Gaya Street

Wu You had a very long dream, dreaming of the graduation ceremony, dreaming of meeting Lin Jing for the last time, he bid farewell to himself as usual, saying "see you tomorrow", but this tomorrow is so long, so far away, so short 24 hours, stretched into thousands of days and nights.

It was almost a bad dream. Fortunately, at the end, I saw Lin Jing waving to me again, saying goodbye the next day.Wu You was in a trance between half-dream and half-awake, afraid of experiencing a nightmare when he went to sleep again, and also afraid that although the dream was good, it would be in vain when he woke up, so he endured pretending to be awake, reviewing the relationship with Lin Jing the day before over and over again.From the encounter in the afternoon, to reminiscing about the old days in the tea room, and then running to the beach together, enjoying the same sunset for a long time.

Afterwards, on the way back to the hotel, the two of them didn't communicate much along the way. The good thing is that Wu You is not so self-confident anymore.Lin Jing didn't speak, and he just watched the scenery quietly, allowing such silence, and would not feel that it was a continuation of misunderstanding or embarrassment.

If you have any topic of interest, just ask him. Wu You will ask him what kind of tree is this on the street, it grows so tall, what kind of tree is it on this side, why are there still fruits on the branches, and ask him about the trees on the streets of the Gaya Street Market. The artist was singing something, and he picked up a frangipani flower with a yellow core and white petals on the street, and showed it to Lin Jing curiously.

Lin Jing also teased him with a smile: "It hasn't been long since my ears have been clean, and I want to listen to your endless nonsense again."

"It's been clean for ten years, isn't that enough?"

Lin Jing stopped talking. He deliberately changed the topic, saying that the tree on the street was casuarinas, and the fruit it produced was mango, which was too sour to eat. He said that he only learned Cantonese and could not understand Malay. In the end, he took the little frangipani flower and pinned it to Wu You's ear with his backhand.

"Put it on, it looks pretty," Wu You knew that he had said something wrong again, and he was quite docile. Lin Jing could not do anything wrong. He rolled his eyes, glanced at the flowers next to his ears, and heard Lin Jing continue to say , "Why do you ask me everything, do you use me as an encyclopedia?"

"You really know this place very well." Taking advantage of Lin Jing's inattention, he picked off the flowers and pinched them between his fingers, thinking that there is no boy wearing flowers, it doesn't look like that, and after finishing his sneaky movements, he peeked at Lin Jing again. Jing, deliberately changed the topic, "So what else is there for fun?"

Lin Jing thought for a while, he has many Chinese friends here as tour groups for Chinese tourists, and when he listened to them talking about work, he also knew which scenic spots tourists like, so he slowly counted them one by one, Mermaid Island, Blue Ring Island and Mount Kinabalu, he paused, then said, "You don't look like you want to go to Semporna and Sipadan."

Wu Youyou nodded: "I don't have a deep diving certificate." After thinking about it, he probably felt that what he said was inaccurate, and then said: "I have never dived before."

Lin Jing looked at Wu You. At this moment, he was pretending to be attracted by the moonlight, putting on a very artificial and free and easy posture.You can't even swim, Lin Jing completed the second half of Wu You's unfinished sentence in his heart, explaining his guilty behavior at the moment.

"You can apply for a one-day tour group on the e-commerce platform and go to a scenic spot every day."

Wu You just turned his head. The moonlight just now was not appreciated in vain. The brilliance of the moonlight fell in his eyes. His beautiful eyes were bright and full of anticipation: "Really? Then I will book now .”

The two had already walked downstairs to the hotel. Lin Jing leaned on the stone pillar in front of the door, watching Wu You's fingers slide quickly on the screen of the phone, and suddenly stopped, as if he had just remembered something, he lifted the He glanced at Lin Jing, thinking that he had covered up this little move very well, but in fact Lin Jing could see everything.

"what happened?"

"Am I just booking for one person?"

It was only then that Lin Jing understood what Wu You was worrying about. Before he could answer, he saw Wu You's expectant expression clearly collapsed during the few seconds of silence. Stepping forward, he raised his head to look at Lin Jing, the corners of his mouth curled up, and he didn't smile very well, "Do I only book for myself?" He asked again, with the emphasis on the word "myself".

Whether or not to go with him, Lin Jing seriously thought about it. This impulse came from when he passed by Wu You in the hotel lobby, and it became stronger when he took his hand towards the sunset, but at this moment, it seemed to become weaker as the tide receded. There is nothing left to do.Lin Jing has no confidence in himself, nor does he have confidence in Wu You, who came here because of a broken relationship. He doesn't want to repeat the mistakes of ten years ago and make a friendship that could have lasted for a long time come to naught out of greed.

