Chapter 94 A-3

Because it's not the weekend, "You and I" is very quiet.Several waiters looked at this side curiously behind the bar, and Ma Yu was still watching Sang Li quietly, waiting for her answer.And she was just silent. It's been a long time. It was so long that Ma Yu was ready to give up all expectations, and when he got up to leave, he finally heard Sang Li say, "Ma Yu, I want to see Xiang Ning." Ma Yu was stunned. He looked straight at her and heard her say, "I want to go and see him, and I'll give you an answer when I get back." After a few seconds, he said, "Okay."

He also seemed to have a lot of determination, and said to her: "I will go too." Sang Li was a little stunned: "Are you going too?" Ma Yu nodded and said with a smile, "Actually, I always thought that we were fellow travelers." He didn't continue, but Sang Li understood what he meant. He said: We are fellow travelers, so we have to walk this road again together. Wherever the memory is lost, it must be retrieved from there. That is the farewell ceremony of youth, and we have to complete it before we can start on the road again. Ma Yu's speed was much faster than Sang Li expected.

A few days later, Ma Yu quickly finished all the important work at hand, took YOYO and Sang Li with him and boarded the plane to G City. YOYO hasn't had much chance to go out to play since returning to China, so he was very excited all the way. As a result, such a scene appeared in the cabin—— "YOYO, calm down, aren't you tired?" The man grabbed his daughter who was trying to leave the seat, and sighed helplessly. "Dad, what is he holding in his hand?" YOYO was obviously more interested in the PSP in other people's hands, stretched his neck and muttered, "Let me see, let me see..."

Seeing the little girl struggling in his arms, the man complained to the woman next to him: "If I had known, I wouldn't have brought her out. You said there are no girls like her." The woman laughed, stretched out her hand to embrace the little girl, embed her soft body in her arms, and waved to the passenger in the next seat: "Sir, I'm sorry, can you turn your PSP to the side so that the child can take a look at it?" .” Her smile was warm and beautiful, but the young man in the next seat blushed a little, and simply handed it over: "Give it to the children to play with."

"Thank you," the woman replied with a grateful smile, took the machine and held it in her hand, and showed it to the little girl, "Here, YOYO, you can only watch but not move, if you break it, your father will pay for it People's." The little girl obediently stopped struggling, stared at the curious eyes, and stretched out her little hand to poke the button.The woman helped the little girl press a few times, and the animated figure inside started playing football, and the little girl's eyes widened. But children's curiosity is always very short-lived. After a while, the little girl curled up in the woman's arms and felt sleepy. she fell asleep.The man next to her was always reading aviation magazines, and didn't bother with the little girl at all.

The passenger next to him looked at the woman enviously and said, "You...you are such a happy family." The man raised his head from the airline magazine, smiled politely, and turned to look at the woman beside him. The woman patted the little girl lightly, and seemed to be taken aback when she heard this, then raised her head and smiled slightly, without speaking. The man looked at the woman beside him thoughtfully, but did not speak. The passenger next to him felt a little strange, but it was inconvenient to say anything else. He just took another look at the beautiful woman and the equally beautiful little girl in her arms, then lowered his head and continued playing the game.

The cabin finally fell silent. More than an hour later, the plane arrived at G City Airport. Guan Tong and Gu Xiaoying greeted them at the exit. When Gu Xiaoying saw Sang Li, he raised his arms and shouted: "Here, here!" Before Sang Li could react, YOYO had already rushed over, shouting, "Aunt Dessert!" All the adults were stunned. After a while, Sang Li and Gu Xiaoying laughed at the same time. Gu Xiaoying solemnly introduced YOYO to Guan Tong: "This is my dessert partner, YOYO kid. We have eaten 26 kinds of desserts together, half of each." Sang Li and Ma Yu watched Guan Tong with a smile, but they heard Guan Tong sigh in relief: "It's great, with her here, I don't have to eat the other half tonight, right?"

Sang Li and Ma Yu looked at Guan Tong's expression of relief, and were taken aback for a moment, but couldn't help laughing out loud.Gu Xiaoying smiled and held YOYO's hand and walked towards the parking lot. The little girl obediently followed, looking cute and cute. Ma Yu reluctantly followed behind and sighed: "YOYO, just pretend, you pretend to be a good baby when you see acquaintances, and I don't know how you made such a fuss along the way." YOYO turned his head from Gu Xiaoying's side to look at Ma Yu, and suddenly turned his head and shouted at Sang Li: "Mom, Dad is bullying me!"

