NABC Chapter 20 Chapter 20
Chapter 20 Chapter 20
The hot pot restaurant the two of them came to was at lunch time, and it was a holiday, so there were a lot of people, so they had to wait outside.
The food inside is in full swing, and the wait outside is scratching your heart and liver.
The two sat on the stool and waited slowly. There was a lot of time, so there was no rush.
Seeing Ji Tunan fiddling with his phone, Xue Zhining suddenly remembered that Ji Tunan didn't need to go to the gym, and he still had time to be his tour guide?
"Are you busy in the gym?" Xue Zhining asked.
Ji Tunan put down his phone and looked at Xue Zhining. "Not busy, I'm fine these two days, don't worry!"
Xue Zhining nodded, that's good, Ji Tunan can't be put down from work just because he is with him, otherwise it would be too willful.
However, it was indeed Ji Tunan himself who proposed to be a tour guide!
"By the way, what did you mean when you said you were "that young man" in the car?"
Xue Zhining just remembered that question and got out of the car before Ji Tunan answered it, so he decided to ask it again, maybe he could learn more about Ji Tunan because of this question.
Ji Tunan looked at the people with the same sign in front, and there were more than a dozen people. If he answered Xue Zhining's question, he would probably be able to reach them after he finished speaking.
"Hmm..." Ji Tunan was considering what to say and how much to say.
Seeing that Ji Tunan hesitated, Xue Zhining was afraid that he felt that he had a lot of questions and shouldn't ask so many questions, so he quickly explained: "Well, if you don't want to say it, don't say it, I just saw that you didn't look very good just now."
He thought that Ji Tunan was just a high-altitude flower when he was an instructor, because the feeling of loneliness and alienation when he met him in the gym was better than when he was an instructor.
But at certain times, such as when he was meditating in Jitunan, this feeling surged up like a tide, not only that, but also filled with a lot of melancholy foam.
"No, I'm just thinking about what to say." Ji Tunan lowered his head slightly, with his hands on his lap and his two thumbs entangled.
"Actually, I discovered that I liked boys when I was a teenager, but at that time I was very, very..." Ji Tunan said a few words, then suddenly stopped.
Xue Zhining looked at Ji Tunan suspiciously.
"It's broken." Ji Tunan hesitated and even uttered two words with difficulty.
"Broken?" Xue Zhining chewed these two words, feeling a sense of powerlessness and slowly rising pain in his heart, like an ant sting, sore and numb.
"Yes, I think this is the best word to describe me at that time, that boy..." Ji Tunan smiled and continued: "It should be said that he was still a child at that time, rushing through the world like a ray of light. Into my life, we were very young, and our relationship was very pure, we often ran and laughed in a field of lavender. Now I think it was love at that time, maybe it was really just a kind of hazy friendship between children."
When Ji Tunan said this, he was recalling, his expression was irresistibly soft, and even his eyes shone brightly.
Xue Zhining listened carefully, staring at Ji Tunan with the same enthusiasm as when he was in the car just now, that boy is really his salvation.
"We were inseparable, and soon his mother noticed something strange, separated us, and I left. Later, I also heard that our secret base, the lavender bushes, were eradicated by his family's interference .” When Ji Tunan said this, it seemed like he was telling someone else’s story.
Listening to Ji Tunan's narration, Xue Zhining didn't expect Ji Tunan's past to be so, so tortuous?
Even Xue Zhining's straightforward and free-spirited personality doesn't know what to say at this time. At this time, saying anything may step on the minefield in the other party's heart.
"Don't be too sad, you will be fine in the future." Xue Zhining could only comfort in this way.
Ji Tunan straightened his upper body, sighed pretending to be relaxed, looked at Xue Zhining with complex and bottomless eyes, finally smiled, and rubbed Xue Zhining's hair.
Xue Zhining was a little stiff, Ji Tunan touched his head, and could feel the warmth of his palm through his hair.
Neither of them could hear the noise of the hot pot restaurant, as if they were connected with each other, and they were both immersed in the story.
"You two, your number has arrived." The waiter came over and reminded them that they could enter the store. Xue Zhining and Ji Tunan came back to their senses, got up and followed the waiter into the store.
The hot pot was steaming hot, sweeping away some bad emotions just now.Xue Zhining thinks this hot pot is really delicious.
"It's killing me, this restaurant is so delicious, by the way, where shall we go later? What are the fun places in Anping?" Xue Zhining took out a tissue to wipe his mouth, and asked.
After eating the last bite of food, Ji Tunan smiled with a mysterious expression: "You will know later."
After eating the hot pot, Ji Tunan drove Xue Zhining to that mysterious place.
After driving for about half an hour, Ji Tunan drove east along Anping Avenue, passed several sections of mountain roads, and finally arrived at that place.
Here is a scenic area, called Boshan Scenic Area.To be precise, it is a natural reservoir, surrounded by mountains, which wraps this naturally sunken lake. On the south side of the lake, next to the parking lot, there is a bridge across the reservoir, connecting the two mountains.
