I thought to myself, this place is called the fashion center, and I think Beijing Sanlitun is not as good as here, and it feels different.

Alan didn't let me go up, just waited for her at the door of a coffee shop downstairs. Not long after she arrived, I saw that Ah Lan had short hair like Lu Yu, very small facial features, not ugly, with very delicate makeup on her face, a white shirt on top and a floral cotton skirt below, and a pair of sneakers barefoot, or old-fashioned canvas shoes, not casual shoes. With a mobile phone and a book in his hand, Ah Lan came to the coffee shop slowly and asked, "Are you Mr. Tian?"

"Then let's go inside!" Alan walked towards the coffee shop and stopped at the door, where I knew she was waiting for me to open the door. I'm a little upset, thinking that I'm so hungry that I'm almost ready to take care of myself, so you can invite me to coffee, can that thing be full? But I also thought, people are petty bourgeoisie, can they be like us, have a barbecue hot pot at noon, or don't you have to have some spices. There must be cakes and bread in the café, whatever he eats, as long as he can be full. Took the initiative to go over and help Ah Lan open the door of the coffee shop, and she walked over naturally, as if someone often helped her open the door.

The first feeling after entering the store is high-end, the decoration is very high-grade, and it is very quiet here, the loudest is probably the background music played in the store, but it is not much louder than the sound of mosquitoes, it seems that the coffee drinker is quality, there is no fist order, and there is no loud laughter. Many people sit alone at a table with an Apple notebook on the table and a cup of coffee next to it, and they don't know what they are busy with. Ah Lan walked straight to the empty table in the innermost, a waiter came over, she asked me what kind of coffee I am used to drinking, I was embarrassed to say that I never drink that thing, so I had to say that you are in charge, I am free.

Ah Lan ordered two cups of coffee, the name is also in English, I don't understand, and two cakes. She didn't have any expression on her face, and she couldn't tell if she was in a good or bad mood, as if she was wearing a human skin mask. She placed the book on the table, and I saw that the cover had the words "Kafka by the Sea" written on it, a name that was somewhat familiar, as if I had seen it somewhere, but I did not know who wrote it.

"Mr. Tian, do you like Haruki Murakami?" asked Ah Lan with a smile on his face.

I thought to myself, I finally didn't clip English, but this kind of problem comes again, it's really terrible. As for Haruki Murakami's understanding, I only stay at the fact that he is a famous Japanese writer, as if he is synonymous with petty bourgeoisie in China, and literary and artistic young people like his novels. But he hasn't read half of his book, if you don't want to lose face and say that you like it elegantly, it's definitely not so easy, people can ask in one sentence, and how to talk, so I have to honestly say that I don't know very much.

Alan sighed: "Then do you like Plato?"

Yes, this is even more unfamiliar, I know that he is a great European philosopher, but I can't remember which country is from, I know that Iijima Ai has a photo album called "Platonic Love", which must not be said, so I smiled and said I didn't like it.

Alan put away his smile and asked, "What about Merimé?" I couldn't understand this, so I had to shake my head. She seemed disappointed, and Kurosawa looked expressionless, and her tone seemed to be about to give up. But I really know this, after all, I usually like to watch movies, and I even say that I like it, and I have watched a lot, what "Rashomon", "Chaos", "Spider's Nest City" and "Seven Samurai".

"Really?" Alan smiled, "Looks like you're still pretty classy." "I sent it again, but I immediately guessed that it was nothing more than that I had grade and taste, so I hurriedly said that you were too awarded.

Ah Lan said: "You must know who Kurosawa's first love Lover is. "I finally have a word that I know, which means lover and lover, but I was suddenly petrified, and I didn't remember it after thinking about it for a long time, I just like to watch his movies, and who his first object is has to do with me? I had to shake my head. Alan looked at me for a few seconds, then turned his head out the window and sighed deeply.

I explained that I wasn't interested in romance news, but I loved movies. Ah Lan waved his hand: "I don't want to talk about Akira Kurosawa's films, but I want to collide with you about his attitude towards FL." "I don't know what this FL means, but I can guess that it's still my first love. When I was worried about how to answer, coffee and cake came up, and the waiter put the bill in front of me, although Ah Lan had said that he wanted to have a treat, but I thought to myself that I didn't eat much, and how much could these things cost. Just grabbed the bill and said I'll come, Ah Lan opened the chain of the purse, took out the wallet, and saw my movements, so he had to stop. I smiled and picked up the bill and looked at it, and the amount under the breakdown read: "A total of 368 yuan." ”

At first, I thought it was a mistake to be dazzled by hunger, so I looked at it carefully, and there was no problem, the two cups of coffee were marked with "add ice cubes, no sugar", and the cake was French matcha mille-feuille, and the unit price and total price were matched. My heart was bleeding and I stayed for two seconds before reaching for my purse. Ah Lan should have seen something, and quickly opened his wallet and counted out two banknotes and put them on the table: "We are AA system." I looked at the money she had on the table, and it was two hundred dollars.

I was a little embarrassed and said, "I'll come", Ah Lan didn't look at me, let alone put the money away, the waiter looked at her expression, so he picked up the money, and I also took out two hundred and handed it over. The waiter came back with change, Ah Lan sandwiched two pieces of ice and put them in the coffee, and slowly stirred them with a delicate stainless steel spoon, and the ice cubes made a very pleasant tinkling sound. I also learned from her to put ice cubes in the coffee and shake it slowly.

Ah Lan's expression was not smiling, I wondered why I had this expression, and slowly took a sip of coffee. It only took half a second into my mouth, and if it weren't for the jokes, I would have to squirt this coffee on the window. Swallowing the coffee forcibly, Alan asked, "How's the taste?"

"No, that's good. I didn't even try to guess what the hell she meant in English, I just guessed by feeling, I replied. Ah Lan smiled, I thought to myself, this is called a bad mouth, I am not a dirt bun that has never drunk coffee, I have also drunk it without much sugar, it is nothing more than bitter. But this coffee is not simply bitter, but cold, bitter, sour and astringent, although I haven't tried it, I think the coffee brewed with urine may taste better than this.

Looking at my expression, Ah Lan told me that this is the only place in Xiafei Road that is freshly ground with Malaysian coffee beans, and the taste can only be tasted by people who have drunk cat poop coffee in Malaysia. I've only heard of cat poop coffee before, but I haven't drunk it at all, so I smiled and said, "Next time I go to Malaysia, I must try it." ”