Ding Nan had imagined a reunion with Sun Guowei a thousand times. Perhaps it was like the slow-motion scenes in movies and television where the male and female protagonists ran towards each other and hugged each other and cried? Or maybe she was picking him up at the airport, and he was standing on the elevator for a long time, staring at her affectionately? Or perhaps the moment she met him, she was hugged by him and spun rapidly, letting the exclamations and laughter fill each other's hearts?
However, life was not that exciting and dramatic. It was just ordinary meetings. The two of them reunited after a long time and slowly approached each other. That was all.
After confirming the return date, Sun Guowei used his colleague's mobile phone to send her a message, telling her when she would return to Beijing. Because the two of them had a lot of things, the unit would send a car to pick them up at the airport. He told her that he would call her after he put down his things at work.
The night before their reunion, she habitually went to the balcony of the dormitory and leaned on the windowsill, letting the breeze blow her long hair as she looked down at the brightly lit avenue. It was already summer in July. The school and dormitory were empty and quiet. It was past ten o'clock at night, and even the streets were quiet. Occasionally, there would be a bus at night, but it would only pass by with its lights on, not noisy. Thinking about their reunion, she couldn't help but feel a surge of emotions. The parting was still yesterday, and his words,"I hope tomorrow is next year!" The years of peace have brought us together, and it has never gone far. Now, two years had passed. After a short but long two years, he could really get what he wanted. Tomorrow was really next year!
At 12:30 the next day, Ding Nan's cell phone rang. Sun Guowei's cell phone number, which he had not used for two years, flashed on her cell phone screen. She suddenly had a long-lost feeling in her heart. It was strange and long-lost! She quickly walked to the balcony and opened the window. After a light cough, she pressed the answer button with a slight tremble. She tried her best to speak in her usual tone and said gently,"Hey!"
Sun Guowei's familiar yet unfamiliar voice sounded."Hey, where are you? Are you at school?"
"Yes, I'm at school, in the dormitory. Where are you? Have we arrived?"
He said," Yeah, I just arrived. I just went to the cafeteria to eat. Have you eaten?"”
"I've eaten."
"Oh, I see. Are you guys on vacation? Do you still need to go to class?"
"Yes, there's no need to go to school anymore. However, I plan to finish my thesis during the summer vacation and do my best to find a job in my third year of graduate school.”
"Oh, I'm packing up in the dormitory. Why don't you come and find me?"
"Um…alright."
After putting down the phone, Ding Nan packed up a little and went out to look for him.
The bus, the subway, and then the bus. After two and a half hours of tossing and turning, she knocked on his dormitory door. Everything seemed to have happened a lifetime ago. Last night, she felt that parting was right before her eyes. He had always been in her heart and had never gone far, but the moment he opened the door, she suddenly felt that he was so unfamiliar. She sighed in her heart. After all, two years had passed.
He closed the door behind her and held her hand as they walked in. He smiled at her, and she smiled back at him. His face was even younger than two years ago. It was moist and firm, and no wrinkles could be seen. She remembered that two years ago, when she applied eye cream, she would often help him apply some too. She joked that she would help him remove the fine lines at the corners of his eyes. At that time, he was very old. Now that time had passed, he was getting younger. Could it be that the soil and water of Russia nurtured people? She touched his face and asked with a smile. He placed his hand on hers and smiled." There's a lot of free time there. I train every day to pass the time. It's the result of exercise."
After feeling a little uneasy, he lowered his head to kiss her. She could not help but blush. She lowered her eyes and closed them again. It had been two years since they last met, and she was actually a little shy.
The sunlight outside the window was scorching hot, and the bushes near the window were getting taller and taller, casting mottled shadows on the windowsill. On a few tall poplar trees a little further away, cicadas were chirping noisily. In the lazy afternoon of midsummer, they became quieter and quieter, urging people to sleep.
"Baby, I realized that you can even blush.”He gently tapped her nose and smiled.
"Yes, when I feel nervous or have abnormal psychological activities, I will blush. How many years had it been? That's why people like me can't lie. Once I lie, others will be able to tell.”She didn't look at his face. She curled up in his arms and closed her eyes sleepily as she smiled sweetly.
"Did you miss me these two years? How much do you want?" he asked, pushing her away slightly, forcing her to look up and look into her eyes.
"In the first two months, I cried almost every day. When I was doing something, I thought of you. I often thought of you until I cried. What do you think of me?" She looked into his eyes and reached out to touch his face.
