Long Time Loved Friend

Cloud City, July.

There is a solo photography exhibition in a suburban art museum 20 kilometers away from the city center.

"You said, why did Yunli Wuzhi hold a photography exhibition here? Don't they just rely on exhibitions to increase their popularity? This is in the wilderness, it's better to open it in the city center, except for those who really like her works , how many people are willing to come here to see the exhibition.”

"If she wants to increase her popularity, there are many ways. I think her exhibition is purely out of sheer desire, and my opinion is exactly the opposite of yours. I think this wilderness is quite suitable for today's theme."

The person who refuted the other party raised his finger and pointed to the words above the center of the film festival, and then continued, "Cicadas are singing in midsummer. Isn't there the sound of cicadas all around? Can you hear such clear cicadas in the city center?"

Several people around held their breaths when they heard the words, and heard the clear and pleasant chirping of cicadas. The person who raised the question earlier also nodded in agreement, but then remembered something, and asked with a frown, "What about Yunliwu Zhiren? I came to the exhibition just to meet her. Who knows that she hasn't even seen her in the past few days?" dew."

As soon as these words came out, several people fell silent.

Yunliwuzhi became famous four years ago when a set of aurora pictures was created. At that time, short videos were popular, and some people who lacked original spirit moved Yunliwuzhi's works intact to their own accounts and gained a large number of fans. Profit from it.

But in the end, the truth was revealed, and the blogger apologized and quit the Internet, and a huge fan base followed the creator.

From the beginning to the end, Yunliwuzhi didn't come out and say a word, whether it was to the bottomless carrier or the huge fan base that suddenly poured in.

Over the past few years, Yunliwuzhi's account has been steadily updating pictures. At first, fans who followed because of popular searches have gradually been convinced by the world under Yunliwuzhi's camera.

The slums bombed by war, the dangerous Grand Canyon, the mysterious and colorful aurora world... In the words of fans, it is to see the world through her camera.

Later, someone found out that Yunliwuzhi had won an international photography award seven years ago, and that the name "Yunliwuzhi" has won countless photography awards over the years. But I am very low-key, so last month when it was reported that Yunli Wuzhi was about to hold a solo photography exhibition, it caused quite a stir.

Some people took advantage of the chaos to spread rumors about gaining fame and reputation, and the end of the big V was to make money. But what people didn't expect was that Yunliwuzhi's photography exhibition was not only free of charge, but also opened in a sparsely populated suburb.

The photography exhibition will be held for three days with the theme of "Song of Cicadas in Midsummer". Today is the last day.

"Maybe... you don't want to be disturbed." After a while of silence, someone in the crowd came up with such an explanation.

At this time, the person being discussed was passing behind several people with her head down. She pressed down on the brim of her hat and hid her delicate face under the brim.

The assistant Xiaobai standing directly in front saw her coming, and waved to her excitedly, but just about to say hello, she saw her index finger lightly touching her lips and making a "shh" gesture.

Xiaobai suddenly withdrew his hands and pursed his lips, and walked aside as if nothing had happened to introduce the exhibition to those who came to the exhibition.

Xiaobai quietly went back to the lounge when the crowd dispersed, and immediately saw Yunzhi sitting with his back to the door.

Blue and white printed short-sleeves and a knee-length pleated skirt. She put the peaked cap aside just now, revealing her hair. She rested her chin on her left hand, tilted her head slightly, and tapped the phone screen lightly with the fingertips of her right hand, as if she was waiting. The news seemed a little absent-minded.

"Sister Yunzhi?" Xiaobai knocked on the door before entering, then walked up to her and reminded, "The photography exhibition will end in one hour."

Yun Zhi raised his chin slightly, and hummed casually.

Even though her tone was casual and relaxed, Xiaobai could tell from the movements of her fingertips tapping on the screen that she was not in a good mood at the moment. Recalling what she said in the morning, Xiaobai asked in a low voice: "Nan Qiao today? Are you still coming?"

When he said Nan Qiao's name, Xiao Bai clearly noticed that Yun Zhi's fingers paused slightly, but he didn't hear her answer.

Xiaobai glanced at his watch and asked hesitantly, "Do you want to contact the person in charge to delay the time?"

There are strict procedures and regulations for the borrowing time. According to the contract, if you sign for three days, it will be three days, and one minute more will not work.

