He ate the cup of vanilla ice cream in his hand, immersed himself in his own world, and his eyes showed complex emotions such as affection, melancholy or nostalgia. It seems to him that he is not eating ice cream, but tasting an unforgettable memory.
He really remembers. This place is where his love with the fox Xia began and where their love ended. Five years later, things have changed. At first, the small drink shop opposite has been rebuilt and expanded several times. The taste remains the same, but people are not the people they used to be.
It was in that small restaurant that he and Hu Xia first met. As the only old park in this city with decades of history, there are no roller coasters, merry-go-round and other trendy things, only primitive wooden swings and chairs, as well as patches of camphor trees and osmanthus trees. Every breath feels particularly fresh and sweet, and because of this, this park is an ideal holy place for old people to chat and young people to fall in love. Of course, there are third-class people like Shen Feng who like reading. I especially like under the camphor tree. Since he discovered this place, it is almost a must-see place for daily rest in summer vacation. As long as the weather is fine, he will bring a book and buy a cup of vanilla ice cream in the cold drink shop at the gate of the park, which is necessary in summer.
It was a summer afternoon, and the sun was scorching the earth. Shen Fengwu sneaked out of the house with a book after dinner, and read M. Guo's book "Left Hand Reflection, Right Hand Time". It seems that he was poisoned by Jing M.Guo and fell madly in love with those words that looked rebellious and sad.
As usual, he first went to the cold drink shop, ordered a cup of vanilla ice cream, and then looked down at the book as usual until someone pulled his clothes. When he lifted it, a girl with a ball head stood in front of him and looked at him with pitiful eyes.
"Hello, I didn't mean to bother you, but the master in the shop told me just now that vanilla ice cream is sold out, and you have the last one. Can I exchange with you? "
Those are bright and shining eyes, like the elves written in the book, which make people involuntarily immersed in them.
In fact, he likes to eat vanilla, which has gradually become a habit, just as he has always liked reading and is quiet, but he subconsciously blurted out: "You like vanilla, too, ok, no problem!"
The throb of youth, like budding seeds, lurks quietly in the bottom of my heart. He didn't know why he promised so simply, or even just blurted it out subconsciously.
However, when he looked at the girl again, the girl smiled back at him, not beautiful, just like the girl next door in his memory.
The girl got her favorite vanilla ice cream and couldn't wait to take a bite, showing a satisfied expression, which made his heart jump. Shen Feng, who has always been famous for his calmness, is a little at a loss. He took the ice cream handed by the girl, and under the girl's quick words, the two began their first communication.
"Hello, meet me. My name is Hu Xia, and you? "
"My name is Shen Feng."
"Shen Feng? Why do I think you are like a piece of wood, hehe! "
"……"
"By the way, why don't you sit in a chair and go into the Woods?"
Fox summer, like a chirping sparrow, is all the way, and the topic spans all kinds. Unfortunately, most of the time, she just responded in a few words. It's not that Shen Feng doesn't want to talk to girls. She really hasn't communicated with girls. Every time she opens her mouth, she always feels that she doesn't know how to answer them, which drives her crazy.
"You are a big wood, and I will call you wood in the future!"
She is like a jumping elf, walking under Shen Feng and camphor trees from time to time. At the destination, she occupied Shen Feng's lair and began her long-planned journey of listening to stories.
Back to his hobbies, Shen Feng immediately became a different person, full of energy, telling all kinds of novels vividly, listening to the girl laugh for a while, and then burst into tears, and the afternoon passed unconsciously.
This is the first time they have met, but they are like old friends reunited after a long separation. They have the same interests and hobbies, and they are also good listeners to each other. When he left, Fox Xia looked at him with funny little eyes.
"Will you come tomorrow? I still want to hear the story. "
"I will come every day as long as you are willing to listen." Shen Feng returned immediately. He didn't know what to say, but he chose to follow his inner thoughts.
Sure enough, Xia immediately beamed, pretended to be a fox and patted him on the shoulder.
