Chapter 16 Chapter Sixteen

One day Weisheng accidentally heard Xingle say: Han Xing and I agreed to separate. Why? They just don't get along.Xing Le said carelessly. There is no need to explain further. At that time in 1929, the Great Depression was going on for a while.One bank after another failed.Several business families also declared bankruptcy.Rubber is as cheap as dust.All credibility is at stake. Xing Le still kept his job and went back to live at his uncle's house.Han Xing went to work in a shop, and later switched to a beauty salon.Not long after, Xingle found out that she was working as a manicure master in a hotel barber shop. Because of her attractive appearance, she was paid quite well.

Weisheng was quite surprised to hear that his friend and lover were separated, and the latter never expected that Aunt Xiuying and Weisheng had actually made friends.You can never figure out a woman.Xiuying is at least four or five years older than Weisheng.In terms of appearance, Xingle didn't expect his friend to be attractive to women, especially his neat and delicate little aunt. He thought she would never get married. The disheveled, challenging poet's face just touched Xiuying's heart.There is no doubt that there is love on both sides.Weisheng has excellent Chinese literary accomplishments, and the reports he gets at his fingertips are also readable and well-written, occasionally including a classical insinuation, which naturally has a great attraction for a well-read Chinese scholar.Usually the colder and more biased the insinuation is, the more satisfied those who understand it will be.Like sarcasm, the fewer people in the group understand it, the more those who understand it appreciate it.

All literary metaphors have a knot-like attraction, which makes people feel that you don't understand and I understand. After the two got together, Weisheng also encouraged Xiuying to publish poems and essays under her pseudonym. But how can Xiuying, who is delicate, beautiful, and elegant, endure Weisheng's messy hair, dirty nails, forgetting to bring matches, and forgetting the habit of being polite to ladies?She seemed to like them all. Sometimes two people are invited to the uncle's house.Now that Xing Le has gone home, as long as the two of them are free, he often calls them to come.

The room was once again full of young people talking and laughing.Xiuying looked very lively when she was with them, and the handkerchief she wore was much cleaner than before. Once, my uncle said to Weisheng in front of Xingle: I've never heard of such a bastard thing.That foreign girl has entered his bone marrow.He still wants her, and hopes that one day she will come back to him.what do you think?I'm not rich, but I don't want a manicurist as my daughter-in-law.I've never heard such a goddamn thing. He bit his cigar and spat. Xingle is getting thinner day by day.Cheekbones start to protrude.The eyes always have a misty, dreamlike expression.

Since the two parties are temporarily separated, Xing Le keeps going to see Han Xing.Neither of them felt bad.Han Xing has fulfilled his wish, and his attitude is not bad, while Xing Le hopes that the separation will be temporary.When they meet, they always give a happy hello! One afternoon, Xing Le took Han Xing to a coffee shop in the corner of the square in front of the park.Some distance from the city center.They often go to this coffee shop because there are not many people and they can be alone.The coffee shop was open all night, and they had been there often during the first year they had known each other.There is a late-night hotel nearby, the lights are dimmed, and customers can drink and dance with the waitresses.

Xingle always believes that as long as he takes her to the place where he used to date, he can awaken the old memories.Both the tall shopkeeper and his wife knew them.There was a phonograph by the door, and behind it were six or seven tables facing each other.Xing Le chose a table in the inner corner, where she could have a quiet conversation.They have the opportunity to discuss each other's problems.He asked about her recent situation, and she talked about her work in the lottery mall.The work is easy, and she often receives a one-yuan tip.She was quite happy. At this moment some French sailors came in, ordered a glass of wine, stood at the counter, ordered a gramophone record, and began to sing.Han Xing stood up and listened to the music, and soon helped the sailors choose their favorite records.She had a lively conversation with them, shaking her head and hands to the beat of the music.

Xing Le was so annoyed that she actually left herself to accompany the unknown sailor.The opportunity for two people to meet alone is nothing to her.He had no choice but to step forward to participate.She was staring at the badges on their uniforms and asking what they meant.After a while they turned to a bar for a drink.Han Xing found that a silver lighter that Xing Le gave her was missing, and her name was still engraved on it.She was mad.She remembered lending it to a sailor, but he denied it.They walked back to the coffee shop to find it.The sailor finally brought it out, saying he had picked it up on a vase.

