Don Friorella's Bar, located at 22 Avenida Juan XXIII, is probably not the biggest and best bar in Madrid. However, this is the only familiar bar in Gongxiping. When he came to Madrid, he often came to this bar to relax in his spare time.

Gong Xiping used to like the cocktails in this bar, and the bartender was quite high-level at that time, and the wine was very good. This is also the reason why Gong Xiping often comes here.

I haven't been here for almost 20 years, but it hasn't changed much except for being a bit old.

Gong Xiping and Guan Shanyue found a relatively remote booth and sat down face to face. The waiter came over with the menu, placed one in front of everyone, and then politely asked in Spanish, "What do the two gentlemen want to drink?" ”

Gong Xiping picked up the menu in front of him and glanced at it. Although the format and graphics of the menu have been redesigned, the assortment has not changed much. He put down the menu and said to the waiter in Spanish, "A glass of Bloody Mary." ”

The waiter said respectfully, "Okay, so what about another gentleman?" ”

Gong Xiping changed to Chinese and said to Guan Shanyue: "Professor Guan, what do you want to drink?" ”

Guan Shanyue looked back and forth through the menu several times, but he couldn't read anything except the pictures. However, since there are pictures, you don't need to look at the words to know something. So, he looked at it, and finally pointed to one of the more beautiful pictures with his finger, and then looked at the waiter.

The waiter looked at the picture of Guan Shanyue's finger, then bowed and said, "Okay, I'll come right away, please wait for a while." With that, the waiter put away the menu and turned to leave.

Gong Xiping looked at Guan Shanyue with a smile and said, "Professor Guan, do you usually drink?" ”

Guan Shanyue was stunned when he heard this, and asked, "Why do you ask this?" ”

"Oh, just asking. If you drink regularly, drink more. If you don't drink it often, that glass will do. ”

When Guan Shanyue heard this, a look of disdain appeared on his face, and he said, "Cut, underestimate me." Don't look at me a little old, when I was younger, I was known to be a thousand cups. ”

"Oh, that's good." A mocking smile hung on the corner of Gong Xiping's mouth, and he looked at Guan Shanyue and said.

The waiter quickly went and returned, and when he came there was an extra tray in his hand, and in the tray was the wine ordered by two people. Gong Xiping was a glass of Bloody Mary, and Guan Shanyue himself didn't know what he ordered, when the wine glass was placed in front of him, he looked at it and found that the color of the wine was crystal clear, and it smelled slightly fragrant.

After the waiter turned to leave, Guan Shanyue picked up the wine glass, shook it at Gong Xiping, and said with a smile: "Come, I respect you first, thank you for your cooperation for so long." ”

Gongxi said flatly: "I am the duty. ”

Guan Shanyue smiled and said, "Even if it is your duty, I have to thank you the same." Besides, we met once, which can be regarded as fate. ”

When Gong Xiping heard this, he also picked up the wine glass and said, "That's good, it's just for fate." ”

"Okay, just for fate." After Guan Shanyue finished speaking, he raised his neck and took a big sip.

Originally, Guan Shanyue thought that a wine like this, which looked beautiful in color and smelled with some fragrance, should almost be like champagne, with a fragrance and sweetness, and it should feel like a drink. At best, it has a slight bitterness of alcohol, but overall it tastes good.

But after the sparkling color of the wine enters the mouth, a spicy and irritating sensation immediately sweeps over. And because of the sudden arrival of the bad taste, Guan Shanyue, who was not prepared at all, had a feeling of wanting to spit it out. However, he knew very well in his heart that if he spit it out at this time, then he would lose all face. Moreover, he really answered that sentence - shame and throw abroad.

Therefore, he forcibly resisted the sensation of spitting out the liquor and swallowed it in one gulp. As soon as the wine entered his throat, a burning sensation rose in his throat. Then, a hot and unpleasant heat slowly flowed along the chest to the stomach. However, once this hot feeling enters the stomach, it does not cause discomfort in the stomach, but makes the stomach feel warm and comfortable.

It's not that Guan Shanyue hasn't drunk foreign wine, on the contrary, he has actually drunk a lot of foreign wine. It's just that he used to drink foreign wine, at least he knows what he drinks. This time, however, he didn't even know what kind of wine he ordered.

