Chapter 52:

"Li Wei, look, there are fireworks off the coast, so beautiful."
Under the night, the silent seaside, the luxury villa area halfway up the mountain, a fork in the road covered with white snow, the girl pulled the boy's sleeves and looked up at him.
Behind them are huge fireworks, brilliant and unrestrained. The first firework seemed to have pressed a certain switch, and gradually, not only one, but several or even dozens of fireworks bloomed at the same time, illuminating half of the sky in N City.
People came out of their homes and stood outside watching the fireworks.
This is the highest location in N City, and it is close to the sea, with a wide view, and perhaps the best place to watch fireworks.
The boy looked down at the girl in front of him.
Long time no see, she seems to have lost weight.
Her white cheeks were red at the moment, fine sweat was coming out of her neck, and she was panting slightly when she talked to him.
There was a lot of dust on her canvas shoes, perhaps to make it easier to walk, she rolled up her trousers, revealing a slender ankle in such a bitter winter.
She raised her head, the criss-crossing tears made her small face look dirty, but her eyes were full of light now looking at him.
With difficulty, the young man clenched the bag he was carrying, his emotions surged in his heart.
Originally, he thought that he couldn't stand it, and imagined her. So just now, he stood behind her and watched her carefully for a long time.
In fact, after so many days, he already has some distinguishing ability. The rich, detailed, long-haired girl in front of him is his vine, not a fake.
The ice inside suddenly shattered.
So, humans are greedy, and his first reaction turned out to be ecstasy.
His Manman, she came to him. She unexpectedly found here alone, and found his broken body curled up in hiding.
She didn't blame him, she didn't curse him, she said, let him watch the fireworks.
It's not as if she had been looking for anxiously for many days, and finally reunited, she was calm, as if it was an appointment made yesterday.
The heart, which had been numb for so many days, suddenly began to beat violently, his throat rolled up and down, and he even tasted the dry and taste of his throat.
All the emotions seemed to burst with the sky full of fireworks. At this moment, he suddenly didn't want to pretend.
Others, let's talk about it after watching this firework.
In fact, these days, he is almost unable to hold on.
"Okay, Manman, let's watch the fireworks."
...
A grand firework lasted for half an hour, with various designs and colors, and even golden sparks like a whole meteor shower.
Looking down from the mountainside, you can faintly see a lot of people gathered on the seashore, and people are holding year-end carnivals and parties over the fireworks.
Such a dreamy and gorgeous scene, more than ten years later, after cities began to ban fireworks and firecrackers, it was hard to see them.
Zhang Man tightly tugged the boy's sleeves, leaning on the swing stand in his yard, listening to the huge sound of fireworks bursting in his ears, opened his mouth and laughed silently.
She should find him. She knew that she would find him.
...
After the fireworks ended, Zhang Man followed him to his door.
She wanted to hold his hand, but he cleverly avoided it-he changed the side of what he was holding so that the hand that was close to her wouldn't be lost.
Zhang Man gritted his teeth and stood at the door, waiting for him to open the door with the key.
After entering the entrance from the hallway is the huge and bright living room. When the switch is pressed, a huge crystal chandelier slams on. The bright light hits from a height, illuminating the entire space in an instant.
Unlike the luxurious and exquisite outside, the inside of the villa was very empty, even more empty than his previous apartment. In the living room just entered, except for a single sofa, the other furniture is covered with white nylon cloth-for about ten years, no one has used it.
The ceiling of the villa is very high, making the entire space empty and large.
The boy took off his shoes and stood on the snow-white tile, and handed her the only pair of clean slippers that could be worn.
He hasn't spoken to her since the very first sentence, and he has kept his eyes down without looking at her.
Do not refuse, nor accept.
She didn't know what he was thinking.
Zhang Man put on his shoes and walked in with him.
Maybe he still didn't want to understand.
She has to give him time.
But Zhang Man knew in his heart that many things could no longer be the same as before, giving him complete freedom, depending on his temperament. This time, no matter whether he wanted to understand it or not, she would never leave him for half a step.
"Manman, are you hungry? I'm going to cook noodles."
The boy took out a large bag of instant noodles from the bag he had been carrying, tore open the bag, took out two small bags, and looked at her.
The tone is not very warm, not far away.
Like to entertain a guest from afar.
Listening to his tone, Zhang Man suddenly felt angry.
The quiet atmosphere when they reunited just now seemed to be taken away by the roaring sea breeze as the fireworks ended.
I have been looking for him for so many days, even if I know that he is ill, even if I know that he is excusable, even if I know that from his perspective, all this may be for her good.
But how can it not complain.
She replied stiffly: "Well, I have been looking for someone for more than ten days. I walked for two hours today and climbed the mountain. I am very hungry. Do I have eggs and ham? I want to add eggs and ham."
After listening to her, he froze.
The air was quiet for a long time.
"No, I'm going to buy now..."
As he said, he put the things in his hand on the table of the dining room, and wanted to go to the hallway.
Really plan to go out.
Zhang Man grabbed his sleeves, his voice was mocking: "So, you originally planned to eat a pack of instant noodles for the New Year?"
After she finished speaking, the boy was obviously taken aback.
Zhang Man was angry and sour in his heart. He didn't even realize that today was the Chinese New Year.
He didn't even know the New Year.
I have also lived in my home for more than ten days. Except for a single sofa, the white cloth on the other furniture has not been torn off. The dust on the crystal lamp was not wiped. It seemed that it was simply cleaned the day I first moved in to meet the needs of minimum living.
