Chapter 19 Union Station
The next day, Chicago.
Chicago's Union Station is bustling with people. This is an old building, built about 100 years ago in 1925. At that time, the Second World War had not yet broken out on the earth, and the common people had just received the gifts of industry and civilization, and the best of them could enter the political arena. At that time, Europe and Asia were still licking the wounds left by the First World War, and only the isolationist United States made a lot of money by retreating from it. The station's unique backdrop gives it a special style, with a mix of ancient Roman Doric columns and transparent vaults borrowed from the Crystal Palace exhibition halls, a mix of pedigree that some call an eclectic wonder while others call it a haphazard freak.
"A tuna sandwich, a mint tea." A young man came to Subway's counter, speaking standard American English. After ordering the specific side dishes, he realized that he seemed to have forgotten something, and turned to greet his female companion who was standing not far away. "What are you going to eat?"
When he said this, he changed to Chinese, and his tone was far less polite and personable than before, but like an old mother who beckoned her son home for dinner.
"It's all right, just like you." Her female companion was clearly not very concerned about food. She was staring intently at the stone pillar in front of her, and there was a fear that she would crash headlong into it to reach platform 9 and 3/4.
"Double, take away."
"Sir, this is the meal you ordered." The uniformed waiter handed the paper bag out of the counter with a smile on his face, and the young man took the paper bag and nodded, pulled his female companion to sit down on the bench, and slapped one of the paper bags in her hand. "Haven't you seen enough? It's not the first time I've been here. ”
"It's really the first time, and when I went to school, it was a helicopter direct, wasn't it? Since then, I have never been out of the Kassel Academy, and this time I took a helicopter directly in an emergency. The female companion angrily tore open the paper bag and took out the sandwich inside, apparently unhappy that the young man had forcibly dragged her away.
"Let's see if you want to eat first, after an hour and a half of getting off work, there is enough time." The young man placed the silver-colored metal file box on his lap and pulled out his sandwich from the paper bag.
The young man looks like an ordinary passenger waiting for the bus, but his appearance without any logo will always make everyone who knows how to secretly admire it in their hearts. And the female companion next to him has nothing to do with the ordinary, the brightly colored witch costume is so conspicuous in this towering train station, and the outstanding appearance of the girl makes her attract the attention of the entire train station.
"Okay. But sakura, aren't you S-class? How so. The shrine maiden at Chicago's Union Station took a big bite of her sandwich and smiled happily, apparently pleased with the exotic food.
"There are always a few exceptions to everything, but unfortunately this time I was one of them. Anyway, the CC1000 has not been very opposed to me, so I'm used to it. The young man shrugged and inserted the straw into the mint tea. Do you like it so much? ”
"Yes, the style of these pillars is very similar to the Greek temple you told me." From time to time, the shrine maiden's eyes glanced over the load-bearing stone pillars.
"My intensive training is over, I'll take you to Greece after a while."
"Okay."
The shrine maiden was sipping the mint tea in her cup when suddenly two people came in through the entrance to catch her attention.
"Hey, here!" The shrine maiden happily waved to the door of Union Station, and the two people who had just come in also saw her and changed their directions.
The two travelers were just as young as they were, a man and a woman. The two parted after a brief exchange, the man walked over to the Subway that the young man had ordered earlier, and the other walked over and gave the shrine maiden a big hug: "Eri, why are you here?" ”
"I'm going to finish that previous mission. It's you guys, shouldn't you have been with us all the way, how did you separate before? The shrine maiden hugged her back with the same enthusiasm.
"By the way, I took a task to receive materials in Chicago, because it won't take too much time, Li Su took it, let you go first, just worried that something would go wrong and waste your time."
Embracing the shrine maiden is a girl in a black dress, she has the same oriental face as the shrine maiden, and also has long hair, but the shrine maiden's long hair is burgundy and she is black.
As they chatted, they sat down on the bench behind the young man, who was silently eating his share of tuna sandwich as if he were wandering into the world.
"Now." After a while, the man who had gone to Subway returned, and he took the paper bag to Kotono and sat down next to the young man.
"You look good right now, Li Su." The young man glanced at the guy sitting next to him and began to look for a topic.
"There's nothing else to talk about, Lu Mingfei? Anyway, we are also in the same class, so we can't talk to this extent. Li Su smiled.
"There's really nothing to talk about, after all, we haven't seen each other for so long." Lu Mingfei sighed and threw the paper bag into the trash.
"That's right...... But you said that I am in good shape now, but I was not in good shape before co-authoring? ”
"Yes, you were like a moth fluttering in flames, do you know that moths fight fire? It would be nice to take a picture of you, so that you can see what it was like. ”
"No, I can imagine." Li Su sighed, tore open the paper bag, and left a clueless sentence. "I look good now because I'm almost giving up."
Before Lu Mingfei could chew the meaning of this sentence carefully, he first saw the content on Li Su's mobile phone screen clearly.
"Night's Watch discussion board? "The Legend of Dongying Slaying the Dragon"? Senior Brother Scrapwood has been updated again? ”
"No, I just started watching it a second time."
"Uh...... Reasoning is a Chinese can see how painful this novel is...... Brother Li Su, are you crazy? Lu Mingfei was a little surprised that Li Su, who had always been able to fight, loved this kind of thing.
"No, aren't you chasing after it too?" Li Su retorted.
"Hmm....... You can always find some shadows...... Li Su, are you starting to miss those days too? Lu Mingfei folded his hands behind his head, and his eyes seemed to be recalling something far away.
"No, I just think it's nice to have a world where no one is hurt."