At that time, I was thinking about the direction of studying for graduate school abroad. The majors I studied were divided into various research topics, and the gap was huge. I did not study it in general for employment. No matter which path I took, I planned to use it as a lifelong career and conduct in-depth research.

Because of Gu Mingxi and Simba, I decided on my scientific research direction.

I changed the topic: "Speaking of it, Gu Mingxi, I have read your book."

He was a little surprised: "Can the United States buy it?"

"No, it was Xie Yi who sent me it." I said, "You are very good at painting, but... Miss Antelope seems to have less scenes."

Seeing Gu Mingxi's stunned expression, I knew that he could not understand my humor.

I had to change the topic again: "Do you still keep that hand drum?"

Gu Mingxi was stunned again, and nodded for a while: "Save it, she preserves it well in Pang Qian's room."

I smiled and said, "Just keep it, don't throw it away in the future, and don't give it away."

He narrowed his eyes: "Is there any story about this drum?"

"I'll tell you when you and Pang Qian are about to get married." I said.

After I separated from Gu Mingxi and Pang Qian, I took Xie Yi home. He got out of the taxi, no longer staggered, and his eyes were no longer confused. He just held my hand tightly and walked on the secluded road at his doorstep.

I didn't struggle, the street light shone on us behind us, casting two shaking shadows on the ground. As I walked, Xie Yi suddenly said, "Jodie, do you know how much I envy you?"

I looked at him beside me and had no answer.

He suddenly laughed a few times with self-deprecating voices, turned around and hugged me into his arms.

"What exactly is your heart?" Xie Yi hugged me tightly, and his dumb voice floated in my ears, "How can I not compare to him?"

"I have never compared you with anyone." I said, "Xie Yi, you should also know that you are the object of envy."

"Is that?" He let go of his arms and looked at me with red eyes, "So, do you envy me?"

"No." I shook my head honestly.

He laughed: "You don't even bother to lie to me."

"No, I don't envy anyone." I stared into his eyes and said.

He suddenly approached me a little and forced me to bend backwards. He asked word by word: "Do you dare to say that you don't envy her at all?"

When encountering such a problem, I can only remain silent.

I was thinking about how to leave, and the sudden ringtone of my cell phone saved me. I answered the phone and it was Lin Weiqi.

"Jodie, there's good news and bad news, which one do you want to listen to?" His voice sounded exhausted and low, and I tightened my heart and said, "Bad news."

"I have a fever," he said, "The good news is that Ah Miao is fine."

I breathed a sigh of relief: "Huh...thank you."

His voice was very calm: "No need to thank me, I am a veterinarian, this is my job. But... why don't you comfort me? "

I suddenly laughed: "Have you gone to see a doctor?"

"No, but I took the medicine."

The sound of firecrackers suddenly sounded in the distance. This was the last day of the Spring Festival holiday. Many people were going to set off the unfinished firecrackers. Lin Weiqi must have heard the deafening sound and said, "It's so lively. I miss the New Year's Day in China, so that it will have the atmosphere of the New Year."

I was curious: "Are you spending the New Year in China?"

"My mother is a mixed-race Chinese and Vietnamese father is a mixed-race Chinese and American family. My grandfather's hometown is in Beijing. I have lived there for a long time."

I smiled and said, "No wonder you speak so well in Chinese."

Seeing Xie Yi's cold gaze, I immediately asked to hang up the phone: "Sorry, Virgil, I have to hang up. I will call you after I return to New York, thank you for taking care of my cat."

After hanging up the phone, I said to Xie Yi: "I'm going home."

He said, "I'll give you it."

I was speechless: "I sent you back because you drank too much. What's the matter if you send me it?"

He was once again angry with me and suddenly asked, "Who called you just now?"

I stared at him and pronounced his name word by word: "Xie, Yi."

After a while, he raised his hands: "I apologize to you, I'm sorry, I'm dizzy."

He hugged me again and pressed my cheek against his chest: "I'm dizzy, really, Jodie, I'm out of salvation."

After the holiday, I returned to New York and went to Lin Weiqi to pick up Ah Miao. Ah Miao has completely recovered her health and seems to have gained weight by him. She didn't seem intimate at all when she saw me, but she kept spinning around Lin Weiqi's legs.

What a cold cat.

After that, Lin Weiqi would occasionally call me and ask me questions about prosthetics. He told me that he lost his left leg in a car accident, and also his own sister. So at that time, he fell into the most painful low point in his life, irritable, sensitive and suspicious, and sometimes he became very sad.

Now, he has come out of the pain, but he is troubled by phantom limb pain and his prosthetics are not adapting well. I patiently answered for him and suggested that he recover more diligently. If he still feels uncomfortable, come to my office to find me.

Lin Weiqi really came to me. I happened to be fine, so I accompanied him to do rehabilitation and personally massaged him with stumps. I have a license in this regard. When Lin Weiqi took off his prosthetic limb and lay on the rehabilitation bed, his expression was a little unnatural. I quietly massaged him the stump of his left leg. His stump was a little inflamed and red. I pressed it harder, and he bit his teeth so much that he was so painful.

At the end, he asked me while wearing a prosthetic limb, "Jodie, are you free on the weekend?"