"Good boy, have a good eye, come on! I won't call you wood in the future and upgrade you to a nerd, ok, hehe! "
With such a wicked little witch, Shen Feng feels that the whole person is not good. When he got home, he lost half his soul. His mind is full of summer fox's smile. She is free and innocent, like a bouquet of fragrant roses. It may be sweet to the touch and hurt him, but he is looking forward to the time passing faster and the sun coming out soon tomorrow.
In such a warm time, at the moment he recalled, more than two months later, they all started school, facing the pressure of the college entrance examination and a wall of time and space built by several high walls instead of a school.
That summer was his most unforgettable summer, and the friendship that started with vanilla ice cream gradually developed into deeper feelings. He can't forget which teenager is not affectionate and which girl is not in love with spring. They went to buy vanilla ice cream together, lying side by side on the grass, close enough to hear each other's heartbeat, talking about the physiological thoughts of future people together, and finally relying on each other from strange to familiar.
After school, the heavy study did not affect their mood of taking time to go to the park for a date. On a rare rest day every Sunday, they go shopping together and go to the park together. Even if the leaves fall in late autumn, even if it snows heavily, that girl named Fox Xia once tasted different flavors of vanilla ice cream with him all year round. It was that small glass of ice cream that attracted their pure love.
Some people say that the student days are simple and beautiful times, so the life without love in the student days is not a perfect life. Their story is accompanied by their school days, and the price of vanilla ice cream has changed again and again, reaching another crossroads in life.
"Idiot, I have to go, I don't want to study, I want to go to Beijing, I want to go abroad, I want to see this beautiful world!"
After a while, Shen Feng hesitated. He wanted to travel with Fox Xia regardless of everything, but he couldn't face his parents and realized that he couldn't give Fox Xia everything she wanted now. What a sad but cruel reality!
"Idiot, come on! I know you can't go with me. I promise you, if one day, you find the best vanilla ice cream in the world, and you propose to me with it, I will marry you! "
From that day on, the fox went to Beijing in summer, and it was no longer easy to drift north. At first, I often contacted, but gradually I became busier and busier, with less and less contact.
It seems to be a forgotten love, but Shen Feng didn't give up. He read a lot of information and learned that Paris, France has the best vanilla ice cream in the world. Its name is CHRISTIAN CONSTANT, which became his first dream in life.
In the year of graduation, he made the first decision in his life with the national scholarship he applied for for for several years and the part-time income during his studies. He wants to take her to France to taste the unique food in the world. For a person who likes vanilla ice cream, he thinks it is the best gift. He dialed the telephone of Xia Hu. Although he hasn't contacted for a long time, he already knows this number by heart. After a long busy tone, he finally heard the yearning.
"Shen Feng? Is that you? "
Xia Hu's voice came from the other end of the phone, not so immature, but slightly excited.
"I haven't seen you for a long time. How have you been recently? I have good news for you! "
"Very well, really? I also have good news for you! "
"Then you go first!" As in those days, he always likes to be a qualified listener.
"Hey, I'm getting married. There are not many relatives and friends here in Beijing. If you are free, be sure to come to my wedding! "
For an instant, Shen Feng felt that his brain was blank. His dream of fighting for it was once shattered. He didn't know what would happen if his so-called good news continued, so he chose silence!
"Rightness, Shen Feng, you just said you have good news to tell me. What is it? "
Fox summer on the phone, obviously didn't find any strange, or she has found, but there is no possibility of turning back.
"Nothing, I'm going to France in a few days."
"Oh, come on! You have gone abroad, I am a little busy, we will talk again when we are free, bye! "
Listening to the busy tone on the phone, Shen Feng's heart suddenly calmed down inexplicably. It seems that this is the original him. The past few years have been like living in a dream.
Now he is standing at the intersection of dream and reality, and it is time to make a choice in life.
He still booked a plane ticket to Paris, France, went to the most legendary ice cream making workshop in the world, tasted the unique flavor, and fulfilled a wish he had fought for.
Now, sitting on a wooden chair, he walked past the swing frame and the increasingly lush camphor tree forest in the park, ate the ice cream in his hand, cherished the unforgettable memory, and bid farewell to the past and my love for vanilla ice cream!