Encounters at Guixuan Garden

"Hello, my name is Xinfan. Because of the homophony, I prefer people to call me by my English name: Chris. Maybe you also know the reason for writing this letter. Since I haven't received a letter from you, the only impression I have of you is the photo of you that my mother gave me. Although this letter had to be written due to pressure at home, after seeing your photo, I decided to promote myself more. This does not mean that I am from the Foreign Trade Association, it is purely because the only thing I know about you is that photo.

As you know, I am now based in Shenzhen. Serving a notorious and profitable group in the industry. Everyone says that our group does not lead a human life. I would like to take this opportunity to clarify that what the outside world says is true!! I get up at about 6:30 every day, arrive at the company at 7, and get off work at about 10 p.m. I have to work every Saturday, and the so-called weekend is the time to catch up on sleep on Sunday. If you ask me if I can bear this? I would say that human beings are actually very resilient. You will not get used to it in the first few months, but you will get used to it after a while. People in the company say that all the hard work is for money, but I care more about the sense of accomplishment after everyone works together to complete the project in this environment. At least when I was young, I hoped to do a few sensational cases before returning to Taiwan. As for money, I don’t want to see this abstract thing as so material and dirty. Not all dreams can be bought with money, but it cannot be denied that chasing dreams will be faster if you have money.

Oh, by the way, your mother said that you are also studying for an MBA in the United States. It seems that we will have more topics to talk about. I hope I can talk more with you if I have the opportunity."

I heard that the owner of this shop is a painter, and the shop is decorated like a British teahouse in the early 20th century. This arrangement makes the guests inside speak softly involuntarily; the utensils used in this shop also make the guests feel the preciousness of every sip of tea. Human beings slowly learned a thousand years ago that drinks are not just about quenching thirst; they are not just about taste enjoyment. Drinking tea and coffee has evolved into an experience of life.

"Well, it's a formal and direct blind date. This is the outstanding young man studying in the United States who your mother said she wanted to introduce to you. He works in a big company? I agree with what he said about money. He is very straightforward. If I were you, I would continue to correspond with him. This person seems to have a lot of money." When she mentioned the word "money", Anne made a special gesture with her hand, which was a quotation symbol. Annie was Siting's best friend in college and graduate school. She knew every temper and love story of Siting. Her analysis of Siting's ex-boyfriend's personality was simply more accurate than her own. "The photo looks very short. My mother likes him very much. I just feel that I haven't gotten over that time yet." When Siting said the last sentence, her eyes were a little lonely. "Don't feel bad for that kind of cheating man anymore. It's a waste of your mood. The most important thing for a man is to be loyal. Of course, it's also important to be able to make money." Annie played with the photo attached to the letter with a very innocent expression. In the photo, Chris is standing on the golf course holding a golf club.

Annie is from Taipei, and Siting would come to this store to chat with Annie on weekends. Let’s talk about work, some Fashing, some gossip, and some dreams. If urban life in Taipei is a kind of faith, Annie should be Siting's pastor. Annie doesn't have the complicated thoughts and feelings of a girl like Siting. She can explain all the big and small things to Siting with clear logic. Siting's two failed relationships were also spent by Annie with her.

The scene returns to Guixuan Garden

On this day when the tung trees were in full bloom, several tung trees in the garden were covered with white flowers, and the ground adjacent to the tung trees was also covered with white flowers. Looking from a distance, one thought it had snowed in late spring, which was close to summer. Below the tung tree is a small slope paved with Korean grass. Beauty trees and five-leaf pine trees were planted on it. The five-leaf pine is very cute, and new leaves have grown. It can be seen that Boyao hopes that when the five-leaf pine grows up in the future, he can use this gentle slope as a stage to show the heroic appearance of the pine tree. On the other side of the cement floor covered with white tung flowers, the sweet-scented osmanthus has not withered yet, and there is a burst of sweet-scented osmanthus fragrance. This is the charm of this garden in late spring.

Matching the green spring garden, Siting wore a Calvin Klein olive green sleeveless round-neck dress on this day, with a brown Gucci woven belt around her waist. There is a gold coin necklace on the neck. This necklace looks very good with the pearl earrings on the ears. Not changing her habit, he always has a bag in his hand, and today he is also carrying Kate Spade's gold and brown square handbag.

