Norma looked at the raindrops that slipped down the car window and didn't know what she was thinking. Even in the depths of the night, there are still dappled spots of light on the road. Just as the day is never completely bright, then the night is not completely dark.

Ford turned on the radio station, and the conversation between the two comedians of the so-called "Gold Combination" continued to sound:

"Oh, our solo performance is unprecedented, and all the tickets are sold out, I really want to stop working sooner." It sounded a little unnatural in the short and fat man's words, as if this pomp and circumstance shouldn't have happened to the two of them.

The tall and thin man's words were a little empty: "I don't work anymore." ”

"What, obviously you don't even write jokes!"

"My girlfriend raised me."

"You're a scumbag."

"My girlfriend said I don't have to work."

"The Troubled Lantern Bundle has been in place for four years, and it has already lived in a place with an annual rent of one hundred and twenty gold coins. Don't you feel unwilling? ”

"Well, it's a little bit of a way around it."

"Why doesn't it sell out on screen?"

"Hmm...... I had been engrossed in searching for our combo on top of the public media. ”

"Don't do that."

"I searched for the keyword "Withdrawal Combination" and "Interesting", and the comments that weren't interesting at all were like a storm."

"Self-search is not good...... Also, when the hell did you go to that kind of place......"

"It's impossible to understand this kind of thing without reason and upbringing."

"Yes, at least there should be common sense......"

"Anyway, the masses are fools—"

"It's going to be......" the tall-sounding man sighed.

"—and then begins to critique with arrogance: 'Shut up, big fool!' Listen, the creator is a one-way street, don't think about participating, it's just to cater to the values of the world so there is no creativity, and as a result, the layman will become mediocre. ”

"But catering to consumers is our obligation......"

"No, no, we're not making magic paraphernalia. After all, it's something that comes out of feeling, and it's okay to be self-absorbed. Ah, it's almost hard, so I'll tell you something else...... No, it's us who can decide this. ”

"Ah, that, there's a letter......

"Is that guy again......"

"'Good evening, I went to a solo show of the Homo sapiens. First of all, fans will go to solo performances, so it is natural to make the audience laugh. Then, it's a great thing to believe in your own worth, to have conviction, but it's very shameful to treat all those who don't identify with you as uneducated laymen, as professionals. First of all, you must recognize the values of others, and then implement your beliefs and produce results, so that you can be called a performer. Don't confuse self-confidence with conceit. Also, compared to the troubled lanterns, you are too unremarkable. Note: The solo performance of the joke is what you have survived with momentum, and it will be very boring if it is printed into words, please come on. ’”

"Call that guy here!"

Sitting in the carriage, Norma looked at Ford's back with a little sorrow, and then at the scenery that kept flashing out the window, her left hand folded on her right hand, and a bag on her left shoulder. She said in the rain, "Isn't it a little embarrassing? ”

Ford was stunned for a moment and said, "No, it's not embarrassing, that ...... Because I listen to it every week, it's a habit, and that ......"

"Mr. Ford, why can't you sleep?" Norma asked.

Ford said, "I forgot how to sleep, how did I sleep?" ”

"Then I'll tell you a good thing." There was a brief silence between the two of them, and then Norma said, "Count the sheep—"

"—as if you discovered it yourself, it's been going on for a long time."

Norma smiled lightly, "Do you have someone you like?" ”

"Nope." Ford said quickly.

"It's a pity, love can make life interesting."

"I'm not that age anymore."

"I'm only forty-one years old, and there will definitely be a chance in the future."

"Why do you know?"

"I've seen your medical records, of course I do." Norma blinked slyly.

"There is a problem with the management of personal privacy......"

"What about your family?"

"By the time I came to my senses, my family was gone."

"When?"

"When I was in the second year of the primary department of the academy, there should be no concept of the primary department now."

"And how did you live after that?"

Ford said with a blank face: "Is this a stress interview?" ”

"I'm sorry, I'm asking too much."

But Ford spoke again at this point: "Do you have any regrets? ”

"I guess I took out a student loan to go to nursing school."

