The story of Echo
If human beings are immortal, the wounds in the world will not be extinguished, because injuries are created by human beings themselves, and, to put it mildly, most of the injuries are made by human beings. And everyone's injuries seem to be very different, but they have the same end.
After listening to too many stories and meeting too many different people, An An's original idea of opening a bar should be put into practice. An An has been in the bar for just a few months, but she has seen more than she has seen in her years as an actor.
Now An An is practicing with other people's wine every day, and there are a bunch of bodyguards arranged by Gu Fan who only occupy a position here and do not order alcohol, which makes An An feel very sorry for the boss.
Although the boss didn't say it, he also acted very friendly to An An, but An An really felt that this was not good. Of course, An An didn't know that Gu Fan had bought the bar, and the current owner was just an agent.
Today, it was the last time An An mixed drinks at this bar, and An An mixed a glass of wine for all An An's familiar faces for free, thanking them for their stories.
However, An An is also curious about one person's story, that is, Echo's story, so An An's last glass of wine was for Echo. Moreover, this glass of wine is also the first wine that An An learned to drink.
An An accurately controls the amount of base wine and various fruit juices, and finally cuts a slice of orange peel by hand, squeezes the essential oil of orange peel into the wine, and then throws the orange peel into the wine, and then a cup of "Metropolis" full of temptation is formed.
An An put this cup of "Metropolis" in front of Echo and said:
"The old rule, a story for a glass of wine."
Echo stared at the glass, the bright red color did not make people feel tacky, and there was a bit of mysterious temptation that could not be seen through, like Echo himself. And the mysterious temptation is exactly how Echo feels to An An.
Seeing that Echo didn't speak, An An thought that Echo was unwilling to tell her story, An An didn't want to be reluctant, so she said:
"Echo, if you don't want to say it, don't say it, I'll invite you for this glass of wine."
An An said and pushed the wine in front of Echo.
Echo picked up his glass, put it in front of his nose and sniffed it, saying:
"Yes, it's worth my story."
An An is curious about Echo's story, and has been curious since the first day they met, but Echo doesn't say anything even if he is killed. Looking at An An's shocked look, Echo spoke:
"Let's start with my name!"
An An kept nodding, as long as Echo was willing to say, she could start talking anywhere.
Echo says that she called it because she had met a man who was a wandering writer named Xunkotori.
Echo didn't notice the change in An An's expression, although they were all shocked, but the reason for the shock had changed.
An An thought in her heart, why is it looking for the ancients again?
When Echo met Xungu, she first came to this city, a strange city, and she never knew how to pity strange visitors. At that time, Echo was just a simple little girl, silly, full of fantasies about the future. But the city didn't feel sorry for her stupidity, and beat her fantasies all over the body.
Echo works as a waitress in a bar, a simple child who doesn't understand the dangers of the world, and doesn't understand that there are many pairs of vicious eyes staring at her behind her.
The owner of the bar was very good to Echo on the surface, but secretly used Echo to help him pass drugs, Echo didn't understand anything at that time, he was very easy to deceive, and he was sold and stupidly helped others count the money.
Once, Echo put the drugs her boss gave her into a private room, and was stopped by the people inside. Echo saw the people put the white powder under their noses and sucked it, only to suddenly realize what was going on, and while the people were fluttering, Echo escaped.
Although something bad happened, Echo didn't associate it with his boss. Echo, who escaped, bumped into the boss without dying, and at this time Echo didn't know that he was being used by the boss, and told the boss that someone was taking drugs in his bar and told the boss to call the police quickly.
The word alarm came out of Echo's mouth, which made the boss murderous. The boss pulled Echo with a smile on his face, telling her not to panic and that it would not be too late to call the police when the situation was clarified. Echo would love to call the police sooner, but her boss told her to wait and she was willing to wait, because it was the boss who gave her a job and a place to eat and sleep when she was desperate to stay on the streets.
The trust in Echo is destined to be disappointed. The boss calls Echo to an empty room, tells her that she can't call the police, and tells her that she is not allowed to call the police. The usually kind and kind boss showed his hideous face at this moment. Echo was scared, she kept shaking her head and backing away. The boss pressed closer, and when Echo shouted for help, the boss's evil hands grabbed Echo's neck.
As she struggled, Echo touched an ashtray-like object, smashed it at her boss's head, and ran out as hard as she could. When the boss saw Echo running out, he also desperately chased after him. Echo ran out, the boss was finished, the boss caught up, and Echo was finished, so both of them were desperate.
It was in this context that Echo met Ancient.
Xungu saves Echo, and Echo calms down and tells Xungu the truth of the matter, hoping that Xungu can help her.
After that, Echo followed Xungu, and Echo called the police for the help of Xungu, and the bar owner was punished by the law.