"Bo Yao" Siting shouted very hard after getting off the car, just like he did every week when he first arrived. "Here" came a healthy and powerful reply from the glass house. Boyao is moving more than twenty podocarpus trees from small pots to wider porcelain pots. "What are you doing?" Siting asked while touching the little Shiba Inu that was about to turn into a dog. "I want to move the podocarpus to a larger pot. The current pots can no longer support their growth. I will choose a few individual podocarpus in larger pots so that they can express their individuality." "Trees also have individuality?" Siting asked blurtly. Boyao answered seriously, "Just like people, every tree certainly has its own personality. Even if it is the same species, placed in the same pot, and given the same environment, each podocarpus will show its uniqueness. I believe that even human twins will work hard to prove that they are different from the other brother." You see, "this one." Boyao pointed to a Podocarpus with two branches branched from the bottom, looking like it was stretching its hands. "And this one." He pointed to another Podocarpus that was dense in the middle and looked like a ball of torches. "They both came at the same time. I give the same water every day, but They can develop completely different personalities. Like you girls, you say how handsome Kimura Takuya is. In fact, he is not the most handsome among Japanese actors, but he has his own style." Siting looked at each Podocarpus tree carefully and found that each one was really different. Some are tall and upright, and some are trying to stretch their leaves to both sides like a little fat man.

"What are you doing now?" Siting watched Boyao holding the scissors with curved heads to cut the podocarpus that had just been put into the new pot. "Have you studied education? Some schools of thought do not want education to interfere with students' free thinking, but no education scholar dares to let children grow up without going to school." Boyao muttered to himself while pruning branches, seemingly not answering Siting's question. "What does this have to do with you cutting branches?" Siting asked. Like a young wise man, Bo Yao looked at Siting sincerely, then turned his sincere eyes back to the Podocarpus in his hand, and said, "The same goes for trees. I hope that the trees can have their own personality and characteristics, but sometimes they still grow branches and leaves that do not fit their personality. So I will coach them and remove the branches that should not stick out, so that they can focus on their characteristics." "How do you know the characteristics you want these trees to have?" Siting asked. "Good question, this is also the problem of many parents and teachers. They cannot let their children learn without direction, but they are not sure to determine their future for them. I am now confident that I can adjust more than half of the podocarpus's shape, but there will still be failures, but parents and teachers have no chance to make mistakes, because their targets are people. It takes ten years for trees to grow and hundreds of years to cultivate people. That's it." Boyao brought back the concept of education and answered seriously.

Later, Siting fell in love with a podocarpus tree that looked like the one in Ju Ming's work "Tai Chi". Boyao asked Siting to cut it by herself, and then moved the tree to a porcelain basin that was larger than the basin. "From now on, this tree will be my tree. You have to take good care of it for me. I will come to check every week." Siting asked like a child, "This tree will be my tree from now on. You have to take good care of it for me. I will come to check every week."

Before Siting went home, Boyao specially took Siting to a small wooden house. This one-story wooden house is surrounded by glass, and you can see the scenery outside the wooden house at 365 degrees. And the four sides of this wooden house happen to have completely different feelings. On the front is the ecological pool, where you can feel the tranquility of the pool, which is reminiscent of what Tao Yuanming said, "If the water is not deep, there will be dragons." On the left is a prairie. On this sunny spring day, whoever sees this prairie will think of the prairie in front of Cambridge University College. Anyone who sees this prairie hopes to spread out a straw mat and read there for an afternoon. On the right is the walkway to the pine forest. Contrary to the bright grassland on the right, the walkway on the right is a bit dark, giving people a feeling of an Amazon jungle. Directly behind is a small Japanese garden. Accompanied by the green leaves outside the spring window, I played a few cello songs for Siting, accompanied by the Luoshen tea that Boyao had made myself. Although they were all romantic songs, the feeling of the environment was really leisurely that only Asians can experience. Although they had only known each other for a few months, the two of them felt a slight sense of love.

