Chapter 12 chapter Ten

On the road full of pedestrians, there is a huge advertising sign hanging.On the signboard, there is a line written: The blue night sky, the shadow of coconut trees and a silver moon constitute a fascinating scenery.This is a travel ad for the Fiji Islands in the South Pacific. Fan Meiyin was standing on the sidewalk, with her head up, staring at the advertising sign.After an unknown amount of time, she found a man standing next to her, also looking at the advertising sign with fascination.He saw her too.How many years have you been gone?She didn't expect to meet Qiu Qingzhi again here. Fan Meiyin and Qiu Qingzhi nodded, and the two looked at each other and smiled.

"The dream of that year—" she murmured. "Your dream is to become a writer." Qiu Qingzhi said. She smiled: "I remember you said that you want to become a pilot, fly in the sky, and shrink the distance of this world." Qiu Qingzhi smiled awkwardly: "I didn't become a pilot, I was just a person on the control tower to control the plane's ascent and descent." "I have shrunk the distance of the world." "Ok?" "I work on a website." "Oh, is it?" "Have you ever been to Fiji?" she asked. Qiu Qingzhi shook his head.

"Is Fiji really so beautiful?" she wondered. "At that time we thought about going to a lot of places, but never Fiji. You always want to go to Europe." "Is there any female college student who hasn't dreamed of traveling in Europe with a backpack on her back?" "It turned out we actually went to Europe." "And fight in Rome, Italy? Break up." "You—run back to Hong Kong alone." "Why did we fight that day?" "You forgot too, how could I remember? Anyway, at that time, we could quarrel about anything."

Fan Meiyin smiled: "At that time, I regretted running back. I only traveled half of Europe, and until now, I haven't had the chance to swim the remaining half of that year." "You ran away alone, and I'm not much better." "Are you married?" "Nope, what about you?" "We must have dreamed of getting married then too." "Do we have any?" "We must have dreamed of getting married, so we haven't gotten married yet. Both of us are people who can't make our dreams come true." Self-deprecating tone. "Oh, yes."

She looked at Qiu Qingzhi.Why did they meet again under such a sky? Is "The Dream of That Year" a satire on this first love, or a call?No matter how many years we haven't seen each other, he is still so familiar and warm.He was the one she dreamed about the most. "There is a Starbucks in front, how about a cup of coffee?" Qiu Qingzhi said. "You know I never drink coffee." She pouted. Qiu Qingzhi looked at her angrily. "I want a Frappuccino with wild berries," she said. "I know you haven't changed at all, and you still like to play tricks on people." He said.

They walk into a Starbucks and find a window seat. "When we were dating, why didn't there be such a good place? At that time, there were only fast food restaurants." Fan Meiyin said with a smile. "Who told you that you were born a few years earlier." "I'm not yet thirty!" "I know." "Do you remember when my birthday is?" "Of course I remember, you are—" "Don't say it—" she stopped him, "in case you remember wrongly, I will be disappointed." "I remember correctly." "Your memory has always been bad. I do remember your birthday, which is October 15th."

Qiu Qingzhi smiled and said nothing. "Which site do you work for?" he asked. "Our company has several web pages, have you ever been to one called missedperson.com?" "Are you looking for someone?" "Well! Just put the information of the person you want to find on it, and other netizens can help find it." "Who do you usually look for?" "There are everything, such as an old lover who lost news, a wife who ran away, a boyfriend who left without saying goodbye, a stranger who passed by one day, and old classmates and friends. Recently, there is a very special one, a dying The impractical magician was looking for a female audience member he had met in a performance more than thirty years ago. He has missed her for more than thirty years."

"So, did he find it?" "He passed away before he was found. Is there anyone you miss to find?" Qiu Qingzhi shrugged. "It's happier that way." Fan Meiyin said. "Do you still play the guitar?" she asked. "there is none left." "You'd never guess that I've been learning the flute for a while!" "Why did you go to learn the flute?" She took a sip of her Frappuccino and said, "I'll tell you another day." "Are you alone now?" She smiled bitterly: "Do I not look like a woman loved by a man?"

"It's not like now." "Yes, I'm alone. Are you too?" "I showed you!" "Today is the weekend night! If you and I are not a third party, we are alone." "How can you be lonely? You have always had many suitors." "It's retribution!" she said, "Do you remember that you had a roommate named Shao Chongxia back then?" "Remember. We're in different departments. We haven't been in touch since graduation. Do you know him?" "I ran into him at an old classmate's assembly. You didn't come that night."

