's so boring, I thought there were two of you in it." As for the divorce certificate, I was taken aback, I said it would be impossible, and I was still curious for a long time."

While speaking, she lightly patted the dust on her hands, muttered "I'm going back to sleep", then hurried back to the room and turned off the lights regardless of the elders behind her.

The door closed with a bang.

Her body slid down against the door powerlessly.

In the darkness, Ding Dong burst into tears.

Early the next morning, before dawn, Ding Dong left a note for her parents and went out quietly. She didn't want them to see her red and swollen eyes from crying.

Mom, brother Qin asked me to go to the mountain to watch the sunrise, so you don't have to wait for me for dinner.

Ding Dong stood on the top of the mountain overlooking the green scenery below. She saw the sunrise, but the sun in her heart had already sunk into the sea.Standing beside her, Qin Cheng tacitly accompanied her in silence, as smart as he was, he could already tell something was wrong the first time he saw her.

"Brother Cheng." Ding Dong said quietly, and she looked at him, "Actually, you knew it all along, right? All of you knew it, right?"

Qin Cheng looked into his eyes meaningfully, his stiff side face wearing sunglasses was somewhat similar to that person, "Ding Ding, I can only tell you that I don't know much."

"No bystander has the position to tell you about your past. I can't, and neither can Qin Yuan. Maybe his emotions have long wanted to tell you, but I believe that reason tells him he can't."

Ding Dong bit his lip and looked at Qin Cheng lonely.

"I know my brother too well. He won't let you come back with me unless it's a last resort, but he has to. He really wants you to remember."

Tears burst out of Ding Dong's eyes suddenly. These people have been hiding it for so long, Qin Yuan, Zhou Jingxuan, Ai Mingmei, they built an ethereal maze for her, and this maze finally ended because of Qin Cheng's few words. Breaks into pieces with the weather.

She is the Yang Bao in Qin Yuan's mouth, the daughter of his family's servant, the girl who eloped with him holding hands in the middle of the night.

She laughed and cried, her shoulders trembled, and she cried with pain in her heart, "Brother Cheng, you are better, those people always take me around and let me guess..."

A tissue was handed over silently.

She covered her face with a tissue and burst into tears, "How can I accept such a fact?... How can I accept it? I completely forgot him, forgot everything, it was like a dream, but last night my mother blocked me In front of me, I was not allowed to look at the contents of the safe... When I knew it was not a dream, it was real... I forgot a very important person in my life... They, everyone, kept it a secret I have been..."

The mountain wind blew and carried Ding Dong's cries farther away. I wonder if the person in the distance could hear this mournful cry.

Qin Cheng silently took the petite and crying girl beside him into his arms, "Cry, but, don't resent, uncles and aunts...they are also doing it for your own good."

Ding Dong stared at him with tears in his eyes, "Brother Cheng, Qin Yuan and I... what happened back then? Why did I completely forget about him? And you, it must not be accidental that you appeared downstairs at my house, right? .”

Ding Dong wished he knew everything right away, and then rushed to that person, wanting to ask him how he spent all these years when she had forgotten him by himself.

Qin Cheng smiled bitterly, "That year was an eventful year, and it was also a year that changed the fate of many people. But my brother is the only person who is qualified to tell you about everything that happened that year."

"Little friend, in fact, Brother Cheng is not a good person. I was also one of the culprits when you separated from Qin Yuan." Qin Cheng's words were shocking.

Ding Dong was shocked, "You, the culprit?"

Qin Cheng nodded heavily, "When I appeared downstairs at your house that year, I just wanted to know if you were doing well before I died."

"Brother Cheng..." Ding Dong tightened his grip on Qin Cheng's clothes, "Don't say that, I know, you've always been a good person."

The sun broke through the clouds and fell softly on the shoulders of the two of them. Qin Cheng's smile was gentle and harmless, "You have always been a kind and good girl."

"It's just Ding Ding, do you know? A good person will inevitably do a few bad things in his life, and then feel guilty for it all his life."

