God said I would meet you

Lin Jinyu held up the phone and waved to him across the wide street. They started to walk along the road towards the zebra crossing in unison. Countless passers-by passed by them, and they walked faster and faster...

Zhang Xinli was closer to the zebra crossing, and walked faster than him. When Lin Jinyu walked under the traffic light, he had already crossed over. The ancient building across the street was towering, and the steeple tower clock looked like a giant's one-eyed eye, overlooking the entire city.

Lin Jinyu was waiting for him on the side of the street, and when Zhang Xinli came to him, he went up to him and opened his arms, giving him a firm hug.

Half a month's separation was too long for them now, meeting him again and breathing his smell, Lin Jinyu even felt that she missed him even more.

Zhang Xinli put his hand on his back and hugged him back.

"Have you been waiting?" Lin Jinyu said, "I just..."

Before he finished speaking, Zhang Xinli interrupted him: "I saw it."

Lin Jinyu was a little curious about the tone of "no need to say much"... What does 'see' mean?Did the eyes see, did they hear...

A few hours before the New Year, Lin Jinyu saw that he was dressed as thinly as ever, and asked, "Is it cold? Have you eaten yet?"

"No," Zhang Xinli said, "I just came here."

He brought very few things, basically daily necessities and a few changes of clothes, which could be easily accommodated in a backpack. Zhang Xinli found a random place around the station to put his things, and then came directly.

It's the Spring Festival, many shops are closed, and many are still open. Turning from Zhongshan East all the way, the adjacent street is full of restaurants. Lin Jinyu wanted to take him to eat, but Zhang Xinli said that there is no need to bother, and don't bother. Money, he brought some snacks, bread or something, just eat whatever you want.

He always seemed to be very afraid of owing others. Last time, Lin Jinyu was determined not to ask for the airfare or rent. After that, Zhang Xinli was obviously not willing to let him spend money.

Lin Jinyu was a little unhappy. He always felt that the two of them seemed very different, but he didn't say anything. If you don't eat, don't eat.

It was still early, so he went to buy two cups of hot milk tea and came back. He found a place to accompany Zhang Xinli to eat bread while watching the river view.Zhang Xinli didn't drink milk tea before, he didn't like sweet things, but for some reason, he was brought along by Lin Jinyu and drank it too... Milk tea is really addictive.

The two of them were very close to each other, their profiles were contrasted by the lights of the night scene, and the tones of black, white and gray were distinct.Surrounded by people taking pictures, videos, and spectators, Lin Jinyu really wanted to find a place where no one was around, hug him, cling to him...or whatever, wanted to become intimate with him, to make up for the days of separation those missing touches.

But there was no such place for the time being. After Zhang Xinli finished eating, Lin Jinyu took the package and threw it into the trash can, and walked back to stay with him.

"Are you okay at home?" Zhang Xinli asked, "How are uncles and aunts?"

"It's the same as usual," Lin Jinyu leaned on the railing, and because of the strong wind by the river, he tightened his hat again: "Nothing happened."

It's okay to be okay, anyway, in his father's eyes, peace and stability probably come first.

"Where's your brother?" Zhang Xinli asked again, "Not with you?"

"That's my little cousin. What is he doing here? Is he a light bulb?" Lin Jinyu said, "I told him everything."

Zhang Xinli actually heard something before, so he didn't go there, but turned around and backed out, turned into the opposite side of the street and waited for him to come out by himself. At this moment, Lin Jinyu was very frank when talking about this topic, and didn't hide anything that he didn't want to say. Meaning, he wanted to make sure, and asked, "All?"

"Almost," Lin Jinyu said, shaking her hands, "Actually... there's nothing to hide. We're not shameful, are we?"

He said this, but he was actually a little lonely in his heart. He was not as brave as he looked, and the moment he said it, he was also very disturbed.

The little cousin and him are only a few years apart, and they can be regarded as peers in a broad sense. They are probably one of the most acceptable types of people. After that, there will be mothers, fathers, uncles, aunts, and even friends and colleagues...they will have more in the future. Face a lot of people.

Zhang Xinli turned his head, and put his arm around his shoulder after a while: "Jinyu, you are very brave," he said, "I don't know if you are as brave as you when facing the same problem."

"Be humble," Lin Jinyu said, "There is nothing you dare not do."

"I'm serious," Zhang Xinli said, "You are braver than me."

Lin Jinyu felt quite comfortable hearing such serious compliments. Zhang Xinli thought for a moment and continued to ask, "Will you tell all uncles and aunts in the future?"

Lin Jinyu said: "I will. It's impossible to hide this kind of thing. I have to say it sooner or later." He paused, and added: "...If we were still together at that time."

