How to describe Qu Fanyi? If I must say, she is a very standard girl.
And the so-called standard probably means that she completely meets all the expectations of a girl in the world. She has a standard height and weight, as well as standard long hair and a sweet smile. She likes Disney princesses, online romance novels, idol dramas, pink, fluffy animals, and everything a girl should like. Her biggest wish is to have a happy marriage, be a good wife, give birth to twins, and then be a good mother...
And such Qu Fanyi always recalls her 12-year-old birthday at every important moment in her life-
Her parents spent a huge amount of money to book the most magnificent hotel banquet hall in the city and invited all her elementary school classmates to attend. On her birthday, Qu Fanyi was like a princess. There were music performances, game sessions, and a table piled with gifts like a mountain. The photos of that day were developed and printed into a thick album, and her father even gave each classmate one. Everyone praised her and praised her as the happiest, most beloved and most beautiful princess.
That was her first grand birthday since she could remember. From that time on, Qu Fanyi began to be obsessed with the sense of ritual and longed to be the protagonist on a special day.
At this moment, her eyes were covered, of course, the white silk could still let in a thin light. Her hand was held tightly by Chi Wei, and Chi Wei's palm was cold, so that she could feel his nervousness. Chi Wei took every step very carefully and slowly beside her. Qu Fanyi was so nervous that she didn't hear the faint voice coming from Chi Wei.
"What are you talking about with Chi Wei?" A female voice lowered her voice.
"This guy asked me to cheat for him."
"Damn! Who the hell proposes and cheats?!" Then the voice disappeared. Someone on the other end pressed the mute button.
The two were hiding behind the curtains. Chen Zhuan put his arm around Sheng Yiqing's waist and put his phone hand on her lips, signaling her to whisper: "Chi Wei is not prepared for this event. His girlfriend went to great lengths to get this thing. He originally thought he would just come over and be a tool, but today he found out that he had to speak without a script."
When he spoke, he was very close to her, and his breath blew into her ears, making her ears itch. Sheng Yiqing couldn't help but reach out to push his face away, but he grabbed her hand again and turned her back.
The two of them were gossiping while their hands were moving: "Huh? Without a script? Is he going to speak?"
"The marriage vows." Chen Zhuan smiled, raised his chin and signaled her to look at the stage not far away, "When we get there, Chi Wei will kneel on one knee and recite a long list of vows. After he finished reciting, the music just stopped. At this time, the two curtains on the stage will be opened, and balloons will be prepared inside to form a marriage ceremony. me pattern, then he took out the diamond ring and said to Qu Fanyi: 'Marry me! '"
Sheng Yiqing's expression can only be described as shocked, and it took her a while to react: "You said all these messes were done by Qu Fanyi alone? !"
"Chi Wei uh... I guess he paid a little. He said he didn't have time."
Sheng Yiqing raised her eyebrows: "Before, he and Lin Shan did everything by themselves. That was a big deal--"
This is what Chen Zhuan and her gossiped about. Chi Wei chose Beijing Happy Valley on Christmas Eve to propose to Lin Shan. A group of friends were forced to be NPCs. Some were responsible for issuing task cards to Lin Shan, and others were responsible for dancing. Everyone rehearsed like idiots for two weeks. Finally, on the cold Christmas Eve, among a bunch of NPCs in strange costumes and a group of young people, Chi Wei, wearing a doll costume, jumped on one knee in front of Lin Shan in white, and reverently presented the ring. On the night when Lin Shan nodded her head in agreement, Chi Wei excitedly howled like a mad dog all night.
It is said that it was the happiest Christmas of his life.
"Men have to grow up." Chen Zhuan said this, looking at the stage, only to see that the newlyweds had already walked to the designated location. He quickly stopped muting, quickly clicked on the screen, and found the PDF that Chi Wei had sent him earlier. But as soon as he opened it, he was stunned instantly-
It's over. The PDF Chi Wei sent him was a week ago. He was too lazy to open it at the time. Now he suddenly found that the document had expired and had been cleared.
