Dear boy, it's been a long time

Chapter 14 I Like You, Everyone Can Testify For Me

【1】

Soon on the 28th of the twelfth lunar month, the streets and alleys began to overflow with the atmosphere of the Spring Festival, and the bright red began to spread from the street vendors selling couplets to every household.In the morning, Bai Jianxing accompanied Wen Juefei to the hospital. Mother Wen was able to get out of bed and walk around by herself. The two of them walked around the ward together, and they were inevitably asked when they would get married.It was almost noon when she came out of the hospital. Bai Jianxing took her to a nearby restaurant to solve the problem of lunch, and then drove straight to the highway.Wen Juefei looked at the continuous traffic outside the window, and realized belatedly that she is now going back to the place where she lived for 18 years with Bai Jianxing.

Unavoidably feeling a little melancholy, she lazily leaned on the co-pilot, looking out the window at the snowy weather and the constant stream of vehicles.Bai Jianxing concentrated on driving the car, and after a moment of silence, he asked her, "What are you thinking?"

Wen Juefei answered in a dragged voice, "I think about the days when I lived alone."

Although I spend most of my time in school, I can't help but go back when I encounter small holidays and the like.Staying alone in a house, even if you know where the furniture is arranged by heart, can still feel scary.I'm afraid I can't see things clearly if it's too dark, I'm afraid it will cause some unexpected troubles if it's too bright, and I'm afraid that there will be unexpected sounds in every section.She even bought a fruit knife and hid it under her pillow, fearing that she would be unable to resist in case of an accident. Now that she thinks about it, it is really a sign of being persecuted and delusional.

After listening quietly, Bai Jianxing stretched out his hand to touch the back of her head as a comfort, and said, "When I was in Germany, I lived alone. Sometimes I was busy with work and didn't go back until midnight, and when I turned on the light, I saw that it was gone in the morning. I still feel very lonely when I throw my charger on the ground. But fortunately..." He looked at Wen Juefei, and the similar rings on the two hands reflected the streamer, "There will be no such days in the future."

Fortunately, they all survived the days of being alone, and walked into each other's lives with a whole body of dust and light.

Her lonely eyes gradually became warmer, and she said with a smile: "According to the rules, I should kiss you now. But you are driving after all, we must obey the traffic rules."

Bai Jianxing looked at the speed limit sign outside the window, feeling heavy with his foot on the brake clutch, and said quietly after a long while: "It's really an incomprehensible highway."

Wen Juefei smiled, and turned on the car stereo in a good mood. The melodious tune came out from the speaker. After listening to it for half a minute, she nodded with admiration.

Bai Jianxing said, "Do you like this piece? I'll play it to you in the future."

"it is good."

Anyway, there is a future that will never be squandered between them.

Soon at the exit of the expressway, he muttered something, and then called her: "Juefei."

Wen Juefei, who was in a daze, regained consciousness in an instant, and at the same time as her answer rang, there was also the voice assistant in Bai Jianxing's smartphone.After it made a "ding" sound when it was awakened, it said, "Good afternoon, Bai Jianxing. Is there anything I can do for you?"

The mechanical female voice without any warmth was somewhat similar to Wen Juefei's usual tone of reply, but the timbre was slightly different.Wen Juefei looked at him in surprise, but he still calmly read out the address for the assistant to navigate, feeling rather unreasonable and arrogant.

Wen Juefei waited quietly for him to organize his words. She was never the kind of person who liked to force others to explain, or in other words, she didn't even bother to listen to anyone's explanation.Except him.

Bai Jianxing calmly turned the steering wheel and turned the corner, and explained slowly: "It's because its tone of voice resembles yours, so I bought this phone." He glanced at the map and remembered the next road , and suddenly asked, "Do you like me?"

Wen Juefei couldn't tell whether he was asking himself or the phone, and was organizing the answer, the voice assistant answered first, saying, "Of course, every accessory can testify for me."

Hearing the answer, he looked at Wen Juefei with a playful smile, and she covered her blushing face and turned her head: "Hooligan, even the phone..."

【2】

Arriving at the community at about 03:30 in the afternoon, Bai Jianxing drove through some old apartment buildings according to Wen Juefei's guidance, and he always felt a little familiar."I seem to have been here before," he said.

