018. City of Stars

Illuminated and starry.

London, which has always been cloudy, has swept away the thick dark clouds tonight and stopped the rustling cold wind.

It's just too cold.

Hawk wore a trench coat and a long scarf, walked with his hands in his trouser pockets, and occasionally jumped slightly to warm himself.

Jocelyn, accustomed to the London winter, is fully armed, with gloves on her left hand and a mobile phone in her right hand exposed.

"The tickets are already booked. In less than three minutes, Jocelyn had a ticket for the train from London back to Cambridge.

But then she looked at Hawke with a look of embarrassment, and stopped talking.

"What's wrong?" Hawke asked softly, looking at Joceline.

Jocelyn said with some embarrassment: "The last train back departed at eleven o'clock, and it is only half past eight. ”

She looked at Hawke and said with some hesitation.

Hawke didn't know what Jocelyn meant by this, and several thoughts immediately flashed through his mind.

Or did Jocelyn tell Hawke to get him to the station quickly, and then go their separate ways? Or did Jocelyn wish she could be with her for a few hours.

Or worst of all, it's just an excuse to hurry up and separate?

Hawke, who did not understand the etiquette of Western women, finally decided to follow his heart's choice.

No matter what method he used, he wanted to spend more time with this pleasing girl beside him.

"It was early, I heard that London train stations were open and unheated," Hawke said to Jocelyn with some trepidation, "why don't we walk around and then go over?"

After listening to Hawke's words, Joceline's first reaction was to refuse.

Before the words could be spoken, looking at this handsome boy, Joselin, who had not yet chatted with the Chinese man alone, felt a sense of freshness and impulse in her heart.

So she said, "Okay." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, the roots of his ears turned red.

Hawke was so excited that he almost jumped on his tiptoes.

"So where to go?" Jocelyn, who quickly adjusted, rubbed her hands, then put them to her lips and exhaled hotly, "Have you been to London before? ”

A cold wind blew, and Jocelyn's porcelain-white face flushed.

This kind of weather also makes it a bit inhumane for the girl to take to visit the attractions.

"Let's go have a cup of coffee," said Hawke, "I heard that Britons love coffee, and we can warm up our bodies." ”

Jocelyn nodded approvingly.

"A lot of cafes were closed in the evening, but I remember there was a Costa coffee shop on Oxford Street that was still open, and we took the bus. ”

Hawke nodded in agreement, then motioned for Jocelyn to lead the way.

......

The red double-decker bus is like a business card of London, almost becoming a symbol of the city of London in the illustrated group photo.

Walking into the car, a wave of heat greeted me, instantly dispelling the cold just now.

Hawke felt a little hot and prepared to take off his scarf.

"Don't. ”

Jocelyn blurted out a stop when she saw Hawke's movements, and then raised her hand slightly.

In an instant, the tip of Joceline's right finger touched Hawke's left wrist through the thin scarf, and she quickly withdrew it.

Jocelyn lowered her head, paused for two seconds, and then whispered, "There are only five stations, and if you take off your scarf, you will easily catch a cold when you tie it." ”

Hawke reacted with some sluggishness, "Oh, thanks. ”

A long silence followed.

Five stations, the time is only ten minutes, but the traffic in London is very congested.

Hawke saw Jocelyn breathe with her mouth slightly open, and could see the brooch on her beige sweater rise and fall.

"It's a little stuffy inside, isn't it?" Hawk broke the silence between the two men.

Jocelyn hummed softly.

"Let's go to the back of the car?" Hawk suggested.

Jocelyn looked at the empty rear of the carriage and nodded.

Unlike the buses in China, the second-floor bus staircase in London is placed at the back of the bus, and the spiral staircase from the second floor to the first floor is actually semi-open.

The spiral staircase on the first floor connects to the door, and there is only a guardrail more than one meter high, so standing here is like standing on the roof of a car in the open air, and you can clearly see the view of the street.

The lights are bright, and the brakes are beautiful.

"Are you feeling better?" asked Hawke, looking at Jocelyn, who looked slightly soothed.

"Well, I'm feeling a little stuffy just now," Jocelyn smiled at Hawk for the first time, "I came by car from Cambridge early this morning, and then I was a little tired from attending an event in the afternoon, but I'm not usually like this, I'm in good health." ”

For the first time, Jocelyn spoke a long word to Hawke, explaining the reason for her physical discomfort.

When the bus arrived, the two walked into the Costa café.

"What do you want to drink?" asked Jocelyn, "their mocha and latte are delicious, and if you haven't tried them, I recommend you try them." ”

Hawke said he followed Jocelyn's recommendation and ordered an extra-large latte.

Jocelyn asked for a mocha.

Adhering to the etiquette of a gentleman, Hawke was naturally ready to pay the bill.

Not to think about this time Jocelyn reached out and pressed Hawke again, and this time her right hand rested on Hawke's arm without the discomfort it had just had.

"Joe?" Hawke hesitated whether to remove Joceline's hand.

Jocelyn glanced at Hawke, gave him a "don't get excited" look, and then said to the waiter, "Thank you very much!

From the side, she smiled beautifully.

The waiter was stunned for a second, and then handed her two cups of coffee with a smile.

