Manhattanhenge

Su Hui cried for a long time in Ning Yixiao's arms.

After wandering around for several years, he was almost used to facing the feeling of falling from the highest place alone. At this time, he was used to seeing himself surrounded by despair, like a helpless burial.

He could have hurt himself in the depression with a deadpan expression.

But Ning Yixiao held his hand tightly, gave him a lot of affirmation and love, gave him painstaking gifts, and repeatedly told him that his existence was very meaningful.

Su Hui's mind was originally filled with all kinds of cold words, and he thought of death countless times in just a few minutes, but when he lowered his eyes, he saw the bracelet on his wrist with flashing light spots, and those gloomy thoughts suddenly stopped .

It's like finding a silver lining in the dark.

His heart was almost torn into two parts, one half was loathing himself, trying to get him to give up on himself because of loving Ning for a night, and the other half was still struggling because he couldn't bear Ning to be sad for a night.

He couldn't imagine the timeline Ning Yixiao was talking about, and he couldn't accept that Ning Yixiao had nothing.Su Hui really wanted Ning Yixiao to be happy all the time. For this reason, even in deep depression, he dared not let go of Ning Yixiao's hand.

Ning Yixiao hugged him quietly, and suddenly heard Su Hui, who was leaning on his shoulder, mumble a few short words, so she raised her head, "What did you say?"

Su Hui fought against her negative emotions very hard, and repeated, "I... will not leave you."

The person who is most afraid of making a commitment still takes this step.

A simulated voice very similar to Ning Yixiao came from the earphone.

[I'm really happy that you can say that. ]

Hearing this unexpected response, Ning Yixiao's heart seemed to be tightly grasped by an invisible hand.

"I know, I know everything." He touched Su Hui's forehead and held his hand, "We won't be separated, never in the future."

Su Hui nodded with difficulty.

Ning Yixiao saw that his eyes were red from crying, and felt very distressed, but he was even more worried that because of the unscrupulous media just now, Su Hui would not be able to face his solo exhibition, and even deny his own works and talents.

These were tantamount to self-destruction for him.

The blue light spot on the bracelet has increased by a small one.

Obviously feeling that his state has changed from violent fluctuations to calm and completely depressed, Ning Yixiao tried to talk to Su Hui, "Do you have the strength now, can you stand up?"

Su Hui's processing of words became very slow and unresponsive. He stared blankly at Ning Yixiao. After a while, he supported the chair with his hands and stood up with his strength, but his legs felt like they were stuffed. Lead, very heavy.

Ning Yixiao hugged him and kissed the top of his hair.

"Do you want to walk with me?"

Su Hui couldn't keep up with Ning Yixiao's thinking speed, but tried her best to respond and squeezed his hand tightly.

"I passed by a work just now, and I thought it was very interesting. I want to take a closer look." Ning Yixiao spoke more slowly than usual, and would lower his head to look into Su Hui's eyes when speaking, "Is that okay?"

Su Hui nodded slightly.

This small movement was the result of a huge struggle in his heart.

"Thank you for accompanying me." Ning Yixiao walked out with him in his arms, along the white corridor, the colored light projected by the glass windows fell on the two of them, temporarily covering up Su Hui's fragility.

This exhibition is of great significance to Su Hui, so Jing Ming, Bella, and Chloe also specially made time to come here on the first morning of the opening.But none of the three had contacted Su Hui and Ning Yixiao, so they simply admired each other slowly.

Su Hui has a very strong talent in conveying emotions. Each exhibit has a natural emotional atmosphere, which can instantly pull the audience into his inner world, whether it is pain, anxiety, decay, loneliness, or excitement. , passion, crazy love, high-pitched, each of which hits people's hearts directly.

Chloe took a camera and took a lot of photos. She planned to choose a few and post them on her social network, which could be regarded as promoting for her friends.

When the three of them came to the black exhibition hall on the second floor, they unexpectedly found Su Hui and Ning Yixiao.

Jing Ming wanted to call them, but Chloe stopped him.

"Wait a minute, don't disturb them yet."

She raised the camera in her hand.

Ning Yixiao and Su Hui approached the installation art called [mama]. The first thing they saw was a huge vertical curtain hanging in the middle of the work, like a thin blade or a wall, dividing the space into two parts. two.

In the space on the left, there is a car with the door open. A woman made of silver-white metal is leaning against the side of the car, holding a cigarette between her fingers. Her shoulders and the top of her head are covered with black glue, sticking to the side of the car. Thick and heavy pressing down.

