If you can love like this

Chapter 62

We would rather never know each other, just know each other at this moment, fall in love with each other, we have no past, no future, only now!

Two years later.

When the night slowly fell, the city of Seattle began to show its most charming side. The lights on the tall buildings and the lights floating on the sea complemented each other, and the warmth and romance melted here.

If it weren't for the romantic and timeless love movie "Sleepless in Seattle", this city on the west coast of the United States would not be so familiar to people.However, it is the largest city in the Northwest of the United States. It is like spring all the year round and green all the year round.In my opinion, this city is really incredible. It not only has ancient glaciers, active volcanoes and snow-covered peaks, but also has oceans, lakes, warm bays and canals; the whole city is covered by virgin forests, but It is the birthplace of Microsoft, not only has Bill Gates (Bill Gates), the richest genius in the United States, but also cultivated the greatest guitarist Jimi Hendrix (Jimi Hendrix), so Seattle is a magical city, here It is a place where miracles are born.Of course, the most special thing about Seattle is that it does not have the hustle and bustle of a big city. It has a tranquility filled with the aroma of coffee. The world's first Starbucks (Starbucks) coffee shop was born here. The green mermaid pattern The logo has now spread all over the world and has become a totem worshiped by petty bourgeoisie.

Seattleites are world-renowned for their love of coffee. It is said that they drink more than four or five cups of coffee a day. In the city center, coffee shops or coffee stalls can be seen everywhere, almost every five steps. , are those bars and restaurants hidden deep in the streets.I didn't like drinking coffee very much in China before, but after coming here, I followed the Romans, and gradually fell in love with this warm coffee culture.Sometimes after drinking coffee, I will shuttle between the big and small streets alone, and go to the beach to blow the wind. All the roads leading to the beach are downhill, and the beach is wide and soft. At this time, if I take off my shoes and walk barefoot on the beach against the wind It is a very pleasant enjoyment. If it is night, you can go up the steep stairs and sit on the high terrace to see the sea of ​​the Pacific Ocean. The clear and bright moon hangs high in the night sky, reflecting the bright lights on both sides. The beautiful artistic conception of "the bright moon is born on the sea" is full of imagination.

If you still remember the lighted harbor that Tom Hanks (Tom Hanks) faced when he was sleepless in "Sleepless in Seattle", if you still remember the words on the poster:

What if someone you never met
Someone you never saw
Someone you never knew
Was the only someone for you
What would you do if the one person you've never met, never seen, never known was the only one who was yours?This is Seattle, which believes in human adventure.

Yes, I do too.

There is no city like Seattle that is full of the light of ideals and the warmth of life at the same time. Since I came to this quiet and exciting city, I have learned many things that I never understood before.Life and love, longing and forgetting, pain and joy are all but passing clouds, because you can never predict what your next adventure in life will be, stay or continue, and the only person who belongs to you will never appear again In front of you, he has already met you and gave you traces of love, and that trace is in your heart.So I lived in this city peacefully for two years.So calm that I often forget who I am.

who I am?Really, who am I?Everything has changed, the environment, language, identity, even the name has changed, as if descended from one planet to another, on this planet my name is Cathy, a man named Frank named me English name.My original name was Bai Kaoer, but this name was buried by me long before I came to the United States. I buried that experience, those things, and that person.My heart is a graveyard.

But Frank tried his best to create a garden for me. He bought a big house on a tree-lined hill beside Lake Union in Seattle, with green grass in the front and back, surrounded by wooden fences.I plant a lot of flowers in it, and planting and watering them is an important part of my homework every day. In the rest of the time, I go to a language institute in Seattle to study English.It's really bad, I have been studying for two years, and apart from Qi Shuli, few foreigners can understand the English I speak.Of course, in the eyes of those foreigners, I am the real foreigner, with black hair, black eyes, yellow skin, oriental face, and a bright smile. I always like to work alone in my garden or go to the market by the lake area All the "foreigners" who come to my house and taste the steamed crabs will be full of praise when they come back from buying big crabs. This is the current life of this Chinese woman named Cathy.It’s not bad, it’s not bad. Although it’s not in California, the same warm sunshine really made my complexion ruddy. Even Frank said: “It’s so red, I want to take a bite…”

I think there is no one else in this world who can drag me from the other side of the earth to this side of the earth, except Qi Shuli.But I’m not married to him, we just live together, but the neighbors around me think I’m his wife. Every morning when they pass by my garden, if they see me busy in it, they will warmly say hello: “Hi, Cathy!”

