At five o'clock in the afternoon, the taxi stopped at the door of the boutique inn of 'The Year of Flowers', paid the money and dragged the luggage to the inn, registered the identity information, and walked into the room, to be honest, the decoration here is much better than I imagined.

I put my luggage away and lay on the bed and squinted for a while, only when the phone rang and I woke up.

glanced at the caller number, it was Mei Mei who called, it stands to reason that there are already guests entering the bar at this time, why did Mei Mei choose to call at this time, could it be that there is something?

I hesitated for a moment, but I still connected the phone and asked Meimei on the other end of the phone, "What's wrong?" ”

"I have something I want to tell you, but don't get mad at me after you hear it, okay?"

Hearing Mei Mei say this, a bad feeling suddenly rose in my heart, and I didn't know what she was going to say.

"I promise you, you can say it."

"It's about Ye Ke, she ...... before she left. Met with me. ”

Before Mei Mei finished speaking, I immediately became excited, and hurriedly asked: "What did she say to you, why did she see you when she left, but she didn't want to see me, what is going on, you will tell me!" ”

My anxious voice revealed the anxiety in my heart, and I was scared, afraid that I was hearing something I didn't want to hear.

"Calm down!"

Mei Mei said: "You listen to me calmly first, when Ye Ke left, he talked to me, and she said ......"

Before Mei Mei finished speaking, I couldn't wait to ask, "What did she say to you, tell me quickly!" ”

"Ye Ke told me that the man she had been waiting for for three years had news, and she didn't want to give up, so she chose to leave quietly, she knew that doing so hurt you, but she had no choice, so in order to make up for the debt to you, she gave me a bank card of 300,000 yuan, and she asked me to wait for when you want to open it, and then transfer the money to you."

Hearing Mei Mei's words, I was a little broken, it turned out that the reason for her departure was this, and I finally understood why she was always preoccupied in front of me sometimes, and even a little shy from me mentioning her past.

"Then did she say, which city to go to?" I took a deep breath, tried to calm my mind, and then continued.

"She didn't say anything, she just asked me to give you the money and let you take care of yourself, and she didn't say anything for the rest."

"Okay, I see, money...... I won't ask for it, put it with you, if one day she returns to Yiwu, or you can still contact her and help me return it to her, just say ...... I can afford to lose emotionally. ”

"Fang Le, if you did this two years ago, I would appreciate you very much, but now it's different, we are all about to run for three, we should think about our careers, and don't waste time for some senseless emotions."

After Mei Mei finished speaking, I was silent for a long time, took out a cigarette and took a puff, she was right, I should accept Ye Ke's compensation, after all, she was sorry for me first, but I was unwilling to accept this compensation, which made me feel a little uncomfortable.

"Let me think about it."

"Well, I hope you can figure it out." After Mei Mei finished speaking, she hung up the phone.

I let out a long sigh, snuffed out my cigarette and threw it into the ashtray, then closed my eyes.

I don't know how long I slept, but when I woke up it was two o'clock in the afternoon, and that's when I realized that I already had five or six WeChat messages and three missed calls on my phone.

The WeChat was sent by Shen Ai, she asked me where I lived, wanted to invite me to dinner, and thanked me for borrowing her money by the way.

I told her where I was, and I replied with an 'ok' emoji.

As for the missed call, it was Cheng Ning calling, I don't know what she was looking for me, after all, I have already made it very clear, there is no relationship between me and An Ran.

I decided not to return the call, not because I was running away, but because I really didn't have much more to say.

……

After a brief wash, I changed my clothes and walked out of the room, went downstairs, and walked up to the innkeeper with a map to introduce the route of play.

He pointed to the map route and said: "We are in this location, we can take a turn in the ancient city of Dali tonight, and tomorrow we can go to the Dragon Shrine Wharf to ride a bicycle to see the sea view and take pictures......

Listening to the boss's gushing introduction, I nodded.

I didn't come to Dali to travel, so I planned in advance, just according to my own ideas, I just found a place to stay.

At this time, the WeChat voice rang, and I saw that it was Shen Ai calling, and I walked out of the inn after connecting.

"Fang Le, I'm in the parking lot of the inn, come out quickly."

"I'll be there shortly." Saying that, I hung up the voice and walked towards Shen Ai quickly, only to see her riding a small electric donkey looking around at the intersection, and when she saw me coming, she hurriedly waved her hand.

"You and I can't borrow money just to buy a battery car, right?"

Shen Ai shook his head and said with a smile: "This car is rented by me for fifty yuan a day, it can go around Erhai Lake, and the speed is also fast." ”

Hearing her words, I was stunned and looked at the broken electric donkey.

"Can this car ring around Erhai Lake?"

"Nonsense, who will rent it if you can't go around Erhai Lake." Shen Ai glanced at me and said, "I booked a place in the ancient city, and we went to eat slate-burned." ”

"OK, there's another question, do you ride the battery car to drive me, or do I drive you?" I looked at Shen Ai and asked, thinking that I am thinking about you, anyway, I don't suffer.

"Of course you carried me, how could it be that I carried you." Saying that, Shen Ai got out of the car and gave me the driving position, and then sat in the back seat.

