Chapter 46: I’ll Be in a Relationship with Her After I Return to Jingcheng. p1
2020, June 6th, Saturday. The sky in Nancheng was clear, the wind light and the sun warm.
Planes took off and landed at the airport, and people embraced to send off or welcome each other. This was a place destined for partings and reunions.
Huai Xing’s flight was at nine o’clock. It was now seven-thirty, and she was checking in.
There was basically no queue, and she quickly checked in her luggage. When she turned around with her ticket, she could see Chu Wantang waiting a few meters away.
As she approached, Huai Xing’s waist was held.
Chu Wantang’s long curly hair swayed gently behind her. She was holding Huai Xing’s bag in her other hand and walking side by side with her towards the security checkpoint, reminding her seriously, “Tomorrow and the day after are the weekend. You didn’t sleep all night. Get some good rest after you get back to Jingcheng. Remember to tell Auntie Chen and the others what you want to eat.”
“I know, Jiejie,” Huai Xing said, touching her hand and smiling sweetly. “It’s not like you haven’t been on a business trip before.”
Chu Wantang was stunned for a moment, then couldn’t help but laugh.
That’s right. She had been on longer business trips before, and Huai Xing was already used to it. But why was she so worried this time? Was it because she was currently infatuated with Huai Xing’s body?
“Are you tired of me nagging?” she asked, raising an eyebrow and pretending to be angry.
Huai Xing quickly waved her hand. “How could I be? I’ll never be tired of you nagging. If you misunderstand me again, I’ll ignore you.” She also returned the concern. “Your period is coming soon. Be careful. If you have cramps, don’t just endure it. Remember to take your medicine, and you can also tell me.”
“Mm, I know.”
As they chatted, they arrived at the security checkpoint.
They didn’t block anyone’s way and stood by the side.
Huai Xing took her bag, pressed her lips together, and looked deeply at the person in front of her.
Chu Wantang raised her hand and habitually tucked her hair, saying with a smile, “If you’re bored while waiting for your flight, you can message me. You also have to message me when you arrive. You can message me anytime, whether you have something to do or not.”
Huai Xing held her wrist and nodded heavily. “I know.”
“Xingxing…” Chu Wantang looked back at her and said softly. In the end, she still resisted the urge to kiss Huai Xing. The airport was not the seaside. There were many people here.
Huai Xing turned her head slightly and kissed the back of Chu Wantang’s hand, her eyes clear and bright as she said, “I’ll be waiting for you to come back in Jingcheng, Jiejie.”
“Okay.”
“Then I’m going through security.”
“Okay.”
“Why is it only ‘okay’ this time? What do you want to say next?” This question had been asked between them for the third time.
Chu Wantang hugged the person and said very gently, “Safe travels. Wait for me to come back.”
Before long, the hug was broken amidst the echoing announcements in the airport.
Huai Xing lifted her heavy legs and turned to leave.
After passing through security, she looked back and saw that Chu Wantang was still standing there, watching her, not having moved.
Across the security line, their gazes met in the air.
Huai Xing gave Chu Wantang a radiant smile, and Chu Wantang raised her phone to her, the meaning obvious.
The next moment, Huai Xing resolutely turned back and walked towards the boarding gate.
Another plane had just taken off, and the roar of the engines penetrated the airport windows, but it was no match for the vibration in her heart.
Her pace, which had been natural at first, became slow, and her breathing, which had been even, became chaotic.
The sensation of the hug before security gradually dissipated in her arms, replaced bit by bit by the unfamiliar air, until there was no warmth left.
It was as if she had returned to the night she had heard Chu Wantang’s cold words about the little pet. Her expression was numb, and in the end, she couldn’t even hear anything from all directions.
Nancheng Airport was not large, and there were not many boarding gates, but she felt that this journey was so long, so long that she had reviewed the six years she had liked Chu Wantang again. But these images in her mind, along with her vision, slowly became blurry.
