Chapter 14: The Mystery
After visiting the Ficaya Museum and Gardens, it was still early, so I went to the partner company in Miami alone to sort out the last bit of work and send it back to the headquarters. Maybe it was because I was too tired from shopping this day, and when I was tidying up for about two hours, I suddenly felt tired, I closed my eyes, and soon fell asleep on the table.
"Okay, I see, thank you, Mr. Zhou. "My consciousness was in a trance, but my mother's voice was echoing in my ears. "Chen Ye, just now your homeroom teacher called and said that you should go back to school this weekend, the college entrance examination is going to be held this semester, and the school has temporarily decided to let you start school a week early. ”
The scorching August sun shines through the window and falls on my lazy body. I put down the game console in my hand, looked at my mother, and stretched my waist and said, "Why didn't you say it before, this is so disappointing, I wasn't prepared at all." ”
At this time, my mother came over and took the game console from my hand, drove me off the sofa, and said, "Your homeroom teacher said that it was a temporary decision, but the school is okay with this, and you should go back to class." You go pack up now, and go back to school tomorrow morning after breakfast. ”
"Oh, I see. ”
The next day, I followed the school's arrangement and returned to school with my own things. As soon as I walked into the classroom, looking around, casually looking for my seat, to my surprise, I found that Xia Yan's seat was actually next to me.
I walked to my seat with the book, and strangely, Xia Yan, who was sitting next to me, didn't seem to notice me. She was listening to a song with headphones, the cord hidden in her long hair, revealing a small section of white color, and her eyes were looking out the window. The desks were neatly packed, the newly issued textbooks were all stacked on top of each other, and even the seats were clean.
I sat down on tiptoe, quietly looking at her face, letting the dull time fade away.
Soon Teacher Zhou walked in and said, "Students, today's class is an exam, let's see how much you have forgotten your homework during the holidays." Write papers for these two lessons, and then exchange corrections with the adjacent table, starting now. ”
As soon as the words fell, the class exploded instantly, and it was obvious that everyone had no preparation for this exam. Especially me, my grades have always been in the middle and lower reaches, and I haven't even touched my textbooks once during the whole vacation. In desperation, I picked up the pen, held my head, and filled in the answers on the test paper with a vacant gaze.
"Okay, it's time, now you exchange papers between the adjacent tables, correct each other, and finish correcting them before class, everyone hurry up. ”
I took Xia Yan's paper, it was clean and tidy, the layout of the answers, and the completeness were impeccable, compared to what I wrote, it was simply unsightly. I looked up at her, and her face was serious, as if she was signing some important agreement. A sense of shame and helplessness filled my heart all at once.
After the paper was corrected, I handed it back to Xia Yan, and to my surprise, she handed me not only a test paper, but also her notebook.
I opened the notebook she gave me, and there was a small note in it, which said, "Maybe it's not as hard as I thought, let's work together." ”
Instantly, a warm current surged into my heart, and I was about to look up to see her, but the bell suddenly rang out at an inopportune time, jingle bell...... The sound grew louder and louder, like a rushing wind sweeping past my ears. I jerked my head up, and I saw a white ceiling.
"Another dream?" I was stunned for a moment, and then picked up the phone that pulled me back from the dream, it was a call from Xiao Jun.
"Hey, Chen Ye, why did you answer the phone, I thought about it carefully, anyway, it's nothing to do tonight, let's go to the bar at Lincoln Center at night, the name is 'Mystery', the specific location is on the corner of Lincoln Center Pedestrian Street, that bar is very good, it just opened, let's go there tonight." ”
"It's okay, it just so happens that my work schedule has changed a bit. Just go there and I'll call you when the evening comes. ”
"Okay! ”
After I hung up, I went back to the apartment I was staying with, told her the schedule for the evening, and packed my bags with her. Because this is the last day in Miami, after the party with Xiao Jun tonight, we will drive to the next city the next afternoon.
When the clock hand pointed to 6 o'clock, Ishin and I arrived at Lincoln Park on time, and as the sun set, Lincoln Center at the south end of Miami Beach was very lively, a pedestrian street with shops on both sides, and a variety of food stalls and street performances in the center of the street.
Secondly, as far as the eye can see, there is the bar called 'Enigma', the dark building is surrounded by lights of various colors and noises, like a dreamlike old castle. As soon as Yi Xin and I arrived at the door, we saw Xiao Jun, and we walked towards the bar together, as if we were stepping into the world of Dream Weavers.
The bar was bigger than I expected, full of people on the seats and counters, and the waiter led us to the slightly empty northeast. I heard the sound of loud music like car horns beside me, and the magnetic voice of the lead singer of the band on stage slowly drifted into my ears.
"There are so many people, there won't be no seats, right? ”
"It's okay, let's just sit here, I've already booked it for the afternoon, don't worry." ”
Xiao Jun asked for more than a dozen bottles of whiskey, then looked at me, pointed at Yi Xin, and asked me, "Chen Ye, she... What to drink?" he obviously didn't expect Ishin to come along.
"She's just like us, she's just curious to hear about our high school days, and she doesn't interject. I replied a little helplessly.
"That's right, I'm just going out to play with Chen Ye, I'll go shopping on the street over there later, you can just talk, don't worry about me." Yi Xin should have noticed Xiao Jun's strange expression and immediately explained to him.
"Ah, it's fine. Xiao Jun smiled and said, "Chen Ye, you have to get me drunk tonight, we haven't drunk together for so many years, we must drink it back at one time." ”
"Hahaha, don't mess around, you kid don't mess around, it's so boring to just fight for wine, I'm still waiting for you to tell me where I've changed a lot. ”
"That kind of thing, when the mood comes, it will naturally tell you, come! Let's have a round first. He raised his glass as he spoke.
"Okay, then if I find out what you're talking about, you'll wait for me. I raised my glass and drank it down.
Similarly, Xiao Jun drank the wine in his glass in one gulp, shrugged his shoulders, and then sat back in his seat. With the loud music in the bar, the atmosphere gradually became high, and we talked about our lives, complained about the troubles of work, and laughed at each other's troubles.
"Chen Ye, it's really you, I really didn't expect you to be like this when I was in high school, I didn't expect you to mix quite well now. Then he suddenly said to me, seemingly incredulous.
"Come on, it's as if you've had a lot of good things to say before. ”
He didn't pay any attention to my ridicule, and continued: "Hahaha, but even the work is over, even the feelings have changed, I originally thought you would be true love." ”