Chapter 517: Jolocault Street
Early the next morning, after getting up and having breakfast, Long Yun said hello to Shangguan Ling and prepared to go out.
Knowing that this guy was going out alone and was going to San Francisco to meet Sister Su, the eldest lady, who was busy in the kitchen, agreed calmly and continued to wash and wash at hand; It was only after hearing the footsteps of the man behind him that he stopped with some hesitation, his lips pursed, and he was a little distracted for a while.
Regarding Shangguan Ling's abnormal expression, Long Yun did not notice it in the slightest.
Outside the garage gate with his card, he happily picked up his car and drove on Route 880, which stretches north along the bay, this time he planned to cross the ocean Route 80 to downtown San Francisco, and enjoy the scenery of the Bay Bridge.
When he first arrived in San Francisco, he took a long detour from the cruise ship terminal to Oakland, because he was unfamiliar with the place and did not use navigation. This time, he looked at the map in advance, and he quickly followed the map to merge into the busy traffic on the highway and arrived at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music in the middle of 18th Street, and then found a multi-story building near the academy without much effort.
On the phone last night, Su Xue told him that he was living in this reception apartment near the college.
Driving a crimson Chevrolet close to the brightly colored apartment building, he reacted to the distant snooping of consciousness, and when he found the familiar long figure standing on the side of the road, he slowly parked the car in front of the girl.
"Su Xue, morning!"
"Morning, Long Yun! - You're very punctual today, hehe~"
Although it has only been two days apart, Su Xue, who was sitting in the passenger seat, was still very happy to say hello to Long Yun. It was obvious that he was looking forward to today's meeting. The two spoke a few words quite intimately. Long Yun asked her where she planned to go first. The little girl who had just taken off her beige coat and threw it into the back row listened, but frowned, and then couldn't help but chuckle:
"You, you asked the girl out, but asked them 'where are you going to play', it's obvious that you are careless and didn't do enough homework."
"Oh-I-I want to think about ......"
There was no experience at all in this regard, and he was blushing by Su Xue's banter all of a sudden, Long Yun hurriedly let go of the handbrake and started on the road first, "That." Let's take a look at the Golden Gate Bridge first, how about the one that the cruise ship passed under the bridge when it entered the port? β
"Okay, it's up to you."
found that her boyfriend next to her did not have any plans, but Su Xue did not mean to blame at all, she knew that this guy with emotional intelligence was so rough, so she took out her mobile phone to give Long Yun a brief introduction to the customs of San Francisco according to her browsing and reading last night, and then gave her own advice:
"Look, let's go see the Golden Gate Bridge first, and then we go shopping in Chinatown. Wouldn't it be nice to go sightseeing on San Francisco's famous 'Lombard Street'? β
"Okay. But what's that-'Flower Street'? β
While driving north, while hearing Su Xue's mentions, Long Yun thought at first that "Flower Street" was a kind of erotic place like a "red * light * area", and it was very strange why this little girl was going to this kind of place? How do you know that this consciousness activity, which is completely unrelated to the facts, was immediately captured by Su Xue, she raised her hand and wanted to hit someone with a smile and laughter, if it weren't for seeing him driving and worrying about safety, she would really hit a few times:
"I hate it, what are you thinking! It's not serious at all, I'm really defeated by you. 'Lombard Street' is not what you think, it is a famous road spot, and you will know when we go there in a while. β
"Oh, okay, I'm ......"
Feeling that his thoughts were inexplicable enough, Long Yun originally wanted to distinguish a few words, he peeked at the little girl in a dark gray hip sweater next to him, but he was unconsciously attracted by the thick and delicate and soft lines, and couldn't help licking his dry lips, and finally didn't say anything.
Concentrating on driving forward in the turbulent traffic, Long Yun communicated with the little girl beside him for a moment from time to time, and a feeling that he had never felt before gradually emerged in his heart; The first time he went out to wander around with a girl, he didn't gradually have a little consciousness of entering the state until now.
Is this what it's like to date a lover......
As the first date of two young people, the morning really flies.
After setting off in the morning, drive all the way north, and pass through a round trip under the magnificent orange suspension tower of the Golden Gate Bridge, half of the high-hanging sea-crossing bridge is still shrouded in a thin white fog, and the change of sunlight and fog creates a space atmosphere that is really a bit dreamy; Driving in it is like walking through the vast sky, which makes people feel relaxed and relaxed.
After returning from the Golden Gate Bridge and entering the commercial center of downtown San Francisco, the two parked their cars near the main entrance of Chinatown and began to walk around the bustling Chinatown district.
