mr frank is faithful to love

(FR. Hilde Frank)

Nozawa handed me the printed photo. He was standing at the entrance, before he even had time to change his shoes, holding a Japanese version of "The World as Will and Appearance". The photo was originally inserted in the book of.

"It took a good shot of you, my face was blocked." Nozawa began to lower his head to change his shoes, and handed me the bag in his hand.

I took a look at the photo and said, "It's pretty good, you can actually send it to me, and I'll print it directly."

"I printed my resume in the library today, so I printed it together."

I asked him, "Are you planning to go to work?"

"Yes, the assistant manager of a Japanese company has a good salary."

I nodded and went to the cork wall to fasten the photo with I-bolts and said, "That would be perfect for you."

"Really? I think so too."

Nozawa took off his coat and put on a shirt.He was going to change clothes in the bedroom, so he asked me to take out the things in the bag.

I asked, "Did you buy anything?"

"Although I'm Japanese, I don't like Okamoto now, so I bought Durex." Nozawa turned to talk to me, his hair was scattered around his cheeks, a little messed up by the wind.

I said, "This...is there any likes and dislikes?"

"Yes," he said, walking back, unbuttoning the first button of the wide shirt, and rolling up the sleeves, "is it all right now? Are you mentally prepared?"

"Probably not yet," I replied.

Nozawa approached me, faced me, then put his warm fingers on my cheeks, and then, he circled my neck, kissed with trembling breath, and said, "It's okay, it's okay, you can try to get used to it slowly. "

I said, "Charlotte is right, we were really getting what we wanted at the beginning, I didn't like you enough, I chose to be with you, it was like lying to you, but now it's different, we can feel at ease Go on living and don't need to worry about anything."

Nozawa had a shallow smile in his eyes. He hugged me and said, "I'm very happy that you can say that. This world has never given me much warmth. The warmth now is all given to me by you."

I didn't keep the two texts I exchanged with Ethan, where he told me "the moon is not full", as if to say "everything is not possible between us".

This is not a subjective rejection, but more like a weak narrative. The only luck is that by the time the dust settled, Ethan and I did not become enemies.

When I saw Ethan again, it was his birthday in two days.

The person in charge of the cooperative public welfare project and I went to the southern mountainous area for inspection. On the one hand, we can see the achievements of China's poverty alleviation at a close distance, and on the other hand, we are planning for our projects in Xinjiang.

The two of us, and three of us, were in the middle of school kids having gym class, and when I saw Ethan, he was standing under the eaves at the end of the playground, wearing a dusty coat.

His hair was also covered with white ash, and his complexion was very bad. When he saw me, he turned and walked into the room, turned around and looked at me twice, then took out two gloves from his pocket, and put them on his hands. wear on.

I asked the principal, "Is that your volunteer here?"

"He is a rich young man who came to donate money. He planned to leave a long time ago, but the paint teacher in our school was injured, so he stayed for a few more days to help paint the house," the principal showed shame on his face, coughing lightly He said yes, and said, "Even if he wants to work, we can't persuade him."

"Is that all he does when he's here?" I asked.

The principal said: "I also sang, and said that I came to create and create music."

The two people on the side and I exchanged glances, and then we seemed to understand that Ethan stayed in the house and did not come out until the students finished their physical education class, and he still did not come out.

I asked the principal, "When will he leave?"

"Maybe we have to wait for Teacher Qi to heal from his injury."

"Teacher Qi..."

"Yes, Teacher Qi graduated from a famous university in Shanghai. He came to teach in our small place and never complained. I can't reach his height, and I believe many people can't."

I asked, "Is the injury serious?"

"Seriously, it was raining when we were repairing the roof. He fell off the ladder and was going to be hospitalized. His family also came here. I am also a little worried recently. If Mr. Qi returns to the city to develop, we will be short of a good one." Teacher," the principal thought for a while, and smiled bitterly, and said, "but I will understand, he has paid too much."

Now, I finally understood who Qi Hao was mentioned by Ethan on the phone.

I still planned to have a few words with Ethan, so I stood on the playground and waited. Later, when the students went home from school, Ethan turned on the light in that room, and he only came out when it was getting dark.

I stood there alone, saying hello to him.

"What are you doing here?" Ethan asked.

"Wait for you."

"Wait, I'm going to boil water for a bath."

Ethan's lips were dry, and in the dim light of the street lamp, I could see small wounds on his hands.

I said, "We are going to donate a school in Xinjiang, so we came here to investigate."

"Xinjiang...is very good, and many people will thank you."

"Thank you for what I do, it's not me who contributed."

"Thank you too, because you have worked hard and paid." Ethan took off his dusty coat, and went a few meters away to slap hard.

He added: "In fact, I have planned to go back a long time ago, but I haven't gone back until now. A teacher here was injured. I took his class for a while, and I thank him for taking care of me."

I said, "Remember that the day after tomorrow should be your birthday."

"Yes, but I'm not going to celebrate my birthday anymore, it's nothing to be happy about." As he spoke, Ethan casually put his clothes on the basketball hoop beside him.

We didn't talk for more than [-] seconds, Ethan suddenly looked up at me, and he suddenly asked, "Did you drive here?"

"Yes, we have rented a car and have a dedicated driver."

"Then..." The light in Ethan's eyes gradually dimmed again, and he said, "Forget it, let's not talk about it."

"Where do you want to go?"

"Well, let's go to the county seat."

I nodded and said, "This request is too easy to satisfy. Let's go, tomorrow morning. We will stay for two or three days, and the car will be idle."

Ethan suddenly became happy. He emptied the water in the thermos, washed his face, cooked noodles for himself, gave me a bowl, and I called the people in the same company, saying that I would not go back to my residence to eat.

Early the next morning, I accompanied Ethan to the county seat. The car drove through many mountain roads, and the scenery changed along the way. When we arrived in the urban area, we went straight to the hospital.

Only then did I know that Ethan came to see Qi Hao specially.

He bought fruit and milk outside the hospital gate, stuffed his cell phone into his pocket, turned around and looked at me, and said, "Why don't you... find a place to sit, and you won't go in."

"It's okay, I'll help you carry your things."

"Okay, that's okay, but I'm afraid it will trouble you too much." Ethan spoke to me as he would treat someone he didn't know very well, very polite and polite.

Then, we saw Qi Hao in the ward, he was asleep, his head was covered with bandages, so I couldn't see what he looked like.

When Ethan sat down and started talking to Qi Hao, I left the ward.