Chapter 1
◎ Bad temper◎
As Luo walked through the alley, he smelled cigarettes. This was not a smoking area, but the clerks at the nearby convenience store would smoke at the back door. He hated the smell of cigarettes outside the non-smoking area.
I frowned and looked over there, and saw a thin and tall figure with short hair just reaching the shoulders.
I remembered a video someone sent me before, in which she showed her newly cut hair and said proudly: Look, I have a little boy's haircut.
But she doesn't smoke. She only boasted about her experience of holding a cigarette with her middle and ring fingers and watching it burn out without smoking. Because she didn't want Liang Beihai to smoke, she laughed at her and told her to give up as soon as possible.
Luo had a premonition, so he stood still and stared at the opposite side.
Ever since something happened, he couldn't help but do this kind of brief scrutiny of strangers.
The smoker seemed to notice his gaze and tilted his head to look at him. Luo could see the face opposite him clearly.
It smelled like the brand he usually smoked, and he was thinner.
"Hey bro, can I borrow a light?" Luo started a conversation in N language, took out a cigarette box from his pocket and shook it at the other party.
Liang Beihai looked at his cigarette box, squinted to confirm the brand, and suddenly looked at his earlobe, where there was a small earring, and then glanced at his face.
Liang Beihai didn't say anything, put out his cigarette, turned around and walked away.
Luo's laughter showed that he was very vigilant and had a bad temper.
Luo estimated the convenience store's shift change time and went there before Liang Beihai got off work. When he entered the store, he saw her staring at him with a cold face. She reluctantly said "welcome" and then lowered her head to pretend to be busy.
After a while, the staff member who was changing shifts came over and held Liang Beihai back, asking her if the two movie tickets she had won a few days ago were still there, and asked Liang Beihai to treat him to a movie.
Luo was about to go over to pay the bill and took the opportunity to observe Liang Beihai's expression, but it was obviously different from the inexplicable hostility and defensiveness he faced towards him. It was a kind of helpless confusion.
"Xiao Hai, let's go on a date. How about we go to the movies together?"
Liang Beihai made a sound of "eh" and tried to get away with it, but he became impatient under his constant urging. He took a deep breath and said, "I'll sell you two tickets at half price. It's like buy one get one free."
The male clerk wanted to say something else, but Luo interrupted them and said, "Check out."
The male clerk reluctantly gave way to Liang Beihai and went to the cash register to start calculating Luo's bill. Luo was expecting Liang Beihai's reaction, but Liang Beihai just glanced at him and turned away.
"Wait a minute, sell me the tickets. Two tickets, 30% off."
The male clerk looked at Luo in disbelief, as if blaming him for ruining his good thing, but Luo stared back coldly.
Seeing Luo's sullen face and the look of someone who was not to be trifled with, the clerk immediately changed his expression and gave Luo the bill with a playful smile. Liang Beihai did not stop and did not respond to Luo's words.
Luo was waiting for Liang Beihai outside the store with a shopping bag. During this time, the male clerk observed him secretly, but he didn't look back. Finally, the male clerk smiled awkwardly at him and stopped observing him.
When Liang Beihai came out, she still looked in a bad mood. She walked straight past as if she didn't see Luo De. Luo De followed her pace and the two walked side by side in silence for a while.
"You're not selling movie tickets anymore?"
Liang Beihai suddenly stopped and asked him in Mandarin: "Are you from City B?"
It turned out that Luo Dexiang was guarding against this. Indeed, she left Liang Beihai with almost no information that could be used to determine her identity. She could only find traces of herself from vague information such as cigarettes, earrings, and birthplace.
What else did I say to her? I don't really remember exactly. I try to protect my privacy and establish boundaries, but I can't help but spill the beans about private, secret things. Whenever I bring them up, I try to cover up my guilt by saying, "Did I even tell you that?"
"I thought you were going to say thank you."
"You are." Liang Beihai made a firm judgment.
Luo was speechless for a moment. Liang Beihai just guessed that it was him, but he was not sure.
City B is prosperous and has many joint economic projects with the city where they are located, so there are quite a few people from City B who are working or studying abroad.
