not a decent stand-in

Chapter 75

The snow-covered Alps are the most famous ski resorts in the world.

Countless people come here for vacation every winter, and Switzerland is a resort that ski lovers must visit once in a lifetime.

Zuo Tong packed up his ski equipment, greeted the coach, and then went back to the hotel to rest. In the evening, he and some friends he met at the ski training ground planned to have a drink together.

Snow scenery, hot springs, fine wine, such a holiday made him feel completely relaxed.

This is the last stop of Zuo Tong's roaming in Europe. For more than half a month, he wandered around the map alone, drinking a cup of coffee quietly in a small town full of exotic customs, listening to The street artist plays the violin without any worries and entanglements.

A person's day is very peaceful and happy.

In the evening, Zuo Tong brought a bottle of good wine and came to the tavern appointed by some friends.

This tavern has a history of more than 100 years and is full of Nordic style.

The owner is a Belgian who came here when he was young. He runs this small shop.

Drinking with Zuo Tong were young people who learned to ski in the same club as him. Among them were a young Caucasian couple, a Korean girl, and a handsome Italian guy.

Everyone chatted in English about things happening around the world, and the Korean girl kept her eyes on Zuo Tong.

The young Caucasian couple thought they were from the past, and seeing that the girl had a crush on Zuo Tong, they made a joke of them.

"Minzhi, if you look at Calvin like this again, won't you scare him away?" The young wife named Susan had a teasing smile on her face, "Aren't you Asians very shy?"

"I grew up in the United States, so I won't be so reserved!" Ding Minzhi didn't hold back, and readily admitted his thoughts.

"Hey, have you considered my feelings?" Romeo, a handsome Italian, looked depressed. He is a professional model with a sculptural appearance and figure. He can cause wailing wherever he goes. This is the first time he has been so ignored. .

But even though he complained, there was a smile on the corner of his mouth. He hadn't seen many elegant Asian men like Zuo Tong before, and he seemed to appreciate it.

"I think you should consider my feelings, right?"

Zuo Tong chuckled, picked up the wine glass and took a sip. His posture was elegant, but not artificial, as if he had an innate sense of freedom.

"Well, why don't you satisfy my curiosity first?"

"Want to know what?"

"You don't wear a ring on your hand, so you shouldn't be married, right?"

"Correct."

"Do you have a girlfriend?"

"No."

Ding Minzhi's eyes lit up, and he said with a smile, "Then I don't think there's any problem. I'm also single. You have the right to reject me, but that doesn't mean I can't express my love!"

Everyone in the tavern laughed.

Ding Minzhi's voice was not low, with the accent unique to Korean girls, Zuo Tong couldn't laugh or cry.

"Why don't you ask, do I have a boyfriend?"

Ding Minzhi looked surprised, pursed his lips and said, "Even if you want to reject me, you can't make such a joke, right?"

Zuo Tong was still drinking wine gracefully, seeing the eyes of the people around him widen in astonishment, he smiled indifferently, "Why, are you scared?"

"How is it possible..." Ding Minzhi obviously didn't believe it, so he had to ask again, "Then...do you have a boyfriend?"

"nor……"

When he said this, Zuo Tong touched the watch on his wrist and smiled slightly.

"Scared me to death!" Ding Minzhi finally breathed a sigh of relief, and several other people also burst out laughing.

Romeo joked: "If you really don't have a boyfriend, then I don't know, do I have the honor?"

"Romeo, don't come here, I just saw you picking up girls on the ski resort yesterday!" Ding Minzhi glared at the handsome Italian guy with dissatisfaction, and some restricted-rated images couldn't help but pop up in his head.

Why did she suddenly feel that such an exquisite person like Zuo Tong should be held in the palm of another more outstanding person?

A table of people was laughing, and the owner of the hotel, John, came over. He would drink a few drinks with the guests every day, and it hadn't changed for decades.

"Oh, Susan! You were alone when you came here last year, and this year you have such a wonderful partner. I'm so happy for you!"

Susan stood up and hugged him, and said happily: "Yes! Last year you said that I would definitely find my other half soon, and it really came true. Are you Santa Claus?"

