Chapter 17 1. Paradise Rain

Ding Nengtong has always been thinking about meeting Jin Ranran. Hong Wenshan has been unable to get away from him in Beijing, and finally sent Hong Wenshan to the plane. Ding Nengtong was also relieved. He called Jin Ranran in the waiting hall of the Capital Airport and asked her Going to the bar street in Shichahai, Jin Ranran was very happy to receive a call from Ding Nengtong. The two made an appointment, and Ding Nengtong drove to the gate of Renmin University of China to pick up Jin Ranran.  Ding Nengtong realized that he had such a deep relationship with Beijing during the days when he was suspended for reflection. He had fallen in love with this city deeply, because every plant and tree here reflected the shadow of his struggle. 

When Ding Nengtong returned to Beijing by plane, through the porthole, he saw Chang'an Avenue, Ping'an Avenue, Second Ring Road, Third Ring Road, Fourth Ring Road, and Fifth Ring Road like a golden river. The magnificent scenery made him breathless. He felt that the city of Beijing gave him his thoughts and his soul.  Beijing is brightly lit at night, with strings of moving car lights and beautiful buildings on both sides, Beijing is not only advancing during the day, but also advancing at night.  Jin Ranran stood in front of the gate. The fashionable white shirt exuded a Japanese-style elegance, and the embellishments of lotus leaf piping, embroidery and other details made it even more sweet. The handsome jeans exuded the charm of a female graduate student. Bookish. 

"Get in the car." Ding Nengtong opened the window and said.  Jin Ranran got into the car with a blushing face.  "Brother, you have lost weight, have you suffered a lot of grievances?" Jin Ranran asked with concern, her beautiful eyes were full of affection.  "In the face of the lives and deaths of so many people, grievances are nothing to your brother." Ding Nengtong said calmly while driving.  "Brother, people are always worried about you!" "Ran Ran, who is your brother and I, you haven't figured it out yet, what are you worried about?" Ding Nengtong said frankly. 

"Brother, your Beijing office is like a big dye vat. You play cards, travel, drink, listen to operas, buy calligraphy and paintings, give antiques, and do business with the leaders all day long. Who knows if you are an official or not? Can you control yourself, even if you can control yourself, there are so many villains setting traps for you, can people not worry about you?" Jin Ranran said coquettishly.  "Brother knows you miss me, right? I haven't been to Shichahai Bar Street for almost a year. Do you have a favorite bar? I want to hear about your colorful postgraduate life."

"There is a bar that I like very much. I have been there twice with my classmates, and I know it when I go to Shichahai." Ding Nengtong turned on the car CD, the melodious music accompanied by the faint fragrance from Ran Ran's body, Ding Nengtong seemed to have found a little bit of the old feeling again.  The surface of Shichahai Lake, which looks unclean during the day, is actually somewhat misty and beautiful under the cover of night.There are boats on the lake, and the faint sound of silk and bamboo on the boat, which spreads far to the shore, makes people unable to help but have distant ripples in their hearts. 

Ding Nengtong likes the midsummer of Shichahai the most. The local residents walking with their dogs in slippers and big pants are mixed with the endless stream of Chinese and foreign tourists, making Houhai look like a picture of Beijing style.  The clouds of beauties are another view of Shichahai. Groups of "artists" dressed in avant-garde clothes are always eye-catching.Beautiful women and fine wine are a natural match, without which beauty, the taste of the bar will not be delicious.  However, the truly moving details of Shichahai are quietly revealed in the brightly lit night. The atmosphere of the market and the fragrant red wine are in harmony, and the ancient courtyards and fashion trends are in their proper places. This is the unique sexiness of Shichahai. 

Ding Nengtong parked the car, and the two entered a bar called Sex and the City by the Yinding Bridge. As soon as they entered the bar, the singer's tender and deep voice sent ambiguous emotions to every corner.  In the shadow of the fragrance of clothes, Ding Nengtong found the gorgeous and vivid feeling that he had not seen for a long time. The glass wine bottles fluttering in the huge bar gave off a breathtaking amber water blue light.  Attracted by Jin Ranran's beauty, a man holding Chivas Regal in the corner gave her a warm smile.Ding Nengtong and Jin Ranran found their seats and sat down, and each ordered a glass of affectionate cocktail, which quickly aroused the warm and cheerful genes of the two. 

"Brother, I wrote a novel, but I haven't been able to find a publishing house that likes this book." Jin Ranran said softly.  "What's your name?" "It's called "Heavenly Rain". It's about love. I brought the manuscript with you. Take some time to read it. You have many friends. You'd better help me find a publishing house to publish it." "Why, do you want to be a beautiful writer?" Ding Nengtong asked teasingly.  "What's wrong with beautiful writers? Post-80s are popular now, and I'm also born in 1980s. I'm no less than three points shorter than anyone else." Jin Ranran said confidently. 

