Looking at the couple with strange behavior, Le Yao asked me in a low voice: "Zhaoyang, what do you think will happen later?"

I looked at the couple holding children and flowers in my hand, and after a while, I replied: "I will definitely not give baby to Boss Xia, that must be a gift for flowers. If it is a gift for flowers, it must be to express gratitude, so there must be an unknown story here."

Le Yao nodded and replied, "It's reasonable. I like your cleverness so much."

I seem to have not been confirmed for too long. Even Leyao's unreliable praise made me feel a little complacent, and I couldn't help but wonder what kind of story the couple had between them and "west of the old city".

The woman handed the flowers in her hand to Xia Fanye's hand, and said with a choking voice: "Boss Xia, I heard that the west of this old city is really going to move into the west city of this city, so my husband and I came from Xining overnight with baby. We wanted to come here before we moved."

Xia Fanye took the flowers from the woman and smiled, but he asked in a moving manner: "Do you already have children?"

"Well, baby was born in October last year and is already two years old!"

Xia Fanye looked at the child, his eyes full of charity, and after a long time, he said, "I am really happy for you... Let's sit down, I will make coffee for you. No matter where I move, the taste of this cup west of the old city will never change."

The young couple nodded heavily, then they sat down next to Le Yao with their children in their arms and me. At almost the same time, they returned to the coffee shop again. After ordering a cup of lemonade, they sat down next to me and Le Yao.

Seeing Mi Cai and Le Yao sitting together after changing clothes, I felt a little dazed, and then I felt a strange feeling, glad that the two of them were only exchanging clothes, not souls.

Le Yao raised her arm and sniffed it gently to the cuffs and asked Mi Cai, "Mr. Mi, which perfume you used has a special taste!"

Mi Cai smiled and replied, "There is no brand, it is customized from friends. If you like it, I can give you some."

Le Yao didn't say whether she wanted it or not, and asked again: "It must be from the master, right? Ordinary brands can't make such a fragrant but not greasy taste!"

I had no interest in such topics, so I moved my stool to the couple at the next table and whispered: "Hello, I am Boss Xia's friend. I just heard your conversation and I really want to know the story of you with this coffee shop. I wonder if it's convenient to share it?"

The couple heard that I was Xia Fanye’s friend, and even looked at me with gratitude, he said to me: “Of course, we are willing to share the story with this coffee shop. We hope that more and more people will not be tempted by the material life of this world… In fact, our own efforts are the most important.”

I nodded and waited patiently. Mi Cai and the others seemed to have heard the content of our conversation and looked here together. In fact, we were only half a step away at this time. As long as we wanted to hear, we could hear clearly what the other party said.

The man who shared this story was the couple. He let out a heavy breath, looked at the child who was held in his arms by a woman, and finally said: "Xiaoya and I (my wife's name) fell in love in college. When others thought that the college relationship was unreliable, we continued this relationship until after graduation and were preparing to take root in Xining to form our own small family..."

This is just the beginning, but it has made my mood turbulent, because I have tried to defeat the legend of unreliable college love, but in the end it has failed and turned into an unforgettable history of blood and tears in my life!

The man continued: "But the pressure of life is too great. Our parents have come to Xining several times, with the purpose of persuading Xiaoya and I to go back to the city where we grew up, and then start a new life, including finding new feelings... But we have been persisting because it is really rare to be able to meet someone we like and be together in life."

Because of similar experiences, I was particularly able to understand the couple's mood. Otherwise, why did Jian Wei and I, who were willing to elope to Suzhou and live together, so we asked again in empathy and said, "What?"

The man seemed to have repeatedly experienced his mood at that time, and continued with a very serious expression: "Life is really too difficult. After graduation, Xiaoya and I could only get a meager salary. We don't have to survive in the city of Xining tomorrow, and we experience the despair of life without end. Finally, Xiaoya dragged down her body in excessive fatigue, and her minor illnesses continued. Our income was basically spent on medical expenses... In fact, we just don't want to separate. If we return to our respective cities, life would be much better in Xining!"

Mi Cai, who doesn't like to interrupt others the most, suddenly interrupts the man and asks: "Then why don't you go to each other's hometown to live?"