When Hawke reached out to help get it, the waiter showed a look of envy of "you're so lucky".

Looking at the two cups of coffee in hand and Jocelyn's smug expression, Hawke couldn't help but ask, "We haven't paid yet." ”

Jocelyn smiled and explained to the somewhat confused boy in front of her, "The Costa clerks have the right to give out five cups of coffee for free every day, as long as they want to. ”

As for the question of when you will be willing, look at the sluggish waiter brother just now and have the answer.

Hawke looked at the corners of his mouth slightly raised in some surprise, sipping coffee Joceline, this girl didn't seem to be as shy and introverted as she imagined.

......

After a cup of coffee, my body warmed up a lot, and even when it was blown by the wind, I didn't feel the same shivering as before.

Hawke glanced into the distance, his gaze landing on a large purple turntable.

"What's that?" Hawke gestured toward the purple turntable.

Jocelyn looked in the direction Hawke was pointing, and before she could look closely, she gave an answer.

"The London Eye," said Joceline, "the largest Ferris wheel in Britain, would you like to see it?"

Estimating that the distance was not far, Hawke nodded.

The Westminster Bridge connects the River Thames and forms a picturesque landscape with Big Ben to the west and the London Eye to the east.

"Big Ben doesn't seem to be as big as it seems," Hawke and Jocelyn said, gesturing with their hands, as they walked on the bridge, "and there's a road intersection under the bridge, and I don't know what we'll do when we shoot it." ”

Jocelyn nodded approvingly and said, "Well, a few years ago, when I first came to see Big Ben, it was in the afternoon, and I wanted to stand on the bridge and find a good place to take pictures, but it was all backlit. ”

"If you want to shoot the Thames in the early morning, you need to get up early, and you oversleep and miss it." ”

Hawke smiled and said, "Then next month is just a good time to get up and shoot and make up for the regrets." ”

After crossing the bridge, Hawke preemptively bought a ticket for the London Eye and sat on it with Joceline.

The Ferris wheel is a magical thing that people want to sit on and experience when they look at it from a distance.

When you actually sit on it, you have only one thought in the time before you climb to the top: boredom.

It takes half an hour to turn around the London Eye.

The two people who sat next to each other fell into a brief silence.

"What are you thinking?" Jocelyn broke the silence, "tell the truth, maybe we'll think the same way." ”

"Feeling," Hawke hesitated, then told the truth, "It's boring." ”

"Haha!" Jocelyn grinned, as if she had found a soulmate.

"I think so, too. ”

"Haha!"

After a slow climb of more than ten minutes, Hawk and the others finally reached the top floor, and the two of them picked up their mobile phones and took a few group photos.

After that, it was a long wait.

"Hawke, I'm a little tired, can you sing me a song?" asked Jocelyn suddenly, "like the one that was sung in the dining room today, I want to hear the other songs." ”

I saw that the girl's eyelids next to her were slowly closing and closing, full of tiredness.

Jocelyn may have been genuinely tired.

"Okay. Looking at the starlit city on the other side of the Thames, Hawke suddenly remembered a song and sang it softly.

“City of stars, are you shining just for me?“

“City of stars, there're so much that I can't see“

Before she knew it, Jocelyn's forehead was tilted to the right and she was leaning on Hawke's shoulder.

Hawke was suddenly so nervous that he stopped singing for a moment.

"Well, what's wrong?" asked Jocelyn softly, "what about the rest of the part, is it gone?"

"Oh no, oh yes," he replied awkwardly, and then resumed singing.

He usually likes to wear straight-leg jeans because they are loose and comfortable to sit on.

At this moment, Hawk felt that the jeans were a little tight.

The scent of gardenias came from between Joceline's blonde hair, with a faint fragrance.

Smell the fragrance and know women, but women are always complex and elusive.

Perhaps Jocelyn is such a contradictory person who is sometimes shy and sometimes dares to express her emotions.

“It's love, yes, all we're looking for is love from someone else“

......

“City of stars, You never shined so brightly“

Due to exhaustion, the lyrics of the latter Jocelyn were a little unreal, and only swayed slightly with the melody that Hawke hummed.

The seat shook slightly and reached the ground.

Along the way, the two people walking towards the train station had a lot of thoughts in their hearts and were silent in tacit understanding.

Finally, Hawke put Jocelyn on the train back to Cambridge.

"What's that song called?" asked Jocelyn, looking at Hawke with somewhat misty eyes.

"City of Stars. Hawke replied as he looked at Joceline, who was close to him.

He suddenly felt a desire to step forward and kiss the girl.

Just as Hawke mustered up the courage to act, Jocelyn suddenly smiled and took a step back.

"Hawke, promise to sing this song to me in its entirety when we meet next week. ”

Is this, politely declined?

Hawke was a little disappointed, but still smiled and said surely.

Jocelyn turned and walked towards the train, only to turn back after taking two steps.

Her face turned red, and she said to Hawke in a slightly louder voice with a little anger: "You should have kissed me in the eyes of London just now, and you have been waiting for you for a long time to act, but I am really happy today! Good night, my gentleman." ”

After Jocelyn had finished speaking, she strode away without looking back and boarded the train.

His eyes were glazed, but Hawke's heart was like fireworks.

Beautiful women travel together, the city of La Land.