In the blink of an eye, it was the weekend. Xia Mang stared at the red wedding invitation on the table in a daze. Xu Wenhao and Chu Ning's wedding was tomorrow night. Xia Mang understood that this invitation was a demonstration of Chu Ning's victory against his defeat. It was a declaration, but Wen Hao didn't know. Chu Ning must have expected that she would not attend the wedding and hoped that she would not attend. Xia Mang's heart felt stifled at the thought of this. She should have completely ignored the invitation, but there was a small voice in her heart that questioned why she was so good-tempered and easily bullied, enduring Chu Ning's provocations time and time again.
For a moment, Xia Mang wanted to rush to the wedding tomorrow night and ruin Xu Wenhao and Chu Ning's wedding. However, it was only a momentary impulse. Although Xia Mang was a little naive, he was still relatively calm and rational.
He called Ye Zi, who was on a date with Lin Ran. He asked about Ye Zi's recent situation and found out that Ye Zi had not confessed to Lin Ran about the house. Xiamang comforted her and hung up the phone. She was a little upset as she lay on the bed. Feeling stuffy, she called Bai Bai. Bai Bai was on a blind date with her 11th best man, so Xiamang did not want to disturb her. After hanging up, she called Yan Yan immediately. However, Yan Yan, a graduate student, did not go on a date on the weekend and was busy in the laboratory. She said," I'm in the laboratory. I'm very busy. I'm free to chat." After saying nine words, she hung up the phone.
Xia Mang's heart sank. Perhaps she had been too calm and rational in the past, so everyone thought that she had let go of her past feelings. However, Xiamang really wanted someone to accompany her on a night like this.
He picked up his phone and searched for contacts in his contacts. After a few rounds, he pressed the buttons faster and faster, but he couldn't find the person he wanted to contact. Xiamang let go of her hand in disappointment. She subconsciously searched for the familiar phone number, but now, the number had been deleted. Along with the number, there were 51 messages saved in the phone. Wen Hao. Even though she was still familiar with his phone number, she was not qualified to call him.
" Ah Hui…" Xia Mang's heart tightened in an instant. At that moment, she pressed a string of numbers skillfully to find the person who would definitely comfort her.
"Sammy?" Xiamang's voice revealed that she was emotionally unstable. Xiao Linghui's heart tightened and he asked anxiously.
"I'll wait for you downstairs." When Xia Mang heard Xiao Linghui's voice, she suddenly felt wronged. After saying that, she hung up the phone, grabbed her keys, and rushed out of the room. Before her parents could react, she changed her shoes and rushed out of the house. The door closed behind Xia Mang with a bang. Tears rolled down her face. Xia Mang quickly went downstairs and ran straight to Xiao Linghui's house.
As the night deepened, there were occasional passers-by, but Xia Mang was completely unaware. The phone in his hand rang again and again, but Xiamang did not hear it.
"Sammy!" Before she reached Xiao Linghui's house, she met Xiao Linghui who had rushed over. Xiao Linghui looked at the tearful Xiamang and felt his heart ache. He hugged her with both hands. He did not know if it was because he could no longer care about his previous hesitation when he saw Xiamang like this, or if Xiamang took the opportunity to jump into his arms first. Perhaps it was both.
The phone in Xia Mang's hand rang again, but Xia Mang only buried her head in Xiao Linghui's arms and cried. Xiao Linghui took the phone from Xiamang's hand and answered the call. It was Mother Xia. Xiao Linghui explained a few things and understood why Xiamang would be like this.
Xiao Linghui didn't ask much. He just hugged Xia Mang and stood by the green belt between the two buildings. He let Xia Mang vent her emotions in his arms and patted Xia Mang's back. Xiamang cried so hard that she was even sadder than she had been in Lijiang. Her hands gripped Xiao Linghui's clothes tightly. Her tears fell on the light blue shirt and dyed it water blue.
Xiao Linghui's phone rang again. He looked at Xiamang, who was still twitching in his arms, and then looked at the 11-digit number on his phone. He finally picked up the call.
"I'm downstairs, Sammy." A man's voice was completely unfamiliar to Xiao Linghui.
"Hello, this is Xiao Linghui. Sammy can't answer the phone right now, but I can pass on the message.”Xiao Linghui hesitated for a moment before answering frankly.
There was a moment of silence on the other end of the phone. Xiao Linghui thought that the other party had hung up the phone. Cheng Mo slowly spoke, his voice slightly cold."Is she alright?"