The man smiled bitterly and said, "We are all only children in the family. How can our parents bear to live in another city thousands of miles apart... Sometimes reality is so cruel, family affection and love are hard to achieve... We have also thought about buying a big house in Xining and then taking both parents to Xining to live, but this is really too difficult. We can't even maintain our daily life. How dare we think about that house of more than 100 square meters!"

"And you plan to give up?"

The man nodded and said, "Xiaoya's health is getting worse and worse, her work has stopped, and she borrowed all the classmates around her who can borrow money. We really can't stand it anymore... At this time, Xiaoya's parents came to Xining again and persuaded her to go back. They have already helped her find a civil servant with good family conditions in her hometown. The other party is Xiaoya's high school classmate. She has always liked Xiaoya very much and doesn't care that she had this emotional experience with me in college. As long as Xiaoya is willing to go back, she can prepare a house and a car to marry her immediately... After suffering for a long time, I finally advised Xiaoya to go back. I am an incompetent man. The only thing I can accompany her is the unbearable days in college. After graduation, I can't stand the test of society at all, so I can't selfishly delay her happiness... If I really love her!"

After a long silence, the man's eyes were filled with tears that could not come out. He choked and said, "That day, I packed my luggage for Xiaoya and sent her to the train station. We said goodbye many times, but we couldn't let go of each other's hands, because what we thought about in our minds was the scenes of being together. Once she got on the train, these scenes could only become memories in the rest of her life and could never go through it again... Finally, when the train was about to come, she cried and asked me to fulfill the past.

Promise... I promised her that I would take her to a city in Jiangnan for a trip. We were born in the north and wanted to appreciate the scenery of Jiangnan, especially with the person I loved the most... I didn't want to leave any regrets in my life after love became history, so I went crazy one last time. I borrowed 1,000 yuan with my best friend, and then took her to Suzhou... We made an appointment, and after the last trip, we completely forgot each other and started a new life!"

During the break, Robben outside the coffee shop sang Zhang Xuan's song "Yanhuo", which made the silent coffee shop filled with an indescribable sadness, but also a power to be reborn from the cocoon, as if the beautiful fire broke through the night and used splendor to find the hope of tomorrow... But the baby in the woman's arms was still asleep quietly, which is good, because his birth is the most perfect result, why bother to get involved in the most cruel process again!

The man looked back at Xia Fanye who was making coffee, took a deep breath again, and said, "Meeting this coffee shop is our lifelong luck. It is the west of the old city that let our love be reborn in the ruins of reality... That night, Boss Xia told us the story of the west of the old city. We truly understood what the cruelest despair is. Compared with the story of the west of the old city, at least we are still alive, and we can still look at each other's faces, look at each other and smile and walk the last trip... That night, Boss Xia said: When we come to the west of the old city, we cannot artificially erase this love, because we can still breathe, and love is still breathing... He gave us 10,000 yuan to continue living in Xining until we live out hope..."

My heart seemed to be grabbed by something in an instant, and then it was so painful that it was hard to breathe. I knew that this ten thousand yuan must be the pension Zhuomei gave to Xia Fanye at that time. He did not hand over all the money to his deceased lover's parents, but used 10,000 yuan to try to save a love that was on the verge of death. This behavior undoubtedly cut off the flesh on his own body and allowed others to continue to live for love... At this moment, I seemed to see a simple and great power. The existence of this power has surpassed all the taboos and glooms of reality...

At this point, the man finally took some ease in his life and said, "Later we returned to Xining, I seemed to have a kind of strength, and my destiny began to favor me. I started selling Kongming lanterns with the 10,000 yuan given to me by Boss Xia, and then produced it myself. In the past two years, all I received were large foreign orders, and it was already one of the largest Kongming lantern suppliers in the field of e-commerce... Last year, we finally bought our own house in Xining and took both parents to Xining.

In the same year, we also had our own baby, and we really carried out love to the end... Thank you Boss Xia, thank you west of the old city... Thank you for this sad love story... This time we came to Suzhou, not only to see Boss Xia and this coffee shop, but also to repay the money to save love. I personally am willing to invest 1 million to make this coffee shop west of the old city survive forever, and bring its power to all those who are in despair in life!!"

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Chapter completed!