Volume 1 Chapter 189 Listen to Chen Yu's story
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The Bridge of Sighs is an arcade bridge erected over the creek between the Doge's Palace and the prison and is one of the must-see attractions in Venice. The Bridge of Sighs is in the early Baroque style, with a house-like bridge covered by a dome on the upper part and tightly closed, with only two small windows on the canal side.
Chen Yu and the blonde-haired Knightley stood side by side on the Bridge of Sighs, their heads squeezed together looking at the sparkling river below the bridge.
"It's as beautiful as the Ponte Vecchio in Florence, I go to training, I have to pass by the Ponte Vecchio every day, buy a newspaper under the bridge, and then ride to the training ground, I feel that I have no regrets in Florence for the rest of my life, and now I look at the Bridge of Sighs, and I feel that there are countless beautiful scenery in the world." Chen Yu sighed.
Knightley glanced at Chen Yu and said, "Seeing that you are not very old, where do you get so many emotions, tell me the story of that poem." ”
Chen Yu said: "It's good, in fact, this is a Buddhist story. Once upon a time, there was a young and beautiful girl who came from a wealthy family, had a rich family, and was versatile, and lived a good life. But she never wanted to get married because she felt that she hadn't met the man she really wanted to marry.
Until one day, she went to a temple fair, and in the crowd of thousands of people, she saw a young man, and the girl felt that the man was the result of her waiting.
It's a pity that the temple fair was too crowded, and she couldn't walk to the man's side, so she watched the man disappear
In the crowd.
The girl looked around for the man, but the man seemed to have evaporated, without a trace.
The girl prayed to the Buddha every day that she would see the man again.
Her sincerity touched the Buddha, and the Buddha appeared.
The Buddha said, "Do you want to see that man again?" ”
The girl said: "Yes, I just want to see him again"
Buddha: "You have to give up everything you have now, including loving your family and a happy life." ”
Girl: "I can give up"
Buddha: "You have to practice the Tao for 500 years before you can see him." Don't you regret it? ”
Girl: "I don't regret it"
The Buddha turned the girl into a big rock, lying in the wilderness, more than 400 years of wind and rain, miserable, but the girl felt nothing, the uncomfortable thing was that she had not seen a person for more than 400 years, and she could not see a little hope, which made her almost collapse
A year later, a quarrying team came and chiseled her into a huge strip of stone, which was carried into the city and turned into a guardrail for a stone bridge.
On the very first day the stone bridge was built, the girl saw the man she had been waiting for for five hundred years
He hurried, as if in a hurry, and quickly walked through the middle of the stone bridge, of course, not realizing that a stone was looking at him intently.
Once again, the man disappeared, and it was the Buddha who reappeared.
Buddha: "Are you satisfied?" ”
Girl: "Not for what?" Why am I just the guardrail of the bridge? If I was laid in the middle of the bridge, I would be able to touch it
He's it, I'll be able to touch him."
Buddha: "You want to touch him?" Then you still have to cultivate for five hundred years."
Girl: "I do"
Buddha: "You have suffered so much and you don't regret it?" ”
Girl: "No regrets"
The girl turned into a big tree and stood on an official road where many people passed by every day, girl
Every day I watched from a close distance, but it was even more uncomfortable because I saw a person come with hope countless times and hope countless times
Burst.
As the days passed, the girl's heart gradually calmed down, and she knew that he would not appear until the last day.
Another five hundred years, the last day, the girl knew that he would come, but her heart was no longer excited. When he came, he was still wearing his favorite white robe, and his face was still so handsome.
This time, he didn't rush by, because it was too hot.
He noticed a big tree on the side of the road, and the thick shade was tempting, so take a break, he thought.
He walked to the foot of the tree, leaned against the roots, and fell asleep.
When the girl touched him, he leaned against her
However, she could not tell him about this thousand years of lovesickness. She could only do her best to gather the shade of the trees and block the scorching sun for him with a thousand years of tenderness.
The man took a nap, stood up, patted the dust on his robe, looked up at the big tree, and touched the tree slightly, probably to thank the tree for bringing him coolness, and then he walked away without looking back
The moment he disappeared from her sight, the Buddha reappeared.
Buddha: "Do you still want to be his wife?" Then you still have to cultivate......"
The girl calmly interrupted the Buddha's words: "I really want to, but I don't have to. It's already good to love him, and you don't have to be his wife. ”
After Chen Yu finished speaking, Knightley didn't seem to be satisfied, and said, "Is this the end?" This girl is stupid, she has been cultivating for him for a thousand years, why don't you stick to it and become his wife? If you love him, you must be his wife, unless she feels that she does not love him enough. “
"Buddhism talks about cause and effect and fate, not force."
Chen Yu thought of Lin Hong, and also thought of Belen, one was the woman he loved unforgettable, the other was his physical partner, one he once wanted to be old, and the other he just wanted to be a dewy couple, but now it seems that they are all passers-by in his life.
"How many years did you say we cultivated in our previous life in exchange for two encounters now?" Knightley's mouth was right next to Chen Yu's ear, and the faint aroma made Chen Yu's heart slightly drunk.
Chen Yu said with a smile: "In my previous life, I cultivated for a thousand years before I took your hand in this life. “
Knightley said, "Why have you cultivated for a thousand years, not me?" “
Chen Yu said: "I found you twice, not you found me." “
Knightley suddenly said, "I suddenly want to fall in love with a stranger, you say, how many years does it take to fall in love with a stranger?" ”
Chen Yu smiled bitterly and said, "Love doesn't need to be cultivated, right?" ”
Knightley said; "It takes five hundred years of cultivation to look at and touch it, doesn't it take cultivation to love someone?"