He didn't dare to confirm whether his affection for Wu You was the same as it was ten years ago, and he couldn't even say whether it was due to unwillingness and regret; Wu You's feelings for him were even more so, Lin Jing didn't know that Wu You didn't want to lose someone Good friend, still want a lover, or just a long journey and need a playmate.

The missed time can't be made up, and he doesn't know if he can cross it. Lin Jing is afraid that Wu You will retreat even further if he steps over.

Wu You lowered his head again, Lin Jing looked at him and suddenly felt unbearable, but before explaining to him, Wu You showed him the phone screen, looking normal: "Okay, then I'll go back. "

So he turned around, and the wind blew from the sea not far away, lifting the hem of his shirt. Lin Jing wanted to reach out to grab his hand, but only encountered the soft material that flew up, "Wu You," Lin Jing said. Jing stopped him, and Wu You stopped, turned around, looked back at him, and said nothing.Lin Jing hesitated to explain, but in the end he just said three words, "See you tomorrow."

Wu You stood a little far away, leaving Lin Jing with only a side profile. He completely gave up his disguise, and the disappointment in his eyes could not be hidden. He raised his head slightly, his eyes looked at the far sky, his thoughts seemed to travel through To the same distant memory, "Can I really see you this time?"

He didn't know what he was thinking, his eyes blinked, his eyelashes fluttered up and down like the wings of a butterfly.This butterfly didn't land in the Amazon jungle, but just flapping its wings casually could set off a storm in Lin Jing's heart.

Lin Jing nodded, and he repeated again: "See you tomorrow."

The rain came later than expected, it probably fell late at night or around dawn, and when Wu You woke up in the morning, the raindrops on the glass windows hadn't dried yet.

The tour group agreed to pick up Wu You at the hotel early in the morning. The first stop of his official journey was Mermaid Island, not far from the mainland of Kota Kinabalu.This was the first place Lin Jing mentioned yesterday, so Wu You chose this place, even though he didn't know much about it.But yesterday I was invited, and Lin Jing didn't have the idea of ​​getting together.

Without him by his side, Wu You seemed to have returned to the gloomy mood when he just stepped off the plane. Even though there was blue sky, white clouds, and sunny islands in front of him, he felt uninterested.

Wu You woke up very early, had breakfast, and was still not clear when he walked out of the hotel.Pushing open the revolving door, I saw him standing there, tall, wearing a T-shirt and shorts, carrying a backpack, leaning against the flower bed in front of the door, and seeing Wu You approaching, he raised his hand to him waved.

He was not mistaken, it was Lin Jing.

He almost ran towards Lin Jing at a trot, and couldn't help but grab Lin Jing's wrist. He was worried that this was his unfinished dream, but he was glad that his wish had come true, "Why are you here?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Wu You realized that his natural movements were too intimate, and hastily let go of Lin Jing's hand.

"I didn't say I couldn't come, didn't I promise to meet again today?"

The temperature on his hand disappeared before he could feel it well. Lin Jing looked down at Wu You's hanging hand, then looked at Wu You and explained.He raised his fingers, gently slid across the back of Wu You's hand, and tapped on his palm.This action was not endowed with any meaning, it was just that Lin Jing did this, and felt it was a hint. He didn't know if it was crossing the line, so he put his hand in his pocket, to control the disobedient who always wanted to hold Wu You Own.

"A Jing."

The conversation was interrupted, and a dark-skinned boy wearing glasses approached. He also had a Chinese face. He seemed to have known Lin Jing for a long time. He took Lin Jing's hand and bumped him on the shoulder.Lin Jing also chatted with him, but Wu You couldn't understand, so he looked at Lin Jing quietly and waited for them to finish talking.

"This is my friend, I have to trouble you today," Wu You finally changed to Mandarin, watching Lin Jing turn his head, then looked at himself and continued, "This is our tour guide for today, you call him A Jay."

Only then did Wu You realize that he thought it was Lin Jing who met a friend by chance, but he didn't expect that it was actually the guide he was entrusting with for a day's itinerary.He reached out his hand to shake hands with Ajie and said hello: "Please."

The people here are as hot and straightforward as the weather on the equator. Ajie said something polite, patted Lin Jing on the shoulder and signaled the two of them to get in the car, it was time to set off.

Mermaid Island is not the closest island to Kota Kinabalu, nor can it be called the most beautiful. Fortunately, it is not too far away, and the scenery is not bad. Combining all kinds of "second best" conditions, it is suitable for Wu You, who is not demanding traveler.It takes two hours to drive from the city of Kota Kinabalu, and then to the pier to transfer to a yacht. The journey takes almost three hours.Near noon, Wu Youcai saw the mermaid island on the vast sea.