Gu Xiaoying and Guan Tong looked back at Sang Li together, but saw her stretch out her hand to wipe away the sweat on the tip of YOYO's nose, pinch it, and said with a smile: "Good boy, just call me Sang Li." When she said this, her expression was calm and calm, but Gu Xiaoying could clearly see that disappointment quickly slipped through Ma Yu's eyes. Guan Tong was also a little puzzled. He gave Gu Xiaoying a look, as if he was curious about the relationship between Yu Sangli and Ma Yu, but Gu Xiaoying just gave him a blank stare, without saying anything. The reception banquet was arranged in an exquisite private restaurant. Guan Tong was obviously a regular customer here. As soon as he entered the door, a foreman in a black suit came forward and said with a smile, "Director Guan, this way please."

Sang Li led YOYO and walked behind with Gu Xiaoying.Seeing this scene, Sang Li smiled and poked Gu Xiaoying: "It's ok, Brother Guan is very stylish." Gu Xiaoying "hummed" very ungratefully, turned her head and said earnestly: "My dear, you have to know that this kind of style is all bought by your sister and I staying alone in the empty boudoir every night." Staring at the back of her man and gritting her teeth: "If he has the ability, don't go home! If you treat your own house like a hotel, one day I will let him sleep on the stairs!" Sang Li looked at Guan Tong who was chatting with Ma Yu sympathetically, and muttered: "May the Lord bless Brother Guan."

