Chapter 49 Pride and Prejudice
At nearly 19:30 in the evening, the night sky was full of stars, and Ye Wei and Lily made an appointment to meet here on Barrington Avenue east of Brentwood.
When Ye Wei arrived on a bicycle, she found that Lily had arrived from afar. She was sitting at the farthest position of the small roadside dining table outside the store from the door. At this time, there were no customers at the other tables. Only she looked at the stars in the distance in a daze, looking a little lonely.
"Hey, Lily." Ye Wei shouted, parked the bicycle and walked over, "Why aren't you waiting inside?"
Lily looked at the sound and immediately smiled, "Good evening, bastard."
"I guessed that you would treat me like this. The first sentence of reunion after a long time!" Ye Wei sat down in the small chair opposite her and asked the waitress who was walking towards her for a glass of watermelon water. Lily had a glass of pear juice on her side, and there was a beautifully packaged blue gift box next to her.
This was obviously a gift to him, and he reached out to take it: "Wow, thank you, what?" He asked her on the phone, but wanted to keep it mysterious.
"Wait!" Lily opened his hand a little annoyed. Could this bastard only see the gift? He hadn't even said a few words.
"Sorry, I'm the kind of person who wants to destroy the gift box when I see it." Ye Wei shrugged, put his hands on the table, leaned forward on the upper body, stared at her and looked at her.
After seeing each other for four days, Lily was still so beautiful and charming. She had a white and black Chanel jacket and jeans, her long brown and black hair draped down her shoulders, her two long eyebrows were full of heroic spirit, and her bright eyes were full of vitality.
Lily was also looking at him, looking at each other, and both of them slowly smiled again, and the feeling of being thrilled by something was sensation.
After a while, when the waitress came over and took a sip of watermelon juice, Ye Wei took a sip before asking, "Is the holiday still pleasant?"
"It's okay." Lily nodded, as if she was very happy: "My dad cared about me very much. We talked a lot, and Nicholas, who was bigger and more sensible, and Orion. I had a shopping trip with her. We bought a lot of things, and our relationship became better again... We used to be very good, but only after Nicholas was born, I was a little alienated, but now... I can't make up..." She suddenly lowered her head and sighed, "The bad holiday is bad."
Ye Wei always saw that she was in a bad mood and smiled: "Fortunately, you are not strong in making up stories and telling stories, otherwise what charm do I have? Football alone is not enough."
"Arrogant maniac." Lily's smile was still plain, "Say more bastards, make me laugh, and then it's all right..."
"I don't think so, Lily, are you really good with Orion before?" Ye Wei didn't joke and asked a serious question.
"Well, this is true. Let's play together and attend my dad's event together..." Lily seemed to miss the short period of time, "I think she really wanted to be my stepmother back then, but since Nicholas, it's different..."
Ye Wei leaned back against the back of the chair, thought for a while, and said, "After my sister was born, my parents also changed this way. It seemed that many things that originally belonged to me were all hers. At first I was angry and depressed. Soon, I realized that she was so young, and it was worthy of her parents' care for her. They ignored me because they felt... I grew up and I had the responsibility, and in fact, I am a brother."
Lily listened silently, understanding what he meant and responsibility? She felt the depression in her heart gradually relaxed...
"I think at this time, we should, let it go." Ye Wei looked at her eyes, "Adjust something different with a different attitude, maybe everything will be different. I don't know the specific situation of your holiday, but is it possible that you will join them on your own initiative? The world center of the family changes, and we all have to accept it."
"You're right... Indeed, I should care more about Nicholas..." Lily had some insights. When she recalled this holiday, she was angry and cared about them, "But I will learn to do this in the future, and hope there will be good changes."
Sometimes it's really good to have such serious communication with him.
Because her heart feels much more comfortable, her smile becomes brighter.
"I just talk nonsense. If you have any gains, it means that the truth has long been in your heart. It's just that people often don't like to reflect on themselves, but like to be comforted by others. You know, this is still nonsense." Ye Wei said.
"Okay, what about you, how about this holiday?" Lily picked up the glass of pear juice, bit the straw and drank it, her eyes always looking at him.
"I'm much better, a magical vacation!" Ye Wei smiled and shared with her the experience of the past few days, of course not including the Costco part. "So, most of the preliminary preparations have been completed, and almost all the rest are copywriting work, and I'm not worried at all."
"Great." Lily praised, but noticed another point, "Then did you date Anna Sophia Rob for a day?"
"It's not a day, I'll sit here now." Ye Wei spread his hands first and pointed at him. Seeing her frowning, he smiled and said, "Yes, Anna thinks it's a date. I don't know, maybe? Swear to me, I'm a playboy, hahaha!"
Lily glared at him, "Who cares, I said, you can do everything you want, we're just dating..."
"OK, do I have any gifts?"
"Bastard." She stomped her feet gently and pushed the gift box on the table to him, "It's just for you, I can't find anyone to give it to you anyway."
"Wow." Ye Wei took it with a smile, and honestly tore off a layer of blue gift paper outside, "What would it be? It's so nervous. People like jewelry, the more expensive it is, the better..."