"No need." Yun Zhi lowered his eyes.

When hearing Yun Zhi's answer, Xiaobai saw the message on the screen of her mobile phone with sharp eyes.

【Sorry, know, I'm delayed by something on the road, can you wait for me for an hour? 】

The photography started for three days, but the people from Nanqiao stayed in Yuncheng for a long time, and they still called Yunzhi and others until the last hour before the end. If you want her to say it, she wouldn't have waited until now if she really wanted to.

Xiaobai has been Yunzhi's assistant for three years, and she also knows how much Yunzhi cares about Nan Qiao. On the other hand, Nan Qiao is late or misses an appointment. What she sees most is the back of Yunzhi waiting for Nan Qiao. Some resentment.

"This Nan Qiao doesn't mean anything. The day before yesterday she said she would come yesterday, yesterday she said she would come today, and today she told you to wait. You were the first one to go to her art exhibition before, and you used your account to promote her. As a result, she Now…"

Halfway through the talk, Xiaobai felt that she was a little meddling. No matter how Nan Qiao liked to break appointments, no matter how angry she was, Nan Qiao was Yun Zhi's good friend. Yun Zhi might still be angry if he said that.

What Xiaobai waited for after he paused was not Yunzhi's response but a cell phone ringtone. When he saw the name on it, Xiaobai felt embarrassed to be caught saying bad things.

Yun Zhi didn't pay attention to her emotional changes, and didn't even listen to what she said just now. When the call came, Yun Zhi's eyes flashed with complex emotions, and he answered the phone when the ringing was about to end.

As soon as it was connected, a charming female voice came from the receiver—

"I know, are you angry? I'm sorry, I promise I'll be there in an hour, please wait for me a little longer, I'm really busy today."

"Knowledge—I'm so glad to know, don't be angry."

Nan Qiao acted coquettishly, with obvious coaxing in her voice, she knew very well that Yun Zhi liked this way the most, as long as she apologized and had a good attitude, no matter how angry she was, she would dissipate.

Sure enough, after listening to her apology, Yun Zhi relaxed instantly, and answered her softly: "I'm not angry."

"You still said you're not angry, so why did you tell me not to go? Don't you want to see me?"

"No, the borrowing time is coming up, and you won't be able to see the photography exhibition when you come here." Ever since I met Yun Zhi, she has never been able to criticize her, and she doesn't like to intensify conflicts.

Not to mention that this other party is someone she likes.

"I'm sorry, I promised you a long time ago, but it has been delayed until now because of work."

Nan Qiao's voice became smaller and smaller, and the sense of guilt and self-blame in her words became more and more obvious, which made Yun Zhi feel uncomfortable. She smiled and said, "It's okay, it's just a show."

"Zhizhi, although I may not be able to catch up with your photography exhibition, I can celebrate your birthday with you. Wait for me there. I'll come to pick you up and we will celebrate your birthday together."

Yun Zhiyuan wanted to say that she could go back by herself, after all, it would take more than an hour to drive back to the city from here, and it would take nearly three hours to go back and forth. But Nan Qiao called back with "Are you still angry?"

After hanging up the phone, Yun Zhi was silent for a while, and his mood was not as bad as before. When he looked up again, he found that Xiaobai had been staring at her. When he noticed her gaze, he blinked and pointed to the window of the lounge: "It's so cold, let me close the window."

After not hearing Yun Zhi's movement for a long time, Xiao Bai slowed down closing the window, looked out the window, and the sky had gradually darkened.

The wind and the temperature outside the window dropped sharply, making it difficult to tell whether the sky was dark because it was approaching evening or because the heavy rain was coming.

"It looks like there may be a heavy rain, isn't the weather forecast before cloudy and sunny?" Xiaobai muttered.

Yun Zhi raised his eyes and looked out the window, clicked on the weather software to check, and saw the heavy rain reminder on it.

Although the road from the urban area to here is relatively flat, there will inevitably be low-lying areas. In addition, it is rainy and foggy, making the road conditions more dangerous.

Yun Zhi sent Nan Qiao a message telling her that the road was dangerous, or else don't come, but the answer she got was that she was already on the road.

"Sister Yunzhi, are you really not in a relationship?" Xiaobai turned his back to Yunzhi, pulling the curtain slowly and slowly, and his voice was cautious when he asked this question, as if he was just asking casually.

