Lin Xiangwan and Chu Di talked about the young man's suggestion. Chu Di pondered for a while and decided to bypass Lijiang and fly directly to Shangri-La.
They live in a reinforced concrete city and have seen too many temptations. They come to this clean world just to get close to themselves. Who wants to engage in those debauchery anymore?
Once the decision was made, Chu Di went to change the ticket. Lin Xiangwan and the young man continued chatting. When they were about to get on the plane, the young girl gave her a copy of "Lost Horizon".
This book was written by an American and published in 1933. It has been reprinted many times. It mainly tells the story of four Westerners who broke into the mysterious Tibetan area of China in the 1930s and experienced a series of incredible events.
incident. And the place where these four Westerners entered was Shangri-La.
The book the little girl gave to Lin Xiangwan was the original English version, and the cover was somewhat damaged. But the snow-capped mountains on the color page were still majestic.
Although Lin Xiangwan's English skills have declined somewhat over the years, thanks to staying up late and reading those large medical works, his foundation is still there. After turning two pages, he automatically entered English reading mode.
There are only a few flights to Shangri-La a day, and all the flights during the day have been missed. Chu Di only booked tickets for the evening.
Seeing that she was concentrating on reading, he didn't talk to her, he just sat next to her quietly, she looked at it, and he looked at her.
Shangri-La is located in the Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Region. Diqing means "the place closest to heaven" in Tibetan. When Lin Xiangwan was in college, he had seen photos of this place countless times in travel magazines. The snow-covered plateau,
There are rhododendrons in full bloom all over the mountains and plains, the turbulent Lancang River, and the lush virgin forests.
She had never left City H when she was young, and even went to school locally. She yearned for freedom in her heart, but was repeatedly restricted. When other classmates could meet up for travel during winter and summer vacations, she mostly had to spend time at home.
Ye Zhong was probably very strict with her tutoring because of the shadow of the past. She must go home before nine o'clock every day. Even if she could go out on weekends, she had to report every three hours. Although Ye Zhong didn't think highly of her, he valued her very much.
famous festival.
Later, when she was with Chu Di, freedom became a joke to her. As a mistress, she was on call 24 hours a day and showed up on time when the benefactor needed her... Travel became an impossible luxury.
Along with other extravagant wishes, she locked them at the bottom of the box.
Lin Xiangwan closed the book and found that it was already dusk outside the window. Chu Di was sitting next to her, looking down at the travel guide on her phone.
Because of the temporary change of schedule, he didn't have time to book a hotel or anything else. He spent an afternoon arranging everything and even booked a jeep to facilitate their daily travel.
When Lin Xiangwan saw him busy for her, a warm current surged in her heart. She remembered that she once saw a sentence in a Buddhist scripture: if you are sad, you must force yourself.
Does that mean that as long as you don't force it, you won't be sad? As long as you don't feel sad, it's not forcing it? Just like they are now? They can happily fulfill their wishes, even if there are small bumps and small complaints, it doesn't hurt?
"Are you hungry? Do you want something to eat? There's no dinner on the plane." Seeing Lin Xiangwan closing his book and looking at him intently, Chu Di asked, rubbing his sore neck from looking at his cell phone for a long time.
Lin Xiangwan shook his head, "If I don't eat, I haven't digested what I ate for lunch. If I eat and sleep every day, I will turn into a pig."
Chu Di smiled and said, "Isn't that how you go out to play? Get in the car to sleep, get off the car to take pictures, eat and drink for a while if you have nothing to do, and no one is watching. It doesn't matter if you indulge. Don't worry, I won't tell others."
"I'm not a national leader, who cares about my whereabouts?" Lin Xiangwan stretched out. Several small passenger planes were parked on the tarmac outside. Stewardesses in uniform were slowly getting off the plane.
Walk down slowly.
Chu Di's mood seemed to be better than in the morning. Lin Xiangwan put the novel back into his travel bag, rested his head on his shoulder, and smelled his scent between his breaths.
It's strange that this man doesn't use cologne and seldom smokes, but she can still smell something completely different from others. They say that lovers have an extraordinary tacit understanding and understanding.
Is it their telepathy?
"Chu Di, let's live like this from now on, okay? Don't quarrel or lose your temper with each other. If you have any problems, just tell them directly. Don't be angry with me. I know that I am impatient, so I will take my time.
Please give me some time, can you?" She stretched out her hand and intertwined her fingers with his. There were thin calluses in their palms, which were traces of time.
Chu Di was trembling because he didn't expect Lin Xiangwan to suddenly open up to him at this time.
"Why did you think of this?" he asked softly.
