Unforgettable first love: warmth stays in the left atrium

Chapter 13 The Light in the Night

Love is the light in the dark night, what a warm light

Beijing in early November is already getting colder.

The leaves of pagoda trees on both sides of the road have long since withered and withered, whirling in the air and flying down, which is quite a sight.The roads in Beijing are already broad, and the solemn autumn probably added a deeper level of solemnity to the city.Even the sky is a little more hazy with the wind and sand that may fill the sky at any time.

It was already dusk when we left the airport, because the airport was remote, and there was even a sense of desolation in the wilderness.They took a taxi and were able to travel at high speed on the roads in Beijing.

Sheng Xia teased him: "Mr. Gu, there is no special car this time?"

Gu Yingning was serious, and said in a low voice: "I will accompany you on a private visit, so as not to make you feel uncomfortable."

She is as silky as a daisy, and she smiles brightly.

The hotel that Gu Yingning booked was on Qianmen Street, so after a long bumpy ride, the taxi finally stopped at the entrance of the hotel, and the soft and bright lights poured down.

The check-in procedure was quick and convenient. The moment the elevator door closed, Sheng Xia felt as warm as a kitten was scratching her heart.If he didn't intend to book in advance, how could everything be processed so quickly.

Sheng Xia didn't recognize the bed, but he didn't sleep very well this time.She woke up early the next morning.

Turning over and getting out of bed, she opened a corner of the curtain and looked outside, it seemed that the weather was fine.

Just about to turn around, a slightly lazy low voice came from behind: "Are you up?"

Looking back in midsummer, Gu Yingning had already woken up at some point.When she walked back to the bed, he also sat up and asked her, "Did you sleep well?"

"Yeah." She responded, "I woke you up, sorry."

Gu Yingning smiled lightly, the laziness of opening his eyes still remained, and he said: "Silly girl, what are you apologizing for?"

This was the first time he called her that, Sheng Xia couldn't believe it, thinking he heard it wrong.

She never expected such an intimate tone to come from Gu Yingning's mouth.The recent surprises and accidents came one after another, and Sheng Xia felt that she almost didn't recognize him—it's been four years, the serious him, the stern and stern one, and the gentle and considerate him, which one is the real Gu Yingning?
After hesitating for a long time, Sheng Xia said: "You...are you awake?"

Gu Yingning turned over, picked up a T-shirt on the bedside table, rubbed her hair vigorously, and said while walking: "Wash up, it's better to go out early."

After they had breakfast in the cafeteria downstairs, Sheng Xia asked Gu Yingning: "Dear tour guide, where should we go first?"

Hearing what she said, Gu Yingning pretended to hum for a while, then raised her eyebrows and said, "Miss Sheng, I wonder if the Forbidden City suits you?"

Sheng Xia pouted, looked at him with a pair of narrow pupils, and said, "Since the tour guide kindly invites you, let's go."

Gu Yingning still remained expressionless, and after a few seconds of pause, she still couldn't hold back: "It's not big or small!"

They walked from a small path to Dashilan, passing through this quaint street full of beautiful things, with an open pedestrian street square in front of it.Sheng Xia was about to raise his hand to fight, but was stopped by Gu Yingning.

She was puzzled, but he said surprisingly: "Let's take the bus."

This midsummer only felt that Gu Yingning might have been dazed by the cold wind in Beijing.She stared straight at him with wide eyes: "Gu Yingning, did you make a slip of the tongue or did I hear it wrong? Bus?
Have you ever taken a bus? "

He chuckled: "Why haven't you been on it before? Let's go, No. 126 is just ahead."

Perhaps because the peak tourist season has passed, there are not as many tourists as expected.

After getting off the bus, Sheng Xia and Gu Yingning walked along the road.There are very old houses on both sides, with low and low log pillars, dotted with exquisite meticulously painted eaves, and the doors and windows painted with red lacquer are also somewhat mottled.

Going forward, besides the fallen trees under Xiao Xiao, the Dongxi Tongzi River is gurgling in front of you.

Sheng Xia took a few quick steps and jumped up the steps, leaning on the concrete railing with one hand, looked up at the sky and sighed:

"Yingning, I didn't expect Beijing to have such a blue sky."

Perhaps there was a strong wind just a while ago, which wiped out all the smog over Beijing. Today, the sky is actually clear, with only a few scattered clouds floating like wisps of cotton wool.

The water in the moat is also clear and blue, and it is rippling due to the wind blowing from time to time, which is a bit like the thick and casual heavy colors in Western oil paintings.

Gu Yingning stood shoulder to shoulder beside her, and said, "Such a blue sky is really not common."

Then he said, "Do you want to take a picture of you?"

After taking pictures, they continued to walk forward. There were many old men sitting on the roadside, some were walking birds, and some were playing chess.They didn't seem to feel the harshness of the wind, and they were all happy.

After walking around the city wall for a long time, the sun shone lightly and warmly on them.The last time Shengxia came to Beijing was when she was a child, so there was something new about everything.She jumped onto the platform next to the city wall, and walked a few steps crookedly. When one foot fell into the air, Gu Yingning immediately supported her: "Midsummer, can't you walk properly?"