Fortunately, although this wine is uncomfortable in the mouth and has a burning sensation after entering the throat, after entering the stomach, it will make people feel warm in the stomach, and then the whole body will feel very comfortable.

"Haha, this wine feels really good to drink. Not bad! ”

"Oh, really?" A slightly mocking smile hung on the corner of Gong Xiping's mouth, and he said slowly, "Does it really feel good?" ”

Guan Shanyue nodded and said, "Yes, it's really good." Especially when the wine gets into the stomach. Comfortable, it makes people feel comfortable. ”

"Hehe, maybe."

Guan Shanyue put down his wine glass, looked at Gong Xiping, and said, "I know, you must have a lot of questions to ask me." ”

Gong Xiping took another sip of the Bloody Mary and didn't say anything. In fact, he really didn't have much interest in knowing about Guan Shanyue's affairs. He's not a gossip woman, and he doesn't have any interest in other people's past or ** or anything like that. It's just that he can see that Guan Shanyue didn't say it because Gong Xiping wanted to know, but he wanted to say it himself.

Guan Shanyue sorted out his thoughts for a moment, then pondered for a moment, and said slowly: "When I was young, I used to be college classmates with Noriko Mishima. We are in the same department, and we are studying the same major, so we have many opportunities to meet every day. She is a very smart girl, good and beautiful, and naturally she is the target of the boys in the department. As for me, I aspire to be the best brain doctor, so I am very involved in my studies and research. Perhaps it was my drive and my focus that attracted her that she was dismissive of those suitors and had only a soft spot for me. So, we came together naturally and became a pair of lovers.

You must know that there were so many suitors in Noriko Mishima at that time that there were so many that they could form a reinforced platoon. And after the two of us became a couple, we envied how many crazy men died for a while. And it was I who was young and vigorous, and of course I felt that I was infinitely beautiful.

After the two of us became a couple, we didn't abandon our studies because of love. On the contrary, the two of us helped each other, learned from each other's strengths, and achieved high grades. And both of us have excellent grades and get scholarships every year. In the end, we were successfully admitted to the Ph.D. and continued to study brain science while being a campus couple.

Just when I was in high spirits and proud, I accidentally learned about Noriko Mishima's family background, that is, about the Mishima family.

The Mishima family has a terrifying and enormous energy, and not only has a large group of companies in Fuso, but also has a certain market share in other countries. Because the Mishima family's huge industry monopolized Fuso's economy, the Mishima family was also one of several large families that controlled the economic lifeline of Fuso. Relying on their strong economic power, the Mishima family earned enough political capital for themselves. At that time, the cabinet ministers of Fuso were from the Mishima family. There are also many important political positions, and there are also people from the Mishima family.

Noriko Mishima is a rare genius of the Mishima family in a hundred years, and she is also the star of the Mishima family, and the pearl of the head of the Mishima family. The relationship between the two of us was soon discovered by people in her family, so people kept coming to me for inexplicable things, and then resolutely asked me to break up with Noriko Mishima immediately.

originally thought she was just an ordinary Fusang girl, but who knew that there was such a terrifying huge family behind her. However, at the time, I naively thought that as long as there was love, there was no obstacle that could stop us. Therefore, even if the people of their family threatened me with their lives in the end, I did not give up.

However, when Noriko Mishima's brother, Ken Mishima, found me, the situation took a huge turn.

Ken Mishima is a politician through and through. At that time, he was the leader of the ruling party in Fuso, and he was also a strong contender for the next prime minister. Such an important person, but in an extremely secret setting, met with me in private.

He told me that he has a decisive position in Fuso's political circles, and that he absolutely has the right to propose and revise Fuso's domestic and foreign policies. If I don't leave Noriko Mishima immediately, then whether he is elected prime minister or not, he will propose a series of [***] policies that are extremely unfavorable to country Z. Once these policies are adopted and implemented, then in the next few years, or even a dozen years, country Z will face political provocations in Fuso, and may even lead to war. But if I agree to leave Noriko Mishima, then he will vigorously promote the peaceful coexistence of the two countries, and he will propose a series of phalanxes and policies that will promote the development of the two countries.

