Chapter 17 Section 16

Liu Weizu carried a big backpack and bag, bid farewell to the landlord, and came out of the small building where he had lived for nearly three months. He originally decided to leave tomorrow morning, but after thinking about it, since his wish has been made, why not leave earlier?What's the point of staying one more day, threatening others and adding unnecessary worries?It's better to just leave and leave immediately.With that in mind, he packed his bags and headed to the train station. The night train to Paris leaves at half past ten, and there are still two and a half hours left.Normally speaking, he came out a little too early, especially in such a rainy day when there was nowhere to hide.

In fact, the sky is changing suddenly.The whole day was dry and cool, until the moment before dusk, there was a drizzle. The dense rain, permeated in the hazy darkness of dusk, like a boundless mist, unfolded chaotically, blocking the mountains in the distance and blurring the flowers and trees nearby. Brighter on sunny days. Liu Weizu didn't pull up the rain hat on his armor, letting the cool rain fall on his head and face.His thick, unruly hair was soaked and his face was stained with rain.He ignored it and didn't want to wipe it off, so he walked in the drizzle, but felt that the rain made him very comfortable, as comfortable as a sinner being baptized with holy water.After this cleansing, maybe those sins will gradually fade away, and he will be returned as a clean new man?

He saw Jiadong this afternoon. Zhuang Jing and Tan Yunliang originally firmly refused him to meet Jiadong.After Wang Hongjun's running and talking, he delivered his promise of "never revealing his true identity. Never saying a single word of discord. Guarantee that this is the only one and the last side", and they reluctantly agreed to his request. It was Wang Hongjun who accompanied him to the hospital. Jiadong was lying on a white hospital bed, his left leg wrapped in plaster was raised high, and a medical cloth was stuck on his left forehead and left arm.When he arrived, Jiadong was eating a cup of ice cream.Tan Yunliang and Zhuang Jing sat on the chairs in front of the hospital bed.Seeing him and Wang Hongjun coming in, Jiadong called out as usual:

"Uncle Liu, Uncle Wang." Zhuang Jing stood up, stood still, stared at him coldly for a while, and walked out of the ward together with Tan Yunliang and Wang Hongjun. It is his only and persistent request to meet Jiadong alone. "Jiadong..." He stared at the baby's face with a big medicine cloth on his forehead, feeling a bit bitter that he couldn't help himself. "Uncle Liu, why didn't you come to see me until now? I fell so badly that my leg was broken and my head was broken. What a pity." Jiadong pointed at his leg and finger, and continued to eat ice cream after pointing.There was some sense of blaming him in his tone.

"Jiadong, I'm really sorry, I shouldn't have asked you to ride a bicycle to find Alexander that day." He said apologetically, but couldn't laugh when he wanted to.His mood was too strange, the same family building suddenly turned into another person for him, his son.And this son was something he could not and was not allowed to acknowledge.What kind of sad, heart-wrenching relationship is this?With mixed feelings, he looked affectionately at Jiadong's unsick face. Jiadong really didn't look sick at all, his face was healthy, his cheeks were flushed, and he ate his ice cream with relish.

"It's okay, the doctor said, it will be fine in three months. After three months, I can be the same again." "Same as before?" He sat on the chair in front of Jiadong's bed. "Yeah! It's the same as before, fight to the end. I told my parents that I should never read books. I want to be a wandering singer with Alexander and the others. See every corner of the world and live freely. I don’t need to be controlled by others, just like you.” Jiadong had finished eating the ice cream, took a piece of paper from the bedside table, wiped it on his mouth twice, and smiled mischievously. "Uncle Liu, to tell you the truth, I was injured, and it's not easy for my parents to scold me. I can say whatever I want."

"Hmm..." He didn't know what to say.A fifteen-year-old child wants to stop studying, and wants to become a "wandering singer" with the hooligans, to leave the family and live a life like a hippie outside, to cut himself off from normal society, and to ruin his own life. Future...and this child is his Liu Weizu's son, the only flesh and blood he loves wholeheartedly. The most embarrassing thing is that these ideas come from him...he can't tell how much he regrets and how much he blames himself. Seeing that he was silent, Jiadong continued: "Mom and Dad have tried their best to instill in me these two days, why study hard! If you don't study well, you will regret it in the future! You have to listen to Mom and Dad! Only Mom and Dad love children the most in the world! They say theirs, and I Anyway, I have an idea, and I nailed down one sentence: I want to be a 'wandering singer', like Uncle Liu, traveling all over the world—”

