Amorous Short Stories

Ding Qing's life in LA is much richer than in Hong Kong.Lu Qiao came to LA from New York to stay for a few days before returning home, plus some friends who came on vacation, and new acquaintances, and had a very fulfilling life. Ding Qing basically left the night party almost at eleven o'clock. Don't go to renew the stall, because it is a good time for Yan Wu to get up from his nap and communicate with each other.

The friend Ding Qing gathers the most is Bryan. Bryan is a Singaporean Chinese, 31 years old, a fashion designer. A brand in his hand has just launched a trendy show with Lisa Leslie of Sparks in Los Angeles. He invited Sia and Sigrid Agren to the platform, and gave Ding Qing a lot of clothes. Bryan and Ding Qing met when they were diving in Australia, and they kept in touch. Ding Qing hosted him several times when he went to Beijing. In 07, he was transferred to LA for work, and Ding Qing was celebrating Christmas in the new year, so going out to get together was a necessary procedure. Bryan is 1.7 meters and [-], a hairstyle will not last more than one season, his personal logo is no matter what clothing style, he always wears a silk scarf, his eyes are not myopic at all, and he wears a frame to increase the three-dimensional effect of the face, and the jaw is carefully rounded A well-groomed beard, a protruding and flat facial contour, no pants that cover the ankles, and height-increasing insoles are life partners. You can’t weigh too much or too little. If you have too much, you will look fat, and if you don’t, you will look weak. Daily activities are to control eating quantity.The accent is southern, and I have a habit of adding "come" at the end of the words.

"Ding Qing!" Bryan greeted Ding Qing happily, waving at him, and there was someone sitting beside him.

They met at a friend's shop, the style of the shop was between the bars and nightclubs that Ding Qing knew, and every day a singer's album was played in rotation, and that day was FloRida.There are few booths, but it's not that noisy. Most people are standing around the small round table chatting. Fortunately, Bryan came early and got a seat.

Ding Qing sat down with a glass of wine in front of him, Bryan smiled and said, "Try this, it's from the signboard."

Ding Qing took a sip, it was sweet.

"The degree is not low, please slow down." Then Bryan turned his head and said to the person next to him: "Look, I told you, he can drink very well, what is this?"

Bryan changed his seat and sat next to Ding Qing, pointing to that person: "Let me introduce, Nanjo Kenichi, the person in charge of our company from Osaka." Then he continued, "My friend, Ding Qing."

The man stretched out his hand, in order not to hit the sauce on the table, gently supported his outstretched forearm with the other hand, lowered his head slightly, and said very politely: "Hello."

Ding Qing also stretched out his hand to shake it back, and lowered his head a little while paying attention, but he couldn't show such a natural demeanor: "Hi, you speak Chinese so well."

Nanjo smiled: "My wife is Chinese."

Kenichi Nanjo is in his forties and looks like an executive.

Bryan added on the side: "Come on vacation, Ma'am is shopping next door, he will wait here for a while."

Nanjo smiled politely: "I hope I won't cause you any trouble."

Ding Qing waved his hand: "No."

The three chatted. Nanjo used to be a photographer. In his words, he was a "photographer without talent". He had no achievements in his 30s. After getting married, he wanted to do a job that was more meaningful to the family. Layers, miraculously doing a good job, scouting for newcomers is very discerning, opening a show or promoting cards is easy, and it can be regarded as on the right track.Nanjo was a little surprised when he heard that Ding Qing was a student. He said that Ding Qing had the meaning of a social person, and he repeatedly explained that it was a commendatory compliment, with a refined feeling.Ding Qing is very good at giving responses during the conversation, and the questions he asked hit Nanjo’s heart. Nanjo was very excited when he mentioned his hometown.They chatted all over the place until Nantiao's wife came, and she sat there for a while. The four drank two rounds of wine, and Ding Qing specially ordered fruit wine for them.Nantiao and his wife had a banquet in the evening, so they had to leave first. They handed Ding Qing a business card and left their contact information at home. The wife said that Ding Qing was welcome to come and play. The car business, who grew up in Japan, has always wanted to make Chinese friends, and the two young people must hit it off.

Ding Qing agreed with a smile, and stood up to see them off.

After sitting back, he met Bryan's meaningful gaze: "I don't know if it's your acquaintance or mine..."

Ding Qing looked indifferent: "They are just nice people."

"Oh, by the way," Bryan's face darkened, hesitantly said, "Are you okay? Family matters... I didn't see you last year..."

Ding Qing held the corner of his mouth and smiled: "Take your time."

Bryan didn't read the Hong Kong gossip newspaper. The serious business newspaper only said "accidental death".

"So are you going to join the company now? Or go to school?" Bryan asked him.

Ding Qing was already getting impatient, but she didn't show it: "The company's affairs are related to Liu Yao... Uncle is here."

