In the past, in a bar, the bar was the only place where you could have a friendly conversation with strangers.

Whether you're queuing in line to buy a drink or sitting and chatting, you can always open your heart and talk about topics of interest to people you meet for the first time in your life. Astronomy, geography, relationships, career, as long as the other party is equally interested, you can talk all night.

Tonight's "Coast BAR" saw more noise and clinking glasses than ever before.

Against the backdrop of the hustle and bustle, Zhou Jin poured a glass of cognac native to France, sat alone at the bar and savored it, occasionally glancing over the crowd.

Yang Qinghuan walked over with a bottle of champagne, the white grapes in the goblet were fragrant, and the nail heels stepped on the floor tiles with the sound of "Tata".

In my memory, Yang Qinghuan should have worn tawny oxford shoes that only exposed her ankles, and a pair of denim wide-leg pants on her lower body, which looked refreshing and neat, but she was also sexy because of her slender legs.

At this time, she changed into a water-blue dress that hung down to her calves, and when she walked, her fluffy skirt fluttered in the wind, but she looked like a young girl.

If Zhou Jin is not mistaken, the pair of bright blue "hating the sky" under the skirt has a slender heel of 10 cm. Seeing her walk on the ground, I really don't know how to do it.

"Where did you find it?" Zhou Jin raised his glass and said.

Yang Qinghuan covered her mouth and chuckled: "This is my home field, and it is not difficult to find a dress." ”

"Miss Yang", Zhou Jin admired, "this body is very suitable for you." ”

The other party smiled and asked, "At my age, can I still call it that?" ”

"Others may not," Zhou Jin shrugged his shoulders and said helplessly, "But what...... There are always exceptions for beautiful ladies. ”

Yang Qinghuan looked at him as if he was "telling the truth", and couldn't help but laugh out loud.

She looked at each other with bright eyes and said, "Thank you so much." ”

"Mind if I sit next to you?" Yang Qinghuan asked.

The other party turned around and stood up, put his left palm on his right chest, and bowed 15 degrees to make a gentlemanly salute.

"It's a great honor." Zhou Jin said.

……

"What are you looking at?" After a while, Yang Qinghuan asked curiously.

The people in the center of the stage danced clumsily, and Zhou Jin looked at those people and suddenly felt a little confused.

He asked, "You say...... If it weren't for this cataclysm, where would all these people be now? ”

"Who knows", Yang Qinghuan took a sip of the wine to her lips, "Busy with life, busy with work, it's nothing more than that." ”

"And what about you, Miss Yang?"

"Me?" Yang Qinghuan pointed at herself with the finger that didn't hold the wine glass, "In the middle of the night, it's still the working time of the bar foreman." ”

"Didn't go home to rest?" Zhou Jin was puzzled.

Yang Qinghuan raised her wine glass to the light, and the wine became colorful with the scattering of stage lights.

"Rest?" Shredded colored light flashed on her cheeks, "People are resting, where should they go to earn money?" ”

"Money matters, right?" Zhou Jin pondered.

"People in our class have a lot to lose if they don't have money. Future, dreams, family, quality of life, and even love. Money is never everything, and it doesn't bring everything. But without money, people no longer look like people. ”

"Man is no longer like man...... Is it? Zhou Jin said that he did not understand.

Yang Qinghuan put down the wine glass and looked into his eyes: "Without a family, far away from relatives and friends, do you think this person is complete?" ”

She didn't wait for Zhou Jin to answer, and then said, "This catastrophe probably surprised everyone. The outbreak of the cataclysm has turned everything in the past into ashes, whether it is money, wealth or honor, it is so vulnerable in the face of the end times. ”

"Maybe without this catastrophe, I would have been promoted from foreman to a small supervisor. Then I look forward to one day in the future when I can spend more time with my family......" Yang Qinghuan seemed to be thinking, "It has been more than a month since the catastrophe broke out. I sometimes wonder - what is the purpose of people who are so persistent at that time? ”

Zhou Jin thought for a while: "Mediocre, maybe it's just because of emptiness. ”

Yang Qinghuan looked at him, as if she didn't expect him to say such a thing.

"Cheers." Zhou Jin toasted to her, "For the future Director Yang." ”

“Cheers!” Yang Qinghuan clinked glasses with him and corrected casually, "For the future." ”

Tulip cups with small mouths and wide bellies are designed to hold brandy, which is said to preserve the aromas of the fermented wine to a greater extent.

