My expression began to become unnatural, and Zhang Rixuan, who was sitting across from me, noticed that something was wrong with me, looked at me and looked back, so he met Anqi's gaze.

Zhang Rixuan's temperament was a little cold, Anqi was born proud, so he took a look at each other, the two of them didn't greet each other, but Tai Jing waved at me and said, "Jiaming, take your girlfriend to dinner!"

"Well, it's just so time that you're here to share a table together. "Even though I didn't want to meet in my heart, I still invited me very politely, and this kind of politeness made me feel awkward, but I had to do it.

An Qi grabbed Tai Jing's arm and shook his head and said, "Don't fight, let's sit in the position over there, save the crowd."

Tai Jing obeyed, smiled at me and then grabbed An Qi and walked to the table on the other side, looking at their backs, I believe that after this unexpected coincidence, An Qi and Tai Jing should absolutely believe that Zhang Rixuan and I are boyfriend and girlfriend, because today Zhang Rixuan and I are dating alone and enjoying dinner that only belongs to the two of us

This should be the first time in a few days that Angel has come to "Sky" to dine in the sky, so Munn was very surprised when he suddenly saw Angel, and also gave Angel and Tai Jing draft beer and cola, but did not mention the past, because at this moment Angel and I have new loves in her eyes, and talking about the past is too uninteresting and too ruinous to ruin the atmosphere.

During the meal, Tai Jing and I chatted a few more tables away, and I asked Tai Jing why he and An Qi were still staying in Suzhou, Tai Jing said, Su

The state is where we go to college, but we rarely come here these years, so we take advantage of the time he and Anqi have to play here for a few more days, but in a few days Anqi will go to Nanjing with him.

Tai Jing's answer stimulated my fragile nerves, of course I knew that Angel had gone to Nanjing to meet Tai Jing's family, and maybe it wouldn't be long before I would actually receive their wedding invitations, and then tear me apart again.

During the meal, I was restless, but I never looked at Angel, nor did I drink too much, and I warned myself over and over again: our past has long been diluted by the flowing water of the years, and no matter how much reluctance and self-torture there is, nothing will change.

I know very well: from the time Angel put on the crystal diamond necklace that Tai Jing gave her, I have been living in an independent world, building the most solid wall, sealing myself, not looking, not thinking, not painful I don't know when, Tai Jing and Angel have finished dinner before us, just a simple hello and left, and I have been watching them walk into that small alley, but I can no longer see the scenery around the corner where you could buy roasted sweet potatoes on winter nights.

It was a bit cold on the night.

Zhang Rixuan's hand waved in front of my eyes, waking me up from my distraction, and I realized that this was a dinner that originally belonged only to me and Zhang Rixuan, and raised his glass to Zhang Rixuan with an apologetic smile, and drank the remaining draft beer in the cup in one gulp, but still very sober.

Dinner is still going on, it's not that Zhang Rixuan and I ate slowly, but that Angel and Tai Jing left too quickly, I asked for another glass of draft beer, not to get myself drunk, such a draft beer can't be drunk, just to use this cold wine to sober up, half an hour later, Zhang Rixuan and I ended the dinner, said hello to Munn and then left with Zhang Rixuan.

"Jiaming, you haven't paid yet, have you?" Zhang Rixuan said and grabbed me.

"Are all friends who are so familiar, what kind of order do you buy?" I said and continued to walk forward, but I just made a joke with Zhang Rixuan, in fact, we were silent during the whole meal, and we didn't communicate much, teasing her when we were about to leave, and making the night at least look less heavy Zhang Rixuan added a little more strength to pull me, calming down the face of the night,

Full of anger: "You just don't have virtue! Like you, how can your friend's restaurant still run?"

"You've drunk too much, it's weird, can Coke get people drunk?" I looked at Zhang Rixuan with a smile and said, at this time her excited appearance was like two people.

Zhang Rixuan realized that he was out of shape, no longer entangled with me, took out his wallet and walked to the bar, at this moment I understood more how disgusted Zhang Rixuan was with my bad conduct, and even disgusted so much that he disregarded his own manners and dragged me in public.

I quickly followed, grabbed Zhang Rixuan, and said to her: "I said that I invited you, how can I ask you to pay!"

