Food Bureau

She seemed to have insight into my psychology, and she smiled playfully, "Is it ready? Do you want to order something more?" After speaking, she looked at me so softly, extinguishing the doubts I had just now.

I shook my head, seeing the half glass of cocktail in front of her, "Are you...alone?"

She raised her eyebrows slightly, bit her lower lip subconsciously, "Do you count those people you just met? If not, just be alone."

I turned my head and looked behind her. Two men, one far away and one close, held up their wine glasses to greet me. I looked back at her again, as if there were stars shining in the corners of my eyes and brows. I don’t know if it’s the desire for protection or jealousy. It was still a combination of the two, anyway I took her arm, "Let's go, don't drink."

She was pulled by me, and the neckline was slightly stretched, revealing the pendant of the necklace I gave her. With a flash, my heart softened.

She pouted her lips, "Why don't you accompany me to drink this cup before leaving, otherwise it will be weird, like being dragged home by... and asked to be a good person."

I couldn't help laughing, Mr. Shang is also quite cute sometimes.

I sat down, looked up at today's wine list handwritten on the blackboard, and asked her inadvertently, "Have you been alone?"

"Well," she tilted her head, "now there are two of us."

"You said earlier..." I muttered, but didn't continue, and continued to look at the wine list.

She turned back happily and looked at the wine list with me. The bartender came over and asked me what I wanted to drink, "Same as her, thank you."

"Why are you running here alone?" I asked her.

"I don't want to stay in a hotel, it's boring and easy to bump into colleagues."

"Hmm~" I looked at the bartender mixing the drink, "All the colleagues have gone out, so Mr. Pei is at the hotel?"

She shrugged. "I don't know."

I sat and waited for the drink, and there was a moment of silence.

In fact, only three days have passed since Pei Sihan was beaten by the burning ice, but I don’t know if it’s because of the long-distance flight, it seems to have passed for a long time, and it has been lingering in my mind for such a long time.

When the wine came, I took a sip, and it smelled like holly, and I sniffed it again, "Oh, you have this taste."

"What's the matter?" she asked.

"Not girly at all."

"Then you change."

"No change, I like it." I said, almost gulping down the wine.

"Why are you drinking in such a hurry?"

"Turn around, let's go for a walk." I was so dizzy from the sweet wine, my eyes drifted away, and they floated on Shang Wan's white and clean fingers, each one was delicate and cute, I really wanted to hold it in my hand and play with it some.

I really want to finish my drink and leave. Although this tavern is nice, I want to have her alone, and it will be noisy if there is one more person.

She seemed to see that I really wanted to leave, so she waved her hand to the bartender, and a blond man at the bar asked in blunt English, "Are you leaving?"

"Yes, my friend came to pick me up, thank you for the wine."

Dare to be invited by that buddy for a glass of wine?I took out my wallet while they were talking, paid the rest of the money, and added some tips.

"Hey, what are you doing?" Shang Wan turned to look at me, "It seems like you are here to help me pay the bill."

"Can't you?" I packed my wallet, "Let's go."

The two of us put on our coats and went out. In northern Europe in late October, the night was close to zero, and we couldn't help wrapping our coats tightly.

Going a little further from this small street, you will arrive at the center of the town. European town planning is very regular. The center must be a church, and there will be a small square for market days or Christmas markets. , This tradition has been passed down for thousands of years.

"Where are you going?" Shang Wan asked.

"Huh?" I raised my head and squinted my eyes to look ahead, the alcohol was still there, "Look over there?" I pointed to the open place at the end of the alley, where the lights in front of the church illuminated the small square like a fairy tale world.

"En." Shang Wan responded, and walked forward with me.

There are taverns on both sides of the alley, and you can occasionally hear music and laughter from inside. When we walked to the small square, the shops we visited during the day were closed, but the windows were beautifully arranged. Lego is the Danish Therefore, in the small town of Aalborg favored by tourists, they are displayed in a dazzling array, together with the Christmas decorations that will be used in two months, so that there is a festive atmosphere.

"Shang Wan," I yelled, and found it quite clear in the small town square at night, "I seem to suddenly understand why walking in a small European town feels like walking in a fairy tale."

"Because...you read a lot of European fairy tales when you were young?"

I shook my head, "Those fairy tales are stories about the royal family. How can this street and house be so kind? Don't you think it's so kind? It's like living here in your previous life."

"Well... I really think so when you say that."

"Because the building blocks we built when we were young, think about it, are they small houses and streets in Europe?"

Shang Wan thought for a while, and finally laughed, it was the first time I saw her laughing like that, it was so romantic, like a little girl.

"Really!" she said.

I looked at her face, her eyes were flickering under the street lamp, and the profile of her nose was delicate and lovely.She smiled and looked at me as well, the straight romance slowly dissipated, she was still smiling, but she no longer looked like a little girl.

Something fell from the sky, like catkins, we didn't pay attention to the first piece, and we both looked up when it fell more and more.

"It's snowing," she said.

"Wow, it's snowing!"

I heard the sound of a rattle. It was the owner of a stall on the corner of the street. "This is the first snow of the year!" the stall owner said loudly in English, apparently for us.