She had clearly remembered what Chu Wantang was wearing on the day they first met, but now she couldn’t remember.
The blue sky outside the window also blurred in her vision, becoming a vast expanse of white—
It was snowing in her world again.
After an unknown amount of time, she sat down in a chair at the boarding gate, her body stiff and cold, her eyes once again losing focus, very empty.
She couldn’t help but want to confirm, was this really the last time she would see Chu Wantang? Why was it even more sad and painful than she had expected?
In the past six years, if only Chu Wantang’s kindness to her had been all genuine, how wonderful it would have been. But this fantasy was ultimately unrealistic.
There was no “if” in the world, and Chu Wantang’s feelings for her were not genuine.
Everything between them was a bubble.
Her unspeakable love was buried on May 15th, 2020.
Her head unconsciously drooped, and the sourness in her nose was about to drown her.
She held her phone, holding back her tears, not wanting them to fall. At this moment, a new message from Chu Wantang was lying in her WeChat.
Jiejie: [I’m back at the hotel.]
Jiejie: [The photographer sent me the photos, Xingxing.]
At sunrise, their kiss at the seaside had been captured by the cameras of those noisy young people.
Just as they were about to leave, the photographer had come over to ask if they needed to delete them, and if not, if they could be posted online.
They had looked at the photos with their heads together.
The photos didn’t show their faces, but the image of two women wrapped together and kissing was exceptionally beautiful.
The wind was moving, their hearts were moving, and they were integrated with the brilliant sunset, looking as if they would never be separated.
So, the photos were not deleted. Instead, they had even added each other’s contact information and asked the other party to send them.
Now, Chu Wantang had received the photos and forwarded them to Huai Xing.
Several pictures, each one beautiful, like an expensive poster.
Huai Xing first wiped away her tears with the back of her hand, then tried to type on the screen and replied: [So well-shot.]
Jiejie: [Not just that.]
Jiejie: [We’re so compatible.]
Compatible with what? Compatible with kissing? Compatible with having sex?
Huai Xing looked at this answer, a bitter smile on her face. On the surface, she sent a cute emoji as a sign of agreement.
After a long while, she boarded the plane and took her seat.
The warm sun shone on her from outside the window, but she felt nothing.
Before takeoff, Huai Xing sent a message to explain.
Chu Wantang replied: [Xingxing.]
And repeated what she had said before they parted: [Wait for me to come back.]
Huai Xing stared at the four words, closed her eyes in pain, and could no longer hold back her tears. The tears flowed down her cheeks and the corners of her eyes, exceptionally crystal clear in the sunlight.
She put away her phone, raised her hand to cover her face. The cabin was crowded, and she didn’t want to make a sound.
I won’t wait for you anymore, Chu Wantang.
The dress you prepared for me, the violin you planned to give me, the four seasons you promised me, I don’t want any of them anymore.
The surging tears flowed down from between her fingers like water. A localized downpour was happening in the large-capacity cabin, a stark contrast to the sunny day outside.
Her vision was dark, and she had difficulty breathing. But no matter how suppressed her movements were, the strange girl sitting next to her couldn’t ignore them and asked softly, “Hello, do you need a tissue?”
“Thank you…” Huai Xing managed to squeeze out the words.
Her shoulders trembled slightly. She covered her face with the tissue, her heart throbbing. She had thought that she had almost detached herself in the past twenty days, that she didn’t like Chu Wantang that much anymore.
But when it really came to this, her heart would give her the answer.
It wasn’t that easy.
When she first met her at sixteen, she had uncontrollably had a secret crush on Chu Wantang, who was six years older than her.
The young girl’s feelings had nowhere to be told, but her sincerity was never fake, and her feelings at this moment could not be faked either.
It’s okay, she took a deep breath and comforted herself.
The rest of her life was long and boundless. The concentration of these six years in her life would become lower and lower.
She would also tear Chu Wantang from her heart bit by bit.
Even if she was covered in wounds and scars.
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