At this moment, less than one-third of the wine is in the glass, and when drinking, Zhou Jing is accustomed to using the fingers of his finger and ring finger to clamp the handle of the cup, and the temperature of the hand is passed into the glass to make the wine slightly warmer, thus increasing the wine and aroma.

Zhou Jin shows a very educated side. After drinking, he leaned sideways in front of the bar, looking at the side, his facial features were three-dimensional, angular, and his elegant demeanor seemed to be natural, as if he had an innate aristocratic atmosphere.

Noticing that Yang Qinghuan was looking at herself, Zhou Jin raised the wine glass in his hand and asked with a smile, "Give it a try?" You're used to liqueur, have you drunk this? ”

"Hmph, never underestimate a woman." Yang Qinghuan winked at him, "Forgot what I do?" It's not that I can't do it. ”

She slumped her neck and drank the champagne from her glass, then grabbed the bottle and poured herself a small half glass.

Gently shake the glass, the shape of the wine flowing along the walls of the glass is constantly changing, and the quality brandy is slightly thicker, so the sliding speed is slower.

"You're really picky, this is the shopkeeper's old man's private goods." She grunted and took a shallow bite.

Zhou Jinqiao curled the corners of his mouth: "I also found it at the back of the bar." ”

"It's so spicy", Yang Qinghuan squinted her eyes tightly and hummed, "But I like it." ”

Zhou Jin sat opposite, unable to see how the delicate liquor flowed through his throat and fell into Yang Qinghuan's stomach, but the looming swallowing action under the snow-white onion neck was full of charm, and people couldn't help but think about it.

After taking a sip, Yang Qinghuan raised her eyebrows at him: "How is it?" ”

He hurriedly snorted, raised his glass to her, and said, "I'm sorry that I lost my eyes." ”

"I'm sorry, I should punish myself~" Yang Qinghuan said playfully.

"It's nature."

……

The brandy stored in oak barrels is a wonderful wine with a rich aroma and aroma. The color is even more crystal clear, amber-like golden yellow, so noble and elegant, no wonder it is sought after.

However, these grapes are fermented, distilled to obtain high alcohol, and then stored in oak barrels, making them a full spirit.

It didn't take long for Yang Qinghuan to lose her strength and her face flushed.

It's no wonder that most people prefer to mix with water and ice. Add ice cubes or mineral water to the brandy to dilute its alcohol content and increase its taste, making it easier to eat.

And there are indeed a few people like Zhou Jin who like pure drinking, and Yang Qinghuan has to keep up with it, so naturally the amount of alcohol will bottom out soon.

"Why", Zhou Jin asked casually, "If you choose to work all night, you can still stagger your vacation for a few hours." ”

The other person looked a little delirious. Maybe it was a headache, so I reached out and covered one side of my forehead.

"Yes, it can be done. But I volunteered. ”

After that, Yang Qinghuan didn't say.

Seeing this, Zhou Jin changed a glass of juice for her, clinked glasses with her, and chatted about some things in the past.

"What was Miss Yang doing before she became the foreman?"

"What has been done? That's a lot. A rebellious and ignorant child, a silly girl who eloped with someone and got married in a flash, a stay-at-home mother who does nothing, and a divorced woman who is greedy for pleasure...... I don't know which one you want to hear? Yang Qinghuan hooked her fingers at him, not knowing at all how charming her eyes were at the moment, how seductive she was to others.

"You know I didn't mean that."

"Teasing you." Yang Qinghuan patted the other party's shoulder indifferently.

"Words of work," she recalled, looking up in her usual tone, "there have been many. I worked odd jobs, worked as a cashier in a supermarket, and worked as a ticket seller in a late-night movie theater for a while. By the way, my sister-in-law helped me find a job with good salary, but unfortunately the boss wanted to plot against me, so I kicked me and went to the hospital. ”

"How? Awesome. At this time, Yang Qinghuan showed off like a naughty child, "So don't mess with me." ”

But what she said lightly, Zhou Jin didn't feel a little difficult to understand.

"This thing...... Yang Bensheng and Sister Li, do they know? ”

Yang Qinghuan's eyes were a little fluttering.

"I didn't say that." She said silently, her voice low.

