Rosie looked up sleepily, but the sight in front of him woke him up.What catches the eye is the signboard with a green and white grid background, with the strange name of the restaurant "Dennis House" spelled out in circles with light strips.

In the desolate night market, only this restaurant is dimly lit, and the glass door covered with finger prints is half-opened, and soft and humorous jazz music, as well as a faint aroma of chocolate, float from inside.This shop, which is exactly the same as the restaurant Rosie frequented when she was a teenager, suddenly appeared in the cold night, like a ghost ship that has been sailing for many years, floating in the night sea.

...It seems that as long as he boards the deck, the scenery on the ship will return to the past again.On his left will be a quiet boy, opposite is a chattering girl, the three of them toasted and laughed on a snowy Christmas Eve, like a dream that never wakes up in the Magic Sea system, a beautiful, carefree, golden agedream.

Rosie came back to herself with a solid shiver as the night wind blew into her collar.He muttered to the signboard of "Dennis House": "This...how is it possible..."

"Probably the restaurant you are familiar with opened a branch in the second district, or moved the whole store here." Deng Huailing gathered his collar for him, raised his hand and pulled the zipper to his chin, calmlyAnalysis, "The price of ingredients in the main urban area has soared since ten years ago, and it is now a luxury. If these restaurants want to survive, they can only smuggle ingredients from the second district, or simply move to the second district to do business. What you seeIt must have been a coincidence."

"Indeed, it should be like you said, they moved here." Rosie settled down, and the sudden surge of emotions was suppressed, and Deng Huailing's rational and objective tone made him feel at ease, "I... always like thisIt is easy to be affected by memories and get lost."

"It doesn't matter." Deng Huailing smiled, "Do you want to continue walking and find other restaurants? In such a big night market, you can always find something to eat."

"No, here it is, 'Dennis House'." Rosie hesitated for a moment, and grabbed the other's sleeve, "Although there are bad memories here, I still remember the Dennis couple who opened this shop, and the food they madeIt was delicious and treated me very well. It would be nice to say hello if they happen to be in this branch.”

"It's all up to you." Deng Huailing said, smoothing a lock of long hair on Rosie's head that was blown up by the wind.

They entered the half-open glass door, and melodious jazz music immediately surrounded them.The furnishings in the restaurant are very simple, except for the counter, there are only four small wooden round tables and matching seats, and green and white cushions are placed on the chairs.

There were no waiters, only a young man in his twenties was dozing off behind the counter, and when he heard the sound of them entering the door, he opened his eyes:

"Is there anything I can do to help... Huh?"

The young man behind the counter stared at the couple who seemed to be a couple in surprise. The customer on the left looked handsome but indifferent, and his brown eyes could be seen as unkind.There was a friendly smile, and the corners of his mouth were slightly raised, but it made the young man think that he had seen this smile before.

Among the many people he has met in his life, there is indeed a gentle young man who impressed him deeply, but that young man should be over thirty years old today, and he is not the same age as the person on the right.What's even more different is that the boy in his memory had a simple, pure, warm and unforgettable smile, but the person in front of him, though still gentle, had tired and melancholy eyes that were completely different from what he remembered.

Like all ordinary people, he did not dare to look into the dark eyes of that guest.The peaceful sorrow filled inside, the traces left by the heavy past, are like monsters lurking under the sparkling water, which makes people fearful and stay away.

"Lian Dennis?" Rosie spoke first.

"Do you know my name?" The young man came out from behind the counter in a panic, and asked them while guiding them to sit down, "Where did we meet before? Because you look a lot like the one I saw when I was a child..."

"My name is Rosie," Rosie professed the pseudonym, "Don't you remember? I used to treat you to ice cream when you were a kid. Me and my...friends often visited your parents more than ten years agoA restaurant near the Petrov Military Academy. The macaroni is delicious."

Ryan froze for a moment, and the other party was indeed the person he guessed.He also knew who the friend the other party was talking about—Robert Dillane, who had become a household name in Cesina City more than ten years ago. When Robert first became famous, his parents proudly posted aHe was naturally impressed by the "Mayor's Most Frequented Restaurant" sign.

He remembered Robert, and also the teenagers and girls around Robert.When he was ten years old, the boy with a bright smile secretly picked up the ice cream on the table that he had been coveting for a long time and stuffed it into his hands. In order not to let his parents find out that he was begging for food from the guests, the boy protected him inside.Under his seat, he waited patiently for him to finish eating before getting up to pay the bill.

The man was a kind man, but... a friend of Robert Dylan's.

"Are you a friend of the mayor?" Ryan's tone calmed down, and he said defensively, "Why did you come to the second district..."

"I'm not his friend, not a long time ago, I'm part of the second district now." Rosie interrupted him, staring at the menu with a lonely look, her voice hoarse, "Ryan, we want aBeer, two burritos and two macaroni, thanks."

