Chapter 101: Caught in the Shadows
Cheng Xuesong's inner depression was difficult to dissipate, so he walked out of the door of the hotel. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ο½ο½ο½Uο½Eγ info She wanted to breathe outside the door, but when she looked at the night view of the gnarled Gana city, compared with Zhangxin City in China, it was also a different scenery.
The street in front of the hotel seems to be a pedestrian street, and when night falls, there are few cars coming and going, but there is a constant stream of pedestrians. The neon lights and street lamps of the shops lining the street illuminate the entire street as if it were daytime.
Cheng Xuesong was a little whimsical, so he walked to the end of the street...
As she walked, she looked around at the shops on both sides of the street, and although the changing lights of their light box plaques attracted the attention of passers-by, Cheng Xuesong had no intention of stepping in to browse.
She didn't know how far she had gone, looking at the pedestrians of different colors around her, listening to the miscellaneous language, which made her feel stranger and stronger, and decided to go back.
At this moment, her eyes suddenly lit up, and a Chinese character plaque caught her eyeballs, this should be a Chinese-owned store, right? As the saying goes, 'When a fellow sees a fellow countryman, his eyes are full of tears', Cheng Xuesong has been walking in an unfamiliar environment just now, and when she saw the familiar words, she couldn't help but feel a little kind. She immediately walked into the shop, and there was of course another reason. I haven't eaten dinner yet, and the shop happens to be a restaurant.
"How many young ladies?"
A local-looking waiter approached and asked a warm question in English.
Cheng Xuesong was stunned, isn't this a Chinese hotel? Why don't the waiters inside speak Chinese?
However, this is nothing, her English is very good, and there is no problem at all in doing some simple communication. She replied in English, "I'm the only one, what do you have to eat here?" β
The waiter smiled and said, "We have authentic Chinese food here!" Miss, are you also Chinese? Please take a look at the menu, is there a dish that you are happy with? β
Cheng Xuesong took the menu and looked at it, which was full of Chinese-style dish names listed in both Chinese and English. She then pointed to the above two dishes with her finger and said, "I want these two!" β
The waiter made a note of it, and smiled and gave her up to a small table position.
Cheng Xuesong looked very quiet, at the table next to her, there was only one white person eating, Cheng Xuesong found that the person was looking at herself, when her eyes swept over, the person nodded to her with a smile, and then lowered her head to eat. β
Cheng Xuesong just glanced at him curiously, and sat down with him on his back. She couldn't figure out if the white man was a native of European and American descent or a foreigner like her. But she was surprised that he liked to eat Chinese food.
When the food she ordered came up, Cheng Xuesong picked up the chopsticks and took a few bites, but she felt that her heart was blocked, and she didn't eat what it tasted like, although her stomach was still hungry.
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She looked up and gestured to the waiter, and shouted aloud.
The waiter hurriedly leaned over, still smiling: "Miss, what else do you command?" β
"Do you have any wine here?"
"Haha, we're a restaurant here, how can we be short of wine?"
"Alright, please serve me a drink!"
"Excuse me, what brand of wine do you need to go with?"
"Whatever!"
The waiter was stunned for a moment, thinking that she was a girl, so he served her a bottle of red wine with a low degree.
After the waiter opened the snow pine bag, he couldn't wait to fill the cup and take a big sip with his neck up!
She felt a little choked because she was in a hurry, so she coughed a few times. The whole sour, salty, bitter, and spicy ones all came to my heart...
She was in tears, and her mind was constantly showing clips of the bits and pieces of when she was with Qian Chong...
"Brother Chong, do you hate me like this? I know you travel a lot, because you don't want to stay at home and face me... It's okay now... You've got rid of me completely...
Cheng Xuesong drank red wine with tears in his eyes and complained in a low voice.
At this moment, she felt a 'tower' suddenly appear in front of her, and quickly looked up to see that it was the white man at the next table behind her, who had turned to her in front of her.
When this white man stood up, Cheng Xuesong felt very shocked, the white man in front of him was probably more than one meter nine, and he was fat and strong. If you stand in front of Cheng Xuesong, it is not too much to describe him as a tall tower.
As soon as the white man saw Cheng Xuesong staring at him with surprised eyes, he smiled and said, "Miss, it hurts your body to drink like this." If you have any grievances in your heart, it's better to find someone to talk to. β
As soon as Cheng Xuesong heard him speak, he was even more surprised! Because, although the other party's appearance does not have any Chinese elements, he is very fluent in Chinese.
"You... You know Chinese?"
As soon as the white man heard Cheng Xuesong's question, he sat down rashly, and said in a very cordial tone: "I have lived in China for several years, and I like Chinese culture and people there very much. So, when you see a girl from you who is of oriental origin, there is a sense of intimacy. It's like seeing people from home! β
Cheng Xuesong originally came in to eat because he saw that this was a Chinese restaurant, and the purpose was also to see the Chinese villagers and have someone to communicate with, so as to relieve the sadness in his heart. But who knew that in addition to the familiar food, there was no familiar skin color and country accent here. When I saw that this 'foreigner' was actually fluent in Chinese, his attitude was also unusually kind. This made her feel a little intimate, and she did not exclude him from sitting opposite her.
Cheng Xuesong asked curiously, "Where have you been in China?" β
The 'foreigner' said: "I have been to the Great Wall and the Forbidden City in Beijing, the Terracotta Warriors and Horses in Xi'an, and the Twin Pagoda Temple in Taiyuan..."