After not getting an answer for a long time, Xiaobai completely closed the curtains, turned around, walked to the sofa next to her and sat down, laughing and trying to take back what she just said: "I just asked casually, hahaha pretend I didn't ask."

"Did I do something that made people feel wrong?" Yun Zhi recovered, looked up at her and asked.

Xiaobai is not the first person to ask her this kind of question, even mutual friends will ask her the same thing from time to time.

Although Yun Zhi likes Nan Qiao, he doesn't bother to use this kind of misunderstanding to make others think they are lovers.

"No, no, I just remembered that when you were unhappy before Nan Qiao coaxed you, it was like coaxing a girlfriend, and she often gave you gifts, so I felt that you are very close." Xiaobai finally thought After saying what he said, he let out a long sigh of relief.

"We've known each other for many years, just good friends." Yun Zhi answered softly with lowered eyes.

From college to now, everyone I know seems to ask the same words.

—Are you guys in a relationship?

—Nan Qiao is your girlfriend, she must like you, otherwise why would she treat you so well.

—Is Nan Qiao your girlfriend? How did you treat her so well.

Everyone thinks they are in a relationship, but only each other knows that they are just good friends.

As for the reason, Yun Zhi didn't know either.

During the thirteen years of being friends with her, Yun Zhi confessed his love to Nan Qiao many times, but was rejected all of them.

The reasons for rejection are all related to friends.

—Come on, we still have to be friends.

—Isn’t it good to be friends?

After listening to it a lot, Yun Zhi no longer clings to that level of relationship, and just thinks that Nan Qiao doesn't want to fall in love, and the two maintain what outsiders see as an "ambiguous" relationship until two years ago.

When leaving, Yun Zhi did not take the same vehicle with the other members of the studio, but found a place to sit and wait for her according to Nan Qiao's words.

When he walked to the abandoned bus stop, it was already drizzling in the sky. Yun Zhi pressed the brim of his hat and touched the camera hanging on his chest.

Then he put the unopened umbrella on the seat of the bus stop, and took out a tissue from his pocket to wipe off the rainwater floating on the edge of the camera.

After wiping, she turned on the camera and took a photo of the sky, and sat on the bench looking through the photos taken these days.

Ten minutes passed, but there was no reply from Nan Qiao.

The rain was getting bigger and bigger, and the drops scattered in the low-lying water, forming circles one after another.

Yun Zhi held up the camera to the sky and took random pictures of the stagnant water. The sky was dark, foggy and rainy, and the photos he took were not good-looking.

Yun Zhi squinted her left eye slightly, looking at the world under the camera in the rain and fog through the viewfinder, slowly moving up and down, suddenly her eyes froze, and she raised her eyes to look at the lens.

A tall woman holding an umbrella and holding a handful of crushed ice blue suddenly appeared in the mirror, walking towards her slowly. The woman was wearing a long red dress, tall and slender, with exquisite makeup.

In this gray world at this time, the woman who suddenly appeared in front of her eyes was the only bright color. When this shot was captured, Yun Zhi's heart skipped a beat, and she pressed the shutter button several times.

She just got some great pictures.

Yun Zhi moved the camera to another place as if nothing had happened, and silently turned off the camera, but unconsciously looked at the bench next to him.

The woman slowly closed the umbrella, put it aside, and sat down on the bench, still holding the crushed ice blue in her arms. She raised her head slightly, her brows were cold, and her lightly pursed red lips looked a little more glamorous and distanced at this moment.

Yun Zhi withdrew his gaze, looked at the camera in his hand, checked the pictures he had captured earlier, and then turned his head to look at the woman.

She looked down at the crushed ice blue in her bosom, her expression became much gentler, Yun Zhi suddenly lost her mind, thinking that it might be more appropriate if the flower in her bosom was a fiery red flame rose.

After a while, Yun Zhi came back to his senses, thinking about what he wanted to do, he struggled for a while, thinking about how to speak more politely, not abruptly, and achieve his goal.

After some mental exercise, Yun Zhicai finally turned sideways, looked at the woman and said softly and politely, "Hello, young lady."

When she saw the woman's fingertips stroking the bouquet, she paused, and then raised her eyes to look at her after a while, her eyes were more gentle than before, and the corners of her lips were slightly curved.

"Hello."