Chapter 34: The Old Man
I'm a little weak-hearted, and I need some topics to cover up my weakness: "That, Liu An, what's your budget this time?" He poured me a glass of wine: "Brother Li, let's eat first, and then talk after eating, I won't let you even eat well when you come all the way over." I replied with some embarrassment: "Well, it doesn't matter, let's talk while eating, and talk while eating." Zhou Ting smiled on the side and asked, "Brother Li, how did you and Miss Luo Luo meet?" She smiled naturally, but the more natural it was, the more weak I became. Rollo lowered his head a little shyly: "I met him at his bar, and it was awkward to talk about it." Zhou Ting asked with interest: "Oh, what's going on, tell me about it." Luo Luo told us the dilemma we knew at the beginning, and he was still a little shy after speaking, but there was still some happiness in the shyness, and Zhou Ting, who was listening, always looked at us with a smile, and after listening to what Luo Luo said about us, she raised her glass with a smile and toasted Luo Luo: "Oh, then Brother Li will really capture the hearts of girls." I scratched my head in embarrassment.
Luo Luo and Zhou Ting chatted very happily during the whole meal, I don't know if they are really happy, at least, they often laugh pleasantly, and Liu An is also very enthusiastic and constantly respects me and Luo Luo. When I returned to the hotel that night, we had just laid down, and I was about to turn off the lights and rest, Luo Luo turned around and asked, "How did you meet?" I was stunned and wanted to make a haha: "Oh, Liu An used to be in our group, I was his team leader, and I took them to do a lot of projects, and he joined a little later, so I took good care of him at work." Luo Luo slapped me in the chest: "Don't pretend to be garlic, you know that I didn't ask Liu An." I was suddenly a little embarrassed, but still a little hesitant: "Eh, then you mean?" Luo Luo gently put his hand on my shoulder, found the mark she left, and squeezed it fiercely: "Li Li, you still put garlic for me." I cried out in pain again and again, and quickly said, "I said, I said." I told her about me and Zhou Ting all at once, and after listening to it, she pinched my shoulder again and said viciously: "Brother Li, you are really going to capture the hearts of girls, ah, hearts." The more she said the back, the more her fingers turned, and I hurriedly admitted my mistake: "I was wrong, I was wrong, I was wrong, you, you, you let go of me first, it hurts." She got up and sat down, and turned her head arrogantly: "Hmph, Brother Li, let's say it, you have captured the hearts of many girls, say it together, let me have a bottom in my heart." I also got up, held her hand and said, "No, besides, Zhou Ting and I are nothing, whether it was before or now, we can only be regarded as friends." Luo Luo was even more angry: "Friend! Oh! Yes, you Li Li, can a friend live together for a month?" I said aggrievedly: "Actually, I am a roommate, she sleeps in the bed and I sleep on the sofa." Luo Luo kicked his foot over directly: "You go to sleep on the sofa for me!" I grabbed her kicking foot and rubbed her gently: "Oh, little Luo Luo, I was wrong, I admit how you want to punish me, don't be angry." In fact, she didn't get angry, it's just that a girl will have a little temper when she encounters this kind of problem, generally speaking, just coax, if it doesn't work, it's not in place. Girls encounter this kind of problem is just a fear of the unknown but the unexpected that appears, and they feel insecure, and a weird and withdrawn person like me is not good at making people around me feel at ease, but if it's Rollo, I'm still willing to work hard.
She turned her head, "Hmph, my bed can't compare to the sofa." I crawled up to her and put my arms around her and kissed her collarbone gently: "Okay, don't be angry, I swear, this really is the last one." She turned her head in surprise: "The last one, tell me honestly, how many more, count the small island, count them for me one by one, don't say it this time, if there is another one in the future, you will roll to the sofa by yourself." I held out three fingers: "I swear, there are really only these two, if there is another one, the sofa will be my home in the future." She turned around and kicked me again: "you, is the sofa your family, do we want to separate in the future?" I hugged her again with a hippie smile: "It means that we have to have a home." She turned her head a little arrogantly and didn't speak. I lay on her lap that night and talked a lot, and she asked me, "Why have I never heard you talk about your past?" I just said softly, "Because there was no you in the past." So she got up and went into the hot springs, and she went into the hot springs too.
As soon as the day dawned, I was woken up by a ray of sunlight through the curtains, which was good, in the muddy, the sunlight was the only proof of life, if it was dark when I woke up, there should be no expectation at all, but I don't like the sun, I don't like the light, I like the dark, I like the night, I like the night, I like everything in the night, but I like the sunshine in the night, just a little bit, the sunshine in the night.
