Chapter 30: Old Friends Reunited

Ding'an City, Maple Forest Commercial Plaza is wild.

Cheng Shansheng stood quietly in front of the bar, looking at the graffiti wall that was similar to the one in the dream tide, because of the news that the Accountability Association would give the dreamer the upper hand, some chaotic thoughts calmed down a little, he couldn't remember how he said goodbye to Lin Zhiyuan, and he didn't hear what he talked about too clearly.

Whether a movie can become a classic, in addition to whether its core events are exciting enough, there must also be the factor of human choice, whenever there is a multiple-choice question, Cheng Shansheng will bring himself in, he always laughs at those protagonists' choices are too fake, and the meaning conveyed is too beautiful and positive.

Normal people are almost more realistic, and most of them will choose options that are beneficial to themselves, Cheng Shansheng has never felt that he is a good person, so he thinks that his choice will definitely not be like those people in movies or TV series, falling into the situation of human struggle, he will not hesitate to choose himself.

But when it was his turn to make this choice, he found that he was not as cold-blooded and ruthless as he imagined, and the pictures played in the movie did not seem to be something beautified and processed by the director's wishful thinking, and his mood at the moment was even more than that made in the movie.

Choose to protect himself or achieve Lin Zhiyuan, an ordinary person like him really doesn't have the ability to make a decision in a while, so he thought of using alcohol to numb himself.

Thinking of the scene in the tide of the dream, he also came here when he was faced with a helpless situation, how similar are the reasons for the two times? Could it be that he will meet a guy similar to Du Yunyi to make trouble today? Thinking like this, he pushed open the door to the wild bar.

The aroma of the drink mixes with the taste of nicotine, soothing and lazy folk songs, loud cheers, dimly colored lights... It exudes an intoxicating atmosphere, and it seems that you can really forget your troubles for a while, which is probably why adults love bars so much!

The decoration design in the bar is the same style as the decoration in the dream tide, the biggest difference is that there are many customers in the wild bar in the dream tide, while Cheng Shansheng is staying in the wild bar at the moment has no customers.

They are scattered everywhere, adding up to no more than ten, and Xu Mojia, as the boss, is staying at the bar and fiddling with those drinks, still dressed in the same neutral dress as when they first met a few years ago.

Cheng Shansheng carried the purchased snacks and walked over secretly, covered by singing, Xu Mojia concentrated on his own business without noticing him, until he put the snacks in front of her and coughed heavily.

Xu Mojia was full of excitement, raised his head to look at him, his eyes were full of hesitation and disbelief looking at him, Cheng Shansheng stood in place like a wooden man, and did not say a word.

After a long while, Xu Mojia rubbed her eyes to confirm that it was not an illusion, and then said in surprise: "True love!" How did you get here? Don't say hello to me in advance! ”

"I just feel like I haven't seen you for a long time, I want to come to see you, so I came over, anyway, your store is here, it's the same with or without notice, notify you in advance, you don't necessarily believe it, maybe there will be some inconvenient reason to make an appointment another day; If you can meet without notice, you can also give you a surprise, why not? ”

Cheng Shansheng sat on the barstool, took the wine list and checked it by himself.

"I haven't seen you for a few years, but your mouth is getting better and better! How have you been doing all these years? Xu Mojia snatched back the wine list from Cheng Shansheng's hand, turned around and walked towards the wine cabinet behind him.

Cheng Shansheng followed her route and found that her target was the most expensive bottles of red wine, and hurriedly said: "I'll drink some dark beer, don't mess around!" ”

The two have had almost no contact in the past few years, Xu Mojia opened a bar and saw it from the circle of friends, and Cheng Shansheng had a good chat on WeChat at the time, saying that he would definitely go to the opening ceremony.

But on the day of the opening, Cheng Shansheng didn't go because of other things, and made an appointment a few times later, either Cheng Shansheng was busy, or Xu Mojia was busy, and the final result was that there was no appointment.

Since then, the two have not made much appointments, and the number of contacts has become more and more rare, and their busyness is forced by life, which does not mean that their relationship is weak! It can be seen from Xu Mojia's expression after seeing Cheng Shansheng and the wine she was about to take.

"This is my wine, not your wine, I can drink whichever bottle I like, haven't you drunk beer and can't stand its taste?"

Xu Mojia ignored Cheng Shansheng's suggestion and walked back to the bar with the most expensive bottle of red wine.

"What are our conditions? Red wine that costs more than 100,000 yuan is too wasteful to drink like this! What is the difference between drinking it and chewing peonies for a rough man? Cheng Shansheng saw that Xu Mojia had already taken the wine glass, the wine decanter, and the red wine driver, and hurriedly spoke out to dissuade him.

If the actual business situation is the same as in the dream tide, he will drink without psychological barriers, but this huge bar, and the official start of nightlife, with less than double digit customers, is enough to show how bleak the business of the wild bar is.

In this case, drinking such expensive wine, isn't that the same as drinking Xu Mojia's blood?

"You give me back the wine, don't accidentally break it, this is given to me by someone, it doesn't cost money, anyway, the people who come to me can't afford to drink this wine, what's the problem with us drinking it ourselves?"

Xu Mojia tried to snatch back the bottle of red wine from Cheng Shansheng's hand, but she used all her strength, Cheng Shansheng's hand holding the red wine didn't even shake it, so she could only give up this meaningless approach and discuss instead.