"Chinatown", as a long-term settlement of overseas Chinese and overseas Chinese, is distributed in many countries around the world, and there are many places in the United States, but the Chinatown in San Francisco is the largest. Walking in a foreign country, but with a strong Chinese atmosphere, walking in Chinatown, feeling the strange blend of two different cultures influencing each other, Long Yun looked around curiously, and naturally took the hand of the girl next to him, the two watched the master's southern boxing style on the street countertop for a while, went to a small restaurant to sit down and drink a bowl of hot tofu brain, and slowly walked past the shops selling calligraphy and paintings, antiques and furniture, and walked into the bookstore to flip through the yellowed antique thread-bound books.
On another continent thousands of miles away from China, all these ordinary things in front of me seem to have an inexplicable meaning at this moment.
Because of the bizarre travel experience before, he was often in the kind of parallel world that seemed familiar, but was actually very different from reality, and Long Yun could almost detect a similar feeling now; The qiΔ around him seemed to make him realize how strange and bizarre the real world he lived in.
Just beside Long Yun, who was deep in thought, Su Xue, who let him hold his hand, seemed to be aware of his lover's unusual consciousness activities, but he never opened his mouth to disturb his train of thought. Just obediently accompanied the man next to him all the way.
Sightseeing along the way. When discovering something interesting. The two of them would look at each other in unison, and then smile at each other.
Just walked slowly through the streets, and when he walked out of Chinatown, he drove to Lombard Street in the north of San Francisco, Su Xue looked at the mobile phone navigation and gently reminded Long Yun to pay attention to driving, because "Lombard Street" was already in front of him.
"Okay, -- five miles of speed?"
After Su Xue's brief introduction along the way, Long Yun now understands that the so-called "Jiuquhua Street" is actually a ramp with an extremely steep slope, but it has been transformed into a ramp with eight twists and turns. The flower beds between the bends are filled with flowers, hence the name.
A single twist and turn of the road may not seem enough to be a sight, but the 29-degree slope of the "Lombard Street" is different, since the transformation from a thrilling straight road to a winding road, not only a large number of tourists visit every day, but also appear in the virtual world of many video games. According to Su Xue's guidance, Long Yun drove the wide Chevrolet through Lombard Street, and when he saw that he suddenly opened up in front of him, he came to the entrance of Flower Street and entered the one-way lane of Flower Street with twists and turns.
Really drive into this section of winding road. Long Yun felt that the speed limit sign just now was completely necessary, but it was completely redundant.
On this stretch of road, which is only a few hundred meters away, cars fill the downhill road. No matter how good the technology is, there is no way to drive it: for no other reason, almost all cars will slowly watch the scenery and go down here, and they can only follow the crowd when they are caught in it.
The car drove extremely slowly, a short distance of 400 meters, and it took nearly five minutes.
Going all the way down the winding road back and forth, this kind of curve is not easy for Long Yun, but because the speed of the car is not fast, he still has time to take a look at the scenery on both sides of the road. After finally driving out of the Lombard Street, he parked the car on the side of the street nearby, turned back and looked west at the landscape road that was like a colorful brocade spread out between the scattered buildings, and saw the buildings of different colors and alienation on both sides, Long Yun got out of the car with great interest and took Su Xue's hand, and the two walked through the street to the walking steps on the side of the flower street, and after a trek, they returned to the starting height of the detour.
Standing at the top of the open flower street, a little out of breath because of the rapid climb just now, the little girl's chest heaved and breathed in the fresh air blowing from the direction of the bay, and took out her mobile phone to look around to take pictures of this rare scenery.
"Long Yun, do you remember what I said to you on the train on the way to Beijing before?"
"Oh? What about the train? β
Standing in place and enjoying the scenery, Long Yun was stunned for a moment when he heard this, he couldn't remember what she said on that trip. But with the help of conscious prying eyes, this question is naturally not difficult to answer, so he scratched his head a little embarrassed:
"Well, that's it. You've told me that you love to travel. β
"Yes. Because, every time I pass through a completely unfamiliar place, I feel more truly that the world I live in is so big; Under the same sky, there are many strange scenery that I have never seen with my own eyes, and this feeling is ...... It's really unusual. β
Hearing Su Xue's exclamation, Long Yun, who felt something in his heart, also seemed to have the same idea.
Compared with the girl next to him, he has experienced more twists and turns and bizarre situations, and he also has a lot of feelings about the calm and peaceful bay beauty in front of him; Slowly, he subconsciously reached over the little girl's delicate waist, and the two gently snuggled side by side at the top of the flower street, looking against the railing, looking into the distance, and no one spoke for a while.
I don't know how long it took, returning to reality from the warm and sweet snuggling, Su Xue inadvertently looked at the street at the bottom of Flower Street, and then stared at Long Yun's arm like waking up from a dream:
"Long Yun, isn't long-term parking allowed over there? - Ah, it looks like it's really, you see the trailer is coming! β
"Oh......? It's likeβit seems like that! β
β¦β¦ (To be continued......)