In the empty city

After driving for about half an hour, I finally arrived at the "Willow Shore View Garden" where I live now, and Zhang Rixuan was already standing under a plane tree outside the community waiting for me.

The autumn leaves are hovering and falling in the air, the lights reflect her figure, as beautiful as a figure coming out of a painting, quiet and indifferent, I pressed the horn of the car, Zhang Rixuan looked at me.

I smiled at her and said, "Get in the car, let's go to dinner, there may be a seat when it's late." ”

Zhang Rixuan walked to me, opened the door and sat down in the passenger seat, and didn't care what kind of car I was driving, but I said with a little weakness: "How about it, my car is good, small displacement, low-carbon and environmentally friendly." ”

"Yes, it's just a little obscene like you. Zhang Rixuan looked at me with a smile and said.

"Am I lewd?" I asked, and then got out of the mirror and looked at myself unconfidently.

"Lewdness doesn't necessarily mean physical appearance, I'm talking about your character. ”

I reset the mirror again, and I don't want to quarrel with Zhang Rixuan, anyway, the image of my poor character has been preconceived into her heart, even if I package myself as a national hero who saves the country and the people, she will still think that I am obscene, Zhang Rixuan is a little surprised that I don't fight back, and I just smiled at her, and then started the car, I thought: Zhang Rixuan, she doesn't know much that a man with connotation is often taciturn, based on this, obviously I am a man with a lot of connotation

Alto shuttled through the streets and alleys, and finally stopped on an old street that was about to be demolished, and then Zhang Rixuan and I got out of the car, and the store I wanted to take her to will pass through a narrow alley, and the car can't be driven, we only

I can walk.

There were only a few street lamps in this narrow alley, and it was very dim, Zhang Rixuan followed closely behind me and asked me nervously, "Where are you going to take me?"

"A paradise, but you have to go through this darkness first. I replied that as I walked through this dark alley, the space on the opposite side suddenly grew larger.

Under the bright street lamp, the "Theme Music Restaurant in the Empty City" appeared in front of me Zhang Rixuan.

I lit a cigarette and said to Zhang Rixuan next to me: "This is the restaurant, it was opened by a friend of mine who plays music, and the music atmosphere in it is very good, but it focuses on Sichuan cuisine." ”

That's a mix!" Zhang Rixuan looked at the store sign and said, most music restaurants are mainly Western food.

"Well, the proprietress is Chongqing girl, can you eat spicy?

"Yes. ”

Zhang Rixuan and I walked into the restaurant while talking, and the proprietress Meng En was sitting on the bar chair that Zhang could raise and lower, singing, with a glass of draft beer next to her and an unfinished cigarette in her hand.

Munn immediately noticed my arrival, took advantage of the music to give me a finger and said, "Long time no see, Zhaoyang." ”

I nodded and gave a thumbs up to Munn to indicate that she was singing awesomely.

Munn smiled, signaled to talk later, and continued to sing the hanging "Appearance" to the rhythm of the music.

Zhang Rixuan and I chose a seat to sit down, Zhang Rixuan seemed to like Meng's singing very much, and did not talk to me, and listened quietly.

I ordered the food and was immersed in Mun's singing, in Mun's somewhat hoarse but very infectious singing, I remembered some clips three years ago, Angel and I fled from Shanghai to Suzhou because of her parents' crazy opposition, both of us were penniless, life was difficult to persevere, I sang in this music restaurant in Mun, there will be some income every day to support our life.

At that time, Angel would wait in the restaurant every day to listen to me sing, and also help customers serve dishes and water, earn some tips, and whenever the restaurant closed, I would be used to smoking a cigarette, and she would help me carry the guitar, two of them

Holding hands and walking down that dark alley, I'll buy her a roasted sweet potato at the stall around the corner.

In the winter of that year, sometimes the wind was very cold, and sometimes the rain and snow were very heavy, but the feeling of being dependent on each other made me feel warm to this day!

"Zhaoyang, why is this restaurant called Empty City?"

Zhang Rixuan's sudden question broke the picture in my mind, and I couldn't come back to my senses for a while, and I was stunned for a long time before replying: "When everyone is just born, there is an empty city in their hearts, which floats with the passage of time and as they grow up

Impatience, indifference, and worldly fame and fortune filled this empty city, and since then it has become bloated, and it is called the empty city to commemorate the innocent empty city. ”

"Is that your understanding?"

"That's what Munn told me. I said and looked at Munn, who was singing

Zhang Rixuan nodded, took a sip of herbal tea, and continued to listen to Meng En's song.

Munn finally finished singing a song, and she put Mike back on the stand and walked towards us.

Together, they are touching and unforgettable, so the way she came attracted the attention of many diners.

Munn took a large glass of draught beer in front of me, smiled, and said, "Please." After speaking, he beckoned the waiter to bring Zhang Rixuan a large glass of Coke.

"I drove, and I won't drink today. ”

Zhang Rixuan answered: "Drink, I'll help you drive later." ”

Meng En then looked at Zhang Rixuan and asked me, "This girl is... Your new girlfriend?

I looked at Zhang Rixuan, her expression was calm, and she plucked up her courage and said, "Yes, it's my girlfriend." ”

Munn shrugged her shoulders, I knew she was sorry for me and Angel, but in the end she smiled and greeted Zhang Rixuan, praising her for captivating the country and the city.

The lights in the dining room dimmed, but the old-fashioned candlesticks on the table lit up, and the whole dining room was lit with starlight, and the faint smell of scented candles filled the air

After a moment of silence, Munn asked me, "By the way, what has Robben been up to lately? ”

"What can he do, run the field all day. ”

"I miss him when I have time. There was a hint of helplessness and sadness in Meng'en's words, she liked Robben, but Robben kept thinking about that Beijing girl.

"Okay, let's get together at a time, right on your side. ”

"You've got to promise me!"

I smiled and swore and said, "I promise." ”

Munn nodded reassuringly.

After Munn left, Zhang Rixuan and I finally had a separate space to face each other, I picked up the draft beer and gestured to Zhang Rixuan, Zhang Rixuan also picked up a Coke and touched one with me, and the two of us each took a sip.

At this moment, two more people outside the door walked towards the store, opened the door and a cold wind was brought in, and then I saw that it was Anqi and Tai Jing.

All kinds of emotions surged in an instant and caught me off guard, it seems that this is not a night where I can have a quiet dinner with Zhang Rixuan, I am tired of such a meeting, I am afraid of such a meeting, and I hate such a coincidence that makes us awkward to meet together