It was another weekend evening, and An Ran and I were sitting on the steps by the Xitang River, looking at me expectantly, her eyes full of longing.

I knew what she was expecting, but I couldn't say yes.

"I'm sorry, I can't marry you!"

I refused, and the expectation on her face was instantly replaced by loss.

Seeing her like this, I couldn't bear it, and wanted to pull her hand, but she avoided it, her voice became hoarse, and she said in a choked voice: "Fang Le, you...... If you don't want to, forget it, I don't blame you, how can a woman like me deserve to have love. ”

Listening to her inferiority complex words, I felt very uncomfortable, but I also couldn't convince myself to accept the woman who worked in the night club, and I also knew that she had not had a good life over the years, but I still chose to refuse.

After An Ran finished speaking, he turned his head, wiped the tears from his face, and then stood up and left the river and walked towards the inn.

I looked at her back and felt a little uncomfortable, I wanted to catch up, but in the end I gave up.

He took out a cigarette case from his pocket, took out a cigarette and lit it, and then slowly returned to the inn.

Passing by An Ran's door, I saw that the light in her room was dim, presumably she was already asleep, and I didn't disturb her, just stayed at the door for a while, and then turned around and went back to my room.

Lying on the bed, I habitually took out my mobile phone, and when I saw an unread WeChat, I opened it and saw that it was sent by Zhang Chi, and he asked me when I would come back.

I replied, "Tomorrow afternoon, is there something wrong?" ”

Without waiting for me to put my phone down, Zhang Chi replied: "There's something, something at work, let's talk about it after you come back, have fun." ”

When I saw this news, I suddenly felt insecure, and I always felt like something was going to happen.

"What's the matter, let's talk about it concisely, otherwise I'm not in the mood to continue playing in Xitang." I typed on my phone.

"It's okay, I'll talk about it when I come back!" Zhang Chi replied.

Seeing his attitude of not wanting to say, I immediately became angry, this person is too uninteresting, since it is a matter of work, why can't you tell me now? Do I have to go back?

Although I was a little angry, I held back, after all, I didn't want to stiffen the relationship.

"Okay."

I replied, then put down my phone, lit the last cigarette in the cigarette case, and leaned against the bedside to smoke.

I looked at the clock hanging on the wall, it was already half past eleven at the moment, it was my last night in Xitang, and it could be my last time here, and tomorrow I would leave the city.

……

The next day, I woke up early, washed up and left the room, I came to An Ran's door and knocked on the door, but did not get an answer from her, and then the innkeeper came to me and said, "Your friend has checked out and left." ”

"yes, got it." I nodded, then went back to the room, took out my phone and called her, but a cold voice came from the phone, "The number you made is temporarily unavailable, please ......dial again later"

Hanging up the phone, I opened WeChat and saw a message sent to me by An Ran at four o'clock in the morning: "Fang Le, I am very happy these days with you, I thought about it for a long time last night when I got married, and I felt that it was inappropriate, so I ...... I decided to give up this relationship, I wish you happiness! ”

I was silent for a long time when I looked at the message, and what the editor wanted to say to her turned into an exclamation point, and she removed me from her friends list, apparently not wanting us to be in touch again.

But it's okay to avoid embarrassment between me and her, after all, we are people of two worlds.

After breakfast, I booked a high-speed rail ticket back to Yiwu, packed up my things briefly, and took a taxi to the train station after returning the room.

In the afternoon, I returned to my residence and cleaned the house, until about three o'clock, I received a call from Mei Mei, I picked up the phone and asked, "Yo, Sister Mei, we haven't been in touch for a long time, why did you suddenly remember to call me today?" ”

"It's only been a week that I haven't been in touch, but you've disappeared in the past three days, and we can't find you." Mei Mei on the other end of the phone complained.

I explained with a smile: "Sister Mei, I've been to Jiaxing these days, do you have anything to do with me?" ”

"One of my resident singers is going to the wedding, and when I come back tomorrow, you can come and help."

"Okay, I'll go over right away."

With that, I hung up the phone, loaded up my guitar, and rode the battery bike to Mei Mei's 'Waiting for Someone' bar.

The size of the bar is not very large, and the retro-style decoration style gives it a quaint taste.

I came to the bar, parked the battery car next to it, and walked in with my guitar on my back, there were not many people in the bar at this time, but there were still a few tables of people drinking and chatting.

I said hello to Mei Mei, who was singing on stage, and she nodded and asked me to sit down first.

I put my guitar on the opposite side of the bar, and then sat down and listened to Mei Mei sing the song Fairy Tale Town, listening to her gentle voice, my heart felt peaceful, as if I was really in a fairy tale world.

As soon as the song ended, I gave her a thumbs up and shouted, "Good! ”

"Thank you all for the applause!" Mei Mei smiled and waved to everyone, then put down the microphone and walked off the stage.

"It's so nice to sing, it's a professional!"

"Don't be poor, what do you drink?"

"Plain water, I've been drinking for the past few days," I said with a smile on her.

"Okay, then I'll get it." Mei Mei walked to the bar, took a glass of boiled water, and walked back to me.

Looking at Mei Mei, I suddenly thought of something, so I asked, "Sister Mei, has there been any news from Wen Yang recently?" ”

Mei Mei shook her head: "No, last time he said he was coming back soon, and then there has been no news." ”

I took a sip of water, didn't say anything more, adjusted the guitar strings, and after making sure it was okay, I walked onto the stage: "A song for everyone in the ice city." ”

After I finished speaking, I put my finger on the strings and played, I liked this song very much, not only because of the words in this song, but also because of the meaning of the lyrics.

"Central Street is full of people, some are idle and some are in a hurry...... The square of Sophia's church, the place where the promise was once written, looking at the lovers who took sweet pictures in the distance, as if we were back then......"

My hoarse voice, with a hint of vicissitudes, sang to the climax, my voice was a little choked, and the melody of the song became a little low, which made people feel inexplicably sad.

After singing a song, there was applause from the audience, and after I thanked me, I took turns singing with Mei Mei until the end of the song, and the guests in the bar gradually left, and I put down the microphone in my hand.

……

As soon as I left the bar, I received a call from Zhang Chi, asking if I was back, and I told him that he had already returned, and that he was out buying cigarettes and would be back immediately.

Hanging up the phone, I rode the battery car back to the residence, came to the third floor and knocked on the door, the door was opened, I walked in and asked, "Say, what is the matter with me?" ”

I put my guitar aside and waited for him to speak, and he threw me a cigarette, lit one himself, smoked it, and then exhaled a puff of smoke and said, "See for yourself." ”

After speaking, he handed the phone to me, I took the phone suspiciously, looked at the chat history between him and his boss Chen Wenhua, and his face suddenly became ugly.

"So, this is to fire me?" I asked, a little angrily.

"Yes, I received the message yesterday." Zhang Chi nodded.

"Then why didn't you tell me yesterday?" I asked.

Zhang Chi looked at me, his eyes flickered, and then said slowly: "Tell you in advance, you can't change anything, I advise you to think about your own future." ”

I took a deep breath, didn't say anything to Zhang Chi, and left the room and walked upstairs.