Wu You originally thought that the name had more vivid and mysterious allusions, such as a mermaid whose silhouette is wagging its tail, or a romantic story that turns into bubbles. After thinking about it, Lin Jing decided to break the excessive interpretation in his mind: "It is said It was because manatees were discovered before that it got its current name."

This term is obscure, Wu You recalled it for a while, and then remembered that it was another name for mermaid.He complied clearly, the explanation was so straightforward that he didn't expect it, but fortunately, he didn't expect much at first, so he didn't have the disillusionment like being deceived by the propaganda.

He didn't even bother to think about that.The speed of the yacht is very fast, facing the waves forward, the bow keeps ups and downs, and when you pass a wave, you will feel a very short-term weightlessness.At this time, Ajie finally showed his ability to control the field as a tour guide. Every time the boat charged, he took the lead in exclaiming once, causing the passengers on the boat to scream once.After several rounds of such tricks, the passengers became more excited, and it was not surprising that they were all surprised.

Wu You is an exception hidden in the crowd.When he was a child, he was afraid of the dark and ghosts, and avoided haunted houses and high altitudes. Even the opportunity to get acquainted with Lin Jing at that time was partly due to going to the amusement park together in high school and forcibly holding his hand to vent his fear. experience.Although he became more courageous when he grew up, he was still not used to the trembling feeling of weightlessness.However, the fear at this moment is full of unknowns. I don’t know where the next wave is waiting, and I don’t know how high the jump will be. Wu You dare not be distracted at all times, so he grabs the armrest of the seat with his hand, tenses his body and waits. The next "fall".

"Do you think it's not so dreamy anymore?" Lin Jing watched his smile getting weaker and colder, and thought it was because he thought this place was boring, and he was disappointed from the name, "I knew you didn't like it. , I’ll take you somewhere else by myself.”

"No, I don't like it." He was still holding the armrest, but worried that Lin Jing might misunderstand, he shook his head vigorously, his body was still weirdly stiff, like a rattle, cute and a little funny.

Wu You was always lively and interesting when he was a child, and occasionally made people feel naughty and even noisy.When we first met yesterday, he looked more restrained than before. Lin Jing looked at him like this, and began to miss the young boy who had no taboos before.At this moment, Lin Jing didn't know what kind of unconstrained joke he was playing, but felt that he had finally fulfilled his wish to see the carefree and carefree him he was when he was a child.

Wu You didn't know that Lin Jing's mind drifted back to the past, seeing that he didn't speak, fearing that he would disappoint him, he comforted him: "You are not my tour guide."

Lin Jing smiled, but also began to doubt her identity.He leaned on the seat, propped his elbows on the armrest next to him, and couldn't help asking Wu You: "It's not a tour guide, what is that?"

what is it then?Wu You was stopped by his question.

You are my old classmate, you are my good friend.That was Wu You's usual description of Lin Jing, but at the moment, he felt that he couldn't say any word, and felt that it was not the answer he agreed with and wanted.

Conversely, if you ask Lin Jing at this time, Wu You doesn't like such a reply either.

Wu You turned around, and let go of the hand that had been holding on to the armrest. He faced Lin Jing, and the answer he wanted to say was vague, and he was not sure himself.what is it then?Lin Jing is not always a thing to relieve loneliness, nor is it a pastime for the empty journey.

He thought of the change in mood when he saw Lin Jing in the morning, as if the downpour had finally stopped, the flowers, plants and trees were still wet from the water, and the fragrant fragrance was stimulated by the rain, the sky finally cleared up, no more complaints about the humidity, just I think this good rain is just in time.

Wu You thought, Lin Jing is the company itself, and Lin Jing is the meaning of travel.

"You..." probably because the wind and waves thought the calm was too long, and insisted on playing a prank when everyone put down their guard, Wu Yougang opened his mouth, but his words were covered by the sound of the waves hitting the hull and the exclamation of others.This time the impact of the fall was particularly severe, Wu You didn't sit still, his body swayed a bit before he stabilized, another sudden disturbance made him even more afraid to let go.

Only then did Lin Jing realize that Wu You's cramping was due to the jolting weightlessness.He should have thought of it earlier.At this moment, he is much calmer and calmer than Wu You. Seeing that Wu You is not as lively as before, his hands are tightly gripping the metal railing, and his knuckles are turning blue and white.

"Grab me." Lin Jing put his hand on his side, he saw Wu You hesitated for a moment, but finally he didn't hold his hand, but the little finger curled up and folded on his finger.

That's fine, that's enough.

It's a pity that I didn't hear what Wu You didn't say. Lin Jing felt that he was not too attached to the answer. Wu You took a small step, which was an extravagant expectation for Lin Jing. As long as Wu You didn't push him away, it was enough. As long as Wu You doesn't push him away, he will approach step by step.My face is facing you, and my heart is also facing you, and I will always get closer and closer.