It's better to fall in love

14. New Year's Day

Xincheng is a typical small city in the south. In winter, it is extremely cold and humid. It usually rains twice a month, once for 13 days and once for 17 days. Coupled with gusts of evil wind, it almost freezes people to the bones.Pedestrians coming and going on the street were covered tightly, shutting down the street expressionlessly, as if this day was no different from other days, it was just an ordinary weekend, only the bright red "big promotion" was displayed in the mall. "The sign was signaling that New Year's Day was coming in a few hours.

This season's program is finally over, and it's still early before the next season, so the 13th floor is rarely free.

"Leader, get off work early today, let's have a meal together?" Qin Tian suggested.

Catch up with the performance at the end of the month and the end of the year. I don’t know how long I have been working overtime. Today I just took advantage of the festival to go out and relax.

"That's right, we singles don't have holidays anyway." Mu Mu also agreed, there is only one type of people in this world who can turn every festival into Valentine's Day and give singles a ton of critical blows.

"You are single and we are not," Xiao Chu and A Kun shouted dissatisfiedly, "Brother Luo, can we bring our family?"

Even Shimeng said that he also wanted to go to the New Year's Eve together.With beautiful women joining in, the single dogs will have more fun.

He Wanluo said that he had seen through everything a long time ago, and took out a gold card from his pocket and threw it to Mu Mu, "The box has already been booked, go to the old place by yourself, have fun, and all expenses will be counted as mine."

"Eh? Brother Luo, aren't you with us?"

Qin Tian teased with a clear expression, "Which beauty is the leader planning to spend the New Year with?"

"Huh? When did Brother Luo have a date, why didn't we know?"

Mu Mu really lived up to his name, and the other three people said in unison: You deserve to be single.

"Of course it's Teacher Jing!"

"Eh...???" Mu Mu was stunned, the amount of information was too much for him to receive all at once.

Others on the 13th floor started booing, teasing He Wanluo one after another.Fortunately, He Wanluo was thick-skinned, so she wasn't angry at all, and simply replied generously, "Don't be jealous that I have someone to accompany you." Then she grabbed her coat and walked out.

"Brother Luo really has the opposite sex and has no humanity, no... Teacher Jing is not the opposite sex..."

The door closed with a bang, and the remaining half of the sentence was locked in the door.Mu Mu began to gossip about Qin Tian, ​​Akun and Xiao Chu Jianxi started role-playing, one played He Wanluo and the other played Jing Ling, their performances were more nasty than vulgar idol dramas.

No one noticed that Shimeng sat in the corner with a sullen face and said nothing.Originally, she came to the 13th floor to apply for the job with the mentality of seeing who her rival was, but during the more than a month of getting along with He Wanluo, she found that she couldn't seem to hate this rival, but a rival is a rival. It doesn't mean that she can calmly accept the fact that the person she has liked for decades has been snatched away.

The sky is gloomy, and the flowing air reveals a chill. I'm afraid it will snow tonight.

As soon as Jing Ling came out of the teaching building, he saw He Wanluo's car parked downstairs. He was slightly surprised for a while before he remembered that he had received a WeChat message from He Wanluo earlier, saying that we would go out for dinner tonight.

It was freezing outside, but the inside of the car was as warm as spring. Seeing Jing Ling coming up, He Wanluo stuffed him with a thermos, "It's freezing, hurry up and drink some hot water."

His fingers touched the back of Jing Ling's hand, which was as cold as the river water in the twelfth lunar month. He Wanluo frowned, as if his hands had always been cold since the first time he saw Jing Ling, and now it's getting colder in winter.

"Where are you going?" Jing Ling took a sip of hot water, the water was just warm enough to drink, and the warmth began to spread.

"Just follow me."

Anyway, with the steering wheel in He Wanluo's hands, Jing Ling was happy to be at ease.

I haven't seen Jing Ling for a long time. He Wanluo seemed in a particularly good mood. He talked endlessly about the bastards on the 13th floor and the ratings of the show. Jing Ling smiled and listened until the new female anchor was talked about. He looked sideways slightly and asked about picking up dreams.

"She's not bad looking," He Wanluo had a strong desire to survive, so naturally he wouldn't praise other people's beauty in front of Jing Ling, "The audience likes her quite a lot."

"You guys... don't get too close." Through He Wanluo's description, Jing Ling was sure that the person was Shimeng whom he knew. To be able to remind He Wanluo so vaguely not to approach her.

He Wanluo glanced at Jing Ling's unkind expression from the corner of his eye, thinking that Jing Ling never cared about his personal affairs, and thought he was jealous, his heart suddenly became clear, and he secretly rejoiced, busy disregarding the relationship, "We are ordinary colleagues .”

The restaurant is located on the top floor of a landmark building in the city center, and it is a unique revolving restaurant.He Wanluo specially set a position by the window, through the huge floor-to-ceiling windows, he could overlook the night view of the new city from the tall buildings.It gets dark early in winter, and the lights on the street are turned on early. Looking down from a height, there are dazzling neon lights in all directions.The scenery is so beautiful, He Wanluo sighed in his heart.Since he was sensible, he has deeply loved this world. Although he knows that the world is not perfect, there are everything he loves here, including work, friends and people he likes.

