In those years, we were not together

Chapter 10
"Yeah. I'm at the bar," Lily said.

"Which way? I'll go find you."

"You don't need to come, I'm going back to the hotel right away, you should do your work first!" Lily hung up the phone while talking, and then tears flowed down her face.Li Lei already has a girlfriend, what else do you care about yourself?What's the use of being unrequitedly in love for so many years?Li Lei liked Han Meimei before, but now Han Meimei is married, and Sun Yifei appeared again, Li Lei, when will you be able to accept me? Lily, why are you so timid, why don't you confess your love to Li Lei, why would you rather pretend to be strong when you are hurt alone?
"Lily! Lily!" Li Lei called loudly, but there was a blind tone on the phone.

Li Lei had no choice but to drive the car all over the street looking for her. Where would Lily be at this time?At this time, he suddenly thought of "CLASSONE" where he had a class reunion in college. Because this bar had the same name as his class, he would go there every time he went to the bar, so he drove there in a hurry.

As soon as the car stopped, Lily was seen coming out of it.Surrounded by two well-dressed men.

"Miss, what, are you in a bad mood?"

"Do you want my brother to accompany you?" The two guys smiled and harbored evil intentions.

"Lily!" Li Lei ran over, "What are you doing?" The two walked away awkwardly when they saw someone approaching.

"Why are you here? Didn't I say I don't want you to come? I can go back to the hotel by myself." Lily said a little soberly.

"Which hotel are you staying in? I'll take you there." Li Lei said.

"I'll go there by myself, you don't have to see me off." Lily pushed Li Lei away and said.

Li Lei forcibly dragged Lily into the car and started the car.

"I live in the new, new century..." Lily said and fell asleep.Along the way, Lily kept saying some incoherent words, among which Li Lei's name was mixed.

It was past three o'clock when Li Lei sent Lily back to the hotel. Seeing that Lily was unconscious, he couldn't leave, so he fell asleep on the sofa next to the bed.

When he woke up, it was already daylight. Li Lei opened his eyes and saw that it was ten past eight.

Lily hadn't woken up yet, Li Lei walked to the bed and looked at the weak woman lying on the bed, she was so pitiful, thinking about yesterday's scene, he felt a little sorry for Lily.

Her blond hair cascaded down like a waterfall, her long eyelashes, and her fair face were as beautiful as makeup.

"Lily!" Li Lei patted him on the shoulder, "It's past eight o'clock, and we won't be able to catch the bus any later!"

"Oh." Lily rubbed her sleepy eyes and opened them.

"It's past eight o'clock, hurry up and wash, or you won't be able to catch up with the car back!" Li Lei said.

"What car?" Lily asked.

"Didn't you say the car will return to Shanghai at nine o'clock?" Li Lei asked.

"Oh, no, I didn't buy a ticket, I lied to you!" Lily said with some embarrassment.

"Oh why?"

"Because I wanted to see you again, I lied." Lily said softly.

"Well..." Li Lei didn't know what to say.

"Do you have anything else to do today?" Lily asked again.

"No."

"How about we go out for a walk together?" Lily suggested.

"Then, all right!" Li Lei agreed.

5. Memories of candied haws

Li Lei drove Lily to the China World Trade Center, let Lily get out of the car, and parked the car by himself.

After parking the car, I saw Lily standing at the gate of China World Trade Center.

"Why don't you go in?"

"Wait for you!" Lily said mischievously.

"I'll give you some candies!" Lily conjured two candies out of her hand like a trick. These are two wine heart candies, and they were also one of the favorite candies in the class when she was in school.

"Why do you still have this kind of candy?" Li Lei was puzzled.

"Why, don't you like it?"

"No."

"That's good, I bought it specially for you." Lily said seriously, "When I was in school, whenever I cried, you would give me this kind of candy. Gradually, I fell in love with this taste. , so whenever I am unhappy or very happy, I will eat wine sugar."

Li Lei didn't expect that inadvertently in middle school would become Lily's habit for so many years.He didn't know how to answer Lily, because he felt that what he said at this time seemed so insignificant, what could be more moving than remembering?
Li Lei and Lily wandered around the mall like this. Lily didn't seem to want to buy anything, but just walked aimlessly.