"Oh." Bryan nodded and said casually, "That's hard work for him."

Ding Qing's wine cup paused at the edge of his mouth, and then resumed his movements.

"But sooner or later, I still have to go in." Ding Qing put down his glass and said easily.

"That's for sure, if you like it." Bryan looked at him with his chin in his hand. "Hey, how tall are you, 1.9 meters?"

"more or less."

"Well," Bryan looked at Ding Qing carefully, "You can also try to take a flat photo, which can cover up your lack of slender figure and poor standing and sitting posture."

"...Me?" Ding Qing frowned.

"Yeah, although the head is a bit bigger..." Bryan said to himself.

Ding Qing shook his head left and right, and said to himself: "It's not very heavy."

Bryan didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and then looked at Ding Qing carefully: "Should I change my hairstyle?"

Then they chatted enthusiastically, Ding Qing said that he needed a watch, Bryan reached out for the cigarette case with an expression of "you have finally enlightened", and flicked it open, beckoning Ding Qing to take one: "You didn't use a watch before. ?”

"Well, I used to think it was too restrictive, but now I want to be a social person." Ding Qing shook his head, "I plan to quit."

"When did it start?" Bryan was taken aback, grabbing one for himself.

"Just at the beginning." Ding Qing glanced at the cigarette case, "Love your liver and love yourself."

Bryan shrugged his shoulders and raised his eyebrows: "Okay. Well, speaking of it, I'll help you change it up. Don't wear the sweater. I'll get my face trimmed first, and I have to pick out some perfume..." Bryan took out the perfume as he spoke. Ipad note, "What fragrance do you like?"

Ding Qing was stunned by Bryan's high efficiency: "Uh... oolong?"

Bryan frowned: "Tsk, it's not suitable for you, yours should be... How should I put it, be more high-profile."

"Then you still ask me."

Bryan pretended not to hear: "Want to mix or buy? Perfume."

Ding Qing began to frown: "I just want to buy a watch..."

Bryan made an OK gesture: "In any case, leave it to me."

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Grandpa Ding Qing is in a good mood recently.The Christmas tree that their family ordered last year had an accident during transportation, and it hadn’t been delivered near Christmas, so I couldn’t go to various supermarkets to go to the doctor. I bought it at noon on Christmas Eve. It was a short, dull and sickly green tree. The tree just reached Ding Qing's waist height.Grandpa was very angry, and because the festival didn't happen directly, it was even weirder. In addition, Ding Qing's mother was moody, which made the atmosphere in the house a mess.This year is different, the Christmas tree was prepared early, tall and suitable, standing in front of the stairs, tall and green, grandpa was very satisfied standing in front of the tree, smoking his pipe happily.

On Christmas Day, Ding Qing sat by the pool and chatted with Yan Wu.

——Have you celebrated the Spring Festival yet?

——Before, go to my grandpa’s house, go back from here and pass again

——so busy.

--yes. . . . .

——How is the atmosphere this year?

——It looks okay, to be honest, I was a little scared when I came here

They never liked my dad's house

Grandma still calls him Mr. Ding, and my grandpa, Mr. Ding

I can't laugh or cry. . .

——But you are family after all.

——That’s right, you didn’t call me Mr. Ding Xiao

——Haha, Mr. Xiaoding is more fluent.

——I'm not young, you don't know Yan Wu the best. . . . .

——Ding Qing, can you be serious for a minute?

——Okay, let’s talk about cosmic religion and truth

what do you believe

. . . . . . .

It's over, I think religion is the funniest

can't be serious

Long Live George Carlin! ! !

I used to want to listen to one of his tours,

I'm an adult but I don't have a chance

classmate?

Classmate, are you still there?

? ?Yan Wu

--here I am

Just borrowed a disc

--See a movie?

—Well, watch it tonight.

——Then watch a family carnival

Start the video, I will accompany you

Your little sun is with you~

——It’s okay, I watched it with others.

--who

—The groom and the poker.

The groom closes the store and the poker doesn't go home, so we watch movies together.

I want to see the one I didn't see last time.

Or a romance movie?

Which is better?

... Ding Qing?

--Ok

--Which is better?

——anything is fine

——Then I'll pick and choose again.

--Wait a moment

Does the groom know me?

--ah?Suddenly asking this?

I know there is a lover, but I don't know it's you

Your identity is not very sensitive...

--Well

--What's wrong?

——It’s okay, let’s pick it up

watch a love movie

so you will think of me

Thriller movies only bring people closer

——…What are you talking about…

--nothing

Merry Christmas, my little one!

——…

Merry Christmas to you too,

Ding Qing finished swimming and went upstairs to change clothes. When she went downstairs, she wanted to ask her mother if she wanted to go for a walk together. When she walked to the door, she heard the sound of arguing inside.

