The man behind the counter was half a beat behind.
This is simply an atomic bomb dropped on the ground early in the morning, who can bear it.
About ten seconds later, the man found his voice: "... sister-in-law hasn't had breakfast yet? I'll go up for you and see what little girls like to eat."
The man ran into the elevator, but he came back again and asked Lin Yiyang if he wanted to eat.
"Don't worry about me." On the way to the supermarket to buy something, he just ate.
The young people around the table are also savoring the meaning of the word "sister-in-law", each staring at Yin Guo more blatantly and with blatant enthusiasm. But judging by Lin Yiyang's expression, he didn't intend to formally introduce it to everyone, at least he didn't want them to disturb him at the time of breakfast. Everyone had no choice but to look at it neither near nor far.
Lin Yiyang brought a high stool with one hand and placed it behind her.
Yin Guo sat on it without saying a word. In fact, his heart was already overwhelmed, and he set off countless ten-meter waves.
Lin Yiyang turned his head and looked into her eyes: "Unhappy?"
She shook her head and put her hands on her sides, covering her hot cheeks.
"Shaking his head because he's happy," he simply leaned against her, leaning his elbows on the counter, approached her and asked in a low voice beside her face, "Or unhappy?"
The brown wooden counter has scratches from years of age.
Yin Guo propped her face with her hands, ignoring his teasing.
Knowing why he was blushing, he still asked here on purpose.
"Is this billiards room yours?" Yin Guo asked softly, afraid that she would guess wrong.
Lin Yiyang didn't deny it, he raised his chin slightly, and pointed to the space in front of him: "It was originally the owner's place of the youth hostel, but it was sold out later, and the management was not good, so I bought it back. Normally, that person is in charge, and I'm not around. "
Billiards isn't a popular sport here either. Lin Yiyang hasn't made any money since he settled down, and has been losing money all the time. Fortunately, he lived frugally for many years and saved some money, so he persisted until today.
To put it bluntly, it’s a business, but to put it bluntly, it’s just that I found a burden. On days without income, utility bills are a burden. Fortunately, there are children who have been learning how to play with him, which can balance the expenses.
The first two months were the worst, and I paid six months' rent at once.
There was a series of blizzards, the power went out here, and there was no business for several days. Lin Yiyang didn't have that much money, so he took out all his family assets and used Wu Wei's savings to fill the hole.
During the poorest half of the month, he met Yin Guo.
Otherwise, he wouldn't have been here for almost three years, and he would be so downcast that he would agree to a friend to go to Flushing to gamble, and change friends to help him entertain the Yin Guo siblings here. Lin Yiyang is a person who keeps promises and keeps promises. Although his friend did not invite Yin Guo and his brother to dinner in the end, he fulfilled the agreement and bet on the game in Flushing.
Now that I think about it, there is still a destiny. God destined him to go to Flushing, where he was destined to meet Yin Guo again.
"You already have a billiards room, and you still go to Flushing to gamble?" Yin Guo happened to ask this floor.
Lin Yiyang looked at her, smiled, and said nothing.
In fact, I told you earlier, silly girl, it was to treat people to dinner.
And that person is you.
The person in charge was Sun Zhou, and he quickly brought a large portion of fruit and cereal, as well as milk and an empty bowl, which was all he could think of to give the girls breakfast. On weekdays, Sun Zhou rented a bed in the youth hostel for a long time. In order to watch the billiard room, he often watched the girls eating like this in the public kitchen of the hostel. In short, you can't go wrong with fruit.
Lin Yiyang's consistent habit is to practice in the morning, go early when there is class in the morning, and stay late when there is no class.
There is no fixed project, so you can play whatever you want.
For him, billiards is like a long-term hobby that cannot be quit. It is the most common thing to do when you want to have fun, want to pass the time, or when you are in a mess and want to calm down. Sometimes he was tired and didn't want to touch the pole. He felt comfortable just sitting in the billiard room and listening to the sound of the billiard ball. It is estimated that this is also the biggest reason why he took out all his savings and bought this billiard room.
got used to.
Getting used to being here, getting used to everyone here, even getting used to the smell.
