After leaving Cao Xiaobei's "Sheep Cafe", I returned to "Jiulongju" and ran into Chen Jin and Ping Ge, who were about to leave. Chen Jin said to me, "You've finished your work for today, why don't you come with us to Renmin Road for some fun?"
"You guys go ahead, I want to sleep for a while."
Chen Jin stared at me, then exclaimed, "What's wrong with you? I never knew you were such an unsociable person!"
"I haven't been feeling energetic lately."
As soon as I finished speaking, Chen Jin gave Ping Ge a wink, and then the two of them grabbed my arms on either side and dragged me from "Jiulongju" to Renmin Road, as if I had gone from one world to another, and it immediately became lively.
Renmin Road is indeed the most "energetic" place in the entire ancient city. Not only are there loud music playing in the bars, but the girls on the street are also energetic. Even though it is only early spring and the air is cool, they still have to wear shorts and lace-trimmed clothes, exuding hormones while looking around with backpacks on their shoulders.
Those enthusiastic bees who solicit customers for the bar are even more eager and unrestrained, practically ready to tear your clothes off and get you into their bar to spend money...
This is probably what people often refer to as the commercial atmosphere. Even if it loses the charm of the ancient city, so what? After all, this strong commercial atmosphere contains all sorts of transactions that can provoke people's senses, and isn't that what most people come here for after traveling a long distance?
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Chen Jin and Ping Ge led me to a bar called "Giraffe" and we chose a seat by the window. Chen Jin snapped his fingers, and a foreign girl with long, flowing hair came over and asked us what we wanted to drink.
When asked, I habitually ordered two bottles of "Wind, Flower, Snow, and Moon".
Chen Jin said to me, "Aren't you tired of drinking this every day?... Let's drink their homemade dark beer today, it's really delicious."
Surprisingly, this foreign woman spoke fluent Chinese. She chimed in, "Have some of our dark beer! It's brewed with spring water from Cangshan Mountain. The taste is amazing... You'll explode after drinking it... Boom... It's incredibly refreshing!"
I chuckled and replied, "Your beer isn't called Self-Destruct Beer, is it?"
Chen Jin shrank his neck and said, "Is that a lame joke?... That's really lame!"
The foreign woman understood everything. She laughed and asked me if I wanted a drink... I suddenly wanted to try something different, so I gave up on "Romance and Romance" and ordered a "self-exploding beer".
The foreign woman left our table with the order, and Chen Jin then said to me, "Tina, Chinese name, Mudan, is one of the owners of this bar."
I absentmindedly responded and then focused my attention on the bustling Renmin Road. I saw a tall, slender girl holding ethnic costumes and selling them to passing tourists... The scene seemed familiar, and then I remembered that when I first came to Dali, Yang Sisi had dragged me to do the same thing, also on Renmin Road.
Chen Jin poked me with his finger and asked, "How about it? Big enough boobs, great figure, right?"
"As long as it suits your taste."
Chen Jin stroked his chin and sighed, "If I had known Dali was such a place, I would have left Shanghai two years ago... Seriously, here I have a special kind of 'dying under the peony is still romantic' feeling... This is so much better than facing skyscrapers made of steel and concrete every day!"
I then turned my attention to Chen Jin and called out to Tina, who was busy at work, "Boss lady, could you please bring me the drinks menu? I'd like to order another drink."
Tina walked over with a smile.
I asked her, "Do you have a wine here called 'To die beneath the peony is to die a romantic death'?"
Tina looked at me, confused: "What are you talking about?"
"Let me put it this way, do you know what this sentence means?... I don't think anyone has ever explained it to you." As I spoke, I nudged Chen Jin and added, "Why don't you explain it to Tina?"
Chen Jin looked at Tina with a dreamy gaze, then replied in a cheeky tone, "You'll understand later... It's a very, very beautiful process."
Tina shrugged first, then burst into laughter... We laughed along with her. This is probably what life is like in Dali: full of harmless teasing and little pleasures that soothe the soul. Cigarettes and alcohol are the seasonings, and beautiful women are the main course... So, who would willingly leave this place so easily?
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After downing two glasses of dark beer, I finally changed the subject and said to Chen Jin seriously, "We've already taken up two shops just for the two of us. We can't waste resources like this... Let's find a place to stay outside. I'll leave this to you. You can also take this opportunity to get familiar with Dali."
Instead of answering, Chen Jin asked me, "Where does your friend Nicole live? ...If she has enough space, why don't we move in and share?"
"You're all eyes to Tina, but you're also eyeing Nicole, aren't you?"
"I like Tina's big breasts, and I also like Nicole's straightforward personality... One is about sex, the other about spirit... This is a man with lofty ambitions and a pursuit of perfection!"
Brother Ping exclaimed, "A realm... a grand realm!"
Chen Jin picked up his wine glass and took a sip, a look of pure enjoyment on his face.
I exclaimed, "You've really gotten fucking sassy since leaving Shanghai!"
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