Chen Yu said: "This is what the Buddha said. You go and ask the Buddha. ”
Knightley said, "I am a believer in Christianity, ask your Buddha, he may not answer me, let's go down and sit in the boat and play, I haven't done it yet." ”
Chen Yu said: "What have you been doing in Venice for so many days?" ”
"Every day, Catherine and Max were worried about my safety and didn't let me come out at will, and I still played a trick to escape."
Knightley looked disgusted, looking unhappy with such a life.
Chen Yu said with deep sympathy: "Yes, dealing with fans, dealing with reporters, and dealing with colleagues and bosses, this is for yourself and for others."
Knightley said, "But I want to make money, I want to be famous, let's go on a boat." “
Chen Yu said: "Okay, you go down with me, I'll rent a small boat, I'll set it up, take you to play." “
Knightley said, "You can row?" “
Chen Yu said: "Of course, my hometown is known as the water town of Jiangbei and the Venice of the East. “
Knightley was skeptical, but he was adventurous and exciting by nature, so he followed Chen Yu to rent a boat.
No vehicles are allowed in Venice and all means of transport in the city are boats. There are fixed routes and boat stops like buses, or you can take a taxi like a taxi, or you can rent a gondola boat and sail around Venice yourself.
Chen Yu rented a gondola for 70 euros, bought a straw hat with a red hoop for boatmen, and rowed a small boat with Knightley to the Bridge of Sighs.
At this moment, the sun is about to set, and the golden afterglow of the sun is sprinkled on the sparkling water, like a beating golden snake.
"Your boat-driving skills are really good, have you practiced?" Knightley sat on the edge of the boat, feeling the steady flow of the river with her jade-white palms.
"I have practiced dragon boat racing, dragon boat, shaped like our Chinese totem dragon, narrower than a gondola, during the Dragon Boat Festival, we have to hold a dragon boat competition, I have participated, and I have won the first." Chen Yu was quite emotional, because of livelihood problems, he has lived in Italy for many years, and he has never rented a gondola to play with Lin Hong.
"Dragon boat racing, Dragon Boat Festival? What is this holiday? Knightley felt her phone ring, and she knew it was Catherine, so she secretly turned it off.
"The Dragon Boat Festival is a memorial to our great poet Qu Yuan, who has been dead for more than 2,000 years...... He tied a stone and jumped into the river to commit suicide, because he was afraid that his body would be eaten by the fish, so people wrapped zongzi, eggs and other things and threw them into the river, wanting to feed the fish so that they would not eat Qu Yuan's corpse...... In order to commemorate him, on this day, make zongzi, eat eggs, and race dragon boats. ”
Chen Yu told the story of the Dragon Boat Festival and Qu Yuan to Knightley again.
Knightley listened with fascination and said, "China is really a magical and mysterious place, with such a long history and so many beautiful stories. ”
Chen Yu said: "You are welcome to China, I will still be a free tour guide for you." ”
Knightley said, "If I have time and the mood, I'll go and give me your phone number." ”
Chen Yu reported his mobile phone number and said, "You call me." ”
Knightley slyly typed in Chen Yu's mobile phone number, "Mine can't be given to you, I'll call you if I go to China." ”
"Okay, you actually lied to my mobile phone number, see how I clean you up."
Chen Yu deliberately stomped on both feet, causing the boat to tilt, and Knightley felt as if the boat was about to overturn, frightened, and quickly grabbed the side of the boat.
Chen Yu laughed, rowed with his oars again, and the boat spun in a circle, and then flew like an arrow towards the Bridge of Sighs.
Venice's rivers are all between the buildings, and when it gets dark and the sun is still on the horizon, Venice is lit up.
"When the bell of sunset rings, I will kiss you under the Bridge of Sighs".
Chen Yu parked the gondola under the bridge and said to Knightley with the classic dialogue of "Love Sunset Bridge".
"Is it for the eternal love of love, or for your damn curiosity."
Kayla. Knightley looked at Chen Yu playfully.
"To witness the eternal love, because today I am in love with you." Chen Yu's eyes were blazing towards Knightley, like two strange black gems under the dim sky.
"The casual love is not worth believing."
Knightley was a little flustered, and a little expectant, today was too romantic and too novel for a 19-year-old girl.
"The Bridge of Sighs will speak for itself."
Chen Yu walked over, grabbed Knightley's waist, and imprinted his lips on Knightley's fresh red lips, Knightley dodged slightly, Chen Yu's hot lips fell on Knightley's snow-white face, but Chen Yu's domineering arms tightened, and his lips continued to attack Knightley's lips very domineeringly, and finally Knightley was still unable to resist Chen Yu's aggression and was taken away by Chen Yu's first kiss.
Knightley was a little jerky at first, but then responded enthusiastically, and put her little tongue into Chen Yu's mouth to frantically ask for it.
After a twenty-minute wet French kiss, the lips of the two men finally parted.
Knightley lifted her face, "I love you, even though I don't know your name yet." “
"My name is Chen Yu."
Chen Yu stared into Knightley's eyes, and then put his lips on Knightley's red lips to seduce the dead.
At this moment, Venice is already lit up by thousands of lights, and the starlight is incomparable to the brilliance of other cities, the sky is full of stars shining under the nose, and the sky seems to be upside down, so beautiful that it is suffocating, just like this sudden encounter of love.