"Me too. I just left for a few months and I'm not used to it. I miss you every day and sometimes I cry. I can't wait to come back. It took me a long time to get used to it." He said as he leaned over and kissed her again. She could not help but respond to him.
"Did you bring me any gifts?”After a while, she asked playfully.
"Yes, I forgot to tell you." As he spoke, he got up and walked to a large black suitcase in the room. He unzipped it and took out a square picture frame from inside. He took it and handed it to her.
She took it from him. It was a landscape oil painting that imitated the style of Levitan, a painter from the Russian touring exhibition school. It was clear and distant, beautiful and poetic. She looked up and kissed his face."Thank you, darling!"
He held the painting with her, looked at it, and then looked at her."I know you study art, so I've long wanted to bring this back for you, but it's too big. I heard that customs checks are strict, so I brought you this smaller one.”
She smiled, looked into his eyes, and said gently,""It's okay. This is fine. The size is just right. It's very exquisite.”After pausing for a few seconds, she teased and probed," When we get married, we'll hang it in the living room so that all the guests will know that it's a love gift from you.”
" Haha." He was amused. He looked at her and said," When we get married, we're going to pick an authentic piece. We don't want an imitation."”
He let go of her and got up to return to the box. He took out a few boxes of different shapes and placed them on the table in front of him. He opened one and said,"I brought back a lot of Russian chocolate. Try it. What's the difference?”After saying that, he took out one and peeled it, stuffing it into her mouth.
She chewed, closed her eyes, and pretended to savor it. She opened her eyes again and looked at the box of chocolates of different shapes."It's too sweet, too sweet. It's much sweeter than the chocolates in China. I can't stand such sweetness. It seems that different shapes have different filling cores. I have never eaten chocolate with filling in China. Not bad, there are quite a lot of tricks."
"Yes, I also think it's too sweet. It's not good for your teeth." he said. He was always so calm. Even in the happiest moments, he would remember clearly what he should do and what he should not do.
"Comrade of the People's Liberation Army, can you tell me about your life in Russia? I heard that Russian girls are especially beautiful. Come, let's talk.”She sat cross-legged on the bed and tilted her head to look at him. She shook his hand and smiled.
He smiled and looked at her evilly."Russian girls are especially beautiful. Every one of them is very beautiful, especially their figures. They are especially great.”
"You didn't think of bringing one back?" she teased.”
He sniffed, left, right, and then her body. He pretended to be puzzled and said,"Eh? Why do I smell sour? Which vinegar bottle was knocked over?"
She ignored him and pretended to be angry.
He leaned closer and looked into her eyes."Can I take it that Ding Nan, who has always been confident, is also jealous of me?”
"You can be beautiful!" she said coquettishly.
He put his arm around her shoulder and shook her leisurely."It's like this. Russian girls have especially good figures between the ages of fifteen and twenty-five. However, once they reach twenty-five or thirty years old at the latest, their figures will change drastically, unlike us Asians who change slowly. They do have that kind of exotic beauty. It's not bad from a distance, but when I look at them up close, I always feel that they're different. I still prefer more people from China.”
She replied with an "oh" and asked,"Where did you guys go last summer vacation?”
He stopped shaking and turned to look at her.""Mainly Moscow and St. Petersburg. St. Petersburg is the Leningrador mentioned in our history textbooks. The ancient buildings in the city were really well-preserved. They looked classical and magnificent. The traffic there was very convenient and not as congested as in Beijing. When we were there, we mainly took the subway. Oh right, the subway there was much deeper than the one in Beijing. It was about 20 meters underground. We took the elevator down. Many subways were built during the war and could be used as bomb shelters. If war really came again, many people could hide inside. It was unlike the Beijing subways, which were so shallow that if war really broke out, they would not be of much use.”
"You're really a military student. You're able to analyze the war situation just by taking the subway.”she teased with a smile.
"It's an occupational disease, hehe. "Oh right, our school is building a new school site. It's almost finished. We'll move there in a few months. The new school site will be closer to the city. We won't have to travel so far later. Now that the school was a compound shared with a few other units, the interpersonal relationships were more complicated. After moving to the new school site, it would be much simpler.”He stood up and tidied up the house.
Ding Nan looked around. The house was almost the same as before he left. It was still clean and tidy. There were only a few more things, but it had a slightly dusty smell. Perhaps he had been tidying up for a long time before she arrived.
"Oh right, there are two new helicopters in the courtyard. They're huge. I'll bring you to see them later.”He turned back to look at her and said.
" Oh," she replied and looked out the window. It was dusk, and the sun was setting.
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