Chapter 13: Encounters
The hotel is only across the road from the beach, and the fat brother arranged for someone to open a suite for me, with a living room of about 20 square meters at the entrance, and then a bathroom and bedroom on the right hand side, and a bathroom with a triangular bathtub in the bedroom. The living room and bedroom face the beach on one side of the wall with floor-to-ceiling windows that are free of obstructions and a road that is one of the city's most famous classics, the trestle. During the day, you should be able to see the scenery within a few miles. But it's getting late, and the street lights on the highway are the dividing line between the brightly lit hotels and the darkened beaches, and it's hard to tell where it is without the sound of the waves crashing against the sand. The darkness brought by the night brought me infinite longing at this moment, and the unknown original impulse in my heart jumped out.
I couldn't sleep, so I cleaned up and walked out of the room door and came to the street in front of the hotel. There are not many pedestrians on the street. The sea breeze blowing from the surface of the sea was not very cold, but it hit the face like a knife. The wind-swept debris on the ground fluttered through the silent streets, and a sense of desolation welled up in my heart. Through the dim light, I stood at the corner of the intersection and watched the neon lights on the clusters of buildings. The already lost mood was even more sad at this time, and I felt like crying. The sea breeze didn't pay any attention to my feelings at this time, and still came to me unrelentingly. Most of the shops on the street are closed. But I don't know why, but now I suddenly like this tear-jerking environment, maybe because I can find a sense of belonging in the bleak environment.
Forced by the sea breeze, perhaps instinct or habit, I walked through the fluttering debris into a fast food restaurant. After entering the door, I unbuttoned the short black trench coat and looked at the watch that the fat brother had fastened on my wrist, and the hands coincided at exactly twelve o'clock. After being tossed by Lin Feng, I was really naked, and I didn't know where the things in my body were, and I didn't find it when I went to the cabin before, if it wasn't for the fat brother, I really didn't know what the situation was at this time. Although I had never touched anything other than drinks in this kind of fast food restaurant, I still stood at the door for some unknown reason and looked at the various hamburgers, chicken wings and other things on the menu, and finally decided to order a small Sprite without ice.
As I was about to walk to the counter, the back of a tall girl with long shawl hair and a black coat caught my eye. This serendipitous discovery gave me a glimmer of joy because I didn't feel alone at the moment - there were people wandering around in the middle of the night like I did. I didn't like to stand too close to others, so I stood more than a meter behind the girl and started waiting in line. From time to time, my attention shifted to this back that I fell in love with.
From the girl's side face that appeared from time to time, I denied the original idea of "devil body devil face" in my heart. I'm probably so reserved that I often feel like I'm missing a little bit of a man's grace.
It was much warmer inside than outside, and I couldn't help but look away from the girl's back and look around. The whole restaurant is generally neat, with some plants in the warm lighting. I stumbled upon the footprints of mud soaked in water on the ground, which was probably the only thing I could find here that wasn't a flaw. There is only one counter in the restaurant now, perhaps because there are not many customers today, or maybe it is because the staff are taking turns to go home for the New Year. Slowly getting used to this, I also let go of a little, and the corners of my mouth are also comfortable because of this.
"A small glass of Sprite, no ice, thank you!" The girl who had been reading the menu for a long time also ordered a small glass of Sprite without adding ice, which made me more interested in her.
In this season and place surrounded by cold, I found someone who had the same alternative ideas as me, and it turned out to be a girl. At this time, there was a feeling in my heart that maybe something would happen to this girl I met by chance, and such a strange premonition suddenly appeared in my heart inexplicably
"Where's the purse......" I vaguely heard the girl muttering. It is evident from the girl's constant rummaging through things and the embarrassed look in her anxiety?? She didn't bring a purse. I wanted to do something for her, but I didn't know how to start a conversation with her.
The waiter seemed a little impatient, but still smiled and asked the girl, "Miss, do you still want the meal you ordered now?"
"This lady's bill is with me, and I'm going to ask for a small glass of Sprite without ice. I finally made up my mind to say to the waiter, and when I finished speaking, I saw the young waiter looking at me with a smile that I couldn't read.
