Viewing Fish at Flower Harbor.
One of the Ten Scenes of West Lake.
After much back and forth, Lu Yibei still brought Ji Qingqian to the West Lake.
The "West Lake side" usually refers to the east side of the lake, which is near the Longxiangqiao subway station.
Viewing Fish at Flower Harbor is located at the southernmost point.
Unlike the drizzle on my first visit, today it's all sunshine.
The humid heat of late summer and early autumn is gone.
The air in autumn and winter is crisp and sweet, like a sandwich cookie.
The Flower Harbor Park is full of woody plants.
After winter sets in, many things in Hangzhou turn golden.
The sun slanted, shining on each plant as if observing the first leaf to fall to the ground.
They swayed and wobbled, as if they were about to bestow a golden rain upon the world.
Lu Yibei once said that autumn always comes late in Jiangnan.
By the time we realized it, winter had already arrived.
And early winter in Jiangnan is like a second spring.
At this moment, every leaf is a flower.
Even on a weekday, many tourists still take out their phones or cameras to capture the beautiful scenery in that small frame by the lake.
The red leaves over there are like fire, deep red with hints of pale yellow.
Lu Yibei followed Ji Qingqian over.
She tiptoed behind the crowd and asked the boy behind her:
"Is that Feng?"
"It's Feng."
Lu Yibei chuckled: "The maple leaves in Huagang Park are at their reddest and most beautiful at this time of year..."
and.
Lu Yibei looked up at the sun hanging in the sky again.
It also needs the right lighting and weather, and right now is just right.
His father, a journalist, once said that photography is the art of light.
Many things look better in the sunlight.
For example, maple leaves.
For example…
Lu Yibei looked at the girl in front of him and chuckled.
The girl pursed her lips:
"Because it's the most beautiful, that's why you brought me here."
Lu Yibei hummed in agreement, then said:
"It suddenly occurred to me that I was listening to the song 'Maple' yesterday..."
The girl paused, looking at him with suspicion.
"Is my boyfriend depressed on NetEase Cloud Music?"
"nonsense."
Lu Yibei said seriously, "I already switched to QQ Music... Besides, even if I wanted to use NetEase Cloud Music, I don't think they have the copyright there..."
The girl chuckled softly, then took two steps back with her hands behind her back, standing shoulder to shoulder with the boy.
In fact, Ji Qingqian really liked this feeling.
It's not "I want to take you to see the most beautiful scenery," but rather "I'm going to see the scenery, and I'll take you with me."
Their lives continued in an orderly manner, but now they had one more person to care about.
They watched the red maple leaves for a while.
Many veteran monks, armed with long lenses and cameras, were waiting to witness the scene of "golden light piercing through the hole," where sunlight shines on the lake surface, and the lake water refracts the light back onto the bridge arch not far away.
However, Lu Yibei and Ji Qingqian were not very interested in this.
Ji Qingqian knew nothing about photography.
Lu Yibei was caught being filmed by his father, and the memory only brings him pain.
The park is quite large.
The two walked and stopped intermittently.
Besides red maple leaves, there are also red carp.
It swayed its plump body and lazily swam through the water.
The female knight-errant found it interesting and stopped to watch for a while.
"It looks delicious," she said to Lu Yibei.
Lu Yibei: ...
He hasn't said anything yet.
A little girl from a large kindergarten next to him tugged hard at the arm of his arm... presumably at his mother.
She tugged at her mother's hand:
"I told you it was edible, but you lied and said it wasn't... This lady said it was edible!"
Lu Yibei looked in that direction.
The young mother felt somewhat helpless.
Lu Yibei glanced at his girlfriend again.
The young woman blushed slightly, but dared not look at the mother and son talking.
She gently tugged at Lu Yibei's hand.
Lu Yibei then followed her and retreated.
Sometimes, his eldest daughter really thinks like a child.
Mandarin ducks are playing in the water in the park.
The calico kitten runs.
Unidentified birds glided from one side of the tree to the other.
The boy and girl sat together on the public wooden bench by the lake.
I feel the world is both quiet and bustling.
The two were getting tired from walking.
Ji Qingqian took out her Bluetooth earphones from her pocket.
"Abei."
"Um?"
Lu Yibei took one of the separate earphones.
"listen."
"Um."
Lu Yibei put it on, and Ji Qingqian did the same. Then she leaned her head against the boy's shoulder.
Then, the boy burst into laughter.
"A dark cloud has cast a shadow over our hearts."
"I listen to my long-silent heart."
…
It's "Maple".
"It's a little sad," Ji Qingqian said softly.
"Maple" is indeed a song with a sad tone.
"yes."
As Lu Yibei spoke, he thought for a moment and said, "But I can give you the last line of the lyrics."
Ji Qingqian was taken aback:
"Then keep listening."
She hadn't heard this song in a long time.
When Abei mentioned it, she couldn't quite remember what the last line of the lyrics was about.
…
"The slowly falling maple leaves are like longing; why must I try to win them back before winter arrives? Loving you transcends time; two lines of tears from late autumn let love seep into the ground—"
"...All I want is for you to be by my side."
The last line finished playing in my headphones.
Ji Qingqian said softly again:
"Abei."
"Um."
Just as Lu Yibei was about to turn his head to look, his shoulder suddenly shrugged.
The girl looked up.
She cupped Lu Yibei's face in her hands, and kissed the boy's lips with her peach-blossom lips, which remained as red as ever even in winter.
It's very light.
Touch it and then leave.
Just like the West Lake today, it is calm and undisturbed.
The girl gazed into the boy's eyes.
Inside the headphones, "Maple" had finished playing, and the system started playing the girl's playlist.
"I love you"
"Undeterred by the crowds"
"Using the courage of the rest of my life"
"Just so I can be closer to you"
Even just one centimeter
no.
Lu Yibei smiled helplessly. Who actually has background music playing during a kiss…
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P.S. Tomato asked me to update earlier at the end of the month.
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