Gu Xiaoying smiled wickedly: "The master is me, and I am his master, do you know that?" Sang Li rolled his eyes and decided not to talk to her anymore. While talking, they entered the private room and sat down separately. While waiting for the food to be served, Guan Tong and Ma Yu chatted like old friends at first sight. While chatting, they heard Guan Tong sigh in surprise: "We are alumni?" He happily turned his head to Gu Xiaoying and said, "What a coincidence, he is two grades younger than me, from the School of Management." "Really?" Gu Xiaoying also looked at Ma Yu in surprise. Ma Yu nodded and looked at Guan Tong: "Really. We heard about you, brother, when I entered the student union when you were a junior, and you were just transferred to the chairman of the student self-government committee. Let's pass each other, otherwise we must know each other .” In this way, Guan Tong also felt that Ma Yu seemed to have known each other, so he felt more and more cordial.The topic of the two gradually spread from the former teacher to the old restaurant, and continued for a whole dinner.Gu Xiaoying often inserts a few words, trying to get out of the embarrassing incidents or scandals of Guan Tong's college days, but the two men are either too innocent or too cunning, but they never let her succeed. Sang Li just listened with a smile, didn't talk much, and focused all his attention on taking care of YOYO's food.Probably her expression and attitude were too virtuous and unexpected, so Gu Xiaoying kept sighing: This is not what it used to be... The host and guest had a good time, enjoying themselves. All the changes happened when they were drinking tea and chatting after dinner, and it was Gu Xiaoying who sighed first: "The provincial university is great. Graduates from your school can come to our school to be teachers." Guan Tong didn't believe it: "How is it possible? If a university teacher has at least a postgraduate degree, it seems that everyone will have a doctorate now." "Really, I didn't lie to you," Gu Xiaoying glared at Guan Tong, then turned to ask Sang Li, "Hey, Sang Li, did Ai Ningning come here after graduating from their provincial university?" With a "boom", Ma Yu froze, and Sang Li was also stunned, not knowing what to say for a moment. Gu Xiaoying looked at their expressions and wondered: "Sang Li, you can't remember, right? It's the teacher who taught us English, very young and very cute. Hey, didn't I tell you, I To join her chase—" Sang Li abruptly interrupted the words, "I know! I know!" She pointed at Ma Yu and interrupted: "They are college classmates, at the same level." "Oh—" Gu Xiaoying suddenly realized. Ma Yu on the other side was completely speechless, he just looked at Gu Xiaoying so firmly, and asked after a long time: "Is she okay?" Before Gu Xiaoying could answer, Sang Li patted Ma Yu's arm, smiled and handed over a peeled shrimp, and changed the subject: "I forgot to tell you, Ai Ningning used to be my English teacher." Ma Yu looked at Sang Li in disbelief: "Why? Didn't she go to the Academy of Chinese Opera when she graduated?" "Later, the Academy of Chinese Opera merged with our Academy of Art, and she gave lessons to the students there and us at the same time." Sang Li lowered her head to peel the shrimp and stopped looking at him. "She is very kind and very popular with the students." "Yes," Gu Xiaoying recalled with emotion, "She also sponsored students in six impoverished areas, and we didn't know until a long time later." "Is the Ai Ningning you are talking about one of the top ten outstanding youths in the province?" Guan Tong, who had been silent all this time, finally asked hesitantly. "Yes," Gu Xiaoying spread her hands, and finally said what Sang Li was most afraid of, "Unfortunately, he died young." "Boom"!The spoon in Ma Yu's hand fell on the carpet and made a muffled sound. Everyone looked at him in surprise, but he stared at Gu Xiaoying with wide eyes, his voice trembling suddenly: "What did you say? What happened to her?" Gu Xiaoying's professional sensitivity finally played a role at this time, she opened her mouth, but said nothing.She turned her head and looked at Sang Li with eyes begging for help, and the atmosphere dropped to freezing point in those few seconds. Sang Li finally sighed, held Ma Yu's hand, looked into his eyes, and said slowly, "Ma Yu, I'm sorry, I didn't tell you. Ai Ningning died of lymphoma four years ago. " Ma Yu's face instantly turned pale. Gu Xiaoying was so angry that she didn't dare to say a word, she shrank beside Guan Tong, and she didn't catch her breath until Guan Tong held her hand from under the table. Sang Li kept his head down, and raised his head after a long time, smiled wryly, and looked at Ma Yu: "Tomorrow, go and see her." Her voice gradually became dry: "Ai Ningning and Xiang Ning, they are both buried in Yong'an Cemetery." Ma Yu stared blankly at Sang Li, then at Gu Xiaoying and Guan Tong. After a long time, he finally let out a long breath, bent down, picked up the spoon and put it aside. His face gradually recovered the previous calm expression, he nodded slightly, and said to Guan Tong and Gu Xiaoying: "I'm sorry, I lost my composure." He sighed deeply: "Ai Ningning is my ex-girlfriend, and also the most unforgiving person in my life." The air in the room froze instantly. The next day, Guan Tong drove to Yong'an Cemetery together. Along the way, Sang Li didn't speak, just looked out of the window silently.Gu Xiaoying sat in the passenger seat and remained silent all the way. Even YOYO seemed to understand everyone's heaviness, stopped making noise, but quietly looked at Sang Li, then at Ma Yu, and finally couldn't bear it before asking: "Dad, where are we going?" Sang Li turned around and saw YOYO's curious eyes and Ma Yu's sad expression, tried to smile, took YOYO into his arms, and answered her: "We are going to visit a deceased uncle and an absent aunt." "Where did they go?" YOYO was puzzled, "How can we find them when they are gone?" "Yeah, where did they go..." Sang Li murmured, raising his head to look at the people around him, "Do you believe in another world?" Ma Yu was silent and did not speak. Gu Xiaoying thought for a while, turned around, nodded and said, "I believe it." Sang Li smiled slightly: "Aren't you a materialist?" "I am," Gu Xiaoying replied solemnly, "But, this will make us feel relieved." She turned around and looked at Sang Li with encouraging eyes: "Actually, everyone has experienced the pain of losing their loved ones, but as long as we feel that they can watch us from a place where we can't see them, we will be happy." As for being too painful. I will try my best to live a better life so that they can feel at ease." She looked at YOYO, then at Sang Li and Ma Yu: "Take YOYO to show Xiang Ning and Teacher Ai, they will be happy for you." Sang Li's eyes were sour, and he turned his head to look out the window: the green field and the fast-retreating trees turned into a warm golden color under the sunlight.There is a faint moist mist floating up, enveloping the distant sky, with a little gray, floating, if there is nothing. In that distance, perhaps, there really is a heaven? Her eye circles