Another urgent look at the stage, Chi Wei had already untied the scarf in front of Qu Fanyi and knelt on one knee. The staff enthusiastically handed over the microphone. The tall boy stared at Qu Fanyi with wide eyes, paused for a few seconds, and only said: "Ahem..."
"It's over." Only this sentence came from the airpods, and it was the desperate voice of Chen Zhuan, the damn kid.
Sheng Yiqing never thought that these two men could be so unreliable. Her mind raced. Besides Qu Fanyi, several staff members around her might also have the PDF. She looked at the man holding the photographer not far away, dragging Chen Zhuan and planning to go find reinforcements.
She didn't expect that just as she dragged him a step, Chen Zhuan spoke: "Do you know? I fell in love with you the first day I saw you."
Sheng Yiqing was stunned.
Chi Wei was also stunned, but fortunately he reacted quickly and quickly adjusted his affectionate tone, looking at Qu Fanyi: "Do you know? I fell in love with you the first day I saw you."
Not playing according to plan? !
This time, the person who was completely stunned became Qu Fanyi.
Chen Zhuan breathed a sigh of relief and continued, "I used to think that getting married was the most dangerous thing - when we are young and most impulsive, we have to choose who to spend the next fifty or sixty years with. It's like a gamble with your youth, money and even reputation. When I was young, I was curious: what kind of person would give me the courage or enough impulse to complete this adventure. Until later, I met you." Chen Zhuan spoke slowly, lowering his head and leaning behind the curtain. He didn't look at Chi Wei or Sheng Yiqing. However, he held her hand tightly and pulled her to his side. Chi Wei followed the reading word by word, and Qu Fanyi listened with her mouth half open, immersed in the little surprise that appeared out of thin air in this plan, but her beauty contact lenses were too big, drowning out some of her emotions. She also carefully prepared her eye makeup for the proposal, imitating her school goddess Nagano Meiyu. When Chi Wei finished what he had to say, she would nod with tears in her eyes and hold the microphone and say, "Yes, I do." When the words fell, crystal clear tears would flow out one by one.
As long as the cameraman seizes the opportunity to press the shutter and cooperates with the photo retoucher. She will have her own fairy tears.
At this moment, Qu Fanyi tried her best not to let the tears in her eyes flow out. She stared at her lover with wide eyes: Sure enough, he cares about her more than she thought. He pretended not to care and pretended not to have time. In fact, he secretly prepared a new vow, waiting to kneel in front of her and express his love to her.
"It's hard to describe why that person is you. I only know that I love you with a kind of piety and passion that I have never had before. Before seeing you every day, I thought I would not love you more. But unfortunately, every day, I am overturning myself yesterday. If such feelings surprise you, I am actually the one who is scared. I admit that I am still afraid of marriage, and I am still afraid of giving myself completely for the next fifty or sixty years, but I have to admit that your attraction is greater than the repulsion of all fears. And if there is one thing that can make people fearless and brave, we can call it faith, and--"
Chen Zhuan suddenly pressed the mute button.
This time, he finally looked at Sheng Yiqing, and used his arm to pull her closer. He turned his head and whispered to her seriously:
"And you are my faith."
Sheng Yiqing was stunned.
"Promise him!" "Promise him!" "Promise him!"
The lights in the whole venue were bright, and the audience cheered. The sudden silence a moment ago made Chi Wei stunned for half a second. He subconsciously patted his ears, mistakenly thinking that the headphones were out of order. However, there was still no sound from the other end of the headphones. He looked at Chen Zhuan's seat again. Qu Fanyi looked at him with suspicion. Fortunately, he reacted quickly and said, "And, Xiaoyi, will you marry me?"
The whole audience was silent.
The smile on Qu Fanyi's face froze. She understood at this moment that Chi Wei was cheating, parroting her words through the headphones, and he didn't even want to look at her handwritten manuscript. Everything he did today was just to complete the task she assigned.
