At this time, we had arrived at Maple Villa. After the car stopped, the driver did not mean to leave. I knew he also wanted to hear stories about girls.
“Going?” Leon knocked on the car window. “You drove away and came to pick me up early in the morning tomorrow.”
“Don’t you tell the story?” The driver took off the tissue in his ears.
“Get out of here!” Leon shouted. “How you dare to eavesdrop?”
“I haven’t eavesdrop. It’s because the Fourth Brother’s singing is too nice, and the penetrating power is too strong, I accidentally heard it.” The driver was also very capable of speaking.
“Go! Go back to rest early.” Leon motioned him to drive away quickly.
The driver had no choice but to drive away unwillingly.
“You also have to rest early.” Leon said to me, “You need to return to Yang City tomorrow. Go rest early. I’ll ask the driver to take you to the high-speed rail station tomorrow morning.”
I shook my head, “I’m not sleepy yet, I don’t want to sleep. You carry me upstairs first, and then tell me the girl’s story.”
“Do you still want to torment me?” Leon frowned.
“What are you saying? I’m just happy tonight and want to have a good chat with you.” I said with a smile.
“Why I feel there is something strange?” Leon looked distrustful.
“Come on. I’m honest, there is no conspiracy.”
As I spoke, I stretched my arms and Leon fell down helplessly, carrying me upstairs.
Sister Zhen came head-on, surprised, “are you uncomfortable, Ma’am?”
“She is OK. You don’t have to worry about it, Sister Zhen. Just do your business. She’s fine.” Leon said.
Sister Zhen seemed to understand something and smiled, “Well, I see.”
Sister Zhen was so clever about what he said.
On the second floor, Leon placed me on the wicker chair on the balcony and asked with arms akimbo, “Miss Yao, is there anything I can do for you?”
“Pour me another glass of water, not ice water, not too hot, just warm water,” I said.
“Okay, I’ll do it now.” Leon was indeed gentle and obedient when we were alone.
Soon he came, and the water temperature was really moderate. After two sips, my stomach felt comfortable a lot.
“You come in first, I will make a call, and you come out after I hang up.” I waved to Leon.
“Miss Yao, you overdid!” Leon protested again.
“Go in.” I waved again, Leon went in unwillingly.
I really needed to call Jiannan Lyu. I thought I should ask after him. No matter who he was, he was sincere to me, and he did not hesitate to help me at the risk of offending Ruoxin Chen, which was very loyal. So I have to ask if he has arrived at the hospital.
The phone was answered by a man, but not Jiannan. He said that boss was dealing with the injury and it was inconvenient to answer the phone.
Then Jiannan’s voice came and asked who was calling, and the person answering the phone said that it seemed to be Miss Yao.
Jiannan said that stop, and he want to answer the phone first. Then his voice became clear, “I knew you would call me. I’m okay, don’t worry, I can’t die.”
Since he said so, I didn’t want to say anything to him about false concern. “OK, you just get better. I’ll invite you to dinner later.
Jiannan said OK, and let me rest early, don’t worry about him.
After I finished the call, I saw Leon hiding and eavesdropping. I gave him a hard stare and gestured for him to come.
“Can you stop using this gesture, which makes me feel very uncomfortable. I am not your servant!” Leon said angrily.
I provoked him with more obvious gesture, “Come here.”
He took a deep breath, “Do you need anything else again?”
“Tell me the girl’s story.”
“What girl’s story?” Leon began to act.
“You said that you sang Farewell is related to a girl. There must be a story about it. I want to listen to this story, and I want to listen to the real version, not that you edited. I definitely can hear whether it is true.”
“You let me sing. After singing, you want to listen story behind it? Cut it out OK?”
“You have to listen to me tonight. This is one of my demands. You can’t refuse it and start talking right now. You can’t fabricate, you must say the real version.” I repeat again.
“It was when I was very young, I once participated in a summer camp. Later I argued with the teacher, I left the camp. When I wanted to come back, I found that I was lost. Then I met a girl and she took me back to the camp. This was the song she sang to me at the time. She said that as long as you sing the song, you would not be afraid. I didn’t know the name of the song at the time, but I knew it later. It just is a memory.”
Leon was recounting, I heard a little fascinated. Since it was a child, it was really not necessary to be jealous. The things about childhood is always beautiful.
“It’s over?” I asked Leon.
“It’s over. It’s just a memory of childhood. It’s not a story.
“After that, did you find that girl?” I thought he should have been looking for that girl.
Sure enough, Leon nodded, “I did, but I couldn’t find her. It was totally clueless. I was very young and stuff at that time. After many years, the memory was blurred, only knowing she had two braids and the a white flower on her head. She was very beautiful. I asked her what her name was. She said that she was Nan Xiao(‘Xiao’ always means a nickname in China). I just remembered it, and there was no other clues.”
“Nan Xiao?”
“Yes, her name is Xiao Nan.”
My heart moved, was that the little girl was Lin Nan? Leon had always been obsessed with Lin Nan, and may be he also had such speculation.
I asked directly, “Do you think she is Nan Lin?”
Leon nodded frankly, “I did think about it this way, because the place where I went to the summer camp was Yang City. And Nan Lin also can sing Farewell, but she couldn’t remember the situation at that time. She forgot, or maybe it’s not her.”
I’m a little jealous, “You really hope it is her?”
“That’s not true. Whether it’s her or not, it’s a very long time ago. I’ve been to Yang City countless times for I all along wanted to find the little girl. I’m a person with obsession, but I didn’t find it. All is fate. It’s all gone.”
“I hope that one day you will find the little girl. Childhood memories are precious, especially for those who do not have memories, it is simply a luxury.”
I was talking about myself for I had no memory.