The street where we live is adjacent to Parliament Hill, and it is the most creative place in Seattle. You can always see avant-garde artists in fancy clothes when walking on the street, and there will also be "upper class" people who are fashionable and tasteful, because they live here All of them are people with status and money.And walking down the hill along the lush tree-lined roads is the famous Union Lake (houses on the lake) in Seattle. The various unique houses on the lake are amazing.Early morning is the best time to view the scenery. The quiet lake is covered with a layer of mist. There are playful mandarin ducks on the lake. These mandarin ducks are all wild, but every morning there are always kind residents who feed them with some food. Sometimes I get up early and feed them when I go for a walk around the lake.

Qi Shuli must have considered it when he chose to settle here. He knew that I like lakes.Moreover, Seattle is one of the top ten deep-water ports in the world, and his logistics business is from here to all parts of the world.Most people here have yachts, and some people simply use yachts as villas. The houseboat where Tom Hanks lived in the movie "Sleepless in Seattle" is by the lake, less than 10 minutes' drive from the city center. Now it is owned by a It was bought by a couple of fans who loved the movie.There is a seafood restaurant called Athenian on the street next to Lake Union. This is the location where Tom Hanks dined with his friends in the movie. There is also a photo of him and the boss in the window. This photo also attracted many fans of the movie. Tourists who visit this store by name.

In fact, the first time I knew about Seattle was in Sanmao's "Troubleshooting". I even wonder, is there such a relaxed learning atmosphere in this world?Now that I'm in Seattle, I certainly won't miss the opportunity to study. In addition to learning English, I also study American geography at Seattle University.

Qi Shuli was very puzzled when he first signed up. He asked me why I was interested in American geography. I said that knowing more about American things would make me respect my motherland more. Thinking about how great our motherland is, that’s all. It is a huge land, but feeds one-fifth of the world's population.Qi Shuli nodded repeatedly, and praised me for being patriotic, which is what he is good at. He doesn't object to anything I learn, and he always smiles and expresses his approval.In fact, he doesn’t have time to care about what I’m studying. Besides work, he also has to socialize, fly all over the world, and he’s so busy that he rarely has time at home.

But he didn't know that what I studied was not American geography at all, and how many acres of fields in the United States had nothing to do with me. That was just my cover, what I really studied was piano!The Experience Music Project (Music Experience Hall) next to the Space Needle in downtown Seattle is where I learn to play the piano.The Space Needle is actually a sightseeing tower, the tallest building in the city, and has always been a symbol of Seattle. The top of the tower is needle-shaped, soaring into the sky.Every day, I would first go to the Seattle University in the suburbs to register. Usually, Qi Shuli would drive me there. As soon as his car left, I would immediately take the bus to the experience hall. It would take no more than 10 minutes at most, which was very convenient. .

In fact, if Qi Shuli knew that I was learning the piano, he would not object, but I don’t know why, I was afraid that he would know, subconsciously, I didn’t want him to know.Yes, I live with him now, and I am completely open to him, accepting a strange life, accepting the arrangement of fate, and accepting his love, but I always keep a piano in the most hidden corner of my heart. I don’t expect to be the confidant of that person, but I need a kind of strength to calm myself, forget many things, forget that person, let my heart really become a grave, and bury the past, so that I can live intact right now.

The students in the piano classroom of the experience hall are very mobile. There are less than ten people who came today, and it may be full tomorrow.Most of the piano learners are women, with a wide range of ages, ranging from girls in their teens and teens to old ladies in their 70s and 40s.I am a rare oriental face.The teacher is a German lady in her 40s, fat, with curly brown hair and a very friendly smile. We all call her Mrs. Lauren.She is very cute and has a lively personality, not at all like a woman in her [-]s. She gets along with the students like a friend, and she is very free-wheeling in class.Once in class, Mrs. Lauren caught sight of the woolen vest I was wearing, and immediately asked me to show it to her, and asked me where I bought it. I said that my mother in China knitted it and sent it over.She immediately became excited, and even said that Chinese mothers are so nice and can knit sweaters. Other students gathered around and talked about their mothers, so a class passed quickly.