Lily was amused by him again: "Then you got it, it's jewelry, big jewelry!"
After tearing off the gift paper, Ye Wei saw the packaging box inside, a big trademark, a yellow "Cook" in the yellow circle, and a Cook lens! He immediately exclaimed: "Wow! Cook lens... 35mm wide-angle lens! Cool!"
He immediately unpacked the packaging and took out the heavy lens inside to play with it. Cook lens is the most famous product of British lens vendor Taylor Hobson and one of the giants of movie lenses. It has a great sense of light, and its color is typical British style, which is relatively neutral but full.
This shot is worth a lot, at least thousands of dollars. He looked at Lily and smiled and said, "This gift is so heavy, thank you. It seems that if I become a psychologist, I will be developed."
"Stop coming, don't worry about the price." Lily smiled, her eyes unable to hide her expectations: "Do you like it or not? I don't know if it's good or not, but I think you will need it..."
"Are you kidding? This is great, of course I like it." Ye Wei held the camera in both hands, "This is mine, no one can take it away." "When I shoot short films in a few days, I will use it and take a few British-style wide-angle lenses."
He naturally understood her intentions. This was a directorial dream that supported him. Even if the matter was so crazy, she trusted him.
"I will cherish it." He said seriously, and his heart felt warm. "There must be many good movie shots, which were shot with it."
"That's good." Lily smiled happily, "I'll wait and see."
"I also have a Thanksgiving gift for you..." In contrast, Ye Wei's gift is much colder. He bought it on Costco on Black Friday.
"Where?" Lily looked at him with some excitement, but did not notice that he brought a gift.
"Dangdangdangdangdangdangdang!" Ye Wei took out a pink gift box the size of a palm from his pocket. Lily let out a wow, took the gift paper from her hand, and opened the small box, she smiled and said, "Let me guess... what kind of jewelry it is?" Ye Wei covered her chest in surprise: "You know how to see through, my god, I'm naked now!"
"Go to yours..." Lily smiled and opened the gift box. She saw a silver lily brooch with exquisite workmanship. She said happily: "Wow, it's very beautiful, I like it."
Ye Wei browed straight and was embarrassed to say that this little thing only cost $5, but she must have seen it. He smiled and said, "I don't know if it has any brand. It was bought at Costco. The number of people in that day made me crazy."
"It's beautiful." Lily praised again, picked up the brooch, and immediately put it on the left chest of the coat. This little gift made her happier than the sports car that her father said.
When she put it on, Ye Wei looked at it, and was moved by her love and enjoying this beauty. "It's very beautiful, both Lily."
"Thank you..." Lily looked at him again, took a drink, her eyes rippled, and her words became lighter: "Yeah, I really want to say thank you to you, not just this gift... I don't know, haha, what do I want to say, I just think... knowing you is not a bad thing."
"Oh, you used to think it was a bad thing?" Ye Wei looked disappointed and surprised.
"Yes." Lily nodded, thinking about something, and smiled: "I have misunderstandings about you. On the day of Cuttlefish Operation, I was very rude! I have to say sorry to you, and I want to thank you for not caring about it. This is what I want to thank..."
"No, I was rude that day, but I'm not sorry, sometimes, the real understanding starts with misunderstandings, like Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth."
Ye Wei looked at her, looked at the night reflected in the glass floor-to-ceiling window behind her, and drank watermelon juice comfortably.
Lily laughed out loud when she heard this: "Please, you are not Mr. Darcy, you should be..." She bit the straw, thinking while drinking juice, "Heathcliff! After becoming a big man, she took revenge on the kind of guy who looked down on his ex-girlfriend!"
"I have a few ex-girlfriends, but I have not been abandoned like Heathcliff..." Ye Wei scratched his forehead and tried hard to think about his ex-girlfriends, their appearance was blurred.
Suddenly, under the table, Lily reached out with one foot and kicked his calf. He couldn't help but whisper: "Why do you want to kick me?"
"Do I have it?" Lily rolled her eyes, feeling a little unhappy. Although they were not boyfriend and girlfriend, they felt so good just now. Why did they say ex-girlfriend? It's so hateful... Wait, it seems that she said first? Why, is it a temptation? No... She was confused...
"It's been a long time ago. Since the girls around me think that football is a sissy sport, I've become lonely." Ye Wei looked at her and suddenly a strange expression appeared: "Have you never fallen in love in kindergarten and elementary school? Playing house playmates?"
"I won't tell you."
Ye Wei shrugged her cute look when she seemed angry and said, "Actually, I want to say that there is a kind of person that will make you know yourself better. You don't know that you can do that until you meet someone. Moreover, I like Heathcliff, he was just hurt too deeply."
"Yes... so too, I agree..." Lily nodded as she heard this. She already felt this way. She met him, she...
"So you said I'm Heathcliff, and then you like Heathcliff too, then you like me, right?"
"You can't be serious for a while!" Lily kicked her coquettishly again.
"Why do you want to kick me again?"
"Do I have it?"
Chapter completed!