In the space on the right is a graceful statue made of transparent material, which was covered with an old white long skirt with fluttering skirts, but her legs were entangled by the same material of black glue, unable to get out.

The curtain on the left is projected with a twisting and flowing street, and on the right, the image on the curtain turns into a dark sea.

At this moment, Su Hui was standing on the left side of the space, facing the curtain and staring at the projected road. He stretched out his hand and touched the other side of the street. At the same time, Ning Yixiao, who was standing on the right side, Stretching out his hand, his fingertips penetrated the light and shadow of the sea, and held Su Hui's hand through the curtain.

Chloe will forever record this moment.

She put down the camera and looked at the two of them. Although she was not familiar with the background of the story, she had a subtle resonance in her heart.

Bella opened her mouth and inadvertently expressed the thoughts that were circling in her mind.

"It seems that when the two of them walk in, the work is complete."

Ning Yixiao took Su Hui by the hand, and stopped in front of the exhibits that he personally made.There were more and more people visiting the exhibition, and occasionally he could hear some people's generous praise, and some even recognized Su Hui.

This made Su Hui feel more pressured, a little breathless, Ning Yixiao noticed this, so he decided to take him away first.

Coming out of the art gallery and returning to the car, Su Hui was still distracted, but hearing those words brought him not only pressure, but also slightly eased his denial of his ability.

"They all like you." Ning Yixiao held his hand, and there was a bright greenery outside the car window, "Did you hear that? A little girl said just now that she had never seen such a beautiful work of art." .”

Su Hui lowered her eyes and clenched her fingertips.

The scenery here is beautiful, but the original small town vacation can only be temporarily put on hold.After asking Su Hui for his opinion, Ning Yixiao asked the driver to drive to a psychiatric clinic in the city and arranged psychological consultation for him.

While waiting for him to receive a consultation, Ning Yixiao took care of the reporter's matter just now.

Charles said on the phone, "Just now I drafted a lawyer's letter and sent it to me, but the reporter said that he just made a mistake in his work and offered to apologize in person in private. I hope you can forgive him."

Ning Yixiao has no sympathy for such a person, "I don't accept his apology, or at least sue."

"Even if this kind of person is sued, they just apologize publicly, but the lawsuit takes a long time. They have done this kind of thing a lot, and they have long been used to it."

Of course Ning Yixiao knew it, but he still wanted to give Su Hui justice.

After hanging up on Charles, he contacted Keisha again.

"I'm Eddy's boyfriend, I just met."

Keisha immediately responded, "Is he okay? Please tell him to reassure him that the interview has been dealt with for the time being. I hope it won't affect his emotions."

Ning Yixiao didn't intend to let it go so easily.

"I remember that there were a few reporters at the scene who were videotaped. Please contact them for me. I need their video about the whole incident."

"The recorded video of the scene?"

"Ah."

Keisha thought for a while, but still agreed, "Then I'll ask."

Not long after, she sent the contact information of two reporters.Ning Yixiao contacted one of them, and proposed a deal succinctly, "I need the video of your interview at the exhibition today, you can set the price, and I can dispose of the things."

The reporter opposite did not hesitate for too long.

This is a very good deal for them. They thought that today's work would be ruined by the crap stick, and the gain outweighed the loss, but now there is a greater exchange of benefits in front of them.

"Okay, I'll send it to you when I receive the advance payment."

After getting the other party's video, Ning Yixiao asked Karl to contact the reporter who made trouble and provoked Su Hui on the spot, and sent him the video.The whole story of the press conference has been recorded, and the evidence is conclusive, and there is no way to deny it.

"If your side fails to make a public statement and apologize for this incident, this video will be released by the media where it was shot."

It is normal for the dog to bite the dog between the media. When the other party heard this, they immediately became anxious. They didn't expect to kick such a hard steel plate.

He had no choice but to compromise and wrote a public apology letter in his own name, which was published in his own media.

Su Hui finished the 10-minute psychological consultation and came out of the consultation room alone. Ning Yixiao was talking on the phone at the end of the corridor.

"Shaw, this reporter was subdued. He also confessed that he didn't want to do this. He did it after receiving money from a person. It seems to be Mike Wicca. I will send you the information of this person."

Ning Yixiao sat outside to check, and saw that he was actually a student of the college where Su Hui was teaching, but in a different department, so he felt that the credibility of the news was much higher.