John laughed and nodded again and again: "Not bad, I'm honored to be your Santa Claus!"

John and Susan's husband also had a drink and said with a smile: "Young man, it's my first meeting, nice to meet you!"

After exchanging pleasantries, John put his eyes on Zuo Tong, and he said with a smile, "Did I meet you somewhere?"

"I've been here before..." It was the time when Xiang Yindong disappeared. He was looking for traces of that person along the road in the valley. He passed by this bar and went in for a drink. Unexpectedly, the boss still remembered it.

"Well, I remember, it was last April..." John said firmly, "You didn't seem very happy then?"

"I can't even remember, do you still remember?"

Zuo Tong didn't want to recall what happened at that time, so he casually said something perfunctory.

"Of course I remember. I haven't seen many beautiful Asians like you! But last time, you didn't have such a rare thing on your body."

Zuo Tong followed John's gaze and lowered his head. Seeing him looking at his watch, he raised his wrist and asked, "Do you mean this watch?"

"That's right, George Mercier, a watch that can only be ordered for a lifetime is not available to ordinary people."

"A friend gave it to me."

"Oh, then you are a lucky man, that man must love you very much!"

"What kind of friend is that?" Ding Minzhi also became curious, "Is it a token of love?"

Zuo Tong's eyebrows suddenly felt a little sad, he thought of Xiang Yindong's clumsy but full-hearted romance on his birthday.

"If I'm not mistaken, this should be the last watch made by George. The year before last, he announced his retirement and moved back to the mountains. Many people who came to look for him came back without success. I heard that he I gave the last watch to a young man from the East, because he hit it off with him..."

"That man is so lucky!" Romeo couldn't help sighing, as a member of the fashion circle, he naturally knew the name of George Mercier.

Such a master is very lucky to be able to meet him at first sight, but he can still impress him and get the last watch he made, which is really like a story in a novel.

"Calvin, is that person your friend?" Susan also felt curious.

"I don't know, he didn't tell me the history of the watch."

"George and I have been old friends for decades. He came to the store as a guest some time ago and talked about what happened at that time..."

John sat next to Zuo Tong, with an emotional expression on his face: "The young man got the watch and said it was a birthday present for his good friend who grew up with him. He insisted on asking George to engrave that person's name, and he hurried back I went to a meeting in Zurich. Who knows, on the day he went back to the mountain to pick up his watch, there seemed to be a traffic accident, and George didn't wait for anyone..."

"Didn't the master give him the watch?"

"George sent this watch to the young man's home according to the address. I can see it today. I have to inform him immediately! The old man heard that there was a car accident and an avalanche in the mountains that day, and he was always worried about what happened. !"

"What a bizarre story..." Ding Minzhi couldn't help sighing.

She raised her head to look at Zuo Tong, only to find that there was something wrong with his face, and it would not be an exaggeration to say that he suddenly lost his mind.

"Calvin, what's wrong with you? Is that man really your friend?"

"Yes..." Zuo Tong suddenly stood up from his seat and picked up his coat, "Sorry, John, can you tell me the address of Master George? I have to go find him."

"Yes, yes, but I'm afraid it's too late for you to enter the mountain now. Why don't you go tomorrow morning?"

"I can't wait for a moment, please tell me!"

Zuo Tong's pleading eyes made John hesitate for a moment, and then he took out a pen and wrote an address to him: "The weather is not bad today, and we can still arrive before dark when we set off now, so be careful on the way!"

"Thank you!"

Zuo Tong hurriedly walked out the door, Ding Minzhi chased after him, and asked puzzledly: "Your friend, did something happen to him?"

"Yes, and no..." Zuo Tong smiled slightly, and zipped up his jacket, "I didn't have time to tell you just now... I don't have a boyfriend, but I'm not sure whether I should call him an ex-boyfriend... But , I think he probably won't give up, so you'd better not provoke me, he has a bad temper!"

Zuo Tong turned and left the hotel, leaving Ding Minzhi standing alone in the cold wind of the Alps, the expression on his face frozen.

