Chapter 111: Sense of Ritual
In fact, in addition to Mei'an Normal School, in this small city, there are other things that Lin Weidong can't give up, such as Li Xiaojuan, such as ......
May 13, morning.
Lin Weidong took the three manuscripts of "Days of Living with a Flight Attendant" and took a flight from Yangcheng to Shanghai.
In the afternoon, coming out of the airport, Lin Weidong called a taxi and went to a hotel near Banyan Tree.
For a city like Shanghai, which is known as "one thing a year, three years of great changes", Lin Weidong can feel the changes in the city every time he comes to Shanghai.
When Lin Weidong settled down in the hotel, he could call Chen Cun as soon as possible, and wanted to invite Chen Cun to dinner.
For Chen Village's kindness, Lin Weidong has always kept it in mind, if it weren't for Chen Village's help, it is estimated that "E Net Love" would not be published by now, and there would be no "Days of Living with a Flight Attendant" today.
Chen Cun on the other end of the phone said with a smile: "The young man has a heart, but I am not in Shanghai now, and I am collecting wind here in northern Shaanxi, is there anything wrong?"
"Uncle, that's right, I want to visit you at your house, and then I'll treat you to a meal by the way...... And when will you be back?"
"Next week, I won't go back so soon, but I can remember this meal first, and I'll invite it when I go back, haha......"
"Okay uncle, no problem. β
After talking to Chen Cun on the phone, Lin Weidong then called Anne again.
"Sister Anne, I'm in Shanghai. Lin Weidong took his mobile phone and said straight to the point.
Anne nodded, "Well, are you going to come to our company now?"
"I'm not going today, I'll go tomorrow morning, I'd like to invite you to dinner, do you have anything to introduce?"
Anne thought for a moment and said, "I know a French restaurant where the steak is doing well, are you interested?"
Lin Weidong thought for a while and said, "Okay, then let's go eat steak, I'll treat you." β
Anne smiled and said, "Let me please it, it's not easy for you to come to Shanghai." β
The reason why Anne is so refreshing is also because her new book "Farewell to Vivian" sold very well, with sales exceeding 50,000 copies, which is on par with Lin Weidong's "E-Net Love".
"Then how can it be done, I must please!"
Subsequently, Lin Weidong made an appointment with Anne to meet at the French restaurant that Anne said.
Looking at the sultry night outside the window, Lin Weidong pondered, eating steak without drinking red wine seemed to be a bit of something, so he asked the restaurant waiter for a bottle of imported red wine for 600 yuan.
βcheers!β Lin Weidong raised his glass first.
βcheers!β Anne smiled and raised her glass in agreement.
Seeing Anne finish drinking a glass of red wine, Lin Weidong continued: "Sister Anne, if you can drink, drink more, I'll send you back when you're drunk." β
Anne smiled and shook her head: "Lonely City, you can't help but underestimate me, it's just a glass of red wine, and you can't get drunk." β
In fact, Anne's alcohol consumption was practiced during a dinner party under the banyan tree, so that she would not get drunk after drinking such a glass, but her face was still slightly red.
I have to say that after some women drink alcohol, they will look more seductive and seductive, but after some women drink alcohol, it is almost the same as not drinking, and even becomes ugly.
And Anne should belong to the between, she neither became ugly nor beautiful after drinking, anyway, it was just like that, very ordinary appearance, she was still a young lady that Lin Weidong respected very much, and she didn't think about it at all.
After three rounds of drinking, Lin Weidong shook the wine glass in his hand and asked Annie without words: "Sister Annie, you say, why do foreigners have to drink red wine when they eat steak, is there anything exquisite?"
Anne smiled and said: "I have also heard our boss say this question, he said that foreigners eat steak and drink red wine because red wine is rich in tannins, which can neutralize the oiliness of the steak." β
"And the combination of the protein in the steak and the tannins in the red wine can make the tannins softer, less astringent, and more pleasant to drink. β
Lin Weidong nodded: "So that's the case, I thought that they foreigners ate steak and drank red wine, purely to pretend to be forced." β
Although Anne didn't know what "pretending to be forced" meant, she at least knew "forced", because she also had one, so she said to Lin Weidong with a straight face: "Lonely City, why are you talking so uncivilized, you are also a college student, and you are still a well-known writer, why do you speak so vulgarly." β
Lin Weidong said angrily and funny: "Sister Anne, you misunderstand me, the word I said is not a swear word, it is an Internet term that has only become popular recently." β
In fact, on the Internet today, almost no one, or no one at all, uses the word "pretend".
Anne looked at Lin Weidong suspiciously: "Pretend...... Why have I never heard of it......?"
Lin Weidong explained with a smile: "It's normal, just like Bai Fumei and Gao Fushuai, if I hadn't written it in the novel, many people wouldn't know these two Internet terms." β
Anne also knows that the two Internet terms "Gao Fu Shuai" and "Bai Fu Mei" are from Lin Weidong's novel "E Net Love", so Lin Weidong explained it like this, and Anne also felt that it made sense, so she did not continue to pursue it.
However, although Anne could understand the meaning of the two Internet terms "Gao Fu Shuai" and "Bai Fu Mei", she didn't understand what "pretending" meant, so she asked Lin Weidong curiously: "Lonely City, what are you talking about...... So what, what exactly does that word mean?"
Seeing that Anne obviously wanted to know, but couldn't say it, Lin Weidong was secretly proud in his heart, and said seriously: "Sister Anne, pretending is the meaning of disguise, forcing the homonym to mean b, you should have heard others brag about it? β
"One is the self-gratification or even deceptive behavior of vanity through pretensy and artificiality, showing others a temperament that they lack and do not have.
On the other hand, it is to falsely conceal one's talents to others, but in fact to imply to others, others really come to the door for help, but they are merciless and do not give others help. β
"In short, it's just pretending to be awesome, pretending to be very good. β
Under Lin Weidong's patient explanation, Anne finally mastered the use of the Internet term "pretending to be forced".
However, when she returned home after eating and drinking, and was almost sober up, Anne suddenly thought that she had just asked Lin Weidong about the meaning of the word "pretending to be forced" in a French restaurant, what an unspeakable thing.
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