unspeakable ice

Yu Xiaolong returned to the store, there were more people, several tables were full, the music changed to a more brisk style, the resident singer sat at the front of the stage with his guitar in his arms, and followed the tune tactfully and slowly humming.

It was raining less outside, but the wind was still strong. When we walked to the distance of the intersection, the surface of the coat was beaten so damp. Yu Xiaolong took it off and threw it behind him in the storage room. He sat on the bar and asked Xiao Ding wants a glass of wine.

"Which?"

"casual."

Xiao Ding looked around to make sure that Shi Jie was not there and no one was watching, so he mixed a glass of low-alcohol sparkling wine for him, pushed it to him while discussing, "Is that okay?"

Yu Xiaolong smiled, and took it. He might look really in a bad mood, but he didn't plan to drink it like that. He just wanted to sit down suddenly and wanted to do something at hand.

Xia Yi's arrival was beyond his expectation, maybe it was to leave more space and leeway for Xia Cong. He didn't say some things too directly, for example, he said that many of them were guesses, but Yu Xiaolong didn't want to. to recall.

He can firmly believe in his own judgment and believe that Xia Cong has ulterior motives, but he can't simply put the same label on Xia Yi who has always been prudent.

After Yu Xiaolong finished his glass of wine and listened to the whispering voices around him, Xiao Ding asked him if he wanted to continue.

It's okay to have another seven or eight cups at this degree, but just as he reached out to take it, Shi Jie came back.

Xiao Ding withdrew his hand back.

Yu Xiaolong: "..."

"Think you two will chat for a while, and leave so soon?" Shi Jie didn't notice, and threw a bowl of packaged wonton noodles in front of Yu Xiaolong.

The wine just now was a little too sweet, which made him lose his appetite, but he could eat it. He opened the lid and took a sip of the soup with a plastic spoon.

"The one who can use the bar as a dining table belongs to me. I don't see anyone else." Shi Jie cursed with a smile, wiped his hands, and then changed his tone of hard, "Who was that person just now?"

"Xia Yi." Yu Xiaolong glanced at him while eating, and suddenly remembered that the two of them had actually met before. Xia Yi brought Lin Weiqian to the hospital, but Shi Jie didn't wake up at that time, it seemed that he had no memory of it.

"Oh, it's him." Shi Jie responded, "What is he doing here?"

"Nothing." Yu Xiaolong said, "By the way."

"Yo, by the way, did you know that I own this store?"

"Why doesn't he just go to my place to find me if he doesn't go along the way?"

"..." Shi Jie stared at him.

Yu Xiaolong smiled, "Boss Shi is famous."

"Stop here." Shi Jie leaned forward with a straight face, leaned closer to him, and said seriously: "Tell me the truth, what the hell is he doing here? It's not because of your business with that so-and-so Bar?"

"What do I have to do with that?"

Shi Jie thought for a while, "That's right, it's been so long."

If so, Xia Cong would have to come forward in person, and it would be nothing to send a brother.

He didn't see any flaws in Yu Xiaolong, he is not a person who can hide much, so let's believe him, and it is meaningless to hide for that idiot.

Shi Jie stood back, cleaned up for a while, thought of something, and suddenly clicked his tongue, "Don't say, his brother's temperament is much more decent than his."

Yu Xiaolong finished his bowl of wonton noodles, and when he got up, he saw Xiao Zhou lying on the other side of the bar with his arms under his head, looking sleepy.

"What's up with him?"

"There's no more cats." Shi Jie said, "Don't pay attention to him, he'll be mad at you in a while, this kid is very abnormal recently."

"..."

"Leaving? I'll see you off."

"What?" Yu Xiaolong put on his coat.

"I have something to tell you."

When leaving, Yu Xiaolong went over and patted Xiao Zhou on the shoulder, took out the glass of wine that Xiao Ding had hidden for him just now from the bar, and put it by his hand.

"What do you want to say to me?" Yu Xiaolong asked after getting into the car.

