days of waiting

Bitter&Sweet's early morning is actually more beautiful than the afternoon, but people other than Li Chen don't know it.

If a customer came forward at this moment, Li Chen would be willing to turn over the "In preparation" sign and open business for that person earlier.

She would love to share this morning.

But apart from Cheng Youwei who complained loudly when he couldn't sleep, and Han Zhaojie who was broken in love once leaned on the bar and wept quietly, Li Chen hardly ever met any early morning guests.

So when Mi Yining opened the store door at seven o'clock sharply, threw the bag for the afternoon class on the table like a gust of wind, and stuffed himself into a seat, Li Chen was really dumbfounded for a while.

"What, what's wrong?"

Li Chen was still holding the glass jug he had just taken out of the refrigerator, staring at the silent figure of the girl leaning on the table in astonishment.

Mi Yining shook his head and said softly, "It's okay."

Li Chen quietly looked at Mi Yining's expression, and finally put the menu on the table in front of the girl.

"Have breakfast first, staff meal."

After being dazed for a while, Mi Yining raised his head and smiled playfully at Li Chen, stretched out his hand as if to open the menu, but pressed on the cover for a few seconds, then stopped.

She knows what's on the menu better than anyone.

"The salty pie is ready, there is one piece left, right?" Mi Yining looked at Li Chen and nodded, "After eating, make a new one today."

"Do you want something to drink?"

Li Chen asked, looked at Mi Yining and smiled, and immediately felt that it was absurdly funny.This is what the two of them usually say to their guests. How could they ask each other this question one day?

"Oh..." Mi Yining sighed softly, "I want to drink away my sorrow..."

What worries?What's bothering her?

Li Chen knew that even if he was going crazy with curiosity, he would not have an answer.

"Xiaomi." Li Chen said in a low voice, with a sense of apology, "I only have coffee."

Mi Yining laughed, "Chen, I'm really dumb." As he put the menu on the table back into Li Chen's hand, "There's only coffee, let's have coffee."

This millet is absolutely abnormal, if she is not sensitive to coffee on weekdays, but today she didn't even think about it, she raised her head and smiled at Li Chen and decided to have a cup.

She has something on her mind.

And this worry made her so troubled and depressed that she lost concern for her usual favorite things and life.

"The more bitter the better." Mi Yining raised his head and added, his eyes were erratic, not falling on anything.

When Li Chen returned to the counter, he was going to pick the dark roasted coffee beans according to Xiaomi's request, bring the hot water to a boil, and press the switch of the grinder to create a cup of bitterness that is unparalleled in the world. While drinking, she stopped her movements, realizing that the girl's words contained too much self-abandonment.

She never drank coffee, how could she want to drink the bitterest?

What's more, even if the coffee is burnt and bitter, it should not be used to summarize the taste of a cup of coffee, just like lamb with stinky smell, like seafood with fishy smell, those trailing tastes should not be all.

…So, even if life is bitter at this moment, you shouldn’t let yourself go down to the bottom by letting go.

Li Chen looked at Xiaomi's back, her long ponytail was a vertical line, standing calmly in the air, just like her intangible thoughts, as far away and still as stagnant.

If she can't be Mi Yining's confidant, if she's not qualified to be a girl's friend to share her thoughts with, at least let her be the one who distracts her from troubles and makes her feel at ease.

If she, Li Chen, is just a landscape, at least she is the one that makes people happy.

From the refrigerator, she found the coffee liquid that had been frozen in after extraction. After the coffee pot left the refrigerator, thin beads of sweat appeared on the glass wall.

Li Chen put the freshly baked brownies on the table, under the girl's surprised expression, he bent slightly, brought the pot filled with coffee liquid to Mi Yining's eyes, and motioned her to smell the smell.

"It smells so good!" Mi Yining exclaimed, and quickly lowered his eyes to check the liquid in the pot, "Is this the smell of coffee?"

Li Chen nodded.

"Chen, this smells like coffee liqueur!"

"Xiaomi, this is an ice drop."

For some, cold drip coffee is a luxury, but not for the same reason.This low-temperature extracted beverage is filled with ice water and ice cubes in a cup, and falls on the coffee powder in units of "drops", slowly soaks in the powder, and then slowly filters out in this small unit, just like an hourglass. , a complete extraction can take hours, it takes time.

Freshly brewed iced coffee may not be the most suitable for drinking. Like the pot in Li Chen's hand, after being left overnight, the coffee liquid emits a faint aroma similar to wine after fermentation, which tastes better than drinking it from the beginning. be charming.

Mi Yining said that he wanted to use wine to relieve his worries, at least this is the closest thing Li Chen has to wine.More importantly, the bitterness and astringency of cold drip coffee will not be extracted at low temperature, which is most suitable for her who does not like coffee...

If she can't endure hardship at all, why force it?

Perhaps in Li Chen's humble expectations, some parts still want to make girls like coffee more and get closer to him by relying on fragrant drinks, but for other parts, she just wants to make her happy.