I called Liu An, he was still asleep at this time, and I urged him to come and pick me up, because I wanted to finish what I promised him early, and then take Luo Luo to go on a tour of the mountains and rivers. After an hour, he took Zhou Ting downstairs to the hotel to pick me up and Luo Luo, and Luo Luo still chatted with Zhou Ting as if he didn't know anything after getting in the car. We came to a shop, Liu An called me from Guilin this time, is to let me plan a tavern for him, the shop type is not very good, although the inside is spacious, but there is a very long distance from the door to the inside, and the door is also very small, I am curious why I chose such a shop, from outside the door into a very intellectual mature woman, Liu An introduced to us:" This is Mingyue, one of my cousins, this shop is hers, she loves to drink, and this shop is not easy to rent, so let's just make a tavern ourselves. "I suddenly remembered two lines of poetry in my mind: the mountains and rivers are full of doubts, the willows and flowers are bright and another village, and when there is no storm, the clouds are open and the moon is bright. I thought about it and said: "It's better to call your bar 'seek', one is bright, the other is open, after all, people who come to Lijiang are not only tourists but also have sexual encounters." "I just said casually with a hot brain, and actually got Liu An and Mingyue unanimously agreed, and then we made this embarrassing corridor a unique scenery around this theme, I gave them a set of design drawings and construction drawings, and after they selected a lot of necessities, Luo Luo and I left, when we played in Yunnan for more than half a month, the bar decoration is also nearing the end, with the continuous entry of soft furnishings, three days after we returned to Lijiang, the bar was open for trial operation.
On the night of the trial opening, we drank a lot in the bar, Liu An and Mingyue also invited a lot of friends, they were drunk early on the sofa, Luo Luo and I smiled and looked at the people in the bar, Zhou Ting, who was sitting opposite, raised our wine glasses to us, Luo Luo and I also raised our wine glasses and toasted in the air and then started chatting, not long after, Zhou Ting came over, she looked at me and smiled and said, "Let's talk?" I looked at Luo Luo, Luo Luo nodded: "Go, I believe you." ”
Zhou Ting and I walked to the river, the two of us leaned against the guardrail, and she spoke first: "Long time no see." I nodded, "Well, long time no see." Both of them said at the same time, "You/her...... him/her" We both lowered our heads in embarrassment and smiled, and I said, "You can ask first." She nodded and asked, "You're on good terms with her, aren't you?" I nodded: "You and him are pretty good, when did you get married, last time he sent me an invitation, I didn't have time to read it, I didn't have time to come, I didn't notice that the bride was you." She smiled: "I've been back to Beijing, I've been looking for you, and the building is empty." I nodded: "Well, I'm back in Guilin." She was a little surprised, and then smiled helplessly and said, "Oh, Guilin, I miss that rooftop." I also smiled, but did not speak, she said softly: "I went back to Beijing to look for you, and found that you were not there, so I began to travel everywhere again, and later met Liu An under the Potala Palace, he also likes to travel everywhere, and then we were tired, so we decided to stay in Lijiang to rest." I nodded, wanting to say something, but I didn't know what to say, but I felt I had to say something. She asked, "She, do you know?" and I nodded, "You women should know each other better, her instincts have always been very sensitive. She smiled: "It's good, bless you, you must invite me when you get married." ”
As Zhou Ting said, we are really only suitable as passers-by, in this world of flowers, how many Zhou Ting, and how many me, we have no regrets, no regrets, although we have not been together, but that memory is enough for us not to look back. As the good sister band's "I Said the Moonlight Was So Beautiful Tonight, You Said Yes" was playing in the bar: we would rather be wrong than miss it.
Jiang Xiaoxin came to the bar and ordered a bottle of Gordon, we gave him a few bottles of tonic water, and he sat in the corner alone and drank it. I sat down with my cup and poured myself a glass, but he ignored me and drank to himself.
I took a drink and handed it to him, he raised his glass and touched it, and took another sip, I handed him a cigarette, he put down the glass and took it, and I asked, "What's the matter, a person here drinking sullenly." He shook his head and said, "Do you believe in retribution?" I shook my head: "If you are talking about cause and effect, I may believe it, retribution, I don't believe it." He asked, "Is there a difference?" and I nodded. For example, I only have 100 yuan today, I saw a 51 yuan thing this morning, I want to buy it, you tell me not to buy it, but I like it very much, I still buy it, but at noon I see something I like more, but he asks for 50 yuan, but I can't afford it, I have to endure the pain of not being able to love, the reason is that I covet something I don't like so much, and as a result, I lose what I like more. He shook his head: "You can ask me to borrow a dollar." I shook my head, too, "That's because I coveted two things I liked, and I owed you a dollar." He added, "I don't need you to pay it back." I still shook my head: "That's the reason doesn't change, and as a result, I owe you a favor." He wanted to continue, but I stopped him: "Don't do it, just say it, what's the matter." ”