22. Do You Believe in an Afterlife?

Came to the mountain full of lilacs again, this time, Lilac took Shi Lei and his company colleagues to climb up the mountain behind the school, where the lilacs were also full of lavender, the beauty was refreshing.

There is a small temple on the top of the mountain, everyone made wishes in the small temple, Ding Xiang and Shi Lei also made wishes.

Shi Lei asked her what wish she made, but she just smiled without saying a word.

Suddenly she asked, "Do you believe in an afterlife?"

I don't know why, but Shi Lei felt that Ding Xiang seemed a little nervous at this moment, he didn't know if it was his own illusion.

He turned to look at her, but she quickly looked away and looked at the Buddha statue in the temple. The half-squinted smiling eyes of the Buddha statue seemed to be able to penetrate their past and present lives.

The camera gave a close-up of Ding Xiang's hand, she was holding her small fist tightly, and she seemed really nervous.

Shi Lei gave an affirmative answer: "I believe it!"

Ding Xiang loosened her little fist, and a sweet smile appeared on her face again. She turned her head to look at him and said, "I believe it too!"

The two looked at each other and smiled at each other.

When going down the mountain, they walked far behind the crowd, shoulder to shoulder, in silence, he stopped suddenly, held her slender shoulders tightly, and looked at Lilac with hot eyes.

Full of expectation, she asked, "Ding Xiang, make me a promise in this life, is it okay?"

For some reason, the audience in the theater suddenly looked a little like Shi Lei at this moment, and they all seemed a little nervous.

Ding Xiang raised her head, her eye sockets turned rosy at some point, she raised her hand, and gently stroked his handsome face.

Shi Lei smiled, and the audience in the movie theater also smiled knowingly, thinking that she would definitely agree, they have experienced so much together, he became no longer superior, no longer rejecting others for her sake, and even changed for her My own way of life has changed my attitude towards life and love.

And she cut the steak for him, played a song of nature for him, and laughed with him in the lilac bushes. The combination of everything seemed to be a matter of course.

But it turns out...

Ding Xiang shook her head lightly, her eyes averted a little.

She refused!

This was unexpected by many people, including Shi Lei and the audience in the theater.

None of them knew why Lilac refused.

Obviously, I think she likes him too, obviously they like each other, but why, she refused?

Shi Lei's face turned pale, and he also asked the audience's question: "Why?"

She turned around, and as far as she could see were rolling mountains, green and bright. It is the blue sky, the lilac flowers all over the mountains and plains, and the smiles of each child. She raised her head against the wind and slowly spread her arms. Her delicate face was bathed in the sun. She just said, "Because I belong here."

It seems that everything is understood.

Shi Lei looked at Lilac, let out a low growl of despair, and then quickly left as if fleeing, silently licking the wound like a wounded lone wolf.

She slumped weakly on the ground, tears began to fall uncontrollably.

At this moment, there was a noisy sound in the cinema, and one could vaguely hear: "How could she do this?"

"Even if you can't bear the child, you don't have to be so heartless, right?"

"Seeing Shi Lei's despair, my heart hurts."

"Yeah, I suddenly hate her a little bit, what should I do?"

"No, the song "Lilac Flower" seems to be about 'the grave is full of flowers', no way..."

Suddenly, many people came to their senses and began to have a bad feeling. The atmosphere and plot created by the previous film made everyone forget that this is a movie of the same name as "Lilac".

And "Lilac Flower" itself is a sad song, so, is it destined that "Lilac Flower" will also be a tragedy?

Reminiscent of Ding Xiang's anomaly before, the noise in the theater suddenly disappeared, and everyone stared straight at the big screen.

The next day, Ding Xiang bid farewell to everyone, and they all asked her reluctantly, "Did you really stay?"

She just smiled and nodded. Everyone shook hands and hugged her one by one, and got into the car.

Only Shi Lei stayed at the end, and Ding Xiang walked towards him. Looking up at him, you can see that her eyes are full of reluctance.

Her eyes began to moisten.

Ding Xiang showed a sweet smile and said with some sobs, "Goodbye, Shi Lei."

Shi Lei looked at her, stretched out his hand, trying to wipe away the tears from the corners of her eyes, but in the end he withdrew his hand, and his eyes started to turn red.

However, soon, he regained his calmness and indifference. He nodded and turned a thousand words into a simple sentence: "Treasure". Then they got into the car, they waved goodbye, Shi Lei turned his face away.

As the car gradually moved away, her soul seemed to float out of her body, and fragments of the past floated in her mind.

The camera began to turn back to the first time I met him. At that newcomer meeting, he stood proudly on the high platform, smiled and nodded and said, "Hi everyone!"

The screen flashed, and came to the conference room, the first dispute between him and her...

Then in the amusement park, on the roller coaster, he yelled hysterically and terrified, while she laughed beside him.

It was the first time since he came to this small village. Among the lilac bushes, he asked her: "Why are you called Lilac? Is it because of this place?"

In the last scene, he asked expectantly: "Ding Xiang, make me a promise in this life, can you?" And after being rejected by himself, the desperate wail...

Suddenly, all the pictures began to blur, and she suddenly fainted to the ground...

 …

In the metropolis, Shi Lei turned back to the aloof, handsome, talented, strategizing man he was before he met Ding Xiang.

After get off work, Shi Lei came to the bar again.

"So, are you broken in love?" the bartender asked with a smile as he offered a glass of wine.

Shi Lei laughed at himself and said, "No, I haven't, because I've never been in love, so how can I lose love?"

"Hehe, I invite you to drink this glass, toast to love!" The bartender said with a smile, holding up the wine glass.

"Respect love? Hehe!" Shi Lei gulped it down.

The next day, it was like a reincarnation, as if everything had returned to the beginning, back to the beginning, when Shi Lei walked into the company, he still had that repulsive smile, showing alienation and indifference towards all the charming girls.

In the office, the assistant delivered a bunch of letters.

Shi Lei suddenly saw a familiar inscription: "Lilac!"

He looked at the sender's envelope with "Lilac" quietly.

Taking a deep breath, I reached for the envelope and tore it open...

What came into view was a photo with the familiar sweet smiling face on it, and the background was the familiar lilac bushes.

Another slip of paper fell out of the envelope.

For some reason, the audience in the theater suddenly had a bad feeling.