Qiu Mingyue's romantic view of love should be inspired by the mythical story about the red thread. There is such a kind old god in the sky, who pulls and knots a red thread, and a pair of lovers walk happily together in the vast sea of people.
When I grow up, the real society and civilized thoughts break the beauty and even pretense of fairy tales.
Regardless of the fact that there are so many passive or active singles, it would be a terrifying thing if strangers could be bound to each other for life so easily.
But it was too late, Qiu Mingyue was still inevitably affected by this view of destiny, not only on love, but also on her life.
On the one hand, she doesn't believe that people's destiny is determined by God. The real truth is that "fate is determined by God, and destiny is determined by one's own destiny." But on the other hand, she feels that everything is predetermined, and she is obsessed with the coincidences of life in a tacky way. , some accidental events that can only be explained by "fate", like a mole in her life with different marks on the same body.
Well, not all people are like this.
The chance meeting with Zhou Su in the bookstore gave Qiu Mingyue a taste of the sweet feeling of being favored by the goddess of luck. Two days ago, she was still lamenting that she was not the heroine. Maybe it was just that the script had not yet turned to the page where the story began?
Thinking about it carefully, she had met Zhou Su in an extraordinary way, on the weekend, starting from that summer night on the terrace.
At that time, she also seemed to feel that she was illuminated by the stage lights in the dark.
This realization made Qiu Mingyue feel a little frightened. Is there a beautiful possibility between her and Zhou Su?
The screening room was very comfortable and warm, with sofa booths, rows of folding chairs, and cushions for sitting on the floor. However, when Qiu Mingyue and Zhou Su each came in with a glass of beer, among the crowd of twos and threes, there was no one to be found. to a position where the two can be side by side.
Zhou Su indicated that Qiu Mingyue could sit on the last single sofa. There was no seat and they couldn't sit together. Qiu Mingyue was very sorry, but there was nothing he could do.
And what she couldn't ignore was that as soon as they entered, she was forced to bear a lot of looks because of the man next to her.
But when she sat down, she saw Zhou Su walking up to the screening host and saying something. After the other party nodded, he took another cushion from the corner and walked towards her.
Qiu Mingyue was still a little confused.
Suddenly the lights dimmed, Zhou Su's back was facing the bright light of the screen, and there was only a tall black silhouette. Until he placed the cushion at her feet, Qiu Mingyue saw his bright smiling eyes clearly.
He just sat down leaning on her sofa chair, and she could rub his head with just a slight stretch of her hand. Qiu Mingyue's shell instantly shattered, revealing the softest part inside.
What is he doing?
Qiu Mingyue asked herself, it would be better for him to sit on the sofa and she to sit on his lap.
...What is she thinking about?
The manager began to speak.
It is a movie about youth: the male and female protagonists are childhood sweethearts who drifted apart and finally lost contact. Many years later, the two people, both married, met by chance and found a shop to chat and reminisce about the past, including their childhood memories. Adventure stories, favorite and most hated teachers in school days, love and hate with parents during adolescence, the heroine's first love that ended in vain...
The heroine said: "It is really the most powerful period of time."
In terms of plot alone, it is a story that can easily make adults depressed and sad, but the film has been deliberately made into a warm, bright and even slightly funny and relaxed style, and the bitterness has become just like a drop of lemon juice that adds flavor. In the end, there are too many blank spaces, such as the marriage life that each other barely mentions, and the youthful love that each other deliberately avoids talking about.
There is a scene in a high school classroom in the summer, with greenery outside the window. The boy lay on the table bored. The next second, the figure of the girl who walked into the classroom with his friend fell into his light-colored pupils.
The girl's seat was right in front of the boy. She moved the boy's arm out of the desk in disgust, but to no avail. She had no choice but to sit down angrily. She tied her long hair into a ponytail and swept her white and elegant hair. The neck and the boy's fingertips.
And in the scene of meeting each other face to face after a long absence, the male protagonist said to the female protagonist: "It seems that we were the front and back desk for a semester in high school, right?"
The heroine recalled: "It's not just that, it seems like you have been sitting behind me for the entire second year of high school."
The male protagonist said: "Really?"
The heroine said: "Yes, yes."
Qiu Mingyue's right hand rested on the armrest of the sofa. If Zhou Su's hair were longer, she might want to hook a strand of love with her fingers like in the movie.
His hair looks very soft, and from Qiu Mingyue's current perspective, he is even more well-behaved.
The distance was too close, and she didn't know if she was chasing Zhou Su's aura, or if she was actually being hugged.
Qiu Mingyue was forced to divert her attention throughout the whole process. She seemed to have not watched the movie at the end. She was vaguely thinking about a statement she had seen before: 90% of women's pheromones are from scratch. It is distributed all over the place, so in artistic creation - including shampoo advertisements, it is customary to use clips of men being tempted by the fragrance of women's hair.
In other words, it is also very useful in reverse, Qiu Mingyue thought.
After the screening, Qiu Mingyue coughed, cleared his throat, and tidied himself up. The atmosphere was lively for a while. Qiu Mingyue read the same thought in Zhou Su's eyes, but the two of them stayed and took photos.
Standing next to Zhou Su during the group photo, Qiu Mingyue smiled so hard that the corners of her mouth were stiff. She knew without looking that she must have the word "awkward" written all over her body. Maybe her expectations were too low. When she got the photo paper, she found that it was not as ugly as she imagined. I couldn't help but secretly put the photo behind my phone case.