After Ken Mishima left, I thought about it alone for a long time. You know, I'm a scholar, a pure scholar. I'm not a politician and I don't know how to deal with it. I don't know if the so-called [***] policy will really pose a threat to country Z, but I do know that if it leads to war, it will be a disaster regardless of who wins or loses in the end.

I thought about it for a long time, and I felt that I couldn't just think about myself as a human being. The gap between me and Noriko Mishima is so big that even without Ken Mishima, we might not be able to get together in the end. And I don't have the confidence that she won't regret it decades later. In contrast, I am just a poor doctor who studies brains, but I am the eldest lady of a super-large family that monopolizes the country's economy. It is simply impossible between us.

After figuring this out, I made a lot of determination and finally decided to break up with her. However, when I proposed to break up, she didn't seem surprised and readily agreed to me. Not long afterward, she returned to China, and I returned to China after finishing my studies. After that, I got married, started my own family, and had children.

I thought it would end like this. Noriko Mishima will always be a piece of the past in my memories, and we will never meet again. However, after I joined dua, I was surprised to find that she was also a member of dua. Moreover, I also learned that she has not been married since she broke up with me. After learning this, I suddenly understood. It turned out that Noriko Mishima didn't hesitate to break up with me because she understood my thoughts and didn't want to embarrass me, and she returned to China soon. She knows me very well, and it is because she understands me that she will bear the pain by herself.

It turns out that her feelings for me have never changed.

Compared to her, I am so narrow-minded, so timid. Since then, I have been afraid to meet her. Even when we met at an academic seminar at Dua, I just said hello to her and said goodbye in a hurry. I'm scared, I'm scared to face her, because facing her makes me feel ashamed.

I'm sorry for her......"

After Guan Shanyue said this, he exhaled a long breath, then grabbed the wine glass on the table and poured it violently. After a violent cough, he put his glass back on the table.

Gong Xiping looked at Guan Shanyue and didn't speak for a long time. I didn't expect Guan Shanyue to have such a story. When he was young, he was actually quite colorful. It's just that this long-distance love ended in tragedy, which makes people feel a little pity.

"No wonder Dr. Mishima has studied the culture of country Z so much, and he has studied it so thoroughly, it turns out that this is why." Gong Xiping finally sighed.

"She's a very talented person, and if she's willing to learn anything, she can learn it in a very short time. The reason why she studied the culture of country Z was because of me, but then she said that the cultural heritage of country Z is too huge and spectacular, and it always makes her want to stop. ”

"That's natural, our country has been going through a long period of evolution and replacement for 5,000 years, and the cultural and historical changes in it are by no means something that can be thoroughly studied in a few years. Some scholars and experts, who have spent their entire lives, have only seen the tip of the iceberg. ”

"Hehe, sometimes I have also thought, you said that she was with me, did she really like me as a person, or because the culture of country Z attracted her?"

A mocking smile rose at the corner of Gong Xiping's mouth, and said, "Then is Professor Guan a child born with his wife, or is he studying with the brain domain?" ”

Guan Shanyue was stunned when he heard this, pondered carefully for a while, and suddenly laughed: "What you said makes sense, I shouldn't have this kind of thought." ”

After Guan Shanyue finished speaking, he grabbed the wine glass again, tilted his neck, and drank all the remaining wine in the cup. After drinking it several times in a row, he seemed to have become accustomed to the taste and heat of the wine. It's just that his face has begun to turn a little red, and his eyes have begun to blur.

"I said, 'What kind of wine is this?' I've only had a drink, why did I start getting a little dizzy? Guan Shanyue touched his forehead, and then put the empty cup in his hand back on the table.

"Agave." Gongxi said slowly.

"Tequila?" Guan Shanyue thought about it, but because his head was a little dizzy, his mind was a little blank. So he asked, "What is agave?" ”

"A spirit. And what you order, it's specially made by this bar, and it's a little higher than the average tequila with a higher alcohol content. ”

When Guan Shanyue heard this, he couldn't help but smile bitterly and said, "It's actually a strong wine, and I still drink it so fast." Hey, I don't know Spanish, just look at the picture points, it's really not good! ”

Gong Xiping shrugged his shoulders and said, "You don't have to worry about being drunk and can't go back, I'll send you back." ”