This Life This Life

Chapter lll

"Who knocked on my window?

Who is gently sliding the keyboard?

That forgotten time

Slowly rise up in my heart

That scene of optimistic memory

Gently floating on my head"

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Outside the window, there was a faint sound of rain, in fact, the city rarely rained in autumn, but there was a slight sound in the window, perhaps the wind.

You feel like you're going to fall asleep, lazy to look around, on the wall, block by block, block by block of the soundproof styrofoam pyramid, like some kind of chocolate candy you ate as a kid, cell by cell, jutting into a corner It was small and sharp, warm and soft in the mouth, accompanied by an oily white brown like snow.

Ky Nam Phuong sat at one end of the sofa, lit a cigarette, a thin fog spread everywhere, his eyes slightly drifting.

"You must miss your ex-boyfriend." Thu Thu was a little sympathetic, but his expression was somewhat sobbing: "This song is very sad."

The entire night was really a bit quiet, but when she heard him say that, her face was filled with tears and laughter: "What empty mouth are you talking about?"

The fireplace is very warm, he used to pull his sandals, too big, everything came loose, curled up, sank into the sofa: “Every time I think about it, I listen to the vinyl, his name is Kinderspiele》, he said, he met another adek in Hong Kong, that time we were dancing dishes in the store, we saw this plate, and he fought a long time, the store owner gave up, then with my brother and I paid a higher price, bought it straight away, the other sister wanted to die, didn't expect you to buy it, and then gave it to her, which is what two people knew. Romantic, like in the movies, right?

He pulled over the cigarette butts and asked, "Then what?"

“Lalu——-” she rolled her eyes: “I don't know what happened after that. Hmmm! You don't have to trick me into selling my brother, and then pick him up and make fun of me."

He laughed: "That's bullshit, but I can see your intention, it's not at all interesting."

She felt very safe, the same feeling as when she was with her brother when she was young. When he was 12 years old, he went to England, and at that time, he accompanied him flying across the ocean was Diep Than Dung. He also studied in England, the two children were not called big but not small, in a foreign land, they really had a feeling of living with each other. Though physically complete, yet mentally very lonely. Although many friends, living in the same place is very lively, but it is not like that. In fact, since childhood, his parents were busy with work, rarely asked if he was sad, he also told his brothers. His father was the youngest, all uncles gave birth to a son, only his father could give birth to a daughter, so since childhood, they had loved and cherished him.

The Thai Cam voice sings every time, in a low and warm voice: "Rain drops gently, constantly falling on my window, the only girl who is silent and silent, she said, sometimes reminiscing about the past ... ..."

Ambient effect is too ideal, it seems Thai Cam can hear clearly every time he changes his breath, every time he inhales, the sound fibers seem to rain and dusty drift, followed by a slight barbaric taste, the, gradually seeping into the depths of the heart. .

Thu Thu hugged his cheek, and Ky Nam Phuong almost lost his life, because in his hand the cigarette butt had long since gone motionless.

“Ky Nam Phuong.

"What?"

"You really don't remember anyone?" He pulled his arm, trembling lightly: "No way, no, you must be thinking of someone, that's why you're so empty."

"There really isn't." He raised his hand to rub his hair: "Don't talk nonsense, son."

"Don't mess with your bangs." He was a little unhappy, which he always kept his hair long, not long ago cut it short, cut it to be very short, bouncing like a dandelion.

Because Dich Truong Ninh once said that he liked his figure with long hair, so he cut his hair.

That kind of sulking, what's the point, Dich Truong Ninh is forever cut off.

They listened to some CDs, drowned in silence, Kam was very tired, his eyes narrowed and he could not open them. At first, he tilted and twisted, randomly uttering a few words to Ky Nam Phuong, then gradually leaned on his arm and fell into a deep sleep.

Ky Nam Phuong was a bit dumbfounded, his wool-like hair stuck to his shirt, soft as a cloud, maybe just raising his hand a little, it would melt and break. And his face was even more realistic, his long eyelashes drooping down, like two small curved blades. Just tilt your head like that, you can see black velvet, every strand of eyelashes. Very long, very sharp, like someone working hard to draw with a pen, every scratch is drawn, it looks like a false eyelash. Actually she was crying, washing her face, not wearing makeup, her face was very clean, there was a kind of gentle glow. He saw a naked face and felt something was lacking, even when people seemed to always be missing something. But she was so clean, so gentle, even her breath was accompanied by a hint of sweetness, reminiscent of her previous fake face, the tip of her petite pink tongue.

