Manhattanhenge

"Are you really not thinking about it anymore?"

The male voice on the phone was young and sincere.

"Miss Jones likes your works very much, and she has been paying attention to you since the early stage of your creation. In fact, this is not much different from your works being included in the exhibition hall. As collectors, we will also collect them carefully. Apart from this expensive reward Not to mention, her engagement banquet will also have a lot of exposure, and we have invited many media, which will also be helpful to you..."

Su Hui was dizzy, and his dullness made him look extra patient.He poured the pill into the palm of his hand, swallowed it with his head up while drinking cold water.

Hearing that the other party seemed to have finished speaking, Su Hui refused softly, "I'm sorry, I'm not in a good state recently, I think you should be able to find a more suitable candidate."

The call was cut off, and the dimly lit room suddenly fell silent, so quiet that Su Hui's heart palpitated.

Before the rusty taste on the tip of his tongue completely dissipated, the side effect had already come. He sat on the bed, his hands trembling slightly uncontrollably.These Su Hui have long been used to it, and they don't think much of it, they just quietly look out of the window, staring at the gloomy gray and white.

[Seattle is really boring, the weather is like this, and it still doesn’t snow. ]

He recalled what Liang Wen said just before he left.

At that time, he couldn't say anything, and it's the same at this moment, he couldn't respond, it was very rude, but Liang Wen didn't say anything.Su Hui is always grateful for his tolerance.

As soon as the depression period came, he became very dull.His thoughts were frozen, he was in a daze, and his emotions fell to the bottom, like a worm whose spine had been crushed and could only lie motionless on the ground, a piece of lifeless waste paper.

In his head, a voice that looked like himself and didn't seem like himself kept repeating every flaw on his body, every mistake that seemed unforgivable.The ground under his feet collapsed inch by inch, and it seemed that soon, he would be forced to flee to the window, fall from the window lattice, and fall into this cold world.

Su Hui turned her head slowly and reached for the blindfold on the bedside table.

He found the sunglasses that Liang Wen had left next to the eye mask.

Liang Wen has snow blindness, and he always wears glasses in weather like this, just in case.Su Hui knew that she should get up now and return the glasses to the other party. After all, this is not a trivial matter, it is related to the other party's driving safety.

But he couldn't move at all, his body was controlled by boundless despair.

Evasion is his inertial action.

After a long time, Su Hui dialed Liang Wen's phone number, chose to put it on the outside, then put on the blindfold, and lay down with difficulty frowning.

It's obviously not as cold as New York, but he seems to be frozen through. The quilt of the hotel is like a thick layer of ice, making it hard to breathe.

The beeps came one after another, coldly, Su Hui closed his eyes, and the effect of the medicine came up little by little.

Liang Wen didn't connect.

He seemed to be trapped in a horrible dream.There are countless black threads entwined in the distorted space, and the vision is blurred. Su Hui kept running and running, and suddenly fell into a bottomless hole. Standing up in embarrassment and pain, he found a fluorescent blue cocoon inside. , shimmering.Su Hui moved closer and saw the person hiding inside.

It's been a long time since I dreamed about him.

Occasionally, the self in the dream stretched out his hand carefully.

The instant he was within reach, he turned into countless butterflies and flew away.

·

Ning Yixiao listened to his assistant remind him of tomorrow's agenda, and looked down at his watch.

The assistant, Carl, was a very smart person, and immediately asked, "Do you need me to book a flight ticket for going back tomorrow? I checked, and there are some earlier flights with business class."

"Okay." Ning Yixiao took the room card from the front desk lady and nodded slightly.

Carl glanced at the room card in his hand, and said again: "Sorry, this is the best business hotel I have booked temporarily. Christmas is coming soon, and the room is hard to book."

"It's okay, you can go eat." Ning Yixiao didn't show much expression, and walked towards the elevator alone.

As soon as he entered the elevator, he received a call from the company about a private equity dinner that investors wanted him to attend temporarily, which was related to the company's next financing plan, and the time was set at seven o'clock tonight.