The 'foreigner' snapped his fingers, told Cheng Xuesong about the places he went to, and praised a few words of praise from time to time.
Cheng Xuesong couldn't help blushing: "There are so many places you go!" Even I, an authentic Chinese, have not traveled all over these places. β
As soon as the 'foreigner' saw that Cheng Xuesong's strangeness was dispelled, he looked at her and asked tentatively, "May I ask Miss's name?" β
"My name is Cheng Xuesong!"
Cheng Xuesong didn't have any hostility towards him, and replied casually.
The foreigner's eyes lit up: "What a beautiful name, just like yourself!" β
Cheng Xuesong's pretty face was a little feverish and said, "You have won the prize!" What do you call it? β
The 'foreigner' looked very proud: "I have a Chinese name, you can call me 'Ai Huang'!" β
"Ai Huang?"
"Yes! What do you think? β
"Well, that's good!"
Cheng Xuesong felt that this name was a bit nondescript, both like a Chinese name and like a foreign transliteration. But this is none of his own business, and there is no need to bother analyzing his name.
Ai Huang took the opportunity to preach at this time: "Miss Cheng, our meeting here can be regarded as a kind of fate. Would you mind having a drink with me? β
Cheng Xuesong saw that the other party's attitude was very sincere and sincere, so he was embarrassed to refuse and nodded lightly.
Ai Huang suddenly perked up, and he also made a gesture to the waiter standing next to him, and said aloud in English: "Please give me a bottle of brandy!" β
Cheng Xuesong was taken aback, and hurriedly said: "I have red wine here, why do you want wine again?" β
Ai Huang glanced at the bottle of red wine with a light glance, and then said impromptuly: "Since I invite you to have a drink, of course I want to use my wine, which is as light as water." It's not a pleasure to drink! β
Cheng Xuesong wanted to object, but the waiter had already come up with a bottle of brandy.
Ai Huang took it, and without saying anything, he asked the waiter to uncork the bottle, and then took it with his own hands, first filled Cheng Xuesong's wine glass with wine, and then filled it himself...
Cheng Xuesong looked at the color of the brandy in the glass, it is different from red wine, and of course it is not a colorless white wine, its liquid is golden yellow, clear and transparent and shiny. She rarely drinks alcohol, so she naturally doesn't know what brandy tastes like, and her eyes are full of curiosity.
Ai Huang picked up his glass and raised his hand to Cheng Xuesong: "Miss Cheng, for our acquaintance, cheers!" β
In order not to be rude, Cheng Xuesong had to hold up his wine glass.
Ai Huang stretched out his long arm, lightly bumped the wine glass in his hand with the wine glass in Cheng Xuesong's hand, and then withdrew it, opened his big mouth, and the wine in the cup was suddenly gone!
Cheng Xuesong saw that the other party was very happy, she thought that brandy was similar to beer, so she poured the bottom of the cup upwards into her small mouth...
However, as soon as the wine in the glass was in his mouth, Cheng Cedar felt that the taste was very wrong, and an astringent and spicy one filled his mouth and esophagus. Before he could drink all the wine in the glass, he coughed continuously, almost choking on the wine, and his pretty face turned red.
"Mr. Ai Huang, what kind of wine are you? Why are you so vigorous! β
Cheng Xuesong asked with a frown while wiping his mouth with a napkin.
"Hahaha, this wine is relatively warm, how can it be as exaggerated as you feel?"
Cheng Xuesong shook his head and said: "I'm not pretending, I feel that this wine is no less strong than our domestic liquor!" β
Ai Huang said disapprovingly: "That's because you haven't drunk this kind of wine yet, although it is a little higher than the wine you just drunk, but compared to other types of wine such as whiskey, it is still far behind." We may have drunk it too quickly, and this wine needs to be tasted slowly to taste its essence. Come on, let's drink slowly! β
Ai Huang picked up the wine bottle again, and filled Cheng Xuesong's wine glass with residual liquid again with golden liquid...
Cheng Xuesong frowned: "What, do you want me to drink?" I'm sorry, I can't be accompanied! β
As soon as Ai Huang saw Cheng Xuesong standing up and about to withdraw, he quickly changed the topic again: "Haha, Miss Cheng, don't leave in a hurry." I know you must have something very troublesome, so I want to talk to you about it. And drinking is just a tool to vent your frustration. I know that you Chinese are very particular about wine culture. Many psalms about wine have emerged. 'The drunkard's intention is not in the wine' is also a manifestation of expressing his feelings through wine, right? Maybe the wine in front of you can help you get rid of the lingering gloom in your heart. Why would you want to pass up such an opportunity? β
Cheng Xuesong listened and couldn't help but sit down again. The alcohol just now had stimulated her nerves and pushed all the grievances, troubles and pathos in her heart to the forefront, where could she suppress it?
Seeing this, Ai Huang couldn't help but be secretly happy in his heart, he had lived in China for many years. More contact and pondering with Chinese women. Now he has met a beautiful girl here, and he wants to use his own methods to deal with women, and strive to take down this girl!
Cheng Xuesong's spirit has always been in a state of confusion, and when he meets a 'foreigner' who is fluent in Chinese and has a good understanding of the style, he naturally has a feeling of meeting a soulmate. But how did she know that the other party was actually a veteran of 'poaching', and he specialized in hunting young Chinese girls...