Wen Juefei's house is almost half a city away from Bai's house, but if you like to go shopping when you are young, it is not uncommon to come here once or twice.Looking at the shops slowly passing by outside the window, Wen Juefei pointed to one of the old oden restaurants and said, "This oden is the best. My biggest motivation every time I go home is to eat this oden once."

Bai Jianxing looked at her fingers, smiled and said that he would eat with her later.Finally, it stopped in front of a small villa with two and a half floors.It has been quite old, and the wall on the west side is covered with withered creepers because no one has cleaned it. The vestibule is almost overgrown with weeds except for the path, and the visible walls are also mottled.

Wen Juefei got out of the car, took out the key to open the door, and saw a decoration that hadn't changed for many years.Empty and dusty, there was no breath of life, let alone the elegant man who had been sitting on the mahogany chair waiting for her.She stood at the door for a while, and finally whispered to the empty house: "Dad, I'm back."

What followed was some chaotic cleaning and tidying up.There are not many things to take away, just some photo albums, diaries and commemorative objects, and some of her past personal clothes and various books that have been stored for many years have been packed in separate boxes and are intended to be discarded.

It is difficult to go on the road because too much past has been accumulated, and discarding some items properly is something that human beings must do to survive.She stared blankly at the yellowed photos in the album, which showed her and her parents who had just turned one year old.

Fortunately, there are still so many fragments that can remind her of the time she once had, the love that rang out with laughter.

It is these fragments that weave her.

After tidying things up, there are only lifeless furniture and dust left in this house. If you look carefully, there are some paintings that Wen Juefei graffitied on the wall when he was a child.Crooked and colorful, Father Wen didn't even bother to wipe it off.Taking advantage of Wen Juefei's inattention, Bai Jianxing took pictures and saved them one by one.Finally, she sat in front of the door leading to the backyard, looked at the bald osmanthus tree in the yard with only branches left, and said to Bai Jianxing: "I remember when I was young, my father paid special attention to this tree, and once because I forgot to water it on time Scolded me, I was so angry that I ran away from home."

Bai Jianxing stopped what he was doing, bent over and sat beside her, the small threshold just accommodated two people side by side.She showed a look of reminiscence: "At that time, I felt that my father was very unreasonable. Unlike other fierce and serious fathers, my father has always been gentle, slow, and very gentle. He didn't care about anything. After my mother left, he In addition to work and me, this sweet-scented osmanthus tree is the only thing in my life. At that time, I didn’t understand, what’s so special about a tree that can be seen everywhere? Later, when my father passed away, I went to my mother’s side again, Only then did I realize that my mother likes sweet-scented osmanthus very much. This tree was planted together on the day they got married."

So in fact, Dad has been waiting for Mom to come back.It's just that time has changed and people have suffered misfortunes. He can't wait forever, can't watch his beloved daughter grow up, and can't see the sweet-scented osmanthus tree grow to a graceful appearance.

Bai Jianxing looked at the tree: "The house is sold, what if it is cut down?"

"Then chop it off." She said pretending to be relaxed, moved her body inward, and curled up lazily on the ground like a sleepy kitten, with her head accurately resting on Bai Jianxing's crossed legs. Sunlight crawled in from inside and sprinkled on the eyelids, which turned bright red after closing the eyes.

She said: "If it's for my mother, my father will definitely think it's worth it."

He picked up a lock of her hair and gently played with it between his fingers. He didn't speak, but it was beautiful enough.

【3】

After disposing of the discarded items, Bai Jianxing received a urging call from home, asking him to take Wen Juefei back for dinner.So the original oden cooking failed, so Wen Juefei pointed out a shortcut to Shushen's grandma's neighborhood. Although it was dark and bumpy, it was faster.She remembered that time when she ran away from home after quarreling with her father because of the sweet-scented osmanthus tree. She ran away wiping her tears all the way, and walked into this dilapidated street when she looked up.

The dim street lights flickered incessantly. She was terrified, but she couldn't find her way home.Just when he was desperate, a few teenagers riding bicycles came out of nowhere, wearing white school uniforms and laughing as they rode past, their whole bodies were full of publicity and vitality.The boy riding at the end was especially tall, he seemed to have no desire to compete, and he followed behind with his schoolbag from No. [-] Middle School of the city on his back, with a face as beautiful as a jade carving.

