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Chapter 06
Chapter 06
The name of the resident singing band of "Continuation" is "Hippocampus", which Lin Hui liked when he heard it for the first time.
The hippocampus is a component of the brain that is primarily responsible for the storage of memories. Music is also the hippocampus, which stores human emotions. Looking at the band, Lin Hui couldn't help but think that all the memories of He Jianshan were also in his hippocampus. How much space do they take up? In what form do they exist, are they like frames of a movie, lined up quietly, waiting for one of them to be called up at any time?
At this moment, in this bar called "Continuation", Lin Hui retrieved from his hippocampus the scene of He Jianshan's first blind date.
It may be said that blind date is not suitable. After all, from He Jianshan's point of view, eating with the leader's daughter is also part of the job. The dinner time was set early, and the daughter of the big leader was not to be neglected, but He Jianshan was also very busy, and some things had to be arranged and confirmed in advance, so when Lin Hui reported his work to He Jianshan, he deliberately brought it up: "He Jianshan President, for the dinner with Miss Feng next month, you need to set aside time early."
He Jianshan didn't lift his head: "Which Miss Feng?"
Lin Hui was embarrassed for a while: "Secretary Feng's daughter."
He Jianshan continued to read the document: "Oh, then you can make a restaurant reservation for me."
Lin recalled and refused without thinking: "It's not suitable, it's better for you to arrange it yourself."
He Jianshan raised his head and said strangely, "Where is it not suitable?"
Lin Hui was speechless, and after thinking for a long time, he had to say, "I don't understand this, I'm afraid of making mistakes."
He Jianshan looked at him motionlessly, his eyes burning like a torch, and Lin Hui felt flustered for a while, but he was still reluctant to change his mind.
He Jianshan looked at him for a while, then finally lowered his head and said lightly, "Okay, let Annie arrange it."
Anne ended up ordering a French Michelin restaurant. Hearing that the woman came back from studying in France, Annie felt that the French meal took a long time, and the two could chat, and the woman would have topics to talk about in the face of familiar things, and it was not easy to be cold.
While He Jianshan was eating a French meal, Lin Hui asked the salesperson to warm up a cup of instant noodles at the convenience store downstairs of the company. He didn't really want to eat today, and when he went to other departments, he happened to smell the taste of instant noodles. While eating, he took out his mobile phone and checked it. It turned out that a French meal would take at least two to three hours. If he and He Jianshan had a French meal together, then they could change a contract at the dinner table by the way. . Thinking of this, Lin Hui couldn't help laughing, and then slowly faded his smile.
He shouldn't have the opportunity to spend three hours tasting an exquisite dinner with He Jianshan.
That's too long.
What Lin Hui is best at is how to finish a meal quickly.
It's a habit he picked up when he was a kid. In the few years when Lin Hui's parents were in the accident, the family relied on Lin Hui's grandmother alone, and they had a hard time. At that time, Lin Hui learned to use soup to make rice while eating, so that he could finish the meal quickly and cook less dishes to save money. Even when he came across his favorite soup, only one dish was enough. Grandma was so distressed that he said that he was good-looking and smart, so he shouldn't have been born in their family, and that he must go to a big city after studying hard. He smiled and said no, he wanted to come back to help grandma grow vegetables. From childhood to adulthood, although he was scolded by life, he rarely felt resentment and low self-esteem. But at this moment, Lin Hui suddenly realized that the gap between him and He Jianshan was really too big. This gap even surpassed age and gender.
Having been with He Jianshan for a long time, he had the illusion that they were from the same world. In fact, he was just a trivial wave. He was lucky enough to climb the first wave before he could see the wider world, ride the wind and chase the rising sun.
Upstairs, He Jianshan and Xue Pei's red wine was half gone.
Xue Pei and He Jianshan were talking and laughing, and they remembered one more thing: "Speaking of which, Lin Hui is really eye-catching. Xiaoliu told me two days ago that a handsome guy who often came to our bar to play with Lin Hui had a relationship once, and he never forgot about him. He squatted in the bar for a long time and didn't reach him, so he couldn't help asking him, and he knew it was Assistant Lin as soon as he heard the description."
He Jianshan looked at Xue Pei after hearing this, wondering if he was wrong: "Handsome guy?"
"Yes, handsome, man."
He Jianshan was noncommittal: "This person likes men?"
Seeing his subtle tone, Xue Pei smiled and said, "Yes, after all, you are also someone who has lived abroad. It's not unusual, isn't it? Are you still homophobic?"
He Jianshan frowned: "It's not a question of whether you're afraid of homophobia, regardless of gender, is it mainly because he's worthy?"
Xue Pei was not interested in the matter of the insurance media pulling fiber. He was just gossiping casually, but He Jianshan's tone made him amused: "Where did you come from? Let's not talk about the rest, what Xiao Liu said I also know people, Stephen Li, I heard that his father is a famous surgeon, and his mother is a university professor, isn’t his background not bad, and he’s not worthy of your assistant Lin?”
