Entertainment Godfather

In the empty night, the hands are ticking.

Tiandu University, Girls Dormitory 341, a girl is guarding the contemporary comics scene early.

"There are five minutes left before you can see Mr. Luo's works." Zhou Hongli looked at the time and whispered to herself.

She is a fan of martial arts in Luoyang and has a natural trust in Luoyang's character. She doesn't think there is anything shady about the comic contest that is making a big fuss on campus.

But tonight she was the only one in the dormitory, all the other roommates had gone out.

Ding ding ding ding…

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

After refreshing the contemporary comics world, she saw a new comic appear at the most conspicuous top position of the forum.

"A cross-border work by Mr. Luo Yang, the youngest martial arts master in the Dragon Kingdom. This is also his first comic book - "Five Centimeters Per Second"."

The promotional slogan used Luoyang's status as a famous martial arts master to attract attention, but Zhou Hongli just saw the word "Luoyang" and clicked on it without hesitation.

After clicking in, Zhou Hongli was surprised to find that this comic was not a martial arts comic - in many people's subconscious minds, Luoyang should have drawn martial arts comics, but it turned out to be a love comic!

"Haha, Mr. Luo is really interesting, and he is also very confident. Does the cross-border creation mentioned in the slogan refer to this..." Zhou Hongli chuckled and started reading the comics.

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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."

At the beginning of the comic, this dialogue was used to name the meaning of the title.

"This is what "Five Centimeters per Second" means..." Zhou Hongli continued to read while muttering to herself.

In the manga, the male protagonist Takaki transferred to an elementary school because his parents were transferred. A year later, the female protagonist Akari also transferred to the same class. They were both weak and sick, not good at sports, and liked to stay alone. library.

Therefore, although they are still young, the two are still attracted to each other, and the other's presence in their hearts gradually becomes irreplaceable. Guishu will bravely stand up and protect each other when Akari is bullied...

"It's such a pure emotion."

Zhou Hongli also thought of a boy who bravely protected her when she was a child.

However, the close world between the two ended sadly when Akari changed schools again, and Guishu could only work hard to adapt to a world without Akari.

"Or, Mr. Luo wants to tell us that this is the tragedy of the child..."

Zhou Hongli unconsciously felt an indescribable depression in her heart, because she was completely immersed in the world created by the comics.

But the next plot made Zhou Hongli feel a little more at ease.

Because in the comics, Guishu and Ming were separated and tried to get in touch. Although they were far apart, they did not forget each other. At this time, Guishu was about to transfer to a more distant place, so he decided to meet Mingli.

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

However, God seemed to be teasing him. There was a snowstorm on the day Guishu set out. The planned trains were delayed one after another, and the letters containing his feelings were also lost in the snow. Guishu gritted his teeth and did not cry.

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

The depression in her heart deepened, and she continued to read.

However, Guishu could not hold back his tears. When he got off the train that was delayed for more than four hours and saw Akari still waiting there in the waiting room, the two hugged and cried.

"Guishu, Akari..."

Zhou Hongli bit her lips and kept shouting those two heart-wrenching names in her heart.

This train, which was crazy delayed due to wind and snow, made her mood sink little by little. However, just when her mood sank to the bottom, thinking that Guishu could not make it in time, she never expected that Mingli would be there. Guishu waited alone on the platform on a snowy night for many hours.

Next, the two of them walked side by side to the cherry blossom tree that was often mentioned in the letter.

It was also under this huge cherry blossom 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, romantic cherry blossoms were floating all over the sky, and the desolate cold night spoke of eternity.

"Woooo..."

This is the most beautiful scene in the comics. Guishu Akari didn't cry when they met, but Zhou Hongli, who had been suppressing her emotions, actually cried directly in front of this moonlight kiss scene.

"Takaki is great, Akari is great!"

Zhou Hongli wiped her tears and finally calmed down her emotions, but Guishu and Mingli were about to say goodbye again after a brief meeting.

