Gaya Street

On the morning of the departure back to China, Wu You packed his luggage and walked out of the hotel like those days before. There were people coming and going at the entrance of the hotel, but there was no one he wanted to see.Wu You stood in front of the revolving glass door. The kumquat trees on both sides of the door were still full of fruits, exuding bursts of fragrance. The small golden fruits were hung with red Chinese New Year pendants, which reminded him very appropriately, Another new year, another new beginning.

This morning, the sky is clear and clear, there is no wet water vapor, and the weather is dry and refreshing.Wu You walked out of the hotel, turned two corners, and walked to Gaya Street in three to five minutes. He passed under the wooden archway and looked closer, only to notice that the light yellow pillars had been painted with a layer of paint. Golden paint, the sun shines on it, and the fine gold powder shimmers.There is also a row of red lanterns hanging on the plaque, and the new year will be a week later. When the red lanterns are lit up, it should look more year-like than domestic cities.

He walked slowly according to the route in his memory, as if aimlessly, until he came to the door of the dark and dingy restaurant, standing under the signboard of "Chen Ji Tea Room", Wu You realized that he had come here again .On the day he first arrived in Kota Kinabalu, Lin Jing invited him to have a reminiscing dinner here. The laksa noodles were hot and sour, and the teh tarik was cold and sweet.

Wu You walked into the narrow front of the store. It was still too early, and the lights in the store were not turned on, only the dim natural light fell on the dark wood-colored tables and chairs.Wu You narrowed his eyes and adjusted for a while before he could see the indoor environment clearly.Unlike that night, there was no one in the outer hall at the moment, and there was a clanging sound from the back kitchen inside. "Is anyone there?" Wu You raised his voice and asked.

In my impression, the boss came out of the back kitchen when he heard the sound, and was surprised to see Wu You. After thinking for a while, he remembered that he was Lin Jing's friend, "Young boy came so early, why didn't Ah Jing come with you?"

The boss remembered that he might not understand Cantonese, so he asked again in very substandard Mandarin, "Is Ah Jing not here?"

Wu You shook his head, and replied in a low voice: "He's leaving first." After saying this, he reminded himself again, and his mood became depressed.

"What are we eating today?"

"The kind that Lin Jing often eats," he thought for a while, a little suspicious of the name he wrote down, "is it called mouse powder?"

"Yeah, you have become his taste too, wait a minute."

Pulling out a chair and sitting down, Wu You seemed to return to the old place in his memory, and looked at this small room again, everywhere was old, there was a poster of "Dragon and Tiger Gate" on the wall, and the three Hong Kong stars all kept it. With half-length hair, it's hard to tell who's who from a distance.The old stereo on the counter was turned on, and the song "Thousands of Waters and Thousand Mountains Are Always Love" was played again. Wu You probably listened to the middle half of the lyrics, as if they were singing: gathering and parting are also destined, don't blame God or fate , but I hope there are mountains and rivers to testify.

Gathering and parting are impermanent, don’t blame heaven and earth for being ruthless, Wu You thought that this is true, he has no right to blame heaven, he can only blame himself, Malaysia’s beautiful landscapes are all wasted by him, this time he saw Lin Jing clearly , but did not see clearly his own heart.

At this moment, the food and beverages were served, Wu You's eyes were sour, as if he was about to cry, he wiped his eyes as a cover-up, but instead attracted attention like stealing the bell, the boss was considerate and didn't ask too much.

Wu You thought of Lin Jing, and he was almost everywhere in front of his eyes and ears. When he heard the boss call, he also felt that he was calling "A Jing" and "A Jing" every sentence in Cantonese. His favorite food, and remembered how he tasted it with his head down.The dry meat on the casserole was covered with a layer, Wu You carefully mixed it, picked it up and took a bite, the rice noodles just out of the pot hadn’t cooled down yet, Wu You’s mouth was so hot that it tingled, and he sucked the straw again , relieved with an iced drink.This drink also has a special taste. A salty olive is added to the soda, which is salty and sweet in the mouth.Wu You complained in his heart about Lin Jing's weird taste, and the food he liked was not tasty at all, and he realized later that the bitterness came from his throat and nasal cavity, and it was the taste of tears.

