Kalanchoe and wedding wine
In Shen Xuyang's memory, the night Wen Yu left seemed very long, and it felt like everything he had experienced was being replayed before his eyes.
Wen Yu had greeted him when he was still in his mother's womb. When he was born, the first person he saw was his mother, but the person lying in the crib with him was Wen Yu.
Because Wen Yu was born a few months earlier than him and Ji Wenshu was more experienced, she was responsible for taking care of the two babies while Shen Xuyang's mother was in confinement.
Wen Yu can be said to be the little brother who accompanied him and took care of him growing up. Although they are only a few months apart, he is really like a brother and treats him very well. He is the second most important person in his life besides his mother.
Until light appeared on the horizon, Shen Xuyang knew that Wen Yu's last thing in this world was about to begin.
As soon as the sun rose, the doctors and nurses were already ready in the operating room. Chen Xing was given general anesthesia in advance, and she was pushed into the operating room when she was completely unconscious.
Shen Xuyang waited outside the operating room the whole time. He was the one who least wanted the operation to fail and did not want Wen Yu to leave with regrets.
His anxious heart was burned out bit by bit, until he heard the doctor say "the operation was successful", his tense nerves gradually relaxed, but his body was still heavy.
Shen Xuyang rarely sheds tears. Even during the two most difficult years for Wen Yu, he endured the pain in his heart and comforted Wen Yu who was suffering from illness.
But at the moment the operation was over, Shen Xuyang leaned his head on Shi Nannan's arms and cried so hard that it was heartbreaking. All the emotions accumulated in his heart burst out, and his sobs were painful.
He only knew that he would no longer have any brothers, no one would treat him like a child, and no one would inspire him to make progress. Was he free? But why did he feel so sad?
This was the third time in Shen Xuyang's life that he burst into tears. From now on, the only person who could comfort him was Shi Nannan, and she was the only one who loved him.
Later, on the day Shen Xuyang sent Wen Yu to the funeral, when he came out of the cemetery, he saw a blue butterfly land on his shoulder, flapped its wings twice and flew away.
When Chen Xing woke up in the ward after the operation, she and Shi Nannan also saw the blue butterfly resting by the window. Before they could see it clearly, it flew into the sky.
Later, when Chen Xing recovered, Shi Nannan and Shen Xuyang saw the blue butterfly again on the way to send her to the airport. It followed their car all the way, but as soon as the car stopped, they couldn't see it anymore, as if it had never been there. It appeared briefly and disappeared again, making them think they were dazzled.
After so long, each of them still remembered the blue butterfly vividly in their minds, exactly the same as the one that landed by the window now.
Chen Xing lay on his side on the hospital bed, staring at the blue butterfly and muttering, "We agreed to open the time capsule together ten years later. Why is yours gone? Am I the only one left here?"
When Shen Xuyang heard Chen Xing's words, he paused and looked at Chen Xing's tearful eyes.
He said, "Chen Xing, next time I come to see you, I'll bring you a gift."
Shen Xuyang didn't know whether Chen Xing heard it or not, but he should have given that thing to Chen Xing a long time ago. If he hadn't listened to Wen Yu and taken it away, would Chen Xing have known everything four years ago? Would she still be enduring the pain of neither life nor death like now?
When Shi Nannan and Shen Xuyang left, Chen Xing had already closed his eyes and slowly fell asleep. The butterfly outside the window also flew away. I wonder if it will appear again?
In his dream, Chen Xing seemed to have returned to that year, when the four of them had agreed to pick up the time capsule ten years after graduation.
At that time, Chen Xing was far away abroad because she received an invitation to Shi Nannan and Shen Xuyang's wedding. She returned to China to attend their wedding. She did not see Wen Yu. Later, while walking on the street, she saw the Ferris wheel they had ridden together.
She remembered that the wish she had made halfway would never come true, and even the person who could ride the Ferris wheel with her was no longer around.
Afterwards, Chen Xing returned to Xinghai No. 1 Middle School. The school had changed a lot. The abandoned small courtyard had been transformed into a small forest, becoming a unique green landscape in the school.
Chen Xing determined the location where they buried the time capsule based on her memory, but a ginkgo tree had been planted next to it at some point and looked like it had been growing for many years, reminding her of the ginkgo tree outside the window of the school building.
It seemed like her and Wen Yu's shadows were everywhere. Chen Xing returned to Xinghai City after many years. No matter where she went, the scenes of them being together would appear before her eyes.
They only appeared in each other's lives for a few months, but it seemed like they had lived together for a lifetime.
Finally, she dug up her time capsule under the ginkgo tree and suddenly laughed because she was the only one left.
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Winter was approaching. Chen Xing stood outside the window and watched the flocks of swallows flying away in the sky. She missed him.
"Chen Xing, we're here to see you."
Gao Yamei, Chen Hai, and Chen Yue brought her five-year-old daughter to see Chen Xing.
Chen Xing returned from abroad in the spring of this year. She had been away from home for more than ten years and had not contacted them on her own initiative. But at the beginning of the year, she learned that Chen Hai had a serious illness, so she hurried back and stayed for a few days.
In her heart, she has no forgiveness for these blood relatives, but because she doesn't care about them, she doesn't blame them.
They are still family, just in terms of blood relationship. Chen Xing will never be close to them again.
Later, Chen Xing received a message from Fu Ying asking her to come back when she was free. They had always kept in touch, but not often. However, Fu Ying was someone Chen Xing would always think of.
Chen Xing never thought that she would never be able to get out of this situation. Perhaps her fate had come to an end.
Chen Xing turned around and saw the dumplings Gao Yamei brought her. She actually didn't like dumplings at all. It had always been the three of them who liked dumplings. They knew but never remembered her preference.
