Three Hundred and Forty-Six Powerless

"Hi Jacob, I'm Anna, sorry for missing your call again. It's really busy here. Will you be here at five o'clock this afternoon? Five o'clock here, eight o'clock there...nine o'clock , nine in the morning... ah, I can't believe I missed you again. I'll call later. Hope to find you on Monday if you're not around."

"Hey, I...I'm going to bed now, try again tomorrow. I know you're going to tell me about the magazine, but I'm really...well, exhausted, and I'm going to be up for work tomorrow. So... ...you, you can email me and give me all the details. Then tell me when you are free... well, talk to you next time, bye."

London and Los Angeles, the difference in time, the distance in space, the lives of Anna and Jacob have entered completely different orbits, and the connection between them has been cut off.

Hope slowly drooped his shoulders, frowned, and stared at the big screen in disbelief. The sweetness was so turbulent that the cruel reality was completely caught off guard and froze in place. She didn't even have time to refute and protest, Anna And Jacob has gone on with his life.

Anna found a job in a magazine, and was so busy every day that she didn't even have time to breathe; Jacob opened his own studio, received some orders one after another, and life became more fulfilling stand up.

"...The first week of June." Jacob has become vicissitudes, the messy beard makes him look a little decadent, and the messy hair has not been taken care of for a while, "We can postpone it until June 10. "

"You went to England after that?" Jacob's supplier asked jokingly.

"No..." Jacob shook his head and answered very succinctly, but hesitating at the end, and finally shook his head firmly in denial, "No no no no no no." A series of words seemed to be firming his own. idea.

"No?" The supplier showed a surprised look.

Jacob took a deep breath. "No, we talked about it two months ago. We both agreed not to... uh..."

"Can you just be friends?"

"Yes." Jacob nodded, but there was a trace of melancholy and blankness in his eyes, and even the smile added a little bitterness.

Hope suddenly shuddered, a year has passed in a blink of an eye. A year ago, Anna graduated, then spent the summer in Los Angeles, and was deported when she came back; now, it's June again, and a year goes way too fast.

Hope turned his head quickly, but found that William, Graham and others did not notice this detail at all,

But Tessa noticed, and both of them had surprise in their eyes. This kind of detail hidden in the script is really too subtle to be missed accidentally; but it is crucial to the whole story.

That brief conversation revealed too much information. During the year, Jacob traveled to and from the UK so frequently that he knew all about his suppliers. It seemed that after each shipment was over, Jacob would go to London. The love between him and Anna The story everyone has heard. However, two months ago, both decided to give up.

In the understatement, revealing a touch of sadness, Hope suddenly quieted down, how sweet the previous happiness was, and how bitter the pain now.

Sitting in the bar, Anna ended her busy work all day. She finally got some free time to gather with friends, relax, chat and laugh, and it was really lively. But suddenly, their conversation mentioned Los Angeles, and Anna's expression became lonely, and the exhaustion all over her body pulled the smile from the corner of her mouth heavily, smiling and laughing, and she fell into her own sadness. So she went back early, devastated and exhausted, crawling into/bed.

Jacob sat in the bar, surrounded by friends, chatting and discussing, but he seemed out of place, as if the surrounding noise had nothing to do with him, all the noise disappeared, the loneliness between his eyebrows became extremely quiet, he So trapped in another world.

"I'll be back in a while." Jacob couldn't continue to sit down after all, he turned and left the bar, and dialed Anna's number. "Hey." When Anna's voice came over, Jacob touched the end of his eyebrows and said hesitantly, "Hey, Anna, are you okay?"

"...I'm fine." Anna was also stunned, a little overwhelmed. After a moment's pause, she said, "I'm just... a little surprised. How are you?"

"I'm moving." Jacob stood on the side of the street, watching the cars coming and going, and Anna's polite answer came over the phone, "That's fine. Yes, that's fine."

The conversation between the two was stumbling and intermittent, back and forth with an "ah" and an "oh", making the conversation fragmented, and there was not even a clear content, just a polite entertainment.

In the end, the two hung up the phone. Jacob looked at the traffic in front of him, dazed, and looked at his mobile phone, in a trance, as if his soul had left his body, so he stayed in place for a long time, not moving for a long time.

