Chapter 431: West of the Old City
The sound of the engine was exceptionally clear in the rain, but it was gradually blurred in the speed of departure, and when I turned around, Janeway had disappeared from my sight in the car, I took a deep breath and continued to walk towards the community, hoping that she was waiting here.
Standing at the bottom of the dilapidated building, I looked up, and the old house I once met did not have a trace of light, and then went around to the back of the house, and I didn't see Mi Cai's house, that is, my judgment was wrong, and Mi Cai did not return here.
I stood in the rain for a while with my misjudgment, then walked out of the neighborhood to the convenience store with an electric Trojan, bought a pack of Marlboros, lit one, sat on the trolley and looked at the crowd in the rain, and then remembered something recently.
If Janeway hadn't given me the photos of my past, what would be the situation of us now? I thought: maybe we're married!
However, even if I break up with Mi Cai now, I can't afford to hate Janeway, because I did do those things that messed with flowers, but I wondered who took these photos for her in the first place, and was the purpose of doing so really just to distract me and Janeway?
With a soft sigh, I took half of the cigarette out of my hand, feeling some lung pain, sitting with Robben this afternoon, smoking a little too much, I snuffed out the cigarette, and then stuffed another coin into the electric Trojan, dangling it to the children's songs.
The rain became heavier and heavier, and I looked at the other wooden horse that no one cared about, and I was lost for some reason, I was used to sitting on a wooden horse with her, so I threw a coin into the wooden horse, and it swayed alone in the wind and rain, and I seemed to see her shadow with an indifferent smile, and I laughed too, even if I knew that it was just an illusion!
But where is she in the city now?
With the umbrella Robben gave me, I left this old neighborhood, and when I walked to a junction, I fell into a dilemma again, I didn't know where to go, because after this intersection, there are still many intersections to choose, even if all the choices are correct, I will face the regret of passing by, finally, with the arrival of late night, I believe more and more that the fate between us has been squandered by each other, this night, I have no ability to meet her again.
At this intersection, I chose to turn left, I knew that if I walked another 200 meters in this direction, I would walk into another old alley in the old city, anyway, the hope of meeting her was slim, it was better to walk into the old street in the rain and enjoy the last peace
Soon I walked to the end of the alley, but at the end of the alley, I saw a very inconspicuous coffee shop, called "West of the Old City", this is another non-mainstream coffee shop hidden under the bustling city, I walked too much, I was really tired, so I planned to go in and drink a cup of coffee to refresh myself.
The coffee shop is small and can only put down a few tables and chairs, the walls are not decorated, but the covers and pages of various travel magazines are pasted, and even the lighting lamps are only two kerosene lamps that would be used in ancient navigation, one hangs at the bar and the other hangs above the dining table, the room is a little dim, but full of the aroma of coffee.
I said to the male boss in the denim jacket, "Give me a drink west of the old city, I want to try it"
He nodded, and a few minutes later brought me a cup of coffee without any fancy style, not even milk and sugar, and I quickly realized that such a cup of coffee without any embellishments was the real west of the old city, but it was so profound, how many people could understand it? Most of them end up just drinking it as a pastime! I found that the taste was bitter
I didn't drink the coffee until it was cold, I just picked up a travel photography magazine on the table and read it, and the time passed for another 20 minutes, and it was already half past ten o'clock in the night, which means that there was still an hour and a half before the end of the agreement between me and Mi Cai, and I became more and more desperate.
The boss finally came to my side, he removed the cup that had been cold "West of the Old City" and replaced it with a hot one, I looked up at him, he didn't say anything, turned and left.
I don't like to drink bitter coffee very much, but this time I can't let the coffee cool anymore, stir it with a spoon a few times, and when the temperature goes down, I drank a whole cup of coffee in two sips, and suddenly the indescribable bitter taste tormented my taste nerves, sluggish spirit, and then inexplicably restless, and then fell into the excitement, simply tortured again, and shouted to the boss: "Give me another cup west of the old city!" β
Soon another cup of coffee without embellishment was brought to me, I still didn't taste it, stirred it a few times and drank it all again, my heart was filled with an inexplicable refreshment, and then I took out a hundred yuan from my wallet and put it on the table, and asked the boss, "When do you close?" β
"There is no fixed time."
"Then wait a little longer today, okay, maybe after a while, I'll bring another person to your side for coffee!"
"It's not good to drink too much coffee at night!"
"If I can bring her, I don't want to sleep tonight, and it doesn't matter if I have some coffee!"
The boss smiled: "Okay, I live in the attic of the coffee shop, if it closes too late, you can just knock on the door." β
I nodded, and then picked up the umbrella under the table and ran outside the coffee shop, I seemed to know where Mi Cai was, if she still wanted to be with me, then she would not walk aimlessly in the city, because the city is too big, we have no possibility of meeting at all, so she will definitely wait in a place with deep memories, maybe just west of the old city on the square where we often go to play, and it is also the place we agreed on, but, I think too complicated!
I threw away the umbrella that had become a bondage and ran towards the square, maybe she had been waiting for me there for a long time, maybe I had made another mistake in judgment, but no matter what the outcome, the rest of the time was only allowed for me to go to this one place, and whether I could meet her or not, this time it really depends on fate!
In the wind and rain, I finally came to the square, standing in the center of the square and looking out, but the reality once again gave me a ruthless blow, at this time the square was empty, and even the street lights in the surrounding blocks had been half extinguished, my heart suddenly fell into a cold current to the bone, it turned out that she really didn't want to give me a chance, the so-called agreement was just an expedient measure for each other to step down, she was still the strong woman in the workplace full of means!
And what is Zhaoyang, which is being eroded by wind and rain? I feel a little pathetic-
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