Ding Dong frowned, "Did Qin Yuan do bad things too?"

"I did it, it was me who encouraged you to elope back then. I blame myself."

"Elope..." Ding Dong was shocked.

"But even a saint can't escape original sin, let alone my brother who is obsessed with love." Qin Cheng looked at the ignorant Ding Dong kindly like a wise elder, "If everything he does is for love, then , listen to brother, forgive him."

Qin Cheng stood on the top of the mountain where the wind was blowing, under the white clouds, and said softly, "Ding Ding, please forgive me."

Ding Dong and Qin Cheng walked in the streets and alleys for a day, and even went back to the place where he used to play basketball for a while. The two didn't mention that matter again, they just focused on recalling Qin Cheng's days in City B that year .

"Well-meaning sister, help throw the ball over!" There was a handsome boy on the basketball court smiling at Ding Dong, no one could bear to refuse such a smiling face.

Ding Dong threw the basketball that had rolled to his feet, and turned his head to look at Qin Cheng with sparkling eyes, "Brother Cheng, don't your hands itch? Old Bones won't teach these little brats a lesson?"

Qin Cheng likes to see Ding Dong, who exudes the smell of sunshine all over his body, overlapping with the eccentric little girl in his memory, which makes him happy, and he really rolls up his sleeves, "Okay, these hairs haven't even grown yet. Little devil, I owe you a lesson."

Ding Dong made a face at him, "Old with old arms and legs, be careful to be taught by the brat."

Qin Cheng gave her a warning look of "just wait and see".

Qin Cheng's ball skills are still superb, but his physical strength is not as good as that of adolescent boys. After a while, his running speed slowed down. Ding Dong smiled and watched for a while, and the phone in his bag rang.

Seeing the name on the phone, Ding Dong felt like crying again.

She picked it up with her usual domineering tone, "It's the second day, and I should be back tomorrow."

Ding Dong cautiously asked, "Can I stay one more day? My parents are not willing to let me leave so early."

The other end was silent for a while, "I'll come over tomorrow, and I'll take you away the day after tomorrow."

"Are you ready to meet my parents?"

As soon as Ding Dong's words came out, Qin Yuan remained silent for a long time, and this time his tone was rather helpless, "The timing is not right yet."

"They don't know about us yet."

Qin Yuan chuckled in Ding Dong's ear, "Honey, they know me."

Qin Cheng came back sweating profusely. Ding Dong thoughtfully handed over the mineral water. Qin Cheng shook his head repeatedly, "These little guys can run the whole course without any problem, even if the old bones don't admit defeat."

Ding Dong smiled and looked at Qin Cheng, "Brother Cheng, let's go back."

"Oh? It's getting late, let's go, I'll take you home." Qin Cheng stood up holding his suit.

"No!" Ding Dong was still sitting.

"Let's go back to City A, you said, don't run away." Ding Dong's eyes flashed with complicated emotions, which might be called strength.

"Brother Cheng, I don't want to run away from my life anymore."

Naturally, he didn't leave right away. Ding Dong came home that night, took a shower, and sat down with her parents to watch TV with a normal face.

But it seems that everyone's mind is not on the TV series.

Ding Dong said quietly, "Mom, I'm going back with Brother Cheng tomorrow, and the job over there is still waiting for me."

Her mother's face is also very calm, her hair is neat, as if the sudden gaffe last night was another woman, she said, "How much money does this job only earn? Hurry up and go home, I don't feel at ease when you are outside."

Her father also carefully observed the mother and daughter's expressions, and added, "Dongdong, dad is getting old, come back and help dad."

Ding Dong had no choice but to nod perfunctorily, "Let me think about it again, if I really want to resign, it will take some time to hand over my work."

"Half a month, you have to come back to me after half a month." Ding Ma suddenly said this without any room for discussion, and went back to the room with a sullen face, the door was closed with a "bang", silently expressing the master's mood.

Ding Dong and her father looked at each other.

