Better Than a Date
Yao Shunru squeezed forward step by step, desperately trying to get closer to Tian Meixiu. He finally got close to her after much effort. When he got close to her, he patted her shoulder and shouted,"Tian Meixiu, I finally found you!”
Tian Meixiu turned around and threw herself into his arms. She was like a child who had been hurt and wronged as she burst into tears. However, this was only a short moment of loss of composure, and she quickly recovered her feminine reserve. She struggled out of Yao Shunru's embrace, her face flushed red as she pushed Yao Shunru and said,""I'm sorry. I'm really sorry. I lost my composure.”It was too crowded, and she could not escape. Their bodies were still standing close to each other under the crowd.
The two of them stood in each other's arms for more than two hours. Tian Meixiu kept waving at the boat and crying. He wanted to ask her who she was sending to several times. Who was she on the boat? She swallowed her words back a few times. Tian Meixiu had no intention of talking to him at all. She treated him as a stranger and had never asked him why he was here. How could he have the nerve to ask her? It wasn't until 1:30 p. m. that the ship, Meiyu Maru, blew its horn and set sail. It gradually went further and further away, and finally disappeared on the horizon. Only then did the crowd gradually disperse.
On the way back to the academy, Tian Meixiu had been silent and depressed. She lowered her head and looked at the road ahead in a daze. There were a few times when she almost bumped into pedestrians and cars coming from the opposite direction. Yao Shunru reached out to pull her a few times, but she threw him away without a second thought.
"What are you still thinking about? Watch where you're going and let me hold your hand.”He braced himself and suggested.
"I don't need you to hold my hand. I'll be careful. Thank you.”As soon as he finished speaking, he almost crashed into a speeding rickshaw.
"That was close! What's wrong with you? Uncomfortable? Shall we call a cab back? Or, we can stop and rest for a while.”He held her hand without any explanation.
"I will be careful." She shook off his hand and walked forward, her emotions much more stable. After walking a dozen steps forward, Tian Mei told him in a low voice that she had just sent off her aunt's family.
"Among my mother's three sisters, my aunt married to Guangzhou, and my aunt married a Japanese businessman. She opened a Japanese textile company in Shanghai that deals in cotton yarn, textile products, and textile machinery and equipment for more than twenty years. Today, it was really hard to leave the warm land and family, so it was even more painful.”she murmured.
The doubts in Yao Shunru's heart cleared up, and she thought of many words to comfort her. He said,"You don't have to be so sad. This is only a temporary farewell. Maybe she will come back to visit next year." Even if she doesn't come back, after you graduate and start working, you can go to Japan to visit your family. You might even be able to go to Japan to develop your career.”
Tian Meixiu let out a long sigh. It had been three years since they last met.”As she spoke, tears flowed out again.
"Don't be so pessimistic. The moon has its ups and downs, and people have their joys and sorrows. The situation is constantly changing. As time passes, you will slowly adapt.”He thought to himself,'I didn't expect this woman to be so cold on the surface, but her kinship is so deep in her bones.
"That being said, you don't understand what's going on in a duck's stomach. You can only understand it by experiencing it yourself. However, I still have to thank you for comforting me.”Her emotions had clearly stabilized.
The two of them chatted as they walked. When they entered Qiujiang Road, they saw that the stalls along the way were filled with daily necessities left behind by the Japanese and were being auctioned at low prices. She couldn't help but stop and squeeze into the crowd. She looked around with tears in her eyes.
Suddenly, Yao Shunru's stomach rumbled when he smelled the fragrance wafting from the roadside restaurant. Saliva also gushed out of his mouth. He felt hungry. "We were too busy talking. It's already past two o'clock and we haven't had lunch yet." Maybe you haven't had breakfast yet. How about we find a place to eat?”
"Don't talk about eating. I really haven't touched a drop of water. I'm really a little hungry. Where do you want to eat?”Tian Meixiu said dully.
Yao Shunru led Tian Meixiu into a small restaurant that she had visited before. They found a couple to sit down. He held the menu and asked her what she wanted to eat. She said anything, as long as it was fast. Yao Shunru said to the young waiter in the shop,"Two dishes, one soup, and a plate of sweet and sour hairtail. The sooner the better.”
It turned out that the sweet and sour ribbonfish in this shop was not made from fresh ribbonfish, but from dried ribbonfish smoked with pine smoke. They were placed in a glass cabinet one plate after another. They had a unique flavor and were very distinctive.
