Chapter 38: The Story of a Quiet Change (Happy Lantern Festival)
"It's me! It's me! Senior brother, did you really just remember it now?"
Xia Mi wiped his hands on his senior brother's clothes in disgust and muttered, "I remembered you when I saw you yesterday!"
"Then... why didn't you tell me?" Chu Zihang asked in a low voice.
"How could a girl speak first about something like this?" Xia Mi's eyes widened, fierce, like a kitten's fur.
"I'm sorry." Chu Zihang said honestly and in a rare low voice.
"Forget it, for the sake of your eyes filled with tears, senior brother, I will be merciful and forgive you."
Queen Xia waved her hand coldly and proudly, indicating that if she doesn't do this next time, she will be severely punished next time!
"So, senior brother, why were you crying just now?" Xia Mi suddenly came up to him, staring at him unblinkingly with his big eyes.
Suddenly approaching at a close distance, Chu Zihang could clearly feel the girl's breath, which was as faint as gardenia. Under the slightly trembling eyelashes, the clear pupils that seemed to be able to speak were full of curiosity, but there was a hint of curiosity at the corners of her mouth.
A wicked smile, revealing a pair of small tiger teeth.
That pure and flawless face was dyed with a layer of warm gold in the sun, and it was as holy as the angel in the mouth of his junior brother.
This time he didn't hold back, and moved his face sideways, missing Xia Mi's gaze. He was silent for a long time before hesitantly said: "It's okay."
"But you're crying, how can you be okay!" Xia Mi stretched out his hands to force his face to straighten, and said seriously, "Senior brother, don't be shy, we are childhood sweethearts, if you have anything to say, I'm sure I won't
If you can tell it, I will give you four!"
Chu Zihang's face twitched slightly when he heard the "four" that he didn't know if he bit his tongue or was deliberately vague.
"You later transferred to BJ?" He could only try to change the subject.
Xia Mi took a breath of cold air, turned around quickly, held his shoulders with his hands, looked at his senior brother with a perverted expression, and stared into his eyes like paint: "Senior brother, investigate me!"
"No..." Chu Zihang hurriedly took out the tablet, "This is the information Norma sent from the headquarters. We must know who you are before."
On the tablet is Xia Mi's file, which is detailed and clear. It clearly says: Xia Mi, born in BJ on October 30, 1993, female, registered as BJ, studied at the High School Affiliated to Peking University before entering preparatory school...
The Intelligence Department of Cassel College is only responsible for student files. This group of people has nothing to do all day long. They are known for their CIA-like rigor and make everyone's files look like black history.
The only thing in this file that catches people's eyes is Xia Mi's photo.
She had dark brown hair and dark contact lenses. She turned her head in the sunset, and her yellow bow hairband was flying.
Xia Mi suddenly pointed at the tablet: "Look, it also says my previous attendance at Shilan Middle School!"
Chu Zihang was stunned.
No matter how stupid he is, he can still tell that the junior sister is launching an investigation and bringing up an old case again. Besides, he is not stupid at all, he is just slow in some aspects.
But didn’t you just say you had forgiven him?
Chu Zihang's Adam's apple squirmed, and he wanted to say something, but in the end he stopped suddenly, silently retracted his question, and accepted the criticism honestly.
To be honest, Chu Zihang has never been so "well-behaved" in front of several peers in his life.
But in front of Xia Mi, he always felt inexplicably guilty.
Because he almost forgot about her. There were so many stories between them, but he forgot them all.
"Oh, seeing you look so guilty, senior brother, I feel embarrassed to bully you." Junior sister suddenly sighed and fanned herself with her little hands.
The scene fell into stagnation and silence.
The junior sister tilted her head and looked out the window at the amusement park, humming a melancholy and sad tune in her mouth.
Chu Zihang's heart moved.
The melody of this tune seems to be - falling slowly.
It was an episode from the somewhat boring Irish musical film "Once" that they watched together that year.
He still remembers the final lyrics:
you've made it now
falling slowly sing your melody
i'll sing along
i paid the cost too late
You still have a chance to choose
Fall slowly and sing your melody
I will sing together
I paid the price, it's too late
now you have left
…
Chu Zihang felt inexplicably depressed and irritable.
This movie is very dull, and the ending gives people an indescribable feeling of sadness, regret and satisfaction.
You obviously think that the ending can be better, but you can't tell and you can't change it. You can only watch the people who fell in love for a short time part ways and each embark on their own future. Maybe this is life.
He suddenly felt that he wanted to say something to change the awkward atmosphere.
"I see you have an older brother on the file? But when I went to your house..."
The door of the pod suddenly opened, and the silver-haired old guy outside bowed slightly like a waiter.
"Dear tourists, you have been talking about life and ideals for ten minutes. Welcome back to the ground."
"School... principal?" Chu Zihang and Xia Mi were both stunned.
Time was stretched infinitely in their eyes, but it was incredibly fast, and ten minutes came in the blink of an eye.