He suddenly shook his head, suddenly feeling agitated, wanting to slap himself, without thinking, raised his hand to shake it: "Thursday, stop sleeping, I'll drive you home."

He half opened his eyes, looked at the watch in his hand, only feeling very sleepy: "It's already 3 o'clock .... I can stay here too.”.

"That's impossible." His attitude was defiant: "I'll drive you home, I don't have a guest room in my house."

"Then I'll sleep on the couch."

"Imust be!"

"Then I'll sleep in your bed." His voice was sleepy, his mind was quite clear: "I slept on the sofa."

"Imust be!"

"You're such a bitch." He grumbled, squeezed himself to the warmest place, and fell asleep again.

When I woke up, my legs were swollen, because I wore jeans and slept all night, even my body was not upside down.

Thu Thu thought for a long time, then remembered where he was.

Ky Nam Phuong's bed is very spacious, even because the bedroom is quite large, full of more than 50 square meters, the surface of the wall is still the same curved window, facing the empty horizon. Without the curtains, Thu Thu opened his eyes and saw a clear blue sky outside the window, passing by casually, in such a way that it might be within easy reach.

He stretched his body for a while before waking up, his bathroom was also very large, with many mirrors, revealing an incredible void. Like the bedroom, the main color is black and white, it looks cold, but the blanket is actually very warm, he sleeps until his lips are dry and his throat thirsty. After brushing my teeth and washing my face, I went downstairs, also very warm on the lower floor, the double-glazed glass door was covered with a fine white mist, as if deceiving the eyes with a layer of rotating curtains. And Ky Nam Phuong wrapped the carpet and slept motionless on the sofa. He was mischievous for a while, gently walked to the sofa, then raised his hand, about to call out loudly, he suddenly opened his eyes and glared: "What are you doing?"

Instead, to his surprise, almost losing his soul, just patted his chest: "Threatening me to death."

"Who said you had bad intentions?" He sat down, wagging his hair, in fact his hair was not too tangled, but wearing a nightgown, much different from his usual posture, Thu Thu was angry and threatened by him, deliberately humbling him: "Oh so guys can't even meet an outsider without makeup."

He did not want to go home, asked her to take him to the West of the city, the car had just stopped, he looked at the building and frowned: "What place is this?"

"The hostel, the TV station will give it to you."

"You haven't graduated, have you?"

"I was practicing, it was uncomfortable to go back and forth, the TV station cared about me, gave me a room."

The car was very nice, some neighbors on the street turned to look, he hurriedly got off the car: "Sister Ba, let's go."

He was about to utter a sentence, but immediately swallowed it.

Seeing him pushing the car door, he couldn't help but say with one sentence: "Be careful, take good care of yourself."

But with the precision of this sentence, she had escaped with three legs and four feet, in the morning sun in late autumn, she was covered with a layer of sunlight, dancing gracefully, and dancing gracefully, like a little reindeer whirling.head, flailing. innocently replied: "Yes!"

The first semester of the fourth year, the schedule was not much, everyone was practicing, very few people were returning to school. In the afternoon he went to pick up some books, the autumn day on campus was really beautiful, the gerbera tree leaves were gold, like carefully crafted book clips, he said, stripped of the light green layer, leaving only silence. The weather was rather cold, he was just wearing a thin sweater, walking on the street, slightly scratched, trying to survive.

When he first returned home, his mother was very angry, his father would not listen to his explanation, but he had already returned. Finally, his parents decided to give up a step, the condition was: study for a master's degree or go abroad.

Bored of his heart, even though he holds a master's degree, what's the use of him to make his parents angry, insistent on demanding the majors he likes, the school arranged by his parents is also redundant, insistent on taking this degree. Her school was very small, and her beauty was like a cloud, she was easily buried under many people.

He did not expect to get used to Dich Truong Ninh here.