Her father was an old peacemaker, and tried to persuade her, "Dongdong, your mother is also looking out for your own good, and we can't bear for you to run around and endure hardships outside."

Ding Dong nodded, "Dad, I know, I will listen to you."

Her father went back to the room with peace of mind, and Ding Dong sat alone in the living room for a long time, watching TV and laughing, only a single lamp accompanied her until late at night.

And the dusty safe in the storage room has long since been replaced by an old cabinet and disappeared without a trace, and Ding Dong has no intention of asking where it was moved.

She is watching TV intently.

The late-night TV station is broadcasting a TVB criminal investigation drama. The police detectives in it are all in suits, looking for clues in various difficult cases, so as to find the real culprit.

Ding Dong sat for a while, then stood up suddenly, went back to her room and opened her wardrobe.

She found the black suit in the deepest part of the cabinet, and pulled out the LOGO from the neckline. The familiar LOGO came into view. She stroked the LOGO with mixed feelings.

On a midsummer night when insects sang, she hugged this suit and sat on the steps in front of her house for a long time.

That night, she fell asleep with the suit in her arms.

On the third day, Ding Dong bid farewell to his family after dinner, and followed Qin Cheng on the way back to City A. Qin Yuan's driver was already waiting at the entrance of the Venus restaurant, and sent Ding Dong back to the seaside villa.

Ding Dong didn't see Qin Yuan, exchanged some pleasantries with Mrs. Xiu, then went upstairs to take a shower and go to bed.

She slept in the room where she and Mai Mai used to sleep.

In the middle of the night, a hot chest was pressed against her back, the wristband was wrapped around her slender waist, and the smell she liked lingered around, Ding Dong let out a groan, turned over in a daze, and stuck to the source of warmth , caressed a few times contentedly like a cat, and fell asleep more and more deeply.

A deep sigh spread like a flower in the night.

A loving kiss fell on the forehead of the girl in his arms.

"If you still can't remember, then try to love me again."

What responded to him was the caress of the person in his arms. He raised the corners of his lips and closed his eyes against his baby.

An hour later, a pair of beautiful eyes opened suddenly in the night, and the man beside him was breathing heavily, and he seemed to have fallen asleep for a long time.

Ding Dong lay down for a while again, making sure he was sound asleep, carefully removed the hand that restrained her around her waist, then lifted the quilt and got out of bed with bare feet, not daring to make a sound.

The man still maintains his sleeping posture, even in his sleep, he is very attractive.

Ding Dong had no time to covet his sleeping face, she walked on tiptoe on the cold floor, his suit was placed on the sofa, she groped for a while, and finally found the silver key in the inside pocket of the suit.

He always carries this key with him and never leaves it.

She looked at the bed frequently in the dark night, but there was still no movement, then she stood up without hesitation and walked towards the door.

Instead of going downstairs, she walked upstairs.

The mysterious and quiet door is getting closer and closer, as if it has been waiting for her for a long time. Whether it is light or darkness hidden inside, you only need to insert the key and open it to know.

Ding Dong stood quietly in front of the door, letting the darkness cover her, holding the key in her hand.

Brother Cheng said, don't run away from everything that life gives you, good or bad.

She escaped like an ostrich for so long, she wanted to go back to the past blindfolded, but she couldn't escape the temptation of her heart, the dilemma made herself even more painful.

Stop running away from your past, if it exists then let it come.

Ding Dong encouraged himself in his heart.

She inserted the key into the keyhole, then turned it, and with a "ding", the door opened strangely.

The darkness of a room presented itself in front of her, like a giant black beast trying to swallow her petite. She smelled the heavy breath of time, and fumbled to turn on the light switch on the wall.

The moment the light came on suddenly, her eyes felt uncomfortable, and then, time seemed to stand still, she opened her eyes wide and looked ahead, forgetting where she was.

The world of light and shadow lay flat in front of her, impacting her vision, and she was dumbfounded.

There are countless photos of a room, large and small.

The person in each photo is a girl, laughing wantonly, crying heartily, completely unaware that she has become the target of the camera.