"I don't like nostalgia." "Including old lovers?" Qiu Qingzhi smiled shyly. "Do you remember how embarrassing we were when we ruined a good thing for him?" "It was so embarrassing, how could he forget it? That night, he made a promise that he would not come back for the night." "So, we made out in the room." Fan Meiyin continued. "Who knew he ran back crying." "He's broken in love." "I had to hide you under the covers." "In the middle of the night, you fell asleep! No matter how hard I pushed, I couldn't wake you up. How could you fall asleep?"

"I'm sorry! I wanted to wait for him to fall asleep, but I fell asleep myself." "But we're not done yet! How can you sleep!" "Maybe I'm too tired! Men put in a lot more energy than women do that! And—" "And what?" "And you are lazy and like to lie down and do nothing." "For a beautiful woman like me, of course she doesn't need to be so active in climbing up and down!" She smiled and suddenly felt a little sad.Didn't she climb onto Shao Chongxia's bed and beg him to hug her? "Have you ever had baby champagne?" she asked. "Is it for the baby?" "Of course not, it's just that the portion is very small." "tasty?" "It's so hard to drink." "Do you often drink?" "Drink when you can't sleep. It's your fault!" "Is it about me?" "If you didn't quarrel with me back then, we didn't break up. Maybe, we are married now, and I would be a very happy and ignorant little woman." Qiu Qingzhi was a little unconvinced: "How can you become ignorant if you marry me? Besides, you were the one who quarreled with me first." "That's your fault too! Don't you remember what you said?" "What did I say?" "You said, as long as I don't like it, you are wrong." "That's hardly human talk! Did I ever say that?" "That's right! When we quarreled for the first time, you said that. At that time, it was even less human-like, and you would say it." "Okay! I'm responsible for your insomnia all your life." "This is what people say." Fan Meiyin said triumphantly, and then she said: "It's your birthday in two days, I invite you to dinner, do you want to enjoy noodles? I know there is a very good Italian restaurant .” "As long as you like it, how dare I refuse to show you face?" "Any birthday wishes?" Looking at the huge advertising sign outside the window, Qiu Qingzhi said fascinatedly, "I really want to go to Fiji." "There, can we really find our dreams?" Fan Mei rested her head on her hands, and stared at Qiu Qingzhi.The dream of that year is already far away, just like the distance between Hong Kong and Fiji, but the person in front of her is very close. Could it be that he is her dream?After thousands of turns, they re-- again. On Qiu Qingzhi's birthday, she pre-ordered a cake.After finishing the main course, she asked him: "Do you know what that cake is like?" "Is it an airplane? You will probably satirize my dream back then." "I'm not that bad." The waiter passed by holding a birthday cake, which belonged to another table, and a couple of men and women were sitting there. "Someone has the same birthday as you!" "She keeps looking at her watch," Qiu Qingzhi said. "Our birthday cake is here." Fan Meiyin said. The waiter puts the birthday cake on the table.On top of the cake, there is a layer of blue cream, the reflection of the coconut tree is made of dark chocolate, and the silver moon is made of white chocolate. "Dream from that year?" Qiu Qingzhi said. "Didn't you say you wanted to go to Fiji?" "Thank you." "Happy birthday." In the shadow of the candle, she leaned over and kissed Qiu Qingzhi deeply on the face.She saw that young self in his eyes; a little drunk, a little self-pity. "Do you know why I learned to play the flute?" she asked.Then, she said, "It was to get close to a man." "Which man is so happy?" "You know it too." "Is it Shao Chongxia?" "Why did you think it was him?" She was surprised. "Last time, you suddenly mentioned him." "There is a musical instrument shop downstairs from his house, and I learned the flute there, deliberately looking for opportunities to get close to him." "and then?" "He's not in love with me. That's the end of the flute story," she said, eating the cake. "No matter how good you are, there will always be someone who doesn't love you." Qiu Qingzhi said helplessly; it was to comfort herself and her. "I don't know why I like him. It's like being possessed suddenly, and I can't wake up. Love is sometimes a superstition." "We are all people who read foreign books! Why are we superstitious?" "Superstition and knowledge have nothing to do with each other. After you, I have a boyfriend. One day, I saw him buy a piece of roast pork. I thought it was for me to eat. It turned out that he was going to worship God. He majored in biochemistry What!" She laughed loudly while talking, "I broke up with him because of that piece of roast pork. I can't bear the man I love is a man who can worship God! But now I don't think it's a big deal .Am I not superstitious? I am even willing to turn into a piece of roasted pork and offer it to the person I love! As long as he likes it!" "Love is not superstitious, but we are superstitious about love." Qiu Qingzhi said. "The process of breaking superstition is long and painful." "So, it's best not to be superstitious." "Understood." She