"Walk all over the world? Jiadong, I'm too lazy to run so far. I'm going back to my home." He suddenly interrupted Jiadong and said with a smile. "Ah? What did you say? You want to go home?" Jiadong looked at him distrustfully. "Yeah, I'm going home, back to my parents." "You said you didn't love your parents, you hated them." "That's just to tease you. What child can not love his parents?" Jiadong's face changed, his eyes opened wide, and he looked at him suspiciously for a long time before he said coldly: "I understand, you are not teasing me, you are deceiving on purpose. Mom and Dad have already said: you lie exclusively to fool children, you are a psychopath..."

"The house—" "Let me ask you, have you really traveled so many places?" Jiadong asked contemptuously. "Me?" He thought for a moment, then said with a smile, "Those words are just for fun. In fact, I have only been to three places: Taiwan, Heidelberg, Paris, and nothing else." "Humph! Sure enough, my mother was right, and she said you were bragging." Jiadong hardened his baby's face, and said fiercely: "I understand now, you are like the pervert in the movie .Because you drink and smoke and don’t do your job properly. Your parents don’t like you, so you destroy the relationship between other parents and children. You tell me to fight against parents. Why are you making fun of me? Why are you lying to me? You...you , you big liar—”

"The house—" "Don't call me Jiadong anymore, I don't like you calling me by my name. You liar, you caused me to break my leg, and you almost lied to leave my parents-you go, I don't want you in my room- " "The house—" "Please go, I don't want to listen to you anymore." Jiadong pointed to the door with tears of disappointment in his eyes. "Hey, isn't what I said is similar to what Alexander said? Why is it not good?" He slowly stood up from the chair, pretending to be puzzled. "I understand now that Alexander's group is totally abnormal and has problems. Mom and Dad are right. You are a pervert and deliberately tricked me. Let's go! You are a big liar!" Jiadong said excitedly .