Judging from the looks of other people she inadvertently noticed, Qiu Mingyue knew that they must have misunderstood her relationship with Zhou Su. It was probably because of this that no one came to ask for Zhou Su's contact information. Oh, no one came to ask. her.
Qiu Mingyue was a little embarrassed about this. She never liked being the focus of the crowd, and she didn't know if Zhou Su noticed it, but she couldn't jump out and explain loudly, "We are not a couple" - she could only forcefully Deal with it with ease.
The bookstore is very close to the subway entrance. Qiu Mingyue and Zhou Su both came by subway, so they naturally took the subway back together. In this short distance, less than 200 meters straight as shown on the navigation map, Qiu Mingyue received even more eyesight than in the bookstore.
Among all the men and women in the bustling city on Saturday, Zhou Su was the one who stood out effortlessly. The light in Nedo was too dark before, and it was not like the Avenue of Stars like it is now.
But as a man who had been obsessed with her for more than half a year, Qiu Mingyue felt that this lethality was not excessive. Just looking at Zhou Xing who seemed to be completely unaware, Qiu Mingyue wondered if he usually went out alone. ?
Suddenly I felt a little dangerous for him.
Qiu Mingyue sometimes felt like Zhou Su's manager, sometimes she felt like his bodyguard, but in fact she was neither of them, nor could she be. She had been trying to keep a little distance from Zhou Su, just enough so that others could not see it. They knew each other well enough not to make Zhou Su feel strange, but it seemed they had failed.
The distance between them seemed to be under Zhou Su's control. As if he was worried that she would get lost, just like that night on the river beach, he would either stop and wait for her, or slow down until she caught up. After a few times, , Qiu Mingyue was too embarrassed to struggle any longer, and finally settled into the same pace as Zhou Su, making every step as if stepping on a piano key.
It was the same on the subway, there were a lot of people, she was holding the handrail, and Zhou Su was holding the ring, half-protecting her.
Qiu Mingyue lowered her eyes and landed on Zhou Xing's chest. The muscle lines under the folds of the fabric were extremely clear, bulging and hard. Qiu Mingyue looked at it with greed and shame.
I don't know if there is a red line, but there is an invisible and colorless line of taboos between them.
However, the subway moved forward too smoothly without any external force to rely on.
From the bookstore to the subway, due to the inappropriateness of public places, they had nothing to talk about until they left the station and walked side by side in the summer night breeze again. A pair of young lovers who looked obviously students were laughing and playing with each other. They passed each other.
Qiu Mingyue withdrew her eyes from the student. She pursed her lips and glanced at Zhou Su so quickly that she almost didn't see his face clearly. She looked at the road ahead and asked, "Director, what do you usually do?" Do you often go to the movies?"
Zhou Ting said: "Fortunately, the owner of that store and Ye Songyuan," he paused and added, "The ones who were at nedo last time are friends. A few of us got together today. Before you came, they had something to do. He left early and gave me a ticket."
Oh, it turns out that he was let go.
What a coincidence.
"Director, it feels like you know a lot of people who open stores."
Zhou Su seemed to think about it for a moment after hearing this, and admitted: "Yes." He suddenly changed his tone to a somewhat casual tone, "I have always considered opening a store by myself."
Is this considered... disclosing his intention to leave her job?
Qiu Mingyue raised her head and looked at Zhou Su. The latter curled his lips at her, with what might be described as a sly smile in his eyes. He said nothing, but Qiu Mingyue seemed to see the big fox tail behind him and shook it. It means letting her protect the secret.
Qiu Mingyue found her voice: "Director, do you plan to open a store?"
"I haven't thought about it yet. DIY shops, coffee shops, and B&Bs are all possible options," he added, "or there may be no chance at all in the end."
Qiu Mingyue was slightly amused, "Ah, speaking of which, the male protagonist in the movie just now resigned and opened a bakery. What did you think of the movie just now?"
"How do you like it?"
"I quite like it." Qiu Mingyue said.
After watching it, she completely understood why this movie received rave reviews. It is sad, sad, and helpless, but has an absolutely strong background. Memories can be either a burden or a reservoir of energy. Qiu Mingyue and Zhou Su discussed , on many discussion points of the plot, it was found that the two people had surprisingly similar ideas. Only on the emotional line of the male and female protagonists, Zhou Su did not feel as regretful as Qiu Mingyue.
"Do you have a childhood sweetheart?" Zhou Su asked her instead.
Qiu Mingyue: "...No."
But because Zhou Xing didn't look like he was trapped by love, Qiu Mingyue secretly forgave him for his incomprehensible amorous feelings.
But she was curious: "But director, won't you resonate with it when you watch it?"
Zhou Su raised his eyebrows and looked at her.
It doesn't mean that you will have a secret love like the male protagonist...
"It's just...the girl I liked when I was studying, my first love or something..."
He said it - Qiu Mingyue remained calm on her face, secretly clenching her fists and giving herself a thumbs up.
They had walked most of the way and were passing a stone arch bridge. There were only a few streetlights, the night breeze was better than nothing, and the river flowed quietly without any ripples. Qiu Mingyue heard Zhou say: "I have never been in love."
Qiu Mingyue: "Huh?"