31 How about we give it a try?
At the end of 2012,
In the bar staff lounge, Li Yaya habitually sat in a corner and stared blankly.
After leaving Jiang Yi's house that day, the two of them had no contact. Li Yaya was not the type to take the initiative to contact others. In most of the time when they were together, it was Jiang Yi who took the initiative.
Take the initiative to ask her out for dinner, chat with her, send her home, etc.
There was chatter all around, but Li Yaya couldn't hear what everyone was discussing. She was always like this, feeling lonely in the crowd.
Huanhuan changed seats and sat next to Li Yaya. "Sister Yaya, the world is about to end. Is there anything you want to do?"
"What? The end of the world?" Li Yaya looked confused.
"You don't know?" Huan Huan was surprised. How could someone not know this? "It's the prophecy. How come you don't even know this?"
Baidu reports that the Mayan Long Count calendar is a cyclical time system, with one complete cycle lasting approximately 5,126 years. Archaeologists' interpretation of Mayan inscriptions indicates that the current cycle began in 3114 BC and ended on December 21, 2012 (13.0.0.0.0, marking the end of the 13th "Baktun" cycle).
Today, December 20, 2012.
Li Yaya scoffed at this kind of thing, but then she changed her mind and thought, if the world really was going to end and the earth was destroyed along with it, it seemed like it wouldn't be impossible.
Then he shook his head, thinking that this idea was too negative and not advisable.
"Sister Yaya, do you think tomorrow will really be the end of the world?" Huanhuan blinked her big sparkling eyes and asked Li Yaya sincerely.
Li Yaya could only smile and said, "Don't worry, even if it's the end of the world, you will come to work tomorrow."
"Sister Yaya, you are not romantic at all."
"Romance can't be eaten. Okay, go out and work."
The rest of the Baidu introduction reads: "The Maya believed that time was cyclical, not linear. They developed a calendar based on precise astronomical observations (such as the solar year and the cycles of Venus) to guide agricultural and religious activities, not to predict the end of the world. Even the end of a cycle marked a new beginning."
The true Mayan view: This day simply represents the end of one era and the beginning of a new one (similar to the "changing of centuries"), which may be accompanied by symbolic "rebirth" or change rather than physical destruction.
In this world, too much panic has been created by humans.
There are a lot of people in the bar today, and a lot of people are drinking wildly.
Li Yaya shuttled through the crowd, and her ears were always filled with a few words: "Tomorrow the world will end, we will not go home until we are drunk today" and "Tomorrow the world will end, I want to confess my love" -
Li Yaya didn't hesitate for any words and just treated it as the end of the world.
If the end of the world comes, it seems to be a good thing if it allows timid people to be brave.
The shop was packed with customers, and Li Yaya was so busy that she was dizzy. Suddenly, a familiar voice came from the stage. The moment her ears received the sound, Li Yaya finally stopped and looked towards the stage unconsciously.
Under the spotlight, wisps of dust floated in the air, making everything seem unreal.
People no longer seem real.
"Hello everyone, I believe you must have heard of the legend of 'the end of the world'."
"Yes——" the people in the audience responded in unison.
"When I first learned of this legend, my immediate reaction was that it must be fake. But a friend asked me to imagine how I would feel if it were true. So when I was alone, I began to wonder what would happen to me if the world really was ending. In that moment, it was like standing on the edge of a cliff, gazing at the last star in the night sky as it went out—I suddenly realized that all of humanity's grand meanings, contentious truths, and cherished memories would be reduced to a single, uncared-for speck of dust in the universe. This sobering feeling of falling was sharper than even fear."
"People no longer have a future. The songs I didn't have time to sing, the love I didn't express, have all been torn apart by the end of the world. Like a convex lens, it distorts the focus of all perception, making existence itself a nearly painful glint. Perhaps the true sense of doom lies not in the imagination of destruction, but in the realization that every moment already contains eternal extinction - we always live in a world that is constantly ending, but most of the time, we dare not face this truth."
"Next, I'll give you a song called 'The End of the World' by Shin Band."
Amidst the applause and cheers, music began to play, "...but this world is filled with ambiguity/Only you and I are clear and absolute/leaving no room for retreat/Love is bursting, breaking through the limit/The end of the world is not far away/It is not the end of my love for you/Even if my eyes can't see/My hands will remember your face/On the day of the end of the world/You will be by my side/Even if my ears can't hear/A hug is the most beautiful promise..."
Finally - I don't wanna say good-bye/I just wanna live my life with you
I don't want to say goodbye, I just want to live with you.