"I'm leaving?" He stared at Jiadong's angry face, and cried in his heart: "My child, I really have to leave, I'm afraid I won't see you again." Jiadong saw that he still didn't leave, so he shouted loudly: "Mom and Dad, come in." The door opened, and Zhuang Jing, Tan Yunliang, and Wang Hongjun walked in together. "What's the matter? Jiadong," Zhuang Jing gave him a blank look, and was the first to rush to the bed.When she found Jiadong's tears, she gritted her teeth with hatred and said, "You cruel person, what did you say to Jiadong?" Tan Yunliang looked at him reproachfully, Wang Hongjun's despair was deeply engraved on his face. "Weizu, what did you do?" He asked sternly. "I didn't do anything, just talk to Jiadong—" "Hmph, let's talk, liar." Jiadong pointed at him angrily, and then said: "Mom, you are right, this person is a pervert, he went home by himself, but instigated others to leave home to wander, so where is he?" I haven't been there either, it's all bragging..." When Jiadong was talking excitedly, he quietly withdrew. "Wei Zu, Wei Zu, wait a minute—" He was about to get on the elevator when Zhuang Jing rushed after him. "Wei Zu, thank you, Wei Zu—" Zhuang Jing held one of his hands with both hands, her big black eyes were covered with a layer of water. "Zhuang Jing, I returned the house to you, and the grievance between us is over." He said lightly. "Where are you going?" Zhuang Jing still held him tight. "I don't know yet, but I will leave Heidelberg tomorrow morning, don't worry!" He gently broke free from her hand and got on the elevator. "Wei Zu—" "Be a wife and a mother with peace of mind! No one will bother you anymore. Goodbye." He raised his hand to her and closed the elevator door. ………… Liu Weizu carried that heavy burden on his back, and walked forward with difficulty.Walking and thinking, he has already arrived at the bank of the Naka River, which he is most familiar with and is most attached to. He walks up the stone bridge and looks down at the flowing water below in the drizzle all over the sky. There was a mist floating on the surface of the river, and the river itself looked like a gray and narrow strip. The usual beauty was almost completely submerged by the darkening rainy twilight.She was like a sad and bitter woman, her face was covered with a dark veil, she was sobbing with her head down.No one could see her facial features clearly, only felt her tears, vaguely peeped, her beautiful and sad eyes were moist. The water is surging and the sound of the river is mighty. Liu Weizu held his breath and stood under the bridge.The endless river under his feet and the sound of surging water made him feel like he was immersed in it; if it was just a trickle in the big river, how could you get out of the turbulent torrent?Thinking about it, he couldn't help but feel a little saddened and moved, but more sour... Liu Weizu stood on the bridge for a long time, until his whole body was drenched by the rain, and then he slowly walked down the bridge.He calculated that it was time to go to the station, and he couldn't catch the last train of the day no matter what.Heidelberg is a beautiful place, and Nakajan has shared his troubles and sorrows.But at this moment, he is no longer nostalgic for them, he has his way, maybe that way is still very long.As he thought about it, he strode forward excitedly.When he found that walking was so difficult, and the difficulty came from the big burden behind him, he did not hesitate at all to unload the big thing that had weighed him down for many years, and angrily threw it into the river. With a plop, the burden was gone, and the back was relaxed.He exercised his muscles and bones a little, and walked quickly to the station. Liu Weizu never expected Wang Hongjun to be waiting at the station. From a distance, Liu Weizu saw Wang Hongjun standing outside the main entrance of the station, rubbing his hands constantly, looking left and right for a while, obviously waiting anxiously for someone. When Wang Hongjun saw the drenched Liu Weizu coming towards him, his black and rosy face was full of smiles. "Where are you going crazy? Why do you look like a drowned chicken." Wang Hongjun joked as usual. "How do you know I'm leaving now?" Liu Weizu didn't answer, just asked. "I went to look for you. I wanted to go to the pub with you. The landlady said you were leaving. I calculated that this is the only bus to Paris tonight, so I came. I have been waiting for you for a long time, and I am just wondering if you don't come." Where did you go?" Wang Hongjun looked at Liu Weizu while talking, smiled and said: "Liu Weizu is still Liu Weizu, the miserable green young man is like a naked evergreen tree, and he went to the riverside to find his dream in the rain again? " "No, no, it's really not this time." Liu Weizu argued seriously. "It doesn't matter, people have to have some dreams, otherwise this life will be too boring. The important thing is not to get into the dream and not get out, and live in the dream for the rest of your life." Wang Hongjun published some theories as usual, rubbed Rubbing his hands together, he asked solemnly, "Brother Weizu, I don't know when you will see me again after you leave. What are your plans? If you really like Paris, I think you might as well settle there! Open a Design agency, or set up a gallery, in terms of funding, we should find a way.” "No, Lao Wang, don't worry about me." Liu Weizu looked at Wang Hongjun's sincere and caring face, and said slowly. "I don't think I will stay long in Paris," "Look at you, are you still going to wander?" Wang Hongjun's dark face was full of disappointment. "After a long time, you still want to do 'Liu Lang'. I advise you not to do it. Why do you do 'Wandering'? No matter what you do, you will not succeed. Try to escape everyone! It can't be done. Really. , brother, listen to my stupid happy words: it can’t be done, absolutely can’t be done, no one can really escape from the world—” "Old Wang, don't be so anxious, I didn't say you have to go homeless." Liu Weizu interrupted Wang Hongjun. "Well, I'm not wandering anymore, and I don't want to stay in Paris for a long time, so what are you going to do? Go back to Heidelberg? I advise you not to make trouble again—" "Old Wang, I won't come to Heidelberg again, at least I won't come until Tan Yunliang's family leaves, I mean..." Liu Weizu pondered. "Hmm..." Wang Hongjun listened attentively. "I mean, first go to Paris and stay for a few days. Anyway, there is a direct flight to Hong Kong. I can go to see my mother and find a way to resettle her." Liu Weizu paused in deep thought after speaking. After a while, he continued after thinking: "My father is not young anymore, and he needs someone to continue his career. I think he is looking forward to my return. There are also my grandmother, stepmother and sister..." Before Liu Weizu finished speaking, the train bound for Paris had already pulled into the station. "Oh, I have to get in the car." He held Wang Hongjun's hand tightly and kept shaking it. "Old Wang, if you have time, come back to Taipei to have fun, and I will entertain you. Bring Elizabeth and the child with you." The speed of the train increased, and Wang Hongjun, the building at the station, and Heidelberg in the misty rain were all left behind. Liu Weizu closed the car window and leaned quietly on the seat.Repeatedly thinking about the words Wang Hongjun said: "If a person cannot get out of the past, this person is pitiful and sad, and he will never be happy..." He thought: I have to get out of the past, I am thirty-six this year, maybe I can start a new life... The train is rushing forward... Nakajiang flows quietly in the rainy night...