"How is it?" After the oath, Chen Zhuan changed his expression in seconds and looked down at Sheng Yiqing in his arms, "Isn't I awesome?"
"... Where did you get the mushy stuff?" The emotion that just rolled up was suppressed, and she resisted the urge to roll her eyes.
"I just pitched a diamond ring promotion last week. They wanted to make a vlog, and there happened to be this marriage proposal in it. At that time, the kid T wrote a crappy draft and asked me to revise it. I revised it several times and wrote it down directly. Isn't it quite true?"
"..." Sheng Yiqing gave a thumbs up with a dull face: "Great."
At this moment, everyone's eyes were on Qu Fanyi. Chi Wei knelt on the spot with the ring in his hand, but she was slow to express her opinion.
She stood still like a wooden beauty, and suddenly thought of her birthday when she was 12 years old.
The night before her birthday, she fell asleep very late, tossing and turning with excitement in her eyes. She looked forward to the rising of the sun the next day as if she was looking forward to a spring outing. The princess dress prepared by her mother was solemnly hung on the hanger, and the golden velvet skirt was shimmering in the moonlight. At dawn the next day, she ran to her mother's bedroom on the second floor with a comb in her hands, shouting happily: "Mom! Mom! Today I want to wear a crown and comb my hair like a princess!" But she accidentally heard screams and questions from the bedroom. A hysterical female voice asked, "How long have you been with that woman?!" Her father's angry explanation was followed by the sound of porcelain hitting the door.
The 12-year-old girl stood outside the door in a daze until the door opened a few minutes later. It was her tired father and her mother with red and swollen eyes. Seeing her daughter, her mother wiped her eyes hastily, her eyes fell on her hands, and waved her hand to indicate that she should sit next to her: "Come, mom will comb your hair."
Qu Fanyi was deeply impressed by the fact that her mother's movements when combing her hair were very light. She was very close to her, as if to find support. She could even feel her mother's gentle breathing on the top of her head. After a while, wet drops of water fell and melted into her hairline.
She realized that it was her mother's tears. It was not until she grew up that she realized that on the day she became a princess, her mother discovered her father's affair. Fortunately, her father only loved another woman briefly and soon returned to the house. Just like a pair of dirty shoes, you can wash them and use them again. Before that, her mother prepared for her birthday party for a whole week, and gave her father enough time to accompany another woman on vacation.
Later, her mother told her: marriage is like this, a man's heart is fickle, but as long as he is willing to go home, it's fine.
Later, she never had a birthday party like a princess again. Therefore, for a long, long time afterwards, she would always ask herself: Was my birthday when I was 12 years old the happiest or the most unfortunate day?
And every time she wavered about this answer, every time she had a struggle in her mind, there was always a question to herself: "Qu Fanyi, what do you want? Is it real or illusory?"
She wanted the real one -
How short the shelf life of a man's oath is. Say it today, and you may regret it tomorrow.
In contrast, the shelf life of the most beautiful photo is permanent and unlimited. This is the real and truest thing.
Qu Fanyi's tears fell at this moment.
Chi Wei's expression became solemn. For a moment, he didn't know whether her tears were based on happiness or sadness. His mistake was too obvious. Others couldn't see it, but Qu Fanyi could. It wasn't just Chi Wei. All the audience who had been shouting "promise him" and "promise him" also became solemn in the continuous silence of the heroine.
Even He Jiajia was angry: "Damn, you are indifferent to such beautiful love words?! Qu Fanyi is so difficult to please!!"
Fortunately, Qu Fanyi finally smiled in the next second.
The smile was as well-trained as her tears. She had rehearsed it in front of the mirror ten thousand times beforehand.
The tears fell like pearls, the corners of her mouth were raised, and her eyes were bright. The irony was soon drowned out. Her eyes turned to the camera lens not far away, and then to Chi Wei's face. She nodded, covered her chest, and replied: "Yes. I do."
The whole audience cheered.
Chi Wei hurriedly responded and opened the ring box-
The 1.5-carat diamond ring shone under the spotlight.