"Why do you regret it?"

"At that time, I didn't want to rely on my parents for the sake of fighting. Actually, it would be nice to rely on them. ”

"Haven't you paid it off yet?"

Norma paused slightly, and Ford turned his head to see himself reflected in the carriage window. Her expression didn't change in the slightest.

"No, it's already paid off." Her words are like rabbits jumping between the weeds.

"Where were you born?"

"I was born in the Land of Desire."

"Then you sing a local nursery rhyme."

"The pepper tree in the courtyard, ah......" I didn't expect the lady to really sing.

"You really sing, I thought you couldn't sing." As Norma sang, Ford said in surprise, "I think the tone of this song is pretty scary." ”

"So I want to form a happy family and let my parents in my hometown feel at ease." Norma's words were soft, but Ford could hear them.

"You ......"

"Norma Jimenez."

"Norma, do you have anyone you like?"

"Yes." Norma tilted her head and smiled.

"Hmm...... What kind of person is it? ”

"It's a bit difficult to describe what kind of person you want to put into words."

"Don't you have a picture or anything like that?"

"Yes, do you want to see it?" Norma stepped forward slightly.

"I want to see it, I want to see it...... I always feel that under this kind of stress test, he is the one who loses, "I want to tell Golan and play tricks on him." ”

He took the photo handed by Norma with his left hand, and when he looked at it, it turned out to be his own big face. He looked at it again, blinked again, pulled the reins again, stopped the car, and looked again.

It seems to be him.

The next night, Ford and Golan sat naked and sweating together, with only a towel on top and bottom.

Golan said incredulously, "You exchanged contact information with Norma?" ”

"That's right." Ford said.

"No, no, you're lying!"

"Well, it's a natural exchange."

"Damn...... I really want to curse you......" Golan angrily tapped on the hot bench, and screamed in pain.

"Just do it...... It doesn't have to be a roundabout way either. ”

"Anyway, that's it, I definitely want to call a carriage more conveniently, or not have to pay for an expensive car."

"No," Ford interrupted, "she said she wanted to go to dinner together during the break." ”

"Liar, huh?"

"Your expression now feels as if you have surpassed a lot of things, and you are about to become a Buddha." Ford looked at the Golan sky as if it were about to fall.

"Wait, I'm sorting out my thoughts right now." Goran leaned down gradually, and after thinking for a while, he said in the quiet sauna, "Although I am very unwilling, Ford, this is a good opportunity." ”

"What chance?"

"We're going on like this, and it's a surprise to catch up with a beautiful young girl."

Ford said lightly: "It's not like that." ”

"Do you hate her?"

"It's not annoying."

"Do you like him, then?"

"I can't say I particularly like it."

"Do you like it, or do you hate it?"

"Why are you asking me such a black-and-white problem, you're being aggressive right now."

"I'm asking which side you prefer."

"I guess I like it a little bit." Ford hesitated for a moment, then said slowly.

Golan quickly answered: "What, how much do you like it?" How much do you like it? ”

"It's like a golden apple from the Cliff of Radiance."

"I like that."

"So what to do?"

"It's not good to be too cautious. As the saying goes, a woman's heart is like the autumn sky, but as the saying goes, strike while the iron is hot. But if you're too positive, you'll be like, 'Wow, this guy is super hard!' 'So it's hard to master......"

"You're so annoying."

"Annoying?"

"I also wondered why I was looking for advice from you, who were still looking for a daughter-in-law, but it turned into noise from the halfway point."

"But, seriously, your parents would be very happy if they came back and saw that you had a daughter-in-law. You want them to meet their grandchildren, too. ”

"I would prefer that the people who gave me living expenses after my parents disappeared would see me happy."

"It's an organization that saves children, right?"

They quickly finished the sauna, and Golan blew his hair by Ford's side.

"Ford, you don't always go to the bath. Why don't you go to the hostess? ”

"No, I'm going to work the night shift next, forget it."

Ford gave him a deep look and walked out of the sauna shop step by step.