"Tender, juicy, with just the right amount of heat and spices, your tongue first touches the delicacy and turns it into a biochemical signal that is transmitted through the nerves to your brain, which then begins to secrete a pleasurable hormone that stimulates every organ in your body, makes them active, and makes you happy. But is all this true? "He suddenly asked me a question.

Seeing my frozen face, the old man laughed, his face was full of the smug look that seemed to be after the success of the prank, he did not mean to comfort me, but continued to follow his train of thought and said, "Actually, you have a third question to ask me, is it?" ”

"What?" I was a little nervous, but I hoped he would say what I wanted to ask.

"Where is the girl who brought you?" The old man really hit my point, he smiled at me, winked playfully and said, "Don't worry, I'll let you see her." ”

Suddenly, there was a loud roar of engines outside the restaurant, and I turned my head to see that a huge bus had smashed through the wall and rushed in front of my eyes, sending smoke and dust all around. I didn't have time to dodge the sudden attack, I just instinctively closed my eyes. It should be common sense that I will be knocked away by this behemoth, and that collision should be very painful. However, my body's reaction was that it didn't hurt, and it was gentle. When I opened my eyes, a real face appeared in front of me.

"Don't sleep, it's time to get off the train." The face opened its mouth to speak.

I realized that I was sitting in the corner of the bus when the bus driver woke me up. I looked around, and the sight was gone. I quickly came to the conclusion that I had just fallen asleep in the car, and that the alley, the girl, the old man, the old woman, the black cat, and the steak were just another dream.

Thinking of this, I was a lot more relaxed, I hurriedly apologized to the bus driver, and walked out of the bus. Passing through the many parked buses, I left the junction and came to the side of the road. There are still no people in sight, and there are still no vehicles. The buildings and roads in front of me were unfamiliar, I had lived in this big polluted city for thirty years, but I had never been to this place, I turned my head to the junction and looked again, there was no sign of anyone except the huge buses, and the air was filled with the strange silence that I had felt before.

I looked at my watch, it was almost noon, I thought I couldn't delay any longer, I had to go back to the office immediately, I decided to find a taxi and walk along the sidewalk, hoping to find an intersection to try my luck, maybe it was a newly expanded area of the city, and all kinds of facilities were not complete, so it was sparsely populated. That's what I think. However, before I could get far away, a taxi came from behind me and stopped in front of me.

I pulled the car door and got into the car, and a burst of cold air from the air conditioner hit me, causing me to breathe a sigh of relief and collapse in my seat. The car had already started, the driver asked me where I was going while changing gears, I moved a ** to make myself sit more comfortable, and said the location of the company in my mouth, the driver stopped talking and focused all his attention on driving.

It seemed that it was indeed a dream, the taxi drove on the highway to the city, the skyscrapers in the city center appeared in my sight, there were constantly cars around me to overtake me, the road began to become congested, into the city, the traffic blocked the road, everywhere pedestrians crossed the street, all kinds of shops, restaurants, department stores, supermarkets on both sides of the road were open.

As bad as it all seemed, for the first time I felt a genuine affection for a city that was already in decline. That's because after encountering a series of grotesques, this headache-inducing reality makes me feel a little bit of a return.

The taxi stopped before I got to the building, I settled the bill and got out of the car, and walked quickly through the glass curtain door into the lobby, the huge crystal chandelier overhead generously scattered the dazzling light to every corner, and the faces of people who did not pass in front of me were very pale, and the marble floor reflected the figures unreservedly, looking like they were walking in a mirror. I strode to the elevator and pressed the button.

After walking into the office, he didn't go directly to my place, but slipped into the staff break room like a stealing rat against the wall. I drank cup after cup to the water dispenser, for some reason, I was very thirsty, my stomach was twitching with hunger, although the smell of the steak in the dream was still sticking to my nasal mucosa, but after all, it was not real.

"Thank goodness you're finally here." The sound of light snow came from the doorway behind him.

I drank another glass of water in one go, and panted with my hands on the ** countertop.

"What's wrong with you?" Xiaoxue's tone was full of concern.

"Nothing." I waved my hand, but didn't turn around, and said, "I didn't sleep well last night, but I'll be fine for a while." ”

"I'm going to work first, and I've sold you a sandwich and put it in your place." Xiaoxue was about to leave after speaking.

The moment she disappeared, I turned my head to look, and a dress with flowers on a white background appeared in front of my eyes, which made my newly calm heart beat violently again.

"You stop." I said it almost in a commanding tone.

"What's wrong?" Xiaoxue turned back and stood in the doorway looking at me.

I pulled Xiaoxue into the stairwell, my eyes fixed on the dress I had seen in my dreams. Xiaoxue looked down at herself and asked me, "What's wrong?" Got dirty? Or is it broken there. ”

I asked her, "Where did you get this dress?" ”

"It's been a long time, but I haven't worn it, and I only put it on today. What's the problem? "Xiaoxue has already nerved my nerves.

I tried to recall the scene in my dream, I was not sure if the girl was the snow in front of me, but I came to a preliminary conclusion through the comparison in my memory, although the skirt was the same, but I was sure that the back was not the snow in front of me. That girl is the tall figure I like in my heart, and Xiaoxue is a little shorter, and a little more **.

"What the hell is going on?"

"It's fine." I smiled and explained, "It's good, it's beautiful." ”

Her expression softened, she looked up and down the stairwell, there was no third person except the two of us, she approached my body and said, "Can you come to my house tonight?" ”

This sentence made me feel a burst of excitement, and I propped up Xiaoxue's chin with my fingers, looked at her beautiful face, and asked playfully, "What's the benefit?" ”

Xiaoxue knocked my hand off, turned around and walked out, I hugged her from behind and said, "I'll go." ”

Xiaoxue didn't resist, leaned her body into my arms, pillowed her head on my shoulder, and suddenly asked me a very disappointing question: "How are you and her?" ”

My arms, which had just tightened around her waist, loosened a little, and I replied to her, "Give me some more time." ”

Xiaoxue broke free of my arms, walked out of the stairwell, and threw me there.

I spent the whole afternoon in a state of confusion, facing a computer screen and not knowing what to do, constantly passing by me, discussing something, doing something, all of which had nothing to do with me. My mind uncontrollably repeats the previous image, the small restaurant, the old man's words, the little man, and the back. (To be continued.) )