His younger brother Diep Than Tuyen has a high school friend named Trinh Tri Hoanh, also studying at this school, only 2 years older than him, as well, Diep Than Tuyen specifically called to ask him to look after Kam, Trinh Tri Hoang. The words: "Don't worry, your brother is also my brother."

As a result, this Trinh Tri Hoanh took very good care of him, he was the chairman of OSIS, a storm figure, shouting a hundred people to respond, everyone respectfully. He had the support of such a brother, ever since he entered school, he found all kinds of sensational stories, but only ate chestnut with sugar in the dorm room to peel worms. The days passed quietly but comfortably, almost silent until panic.

That day Trinh Tri Hoanh intended to ask him: "Dich Truong Ninh came to school to talk, do you need a ticket?"

He asked: "Who is Yi Changning?"

Looking at the expression on Trinh Tri Hoanh's face made him feel uneasy, but Trinh Tri Hoanh did not laugh at him, only briefly generalizing a little about Dich Truong Ninh, who was not very comfortable with him, the great service he heard from this ear, passing through. ear, only one word could be remembered: Buffalo!

In fact, Thu Thu had met many cows, his uncle was an authority in the field of missile guidance systems, locked himself in a laboratory with an experimental school for half his life, led code research, all belonging to national secrets . Another uncle in America is a world-famous conductor, an uncle is a financial theorist, he also has a cousin, a senior investment manager on Wall Street. Chu, just by looking at it, you can tell that it is a dignified woman with a career. Except for his career, his hobby was just skydiving, jumping so much that the results were even recorded in the world record books. Even her brother's friends, were even more colorful, all kinds of cattle. For example, Diep Than Dung has been studying the network since childhood, not yet 30 years old, but the company has been listed on Nasdaq, its name shines with gold, only a dozen images have been searched online, he said, below were many beautiful female students shouting her name. Again, Diep Than Khoan has close friends and relatives, and knows 8 foreign languages, of which Greek and Latin are more advanced and stand at the top level in the country.

Translating Truong Ninh buffalo in the field of new technologies, that day it presents most of the digital TV content for the prospect of deployment, its eloquence is truly remarkable, rich evidence, again witty humor, the, the entire hall was crowded with people listening to him with enthusiasm. Only Kam Thu who suddenly disturbed Nguyen Giang Tay who listened to the spirit: "Why is the new tech industry so young and handsome now?" After a while, he whispered again and again: "Tay Tu, why in this world is someone wearing such a beautiful white vest?"

Jiangxi really couldn't stand it, and wrote down the two words "Haojie!" When he gave it to her, Thu Thu suddenly had feelings of regret like "disarming the piano without listening to it", not paying attention to Jiangxi anymore, eyes fixated on Yi Changning's every move. Indeed, the white vest was really the kind of clothing that made people angry, even boasting like Diep Than Dung did not dare to wear it at all, but when he wore it in Dich Truong Ninh, he did not dare to wear it, he frankly told others.the snow". But her hair was thick and black, her entire face was extremely bright like a star, her eyes were bright like stars, the corner of her mouth was slightly raised, bright and fierce like a smiling sunflower.

At the end of the speech, the MC goes on stage, initially the MC is a senior in the radio chairman department, usually a fairly liberal and serious character, but stands next to Dich Truong Ninh, the aura of that. , his overall temperament was incomparable.

Thu Thu remembers reading it when he was a child, in the middle of which there is an excerpt, "Rusa Wei Minh then crowned the sisters of Mao Tang's wife and Xiahou Huyen with the throne, and then there was the throne, people call him Kiem Ha Ngoc Thu (*note: reeds rely on jade plants)" Suddenly feeling that the ancients imagined the real time, seeing the MC and Dich Truong Ninh standing next to each other, was it true that the reeds depended on the jade tree?

Truong Ninh's translation was of course a jade tree with elegant movements.

But today he was dressed in white, with a spotlight overhead, a pale yellow ray, covering his entire body, with something almost fantastic. But his face was slightly slanted, smiling to the public, so perfect that it was nothing like the truth. Thu Thu Thu Thu's heart was pounding, feeling that this person was somewhat familiar, as if he had met her before, but no, but he knew it was him.

Then it came time to ask, as usual, he passed the paper, all sorts of questions, he could not hear them, his mind was elsewhere, he just raised his chin to look at Dich Truong Ninh.