He Wanluo and Jing Ling chatted casually while eating.Jing Ling is not talkative by nature, but He Wanluo is always full of enthusiasm and has endless things to say. When he and He Wanluo are together, he will never have to think about the topic, and he is happy to be a listener.As the time got later and later, people in twos and threes began to gather in the city center square under the high-rise buildings. On-screen countdown to the new year together.He Wanluo knew that Jing Ling didn't like crowded places, but he didn't think about joining in the bustling crowd to spend the New Year's Eve together. He had other plans.

Although He Wanluo had only been in love once, and he was still the one being chased, he still understood the basic principles of chasing people.Seeing that the time was almost up, he excused himself to go to the toilet and paid the money in advance. When Jing Ling went to check out, the waiter pointed to He Wanluo and said that the gentleman had already paid.

Jing Ling wanted to give the money to He Wanluo, but He Wanluo would not accept it anyway, but said that if Jing Ling felt embarrassed, he would spend the New Year with him.

Jing Ling is aware of this way of chasing girls, but she doesn't say anything.He faintly felt that something was going to happen tonight, and it was time.Thinking of this, the apex of his heart felt sore and painful as if he had been stung by a poisonous bee.

He Wanluo took Jing Ling back and forth in the night, turning and turning around, gradually getting farther and farther away from the downtown area, and finally the car stopped in front of a dark mountain.There is a memorial archway in front of the mountain, on which is written "Half-mountain Cemetery".

It was already cold in the middle of the night, and in this gloomy mid-mountain cemetery, the temperature was lower than that in the urban area.When Jing Ling got out of the car, she felt that her blood was about to freeze. Seeing that Jing Ling was only wearing a thin suit, He Wanluo was afraid that Jing Ling would be cold, so she quickly took off her down jacket and put it on for Jing Ling.

"Give me your clothes, and you'll freeze later." Jing Ling followed the trend and was about to take off her clothes.

"Wear it, I'm not cold." He Wanluo hurriedly held Jing Ling down, patted his chest and said, "I'm wearing quilted clothes inside, so it's warm."

Jing Ling couldn't refuse He Wanluo, so she had to put on her clothes. The down jacket carried He Wanluo's body temperature and faint fragrance, which was reassuring in the dark night.Jing Ling walked behind He Wanluo silently all the way. As for why he came to the cemetery in the middle of the night, He Wanluo didn't say, and Jing Ling didn't ask.

He Wanluo didn't stop until he came to a tombstone. There were many fallen leaves on the tombstone. He Wanluo brushed the fallen leaves carefully before saying, "This is my parents' tomb."

Jing Ling didn't know what to say, so she patted He Wanluo's shoulder comfortingly.

"It's okay, they passed away a long time ago. In the first one or two years, I felt sad every day. I dreamed about them, and then I slowly got better."

He Wanluo comforted Jing Ling in turn. Jing Ling had never enjoyed family affection, but he felt the pain of his beloved's death.At that time, he must have been very sad. He knew that He Wanluo was a person who seemed sloppy and didn't care about anything, but was actually as careful as dust and could feel everyone's emotions.He always hopes to make others happy, but he always keeps a lot of pain in his heart.

Why didn't I find him earlier, maybe it can protect him from suffering in the world.

"Every New Year's Eve, I come here alone to sit and accompany them. This is the first time I bring people here."

He Wanluo looked at Jing Ling, always smiling, and rarely showed a serious look on his straight face, "Brother Jing, I don't hide my thoughts, and you probably know what's on my mind. I just want to be with you. "

Jing Ling felt depressed, the moonlight was covered by clouds, the light was dim, and she couldn't see her expression clearly.

"People died in the house I lived in before, and I plan to sell it after the limelight. With my savings, I can make do with buying a big one near your school, and decorate it according to your liking. Everything It's all up to you." Jing Ling didn't respond, He Wanluo thought for a while, smiled again, and patted himself on the head, "I forgot, brother Jing, you are an expert, so naturally you don't like the bricks and tiles of this mundane world. As long as you like it, I will work hard to earn money, and then we will travel to famous mountains and rivers and eat delicious food all over the world. If you don’t like the excitement, we will find a place to live in seclusion in a big mountain. It’s also good to be a wild crane.”

Knowing that the night was dark and it was difficult to distinguish expressions, Jing Ling still turned around, not wanting He Wanluo to see her expression at the moment.

Jing Ling's shoulders kept trembling, her teeth bit her lips desperately, and it took a long time to swallow the "I promise you" that came to her lips.

This sentence is what he has been looking forward to and waiting for for a thousand years.How many times he dreamed that that person came back to life, calling his name plainly like those peaceful days on Kunwu Mountain, saying that he wanted to travel around with him one day.

But he knew he couldn't selfishly say yes.The atmosphere was so silent that it was almost embarrassing, and Jing Ling heard herself say in a voice without a trace of warmth,

"Mr. He, I think you must have some misunderstanding."