Chapter 459: A moment, a lifetime
I don’t know which book says that when one person becomes more and more like another, they will find each other as the most right soul mates in the world.
Just like Lin Jiayi in front of me looked very much like Xiang Xiaoan I knew.
If he was still alive, I would watch them come together with the most sincere blessings; but this kind of ifs would no longer exist in that winter half a year ago.
As a friend, I am very worried about her current state.
I remember she told me before she was about to go out that they agreed to walk the road in Lhasa together. Since he was gone, she would walk the road for him.
At that time, I thought that it was the farewell ceremony of Lin Jiayi and Xiang Xiaoan in the past, and it was not stopped, nor did it insist on accompanying her through that road.
Now it seems that I am wrong.
She left Lhasa, and she also stayed in Lhasa.
I don’t know if she is good or bad like this, but I’m sure that it will have a long-term and profound impact on her future.
I really want to say something, whether it is comforting or encouragement, but when I say something, I swallowed all the special snacks from Jiangnan Water Town... After all, I am not her, so how could I understand her sadness and joy?
Lin Jiayi ate very little, even though not long ago, she clamored at me that she was very hungry. She had four dishes, and after only a few bites, she stopped turning on her chopsticks.
Seeing her like this, I asked with some concern: "Is the dish not good for the taste? I'll give you another one."
"No, I'm full." She shook her head and said with a smile: "Compared with the things I ate when I volunteered in Lhasa, it's definitely a delicious food on earth."
"volunteer?"
I widened my eyes and looked at her in disbelief, "Aren't you going on a trip? Why did you become a volunteer?"
"I just started to make a decision. I was watching the team need it, so I was alone again, so I did it."
When she said this, Lin Jiayi was very hot, but in this indifference, I saw the vicissitudes of her eyes inadvertently, which were very inconsistent with her age. She was also judged as two people with the girl I knew before.
Can I conclude that during this period, what happened to her now? Even though we were in contact for a while, no one had ever said anything to each other...
The moment this idea came out, I became more confident.
Taking a deep breath, I put down the chopsticks in my hand and looked at her, "Can you tell me about Lhasa? If you have the chance, I also want to go and see it and wash my soul."
"No real tourists in Lhasa go with purpose, even the sound of justified excuses that cleanse the soul."
"... Then you can tell me too." I smiled awkwardly, still not giving up on my own ideas.
"Give me a cigarette."
She stretched out her hand, "A cigarette, change the story, it's definitely a good deal."
After looking at her, I took out a cigarette box from my pocket, handed over one to help her ignite, and then ignited one myself.
"It's great. Chen Mo, now he's all smoking China." Bada took a sip, Lin Jiayi looked at the cigarette in his hand and joked at me.
"Today I went to get a license, just to fill my face."
"Ha...a hypocritical man."
I smiled, without taking the blame, waiting for what she was going to tell me next.
"Volunteer, no matter where he is, is a relatively selfless profession, right?"
After most of the cigarette, she finally spoke.
"When I first arrived in Lhasa, like many people, I used my camera to record the blue sky and white clouds. Facing such a scenery, I had no face to record myself... because it was too pure, whether it was the sky or the bells in the Jokhang Temple."
After squirting the ashes, she laughed and said with a self-deprecating smile: "Of course, I am not very good in physical condition, and I know what altitude sickness is... On the first night, I spent alone on the bed in the youth hostel. My head was very hot and my stomach hurts. At that moment, I felt that death was so close, but I was happy because I finally arrived at the place he had agreed with me. If I couldn't sleep for a long time, I should be happier. Haha, I don't have to wait for decades to find that bastard. What's happier than this?"
I clearly saw her laughing, but why did I feel so distressed?
He took a heavy breath of cigarette, then twisted the cigarette butt into the ashtray, "Is it the volunteer who helped you?"
"Well, they saved me. There was a girl in that room who had just graduated from medical school and knew some common sense of first aid."
"I remember telling you to take medicine to prevent altitude sickness for a while before going there?"
"Yes, you said it, but I didn't listen." Lin Jiayi nodded frankly, blocking my complaints.
"Okay, you're right...and what? You join the volunteer team?"
"Well, after the fever subsided the next day, I talked to them. Everyone was girls and they were about the same age. They soon became familiar with each other. I heard a lot of stories from others. Of course, they also knew my story... It was also at this time that the girl from the medical school said she wanted to join the volunteer team and help more people understand Lhasa. You know, I am not that noble, but my roommates agreed, so I can't refuse, right?"
"Actually, you want to do something yourself, right?"
Lin Jiayi was stunned and then smiled unnaturally, "Am I that kind of person?"
"Xiao An is."
“…”
During the long period of time, she didn't say anything. The smoke was gone. She naturally added one for herself. Until the cigarette burned out, she said, "I have to help him do what he can't do."
One word is better than a thousand words.
"Xiao An will see it."
"Don't care, I did it anyway." She curled her lips, "To be honest, I was very uncomfortable at the beginning, especially after I met a coal boss who drove by myself, I was about to collapse..."
"You didn't hit him?"
"Everyone is out, just ignore it." She shrugged and continued, "However, there are still many interesting people. There is an uncle who is 60 years old and has mostly turned white. He has planned to go to Lhasa for three years. There is also a young man who just finished the college entrance examination and dared to hike by himself, and walked from Chengdu to Lhasa..."
When she said this, her eyes were lit. Even though it was daytime, I could still see the stars in the quiet night sky of Lhasa from her eyes.
At this moment, I suddenly understood why she is very similar to Xiang Xiaoan now.
Less than a month is just a moment in her life, but who can guarantee that such a moment is not her life?
Chapter completed!