The sun shone on his clear face, and even his frowning eyebrows were so beautifully illuminated.

She blushed slightly, lowered her head and walked back to the flat ground, but the catkin was firmly held by Gu Yingning.

They walked along the weeping willows beside the road, and after walking for a long time, finally, a corner of the Forbidden City turret appeared in their sight.Probably because it was the off-season of tourism, they only waited in line for a while before buying tickets.

Looking at the ocher-red walls that have experienced the baptism of time, Sheng Xia asked Gu Yingning: "Do you know the way? I heard that it is very big inside." It was not the first time she came to Beijing, but it was the first time she visited the Forbidden City.

He nodded: "I used to live in Beijing for three years." He stopped slightly, turned around and held her hand tightly, "If you know it's big, follow her closely. If you get lost, I won't look for you."

Sheng Xia couldn't help biting her lower lip and laughing.

It was cold in November in Beijing. Although there was a thin layer of sunshine, they walked around in it for a while and felt that the wind was so strong that it seemed to blow people away.Because of the rush to pack, Sheng Xia only brought a coat, but it still couldn't withstand the severe cold weather.No matter how tightly she clutched her coat, the biting wind would still keep burrowing in, making her painful.

Gu Yingning was fine, but seeing Sheng Xia's frightening appearance, his eyes changed, and he wanted to take off his coat, but Sheng Xia refused.Stretching his hands into the pockets of Gu Yingning's coat, Sheng Xia almost hung on his body like a koala.She herself was happy: "Yingning, you have fully demonstrated your worth today."

He parted his lips and smiled slightly, but the smile flashed past the corner of his eyes and didn't reach his eyes.

They walked all the way along the building on the middle road, turned around the building on the west road, and finally walked out from the Shenwumen.Gu Yingning took a lot of photos for Sheng Xia, but she took very few photos herself, always waving her hand and saying that she came too many times.Now that he has left the Forbidden City, Sheng Xia stopped him: "No, you must take a group photo before leaving."

Gu Yingning was very happy this time, they invited a passing tourist, and then stood shoulder to shoulder in front of the open space.Just when the tourists helping out shouted "one, two", Gu Yingning suddenly pulled out her left hand that was holding Sheng Xia in her pocket, and stretched out her arm to hold her tightly in her arms, while her right hand took over from her left hand, just like Sheng Xia's The catkin intertwined their fingers.

His movements were too fast and sudden. Before Sheng Xia could react, the tourist had already walked towards them with a smile, and handed them the phone to ask if they were satisfied.In the photo, Midsummer seems to be embedded in Gu Yingning's arms. He and her are closely related to each other, as if they were born to be connected like this.

She couldn't help but smile all over her face, and the joy made her jump no matter what.

Gu Yingning beside him had already spoken, his voice was low and magnetic: "Very good, thank you."

As soon as he got to the side of the road, Gu Yingning raised his hand to stop a taxi, pulled Sheng Xia into it, and said concisely: "Go to Wangfujing."

Sheng Xia was surprised: "Now?"

Gu Yingning looked down at her hand wrapped in the palm, because the weather was too dry and cold and the skin was slightly wrinkled.He frowned, his face darkened, but he didn't say anything.Sheng Xia felt a little inexplicable and puzzled, but seeing that he didn't seem to want to talk very much, he also turned his head to look at the scenery outside the window.

She didn't expect that he came here in such a hurry just to buy her a down jacket.

Gu Yingning almost picked the thickest and longest one, and Sheng Xia couldn't laugh or cry: "How can I use such a thick down jacket? It must be no different from a bear when wrapped." Of course he disagreed, and said in a deep voice: "My fingernails are covered. You're all blue from the cold, why are you so uneasy?"

The aunt of the salesperson at the side covered her mouth and smiled when she heard Gu Yingning's words, and finally couldn't help but said to Shengxia: "Girl, your boyfriend loves you so much!"

At this time, Sheng Xia finally understood why he had such a face just now, it turned out to be because of this.He might even blame himself for letting her come out so unexpectedly that he didn't even pack his clothes properly.

She shook Gu Yingning's arm, raised her head and said to him in a coquettish tone: "Yingning, I know you are afraid that I will catch a cold, but a thinner down jacket is really enough."

Probably because of Sheng Xia's pitiful expression, the sales aunt also chimed in: "Actually, you can just buy cotton-padded clothes these days, and your girlfriend is right."

Maybe it was persuaded by Shengxia's staring eyes, Gu Yingning finally gave in: "Then let's do this one."

This is a mid-length pink down jacket. The moment I put it on, I feel much warmer in midsummer.After taking a picture in front of the mirror, Sheng Xia turned around and asked him: "This color...is it a little too pink?"

The auntie of the salesperson was the first to say loudly: "Where is it! Young girls should dress more tenderly. Wearing black and gray all day long is so lifeless!"

Seeing that Gu Yingning nodded silently, the sales aunt immediately spoke more vigorously: "This one is just right! It's warm and pretty, and your boyfriend thinks it's pretty good."

