Who forgot the melody?
398.
I wanted to go home, but he followed me everywhere. We circled and circled until we were at the entrance of Weekend Cold Drinks. I went upstairs and found a seat. An Jin also sat down, at the table behind me, his back to me. I felt really ridiculous. I might as well make it even more ridiculous. I pulled out my phone and dialed the number. I heard his ringtone, and after he answered, I could hear the double breath from the other end of the phone and behind my ear.
"Won't you sit opposite me?" I asked him.
"...May I?"
"Sure, it's my treat today."
He sat across from me, his backpack clasped in his hands, still not looking up. I pushed the menu in front of him and asked what he wanted. He said two yogurt shaved ices. The quieter the voice, the more you need to listen carefully. I pieced together the conversation between me, An Jin, and Qiu Yang—the three of us.
"Wherever Xu Jiaheng is, there I am."
"I'll go wherever you go."
"I'm going too, what a coincidence?"
.....
"Same as you."
399.
Really, just like me.
400.
"Two servings of yogurt shaved ice. Don't you want anything else?" I looked at An Jin, and he shook his head.
After I placed my order, a new customer sat down at the table behind me. I wasn't sure if they were customers, but they were the couple who used to own the Weekend Cold Drink Shop.
The shaved ice was served on a plate, placed on the table. Is the air conditioning and the temperature in a hostile relationship? Slow down the melting process. I picked up a spoon, wanting to negotiate with An Jin. No matter what we talked about, no matter how long, I didn't want him to like me, nor did I want him to follow me. It was as if I had two shadows, different from others.
When I was in the first year of junior high, Xu Jiaheng sat behind me. During a break, he asked me what I wanted to do in the future. Or, what kind of future did I want? I didn't answer at the time, but that doesn't mean I don't remember my answer.
I think?
I want to be extraordinary and unique in your eyes.
However, by the time I reached high school, I realized this was the wrong answer. It's better to be mediocre; perhaps living a mediocre life will bring you peace. Fate's mercy is limited, and because it can't see you, it can spare you some hardships and tribulations.
401.
An Jin didn't eat the shaved ice, he just looked at me. I finished mine, and his was completely melted. I ordered another salty lemon soda, and after drinking half of it, I asked him,
"What do you like about me?"
Do you like eyes like this? Or skin color like this? Or do you like girls and I look like them?
He lowered his head and after a long time, told everything.
I think this is also one of the wrong answers. It is impossible for a person to understand everything. It is impossible to understand everyone, it is impossible to be understood by everyone, and it is even more impossible to understand everything about anyone.
"Why do you know I can swim?" Why did you know it in advance when I didn't know?
"Guess."
It was difficult for him to answer my question directly, as it was like asking someone who never exercises to jump over hurdles every day.
"What good will it do you to follow me? If you follow me, I'll bother you."
He turned his head to look out the window, again without saying anything. I turned my head with him, but saw nothing but the screen window.
"Even if you bother me, I will follow you." He turned around suddenly.
402.
Silence fell again. I didn't know what he was thinking, so I kept thinking about what he was thinking. As I was thinking, the guests at the table behind me were about to leave, and my former boss saw me and spoke to me.
"Why don't you bring your friends?"
I looked at An Jin, he looked like he was about to fall asleep. I thought this friend was probably referring to Xu Jiaheng when he was little, or Qiu Yang. I sighed and said,
"We haven't been in touch for a long time."
403.
After checking out, I walked home, looking back several times along the way only to discover An Jin was gone. He kept following me, which was strange. He stopped following me for a while, then followed me again for a while, which was also strange. He followed me for a while, then suddenly stopped following me, which was the strangest thing. Not wanting to bear so much strangeness, I pulled out the bag of betel nuts Li Siwen had given me last time we met, opened it, and ate it.
While chewing, he saw Qiu Yang standing outside the fence of the small courtyard.
"Didn't you say you'd be wherever Xu Jiaheng was?" he asked me.
"Why didn't you tell me in advance that you were coming to see me?"
"Did I say I came to see you?"
"Then why are you here?"
"I'm here to find out who's been following you. Didn't you get enough rest? That's why you're so suspicious all the time."
Isn't that a coincidence? He didn't follow you but came to find you.
"No one, I was mistaken."
"You didn't take your medicine on time?"
"None of your business."
"I'll take you to see a doctor tomorrow. It's not good for your health to always take Western medicine."
"I don't want to go."
"Are you afraid of seeing a doctor?"
"I'm too lazy to buy a boat ticket."
"obedient."
"No, why should I listen to you? Exactly?"
"Where did you go after your exam today? You looked tired."
"Let's go eat shaved ice." With An Jin.
"Eating shaved ice without me?"
"God, I was wrong. I'll take you with me next time. Don't take me to see a Chinese doctor."
"What time do you usually go to bed?"
"I told you it's none of your business."
"What time is it?"
"What time do you want?" I'll tell you what time you want.
"Earlier."
"OK."
Qiu Yang nodded and left.
404.
I closed the door and went upstairs to the bedroom. The refrigerator on the first floor had been empty for a long time, and I remembered that one, the one Xu Jiaheng said he opened the package to find the chocolate chips had melted and clumped together.
"You said these are chocolate chips?" He went to find a spoon and said he would eat them by digging them out. His expression was so cute.
“Originally, it was.”
I want to call Xu Jiaheng to ask him where he is and whether his insomnia has recurred.
405.
The call went through, and he had changed his number. A woman answered, and I said, "Sorry, I called the wrong number." She said it was okay.
Balcony, violin case. Who forgot the melody?
I just took out the music score when my phone vibrated again.
An Jin: You want to practice piano?
I was so scared that I didn't know how to respond. I just called him and asked him to stop texting like that.
"Where are you?" I asked him.
"Just now I was near you, now I'm very close to the sea."
"Senior."
He stopped talking.
"I won't like you." You scare me at any time, how can I like you?
"Then you just remember me."
There is no way to forget it.
"Okay, I'll remember you. Don't follow me or text me anymore?"
"No."
"Why are you going to the beach?"
"I want you to listen to the breath of the sea."
406.
He fell silent again. I waited for him, perhaps he had questions for me too. I waited for a long time, listened for a long time, and could only hear his breathing.
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