"I originally thought that if I had a chance today, I could let you come here to have a look, but you seemed to be completely uninterested in the natural scenery, so I had no choice but to cancel the plan. I didn't expect that I ended up coming in this way."
After arriving at his destination, Chen Wei placed him on a bench by the roadside and said a few words as if he was complaining. Because Zhou Yu's face turned blue during this short journey, he didn't bother to talk back for a moment.
Seeing his appearance, Chen Wei rummaged in his pocket for a while, then ran to the vending machine a hundred meters away. While he was away, Zhou Yu looked around at his surroundings.
As the largest scenic spot in Migenzhu City, Xiangchenqiao Park is different from the adjacent amusement park in that it is an open and free park that can be entered throughout the day. Because it is said to be a scenic spot with profound cultural history, its maintenance costs are jointly paid for by special private sponsorship foundations and government allocations.
The reason why we know this is because this is the most common place for art students to sketch. Even Zhou Yu, who doesn't like landscape painting, occasionally comes here to practice once or twice, and even complained a little about the atmosphere here during the day in her diary.
No matter what the atmosphere is like during the day, the park at night looks very beautiful in Zhou Yu's eyes. If the current situation wasn't urgent, he even thought he would like the night view here.
Facing him at the end of the flower bush was a large, long and narrow lake, with a red-painted wooden bridge hanging on the lake. The bridge is winding and circuitous, extending from the Taolin in the southwest to the farthest northeast corner. Street lamps in the shape of paper lanterns are installed on the bridge pillars, with patterns of plum blossoms, orchids, bamboos and chrysanthemums repeatedly painted on the lamp bodies in sequence. From the angle where he sat, the entire curved bridge seemed to be supported by a row of vermilion sparks on the lake. There is a water pavilion in the middle of the Zhu Bridge in the center of the lake. With green tiles, red pillars and octagonal eaves, the overall design is very elegant and it is said to be a historic site of some years.
The entire building with bridge and pavilion is the origin of the park's name - Xiangchen Bridge. As for why this bridge was named "Xiangchen", Zhou Yu didn't know. Maybe it was started by a famous ancient person.
Compared to the purely modern streets in the west of the city, there are a large number of Chinese-style buildings scattered in the east. Even "Wugong", the second largest commercial district after Hongsen District, adopts a retro palace style in its overall design.
Just as he was thinking about this, Chen Wei, who ran to the vending machine, came back with two cans of ice coffee. Before Zhou Yu took the coffee, Chen Wei squatted down and gently pressed the coffee can on his swollen ankle.
"This is not for you to drink. Well, there is no ice water here, so just use this as an ice compress."
"What about the other can?"
Chen Wei pulled the tab of the other can and said with a smile: "This is what I drink...don't look at me like this. We are all night owls and have enough experience. Whether you drink coffee or not does not matter. .”
Zhou Yu stared at him for a while, then opened the jar in his hand with a click. He took two sips before continuing to hold the can upright against his ankle.
Chen Wei shook his head helplessly and sat down on the empty seat on the bench. While drinking coffee, he stared at the bridge in the middle of the lake.
"Do you know the legend of that bridge?" he asked suddenly.
"What legend?"
"The legend of fairies descending to earth. It is said that there was once a goddess bathing in this lake. A mortal accidentally saw her and hid her clothes. The goddess lost her feather coat and could not return to heaven, so she had to devote herself to him, and the two became friends. The couple gave birth to a son and a daughter.”
"Isn't this the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl?"
"It is indeed very similar, but in the legends here, the goddess is called the 'Yuyin Girl', and she is a fairy with a very noble status. As for whether she is the daughter of the Emperor of Heaven, the statement is relatively vague. In short, although she is the same as a mortal Falling in love, they had to return to heaven in the end, and the couple said goodbye. Because she missed her husband and children, Yuyinnu would come down to earth once every ten years and meet her family in the pavilion of this bridge. Even after her family members have passed away , she will still come here as scheduled to view her former residence. Whenever she comes here, the nearby flowers and trees will be in full bloom, and even standing on the bridge, you can smell the fragrance of flowers from a distance, so it is called the 'Fragrant Dust Bridge'. She lives nearby Some elderly people will be familiar with this legend, and some even say that they have seen the Yuyin Girl here before."
Chen Wei looked at the lake in the distance. There was a tenderness similar to longing hidden in his eyes. When Zhou Yu noticed this scene, a strong thought came to his mind. Even though it was something boring, he felt like he couldn't control his urge to ask questions.
"Classmate Chen, I want to ask you something?"
"What's the matter? About the 'Yuyin Girl'? I'd like to state in advance that I have never seen any fairy falling off the bridge. I only heard this from others..."
"Do you like Classmate Zhang?" Zhou Yu suddenly asked. Through the night, he could clearly see Chen Wei's eyebrows raised slightly, as if he was very surprised by his question. However, that expression had nothing to do with shyness, embarrassment, or panic.
"Why do you think so?"
"I've had this feeling for a long time. There's no particular reason."
"Is this a woman's intuition?"
"In that case, shouldn't I guess that Mr. Zhang likes you? I mean on a male-female level."
"Then do you think so?"
Zhou Yu paused, and finally said without any pretense: "No. She is completely unconscious. This is the situation for childhood sweethearts. It is difficult to seriously treat each other as the opposite sex."
Chen Wei laughed.
"You are really cruel. But I feel the same way. Do you still need an answer to the question just now?"
"No need, I think I already know. But student Chen, the effect of your pursuit is too low, and it will also cause chaos and danger."
Chen Wei took a sip of coffee and said, "I'm not pursuing it."
"Does your maintaining the club have nothing to do with this matter?"
"Yes, but this is not the same thing as pursuit. Classmate Zhou, do you like - or to put it more highly, have you ever loved anyone?"
Zhou Yu silently tightened her grip on the coffee can.
"Classmate Zhou, I have always thought that flower arranging is a very strange art. Picking flowers out of the environment in which they live, keeping only the old appearance, and then putting them in the way you like. This is considered a kind of art. Isn’t it contradictory to love flowers?”
"If you like it, just keep it. No problem, right?"
"It is true that people have this kind of mentality. But there are also things that cannot be collected, right? For example, when appreciating plum blossoms, placing them on a snow cliff is completely different from putting them in a vase. If you fold a branch into a vase, it will only become a plum blossom. Just ordinary decorations.”
Zhou Yu seemed to understand Chen Wei's incomprehensible metaphor. He thought for a moment and said, "Humans and flowers are different."
"If you look at it from the perspective of mutual incomprehension, there is actually no difference, right? What you like is just the image in your mind. If folding flowers is considered acceptable behavior, stealing clothes while others are taking a shower is a bit perverted."
"...That's just a matter of ancient people's concepts."
"Yes, but there is no shortage of crazy Jinren."
Realizing that Chen Wei's words meant something, Zhou Yu glanced at him: "Who are you talking about?"
"Of course it's 'Xiao Ming'. Let me tell you now, classmate Zhou, that I came here on his commission, and the purpose of taking this risk is to find out the reason why 'Little Red Riding Hood' is still lingering. That's it. You may find it difficult to accept, but when 'Little Red Riding Hood' fell to her death, 'Xiao Ming' happened to be there... To put it simply, he fell in love with 'Little Red Riding Hood' at first sight."