Xungu named Echo Echo and told her that there would be repercussions if she never forgot it, giving her a new beginning and a new hope.
Echo said that Xungu never asked her for anything, saying that Xungu taught her how to survive, that Xungu gave her life light, and that she liked Xungu.
Echo thinks that Xungu also likes himself, otherwise why would Xungu help him? At least you should abandon yourself after you get rid of the bar owner. So Echo expresses her thoughts to Xungu with what she thought she thought, and Xungu just looks at her.
Echo said that she looked like a fool when she was stared at by Xungu, and after going through so much, she still didn't grow up, and she was still a fool.
"How could he possibly like me? How could someone as good as him look up to me? He just took pity on me. ”
Speaking of this, Echo took a sip of the "Metropolis" that An An had concocted for her before continuing:
"After that, Xungu gradually distanced himself from me, and if I knew that this would be the end, then I would rather never say my love for the rest of my life. But there is no regret medicine in the world, and the words spoken are like water spilled out, and it is difficult to collect them when covered with water. In the end, it was as if Xungu had disappeared from the world, and I didn't even have any news of him. However, Xungu taught me how to live in this city, so no matter what, his appearance is a light in the darkness for me, and he is my light. ”
This is basically the end of the story, and Echo is basically out of drink.
But the turbulent waves in An'an did not calm down with the end of the story. An An cautiously asked:
"Echo, have you been looking for him?"
Echo nodded, saying that she had been looking for it, but had never found it.
An An found that Echo was too similar to her teacher, both of them met Xun Gu and then never forgot to look for it.
Echo muttered:
"What he said, if you don't forget it, there will be an echo, so I believe that as long as I don't give up, someone who will find him one day will wait for his love."
Hearing Echo say this, An An fell silent. An An didn't want to tell Echo the truth, she didn't want her to know that Xungu was a bastard who played with women's feelings.
Xungu changed his teacher and changed Echo, this change is not good or bad, but the damage after it will always stay with them for the rest of their lives.
An An wanted to say to Echo that there may not be an echo if she never forgets, but An An saw that there was light in Echo's eyes, so An An said as soon as she opened her mouth: "Echo, if you don't forget, there will be an echo." ”
An An didn't want to hurt Echo, because Echo said that Xungu was the light of her life, and the light in people's lives could not be extinguished. An An casually poured two glasses of wine and handed one to Echo, but after the two clinked glasses, Echo poured the wine in An An's hand into his own wine glass, and then drank it all.
"If you can't drink enough, don't be reckless, I'll drink it for you."
Echo turned the cup upside down, indicating that he had finished drinking.
An An smiled and was silent, because she didn't dare to speak, and she didn't know if she should tell the truth. In the end, An An thought about it, maybe she had some misunderstanding about Xungu, maybe Xungu had her own troubles, maybe Xungu didn't want to hurt anyone?
An An can only think like this, otherwise Echo will only be more sad and sad if he tells the truth, and there is no point. An An only hopes that one day Echo can meet the real right person in her life. In An An's view, the person who did not accompany him to the last moment of his life is not the right person.
An An poured a glass of water, raised her glass to Echo and said:
"In order not to cause you trouble because I am drunk, I will toast you with water instead of wine. Echo, thank you for teaching me bartending and for being willing to tell me your story. I won't be here in the future, I wish you happiness for the rest of your life! ”
An An toasted the water, and after drinking it, he found that his mouth was still a little dry, so he poured another glass to drink.
Echo just smiled, and seriously, Echo's smile was unlike anything An An had ever seen before. Echo's smile always makes people feel like there's a story behind it.
An An and Echo chatted until the early hours of the morning, and the guests in the bar were all gone, and An An and Echo were leaving.
An An is very happy to know Echo, but An An always feels that something is wrong, the teacher met Echo as soon as he left, and they are all people related to the search for the ancients.
Although An An still doesn't know if it's a coincidence or other reasons, the search for the past makes An An even more curious. An An didn't want to deal with the ancients, but now he is determined to find out this person. An An wants to see what kind of sacredness this ancient search is.
Yesterday An An and Gu Fan had a little embarrassing quarrel, and today Gu Fan did not appear, which is not a strange thing, but Xiang Qi Ye did not appear, which made An An a little worried.
It was already early in the morning when An An returned home and finished washing, so he wanted to call Xiang Qi Ye. After the phone was connected, he told Qi Ye that he was fine, so that An An could rest assured. Xiang Qi Ye also knew that An An must have just come home from the bar and hadn't rested, so he let An An have a good rest, and when he was done with the things at hand, he would go to visit An An.
Xiang Qi Ye personally said that it was okay, and An An didn't think much about it, so he packed up and went to sleep.