Moonlight in the city

We took the man to the bubble tea shop, Tang Ning made him a cup of hot tea, and then the three of them sat down around the round table on the balcony, and at the same time, the advertising production company was also installing the shop sign called "Left" for us, and the sound of percussion from time to time broke the original silence, but it did not prevent us from chatting.

 I opened my mouth and asked the man first, "Brother, the waves are so big today, why do you swim so far alone?" "

 He took a sip of hot water, and didn't respond to my words, and then he lost his mind for a while at the distance of the sea, Tang Ning and I looked at each other a little awkwardly, and I didn't know how to continue to communicate with him, but I could see that he was in a very sad mood... This should be a man who is not good at words, because he is born from the heart, his lips are very thick, his eye sockets are deep, he looks young and strong, but there is already a little gray hair on his head.

 After being silent for a while, I handed him another cigarette, and after he took it, he squinted his eyes and took a sharp puff, and then finally said to me and Tang Ning: "Thank you for the hot tea, I came to Xiamen to fulfill a wish... Originally, I was with her, but now I'm the only one left. "

 "She?"

 "Well, she's my junior high school classmate, and I've had a crush on her for twelve years; Originally, she was going to get married this year, but she was diagnosed with advanced stomach cancer... Her fiancé repented... I thought she would be happy in her last days, so I quit my job and traveled around the country with her, and Xiamen should be our last stop... However, she did not wait for this day... When we walked to Yunnan, the cancer cells in her body spread all over the body... Last month, the hospital in Kunming went! "

 I have seen too much warmth and coldness in the real society, and I was really shocked to meet such a man with affection and righteousness suddenly...

 When the cigarette in his hand was about to run out, the man said to me and Tang Ning: "When I was in Lijiang, we sat at the foot of the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain and chatted, she said that she would definitely go to hell after she died, because she couldn't tell who was a good person and who was a bad person in her life, and she didn't understand who was sincere to her, and she felt sorry for me; She also said that the entrance to hell is in the sea... I told her that I could swim and that I could drag her back even if the entrance to hell was really at sea... She laughed for a long time, she didn't believe I could swim at all... I said that when I got to Xiamen, I would prove it to her... It's a pity that there is no such opportunity! "

 I was silent for a long time before I said with a sigh: "No wonder you don't want to swim so far!" "

 The man lowered his head and smiled bitterly: "Actually, I know... If it weren't for this disease, she wouldn't have looked at me with the same eyes... Even in her last days, she only thanked me, definitely not love. "

 When I suddenly heard the word "love", I couldn't help but feel in a trance, because not long ago, I also seriously thought about what love is. Unfortunately, I was not able to give myself a very definite answer...

 So, I asked the man, "You said that she didn't give you love, so what is love as you understand it?" "

 "Whatever I do to her, she does to me... But she couldn't... We've known each other for 12 years, and I call her to dinner every year for my birthday... But she never been. "

 "You have a hatred for her in your heart, don't you?"

 "There is no hate, only regret... I calculated the date, and the day I arrived in Xiamen happened to be my twenty-fifth birthday, and I thought that she would finally be able to spend a birthday with me, but in the end I missed it..."

 Tang Ning was delicate, and after he said this, she immediately asked, "Today is your birthday?" "

 "Let's buy you a cake, there's a cake shop down the street."

 "When we meet, a cup of hot tea is enough."

 Tang Ning has always been a warm-hearted girl, and despite what the man said, she insisted on going; So, on the balcony, it was just me and this man. Around the same time, the signboard of the store was finally installed, and I subconsciously glanced at it with the man.

 After a moment of silence, the man took out a music box from his backpack, placed it on the table and said to me, "This is what she gave me when we were in Dali; She said that she might not be able to make it to Xiamen, so she would treat it as a birthday present to me in advance... I don't want it anymore, but I can't bear to throw it away like this, and staying in Xiamen may be the best place for it... Can you keep it for me? "

 I looked at the word "left" on the shop sign, and then nodded to the man and said, "If you think this is a regret in your heart, then stay with us." "

 The man handed me the music box, and when I was about to take it from him, he subconsciously clenched his hand and opened it easily... I know that what he gave me was not only a music box, but also his inner struggle... However, people always have to look forward, those who have gone have already left, and those who are alive must continue to live...

 Finally, the man took out another twenty yuan from his wallet, put it on the table, and said to me, "Your bubble tea shop has not opened yet, so I will be your first customer... Along the way, we have met many good people, and so are you... Thank you for your hospitality, if I still have the opportunity to come to Xiamen, I will come to get this cup of milk tea again..."