Behind the principal, a big boy with dark brown hair shook his hands vigorously, fanned his nose, and turned his head away with a look of disgust.
"No, why is this place so sour and smelly? You actually sat here for ten minutes! Do you want me to accompany you to complain?"
Chu Zihang looked embarrassed.
Xia Mi made a face at Senior Brother Lu, jumped out of the cockpit, held the principal's arm and jumped up and down.
"Hello principal!"
"Hello to you! Mingfei and I went to attend an event. We had free time in the afternoon. Mingfei said that he had never been to Six Flags Amusement Park and expressed his dissatisfaction that the task we gave him was not to train beautiful schoolgirls but to attend the event.
, just bring him here to have a look."
Angre patted Xia Mi's soft hand in his arm and said with a smile.
Hey hey! You obviously want to come too, right?
"Principal, this is the first time we meet, please treat me to some ice cream!" Xia Mi's big eyes flashed with anticipation.
"Of course." Angers shrugged, turned around and asked, "Do you want it?"
"Lemon flavor!" Lu Mingfei raised his hand without hesitation.
"I..." Chu Zihang hesitated for a moment, he didn't like eating ice cream very much.
"I know, I know, senior brother likes strawberry flavor!" The little junior sister raised her hand proactively, and was considerate and sweet.
"Okay! Target cold drink shop, let's go!" Angers looked serious, as if he had given an important order.
The two walked hand in hand in front, one old and one young, in an inexplicably harmonious manner, like a pair of grandparents and grandchildren.
Lu Mingfei and Chu Zihang fell behind.
The junior brother poked his waist and whispered: "What's going on, senior brother? The progress is so fast? Why did you start to inquire about the family members' information?"
"...No, the atmosphere was too solemn before. I want to change the atmosphere." Chu Zihang replied in a low voice.
Lu Mingfei was stunned for a moment, too solemn?
Senior brother, what on earth did you, this steely man, say?
But before he could send a message, Chu Zihang suddenly asked a question, which made him stunned. He almost reached out to touch his senior brother's forehead to see if he had a fever.
"Junior brother, do you believe in fate?"
Ah, ah, ah?
What kind of divine expansion is this!
You just stayed on the Ferris wheel for about ten minutes. Senior brother, what have you experienced before you start studying such profound and profound propositions as fate?
I still remember you in the last life. You were no longer normal. What changed?
Lu Mingfei scratched his head and suddenly remembered that his senior brother's memory that had been erased by Xia Mi seemed to have returned.
So this is not erasure. Suppression is suppression. Junior sister was still so arrogant before she died in her last life.
With the ability of the Dragon King, it is easy to completely erase part of a person's memory. There is no such thing as a resurgence or a return that can break the rules at the destined moment.
So why not want to completely erase it?
"Senior brother, if you ask me whether I believe in fate, you simply don't believe me!" Lu Mingfei said righteously.
"What?" Chu Zihang turned around in confusion.
"Have you forgotten the magical secrets I told you?"
Lu Mingfei's expression was solemn, his right hand was spread flat with the palm of his hand upward, and his left hand was raised above the palm of his right hand. There was a sense of Zen in every move, as if he were a living Buddha.
Chu Zihang fell into silence looking at his posture.
Junior brother, are you obsessed with "Kung Fu"?
Even if there really is such a thing as "love against all odds", why do you have to act like a Tathagata divine palm withdrawing your power?
Is this really a string of events?
It seems that asking your junior brother about your fate is really unreliable.
Chu Zihang adjusted his thoughts and asked again: "Junior brother, what was the heavenly drop you mentioned before?"
"Heaven descended?" Lu Mingfei was stunned for a moment.
Senior brother, I have a lot of questions today!
"Senior brother," Lu Mingfei said lazily, holding the back of his head with both hands, "Have you seen "The Bridge to Wonderland"?"
Chu Zihang was slightly lost in thought. He had seen this movie.
This fantasy film was released in the United States in 2007. He watched it in the school screening room when he entered school. It tells the story of a boy's growth and transformation during adolescence.
Lu Mingfei continued:
"There are two protagonists in the movie, Jesse and Leslie. For Jesse, Leslie is his 'god'"
"Although I don't know why you asked me what the heavenly drop is...but I still want to share a few short essays on life with you, and you can just take them as a review."
"For Jesse, Leslie was the first angel he met in his life. She was so dazzling, but she stopped for him. Her brief arrival brought hope and warmth to Jesse, but she
He returned to heaven in the middle...Senior brother, don’t be like Jesse who didn’t realize his transformation until he lost his angel, and don’t wait until he loses to start regretting it.”
The junior brother whispered in his ear, his voice was calm and low, like a motto for those who have experienced vicissitudes of life to those who come after.
"If I had known that she was such a beautiful freshman, I would have done the orientation myself." Ange's hearty laughter came from the front.
"Look at this old guy's openness in picking up girls!" Lu Mingfei immediately changed his target and said sadly, "Brother, this old guy, the principal, is poaching you! Can you bear it?"