When he was eating breakfast in Yinguo, he walked around to the counter, opened a small drawer that belonged to him, took out a piece of dark chocolate, took off the wrapping paper, stuffed it into his mouth, took a bite, and chewed.
He found that Yin Guo was looking at him: "Eat?"
Yin Guo shook her head: "I'm afraid of getting fat."
Lin Yiyang turned the chocolate over and asked her to read the content on the wrapping paper: "It's not so easy to gain weight, and the calories are not high. Just don't eat it on an empty stomach in the morning, it's not good for the stomach."
Ever since he suffered from hypoglycemia during one morning practice in high school, he had to eat a piece of chocolate every day before practicing. On the one hand, it is refreshing and replenishes calories, and on the other hand, it is also good for the heart. Sometimes there is no time to eat at noon and night, eating two pieces of dark chocolate and an apple, drinking a bottle of water can also be regarded as a meal replacement.
In his billiards room, eating oatmeal and soaking milk, watching him and herself eating chocolate across the counter, this ordinary morning, she finally saw the most life-like side of Lin Yiyang. There is no indifference like drinking at the Red Fish bar, nor taking her around New York, finding someone to make her ice cream shaped like Magnum custom-made, and ordering her a glass of wine of the year she was born.
In front of him, he was wearing a black jacket and white short sleeves. Today's short sleeves had English on his chest, and Saint Laurent was written in black handwriting. It was rare to see a branded dress on him occasionally.
Lin Yiyang continued to eat, and within a few mouthfuls, the chocolate was finished, and the paper was crumpled and thrown into the trash can in the corner. He picked up the glass, turned on the drinking water faucet, took half a glass of water, and drank it in one gulp.
This man slept in the same bed as himself yesterday.
When he kissed her neck and behind her ears, she still remembered that her body was intuitively tense, and her fingers pinched down on his back completely subconsciously. At that time, he felt it, and asked her in his ear: Is it a bad feeling, or is it too good
The tone was very serious. At that time, Yin Guo finally realized that this man was six years older than him, and it was not for nothing. Compared with him, the little hooligans he met in the pool hall in the past were all weak.
Stirring the oatmeal with a spoon, she actually blushed because of a short charming memory.
Just kissing the neck, the memory is full of wet and hot scenes.
"Can't eat any more?" Lin Yiyang saw that she had a quarter left, and never moved.
Yin Guo nodded, she couldn't say that she was thinking about last night.
He took her bowl and spoon away, raised the pink bowl as a matter of course, and took a sip. Men are not so delicate when they eat this, they just drink it, anyway, there is not much oatmeal, it is not thick, and they can drink it without a spoon.
Lin Yiyang took another sip and finished eating completely.
He threw the bowl and spoon into the sink: "I have classes in the afternoon, so I'll leave at noon."
He actually ate what was left of him.
Yin Guo was still staring at the bowl, as if her mother had never done that before, at least she hadn't seen it since she remembered, only her mother would occasionally complain about her wasting food when she was a child, and pour the leftovers to her father...
She didn't know what other people's boyfriends were like, she only saw that the one she handed over was done in this way.
Before her eyes, Lin Yiyang snapped her fingers to get her mind back: "What are you thinking about?"
"I want to compete," she made excuses for her distraction, "Many local players don't know much about it."
Nine-ball is an unpopular sport. It is only popular in the United States in the world, and it is relatively popular in Asia. And it just so happens that this is the birthplace. Many players here have formed a circle in China and only play in the local area. The feeling is similar to Chinese chess, playing their own.
In many competitions in the Asian region, these people are not seen at all.
So she doesn't understand.
Moreover, the nine-ball game has a lot of variables on the field. Sometimes a wrong serve may lose seven or eight rounds in a row and completely lose the game. Unlike snooker, it requires more stability of players.
So she is still very uncertain, facing the local players here.
Lin Yiyang told her: "Their numbers are nothing new, I'll call you later."
"Really?" Yin Guo's eyes lit up.
Lin Yiyang was funny, and mocked her hoarsely: "Could it still be fake?"
In fact, if he hadn't been sick this week and his plan hadn't been disrupted, he would have gone to New York to be her sparring partner.
