迷糊當中,程弈田聽到一聲門鈴響過之後有人在輕聲對話,掀開不知什麽時候蓋在身上的羽絨被,雙手撐著坐起來,向說話聲那邊看。“程弈田!你在這兒?整晚都在這兒?”門縫外那人眼睛很尖。程弈田聽著聲音有點熟悉,再仔細看看著周遭,天哪,怎麽在尹伯文的沙發上睡著了?雙人沙發這麽短,扶手又那麽高,難怪渾身酸痛,頸子也難受得緊。尹伯文開門進來,在沙發角落找到一個粉紅色的錢包,又走了出去。“She stayed here whole night last night?”那人顯然對昨晚程弈田在哪兒過的夜更感興趣。
尹伯文沒有回答那人的問題,禮貌地跟她說了再見就回屋關上門,對弈田說“Morning, I hope you slept OK. I did not want to wake you up when I finished the dishes last night. The love seat is really too small, but I hope you slept OK.”
程弈田理了理亂亂的頭發,把它們嵌入耳後,微笑著說“It was ok, thank you. I guess I would not even be able to fall asleep if I went home last night. ”弈田又坐下,抱起蘭鈴靠枕,“They look beautiful. Neat.”
“You like them? I took the picture and have them customized in Galleria.”尹伯文很驕傲地去拿他的相冊給弈田看,“I only print out pictures when I really think I got a nice one. I love the nature, do you like this one? The Whale! It's jumping out of the water! How powerful, can't you imagine? They can support themselves, tons in weight, and jump so high up in the sky! Remember, they don't have any hard ground to bounce from! Amazing, I tell you, this Mother Nature is great!”嘖嘖,他完全沉浸在對自然的膜拜中,也全然陶醉在跟程弈田介紹他的攝影作品中。
“幹嘛不信我,她昨晚都在Jean Jacque這裏睡的!你自己去看看,這會兒還在!剛吵了一架就跟人跑了!”對話斷斷續續的。“怎麽跟我沒關係?沒有她,你就是我的!”之後是一陣隔壁的敲門聲,“那傅教授,金院長都是我爸清華的同班同學,你要回去還不是一句話!你可想好了。”聽那屋裏沒有回信,那聲音繼續在樓道裏嚷著:“給個千人計劃不錯了,你就一篇Science,就想那個百人計劃?告訴你奚濤,別不知足!”梅依林!她的聲音那麽刺耳,話語那麽難聽,最重要的是她說的那些跟奚濤有關的事,奚濤從來沒有跟程弈田提起過!
程弈田要衝出去問奚濤,尹伯文攔住了她:“Don't go out now, she is crazy. She has always been. If I were you I would wait until she's done and go ask Tao.”是,梅依林是討厭,連幹淨開朗的尹伯文都說不值得跟她打交道。弈田壓住心中的火,在屋子裏來回地走,等著這個潑婦離開。早晨六點,按照這個宿舍的規定,還是安靜時間,受不了連續10分鍾的咚咚的敲門聲,鄰居們紛紛出來抗議。梅依林看奚濤沒有絲毫開門的意思,重重踢了一下門,悻悻地走開。
尹伯文在梅依林走後敲開了奚濤的門,程弈田跑過去抱著奚濤,緊緊地抱著,生怕他會真的就不要自己了,“奚濤,她說的不是全部,我跟尹伯文沒有任何問題。”奚濤沒有任何回應,呆呆地站著。“是,我昨天是在他那裏睡著了,我...”程弈田不能停住自己的解釋:“不要不相信我。不可以的!好不好?。。。”
奚濤用暗勁掙脫了程弈田的擁抱,掐斷了程弈田的哀求,“伯文不錯,是個很好的選擇。”冷,那7年弈田最迷戀的溫和的眼神裏如今隻剩下冷。
“奚濤,你告訴我這不是真的,怎麽會這樣?我怎麽做才能讓你回心轉意?”程弈田趕上去再次抱緊奚濤,踮起腳,將掛滿淚水的臉湊近他的臉。
“不知道。”又是不知道!這麽討厭的三個字。
“怎麽會不知道?難道你不是不喜歡我的某些東西,才不要我的嗎?難道不是我改了,你就會喜歡了嗎?”程弈田一把鼻涕一把眼淚,一次次在他的屋子的角落裏,追上他,一次次說是自己不好,一定改好,一定會讓奚濤還會喜歡自己。“你說啊,奚濤,你要我怎樣改?奚濤?”
“不知道。”奚濤厭惡地一次次擺脫程弈田。就一夜之間,奚濤對程弈田的愛,好像都消失得不像有任何曾經存在過的痕跡,沒有了絲毫回轉的餘地。
“It's NOT FAIR!”一夜的不解,一夜的不甘,一夜的淚花,此時都噴井似迸發了出來。在門外守候的尹伯文透過掩著的門聽到弈田大哭著衝出門來的聲音急步上前,一把抱住她,摟得緊緊的,撫摸著她的發,“It's ok, it's gonna be ok. Yitian, it's ok.”
“It's not true, it's not fair, it's not true.”程弈田坐在餐桌邊捧著一杯尹伯文遞給她的溫水,像一個孩子弄丟了她最心愛的娃娃,不停地否認那個娃娃已經丟的了現實。
“Listen, yitian, life is not fair. It can't be fair, ever, period. That's why la vie est belle ! (life is beautiful!).”尹伯文沒有再繼續安慰弈田,已經到了要麵對現實的時候。“He was only part of your life, you are still yourself, you are healthy and lovely. There must be a lot more, lots of it, that's meaningful to you!”尹伯文走去洗手間取了一張濕紙巾給弈田,“Clean it up, let's go out. You need to step out of your fantasy world, come to the real one!”如果是個孩子,可能還會耍脾氣,抓過紙巾給扔了繼續哭。程弈田擦了擦臉,疑惑地望著已經取了羽絨服在門口等著她的尹伯文。“One door is closed, you will find lots of others are open to you now.”Harald教授在跟最近沒有通過博士資格認證的Matt也這麽說過。“Come out, go to see what might be in other doors and then decide if you even want to knock at the closed one. Alright, let's go to Salem. You will be amazed.”