gradually turned red, she lowered her head, and buried her face behind YOYO's back, while YOYO quietly curled up in her arms, unexpectedly being unprecedentedly well-behaved. Half an hour later, they arrived at Yongan Cemetery. Coincidentally, in front of Ai Ningning's tomb, they saw the man who became her husband. He is not tall, and his hair is a little thin. From the back, he is not as tall and handsome as Ma Yu. However, anyone with a discerning eye can see how much he loves his wife. He wiped every crack on the tombstone with a piece of cloth, squatted down to wipe it when he was tired from standing up, and occasionally leaned up to breathe, as if he must wipe the dark gray tombstone spotless.His expression was so focused, as if he couldn't hear the sound of the outside world, and he couldn't see the attention of a few people not far away. He just wiped it seriously, talking to his wife while wiping. The wind blows over, and even some fragments can be heard. He said: "Ning Ning, it's getting colder, remember to add clothes...Of course I'm very busy recently, I'm in the graduating class, those kids did well in the exams last year, and they came back to see me a few days ago...That's right, the third year of high school It is purgatory, students can always survive, but teachers have to survive for a lifetime..." He smiled while talking: "Do you still remember Xie Yang, the little hairy boy has a girlfriend, guess who it is... Hehe, isn't it interesting? At that time, you always wouldn't let me criticize him. If I didn't criticize him He, can he be admitted to university... Yes, puppy love can't be killed with a single stick, but... that kid Xie Yang has a limited brain capacity, and it is absolutely impossible to use one mind at two..." As she spoke, she gradually choked up: "...I went to see my parents. They are in good health, so you can rest assured... I promised you that I will give them a pension until the end of their lives..." Gu Xiaoying was the first to bear it, turned around and ran away, squatting under a pine tree and crying.Guan Tong followed, pulled her up and hugged her into her arms, she held onto Guan Tong's clothes tightly, trying to suppress her crying, but she couldn't at all. YOYO looked at Gu Xiaoying in surprise, then looked up at Sang Li, and asked cautiously, "What's wrong with Auntie?" Sang Li tried hard to dry the tears in his eyes, knelt down, held YOYO in his arms, and said softly: "Auntie misses her good friend." YOYO nodded and said seriously: "I miss Su Nuofei too." Sangli kissed YOYO, held her hand and stood up, turning to look at Ma Yu.But I found that Ma Yu's eyes were so gentle and relieved. He looked at the man not far away seriously and carefully for a long time.It wasn't until Gu Xiaoying gradually stopped crying and YOYO whispered "Sang Li, I'm cold" that he turned around and picked up his daughter, ready to leave. Sang Li didn't understand, and asked him, "Aren't you going to see her?" Ma Yu shook his head, and he actually smiled. He looked at the sun in the distance, narrowed his eyes, and replied in a rare comforting tone: "Now, I am finally relieved." While hugging YOYO, he looked down at Sang Li: "Go and see Xiang Ning." After a short pause, he asked again, "Shall I go with you?" Sang Li looked up at Ma Yu, hesitated for a moment, then shook his head and said, "I'll just go there by myself, please wait for me a moment." Although he had expected this answer a long time ago, Ma Yu couldn't help being a little disappointed when he actually heard what Sang Li said. However, he didn't show it, just smiled and said, "Okay." Sang Li nodded, looked back at Gu Xiaoying, saw her rubbing her eyes, stretched her arms and pointed to the distance, and said with some choking: "No. 207, District D, I met Teacher Guo Yunhua there." Hearing this familiar name, Sang Li's heart suddenly tightened.However, she didn't speak, she just turned her head quickly, hugged the lily in her arms tightly, and walked towards the D area. The steps were not long, but as she got closer and closer to the tombstone No. 207, her breathing became more and more tense. It's getting closer, it's getting closer... The moment he finally saw the strange tombstone, Sang Li's legs went limp, and his face instantly turned pale! On the tombstone, the person in the photo looks so familiar——Xiang Ning, to this day, I finally believe that you are no longer there, no longer! Tears rolled down silently, and Sang Li stared blankly at the handsome face, the gentle smile in the photo, and the eternally frozen twenty-nine-year-old. Xiang Ning in the photo will never age. In the cool wind, Sang Li stared blankly at the smiling person on the tombstone. The air was filled with the aroma of pine needles and the damp smell of soil in the mountains.She suddenly thought: Could it be that under this kind of soil, those people we once loved are buried forever? In the silent cemetery, Sang Li sniffed, squatted down, and gently put down the big bouquet of lilies in his arms.After a long time, he stretched out his hand tremblingly, and gently stroked the cold tombstone, and then stroked the eyebrows, the smile, the person who had left forever in the photo... She said in her heart: Xiang Ning, how are you? Is it autumn over there? Is it cool? Is there someone to talk to you? You look down, can you see me? Don't worry, I'm fine. I live very simply now. I also sing occasionally, although the audience is much smaller, but very happy. Xiang Ning, I'm sorry. I didn't see your last side, and I didn't come to see you off for the last time. I didn't even come to see you in these three years.But, I really miss you, you know? I don't come here, not because I don't want to, but because I don't dare. I'm afraid to see you lying in the flowers, afraid to see this cold tombstone. I can't see these, so I can lie to myself that you are still there, and I can tell myself that you will never leave. I lied to myself like this for three years, you may not believe it, once, I really wanted to be a filial piety for you for the rest of my life. "Shouxiao" is a very old word, right?But I really thought about it.I think I have to do something, to atone. But later, someone said to me: We always have to let the people we love see our happiness before it is too late. His name is Ma Yu. Can you see him, the man holding a little girl not far away. He said that he loves me very much, because we have similar experiences, similar thoughts, similar inability to let go, and similar loneliness. However, I can't make up my mind.Because I know that the person I love is not him. So, can you tell me, what should I do right? Oh, by the way, I forgot to introduce you, the little girl in Ma Yu's arms, her name is YOYO, she is Ma Yu's daughter, if I choose to be with Ma Yu, she will be my daughter. I'm sorry, Xiang Ning, I didn't protect our child well, and I didn't protect your last flesh and blood in this world.I really regret it, but no matter how much I regret it, I can't go back... Ten years of life and death—in the afterglow of the setting sun, surrounded by pines and cypresses all over the mountain, Sang Li looked at the smiling face in the photo, and finally burst into tears.