Zhou Jin opened his mouth, and after a long time, he didn't ask the "why".

"Want to hear a story?" Yang Qinghuan suddenly smiled, "It just so happens that you also have wine here." ”

Zhou Jin raised his glass: "I'm listening." ”

"I said right, I had a job as a ticket seller in a late-night movie theater for a while. To be honest, that kind of work is very leisurely, and it can be done by one person. In fact, except for some young and ignorant couples, there are few people in the night club. Usually, when there are not many customers, I hide behind the window and secretly speculate on stocks with my mobile phone. ”

"You're going to do this?" Zhou Jin's surprise did not seem to be fake.

"In order to make money", Yang Qinghuan spread her hands, "But I am a beginner, and I only have a little principal in my hand." At the beginning, I made less money and lost more, so I buried my head in research for a while. ”

"It was an early winter night, because it was not yet Christmas and other festivals, and I was in a small theater that was not very famous, so I didn't even have a shadow at night. From 8 p.m. to midnight, I had nothing to do, so I had to lie on the table and fiddle with 'bank-securities transfer'. Until a cold barrel hits my forehead......"

"In winter, the heating in the ticket hall is useless, and the whole person is wrapped in a down jacket like a bear, and it is still not warm. Something suddenly pressed against my forehead, and the cold, solid touch startled me. At first I didn't know what it was, until the guy outside the ticket window warned me, 'Don't move, hand over the money.'" ”

"It's something like, 'I'll shoot if I mess around,' he didn't say anything like that. Maybe he thinks it's nonsense and unnecessary. But I was so frightened that my first instinct was to lean back. ”

"I stumbled over the chair and threw it to the ground. At last I could see what was on my forehead—a black pistol with a terrifying black muzzle. ”

"He probably didn't expect my reaction to be so violent. But the ticket window was so narrow that only one arm could be reached, so the muzzle of the gun could not move forward, and it could not be pressed against my head again. ”

"In desperation, I threw out everything in my hand and on my desk, even the most expensive mobile phone on my body, just to buy an extra second. A lot of things didn't hit the target through the window, but just crashed into the glass window and rattled, causing the man to be confused for a while. ”

"While he was in a hurry, I took the opportunity to hide under the table, trying to hide as deep as the bottom of the table, and I wanted to squeeze my body into the crack in the wall. The table is under the window, and maybe a bullet can pierce it. Whether he noticed that I was hiding here, I don't know. ”

Since Yang Qinghuan was able to drink and chat here, it must have been okay at that time. But Zhou Jin was still a little nervous when he heard this, so he frowned slightly.

"Maybe it's a rare rush to make wisdom." Yang Qinghuan continued, "With trembling hands, I threw the cash register that had fallen to the ground back from under the table. Then I heard the sound of it being taken away, but I still cowered under the table and didn't move. I was afraid that this man didn't leave, and I was afraid that a bullet that happened to kill me. And so, I stayed under the table with my eyes open until dawn, until the other people in the store came back in the morning, pulled me out from under the table, and asked me what happened last night......"

"All of this was captured by the store's surveillance. Later I saw in the video that the robbers took the money and left, never to return. Whether the robber was afraid of attracting attention, or didn't want to cause more trouble, it was all a false alarm. ”

"When I was hiding under the table and praying, many figures appeared in my mind, including my mother who is no longer alive, including my eldest brother, Xiaoxiao, and even the husband who made me regret it for the rest of my life. But the whole theater was empty, and in the end there was no one but me and a bandit who could take my life at any moment. ”

"It was also at that moment that I realized what it means to be far away from water and not be able to solve near fire. At the moment of life and death, the only one who can really help me is myself. ”

"After the incident, I was fired as expected."

Of course, the crime on the surface is not to exchange the money from the theater for his life. It's that someone speculates in stocks during working hours and doesn't do business. ”

"Hehe, it didn't turn out any different."

Zhou Jin clinked glasses with her again: "So you didn't tell them about this matter, did you?" ”

"Why bother?" She shrugged and said, "It's all gone anyway." When I was younger, I was too headstrong, and I had already caused them too much trouble. ”

Yang Qinghuan smiled at this time: "Everyone has their own secrets, doesn't they?" ”

"Of course there will be good things," she said, shaking the glass in her hand, "In the winter, and it's near the end of the year, it's not easy to find a new job." It was the owner here who took me in. ”