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

"Then in the next moment - I feel uncontrollably sad. That's because I don't know how to treasure Akari's warmth, nor where to take her soul. I clearly understand that we can't guarantee We can be together forever. What lies ahead of us is the heavy life and long time, which makes people feel helpless. "

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

but……

"How could I be willing to stop reading a comic like this!"

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

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The story opens a new chapter here, and the protagonist of the second volume becomes Hua Miao.

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

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

This made Zhou Hongli slightly disappointed. The first perfect volume seemed to be covered in dust because of this, but she continued reading.

But as she watched it, Zhou Hongli's eyes turned red again. The plot was not about a vulgar third party, but about a lonely girl's unrequited love.

She even found with some sadness that she could not hate Hua Miao, the so-called third party, at all. She even had some pity and distress for Hua Miao's existence, and her heart seemed to twitch slightly because of it.

Hua Miao's mood will change with the changes of Guishu...

"The wind blowing through the sugarcane leaves brings with it a slightly cooler feeling. The sky feels higher and the edges of the clouds soften."

She would feel smug about getting into Guishu's car: "If I had a dog's tail, I would definitely not hide that joy and let it swing back and forth gracefully."

She is also good at observation: "I don't know when, Guishu always likes to send text messages with his hair down. I have imagined countless times how great it would be if the recipient of those text messages he sent was me."

She can realize her feelings more clearly: "I am obsessed with him just because he doesn't notice me, his eyes are in the distance."

She studied hard in order to go to the same high school as Guishu, and finally succeeded. However, the confession plan she had fantasized about countless times had been repeatedly shelved.

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

Later, Guishu was admitted to university and left by plane as Hua Miao watched him off.

When she first saw Hua Miao, Zhou Hongli was still thinking angrily that this woman was a mistress?

But after reading everything from Huamiao's perspective, she couldn't help but burst into tears, the first time for Akari and the second time for Huamiao: "Why is Huamiao so pitiful? She likes someone who doesn't like her and pays for it." So much, but she didn’t even say a single confession! This is obviously very unfair to her!”

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In the third volume, the last volume of the story, Zhou Hongli continued to read with eyes swollen from crying.

"If the speed of falling cherry blossoms is 5 centimeters per second, then how long does it take for two hearts to get close? What speed do I need to use to meet you?"

The emotions in this volume seem to have been exaggerated to the peak. Yes, although they have never met, Guishu has been missing Mingli in his heart, and after Huamiao realized that he was missing other people, he just silently guarded him behind his back. No confession.

Guishu returned to the city where he grew up. After graduation, he stayed in this bustling place to work. However, he was never able to find Mingli. The long separation caused the two to lose contact.

"In the past few years, I have kept my head down and moved forward, only thinking about getting what I couldn't get, but I didn't know what it was. And this idea that came from nowhere gradually turned into a kind of oppression. I had no choice but to keep working. When I woke up, my heart gradually stiffened and I could only feel the pain. Then one morning, I found that the unforgettable feelings I had had were completely gone.”

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

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

Guishu is drunk in an empty room, or walking alone among high-rise buildings. The emotions of all living beings are like ants. The world suddenly becomes rational and realistic, and Guishu is incompatible with it——

Finally we met.

Guishu and the grown-up Mingli passed each other at a train crossing.

They recognized each other, and when they reached both sides of the track, they turned their heads in unison.

However, the long train also flew by at the same time, blocking the sight of the two people on both sides. Akari covered her long hair blown by the wind with her hand wearing a wedding ring. When the train passed by, Guishu found that the opposite side Already deserted.

On the background of the comic, cherry blossoms are falling at a speed of 5 centimeters per second. Guishu stares blankly at the street opposite the railway track.

After a long time, relief and relief finally appeared on his face. With a bright smile, he turned around and left.

At the end of the story, Mingli married another man, and the two ended up not being together. Zhou Hongli buried her head, and there were only suppressed cries and trembling fragile shoulders in the room.

Tonight, no one sleeps.

They passed each other at the subway entrance, and after 13 years, the two hearts that were once in harmony have reached the farthest distance from each other on the earth.