mr frank is faithful to love

(FR. Hilde Frank)

I have been paying attention to the weather forecast, and finally, there is news that it will snow in Beijing in two days.

I called a friend whom I hadn’t seen for a long time and said that we had dinner together on Friday evening. The other party was surprised and asked in a surprised tone, “Are you back to Beijing? Do you have time for dinner?”

"Yeah, we'll be there at noon," I said, "It's going to snow in Beijing, come back and see the snow."

"Are you kidding me?"

"No, just to go back and see the snow, otherwise I wouldn't be so full of work," I sat on the chair in the waiting room and looked out the window. It seemed that the weather in Shanghai was not so good, I said , "Ethan said he wanted to go to the Forbidden City to take pictures, and he must go when it snows."

When I landed in Beijing at lunch time that day, the sky had become completely gloomy, and the violent cooling made the air even drier. By [-] o’clock in the evening, the sky was completely dark, and the growing wind pierced around the eyes, almost killing people. eyelashes freeze.

In the restaurant, the yellow lights fell, the water vapor covered the large glass windows, and the glasses filled with wine collided together.

This is the atmosphere of a cold day. My friend brought her daughter over. We sat around the hot copper pot and ordered a lot of meat. I also brought a box of candy for the little girl.

She is only 13 years old and has grown to 1.7 meters. She is a top student in the school. She has learned several musical instruments and is still practicing baseball and art. Swipe your phone secretly under the table.

Her father was a little unhappy, frowned, and said in a low voice: "It's been like this since I was a child, I can't help it, I don't talk to others, I don't socialize."

"It's normal," I said, "I was like this when I was a child, it's because of the generation gap, people don't want to talk to us."

The friend was still persistent, shook his head while holding his chopsticks, and said, "No, people must socialize, otherwise they will not be able to live without their parents in the future."

Now it was the little girl's turn to be displeased, she rolled her eyes at her father while chewing something, in order to eat the meal happily, I immediately changed the topic and chatted for another half an hour, the little girl was picked up by her mother , went to English class.

"I envy you." The friend suddenly expressed emotion.

"what happened?"

"Young, you still have to choose."

My friend's sadness came a bit abruptly, and I said, "You can choose now, you don't need money or time."

"But I'm a dad, you don't understand, when I become a parent, it's hard to get out of my comfort zone," my friend said with a sigh, "This life is basically set, and you have to consider your children in everything."

"Having a child isn't all for nothing, is it?"

This question made my friend fall into deep thought. Later, I chatted with him about Ethan and the experience of New Year’s Eve in Shanghai a few days ago. I said: "Give Ethan some time, he is very concerned about the past between me and Nozawa. , I don't want to force him."

"Absolutely not," the friend waved his hand immediately, and said, "Listen to me, if he really still cares, he definitely won't ask you for that poor pig."

"It's not a broken pig, it's a 3000 yuan pig, and it's cute—"

"Okay, okay, if he really doesn't give you a chance, your 3000 yuan pig can't be given away at all, two adults, why are you so naive, junior high school students are not like this when they fall in love, believe it or not?"

That night, I had dinner and chatted for a while, and when I got home, the snowflakes were already falling. I called Ethan for the second time today, and he said that he had prepared the clothes for the photoshoot tomorrow.

The snowy Forbidden City turned into the Forbidden City, and the snowflakes turned into a few drops of water on the leather gloves. Ethan threw a fistful of snow on me, and he said: "I dare not play with you, you can't stand the snowball fight with the northerners." .”

"Are you great?" I asked.

"Awesome!" Ethan raised his hand, slapped off the snowflakes stuck to his scarf, and answered me loudly.

Ethan laced his shoes and stood up.

He with long hair is the first one I knew, just like now, he is not always happy, he often presses the corners of his mouth, his face is young and delicate, his mouth is naturally rosy, and sometimes he smiles with a different kind of beauty.

The red wall was covered with snow, and Ethan squatted down to chat with a child he had never met. Later, the child gave him a candy, and we all walked a few meters away. Ethan suddenly said: "That child is so cute, I must have Cuter than him."

"Don't you know what you were like when you were a kid?" I asked.

Ethan was wearing a dark blue coat and a red and white plaid scarf. Half of his hair was also tied in the scarf. He stretched out his feet and trampled the snow on the road.

Said: "When I was a child... I was skinny, I couldn't control it at all, because my grandparents loved me very much, I was the overlord of the family, think about my name, I took my grandpa's surname, and I have my grandpa's lifelong sustenance, he My hometown, the Bohai Sea that I miss so much.”

"You won't live with grandpa later?"

"Yeah, then I lived with my mother, she didn't care much about me, so I didn't go to school very well, I didn't have much talent, my teenage life was messed up, I got into fights all day, got hurt while playing with cars, broke my arm With a broken leg."

Ethan stepped on the snow and almost slipped. He grabbed my sleeve and continued: "At that time, I never thought that I would meet someone like you. To be honest, I used to fall in love with you." At that time, I felt very happy, just like when I was a child at my grandpa's house, there was nothing wrong with doing anything, and I was always spoiled."

Ethan smiled lightly, as if talking about the past decades ago.When I get to know him better, I realize how much he has changed now and how much he has grown up.

Now, Ethan is no longer a teenager.

He turned his head, stared at me, pursed his lips and kept laughing, and kept laughing, with that hand still grabbing my sleeve.

I had a good time all day. I took pictures during the half hour when the snow was falling most urgently. Then I went to Ethan’s house where he lived alone. It was already dark. Ethan was wearing a red plaid pajamas suit and was lying on the sofa watching TV. .

I sorted out the things I bought today, but I'm not familiar with his family, so I don't know where to put them. I can only put them on the floor of the dining room first, then cut up the fruits and bring them to the living room.

"Watermelon and kiwi, do you want to eat?" I stood beside the sofa and asked Ethan.

His eyes were all on the TV, and he shook his head dully. I could only put down the dishes and plan to tidy up in the kitchen, but before I could turn around, Ethan grabbed my hand.

He was still lying down, still expressionless, I thought he had something to say, so I asked, "What's wrong?"

"Hold hands."

He poked his cheek with his finger and looked at me.

There was lullaby-like music playing on the TV, and the deep voice of the protagonist of the movie. At this moment, I looked into Ethan's eyes and felt that there was no need to hesitate.

Even if you fail, you don't want to hesitate.

My fingers were still tightly held by Ethan, I squatted down, half kneeled on the carpet, looked into his eyes, and asked, "Is there anything else besides holding hands?"

As expected, Ethan's answer was: "No."

At this time, he didn't smile like he did during the day, but looked at me calmly. There was a small pimple on his temple, and he squeezed my finger harder and harder.

The face was very close, I raised my hand and pinched his cheek.

I said, "Let's get back together, Zuo Boyao."

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This is not the last chapter, don't get me wrong~