"I said, I'm fine." It was my mother's voice.

"Go home, Youyou, Qingqing can come to school here, your father has many students who can help, you can just tell me what school you can't go to." This is the voice of grandma.

"You don't know, it's not that simple."

"What's the matter, I see who can stop you from coming, bullying orphans and widows, and even talking about the Basic Law, I really think I'm great!" Grandma lowered her voice again, "Don't argue about the things of the Ding family, what? No more, mom wants you to go home, be obedient."

"Leave me alone, I have my own ideas."

Grandma sighed heavily from inside the door: "You have an idea, and if you have an idea, you don't want to have a bright future. Marry one, one... well, I don't want to be right with our family, but I have to be clean. Mr. Ding he……"

Before grandma finished speaking, she was interrupted by her mother: "I'm going out for a walk, are you coming?"

The sound was getting closer and closer to the door, Ding Qing quickly dodged and went downstairs quickly, but the mother and grandma who were still opened the door saw a somewhat hurried figure from behind.

Mrs. Ding's family is much more innocent and well-educated.Grandpa’s father, Bai Ling, was a member of the Patriotic United Front after liberation. With the ideal of building the motherland, he was left behind in the Kuomintang, increased the diversity of the party, and became the vice chairman. After an epiphany, he took his family to the United States and became a As a visiting professor of the Department of Physics of H University, he no longer talks about family and country plans, and is not in the whirlpool. Instead, he has a good relationship with those who stay in Beijing and take the stage.The only son, Bai Xiao, inherited his academic mantle, studied mathematics, and was inspired to join the United Front. He even considered returning to China to settle down, but in the end it was nothing.After finishing her studies at the Tisch Academy of the Arts, her only daughter, Bai You, went to Broadway to perform in musicals, including the classic Mulan. The most famous role was the Asian version of Cosette. She only performed for less than five years before she really became famous. Two years later, when he was in the ascendant, he met Ding Qing's father, got married, and left the United States.In the eyes of the Bai family, the Ding family is a businessman with dirty hands and feet, and they don't know to what extent.

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Ding Qing pushed all the parties in the middle of the night, went to bed early after having dinner with his family, did not sleep, opened his eyes and looked at the ceiling, saw two o'clock, got up and drank some milk, sat on the bench in the courtyard, and played Caught in the wind, dazed.

A person came and sat down beside Ding Qing. Ding Qing glanced at him, "Grandpa."

Grandpa was also wearing a nightgown, holding a cigar box, took one for himself, and handed it to Ding Qing: "I remember I caught you smoking secretly when you were 12 years old."

Ding Qing shook his head: "Quit."

Grandpa's hand froze, looked at Ding Qing, took his hand back, and shook his head with a smile: "I seem to have scolded you when I caught you, didn't I? Did I say something serious?"

"No." Ding Qing rested his arms on the back of the bench, watching the clouds floating in the sky, "It was very gentle, saying 'like father, like son'."

Grandpa choked hard, and after coughing, he turned to look at Ding Qing, who was looking at Yun expressionlessly.

Grandpa was no longer in the mood to smoke. He pinched his cigarette, put away the cigarette case, rubbed the ashes on his fingers, and resumed the conversation.

"Did you hear what your grandmother said today?"

"Ah."

Grandpa sat forward and said, "You are not young anymore, you should understand that we are doing it for your own good..."

"I understand." Ding Qing folded his arms and sat forward, "Really, I think so too."

Grandpa raised his eyebrows in surprise.

"If you want to say how much I am like my dad, we father and son have one thing for sure. He and I don't want my mother to be hurt. Whether it was when my dad had an accident or now, the things we caused should not be let My mother has worked so hard, if I can get a foothold early and be on my own, my mother won't have to suffer so much." Ding Qing lowered her head angrily.

Grandpa patted Ding Qing on the shoulder, feeling a little distressed: "You are only 20 years old. This is the time when your outlook on life and the world are formed. If such a big thing happened, you will suffer."

Ding Qing raised her head: "That's why I've always wanted to ask, did my mother have any friends of yours when she met with the official family in Beijing?"

Grandpa nodded, a bit unable to keep up with the speed of the topic change.

Ding Qing has always wondered how, with Mrs. Ding's foreign surname in Ding's family, even if she could temporarily control the family, how was she able to go with Jiang Feng to stop Liu Yao? help.

"If only I could take charge earlier." Ding Qing said to himself.

Grandpa looked at Ding Qing for a long time, then sighed: "Yeah... right..."

The two sat together for a while. Grandpa had to go to see friends in the morning and go upstairs to sleep for a while. Ding Qing didn't want to leave yet. Grandpa patted him on the shoulder and walked back slowly.On the stairs, I met my grandmother who had been standing for a long time.

