Chapter 3: Love at First Sight
In October, although it is not too cool and humid, the temperature becomes as low as the sky fades, and it is only 15 degrees. After the exhibition, Ye Keke, Jason and another colleague Song Xiaoa packed up the booth, packed the goods, and worked hard to transport the goods to the rented car, and the group dragged their tired bodies out of the venue to prepare to go home.
"Then I'll go first, my husband is coming to pick me up, and today Saturday, we're going to a birthday party for his colleague, and we can see you off if we stop by!"
Before my colleague Song Xiaoa finished speaking, Ye Keke immediately said, "No need, you can go quickly, it's been a tiring day, don't let your husband wait, it's not good to park, see you on Monday!" ”
"Then Jason, Coco, see you on Monday!" Song XiaoA waved his hand and disappeared under the neon lights.
"Leader Coco, are you going back to the hotel or going to Nanjing West Road with me? My girlfriend is waiting for me there, why don't we have dinner together in the evening? Jason politely invited Ye Coco.
"Oh, no, no, it's hard to work overtime during the day, even if you bring a light bulb at night, be careful of your girlfriend and you lose your temper! Haha, you go to the subway station, it's slower to take a taxi on Nanjing West Road at this point, see you on Monday! Ye Keke replied to Jason with interest, the golden time of Saturday evening, can not let poor Jason also spend time with the "leader". Ye Keke stood on the side of the road, watching Jason disappear into the crowd.
At night in Shanghai, when the neon lights are first lit up and the high lights are first dyed, there are long queues of cars one after another, and the crowds around them are endless. She looked up at the sky not far away, and the deep blue color was mixed with some red fiery clouds, "It's so beautiful! She couldn't help but blurt out. She was still looking into the distance, and when her thoughts were drifting away, a bright light suddenly hit her face, and then she heard the horn of the car, and someone rolled down the window and shouted at her, "Where are you going?" Get in! I'll send you! Shi Cheng inadvertently broke into Ye Keke's sight again.
"Hey! Timeline! What a coincidence! You're done too! Ye Keke couldn't hide the excitement on her face at this sudden appearance, but she didn't want to really trouble others because of a polite word, so she hurriedly continued, "You don't have to send me, go home early and rest, I haven't thought about what to do tonight, haha." ”
She was about to wave goodbye to Shi Cheng again, but Shi Cheng stopped the car and turned off the fire, got out of the car, and said, "After applying ointment to the burned part of your wrist, did you have blisters again?" Why are you still carrying two roll-up banners? Can't I let the materials be shipped back to the company together? As he spoke, he snatched the two roll-up banners from Ye Keke's shoulder, then opened the rear window and threw them in.
"Let's go, get in the car! I'll send you! Shi Cheng stood on the side of the car, more like an order, and said to Ye Keke.
"I'm sorry for you!" Ye Keke lowered his head and walked straight to the outside of the co-pilot, opened the door, and got into the car lightly.
"Well, thanks to you today, Shicheng! You've helped me a lot, haha, I'll give you the address of the hotel where I lived, 20 minutes by car from here, if there is no traffic jam. Ye Keke politely found the topic and the time schedule, and took out the opportunity to find the address of her hotel and report it to the time schedule.
"You didn't eat dinner, I didn't eat either, let's have a meal together, I'll send you home after eating, what do you think?" Shi Cheng didn't seem to hear Ye Keke's words, so he suddenly interrupted her, turned his head to look at Ye Keke, and then said.
"If I don't delay you, then of course it's fine, I was hungry an hour ago, and I don't know what to eat when I'm alone in Shanghai anyway! But yes, you've helped me so much today, and I'll have to invite you for this meal! She turned her head to Shi Cheng and said happily.
Shi Cheng didn't respond to her, his eyes kept staring ahead, Ye Keke didn't pay attention, he overtook the car and began to accelerate forward. The car drove for a while, and Shi Cheng said, "Let's eat Japanese food, I know an izakaya that tastes good, and the wasabi in the store is freshly ground." The food was served quickly, and I knew the owner so I didn't have to wait in line. Otherwise, this time is in Shanghai, why would you have to wait another hour or two before you can eat. ”
Ye Keke's eyes lit up, "Great, let's go to that tavern!" Today at noon, when I saw the staff at the booth next door, everyone had a box of sushi for lunch, and I remembered the freshly ground wasabi (wasabi) and sashimi at the sushi restaurant in front of our company! I'm so lucky to meet you today! She said as she danced with her hands.
