Return to China
"Dear passengers, welcome to Country Y International Airport. Flight XXX has arrived safely. Please exit via the boarding gate or jet bridge."
The airport broadcast repeated the above information in Y Mandarin.
The huge international airport was bustling with people, children playing in groups, young couples kissing each other affectionately, and friends saying goodbye to each other. The sounds of conversation coming and going did not drown out the sound of the airport broadcast.
"LaLa, Look at the man with blue hair and black coat, he's handsome and elegant!"
(LaLa, look at that man with blue hair and a black coat. He’s so handsome and has such a great temperament.)
"Yes, yes! I noticed that, too."
(Yeah, I noticed that too.)
“What a special Eastern face,Is it a model”
(What a unique Asian face, is she a model?)
"Why don't you ask me like it!"
(Why don’t you ask? I quite like it!)
The two young girls with Western faces were chatting animatedly and didn't notice that a girl with the same Western face was passing by them.
"I'm sorry to interrupt your conversation."
(Sorry to interrupt your conversation.)
A very standard American voice sounded from in front of the two Western-looking girls, and they looked up.
It turned out to be a lady from the country M with golden curly hair. Interrupting a person's speech is not a very polite thing to do, but the facial features of this lady from the country M were not as three-dimensional as the stereotyped impression. Instead, she was generous and gentle.
Rollo smiled at them and continued speaking.
"The one you're talking about is my friend. But he's married."
(The person you are talking about is my friend, but he is married.)
After all, the two girls with Western faces were students who had not yet entered society. After hearing Rollo's explanation and thinking about what they had just said, they kept saying "sorry..." and their faces unconsciously turned red.
Rollo smiled again, saying it was okay, and said goodbye to them. Then she walked over to the seat next to the oriental-looking man with blue hair and a black coat and sat down.
After she sat down, she found that the two girls with Western faces were following her with their eyes. When she saw them, she smiled awkwardly and apologetically, then immediately grabbed her luggage and fled the rest area.
Rollo was stunned for a moment, then he threw his head back and laughed.
The blue-haired, oriental-looking man sitting next to her didn't even look at her. He just lowered his head and kept stroking the thing in his hand.
He just listened quietly to Rollo laughing beside him for a long time, and then he heard her speaking not very standard Chinese with a smile.
"Qing, would you consider marrying me?"
The man looked up, glanced at Rollo with a hint of disdain, and then spoke.
"I sent this to Lily."
When Rollo heard this, he immediately sat up straight, stopped smiling, and said to the man in a pleading tone: "Qing! It was just a little joke. If Lily hears it, I will sleep on the floor."
The man could not deny that he and Rollo met on the road, besides her, there was also Lily mentioned earlier, her lover.
The two of them were originally going on their honeymoon, but after meeting by chance they found that the places they wanted to go were similar, and then they somehow became a threesome.
Seeing that the man didn't answer and was still looking down at the thing in his hand, Rollo shut his mouth wisely and looked at the thing in his hand.
The man was holding a sunflower specimen.
Although she had seen many specimens, this was the first time she had seen a three-dimensional sunflower specimen.
When she first saw it during her trip, she thought it was special and wanted to buy one for Lily, but the man said, "I made it for my wife."
Rollo only then realized that he was married. Later, she discovered that he would carry this three-dimensional sunflower specimen with him wherever he went, and even took photos with this specimen. Rollo felt strange but did not ask because she was not familiar with the man at the time.
At the end of the three-person trip, Rollo heard him talk about his lover for the first time.
"Qing, why don't you come with your lover?"
"She's dead."
Rollo said apologetically: "I'm sorry."
Later, the man told her many stories about him and his lover, and Lily cried breathlessly while listening.
Rollo only found out that day that his lover had died of illness five years ago. They did not have a wedding, nor did they propose. The man said that his lover's death was very sudden, and he didn't even let her hear the three words "I love you".
Sunflowers are his lover's favorite flowers and also a token of their love.
However, Rollo heard from the man that all the sunflowers he planted for his lover became sick and withered, and the remaining one was made into this three-dimensional sunflower specimen when it was about to die, and he has kept it with him ever since.
"Passengers on flight CA0218, please note that your flight is about to depart. Please proceed to the boarding gate to check in as soon as possible."
The broadcast sounded again.
Rollo dropped the man off near the boarding gate and stopped.
The two hugged each other as a farewell.
"Qing, I'm going back to see her. Are you happy?"
The man loosened his arms, his brows curved, and then the corners of his mouth curled up.
"Very happy."
"Thank you, Rollo. I wish you and Lily a long and happy life together."
After the man finished speaking, he smiled at her and turned to walk towards the boarding gate.
Rollo looked at the man's back and was very happy that he was in good spirits, but at the same time she was also worried, so she shouted at the back again.
"Qing! See you next time!"
The man paused, just looked back at Rollo who was still waving, then turned around and continued walking.
Until he got on the plane and it took off, he looked out the window and watched the plane pass through layers of clouds and finally float steadily above the clouds.
At this time, the flight attendant asked him softly.
"Sir, the water you requested."
After saying that, she leaned over and placed the glass of water on the table in front of the man.
"Thanks."
After the flight attendant left, the man took out a medicine bottle, opened it, poured out the last pill inside, and swallowed it with water.
Then the man continued to stare at the scenery outside the window in a daze. He then remembered that it seemed to be summer in China now.
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