I was not hypocritical, I rode the battery car towards the south gate of the ancient city, although there was a bit of traffic jam, but for me as an old driver, it was not a problem at all, ten minutes later Shen Ai and I parked the car in the ancient city.

After getting out of the car, Shen Ai and I came to Renmin Road, Shen Ai looked at the navigation and led the way in front, I followed behind, observing the surrounding shops while walking, this place is not the same as I imagined.

"Fang Le, there's a rainbow, take a picture of me."

I looked up at the sky when I heard the sound, and sure enough, I saw a rainbow in the sky, I took Shen Ai's mobile phone and took a few photos of her, and then handed it to her, and she happily took it.

Looking at her happy appearance, I couldn't help but be a little distracted, remembering that when Ye Ke and I went to Oriental Salt Lake City and passed by Taohuawu, we also saw a rainbow in the sky, at that time we thought it was our own illusion, and now we recall that experience as if it were yesterday.

"Fang Le, what are you doing in a daze?" Shen Ai saw me staring at the sky and couldn't help asking.

I came back to my senses, looked at her, and said, "It's nothing, let's go." ”

"Hmm." Shen Ai answered, and continued to walk forward.

I didn't stop, I chased after her quickly, and soon we came to the front of the shop of 'Hanhan Slateyaki'.

Shen Ai and I walked to the set position, ordered the dishes to eat, and waited.

"Have you found a job?" I asked.

"Not yet, but I want to make some money by setting up a stall in the ancient city, and I can't starve to death anyway." Shen Ai sighed.

Seeing her helpless expression, I couldn't help but feel a little pity, remembering the time when I and Wen Yang set up a stall in Shanghai, I sang and he sold paintings, although our income was much less than now, but we could rent a house in Shanghai and afford to eat.

I nodded and didn't say anything more.

……

After eating with Shen Ai, she left in advance, and I didn't rush back to the inn, so I walked around the ancient city.

As I walked, I was attracted by the clear and delicate singing, and following the direction of the singing, I walked over, stood at the door of the bar, and saw the woman singing, just when I was immersed in the singing and couldn't extricate myself, the staff of the bar came over.

"Come in and sit for a while, and listen to the song without charge."

I nodded, walked in, and sat down in a chair next to me. The decoration style of the bar is more retro, and the walls are hung with oil paintings, giving people a sense of vicissitudes and traces of the passage of time.

"Rubbed all the spring into one early morning and closed all the secrets......"

I've heard many people sing this song, including myself, and they can't sing her charm, I think it should be because of the change in mood, so I can't sing her charm.

After the song ended, I ordered a dozen Fenghua Xueyue beer, and just wanted to order a song, but the phone rang, and I glanced at the number, and it was Cheng Ning calling again, I frowned and answered the phone.

"What's the matter?" I asked.

"An Ran and I came to Yiwu, I think you should meet each other, some words are clear in person, it is good for you and her."

I know that Cheng Ning is kind, but I don't think An Ran and I can talk about anything, I sighed and said, "Forget it, I'm doing well now, and I don't have anything to say to her, so it's better not to see her." ”

As I spoke, I lit a cigarette and smoked it, exhaling a puff of smoke.

Cheng Ning heard my refusal, and didn't insist anymore, and said don't regret it, so he hung up the phone, and there was a beeping sound in the receiver, I didn't think much about it, snuffed out the cigarette that was still half left, and continued to drink beer and listen to music in the bar.

Before I knew it, I had drunk two more bottles of Fenghua Xueyue, and at this time, the man in the red jacket who had been standing at the door of the bar came over with a drink, sat down next to me, he touched me with a glass, and after a drink, we chatted.

When I learned that he was the owner of this bar, I went out and looked at the plaque, and then I realized that the name of this bar was "July 8th".

Returning to my seat, I asked the boss, "Boss, is there any story about the name of the store?" ”

When I asked this question, everyone in the bar looked at the owner's face, and they seemed to be curious about his name.

"Since everyone wants to hear it, then I'll tell you, I met her on the way to Shangri-La in Lijiang, and she kept taking pictures with a camera on the way, and I hadn't been in contact with a single-lens reflex camera at that time, so I borrowed it from her, and it rained heavily when I was halfway there, and it happened that the car we were sitting in broke down and could only wait for rescue."

When the boss said this, he picked up the beer on the table and took another sip, and then said: "We talked a lot while waiting for rescue, only to know that she went to college here in Dali, and she majored in film. ”

Without speaking, I took out a cigarette and handed it to him, then lit it for him.

The boss took a deep breath, slowly exhaled a puff of heavy white smoke, and continued: "After being together, I cherish her very much, I have nothing to say about her, and our life is very happy, but the good times don't last long, in her junior year, her parents sent her to study in France, and she never came back, and the day she left was July 8th." Okay, let's not mention this sad topic, let's continue to drink and listen to songs. ”

The boss raised his beer and clinked glasses with the crowd, then sat down in the doorway, beckoning passers-by to come in and drink and listen to songs, while I finished the rest of the beer and left the bar.