Changes in the world are easily vicissitudes. But the smile you finally met on the streets of New York clearly simplified and faded away the detachment and sadness in those distant times, leaving only the black and white clips of your first encounter.
After all, no matter where you wander, you are the place where each other will go back.
.
1986 to 1995, ten years.
In our hearts, ten years is an invisible world that separates the past from the future.
Eason Chan sang a song for ten years. And you've starred in a story of repeated encounters and separations for ten years.
Counting those fragments in detail is so unsettling. Expectations and disappointments alternate, the identities of friends and lovers are ambiguous, you secretly cherish each other, miss each other, send your hearts heavy love and bright moon, and a Taiwanese singer who sings "Sweet Honey", but why is it Don't say anything? Don't keep it? No longer firm? In this way, you will be able to have less of the torment of lovesickness, less of the pain of parting, and less of the missed but unable to cherish each other. If this is the case, then at least you don't have to go around in circles, and you don't have to bear more inner sorrows that you can't be together day and night.
So far in love, you can't escape if you want to.
Because you have the same soul. Because, you have already acquiesced in life and life as early as in your dreams.
Movies are divided by time to document your ten years.
1983, March 1.
Black and white picture. The subway gradually stopped.
The sleeping boy in the camera is still dreaming. If it wasn't for the sudden withdrawal of the person behind him who was leaning on his head, causing him to wake up suddenly, he might have missed the time to get off the bus, and then his time would also be missed by hers. But the fact is that Li Xiaojun really came to Hong Kong, and carrying his heavy luggage and sneakers, stepped on the elevator that introduced him to the prosperous new world.
Black and white picture. Dazzling exit.
Going out, unknown and running around, in fact, it is more of wandering, and this begins.
Lai Xiaojun does not understand the people of Hong Kong, nor does he understand many of their ways of life. Lots of buildings, lots of cars. People always speak rudely and loudly, and in Cantonese that even the Chinese cannot understand. The streets are so crowded, the alleys are so narrow, and people are so isolated.
You must be shy and timid in your heart, uneasy in a place that is completely incompatible with yourself, only aunt understands what she is saying. That loneliness and unease are often revealed in your simple and honest smile, cautious, shy, and distressing.
You are busy, and like most people here, you are diligent and diligent, because you have ideals in your heart, and you want to marry Xiaoting, your childhood sweetheart in Tianjin.
There is no McDonald's in Tianjin, but there are many in Hong Kong.
I'm going to be in this city more often in the future, so it's time to try something I haven't tried before. So, when you work hard and get paid, you go to McDonald's.
The poor Cantonese makes you embarrassed at the front of the ordering line, and you can only laugh silly. Fortunately, she who ordered for you spoke to you in Mandarin. You are relieved, nod gratefully, and smile.
Here, you can no longer escape from each other's lives.
vintage bicycle. You ride and carry her. She hummed "Sweet Honey", and you were right in front of her.
At that moment, you seemed not to belong to this mediocre city. You are so comfortable humming ditty in the noisy street, so leisurely. At that time, you were tacitly immersed in this short-lived sympathy, which made us jealous.
In 1987, New Year's Eve.
It is said that as long as they are mainlanders, they all like Teresa Teng.
It is said that if you like Teresa Teng, it means that you are from the mainland.
Is it from the humble self-esteem in the heart? Is it to keep your true identity from being seen and discovered? Is it for the deceitful little sense of superiority that I have painstakingly managed? Why is everyone passing by the late-night snack stall where Teresa Teng's tapes are piled up so stingy that they don't take a second look?
Therefore, in the rain at night, it is only the two of you who are guarding Teresa Teng. It's not just Teresa Teng, who is a symbol of mainlander identity, but you two wandering here with nothing to rely on outsiders.
The warmth of the two bottles of Vitasoy reflects the deeper cold in your heart. She told you the truth, she said she didn't belong to this city, she came from Guangzhou. You laughed again and said you had already guessed it. She didn't blame you, just looked at you apologetically, and said unconvinced, we speak Cantonese, watch Hong Kong videos, drink Vitasoy, we are so close to Hong Kong. She is frowning, complaining, frustrated, and you look at her from time to time and tell her that she actually looks like a Hong Konger in her demeanor, dress, and behavior. She laughed. Nice smile.
In a poor business, two poor mainlanders complained to each other, and cherished their hearts. You told her that she was your only friend, and her answer was the same.
The steaming dumplings in your house, the small sink in your house, she washes you and picks it up, is the feeling of home. Warm and reassuring.
The love in my heart is actually more than just love.
The existence of two people without support, two lonely people, two people wandering, no matter which one exists is a great comfort to the other. It's just that when the great pressure of life comes one day, when you both remember your original purpose, you will have to take responsibility for yourself.
