Chapter 211: Twenty Years Later, Will We Still Be Together?
Xiaoling: "Zhiyi Zhiyi, what are you doing?"
Nanfeng: "I'm eating a hamburger, Cailing, what about you?"
Xiaoling: "I'm playing with my phone and eating French fries."
The two girls who were sitting next to each other raised their heads, looked at each other, and then couldn't help but giggled with their hands covering their mouths.
"Hahaha, Cailing, what are you doing? We're sitting so close to each other, and you still want to send me a message!"
"It's so fun! It's so fun! You can just post any message you want!"
Fang Wei: “…”
Hey, don't be so boring!
Xu Cailing and Liu Zhiyi were in a very good mood. The sweet cola was bubbling in their mouths. They burped a little, and their legs hidden under the table began to shake slightly.
Fang Wei sat opposite them. The two girls stretched their legs towards him, so he had to stretch his legs towards them as well. The six legs were arranged from left to right in the order of Liu Fangliu, Xu Fangxu.
QQ is such a small app that doesn’t even have emoticons, let alone functions like signatures and QQ spaces. But they still have a lot of fun just sending messages to each other.
“It would be great if QQ could send photos or make phone calls and videos!” Xu Cailing exclaimed.
"There will be time in the future." Fang Wei took a sip of Coke and said calmly.
"You also know?"
"Technology will develop, and there will be more things in the future than you can imagine."
"Will cars fly in the sky in 20 years? I've seen novels and movies that say this!"
"…It probably won't fly, but it should be unmanned by then."
“What is driverless?”
"It means that the car will move by itself without anyone driving it."
“…!! Is this true? This is amazing!”
Fang Wei's words made Cai Ling very excited. Having grown up on an island, it was difficult for her to imagine what that scene would be like.
If what Fang Wei said was true, then wouldn't she be able to witness such an epic change of the times with her own eyes?
Twenty years... By that time, whether it is her, Fang Wei, or Zhiyi, they will all be thirty-six years old, right?
It sounds like a very old age! When that time comes, what will everyone look like, what will they be doing, and what kind of life will they live...
Xu Cailing blinked her eyes, her gaze lost in thought. It was rare for her to think about the distant future...
Fang Wei smiled. The girls might not realize that they are the last generation on earth who know what life is like without social media.
The threshold was very low at that time, and a new thing could easily surprise and make people happy.
When I was a kid, a day felt so long, and I could do so many things in a day. I had so many different emotions. I could read a storybook in the toilet with great interest year after year...
In an era of rampant social media, the daily overload of content directly overwhelms people's sensory experience, and the passage of time becomes so fast. The New Year has just passed, and the next one is coming soon.
After a while, Xu Cailing finally spoke, stopped shaking her legs, and carefully asked the question she had just been thinking about:
"Then, will we still be together in 20 years...like now, everyone is so nice, playing together, eating McDonald's together..."
Liu Zhiyi, who had been silent at the side, also raised her head. They both looked at Fang Wei in front of them, the innocence and curiosity about the unknown in their eyes seemed about to overflow.
Even though they knew Fang Wei had no ability to predict the future, they still couldn't help but ask, wanting to know the answer.
"Of course."
Fang Wei answered without hesitation: "No matter how the future changes, we will not change. We will of course always be together, and it will always be as good as it is now."
"hey-hey……"
The two girls were relieved and didn't say anything. They just took a sip of Coke from their cups and smiled foolishly.
The serious face melted at this moment, her eyes narrowed, and her legs continued to swing under the table.
Like two little sparrows basking in the sun on a winter branch, they couldn't help but flutter their wings and fluff up their feathers, with a look of comfort and happiness on their faces.
"Then, then you are not allowed to be a traitor like Ah Sheng, do you understand?"
"...I definitely won't!"
"Humph, if we knew you were also involved in a gang outside, we would definitely beat you up!"
"...good good."
I felt both angry and amused at the girls' inexplicable possessiveness.
After finishing his meal, he raised his wrist to check the time. It was not yet one o'clock in the afternoon.
"What do you mean? What do you want to do next? Or just go back?"
"Let's go to the movies together!" Cai Ling said.
"Let's go to your house together!" Zhiyi said.
"...Then how about we go to the movies first, and then come to my house after that?" Fang Wei summarized the opinions and compromised.
"it is good!"
Xu Cailing and Liu Zhiyi agreed in unison.
……
After leaving McDonald's and riding on motorcycles, the three of them went to the mall together.
The cinema on the third floor of the mall was the one that Fang Wei and Cai Ling had watched when they participated in the track and field competition last year.