I really hope Mi Yining can be happy.

Why is she incapable of making her happy?

Li Chen poured the drink into the coffee cup.

Seeing Xiaomi's expression showing a little excitement and anticipation, Li Chen felt excited, as if he might be able to divert her attention a little bit.

"Chen, where's Pai?"

"Brownies just came out of the oven, so it's a pity not to eat them." Li Chen explained plainly. In fact, she felt that she should eat something sweet and relaxing when she was in a bad mood. Especially Mi Yining loves sweets. Want to eat quiche?

"It's really stupid..." Mi Yining said jokingly, took a bite of the chocolate brownie, looked up and smiled at Li Chen, "It's delicious."

Li Chen nodded, concealing the excitement in his heart like a huge wave.

"Chen, have you had breakfast?" Mi Yining sipped his iced coffee, nodded, raised his head and asked Li Chen, and added a little jokingly, "Employee meal?"

Li Chen shook his head.Shaking your head has many meanings: I haven’t eaten, I don’t eat, I’m okay,…

But Mi Yining stood up, stepped on a chair and crossed the bar, took a clean cup and plate, grabbed a piece of brownie from the shelf, returned to the seat, and motioned for Li Chen to sit opposite him and eat together.

Is this too much beyond expectations?

Li Chen sat down cautiously, afraid that if he was not careful, this beautiful morning like a dream would be ruined.

"I'm sorry, Chen, can you chat with me?" Mi Yining

Even if she was surprised and amazed, it wasn't too obvious, in Mi Yining's eyes, she might just nod her head dully, "Okay, okay..."

Millet?Xiaomi wants her to chat with her?

After those dessert lessons, Mi Yining has hardly had a complete conversation with Li Chen, why today...?

Because of her disorder.Li Chen thought darkly that maybe he was a sign of self-defeating, just like the coffee she was rarely willing to try.

But even so, there is still a part in Li Chen's heart - a large part, and he feels that he is a bit too lucky.

"What do you want to talk about?" Li Chen ate the cake and carefully looked at the girl in front of him.

"Anything is fine! Let's chat!" Mi Yining smiled lightly, but the smile was very heavy.Li Chen couldn't figure out what was possible and what was impossible this morning, and he always felt that it was unbelievable that he could have a little expectation for everything.

"Xiaomi, what's wrong?"

she asked, not keeping silent anymore.

Dare to ask today, can you get the answer?

The bangs on the side of the girl were never intentional, they just fell lightly on the face. Because of the backlight, the face was hooked with a faint golden and white light. Her light smile made the peaceful time meaningful at that moment. At this moment, Mi Yining is like a character in Klimt's painting, surrounded by gorgeous gold, still white and pure and beautiful.

"Chen, won't it bother you?" She tilted her head slightly and asked.

No!Not at all!

If Mi Yining is willing to speak, even the weeds on the side of the road, the floating clouds in the sky - even those most trivial - are the most important things to Li Chen.

"There is a quarrel between couples, and it would be shameful for others to know about us!"

As if tearing a piece of paper forcefully, abruptly and quickly, there was a crisp sound in my heart. It turned out that hearing Mi Yining say the word "we" to himself was this kind of pain.

Even if a couple quarrels, it is a moment of life shared by two people who are close to each other.

"No...it won't be." Li Chen put down his fork and forced out words.

It's such a complicated feeling.

The devil in her heart is very happy that Xiaomi quarreled with her boyfriend. Although it may be a small and innocuous quarrel and it will be fine the next day, but the dark side in Li Chen's heart is still secretly hoping that maybe this will be the last straw that breaks the camel's back. Maybe it caused them to break up; the angel in Li Chen's heart was very worried. Seeing Mi Yining's depressed appearance, she always felt bored in her heart. Since she couldn't afford anything, she could only pray and bless secretly, please let me The girl she loves can be happy.

After all, Li Chen is still a kind and abusive person, the latter is actually much more than the former, so even though listening to Mi Yining's further narration at this moment will make her heart hurt, she still continues to ask with concern.

"...Maybe just need a little compromise and concession."

After listening to the narration, Li Chen came to a faint conclusion, thinking that if his words could make them last forever, at the same time, it would also make him lonely for a lifetime.

Xiaomi's bright smile brought a little epiphany, "I know it all! It's just a lack of reminders..."

Bitter&Sweet has so many beautiful and excessive things this morning, there is the cold aroma of iced coffee, the soft and sweet taste of brown mud, and the gentle light accompanied by Xiaomi's calm smile, but at this moment, Li Chen feels that his heart is narrow out of breath.

"Chen, thank you." Xiaomi said gratefully, and patted the back of Li Chen's hand, "It's so strange, I really feel much better talking to you..."

Li Chen sighed, feeling that those complicated knots were untied in an instant.

She knows that she is willing to be a scenery, if it can be a scenery that Mi Yining can look at and smile happily, even if she can only watch girls passing by...

...Even if she has to keep killing herself in exchange for the girl's smiling face, Li Chen is willing to do so.

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