"I don't want to be in the company of scum like you, don't talk to me. ”

"Hehe, I'm kidding you, the place to pay is not at the bar, it's in that corner. I turned Zhang Rixuan's body and let her see the box in the corner, Zhang Rixuan looked at me with some doubts, she kept her back to the box when she was eating, and she didn't understand the situation.

I smiled and explained, "Don't you see that the menu we ordered is not marked with a price, eat here, it's all up to you, just put the money in that box when you leave."

"How much do you want?" Zhang Rixuan looked at me in surprise and asked.

"yes, there's no one to watch over you here. ”

"But this..."

I grabbed Zhang Rixuan and went to the corner where the box was placed, took out 300 yuan from my wallet and put it in the box, and then said to Zhang Rixuan: "People who come here to consume have a pure empty city in their hearts, and no one will use worldly materials to desecrate this empty city, so this store has been in business for many years and does not lose money... If there is still a place in this world that is pure, it must be here

On the way back, Zhang Rixuan drove the light Alto through the real city, but she still seemed to be interested in the "music-themed restaurant in the empty city", and asked me: "Jiaming, is it true that all the people who have come to consume in that restaurant have abided by this rule for so many years?"

"Of course not, when this restaurant first opened, there were a lot of people who came to skip the order.

Zhang Rixuan was not surprised by my answer, because what is not lacking in this world is some villains who love to get cheap and get something for nothing, and she asked: "Then why did it become like this where everyone abides by this rule?"

I recalled, "At that time, we all advised Mun to abandon this idealistic way of doing business, because it was too unrealistic, but Munn insisted on doing so, the most

It was difficult to make ends meet, and finally one day a notice of closure was posted on the bulletin board of the restaurant. ”

"And then?"

On the last night before the closure of business, there were still many people who dragged their families to eat dinner without money, and our hearts were cold, complaining that Mengen was too stupid, this idealized way of doing business, and finally revealing only the ugliness of human nature and Zhang Rixuan nodded thoughtfully.

I opened the car window and lit a cigarette and continued: "After the business closed that night, we were really disappointed, a few friends closed the door and drank a lot of wine, because after this night, there will be no more empty city restaurant long smoke in the mouth, smiled and said: Maybe there is really a desperate life, when we opened the box with Munn to settle the day's operating income, we found that there was a full 100,000 yuan in cash... We were surprised, but no one knew which customer had put it in. ”

So this restaurant continues to operate because of the 100,000 yuan?"

I nodded and said, "Well, the 100,000 yuan gave Munn the motivation to continue to operate, to be precise, it was a spiritual motivation, and we couldn't close the empty city for the sake of that unknown customer, and then we changed the box to transparent, and everyone could see clearly how much money everyone gave after eating, and those villains who only threw a few coins in, I and a few friends blocked them in the alley and beat them...... Over time, the cheap-loving ones stopped coming, but Munn never knew about it, and if she knew, she wouldn't approve of what we did... After a long time, Munn replaced the transparent chest with an opaque one again, but it was basically no longer a loss, and of course it was not ruled out that there would be fishing in troubled waters

After listening to my narration, Zhang Rixuan, who has always been indifferent, actually said with the same hatred: "If you fight well, those who lack morality should be beaten....... but you abuse lynching so much, won't those who are beaten call the police?"

Of course, the police will be called, but one of the buddies who beat people with us is a police officer in this area, so I just turned a blind eye, again

Saying that we don't extort money, and we are also measured, that is, if the scum does not come with a warning, the restaurant can maintain normal operation. ”

Zhang Rixuan looked at me, and suddenly smiled and looked at her in surprise, I don't know why.

"Listening to you scold other people's scum makes me feel inexplicably funny....Cai explained with a smile

Who says scum can't scold other people's scum?"

"I didn't say you're a scumbag this time. ”

"That's what you mean, you're stupid and can't hear me?"

Zhang Rixuan laughed "haha", in so many days together, it was the first time I saw her smile so openly, and she was cheerful at this moment, and she became more and more beautiful

It is little Alto who shuttles more briskly through the light and shadow of the city, less of the heaviness of reality, and more of a string of beautiful laughter