Chapter 12 Chapter 3 - Memories are a function of time

you are soft like water but my heart But because of the wave you brought, it was deeply shaken So I think your heart is firm Just for your softness, beating Words and sentences that shake off in the beating, sprinkled on the white paper Red letters, blue letters, then black letters so blank paper Like a flock of crows, flying in the moonless night There was ringing in the ears, and another tunnel was passed. The section of the mountain route from Miaoli to Taichung has a lot of caves. The engineers must have worked very hard. Although the interior of the car is bright, it is completely dark outside the window.

As it says on this sixth cigarette, "A flock of crows flies in the moonless night". I poured a glass of water and took a sip, it was so hot. Or, use this glass of water as a stove to warm your palms. There are still a lot of people in the car, and I can barely stand here. Memories are a heavy thing, just like longing, they also have weight. Memory is a function of time, but the direction of time is always backward, but the direction of memory must be forward. Both have only one direction, but the directions are opposite. I'm a nostalgic person. There are often some small things left around to record certain moods in a certain period of time in the past.

The most special one is probably the mistletoe plant that Mingjing gave me. Berson once asked me, "Won't keeping these things take up space?" "Probably not. Because memory takes up the most space." Everything that has been taken in can be easily discarded. Only memory is something that not only cannot be discarded, but also accumulates over time. And the new memory and the old memory will also add and multiply each other, resulting in huge astronomical numbers. Just like the memory of mistletoe, I always feel an inexplicable sadness and self-blame. I felt my head was heavy and my feet couldn't bear the weight, so I squatted down.

Until the cup of hot water cools down. After I drank the water, I stood up again and exercised my muscles and bones. After all, there was still nearly three hours of driving. The biggest natural enemy when you are bored in the car is a companion who can chat to relieve boredom. Too bad I'm alone now. After climbing the mountain that day, the drive back to Tainan was about three hours. Mingjing and I sat together, talking and laughing, and before we knew it, we had arrived in Tainan. In fact, on the return journey, men and women have to draw cards again. "Do you like Lin Mingjing?" Bo Sen asked me secretly.

"She's nice. Why ask such a strange question?" Bo Sen didn't answer, but just took all 21 cards from my hand. He found Yang Guo's card and stuffed it into my pocket. Then asked me to draw the remaining 20 cards for the boys in the class. He still took 21 cards with women's names written on them for the girls in the Chinese department to draw. Unexpectedly, Ming Jing got Xiao Long Nu again. This time Bo Sen drew Tang Gaozong Li Zhi, but Sun Ying drew Wu Zetian. Bo Sen was overly frightened, hugged my shoulder, and cried bitterly. "Guer, we are really destined. My aunt is very happy."

Mingjing looked very happy. "Oh." I dare not answer. Back in Tainan, Ming Jing, Bo Sen and Sun Ying, I had a late-night snack near Chengda University. When it was almost 11:30, Bo Sen and I sent them back to the dormitory. 11:30 is the closing time of Shengjiushe. At that time, there are always a group of men and women who are reluctant to leave at the gate of Shengjiu. Then there will be an obasan knocking on the iron gate with a stone to remind the girls that it is time to close the gate. While knocking, slowly pull the door from left to right. Mingjing said that the girls in Shengjiushe called the knocking sound a death knell.

The gate of Shengjiushe is a fence-like iron gate, with a wheel under the gate, which is convenient for the iron gate to open and close. Even after the iron gate is closed, people inside and outside the gate can still look at each other through the fence. So often some men and women in love, after closing the iron gate, still pass through the fence to hold each other's hands tightly. Some girls even knelt down excitedly and cried. It's like visiting a prison. In the past, Bo Sen and I used to come to Shengjiu at 11:30 to watch this kind of free show. When the death knell started to strike, Ming Jing and Sun Ying waved goodbye to us and prepared to go upstairs.

"Sun Ying, a third-year student from the Chinese Department! Please don't leave in such a hurry!" I was startled when Person suddenly yelled loudly. Mingjing and the others also stopped and turned around. "Student Sun Ying! With your looks, even Pan Jinlian is inferior!" "boring!" Sun Ying cursed, then took Ming Jing's hand, turned around and walked upstairs quickly. "Student Sun Ying! Your beautiful image has been deeply rooted in my mind! I have something to say!" Bo Sen seemed to be acting in a drama, reading the dialogue aloud. "Don't listen! Don't listen!"

One could vaguely hear Sun Ying's voice coming from the dormitory. "There are only three words in this sentence! Just three words that tightly touch my heart!" "..." Can't hear what Sun Ying said. "Student Sun Ying! It's just three words! Please listen to me!" "Student Sun Ying! If I don't say these three words tonight, I will definitely suffer from insomnia!" "Student Sun Ying! I finally had the courage! I must confess my love to you!" "Student Sun Ying! I want everyone in Quansheng Jiushe to hear these three words! That is..."

"Person!" I stopped very nervously. The men and women watching also pricked up their ears, ready to hear the three words that made people blush and heartbeat. "Early... go to bed early!..." Bo Sen folded his hands around his mouth and said these three words loudly and clearly. I froze for a moment, then laughed. With a "snap", the window of a room on the fourth floor suddenly opened. "Die!" Sun Ying threw something viciously, we glanced and looked at the ground, it was a shoe. I picked up my shoes, dragged away Bosen who was gesturing "V" towards the fourth floor, and fled the scene quickly.

When I got home downstairs and climbed the stairs, I scolded Person: "You're so boring, don't you feel ashamed?" "No, no one knows who I am. But Sun Ying will become very famous." "Why are you playing tricks on her?" "No, it's just a joke. I'll apologize to her another day." "By the way, why did you stuff Yang Guo to me?" "Help you, stupid. I think you and Lin Mingjing seem to hit it off." "Then how did you let her draw Xiaolongnu?" "It's very simple. When most people draw lots, they draw from the middle, but it's great to draw the first one. So I hid the little dragon girl at the bottom, and let her draw the last two cards. " "That's still only half the chance." "Originally, the probability is only half, but my left hand is ready at any time. If she draws Xiaolongnu, it will be fine. If not, I will use my left hand harder, and if she can’t pull it away, I will switch to Xiaolongnv’s one. "