Late spring, Taipei coffee shop

Second, I don’t know any musical instruments. I once learned a little piano in Yamaha’s classroom when I was a child, but I stopped learning it later. I don’t regret that I didn’t learn an instrument well when I was young. I started listening to Beethoven in high school and joined the Philharmonic Club in college. Let me divide the huge field of music into three categories. The first type of field is very small, it is musical instrument collection. There are many people who may not be able to play musical instruments, but they understand them. They regard musical instruments as a valuable collection. They believe that handmade musical instruments have their own souls and have their own characteristics. I know some of these friends. In today's inflation era, a piano bought for more than one million three years ago can now be sold for more than three million. The second category belongs to the field of performance. Successful people work as teachers in music departments or as members of orchestras. Those who are less successful are those who have fun in their spare time, or perform as street performers in the United States or Europe. Just like some people like riding bicycles and surfing, these professional or amateur performers regard musical instruments as their good friends in life and music as their ideal. The third category belongs to music appreciators. Music appreciators do not need to have good musical instruments at home (sometimes they may need better audio equipment), nor do they need to be able to play any musical instruments themselves. But people in this category know how to appreciate music. This type of people understands the humor of Mozart, the profundity of Bach, the romance of Chopin, and the tragedy of Tchaikovsky. Some people may straddle two or three of these areas, such as professional performers. And I consider myself to be a person in the third field, and I am glad that I am this type of person. I can’t play a musical instrument; I don’t understand musical instruments either, but I understand music (Note 3). Just like my current job, maybe I don't understand all the details of accounting, industrial management, and materials management. But I studied MBA, and I understand how these operations make the company more competitive...'

Anne asked, "Have you started to correspond with him often?" "I just write some when I'm bored at home at night. I'll write about five or six articles in two weeks. Anyway, e-mail is so convenient." Siting was wearing a Miu Miu beige and red straight-striped sleeveless dress today. She played with her Gucci sunglasses with her right hand wearing a BVLGARI silver bracelet. Siting answered. When she answered, she seemed to be looking at Gucci with her head down. The red pointed-toe beige cloth high-heeled shoes made Anne feel that she was absent-minded. "You should spend less time on that farmer and more time contacting this promising entrepreneur," Annie said plausibly while reading Chris's letter. "You took his side before you even looked at him," Siting said with a pout while eating a muffin. "I'm not taking any side, I'm only on your side, my good sister. Think about it, if you like flowers and plants and just go to the garden to play, are you likely to be willing to accept that your future husband is a farmer? You said this Boyao" "Boyao!" Siting corrected him, "You said this Boyao is well-educated and how nice the cello sounds. After all, he is just a person who plays musical instruments. Unlike Chris, who understands music, the level is different."

On this day in Guixuan Garden in early summer, when Siting went to find Boyao, the Shiba Inu, which had turned into a dog, was sitting in the center of the grassland in front of the wooden house, trying hard to bite the pine cones that are not easy for dogs to bite. However, the Shiba Inu suddenly noticed the Gucci imitation snakeskin narrow skirt Siting was wearing. It usually pounces on Siting and acts coquettishly when it sees Siting, but Siting's narrow skirt today and the Cole Haan on his hand The snakeskin clutch bag and the Alexandre Birman imitation snakeskin woven sandals on the feet make this Shiba Inu very hesitant to approach. It is holding pine cones on its two front feet, and the expression on its face that does not know what to do makes people want to laugh. Boyao is using bamboo to make a fence. "Are you going to plant some climbing plants here?" Siting asked. Boyao shook his head and said, "I just want to use this fence made of bamboo to separate the garden from the walkway. You see." Boyao pointed to the area that has not yet been fenced and said, "If you don't make a separation, the walkway will feel dirty. But as long as we use bamboo Putting the fence in the middle can separate the feeling of grass and soil in the garden from the fresh feeling of the walkway. My dad learned this when he traveled to Kyoto." Siting compared the areas with and without fences and said in surprise, "It's really good." Boyao proudly said, "Terry Gou said that devils are hidden in details. I said that angels are also hidden in details. Generally, people who come in to see this place will not notice the fence, but will only feel the cleanliness of this walk. It has the overall exquisiteness of various courtyards in Kyoto. If you look carefully If there is no small area, you will find that the gardener has spent a lot of effort on every small detail. Look at this road." Boyao pointed to the stone road toward the wooden house. There were many orchids blooming on the cypress trees on both sides of the road. Siting took a closer look and realized that these orchids were all tied up. Orchids are generally grown indoors, but the orchids are hung on the cypress trees on the roadside so that people walking to the glass house can see the orchids. Perhaps this is also the angel in the details Bo Yao mentioned.

