Zhang Zhengyi sits on the table and chair in the barbecue restaurant, which is so ordinary that it can be seen everywhere in China's major first- and second-tier cities, and is a good place for small white-collar workers and students of all walks of life in the city to relieve stress.

No matter what troubles you encounter, just order a barbecue, drink beer, and chat with friends, and everything will be solved.

This is not the time when the barbecue stall is at its fullest, usually after nine o'clock, after dinner, people who have digested almost the same amount and workers who have finished the night shift begin to come out for supper, so the shopkeeper is still very relaxed to fiddle with the charcoal in the grill net, and by the way, kick the dirt dog that came over.

The owner of the shop is not very old, that is, in his thirties, with the pressure unique to this age, no house, no car, no wife.

In the past, he used to go to work steadily, with a fixed and meager salary, living day after day, but later seeing that he was getting older, he didn't save a penny, let alone marrying a wife, and couldn't even afford a square house price, so he had to borrow money from relatives and friends, and bought this small shop of less than 20 square meters on this street.

There are five competing restaurants on this street, some open noodle restaurants, some open Sha County snacks, some open cold noodle shops, and some open Malatang, all of which are small white-collar student parties and other salaried people's places to eat, taking the route of good quality and low price, although it is not as good as the high-end shops in the shopping malls in the CBD area, but it can be regarded as their way of survival.

The business of the owner of the shop is not good, it is not too bad, the taste is the same, the way of eating is still the way to eat, it is not said that the price of his house is cheaper than others', and the people who come back and forth are old regular customers, some repeat customers, in addition to the cost of rent, water and electricity, income and expenses are also okay, at least much better than working to earn money for others.

His street is not far from the university town, and there is also a famous Yunnan University nearby. During the day, the streets are bustling with people, but after 9 p.m., the whole street falls silent, probably because the college students have to go back to their dormitories and can't go out to surf anymore.

And the people in the neighborhood are all residents, occasionally patronize his small shop, the number of times is also limited, they are all people who want to live, no one will be so luxurious to eat barbecue and drink beer every day, not to mention, since the closure of an eyeglasses factory next door last year, business has plummeted, day by day, there are already two shops closed and subleased.

He glanced at the boy sitting on a chair drinking sullen wine in the store, he chose a place for two people, the opposite side was empty, ordered a lot of barbecue, one person couldn't finish eating, it seemed that he was waiting for someone, but he was alone, and he didn't speak, it seemed that he was a person with something on his mind.

"I became the ruthless king of karaoke, and I was conquered by the microphone. ”

"I can't think of you, if you don't have anything to do, why bother. ”

The shopkeeper skillfully put on a song of Eason Chan's "King of K Songs", flipped the roasted chicken wings, and brushed the chili oil several times, thinking that he had seen too many such people.

After all, I've been open for so long, what wind and waves haven't I ever seen?

Last time, there was a little couple, the boy ordered a big table of barbecue, after eating, he paid the bill and left, the girl ate silently with red eyes, and finally couldn't stop crying, like those breakup plots in TV dramas.

The shopkeeper gave the girl a pack of tissues to wipe her tears out of humanitarianism, but he still persuaded her to leave and finally cry outside the street, not that he was too cruel, and others had to drive others away when they just broke up and fell out of love, but that she was crying there wow, which was easy to affect other customers.

But like this boy is different from other people, you say that he eats alone, and if you look at the dishes on the table, it is not very similar, say that he is eating for two people, but the other person is late.

It feels like a third-rate domestic movie with a very long foreshadowing, but it can't get into the theme for a long time.

Just as he estimated that the barbecue on the table was almost finished, and the boy got up to pay for it, a girl came in from outside the store.

With many years of life experience, the shopkeeper felt that the person the boy was waiting for was coming, and almost slapped his thigh, and shouted excitedly, comrade, you are finally here, hurry up and connect with this comrade!

The shopkeeper still didn't say anything, just secretly looked at the girl in front of her, a delicate melon seed face, the shape of the lips of the mouth is very good-looking, thin, and the lip color is cherry blossom-like pink, crystal clear. With or without lipstick, the shopkeeper can recognize it at a glance, this is the color that a girl already has, what a wonderful age.

The girl's skin is very fair, the neck is white and tender, and the slender arms are the same as a white lotus, white and tender, at a glance, you know that she is not a local, the local people do not have such white skin, she wears glasses, on the bridge of her nose, very bookish and delicate, giving people the feeling that she has read a lot of books, walked a lot of roads, and has a unique temperament, but you have to describe it, and you can't say it.

The boy heard the sound of the door being pushed and footsteps behind him, and turned his head to look back, first a little surprised, and then his eyes quickly softened, and his eyes were bright and unspeakable.

This kind of look has been seen many times by the boss, and it will shine in front of the people you like!

The girl stopped when she pushed the door in, and seemed to hesitate, but finally came over.

The shopkeeper flipped the tofu slices, pricked up his ears, and listened.

The boy was a little embarrassed and pointed to a messy plate of barbecue on the table, "Have you eaten it?"

The girl sat across from him, and from the shopkeeper's point of view, she could only see the hair of her shawl and her straight back.

She said, "I ate before, and now I'm still a little full, you eat, I'll have a drink." ”

The boy asked, "What do you want to drink?"

"Soy milk, ice is fine. ”

The boy turned to look at the shopkeeper and shouted, "Boss, bring her a bottle of VV soybean milk, ice and a plate of leeks." ”

The shopkeeper sighed, put down the tofu slices in his hand, and went to the freezer to turn over the soy milk.

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Zhang Zhengyi's speed of eating barbecue has slowed down a lot, unlike the previous gobbling up.

Probably in front of the girl you like, no matter how reckless you are, you will become very gentle.

Yu Mengting shook the bottom of the glass bottle containing soybean milk with her left hand, held a straw in her right hand and gently stirred the bean juice, her eyes stared at Zhang Zhengyi, an extremely handsome face was wrapped in gauze, and the swelling subsided a lot, but faint bruises could be seen.

She took a sip, and whenever Zhang Zhengyi raised his head, his eyes would immediately move away, falling on those stores, convenience stores, and Shaxian snacks, as if he hadn't peeked at him, but as soon as Zhang Zhengyi lowered his head, Yu Mengting's gaze moved back.

Zhang Zhengyi's face was a little hot, annoyed but deflated: "If you want to see it, you can watch it, you don't have to look secretly, it didn't take long for the swelling to go down, and there was only a little bruise left, otherwise I wouldn't be here to wait for you." ”

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The shopkeeper has too much inner drama hahaha.