Du Siqiu automatically fastened his seat belt, turned around and asked, "Where are you taking me?"
"We'll find out later."
The car drove for about twenty minutes and stopped at a place called Seagull Island. She had never been to this place before, and she had never heard of it. She seemed unusually excited for this novelty.
"What are we doing here?"
"The most famous thing here is the fish, shrimp and crab food stalls on the shore. How about taking you to eat seafood."
It seemed that he was not looking for trouble. She said dubiously: "It's not even ten o'clock yet. It's too early to eat."
"Then let's not rent bicycles. It's just the right time to walk there. It also allows you to exercise at the same time, killing two birds with one stone." He Youdong suggested.
People visiting Seagull Island generally have to pass through a newly built flat cement road. Ordinary tourists come here to rent bicycles from small shops on the roadside.
Du Siqiu looked up at the sun. It was quite sunny today. The sunshine was the warm and soft sunshine unique to winter. This kind of weather was quite suitable for walking.
"Is it far?"
The answer he gave was: "With your physical strength, it is more than enough."
The two of them seriously left their cars and bicycles and walked along a trail. The first section of the road was lined with green belts and pastoral crops. The most planted ones were red pitayas, and above the plants were all the words "Steal and pay" stuck upside down.
Ten" playing cards. The air is several times better than that in urban areas.
Du Siqiu was very happy at first, sometimes lagging behind He Youdong, sometimes walking side by side, chatting. As they walked, they became less happy. The two of them walked for a full hour and a half, and there were still green belts on both sides of the road.
, or red dragon fruit. There were no seafood stalls at all.
"Where are the food stalls? Why haven't they arrived yet?" she complained dissatisfiedly.
"It's still early, we'll be there in just a few steps."
"It's still early, I'm hungry." As I walked, all my energy was exhausted.
Gritting his teeth and walking for another ten minutes, Du Siqiu's eyes lit up. Traces of ponds and streams finally appeared on both sides of the road. After walking for a while, he could see a wooden house built on the water. There was no one living in the house, and there were groups of captive animals.
Chickens, ducks and geese, and some are seafood food stalls that are open for business.
But business in those food stalls seemed generally bleak today, with only people passing by and no one going in. Du Siqiu followed He Youdong as he approached the shore. There were swarms of fish swimming happily in the water, some of which were long.
The little fish on its tail suddenly reminded her of the colorful sparrow. For some reason, she was particularly impressed by this animal. When she was in college, in a public elective class, the teacher who liked to wear white clothes and black trousers pointed out at that time
Writing about the colorful bird on the multimedia, he said: "This is the colorful bird. Because it is aggressive and cannot live in harmony with other species of the same kind, it is a fish destined to be lonely all its life."
She sat below, her black eyes staring motionlessly at the brightly colored little creature. She only felt pity in her heart, but she had never had the slightest connection with this kind of fish. As for now, is there any connection now?
As for contact, she is no longer sure. She has forgotten what it feels like to love someone deeply.
"What are you thinking about?" He Youdong poked her arm with his hand.
"I wonder if some people are destined to be alone forever."
"I took you out to play, but you were thinking about loneliness." He looked a little unhappy.
"Ha, pretend I didn't say that."
The seafood arrived quickly.
She picked around and took a few bites.
He Youdong watched her eat without moving his chopsticks at the same time, and asked: "Is it delicious?"
"It's very ordinary. The shrimps and crabs are not fresh at all." She commented unceremoniously. When she raised her eyes, she saw the proprietress looking at her longingly with a stiff smile.
The proprietress must have heard her criticism, so Du Siqiu thought about it and decided to give her some face, adding: "But this fish is okay."
The landlady said with a busy smile: "Oh, little girl, you don't know, this Seagull Island can't supply fresh shrimps and crabs recently, so it's hard to do business."
"Oh, as for the fish, you raise them yourself."
The landlady immediately started selling melons to Wang Po, "Yes, the water here is good, and the fish we raise are all very plump."
"So, do you raise colorful sparrows?"
"Ah, colorful sparrow, is it a bird?"
When Du Siqiu heard this, she shook her head and shut her mouth knowingly. She was thinking about buying a colorful sparrow here and raising it herself.