Cigarettes, earrings, birthplace—those vague pieces of information couldn't pinpoint a person. He wasn't sure about Liang Beihai's current attitude. How would he react if he knew it was him? But judging from the two times they'd met today, Liang Beihai had a strong sense of hostility towards him, both stemming from an unknown past acquaintance of his.
Luo knew Liang Beihai's character well: weak but stubborn.
It seems that anything is possible, but once a decision is made, it will not be changed at will. The bottom line is very low, but once you reach the bottom line, there is no turning back.
So even if they met again in Country N, he couldn't be sure that Liang Beihai came for him.
So Luo made the decision in just a few seconds.
"You don't sell movie tickets to people from City B?" He asked Liang Beihai jokingly, "I just wanted to help you out. Do you want to go to the movies with him?"
"He's not a bad guy."
Yes, Liang Beihai is such a goody-goody, and Luo got angry for no reason.
Sometimes he wondered if Liang Beihai treated him well because he was Luo's, or because Liang Beihai was just like that. She didn't care who asked for anything from her and could do it?
"Then I'm the bad guy who interrupted your date."
"That's not what I meant. I thought you were someone I knew, so..." Liang Beihai herself hadn't figured out what it was, so why was she resisting you, so why didn't she want to thank you for your kindness? Her colleagues at work definitely wouldn't buy those two movie tickets. Liang Beihai was thinking that at worst, she could just change jobs at another store. This was the only solution she could think of. The man in front of her did solve her current troubles.
Liang Beihai herself wasn't sure if it was him. N Country had the most common cigarette brand, at least five out of ten boys had pierced ears, and it wasn't uncommon for people from B City to appear here. She couldn't be a frightened bird all her life and not get along with others normally.
"Thank you. If you really need movie tickets, I can sell them to you at a 50% discount."
Luo originally wanted to challenge her to go on a date with her colleague, but why did he, a kind-hearted man, have to buy it?
But then he realized that Zhou Zhou seemed to really want to sell the movie tickets, "Are you short of money?"
"I'm extremely poor. Please buy the tickets as soon as possible. I'll put them on the second-hand website soon." Liang Beihai didn't want to mention financial issues, but he answered him very honestly. He hoped that he could sell the tickets smoothly, otherwise he would have to argue with them on the second-hand website.
Luo didn't think she was joking. She had indeed lost weight, and her dressing style had also changed. She no longer dressed up as elaborately as before.
Also started smoking.
Luo told Liang Beihai that he really needed the ticket, and generously offered a 30% discount if he really needed the money.
"It's okay. I won it from a lottery anyway. I'll give it to you 50% off as an apology for being rude to you today."
So Liang Beihai began to search her bag for the ticket. She first half-lifted her legs and placed the bag on her legs to look for it. After searching several times, she still didn't find the ticket, so she squatted down and searched a few more times.
Liang Beihai didn't stand up immediately. He squatted and looked at Luo, as if he would angrily throw his bag on the spot if he refused. "Maybe I forgot it at home. Are you worried? No, let's make an appointment and I'll give it to you."
"Take this opportunity to ask for my contact information." Luo De always couldn't help wanting to tease Liang Beihai when facing her. Liang Beihai was sometimes slow and honest, which was very funny, and he was very serious even when making a joke.
"No, you live nearby, right? You can just come to the store tomorrow afternoon. I have work tomorrow afternoon."
Luo De felt that he had hinted to such an extent but Liang Beihai didn't notice it at all and replied very seriously. He was really stupid.
No progress at all.
"Who takes so much time to come here and get it? You should be responsible when selling things. Are you free later? Go to the cinema opposite the park with your tickets at 6 o'clock and wait for me." Luo De reached out and supported Liang Beihai's arm as he stood up, then handed his mobile phone to Liang Beihai to scan the code.
The lock screen of Liang Beihai's phone was the protagonist of an animation that the two of them had watched together at the time. Liang Beihai deliberately showed it to secretly observe Luo's reaction, but the other party did not show any abnormality. Feeling a little relieved and disappointed, he lowered his head and put the phone back into the bag.
Therefore, he did not pay any extra attention to the fact that Luo's social account profile picture was a photo of the sea level that he had taken and sent to Luo.
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