Chapter 9 Why are you so sad?
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I kept silent, and Gu Tingchen looked at me stubbornly.
When the bus arrived at the next stop, I got off in a hurry. He didn't follow me. I took a taxi back to the previous street and drove my own car back to the villa.
The large villa was empty, and I sat in a daze on the couch for a long time. The sentence he had said haunted my mind: I owe her a wedding anyway.
Thinking over, I realized that Gu Tingchen did owe Wen Ruyan a wedding.
Although it was Wen Ruyan that had given up their relationship, it could also make sense to say that Gu Tingchen had given up their relationship.
The reason was, even if Wen Ruyan had not chosen to leave Wu city with that 3 million, Gu Tingchen was also going to break up with her.
In love, no one can say that he had definitely made the right choice.
The magnificent wedding should have been given to Wen Ruyan three years ago.
I took her place. Now, everything had just gone back to square one.
Just as I was thinking, I received a call from Ji Nuan.
Ji Nuan ran a cat teahouse, and was one of my few friends. In the teahouse, there were many cats walking leisurely. She had always been making loss, and had managed to exist for years only after I became a shareholder of it.
I put my phone by my ear and asked, "what’s up?"
She said excitedly: "as you know, there is a music hall next door. There is a piano performance tonight, and I heard that a master that came back from America will perform. Now that you like the piano, come here and we will go to the performance together."
I would like the piano just because the performer was Gu Tingchen.
I looked down at the card with 5 million in it on the table. It was a vain attempt to buy love on the street. Not only was I regarded as a psycho, but even worse, I let Gu Tingchen see my poor appearance.
Since the money was useless for me, I decided to give it to Ji Nuan for her to run the teahouse.
I answered: "I'll be there in about an hour."
I got up and tidied up the room. Then I went to the bathroom for a new delicate makeup. Whenever and wherever, I wanted to be in my best appearance.
In the end, I wore a blue coat that could cover my knees, and took a taxi to the teahouse. The snow was still on. I let out a long breath, and walked into the teahouse and pretended that I was energetic.
At the sight of me, Ju Nuan put down the tea cup in her hand and hugged me with a smile, "what have you been so busy with that you don’t even have the time to come here?"
I lied, "just been busy with work."
Getting an explanation, Ji Nuan got off of me and said, "have a seat for a while. I'll have someone make you a cup of tea and come to you when I finish dealing with my things."
I sat in a quiet place by the window holding a white cat, and looked at the traffic in the street. Everything was serene.
Suddenly, a straight back of a man caught my eyes.
That back looked exceptionally proud.
I was stunned, and somehow, tears flew down silently.
I almost greedily stared at the back, just like I did in my youth, when I quietly follow behind Gu Tingchen. The scene was so familiar, stirring up all my memories.
I stood up in a hurry, and the cat ran away in fright. I rushed out of the teahouse and looked around, but could no longer see that back in the crowd.
Seeing me run out, Ji Nuan rushed out in a hurry. As she saw my crying, she asked with concern: "Sheng er, why are you crying?"
I seemed to have seen him.
That back had impressed me so deeply.
Finally, the image of the back had overlapped with the image of that warm man.
Will it be Gu Tingchen?!
Will it?
No one but Gu Tingchen could make me feel like that!
If it was not Gu Tingchen, then who would it be?
I suddenly thought of the concert that Gu Sisi had mentioned.
Was she referring to the concert here?
Is Gu Tingchen here at this moment?
I raised my hand and gently wiped the tears from the corners of my eyes. Looking back, I saw Ji Nuan crying as well. I was surprised, "little Nuan, what are you crying about?"
"Sheng er, why are you always so sad?"
Ji Nuan opened her arms to hug me, and then she sobbed, "you always cry inexplicably, but he has become your man, yours three years ago."
Ji Nuan was referring to Gu Tingchen.
I haven't told her about the divorce.
I closed my eyes and said with a smile, "maybe the snow is too stimulating for my eyes."
I went back into the teahouse with her, and found the white cat that had just been frightened. I gently put it in my arms, "I'm sorry. I just scared you."
"Meow". The cat made a sound, and rubbed the back of my hand with its head. Seeing how cute it was, and I couldn't help smiling: "you cutie."
I stayed in the tea house until evening. Ji Nuan had something to do and couldn’t accompany me to the concert.
She gave me the ticket and left in a hurry.
Putting the bank card next to her computer, I went to the music hall next door.
The hall was overcrowded. I found my seat and sat down. Sitting at my side were a couple who were whispering to each other.
The girl asked, "when will you marry me?"
The boy smiled, "when you grow up, I'll marry you."
I turned my head and looked at them. They were just about fourteen or fifteen years old.
I heard that people would never forget the one they fell in love with at this age. Just like Ji Nuan.
In the second year of senior high school, Ji Nuan fell in love with a rogue who had nothing and was not able to give her a stable and wealthy life. But she was just crazy about him, and even committed aborticide and suicide for him.
Even so, Ji Nuan still said that she would never find a second man in the world who loved her that much.
I still remember Ji Nuan saying to me many years ago, "Under the rogue appearance of that boy, there is a noble soul. I understand how fragile, sensitive and self-esteemed he is, and that he could do anything for love. Sheng er, he is no worse than the Gu Tingchen you have met. He has his idea and pride."
Yes indeed, that boy had nothing. But, he was willing to die for her at any time.
In the third year of senior high school, he saved her from a car accident.
He died, and so did the heart of Ji Nuan.
Up to this day, Ji Nuan was still single.
I withdrew my sight and silently wished that all the young people at this age could have their wishes come true.
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Time went by slowly, but the concert really didn't interest me.
Just as I was about to leave, a familiar melody came into my ear.
My eyes became moist instantly, and I looked at the stage in dismay.
There were a piano, and a pair of good-looking hands.
The music being performed was "The street where the wind resides".
I didn’t know if Gu Tingchen still remembered it.
The performer was so gentle and handsome while playing the piano.
His image looked exactly like that warm and elegant man from many years ago.
The song was over, and I hurriedly left for the backstage to look for him, but couldn’t find him no matter how hard I tried.
I'm afraid that he had gone. I was afraid that he would be someone else’s groom.
I was eager to see him, wanting him to know who I was.
I looked for him at the backstage for a long time in vain, and finally had to leave the music hall with a sense of loss.
It had been dark outside and the snow was even heavier.
I walked slowly in the street, and street lights lazily sprinkled on the snow road. As I was walking, a figure appeared in front of me.
I stopped and slowly looked up at the man in front of me.
I was stunned. He was wearing a blue coat which covered his knees, beneath the coat was a black high-necked sweater. In his neck, there was a scarf of apricot color. He looked exactly the same as the back I had seen in the afternoon.
It turned out that the man I saw from the teahouse was really him.
I compressed my lips, planning to ask why he played "The street where the wind resides", but before I could speak, he smiled at me, "little girl, you are following me again."
I lost control of my force and bit through my lip upon hearing this.
He called me little girl¡¡
Had he remembered me?
I called with tears in my eyes while trembling, "Gu Tingchen."
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