He had some negligent little habits, for example, before answering each question, he would slightly furrow his brows after reading it once, then his mind would leave a small frown, Kam Thu looked dumbfounded, Think, Think, who was lucky, enough to extend his hand, smoothing out the wrinkles between his eyebrows?

He was stunned not long, as the MC read out the question paper aloud: "Sir, the hall always believes in using the screen to directly transmit your company's LED signal, the effect is very clear, obvious. Since it can even see clearly on the screen how long your eyelashes are, how curly they are, I wonder, is it possible to put a pencil on them.”

The entire hall immediately laughed out loud, many female students laughed, some were clapping, some were clapping, this was a meek school tradition, agile but mischievous, naughty, mischievous, timely breakthrough.

Truong Ninh still had an amazing and pure smile: "I've never tried this before, so I don't know how to answer it, I have a habit of practicing to know the right results."

Then he took out a silver colored pencil to sign, and measured before his eyes, the color on the LED screen was very clear, the specifications were clear, he closed his eyelids half, the entire hall seemed to be able to see, the, each eyelash slid over a silver pencil, but her smile at that moment was as innocent as a child's smile.

The entire hall erupted with enthusiastic applause.

One day later, Thu Thu finally had the same pen that Dich Truong Ninh used that day, even he also had this pen name, given to him by Diep Than Khoan. Diep Than Khoan likes to use this particular Italian brand pen, which costs more than all the elite Montblanc merchant pens, with an advantage that few people are aware of. Diep Dai Gongzi is a type of 'out-of-mouth meditation', spending money very opinionated, spending so much that others cannot keep up with it is called actually spending money.

Dich Truong Ninh's pen was a bit rough, he wasn't used to his hand, but he liked to use it. When working, use a pen to write the names Dich Truong Ninh, Dich Truong Ninh, Dich Truong Ninh, Dich Truong Ninh.

The surface of the white paper was printed with black letters, each stroke of the words was adjacent to each other, Dich Truong Ninh Dich Truong Ninh Dich Truong Ninh He remembered as he compared the pens, he said, but her eyelashes were so long that itchy, light brushed against the bottom of her heart, causing one to feel a shivering sort of happiness.

Then, when Nguyen Giang Tay was sometimes provoked by Thu Thu, he would say: "You are a talented young man like Dich Truong Ninh, why is he rejected like you?"

"Girls chase boys, like a layer of silk." Thu Thu has no pride: "As long as you move forward enthusiastically, it will fall into your hands."

In fact, she only got a lot from "close to the government and blessed with good luck", she was a reporter of the school newspaper, originally when she entered school, and was blessed with good luck, Trinh Tri Hoanh arranged for him a job that was not too heavy, helping him see the boring work. . After finishing his speech, hearing that he had to do the news about Dich Truong Ninh, Thu Thu immediately followed his senior, mingling with the crowd of reporters who were making a revolution.

The seniors were all on duty, a few days before the deadline, according to the principle of preparing a series of interviews, only he borrowed the wind to break the bamboo shoot, took the name of the assistant cameraman, even went to see the beauty .

Truong Ninh Translation Company in CDB area is one inch from the ground, office area in the heart of commercial center, the atmosphere is of course unusual. Family head Thu Thu was doing business at the maximum level, accustomed to seeing places like this, otherwise not feeling anything out of the ordinary. An assistant surnamed Liu was in charge of comforting them, taking them to Yi Changning's office, smiling slightly apologetically: "Sorry, the meeting lasted half an hour longer than expected, so what? So please wait a few minutes, Mr. Yi will be over now."

The group leader of the reporter group, Khuong Khiet Dan from the broadcasting department, heard Assistant Liu say this, and quickly smiled and said: "Yes, we will come earlier than the scheduled time."

The senior was busy choosing a place to work, finally reviewing the interview outline, testing the mic sound, only Kam Kam was unemployed, so he went around the office. Khuong Khiet Dan saw Thu Thu tilting his face to enjoy the painting on the wall as if he understood, couldn't help but laugh, and whispered to him: "At overseas now, it's not like, everyone likes to turn an office into an old style, just afraid people say they're not Chinese."