The only two people who could remember all her preferences and keep them in their hearts forever were them, but they are no longer here.
In this world, the two people who loved her the most left her forever in order to give her an ideal future.
They had kept her in the dark for too long. It wasn't that she didn't want to live anymore, she just wanted to see them sooner.
Chen Xing didn't touch the box of dumplings at all. She just listened to them chatting and nodded from time to time. She never had any topics that interested her. They talked and she listened. When she talked, they didn't want to listen.
In the past, they would only compare her with Chen Yue and constantly control her, but now they see their granddaughter more. Perhaps all parents, when they grow old, prefer young new lives.
Chen Xing couldn't fit in, but she just thought in her mind that it would be great if she and Wen Yu could have a daughter.
They stayed in the sanatorium until the afternoon. As soon as they left, Chen Xing felt that this noisy world was finally quiet and she could go see him.
Chen Xing recalled her meeting with Fu Ying in the countryside a few months ago.
Fu Ying took her to the fields in the countryside that Chen Tian had taken her to before. At the end of the land, there was a forest with several ginkgo trees planted there, which had now grown into towering trees.
But Chen Xing saw a whole field of flowers there, bright red in color, blooming beautifully.
Chen Xing asked, "What kind of flower is this? Why is it planted in the fields?"
Fu Ying pointed to the flower field and said, "Chen Tian originally planned to plant the longevity flowers for you. He planted the first batch of seeds, but he left before they sprouted and took root."
When Chen Xing heard these words, tears welled up in her eyes and she kept repeating the name of "Kalanchoe". The meaning of Chen Tian planting flowers for her was obvious.
Fu Ying walked to a flower, squatted down and continued: "Because it was left by him, I have been helping him take care of it. This is also what I wanted to give to you."
"It's just that the village has developed well in recent years. An entrepreneur has taken a fancy to this piece of land and plans to build a high-rise building here. So I should hand over the last thing he left for you."
Chen Xing asked in surprise: "The last thing?"
She thought that the money and the suicide note were all Chen Tian left her.
Fu Ying said, "Yes, the last one. I should have told you on the day you got married, but it will be too late if I don't dig it out now."
Fu Ying turned to face Chen Xing's puzzled expression, pointed at the ground beneath their feet and said, "He buried a jar of wedding wine for you here."
Chen Xing's pupils suddenly shrank, and he said in disbelief, "Wedding wine? How could he... How could he bury such wine for me?"
Fu Ying said, "Shocked, right? You can't imagine how much Chen Tian loves you. To you, he's both a brother and a father. Sometimes he even acts like a mother to cheer you up."
Chen Xing never thought that she would receive such a gift from Chen Tian after so many years. He had done so much for her, so much that Chen Xing could never repay him in several lifetimes.
When Chen Xing came to her senses again, it was already dark. She sat alone on the edge of the bed in the dark room, looking at the stars lighting up outside.
She thought that she would be able to drink the wedding wine soon, and she really wanted to taste the flavor of the wine. He must be waiting for it too.
When Chen Xing met Fu Ying that time, she learned about the endings of many people. She didn't feel happy, but just felt that evil would be punished and one would eventually have to bear the consequences.
She told her that Chen Rong was short of money because Xu Zhen gambled without telling her and ran the factory into bankruptcy and debt. Later, when she found out the truth, she was abused by Xu Zhen and all her money was taken away by Xu Zhen. Chen Rong couldn't stand it and went completely crazy, begging on the streets all day long.
Xu Han and Xu Wei have been proud all their lives, but now they have to carry the stain of Xu Zhen for the rest of their lives and serve Chen Rong until their death.
As for Liu Fang and Chen De, because everyone in the village knew that they had abused Chen Tian and forced him to death, they dared not raise their heads wherever they went, and no one had anything to do with them anymore.
Liu Fang, who relies on currying favor with others to gain benefits, and Chen De, who is stingy and fence-sitter, can only live their lives behind closed doors and endure spitting.
Chen Feng has been lazy all his life and has never been diligent at all. In the end, Wang Lili divorced him and took the child away.
Before Chen Xing moved into the sanatorium, he met Wang Shan once when he was hospitalized.
She was taking her teenage daughter to the hospital for a check-up when Chen Xing came back from a walk and met her. After confirming that it was her, she went up and slapped her twice. It wasn't even enough. If the people around her hadn't stopped her, she would have continued slapping.
Chen Tian was so good to her in the beginning, and he didn't hold a grudge and broke up with her in a decent manner, but Chen Xing was not so easy to talk to.
The person she hated most in her life was Wang Shan. If she hadn't cheated Chen Tian of his money, how could he have thought of selling his kidney? Chen Xing wanted to beat Wang Shan to death that day.
Later it was discovered that Wang Shan got pregnant before marriage and got married right after graduation. As a result, her husband cheated on her before the child was born.
She couldn't forgive him many times for the sake of her children, and in the end he ran away with another woman and never came back.
Her daughter also got leukemia, and her family was extremely disappointed in her. She could only work to earn money for her daughter's treatment. She was supported by her parents and boyfriend for the first half of her life, and in the second half of her life she not only had to support herself, but also had a daughter who was a burden to her.
Perhaps fate is always teaching us to grow, and the road to growth will inevitably go through many hardships. There will be bitterness and sweetness. As for whether it is bitterness first and then sweetness, or sweetness first and then bitterness, it is all arranged by God. The only choice you can make is whether to taste the sweetness, and when encountering bitterness, whether to continue to persevere or end your life.
After that day, Chen Xing asked Fu Ying another question. She asked her if she liked Chen Tian. Fu Ying smiled and asked her if it was still important to her.
It really doesn't matter anymore. For Fu Ying, she can only look forward so that there will be hope in life. She has learned to let go, but she will never forget that he existed in her life.
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