He had been away from her for so many days, and he had a bad time.
After finding someone, most of the worries and despair in my heart were let go, but the bitterly suppressed anger and resentment continued to rise.
I blamed him for leaving her, and even blamed him for not knowing how to take good care of himself.
Zhang Man loosened his sleeves, stood in front of him with his arms, hardened his heart, and pretended to look at him nonchalantly: "Li Wei, do you want to celebrate the New Year alone, or do you want me to spend the New Year with you? If you want me to go , I will go back now. My mother and Uncle Xu are waiting for me at home, they won't give me instant noodles."
"I……"
Hearing her question, the boy's eyes darkened obviously, but he couldn't answer.
Look, you don't want me to go at all, why bother, pretending not to care.
Zhang Man's heart seemed to be soaked in a basin of lemonade, sour and weak.
Some helpless emotions began to cause trouble.
"The school's art department also has a New Year's Eve event this evening, which seems to be singing. A few days ago, senior Qin Shuai also sent me a text message asking if I would go. I heard many students say that seniors not only play the piano well, but sing even more. I want to hear it too."
"What do you say? Do you say I want to go?"
"Man..."
The young man finally couldn't stand it any longer, and looked back at her feebly. In the pitch-black eyes, the expression of struggle and pain was unobstructed.
His fingers clung to her sleeves unconsciously.
Can't pretend it, isn't it calm, cool, and indifferent?
Zhang Man closed his eyes, smiled and added another fire.
"Li Wei, we broke up, right? You said in the last email that you think I will meet better people in the future. Yeah, the world is so big, I should try more. If I go with the senior Dating, do you think it’s good too? Others are pretty good, good tutoring, good grades, handsome and sunny, not yet..."
As she said, she smiled softly.
"Not like some people, disappear at every turn."
After the boy heard her words, his whole body trembled fiercely.
He grabbed her sleeves and held her shoulders up, eagerly trying to take her into his arms.
It's good for her to get rid of him, and it doesn't hurt to get rid of him.
What a better person, she belongs to him, it can only be his.
The intense soreness and pain caused a terrible red under his eyes, and reason completely prevailed at this moment.
Zhang Man felt so painful to see him like this.
Obviously like her so much, so reluctant to bear her, why bother torturing yourself and her too?
She used dexterous energy, gently pushed him away, and continued to add another handful of firewood.
"Li Wei, don't touch me, we don't matter, why should I let you hug me."
She wants him to admit in person that they still have a relationship.
The boy's body stiffened, his hands still resting on her shoulders, and he stubbornly didn't remove it.
But still did not speak.
Zhang Man lowered his eyes and sighed.
"Go cook the noodles, I'm really hungry."
The boy was silent for a long time, but finally nodded and walked to the kitchen.
Watching him walk into the kitchen, Zhang Man leaned weakly against the door.
The panic and helplessness in her heart seemed to be relieved only by blocking the door and preventing him from running away from under her nose.
Zhang Man took out his mobile phone and sent a message to Zhang Huifang, telling her that she had found Li Wei and would not go back today for the New Year.
Fortunately, Zhang Huifang now has Uncle Xu, so she doesn't need to worry too much about her.
A few minutes later, the teenager came out of the kitchen with two bowls of noodles and put them on the dining table.
"Manman, come and eat noodles."
Zhang Man didn't answer him, and walked to the living room by himself, trying to move a big sofa and block the door.
She left the door. What if he wants to run again?
Where will she go to find him.
She pushed the sofa hard, but the sofa was made of solid wood, and it was so big that she couldn't move it even after suffocating her breath.
It seems that the whole world is laughing at her, laughing at her weakness and powerlessness.
The depression and weakness in my heart suddenly broke out at this moment.
Zhang Man kicked the sofa fiercely, and the soft slippers collided with the solid wood sofa. It was definitely not the sofa that was injured.
She squatted on the ground in pain, breaking down and crying.
What a broken sofa, like its owner, has always been against her.
She has been searching for so many days.
No one knows how she came over these days, how desperate she was, except for looking for him every day, she just closed her eyes and thought.
She didn't even know that people could cry so much.
Every day, every day she thought, maybe she would lose him if she opened her eyes the next day. She went to Z City alone, and she couldn't help crying everywhere she went with him.
Others were waiting for the New Year with joy, but she could cry on every street corner and alley.
She didn't even look forward to the New Year.
"Man..."
The teenager saw her squatting and crying, panicking, he walked over quickly, squatted down, and patted her back carefully.
He broke her body and touched her long hair helplessly.
She squatted on the ground, crying like a wounded kitten, and she cried so intense pain in his heart.
It's not like that.
Why didn't everything go as he planned.
How could she have been looking for him so persistently for so long?
He left her to allow her to live a good life, how could it be like this.
"Man..."
The boy gently wrapped her shoulders, seeming to want to hug her in his arms, but was severely broken away by Zhang Man.
"Don't touch me, don't call me Manman."
"Aren't you not holding my hand? Then why are you holding me now?"
"Do you know how many roads I walked today? Do you know how many places I went to find you in the past two days?"
She lifted her head to look at him with tears.
"Do you know how sad I am after you leave."
The boy's heart, at this moment, suddenly hurt and was about to burst.
He could no longer listen to her.
He picked her up, put her on the big single sofa, bent down, and kissed her under the chin.
Like the first kiss, he covered the girl's eyes, but not to make her concentrate.
He couldn't let her see, his flushed eyes, tears gushing crazily.