I ignored him and looked at Shang Wan's face, snowflakes fell on it, and it didn't melt for a long time.

"Is it cold?" I asked.

"A little bit, how about you?"

"Miss? Do you want a hat?" The stall owner asked loudly again.

Only then did I turn around and look at the empty small square, just a single stall selling hats and scarves.

Seeing how hard he was yelling, I turned around and asked Shang Wan, "Can I buy you a hat? A small stall, do you want to wear it?"

She smiled, "I will wear it if you wear it."

I tugged at the sleeves of her coat, walked to the stall, and shook my head, "Oh, this man, wearing a small stall still insists on forcing me to come along."

The stall owner was very happy to see us passing by, "Where are you from? China?"

Well, Chinese tourists are so famous, then I have to win glory for the country.

I scanned around, from the wild animal fur leopard hat to the artistic octagonal hat, but finally I fell in love with a childlike red woolen hat with a fur ball on it. I pointed to It, "That's it, okay?"

A look of embarrassment flashed in Shang Wan's eyes, "You have to let me try..."

Ouch, sister, why do you have such a good temper?The stall owner handed me the hat, "Do you want this lady to try it?"

I took it, and just about to pass it to Shang Wan, my hand hesitated for a moment, and I looked at her, as if we had some kind of tacit understanding, I slowly raised my hand, and she seemed to shrink her neck subconsciously. In this way, I put the red woolen hat on her.

Showing a little shyness, she straightened her hair, "How is it? Isn't it silly?"

"Don't move," I took out my phone, "It looks good, I'll take a picture for you."

She struggled a bit in her eyes, and let me take a picture cooperatively. I turned the phone over, "How is it? It looks good."

"Ouch..." She muttered with a smile while watching, "You're a straight man taking pictures, and you don't even have a beauty app." She raised her eyes and gave me a resentful look.

"What's the beauty? I said what's wrong with the girls nowadays. They use that Laoshizi app to make themselves unrecognizable by their parents. Their faces are deformed and I can't see them. Look at how beautiful your picture is, how valuable it is. Fight!"

Shang Wan was dumbfounded by what I said, and pointed to another hat on the booth, "That's agreed, you wear it too."

"Okay," I turned my head and looked, "I can't wear red, and we were abducted by circus troupe on the street later." I picked up a black one of the same style, "I just wear it It's gone." He said that he made a fool of himself.

Shang Wan shook her head dumbfounded, and raised her hand to help me straighten my hair. A faint fragrance filled my nostrils. I was suddenly speechless, and even wanted to cry for no reason.

"Would you like to take a picture for you too?" she asked.

I shook my head and saw the boss looking at us stupidly, "How much is this?" I pointed to the hats on our heads.

"17.99 euros for one, two..." He actually took a calculator and calculated.

I took out two twenty-euro bills from my wallet and handed them to him, "You don't need to change them," I said.

Who let us meet the first snow?

The boss thanked him a thousand times, and when he collected the money, he also closed the stall.

"Shall we go back?" I looked at my watch, "It may take about ten minutes to walk back here."

"Let's go," Shang Wan turned and walked towards the square, "Thank you for the hat~"

I followed her, the snowflakes fell lightly and disappeared soundlessly, it had its own indifferent and calm.

"Shang Wan..."

She turned back and stood still.

"Shang Wan, I can't wave it away, can you let me ask you a question?"

She seemed to take a light breath, but she didn't seem to, "You ask."

"That day, why did you say that you would always protect Burning Bing...?"

She looked at me, "A few years ago, when I was studying in the United States from the UK, something happened. I can't say what it is. I told you before. I have a contract, but that incident made me owe money. Zhuo Bing has a debt that cannot be repaid, and I promised someone that in this life, no matter what, I will keep Zhuo Bing safe."

I took a deep breath, "Let me guess," I gritted my teeth, and decided not to worry about her taboos, and this time, I'll tell the truth, so I don't have to guess all the time and feel uncomfortable in my heart. Besides, Shang Wan Didn't she say that she gave me a position... Thinking of this sentence, I felt a frenzy in my heart, "If my guess is wrong, you are welcome to correct me: When you were studying in England, you had a relationship with Zhuo Bing. She was also in Europe at the time. Her parents were Chinese who immigrated to Italy. She studied art. Your major and school were related to art. You had a good chance of knowing each other at that time. Later, the Shang family found out and intervened in this matter. Guess that Pei Sihan is the thunder blasted by the Shang family, in other words, Pei Sihan holds the Shang family's Shangfang sword in his hand, hehe, it sounds pretty good, both of them are surnamed Shang~"

I looked at Shang Wan's face, the red wool hat made her look friendly, so I continued to make troubles.

"Perhaps, the Shang family wants you to be with Pei Sihan. Firstly, to keep Pei, and secondly, to reverse your... to break up you and Burning Bing, and you are separated from Burning Bing. Firstly, it may also be forced to Pressure, secondly, maybe in the later stage, you have also recognized Zhuo Bing's not-so-good qualities, but I don't understand, breaking up is a common thing, why do you owe her so much? You just said you promised someone, Maybe her family, her mother?"