Sister Chen held the steering wheel and drove the car forward without saying a word.
Sheng Chuncheng called Sister Chen hello. Just as he was about to say something, Sister Chen shushed him and said, "We'll talk about it later."
Sheng Chuncheng also shut up.
He looked at Sister Chen quietly through her sunglasses and found that her makeup was neatly made up. She might have touched up her makeup when she came out. Her eyes were looking straight ahead, still so determined. She still looked radiant, but he didn't know why.
Whether it was a psychological effect or something, Sheng Chuncheng felt that under the surface of all this, Sister Chen still looked a little tired.
On the radio station playing in the car, two hosts, a man and a woman, were making jokes, especially the woman, who pretended to be cute, and was startled. Every time she screamed, a pre-recorded sound sounded in the background.
laughter and applause.
The volume was very loud, and the sound filled the entire carriage, but it seemed that it couldn't even touch Sister Chen. She was independent of the sound. There were several times when what was said on the radio was so funny that Sheng Chuncheng almost
She laughed out loud, but Sister Chen didn't even twitch the corners of her mouth, she just stared ahead.
They drove from Danhua'an Road to Tangggongju Road, and turned left from Tangggongju Road onto Zhijiang East Road. Sister Chen then drove forward. When passing through the tunnel, she did not enter the tunnel, but walked along the side.
A small road drove in and reached the top of the tunnel.
Above the tunnel was a large forest. Sister Chen backed the car into the woods and stopped under the shade of a tree.
Outside the woods is the riverside walking track where Sheng Chuncheng used to come for jogging, and beyond that is the wide Qiantang River.
Sister Chen opened the door and got out of the car. Just as Sheng Chuncheng was considering whether to get out of the car too, the rear door was opened. Sister Chen took something from the back seat, then closed the door and sat back in the driver's seat in front.
Sister Chen was holding two paper bags in her hand. She reached out and turned off the radio station, and said to Sheng Chuncheng, "You haven't had lunch either, right? Let's be simple and just have milk and bread for lunch."
Sheng Chuncheng said yes.
Sister Chen took out a box of Anmuxi from a paper bag, inserted the straw in it, and handed it to Sheng Chuncheng. Then she took out a piece of bread from another paper bag, peeled off the outer wrapping paper, and talked to Sheng Chuncheng.
explain:
"The other hand, then, gives you the bread."
Sheng Chuncheng also took the bread in his hand.
Sister Chen then took out another box of Anmuxi and another piece of bread, and the two of them sat there and ate, still not talking.
Sister Chen seemed to be eating gracefully, but she was eating very quickly. She finished the bread and yogurt before Sheng Chuncheng. She took out a pack of wet wipes from the truck compartment, took out one, wiped her mouth, and then took out another
Zhang wiped his hands and put the used wet wipes into the paper bag where An Muxi had been put.
She turned sideways and saw that Sheng Chuncheng was almost finished eating, so she asked, "Do you want more? Is there still bread?"
Sheng Chuncheng shook his head and said, "I'm full."
"Here, wipe your hands."
Sister Chen put a wet tissue into Sheng Chuncheng's hand, then took out another wet tissue, leaned over, and wiped Sheng Chuncheng's mouth.
She took the used wet tissue from Sheng Chuncheng's hand, put it into the paper bag together with the one on her hand, and put the paper bag at her feet.
Sister Chen and Sheng Chuncheng said: "Put the chair back a little to make it more comfortable."
Sheng Chuncheng obediently reached for the seat button and moved the seat back. Sister Chen also moved the seat and seat back back, and the two of them were half-lying there.
The front of the car was facing the Qiantang River not far away. Sheng Chuncheng saw the bright sunshine outside the woods, making the slow road by the river white. The surface of the Qiantang River was constantly glowing with patches of sparkling light, which was a bit dazzling.
The air conditioner in the car was blowing loudly. The two of them were quiet for a while, but it was Sister Chen who spoke first:
"How are you now?"
Sheng Chuncheng smiled and said: "I am the same as before, but I have new customers and a new career."
"New career? What to do?" Sister Chen asked.
"I worked as a model for a painter. He was my new client. He had frozen shoulder. I came to serve him. Unexpectedly, I became his client."
"You work as a model for others?" Sister Chen chuckled, "Why?"
Sheng Chuncheng said: "Maybe it's because he rarely sees blind people. Seeing me, a blind person, feels fresh."
Of course, Sheng Chuncheng would not tell Sister Chen what he had experienced in that studio, nor would he talk about Shanshan. When Sister Chen heard what he said, she stopped laughing, but sighed softly, stretched out her hand, and said to Sheng Chuncheng
Patted on the back of his hand.
Sheng Chuncheng couldn't bear it any longer and asked, "Sister Chen, you said on the phone earlier that you haven't been feeling well lately. What's wrong? Did something happen to you?"
Sister Chen said nothing.
Sheng Chuncheng continued: "Sister Chen, if there is anything I can do to help, you must tell me and I will definitely help you. In my heart, you are mine..."
Sister Chen interrupted him: "I encountered some things, but you can't help me with this matter. No one can help me. I am the only one who has to face it."
Sister Chen said, continued to pat Sheng Chuncheng's hand, and said to him: "But thank you, Xiao Sheng, I'm very happy that you can say that."
Sheng Chuncheng did not turn his head away, but from the corner of his eye through his sunglasses, he saw that Sister Chen's eyes were red. Sheng Chuncheng turned his hand over and held Sister Chen's hand. Sister Chen did not withdraw her hand.
, lying quietly in his hands.
When the two of them were not talking, in addition to hearing the chirping sound of the air conditioner, they could also hear the continuous chirping of cicadas coming from the car window, leaking through the airtight leaves.
After a while, Sister Chen said: "Xiao Sheng, there is one thing that you must forgive me for, okay?"
Sheng Chuncheng said: "I hope my sister can tell me if there is anything else that I should not forgive or forgive."
"I lied to you." Sister Chen said, "Actually, my surname is not Chen, but Qian. I am not an ordinary staff member in the unit, but a leader."
Sheng Chuncheng almost blurted out: "Sister, I also lied to you. I am not blind. In fact, I can see and know who you are. I have always known that I am very worried about you."
Sheng Chuncheng still held back and said, "I know."
"You know?" Sister Chen was surprised.
Sheng Chuncheng nodded and said: "I know Sister Chen is not an ordinary staff member. From the tone of your words, I guessed that you should be a leader, especially when we were standing on the balcony and you told me the whole story
During the construction of Hangzhou and Qianjiang New Town, his tone was more like that of a leader."
Sister Chen nodded.
Sheng Chuncheng continued: "However, in my heart, you have always been my Sister Chen. You were, are, and will be in the future. I know you as Sister Chen, not as a leader. From now on, I will still call you Sister Chen."
, okay?"
Sister Chen's hand tightened in Sheng Chuncheng's and she agreed.