"If... I mean if," Zhang Xinli said, "If you said it and I didn't, would you blame me?"

"What do you mean..." Lin Jinyu said, "I don't know, it's your own choice, I didn't think that far."

Will you blame him?Lin Jinyu himself can't say it well. Now that I think about it, it doesn't seem to be a big deal. It's the same whether I say it or not... But he still remembers what Lin Ye said to him in high school. If a person is too afraid to let others know Orientation, knowing the relationship between them, it means that he cannot accept himself, and no one can go on with a person who cannot accept himself.

Zhang Xinli seemed to want to say something more: "Jinyu, I..."

This kind of topic related to the future is a bit heavy. Lin Jinyu doesn't really want to talk about it now. It's the New Year and everyone is here to have fun. He doesn't want to cause so many troubles for himself. He just wants to live a good life now: "Okay," he said : "Let's talk about it later, okay?"

Zhang Xinli stopped talking and nodded.

"At that point, I will naturally start to think about it," Lin Jinyu said, "I will respect your wishes."

Zhang Xinli replied, "Me too."

This is the end of this not-so-easy topic. Lin Jinyu turned over the page, glanced at his watch, and said, "There are still two hours left before the countdown, do you want to play for a while?"

"it is good."

They have actually tried all the things to eat and do on the Bund three years ago. As a native of Shanghai, Lin Jinyu, like all ordinary locals, has never felt that there is anything special about the famous attractions in Shanghai. The first time they came to the Bund to play was with Zhang Xinli, and they were with each other for many first times.

Now I revisited the old place, new wine was put in old bottles, and there was nothing new about the sight-seeing projects on the Bund, but they were different.

"Do you remember the last time the two of us came here together, what was the worst game we've ever played?"

Zhang Xinli said without hesitation: "Sightseeing tunnel."

That kind of fun is really tricky, what is the "Bund Sightseeing Tunnel", what you see is really "light", colorful artificial lights, and the ticket price is not cheap. Lin Jinyu complained for half an hour after the experience that year. And expressed a strong willingness to write to the relevant departments, suggesting that they had better change the name of this project 'Viewing the Bund Subway Artificial Lighting Tunnel'.

He then asked: "Where is the most unjustly spent ticket money?"

Zhang Xinli still didn't think about it: "Pearl of the Orient, the one with the three-goal joint ticket."

In fact, there is nothing worthy of the ticket price. It basically sells things and various complicated high-end elevators. Most people go up to overlook the river view, but in fact, Lin Jinyu later discovered that it is better to spend a few dollars to take the ferry directly to see the river view. Well, the Oriental Pearl Tower, just look at it from the outside. After all, the golden ratio point is beautiful when you look at it from the outside, and you can’t see anything when you go inside.

The two of them walked down in the crowd, talking to Lin Jinyu about things from the past: "I really want to eat that smoking ice cream again, the top layer of ice cream, the bottom layer of smoothie and juice, how refreshing... Sigh, It's a pity that it's winter now, and it's still in time for the Spring Festival, so they seem to be closed for the time being."

"It's called liquid nitrogen ice cream," Zhang Xinli said. "It's mango-flavored. Everyone has a big cup. Couples buy one. At that time, I didn't have a couple with you. I said forget it. You insist on eating it. In the end, there is no other way." , I bought it with you."

"Come on, it's as if I put a knife on your neck to force you to eat, obviously you eat more than me."

"It's been taken for a long time. After it melts, you feel disgusted. I have no choice but to eat it."

Lin Jinyu squinted at him and said, "Cut~"

The two answered questions and answers fluently. Although it has been such a long time, they both remember each other very clearly. Lin Jinyu even remembers the hairstyle of the clerk who handed them the ice cream, and Zhang Xinli remembers the color of the straw inserted into the cup. ...During their long separation, they have not forgotten anything.

They went down from the viewing platform with difficulty, and went shopping on Nanjing East Road for a while. Lin Jinyu knew that he didn't eat anything, so she lied that she wanted to eat, and bought it all over the place, but actually bought two portions of each.After wandering around for a while, I walked back when I had enough shopping. The two bought two ferry tickets for four yuan, and it took half an hour just to squeeze in the crowd...

"My god, it's not good to stay at home during the Spring Festival, why are you running outside?" Lin Jinyu and Zhang Xinli were crowded on the deck, and they managed to grab a plastic chair from a white couple and quickly occupied it. with.

Zhang Xinli asked him to sit, stood next to him, and said, "Don't you just stay at home and run outside."

"Oh, I can't help it. I don't value sex over family." Lin Jinyu was so crowded that she sat and rested, and said lazily, "Who told me to meet the boyfriend I've been thinking of?"