"Do you like listening to classical music? You said you like cello, but would you like to listen to cello music on the stereo?" Siting asked this because she wanted to ask Boyao the content of the letter written by Chris. "I don't understand what you said. The music I'm playing is all classical music." Boyao looked at Siting with a puzzled look. Siting replied, "I'm not saying that you don't play well, but you don't have the opportunity to play symphonies or concertos. Would you like to use a speaker to experience the emotion of a larger piece of music?" Bo Yao probably understood the question Siting wanted to ask, and he asked with a slightly unpleasant tone, "Have you met anyone who plays speakers recently?" Chris appeared in Siting's mind, and she answered suspiciously, "No," as if written on his face. Why do you ask?" Bo Yao's unhappy tone became more and more obvious. "I just like the piano and play it. I like music, not because the music is great. People who play stereos or call themselves classical music appreciators like to classify, compare, and even rank music. But for For me, music is music. If I have a favorite piece, if I have the ability to play it, I will try my best to express my interpretation of the piece. If I am not able to play it, I will also enjoy the artistic conception of the piece. Music is a feeling, not a theory."

While wanting to end this embarrassing topic, Siting smelled the scent of osmanthus that she had smelled several times and said happily, "Osmanthus can bloom for a long time. No wonder this garden is called Guixuan Garden." Boyao frowned and said, "This is what worries me. Osmanthus shouldn't bloom for so long. If it keeps blooming, it means that it is not growing well and wants to reproduce. Flowers also have a great place. When necessary, he will sacrifice his own nutrients to ensure that his subsequent generation can reproduce. Maybe you will see this behavior in animals when watching Discovery. This is the love of living things. Animals also have it. "It is said in the musical Les Misérables that when you truly give to others, you will see the eyes of God. That is love."

Summer is obviously a very bright season, but because of the constant rain, the sunlight cannot shine through the windows of the coffee shop. In addition, the lights in this coffee shop are all warm colors, which makes it feel like there is insufficient light in the middle of summer.

Siting is wearing a Vera Wang purple red flower long-sleeved wide collar dress, a Prada white wide leather belt tied around her waist which is very thin compared to Annie, and Jimmy choo black fingerless thin high-heeled sandals on her feet. The color of the blush on her face matched the warm lighting of the coffee shop. She was drinking tea while looking at Annie. And what Annie was holding in her hand was Chris's e-mail printed by Siting.

"...Since the beginning of the 21st century, three trends have become more and more obvious. First, emerging countries have begun to prosper. Although the citizens of the so-called developed countries are still far ahead in terms of patents and technological level, their work attitude and patriotism are much higher than those in developed countries. Among them, China is the most obvious. For Taiwan, which has no brand image, there are only two economic options left. Earn money from mainlanders. Or make money with mainlanders. Second, countries around the world are overly superstitious about Keynesian fiscal and monetary policies, which will cause credit bankruptcy and huge fluctuations in the international economy. Third, the speed of global warming will worsen at an exponential rate. Human beings are unable to slow down the speed of deterioration with their current technological and moral standards. Taiwan is a small island and can only follow this trend.

Annie yawned violently, but still tried hard to read Chris' letter. "I finally found the shortcomings of this young entrepreneur. This person is really boring. His mind is full of economics and science." "This is what you said, as long as a man can make money, the most important thing" Siting took the opportunity to amuse Annie. But Annie's sleepiness was still there and she didn't realize what Siting said. It seemed that another unrelated topic came to mind. "I think Chris is the kind of person whose parents are teachers. He goes to school every morning and goes home. After returning home, he has to take piano lessons and calligraphy lessons. Before going to bed, his father tells stories about great scientists. He has never had a fight with anyone in school and has never been absent from class. This is called... elite education. Sometimes I feel that this kind of child is so pitiful." The more Annie talked, the more she felt like a psychoanalyst. Siting hugged Gucci Putting the purple snakeskin clutch on the chair next to her, she leaned forward and asked with an expression like a little girl asking her mother a question, "If it were you, would you be willing to live with such a boring person for the rest of your life? Even the children you give birth to might have to grow up like this?" Anne cleared it up. Throat, he said slowly like a psychiatrist, "As long as he can make money, I'm willing to do anything. Oh, of course my partner can't be too ugly or old. Although this Chris is a little short, it's okay." After saying that, he put away his psychiatrist's attitude and smiled like a little girl. Siting shook her head frequently, while Annie continued to read Chris' long speech.

Even on a typhoon day in summer, Siting's red car drove to Guixuan Garden. For him, maybe it wasn't for the lovely trees and beautiful scenery of Guixuan Garden, but maybe it was the relationship between him and the garden over the past six months. Instead, it was a typhoon day, which made him want to come and see if the garden had been injured due to the typhoon. The enthusiasm of the Shiba Inu was not dampened by the heavy rain. Before the door of the sports car was opened, the welcome sound of the Shiba Inu could be heard.

