In a trance, Lin Ke didn't know when he came to me with a guitar on his back, took out the burned cigarette in my hand, stuffed a cigarette into my mouth and refilled it, helped me light it, and asked me: "You like her so intrigued?" ”

I subconsciously took a puff of cigarette, but asked Lin Ke very calmly: "Why are you here?" ”

"Come and miss the feeling of staying in a hostel with you!"

I punched him and said, "I'm alone now, and the items I sent home have just been sent back by someone else, and they haven't been sorted out yet, so why don't you squeeze me." ”

"Aren't you a valuator one day?"

"Don't talk to me here, you answer my questions first."

"You haven't answered my question yet, do you like her?"

"Who?"

"Don't fill me with garlic, I think you're in danger now!"

"What's the danger?"

Lin Ke punched me in the stomach, it hurt so much that I spit out the cigarette, holding my stomach, he rubbed his fist casually and said: "You still don't believe that you are dangerous, you are a hanger, who are you talking to all day long!" ”

"I think you're crazy!"

"I'm using force to tell you that you are very dangerous, even if Li Shi is not there, it will not be your turn to mess around!"

I rubbed my stomach, shook my head very seriously, and said, "You don't button my hat here, I do things in a measured way, if it wasn't raining, I would really dare to swear to you." ”

Lin Ke looked up at the sky and sighed, "Are you afraid of thunder?" ”

"You ran out in the middle of the night and asked Shuma to show you the store, didn't you?"

"I just came over from Song Niange, and she plans to close the coffee shop in a few days, if no miracle happens, it is estimated that the coffee shop will be completely closed, she considered letting me take over, but I really don't have the confidence to do it, so come and ask what you think."

"I've already refused to chant songs, because I don't have confidence, that store has been contaminated with her breath, and every pillar is engraved with her soul, if there is no suitable candidate, this store will not open!"

Lin Ke nodded, and said with a long heart: "I want to go to Mo Qiu tomorrow to talk about the renovation of the bar, you have time to accompany me!" ”

"Your brain is pumping, right?"

"She has now entered a private design company and needs performance, so let's help her rush!"

"You've been keeping an eye on her?"

Lin Ke was stunned for a moment, and quickly regained a faint expression, he stared at me for no less than ten seconds, and then said with a smile: "Don't ask this kind of non-nutritious question." ”

I stood where I was, speechless for a long time.

Lin Ke shrugged his shoulders disapprovingly, then walked away.

I stood behind him and saw his shadow being cast on the ground by the orange light, mottled into a black patch, and all the mixed feelings in my heart came up, I couldn't tell what emotions were in my heart, I just felt chaotic and complicated, they kept arching upward, blocking panic.

After watching it for a while, I sighed slightly, and was about to turn around and pull the door, but Jiang Laiyue, who had walked around the corner, suddenly appeared, turned to the side slightly, chuckled at me meaninglessly, and said, "I'm very interested in Song Niange's coffee shop and want to give it a try." ”

"You can go talk to Song Niange."

Jiang Laiyue was a little surprised why I was so good at talking, after all, Lin Ke and I didn't agree to take over, and what she didn't know was that Lin Ke and I both had our own demons, and she was different, but I couldn't tell what was the difference.

……

Late this night, I put aside all the mess, turned on the lamp, sat down on the table and began to plan the theme of the reopening of the "Youth Hostel", and looked for some information on the Internet.

The last wave of this year's tourism season is the following October 1st Golden Week, and now I have too little time left, I have to complete the collection of information within a week, and then determine the plan, and strive to start the reputation of the hostel during the peak period of Golden Week tourists.

If everything goes well, I should seriously consider whether I want to live in Beijing for a while after the hostel is on the right track, because I may prefer the stability and peace of mind with my family to the wandering and uneasy in Xi'an, even if there is no fixed place to live.

In the diffusion of thinking, I lit a cigarette for myself, lay on my back on the office chair to empty myself, ready to rest for a while, but accidentally saw the rain outside the window is still falling, it is foreseeable that tomorrow morning, the temperature will drop again, and in the humidity of this rain, my thoughts actually returned to the night of eating hot pot, that night Li Shi is the most impressive in my memory.

In the smoke, the WeChat prompt sounded, I picked up my phone and looked at it, this message in the middle of the night turned out to be sent by Lin Ke.

He asked, "Do you think it's appropriate for me to go tomorrow?" ”

I immediately replied, "Haven't you already made a decision?" ”

"Not really!"

"Go then, because you're already hesitating."