nodded vigorously and said, "How about going to drink coffee? Go to the Starbucks last time. I want to drink Frappuccino with wild berry flavor." "Wildberry flavor again?" "Yes, it's wild berry. I'm obsessed with all wild things. Because I'm not wild in reality. I used to think I was wild." "Growing up means accepting an imperfect self and an unideal self." Qiu Qingzhi said. "Also accept the imperfections and imperfections of the world," she said. Fan Meiyin and Qiu Qingzhi walked forward side by side, many youthful years were regressed, she felt that she had changed a lot, but Qiu Qingzhi had not changed.She wondered if this was wishful thinking.When reuniting with old friends, people always think that they have changed a lot and are no longer the same as before.A little change is also an achievement. "Do you like your job?" Fan Meiyin asked. "I don't like it the most, and it's not that I don't like it. How many people like their job very much?" "I must do what I love." "Women are happier. Because men do jobs they don't like, so their women can do jobs they like most." She shook her head and said, "Sexist!" Starbucks was packed with people who bought two wild berry-flavored prappuccinos and drank them standing.Looking out from here, the advertising signboard of the Fiji Islands is still hanging dazzlingly in the air, embellishing this dreamless city. "You haven't told me your story yet." Fan Meiyin said. "After you, I have been in love twice." "so little?" Qiu Qingzhi nodded. "Which passage has stood out the most so far?" she asked. "Does that include the part with you?" "Of course it doesn't count! I think I'm unforgettable to you, let me believe that." She smiled. "Then, besides you, it's the last one." "What kind of woman is she?" "Her voice is beautiful." "Is it as sweet as Xia Xinju? I also listen to her show every night." "Almost." Qiu Qingzhi said. "Why did you break up with her?" "Can not remember." "You don't want to say it?" "No, I really don't remember the reason. Some memories are for forgetting." "We usually forget the most painful parts. That is, she caused you pain?" Qiu Qingzhi didn't speak. She didn't know what to say, so she said: "Is it possible for us to visit the remaining half of Europe? Or Fiji." "Maybe!" "I wish I could start tomorrow." At 11:15, the waiters in the store stood in a row in a tacit understanding and shouted together: "Last Order!" "It's the style of this store, it's almost closed." Qiu Qingzhi said. "Is it? I was taken aback." "Would you like another drink?" "No need." Fan Meiyin put down the cup in her hand. In the carriage, she turned on the radio, and the radio station was playing Xia Xinju's program, and a woman was on the other end of the phone, asking sadly: "Do you think longing is sweet or bitter?" "It should be sweet, right? Because there is someone you can miss." Xia Xinju said. "I think it's bitter," said the woman. The two people in the car suddenly fell silent.At the moment of reunion, the pleasant feeling washed away the desolation after parting.However, when someone mentions the word "Missing".No amount of joy can hide the loss.After all, for several years, they didn't understand what kind of life the other was leading.The silence at this moment expresses the distance.That is a distance they cannot make up, and have no intention of making up for. The car stopped, and Fan Meiyin said: "It's good to see you again." "Thank you for the cake." Qiu Qingzhi said. "I have a question for you." "what is the problem?" "You have to confess!" "I never lie." "Did you ever think about sleeping with me for a moment tonight?" "some." "Have you changed your mind now?" "Ok." "why?" "You are like my relatives, and it seems a bit like that with you." "That's right! I feel the same way!" Fan Meiyin laughed and said, "I'd rather you be my relatives, as relatives can last forever." "Great!" Qiu Qingzhi breathed a sigh of relief, put his hands behind his head, and said, "We all thought about doing it but decided not to do it..." "Well, it wasn't an easy decision," she continued. "What's rare is that we all agree that it's better not to." "Yes." She smiled. "Ten years from now, if we meet again, what do you think it will be like?" she asked. "Ten years from now, we'll be almost forty years old." "What will become of you? And what will become of me?" "Are we going to do it again?" "Forty years old, it's the last order. If I haven't found a good man, you have to take care of me." "Thank you for leaving the last order to me." Qiu Qingzhi said. On a sunny day, Fan Meiyin stood on the sidewalk, looking up at the huge Fiji Islands advertisement. The dream of that year was far away after all.In the old photo album, she saw a frame of photos taken when she and Qiu Qingzhi were together. It was his birthday on October 19th.Ah, it turned out that she had misremembered his birthday, and she thought she would never forget it. Why didn't Qiu Qingzhi correct it?Do you not want her to be embarrassed, or do you think it doesn't matter anymore?We once loved someone so much that we forgot his birthday.Does love last forever?She turned her head and found that there was also a man standing next to her, staring at the advertising sign, which she didn't recognize.