Like the Shiba Inu in the garden, Boyao seemed to be waiting for Siting to come over. "You're here just in time, I'll take you to see a scenery that can only be seen when it rains heavily." The two of them held a big umbrella and walked to the gravel road between the sacred tree and the pond. Boyao pointed to the channel on the right. Both sides of the channel were paved with large stones, unlike the rigid cement ditches with angular corners in the city. These channels made of stones are here, making people feel that this ditch has become a natural part of the scenery.

What surprised Siting was not the stones in this channel, but the heavy water in this channel due to the heavy rain. Like a reservoir discharging water, the water rushed down from the top like a waterfall. The water in the channel rushed in the direction of the two people like thousands of horses galloping, and finally passed through the underground water pipe and poured into the ecological pool on the left of the two people. So spectacular. "This is a simple application of ecological engineering methods. In the past, humans only cared about building bridges and paving roads, and did not care about the nearby ecology. Not only did this make nearby organisms unable to survive because of this project, but the accumulation of water and mud also shortened the lifespan of these roads and bridges. Ecological engineering methods are only based on the original civil engineering. On top of that, coupled with care for nature, the road looks more beautiful, has a longer lifespan, and prevents water and soil from being affected by road construction." Siting continued, "I usually don't notice such a channel when I pass by here." Bo Yao said proudly, "Yes, angels are hidden in the details."

At the end of summer, in the coffee shop that Siting and Annie frequented...

"...Like a ship that sails around the world, I have stayed in New York, seen Broadway, and looked up at the Statue of Liberty; I have traveled to Osaka, Kyoto, and walked through the Kinkakuji Temple; I have been to Shanghai; and walked through the so-called Shanghai Beach. But I don't know where the port is that I should return to. If you are willing, I hope to stop here forever and talk about the places I have been. I'm so touched. I'm going back to Taiwan next week to report on my work. I want to invite you to dinner and ask you to be my girlfriend. Please think about it and tell me your answer then..." "This is the most unromantic request for a relationship I have ever seen in my life. It seems like a business deal. It's really a blessing to be an MBA student." Annie said unhappily, holding Chris's letter in both hands. Siting was also unhappy and continued, "He thinks of himself as a ship, and I just think of him as a port. When he gets happy one day, he wants to go out to play again, so I just wait here?" Annie felt angry and funny, and then said, "Oh, my dear, how could he treat you as a port? At most, he treats you as Mazu! Haha." Then the two girls laughed together, attracting the attention of people at the next table.

"Do you prefer traveling by car or by train?" Siting opened another topic. While Annie was still thinking, Siting continued, "The advantage of traveling by train is that the direction of travel is very certain, because the rails are made in that direction. It is also very comfortable in the train, and you can eat while eating. To see the scenery, you don’t need to look at the map or press the accelerator and worry about driving the wrong way. But traveling by car has the advantage of being more free. If you see a scenic spot you like while driving on the road, you can stop the car and take pictures of other scenic spots near the main line. , you can go around the car for a while to admire it and then return to the main road. The train cannot do it. The train runs at a fixed speed and has no such flexibility." Annie did not interrupt, and Siting took a sip of tea and continued, "I know that living with Chris will be like traveling by train. Where is the next stop? It is unlikely that anything will go wrong on the road. All I have to do is read a book, drink tea and look at the scenery. But living with Boyao will be like traveling by car. There will be bumps along the way. Neither of us is sure we can reach the end, but we will fight and laugh along the way. "I have seen a lot of scenery, and I am close to the scenery. Boyao knows how to experience this journey, rather than just caring about the destination." Wiping away the tears she shed when she laughed just now, Annie said, "Dear Miss Lin Moniang." Annie seemed not to give up on the joke he just thought of. "I know this is about to happen." It's time for you to make a choice. Of course, there are gains and losses in the so-called choice. If you ask me which kind of travel I want to choose, even if I read this insincere letter, I will still choose train travel. There are many things to do in life, to experience, and to go crazy. We all have it in the university. I have played it, experienced it, and gone crazy. What I care about now is where to stop. If you don’t inherit your father’s company, you must have a way to survive. At least you must have enough money to meet your current expenses. If you want to inherit your father’s company, you must also find someone who understands business management. I know Bo Yao is considerate and romantic. But we still live in reality. Do you still remember when we were in the summer camp in the second grade..." Annie seemed to feel that what she said was too serious and tried to make the whole atmosphere more relaxed.

