Now_and_then (now and later),

there's_a_fool_such_as_I (there's a fool like me)~"

In the middle of the old-fashioned drive-in restaurant, a pillar of blue light shoots from the bottom of the prototype stage to the roof, in which a 360-degree virtual hologram of a 100-year-old Meda Busoya music superstar is playing, plucking an old-fashioned electric guitar and singing his immortal song "A_fool_such_as_I (A Fool Like Me)."

Around the blue pillars of light are vehicles that are sent to various designated positions by ground slides, among which modern maglev cars, sports cars, and nostalgic four-wheel drive SUVs with better braking performance than maglev models are the main ones. In addition to the cars that the guests drove in, there are also some classic cars that are set up in the restaurant for some guests to dine on foot. These cars were cut to form long tables, stools or bars, while others retained the basic structure of the car, with tables and seats added to the car. Outside the dining area, there are various license plates, road signs, and old posters. There's even a giant antique plastic simulator track with pencil-case-sized modified mini cars running on it for guests to bet on for entertainment. In the decoration, the more conspicuous is a circle of crystal trophies inlaid in the wall, about 90 of them, each trophy is infused with a holographic sculpture of a couple, which is not a solid sculpture, but a moving image of about three seconds, these couples are either looking at each other sweetly, or kissing, or looking in the direction of the guests.

Among all the diners, the most conspicuous were the two cars mixed with Yaning and Maida Busoya, causing whispers from the surrounding guests. Aside from the gnomes who sell cigarettes for entertainment, there shouldn't have been any other Yaning people in this restaurant.

Among them, the red-haired Arya, the tank girl, the green snake and the white tiger are crammed into a car, and the white tiger is heartlessly munching on the Meda Busso-style fast food delivered by the restaurant robot with a pulley at the bottom, while the other three people invariably look at the other car next to them.

In that car sat Hong Yuesheng, Brunhilde, Emily and Bonnie, and after the previous incident at the front desk of the restaurant, Brunhilde has refused to take off her classic nostalgic sunglasses, never spoken or eaten anything again. The occupants of the car had to quietly eat and drink the steak burgers and soda drinks that were brought in, but the whole car was silent, and the singer in the blue pillar of light said an accentuated "A_fool_such_as_I (fool like me)!" "It makes the atmosphere especially awkward.

Smack...... Emily, who had been silently sucking on the carbonated orange juice, didn't realize that she had sucked it all the way, and the straw made a smacking sound, and everyone looked at her.

"Ah...... I'm sorry......" Emily looked around at a few people, "I, I'm going to ask for another drink." With that, she took the opportunity to leave her seat.

"I'll go too...... Toilet trip! Bonnie quickly made an excuse and slipped out of the car with Emily.

Emily and Bonnie went around in a circle, tiptoeing in the other direction to the red-haired Arya's car.

“Why_you_two_come_here?！

(How did you two get here?!) Red-haired Arya glared at the two.

“Captain,give_us_a_break_please,it’s_too_depressing!

(Captain, we take a breath, it's too depressing to stand it!) Bonnie clutched his chest and said, still eyeing the green snake between words, and was glared at by the red-haired Arya, before he relented.

“Left_those_two_alone_in_the_car,what_if_anything_happen?！

(You left both of them in the car, what if something happens?!) ）”

In the car, only Hong Yuesheng and Brunhilde were left facing forward, sitting in their respective positions without intersecting.

"Ahem," Hong Yuesheng coughed awkwardly, and jerkily opened the ice-breaking trip:

"Thank you just now...... I owe you two loves, I'll remember it. ”

"......" Brunhilde's face under his sunglasses was expressionless, and he replied half-loudly: "You're welcome, you better forget." ”

Hong Yuesheng suddenly remembered something, took it out of his pocket, and took out a paper bag wrapped in newspaper. He opened the paper packet, revealing the bright red.

"By the way, this is your handkerchief, it landed on the deck, I picked it up and returned it to you now."

Brünnhilde turned his head sideways and looked through his sunglasses at the folded white-on-blue handkerchief in Hong Yuesheng's hand, with a trace of blood on his lips.

In the blood-red sea, the scene of himself mistakenly pressing his lips against the mouth of the Yaning young man in front of him surfaced in front of him again.

"I don't want it." She said, her subconscious tongue quickly sliding over the already fused cleft in her lips.

"It's good, why don't I wash it for you?"

"No, I'm going to give it to you."

"But......" Hong Yuesheng raised the handkerchief in her hand uninterestingly, but she didn't expect to be knocked into the air by Brunhilde's hand.