The photographer's shutter was "clicked". In the lens, the most perfect fairy cried in front of the shining diamond.
"Damn! This ring!"
After all, she was a woman, and she recognized it with sharp eyes. Sheng Yiqing dragged Chen Zhuan to gossip: "Is this the one from Lin Shan before? Right, right?"
Sheng Yiqing looked at the couple on the stage from a few meters away. The two people on the stage were smiling and accepting everyone's blessings. Chi Wei, who had completed the task, looked relaxed at the moment. He put his arm around Qu Fanyi's waist and quietly gave a thumbs up to Chen Zhuan standing in the corner.
The two looked at each other, and Chen Zhuan also responded with an OK gesture.
Following her fiancé's gaze, Qu Fanyi saw Chen Zhuan, and then saw Sheng Yiqing beside him, and looked at Chi Wei with wide eyes: "Who is that?"
"Oh my buddy, Chen Zhuan, and his wife."
"Wife?" Qu Fanyi confirmed again.
"They got the marriage certificate. But they are weird. They are just playing around with marriage and don't live together. I'll gossip with you when I'm free. I thought she wouldn't come tonight... and it just so happens that a colleague is engaged."
Qu Fanyi looked at Chi Wei with a smile on her face: "I am that colleague."
"Ah?! So we are a family after all. We have known each other for several years. Then we can make appointments to get together in the future."
"Yeah." She lowered her eyes, tightened her interlocked hands, and repeated softly: "We will be a family in the future."
"After going around in circles, this girl turned out to be your colleague?" Chen Zhuan laughed.
"The world is too small. She mentioned her boyfriend to me before, describing him as a handsome guy. I didn't think of Chi Wei."
"That's right. In your eyes, he is just a bootlicker. No matter how handsome he is, he can't be that handsome." Chen Zhuan hooked his lips and tried to pull her to his table. Then he remembered: "By the way, how did you come here just now?"
"Oh, I almost forgot!" Sheng Yiqing just remembered and looked at him: "Are you very popular with girls? You add several WeChat accounts when you go out?"
Chen Zhuan looked innocent, with a smile in his eyes: "Really?" Thinking of something, he asked again: "Are you jealous?"
"How could that be?" She turned her eyes away and looked at the stands, "It's time for divorce. You can add if you want. Everyone is free, right?"
Chen Zhuan was silent for a few seconds, and then he hummed softly.
Here Qu Fanyi and Chi Wei had already sat back in their seats. Sheng Yiqing followed them with her eyes, gossiping: "Do you think she knows Chi Wei's past? What if she asks me? What should I say?"
The people behind him didn't say anything.
He Jiajia's table also paid attention
When it came to Sheng Yiqing and Chen Zhuan, they started to whisper.
The lights went out after the two stood up. He Jiajia was watching the affection on the stage while being curious about the audience. Fortunately, the lights finally came on and the nugget was not too big. She quickly locked onto the man and woman standing behind the curtain. They were very close and leaned against each other intimately.
The man was a head taller than Sheng Yiqing. He stood behind her and looked down at her. The top light cast a shadow on his eyelashes, making him look a little pious. Sheng Yiqing's face seemed to be shining, and the light attracted the man. At this moment, Sheng Yiqing's attention seemed to be on Qu Fanyi and her fiancé. She was talking about something, but it seemed to be a not very happy topic. Both of them had gloomy faces. When Sheng Yiqing spoke again, the man ignored her.
He pursed his lips and looked like a stranger.
Then, He Jiajia saw that during the cold war, the man leaned forward slightly and approached Sheng Yiqing. Behind her, he lowered his eyes and looked at her intently. Sheng Yiqing seemed to feel his breath, and she looked back, and the man quickly looked away.
When Sheng Yiqing stopped looking back, he moved closer. The summer night wind poured in from the corridor, blowing Sheng Yiqing's hair, and the hair fell on Chen Zhuan's shoulder - He Jiajia noticed that the man slightly turned his head, and he was inadvertently smelling her hair.