Siting's clothing gradually feels similar to Guixuan Garden's temperament. She wears a black DKNY pullover long-sleeved top with a brown Vince leather jacket. She wears DKNY dark blue jeans and Calvin Klein brown boots on her relatively slender thighs. The silver BVLGARI square hollow necklace around her neck looked particularly dazzling in the bright sunshine.

When Siting went to find Boyao that day, Boyao was watering the water. Because of the light, a small rainbow appeared perpendicular to the water. This rainbow was more complete and beautiful than anything I had ever seen. Siting stared blankly, and Boyao also noticed Siting's expression. He smiled and said, "This is the most ordinary luxury in this garden. As long as you turn on the faucet when the weather is good, you can see a rainbow at any time. Come, I will take you to see the flowers." Between the glass house and the pine forest, there are two sections of road, both sides of which are filled with various flowers and trees. Boyao asked Siting to cover her eyes and lead Siting to a fixed point. Before Siting saw the gift Boyao gave him, she had already smelled the fragrance of autumn osmanthus. He opened his eyes and saw a field of roses in full bloom, and on the right there were clusters of blooming wisteria like grapes. Boyao held another bouquet of white roses picked from the wooden house. The eight-month-old Shiba Inu has a black butterfly knot tied outside his necklace. It doesn't match the color of his body, but it can be seen that he wants to attend an important event. Boyao was a little uneasy, and Siting was in danger of being moved, knowing that trouble was coming. Boyao said, "I don't like to buy already picked roses from the flower shop like most people. Since I met you in the spring, I have planted a group of roses here, taking care of these roses to grow and bloom; waiting for you to see this field of roses. As for those wisterias, they theoretically do not bloom at this time, but I believe this This garden has spirituality, and this garden also likes you, just like me. When this garden starts to open, I hope you can work with me to make this garden more beautiful, so that more people can feel the touch of nature. Would you like to..." "Bo Yao" Siting interrupted him, "I like you very much, and I also like this garden very much. Just like You said I like these trees because I like this garden, and maybe I like you because I like this garden. But I also live in reality. My parents don’t want me to live in the mountains all day long. I know you do this. Geyuan is very serious; I also know your dream. But the cruel fact is that you are not working now, you are still burning money. ""If you want me to work, I will go to Taipei to find a job. I believe you know that there are many things in this world that are more important than money." The 180-centimeter tall boy seemed to be crying. Siting said sincerely, "I don't want you to work outside. This garden needs you. If you are not in this garden, you will not be you. But I am from Taipei; my family is a businessman, and I cannot stay here forever." "Is money so important? If you think money is really important, this garden will have many guests in the future. If you care about money, money will not be a problem," Bo Yao choked. Siting was in a very rational mood, so calm that it made people feel very ruthless. "This has nothing to do with how much money it costs. This is the positioning of this work given by this environment. I like you very much, I also like this garden, and I also believe that your dream of sharing nature will come true, but we are people from different worlds. I'm sorry for causing you this misunderstanding, but we all have to face this environment." Just like that, Siting turned around and left, leaving behind a faint scent of osmanthus, a field of blooming roses, and a garden in a sunny weather.

The scene returns to the coffee shop in Taipei. On this day, Siting wore a Dolce & Gabbana black pullover top and Versace white trousers. Wearing Moschino black knee-high boots on her legs. A long shawl made of Burburry blue striped cashmere wool wrapped Siting's slender neck.

"...You asked me why I like you, and here is my answer. First, I have rarely seen girls with the same temperament as you. Second, I like your writing style. We must have almost 500 letters of correspondence. I have always looked forward to receiving the letters you sent me. What you wrote is very profound and makes me think a lot. Third , very few girls can stand what I say about the world economy, but maybe because you are also studying MBA, you are willing to listen to me seriously about my views on the world economy..." "Are you really, when you meet him, listen carefully to his views on the world economy?" Anne looked at the letter and asked questioningly. "Otherwise, in fact, his views are quite reasonable. He even talked about the resurgence of Marxism later. I think his views are quite reasonable. He said..." Siting wanted to continue, but was interrupted by Anne. "Stop telling me things that I don't understand. So, you agreed to his request for a relationship?" Anne asked curiously. "Yes, he said that he should tell me the answer to "why he likes me" in an e-mail. However, I don't like the answer in Chris's letter. I just want him to say that he likes me because he likes me. Liking someone is a feeling. I don't expect him to tell me the reason." Siting said a little lonely (Note 5).

