mr frank is faithful to love

(FR. Zuo Boyao)

On a very windy and extremely cold day, Frank suddenly appeared less than three kilometers away from me. I saw his circle of friends, and then went to check the chat interface with him. I haven’t opened it for a long time. The latest news is He sent it to me this morning.

Said: "I won an opportunity to go to Wuhan for inspection. If you need anything, I will help you."

He also said: "I will not go back until the closure of the city is over."

For a while, all I could think of was surprise. I didn't know what kind of work could drive a person to "fight" to come to Wuhan at this time.

Later, after thinking for less than 5 minutes, I casually put on a coat and a mask, grabbed a windproof scarf from the shoe cabinet and went downstairs, ran all the way through the buildings, and arrived at the gate.

I just remembered that I can't get out.

I was standing next to the electric gate with two faint lights on. At this time, a vehicle carrying supplies drove in. Therefore, the guard asked me to back up vigilantly, probably because he was afraid that I would rush out suddenly.

I had to look outside the door while waiting for the call to connect.

Ten seconds later, I heard Frank's voice, he just said a very soft "Hi", and then we fell silent and listened to each other's breathing.

I stood in the howling wind and he said to me, "Did you see my message?"

"Why are you here?"

"There is a very important inspection. I don't feel relieved when others come."

I took a deep breath and asked loudly, "Do I have to come now?"

"No way, it's not time to stop working."

In this particular predicament, people become fragile. The appearance of Frank surprised me as if I touched the light, but it was more worrying.

Even though I'm forgetting him.

I covered my mouth and cried in the bitter winter wind. The water vapor on the mask mixed with tears. All the staff in the nearby community looked at me with a look of sympathy and pity.

Around this time, they also saw a lot of people who suddenly burst into tears like me.

"Why did you come..." I said while crying.

At night, Frank found a colleague’s car and drove over. Not only did he go back to China and Wuhan, but he also came to see me. I waited for him at the closed iron gate next to the electric gate.

I don't know where his car is parked. I saw him running over, wearing a black jacket, sky blue jeans, a mask and goggles.

I stayed where I was for a long time before raising my arms and waving to him.

I cried so much that I turned around and waited for about a minute. When I turned around again, he was still standing there. He couldn’t come in and I couldn’t get out. He put a big bag of things on the ground Shouted loudly: "It's for you."

"Don't cry," he said, "it will be all right soon, just believe."

I kept shaking my head, nodded again, and returned to his words with a crying tone: "Don't come, don't come, what if you get infected..."

"It's okay, I have—" He pointed to his goggles and mask, and said, "Call me if you want something, and I'll deliver it to you."

We can't get too close, Frank pointed to the phone, he called me, I picked it up, looking at each other and listening to the phone.

He said: "Don't worry about me, I am in very good health, you come on, we can meet when the community is unblocked."

"Don't come out and run around." I said.

Then he told me that he was very happy to see me at this time.

I still hold a bit of a grudge and I can't forgive him and then love him again completely defenseless.

It's so hard.

I didn't fall asleep all night. In the morning of the next day, I used the microwave oven to heat up milk and turned on the steamer to steam the quick-frozen shrimp dumplings brought by Frank. I took a photo and sent it to him, saying, "Thank you."

"There is a kitchen here where I live, and I will cook and deliver the dishes another day."

"No need." I replied.

"Then how do you eat? You can't cook anything yourself."

"I can cook instant noodles, dumplings, and white rice porridge."

I just noticed that Frank changed his WeChat avatar and clicked in. It turned out to be a tourist photo he took in Thailand. Although it was said to be a tourist photo, it looked like a photo of a male model.

Frank was wearing a Thai floral shirt and shorts, sitting on a deck chair in front of a small street shop, wearing sunglasses and looking into the distance, holding a coconut.

I don't know who will be cheaper in the future, I thought to myself.

There were a few sunny days when I sat on a bench in the yard, alone in a daze.

Most people stay indoors, and few people always come out. I met two old people chatting, and I heard from them that the community is about to be unblocked.

While basking in the sun, with a chocolate candy in my mouth, I called Frank.

Said: "My community here is going to be unblocked."

"That's great, I hope we can go back to Beijing soon."

"Back to Beijing? Didn't you really want to come?"

Frank had nothing to say, I curled my mouth proudly, and after a silence, I heard his chuckle.

"Why, I've choked so much that I have nothing to say." I pressed my cheek that was supported by sugar and said.

The wind was still a little cool, but the sun was getting hotter. I looked up and saw white silky clouds floating in the light blue sky, and I was in a good mood.

I think I'm getting better.

Frank said: "Actually, if I wasn't really worried about you, I probably wouldn't have come to Wuhan."

"I know," I said, "I know, sorry for worrying you."

"Have you been in touch with Ms. Zuo these days?"

"Don't worry, I sent her a message."

"Okay." He replied very sincerely.

I was about to finish eating the large box of chocolate candies that Frank brought, and it took only a few dozen days. When I was able to enter and exit the community, he took me to his apartment and cooked for me.

When we went to the deserted riverside, we didn't dare to take off our masks. In an extremely quiet night, the lights on the riverbank were turned on.

"Are you still in a bad mood now?" Frank turned to look at me and asked cautiously.

I said, "Everyone is in a bad mood."

"In the past few months, you will be unhappy sometimes, right?"

"Yes," I stared at Jiang Xin's waves, and said, "It's my own reason, I'm already thinking about it, what kind of feelings, others, it doesn't matter at all, in fact, they don't care about me that much at all, it's just me Time can't turn a corner."

Frank didn't answer.

I said, "In the future, you and I will continue to be friends. Although I hold grudges, I don't hold grudges that much."

I know that once this sentence comes out, there is no room for manoeuvre, it is for him, and it is also for me.

Frank looked at me, and I turned my gaze away to see him hesitant to speak, revealing some disappointment, and my heart was filled with a sense of victory, and now, I would like to see him like this.

I took out a chocolate candy from the corner of my coat pocket and silently stuffed it into my mouth.

The box where I live is empty, and this is the last one.