This is the first time the three of us have watched a movie together!
Today is not the weekend, so there are much fewer people in the cinema, most of them are students who are on summer vacation.
Many new films were released during the summer vacation, and there are so many to choose from that it’s hard to know which one to choose.
"X-Men 2, Big Fish, The Matrix 2, Finding Nemo, The Lord of the Rings 3, Terminator 3, Pirates of the Caribbean..."
There are so many classic movies this year. Fang Weiwei has seen almost all of them, but Xu Cailing and Liu Zhiyi have not seen them.
The two girls looked at the posters one by one and were a little confused for a moment, not knowing what to choose.
"What do you want to see?"
"I don't know, you choose!"
"..."
Fang Wei thought for a moment and pointed at the only animated film: "How about watching Finding Nemo?"
"Okay!"
Xu Cailing and Liu Zhiyi agreed first, and then asked curiously, "What is this about?"
"It tells the story of Marlin, a clownfish father, who travels across the ocean to find his captured son Nemo. It talks about family, friendship, and growth. It's a very good movie. You can watch it."
"Then let's look at this!"
After deciding on the movie, Fang Wei went to buy the tickets, while Xu Cailing and Liu Zhiyi went to buy popcorn.
The next movie show was about ten minutes later, so the three of them went to the bathroom, came back to check their tickets, and then went into the screening room together.
The movie hadn't started yet, the orange lights in the theater were on, and the three of them easily found their seats.
Naturally, the three seats are connected together.
Liu Zhiyi sat on the left, Fang Wei sat in the middle, and Xu Cailing sat on the right.
Xu Cailing was quite experienced. As soon as she sat down, she lifted the armrest between her and Fang Wei and stuffed it into the gap between the two chairs, just like she did last time.
Liu Zhiyi was stunned!
Can you still do this?! Cai Ling, don't be so skilled! You're making me think about what you did the last time you watched a movie with Fang Wei!
Seeing that Cai Ling was like this, Liu Zhiyi naturally didn't want to be left behind.
She calmly put the popcorn bucket aside, and with her other hand, she pretended to be very natural and raised the armrest between her and Fang Wei.
Uh...why can’t I lift it?
Liu Zhiyi tried harder to pry it open, her little face flushed with embarrassment, but in the end, this little action could not be hidden from Fang Wei.
"……what?"
"How do I put away this armrest? It's stuck in the middle and it's in the way..."
"What's bothering you?"
"…It's so narrow! It will be wider if you fold it up."
"There's a button here. You have to press it to lift it up."
"So that's it..."
Liu Zhiyi suddenly realized what was going on. He pressed the buckle and finally lifted the armrest easily and stuffed it into the gap between the two chairs.
Without the handrail separating them, her arms and Fang Wei's arms naturally touched each other.
It was the height of summer at the time and everyone was wearing thin short-sleeved shirts. The touch of their arms and skin against each other brought an indescribable wonderful feeling. She couldn't help but rub them quietly, so the area of their skin touching became larger. The girl only felt her heartbeat quickening, as if she had just drunk a cup of Coke and suddenly a lot of bubbles popped up in her heart.
Fang Wei: “…”
No, what are you two doing!
Isn’t it said that the seat will feel more spacious when the armrests are folded up?
But why do I feel it’s getting more and more crowded?
Fang Wei was squeezed by the two of them, unable to move, as if he was sandwiched between two balls of soft cotton. On both sides, there was the different fragrance of their hair, which was picked up by the wind from the air conditioner and gently lingered on his nose.
Their long, soft hair also fell on his arms, making him feel itchy.
"…I say, why don't you two sit a little further away? Isn't it hot?"
"It's not hot. It's air-conditioned."
"Why don't I sit next to you? I'm hot."
"that's all!"
The two girls held him tightly, not allowing him to move.
The three of them rubbed against each other, until they found a position that made them all feel comfortable, and finally, in tacit understanding, they stopped moving.
Fang Wei was not joking, he was really hot, not only his body was hot, but his heart was also hot!
He had no choice but to concentrate his mind and focus his attention on the screen in front of him, otherwise he would make a fool of himself...
The girls, who were very affectionate and yielding to each other, seemed to be secretly competing with each other in this matter. Seeing another girl sticking so close to him, they were unwilling to fall behind, and it became a kind of vicious cycle...
Why can this be rolled?!
It was a beautiful yet torturous, enjoyable yet uncomfortable experience. Fang Wei had to endure a test that he shouldn't have to endure at his age...