Anne could understand what Siting was saying mentally. She said, "My dear, this is choice. You will have many choices in your life. And now is the time when you have to choose. Any decision you make is made after you have considered all the gains and losses. So you will not regret it; you cannot regret it. Choice is a gift from God to mankind. It is because of the choice that mankind can appreciate the value of human freedom."

At the beginning of winter, the tenth movement of Vivaldi's "The Four Seasons" uses sharp high notes to express the biting cold wind of winter. There is a dazzling violin solo in it. Apart from the superb technique, the music does not contain any emotion. Guixuan Garden is overgrown with weeds, and the stone path leading to the glass house is covered with tiny lotus mist. The smelly lotus mist that no one had cleaned attracted a lot of flies. But in addition to flies, there are also bees, butterflies, and even unicorn fairies joining the battle to carve up the lotus mist. It's as if these insects are holding a party congress here.

The dog put its face on the ground, as if its life had lost its meaning, and looked helplessly ahead. The grass grows so tall in front of the wooden house, next to the glass house, and in the meadow in the pine forest. I don’t know if this counts as “the grass in front of the window is not removed; the winter wind blows and the grass grows again”. Many deciduous trees have withered, which makes this garden look so desolate in winter.

Wearing Louboutin orange boots, Channel black silk shiny tight skirt, Rebecca Taylor black wool long coat, and orange Cashmere woolen hat on her head. To Bo Yao's surprise, Siting appeared in the pine forest of Guixuan Garden. "Bo Yao, why do you like me?" Bo Yao hadn't seen Siting for a month, but the first sentence Siting said was this, which made Bo Yao not know how to answer. "Because the questions you asked are all what I want to say; because your praise of Yuan was what I tried my best to express; because..." Before Bo Yao could finish speaking, Siting hugged him tightly. The cold wind in early winter was biting, but the embracing couple felt infinite warmth under the acacia trees in the pine forest.

Boyao began to introduce his planned future to Siting. He seemed to think that Siting had changed her mind. "Of course, for the guests who come to the garden, drinking coffee in the glass house must be the selling point of the entire garden. But I hope that coming to this garden can't just drink coffee. I need to let the guests not only visit the garden, but also Get to know more about the plants here. I even plant organic vegetables and saplings in front of the wooden house. Guests who come here can take the vegetables and saplings back so that the trees here can be spread to more places." Siting listened to these dreams on the side, and she could feel that Boyao wanted to have this dream with her. But for some reason, Siting felt that she was far away from this dream. "Bo Yao, please forget what I just said. I have no other meaning." Once again, the bright red sports car left Guixuan Garden without looking back.

Just like the winter of the Guixuan Garden without flowers, this coffee shop in Taipei has also not had joy for a long time. Even the dialogue of this opponent's handshake conversation has become very solemn. Siting is wearing Miu Miu white serif light face shirt today, with Dolce & Gabbana pale blue sans-serif long outer jacket on the outside; in the winter coffee house, this upper half body attire makes Siting appear brighter. She also calculated to wear Calvin Klein black tight leather long pants for the lower half and her favorite Moschino black knee-high boots. Annie opened up: "So, your father because customers maliciously shut down, did your company face an economic crisis?" Siting nodded; Annie then asked: "Then just because Klicis helped your family at this time, you decided to stay with Klicis?" Siting nodded again: "Their family saved ours." Annie questioned: "So, in order to repay this favor, you decided to accept him? Dear one, I have always supported you and Klicis together, but it feels like this mindset of yours is selling yourself to them." Siting turned her face saying: "If there were no my father and mother supporting me all along, I would not have today." "That does not mean you should treat this as an exchange condition to stay with Klicis? Did you forget that girl answering the phone thing? Did you forget Boyao giving half of his dream to you?" Annie seemed to speak more and more agitated; Siting was still calmly responding: "I did not give Boyao any promises. Moreover, Klicis helped me pay off my credit card debt through my mom." "How much is the debt?" Annie asked without anger, with a tone of "It doesn't matter if we repay him later anyway." "Over one hundred twenty thousand Taiwan dollars," Siting's answer made Annie temporarily lose her speaking ability. Annie finally knew where this handshake on his hands came from; and how he always had unwearable brand clothes and bags on him. He knew Siting was luxury, but Annie never questioned where this money came from. "Klicis said helping me repay these debts was to express apology for the girl answering the phone thing; he said with me, such things would not happen again in the future. I did not oppose his help repaying my card debt because many times before my card debt was also helped by my mom. Now they have no way, and you also said Klicis is excellent, he is not a bad person. Regarding nature or art, although he is slightly delayed, he still understands. The card debt issue is not the reason I chose him; I chose him because I am uncertain if I can endure seeing brands in the future. I am uncertain if I can live one lifetime in the wood house of Buppi. I really like Boyao, but I think I cannot stay with him for a whole lifetime. I once thought I had choices; now I know clearly that I never had any choice opportunity." After speaking, Siting's entire face fell on the table crying; Annie, after being shocked and returning to consciousness, touched Siting's hair, lightly saying: "Dear one, regardless of whether you have power to choose, this is the happiest result for you. We should celebrate with higher enthusiasm, not cry." The scene slowly exited from this coffee house, also exited from Taipei, yet could not exit from this cold early winter.

