Chapter 9 Let loneliness surge into an ocean 02
The wedding ceremony was held at sea.
The main venue was a large, colorful cruise ship, and each guest was sent there by a motorboat on the shore. The cruise ship was very impressive, and from a distance, you could still see fireworks blooming and lights flashing on it. The sea surface was surrounded by nets to form long "roads", and the nets were dotted with colorful lights and flowers, which looked like golden waves undulating in the water. Layers of pink rose petals floated on the sea, emitting bursts of fragrance.
The motorboats that pick up and drop off guests are also very exquisite. Each one has a different color and decorations, some are romantic and cute, and some are noble and gorgeous. I don’t know what the grand scene on the cruise ship is. In the courtyard where guests rest on the shore, there is a white dining table that is more than ten meters long, with all kinds of flowers, drinks and food on it.
The guests were either rich or noble. I watched them talking about business or the stock market from time to time, and I felt extremely bored. There was no one I knew here. Fang Chongyan and Aunt Qing were both on the cruise ship. The wedding hadn't started yet, and I didn't plan to go there so early.
As for Fang Xuyu , I have no idea where he is. I am vaguely looking forward to seeing him, but I am also afraid to see him. It is very contradictory.
I took a dessert and sat at the table, eating with a fork, feeling a burning gaze behind me. When I turned around, the guests were chatting and laughing, and no one noticed me at all.
Halfway through the snack, it started to drizzle. I didn't bring an umbrella, and many guests didn't bring umbrellas either. We were sheltered by a dome, so we didn't get wet. Guests in the courtyard complained about the weather and ran down to the dome.
The wedding was to start in half an hour. Some people were worried about encountering heavy rain, so they went to the shore first to take a motorboat to the main venue. The number of motorboats on the beach gradually decreased, and they could be counted in twos and threes.
A man in a suit holding a glass of red wine was slightly startled when he saw me and asked, "Are you Miss Fang?"
"Do you know me?" I raised the corner of my mouth and smiled at him. I didn't expect that someone here knew me.
He came to me naturally and whispered, "Of course, I'm Lu Feng, Ah Hai's friend. I came here with him from abroad. The photo frames on his office desk are all of you."
My expression changed and I felt a little embarrassed.
"Did you have a fight? I've never seen him contact you. I even got your name out of him. He was drunk that day and was calling 'Wei Yang' in a daze. We often joked that he was a successful ascetic man. He didn't like foreign girls and he didn't even look at Chinese girls." He smiled and told me about Fang Xuyu.
I whispered, "We did have some unpleasantness."
Lu Feng raised his eyebrows, looked around, and asked, "You didn't see him? He was here just now. It's strange, how could he disappear in the blink of an eye?"
Just now? Fang Xuyu was here just now? Could it be that the sight that made me feel so connected to him wasn't just my illusion, but he was looking at me?
"I'll take you there. The rain is getting heavy." Lu Feng raised the umbrella in his hand, put down the red wine glass, opened the umbrella and looked at the thunder in the sky.
I accepted his kindness.
The guests on the shore were almost gone, and there were only three motorboats left on the beach. Two small motorboats had people standing in front of them. Lu Feng pointed to the largest one and said, "Let's go there."
I nodded .
The motorboat has two floors. The lower floor was full, so Lu Feng and I went to the upper floor. The sea breeze was strong, and Lu Feng's umbrella couldn't be opened steadily. He closed the umbrella, saw that I was wearing a white dress, and put his coat on me very gentlemanly.
Thunder exploded overhead with a "boom" . The sea surface in the distance was looming. The wind and waves grew stronger. Looking up, countless raindrops fell like pearls from a broken string. The rustling sound of rain fell in my ears, and the cold wind blew, making me shiver.
A voice was playing on the radio: "Please sit down, guests. Guests upstairs, please wear life jackets. The boat is shaking, please hold on to the handrails."
The guests put on their life jackets one after another. Unfortunately, when it came to Lu Feng and me, there was only one left, and it was a torn one. He and I looked at each other and smiled.
"It's better to wear it than not to wear it." Lu Feng joked and handed me the life jacket.
I nodded and put it on casually since the journey was not far anyway.
“Boom——”
There was another thunder, and the motorboat accelerated, the waves and the sea wind hitting the boat and shaking it constantly. I held on to the railing tightly, my body swaying left and right, and the motorboat rushed forward like surfing.
Suddenly, a "splash" sound was heard, and a guest who had lost his grip fell into the water. A lifeguard blew his whistle vigorously and jumped in to save him. At this time, the motorboat behind discovered that there was someone in the water ahead and suddenly sounded the danger alarm.
"Be careful to avoid the danger ahead! Be careful to avoid the danger ahead!!"
The crowd screamed.
The motorboat behind us made a sharp turn, and the motorboat we were on reacted quickly to avoid it, but at this time there was a loud thunder, and a huge wave came like a tsunami, and our boat was almost at a vertical angle to the sea surface.
"Put on your life jackets! The boat is going to sink!" The warning resounded through the sky.
The sea was filled with dozens of cries for help, tearing our hearts apart. The motorboat behind us brushed past us. At the same time, our boat was overturned by the huge waves.
Someone is crying.
In a trance, I heard someone calling my name.
Everything went dark before my eyes and I was instantly drowned by the cold sea water.
Just before falling into the sea, I saw people's frightened bodies floating in pale life jackets on the silent sea under the dark sky.
This place has become a river of Hades.
People's screams continued to be heard, and then they were swallowed by the sea.
The torn life jacket turned into a piece of rag the moment I fell into the sea.
I didn't shout, I just felt my body falling straight down.
How cold is the sea?
The nearly zero-degree sea water brought me endless pain, like a thousand knives stabbing into my skin, a pain I had never experienced before.
I suddenly remembered the movie "Titanic". I used to wonder why people died when they were soaked in water. Wouldn't they survive if they wore a life jacket?
Some people say that he froze to death.
Oh, frozen to death.
At this moment, biting cold and fear occupied my heart. I seemed to suddenly know exactly how they froze to death. It was like lingchi, with the flesh being cut off piece by piece. They were frozen to death.
Now, the god of death is dragging me to hell with his scythe. On the other side of the boundary between life and death, I see a man who is swimming towards me desperately like a strong swordfish.
It only takes a moment.
His hair floated in the sea like seaweed. He swam across the black water, across the past between us, and came to me like a god.
Is that you? Are you back? I have so many things to say to you, but as soon as I open my mouth, all the words turn into bubbles.
I'm sorry, I never meant to hurt you.
I saw that his eyes were like a melancholy blue in the sinking sea water. He looked at me and called me so melancholy, as if he would never see my face again, nor hear me speak again.
Is this a dream? Am I going to die?
My tears flowed, as bitter as the sea water.
Oh, I'm dying.
But death is so cold, I am so cold, so cold...
His lips spoke to me.
He said, pay me back, remember me.
He waved his hands vigorously towards me, and I was lost in the darkness, looking at him and smiling.
I said, I love you.
I felt like someone was holding me up, trying to push me upwards. My body and soul were in a dream from which I could not wake up. In my dream, he kissed me goodbye and gradually fell into the seabed that I could not see. I reached out to grab him, but I could not, always just a little bit short.
There will always be a little gap between us.
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