The buildings on both sides of the strait were more dazzling than the other, and the lights changed in the night, forming different patterns. Zhang Xinli looked at the shore together with him, and said, "You'd better be."

The tourists around all stretched their necks to look at the strange things. Some people kept pushing forward, leaning on the edge of the deck railing and aiming hard, a bit blocking the sight of the people sitting behind. Lin Jinyu sat for a while and the front was almost full of human bodies. Oh, it's boring, even though it's only two yuan, but he didn't come to see other people's graceful backs.

Lin Jinyu stood up, gave up the stool to a teenage blond foreign girl, and dragged Zhang Xinli to squeeze forward... Fortunately, both of them were strong young men who rushed all the way and quickly got into a gap, and both of them I touched the best position beside the railing.

"Of course it is, why, are you still afraid that I'll lie?" Lin Jinyu put his elbows on the railing, blowing the wet and cold river wind, and smiled at him: "Who sent me a message on the phone, the one on the left'I really want to You're the one on the right who really thinks about it... hey, my boyfriend misses me so much, can I just run out without thinking about it."

Zhang Xinli looked at him, opened his eyes and said nonsense, "I don't know, who sent it?"

"I don't know either," Lin Jinyu replied, "My thin-skinned boyfriend."

Zhang Xinli smiled: "You treat it as a dumpling, with thin skin and big stuffing."

Lin Jinyu wanted to grab his face to see whether his skin was thick or thin, but Zhang Xinli avoided it: "Don't mess with me."

Lin Jinyu glanced at him: "How can I mess with you, don't mess with me."

There were people behind them, big and small, old and young, Zhang Xinli couldn't say anything, Lin Jinyu moved closer, and asked in a low voice, "Shall we hold hands?"

Zhang Xinli said, "Pull."

Everyone stretched their necks to look at the riverside. No one paid attention to the bottom, and there were no lights on the deck. Lin Jinyu and Zhang Xinli leaned close to each other with shoulders close to each other. .

They did not disembark after the ferry reached the shore, but bought another one for the return journey. When they crossed the river again, it was already close to midnight. The exterior walls of the surrounding buildings were like countless light screens, showing the brilliance of modern human technology in a very short time. shine.

"Hey, tell me..." Lin Jinyu quietly held hands with him, and said, "Does it look like we're having an affair?"

"It's quite similar," Zhang Xinli said, "and even eloped."

"It's so exciting," Lin Jinyu said without showing any timidity, "This may be the craziest love in my life."

There is only the last half minute of the year, and the night view wall of the building on the Bund Customs Building displays a huge countdown number, and the crowds on both sides of the strait and on the ferry are spontaneously counting down: "20--19--18-- 17..."

Amidst the overwhelming sound of countdown, Zhang Xinli turned to look at him and said, "...this is also the craziest thing in my life."

Numerous red, blue, gold, and silver neon lights dyed the night sky colorfully. Lin Jinyu turned her face away. There were tens of thousands of lights shining brightly. They looked into each other's eyes in the flowing light.

The closer it was to zero, the more excited the crowd was, and the louder their voices became. Lin Jinyu put on the sweater hat to cover her side face.

The countdown continues: "10—9—8—7..."

Zhang Xinli asked, "Is the wind blowing cold?"

Lin Jinyu didn't answer, he wanted to do something crazy and bad in the crowd.

外墙光屏上显示出巨大的“ILOVESH”，倒数也进入了最后的阶段：“5！4！3！2！1！”

At that moment, the fireworks rose from the shore into the night sky and exploded into gorgeous flowers, like countless silver gypsophila or cornflowers blooming above their heads. In the crowd, he turned his face slightly, leaned forward, closed his eyes, and kissed Zhang Xinli's lips under the cover of his hat.

Behind them, the Oriental Pearl Tower lights up in a circular shape from top to bottom—just like the angle Zhang Xinli stood on the viewing platform on the shore three years ago, except that all Lin Jinyu could do at that time was call him from a distance. , taking a picture of just one person entering as he looks back at him, and now they're standing together, kissing in the final countdown to the new year.

The fireworks are still flying into the sky in handfuls. The old ones dissipate, but there are more new ones blooming. The overflowing light spots are like the most beautiful fireflies. Lin Jinyu heard the screams coming from behind. He didn't know the screams Whether it was for New Year's fireworks or for them, whether it contained surprise, blessing or horror, at that moment, he didn't care.

This is the last large-scale New Year's light show on the Bund in Shanghai. Later, due to various reasons, those lights, fireworks, and grand countdown were no longer there. They kissed under this grand splendor that would never come again. Lin Jinyu felt Zhang Xinli held his hand even tighter, it was a very shallow kiss, without any lust, as sincere and pious as the kiss between a boy and a girl.