Chapter 181 Five Centimeters per Second (Part 1)

In the quiet night, the hands ticked.

In the 341 female dormitory of Tiandu University, a girl was waiting in the contemporary comic forum early.

"There are only five minutes left to see Luo Shao's work." Zhou Hongli looked at the time and whispered to herself.

She is a martial arts fan of Luoyang. She has a natural trust in Luoyang's character. She doesn't think there is any shady deal in the comic contest that is making a lot of noise on campus.

And tonight she is the only one in the dormitory, and all the other roommates are out.

Ding ding ding ding...

The nine o'clock alarm set by Zhou Hongli rang.

After she refreshed the contemporary comic forum, she saw a new comic at the top of the forum.

"The youngest martial arts master in Longguo, Mr. Luo, crossed over to his work. This is also his first comic work - "Five Centimeters per Second"."

The slogan used Luoyang's identity as a martial arts master to attract attention, and Zhou Hongli just saw the two words Luoyang and clicked in without hesitation.

After clicking in, Zhou Hongli was surprised to find that this comic was not a martial arts comic. In the subconscious of many people, Luoyang should draw martial arts comics, but it turned out to be a love comic!

"Haha, Luo Shao is really interesting and confident. So the cross-border creation mentioned in the slogan refers to this..." Zhou Hongli chuckled and started reading the comic.

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"Hey, I heard it's five centimeters per second."

"Oh, what?"

"The speed of cherry blossoms falling is five centimeters per second."

The comic just started, and the topic was pointed out with such a dialogue.

"So this is what "Five Centimeters per Second" means..." Zhou Hongli muttered to herself and continued to read.

In the comic, the male protagonist Guishu transferred to a primary school because of his parents' job transfer. A year later, the female protagonist Mingli also transferred to the same class. Because of the same frailty and poor sports, they like to stay alone in the library.

So, although they were still young, they were still attracted to each other, and the existence of each other in their hearts gradually became irreplaceable. Guishu would bravely stand up and protect Mingli when she was bullied...

"What a pure emotion."

Zhou Hongli also remembered that when she was a child, there seemed to be a boy who bravely protected her.

However, the intimate world of the two ended sadly because Mingli transferred to another school, and Guishu had to try to adapt to the world without Mingli.

"Or, is Luo Shao trying to tell us that this is the sadness of the child..."

Zhou Hongli's heart unconsciously produced an unspeakable depression, because she was completely immersed in the world created by the comics at this moment.

However, the following plot made Zhou Hongli feel a little relieved.

Because in the comics, the separated Guishu and Mingli found a way to get in touch. Although they were far apart, they did not forget each other. And at this time, Guishu had to transfer to a more distant place, so he decided to meet Mingli.

The two had been separated for a year. Guishu had spent a lot of time planning, studying how to transfer, thinking about what to say when they met, and even spent several weeks writing a letter to Mingli.

However, God seemed to be playing a trick on him. On the day Guishu set off, there was a snowstorm. The planned trains were delayed one after another, and the letter containing his feelings was lost in the wind and snow. Guishu gritted his teeth and didn't cry.

Seeing this, Zhou Hongli's heart tightened. Could it be that Guishu, a child, had planned so much, but the two still couldn't meet?

She felt more depressed and continued to read on.

However, Guishu couldn't hold back his tears. When he got off the train that was more than four hours late and saw Mingli still waiting in the waiting room, the two hugged and cried.

"Guishu, Mingli..."

Zhou Hongli bit her lips tightly, and kept shouting the two distressing names in her heart.

This train was delayed madly because of the snow, which made her mood sink bit by bit. However, just when her mood sank to the bottom and she thought that Guishu would not be able to catch up, she never expected that Mingli would wait for Guishu alone on the platform on a snowy night for many hours.

Next, the two walked side by side to the cherry tree often mentioned in the letter.

It was also under this huge cherry tree that the boy and the girl kissed for the first time. At that moment, time seemed to stand still. The gentle moonlight returned to the eyebrows, and the romantic cherry blossoms were floating all over the sky, telling forever in the cold and desolate night.

"Wuwu..."

This is the most beautiful picture in the comics. Guishu and Mingli did not cry when they met, and Zhou Hongli, who had been suppressing her emotions, actually cried directly in front of this picture of the moonlight kiss.

"Guishu is so good, Mingli is so great!"

Zhou Hongli wiped her tears and finally calmed down her emotions. Guishu and Mingli had to part again after a brief meeting.

"At this moment, I seemed to understand the meaning of forever, heart and soul. The strong emotion made me want to share everything I had experienced in the past thirteen years with her."

"Then in the next moment, I was so sad that I couldn't suppress it. That's because I don't know how to cherish Mingli's warmth, nor do I know where to take her soul. I clearly understand that we can't guarantee that we can be together forever in the future. What lies before us is the heavy life and long time, which makes people feel powerless."