Although Mrs. Lauren often digresses in class, she really plays the piano very well, at least in my eyes, it is a master level.She was very intoxicated when she played the piano, shaking her head, closing her eyes, her fingers flew like flying, and she was truly one with the piano.She likes to play fast-paced music, enthusiastic and unrestrained, and other students are also influenced by her, playing very passionately, when the music sounds, the classroom is often full of rushing ocean, only I sit quietly in the corner, surrounded by music In, but also outside of music.

I like soothing and affectionate songs, which may be due to the more reserved personality of oriental people.Mrs. Lauren found out about my silence, so she picked me out that day and asked me to play a piece of music in front of everyone. She encouraged me and said, "Come on, baby, play it for us. You can play anything you want." OK, okay?"

I couldn't refuse, so I sat down in front of the piano and started to play. I didn't even think about it, and played directly. After playing through the door, I realized that I was playing the theme song of LOVE. My heart fell into a dark tunnel, and the sound of the piano took me through. After going through this tunnel, I returned to the once familiar planet. There is my homeland and relatives, and there is my dead love. It is mellow and lingering, and the voice is mournful... Is it the echo of the previous life, or the call of this life?Is that person, that piano, still waiting for me in another part of the world?I know that it is impossible to see him again in this life. Through the distance of time and space, if he hears my piano, will he remember our lost love?

Inkwell...

I shouted his name in my heart, tears streaming down my face in an instant, and I couldn't cry.When the last piano sound came to an end, I couldn't hear the applause from the students at all. "Oh, baby, you play it so well!" Mrs. Lauren came and hugged me. "What is it, so beautiful, I've never heard it before, my dear, who wrote it?"

"There is an excellent composer in China. He and his wife wrote and performed this LOVE series. Later, his wife passed away, and he continued this beautiful musical fairy tale alone. He could have continued This fairy tale, but he is sick and cannot be cured, he may still be alive, or he may have died, but his music is circulating in the hearts of everyone who likes him, and it is still circulating..."

I told you a story about a Chinese musician in English. Although the story was stumbling, a few students burst into tears before I finished. I knew that some things were connected. Come and hug each other too.Mrs. Lauren pulled them away, held my hand and said, "My dear, I have heard of this series. There is a very great musician in China. You must know him. His songs are all Did he play it himself?"

"Yes, he played it all himself."

Mrs. Lauren was full of admiration and yearning. She patted the back of my hand and said, "Oh, God, I wish I could see him and listen to him play the piano. God bless him..."

On the way home, I was also chanting "God bless him" all the way. In fact, I was chanting every day, hoping that he was safe, that he was safe and sound. If there is a God, would he bless him?God is everywhere, but where is God?

In fact, today is my birthday, I didn't expect that this little episode would make me depressed, I dare not just go home like this, Qi Shuli is very careful, I don't want him to ask questions.I decided to go to the beach for a walk, my head hurt a little, maybe the sea breeze would be better.It’s because I miss him too much. Once the thing I miss appears in front of my eyes, the strength I pretended to be strong loses the power to resist. I can’t be strong when I think of things about him in a foreign country.

Tears kept running down my face...

When we arrived at the seaside pier, the mood gradually improved. The seaside pier area in Seattle has a completely different atmosphere from the urban area, although it is only separated from the urban area by a highway.Watching the old tram slowly pass by, it seems to have entered another time and space, the sea breeze is blowing, walking on the sidewalk by the pier, but enjoying the romantic atmosphere exclusive to coastal cities.Facing Puget Sound, admiring the sunset, as well as the ferries, sailboats and yachts on the sea, this vibrant water scene slowly stretched my mood.

Across the street is the famous Parker Market, which has a history of [-] years. It was originally a spontaneous farmers’ market for farmers and fishermen in Seattle. In Sleepless in Seattle.Walking on the streets of the market, you can really feel the unique affluence and leisure of Seattle. The setting sun slantly shines on the warm cobblestone road. There are many shops on both sides of the street. Most of them are flower shops of various colors. Of course, they also sell flowers from all over the world. There are artworks from all over the world, including those from China and India.After entering the market, the fishermen shouted loudly for huge lobsters and crabs, and lovers could be seen holding hands everywhere in the endless stream of people, showing their love like no one else, so Seattle is an extremely romantic place, I like this kind of romantic.

(End of this chapter)