"I told you! You don't have to pay it back! Her reaction this time was a bit violent, and she herself immediately realized that her voice had calmed down when the handkerchief fell on the outside of the car:

"I think you're a little mistaken about what happened before." She took off her sunglasses and looked at Hong Yuesheng with emerald eyes for the first time: "I saved you because of a misunderstanding; I did that because I didn't want to embarrass my teammates. So don't take advantage of it just because you're wrong.

I don't care how you got mixed up with my brother, but it didn't work for me. ”

In the red-haired Arya's car, six people were already crammed, like cans encapsulated in the human body. "They seem to be starting to talk!" Bonnie and Emily, who came in at the end, pressed their whole bodies on the green snake and the white tiger in the back seat. Bonnie's choppy chest squeezed the green snake's face happily, compared to the blushing white tiger squeezed together with Emily with the vacuum chest, there was more space.

"Seems to be communicating well?" Bonnie said, looking at it.

"Look at you," Brunhilde looked at the pale and emaciated Yanin face in front of him, who, though slightly older than himself, was thin and small, "a poor Yanin from the old city, living a hungry life, I believe you know better than most what it feels like to be humiliated and enslaved. Suddenly one day, there is an opportunity in front of you, and of course you want to seize it, you think that you are different, you think, or at least you want you to have talents, abilities and potentials that are beyond others. Surround yourself with people who have heads and faces that make you mistakenly think that you are like them. But no, like most of the Yanin people from the slums, most of you have unrealistic illusions, but in the end there is a sad end - you can never get rid of your origin, you can't get rid of your skin color, race, status, and when you think you are the best among people, you are really just a poor stray dog. ”

Hong Yuesheng stared at Brunhilde's green eyes, and could vaguely see his eyes gradually turn from surprise to anger. Seeing that his goal had been achieved, Brunhilde smiled and brought his face closer to Hong Yuesheng. Whisper:

"Did I make that clear? I don't like being around people like you at all, so stay away from me. ”

Hong Yuesheng's fists on her lap were already clenched tighter and tighter, and she was about to get up angrily, when suddenly the lights in the entire restaurant flickered, and seven or eight young mixed-race girls wearing short white skirts and hot bodies fell into the air along the steel pipe that fell from the roof, and they stepped on the short crossbar at the end of the steel pipe, pulling the steel pipe with one hand, and at the same time leaning their bodies, posing in mid-air around the blue pillar of light in a flower-blooming pose.

The background music pauses. The image of a man in his early forties, dressed in a blue suit and bow tie, slightly hunched and with a slightly crooked face, but with a very old-fashioned managerial style, is projected in a pillar of blue light.

“Ladies_and_gentlemen,the_long_awaited,99th_best_couple_photo_award_is_coming_today! The_winner_will_be_sculptured_into_the_trophy_holding_by_our_show_girl,and_also_you_will_enjoy_the_permanent_membership_in_our_restaurant.

(Ladies and gentlemen, today is the long-awaited 99th edition of our Best Couple Photo Contest, and the sculpture of the winner will be engraved into the trophy in the car girl's hand and become our permanent member~)" He stretched out his finger to a mixed-race girl in mid-air, and the girl held a crystal trophy in one hand to signal to everyone. At the same time, ninety-eight trophies in the back of the dining area sparkle in the backlight.

“Following_the_rule,

our_AI“FayFay”will_‘_the_best_customer_image_captured_via_camera_here.

No_human_interfere_in_the_whole_process,and_we_guarantee_the_fairness!

(The selection rules are to select the best couple from the guest images automatically captured by the camera in the restaurant by our artificial intelligence "Fei Fei", after strict and complex deletion, and there is no human participation at all, please rest assured of the fairness.) ）”

From the moment she first entered the restaurant, the red-haired Arya noticed that the cameras on the walls were constantly turning and catching images of the guests' faces, which were manipulated by a manta ray-like Lisa, but simplified civilian AI.

“Then,let’s_find_out_who’s_the_winner_today!

(So, now let's see who is the lucky one today!) ）”

The manager pulled out a yellow and white checkered silk scarf from his suit, held it up as if he was about to announce the start of racing, and immediately the entire car-related decoration in the restaurant flashed lights. As he slammed the scarf down, a rapidly rotating photograph of the couple appeared on the wall behind the table, turning from fast to slow, and at the end, the photo of the chosen mystery winner was covered in black with a large question mark on it, floating from the back wall to the blue pillar of light in the center of the stage.