"Colored sparrow fish?" He Youdong asked suddenly.
"yes."
"There is none here, there are many fish markets."
"I'm just asking casually, I don't have to buy it." I don't know why, but I always feel that raising this kind of fish is weird, and I can't let people know about it openly.
But He Youdong saw through her thoughts and asked quietly: "So, what do you think of the lifelong loneliness of humans when you think of Cai Que?"
Du Siqiu ate seafood quietly, pretending to be deaf and dumb. Of course, how could she admit her loneliness? It would seem too sad, even if it might be true.
The two of them had eaten a seafood meal that was not satisfactory, and began to think about new issues when they came out. Although they had rested long enough, they still felt tired when they thought about walking. Under Du Siqiu's strong protest, the two decided to walk on the road.
While waiting for the bus, I finally took the bus back to the border of Seagull Island.
"He Youdong, your car is so kind." She leaned against the back of the car seat comfortably, closed her eyes and fell asleep. In fact, she fell asleep unknowingly.
I don't know how long it took, but I heard He Youdong calling her: "Du Siqiu, get up, we are here."
She opened her eyes drowsily, and dimly saw the words "Chimelong". She felt confused, Chimelong, isn't this the children's favorite amusement park? How did they get to this place?
She looked at him with doubtful eyes.
He Youdong said: "Let's go in together."
Chimelong was overcrowded on weekends, especially young couples and children brought by their parents. In order not to be crowded away by the crowd, Du Siqiu tightly grabbed the corner of He Youdong's clothes. Her eyes wandered around, looking at those little ones.
The child's hand was held by her father or mother, and the other hand was holding an ice cream or a huge lollipop and licking it at her mouth. She looked at their satisfied smiles and she actually smiled subconsciously.
For someone of her age and who grew up in a rural area, she must have never been to an amusement park when she was a child. However, she believed that most urban children had never seen a grasshopper race, or built an earthen kiln to grill sweet potatoes and taro.
They may not have played with the things she played with. So there is nothing to complain about. Regardless of poverty or wealth, everyone's childhood should be equal and each has its own splendor.
She remembered that the first person who taught her how to build an earth kiln was her brother Du Bolin. In her only vague memory, he was just a naughty monkey who would lead many friends to go out to play when there was nothing wrong.
No one was seen for hours, and he would come back reluctantly only at meal time. At this time, his father would scold him sharply, scolding him for being away from home all day. At this time, Du Siqiu would have the opportunity to ride on his brother. Every time his father would teach him a lesson,
He would compare Du Siqiu with him, saying that you look at how well-behaved your sister is, but you are the most naughty!
Dad said she was the most cherished.
When she thought of these, after a long period of time, she would occasionally ask to herself: "Really, Abba, everything you said is true, right?"
In such a crowded crowd, she suddenly thought of some trivial matters, and thought, why not find some time to visit her parents. She had not seen her sister for a long time.
"Hey, what are you thinking about? Look at the road." He Youdong suddenly pulled her to his side, avoiding the tourists who almost collided with her.
"Oh, thank you..." She smiled coquettishly. Her hair fluttered back and forth from his shoulders. At this strange moment, there were bursts of sadness in her heart, because of the inexplicable insurmountable gap between them.
distance.
"Why don't we go back?" she said.
"After you finish playing this, I'll take you home." He said.
She looked up and saw that it was a vertical roller coaster, an entertainment item she had never played before.
The two sat next to each other. She regretted going up and watched the huge thing in front of her start, plunge, and rise. Du Siqiu kept screaming in fear. When she got down, she was already pale.
There seems to be something surging in the chest, and I want to vomit but can't.
Looking at He Youdong again, that guy was safe and sound, nothing happened. He stood quietly aside and asked Du Siqiu calmly: "Are you okay?"
"It's strange that it's nothing. Hey, you're trying to mess with me!" She thought of all the weird behaviors he had done today. First, he took her to Seagull Island to eat seafood for no reason, but in the end, she couldn't eat anything. Now he called it a beautiful name.
You brought her here to play and made her dizzy. Could it be something other than teasing her?
When He Youdong heard what she said, he didn't deny it and smiled as soon as he turned away.