"I hear this. Qingqing wants you to help him? Isn't it still the same? Now that Qingqing is the boss, can they get away? This is not a family, you are stupid."

"What, I can't help much, at most I'll just say hello to a few friends and take care of them. Who can interfere with the Ding family's own affairs." Grandpa took the clothes and helped grandma go up, "Then What else can I do, persuade everyone to listen, children and grandchildren have their own blessings. Go, go back to sleep, and get up soon."

Grandma shook his hand: "No, isn't it dear, it's just this one..."

Grandpa held her hand persistently: "It's normal for a man to be ambitious..."

"It's two different things. It's better not to get involved in the affairs of the Ding family, really, I have a hunch. Oh, did you listen to me..."

"Listen..."

Ding Qing didn't feel sleepy, looked at the cloud and wanted to smoke, rubbed his fingers, smashed his mouth, wanted to eat chocolate beans, but felt that his hands were empty, he might as well eat twisted candies, ah, but it tasted like rubber Son……

Ding Qing's cell phone vibrated, it was Yan Wu's message.

"My Ding Qing."

Connect the previous ones to make up a sentence.

Ding Qing laughed, and could imagine Yan Wu's tangled expression, the expression of hitting and deleting and hitting again, with a feeling of satisfaction.

—Have you finished watching the movie?

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Ding Qing came to Chiang Mai on a whim, and when he landed in Chiang Mai, he didn't even bring a backpack, and put his hands in his pockets. He stood in the hall for a long time, listening to the strange language in his ears, and finally got the real feeling of coming to Thailand. Then, take a look The way I dress up makes me want to laugh.Want to call Yan Wu, think about it, it should be a surprise.

Ding Qing bought a map, and the first thing he thought of was the address to send things to. It was a bit difficult to get a taxi, and it was already ten o'clock when he got in. Ding Qing looked at his phone, and there was still time to catch up with the New Year's Eve together.

That place was a language training institution, not Yan Wu's address, and the staff didn't know Mr. Fang's address, so it wasn't registered.Ding Qing was so thirsty that he wanted to buy a bottle of water, but he only had U.S. dollars and couldn’t swipe his credit card. It took him a long time to pay the bill. Ding Qing sat on the steps of the door drinking water, shaking the bottle boredly, dazed, a little disappointed, in the Thinking, should I change some money first, or call Yan Wu...

Ding Qing flipped through the chat records one by one, and the address that Yan Wu sent first jumped into his sight. Ding Qing stood up awkwardly, decided to take a gamble, and hilariously stopped a taxi, sat for a while, and crossed the bridge. The road was being built ahead, and the driver gave a "tsk" sound, saying that he couldn't go through it, and if he had to make a detour, he would have to go far.Ding Qing sighed and asked how far away it was. The driver made a gesture, but it wasn't too far away. Go through this alley, then go left along the street, and you can find it by walking straight.

Ding Qing looked at his watch, it was eleven fifteen.

Ding Qing got out of the taxi and stood by the bridge unfamiliar with his place of life. People on the street were bustling with each other, walking past Ding Qing in pairs, chatting about trivial matters and arguing about irrelevant topics.The one you love is proud of you with a sticky ending, and you can get more love in return. Laughter and smiles are on sale tonight, everywhere.

Ding Qing walked against the flow of people alone, walked through a stream of lights, walked into the dark night, left the excitement behind, but didn't feel lonely at all, because there was a place to go.He strode forward with his hands in his pockets, and the fireworks exploded above his head, illuminating his bright face.

See you now, see you now.

Ding Qing suddenly understood the phrase "Let's escape" that the little beauty said, summer cicadas and spring flowers, breeze and wheat waves, sunlight through the glass in autumn, fluffy quilts after drying, popsicles sticking to the forehead under the scorching sun, The warm nest after a hot bath in the cold winter, and the 37-degree body temperature from another person... Ding Qing seems to have been opened up, and the dull and boring image before has a wonderful sense of comfort and joy in Ding Qing's body. flowing.It has nothing to do with the country or the season. Under the sky full of nebulae, no matter whether it is a mountain, a plain or a river in a basin, it is all the same. There is no need to go, no need to return. The place where someone is is the beginning and the end.Ding Qing sighed with emotion about the little beauty, the so-called romance and love that a sensitive and sentimental person can experience at the age of 17. This kind of sweetness, torture, and self-struggling pain came violently and for no reason, and rolled him into a sea of ​​flames. It burnt out again, leaving Ding Qing, refined into a hard yet soft heart.

When it is about to return to zero, there is an endless night wind and endless night run.

And Yan Wu's face.

Sinking into a room full of darkness and flickering video discs, the mottled projections of fireworks and lights outside the window on the wall, a smiling, strict face.

And his smell and hugs.

Let's meet now, let's meet now with the person we like.