Falling in love with you through the clouds

16 The Last Wedding Dress

Back at the apartment, Sister Tao is at home today; she is reading a book very seriously, I glanced and found that it was a book related to photography.

She is not like other girls, she likes to read novels and other romantic things, and if I get to know her better, I feel that she is more like a man in personality, but she is a manly woman...but she always maintains that identity Feminine slenderness and exquisiteness.

What a clever combination, isn't it?It may be very difficult to find a second sister Tao in the world.

"Are you back? How was class today?"

I put down my bag, "Can I say that I don't have morning sickness? It's really congratulations?" I dare say that as long as I rush out to vomit once in the big class, the whole department will know that I am pregnant the next day.

Sister Tao put down her book, opened her scarf and stood up, "Did you cry just now?" The conversation with Tao Yi'an was only five or ten minutes ago, and my eyes may still have revealed the fact I was eager to hide.

I turned my head away, "I was... asked about how to break up, it's nothing."

"Which person is so ignorant of current affairs? Knowing that you are sad, but still stepping on your painful feet?" She came to take my shoulder, so I naturally smelled the eau de toilette on her body.It is a very refreshing and pleasant fragrance, not like the greasy sweet smell I smelled on other students, nor like the cologne on some handsome men, it is just a soft and refreshing breath.

Sister Tao really knows how to taste, but she won't be picky about small details. On the contrary, she is very informal.

Another wonderful combination?

"Xiaoning?" She folded her hips, looked down at me with a smile; she was waiting for my answer.

"Ah... no, don't say that, that friend is just caring about me to the best of his ability." I concealed my lips, Tao sister's eyes seemed thoughtful, but just as I understood her—— Once the topic is over, she will not continue to delve into it.

That's right, Tao Yi'an just cared... Finally, he confessed to me by the way.

How can I have the nerve to say, how can I, a disqualified mother who has had an abortion, be worthy of him for a man as gentle and handsome as he is from a prominent family?

After a little freshening up, looking back, Sister Tao has already sat back in front of the computer; the screen shows a spectacular scene—is it a yak?Groups of yaks were being driven by a boy about ten years old, and in the distance was the vast sky and misty white snow.

"This is where?"

"Tibet!" Sister Tao raised her head and said briskly, "I went to Southeast Asia before returning to Taiwan, and then went to Yunnan, Tibet and other places along the way. It took about half a year."

Sister Tao rarely shares her travels. "Sounds like a grand tour!"

"Is it?" She pointed to the herds of yaks in the photo, talking about the experiences that I can't imagine but yearn for.I was inexplicably moved to hear it.

"Sister Tao's travel...where did she go?"

"What do you mean?"

I was sitting by the bed, she turned her head first, then she simply gave up operating the computer, and sat with me, and I realized that she was holding the camera in her hand; does she really keep the camera in her hand?

"That's right... I also keep track of some travel experts' diaries. Everyone chooses different attractions. Some people like to go to places that are not particularly famous but have a lot of talents, and some people choose popular big cities. How about you?"

"I think that choosing a tourist attraction represents one's thoughts." With her hands behind her back, she leaned back into a graceful posture. "Don't you think it's not challenging to always go to Venice, Kyoto, Seoul and other places? Of course, I'm not saying that these places are bad, but that too many people go to those places. My goal is to bring back some scenes that ordinary people rarely see; Some sights that are rare for ordinary people but must not be missed.” She held her baby camera tightly and showed me some photos of her.

One frame after another, from limestone terrain to lush green rainforest, magnificent blue sky and white snow, or endless snowy desert, only mixed with people wearing ethnic minority costumes, the strings of silver ornaments on their bodies are dizzying.

Looking at the photos in the camera, we got closer and closer, unconsciously, we were close to each other. Under her eager explanation, I sneaked a glance at her side face, feeling her love for photography. As far as she could see, there seemed to be no place she couldn't go.

Such sister Tao is so beautiful that people can't take their eyes off.

"Then, sister Tao's next favorite place to go, where is it?"

She put down the camera and thought about the answer seriously. "Bhutan and Nepal are currently very interested in these two places."

"Nepal?"

"Does Xiaoning know? It's in the north of India..."

I held out my palm to stop it, "I know the geographical location! I'm asking why you want to go?"