Shi Cheng saw that when she mentioned eating, she was suddenly so happy, and she was also infected, and she became more talkative. "How long have you been in Shanghai? A girl's family, running to a strange city by herself, are you used to it? ”
"At first, I was really not used to it, mainly because compared to Sydney, Shanghai is too big, too prosperous, and too convenient! You don't need to bring a wallet when you go out, WeChat Alipay can do it directly. I can't be too lazy to go out on weekends, I can order takeout directly, which is a paradise for a foodie like me! It's just that there are too many people, and I haven't gotten used to this until now. But I've been here for more than 2 months, and I guess I'll be back in Sydney before I fully get used to it. When Ye Keke said the last sentence, she suddenly regretted it, and she secretly glanced at Shi Cheng.
His face didn't change much, and he was still chatting with her while driving, "Actually, I just went to Sydney at the beginning of this year, and I went to Sydney to play and work for more than half a month after adding a new project to the company's annual meeting." It's very good, the wind and water are good and the people are chic. In Shanghai, the pace of life is still much faster. ”
Ye Keke wanted to ask Shi Cheng more about Shanghai's colorful life, and just as he was about to speak, his mobile phone sent a WeChat reminder. She took a look, and it was actually Xiao Zhengyun's WeChat.
"Coco, are you still adjusting to staying in Shanghai lately? I'm going back to China this week, and I'll call Lao Xiao this Friday night, let's have dinner together? "Xiao Zhengyun.
"Xiao Zhengyun, deceive the corpse! You've finally remembered me, haha! I've already had dinner with your old Xiao before! Moreover, this Friday, just right, you fly back to me, it seems that we have no chance to meet," Ye Keke said.
"It's okay, I'll go to Sydney in December, and I'll see you and your parents then." Xiao Zhengyun
"Good! All right! Hurry up. I'm waiting for you to treat me to something delicious. Ye Keke just sent a text message, put down his mobile phone, and the car turned off.
After they parked their cars, they walked three blocks to the outside of the Japanese-style izakaya that Shicheng said. Ye Keke looked around, and the restaurant next to him was actually Caidiexuan, who had just come to last week's team building. "Oh! This is it! It dawned on her.
It was half past seven in the evening, and the door of the store was already full of people. The foreman took Shi Cheng and Ye Keke around the long line, and in a look of jealousy and envy, he pushed the door directly in. "I ra shi ma sai !welcome!" A waitress in a Japanese kimono stood at the place where she had just entered, greeting them in Japanese and Chinese while bowing deeply. The foreman ushered them into a tatami mat-style private room.
After the two of them were completely seated, Ye Keke couldn't wait to look through the menu. Shi Cheng sat across from him, didn't touch the menu, just looked at Ye Keke and asked her if she was drinking sake, beer or red wine.
"I'm still a wine bar, just a drink, but I still can't learn how to drink Japanese sake. You are free," Ye Keke said embarrassedly, as if it was the right thing to drink in any restaurant.
"Then I'll drink with you too." After Shi Cheng finished speaking, he opened the wine list, turned to the waiter, pointed to one of the wines, and said, "Help us serve this bottle, and another pot of sencha." After he finished speaking, he turned to Ye Keke and asked her if she wanted to order a drink, Ye Keke shook his head.
The dishes were finally served, and Ye Keke began to feast. The Japanese fried chicken nuggets dipped in mayonnaise sauce were so delicious that she was so hungry that she couldn't care about her ladylike demeanor. At the same time, I thought to myself, if I came to line up on Saturday night, I guess I wouldn't be able to eat until dawn.
After three rounds of drinking, Ye Keke gradually felt full, she looked at the time on the other side, she was still very reserved in eating, and the wine in her hand did not stop one after another. Can you still drive after drinking this?
It may be that she stared at Shi Cheng's wine glass for too long, and he seemed to see through her thoughts, and said, "It's okay, there are many substitute drivers in Shanghai, or I will take a taxi to send you back later, so it's safer." Shi Cheng smiled and looked at the girl sitting opposite him with a worried face, and then looked at the wine glass in his hand, and suddenly felt that he seemed to have drunk a little too much today. Didn't you say that you would send people home, why did it become a substitute driver? However, without drinking, I feel that I can't relax and communicate normally with this beautiful woman in front of me.
He didn't wait for Ye Keke to continue, and with the strength of the wine, he preemptively started another topic, "Coco, I guess you should have grown up in Shanghai before, right?" I see that when you ordered the food just now, you understood some Shanghainese, and your Mandarin was quite standard. "He really called out Coco! When he said it, even he was surprised. It feels like I've done a lot of incredible things in a row today. I always feel that after meeting Ye Keke, he suddenly became not the steady and introverted self he has always been, this girl really has magical powers!
Ye Keke, who has lived abroad for a long time, has become accustomed to being called by various English names, but when she heard an almost strange man call herself so affectionately in Chinese, this was the first time! She suddenly realized that the man who looked a little older than her in front of her should have taken a fancy to her. She only felt her heart beat faster. Is this what others say, love at first sight?