Takaki said goodbye to Mingli on the train, and this monologue from the male protagonist's perspective made Zhou Hongli vaguely feel the development behind. Rationally, she felt that she should stop.

But...

"How can I bear to stop reading such a comic halfway!"

The blooming cherry blossoms, the flying snowflakes, the train passing by in the moonlight, the reluctant expressions of the boy and the girl, all of this makes people unable to stop at all!

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The story has opened a new chapter here, and the protagonist of the second volume has become Hanae.

Hanaae is a high school student on a small island. She fell in love with Guishu, a classmate who transferred to the school when she was in middle school.

This made Zhou Hongli's heart skip a beat: "Is the second volume about a third party?"

This made Zhou Hongli a little disappointed, and the perfection of the first volume seemed to be tarnished by it, but she continued to read it.

But as she read, Zhou Hongli's eyes became red again. The plot was not about a cliché third party, but a story about a lonely girl's unrequited love.

She even found out with some sadness that she couldn't hate Hua Miao, the so-called third party, at all. She even felt a little pity and heartache for Hua Miao's existence, and her heart seemed to twitch slightly because of it.

Hua Miao's mood changes with Gui Shu's...

"The wind blowing the sugarcane leaves brings a little coolness, the sky feels a little higher, and the edge of the clouds becomes softer."

She will be complacent because she sits in Gui Shu's car: "If I have a dog's tail, I will definitely not hide that joy, and let the tail swing leisurely."

She is also good at observation: "I don't know when Gui Shu always likes to lower his head to send text messages. I have imagined countless times that it would be great if the recipient of those text messages he sent was me."

She can more clearly understand her feelings: "I am obsessed with him just because he doesn't notice me, his eyes are far away."

She studied hard to go to the same high school as Gui Shu, and finally succeeded, but her confession plan that she had imagined countless times was repeatedly stranded.

Even when she was about to tell her inner thoughts, she met Guishu's eyes that were clearly looking at her, but still as if looking into the distance, and the words on her lips became: "Please... please don't be so gentle to me!"

Later, Guishu was admitted to the university and left by plane with Hua Miao watching him go.

When she first saw Hua Miao, Zhou Hongli was still angry and wondered if this woman was a mistress?

But after reading everything from Hua Miao's perspective, she couldn't help crying, the first time for Mingli, the second time for Hua Miao: "Why is Hua Miao so pitiful, liking someone who doesn't like her, and giving so much for him, but not even saying a word of confession! This is obviously very unwilling and unfair to her!"

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The third volume, the last volume of the story, Zhou Hongli continued to read on with swollen eyes.

"If the speed of cherry blossoms falling is 5 centimeters per second, how long will it take for two hearts to get close? At what speed should I meet you?"

The emotions in this volume seem to be exaggerated to the peak. Yes, although they have never met, Guishu has always missed Mingli in his heart, and after Hanae noticed that he missed other people, he just silently protected him behind his back without confessing.

Guishu returned to the city where he grew up. After graduation, he stayed in this bustling place to work, but he never found Mingli. The long separation has made the two lose contact.

"In the past few years, I have been busy with my head down, thinking only of getting something that cannot be obtained, but I don’t know what it is. And this idea that came from nowhere gradually became a kind of oppression, so I can only rely on non-stop work to get rid of it. When I woke up, my gradually stiffened heart could only feel pain. Then one morning, I found that the unforgettable feelings I once had - had completely lost."

When I realized this, it was already spring again. Guishu resigned and broke up with his girlfriend.

The text message sent by his girlfriend to Takaki said: "Even if we send a thousand text messages, our hearts will only get closer by one centimeter at most."

Takaki was drunk in an empty room, or walking alone between high-rise buildings. The emotions of all living beings were like ants. The world suddenly became rational and realistic, and Takaki was out of tune with it -

Finally, they met.

Takaki passed by the grown-up Mingli at the train crossing.

They recognized each other, and when they walked to the two sides of the railway track, they turned their heads at the same time.

However, the long train also sped past at the same time, blocking the sight of the two people on both sides. Mingli covered her long hair blown by the wind with her hand wearing a wedding ring, and when the train passed, Takaki found that there was no one on the opposite side.

In the background of the comics, cherry blossoms fell at a speed of 5 centimeters per second. Takaki stared at the street across the railway track.

After a long time, he finally showed a sense of relief and liberation on his face. With a bright smile, he turned around and left.

The story ends, Mingli marries another man, and the two do not end up together. Zhou Hongli buries her head, and the room is filled with suppressed sobbing and trembling fragile shoulders.

No one can sleep tonight.

They passed each other at the subway entrance, and their hearts, which once melted together, have reached the farthest distance on earth after 13 years.