After getting off the bus, I immediately walked to the square in front of me, and in the crowded crowd, I finally found Song Niange standing in the wind, although the light was dazzling, I could still see her solemn expression.

I walked towards her, and she spotted me in the lookout and walked up to me.

Opposite the "Ichimi" coffee shop, in the most pleasing area on the west side of the square, a new coffee shop is opening, and when I passed by, all the glass windows were hung with drapes, and the secrecy was done so well that I didn't even know it was also a coffee shop.

Although it is not close, the antique decoration is more Xi'an characteristic than the "Yijian" coffee shop before the destruction, and it goes without saying that the owner of this shop is here for the business of "Yijian" coffee shop.

Tourists are also quite fond of this newly opened coffee shop, and they have learned how to make freshly ground coffee from the baristas in the pergola built at the door.

The "Ichimi" coffee shop, which is still under renovation, is full of decoration materials, which is in stark contrast to the new store with flower baskets on the opposite side, and I don't want to make the atmosphere after meeting too solemn, so I asked with a smile, "Is everything going well?" ”

Song Niange obviously forced a smile and said, "It's okay." ”

Her expression made my heart a little choked, and my heart was heavy because of her forced smile, and I knew very well that she was not sad because of the opening of the coffee shop opposite, because she had never fought or grabbed, and how could she care about business matters, so I was more eager to know what happened to her.

I followed behind her and stopped at the pergola in front of the "Ichimi" coffee shop, and she was as skilled as usual in preparing a cup of freshly ground coffee for me, and while waiting, I asked her, "Why didn't the workers come to the construction today?" ”

Nian Ge looked at me with a complicated expression, and was silent for a long time before saying, "Yu Hang, what do you think is the biggest sin of the 'first sight' coffee shop?" ”

I replied in surprise, "Why do you think that?" ”

Nian Ge said in a low tone, full of helplessness: "I don't have the confidence to continue at all now. ”

"Running this kind of coffee shop, it takes feelings and courage, I never thought that you would be unable to stick to the business because of lack of confidence, you don't know how many people will wait for this store to be redefined, because of your business model, because of this traditional form of communication, many people turn waiting into happiness, and boil their hearts into warmth, if there is no such shop, I am afraid that people will no longer be able to experience that waiting is both an anxiety and a kind of happiness. Have you ever wondered how disappointed it would be if those who were scheduled to receive their letters in three or five years, or even ten years, received them early? ”

Nian Ge bowed his head and was silent......

I'm distressed, but it's not because of the fact that modern technology has made our communication faster, but it has also made our communication cheaper. We no longer care about every wording, every sentence. A little girl once said: The convenience of modern communication has made parting meaningless. Technology has eliminated the distance of space, but accidentally increased the distance of the heart, when we are used to exchanging emotions on WeChat, face-to-face communication sometimes seems strange.

I lit a cigarette, knowing that it would not help to say more at this time, she had always been like this, took a heavy puff of the cigarette, and asked her in a lighter tone, "When did you get this thought?" ”

"I don't want to say, there are a lot of things I don't want to happen."

I was emotionally depressed and uncomfortable, and I finished smoking half a cigarette in one gulp, but I still kept calm and said, "Apart from me, do you have anyone else who is suitable to share emotions?" If so, I won't ask more. ”

After my questioning, Nian Ge looked helpless and dazed, and said as if he had made up his mind for a while: "You come in with me." ”

Confused, I followed her into the store.

"At that time, when there was a fire, was there any on-site monitoring, and was anyone appraised the scene?"

"I arrived after the fire, because your clerk was present at the time, saying that he was because of careless operation, because he went out with his girlfriend to cause the electrical appliances to catch fire, Jiang Laiyue was injured because of the firefighting, Xiao Sun and his girlfriend named Xiaoman proposed compensation, and was finally stopped by Jiang Laiyue, Jiang Laiyue said that he would compensate for them, and in the morning he turned his face with me because of the compensation, and asked me to transfer 30,000 yuan for her, the ins and outs of the matter are clear, so I didn't think about it elsewhere......"

Nian Ge raised his head at this time, looked at me with tears in his eyes, and said to me for a long time: "Why should Jiang Laiyue compensate them?" ”

"You misunderstood, Jiang Laiyue was moved by Xiao Sun and his girlfriend, so he offered compensation, and blamed me for making the decision for you at the time, I subconsciously thought that this was a man-made accident, and you would not pursue it."

After receiving my explanation, Niange's tears flowed down like an embankment, and she sobbed and said to me, "I found this the day before yesterday when I was cleaning up the site. ”

As he spoke, Niange took out a small aluminum box from the counter, opened it, and placed it in front of me.

Inside the box was a blackened copper key, but I couldn't figure out what it had to do with the fire.

"This is the key I put in the storage room on the second floor, and finally found it at the location of the fire, and this key is on the candle box, the box of candles are taken out of important activities, and there is no need to light candles at all, according to what you said the fire is during the day, why do you need to light candles? A box of forty candles, burning together? Candles are not placed on the candlesticks, but stand on the ground and burn? Still close to the bar tablecloth? ”

"You're saying this fire was deliberately set on fire?"

"I know every item in the store and every item in the storage room very clearly, even if the scene is damaged, I can tell it...... I don't know what Xiao Sun's purpose is, what he wants to burn, ignore the coffee shop, even if it is arson. ”

"Maybe it was just an accident!"

I tried to convince Nian Ge to make her less desperate for humanity, but I couldn't convince myself.

One by one, doubts are coiled in my heart, and they will most circle into a dead knot, I have repeatedly screened in my mind, and Jiang Laiyue's series of behaviors gradually became clear in my heart, but I can't imagine how bad things would have been if it were her.

The tears of the song made my heart like a knife, but at this time, I had no way to do anything for her, if I gritted my teeth for her to investigate, I was afraid that I would tear the belt flesh and bleed.

After a long silence, I whispered to Nian Ge, "What are you going to do, do you want to call the police?" ”

My question filled Nian Ge's face with heart-rending pain, and she shook her head: "Do you think it is necessary to investigate, in case someone is involved, how to control this situation at that time?" ”

My heart tingled, as if I was once again in the kind of choice that made me painful, I know that people like Nian Ge usually seem to have a lot of friends, but there are very few real friends, this time she is really helpless and lonely.

I turned my head to look out of the window, the smoky and blackened glass, I couldn't see the world outside the window clearly, the dust had already covered the transparent glass, and even the light could not easily pass through

In the midst of the depression, I picked up the lighter again, walked outside the coffee shop and lit a cigarette for myself, and in the smoke, I thought about how to make up for the shortcomings in Nian Ge's heart and restore the warmth of the coffee shop again......

If this fire was deliberately set by Xiao Sun, then for what purpose and by whom, should I grit my teeth and ask to understand?