Ding Nengtong took the manuscript, casually flipped through a few pages, and was completely attracted:   That was the result of my chatting on the Internet. She is a girl from Beijing, majoring in screenwriting at the Shanghai Theater Academy. She is a graduate student. Her online name is "Watching You in the Rye". My online name is "Mouse Loves Rice". We had a chat online. For many months, I chatted for two hours almost every day, and several times I chatted all night. The girl is of high quality. She knows a lot from all over the world. Her views are profound and simple. Chatting with her is very clean, and there is a feeling of purification. In fact, the so-called chat is communication, and it is a kind of spiritual communication. Through this kind of communication, it is easy to understand the inner world of the other party, "Do you know what love is?" She asked me suddenly on the Internet one day. "Love is when one person is always thinking about another person," I replied. "I'm thinking of just one person right now, what about you?" I understood what she meant, but I didn't answer because I'm a family man with a whole lot of trouble. 

"I'm going to Dongzhou to meet you, okay?" I hesitated and agreed again and again.I think it's good to meet each other, maybe we can keep a friendship.She first sent her photos from the Internet. To be honest, I didn't want to go to the airport after seeing the photos. The 'Watching You in the Rye' in the photos is really ugly.Then I thought about it, he was just a friend, beauty and ugliness had nothing to do with it, besides, a man kept his word, and if he promised to pick him up at the airport, he couldn't break his word.  When I saw her at the airport, I was not too disappointed. The girl's dress was impeccable, and her speech and behavior revealed the natural background of Beijing girls and the unique elegance of Shanghai girls.This is a girl who is not outstanding in appearance, but has fair skin, elegant temperament and good taste.A stylish bag slung over her shoulder and a copy of Charlotte Bronte in her hand seemed to tell me that Jane Eyre was just a plain young girl, but she walked into life perfectly through love.

I picked up the luggage under her feet, feeling a little ashamed.Apparently, my image was exactly what she imagined, and she was very happy, as if she had known me for a long time.  I was driving, and she looked at the fields outside the window and kept feeling. She was a bit like a poetess, and she spoke in a polite manner.Along the way, she looked at me with admiring eyes, like a lover who has been in love for a long time..." The more Ding Nengtong read it, the more he felt that I was himself here, and she was Jin Ranran here, because when they first met, although they were in Beijing, it was similar to what was written in the novel.  "Ran Ran, you seem to be writing about us." "Yes and no." "You are a girl, why do you write in the tone of the hero?" "Because I want to study whether there is pure love between men and women. It is more emotional to write in a man's tone." "What is pure love?" "It is the love of the heart, the ultimate love that is higher than marriage, love, and sex. This kind of love is the love with a heart." "You seem to be talking about platonic spiritual love." "Not quite. More like a soul love."  "The pure love you mentioned seems to have nothing to do with sex?" "Yes, love to the extreme has nothing to do with sex." "Is there such a love in reality?" "Pure love does not need reality, because it is a love that lives in the soul, it is true love!" "You girls like to make up these fairy tales about love, but you don't know that a woman makes her man, but she never gets the man she makes." "Brother, you are wrong, pure love does not need to get the other party, pure love is not desire, nor is it possession, it is selfless love." "Ran Ran, brother underestimated you, this book moved me, brother had a friend who used to be Jia Chaoxuan's secretary, but after Jia Chaoxuan's accident, he resigned, recently he published a book called "Spirit Manor", it's very good, I'll give him a call to see if he has a publishing house." After Ding Nengtong finished speaking, he picked up his mobile phone and dialed Gu Huaiyuan's number: "Huaiyuan, I can get through, how are you doing?" "It works. Congratulations on your return to work." Gu Huaiyuan said calmly.  "I recently read your masterpiece. It's very profound. I didn't expect that the 'Xiao Jia Case' would force out a writer." "Yes, now I finally understand the relationship between career and occupation. There is an essential difference between them. What you are doing now is a career, and what I am doing now is a career." "Why?" "Occupation will always be a wedding dress for others. Only the achievements of career are your own. You must retire from your career, and you will never have to retire from your career. Writing is an eternal career." "But in this world, there are only a very small number of people who are qualified and capable of doing business. Most people still rely on their careers to survive. Huaiyuan, a friend of mine wrote a novel. I read it and it was very good. But you don't have much reputation, can you help build a bridge to the publishing house that publishes your book?" "I will go to Beijing to sign books in a few days, and then we will discuss in detail." "Great, I haven't seen you for a long time, come on, I'll accompany you well." "Thank you very much!" The two hung up the phone, and Ding Nengtong said affectionately, "Ran Ran, leave the book here. Gu Huaiyuan will come to Beijing in a few days and let him build a bridge. Let's find a way to take down that publishing house." Jin Ranran was very happy after hearing this.  "Brother, in fact, you are true love for me, you don't ask for anything in return, you don't take possession, you always think of me, always think of me." "How far is it from the pure love you mentioned?" "Pure love is an ideal state, which can only be placed in novels." "Ran Ran, I really envy you." "What do I have to envy?" "Your soul has not been imprisoned by reality, such a soul is the most beautiful!" "Brother, you are so pitiful, your heart seems to be very bitter, can you tell me about it?" "Forget it, I'm afraid of polluting your pure heart." "Brother, I actually imprisoned you too." "Where is the prison?" "My heart! You have long been imprisoned in my heart."  "Fairy boy, don't talk nonsense!" "No nonsense, brother, you look at me!" Ding Nengtong didn't dare to look into Jin Ranran's fiery eyes, but just stretched out his hand to touch Ranran's slender hand. It was as if he touched the smooth milk, and his whole body felt like an electric shock.