At nearly 19:30 in the evening, the night sky was filled with stars. Ye Wei and Lily made an appointment to meet at the Lemonade Restaurant on Barrington Avenue east of Brentwood.
When Ye Wei arrived on his bicycle, he noticed that Lily had arrived from a distance. She was sitting at the row of small roadside tables outside the store at the farthest position from the door. At this time, there were no customers at other tables, and she was the only one who was lost in thought. Looking at the starry sky in the distance, he seemed a little alone.
"Hey, Lily." Ye Wei called, parked his bicycle, and walked over, "Why don't you wait inside?"
Lily heard the news and immediately showed a smile, "Good evening, bastard."
"I knew you would treat me like this, your first words after a long separation!" Ye Wei sat down on the small chair opposite her and asked the waitress who came over for a glass of watermelon water. There was already a glass of pear juice on Lily's side, and a beautifully wrapped blue gift box beside it.
This was obviously a gift for him, and he reached for it: "Wow, thank you, what is it?" she asked on the phone, but she wanted to keep it mysterious.
"Wait!" Lily opened his hand a little annoyed. This bastard only saw whether he could get a gift, and he didn't even say a few words.
"Sorry, I'm the kind of person who wants to destroy gift boxes when they see them." Ye Wei shrugged, put his hands on the table, leaned his upper body forward, and stared at her.
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Lily was also looking at him, looking into each other's eyes, and both of them slowly smiled again, feeling that something was sprouting in their hearts.
After a long while, when the waitress came over and served watermelon juice, Ye Wei took a sip and then asked, "Did you enjoy your vacation?"
"It's okay." Lily nodded, seeming quite happy: "My father cares about me very much, we talked a lot, and Nicholas, he is older and more sensible, and Orian, I had a relationship with her once We went shopping and bought a lot of things, and our relationship became good again We were very good before, but we became a little distant after Nicholas was born, but now I can't make it up anymore" She suddenly dropped her head. He lowered his head and sighed, "What a rotten vacation, it sucks."
Ye Wei had always noticed that she was not in a good mood, and immediately smiled: "Fortunately, you are not good at making up stories and telling stories, otherwise, what charm would I have? Football alone can't do it."
"Arrogant." Lily's smile was still flat, "Say more bastard words and make me laugh, and then everything will be fine"
"I don't think so, Lily, were you and Orian really good before?" Ye Wei didn't joke and asked a serious question.
"Well, it's true. We played together and attended my dad's activities together" Lily seemed to miss those short days. "I think at that time, she really wanted to be my stepmother, but since then, Nicholas is different"
Ye Wei leaned back in his chair, thought for a while, and said: "After my sister was born, my parents also changed like this. It seemed that many things that originally belonged to me suddenly belonged to her. I was also angry and depressed at first. , and soon I understood that since she was so young, her parents should pay more attention to her. They ignored me because they felt I have grown up and I have responsibilities. In fact, I am an older brother. ¡±
Lily listened silently, understanding what he meant, responsibility? She felt that the depression in her heart was gradually relieved
"I think at this time, we should just let it go." Ye Wei looked into her eyes, "If you treat things differently, maybe everything will be different. I don't know the specific situation of your vacation this time. But is it possible that you take the initiative to join them? The center of the family¡¯s world has changed, and we all have to accept it.¡±
"You're right Indeed, I should care more about Nicholas" Lily had some realizations. Thinking back to this holiday, how much she cared about them when she was just too busy to get angry, "Yi, I will learn to do this in the future. Yes, I hope there will be good changes.¡±
It¡¯s really nice to have this kind of serious communication with him sometimes.
Because she felt much more at ease, her smile became brighter.
"I just talked nonsense. If you gain anything, it means that the truth is already in your heart. It's just that people often don't like to introspect themselves and like to be comforted by others. You know, this is still nonsense." Ye Wei said.
"Okay, what about you, how was your vacation?" Lily picked up the glass of pear juice, bit the straw and took a sip, her eyes always looking at him.
"I'm much better, it's a magical holiday!" Ye Wei smiled and shared the experience of the past few days with her, of course not including the Costco part, "So, more than half of the preliminary preparations have been completed, and the rest is almost all copywriting work. I am not worried at all. "
"Great." Lily praised, but noticed another point, "So you went on a date with AnnaSophia Robb today?"
"It's not a day, I'm sitting here now." Ye Wei first spread his hand and pointed to himself. Seeing her frowning, he smiled and said: "Yes, Anna thinks that is a date, I don't know, maybe? Just scold me. , I¡¯m a playboy, hahaha!¡±
Lily glared at him, "Who cares, I said, you can do whatever you want, we are just dating"
"OK, do I have any gifts?"
"Asshole." She stamped her foot lightly and pushed the gift box on the table to him, "It's just for you. I can't find anyone else to give it to me anyway."
"Wow." Ye Wei took it with a smile and tore off the outer layer of blue gift paper politely, "What could it be? I'm so nervous. People like jewelry. The more expensive it is, the better"
Lily was amused by him again: "Then you got it, it's jewelry, big jewelry!"
