Chapter 33: Empty City, Music Themed Restaurant
After driving for about half an hour, I finally arrived at the "Liuan Scenic Garden" where I live now, and Mi Cai was already standing under a sycamore tree outside the community waiting for me.
The fallen leaves of autumn circling and falling in the air, and the lights reflect her figure, as beautiful as a figure walking out of the painting, quiet and indifferent.
I pressed the car horn and Micai looked at me.
I smiled at her and said, "Get in the car, let's go for dinner. If it's too late, there may not be a seat."
Mi Cai walked towards me, opened the door and sat down in the passenger seat. She didn't care what car I was driving. Instead, I said guiltily: "How about it, my car is good, small displacement, low-carbon and environmentally friendly."
"It's good, it's just as a bit awkward as you." Mi Cai said with a smile on her face.
"Am I very vulgar?" I asked, then pulled out the mirror in the car and looked at myself unconfidently.
"Awkwardness does not necessarily refer to appearance, I am talking about your character."
I restored the mirror again and didn't want to argue with Mi Cai. Anyway, my poor character has been engraved into her heart with preconceptions. Even if I package myself as a national hero who saves the country and the people, she will still think I am vulgar.
Mi Cai was a little surprised that I didn't fight back, but I just smiled at her and started the car immediately. I thought: Mi Cai doesn't know much about a man with connotation, and is often taciturn. This is the basis. Obviously, I am a man with connotation.
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Alto shuttled through the streets and alleys, and finally stopped on an old street that was about to be demolished. Then Micai and I got out of the car. The shop I wanted to take her to would pass through a narrow alley. The car could not drive in, so we could only walk.
There were only a few street lights in this narrow alley, which was very dim. Mi Cai followed me tightly and asked me nervously: "Where are you going to take me?"
"A paradise, but you have to pass through this darkness first." I replied.
Walking through this dark alley, the space opposite suddenly became larger. Under a bright street light, the "Empty City Theme Music Restaurant" appeared in front of me, Mi Cai.
I lit a cigarette and said to Mi Cai beside me: "This is the restaurant, which was opened by a friend who plays music. The music atmosphere inside is very good, but it mainly focuses on Sichuan cuisine."
"That's a very mixed match!" Mi Cai looked at the shop sign and said, generally music restaurants are mainly Western food.
"Well, the boss's wife is a Chongqing girl. Can you eat spicy food?"
"OK."
While talking to Micai, I walked into the restaurant and was sitting on a bar chair that could be lifted and lowered, singing, with a glass of beer next to me, and a cigarette that I had not finished smoking in my hand.
cc discovered my arrival at the first time, and took advantage of the gap of music to snap my fingers and said, "Long time no see, Zhaoyang."
She gave her thumbs up and indicated that she sang very well.
cc smiled and signaled that after chatting later, he continued to sing the hanging song "Look" with the rhythm of the music.
Mi Cai and I chose a seat to sit down. We didn't talk to me and listened quietly.
In the singing, in the cc's somewhat hoarse but extremely contagious song, I remembered some clips.
Three years ago, Jian Wei and I fled from Shanghai to Suzhou due to the crazy opposition of her parents. Both of us were penniless and had difficulty in persevering. In this music restaurant, we would have some income to support our lives every day.
At that time, Jian Wei would wait in the restaurant every day to listen to me singing, and help customers carry plates and water to earn some tips. Whenever the restaurant closes, I would habitually smoke a cigarette. She would help me carry the guitar. The two of them walked through the dark alley holding hands. I would buy her a roasted sweet potato at the stall at the corner...
In that winter, sometimes the wind was very cold, sometimes the rain and snow were very heavy, but the feeling of relying on each other still made me feel warm!
"Zhaoyang, why is this restaurant called Kongchengli?"
Mi Cai's sudden question broke the picture in my mind, and he was stunned for a while. He replied for a long time: "Everyone has an empty city in his heart when he was just born. As time goes by, as he grows up, he is impetuous, indifferent, and worldly fame and fortune fill this empty city, and from then on, it becomes bloated. It is called an empty city to commemorate the innocent empty city."
"Is this your understanding?"
"Tell me." He looked at it.
The singing voice.
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cc finally finished singing a song, she put Mike back on the stand and walked towards us.
cc is a very alternative beauty. Her facial features are not particularly beautiful, but they are so touching together that they are unforgettable. Therefore, the journey she has attracted the attention of many diners.
CC brought a large glass of beer and put it in front of me, smiled and said, "Please drink it." After that, he asked the waiter to bring a large glass of Coke to Micai.
"I've driven, I won't drink it today."
Mi Cai answered, "Drink, I'll help you drive later."
cc then looked at Mi Cai and asked me, "This girl is... your new girlfriend?"
I looked at Mi Cai, her expression was calm, and she plucked up her courage and said, "Yes, it's my girlfriend."
cc shrugged his shoulders. I knew she regretted me and Jian Wei, but in the end she smiled and greeted Mi Cai, praising her for being so beautiful.
The lights in the restaurant were dimmed a little, but the old candlesticks on the table lit up, and the entire restaurant was filled with the faint smell of aromatic candles.
He asked me, "By the way, what has Robben been busy with recently? I haven't been here for a long time."
"What can he do? Just run around all day."
"I miss him very much if I have time to ask him to sit down." There was a hint of helplessness and sadness in the words of cc. She liked Robben, but Robben kept thinking about the Beijing girl.
"Okay, let's make an appointment to gather together, right here on your side."
"You have to promise me!"
I smiled and swore and said, "I promise."
cc then nodded with confidence.
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After cc left, Micai and I finally had room to face each other. I picked up the beer and signaled to Micai. Micai also picked up the Coke and met me. The two of them took a sip.
At this moment, two more people walked into the store outside the door. When they opened the door, they were brought in with a gust of cold wind. Then I saw clearly that the person coming was Jian Wei and Xiang Chen.
In an instant, all kinds of emotions caught me off guard. It seemed that this was not a night where I could enjoy dinner quietly with Mi Cai. I was tired of such a meeting, and I was afraid of such a meeting, and I hated that such coincidences made us meet together in embarrassment.
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