The chopsticks were put down by Wu You, and the taste in his mouth was not good, nor in his heart.

The photo that Lin Jing returned to him was also kept in Wu You's wallet. He took it out and put it on the table, fearing that it would be stained with oil, he carefully held the corners and put it in the palm of his hand.He remembered Lin Jing's words again, and he said, "Put it away for me", and then returned this photo, together with the memories of more than ten years, to Wu You.Wu You knew that Lin Jing was sending him off, so he wouldn't contact him anymore. At most, he would see his message and reply without pain, and he wouldn't go around and say goodbye again. not see.

His mouth was so hot that it hurt, Wu You rubbed his fingers against his lips, thinking of Lin Jing's almost savage biting the night before, it seems that he can still feel his ruthless tooth marks now, and he can recall the time when he was in a hurry. The uncontrollable breathing, the beating heartbeat, and the physiological impulse that is about to come out from under him.

It was a heart-pounding experience that he had never experienced before. At that moment, Wu You realized what Lin Jing wanted to hear. It was not just a few words, but instinctive impulse and desire, and it was a restraint limited to the scope of love. Restless and desperate.

He lowered his head and bit the straw, and recalled that on that small island, Lin Jing leaned over and drank fruit juice leisurely. The light shining on his face made him look extraordinarily charming and beautiful. This picture will be covered for ten years. The previous separation made Wu You return with this final fixed frame and spend the rest of his life for many years.But now Wu You realizes that he is not satisfied with this. He doesn't want to rely on the memory of this moment as a souvenir of this trip. He wants to be with Lin Jing all the time and for a long time, watching his shoulders and bones become wider and the corners of his eyes more open. Another fine line appeared, a few inches of stubble appeared, and the memories suspended separately had to wait for the reunion and staying together to last longer.

Thinking about it, Wu You's eyes became hot, and the tears that could not be held back almost fell down with his sighs. A misunderstanding ten years ago pushed Lin Jing so far away. Ten years later, he finally met. Running counter to Lin Jing.For the first time, he felt that he was such a terrible person. He accepted Lin Jing's kindness to him with peace of mind, but he was hesitant to respond. When Lin Jing really gave up on himself, he would regret it again, and wanted to ask him again if it was possible , I want to refute him, it's not what you said "it's time", it's not yet time, the ten years owed to you must be counted.It doesn't matter if you ignore me, but you owe me a little time.

This small shop is at the end of Gaya Street, avoiding the crowded center, and the business is very bleak.In the two times Wu You has been here, he has hardly encountered any guests other than himself.On the day before I was about to leave, I met the rest of the patrons for the first time.With his back to the gate, Wu You couldn't see the appearance of the person coming. He just felt that his crying face must be ugly, so he raised his hand to cover his face.The new guests did not speak, did not order greetings, only heard a burst of gentle footsteps.

Through the gaps between his fingers and the dense drops of water in his eyes, Wu You saw a slender hand touching the table in front of him. Before he could react, the hand turned over with its knuckles bent, and it stopped in front of his eyes. position, tapped twice, and tapped on the table.Wu You put down his hand blocking his sight, and the person he was thinking of appeared in front of him.

"When you're old, you still cry."

Lin Jing brought a tissue from the next table, clutched it in his hand, and wiped Wu You's face indiscriminately as if joking.Wu You was still sad at first, but was teased by him so much that he wanted to laugh. He took the messy tissue, wiped his face clean, and asked him, "Why are you here?"

"I'm afraid that you will be sad because of a broken relationship, so you will smash the boss's shop."

Hearing that Lin Jing was still joking, Wu You relaxed a little, and muttered in a low voice, "It's not a broken relationship."

"Then you don't need me," he said, and actually got up and made a gesture to leave, "I just fell out of love because of you." Wu You heard his serious tone, and didn't dare to say anything more, afraid to say it again Wrong, Lin Jing really left.