When he saw her, the boy stopped the car suddenly and asked, "Little girl, what are you doing here if you don't go home at night?"

She cried so much: "I'm lost..."

"Which neighborhood do you live in?"

After she announced her name, the young man turned around and patted the lever on the front of the bicycle: "Sit on it, and I'll take you back."

Looking at the huge logo of No. 1 Middle School on his school uniform, and then at those beautiful eyes like a pool of water, she inexplicably felt a sense of dependence, and wiped away her tears and climbed up.He held her waist with his hands, kicked his feet hard and started riding smoothly, and sent her back to the community within a minute.

When she was put on the ground, she was still immersed in the joy of finding her way back. She was only focused on answering the community security's question about her residence, but she didn't hear the voice of the boy being called by her companion.

If she listened carefully, she would hear a few simple syllables: "Jian Xing, let's go!" Then he turned his head in a hurry, told her to go home quickly, and left.

She had long been his little girl, though these fragments were lost in time and not remembered by anyone.

【4】

Arriving at Grandma Shushen's house at dusk, the sun had just set, and the scattered stars in the sky appeared faintly in the dark blue sky.Holding Wen Juefei in one hand, Bai Jianxing stepped into the room with a large box of gifts in the other. The people in the room were all stunned when they saw them, and then there were loud sighs of emotion and blessings.

"Xiaobai's eyesight is beyond words!"

"A perfect couple, a couple of gods and gods!"

"When are you going to have a child? No matter how the DNA combination of the two of you will give birth to an earth ball grass ball flower level, right?"

"In this era when handsome men are generally highly blind, you have shown me the dawn of aesthetics!"

……

Bai Jianxing turned a deaf ear to this, the first thing he wanted to do was not the group of juniors of the same generation, but to get Wen Juefei to get the approval of all the elders as soon as possible so that she could smoothly integrate into the family.

He dragged Wen Juefei into the inner hall, where grandma, parents and elders should be there, and whispered to her during the process: "I told you, they just like to be surprised."

Wen Juefei covered his mouth and snickered, and when his eyes met Grandma Shushen, he showed a sweet smile, but he choked up when he caught sight of Bai Jianxing's parents.Bai Jianxing went directly to put the gift box in his hand, and said hello to his parents: "Mom and Dad, Juefei bought your favorite shortbread, and I have been waiting in line for a long time."

Mama Bai smiled generously: "It's hard work."

Wen Juefei didn't say anything, she didn't know what the shortbread was, it seemed that Bai Jianxing bought it a long time ago and put it in the trunk.

After being led by Bai Jianxing to greet a circle of elders, when Wen Juefei sat back beside Grandma Shushen, she made eye contact with her, as if asking about her relationship with Bai Jianxing's parents.

She silently said "OK", Grandma Shushen smiled when she saw it, and gave her a thumbs up with a mischievous expression, and both of them laughed coquettishly.

Finally getting ready to go to the restaurant, she followed Bai Jianxing out of the inner hall, when suddenly a little dumpling who didn't know where it came from hugged her calf and yelled at her sweetly: "Little aunt——"

Wen Juefei froze, not knowing how to move, for fear of hurting the glutinous rice dumpling.Bai Jianxing bent down and squatted down, slightly opened his hands and said, "Wanwan, hug me."

Only then did Xiaotuanzi let go of Wen Juefei, and flung himself into Bai Jianxing's arms with his short legs.He picked up Xiaotuanzi and asked, "Who taught you to call me little aunt?"

Xiaotuanzi put his arms around Bai Jianxing's neck, and rubbed his fleshy face directly against Bai Jianxing's, "Mom taught me." The voice was soft and waxy, Wen Juefei's heart almost melted.Bai Jianxing was amused by the little guy, his smile was bright, soft and gentle.

When I arrived at the restaurant, I realized that today was not only a family dinner, but also Bai Jianxing's grandfather—that is, Wan Wan's great-grandfather's [-]th birthday.

She stood outside the door, holding Wanwan who had been sticking to her in her arms, and asked anxiously: "Then what should I do, I didn't prepare a gift for grandpa."

Bai Jianxing raised his eyebrows: "I'm ready."

She glanced at his empty hands: "where?"

"In Maru Maru's arms."