It just so happens that today is particularly sunny and the sky is blue.From time to time, there are a few white clouds drifting by, the clouds are rolling and the clouds are relaxing, the green mountains and green waters are so refreshing.
Everything, including mountains, clouds, bridges, and people, has been reproduced in the lake. The reflections are sparse and dense, but they are clear and unusual.
Xue Zhining felt that he was in a very happy mood now, and trotted in front of Ji Tunan.
Then he turned around, with a youthful smile on his face: "Ji Tunan, how did you find such a beautiful place?"
"I found it by accident." Seeing Xue Zhining's expression, Ji Tunan knew that he had guessed right again.
He really likes this kind of place, because there are few people here, where he can run freely, release himself wantonly, and it is also suitable for taking pictures, because he knows Xue Zhining is a professional photographer.
"This place is very suitable for taking pictures!" Xue Zhining walked onto the bridge, and the view on the bridge was wider, and even the reflection on the water could be seen clearly.
"Come here quickly, Ji Tunan!"
Standing by the lake, Ji Tunan heard Xue Zhining calling himself on the bridge, and walked over.
"What's the matter?" Ji Tunan walked to Xue Zhining's side, and the two of them lay their hands on the bridge railing, and the reflection spread along the bridge piers on the lake.
"It's nothing but I think the bridge is more beautiful than the other side, I want to see it with you!" Xue Zhining turned his head and said with a smile to Ji Tunan next to him, and then looked at the lake again.
Ji Tunan also turned his head to look at Xue Zhining, Xue Zhining's side profile was really good-looking, with absolute confidence on his face, and a youthful sunshine that he couldn't match.
He looked at Xue Zhining with tangled eyes, but the expression on his face was infected by him and he relaxed.
It seems that the green mountains and green waters really have a great impact on people's mood. Beautiful scenery makes people happy.
The sun is slowly sinking, the sun at this moment is about to turn into the setting sun, and the shadow of the setting sun is gradually appearing in the water.
The original clear and bright Boshan Scenic Area seems to be covered with a layer of light orange tulle, and the original blue-green lake surface is gradually dyed golden, and after blending with the green of the water, it turns out a faint purple.
Xue Zhining simply loved this moment.
"Ji Tunan, shall we take a photo?" Xue Zhining took out his phone and invited Ji Tunan to take a photo. This place is so beautiful, it would be a pity not to take some photos.
"Yes." Ji Tunan looked at Xue Zhining, and then at the lake, it is really beautiful here.
It was sunset again, and Ji Tunan remembered the photo picked up by Xue Zhining in the drawer of the bedroom at home.
Xue Zhining called out the camera and switched to the front camera.Trying to frame the two of them.
"You are too far away from me, I can't even take pictures of you!" Xue Zhining said to Ji Tunan while looking at the picture of Li on the phone.
Ji Tunan turned his head to the side, and Xue Zhining also moved his position to get closer to Ji Tunan.
Finally, the faces of both of them can be seen in the mobile phone. At this moment, the two of them are very close to each other, even their bodies overlap.
"Click" shutter down the first photo of two people generated.
Xue Zhining clicked on the big picture to view it, and Ji Tunan also looked at it.Surprisingly, it was found to be very similar to that old photo of myself.
In the photo on the mobile phone, the two of them are also standing very straight, and the other has his head slightly turned to the other.It's just that in that old photo, it wasn't me who was looking sideways, but this time I played that role.
"Hey, why does this photo look so familiar?" Xue Zhining looked at the photo that was just taken. Although it was just taken, why is it so familiar? Where did you see it?
"That photo of mine!" Ji Tunan looked at Xue Zhining's puzzled face and reminded him.
"That's right! It's the picture of you that I picked up. Even the movements are the same. I remember that in that picture of you, you are alone with your head turned sideways, right?" Xue Zhining finally remembered why he felt familiar after being reminded by Ji Tunan.
Ji Tunan nodded noncommittal.
"It seems that the time in your photo is also the evening under the sunset. What a coincidence, it is also evening!" Xue Zhining cried out in surprise as if he had discovered a new world.
Ji Tunan smiled playfully and nodded again.
Xue Zhining thought it was amazing, before taking the photo, he didn't remember that photo at all, but the photo taken now is completely consistent with Ji Tunan's old photo, but the other person in the old photo is not himself...
Thinking of that old photo, Xue Zhining realized again what Ji Tunan said about his past today, the other person in that old photo must be that boy.
Thinking of this, Xue Zhining was very jealous and a little sad.I definitely can't replace that boy, and become the light of Ji Tunan's life.
Seeing Xue Zhining suddenly quiet down, Ji Tunan looked at him with some doubts, and saw Xue Zhining staring at the phone screen, frowning, and even a little sad, what's the matter.
Suddenly Xue Zhining raised his head and met Ji Tunan's gaze: "Can I replace him as your light?"
Ji Tunan was taken aback, a little surprised.
The setting sun was getting darker and darker, and the light it shone had completely turned into a golden yellow, which should be on the faces of the two of them, outlining the tough profiles of the two of them.
The autumn wind was blowing slightly, and the two quietly looked at each other as beautifully as people in a painting.