The black curtain fell in the middle of the night, as if someone had carried a pen to dye a thick black ink, rendering the whole sky.

This street, which is bustling at dawn, falls into a deep sleep at night. She looked up and saw that the ornate European-style buildings had all been submerged into a dignified deep darkness.

The streetlamps flickered in a pale yellow glow, and the doors were closed, except for one café with a half-hidden sky-blue painted wooden door, a faint orange light that spilled down the crack to her feet. The wind blows in the night, and the wind chimes above the head swaying a string of light sounds.

Slide your fingers over your phone at a constant speed, and the star charm on your wrist jingles. The long hair curled slightly, gently fluttering along the passing wind.

The wind at night is not as soft as during the day, with a chilly smell. She put on a white hat and hid her face in a shadow, revealing only a small mouth, the corners of which were indifferent, like the cold outline of the light-colored building leaning behind her, outlined by the night.

Faintly feeling a bright gaze behind him, the boy's voice suddenly sounded: "Aren't you cold?" ”

She looked up, and a cold light hit half of her face, making her face extremely white, and a dark blue five-pointed star tattoo flashed in the corner of her eye. She turned her face sideways, with a pair of apricot eyes with a little coldness, looked at the boy in front of her who was much taller than him, and asked, "Is there something wrong?" ”

"I'm here to solicit customers. Now that the season is in early winter, there are many fewer guests. The boy took off his black mask, his eyes swept softly all the way to the corners of his mouth, and gradually opened a shallow smile, "Do you want to drink something?" ”

She glanced at her phone, and the red icon seemed to be sending her a warning that it was about to run out of battery. She looked up again and saw the boy's delicate face. After hesitating for a moment, she nodded, "Is there coffee?" Add milk. ”

So, Yin Tingxi met Yun Qi.

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Yunqi's coffee shop is no different from the rest of the European-style shops, but with a touch of ancient charm. In addition to selling coffee, the store's wooden openwork shelves are lined with a variety of elegant books. Hourglass decorations and old music boxes are dotted throughout.

Yin Tingxi poured the woodcarved hourglass over, and then held his chin to watch time pass slowly like fine sand in glass.

Sometimes, the time of the day passed in a flash, and Yin Tianxi was stunned to watch the last little light blue gravel fall at the bottom of the hourglass, piling up into a small slope, and didn't notice Yun Qi standing beside him with coffee.

"How?" Yun Qi knocked on the table, and the coffee was gorgeously placed in front of her with a layer of heat. It can be seen that Yun Qi is very skilled in making coffee, and a white kitten is vividly drawn on the brown chocolate powder. Take a sip and the aroma of milk lingers on your taste buds. Yun Qi not only put milk in it, but also added sugar. The sweetness with a warm touch, like chocolate wrapped in freshly baked heat.

"It's so sweet." Yin Tingxi frowned slightly, the vibration of the mobile phone sounded, and a line of text appeared on the screen that made her happy: The ticket purchase was successful.

"I see you're young, and besides, don't all girls have a sweet tooth?" Yun Qi handed her a tissue, saw the system prompt on her phone, and leaned over curiously, "Where are you going to take the car?" ”

"Star City." She stripped the long hair that covered her eyes behind her ears. Turning his head, his gaze was intersecting with Yun Qi, and suddenly he was a little curious, so he said, "You don't look too old." Can you tell me your name? ”

When Yun Qi heard this, he just gently hooked the corners of his mouth, and put his slender fingers on the fragrant tissue. Yin Tingxi probed along his fingertips, and on the pure and impurity-free white, the shallow handwriting was like water: Yun Qi.

Seeing that Yin Tianxi was surprised by the words that suddenly appeared on the tissue, Yun Qi seemed to inadvertently say to her, "Are you, should you let me know your name?" ”

She retracted her thoughts and took another sip of the delicate coffee cup, the sweetness seemed to be less intense in the faint bitterness. She picked up her phone, the bright light reflected her small face, and slowly spit out a sentence: "My name, Yin Tianxi." ”

Yun Qi stood at the table, looking at the girl in a white hoodie in front of her, the smile on the corner of her mouth was gradually blown away by the breeze that came in through the gap in the window, and the indifference hung on her face, and a delicate and soft face made people look extremely comfortable.

After a while, he sat down on the sofa opposite Yin Tingxi, and naturally brought up the topic: "Why do you want to go to Star City?" ”

When Yin Tianxi heard this, he still looked at the information on the screen of his mobile phone, and replied lightly: "I'm going to the music school there." It can also be said to go on a trip. ”

Indeed, Yin Tingxi's original purpose of going to Star City was to go to the famous Phantom Star Music School there for new student registration, but the strange city of Star City is very different from this European-style city from the photos, with a classical charm, but it is a little similar to Yunqi's coffee shop, which makes her a little interested.

"Music school?" Yun Qi looked at her with interest, a cold face, it seemed that there was no expression, and it was difficult to see through what she was thinking. Thinking of this, Yun Qi smiled slightly, and the six-pointed star symbol hidden by the sleeves shook the light that shot down from overhead.

"By the way, how did you come up with the idea of opening a coffee shop on your own, or on this street?" Perhaps because he was going to another unfamiliar city tomorrow and felt happy, Yin Tianxi took the initiative to ask Yun Qi.

"Because I want to open a shop, I stay quietly, receive customers, live a peaceful life, look at the bright smile of the flower shop owner, watch those children play, this kind of life, there will be no turmoil, there is no need for disputes, how good." Yun Qi looked out the window, and the darkness on the other side of the street was a kind of quiet and tranquil blandness, "I opened here because this street is prosperous and lively, and it will not be without customers." ”

Yin Tianxi held his chin in one hand, stirred the coffee with a spoon in the other, and asked, "With such calm, you are alone, won't you be lonely?" ”

"Maybe, but even if it's lonely, it's fine." Yun Qi lowered his eyes and looked at his name on the paper, as if there was snow in his eyes gradually falling sporadically, and a misty white color was rendered little by little, covering his originally warm pupils.

The past suddenly drifted through the ocean of memories like a snowstorm, setting off waves layer by layer, for no reason. After a moment of silence, Yun Qi ensured that he always remained calm, like an invisible wind blowing, slowly bringing out the seemingly casual words that he couldn't hear his feelings: "After seeing the passage of time, who said that dreams are the most gorgeous?" Even if the beginning is good, the ending I see is full of death. Maybe...... It's best to be a simple but happy person. ”

A stray snow, the time has passed, the snowflakes have dispersed, and when I look back, I can catch a glimpse of a warm color, but it is only the light scattered on the table in the coffee shop on the street.

and Yin Tingxi's clear and bright eyes.

"Why is it that all endings are parting?" Yin Tianxi watched the wind and snow in his eyes dissipate, and returned to his previous indifferent softness. Seeing her open her mouth to ask, Yun Qi was stunned for a moment and forgot to answer.

Seeing that he didn't respond, Yin Tianxi smiled and continued: "I believe that there will be an ending that is not sad, and beauty and consummation will also come." ”

Yun Qi looked at her eyes that shimmered lightly, and in that cold color, it was like stars flickering in the sky. She finished her last sip of coffee, stood up, and smiled at him for a moment: "Then, we'll see you later." I'll be here again when I get back from Star City. ”

Yun Qi watched her back disappear into the night, her head gently leaning on the door frame, her eyes drooping slightly, but the smile on the corner of her mouth was shallow.

He spoke slowly in his heart, his voice as ethereal as the moonlight like silver frost in the sky, and the veil-like clouds blurred away layer by layer.

He said, "May the trajectory of your stars bring you luck." My first customer, Yin Tingxi.