Ryan was stunned. He didn't sort out the relationship between the young man and Robert, but he still didn't ask any more questions, and said flatly: "Okay, please wait a moment." He turned around and poured a cold beer, put it on the table,He went into the back kitchen and cooked dishes for them.

He seemed to be the only chef, waiter and cashier in this small restaurant.

Deng Huailing remembered the name of the store "Dennis House" and the owner couple mentioned by Luo Xi, but there was no one else in the restaurant.He looked at Ryan's back and asked, "Where are your parents, the Dennis couple? Rosie said you have a similar store in the main city. Are they still in the city?"

Ryan seemed to be stepping on nails all over the ground, his back trembled, and he stood where he was, but he didn't look back.He held the apron left by his mother, his fingers clenched the fabric until it turned white, then slowly let go, and tied the apron.

"They are all dead." He was silent for a while, then said, "Three months ago, CyberRose killed them."

He heard the clang of glass falling behind him, and the glass of beer in Rosie's hand slammed on the table, spilling golden brown transparent liquid all over the table.But Ryan had no intention of looking back, he just walked into the back kitchen calmly and did what he should do.

The young man named Rosie used to be Robert's good friend, so he probably wouldn't sympathize with his experience, and just took pleasure in exposing the scars.

However, when he walked out of the back kitchen with macaroni and burritos, what he saw was the young man sitting there with reddish eyes, clenched his teeth, and his shoulders trembled slightly.The man on the opposite side crossed the table and held the young man's finger. His two hands wearing black rings overlapped. His brown eyes were no longer covered with the indifferent and cold ice lake. The sharp killing intent broke through the lake like an ice edge.

They were pissed at his rage, Lane sensed it.Whether it was the friendly guest or the indifferent guest, none of them were like the cold-blooded dignitaries or numb people in the main city.He saw two very similar, living hearts, beating together, and in that moment Ryan understood what a couple they were.

With the wary hostility subsiding, he leaned over to wipe the table and set down their food for the two of them.At this moment Rosie raised her head and called him back, the pain and hatred in her eyes were like a sharp knife: "...why?"

The melancholy in those eyes has been invisible, and the never-ending flame of vengeance has been ignited, even if the heavy rain pours down, it cannot be extinguished.

"Three months ago, when I just returned to the second district...Why did Robert attack a small restaurant at that time?" Rosie grabbed Ryan's arm and asked firmly and sincerely, "Tell me the reason,There must be a reason for this.”

Ryan looked at the other party's earnest expression, and sighed heavily.He picked up another draft of cold beer, poured himself a glass, and drank it down, as if it would chill the too intense sadness.

"My father committed suicide, just like most people who committed suicide in Cesina City, because of insolvency." He described the ins and outs with a calm tone and short words, "I borrowed money from a bank under CyberRose,I thought I could get through the most difficult period, but the difficulties never ended."

"The most cherished thing in his life is the restaurant in the main city, 'Dennis House'. During the twelve years of Robert Dillane's tenure, almost all restaurants closed because they could not afford natural ingredients, only oursThe restaurant is still struggling to maintain."

Speaking of this, Ryan raised the corner of his mouth and smiled as if thinking of warm memories, "Even if the customers can't afford the meal, and fewer and fewer customers come to the restaurant, my father is still very proud. We are the longest in the neighborhood."He often told me optimistically that if only one customer could taste the taste of natural ingredients, our persistence would not be in vain.”

"But the day after my father said those optimistic words to me for the last time, he climbed to the roof of the building where the restaurant was, and jumped from it. He left a suicide note for my mother and me, saying heThe debt will be cleared after death, and we don't have to sell the restaurant to pay off the debt, after all, the restaurant has already been transferred to my name.

"This man thought...he was like a hero, guarding the 'Dennis House', the home we lived in for a long time. But the debt was not wiped out according to legal procedures. On the third day, the bionics of CyberRose broke into the restaurant,Remove all valuables, my mother tried to stop, and was immediately shot dead by a combat android..."

Ryan's voice trembled, fearful yet full of loathing, "Her blood was splashed on the sign of 'the restaurant most frequented by the mayor', where her body was straddled by dozens of bionics... II can't figure out why the mayor would attack us insignificant civilians."

"But then I realized that he just wanted the building where the restaurant is. That building has a special meaning to him. It not only contains the restaurant he used to come to when he was young, but it is also a special place."

"Where?" An ominous cloud hung over Rosie's mind, and he thought he already knew the answer.

"Bloody Christmas, he defeated the rebel leader Rosie, accepted Rosie's surrender there, and killed the leader.The mayor must be trying to do something with that 'triumph building', Robert Dillane, a man of 'monumentality'."