"You're not lying to me, are you? Who would give away such a valuable wine? Cheng Shansheng obviously didn't believe her words, he didn't want to believe that the origin of this bottle of red wine could be given by someone else.

The price of a bottle of red wine can rise to six figures, the brand alone can't do it, the age and quantity are the core factors that determine it is so expensive, and the smaller the quantity, the more expensive the price, how rich does the person who takes this wine to give away?

"Didn't you give it away, did I buy it? It's hard to say whether my little bar, which has a good and bad business, can make this amount in a year, but can you have more face with me than this bottle of wine? It's me myself who wanted to drink it for a long time, but there is no suitable person, do you think it's all because of you? ”

Xu Mojia chuckled, stretched out his hand, and motioned for Cheng Shansheng to return the wine to her.

Cheng Shansheng pondered for a while, but did not find an obvious loophole, since the two of them both claimed true love to each other, then they must know each other's personalities very well, and the origin of this bottle of red wine may not have asked for money.

With this flickering effort, Xu Mojia successfully snatched back the red wine from Cheng Shansheng's hands, and said: "You just don't accept it, you just drink good wine, where are so many problems?" You haven't answered me how you've been all these years, and let me know how the other me is doing! ”

Seeing that the red wine screwdriver had sunk into the cork, Cheng Shansheng was not so distressed, carefully recalled the experience over the years, and made a general summary, generally speaking, it is to work hard, work hard to make money, there are nobles to help, and there are traitors to force each other...

A simple remark, Cheng Shansheng said it very plainly, but Xu Mojia listened to it with relish, she wanted to be a person like Cheng Shansheng, but she couldn't do it, and it was actually a good choice to live another life in this way.

Because whether Xu Mojia wants to become Cheng Shansheng, or Cheng Shansheng wants to become Xu Mojia, they all need to make huge changes, and this kind of change to complete the new life is not something that ordinary people have the courage to do.

And it is impossible to change for the better immediately, you need to move forward step by step, you will encounter all kinds of difficulties and setbacks, and it is unknown whether you can get what you want.

Cheng Shansheng is working so hard for a goal, she has endured hardships and tiredness over the years, Xu Mojia knows that she can't do it just by listening to it, so it's good to look at Cheng Shansheng.

"What about you? It should be better than me, right? After all, it's about doing what you love. ”

The two of them seemed to be completing some kind of handover ceremony, Cheng Shansheng finished talking about his years, and it was Xu Mojia's turn, but their feelings were different.

Xu Mojia hadn't seen Cheng Shansheng for many years, but Cheng Shansheng had seen Xu Mojia in the dream tide not long ago, and had a conversation like this, so he was mentally prepared for Xu Mojia's bad time.

The specific events are different, but the state is the same, thousands of words are combined into one "difficult" word, two very different people, in the face of life is no different.

A person who lives for his family seems to have no heart and lungs, and doesn't care about anything, but in fact he is physically and mentally exhausted; A person who lives for himself, who does what he wants, does what he likes, throws away his glamorous appearance, and does not gain true happiness.

The turbid wine was sorrowful, the drunkenness was slightly drunk, the door of the heart gradually opened, the topic between the two became deeper and deeper, the atmosphere became more and more heavy, and the cold and warmth became a grievance meeting.

"True love, there is a problem that has plagued me for a long time, that is, my current company is super unfriendly to me, I have paid so much for it, and the company's senior management looks at me everywhere and targets me, which seriously hinders my development!

With my current ability, I can choose to go to another company, and I get far more benefits than this company, but my direct boss treats me well, it can be said that without him, I would not be where I am today, if you were me, how would you choose? ”

The Xu Mojia in front of her is not a dream tide Xu Mojia, she is an ordinary person, of course she can't tell her about the dream hunter, Cheng Shansheng changed his situation a little, and changed it to a way that normal people can understand.

Xu Mojia's cheeks were slightly red, her consciousness was still very clear, her eyes were still sharp, as if she could perceive people's hearts, she silently took a sip of red wine, and said, "You shouldn't ask me how I choose, I'm not you, I can't give your answer!" ”

"I just don't have an answer to ask you! I've been thinking about this question for a long time, so just tell me what you would choose! Cheng Shansheng smiled bitterly and played a scoundrel.

"If you ask like this, the answer I give must not be true, because this is a hypothesis, this incident did not happen to me, and I have no real relationship with that direct boss, so my answer must be to change companies."

Xu Mojia chose to come out when she was in high school, and such a brave approach was not because of impulsiveness, but because her heart was mature enough, and her unusual sexual orientation gave her an early insight into human nature.

In this regard, Cheng Shansheng is inferior to her, the former is neutral, and the latter is prejudice.

Cheng Shansheng thought for a while and muttered: "In essence, I am the same, both are very self-conscious people, the difference is in the way of doing things, you care about feelings, I care about the results, it stands to reason that I should not hesitate, it is me who chooses to leave the company directly." ”

"To be honest, I was more scared at first sight of you, I thought you had changed, but now it seems that you haven't changed at all, it's good!" Xu Mojia drank all the wine in the cup and said a plausible word.

Cheng Shansheng didn't answer, and Xu Mojia didn't continue, just poured wine and drank, this was the tacit understanding between the two of them.