Chu Zihang still stood there in a daze.
He suddenly remembered the last lyrics of the interlude.
A strong wind passed through their minds, with a loud rumbling sound, and the ensuing screams brought Chu Zihang back to reality.
He looked back and saw that the iron-black rails were like a twisting giant snake, rising steeply into the sky about 50 stories high, criss-crossing, and cutting the blue sky into several large pieces.
He heard his junior brother gasp in his ear.
"First Senior Brother and Second Senior Brother, come and ride the roller coaster together!" Xia Mi in front turned his head and shouted to them.
Chu Zihang suddenly felt weak and couldn't help but fall a step behind.
The junior brother suddenly patted him on the shoulder, with a look on his face, "After all, it was me who shouldered everything."
"Stop struggling and get on, no one can escape today! By the way, senior brother, is this your first time riding a roller coaster in your life?"
Lu Mingfei stared at Chu Zihang when he said this.
Chu Zihang nodded.
The junior brother patted his chest and said in a loud voice: "I guarantee that the senior brother will have the most perfect enjoyment for the first time in his life!"
"First Senior Brother and Second Senior Brother..."
The junior sister's urging came from the front again, and the old man was eager to wave to them.
"I'm coming!"
Under the sun, Lu Mingfei waved and shouted, dragging Chu Zihang and ran towards them.
Wait for a few people to come closer.
"Junior sister, how dare you sit on this thing?" Lu Mingfei grinned.
At this moment, the roller coaster that reached the highest point behind them fell like a free fall.
The screams once again swept through the entire amusement park, and the frightened pigeons flying past twitched their wings and almost fell down.
Xia Mi turned his back to the wailing and screaming, put his hands on his hips, raised his head and said proudly: "Do you think us girls can only take pictures with Mickey Mouse in our arms?"
Lu Mingfei gave a thumbs up and said: "You are indeed a hero among girls! Let's go, senior brothers will sacrifice their lives to accompany junior sisters today!"
Chu Zihang said silently in his heart, Junior Brother, can you not represent me...
"Let's go, let's go!" Xia Mi happily held his arms with the two of them and skipped towards the queue.
Half an hour later.
Lu Mingfei tightened the safety lock and glanced at the senior brother sitting next to him.
Chu Zihang sat next to him, grasping the handshake on both shoulders, looking straight ahead with a pale face, as if he had made a mistake and was punished by the teacher.
Xia Mi and Ange were sitting in the front row of them.
"Junior sister, I heard that you have an older brother?"
The acceleration tunnel was dark, and Lu Mingfei asked casually.
"Yes, what's wrong?" Junior Sister turned around.
Lu Mingfei grinned and said: "In the future, grab your brother and let's play mahjong together. Three will be missing and one will be missing!"
Xia Mi pursed his lips and smiled and said: "Okay, okay, my brother is stupid, he is only good at mahjong and poker!"
Danger sirens suddenly swept through the entire tunnel.
The two rows of red lights flashing on the accelerating rail suddenly accelerated.
The siren stops!
For a breathtaking second, everyone held their breath!
The huge force several times the body weight pressed everyone on the backrest, which was even more exaggerated than the principal's Maserati!
"Oh oh oh oh oh oh--"
Lu Mingfei and Chu Zihang yelled at the same time, and everyone was shouting subconsciously. Only by spitting out all the air in the lungs would they feel comfortable!
And this scream was actually mixed with the cheerful laughter of Ange and Xia Mi.
Light hit the face, and the roller coaster reached its maximum speed, climbing vertically along the rails and twisting.
The sound of howling wind can be heard in my ears.
In the field of vision is a blue sky with white clouds.
Everything is turning around, like a kaleidoscope.
Among the screams, Chu Zihang heard a long sigh.
So abrupt.
He followed the sound and saw his junior brother changing from screaming to laughing happily.
He smiled happier than Xia Mi and the principal, unscrupulously, openly and cheerfully, as if he was the only one in the world.
"Senior brother, do you know why I laugh?"
Amidst the howling wind and under the whirling white clouds, Chu Zihang heard his junior brother ask himself loudly.
Of course he didn't know, so he could only take the time to reply "I don't know" while taking a breather, and then continued to scream with everyone.
"Because everything has changed!"
Amidst the rumble of the roller coaster, the junior brother's voice seemed to be stretched infinitely.
It seems like time is passing by.
Another example is fate being reversed.
Chu Zihang stared blankly at the sky approaching him, an unreal feeling came over him.
He didn't know what his junior brother was talking about.
But he inexplicably hopes...
This kind of time and this kind of journey can go slower.
…
July 19, 2010 afternoon.
The Six Flags roller coaster that had an "accident" in its history is safe and sound.
The tourists spent the afternoon lazily and carefree.
In this beautiful and longing-for summer afternoon, many things have quietly begun to change before they really begin. This chapter has been completed!