It was the first time that a young couple sat opposite each other in the couple's seats, waiting for their meal. It seemed very unnatural. Seeing that she was silent, Yao Shunru pretended to be calm and started talking about everything. In the end, she changed the topic to the Saturday afternoon topic discussion and said,"We've been waiting for you for a long time. I even went to your classroom to look for you.”
"I'm really sorry, I should have asked for leave from you.”Her cheeks were flushed red as she blinked her bright eyes. Her long eyelashes fluttered, making her look even more beautiful.
As they chatted, the waiter quickly served the dishes. There was a plate of cold sweet and sour hairtail, a plate of stir-fried meat with garlic sprouts, a plate of cabbage, a big bowl of soup with three delicacies, and two small bowls of rice.
Tian Meixiu took a small bite of the sweet and sour hairtail and said,""It tastes really good. I usually like to eat this dish at home, but it's a hot dish made with fresh fish. It doesn't have this chewy taste.”
"We rarely eat seafood in our hometown. We often use smoked fish to make sweet and sour fish. Last Sunday, I ate here with Li Shaohua and occasionally tried a plate. It felt good and was delicious at a cheap price.”Yao Shunru laughed.
"Actually, you don't have to order so many dishes. Two dishes or one dish and one soup are enough. I'll only eat one bowl of rice at most.”
"It's rare to have lunch with you. It's my honor today. I'm afraid you'll laugh at me if I'm too shabby.”
"Why are you speaking so elegantly today? What lunch? What luck? That's too serious. It's just a coincidence. It's not a date.”She blushed and said shyly.
"It's not a date. It's better than a date. I invited you out of goodwill, but you might not do me the favor.”
"If you say that again, I'm going to be angry. I'm not that petty. If there's a meal in the future, feel free to invite me. It's best to invite a few more people to make the atmosphere more lively.”She suddenly changed the topic and asked," Really, I haven't asked you yet. When I bumped into you yesterday, I thought you were just here to watch the show. Why did I bump into you alone today? Who are you seeing off?"”
"I bumped into you by chance yesterday. I seemed to have lost my soul on the dock yesterday and couldn't sleep all night. Today, it seemed like there was a promise in my previous life. I wasn't giving it away, but searching for my soul.”There was a hidden meaning behind his words.
"Father told me to be careful and not to agree to anything I hear on the dock. According to his father, other than the Japanese who were about to be sent back, there were also many spirits of the dead wandering around the dock. They also wanted to squeeze onto the ship and return to their homeland. Are you possessed? You'd better see a doctor.”Tian Meixiu was silent for a while before she lowered her head and said piously.
"It's not that serious. Seeing you makes me feel more relaxed. I really have to thank you.”He didn't know whether to laugh or cry when he heard this. He thought to himself,'Do you really not understand or are you pretending to be confused? How can I endure this!' He was too embarrassed to say it out loud.
She remained silent and quickly finished her meal with her head lowered. She didn't want to say anything else, so she excused herself to wash her hands in the bathroom. She came out of the bathroom and pretended to be idle as she looked around the shop.
He was too embarrassed to keep her waiting, so he quickly finished the rest of the food in his bowl. He took out a white hand from his coat pocket, wiped his lips and nose, wiped his hands, and then called the waiter to pay the bill. The young waiter who had just entered the shop walked up and said,"Sir, your girlfriend is already married.”
Yao Shunru felt so embarrassed and embarrassed. His face was as red as a pig's blood, and his neck was flushed red. He was dumbstruck and could not react for a moment. She walked over and said expressionlessly,"What's wrong? Are you angry? It's the same if you buy it and I buy it."
"Of course it's different. At least it's not the same yet. Which boy would invite a girl to dinner and ask her to pay? Wasn't that too contemptuous?”he said angrily.
"Alright, alright, I was wrong. You can buy it next time. I'm thanking you for accompanying me for the whole day.”
When Yao Shunru heard that there would be a next time, she was immediately overjoyed and said,"There are still a few hours left in the day. Why don't we go to Yu Garden in the afternoon?”
Tian Meixiu knew that she had said something wrong, so she said with a serious expression,""Let's hurry back to school. It's not good to miss a whole day of classes. Also, I have to leave first. You can leave later in case the students see you.”
No matter how hard Yao Shunru tried, he could not create a friendly and warm atmosphere. The two of them had different feelings, and their emotions were not uniform. He was passionate, but she was cold. Their friendship was separated by a river, or rather, a mountain. If you want to know what will happen next, please read the next chapter.
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