Gaya Street

I thought and thought about the postscript, wrote and wrote, and wanted to say too much. When I just finished writing and saving the manuscript, there were too many negative emotions every day, and the postscript was full of complaints.About a week after I finished writing the article, I re-wrote the postscript again.

In 2019, like the protagonist Wu You, I took an early morning flight from Beijing to Kota Kinabalu, stayed for four or five days, then flew to Kuala Lumpur, and finally returned to Beijing.

Kuala Lumpur is trendier and more prosperous than KUALA LUMPUR.The reason, in my impression, is that the entire city of Kota Kinabalu was burned down and rebuilt during the war, so there is nothing new or old here, except for diving and mountain climbing, there are no highlights.The word Kota Kinabalu also comes from the Malay word "Api", which originally means fire. The local Chinese have the name of Kota Kinabalu based on the homonym.

In the days when I can travel freely, I have been to many places, Japan, South Korea, the United States, and many cities in Europe. With so many countries with different styles, Malaysia can be regarded as an unpopular and relatively boring destination. I don't know why, but during so many trips, it became the inspiration for my writing.In addition to what was mentioned in the article, what impressed me the most is the kaya bread at Fuyuan Tea Restaurant in Kota Kinabalu, the new Jiuru Beef Noodles at Petaling Street in Kuala Lumpur, and the mashed potatoes at KFC in Malaysia. The portion is as big as four in China big.

Memories about travel faded faster than I expected. After deciding to write this article, I searched for records at that time from various social media and mobile phone albums, but unfortunately I found very little.I was processing vague memories, like a planner of a travel agency, making this trip a little more vivid and romantic, imagining the humidity, stuffiness, oldness, and laziness of Nanyang, and finally wrote it as it is now.I don't know if readers who have been to Malaysia think it is exaggerated, and I don't know if readers who have not been to Malaysia have longing.

I labeled the article as a road article, but maybe it is just a travel note, I don’t know if I count it as copywriting fraud.To be honest, I am not so clear about the label of the road article. When I see these three words, the scene in front of me is an endless road and a lonely and desolate atmosphere. I think the "highway" in this article has a Wu You went on a trip and brought Lin Jing home at the same time. Thinking about it this way, he thought it was an explanation.

In fact, the original intention of this article is not to write about the journey. During the few days of the college entrance examination in 2022, I somehow thought of my memory of the college entrance examination about ten years ago.I was still lamenting how good it is to be young, but when I think about it carefully, in fact, every day after the age of 25, I almost lamented the cuteness and hatefulness of youth.Then there was that sentence, "Some people abandon you because of the future, and some people regard you as a brilliant future."

I said in my essay that this sentence is the beginning of everything in this article, and it is indeed the case. The regret and fulfillment of this article through ten years all started with this idea, but the initial design It was the protagonist who knew the other party's liking and then separated, and later changed it to the separation caused by misunderstanding.

As I was writing, I was suddenly puzzled. The articles I wrote before were all result-oriented, and the two protagonists were destined to be together, so heartbeat and ambiguity are not the most important, but silly and sweet.If you read the article I finished before and read this one again, you will think that he is not very sweet, and even a little sad.At that time, I thought, without sweet love and seduction, would anyone like to watch these.But this question was fleeting, and soon I was bewitched by the inexplicable enthusiasm and courage. I realized that the joy and regret of reuniting after a long absence, the cautiousness and temptation of regaining lost, are my favorite parts this time.So I decided that this is what I want to write, and I must finish it.

The personalities of the two protagonists are also unexpected.I used to prefer "strong" and even sneered at the stupid, silly, older "child" like Wu You, but gradually changed my mind, whether it is my life or the life of Lin Jing in the text , all look forward to and long for such a person to appear, everyone has worked very hard, and all need such a cheerful and unreal friend and partner.I also thought, in this kind of relationship of tossing and reuniting, can someone be strong, maybe the two of them are like cacti that want to hug - if touching you makes you hurt, then I will watch from afar You are enough too.

So if you want to define it, this time it can be regarded as "weak and weak". Two people are moving forward a little bit, slowly approaching each other, not even trying to draw you closer, as long as you don't go further.There is no need to bluff, but to show the other party your truest side.

For example, Lin Jing, like a shell floating in the sea, was exiled to Beijing by his family, and then exiled to a foreign country, so he was lonely and indifferent, hiding his softness and delicateness.But the wound is where the light enters his heart. Only an over-enthusiastic and over-cheerful cute ghost like Wu You can warm him up. The ice melts, and the spring spirit sealed inside is revived.

Among my protagonists, there is always a person who has encountered twists and turns. This time it is Lin Jing’s turn. His growth experience is displaced, which fits well with my feelings about Malaysia.I personally think that in such a multi-racial immigrant country, people living there will more or less have confusion about self-identity, which coincides with Lin Jing's life trajectory and leads to the same goal.Maybe other minority groups live there without a sense of belonging, but Lin Jing should be an exception. His sense of belonging comes from not belonging.

Wu You is a very simple person. He grew up surrounded by love, and all his troubles were wasted on unconstrained ideas. He is a delicious and pleasant sugar like painkillers.But he is indecisive. Compared with Lin Jing, who is more sensitive than his peers, his emotional enlightenment is very late (I set him to be almost 30 years old, and he only talked about a love that ended at the speed of light), so he was confused. Ten years later, the chance to reunite on this exotic trip was almost wasted.

I don’t know if you who read the article have thought about whether Wu You liked Lin Jing when he was a child. The answer is very vague, because I really think that friendship is the beginning and destination of many kinds of emotions. It’s not like water boils and evaporates. There is a clear boundary like freezing at zero degrees.So I wrote it according to the fact that Wu You himself didn't know.

I really like the details of ten years ago. The reason is that there are images of the Olympic Games, Yi Jianlian's NBA draft, Legend of Sword and Fairy IV, MP4, and wired headphones. They are very retro and nostalgic. ".When I saw these sporadic memories of my teenage years when I was serializing, I felt relieved and relaxed a lot.

There is joy, and there is also pain. At that time, I was conceiving every day before going to bed, trying to write him well, and I was about to collapse because I was not satisfied with myself. Now that I think about it, I feel that there are many things in my life and in the future. There will never be such a hobby that I can devote myself to so much.

But fortunately, even if the process was not so smooth, I completed this work seriously.After writing, I feel that every plot of this article is just like my imagination, and every word is full of romance and warmth that I love. I am very content and gratified. "Gaya Street" is the last article, I have no regrets, and I am grateful and proud of myself who have put in all my hard work.

In addition, many thanks.Thanks to the teacher, she is my only friend who is a writer, and also the only person I share and talk to. Without her, this article probably would not have taken shape, nor would it have been finished.After the serialization, she also gave me a lot of encouragement. At first, I even thought she was the only one reading this article.So a big thank you to her.Her article [(link)] is excellent.

Thank you to everyone who has read this article, especially those who have seen my advertisements in other articles. I hope that you have not been disappointed, and thank you for your tolerance.Thank you for your comments on each chapter.

I wish you every journey is wonderful and colorful, and every relationship, whether it is love, friendship or family, is warm and healing.

Beijing, January 2022, 7