Chapter 33: In the Empty City, a music-themed restaurant
After driving for about half an hour, I finally arrived at the "Willow Shore View Garden" where I live now, and Mi Cai was already standing under a plane tree outside the community waiting for me.
The autumn leaves swirl and fall in the air, and the light reflects her figure, which is as beautiful as a figure coming out of a painting, quiet and indifferent.
I honked the horn of the car, and Mi Cai looked to my side.
I smiled at her and said, "Get in the car, let's go to dinner, if it's late, there may not be a seat." β
Mi Cai walked towards me, opened the door and sat down in the passenger seat, and didn't care what kind of car I was driving, but I said with a little weakness: "How about it, my car is good, small displacement, low-carbon and environmentally friendly." β
"Yes, it's just a little obscene like you." Mi Cai looked at me with a smile and said.
"Am I lewd?" I asked, then pulled off the mirror in the car and looked at myself unconfidently.
"Indecency doesn't necessarily mean appearance, I'm talking about your character."
I reset the mirror again, and I don't want to quarrel with Mi Cai, anyway, the image of my poor character has been preconceived into her heart, even if I package myself as a national hero who saves the country and the people, she will still think I am obscene.
Mi Cai was a little surprised that I didn't fight back, and I just smiled at her, and then started the car, I thought: Mi Cai She doesn't know much about a man with connotation, often taciturn, based on this, obviously I am a man with a lot of connotation.
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Alto shuttled through the streets and alleys, and finally stopped on an old street that was about to be demolished, and then Mi Cai and I got out of the car, and the shop I was going to take her to would pass through a narrow alley, and the car could not be driven, so we had to walk.
There were only a few street lamps in this narrow alley, and it was very dim, and Mi Cai followed closely behind me and asked me nervously, "Where are you going to take me?" β
"A paradise, but you have to go through this darkness first." I replied.
Walking through this dark alley, the space opposite suddenly became larger, and under a bright street lamp, the "Theme Music Restaurant in the Empty City" appeared in front of my Mi Cai.
I lit a cigarette and said to Mi Cai next to me: "This restaurant is opened by a friend of mine who plays music, and the music atmosphere in it is very good, but the main thing is Sichuan cuisine." β
"That's a mix!" Mi Cai looked at the store sign and said, generally music restaurants are mainly Western food.
"Well, the proprietress is a Chongqing girl, can you eat spicy?"
"Yes."
Mi Cai and I walked into the restaurant, where the proprietress CC was sitting on a bar chair that could be lifted and singing, with a draft beer next to her and an unfinished cigarette in her hand.
CC immediately noticed my arrival, snapped his fingers at me during the music break and said, "Long time no see, Zhaoyang." β
I nodded and gave CC a thumbs up, indicating that she sang amazingly.
CC smiled, signaled to talk later, and continued to sing the hanging "Appearance" to the rhythm of the music.
Mi Cai and I chose a place to sit down, and Mi Cai seemed to like CC's singing voice very much, and didn't talk to me, listening quietly.
I ordered the food and was immersed in CC's singing, and in CC's somewhat hoarse but infectious singing, I remembered some clips.
Three years ago, Janeway and I fled from Shanghai to Suzhou due to her parents' crazy opposition, both of us were penniless and living in poverty, so I sang in this music restaurant in CC, and we had some income every day to support us.
At that time, Janeway would wait in the restaurant every day to listen to me sing, and also help customers serve dishes and water, earn some tips, every time the restaurant closed, I would habitually smoke a cigarette, she would help me carry the guitar, the two of us held hands and walked through the dark alley, I would buy her a roasted sweet potato at the stall around the corner......
In the winter of that year, sometimes the wind was very cold, and sometimes the rain and snow were very heavy, but the feeling of being dependent on each other made me feel warm to this day!
"Zhaoyang, why is this restaurant called Empty City?"
Mi Cai's sudden question broke the picture in my mind, and I couldn't get back to my senses for a while, and I was stunned for a long time before replying: "Everyone has an empty city in their hearts when they are just born, and as time goes by, as they grow up, impetuous, indifferent, and worldly fame and fortune fill this empty city, and it has become bloated since then. β
"Is that your understanding?"
"This is CC sue me." I said and looked at CC who was singing.
Mi Cai nodded, took a sip of herbal tea, and continued to listen to CC's singing.
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CC finally finished singing a song, and she put Mike back on the stand and walked towards us.
CC is a very alternative beauty, her facial features are not particularly good-looking, but when they are put together, they are touching and unforgettable, so the way she has come has attracted the attention of many diners.
CC brought a large glass of draft beer in front of me, smiled and said, "Please." After speaking, he beckoned the waiter to bring Mi Cai a large glass of Coke.
"I drove, and I won't drink today."
Mi Cai answered: "Drink, I'll help you drive later." β
CC then looked at Mi Cai and asked me, "Who is this girl...... Your new girlfriend? β
I looked at Mi Cai, her expression was calm, and she plucked up and said, "Yes, it's my girlfriend." β
CC shrugged her shoulders, I knew she was sorry for me and Janeway, but finally smiled and said hello to Mi Cai, praising her for her alluring the country.
The lights in the dining room dimmed, but the old-fashioned candlesticks on the table lit up, and the whole dining room was lit with starlight, and the faint smell of scented candles filled the air.
After a moment of silence, CC asked me, "By the way, what has Robben been up to lately?" It's been a long time since I've been here. β
"What can he do, run the field all day."
"I have time to ask him to come and sit, I miss him a lot." There was a hint of helplessness and sadness in CC's words, she liked Robben, but Robben kept thinking about that Beijing girl.
"Okay, let's get together at a time, right on your side."
"You've got to promise me!"
I smiled and swore and said, "I promise." β
CC nodded reassuringly.
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After CC left, Mi Cai and I finally had a separate space to face each other, I picked up the draft beer and signaled to Mi Cai, Mi Cai also picked up a Coke and touched one with me, and the two of us each took a sip.
At this moment, two more people from outside the door walked towards the store, opened the door and a cold wind was brought in, and then I saw that it was Jian Wei and Xiang Chen.
I was caught off guard by all kinds of emotions in an instant, it seems that this is not a night where I can have a quiet dinner with Mi Cai, I am tired of such a meeting, and I am afraid of such a meeting, and I hate such a coincidence that makes us awkward to meet together-
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