The partners on the other end of the phone repeatedly emphasized the importance of this financing, which is their most critical turning point now.

"Understood, I'll be there on time." The elevator door opened, and Ning Yixiao walked out of the elevator, and the intermittent signal gradually returned to normal. He listened to the partner secretary's introduction to the dinner, and walked toward the depths of the corridor. go.

There are not many rooms on this floor, so he quickly found the corresponding room on the room card - 2208.

These numbers inexplicably made him slightly agitated, so Ning Yixiao stopped and stared quietly for a few seconds. After regaining his senses, he swiped his card and opened the door.

The air in the room was very cold, with a faint woody aroma, Ning Yixiao gently closed the door, walked in, and suddenly found that the room in the suite was faintly lit.

Probably the tension caused by the accumulation of work pressure all day, coupled with the cleanliness, he can't tolerate such mistakes.

The other end of the phone didn't feel right and asked, "Shaw, are you still listening?"

"Wait a minute, I have something to do here, hang up first." Ning Yixiao compared the number on the room card, and dialed the number of the front desk staff.

"Hello, have you cleaned your room?"

Suddenly, a voice came from inside the room.

"Liang Wen, are you back?"

A voice he will never forget as long as he lives.

For a moment, Ning Yixiao's heartbeat almost stopped, and he froze in place. The blood that was flowing all over his body seemed to freeze instantly, turning into a viscous, swollen heavy liquid that was about to burst the capillaries.

The voice still echoed in his head.

came back……

Ning Yixiao strode forward with great difficulty. After the first step, her pace became fast and frustrating, as if she was eagerly searching for an answer.

Su Hui felt a little strange, he didn't seem to give Liang Wen the room card, no matter how bad his memory was, he wouldn't even forget these things.

Didn't Liang Wen close the door?Seems even more unlikely.

Just when he was wondering, very suddenly, a cold hand grabbed his blindfold and took it off roughly.

The chaotic vision gradually became clear.

The person standing in front of him was clearly Ning Yixiao who had disappeared in his dream.

Su Hui didn't know whether this was his hallucination or real, he couldn't find the boundary, so he just quietly stared at Ning Yixiao's face until his eye circles turned red.

Ning Yixiao tightly clenched the blindfold, and the skin at the joints turned white.

What frightened Su Hui was that he couldn't speak, as if there were tens of thousands of words stuck in his chest, and in the end he couldn't even utter a single onomatopoeia.

The two faced each other in embarrassment and silence for a long time, until the hotel staff came in, and a series of apologies squeezed in between them, breaking the embarrassment.

"I'm really sorry, I'm really sorry." Coming to the front desk, the lobby manager of the hotel bowed and apologized.

"It's like this, Mr. Ning, I'm really sorry, there is a problem with our backstage system, and the permissions of the high-end credit card customer channel and the large business booking channel are confused, which has led to the repeated booking situation now, I'm really sorry , we will solve this problem as soon as possible, and upgrade the presidential suite for you later, please wait a moment."

Ning Yixiao didn't listen to a word of the manager's words, and his peripheral vision was always on Su Hui who was not far away.When he came out, he just put on a coat in a hurry, clutched the handle of the suitcase tightly with one hand, and turned his head to look at the front desk lady who was explaining the situation to him.

Su Hui's back looks very thin and fragile, with no sense of security, like a plant that is about to die.

All of a sudden, many memories that Ning Yixiao thought he had almost forgotten came flooding back, obliterating him like a tidal wave and suffocating him.

He couldn't help looking at Su Hui, following his slender shoulders and arms, he saw Su Hui's trembling hands.

"You guys deal with it first." Ning Yixiao asked in a deep voice, "Is there a coffee shop here?"

Hearing this, the manager felt relieved and nodded repeatedly, "Yes, it's right here in the lobby on the first floor. I'll take you there."