Although escaping is shameful, it is useful. This sentence only applies to certain situations. But now, when Jiang Yi's naked eyes, amid the singing, passed through the crowd and accurately located Li Yaya, she understood that she could no longer avoid this matter.
She didn't want to avoid it anymore.
I don’t want to avoid Jiang Yi anymore, nor do I want to avoid my own heart anymore.
Why think so far ahead? Today was the youngest day of her life, so why not enjoy the present moment?
Work, paying off debts, and dating can all be part of her life, so why must she make choices?
Through the crowd, it seemed that they could only see each other at this moment.
After finishing work, Jiang Yi waited for Li Yaya at the back door as usual.
He didn't want to put too much pressure on Li Yaya, because he knew that many things would only come to fruition if she figured them out herself. All he could do was to try to get along with her as usual.
For example, I usually go to eat wontons after get off work.
I didn't smoke today, but was just kicking stones at the door out of boredom.
Li Yaya stood at the door, looking at Jiang Yi with his back to her, thinking that this time it was finally her turn to scare him from behind.
Li Yaya tiptoed, afraid that Jiang Yi would notice something, and completely ignored the shadow beside her.
Jiang Yi, who was kicking the stone, kept his eyes on the ground and naturally noticed the figure approaching him quietly. No one except Li Yaya would do such a thing, so he pretended nothing happened and waited for the figure to approach him.
At the moment when the figures overlapped, Jiang Yi turned around suddenly, startling Li Yaya who was about to raise her hand to scare Jiang Yi.
Once again, Li Yaya was frightened by Jiang Yi.
Didn't you end up losing the rice while trying to steal the chicken?
Fortunately, Jiang Yi, as expected, grabbed Li Yaya again, and the two of them were able to stand firmly.
Jiang Yi held onto Li Yaya's hand and didn't let go, and Li Yaya didn't break free either. At that moment, the two of them just stared at each other quietly.
Li Yaya also forgot her original purpose.
Looking into each other's eyes was a kiss without lust—Li Yaya couldn't help herself, "How about we give it a try?"
"Hmm? Wait a minute."
Wait a minute, Jiang Yi couldn't believe what he heard. She wanted to try it with him. Was that the kind of try he understood?
"If you don't like it, forget it."
"Of course I'm not unhappy. I was just a little surprised. It was so sudden that I couldn't believe what I heard. That's all. You've already said it, and once it's said, it's done. There's no point in regretting it."
"So you mean you're happy with it."
"Of course I'd be happy to."
"Okay, I'm hungry, let's go eat."
Previously, Li Yaya felt that Jiang Yi was a bit talkative. After the relationship between the two people changed from quantitative change to qualitative change, this characteristic became more obvious.
Just like now, the two of them were walking towards the wonton stall. Li Yaya didn't say anything, but Jiang Yi kept talking all the way, not giving Li Yaya a chance to speak, and just kept talking a lot of nonsense.
When they were about ten or twenty meters away from the wonton stall, Jiang Yi held Li Yaya's hand again.
As if to show off, he walked up to the boss and turned around.
The boss understood what he meant, and thought, okay, these two are a success.
The boss didn't charge for the wontons today. It seemed like the two of them had been eating wontons here on and off for about half a year now, and the boss felt a little relieved that they could be together.
Li Yaya felt a little embarrassed, but Jiang Yi didn't take it seriously. He whispered to Li Yaya, "It's okay. He made a lot of money from us. And it's not like we won't come here to eat in the future."
After thinking about it, I had no choice but to thank the boss.
This day was magical, Li Yaya fell in love.
Moreover, her lover was a person with a good personality and good looks. She actually felt a little proud.
Lee Kin Yan, if you could see me in love, you would definitely be very happy. You see, this boy is very good. Although I can't imagine the long term future, and I don't know what the outcome will be,
People come and go in this world, and not everything will have a result. At least, she is happy now.
Although the end of the world is false, Li Yaya thought at this moment that if tomorrow really was the end of the world and the earth was going to be destroyed, she would actually find it acceptable.
It’s not a negative attitude, but acceptance.
She glanced at Jiang Yi beside her, and the corners of her mouth couldn't help but rise.
After returning home, Jiang Yi couldn't help but smile. He couldn't express his feeling of having gotten what he wanted in words.
He sat at his workbench, writing something with his pen, but he was never satisfied with anything. He wrote and crossed out, crossed out and wrote again, over and over again, until the light from the horizon shone through the gap in the curtains and barely slipped into the room. Jiang Yi then realized that he had been working here for a long time.
Li Yaya had a good night's sleep.
On December 21, 2012, the legendary end of the world, everyone spent a day like any other. The only difference was that they were together.
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