Zuo Tong drove straight along the mountain road, and soon saw the village John mentioned.

He parked the car on the side of the road and walked up the mountain along the road into the mountain.

His heart was beating fast at this moment, not only because the cold weather and the setting sun reminded him how dangerous the snow-capped mountains were at night.

There was only one thought in his mind, he wanted to find the place and see it for himself.

Zuo Tong kept going up the mountain road, he remembered Xiang Yindong said that those people led him across a wooden bridge.

When he really stood on the wooden bridge, he looked at the white snow in front of him, and suddenly he couldn't move anymore.

The afterglow of the setting sun shone on the glacier not far away, and the transparent glacier was dyed golden red. Those ice cubes seemed to be on fire, leaving only blood in his eyes.

At that time, did he hurt?What's going on in his mind?

Zuo Tong felt his heart ache, and the setting sun was gradually sinking. He squatted powerlessly on the wooden bridge, and suddenly heard a voice behind him: "Fool, it doesn't hurt at all!"

He thought he was hallucinating, and turned away in a daze.

Just at the other end of the bridge, there was a man standing, his face was covered by a thick scarf and a down jacket with fur trim, but Zuo Tong still recognized him at a glance.

Xiang Yindong took off his thick hat, untied his scarf again, and showed a relieved smile: "You... you walked so fast, my physical strength, it seems... I haven't recovered to before!"

Panting heavily, seeing that Zuo Tong was still in a daze, he walked over to the other side of the bridge.

Xiang Yindong took off his gloves, and held Zuo Tong's already frozen face with warm hands, the warm touch flowed from his face to his heart.

Zuo Tong seemed to be awakened suddenly, and asked, "Why are you here?"

"Pick you up!" Xiang Yindong kept smiling, looking at him like a child, "I knew you would come here, I have been waiting for you at George's for a few days, and I saw a car parked by the side of the road just now , I guess it's you who came..."

Zuo Tong was speechless at this time, Ren Xiang Yindong hugged him in his arms.

The warm embrace and strong heartbeat tell him that Xiang Yindong is still alive and alive in front of him.

At the moment when the sun went down just now, he really felt despair, afraid that Xiang Yindong would be locked in that cold cave forever just like his body.

Suddenly, all those hypocrisy and unwillingness turned into a joke, and it was better than anything else that he was still there.

People should know how to be grateful and learn to be content.

"I just found out that you drove that car into the mountains to get that watch..." Zuo Tong leaned against Xiang Yindong's arms, his voice trembling slightly, "If..."

"No if!" Xiang Yindong interrupted him, laughing, "Didn't you say that there is no if...what happened happened, I should be grateful for all of this, otherwise, I might never know, I How happy you can be in this life..."

"A lifetime is very long... Yin Dong, I'm afraid that one day, you will think that I want too much..."

"You can do whatever you want, but don't ever want to leave me again. Let me worry about you in the future, lest you leave me... I have been thinking about the meaning of God letting me live again, and now I finally know Yes, because you are the only one in this world..."

Zuo Tong was speechless, but tightened his arms and listened greedily to his heartbeat.

"Go back!" Xiang Yindong held his face, kissed his lips, and said softly, "This place is beautiful, let him sleep here, you still have me, I will never leave you again!"

Zuo Tong laughed suddenly, pulled Xiang Yindong's hand off, and held it in his palm.

"It's beautiful here. In another 50 years, shall we come here to live in seclusion together?"

"Okay, listen to you!"

The last bit of light was covered by the night, and the sky was full of stars shining on the glacier. The two held hands and slowly disappeared into the night.

Finish--

The author has something to say: finally finished writing, the first novel, from the excitement of writing, to the excitement of being read, to the disappointment of not being able to sign the contract, and then to the stumbling plot that is not exciting enough, and fewer and fewer people read it...

But I still persevered, and finally ended, the story is complete, and I still have a sense of accomplishment!

I will continue to work hard in the future, I hope the little angels will leave a lot of messages, I love you!

Thank you to everyone who saw the end, with your support, I will write better, cheer for myself, and wish everyone a happy life!