After a long time, Lin Ke never replied to me, I thought he was asleep, but unexpectedly he sent a long text: "I forget when my life began to be so fragmented, it may have started with a hopeless crush, followed by the butterfly effect, or it started with the midnight when I was 20 years old, or it started with the bright red bloodstains that night, or it started with our parting of ways at the bar." Anyway, I've been lonely, hopeless, remorseful, guilty, tortured for too long, too long. But even so, I still stayed up and moved forward for so many years, and I thought that as long as I gritted my teeth and persevered, I could see the light of life. I thought that only by not forgetting to chase would I be able to touch the sun one day, but I was wrong, my life had already been devastated and retreated to the point where there was no way out, it was me who insisted on going my own way, it was my blind optimism, it was the illusion that I gave myself too much hope, and I was so desperate now......"

I wiped my face tiredly and quickly replied: "Drive to the bar tomorrow at nine o'clock to pick you up, have a good rest!" ”

……

The next day, when I drove to the bar, Lin Ke, who has always been cowboy or casual wear, actually wore a suit and a black briefcase under his arm, I couldn't help laughing, but I couldn't laugh, obviously, he wanted Mo Qiu to see himself in another state, and tell her: I can put away the frivolity for you and make changes!

Along the way, compared to my relaxed state, Lin Ke seemed serious, he didn't even lean back on the back of the seat, and he looked serious when he sat upright.

"Are you afraid of wrinkles in your clothes?"

"Borrowed clothes."

"I said how the hem of the trousers has grown a little longer."

"I'm afraid of embarrassing her."

"Nobody knows us, and you're a customer."

"She knows me."

Me: "......"

……

The car stopped in front of a decoration company, probably because of the car, and was immediately greeted by someone who was decorated in various high-pitched interiors, and I even saw a nice coffee machine at the front desk.

Unlike the environment that I kept observing with the corner of my eye, Lin Ke walked to the front desk without squinting, and he said lightly: "Hello, I'll look for Mo Qiu." ”

Sure enough, as soon as he stopped there, the front desk busily led us to the office on the second floor.

After we sat on the couch, the front desk poured us water, and she said, "Sir, please wait a minute, Miss Mo has a meeting upstairs, come down soon." ”

I sat there with Lin Ke for about five minutes, and then the outside door was pushed open, and a brisk footstep sounded, and it was getting closer.

Lin Ke was the first to stand up, he looked a little nervously, and at the same time, I also stood up and smiled at Mo Qiu, who had just come in, as a gesture of friendship, she was still dressed in black professional clothes with a neat short braid.

But soon, Lin Ke's smile froze on his face, and it was obvious that Mo Qiu seemed to be a little surprised, but she was not very moved, and after staring at Lin Ke in a suit and leather shoes for a while, she wondered: "Why are you here?" ”

Thinking of the long text last night, I knew Lin Ke's struggle at the moment, and I wanted to say it instead, but in the end he said by himself: "I came to you to talk about the design and renovation of the bar." ”

Mo Qiu glanced at him again, his speech suddenly became faster, and he said a little uncalmly: "We will never be separated from that broken bar, right?" ”

Because of Mo Qiu's words, Lin Ke glanced at me, but I clearly saw some despair in his eyes, and the original intention of our coming was not this.

I felt unspeakably uncomfortable in my heart, and I was afraid that the topic would continue to stiffen, so I hurriedly said: "I guess your manager is still paying attention to the results of our negotiation outside, since you don't want to take it, then we will leave first, the longer it takes here, the more bad it will be for you." ”

Mo Qiu looked at the cramped Lin Ke, glanced at me, and said nonchalantly, "Are you putting pressure on me?" ”

After I finished speaking, Mo Qiu glanced at me meaningfully, suppressed his temper and said, "Since you want to talk, sit down and talk!"

Mo Qiu's gaze was still on me, and I said slowly, "Of course, I can't wait to cooperate with Miss Mo." ”

Lin Ke looked at me with some surprise, and I sat on the sofa quietly, crossing Erlang's legs, as Lin Ke said, she really needs this business.

After adjusting my mood, I asked in a steady voice, "Does Miss Mo have a laptop here?" We made a PPT in advance of the general direction of the transformation, and I want to show you. ”

Mo Qiu quickly went to get a notebook, and after I took it, I skillfully inserted the USB flash drive into it and clicked on it, and found the folder.

Lin Ke clicked on the folder, and then put the slide, Mo Qiu didn't pay attention to what he put it, stared at Lin Ke's face motionlessly, and said slowly: "I'm really looking forward to cooperating with Mr. Lin Ke more and more, I have a lot of ideas, and I still know the general direction of the transformation." ”

Lin Ke seemed to be uncomfortable with such a gaze, so he dodged unconsciously, but inadvertently met Mo Qiu's gaze, and seemed even more panicked, quickly put his gaze back on the computer screen, and said calmly: "Let's look at the picture first!" ”

Mo Qiu withdrew his gaze, and as soon as he glanced at the computer screen, he lost his mind......