"The_winner_is (winner is ......)" After the photograph floated completely into the blue pillar of light, the manager's reflection faded and he finally opened his hands, and the picture that rotated around his chest was framed by thousands of light-growing particles.

At the same time, the background music sounded, and it was a soft and melodious song:

The_Unfinished_Kiss (Unfinished Kiss)

"The_way_you_touch_it_left_me (the way you caressed me)

Thirst_for_your_love (makes me crave your love)

The_first_was_one_too_many (too much given for the first time)

And_a_thousand_wouldn't_be_enough (A thousand times is not enough)

"This, is it ......" As the image became clearer and clearer, the members of the Manta Ray Squad grew their mouths.

"What's there to see! Let me see! The green snake was pushed against Bonnie's chest so that he couldn't see anything, and struggled hard.

"Yes......" The White Tiger is tall and big, but he can see it clearly, "the two masters and the ......"

"Huh? Let me see! The green snake said as he vigorously probed up in the car.

"Where'd_you_come_from_baby

Now_why'd_you_leave_so_soon (Why are you leaving in a hurry now)

It_feels_just_like_the_ghost_of_you (Feels like your soul)

Still_lingers_in_this_room (still wandering around the room)"

Under the accompaniment of music, the 3D image outlined by light particles in the blue pillar of light turned out to be a close-up of the upper body of Hong Yuesheng and Brunhilde! The capture is when the two of them met their eyes just now, when Brunhilde said: "Stay away from me", although the two were already tense at that time, but if the context of the time is removed from the captured image, the two people seem to be looking at each other with affection, really like a couple bathed in love.

I_can_hear_your_whispers_cry_out_loud (whispers of your crying in your ears)

Echoes_of_the_love_you_left (the echo of love left behind after you left)

Were_in_hidden_in_that_sound (hidden in the voice)

And_my_soul_has_never_known_a_longing_like_this (and my soul has never suffered such a longing)

Haunted_by_that_unfinished_kiss (trapped in an unfinished kiss)"

"Goo", the stupid Manta Ray squad swallowed almost at the same time, so that the voices all coincided. They squinted at the car next to them, Hong Yuesheng and Brunhilde, who had opened the door and stood up in a fit of anger just now, were shrouded in the pillar of spotlight from the top of the restaurant, and had become the protagonists of the restaurant, and they both looked at their own sculptures rotating in the blue pillar of light, and were stunned for a while.

Almost at the same time as the image was fully revealed, the restaurant manager found out that one of the best couple champions was Yaning, which was completely unexpected, because Yaning people should not have entered the restaurant in the first place.

“Cut_it_out_right_now！ (Pull it down!) The manager's hurried shouts could be heard in the dining area.

The blue pillar of light went out immediately, but it was too late. Not only the Devil Ray Squad, but all the people in the restaurant were watching Hong Yuesheng and Brunhilde in the spotlight.

Hong Yuesheng, who was standing outside the car, was at a loss for a while, and Brunhilde, who originally wanted to end all this in a low-key manner as soon as possible, was exposed to everyone. She couldn't hide her feelings for a while, she was so angry that she trembled, covered her green eyes with sunglasses, and as soon as she stepped on the accelerator, the car got out of the driving groove with a roaring roar, and the half-open door almost scratched Hong Yuesheng, and Brunhilde's car passed between the other cars and rushed out of the restaurant, causing a panic among the other guests.

"Lieutenant_Brynhild (Captain Brunhilde)!" The red-haired Arya shouted, and also started the car to chase out, and when she passed Hong Yuesheng, the green snake opened the window and shouted: "The second master, come up!" ”

At this time, Hong Yuesheng reacted and jumped into the car window, and just like that, a steel can carrying seven people also staggered out of the restaurant, leaving a group of guests who stayed there and the restaurant staff who rushed out in vain to watch them leave.

The last part of the song in the restaurant is not finished yet.

That_old_clock_is_ticking (the old wall clock is still ticking)

Moonlight_lonely_time (Lonely Time in the Moonlight)

Memories_of_you_and_me (Memories of You and Me)

Keep_running_through_my_mind (always in my head)

I_know_you'll_come_back_baby (I know you'll be back one day, dear)

Cause_I_felt_in_when_you_fell (because I feel that you are also sinking)

Just_knowing_how_your_loving_feels (Know Your Love)

I_don't_wait_so_well (I don't want to keep waiting)

And_my_soul_has_never_known_a_longing_like_this (and my soul has never suffered such a longing)

Haunted_by_that_unfinished_kiss (imprisoned in an unfinished kiss). ”