Shi Jie was not in a hurry to answer, chatted with him for a while, and when he was about to drive downstairs to his house, he said that he was planning to set a date after the year, and went with Zhao Fei to get the certificate. Yu Xiaolong said it was fine, It's time to talk for so long.

"Before that, I want to propose a marriage first." Shi Jie said, mainly because he doesn't have much savings on hand, and he doesn't have many relatives and friends. He can't hold a grand wedding, so he wants to make up for her as much as possible in other places .

"How do you ask?" Yu Xiaolong said, "Go to her dormitory and place candles, and everyone will call for you?"

"Can you be more earthy." Shi Jie was speechless, "We were deceived by the liar of love after all. Didn't that kid teach you what romance is?"

Yu Xiaolong glanced at him, "Are you looking for death?"

"How can it be." Shi Jie laughed, coughing while laughing, and stopped for a while, "Just stay in the store, it will be closed someday, decorate it more beautifully, and invite someone to sing a song, it will be successful." You guys applaud me."

The corner of Shi Jie's mouth was raised all the time, as if he thought it would be the best, "Don't make it too fancy, and make her feel embarrassed later, just be sincere, and then the big guys will have a good meal together, don't you think so?"

Yu Xiaolong didn't say yes or no, he subconsciously leaned against the window to block the cold wind blowing in from the loosely closed gap, "Why are you coughing again?"

"I'm happy."

"Cough if you're happy?"

"I'm so happy, why don't you cough twice?"

Shi Jie didn't care at all, and said that he would ask Luo Shaoqin to find him a better resident singer. Now this one doesn't work, the tunes are all blown away, even a layman like him can hear it, and his voice is not very good.

He also said that he would buy more flowers and balloons to fill up the shop to make it more dreamy, and he also said that he wanted Yu Xiaolong to accompany him to pick out rings... He thought of everything, even typed what he wanted to say at the scene that day. Started a draft.

Yu Xiaolong was happy for him, but at the same time he was distracted by the coughing sound he made from time to time. He thought of the guilt that Xia Yi mentioned repeatedly, saying that no one can empathize with Xia Cong.

So what about him at this moment, isn't such a living example the person who is most qualified to understand these four words?

When getting out of the car, Shi Jie suddenly asked Xia Yi again why he came here. Yu Xiaolong said that he was on the way, so he almost swore to him. too harsh.

Shi Jie stepped by the door, listened for a while, and said that the voice was okay, Luo Shaoqin had a good eye, but when he approached and saw clearly who was on the stage, his face immediately darkened, and at the same time he burst into a rude sentence.

Probably Xia Cong's appearance is really eye-catching. The atmosphere in the store today is more lively than ever. He is holding the guitar that is a bit out of tune, and he sings not loudly, but from time to time he can hear the girls pushing and shouting. Frolicking.

The intense and congested breathing heated up the surrounding temperature, and he took off only his white shirt, with two buttons casually undone at the neckline, and the right cheek was stained with two fine gold powders, whether it was intentional or somewhere, This made his face appear both deep and a bit uninhibited in the ambiguous halo of the overhead light, especially when his eyes turned from lowered to look at the whole audience, the light in the dark eyes made this feeling more obvious.

"... Remember metone who lives there. Heonce was a true love of mine."

His slender fingers swept across the strings, his voice was clear, with a slight hoarseness, and his articulation was clear. Everyone could hear that he was singing He instead of She, so there were more discussions and boos.

It's a pity that all of this came to an abrupt end when Shi Jie unplugged the microphone, the surroundings were quiet for a moment, and the rising star of the bar street who had just attracted attention was shoved off the stage in embarrassment.

Xia Cong didn't struggle, and let Shi Jie tear his clothes cursingly, almost exposing half of his shoulders. He could only grab it with one hand and wave goodbye to the audience with the other.

The scene suddenly became a little funny again, especially when he was dragged off the stage, the crowd around the table cheered enthusiastically, screaming how handsome he was.