"Lin Jing." Wu You called him, grabbed Lin Jing's wrist, told him to stop, Lin Jing turned to look at him, and pushed Wu You's hand away. I was thinking about whether there is any need to waste a few more minutes with Wu You, but finally I relented and returned to my seat.

"Is there anything else you didn't say to me?" Lin Jing put his elbows on the edge of the table, and tapped the table with his fingertips.

"I don't want to go."

"I have nothing to do when I go back. I...I can stay here for a few more days, or, or are you going to Kuala Lumpur? My visa is very long, and I can also go to Kuala Lumpur, and I can go back in March."

Lin Jing looked at Wu You, his eyes were red, his voice was full of nasal voice, his eyes dodged, and he drifted from here to there, except he didn't look at Lin Jing.Lin Jing stopped tapping the table with his fingers, and the sound of nails colliding with the wooden table also stopped, replaced by his questioning voice: "Why do you want to stay?" After a pause for a few seconds, he asked, "Why do you want to go to Kuala Lumpur? "

He was waiting for himself to say it, Wu You breathed a long sigh of relief, and slowly said: "I'm a little scared, I'm afraid you think too much of me, become a lover and be disappointed in me, what kind of like do you like? Well, I don't know, but if one day we find out that it's better to be friends, then I will really lose you."

"I've always wanted to draw this boundary line more clearly. If we don't reach there, we are just friendship. If we exceed it, it is almost love. But thinking about it, I feel that this is like a wave, undulating along this line. I It’s even more indistinguishable.”

"But yesterday... After yesterday, it seems that no matter what, we can't be together anymore. I guess you don't want to talk to me anymore. The words are nice. It must be like when you were a child. If you don't reply to email messages, you must Just forget about me."

Lin Jing seemed to be right, Wu You watched him touch his nose, but it seemed that he was not only trying to hide his embarrassment, his eyes were also red.

"I don't want you to forget me, so I thought, if you forget it, don't care, you don't want me anymore, and when you get tired of me because of disappointment, there will be three or five days, so I can spend more time with you God. I erased that line, no matter if he is a friend or something, I like you, Wu You likes Lin Jing, so just vaguely count me as a pass, is that okay?"

Wu You thinks that friendship is the budding and destination of many emotions. When lovers go to the old age, they will be accompanied in the end, so there is no need for identity.

"Lin Jing..."

Lin Jing looked at him, and talked a lot in one go, and felt wronged from time to time in the middle of speaking, his breath was not smooth, and his voice trembled.He was ready to be hard-hearted today to the end, Wu You lost his sense of proportion after a few words, he stretched out his hand to hold his face, and wiped along Wu You's wet eyelashes.Wu You has always been good at acting like a baby without knowing it, so he held Lin Jing's hand, buried his cheek in his palm and rubbed back and forth, his intermittent words and breath fell into Lin Jing's palm.

"So don't let me go, I don't want to go, you want to go to Semporna, I can go to the island without a deep-water diving certificate, right? Kuala Lumpur, or anywhere else."

Why did it suddenly involve diving again?Lin Jing still couldn't keep up with Wu You's brain circuit, so he could only laugh helplessly, his red eyes seemed to be contagious in the air, Lin Jing looked at him, his eyes were sore and swollen to the point of tears.

The day before so stubbornly wanting to hear a word of "like", after hearing so many nonsense words today, Lin Jing seems to have gotten the answer she wanted.

"You said you liked me at the age of 17. Then we were friends at the age of 16. I might like you for a year longer than you. You should pay me for the time you owe me."

He was completely amused by Wu You's weird logic, but he didn't care what he said.

Do you like it? How deep is the relationship? Do you really want to stay for me? Lin Jing couldn't bear to figure it out, or how could he figure out these meaningless things? Wu You is willing to really be like what he said As he said, without pushing himself away, or even taking a step forward, Lin Jing couldn't leave him pretending to be cool like yesterday.

