In the café on Lu Jia Alley.
Shi Wangyue slowly stirred the coffee in his cup and then put down the spoon.
"Why does Youyou also support my going to the United States this year?"
"Because you’ve always wanted to beco better, and over there is a vast world and a wide avenue waiting for you."
"Why isn’t the capital good enough?" He lowered his gaze slightly, his voice sullen.
Ning Youguang pressed her lips into a smile.
Because only by going there can you beco yourself.
But these things, she couldn’t tell him.
She could only encourage him by saying, "Because I’ve always thought you’re a genius. Beijing and Jincheng are restrictive for you. Harvard has the world’s top education and the best talents. Once you go there, you’ll thrive, and you’ll find like-minded partners. In such an environnt, you will quickly unearth your talents and create an infinite future."
The young man remained sullen, "Since Harvard is so great, why aren’t you going?"
"Because I have my plans." The girl’s delicate brows and eyes slightly lifted. "And you have your plans."
"So we still have to separate, is that it?" The young man lowered his head, his eyes obscure.
"Yes, life is like a journey against the current, and I am just a traveler."
She knew that separation would feel painful for everyone who has not truly grown up yet.
But this lesson is one everyone must learn.
No one can take it for you.
Since it has to be done, better sooner than later; the sooner we finish, the sooner we soar, the sooner we live true to ourselves.
The path ahead is his best path.
His career is there, and his lifelong glory and achievents will also be born there.
He may not know, but as soone who does, she has the responsibility to lend him a helping hand.
"Everyone is an independent individual with different destinies. No matter how long we travel together, the final result is always separation. So why not move early along our respective destiny paths and truly live out the aning of life, after all, ti is precious."
Seeing the young man still a bit sullen, Ning Youguang gently chuckled:
"We have phones, we have WeChat. If you miss , or I miss you, we can always get in touch, right? Or, when I have ti, I can visit you in the United States. I can bring you spicy strips and dried salted fish, and things you can’t buy over there. How does that sound?"
Knowing she was trying to cheer him up, the young man curled his lips slightly, "How can I beco as clear-headed as you?"
He took a sip of coffee, swallowing the bitterness in his throat.
"To be able to observe yourself, to know yourself, to be your own teacher and friend, to live in every mont, to know every minute and second what you are doing, what you want, what you don’t want, to live in the awareness of each mont."
...
A week before Shi Wangyue went to the United States.
Ning Youguang took him to Putuo Temple early in the morning to offer incense and also to request a peace charm.
In the morning, the rising sun shone on the apricot-yellow walls of Putuo Temple nestled among green trees, creating a radiant glow.
The young man placed the three incense sticks he had lit into the bronze furnace in front of the temple.
Listening to the deep and distant bell, he lowered his head and saw the girl beside him with her eyebrows gently furrowed, her face enveloped in blue smoke, yet the gentleness in her expression was not obscured, offering blessings for him with focus and sincerity.
After she carefully placed the incense in the furnace.
He asked, "Why do you like coming to temples?"
"I like temples because here I can feel the long-lasting ethereal Zen ambiance, and I can calm my mind and forget myself in the present."
After Ning Youguang spoke, she looked up at the massive Bodhi Tree above their heads.
"These red threads are really beautiful."
The Bodhi Tree was hung with red ribbons and threads by people who ca to pray to Buddha, countless threads fluttering in the wind.
The young man, however, thought elsewhere, "Do so many people coming here to pray really get their wishes fulfilled?"
"Sincerity brings results. They believe in Buddha and in the power of their desires." The girl chuckled, "So say, as long as the heart is sincere, the gods are great, and the wisdom is imnse."
After leaving the temple with the requested peace charm.
Shi Wangyue tied a red thread from the Guanyin Hall tightly to the Bodhi Tree in front of Putuo Temple.
Ning Youguang asked, amusedly, "What wish did you make?"
The young man’s relaxed face broke into a soft smile, "Didn’t you say that if you speak it out loud, it won’t co true?"
...
A week later, at the Jincheng International Airport.
After dropping Shi Wangyue off at the international terminal, Ning Youguang stood by the car waving at him.
"Goodbye."
Shi Wangyue looked at the girl’s exquisite face, holding his breath as he asked, "Youyou, can I hug you?"
"Of course you can."
The girl laughed gently, quickly extending her arms to embrace him.
The hug ca unexpectedly, and the young man’s body stiffened for a mont, but soon, he let go of his luggage and hugged her tightly in return.
"In the future, may you get what you wish for, may you be fearless."
"Thank you."
You are the one who can make my wishes co true.
You are the one who makes fearless.
Hugging Ning Youguang, Shi Wangyue’s brow twitched ever so slightly.
In a mont, a heart-wrenching pain spread from the depths of his heart to every part of his body, slow and deep.
Thinking about how he once spent every day with this person in his arms, growing up together, eating together, talking, going to school together.
Now they would be separated by an ocean.
His heart felt as if a part of it was missing, and the world plunged into quiet darkness.
...
The car slowly drove away from the terminal.
Xia Dai looked at Shi Wangyue, still standing at the terminal entrance, not yet turning to leave, and sighed lightly, "I think he really can’t bear to leave you."
"The first ti going abroad, anyone would find it hard to part with ho and the friends around them." Next to him, Ning Youguang sighed softly.
"True, if it were , I wouldn’t want to leave you either."
"That’s why everyone has to go through these things as they grow up, sooner or later, it’s the sa for us. If not the United States, then sowhere else. We couldn’t possibly always be together, right?"
"Thinking about it like that, it doesn’t seem so hard to accept." Xia Dai looked sullen, "A few days from now you’ll be going to the capital too, and then I’ll be the only one left in high school. Thinking about it, I feel worse than Shi Wangyue does."
Ning Youguang was amused by the sullen Xia Dai: "Actually, in this world, there’s nothing we can’t get through. The only thing we can’t get past is our own fears. As we continuously break through our own boundaries and beco stronger, we can get through anything. All it takes is ti.
...
"Ladies and gentlen, welco aboard China Airlines flight..."
The plane swiftly taxied down the runway.
Shi Wangyue looked out at the sky beyond the airplane window, his eyes deep; it appeared so high, so vast, silent as the ancient universe.
This sumr was about to end.
They had agreed to pursue their own lives.
However, soone unaware was:
Before he had even left, he was already anticipating the next reunion.
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