She saw that Marumaru was playing something behind her back with her arms around her neck.When she saw that it was a Lego warrior that had just been put together, she thought to herself: Does the 80-year-old man still like to collect Lego?

After entering the private room, she was led by Bai Jianxing to his grandparents, and they talked lively and obediently for a while, and finally he held the old man's hand and said with a smile: "I haven't thought about sending you off for a long time. What is a big gift? I just brought my girlfriend here. Do you like this birthday gift?"

The old man laughed until he saw his teeth but couldn't see his eyes: "I like it, I like it. If I can bring my great-grandson with me next time, I will like it even more."

Wen Juefei was very shy when he heard the words, but Bai Jianxing replied calmly, "Then let's work hard."

The relatives present all laughed after hearing this, as if today is their big day.Afterwards, the birthday banquet started lively, Wen Juefei was sitting in the banquet, on the right was Bai Jianxing who kept feeding her food, and on the left was Wan Wan who was constantly being fed food by her.Occasionally, some elders would get excited after drinking and raise their voices to pay homage to Wen Juefei and Bai Jianxing, but he blocked them all.Wen Juefei's parents were both only children, and her grandparents left early. Apart from her grandparents, her mother's relatives had no contact with her. This was the first time she attended such a gathering.Four generations live under the same roof, and the whole family gathers together to talk and laugh, including her into the future of a family to plan and imagine. The words are full of love and blessings, and the eyebrows and smiles are full of beauty.

For the first time, her heart, which has been lonely, indifferent and walking alone, felt comforted.

【5】

When the banquet was over, Bai Jianxing was a little drunk, Wen Jue insisted on taking care of him, so he sent Wanwan back to her mother.Bai Jianxing said that he would stay at grandma's house, and Bai's mother, who hadn't been drinking, decided to drive grandma, Wen Juefei and Bai Jianxing back first.

Bai Jianxing's room was at the end of the second floor. It wasn't too big, but it was safe enough. It was full of books and chess records.

This is Wen Juefei's first time entering his room. When she came to learn painting, her activities were always limited to the studio, living room and kitchen on the first floor. She would not and had no interest in visiting this mysterious place that belonged only to him. space.

She was about to go downstairs to find hangover medicine for him, but before she opened the door, she was embraced by him like an octopus, and she fell onto the bed with all her strength.She smelled the smell of alcohol in his breath, and heard him muttering into her arms in a low voice, saying, "It's cold..."

The heater is a bit old and not fully warmed up yet.Wen Juefei had no choice but to be held by him dumbfounded, pulled up the quilt and covered him with one hand, and said with a smile: "It's fine to cover the quilt, I'm not a stove either..."

He suddenly fell silent, like a sleeping child.Wen Juefei lay down with him for a while in the original posture, recalling the banquet just now, it felt like a dream, only the person in his arms was the only real existence.Thoughts wandered wildly for a while, she remembered the business, gently moved Bai Jianxing's hand away, sat up and wanted to pour him some hot water to drink.

As a result, he also got up, his expression was as usual, but his beautiful eyes were very blurred, as if he wanted to seduce people.

Wen Juefei said: "You sit down, I'll pour you a cup of hot water to take sober medicine."

He seemed to understand, Wen Juefei got up and opened the door, but he still followed like a puppet.Afterwards, no matter whether Wen Juefei was pouring water, looking for medicine, adjusting the heating, washing his face, or pouring bath water, he followed the whole process, as if he wanted to stick to her body, watching Grandma Shushen laughing nonstop.Wen Juefei reluctantly took him back to the room, coaxed him to take the sober medicine, and finally settled down, lying on the bed in the position of holding her and squinting for a while.

Wen Juefei nestled in his arms, stretched out his hand to touch the bridge of his nose, and asked as if talking to himself: "Do you become clingy after drinking?"

He suddenly replied: "Drinking wine will make you clingy."

"Aren't you drunk?"

He half-opened one eye and glanced at her: "If I can have sex after drinking, I'm drunk now."

Wen Juefei thumped him: "Gentle scum."

The gentle scum immediately made a move, turned over and pinned her down again.The gentle scum asked, "Are you happy tonight?"

She replied with a smile: "It's okay."

"Do you think I'm a little too hasty? Like a kid, I wish the whole world knew that you were mine."

"You said you wanted a quick fix." So she was prepared.