"plum……"

"Lily..."

They called each other's name in unison.

"You go first." Li Lei was a little embarrassed.

"You should talk first." Lily said.

"Are you thirsty? I'll buy you a bottle of drink." Li Lei opened his mouth, not knowing why it became this sentence.

"I don't want to drink, I want to eat candied haws." Lily said.

"Okay, I'll go buy it for you."

"Let's go shopping together!" Lily said.

"All right!"

So, the two walked out of the mall.Walking side by side like this, Li Lei felt that his hands seemed to be redundant and there was nowhere to put them. Lily looked at Li Lei expectantly from time to time, her big eyes were full of memories and love.

It just so happened that there was a shop selling candied haws outside the mall, and Li Lei ran up quickly, leaving Lily behind.

"What flavor do you want to eat?"

"Original," Lily said.

"Boss, here is a bunch of original flavor!" Li Lei said.

"Two skewers." Lily begged.

"I don't eat it." Li Lei said.

"I didn't ask you to eat it, I'll eat two skewers myself, it's okay!" Lily said.

"Boss, two strings of original flavor." Li Lei changed his words.

"Okay!" The boss agreed while skillfully packing the candied haws and handing them to Li Lei.

"How much?" Li Lei asked while taking out the money.

"A total of 10 yuan." The boss said.

After Li Lei paid the money, he handed two sticks of candied haws to Lily.

"You help me get one first, how ridiculous it is for me to take two by myself!" Lily said as she handed a candied haws to Li Lei.

"Okay!" Li Lei said.

"How did you feel buying candied haws just now?" Lily asked.

Li Lei looked at Lily, wondering what kind of medicine she was selling in her gourd.

"When the boss said 10 yuan, how did you feel?" Lily continued to ask.

"Oh," Li Lei seemed to understand what Lily said, so he said, "The prices have skyrocketed!"

"Well, I came to China when I was in middle school. I ate candied haws for the first time. I thought to myself that the Chinese people are so great. It is really a great idea to wrap the red fruit in candy!" Lily was full of memories. Say.

"Yes, it is said that in the Song Dynasty, there was an ancient practice of candied haws. In the Qing Dynasty, it became popular in various places. Teahouses, theaters, and streets and alleys can be seen everywhere. It has the effects of appetizing, beautifying, increasing intelligence, eliminating fatigue, and clearing away heat. So it won It is loved by many children and young people."

"Why don't you eat?" Lily asked.

"I ate too much when I was young, but now my teeth are not good, so I don't dare to eat sweets." Li Lei is telling the truth, but there is another reason, that is, he feels that a big man is walking on the street with a candied haws Kind of funny.

"Me too, I really liked eating it when I was young. However, I seldom eat candied haws afterwards." Lily's expression changed quickly, and now she seemed a little disappointed again.

"Why?" Li Lei asked.

Lily didn't speak, as if she was thinking about something, and then asked: "Have you seen "The Love of the Hawthorn Tree"?"

"No." Li Lei was telling the truth. He hadn't been to a movie theater for a long time, and it wasn't that he didn't have time. It's just that he didn't have a suitable reason, or that he didn't have a suitable person with him.

"Oh," Lily went on, "that's not why."

Li Lei always feels that there is something in Lily's words, but he doesn't want to guess what Lily wants to say. After all, so many years have passed, his memories have been filled with a girl named Han Meimei, but this memory is still up to now. Also put on the shackles...

6. Han Meimei and her two children
"What's in front, so many people?" Lily asked, pointing to the front.

Li Lei looked around, and saw a group of children and adults surrounding an old man on a bicycle.I saw that the old man blew with his mouth for a while, squeezed with his hands for a while, and soon a vivid Monkey King was ready.

"That's a candy maker." Li Lei replied.

"Sweetie, I want it too." Lily said excitedly, "Come on, let's go and have a look."

Lily pulled Li Lei and ran forward.Li Lei seemed to be being dragged at first, but then he ran forward on his own initiative.

"Wow, it's exactly the same as when I was a child!" Lily exclaimed.

"Boss, can you make me a Tang Monk?" Lily asked.

"Okay, but you have to line up, there are three more in front of you." Only the old man who made the sugar said.

"Ok."