Yin Guo is smart, and with a little guidance, he will be familiar with the number of ways here.
Lin Yiyang doesn't want to use his own way to influence her too much, everyone has their own characteristics, it's boring to lose their own characteristics, it won't be a competition machine.
While they were talking, the teenagers and men at the billiard table couldn't hold back any longer. They all yelled that the breakfast was too dry, and they were so thirsty that they gathered around to ask Lin Yiyang for water. come out? Or the sister-in-law who has been hidden for too long? There was a young boy of Chinese origin, under the instigation of everyone, he smiled and said, "Brother Yang, can you call me sister-in-law?"
Lin Yiyang's throat was uncomfortable at first, that is to say, he was holding on when talking to Yin Guo. Facing these little bastards, he was too lazy to talk, so he took a large glass bottle, turned on the drinking water tap, and filled a bottle full.
The process of receiving water takes more than ten seconds.
It's so well-governed that no one dares to make a sound.
These people follow Lin Yiyang and listen to him, but unlike ordinary clubs and ball clubs, Lin Yiyang does not charge them for the game prize money. There is only one requirement. The game makes money. If you want to support this billiard room, you can put money into the account conscience money.
This is sort of a home, and he is everyone's free coach.
Everyone didn't speak, Yin Guo felt like sitting on pins and needles, and said, "My name is Yin Guo, you just call me Yin Guo."
When the sister-in-law spoke, everyone seemed to be pardoned.
One sentence exploded, and the scene immediately became uncontrollable. There were Chinese and English, and they were all introducing themselves and shaking hands with Yin Guo.
"Hi sister-in-law, I'm Zhou Wei."
"Sister-in-law, I'm Li Qing."
"My sister-in-law looks really small, she is eighteen or nineteen? Is there any?"
"Sister-in-law also plays games?"
…
Yin Guo is glad that she also grew up in the golf room, and the club also has a lot of men. Otherwise, she would be surrounded by so many boys talking and calling her sister-in-law at once, and she might not even be able to speak smoothly. In front of her were all people waiting to shake hands.
The residents of the youth hostel in the distance, and those who played temporarily here were all attracted attention, thinking, what kind of star is here...
In the end, it was Lin Yiyang who saved her and put the big blue glass bottle on the counter: "Aren't you thirsty? You?"
He didn't specify anyone, but with a glance, it was obvious that he was bombarding people.
The crowd dispersed, and one of them went to get a cup, poured some water to moisten his throat, and then returned to his own table. Although he left, he still couldn't suppress the excitement in his heart. While practicing, he whispered about Lin Yiyang's latest practice time. After a while, he discovered something strange. No wonder he wasn't there even on weekends. It was a beautiful woman who had an appointment.
…
Lin Yiyang took off his coat, took her to the pool table that had been cleaned up, picked an old cue from the shelf, and pointed to the blue table in front of him: "Tee off."
Yin Guo had already pulled out his cue, habitually looking left and right, the edge of the table.
Lin Yiyang knew that she was looking for Qiaofan.
He found a box of Xinqiao powder from the window, opened it, and threw her a green one.
Usually, Lin Yiyang would go all over the place looking for the fast-running powder. As the boss, he always picked up the leftover and unused things here, and used them up by himself. But I don't want to wrong her.
After training at noon, Lin Yiyang hailed a car and took her to the hotel.
It turned out that the hotel room was booked in the morning, and Yin Guo didn't know anything about it. He wanted to drag Lin Yiyang to talk about it, but he had no chance. He still has a lot of things to do, and he can't stay for another second.
Before leaving, he only said: "I will pick you up at seven o'clock."
A minute after she arrived in the room, Lin Yiyang sent a WeChat message.
Lin: I didn't sleep much last night, so I made up for it in the afternoon.
Xiaoguo: I didn't finish talking just now, can you have an AA with me? I don't want to make you spend money all the time.
Lin::)
Xiaoguo: This is a society where men and women are equal, and I will be burdened if you do this.
Xiaoguo: You are still studying, and Sun Zhou also told me just now that the billiard room is losing money, and you are filling it.
Lin: Do you regret it
Lin: I found a poor student.