It was her, it was all her.

Tears streamed down her cheeks, and she covered her mouth, sobbing and trembling, she approached.

The clear old photos on the wall are like a time machine taking her through time, going back to those years.

At the age of 19, she just transferred to the new senior high school and was in her third year of high school. She was unfamiliar with the place, and a group of classmates with a schoolbag on her back looked enviously at her as they passed by her.

I finally had my first friend, playing around at the school gate.

Wandering around the night market with the handsome guy in glasses from the next class, at the door of her house, he gave a gift that he had prepared for a long time, but she refused to run away.

On my 19th birthday, I found a letter in the mailbox at home, which contained two beautiful shells and a card of the sea.

Suffering from street phobia, I still dare not cross the road alone, even afraid of seeing cars, so I always take my mother's hand to school in the morning.

Overcome the road phobia, but occasionally stare at the traffic lights on the road for a long time, looking like a lost child.

I fell ill suddenly before the college entrance examination, and read books while hanging salt water in the hospital.

I failed the college entrance examination, and cried with my female classmate at the school gate.

At the age of 20, he entered a third-rate school as a journalism major. He wandered around in a camera store several times, but he always returned empty-handed.

On my 20th birthday, I found a beautifully packaged box at the door of my house. When I opened it, I was delighted to find that it was an expensive camera that I had been thinking about for a long time. I looked around and didn’t know who gave it to me. Looking at the box, there was a card of the sea. , a coconut tree faces the sea lonely.

Attending a prom, a boy confessed his love in public, and fled in despair.

I still dare not use a camera given by a stranger. After working part-time for a long time, I bought a cheaper camera, but it was smashed by the little girl at school, and it was the first time in my life.After the beating, he squatted on the ground to pick up the fragments of the camera, crying like an aggrieved child.

At the age of 21, I met a silent boy who liked to wear blue shirts, peeking at him frequently at the bus stop, but the other party just put his pocket in his pocket and listened to music coolly.

On my 21st birthday, I was still in front of my house, and I received another gift from a stranger. It was an album of Faye Wong’s “Jiang Ai”, and there was a song in it called “Yang Bao”. Inside the box was still a photo of the sea , is still the coconut tree.

On the bus stop where traffic is coming and going, I stopped peeking at the boy next to me, and started to listen to the music with earplugs, immersed in the singing of the Queen of Heaven, with a lonely expression on my face.

22 years old, without an umbrella after part-time job, running on the road in the rain.

Staying up late to read and review caused headaches to worsen. I took painkillers prescribed by the doctor and looked up at the cold moonlight in the hospital.

Mom came to see her at school, sat in the small garden drinking chicken soup, and kept smiling at her sweetly.

On my 22nd birthday, I squatted at the door of my house and waited until midnight, but I didn't get a gift, and the person who gave the gift looked lonely.

Began to be confused about the future, took a long car alone, ran to the beach in a daze, but was found by the school and contacted the parents, the mother with messy hair saw her at the station, rushed up and slapped her, the mother and daughter hugged their heads big cry.

At the age of 23, he finally decided to drop out of school and go to City A, had a big fight with his family, and ran out crying.

Before going to City A, I received a strange letter sent to the school, which contained a ticket to City A. It was still the same photo, but the coconut tree seemed to be more luxuriant.

Taking that ticket, I got on the bus to City A, lived in a distant sister's house, and cut off the hair I had grown so hard to look like a young tomboy.

After finally finding a job in a newspaper office, the interviewee was verbally molested, poured a glass of water on the other's face, and ran away in a hurry.

Wiping tears while walking on the road, I can't be strong at this moment.

He was persuaded to quit by the newspaper and ran around looking for a job in the scorching summer.

In the dead of night at the bus stop, listening to Faye Wong's song with a desolate expression, he turned his head to see that there was no blue-clothed boy wearing earplugs beside him.

I found a part-time job and helped out at a friend's late-night snack stand. After work, I happily clinked glasses with my new friends and smiled brightly.

(End of this chapter)