Short Story: Waiting for You to Come Back

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This café by the sea has been open for a long time. One afternoon, an old woman dressed in fine clothes walked into the coffee house. She ordered a cup of coffee from her boss, Ah Zhen, and then sat down at a table facing the sea, watching the sea while silently drinking coffee. Although the years have left a merciless mark on the old woman's face, the beauty of the old woman can still be seen from the beautiful facial features. The old woman sat quietly alone until the sun had gone down before she got up and left.

For several days in a row, the old woman was like this, and the boss, Ah Zhen, was very curious, and she wanted to go over and talk to the old woman, but seeing her focused look, she really couldn't bear to disturb her.

One day, an old gentleman with white hair walked into the coffee house, ordered a cup of coffee, and sat down at the old woman's next table. The old man was also watching the sea and drinking coffee silently.

After a while, the old gentleman stood up and walked to the old woman's table, and politely said to the old woman, "Beauty, may I ask you if there is anyone here?" Can I sit here? ”

The old woman turned her head to look at the old gentleman, did not speak, and then moved her gaze to the sea outside the window.

The old gentleman sat down, and he said to the old woman, "Beauty, I seem to have seen you somewhere." ”

The old woman ignored the old gentleman, and she still looked out the window.

The old gentleman continued to say to the old woman, "Can I tell you a story?" ”

The old woman took the cup and drank the coffee, but still did not speak.

The old gentleman said: "A long time ago, also in a coffee house, a young lad saw a beautiful girl sitting alone at a table drinking coffee while looking at the sea, so he went over to talk. He said beauty I seem to have seen you somewhere..."

Before the old man could finish speaking, the old woman slammed the coffee cup on the table and said loudly, "You hate it!" Then he got up and left. The old gentleman was embarrassed, and he was a little overwhelmed to sit there alone. The people who heard their conversation next to them all looked at the old gentleman with a mocking look. The boss Ah Zhen also felt that the old man's method of seducing the sister was too old-fashioned, and she also threw a mocking look at the old man.

The old man sighed, stood up and left.

The next day, the old woman came again, almost at that time, again ordering a cup of coffee, and then still sitting in that position silently drinking coffee and looking at the sea.

After a while, the old gentleman came again, asked for a cup of coffee, and then went to talk to the old woman. This time the old woman did not lose her temper, and she listened impatiently to the story told by the old gentleman for a while, and then got up and left.

On the third day, the old woman arrived as promised, and so did the old man. The owner Ah Zhen was a little impatient. When the old gentleman ordered coffee, Ah Zhen said to the old man: "Uncle, you are also old, so it will not be successful to seduce your sister, because your method is outdated." ”

The old man smiled and said, "Girl, as long as the kung fu is deep, the iron pestle can also be ground into an embroidery needle." Will succeed. After saying this, he walked to the old woman with the cup again, but as in the previous two times, the old woman left the scene again.

The same scene unfolded in the coffee house. Although the old man was very persistent, every time the old woman did not wait for the old man to finish speaking, she left.

The owner, Ah Zhen, couldn't stand it anymore. In Ah Zhen's heart, her marriage was not happy, and she had always been unaccustomed to her husband being around her all day and being obedient to her. She thinks men should have personalities, so she has now been separated from her husband for more than half a year.

Another day, after the old woman left, Ah Zhen sat across from the old man, and she said to the old man, "Uncle, some people you can't get are not available, and no matter how hard you try, it will be in vain." If you really want to find a wife, there are more women in the world, so why do you have to hang yourself on this tree? Can't you try another tree? ”

"Alas! I don't want to change in this life. The old man sighed and said.

"Neurosis!" Ah Zhen scolded in her heart.

The old man got up to leave, and Ah Zhen reached out and grabbed him and said, "Uncle, since I can't convince you, then please don't come here again in the future, my coffee house is not a place for you to seduce your sister, we don't welcome people like you!" Ah Zhen wanted to add words such as "thick-skinned and no personality" to see that the other party was an old gentleman, and she finally omitted it.

The old man sat down again, he looked at Ah Zhen and said, "Boss, don't be angry, I want to tell you a story, can you see it?" ”

Ah Zhen almost didn't laugh out loud, it seems that this person is really a bit nervous, this sister actually picked up the sister to her head. "Okay uncle! I want to learn a good lesson about your sister's kung fu? Ah Zhen teased dismissively.

The old man did not mind Ah Zhen's attitude, he said: "A long time ago, it was also in a coffee house..."