"Actually, there is another reason..." He buried his face in her shoulder, and his voice became muffled, "I promised Auntie that I would give you a home."

Wen Juefei couldn't understand, and he continued to explain: "I don't hope that one day, I said, if Auntie leaves, you will feel that you have no home in the world anymore. Although my relatives are very noisy, I also hope It is inevitable that there will be quarrels, but most of them are sensible people. They all use this relationship to find comfort in each other's feelings or interests, so we are inseparable. The relationship between relatives is simply a word: interests The tighter the chain, the more inseparable it is, and the higher the happiness shown by a family."

He actually chattered and began to analyze from a professional point of view, Wen Juefei thought he must be drunk.

"I say this not to make you disappointed in them, but to hope that you enter these relationships with the right attitude and avoid being too hurt in the future."

"But I may not be able to handle these relationships well, I'm not good at..."

"It's okay. Don't deal with it if you don't want to deal with it. The important thing is what you want to get from these people."

"You seem to have high expectations of me..."

He closed his eyes and shook his head slowly: "I hope that after you come to me, you will always be happy and happy. I hope you will get a lot of beauty and happiness from my love. This is what I expect from you."

That's why he didn't shy away from letting everyone in his family know about her existence and bringing her to grandpa's birthday banquet. He wished that everyone in the world would know about her, and give her the envy, blessing and love of the whole world.Not only to make her feel safe, but also to let her know that she is so worthy of being loved, not only by him, but also by all the people who are inseparable from him.

Wen Juefei was so moved that he climbed onto his shoulder and kissed his face deeply.

Bai Jianxing understood what the kiss meant, and said with a smile, "You're welcome."

Wen Juefei lay on his chest and asked, "Did you never think about being separated from me?"

He opened his eyes suddenly: "Have you thought about it?"

"No."

His eyes closed slowly again: "I never worry about the impossible."

Wen Juefei remembered an emoji that Zhu Yan sent over a few days ago, and learned to read the words in it: "You are so cute, I seem to like you more."

"It's the only thing I don't want too much."

……

【6】

In the early morning of the next day, there was a slight light at the junction of the sea and the sky, the streets and alleys were still shrouded in mist, and the sky was a thick blue.Wen Juefei woke up early, got up and sat down at the desk, staring at the familiar scenery in the yard.

Six years ago, or even a little further back, when she first came to this small building and was about to start learning painting, she never imagined that there would be such a day that she would meet with the talented boy upstairs who kept his face dark all day long. fall in love.He will live in the genius boy's room, get into the genius boy's arms, lie on the genius boy's bed, and become the existence that the genius boy loves deeply in his heart.Time is a magical thing.

Thoughts were flying, Bai Jianxing got up at some point, walked behind her and hugged her.He casually took out a photo album from the bookshelf and showed it to her. After she had skimmed through "Xiaobai's growth path", she asked a question from a strange angle: "Why are all your single photos? You like to take pictures when you are so young." Personal photo?"

"I don't like being hugged."

"So arrogant."

"I didn't even cry when I was born, so I hummed a few times and forced the nurse to beat me to tears."

She was successfully amused by him, and he also laughed helplessly, and continued to break the news: "Later, my dad always took pleasure in making me cry, and let me yell if I had nothing to do, like if I didn't cry, I couldn't prove my existence Like it."

Wen Jue couldn't help but look at Xiaobai who was staring at the camera expressionlessly in the photo album, and thought it was really cute.At first, she wondered why the whole Bai family called him Xiaobai?It wasn't until last night that I found out that the Bai family has only one seedling for generations. There are only two surnamed Bai in the family, one is Bai Jianxing's father, and the other is "Xiaobai Benbai".

One meter of sunlight pierced through the turbid clouds, and when I looked up, I saw that the sky in the southeast corner was burning red, and the sun was rising.When he turned to look at him, his eyes were gently kissed. He whispered good morning, then touched her head and turned to wash.The sounds of water, brushing teeth and electric razor gradually filled her heart inch by inch.It was one of thousands of mornings that belonged to them.

【7】

Mother Wen's surgical incision was successfully removed after the year, and she soon entered the stage of postoperative chemotherapy.There were countless hardships, pains and sorrows, and even though it was the second time for Wen's mother to experience it, there were still many moments of pain that she couldn't bear, and she would even forget Wen Juefei's existence, as if in a daze. Pain relieved by screaming.