If there was anything that made Xingle sadder than that night at the beach, it was this date.Maybe she would rather accompany the strange sailor and confess that she is free; maybe she doesn't care at all and hopes that he will give up. He proposed going to the Great World Entertainment Center, which has a shooting gallery, art shops, beverage stands, ice cream centers, movie theaters and dance halls.It is a place where Malay youths and their girlfriends often go.Men and women face each other, dancing, clapping, and stepping back and forth to the beat of drums and shrill music.But the bodies never touch; it's a dance that has arisen in the tropics, and because of the heat and sweat, there is no desire to hug.

But I've just been there.Han Xing said. Then let's go out to eat, the place is up to you. Sorry, I have a dinner appointment with a friend.You do not mind right? Never will.Xing Le said, but his mood was like a defeated male dog. He said, then he went home.She didn't want to leave yet, she was waiting to go out to eat. Xing Le's heart was full of loneliness.He had never been looked down upon by a girl like this before.But he knew he couldn't do without her.Apart from Han Xing, it is impossible for him to love anyone else. He is having dinner at his uncle's.My heart is going to break.He went back to his room to read a book.But can't concentrate.He wants to see Han Xing, see her face, and listen to her voice.He waited until ten o'clock and decided to go to her house to find her again, and he must talk to her.He told his uncle that he was going out.Seeing that he was in a daze, the uncle didn't ask any questions.If Han Xing eats with friends, he must be home by this time.

He went to her mother's house and heard that she hadn't come back yet.Make him more disappointed, more lonely. He went to all the nightclubs, hoping to find her and force her to come back together.But there is no shadow at all. Finally, he returns to their favorite coffee shop, thinking she might be there.She was there, with a friend he had never met!A French youth of medium build and athletic build. Seeing him come in, she was a little surprised, but not embarrassed.She whispered to her friend that Xingle was her former lover.She introduced them both.The Frenchman looked at him with shining eyes.He seemed to find it amusing.They smile at each other.The gramophone was playing an African song: I Love You, Honey.

The three went to the bar next door, they were always friendly, Han Xing occasionally talked to the Frenchman, and occasionally talked to him.I heard there is a sideshow over there.They waited until midnight.There were few customers, and the sideshow hadn't started yet. Han Xing followed the French back to the cafe and stood idle.Xing Le knew it was an eyesore, so she said she was going home. When the French heard the good news, they hurriedly said, do you want me to take you back? Han Xing said: He has a car. no thanks.Xing Le declined and said. They walked out the door and stood in the corner of the square.The French are getting a little impatient.He said: Goodbye then, and started to walk away with Han Xing.Xing Le said goodbye and stood there to see where they were going.They didn't get into the Frenchman's car, but walked towards the park hand in hand.Xing Le watched her lover disappear into the darkness in another man's arms.Shameless! Xing Le was extremely chilled.He need not doubt, need not hesitate.It turns out that this is the true face of Han Xing.He thought their relationship was over. Suddenly he remembered the word independence.Yes, she longed to be independent from him, just as he himself did not want to be dependent on his uncle. The next day he did one of the craziest stupid things.He tossed and turned all night unable to sleep.When I woke up early in the morning, I immediately thought of Han Xing.He felt that there was still unfinished business.He must see Han Xing and make a settlement. Around eight o'clock, he hoped to have breakfast with her.Unexpectedly, when she approached her house, she saw a car stop and Han Xing stepped out of the car door. The Frenchman sat in the driver's seat and smiled happily. She wasn't shy at all.The expression is happy and cheerful. come in.I just came back. no.I just got up early and passed by here. Have something to say? No. At this time, the Frenchman in the car smiled triumphantly.With a wave of his hand, he shifted the engine into first gear and sped away. Xing Le walked back for a while, got on the bus, and went to work in the office. What happened that morning completely extinguished Xingle's dream of love.Their love doesn't even have a physical basis; she is very stingy with him, but she is willing to spend the night with a strange sailor.