Blind Date
"Pa" Alina walked in room with a tired look on her face, turned on the light, and the dazzling light immediately filled the messy twenty-square-meter room. She took off her uncomfortable high heels and threw the bag in her hand on the bed. She didn't have the energy to wash my face and change clothes, so she just fells on the bed in her tight commuting clothes.
Suddenly, the ringtone of her cell phone woke her up from almost falling asleep. She subconsciously closed her eyes and fumbled for her bag and cell phone on the bed. As soon as she connected it and put it to her ear, she heard her mother's extremely dissatisfied voice clearly coming from the other end.
"Why did not you answer the phone? I don't know what you are up to every day. Your cousin told me that she introduced you to a friend the day before yesterday. The man has a good job, a house and money. All you needs to do is marry him. You rejected him? "
Alina closed her eyes and said calmly "Yeah".
The voice on the phone immediately raised an octave: "How could you reject it? Huh? Do you know how much effort I put in to beg your aunt and cousin for this opportunity because of you? Just reject it if you say so."
"Do you think you are still a girl of 17 or 18 years old? You are already over 35 this year, and you are still dragging it out. If you drag it on, even the rich old men won't choose you. Do you look down on the men in the small town? So why would you refuse someone with money and a house in a big city?
Look at your cousin. You two are only one year apart. She was so ugly when she was a child. In what way are you better than her. You are better at studying than she is. But now she is better than you. I don't even dare to recognize them after working for two years. She is rich and beautiful now, as beautiful as stars on TV.
She got married at the end of the year before last. She was married to someone who ran a company in a big city and had an annual income of tens of millions. When she got married, the husband gave her a betrothal gift of 1.5 million and a car worth half a million. Your aunt always shows off in front of me. Now they have moved to large cities to live.
Compare it with others, and look at you, you only make that little money a month, but now your relatives are asking you about your marriage, and you don't even have a boyfriend.
A college student who has been working for so many years... It's not a shame, my family is almost becoming the laughing stock of the neighbors because of you.
If I had known this would happen, I should have let you get married after high school to avoid embarrassing me. . .
This round of accusations and scoldings lasted for half an hour. Alina put her cell phone next to her pillow, listening to the voice on the phone, staring at the wall blankly, her stomach started to hurt again, one after another, just like her pale face under the light.
She didn't close the phone until her mother hung up.
The room became quiet again, but Alina couldn't sleep anymore. Her mother's every scolding contained expectations and disappointments for her. Why couldn't she understand her? Who could understand the pain in her heart and know that she was alone? The difficulty of struggling alone in the city.
The salary of less than a few thousand a month, excluding the rent, was only enough for her to live a tight life, and there was not much left in her hands at the end of the year. The too much hardship and helplessness in life made her already calm and numbness about her mother's scolding.
She reached out and took out a mirror from her bag and held it in front of her. What was reflected in the mirror was messy, dry, poorly maintained hair that had been dyed and permed countless times, and a pale and lifeless face. This was the face of a thirty-five year old. , although the woman in the mirror is not ugly, there are already fine wrinkles at the corners of her eyes. Even with more powder, they are still clearly visible when she smiles, and there are even faint nasolabial folds at the corners of her mouth.
Yes, she is really old. When she was young, her face, which was full of collagen, got wrinkles at some point. Even if there were no wrinkles, just the look of deep exhaustion under her eyes. It already has an old look that time will never return to.
Thinking of her cousin Estrella, Alina's eyes were filled with confusion. Although she and she were only one year apart, but seeing each other after so many years was so stunning that people didn't dare to recognize her.
The more than ten years of time did not seem to have brought any trace of age to her. On the contrary, She was as gentle as water, with a happy smile on her face. When she looked at herself, she still called her affectionately as before: "Alina, I haven't seen you for so long, but you are still so beautiful..."
During the blind date, Alina kept watching Estrella. Her actions were full of confidence and pride. Her hand wearing a diamond bracelet kept picking up the tea cup and putting it down. There was a strange red printed image on her wrist. It seems a tattoo with strange patterns.
The tattoo felt so familiar to her, but she couldn't remember it anyway.
Suddenly she felt a pain coming up. She couldn't help but cover her stomach and curled up on the bed sweating. The tight A-line skirt did not make her figure looks better, but just thinner. Her long-term irregular diet caused her to suffer from gastric ulcer, and somewhat scrawny.
She closed her eyes and felt a trace of self-abasement. She thought:forget about the person you have a crush on, put down your pride, and find someone to marry. From high school to college to work, I have persisted for more than ten years and it's ststill so far away from him. What's the point of holding on to that little bit of love?
And her persistence also made her life more ridiculous. Her mother was right. For an ordinary woman like her whose youth has passed away, it is already very good if she can find a man with a house and money. What else is there to find fault with? She should learn to adapt, live a life suitable for your age, and stop clinging to those illusory fantasies.
She tried hard to persuade herself, and tried hard to recall the appearance of the blind date, a middle-aged man, almost fifty years old. He is bald, with a pair of shrewd eyes and he has a bulging spleen and a drunken belly, but her own conditions are not good, so his requirements cannot be too harsh.
She thought that her performance that day not have been very bad. Although she had been looking at the coin-like mark on her cousin's hand. Her cousin must not have conveyed her wishes that she thought were inappropriate to the other party. So, Is there still a chance? She should call her cousin now and ask her to meet again...
After a habitual spasm in her stomach, the pain finally eased. She turned over slightly. She originally wanted to get the phone, but at some point she involuntarily put her hand under the pillow and fumbled around until she gently pulled it out. Lantern looked at the noble-looking man on the cover of the magazine in his hand.
Sleek and handsome, with picturesque eyebrows, he is a little less youthful and more calm and calm. She gently traces the outline with her fingers, and outlines the void in detail, moving slowly and gently.
Until the light on the ceiling reflected in her eyes, bringing up an uncontrollable mist, and she rubbed his face with her fingertips.
The one thing she has persisted in for the longest time in her life is her secret love for Andres or admiration for Andres' excellence and success. Now, she is no longer young and will finally say goodbye to her past self and past persistence.
She gently put the magazine back under her pillow and put her hand on her heart, as if this was the only way she could support herself to say those words, "I hope your life will be safe and happy..."
Alina couldn't help but close her eyes and tears filled her eyes.