"Yes, sir. The waiter tapped quickly on the cash register as he spoke, and the cash drawer opened and took the money from me. "Wait a minute, young lady and sir, your meal will be ready soon. With that, the waiter turned around and went to get the drink.
I kept staring at the menu and pretending that nothing was going on. As expected, I felt a pair of eyes staring at me and turned to look at the girl. A delicate face, a pair of watery eyes, and the back with the long shawl hair that just came to my mind combined to form a perfect image in my mind. I looked down at the girl who was staring at me with a smile on her lips, and the smile spread from my heart to my face.
"Sorry, thank you, maybe my wallet was left in the hotel. I went out for a walk after dinner today, and I haven't bought anything since I haven't found out. I'm really embarrassed...... "At this time, the picture of this girl in my mind is accompanied by a sound effect like a silver bell.
"You're welcome, hehe, pay me back when you have a chance to see you again. "I'm giving myself a chance to see girls again.
"There's definitely going to be a chance, hehe, something is coming, shall we find a place to sit down first?"
Smiling and nodding, I took the two cups straight from the plate and held them in my hands. All the melancholy before this moment completely dissipated from my heart in an instant, and the depression of the past was temporarily released at this time. I didn't expect to meet her at this time, although I didn't know it, but at this moment I already had a good impression of her in my heart. Following the girl, he came to a double seat by the window and sat down.
I placed a drink in front of the girl, who smiled at me and nodded her head in thanks. The girl and I were dressed in black and white, and I was secretly amused, which might make people think that we were a couple who had just attended a memorial service together.
I was speechless for a while. They sat silently with their heads bowed.
At this point, the SMS ringtone in my trench coat pocket rescued me. took out his mobile phone, it was a message from the fat brother, and then quickly pressed the button. This is the thing that I think is the most relieving of my embarrassment at this moment. Perhaps infected by me, the girl took out her phone from her bag and flipped it aimlessly, although she didn't receive the message. I don't have the heart to reply to Fat Brother's text messages carefully now, and while simply writing the message that Fat Brother has settled down, my heart is rehearsing various plans to open up the current embarrassing situation. I remember discussing with my friends countless times how to pursue the girl I wanted, but since I had never experienced it before, I was always dismissive of their discussions. Now I really want to give any of them a call for assistance.
At this moment, the girl's voice came, crisp but magnetic. Now the voice was like a hand pulling me out of the abyss: "I don't know what to do if it weren't for you today, the place where I live is quite far from here." Her eyes were still glued to her phone when she spoke, but the hand holding the phone didn't move, and when the words ended, she looked up at me shyly and smiled and then quickly lowered her head.
"I've had this happen to me when I was in the supermarket, no way, hehe. By the way, at this time, how did you run out by yourself?" I was trying to find a topic with her that could last as long as possible.
"No, I'm from Zaozhuang, I'm here to travel. What about you, are you also here for tourism?" and I was surprised by her answer, she was also from Zaozhuang. I always thought that my hometown was a small city with no name in the world, and at this moment, I was excited to meet a fellow countryman in a different place. When I was studying abroad, I was excited for a long time to see an Asian person.
"I'm also from Zaozhuang, but I'm not here to travel. "I try to calm myself down as much as I can.
"Huh? That's a coincidence, isn't it? You said you're not here to travel, so what are you doing here, hehe, you won't tell me that you came to the street alone in the middle of the night to blow the sea breeze that will cut people's faces, right?" the girl asked with a rather innocent emphasis, obviously after hearing that we were from the same place, the girl was a lot more relaxed, and I was a lot more relaxed.
"To be precise, I'm here to relax. "I'm thinking clearly now, and after a pause, I added, "I'm here to relax." ”
A relaxed smile appeared on her face: "Then can you tell me what is the difference between relaxation and traveling?"
I picked up the cup and looked out the window at the still bleak and asymmetrical scene in the fast-food restaurant. I'm now thinking about how to answer the girl's question. It's impossible for me to tell her about the unbelievable things that have happened in the past few days, and it's impossible for her to know that I'm a ghost.
"It's all gone, don't mention it. It's not early, where do you live, I'll take you back by taxi. I looked at my watch as I spoke.
She remembered that she didn't have a purse with her when she was about to say no, so she smiled at me and walked out of the fast-food restaurant with me.