Suddenly, he felt that this person's surname was very familiar. He didn't recall it until he saw his father's name. It turned out that his father's company happened to be the construction contractor of his company's New York campus. Not long ago, he met him at the bidding meeting , At that time, there were four big companies bidding for the competition.

He almost sneered.

One thing fell one thing, and it just fell into his hands.

Su Hui didn't know about it, seeing that Ning Yixiao was still dealing with business, he thought he was busy, so he didn't go up to disturb him, but just stood obediently at the door of the consulting room.

After Ning Yixiao made the phone call, she turned around and found Su Hui standing quietly, looking down at the bracelet, her heart softened quickly, and she walked over to hug him.

"How is it? Is it better?"

Su Hui looked into Ning Yixiao's eyes and nodded dully.

"Go home." Ning Yixiao touched his cheek, "I'll make steamed egg custard for you when you go back."

Su Hui lay at home for almost three days, drowsy all day long, and rarely woke up.

Ning Yixiao lay with him most of the time, giving him shoulders and arms. Their mattress was huge, and occasionally ice cream would squeeze in, squeezing his inner loneliness and emptiness very small. The black hole shrinks into a pebble, pressing on my heart.

When he was awake, Ning Yixiao would accompany him to watch movies and cartoons, and do graffiti with him with an oil pastel.There were many moments when Su Hui felt that the man in front of him might be an illusion, but whenever such thoughts popped up, Ning Yixiao would extinguish them with practical actions, such as imprinting a real kiss on his forehead.

"Why are you in a daze?" Ning Yixiao said with a smile.

Su Hui's speaking frequency began to recover, and he recovered from the stupor little by little, and he was no longer so dull.

But when he learned that Mike and the reporter planned to come to apologize, Su Hui still resisted, and avoided receiving the information, and used drowsiness to avoid negative emotions.

He even started to hate New York, the messy streets, the crowded crowds, and the sweltering summer. At this time, Su Hui hated too many things and could not find much joy in life.

But he didn't show it, he looked very calm, and even showed a little ease when facing Ning Yixiao, so that he could feel relieved.

Ning Yixiao is not easy to fool, he knows Su Hui so well that he can see through it with just one look.

This was the ninth day that Su Hui had locked himself up at home. On the dining table was a newly baked caramel apple pie, which smelled sweet, but Su Hui had no appetite, so he ate a spoonful of apple filling very slowly.

Ning Yixiao poured him a glass of water and said without warning, "Su Hui, accompany me to Iceland."

His wording attributed the subject to himself, not for us to go together, not for me to accompany you, but to ask Su Hui to accompany him.

Su Hui was obviously surprised, and it took him a long time to react, but he hesitated.

"My current condition...is very poor." Su Hui lowered her eyes, looking cautious as if she was afraid of messing things up, "It's a waste to go..."

He doesn't want to ruin his and Ning Yixiao's trip to Iceland, which they've both been looking forward to for a long time.

Ning Yixiao said, "How could it be? Even if it is the same scenery, the feeling in different states is completely different. I went this time, and I will go again next time when the state changes. It is not a waste at all, and I can have two experiences. , isn't it good?"

Su Hui didn't expect him to say this, her eyelashes trembled slightly, and she was a little shaken.

"You're very busy, you've been at home with me for too long... There's still a lot of work to do..."

"Because I've been busy for too long, I also want to take a break." Ning Yixiao took his hand and squeezed it lightly, "Can you rest with me?"

Whenever Ning Yixiao talked to him in this way, Su Hui completely lost the ability to refuse.

Knowing that his existence is troublesome and might bring an extremely bad experience to this journey, he still couldn't help agreeing, just because he didn't want to disappoint Ning Yixiao.

"OK then."

Ning Yixiao smiled and tapped his forehead lightly, "Thank you kitten."

Ice Cream seemed to feel the same way, excitedly circled around the two of them, and got a small snack by accident, so she became even more excited and yelled a few times.

Ning Yixiao stopped him, "Be quiet."

The ice cream yelled again.

"If you scare him, I'll send you away."

Su Hui had seen Ning Yixiao's childishness before, but was still speechless by what he said, so she hugged the ice cream and comforted the real puppy, "He scares you."

Ning Yixiao pulled his arm, "Su Hui, hug me like this."

So Su Hui also hugged his neck obediently, this kind of action is almost only done by him in the irritable period, usually he wants to ask for a kiss, or more.

Now face to face, at such a close distance, Su Hui felt a little ashamed for no reason, so he avoided his sight.

Ning Yixiao said, "You are so pretty."

