Bear Diary

Monday, August 2010, 12

Because of the jet lag, it was already past ten o'clock when I woke up the next day, but still because of the jet lag, I didn't feel like I slept well.A little cough, but nothing else.

This time may not be the tourist season, and there is no one in this small hotel where I live.When I went downstairs, I heard Ben and his mother talking. Although I couldn't hear the content clearly, both of them were a little excited.

I was thinking about whether to go down at this time, when I saw Ben yelled something, and then rushed upstairs, I had no time to hide, and ran into him.We were both taken aback, and then he said something like: Come on, let's go out!Then without waiting for my reaction, he pulled me away.When I passed by the proprietress, I clearly felt a murderous aura.

According to Ben, Manchester City's Chinatown is the largest in the UK, especially with the most Chinese restaurants and shops selling trinkets, but we bought bread and water for breakfast in a small supermarket and didn't stay long.

My impression of Manchester is that it is traditional, classic and beautiful. Ben said that the tradition is well preserved and preserved here.The houses in the residential area are basically two or three storeys, and few have more than three storeys, let alone tall buildings.The greenery in the residential area is very good and the environment is very quiet.In addition to the large number of Chinese, there are many people of all skin colors, and it feels like a very open city.

Ben took me to Albert Square and visited the Town Hall.The building is very beautiful, and the interior decoration is also very exquisite, but I really didn't understand the history and glory of the building that Ben said in Chinese with weird grammar, and I didn't have much interest.When we came out, we sat on the square and watched the people coming and going. Although some people say that this is a city for work and study, I think the pace of life here is quite leisurely, a bit like Chengdu, and everyone seems to be taking it easy.

Ben asked if I was feeling better, and I said I was fine.I asked him what happened to the proprietress in the morning, and Ben said that they often quarreled like this for some trivial matters, and they were used to it. Ben asked me if I had given up on Serena, and I said what else could I do?He's getting engaged next month. Ben was silent. Did he not know what to say, or could he not be able to speak Chinese?

"Actually, I envy you," Ben said.

"Envy? Why?"

"You want to be so...brave...for you..." Even when Ben said such a serious thing, his staccato was a bit underwhelming. "If I have half... you are like this... that's fine..."

Later we chatted about why he said that. It turned out that Ben had a girlfriend when he was in college in another city, and the two separated because of family objections.He said that he regretted that he didn't work harder for this relationship at the time, so seeing me doing this for Serena, he was very touched. If I don't give up, he is willing to help me as much as possible.

It’s disappointing to say that the relationship between Serena and I was not recognized by others from the very beginning, but now hearing the encouragement from someone I’ve just met for a few days actually makes me want to cry.I said, let me invite you to dinner, and I will treat it as a reward for your help in the past two days.

We found an open-air place to eat in Castlefield, not far from a viaduct and a river next to it, with a wide view.It was lunch time, and there was a blonde beauty in the seat next to her, holding a cigarette in one hand and drinking wine in the other, looking very enjoying it.And the man next to her seemed to be her lover, and whispered a few words to her from time to time, making the blonde beauty tremble.Ben and I were staring at her, I don't know what Ben was thinking, and I saw a pair of rings of the same style on the hand of the blonde girl holding hands with her lover.

I took out my wallet, and the place where I put the photo was a photo of me and Serena in Happy Valley last winter.In the photo, he is smiling brightly, holding my head tightly with his left hand and pressing on his chest, and holding the camera in his right hand to take a selfie.I struggled with my facial features, and tried to break his arm holding me with my left hand. As a result, the pair of non-gorgeous rings we both wore on our left ring fingers were photographed.There is a protrusion in the leather under the photo frame, I pressed it lightly, and the familiar outline is the ring engraved with the letters representing Serena.

During this time, my heart was empty, and the things that should have filled it left me along with Serena.And now I am so close to him, but I can't touch him, I am not reconciled, really not reconciled.

Ben came over and saw the photo, said some regretful words, and then asked me if I really want to go back?I put away my wallet and said that there is still a lot of time for the visa, let's play for a few more days, don't waste it.Do you know any place that sells mobile phones?