But in the eyes of others, it is not the case.
The audience at the back were shocked when they saw the three people huddled together like a sandwich in front of them.
No, buddy...! It's fine that you're brave enough to bring two pretty girls to the movies at the same time...! How did you manage to get them to get along and squeeze together like this?!
You mean good friends? Whose good friends are like this?
This scene is much more shocking than the movie. It is true that young people nowadays are spending more and more money. While lamenting the decline of morals, it also makes people want to kneel down and learn from their masters...
With a click, the lights went out and the screening room fell into darkness.
After a while, accompanied by the sound of music, the screen in front of me lit up and the movie began.
"Finding Nemo" is a movie that Fang Weihao had watched a long time ago. Including this time, this is probably the third time he has watched it.
The memories were separated by a long time, and he couldn't remember a lot of the content clearly, but this is a movie worth watching a few times, and as a teenager, it doesn't hurt to revisit it.
The storyline of the movie is very simple. The protagonists are a pair of cute clownfish living in the deep sea. The father and son depend on each other for survival, but they have different personalities. The son looks down on his cowardly father and yearns for the outside world. So during an adventure, the son was captured by a diver. The timid father decided to risk everything and follow the Australian ocean current to embark on a long journey to find his son...
There are stories where you know every plot, but you are still surprised every time you revisit them. You know every joke, but you still laugh from the bottom of your heart. You know every emotional line, but you still can't help being moved. You know that all adventures will end safely, but you still hold your breath at the right time.
In the picture, one can almost touch the blue water and lively fish... These children who grew up on the island were quietly immersed in the story of the film.
Being young and innocent, they are easily moved, and between the light and shadow, there are faint crystal tears in the girls' eyes.
Liu Zhiyi felt even worse. Thinking back, she had been away from her parents for three years. She didn't know which scene or which line made her burst into tears...
"What's wrong……"
"I miss my parents..."
Emotions seemed to be contagious. Xu Cailing had been able to hold it together at first, but when she saw Zhiyi crying, she, who had a strong sense of empathy, could no longer hold it together and tears flowed down her face.
"What's wrong with you again..."
"I just want to cry..."
Oh my god, Fang Wei suddenly regretted bringing them to see this movie. For boys, crying is a very serious thing!
Fang Wei had no choice but to take out the unused tissues he had just brought back from McDonald's from his pocket and wiped Liu Zhiyi's tears first, then wiped Xu Cailing's tears. He was very busy for a while.
There were not enough tissues, so the two girls simply leaned on his shoulders, wiped their snot and tears on his clothes, and cried loudly.
"Okay, okay, are you really that easy to cry about?"
“It’s just so tearful!”
"..."
Fang Wei pulled his hands out with great difficulty, and put his arms around them, one on each side, patting their shoulders gently to comfort them.
Gradually, he discovered that the two girls were crying not just because the movie was so moving, but simply because they wanted to cry! What kind of weird way of venting emotions is this? !
……
The film ended, the lights in the screening room came on again, and the aqua-blue feeling still lingered in the air.
Perhaps more than the touching movie, Xu Cailing and Liu Zhiyi are more nostalgic for such a warm hug.
At the moment when tears welled up in their eyes, Fang Wei hugged them until the end of the film. Even when the lights came on, they pretended not to know. With their attachment to him in their arms and feeling his pure love, they were reluctant to let go for a moment.
There is no happier thing than having someone to comfort you when you cry and wipe your tears.
Xu Cailing and Liu Zhiyi had stopped crying long ago. They closed their eyes and hugged him, looking very contented.
Fang Wei: “…”
Just when Fang Wei took a deep breath and was about to speak, the two girls suddenly loosened their arms tacitly, sat up together, and smoothed their hair on their cheeks as if nothing had happened. One side of their pretty faces was red, and their eyes were also red, but their expressions were relaxed and happy.
"Cry well!" Zhiyi said.
"It feels so good to cry!" said Cai Ling.
"Let's go! Let's go to your house together!" the two girls said in unison.
"???"
No wonder women live longer than men! With so many ways to vent their emotions, don’t they live longer than men who keep everything to themselves?
The two of them seemed to be fully charged, but Fang Wei, who was used as a power bank, was completely drained of his energy.
"Come on, why are you still sitting here?"
"…My legs are sore, let me sit for a while."
"If your legs are sore, just stretch them out. Why are you bending your knees, tiptoeing, and bending your waist?"
“…My waist is sore too!”
In short, Fang Wei stayed in his seat and refused to get up. He couldn't stand up for a while.
(End of this chapter)
