1

The evening breeze was cool, so I patted Lao Liang on the shoulder and suggested that we go for a walk on the Ring Bridge. Lao Liang's work pressure is greater than mine, and he faces a variety of demands every day that have already exceeded the critical value.

"Lao Liang, it's almost the end of the year, let's get to the bottom of it. What are your plans?"

We stood in the middle of the bridge, looking at the bustling and deserted scenery around us. The Oriental Pearl Tower was still shining with purple light, and tourists stopped to take photos. I saw that Lao Liang's eyes had narrowed, as if his entire life story was contained in the world in front of him. He neither sighed nor complained, but could not stop shivering from the cold wind.

"Lao Liang, don't work too hard. Your condition is already very bad. If it's for the year-end bonus, I don't think you need to worry. After all, your abilities and what you do are all in our hands. "I got divorced."

"Huh?"

"I got divorced."

Lao Liang’s tears flowed down quietly, without making me mentally prepared. I realized at the speed of light that something big must have happened to Lao Liang. I didn't do anything extra. A man doesn't need other people's comfort when he cries.

Silent crying is the most thorough, without regret or unwillingness. Perhaps Lao Liang had more of a sense of relaxation and a ritual sense of saying goodbye to the past.

Men pay special attention to ritual. When I confessed my love, I thought about choosing a good scene and a new routine, hoping that the girl would cry with joy and agree with a happy and shy look. Every marriage has a little red book with a score of 9.9. It takes just ten minutes to officially declare the marriage to the law by stamping two stamps on it.

Therefore, there is no reason why divorce does not require a sense of ceremony.

Lao Liang has never had this so-called sense of ritual. When he was over thirty, he married a daughter-in-law who took care of him. The thing that causes the greatest harm to men in this world must be being given up. To put it simply, if a woman doesn't like you, she may never like you for the rest of her life. Marriage is nothing, things that don't belong to you will never leave your mark, and people who don't belong to you will leave sooner or later.

2

Before Lao Liang left, he handed over everything. He was smiling and kind to everyone, and even handed over his skills and experience to others without reservation. On the day he left, Lao Liang asked me to have dinner with him, saying that he wanted to thank me for taking him out to have some fun that night. If it hadn't been for that moment, he still might not have been able to let him go.

Actually I know. A person must have stood in the cold wind for a long time before deciding to leave.

For those who have stayed in life for a long time, their habits, temperaments, hobbies, and joys have already been deeply imprinted in their minds. If we don’t see you again, you must be completely hurt. Lao Liang let him go, not because he decided not to love anyone, but because he had understood the fact that he could no longer love.

Men are more unreasonable animals than women. When a man loves you most, it is often before he leaves. No regrets and no disgusting gestures are the last way a man can respect you.

Lao Liang was drunk at the food stall table, spread his hands, leaned his head on the chair and passed out drunk. Men, getting drunk once like this shows that you are really fine.

Lao Liang did not come to the company the next day. I sat down in my seat and opened the company email. The first email was from Lao Liang. It contains a technical patent of Lao Liang, and the information is very valuable. For a young person like me, it is like a treasure. At the end of the letter, Lao Liang interjected.

"Growth has no age. May all your good things come as expected, thank you."

This time it was me, crying shamelessly in front of the computer screen throughout the spring, summer and autumn .

3

After Lao Liang left, I was not used to missing such a person for a long time. I started to miss the days when I used to work with him, and I even started to complain about how bad my teammates were. Human beings are nostalgic animals, just like that.

Just like before, I always believed that those important people must say goodbye well when they say goodbye. If you are destined to be together, cherish every moment, so that even if the fate ends, you will not have any regrets.

But the fact is, where is the need to say goodbye? All departures were premeditated and quiet, but it was just the last trace of respect left behind.

Respect the fact that I loved you.