"I heard that it is a happy place, especially Bhutan. Although the people's lives are difficult, the people there seem to be living happily... Happier than us in rich countries. I want to go and have a look, of course There must be a magnificent view of the mountains over there.”

Looking at her eyes that seemed to be shining, I couldn't help teasing. "Someone told me not to shoot people anymore?"

She glanced at me with a smile, "That's why my camera is all about the house and the scenery, and the people are just supporting roles!"

"Sister Tao, you are so good at quibbling!"

"You! Didn't you purposely set a trap for me to jump?" She covered my head with one hand and ruffled my hair wantonly; I laughed and screamed, this kind of fighting is rare!I jumped up and she was laughing.

"It seems that you are in a much better mood; really, I have been worried that you will be unable to extricate yourself from the sadness of being lost in love."

Taking a deep breath, inhaling the fragrance of her body, I felt the pain in my heart gradually eased. "Don't think, don't touch, you won't feel pain." I suppressed some smiles, "After all, I still envy Sister Tao, you are really free and easy, maybe there are occasional unsatisfactory things, but you can always quickly ..."

"Not really!" She interrupted me, I widened my eyes suspiciously, and her smile was instantly mixed with a bit of bitterness. "After all, I let go of traveling because I was escaping...Travel and the camera became my antidote during those difficult days."

"Tough days?"

"Didn't I say that I would never take pictures again?" She hooked her lips, and talked about the secret that I cared about very much like a chat. "You seemed a little hurt at the time."

I smiled embarrassedly, "Because I really wanted to ask you to help me...to take a photo." Talk to that person.

"Should I say it's okay not to shoot?"

"You should have said that!"

I sat back next to her, but she returned to the computer instead, "Let me show you, it's a thing of the past anyway..." She swiped the touchpad, and the herd of yaks disappeared. Before I could see the path clearly, she She has already found the target she wants to open.

I came over to her and she clicked on a photo.

It's a wedding photo, but there's only the bride; the bride's makeup in the photo has been meticulously done up, white gauze, long skirt, and headscarf that symbolizes purity are all beautiful, not to mention that the bride herself is a big beauty!

I watched and watched, and felt a strange sense of familiarity... I still couldn't tell where the weird familiarity came from, but I heard Sister Tao say: "It's her...she is the reason why I decided not to shoot people anymore .

"She was the last wedding dress I photographed; she was also my ex-colleague, my ex-girlfriend... my first love."

In an instant, an emotional tsunami instantly overwhelmed me!I covered my mouth in surprise, unable to think about it any longer...

***

Her former colleague, who knew her and fell in love with her when she was setting up the studio, originally thought that she could live happily ever after, whether it was the life of two people, or taking capturing the happy moments of new couples as his duty , but was completely shattered by a sudden unexpected news.

The moment I heard these four words, I felt as if a force was strangling my throat, and I stopped breathing until Sister Tao continued to speak.

"I didn't know she had a boyfriend of eight years when I received the wedding invitation." This is also a kind of betrayal, isn't it? "I heard that her fiancé likes my photos very much, no matter what, she wants me to take pictures of this wedding dress." Sister Tao turned off the wedding photo, "So, I took it, but it became my last wedding dress ;After that, I made up my mind not to shoot people... as if I was escaping, I started a solo trip."

Escape, stop photographing people, travel alone... This is the true face of loneliness that Sister Tao inadvertently revealed at that moment.

My heart hurts, obviously I am not the one who experienced this, but Sister Tao's expression is always relaxed and smiling.

But I feel empathy, as if I was the one who was betrayed; just because the wound on my heart has not healed yet.

That beautiful wedding dress hides such a heart-wrenching past.

"It was more than three years ago, and I still remember it very clearly." She folded her hands and stared straight at me, and finally a smile escaped her eyes, "Tell me, don't I miss you?" So free and easy?"

"You still love her." I stepped forward and glanced at the photo of the bride that no longer existed.My tone is yes. "Even though your heart hurts, you still keep this group of wedding photos."

Just because sister Tao still has her in her heart.

Sister Tao was as silent and as calm as she was, and it was rare for her to have some emotional fluctuations; I couldn't help it, I held her, and gently stroked her cheek with my fingers.

"Xiaoning..."

"She's lucky." I choked out the words. "The person who can be loved by Sister Tao must be the luckiest."