Anna tried to lie down and fall asleep, but she couldn't breathe, almost out of breath, she sat up again, picked up the phone, dialed the phone, and took a deep breath, but the burning lungs still didn't absorb it Any oxygen, because the brain is deprived of oxygen, the whole face becomes ruddy.

Jacob's cell phone rang, a look of joy appeared on his face, he immediately answered the phone, and said hello happily, "Hey."

Just hearing this voice, hot tears fell down, "Hi." Anna choked back in response, but couldn't continue to speak. On the other end of the receiver came Jacob's slightly nasal voice, "Hey?" With a hint of inquiring concern, she easily defeated all of Anna's defenses, and burst into tears.

Hot tears passed through the palms of the hands and dripped down, as if they had suffered great grievances, but they couldn't express it. He bit his lower lip tightly to prevent himself from crying, "I want to ask, do you want to come over?" After that, he laughed directly, crying and laughing, the sharp pain reached the extreme. "Come here now? Uh, me, am I waiting for you here?"

The corners of Jacob's mouth stiffened slightly, the light in his eyes was like starlight swaying in the wind, rippling with invisible water light, and the joy of happiness fainted in the depths of those dark brown pupils, "Okay." Smile It overflowed from his eyes, dyed the corner of his mouth with a rosy color, and laughed lightly.

Like fools, the two of them laughed loudly into the telephone receiver.

"Okay, see you in half an hour." Jacob raised his palm and wiped away the embarrassment from the corner of his eyes.

Anna nodded, "Okay, see you in half an hour."

Hope covered her mouth tightly, tears completely blurred her vision, the whole world was shrouded in a hazy halo, she couldn't even tell whether it was happiness or bitterness. That strong yearning crossed the Atlantic Ocean, across the North American continent, from London to Los Angeles, and then penetrated the big screen and passed from the movie to the bottom of her heart.

She could deeply feel the inseparable bond between the two.

William fell silent, and all the irritability, all the impatience, all the contempt had vanished. The crazy love that bound these two young people together, like moths flying into the flames, hot and strong, pure and simple, hit his heart fiercely.

Anna was lying on the bed/on holding the phone, crying with joy; the next second, Jacob lay beside her, and the two were laughing and sparring. Jacob was like a child, lying on Anna's body, unwilling to When she got up, Anna's silver bell-like laughter kept echoing in the room.

It was such a simple picture, but William could taste happiness on the tip of his tongue. His vision was slightly blurred. He quickly raised his hand, wiped it off in a panic, and regained his calmness. , did not dare to turn his head, lest his embarrassment be seen by others.

The two were so happy that even the laughter became brighter. But soon, the atmosphere was mixed with a bit of bitterness again, and Jacob asked half-jokingly, "Have you met other men during this time?" This topic silenced both of them, and Anna asked the same question. Throwing it back, Jacob also chose to avoid it.

Both were reluctant to answer. In two months, things seem to have quietly changed. But they quickly decide to ignore the annoying things and focus on the present moment, on their happiness and joy.

Anna received a courier, which was from the United States—Jacob sent "Anna's Chair" and placed it in front of Anna's desk. Anna danced in circles like a child.

Anna brought Jacob into her life. In a short period of time, things changed a lot. She met new friends, she opened up a new job, and even her parents changed a lot. He couldn't. Into her conversation, everyone is asking about their future, everyone is asking why he can't move to London, everyone is discussing the possibility of Anna emigration, everyone is worried about how they can go on like this. Does it work...

The world of two people is no longer just two people. There are too many chores in their lives. She owns her life, he develops his world, from Los Angeles to London, for him, it's just a vacation, for her, it's just a temporary respite from life.

The two were hugging each other tightly, but the distance between the two was widening little by little. The fatal flaw caused by space and time was clearly in front of them, but they were powerless. This feeling of powerlessness dragged their ankles and slowly fell into the abyss.

When Jacob left London and returned to Los Angeles, they both returned to their lives.

Hope didn't react, she didn't react at all, and even her sadness was fading away at the moment.

However, when she saw Jacob turned around with a happy face, thinking that the person behind her was Anna, but she didn't want to see a strange face, her eyes slowly dimmed, and she clearly saw the happiness disintegrating, Gradually swallowed by loneliness, then returned to calm, and finally accepted the fact that he and she were no longer together.

Suddenly, Hope's tears burst.