Xia Cong was dragged to the door, and when he glanced over the bar, he fixed on a certain place, the corners of his mouth curled up, his whole face was filled with a smile, he raised his head, and with the last bit of time, he blew a kiss to Yu Xiaolong .

"..."

When Yu Xiaolong went out with his clothes, Xia Cong was sitting on the bench with thin clothes, hands and feet wide open, looking up at the sky from time to time, as if he was waiting, and knew that he would come out.

Yu Xiaolong threw the clothes to him, he put them on, zipped up to the top, then bent down with his arms folded, shaking violently for a while, when he raised his head again, the tip of his nose was flushed, and wisps of hot air drifted across his face.

"Pretend you're not afraid of the cold." Yu Xiaolong mocked in a low voice.

"Then you give it to me?" Xia Cong looked at him with a smile.

Yu Xiaolong turned around, Xia Cong grabbed his wrist and pulled him forward, "Stop talking, don't leave yet."

He tugged a little more until Yu Xiaolong finally sat down, "I'll show you something."

He moved a thick cardboard box from his feet, which was half the height of a person. When the box was opened, it was wrapped with a layer of anti-collision foam, as if it contained some extremely fragile valuables.

From the size alone, Yu Xiaolong guessed what it was.

It's that ship.

Sure enough, Xia Cong carefully took it out and wanted to hand it over to him. Yu Xiaolong didn't move at first, but after seeing the color of the hull clearly, he took it over and checked again in a place with sufficient light.

"The sail is too high, no luck, only a part of it was installed, and I put the rest in the box." Xia Cong looked at him, patted his legs and let out a sigh of relief, "Finally, it returned to the original owner."

Yu Xiaolong didn't speak, touched the rough surface with his fingertips, looked at the mottled marks on the hull, and finally understood why the generation piles always complained to him, and why he did a whole job even when there was a kit. Year.

For instead of following his advice and proceeding to build a new one, he repaired the one which he judged to be hopelessly irreparable.

Although the wood was polluted in some places, there were some small potholes, and the traces of splicing were obvious, but it was indeed a whole ship, even more complete than when he sent it there.

Facing such an item that he has poured so much emotion into, it would be a lie to say that he has not been touched at all. No one knows better than Yu Xiaolong how difficult it is for a complete novice to complete such a job.

When he was doing it, he already knew that their relationship would break down, so he insisted on completing it before sending it out, because their relationship was incomplete, and he didn't want to have any other regrets.

But Xia Cong didn't need to do this, if it was just to tease him again, it would be too expensive.

When Yu Xiaolong thought of this, he thought again that he would have such an idea, wouldn't it be in line with his purpose this time.

"I took it all, don't throw it in front of me?" Xia Cong looked at his indifferent expression, wondering if he was going to smash it again, he stretched out his hand in front of Yu Xiaolong's eyes, miserable, " You can see it's all wounds, it hurts."

Yu Xiaolong really listened to him and took a look. His hands were well protected since he was a child because he needed to play the piano and press the strings, but now there are some small holes on them, some new and some old.

He called Xiao Zhou and asked him to come out for a while, Xia Cong didn't speak anymore, and glanced at a corner not far behind them.

Xiao Zhou came soon, Yu Xiaolong put the boat into a cardboard box and asked him to move it in, then he looked at Xia Cong and motioned to him, "Follow him in."

"You ordered me?" Xia Cong answered him frivolously without caring.

Yu Xiaolong didn't bother to care about him anymore, he sensed someone behind him, probably coming towards him, it's not wise to go back to the store at this time, he got up and pulled his hood, and walked in the opposite direction.

After a while, he heard footsteps behind him, getting closer and closer to him. He was still thinking about how he was about to turn his head so fast, but his wrist was suddenly grabbed by someone, pulling him forward quickly with a force.

"Run." Xia Cong shouted in his ear, leading him to avoid the surging crowd and walk into a hidden alley.

Yu Xiaolong looked at his back, and felt the long-lost excitement and madness in him from his jumping steps and smiling side face.