Chapter 10: Just Because This Thing Is Unique
Chapter 10: Just Because This Thing Is Unique
When reading The Story of the Stone, I often remember the inscription on a plaque in the "Illusionary Realm of Grand View":
The couplet "The earth is thick and the sky is high, it is a pity that the love from ancient times to the present is endless; the infatuated men and resentful women, it is a pity that the debt of love is hard to repay."
Regardless of the place where it appeared or the sentence itself, no matter from which angle it was analyzed, Chi Shu found it difficult to ignore the implication.
She suddenly thought of a scene from a movie she had seen before, a scene that left a deep impression on her.
In that bare house filled with the smoke of war between father and son, in that confused and chaotic time, the poor boy still carefully hid the love letter and the rabbit doll.
She didn't understand the reason for this small gesture before, but now she seems to understand a little: because those were given to him by others with love, and only for him.
The fragments floating by and the orderly arrangement of illustrations before him made Chi Shu wonder:
Could it be that beautiful love... perhaps only exists in a "fairy tale world"? Yet, the inspirational stories convey such genuine emotion, such touching excitement, that it's truly genuine.
It is undeniable that during these nearly nineteen years, due to the profound influence of Ji Jinyi's "teaching by example", Chi Shu sometimes did not believe in love, thinking it seemed absurd and false. However, the "sea of love" hidden in the words of the book always caught her off guard and moved her.
Moreover, those many moments related to Feng Yichen, as well as the tender concern from Feng Yichen, also caught her off guard and made her heart palpitate countless times.
When her brain was overwhelmed by these complicated emotions and she was unable to think deeply, she moved according to her heart and got up from the rattan chair in the viewing room and walked to the bedroom window.
Through the unclosed window lattice, one could still see the delicate branches of the garden's trees, adorned with a fine layer of snow. Occasionally, a few flakes playfully landed on the carved wooden lattices beside the desk, then quietly melted away. The wooden cabinet here also held many of her gifts, all her treasured possessions.
This set of agarwood storage cabinets and desks are placed by the window, echoing the ink and wash orchid painting on one side of the wall. The built-in drawers on the top layer of the cabinets contain all the gifts Feng Yichen had given her before.
Yesterday, a new souvenir ornament called "Lantern Festival Lantern" was added. The round ceramic lamp body is engraved with the Lantern Festival scene in the market.
Patterns such as "children admiring lanterns, couples guessing lantern riddles, and families eating rice dumplings" revolve around the rotating axis of the wick. The entire shape is small, exquisite, yet interesting.
Suddenly, her mind flashed back to the words of the old stall owner who boasted about his skills to the customer when she was buying:
"This is made using an exclusive, secret, ancient craft. It's guaranteed to be unbreakable. I make a living from this craft. I'm an absolutely conscientious merchant."
Recalling this, she couldn't help but chuckle, but also felt a little emotional.
On the one hand, I sigh that it is not easy for the craftsmen.
On the one hand, I also feel that these objects of different types, which are meticulously crafted by craftsmen, are indeed unbreakable, but how can those who cherish them dare to try to destroy them easily?
Chi Shu took out the gift box with special meaning from the innermost compartment of the drawer. She couldn't even believe it herself, because this was the first time she opened the gift after receiving it.
She had brought the gift back during the winter vacation last year, but she just placed it neatly in this place, a hidden place that would not be easily found and she would not easily touch.
She herself couldn't explain what she was afraid of or what she was avoiding.
Thinking back to before entering university, she and Feng Yichen had no other space or time to contact each other except for their interactions at school, let alone giving each other gifts.
The root of the problem probably lies with her, because she dares not accept it, let alone give it away.
So strictly speaking, this gift box can be said to be the first gift Feng Yichen gave her.
I don't know whether it's because it's been carefully collected or because of its precious material, but it still looks exquisite and translucent, just like a naturally formed white feather bookmark and an everlasting magnolia quietly placed in a gift box. Chi Shu reached out and picked up the magnolia that was not bound by the metal ring. It was clearly cool to the touch, but it made her feel comfortable for no reason.
It had been so long that she could no longer remember the occasion when she told Feng Yichen that her favorite flower was magnolia.
But at this moment she truly felt that this gift must have taken him a lot of thought.
This feeling of being remembered and valued made her feel a little unfamiliar, but it also made her heart feel as if it was surrounded by warm sunshine, and she was inevitably immersed in that soft and comfortable atmosphere.
For a moment, it seemed as if the winter wind and snow had subsided a little, and the scenery in the misty fog seemed to gradually become clearer and more visible.
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