The salesperson's aunt's voice was too loud, and Sheng Xia felt embarrassed when she said it, and looked at Gu Yingning with a slightly shy face, as if to ask for his opinion.He approached, pulled her collar again, brushed her hair away, and finally said with satisfaction: "Just this one."

After shopping for clothes, Gu Yingning led Sheng Xia to buy gloves and a scarf, and when she wanted to buy her a hat, Sheng Xia couldn't take it anymore.

"Gu Yingning!" She stopped in her tracks, "how can I be so delicate?"

He was not happy, and narrowed his eyes slightly: "Sheng Xia, you are irresponsible to your body."

Sensing Gu Yingning's annoyance, Sheng Xia looked at him quietly for a moment, then suddenly tiptoed to press a wet kiss on his cheek, bending her clear eyes, and said softly: "Yingning, take me to Beijing I am really happy to play. After I go back, I will arrange all the clothes according to the seasons one by one, so that next time, no matter how busy the time is, I won’t miss my clothes, okay?”

Because she understands him and understands that his anger is more due to self-blame, so she simply said this.

Sure enough, his face turned pale. After a long time, he sighed, took her gloved hand, and said, "There's really nothing I can do with you. Let's go, go eat."

After leaving the store, the wind outside was still blowing.It's just that the midsummer is walking beside Gu Yingning, but it feels like she is in a warm spring, and the scorching sun has never exposed every corner and crevice of her heart.Because of him, even in the cold winter months, for her, it is also a bright spring.

They just wandered around Beijing casually.Eating marshmallows in Nanluoguxiang makes your mouth sticky, watching white-collar workers rushing in a hurry in Sanlitun, seeing the weather-beaten pavilions in the Summer Palace, and watching the quiet river and falling trees by the Weiming Lake of Peking University.

In the second week they went to Xiangshan.It was a cool day, and when they awoke the sky had just been polished.I have been to Xiangshan in midsummer, but it was still summer, so I have never seen red leaves all over the mountain.

After that, they spent another whole day climbing the Great Wall, watched the Bird's Nest and the Water Cube from afar, walked through the alleys of the Imperial College, and went out to Tiananmen Square at dawn to watch the national flag being raised.

Time flies so fast, before you know it, there are only three days left until the end of the holiday.

798 Art Zone is Shengxia's favorite place, and she doesn't feel dizzy at all walking around in such a cozy alleyway, she just wonders why 798 can't be bigger.

"Panda slow delivery." Sheng Xia read the name of the store outside word by word, his eyes lit up, and he turned to look at Gu Yingning beside him, "What do you mean by slow delivery?"

There was a warm gleam in his eyes, and there was a smile on the corner of his mouth: "If you're curious, then go in and have a look." As he said, he had already led her to take the lead.

It turns out that slow delivery is to write a letter to your future self or someone else.

Surrounded by cute panda courier dolls, sparse flowers and trees, wooden drawers that seem to have a sense of time, and the warm and yellowish lights, all make midsummer a little trance.

She made a decision almost instantly, raised her face slightly to him, and said, "Yingning, let's write a letter to each other ten years from now, okay?"

For Gu Yingning, "future" is always a word full of variables, let alone ten years.Normally, he would never do such a hypocritical thing in his opinion. However, when he heard the word "ten years later" from her mouth, his heart was inevitably only warm and moved.Looking at her pleading eyes, Gu Yingning seemed to see him and her ten years later, maybe even having their children.

He hooked his lips: "How can it be bad."

They sat one behind the other, and Sheng Xia sat in front of him, always turning around to look at him when he was writing, as if he was wary of whether he was peeking.Gu Yingning is funny and angry, could it be that he is so untrustworthy.

Finally, when they finished writing the letter, Sheng Xia carefully folded the letter paper into three, and handed it to the boss: "That's all."

The boss is a chubby young man with a friendly smile. He picked up his DSLR and said, "Stand up, let's take a picture!"

This time, Sheng Xia did not embed in Gu Yingning's arms again.Beside him who was tall and handsome, she stood shoulder to shoulder with him in a bright color.She hooked his arm, leaned her head slightly on his shoulder, and smiled with bright eyes and bright teeth.

The letter is naturally kept by the boss temporarily, but they will naturally take away the photo frame, and the calendar behind the photo is November ten years later.Their titles are very concise, Gu Yingning Jinkou opened with only two words: "Ten years."

Sheng Xia jumped for joy as he walked out of Panda Express: "Gu Yingning, ten years later, why don't we come here to win the trust?"

When she finished saying this, they just walked out of the small shop, and the sky was full of sunset in the evening in Beijing, and her face, hair and shoulders were full of sunshine.

His heart skipped a beat, as if a little beast was scratching him, Gu Yingning wrapped his arms around her waist, bowed her head and kissed her without any explanation.His breath was always fresh and clean, but now it added a bit of bewitching fragrance.She unconsciously stood on tiptoe, put her arms around his neck, and couldn't help clinging to him, just wanting to keep getting closer, closer, and closer.

When the wind blows, it is obviously still as cold as before, but to Gu Yingning and Sheng Xia, it is like a warm spring.

Sheng Xia never knew that to him, she was actually the light in the dark night, the rising sun in the snow.

(End of this chapter)