"Mom, I want to make a candy man too!" A child's voice came from afar.

"Mom, mom, I want it too!"

"Li Lei?" Hearing someone calling him, Li Lei turned around and saw Han Meimei.

"Why are you here?" Han Meimei was a little surprised.

"Meimei?" Lily was obviously a little happy to see Han Meimei, "What a coincidence, I can meet you here!"

"Are you going shopping together?" Han Meimei asked.

Li Lei didn't know what to say, but just nodded.

"Well, I asked Li Lei to take me out for a walk." Lily said.

"Wow, Coco, Sissy, hello!" Lily greeted the two little guys.

"Hello, Aunt Lily!" The two little guys were cute and responded in unison.

"Good boy, what's this uncle's name?" Lily asked, pointing at Li Lei.

"I don't know." The little guys shook their heads while talking.

Han Meimei smiled and said, "They only met Li Lei once, ha ha."

"This is Uncle Li Lei." Lily taught them.

"Hello, Uncle Li Lei!" the two little guys said cutely.

"Hi, kid!" Li Lei was also a little embarrassed. A big man, two women and two children were standing next to the sugar seller's old man. What a strange sight!
"Miss, your Tang Monk is ready!" At this time, the old man who made the sugar maker handed the Tang Monk to Lily.

"Thank you!" Lily nodded and said, "What a cute sugar man!"

When Li Lei went to pay, Han Meimei saw it, and there was a sense of loss in her eyes, which only she knew.

"Mom, I want Chibi Maruko." Just listen to Coco.

"Mom, I want the Flower Fairy." Sissy said.

"Ke Ke and Qian Qian are good. Where's the old man? If you don't make Chibi Maruko, Mom will buy you a Zhu Bajie, okay?" Han Meimei said to the two children.

"Okay!" The two little guys nodded cutely.

Suddenly, Li Lei seemed to feel that he had encountered this kind of scene before, but he couldn't say it.Suddenly, I felt that my brain was barren, boundless barren.

"Zhu Bajie?" Lily said, "Why do you buy Zhu Bajie for your child?"

"Hehe, recently I was telling them the story of Journey to the West, and the four characters are only short of Zhu Bajie." Han Meimei explained.

"So it's like this!" Lily suddenly realized.

At this time, the two Zhu Bajie were also ready.I saw these two Zhu Bajie were alive and well, with fat heads and big ears. The only difference was that one of them was wearing a black hat and the other was wearing a red hat.The one with the red hat looks a little funny, like the comic version of Zhu Bajie.

After paying, Meimei said, "How about we go have coffee together?"

"No need, I have something to do this afternoon, why don't you go!" Li Lei made up a reason to get rid of this embarrassing situation.

"I'm not going either, I'm going back to Shanghai in the afternoon." Lily said.

"Then, we have to meet again next time!" Han Meimei said with a little regret.

"Okay! Goodbye, two little ones!" Lily said, stroking the little boy's head.

"Goodbye, Sister Lily! Goodbye, Uncle Li Lei!" The two little guys said playfully. Lily couldn't help laughing while listening to their sister and aunt. Han Meimei also laughed and corrected: "It's Lily. Aunt."

"Goodbye, Aunt Lily! Goodbye, Uncle Li Lei!" The two little guys said again.

"It's so cute, Meimei, I really envy you!" Lily envied her sincerely.

"I still envy you, how nice it is to be single!"

"It's not good to be single at all, ha ha." Lily said with a smile, with a hint of bitterness mixed in this smile.

"Okay, you play, let's go first!" Lily took Li Lei's arm and said to Han Meimei.

"Okay!" Han Meimei's eyes flashed past Li Lei, and when she saw the two of them holding hands, she suddenly felt desolate.

Li Lei felt that every time he met Han Meimei, it seemed that it was not the right time.Every time I met her, I stood there like a statue, not knowing what to say; every time I met her, I was like a passer-by, at most saying hello, and then hurried away.What kind of heartache is there for such a departure? Maybe the two of them have different annotations.

7. Get married and learn the truth
At noon, Li Lei and Lily ate at a hot pot restaurant.

"I think life is like a hot pot. When we meet at the beginning, some dishes will be cooked right away, and some dishes will be cooked after a long time. No matter what, they all have the same ending. , was eaten." Lily said while eating.