"What do you do?" I sorted out the equipment and asked.

He said seriously: "I want to thank you for helping me with rehabilitation. There is a restaurant that is very good. I want to invite you to have lunch together."

I turned my head to look at him.

He is an American, and of course he will not avoid such a look. His eyes became more and more calm, and he smiled: "After dinner, we can watch a movie together. After I amputated, I have never watched a movie again. It seems that several good movies have been released recently."

I found that Lin Weiqi is a very interesting person. She is usually serious and a little fierce when she is stern, but she will become very cute when she smiles.

I pursed my lips and said, "Okay, I'm free, we'll call you when the time comes."

That weekend, Lin Weiqi and I had a date, and it was quite good.

I have frequent contact with him.

Lin Weiqi runs a pet shop and a small pet hospital. Because of my parents, I have loved animals since I was a child, and sometimes I would sneak to his shop to see puppies.

I bathed the puppy with him. He taught me to feed the very small cat with a syringe. I have seen Lin Weiqi treat the puppy. He was very patient and gentle. While talking to the puppy, he carefully helped it clean the wounds.

I sat by the side and looked at him, watching his left leg stiff when he walked, and his calm and serious face. I licked the milk lollipop. This was the snack he bought for me and prepared in his pet store. He said, "Girls love to eat candy."

On my birthday, I only invited Lin Weiqi to my house for dinner.

Let’s make Chinese food together, fried cod, Yangzhou fried rice, red braised chicken wings, and fried lettuce.

Seeing that I fry the lettuce that Americans are used to eating raw as green vegetables, Lin Weiqi was stunned. After tasting it, he gave a thumbs up again: "It tastes great, I like it."

We drank red wine and chatted happily under the dim light. Ah Miao lay obediently at my feet, occasionally yawning and screaming "meow".

When the atmosphere was the most wonderful, Lin Weiqi's brow suddenly frowned, and his hand stroked his left thigh, and he couldn't even straighten his waist.

"What's wrong with you? Virgil?" I squatted in front of him and raised my face to ask him. He was pale and sweating like rain. I knew that his legs hurt again.

I immediately said, "Take off the prosthetic limb quickly and I'll give you a hot compress and massage, hurry!"

He took off his trousers and prosthetic limbs at my house helplessly. I saw that his left leg stump became red and swollen again, and I felt worried. I called hot water to help him compress the stump and gave him a massage to relax his muscles. Lin Weiqi was lying on my bed wearing only underwear, his face getting weirder and weirder. Finally, I found that his body was reacting.

He reached out and grabbed my wrist. I felt the temperature between his fingers, which was very hot. I also felt his breathing sound, very fast. I looked up at him, and he slowly sat up and pulled me to sit next to him. We didn't say anything, he just reached out to stroke my cheek and kissed me gently.

That night, Lin Weiqi spent the night in my apartment and was entangled with me with sweat all over his body. He was no longer as weak as before as pale and sweaty as before.

I asked, "Did you pretend just now?"

He laughed and said, "Do you act like a trick?"

I pinched his broken leg hard, and he screamed in pain, and I said, "Look, this is the effect of the bitter meat scheme."

He made a ruthless move, and pounced on me again, biting my shoulder hard, and I heard his vague voice: "Jodie, don't think I will not be able to get rid of you if I lack one leg."

I could clearly feel the changes in the relationship between Lin Weiqi and me, but when we hadn't made it clear, I was suddenly sent by my mentor to study in Germany for a year.

I didn't ask Lin Weiqi to take me to the airport, and also rejected his proposal to visit Germany. I just said to him: "This year, my job will be very, very busy. Virgil, let's let it go."

He was silent for a while and nodded in response.

A year later, in the summer of 2012, I returned to New York and received an email from Gu Mingxi and Pang Qian. They told me a lot of good news. Pang Qian was admitted to graduate school, Gu Mingxi was admitted to university, and finally, Gu Mingxi said that they were going to get married.

I sat in front of the computer and sent it for a long time, and finally replied to Gu Mingxi.

I told him the story of Arno's hand drums, and finally, I said: Mr. Ostrich, happy wedding.

After typing the send button, I went to the hair salon, cut off my long hair that had been left for many years, and returned to a refreshing short hair.

Shake your head and your hair flutters, well, this is me.

I go to morning jogs every day, along fixed routes and at fixed times. On this morning, when I was running, I just turned a corner and someone ran to me and ran side by side with me.

I turned to look at him, and was surprised: "Virgil?"

Lin Weiqi, who hasn't seen him for a year, looks very good. His dark brown hair is jumping above his head and his eyes are shining brightly. He is wearing sports shorts, his right leg is slender, strong and powerful, but the prosthetic limb of his left leg is conspicuously exposed, and he is wearing a pair of running shoes underneath.

He ran great, at the same speed as me, and laughed at me, revealing a mouthful of white teeth: "Jodie, your new hairstyle is really good. You should be cuteer than your long hair."

"Thank you." I said, "Hey, compare, see who's faster."

He raised his eyebrows: "Okay."

After running two streets, he was already left behind by me far away. I heard his shout: "Jodie! Hey! Xiao Yujing! Wait for me!"
To be continued...