Day16
Insomnia at night.Sat by the window, listening to the rain.Painted a page of raindrops all night.
Day17
Zoe told me she has a secret favorite.I guessed, it's that very sunny young man Nate, who fixes boats at the marina, and whose ears redden every time he sees Zoe before he even opens his mouth.She blushes like a cherry and nods shyly.
Day18
Attempted a large painting.Failed.Lin Yu consoled me, "It's beautiful even if the painting is broken."
Day19
There was a sudden rainstorm.Lin Yu and I went back with my floral umbrella.The umbrella was too small and the rain wet his shoulders.
Day20
There was a balloon seller in town.I bought a red balloon and tied it to the door handle of my room.I felt like a light balloon.
Day21
When I was organizing my drawing kit, I realized that I had drawn a whole book of sketches of the town.Everything here quietly lived on my paper.
Day22
Margaret made pumpkin soup.Simon says that the taste of home is really all about these little ordinary things.
Day23
Lin Yu gave me a postcard with a picture of an osmanthus tree in front of "The Forest".On the back of the postcard, he wrote, "Come back when you can."
Day24
At the grocery store, I bought the candy I used to eat when I was a kid.The sweet and sour taste made me want to cry.
Day25
Went to the town library and enjoyed Margaret's special recipe for chocolate chip cookies with Mr. Bexk.When I get old, I must learn to bake. The whole house smells like bread, and it's a happy feeling to think about it.
Day26
Started to pack up the painting tools and luggage.I don't know why, but I've been packing very slowly.Looking through all the paintings, I realized that the town is so small, but also so beautiful, to give a wandering soul a hug.
Day27
In the forest, a cat released by Lin Yu came in. Lin Yu said that this cat was used to wandering and was not close to anyone.But it took the initiative to rub against my leg, and I said, "Probably the cat also knows that I am also a wanderer."
Day28
When I told Lin Yu I was leaving, he picked me a small bunch of wild daisies from the door, and didn't stay, but just smiled, as gentle as usual.
Day29
The last time I drank coffee in a cafe, the last time I walked through the alleys, the last time I saw the leaves of the laurel tree trembling slightly in the wind.
Day30
Packed my bags today.The osmanthus flowers fell more densely, and as I walked down the alley, I stepped on the fragrance of the flowers one foot at a time.
Lin Yu helped me carry my bags to the station, and Zoe gave me a bunch of daisies.She said, "Sunflower is going to a new place."
The station was cold.The wind was blowing the timetable.
I stood on the platform and had a slight urge to cry, but held it back.
I had thought.If he had asked me to stay, if he had said, "Don't go," maybe I would have stayed.
But he didn't.Lin Yu just smiled and said, "Take care, Sunflower."
I smiled back at him, "Uh, will do."
So I left.On the train, looking out the window at the fields flying backward.
I was thinking about how some things, in fact, are not without regrets, it's just that people learn to carry them with them and move on.
I like this place very much, very much like Lin Yu.
But perhaps, life is supposed to be a process of non-stop missing.
No matter how gentle people, ultimately just passing by.
The train drove away, and the sunlight leaked down from the clouds, as if paving a gentle path of light for everyone who left.
I hugged my luggage tightly and closed my eyes.
Tell myself - Sunflower ah, there is still a lot of road ahead.