"Lily, your Chinese is becoming more and more philosophical." Li Lei said.

"Haha, is that right? Anyway, I have also been in China for more than ten years, and I have been fascinated by it!" Lily said happily.

"Lily, I want to ask you a question, can I?" Li Lei said suddenly.

"OK!"

"Are you familiar with Han Meimei?"

"Okay? Why, don't you know each other very well?"

"We haven't been in touch for many years, and I only saw her a few times a while ago."

"Then we haven't been in touch for a longer time, and we only met once yesterday." Lily said.

"Ah."

"Do you know Han Gang?" Li Lei asked.

"Han Gang, I know you, our company is now cooperating with United Group!" Lily said,
"Why, you know him too?"

"He's my boss, hehe." Li Lei said a little unnaturally.

"Oh, do you want to ask me why Meimei married Han Gang, right?"

Li Lei was a little embarrassed, shook his head, and nodded again.

"The thing is like this. At the beginning, Meimei just worked in the United Company. Once, my company in Shanghai happened to cooperate with the United Group on a project, and the company appointed me to talk about the project. At that time, I I called Meimei and asked her if she was clear about the project. She said at the time that the project was in charge of their manager, so she introduced me to their manager, that is, Han Gang." Lily said.

Lily drank her saliva, and continued: "Later, the connection of our company's project was handed over to Han Meimei, and Meimei and Han Gang were connected. I think they should have met that time! As for how to develop in the future, I don't know. "

"Oh." Li Lei nodded.

"I also went there on the day of Meimei's wedding." Lily went on to say, "It was a big day, after all, it was the happy day of the only son of Han Dihao, the most influential local conglomerate, so many people came, including media reporters and There are many business stars. I just remember that when Han Gang toasted me, he said, "Thank you very much, Lily, for letting me know my forever wife, Meimei". At that time, Han Gang was very happy, and the banquet had not yet When it's over, I'm drunk..."

"Okay, stop talking." Li Lei said suddenly.

"Didn't you ask me why Han Meimei married Han Gang? Let me tell you, it's because..."

"I told you to stop talking!" Li Lei suddenly said loudly.

This really startled Lily, and in an instant, Lily's eyes were filled with tears: "Li, do you still care about Meimei so much?"

Li Lei didn't speak, even he himself didn't know why he couldn't speak, although he knew that it was unpleasant to talk about another woman in front of a woman, or the woman he liked.

Wake up, Li Lei, Han Meimei is married, she is no longer the Han Meimei who played with you when picking apples, or smiled at you when borrowing a ruler, she is already the mother of two children, she is already you The boss's wife...

Lily also worked hard to adjust her mood, saying: "Li, don't be sad, let the past pass by! What we need to face is the present, the future, not the past, right?"

"Uh, yes." Li Lei nodded with difficulty.

The meal was finally finished, and when I left, there was still a lot of dishes on the table, which looked a bit desolate, like a memory that I couldn't hold and couldn't let go, so lonely.

Life is like a hot pot. At the beginning, some dishes will be cooked immediately, while some dishes will be cooked after a long time.Li Lei thought about what Lily said just now, as if it was quite meaningful.That's right, aren't I the same as Han Meimei? We met at the beginning, just because Han Meimei was fished out of the pot very early, while I was boiled in water until the end of time...

In the afternoon, Li Lei sent Lily to the train station.When parting, Lily took out a ruler from her bag, handed it to Li Lei, and said, "I borrowed this ruler from you on purpose when we were in middle school, and I didn't return it to you, and kept it all the time. Now. Today, I will return it to you, I hope you..." At this point, Lily couldn't continue, so she quickly turned around, said "goodbye", and ran to the ticket gate.At this time, her eyes were filled with tears, and these tears were mixed with too many good memories of the past.

"Lily!" Li Lei yelled loudly, but didn't chase after her.At this time, Li Lei was in a very complicated mood. He didn't know which direction he should go. He was afraid that he would fall into the pit again and wouldn't be able to get out...

Lily was gradually submerged in the crowd, leaving only Li Lei standing there, looking lonely, as if there was only one lonely self left in the whole world...

(End of this chapter)