Su Hui subconsciously wanted to say that it was not good-looking, but Ning Yixiao had corrected her too many times, and the words turned around again, abruptly becoming the standard answer Ning Yixiao taught him.

"……thanks."

"You're welcome."

With Ning Yixiao's astonishing action, they boarded the flight to Iceland after the visa was obtained, like an escape that broke the plan.Because of taking the medicine, Su Hui fell asleep most of the time during the six-hour flight, but she still held Ning Yixiao's hand in her sleep.

It landed at nine o'clock in the morning, and there was only a light rain here. It was foggy and the temperature was fifteen degrees. It was not like the early summer that Su Hui was familiar with.

Ning Yixiao picked up the car from the car rental office, picked up Su Hui who was obediently waiting, and drove to the hotel according to the navigation.

"This is the first time we have traveled alone."

It was obviously an ordinary sentence, but Su Hui somehow felt a little uneasy in Ning Yixiao's voice, so he looked away from the grass waves outside the window and looked at him.

As expected, Ning Yixiao's hands trembled a little.

It was rare for Su Hui to be so sharp in Yuqi.

"What's wrong?" He stretched out a hand and gently placed it on Ning Yixiao's lap, "Is it uncomfortable?"

Ning Yixiao smiled and said no.

Just now, a picture of him coming to Iceland alone suddenly flashed in his mind, but the impact was not too great.

"The last time I came here, I was not prepared. There was no car here, so I rented one, but I couldn't drive a car at all at that time, so I almost had an accident again, but fortunately, luckily, nothing happened."

Ning Yixiao spoke in a very flat tone, as if it had nothing to do with him, but Su Hui listened silently, feeling very sad.

He looked at a small piece of grassland in front of him. The grass waves were blown by the wind, floating layer by layer along the hillside, forming an endless green ocean.

"One night." Su Hui tugged at the corner of his clothes and whispered, "Let's stop here."

"what happened?"

"I want to go down and stay for a while." Su Hui pointed to the valley outside the car window, "It's very beautiful."

"Okay." Ning Yixiao parked the car aside and walked down with him.The green grass all over the mountains here is lush and lush, dotted with wild flowers, but it has a cool color that is not found in other places, which reminds him of the movie in the audio-visual room.

It had just rained, and the smell of earth and grass was still surging.He walked in with Su Hui, and the wind was so strong that it messed up both of their hair, and the flaps of their clothes overlapped.

Ning Yixiao's hands were still trembling, so instead of pulling Su Hui, he tried to calm down his heart first.

He stood there, looking up at the valley, feeling familiar and strange.The last time I came here was winter, it was the coldest time, the polar night, and there was a storm, with wind and snow.The same road, but here is a barren place, covered with ice and snow, without any life, just like his original state of mind.

At that time, he wished that Su Hui was there, maybe the scenery he saw was not just a wasteland.

When he came back to his senses, Su Hui had already walked a little far. He turned his back to him and squatted down in a wave of grass, as if observing the blades of grass, but quickly stood up again, and repeated this several times.

"looking at what?"

Ning Yixiao walked slowly.

Su Hui lowered her head and was busy with something, but she quickly turned around and returned to his side, her movements a little slow.He was wearing a light blue hoodie with one hand in his pocket, looking like a child.

When he approached, Ning Yixiao was stunned because Su Hui reached out and handed him a purple flower.

The flowers are beautiful, fragile in the wind, but tenacious.

Seeing that he didn't respond, Su Hui didn't say anything, but handed it again.

Ning Yixiao came back to his senses and accepted his gift, "Thank you."

Su Hui shook his head, an imperceptible shyness appeared on his clean face, he took Ning Yixiao's hand, and gently stroked his fingers.

Ning Yixiao looked at the little flower in his hand, shifted his gaze slightly, and inadvertently caught a few flower stems protruding from the pocket of Su Hui's sweater, swaying with his steps.

"What is this?" He reached out and pulled out the stems.

Also flowers, many flowers.

Unexpectedly, Su Hui was in a hurry and wanted to take away what Ning Yixiao had drawn out.

Ning Yixiao didn't know why, so he deliberately raised his hand to the point where he couldn't reach it on tiptoe, and teased him, "I picked so many secretly, and just gave me one? How stingy."

"No." Su Hui lowered her eyes, a little embarrassed, so she could only explain slowly, "These... are not pretty."

He glanced at the little purple flower that was given to Ning Yixiao, and his voice was very soft.

"This one looks the best, I've been picking it for a long time..."