Chương 43: Chapter 43: Reunion and unexpected encounter
As night falls, the body and mind that have been busy all day finally have a moment of respite. In this bustling city, although the night brings endless loneliness, it also gives people the opportunity to indulge themselves. Perhaps only at night can people take off their masks, show their truest selves, taste pain and joy in reality, and helplessly watch their youth quietly pass away in the long river of time.
Because of Le Yao, Chen Jingming's A4 sedan has become Su Ran's car in the past few days. After ending the call with Robben, Su Ran drove to the hotel to pick up Le Yao, and then drove non-stop to the "Empty City Music Theme Restaurant".
When they arrived, Robben was carrying Su Ran's guitar and appeared at the entrance of the alley on his modified track motorcycle.
After Su Ran and Le Yao got off the car, Le Yao was particularly excited to see Robben and waved and greeted him from a distance.
As the two approached, Robben put his hand on Le Yao's shoulder and joked, "Le Da Wan, long time no see."
Le Yao didn't care about Robben's intimate behavior. She looked at the guitar behind Robben and asked, "Luo Da Wan, are you going to sing tonight?"
"This is Su Ran's guitar." Robben said.
Le Yao turned to look at Su Ran: "Are you going to improvise a few songs later?"
Su Ran nodded: "Yeah, I haven't sung in this restaurant for a long time. I miss the days when I was a resident singer."
"Why do I feel hypocritical when I hear the word miss?" Robben teased.
Le Yao agreed: "That's right, miss is too cheap. We are both people who move forward courageously, right, Robben?"
Robben nodded: "That makes sense. Only Su Ran would rather lose her value from time to time and look back."
Su Ran smiled without saying anything. He understood that Robben and Le Yao's singing in unison at this moment was just a cover-up and escape. But he didn't want to expose it. After all, no matter how perfect the disguise is in front of others, when the night is quiet, those disguises will be ruthlessly torn apart. The night never tolerates hypocritical people.
The three of them talked and laughed, walked through the dark alley and headed towards the restaurant.
Pushing open the door of the restaurant, the familiar singing first came into the ears. CC was singing Xu Wei's "Time" on the stage affectionately. She sang very devotedly and didn't even notice the arrival of the three.
They didn't disturb them, quietly found a corner to sit down, and quietly listened to this song that evoked countless memories.
When singing "You are the most beautiful spring in my memory, and the yesterday that I can't go back to again", Su Ran and Robben took out cigarettes from the cigarette box and lit them almost at the same time. Su Ran didn't know what Robben was thinking, but his own thoughts had drifted back to the past, full of nostalgia for the past, and he wanted to return to that spring and swim in the river of love to the end.
The singing gradually faded, and the applause began to sparsely. Su Ran came back to her senses and looked up at the small stage. CC had put down the guitar and found them almost at the same time. Her eyes were full of surprise. This surprise was obviously caused by Robben, and had nothing to do with Su Ran and Le Yao.
CC came with a smile on her face, and asked the waiter to bring wine and menus.
Robben reacted calmly to CC's arrival. He still held a cigarette in his mouth and focused on tuning his guitar.
CC stood beside Robben and spoke for a long time: "Long time no see, Robben."
"Sit down, let's have a few drinks together." Robben made some space, but his tone was calm.
CC nodded, sat down next to Robben, lit a cigarette, and asked: "How have you been recently?"
"Pretty good." Robben replied perfunctorily.
CC looked helpless at such a response. Robben always treated her like this, and she had no choice but to fall into silence.
The waiter brought wine and drinks, and Su Ran and the other two avoided Robben and chatted.
CC flicked the ash off his cigarette and looked at Su Ran: "Su Ran, why didn't you bring your girlfriend to play with you today?"
Su Ran was stunned for a moment before answering: "She's very busy and has no time to spare all day."
As soon as he finished speaking, Le Yao and Robben asked at the same time: "Do you have a girlfriend?"
Su Ran regretted that he had called Xu Tianna his girlfriend in front of others before, but out of habit, he introduced her like this in front of Fang Yuan, Lin Yue and others, and also said it casually when facing CC.
"I guess so." Su Ran was vague.
Robben didn't delve into it, picked up the wine glass and took a sip, and stopped asking questions. Le Yao was very excited: "Who is it, Su Ran?"
"You've seen her." Su Ran raised the wine glass and motioned Le Yao to drink together, trying to change the subject.
Le Yao was relentless: "Is it the woman who helped you pay the fine at the police station last time?"
"Guess." Su Ran picked up the guitar that Robben had tuned and walked to the small stage opposite, just because he was afraid of Le Yao's endless questioning.
Su Ran just sat down on the stage chair, and Robben followed. The two looked at each other and felt helpless. Su Ran was avoiding Le Yao, while Robben didn't want to face CC.
Robben asked the sound engineer for a microphone and said to the band behind him: "Let's play "Don't Break My Heart" by Black Panther."
The band was ready, Su Ran and Robben made an OK gesture, then closed their eyes and immersed themselves in the prelude of the song.
Su Ran was fully engaged in the whole song, and only opened his eyes at the end. He subconsciously looked at his previous seat and found that Xu Tianna had come to the restaurant without knowing when, and was sitting with Le Yao and CC, applauding them. The eyes of the diners around were also attracted.
One beauty is enough to attract attention, and at this moment, Xu Tianna, Le Yao and CC are sitting together, which brings the "beauty effect" to the extreme. Su Ran was flustered under this effect, fearing that Xu Tianna would expose his previous lies, which would be a loss of face.
Su Ran handed the guitar to Robben, motioning him to continue. He hurried off the stage and came to the three ladies. Just as he was about to speak, Le Yao said, "I'll take over your shift. It's been a long time since I worked with Robben." Then he walked to the small stage.
Su Ran sat down next to Xu Tianna. While CC was focusing on the stage, he lowered his voice and asked Xu Tianna, "How did you find this place? Didn't I promise you that I would go and clean up the cockroaches when I'm free? Why are you in such a hurry?"
Xu Tianna rolled her eyes at him, "Do you think I'm here to find you?"
Su Ran realized his self-conceit and remembered that Xu Tianna had mentioned that she liked this restaurant. She came here just for normal consumption. Today was just a coincidence.
To resolve the embarrassment, Su Ran shamelessly asked, "Is the song "Don't Break My Heart" I just sang good?"
"The one next to you sang very well. I didn't notice you." When Xu Tianna spoke, her eyes stayed on Robben, as if she was looking forward to his next song.
Su Ran pretended to be heartbroken, covered his chest, and his expression was distorted: "Oh, dear, my heart hurts so much. I am your boyfriend, you can't do this to me, my heart is broken."
"Boring." Xu Tianna responded briefly.
Su Ran secretly rejoiced that Xu Tianna's attitude showed that she would not expose him in public. If that were the case, it would not be as simple as "boring".
He picked up the glass and took a sip of beer, then turned his attention back to the stage, waiting for Le Yao and Robben's duet. However, he was still worried about whether there would be other situations in the next interaction, and was also curious about what kind of communication Xu Tianna would have with Le Yao and CC when they sat together. This seemingly ordinary gathering became more and more full of variables due to various accidents and coincidences, like an unknown adventure, and he could only go with the flow in this vortex and wait for the next arrangement of fate.
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