 "Wait a little longer, my friend will go buy a cake."

 "I have to catch the train, I can't wait... Thank you... Thank you very much! "

 The man just left, and after another twenty minutes, Tang Ning came back with the cake; She first looked left and right, and then asked, "What about others?" "

 "Gone."

 "Why didn't you stop him... This cake cost 200 yuan... Oops, money is a trivial matter, just look at him and look pitiful, I want to spend his birthday with him! "

 Tang Ning was really anxious, she said as she stomped her feet; I spread my hands helplessly and said to her again, "He has to catch the train, I can't delay his trip." "

 Tang Ning sat down angrily, and I sighed again: "He has been out for so long, he should be very homesick... Let's eat this cake, you just think it's my birthday... Or maybe it's your birthday. "

 I don't know what Tang Ning was thinking, anyway, she was distracted by the cake for a while, and only after a while did she look at the music box on the table and ask me, "What is this?" "

 "It was left by him, it was given to him by that woman when she was in Dali, saying that it was a birthday gift given to him in advance."

 "Hmm."

 "Why did he stay with us for something so important?"

 "Maybe he wants to live a new life... Isn't the name of our store just left, it's good to stay with us, let's keep it for him, but I don't want him to come again! "

 Tang Ning picked up the music box, and then opened it, I also looked closer out of curiosity, and the inside of the music box was engraved with a small line of words: "To the dearest Jin Can, I wish you a lifetime of happiness and joy in your life..."

 In the sound of music from the music box, Tang Ning sighed: "It turns out that his name is Jin Can!" "

 "Pretty good name... I know this music so well, I just can't remember what it's called, you know? "

 "Moonlight in the city, it's a very old song..."

 As she spoke, Tang Ning hummed along: "In every heart, in a certain place, there is always a memory that lingers; Every late night, in a certain place, there is always the deepest thought; The myriad changes in the world, love to divide the sentient person into two ends, if the heart knows the direction of the spirit, even if it can not be accompanied day and night; The moonlight in the city illuminates the dream, please warm his heart, see through the gathering and dispersion of the world, can you have more happy fragments; The moonlight in the city illuminates the dream, please guard him, if one day we can meet again, let happiness spread all night long..."

 Halfway through the song, Tang Ning suddenly stopped, she blinked at me and said, "Does this song represent what that woman wants to say to Jin Can?" "

 "It's just a coincidence, if so, why would Jin Can be so sorry?"

 "Stupid, what if Jin Chan hadn't heard this song? ... Didn't you remember it... You read the lyrics yourself. "

 I took the mobile phone handed over by Tang Ning and looked at it, combined with the experience of Jin Can and that woman, I am afraid that it really represents the deepest thoughts of that woman... She knew that she could no longer accompany Jin Can, so she expressed it in this obscure way that she wanted to become moonlight after death, to protect and warm Jin Can... It's a pity that Jin Chan probably hasn't really heard this song.

 "Aftertaste, should we go after Jin Can? We can't let him leave with such regrets... That woman is the one who loves her. "

 "It's not necessarily love, she is more sorry for Jin Can... So, this is salvation, not love. "

 Tang Ning sat down a little deflated, in fact, I just said this to Tang Ning, and I was not sure in my heart, what does this mean, is it, moved to a certain extent, can it also be transformed into love?

 Tang Ning played with the music box again, and accidentally dropped the music box on the ground, and the music box suddenly fell into a big crack...

 Tang Ning was stupid, and I was even more angry, she actually dropped such an important thing... I was just about to say a few words to her, she picked up the music box again, and then pulled out a note from the cracked place, and the note was written on it: "Jin Can, it's a pity that this life has come to an end in such a blur... If there is a next life, I will definitely be the person who loves you the most in this world! "

 On this day, Tang Ning and I were both uneasy, at least, I had been thinking about Jin Can, but he left in such a hurry, and I may never have the opportunity to return this note that should have belonged to him again...

 In fact, from that woman's point of view, there is no need to give it to him, this is just an expression of this woman's unwillingness, and she also knows very well: In this way, if you say it to Jin Can, it will only make Jin Can even more unable to get out, so she used this way of hiding.

 In the afternoon, I took the music box to a place that specializes in selling music boxes, repaired it, and then kept it in my own store...

 ...

 It wasn't until the evening that Tang Guo also came to the island, and Tang Ning and I were relieved from that troubled state... We told Tang Guo this story, and she didn't have any mood waves, and even suspected that Tang Ning and I were making up a story to tell her... It wasn't until we showed her the music box that she whispered, "It's pathetic!" "