After tearing off the gift paper, Ye Wei saw the packaging box inside, a big trademark, and a yellow "Cooke" in a yellow circle, Cooke lens! He immediately exclaimed: "Wow! Cooke lens 35mm wide-angle lens! Cool!"
He immediately opened the package and took out the heavy lens inside to play with it. The Cooke lens is the most famous product of British lens dealer Taylor Hobson and is one of the giants of movie lenses. Its light feel is very good, and its color is a typical British style, relatively neutral, but full.
This lens is worth a lot of money, at least several thousand dollars. He looked at Lily and smiled: "This gift is so important, thank you. It seems that I will be prosperous if I become a psychiatrist."
"Come on, don't worry about the price." Lily smiled, her eyes unable to conceal her anticipation: "Do you like it? I don't know if it is good, but I think you will need it"
"Are you kidding? This is great, of course I like it." Ye Wei held the camera with both hands, "This is mine, no one can take it away." "When I make a short film in a few days, I will Use it to shoot some British-style wide-angle shots.¡±
He naturally understood what she meant. This was to support his dream of becoming a director. No matter how crazy it was, she trusted him.
"I will cherish it." He said seriously, his heart filled with warmth, "There must be many good movie scenes that were shot with it."
"That's good." Lily smiled happily, "I'll wait and see."
"I also have a Thanksgiving gift for you" In contrast, Ye Wei's gift was much shabby. It was bought at Costco on Black Friday.
"Where?" Lily looked around him excitedly, but didn't notice that he had brought a gift.
"Dang-dang-dang-dang!" Ye Wei took out a palm-sized pink gift box from his pocket. Lily wowed, took the gift paper and opened it. Before opening the small box, she smiled and said: "Let me guess what kind of jewelry is it?" Ye Wei exclaimed and covered her chest: "You know perspective, my God, I'm naked now!"
"Fuck you" Lily laughed and opened the gift box. She saw a silver-white lily brooch with exquisite workmanship. She said happily: "Wow, it's very beautiful. I like it."
Ye Wei frowned. He was embarrassed to say that this little thing only cost 5 dollars, but she could definitely tell. He smiled and said, "I don't know what brand it is. I bought it at Costco. There were a lot of people that day." Gotta drive me crazy."
"It's very beautiful." Lily praised it again, picked up the brooch, and immediately put it on the left breast of the coat. This little gift made her much happier than the sports car her father said.
After she put it on, Ye Wei looked it over. He was moved by her love and enjoyed the beauty, "It's very beautiful, both Lily's are the same."
"Thank you" Lily looked at him again, took a sip of the drink, her eyes rippled, and her voice became softer: "Yi, I really want to say thank you to you, not just for this gift I don't know , Haha, what do I want to say, I just think meeting you is not a bad thing. "
"Oh, did you ever think it was a bad thing?" Ye Wei looked disappointed and surprised.
"Yes." Lily nodded, thinking about something, and smiled: "I misunderstood you. On the day of Operation Cuttlefish, I was very rude! I have to say sorry to you, and I want to thank you for not caring about it. This is what I want to thank you for"
"No need to be like this, I was rude that day too, but I'm not sorry. Sometimes, real understanding begins with misunderstanding, like Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth."
Ye Wei looked at her and looked atThe night was reflected in the floor-to-ceiling glass windows at the back, and I drank watermelon juice comfortably.
Lily laughed loudly after hearing this: "Please, you are not Mr. Darcy, you should be" She bit the straw and thought while drinking the juice, "Heathcliff! After becoming a big shot, he took crazy revenge and looked down on him. His ex-girlfriend¡¯s kind of guy!¡±
"I have several ex-girlfriends, but I have never been abandoned like Heathcliff" Ye Wei scratched his forehead and tried to think of his ex-girlfriends, their appearance was blurry.
Suddenly, under the table, Lily stretched out her foot and kicked his calf. He couldn't help but ouch: "Why did you kick me?"
"Did I?" Lily rolled her eyes, a little unhappy. Although they were not boyfriend and girlfriend, the feeling just now was so good. Why did she say it about her ex-girlfriend? It's so disgusting Wait, it seems she said it first? Why, is it a temptation? No way She was confused
"That was a long, long time ago. Ever since the girls around me thought football was a girly sport, I became lonely." Ye Wei looked at her and suddenly had a strange expression: "Didn't you know that in kindergarten or elementary school? Have you ever been in love? A playmate?¡±
"I won't tell you."
Ye Wei looked at her cute and angry look, shrugged, and said: "Actually, I want to say that there is a kind of person who will make you understand yourself better. You don't know you can do that until you meet someone. And, I like Heathcliff, he's just hurt so much."
"YesMe too, I agree" Lily nodded. She already felt this way. After getting to know him, she
"So you say I am Heathcliff, and then you also like Heathcliff, then you like me, right?"
"You can't be serious for a little longer!" Lily kicked him again coquettishly.