Ning Yixiao glanced at it, "Thank you, I saw it."

After rejecting the manager, he walked towards Su Hui.

As he approached, he gradually heard Su Hui's voice clearly. His tone was tired, but he politely repeated his request to the front desk, "You don't need to be sorry, and I don't need compensation, just hurry up and help me handle the refund. The room procedures are fine, no trouble."

He spoke very slowly, with some difficulty, as if it took great effort to even say these words completely.

Just like Su Hui just packed his luggage, the small white suitcase fell on the ground, and it was difficult to even lift it up.

This made Ning Yixiao think of him in the past, as if he hadn't changed at all.

The front desk lady looked at Ning Yixiao who was standing behind Su Hui, so she interrupted the conversation with him and nodded to Ning Yixiao in apology. Even so, Su Hui didn't look back.

"Going for a cup of coffee?"

Su Hui heard Ning Yixiao's voice, which was so far away that it seemed to come from six years ago, and it was close behind him.

"The check-out procedure should also take a while." Ning Yixiao's cold voice carried some smiles, "We haven't seen each other for a long time, let's catch up."

Su Huiming knew that his state at this time was not suitable for "reminiscing about the past", he was dull and passive, his thoughts were confused, and it was obviously difficult for him to take one more step.

He would have refused, and should have.

But he still walked out uncontrollably, and followed Ning Yixiao, as if he couldn't even get out of bed, but he still got down the moment he saw Ning Yixiao.

Su Hui had no idea how she got to the coffee shop, and how she sat face to face with him. It was like a dream from which she couldn't wake up. There was a third-person perspective of herself watching this embarrassing reunion. Drama.

It was very cold outside the floor-to-ceiling windows, he could vaguely hear some wind, and the sky was much darker than before.

For some reason, Su Hui didn't have the courage to face Ning Yixiao directly.They were clearly sitting facing each other like this, but it seemed that they were separated by a large open space, the ground was full of glass shards, and they couldn't avoid it.

The waiter came to order, and Ning Yixiao was much more relaxed than before. He ordered coffee naturally, as if they were old friends who had a good relationship. "A cup of espresso, a cup of latte, oat milk, and sugar."

He felt that he knew Su Hui well, and ordering according to his past habits was almost a matter of course.

"No sugar, no sugar."

To his surprise, Su Hui, who had been silent all this time, interrupted him.

Ning Yixiao looked over, saw him raise his eyes, repeated it to the waiter, and then said softly, "Sorry, I'm quitting sugar now."

This sentence was addressed to him, but Su Hui didn't look at him.

He was silent for two seconds, then smiled, "My fault, I should have asked in advance."

"Thought it was the same as before."

While waiting for the coffee, Ning Yixiao quietly stared at Su Hui who was sitting in front of him. At this moment, he seemed to be denying his previous conclusion.

Su Hui didn't seem to have changed, but seemed to have changed a lot.

It is still the beautiful skin that he used to get everything easily, and he can easily hide his flaws and madness. He is still very thin, even thinner than before, and his hair is longer than before, hanging on his cheeks. Ying is lazy, but because he is sick and in a trance, even the beauty is gloomy.

His clear eyes also seemed to lack the natural arrogance of the past, but without a sense of superiority, Ning Yixiao thought that it was in his bones, and would keep it until his death.

Su Hui's face was extremely pale, only a trace of blood appeared on her slightly pursed lips.He couldn't restrain the slight tremors in his hands, so he put both hands under the table and pressed his knees.

The coffee was served in front of the two of them, Ning Yixiao took a sip and smiled, "Why don't you talk?"

"Don't want to see me?"

The author has something to say:

The possible thunder points of this book have been written in the copy, you can take a look, the more important thing is that this book is [Interlude], I will mark the current timeline with an N on the chapter name. Past episodes will be marked with P ., as well as the angle of attack and shou, about half and half. In the end, Su Hui (shou) has a mental illness, both before and after the reunion.