What are you thinking... Yin Guo smiled back at him.
Xiaoguo: Who has never been a poor student.
If it wasn't for her special occupation, she wouldn't have earned a bonus so early, and she wasn't a poor student.
Lin Yiyang didn't return.
Yin Guo deduced that he had entered a place with poor signal again, so he didn't bother to answer the question or not, and wanted to catch up on sleep first.
What Lin Yiyang said was correct, from falling asleep to being woken up by the alarm clock last night, she didn't sleep for long, and she was training again in the morning. With Lin Yiyang as a sparring partner, one hour is worth the usual three hours. Up to this moment, I feel relaxed and my muscles are sore.
She turned on the music on the iPad, intending to play a soothing song.
But when it was released publicly, it was the day when Lin Yiyang hugged her for the first time, and she heard "Years of Friendship" outside the ball room.
"Come to forget the wrong and right, come to miss the past, it is always fun to spend the difficult days together... In the rushing wind and rain, unruly waking and drunk, all the stories seem to have happened in the wandering years..."
She took out a white cloth bag from her backpack, which contained a change of clothes, threw the bag on the bed, and went into the bathroom.
Ten minutes later, there was the sound of WeChat.
She heard her blowing her hair in the bathroom, because since last week, she has set everyone's WeChat to do not disturb, except Lin Yiyang's. So this voice can only represent Lin Yiyang.
She ran out in her slippers and found her phone.
Lin Yiyang sent a few pictures, clicked on the big picture, it turned out to be a screenshot of the deposit...
Some are here, and some are in the country.
Lin: That's all except the pool room.
Even the account information is not deleted, the heart is really big.
Yin Guo looked at these pictures and tried hard to control the sourness in his eyes.
Suddenly I want to cry...
A lot of things that many people said are still in my ears. When Wu Wei was renting an apartment together, he was afraid that she would dislike Lin Yiyang, so he specially turned a corner and said: "Let's frustrate this person, even if he is still studying, poor students can't help it. They are poor when they are studying."
There is also my cousin Meng Xiaodong who met her this week and asked, "How is the development? Don't spend money all the time. It's not easy for him to survive until today. I heard that his school is quite expensive."
And what Coach Chen said: "It's a pity back then, the benefits were not good, his grades were better than your brother's, and he didn't get much bonus. If it were changed now, he would have bought several houses. It doesn't matter, he is young, and he has a bright future."
…
It seemed that the whole world was afraid that he would despise him.
It seemed that the whole world thought that standing in front of her now, he was an unsuccessful man.
But he is obviously very motivated and excellent. In her eyes, there are all advantages and good points, and there is nothing bad about him.
Yin Guo also opened the online banking, took a screenshot and sent it to him.
Xiaoguo: mine.
In fact, he didn't save as much as him, but at least she had pure personal income, and she didn't need to bear the burden of running the billiard room.
Xiaoguo: If you can't make it through, tell me.
Lin Yiyang didn't reply again.
Yin Guo was washed over her body by the hot water, and she naturally felt drowsy. She turned on the TV and wanted to watch it for a while before falling asleep, but within a few minutes, she fell asleep hugging the quilt. When I woke up again, I was knocked on the door.
At first she thought it was the next door in her dream, but gradually, she realized that it was her own room. She got up suddenly, thinking it was seven o'clock in the evening. The bright sun outside the window reminded her that it was still early.
Looking at the time, I only slept for 20 minutes, it was less than one o'clock in the afternoon.
She climbed out of the bed and looked at the corridor through the cat's eyes. From the magnified perspective—it was Lin Yiyang, who was wearing a coat and the white short-sleeved shirt he wore in the morning. The same clothes, the same person, as if he just went downstairs to buy a cup of coffee Just come up.
She opened the door and he walked in.
Yin Guo still hadn't cleared her mind: "Didn't it say seven o'clock?"
Lin Yiyang stared at her for a while, then smiled: "Yes, seven o'clock."
He closed the door, and the next thing he did was to take off the metal watch on his left wrist, and in front of her eyes, he turned the silver pointer on the dial back more than six times, which was exactly seven o'clock.
From now until he puts her on the train back to New York, he will not go again.