Slow shot, she walks in front, you follow, walking heavily. She reluctantly threw the bag to her back, she disappeared from the picture, and you disappeared with it.
1987, October.
The same bracelet. One for her. One for Xiaoting from Tianjin.
She was angry. She was miserable.
Life makes her uneasy, she has no confidence in the future, she does not know what tomorrow will be like, she is afraid, she does not know what to do.
she cried.
She said that your purpose in coming to Hong Kong was not me, and my purpose in coming to Hong Kong was not you.
she left. She doesn't want to see you again. You look at her back, your eyes wet.
Later, you also leave.
1990, winter.
Your ideal has come true.
You married Xiao Ting in Hong Kong.
She is a guest at your wedding.
You meet again.
Reunion is not a good thing, at least for you at the time. Reunion means remembering again, reunion means starting to miss again, reunion means that the story that has ended has a new plot. In short, reunion will only make the repressed love in your hearts heavier.
Your wife became friends with her. Unintentionally, you have more opportunities to get along with her. You are tacit, pretending that nothing happened. You greeted each other politely, talked about trivial matters, and tacitly agreed not to mention the days we spent together. The smiling face will inevitably bring some sadness, but rationality still allows you to keep the distance of friends.
Later, if there was no chance meeting with Teresa Teng on the streets of Hong Kong that day, maybe you would still stay by other people's side in peace and continue to live the days of lovesickness. But fate prefers to play tricks on you. You jumped out of the car and asked for Teresa Teng's autograph across the street. She watched in the car, all eyes on you. She was so sad that she was about to cry. So she said, let yourself go back.
You do what she says.
It's all doomed, isn't it? Because looking at your back with Teresa Teng's signature on the back of the clothes, because she told you to leave, because she couldn't control her thoughts, she accidentally honked the car horn when she lowered her head to adjust to her restless heart, so you stopped Step down, so you look back, just to meet her raised eyes.
You are inseparable from each other after all.
you kiss her. Let everything but you lose the meaning of existence.
I thought this was the end, I thought your love could finally have a name.
But, but, there are still so many people who want to test you with bad intentions.
Something happened to Brother Leopard, who was kind to her. She couldn't bear to leave him alone, so she took everything back. She cried in Brother Leopard's arms, and you stared at the rainy pier. Maybe you also know in your heart that you can't see her coming back.
farewell again.
This time, the next meeting, I'm afraid it's a long way off,
in the autumn of 1993.
Eventful autumn.
You went to New York.
You work hard and stop talking about love.
You left Xiaoting alone. You exposed your love for her. Xiaoting didn't see you again, so you ran away. You say you are not brave. You really are not.
She also went to New York. Just a lot more tragic. Brother Leopard, who went with her, died unexpectedly. Her passport has expired and she will be sent back.
There seemed to be more ups and downs in her life. So that her grief was so empty, like her expressionless face.
Sitting in the repatriation car, in a trance, she seemed to see that familiar figure riding a bicycle past the car. Her face suddenly became angry, she opened the car door and ran desperately in his direction. The city is too big, the city is too noisy, the city is too crowded, she can't catch up with him, he can't hear her calling him.
Missed again.
the year 1995.
Statue of Liberty.
At the same moment, she looked up at her from below, and he looked down at her from above.
Your eyes meet where you don't know.
Or Teresa Teng. You all heard the news of her passing. This sad news also seems to be announcing that your endless love will have no end.
Fate makes fun of people, but it also gives people some surprises. Maybe God misses you.
Let your surprise finally happen in front of that window.
The singing of "Sweet Honey" stops you. When he looked up and looked back, the person who appeared in front of him was the person he had missed for a long time. How should I feel? What kind of expression should I have? With mixed feelings, I also climbed that light weight.
You just look at each other and smile. The smile clearly simplifies and fades away the detachment and sadness in those distant times.
In the end, you still have to meet.
The picture goes back to 1983, March 1. The day the story begins.
Black and white. The subway stopped. you sleeping.
The camera keeps moving, and we finally see that the person who made you lean on is her.
At the end of the movie, the singing sounded, the song "Sweet Honey". In the sound of music, she walked to the left with her bag, and you walked to the right with her bag. Then we all know that you will meet one day and fall in love. Until the end, you finally boiled the longing and separation into a long-term relationship.
Stay together for a long time, end the wandering and unease of the two people, and end the loneliness and loneliness of the two people.
have been together.
Where and where have I seen you ,
your smile is so familiar,
I can't remember it for a while
~~ I
saw you in a dream, in a dream,
how sweet your smile
is
I've seen you
, your smile is so familiar,
I can't remember it for a while
~~In a dream
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