"A good family depends on the atmosphere, not the family background, but mainly on the person."
"He is a returnee himself, and is now an executive of a foreign company."
"He said it himself? Can the chat in the bar be serious? Everyone is a stranger, just talking casually."
"I've talked to him a few times, and he's very sincere and easy-going, not like the kind of pompous person."
"Know the face but not the heart."
It was the first time Xue Pei found that He Jianshan was so yin and yang, and he was about to laugh angrily: "Then what kind of person do you think is worthy of Assistant Lin?"
He Jianshan stopped talking.
He hadn't thought about this question, but when Xue Pei asked it, he really stopped him. But compared to this, He Jianshan is more concerned about another thing: "Do you think what you do here will make you happy?"
Xue Pei gave him a strange look: "Why did you come to 'continue'?"
He Jianshan was thoughtful.
"This is a bar. If you want to be happy, you have to drink."
A handsome guy who is alone always attracts attention. Lin Hui sat and thought about things for a while, when two girls came over and wanted to invite him for a drink. He smiled and shook his head and refused. Lin Hui didn't know how long he would stay. He was considering whether to move to a more corner place, when the light of "Continuation" suddenly became dim.
As if to match the night, the atmosphere is more gentle and lingering.
The music stopped.
Lin Hui saw Xiao Liu, the manager of "Continuation", beckoning to the lead singer of the hippocampus, and then glanced at the phone screen. They seemed to have said something. The lead singer gave an "OK" gesture and returned to the stage. He fiddled with the microphone, turned around and gestured to the band behind him, and said:
"Just now, the manager of our 'continuation' asked me to tell you something-" He paused, and after the hall slowly quieted down and focused his eyes on him, he raised a hand and began to speak in a high voice, " Someone invited you to drink, and all drinks tonight are free!"
The whole bar cheered for a while, and everyone toasted and laughed.
"The next song was ordered by the gentleman who invited everyone to drink. Well, I like the title of the song very much. It's called "Joy". The gentleman also wants to tell you something—" The lights dimmed again, and the stage sounded The sound of the guitar, the lead singer slowly closed his eyes in the prelude,
"cheers."
Lin Hui has not yet reacted from the familiar song title. Ken has come to him with a large tray. He put down a cup, two cups, three cups, four cups in front of Lin Hui——Lin Hui opened his eyes Big eyes - twelve glasses of wine!
Red, white, yellow, green, cocktails, champagne, vodka, rum, tall and short, unnamed...
Lin Hui put twelve glasses of wine in front of him!
After putting down the last glass of wine with a smile, Ken handed him a thin card with a line written on it:
Taste it, enjoy it.
The beautiful English characters are the handwriting of He Jianshan.
Knowing that He Jianshan didn't mean anything in particular, Lin Hui's heart was still thumping fast. He seems to have turned to a web page that has not been loaded successfully for a long time, and he has entered the next page around him, but he is still only blank. Lin Hui looked at the wine in front of him, the colorful wine mixed with the lights of the bar, just like the night in this city, dazzling.
Lin Hui picked out an orange-red cocktail for himself.
After tonight, this night will be divided into countless frames and stored in his memory. He will remember one day, the shade of the trees he drove by, the corners of his clothes that He Jianshan brought up when he went upstairs, and the blue color. , Thinking of "Joy", thinking of the first sip of wine tonight, a little bitter, a little sweet, just like the mood at the moment.
He endured, and couldn't wait, to toast the night.
The consequence of both He Jianshan and Lin Hui drinking is that they stood by the car together after the end and waited for the driver to pick them up. The wind at night was neither cold nor hot, and the wine smells on the two of them mixed together, bringing a strange fragrance.
The redness on Lin Hui's face was mostly concealed by the night. After hesitating for a long time, he couldn't help but say, "Why are you sending me so much wine?"
"Xue Pei said that if you want to be happy in the bar, you need to drink, so," He Jianshan tilted his head and glanced at Lin Hui, "Are you happy?"
Lin Hui didn't speak for a long time, and after a while he asked in a low voice, "Then why do you want this song?"
"What's so special about this song?"
Lin Hui looked into the distance: "It reminds me of my grandma."
"I heard you let it go before, I think it fits the scene."
"The occasion?"
He Jianshan turned to look at him: "Today is the 30th."
Lin Hui was stunned for a moment, and realized that he was talking about today's date: September 30th.
It's September.
Lin Hui's ears seemed to sound like the low, hoarse voice of a singer in the bar:
unforgettable september
a butterfly is flying
dance around you
fall in my hands
...
It was an unforgettable September.
Lin recalled that he wondered if He Jianshan could leave the last day of September in He Jianshan's hippocampus, or whether he could leave this butterfly.
The author has something to say:
"Joy" by Xu Wei
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