"I'm fine." Xiao Linghui suddenly remembered his trip to Lijiang. The night before he returned, he went to the ancient city to buy gifts. When he found Xiamang on his phone, he saw the man beside Xiamang. Could it be him?
After the other party hung up, Xiamang had vented her emotions. When Xia Mang looked up from Xiao Linghui's arms, she didn't feel too embarrassed because they were too familiar with each other. She rubbed her eyes with her hands, took the tissue from Xiao Linghui, and twisted her nose. She asked in a nasal voice,"Who called?"
"A man." Xiao Linghui handed over the phone and smiled.
Under the night sky, the crescent moon and the street lamps in the neighborhood were not as bright as Xiamang's eyes.
"Not my dad?" Xiamang took the phone and flipped through the call history. Just as she was about to ask what the other party had said, she saw the number and suddenly shut her mouth.
"No." How could Xiao Linghui not understand Xiamang's thoughts and her slight abnormality? He became even more determined and said in a calm voice,"Sammy, let's go sit by the river?"”
Xiamang's residential area was surrounded by a river on both sides. There were stone fences along the river, and there were simple fitness equipment on the green belt that responded to the national fitness program. There were also stone tables, stone stools, and long wooden chairs for people to rest. Since they were young, Xiao Linghui and Xiamang spent half of their fun time here.
"Alright." Even though he had cried, Xia Mang was still afraid of being alone. He was afraid that he would think of Wenhao and Xu Wenhao and Chu Ning's wedding tomorrow.
He walked straight to the east side of the residential area, along the river and along the guardrail, and then sat down on a long wooden chair. Xiamang leaned against the back of the chair, hugging his knees and resting his feet on the chair. This was the position that Xiamang liked. On both sides of the long wooden chair were the most commonly seen incense trees in the city. The night was dark and the water was deep. The crescent moon was dim. There were no stars. Xia Mang rested her chin on her knees and searched for green floating plants on the river. It was a measure of the city's river greenery project. She did not speak for a long time. Xiao Linghui sat beside Xia Mang and looked at the absent-minded Xia Mang without saying a word.
"I accidentally made a mistake. I was unwilling to let this relationship end like this. I told him to wait for him and give him another chance, but in the end, he got married so quickly. If it were you, would you give him your blessings?”After a long time, Xia Mang finally spoke. His eyes were still looking at the quiet river in front of him, and his voice was a little ethereal. Although he was asking Xiao Linghui, it was more like he was talking to himself.
"Since you won't wait for him and won't give him a chance, why should you care about whether he gets married early or late?”After this night, Xia Mang should let go of Xu Wenhao and this relationship. Then, he should try to forget about it and accept a new relationship. Perhaps Xiamang had always thought that she had let go of this person and this relationship because such a person and such a relationship were not worth insisting on, so she insisted on breaking up and facing it calmly. However, Xiao Linghui understood that Xiamang had not let go of this relationship in her heart. Otherwise, tonight would not have happened. That night, he had never seen Xiamang crying like this before. The fact that she had lost her composure and cried so hard, as well as the strange call that said,"I'm downstairs at your house", touched Xiao Linghui again."We won't be friends after breaking up. This is your attitude. Since we'll be strangers from now on, why should you care if he's happy?"”
When Xiao Linghui and Xiamang talked about the breakups and reunions of their friends, Xiamang was very firm. Xiamang had always felt that this decision was a kind of natural grace. It was only when it came to herself that she realized that this decision was actually the only trace of self-esteem left in the hopeless situation of love.
"If it's possible, I don't mind or care.”Xiamang suddenly lowered her head and looked down at her knees as if she was looking at them carefully. In the night, something sparkling fell on her jeans. She had been calm before, calmly suggesting a breakup, calmly not giving Xu Wenhao a chance, and even calmly analyzing the relationship, persuading Xu Wenhao to give up and wishing him happiness. The most important thing was that the change had come too suddenly, and Xiamang was angry and proud. If the pain in Xia Mang's heart was as sharp as an arrow when she heard that Wen Hao had cheated on her, then as time passed, the pain in her heart was like a flood of gold. She felt suffocated from time to time." But some things are beyond my control. I'm not as strong and calm as I thought." Ah Hui, Ah Hui, if he gets married and forgets about me and lives a happier life than I do, what should I do?”