The doctor suggested that the family members of the patient should give the patient more spiritual support at this stage, so as to enhance the patient's will to survive.After that, no matter how busy or tired Bai Jianxing was, she would accompany Wen Juefei to visit Mama Wen, cook nutritious meals for Mama Wen in various ways, and together with Wen Juefei, outlined a bright future for her mother from countless angles, and agreed that her mother must come Attend their wedding and watch Wen Juefei put on a wedding dress to marry him.

But this time Wen Juefei was not disappointed after all.When the blood test report after chemotherapy came out, it was already early summer.The doctor's sentence "Congratulations, the patient's cancer cell index has returned to normal" was played repeatedly in her ears like a recording. These days, no matter how hard or tired she was, she held back her tears. In Jian Xing's arms and in front of her mother, she finally got a chance to vent freely.

She cried so much that she couldn't even see the road clearly, and when she heard her mother's call, she struggled to throw herself to the bedside.

Mother Wen stretched out her thin hand to wipe her tears, her voice was hoarse but joyful: "Feifei, don't cry. Mom has recovered. Mom is coming to fulfill the promise of attending your wedding."

【8】

The long summer came unexpectedly, and the sycamore trees on the campus road of Peking University became extraordinarily prosperous.The summer in this city is more vivid than any other season: arctic soda, spicy duck neck, kebabs, pearl milk tea and endless star concerts have become the beautiful image of this summer.The female singer Wen Juefei liked finally held a comeback tour this summer. She stayed up all night with Zhu Yan to grab tickets and failed, but Bai Jianxing easily got two infield tickets.

This is Wen Juefei's first time to go to a concert. She used to be tired of the noise and publicity, but now she is mature enough to understand people's paranoia and fanaticism.The show started at [-]:[-] in the evening. She wore a light-emitting headband and waited with Bai Jianxing. Behind her was a foreign couple, speaking a foreign language at a speed that was completely incomprehensible.

Wen Juefei smiled and asked Bai Jianxing, "Are they German?"

Bai Jianxing showed surprise: "How do you know?"

"I heard them say that the roast duck tonight is too greasy."

"You understand German?"

"The freshman took the introductory German course."

He couldn't believe it, and his thoughts suddenly drifted back to the past: "Then the sentence I taught you before..."

"lch liebe dich?" She tilted her head and asked back, with a sly smile on her face. She hugged Bai Jianxing's waist and added, "It's true that you can speak German, and it's true that you like you."

The 5-person gymnasium was full of seats, thousands of lights were like stars covering the Milky Way, and fans shouted louder and louder.After a few atmospheric songs with brisk melodies, the lively and fresh piano sound poured out like mercury, chasing the female singer who was dressed up in attendance. She smiled and said that she would ask a few couples to request songs.Wen Juefei gently shook the light stick in his hand, watching the faces of various people flashing across the big screen, and finally stopped on her face.

Eyes widened in disbelief, the staff who came in a file put the microphone in her hand, she stood up under the gaze of 5 people, and stumbled out her favorite little love song.

The female singer spotted the ring on her finger sharply, and asked with a smile, "Is the one sitting next to you your fiancé?"

Wen Juefei couldn't help laughing, but he didn't know how to explain it, so he handed the microphone to Bai Jianxing.He stood up after taking it, and said extremely calmly: "Same. Anyway, she is the one who will spend the rest of her life with her no matter what."

The prelude to the song sounded immediately, all the fans at the scene started to scream, and the camera showing them on the big screen began to shake, Bai Jianxing suddenly leaned down and kissed her vigorously.

This action successfully set off the climax of the night's atmosphere. The applause and screams of [-] spectators gathered together. Colorful streamers flew down all over the sky, and the chasing light hit them. All the screens in the venue were of her and Bai Jianxing. Face, the favorite singer stands on the stage to sing for her, and the person she likes the most is standing by her side at this moment.

She heard a soft and charming female voice singing softly with the melody:
Sometimes this planet is fragile and sometimes I want to sink with you

I know you are approaching me too

long wait dear boy

……

Chasing the light back, he ended the kiss, and said affectionately to her against his forehead: "Wen Juefei, I like you."

"Me too. The ribbons falling all over the sky, and every accessory on my body, can testify to me."

(End of this chapter)