This small shop is too old, Lin Jing only thinks that there is too much dust in the room, and it floats into the eye sockets, making people almost cry. "You want to go back," he didn't speak for a long time, and when he finished speaking like this, he saw Wu You's expression of stepping down all of a sudden, so it was his punishment for "broken love" yesterday.

"Let's go back together, you take me home for the New Year."

In late February, the school organized a 2th anniversary celebration. Both Wu You and Lin Jing felt that the celebration came suddenly, and couldn't help but wonder why the previous 60th birthday was not celebrated.

Lin Jing boarded the No. 13 bus, and when he passed the stop of Wu You's house, Wu You was waiting for him at the station. He stood outside the bus window and waved to Lin Jing. He was not old enough, and Wu You, an adult, finally had a burden. , dare not say hello to him too enthusiastically.

After the Spring Festival, his parents left him and went to the south for vacation, saying that they finally met Wu You's boyfriend this year, and there was nothing to worry about.

Her mother looked at Lin Jing, her eyes were red, and she almost shed tears with Lin Jing. The child who hadn't seen her for so many years grew taller again, and her eyebrows and eyes were even more handsome than when she was a child.Ms. Wu liked it no matter how she saw it. She didn't know the twists and turns, and even scolded Wu You. Obviously, her boyfriend was Xiao Jing, so why didn't she bring her home after hiding for so long.

Wu You didn't know where to start to explain, and looked at Lin Jing anxiously, worried that he would be sensitive about his ex.Lin Jing didn't care, and even followed his mother's words and said that he was late.At night, I thought of a good way to punish Wu You, put him on the small bed where we played together when we were young, licked his earlobe, and rubbed hard in his body, to see if he could bear it, dared not Make some noise in your own home.I am finally satisfied in the end, and treat irrelevant things as small interests, and don't take it to heart.

The missed ten years is a pity, but it is not in vain. It has become a transparent secret between two people, and when we talk again, we can also recall it frankly.

Back at school, air conditioners were installed in the teaching building, and the library was renovated from inside to outside. Apart from these, other changes were also logical.The old classmates all came to the school celebration to join in the fun, the class leader is still a good guy, he is very successful, and he is good at deceiving people with speeches; What's the shame; the rampant brother Niu in the next class is unexpectedly not so irritable. I don't know what he has experienced, and he looks the most vicissitudes.

The old classmates only thought that Wu You and Lin Jing had a long-lasting friendship, Lin Jing disappeared without a word, and Wu You was the only one who could find him.Wu You had no choice but to smile and pretend to be stupid, Lin Jing's fingers stuck to the back of his hand, pretending to caress casually.

These years have been like falling rain. When it pours down, it is vigorous. When the sun comes out, the water droplets evaporate from the ground, leaving no trace.Those people in memory, who experienced ordinary things, finally became ordinary memories.

Celebrations, reminiscences, and socializing all came to an end in the afternoon. Wu You followed Lin Jing through that familiar alley. During the three years of high school, the two walked together countless times.

In winter, the days are short, dusk comes early, and the sun is soft and warm, making the body warm and comfortable.Wu You stopped and looked at Lin Jing who was standing beside him, the rays of light shone on his face, outlining the sharp edges and corners of his face much softer.Lin Jing was aware of Wu You's gaze, and he also looked into Wu You's eyes, thinking that Wu You remembered something, so he asked him: "What's wrong?"

Wu You didn't speak, the sunset is so beautiful, bewitched by her power, it's easy to do some romantic and silly things.He clasped Lin Jing's wrist and approached slowly, the small mole at the end of his eyebrow was illuminated by the sun, which was much more obvious than usual.

The lips brushed along the cheeks, and the second one just landed on the corner of Lin Jing's mouth.The kiss just like a touch of water is just right, enough to let the regret pass away and make the memory complete.

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This short story is finished, thank you all.There is no plan to write a special episode at present, if you want to read it, you can comment, and I can also write a few articles.If you want txt and the like, you can find me on Weibo with the same name.Thanks again.There will be a postscript later.