Chapter 11: A Coincidence of Coincidents
Lin Dong once had a female classmate named Li Ranting when he was in college, and Li Ranting and Bai Xinlan at that time were nicknamed the "peerless Li Bai" of Xin'an University by their classmates, which is not to say that the two of them write poems well, but to say that the appearance of the two of them is like Li Bai's poems, because one of them is surnamed Li and the other is surnamed Bai, so it is barely okay to say so.
Although this title is somewhat exaggerated, it can also be seen that Li Ranting and Bai Xinlan are indeed first-class beauties. Different from Bai Xinlan's passionate and unrestrained personality, Li Ranting belongs to a more cold type, in Lin Dong's words, Bai Xinlan is like a flaming rose, and Li Ranting is an early summer lily.
Although the two have very different personalities, they have become close friends who are inseparable from Meng, and Li Ranting may be the one who knows the most about the emotional story between Lin Dong and Bai Xinlan in addition to the parties.
When Lin Dong broke up with Bai Xinlan, Li Ranting would always appear by Lin Dong's side, she always quietly enlightened him and comforted him, it can be said that if there was no Li Ranting's comfort, it is likely that there would be no Lin Dong now.
So to this day, Lin Dong is still very grateful to Li Ranting in his heart, and he treats Li Ranting as a good friend.
Seeing this familiar name again at this moment, Lin Dong recalled many things, and couldn't help but stand in front of the café in a daze.
Soon, the song "Break Up in That Autumn" has been played, and Lin Dong retracted his thoughts and was about to leave.
――There is no such coincidence in the world, how could Li Ranting come here to open a café? So Lin Dong didn't want to go into the café to find out.
But as soon as Lin Dong was about to turn around and leave, another song came out of the stereo at the door of the café, this song was still "Break Up in That Autumn", Lin Dong was completely stunned at the moment: What is going on in this café? Why do you keep playing the same sad song?
Lin Dong was a little hesitant at this time, and looked down at his watch, it was still early, it was only half past four, since this café was so secretly in line with his heart, then he would just go in and sit down.
Thinking of this, Lin Dong no longer hesitated, and walked into the door of the café with his legs raised.
After entering the inside, Lin Dong couldn't help but look around, and then he found that this café was still relatively stylish, and the decoration was very elegant, it seemed that the owner here should be a more cultured person.
After Lin Dong took his seat, a waiter immediately came over with a tea list: "Hello sir, may I ask what you have to drink?" ”
Hearing the waiter's words, Lin Dong couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed, because this was his first time in the café, so of course he didn't know what drink was more suitable for his taste.
However, Lin Dong reacted very quickly, he took the tea list from the waiter very casually, pretended to flip through it, and then raised his head and said, "Bring me a cup of your special drink here, the taste is a little sweeter." ”
Basically, all cafes have their own special drinks, and Lin Dong is right when he says this, and the waiter nodded with a smile when he heard this: "Okay sir, please wait a moment." ”
After the waiter left, Lin Dong sat in his chair and was silent. Although it is not yet the peak time for coffee drinking, there are still a lot of customers in the store, and everyone is sitting together in twos and threes, chatting about some topics of interest, and the picture looks very harmonious.
After a while, the waiter came over with a drink, he put the drink in front of Lin Dong, and then said with a smile: "Hello sir, this is the most popular specialty drink in our store, called 'Wangchuan Autumn Water', please taste it slowly." ”
Lin Dong was stunned when he heard this name: Looking through the autumn water? The name is quite interesting, although simple, but the meaning is profound.
After the waiter left, Lin Dong put the straw into the cup, and after taking a sip, Lin Dong immediately felt bitter, but after a while, a subtle sweetness rushed on the taste buds, although this feeling was very weird, but it made people feel a long aftertaste.
Lin Dong tasted "Looking through the autumn water", listening to the familiar melody, his thoughts flew for a while, and the happy picture of being with Bai Xinlan before kept coming to his mind, and unconsciously, bitter tears were left in his eyes.
After the tears, Lin Dong immediately woke up, and after wiping the tears from the corners of his eyes, he walked to the bar to check out, and then he strode out of the door of the café without looking back.
Lin Dong knew that he was a little fascinated just now, in that environment, it was indeed easy to lose people's minds, but this was not what he wanted, the past was in the past, what was the use of thinking about those things? Now I am not the same as before, and there is no need to be sad about the pain of the past.
Lin Dong was not in a very good mood after he came out, so he walked a little fast, and after a while, he couldn't hear the music playing in the café, and now Lin Dong's mood improved a little, so he slowed down and walked forward slowly.
After walking for a while, Lin Dong vaguely heard someone behind him shouting his name, and he couldn't help but look back in confusion, and then he was completely stunned - he saw that on the sidewalk behind him, a woman in a dark purple dress was running towards him, and the woman shouted while running: "Lin Dong - is it you?" You wait for me, I'm Li Ranting-"
Li Ranting?! She...... How did she end up here? Don't...... Is that café really her owned?
These thoughts flashed in Lin Dong's mind in an instant, seeing Li Ranting running on the street regardless of her image, Lin Dong had a hallucination in an instant, it seemed that it was not Li Ranting who ran over, but an angel, he and Li Ranting hadn't seen each other for more than two years, but he didn't expect to meet again in such a way.
It didn't take long for Li Ranting to run to her, and when she saw Lin Dong's cheeks clearly, she couldn't help but have red eyes, and it seemed that she couldn't help but shed tears.
Seeing this, Lin Dong smiled slightly and said, "Beauty Li, it's a pleasure to see you again." ”
After Lin Dong finished speaking, he stretched out his right hand, Li Ranting couldn't help laughing when she saw this, she also stretched out her right hand, shook it lightly with Lin Dong and said, "Don't tease me, I'm already an old woman." ”
When Lin Dong heard this, he smiled and said, "How can there be, why didn't I see it?" You are only more beautiful and mature than before, this is the gift of time, this mature charm, even I can't help but be moved when I see it. ”
To tell the truth, Lin Dong's words just now did not have a flattering meaning in it, because the current Li Ranting is indeed more charming than before, and this kind of taste is not possessed by that kind of young little woman.