Xia Mang buried his face between his knees as he spoke, his voice choked with sobs. Xiamang had shed more tears in the past two months than she had in the past twenty-five years. However, perhaps she had not realized that with this person by her side, she did not treat him as a driftwood to save a drowning person. Love or not, happiness or pain, in front of him, she had always been clear and undisguised.
"You forgot earlier than him and lived a happier life.”Xiao Linghui understood Xiamang. He understood her current pain, her current unwillingness, and her fear and confusion about her future love life.
"Happier?" Xiamang looked up abruptly. In the darkness of the night, her eyes were covered with a thin layer of mist, giving her a sense of helplessness that made her heart ache.
"Sammy will definitely be very happy.”Xiao Linghui looked at Xiamang. She was an innocent girl who had been smiling since she was young. From the moment he rushed back to the airport in Lijiang to see her, the smile on her face had become more heartbreaking. No matter how well she hid it, Xiao Linghui could see the deepest and truest feelings in her heart with just a glance. It was just like when he returned to the country during the holidays. When he saw the look in her eyes when she mentioned Xu Wenhao, he knew that he had no chance. Some things, if missed, might never have a chance.
In the past four years, he had shared every detail of Xiamang's love life. He did not have high hopes, nor did he expect that Xiamang and Xu Wenhao would end up like this. He just stood by the side and persevered. This was a habit. But now, Xiao Linghui suddenly had a strong desire in his heart. Or rather, he had a strong feeling that he could definitely make Xiamang happy.
His Xiamang would definitely be very happy.
The phone rang again, sounding particularly ear-piercing in the quiet night. Xia Mang picked up the call in shock. She still did not look at the caller ID on her phone screen. She was used to judging the caller by the sound.
" Xia Zi…" The voice on the other end of the phone made Xia Mang's phone fall. Ever since she was young, there was only one person who would call her that.
It had been a long time since she had heard this name, ever since they met at the cafe that day. Xia Zi. Hearing the familiar voice and the familiar way of addressing him again, Xia Mang felt an indescribable feeling in his heart. He thought about Xu Wenhao's wedding tomorrow, and the bride would not be him. Everything would change in an instant. When he thought about the sarcasm of the 'blind man,' Xia Mang instantly collected his thoughts and picked up the phone. His voice returned to 70 - 80% calmness as he said,"What is it?"
" Xia Zi…Xia Zi…" Xu Wenhao only repeated it over and over again. It was as if he was talking in his sleep. His voice was not as clear as usual, but it was low and slightly unclear. It was obvious that he was drunk after drinking. It sounded painful and sad. Xiamang was familiar with that Wen Hao and that voice. In the past, when he was late at socializing or had too much to drink, he would call her without saying anything and just call her name over and over again. Xia Mang had always thought that Wen Hao was like this because he missed her after drinking. Now that he thought about it, did it contain more emotions?
"If there's nothing else, I'll hang up." Xiamang could not hide her weakness and pain in front of Ye 'zi and Xiao Linghui, but in front of Xu Wenhao, she had to be calm, strong, and rational. In this relationship, he was the one who turned away first. How could she cry in front of him and reveal her pain, vulnerability, and grievances? This was her pride, her only self-esteem.
"Xia Zi…"
Xiamang waited for about ten seconds, but he still heard Xia Zi. Xiamang took a deep breath, closed her eyes, and hung up.
"Let's go home." Xiamang stood up and walked to the side of the railing. He did some breathing exercises on the calm river surface a few times before turning to Xiao Linghui.
"Alright." Xiao Linghui knew that the caller was Xu Wenhao from Xia Mang's reaction. He didn't say much, nor would he ask. He stood up and stood beside Xia Mang, and the two of them walked back together.
It was almost midnight, and the neighborhood was quiet. Xia Mang walked slowly, her head lowered in deep thought. Although she had decided not to attend Xu Wenhao's wedding tomorrow, Xu Wenhao's call had triggered her emotions again.
"Sammy."
Xiao Linghui's voice pulled Xia Mang back from her thoughts. She raised her head and realized that she and Ah Hui had already arrived downstairs.
"Hui, thank you." Xiamang stood still and turned to thank Xiao Linghui from the bottom of her heart. At this moment, she was touched to have Ah Hui by her side.
"Sammy." Xiao Linghui signaled Xiamang to look to the left.
Xia Mang turned around and looked in the direction Xiao Linghui had indicated. There was a car parked 20 meters away from her. It was a car that Xia Mang found very familiar.
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