"Got it, uncle, you've told that story to that aunt more than a hundred times, and I'm going to throw up when I hear it!" A young man met a girl in a coffee house, the boy went to talk to the girl, and finally they met, fell in love, got married, and lived happily, right? Ah Zhen interrupted the old man impatiently.

"But what you don't know, boss, is that the boy is me, and the girl is the old woman who just left." The old gentleman said.

"What? You say the protagonist of that story is you and the old woman? Ah Zhen was surprised.

"Yes, she is my lover." The old gentleman said.

"But she doesn't know you at all?" Ah Zhen was a little confused.

"She was sick, she had amnesia, but she hadn't forgotten the coffee house we had known, so I wanted to tell her stories to awaken her memories, to remind her of the past, to remember me, but it turned out to be really difficult!" The old man said helplessly.

Ah Zhen immediately understood, she was very remorseful, so she hurriedly said to the old man: "I am really sorry Uncle!" I misunderstood you! I believe that through your efforts, Auntie she will be able to think of you, Auntie's illness will be fine, come on Uncle! Ah Zhen clenched her fists and made a cheering motion.

"Who knows? We're all older and don't know what day to wait for, or if I can wait until that day? What a lifetime! Being able to become a husband and wife is the fate cultivated in the previous life, and we must cherish it well, otherwise we will regret it when we are old! When I was younger, I was very busy, I had very little time with her, and I blamed myself! Sometimes I think that whether she can recognize me or not, as long as I can sit here with her, it is good to chat, even if it is a little compensation for her! Maybe I've affected your business by doing this, I'm really sorry! The old man said as he stood up and was about to bow to Ah Zhen.

"No, no, it really didn't affect my business. After Uncle You have anything you need me to do, just do as you command! Ah Zhen hurriedly got up to support the old man.

Since then, in order to avoid that seat being occupied by others, Ah Zhen will put the "Reserved Seat" sign there early in the afternoon.

With the passage of time, the old woman and the old gentleman became a scenery in the coffee house, and many people knew their stories, and many people were moved by their stories.

Finally one day the old gentleman did not appear in the coffee house on time, and the old gentleman did not appear for many days, but the old woman still came and left on time every day.

Ah Zhen thought that the old gentleman might have given up, or was tired, but Ah Zhen obviously heard the old man say that he and the old woman could sit here and chat. But why didn't the old man come? Could it be that the old gentleman was sick. Ah Zhen was muttering in her heart.

A month passed.

One day, a girl accompanied the old woman to the coffee house, she ordered coffee for the old woman and said to Ah Zhen: "Boss, my mother has been in bad health recently, please take more care of her, in addition, my parents have troubled you in your shop for so long, I am really sorry!" I want to thank you here! ”

"This is your mother, so that old gentleman is your father?" Ah Zhen asked.

"Yes." The girl replied.

"Why doesn't the old man come now?" Ah Zhen asked curiously.

"He's gone." The girl said.

"Where did he go?" Ah Zhen was puzzled.

"He's dead." The girl had a sad look in her eyes.

"Huh? It turned out to be so! Ah Zhen's heart sank sharply, "Then did your mother know that your father had died?" Ah Zhen then asked.

"I don't know. He also thought my father hadn't come back from a trip. The girl said.

Ah Zhen's eyes were moist...

More than a month later, the old woman suddenly did not come, Ah Zhen wanted to know why the old woman did not come, she wanted to know the old woman's current situation, but she had no way of knowing, she regretted that she did not leave the old woman's contact information.

Time seemed to flow, day by day passed, and the figure of the old woman never appeared in that position in the coffee house again, but Ah Zhen's eyes often appeared in front of the old man's seemingly funny sister-in-law scene to the old woman.

One day, Ah Zhen sat in the same position that the old woman had once sat, she drank coffee while looking at the sea outside the window, she seriously experienced the romance and the ultimate poignancy of the old woman and the old man in her heart, and unconsciously two lines of hot tears flowed down Ah Zhen's cheeks. She unconsciously remembered a sentence that the old man had said: People can become husband and wife in this life is the fate cultivated in the previous life, and they must cherish it well, otherwise they will regret it when they are old. Oh, yes! People's fate in this life is cultivated in the previous life, if you do not cherish, you can not see the beauty in front of you, what you lose will be lost forever, and you can never wait to come back! Thinking of this, Ah Zhen took out her mobile phone and dialed her husband's phone: "Husband, I miss you, you come home quickly!" ”