Lin Xiangwan replied, "Maybe it's because I'm so happy that I suddenly felt a little scared." She raised her head and looked at the ceiling of the airport where steel pipes were crisscrossed. "I used to feel that I was brave and not afraid of anything. No matter what happened, I would always be brave."
I can handle it all. So even if I feel wronged and sad, I won’t tell others. I’m afraid that others will find me annoying, so I will just complain. This is even more true after I gave birth to Ye Nan. I’m so afraid that he will be disappointed in me.
.But living like this is really tiring.”
"I have always felt that the life I have now is what I want. I don't need to be rich or wealthy. As long as the people I care about are well, I will be well too. I have no illness or disaster. I have dozens of days off a year and my monthly salary.
I'll be very satisfied if the card is paid every month." She said, smiling and turning to look at Chu Di, "Without you, I can live a good life like this. But... I have you.
.”
Because of you, I began to be dissatisfied, began to yearn for a better tomorrow, began to worry about gains and losses, and began to worry that one day I would lose you...
After tasting the sweetness of candy, who would still care about the blandness of boiled water?
Chu Di's heart skipped a beat. She rarely told him this. She was like a clam, locking the pearls tightly in her body. If she wasn't willing, no one could
Force her to reveal her feelings. But now...
"I won't leave you. I said I would take care of you for the rest of my life, remember? Don't worry, I'm yours."
You are mine too.
In the busy airport and the constant flow of passengers, everyone is walking in a hurry on their own journey of life. But at this moment, for them, time and place stand still.
They saw each other and only each other in each other's eyes.
"So, are we reconciled?" Lin Xiangwan breathed out softly, and the haze in his heart seemed to be expelled from his body along with it.
Chu Di raised his eyebrows, "When did we become bad?"
Lin Xiangwan opened his mouth, just to reveal the truth about his face turning as dark as the bottom of a pot, but when he saw the smile in Chu Di's eyes, he immediately closed his mouth again.
Yes, now that we have reconciled, who wants to review those unpleasant memories again.
"It's just that if you feel wronged in the future, you must tell me directly and don't let me guess. I'm not that smart and I may not be able to guess correctly. When the time comes, you won't be happy and I won't be able to figure it out. This won't be good.
." Chu Di touched her head and felt like she had raised a daughter, who was still in the rebellious period of youth.
When you are good, you want to hold the whole world in your hands and dedicate it to her, but when you get angry, you grit your teeth and want to spank her.
"When did I feel aggrieved?" Lin Xiangwan was puzzled. After reflecting on his behavior in the past two days, he found that he had not felt wronged at all.
"This morning." Chu Di replied calmly. When he heard the advertisement reminding him to board the plane, he took the backpack from Lin Xiangwan's hand and carried it on his body.
"What did I do in the morning?" Lin Xiangwan continued to recall, and stood up as he did. "Ah." She suddenly realized, "You wouldn't think that what I did in the morning was because I felt wronged and lost my temper.
Bar?"
Chu Di stopped moving forward, "Isn't it? What is it?"
"No...it's nothing..." Lin Xiangwan was silent. After thinking for a long time, she decided not to tell him that she was actually just acting coquettishly... She didn't act well this time, and she would remember to correct it next time...
Who said she was emotionally slow? He is obviously very slow too, okay?!
When we were in Kunming during the day, the weather was obviously still very hot and she could just wear short sleeves. But who would have thought that as soon as she got off the plane at night, Lin Xiangwan immediately realized the strange and changeable plateau climate, and the air seemed to be soaked with ice beads.
, the cold made her scalp numb. Even if she put on Chu Di's coat, she could not stop shivering.
Fortunately, Chu Di was prepared and decisively pulled her to the parking lot, where someone had already prepared a fully fueled jeep for them, and two thick military coats were also included with the car.
Lin Xiangwan wrapped herself in a military coat, turned up the heater in the car to the maximum, and sat facing the air outlet for a long time before she felt alive again.
Chu Di was adjusting the GPS on the side, looking at her and smiling, "I originally planned to take you out to see the Milky Way later, but I won't use it anymore. You can rest in the hotel in a while, and I will go see it myself."
"How can that work? I feel cold just because I'm new here and I'm not prepared. I just need to wear two more layers." Milky way, how many people living in the city know about the Milky Way not from textbooks but seeing it with their own eyes?
It was a rare opportunity, and Lin Xiangwan would not let it walk away from his hands.
Seeing that her nose was red from the cold, but her face was resolute, Chu Di couldn't agree to anything else. He started the car and said, "I know, but I'd better go back to the hotel first, eat something and drink something hot before coming out.
Anyway, the Milky Way won’t run away with long legs, so if you catch a cold in a place like this, it’s no joke.”
Plateau areas are not as good as plain areas. Colds can be overcome by taking some medicine. Here, for strangers, sometimes a small cold can be fatal.