Late winter, Siting looked at the Podocarpus pine placed in her pot then, already half-decayed in its most visible position before the wood house; the other half had already turned into dead yellow. "I have worked very hard trying to save this one; it is just impossible for him to restore original state. This one is about to die; I am sorry, already unresolvable." Siting turned her head, seeing a Sans-serif Borty, unlike Boyao's Boyao behind him. Saying he was not like Boyao was not because of his attire, but this person had lost that sincere eye. Replaced by were two soulless eye pearls. "I came to find you last week, but no one answered." Long time no see; Siting worked very hard to squeeze out this phrase. "Sometimes I will go outside for interviews; the current work is not as well found as a year ago." Siting perhaps could understand how that sincere and confident eye was lost. Siting's psychology had a tinge of self-blame.

"Boyao, if in this spring I did not irlessly walk into you to speak, would the garden not have become like this now? Would you be able to complete your dream in next spring? Can this garden be shared with everyone?" Siting gathered courage and raised her head to ask Boyao. Boyao stood high there; his face had no expression; tears were already dried up. Siting continued: "I am sorry for intruding into your world; over this year I myself have never recognized myself, do not know what I want, where to go. I was born in a family materially richer; my education and environment are connected with power, taste, and money. After reading university I found there are still many things in the world very worth having, for example you taught me about love, about care for trees, and coexistence with nature. I appreciate them very much, also like these experiences with life. But I have no way to integrate myself into this life. Not to mention living here for a whole lifetime. Boyao is good; Guixuan Garden is good; the bad one is me. Do not abandon your dream because of me. I recognized a male in my same world; he performed very excellently in his own world, just like you perform excellently in your world. I have already agreed to interact with him; if you wish, I occasionally will bring him here to walk around, can you?" Boyao nodded. Siting could not bear continuing to see other parts of the garden, opened red racing car back.

In Taipei 101 Tower at several hundred kilometers away, Klicis and Siting had dinner together during the Yirth Festival. Klicis has already returned to Taiwan work; regarding things happening in the mainland, Siting did not pursue them either. This day Siting wore Nina Ricci red single-shoulder tight-fitted dress, paired with Mikimoto's pearl chain; wearing Jimmy Choo red ruffle-face sharp-top thin high-rise shoes. Siting's favorite Louis Vuitton beige-pig sliped rectangular handbag was right next to Siting, and there was also a dedicated seat belonging to this bag.

On the table besides the delicious works made from Taiwan's highest grade ingredients, Siting specially ordered a Loshm Flower tea. Nighttime Taipei lights were bright, allowing people to praise the city beauty created by humans not being uniform (Note 6). Unfortunately, Taipei did not have large tree clusters like Central Park cities; or rather, looking at Taipei's night from 101, there are also no trees visible.

On the restaurant's wall hung several frames of Moin's Japanese garden paintings; perhaps in Taipei highly commercialized, customers also hope to enjoy a tinge of belonging to nature feeling.

Specially thanks Kexi for helping me design the outer shapes and clothing of the main character and female sub-character; not caring about appearance, I learned from him that clothing is a person's personality marker. Kimi told me this story needs twisting, so the whole story has ups and downs towards the back; Betty helped me confirm the whole story layout; Ceilin helped me fix every word. Really thank you all.

I call these works 'Novel Engineering'. In the past, I was not so good at music, nor flowers; but just because of this creation, many people came together to help add many elements to this novel. Many great software systems (especially Linux) are perfected through networks, a great work under collective brainstorming. I also hope every viewer continues to propose your suggestions. Let this network novel belonging to everyone be worthy for more people to view.