"He Youdong, tell me, why are you causing trouble for me for no reason? How have I offended you?" She almost said, you have been thinking about Huang Ying wholeheartedly, why bother with me now.
He Youdong stopped smiling, and his face returned to its usual steady expression: "Yes, you have offended me."
She suddenly seemed to understand what he meant, what was going on, she knew, He Youdong, he was still blaming her for his mother's fainting. He always thought that it was her fault.
"I didn't mean to make your mother angry!" A strong sense of injustice burned up, and she angrily pushed He Youdong away, who had not yet reacted, and suddenly rushed into the crowd alone.
Two people in a sea of people, they only know that they are in the same space, but they don't know where they are. Even if they can see their backs from a distance, they can't follow their hearts to get closer. He was like that, calling her name while watching her go away.
the further away.
She walked away easily, but he began to feel restless.
Du Siqiu, who allowed you to leave like this?
The night was getting dim, and He Youdong remembered that she was a typical road-crazy, and was especially worried that she would get lost in this strange little place. He followed the direction she left in Chimelong, looking for her everywhere, but found nothing.
If she could successfully find the gate, she probably wouldn't stay here and continue playing. Maybe she had already gone home. Thinking of this, he called her directly.
As soon as the person answered the phone, he said angrily: "Why, haven't you had enough fun?"
"Where are you?" he asked calmly.
"I'm going home."
"Yeah, I get it, me too."
There were fewer and fewer people in the playground, and the road seemed much empty. He looked around inexplicably, subconsciously smiled bitterly, and slowly walked towards the gate.
He thought she had really gone back. However, the girl at the entrance of the amusement park who was raising her head and drinking a green tea drink was Du Siqiu.
He raised the corner of his mouth and said sarcastically: "You are quite good at lying. Why don't you go back?"
"Uh..." She reacted for a long time before replying to him: "You are quite good at lying. Why don't you go back?"
"I asked you first."
"hey-hey…"
"Huh?" He was a little confused by her silly smile. He was clearly as angry as a little animal just now, but now he seemed to have completely forgotten about it.
There are always some moments when you feel that she is just a child, willful and impulsive, but does not hold grudges.
Her eyes became brighter and brighter in the dark night, "I just had enough fun."
"What are you going to play for?"
"Play with pirate ships, bouncy cars, and... samba balloons."
"Is it fun?"
"Of course, it's a hundred times better than your vertical roller coaster."
His eyebrows instantly became tangled, and a stern look fell on his face: "I'm asking you, do you lose your temper and leave others behind, make others worry to death, and find yourself dying, but you turn around and run away to play again.
This is fun, isn't it! Du Siqiu, are you going to be so heartless all the time!"
This was the second time he lost his temper in front of her. The first time was because she pretended to be his girlfriend in front of Huang Ying, and now he was angry because she made him worry. If Feng Xue knew these things, he didn't know what he would do.
To make fun of him, a man who is famous for his good temper and good temper actually sometimes gets driven crazy with anger.
Du Siqiu put away her smile knowingly and asked: "So the other person you are talking about is you? He Youdong. Are you worried about me?"
"Otherwise, who else."
"But forget, it was you who was wrong in the first place. You deliberately harassed me and wanted to take revenge on me. Do you understand how uncomfortable I am?" For some reason, as soon as I said what was in my heart, my eyes turned red with sadness.
.
"So can you understand how I feel now? Those days when you avoided seeing me, I was just like you now, so sad and overwhelmed." He said quietly, every word, but it hit her.
Heart.
"Du Siqiu..."
"Um…"
"I miss you very much. You know, those days, I almost went crazy thinking about you."
She lowered her head, her biting lips trembled slightly, and she said silently in her heart: Me too.
Later, he took her home as usual, with soothing light music playing in the car, and they chatted as usual. However, when they arrived at the gate of the community, He Youdong suddenly turned back and stared into her eyes, almost seeing her.
Looking through his eyes, he could clearly hear his voice: "Du Siqiu, why don't we date? Do you want to give it a try?" Of course, his tone seemed to be a firm statement.
She stayed there for a full minute, then grabbed her bag and got out of the car. After taking a few steps, she turned back and smiled at him and said, "Okay, who's afraid of who?" This chapter has been completed!