People in mountain cities have the habit of taking a walk after dinner. There is an old saying: If you walk a hundred steps after a meal, you will live to ninety-nine.
There are many people in the park, there are old men and women dancing in the square, couples in love holding hands, and people walking their dogs and children. The noise of people makes me inexplicably at ease.
Seeing the various states of the world is also a kind of practice.
"Yuan Junyao?" Suddenly someone asked.
I froze for a moment, turned my head and saw a girl.
She was a year or two older than me, with a ponytail, ordinary clothes, and no makeup on her face. She looked like a white-collar worker who had just started working.
She looked at my face and seemed to be fascinated by my appearance, but she quickly returned to normal and said apologetically, "Sorry, I may have misidentified the person. Your back looks like a friend of mine."
As she said that, she turned around and wanted to leave, but she heard me say: "Su Ruo, it's me."
She paused, turned her head in disbelief, looked me up and down carefully, her jaw almost fell to the ground in shock: "You, are you really Yuan Junyao?"
I nodded and said, "My face is healed."
She was very happy and said, "Really? I didn't expect your face to be so beautiful after healing. I dare not recognize it."
I smiled and said, "How about going for a cup of coffee together?"
She naturally agreed, and I took her to a nearby cafe and ordered her a caramel macchiato with two packets of sugar.
She was a little moved and said, "Jun Yao, I didn't expect you to remember my taste."
I smiled and said, "I've been grinding coffee for you for more than half a year."
That was three years ago. The proprietress of a cafe saw me as pitiful and asked me to help in the back kitchen of her cafe, grinding coffee for people, washing dishes and so on.
One night after closing time, I was the last one to leave again. I just came out the back door and saw a young woman with heavy makeup and a sexy leather jacket sitting at the door. She seemed very drunk and was vomiting non-stop.
I saw that she was really drunk, fearing that she would be taken away by bad guys, I took her back to the back kitchen and gave her a glass of milk to sober up.
While drunk, I heard her keep scolding a man named "Fan Shengguang".
"Fan Shengguang! You killed my whole family and my fiancé! One day, I must take revenge! Take revenge!"
I trembled at the time, and it turned out that this girl had a blood feud.
I didn't say anything, and waited for her to wake up silently. I didn't tell her about the drunk talk afterwards, but just reminded her not to drink so much in the future.
She is very grateful to me, every day when it is about to close, she will order a cup of coffee and chat with me.
She was the first and only friend I made in this city during those painful years.
Once Shen Anyi fell ill and had a high fever of 40 degrees, but I had no money to send him to the hospital, and she paid for the medical expenses for me.
I have always kept this friendship in my heart.
But half a year later, a customer saw me in the back kitchen when he was going to the bathroom, and immediately cursed at me, saying that I was disgusting, and that the proprietress asked a person with an infectious disease to grind the coffee.
No matter how I explained, he wouldn't listen, and finally the lady boss had to fire me.
Since then, I have never seen Su Ruo again.
I later found out that the customer at the time was actually sent by the cafe opposite to find fault. The coffee I made was delicious and the business was booming, but the business on the other side was poor. They actually watched me for a long time. , let me drill it.
"Jun Yao, do you know that the fact that you were fired back then was caused by the Yunmao Cafe across the street?" Su Ruo said angrily, "I came back from get off work that day, and your place is already closed. Yunmao went to drink coffee, and happened to hear Yunmao's boss talking about it, and I was so angry that I smashed his shop!"
I was surprised: "You smashed the store?"
"Of course, they made me unable to drink such good coffee, of course I want to smash the store!" Su Ruo said, "I also punched the boss, and he wanted to call the police to arrest me, but I ran fast, they Didn't catch it."
I couldn't laugh or cry, but there was a little warmth in my heart.
She asked where I was working now, and I said I was working in a pharmaceutical company, and she was very envious.
I hesitated for a moment, and asked, "Su Ruo, are you still... working in the Devil's Club?"
The Devil's Club is well-known throughout the southwest region. It appears to be an entertainment club, but in fact, it is a very large kiln. It is said that as long as you are willing to spend money, you can enjoy any service in it.
It is said that there is an imperial-level service in it, where guests play the role of emperor, and the club will arrange a queen and four concubines, as well as a large group of eunuchs and court ladies.
Guests can enjoy seven days of emperor-level service in the clubhouse. Within seven days, everyone will address the guests as "Your Majesty, Your Majesty". Turn over the green sign, and that night, this "queen" or "imperial concubine", or even a court lady, can be sent to the dragon bed.
This emperor's service is very famous, and I heard that many wealthy families in the capital city will come to enjoy it.
Su Ruo is very beautiful, but she is not as good as the "Queen" or "Imperial Concubine". She can only play the role of "Lady of the Palace", and she usually has to pick up other guests, which is very hard.
She also earns a lot of money, but she has never seen her buy any brand-name clothes and bags, and her life is still tight, and she doesn't know where her money has gone.
A look of sadness and melancholy flashed in her eyes, and she said, "Yes, I'll eat for a living."
She didn't want to say more, and I didn't ask more.
We haven't seen each other for a long time. We chatted together for a long time. It was almost eleven o'clock. I was afraid that she would not be safe by herself, so I offered to drive her home, but she was not polite to me.
I sent her to a neighborhood with a good environment, and saw a boy in a wheelchair waiting inside the iron gate from a distance.
As soon as I parked the car, Su Ruo jumped down, ran over in a hurry, and said, "Xiao Xiao, why did you run out again? Didn't you tell me to wait for me obediently at home?"
The boy was about eleven or twelve years old. He was very handsome and very similar to Su Ruo. It was his legs. Because of long-term paralysis, the muscles were loose. If he could keep it so well, someone must give him a massage every day.
"Sister, I'm so worried about you." Su Xiao said, "You said you'd be back at eight o'clock today, but now it's eleven o'clock."
Su Ruo rubbed his head helplessly, and said: "Xiao Xiao, my sister met a good friend, and she hasn't seen each other for a long time, so we chatted for a while. Her surname is Yuan, you can call her Sister Yuan."
Su Xiao looked at me, blushed a little, and said, "Hello, Sister Yuan."
"What a cute kid." I nodded to him, and Su Xiao said, "Sister Yuan, sit down today."
I agreed, and when I walked into their home, the furniture and appliances in the house were simple, but they were very clean.
Su Xiao is not shy and introverted at all, but very talkative. It turned out that he always thought that his sister was an evening salesperson in a 24-hour supermarket.
All Su Ruo's money was spent on treating the little boy.
I don't know why, but I always feel my nose is sore. More than a year ago, I was like Su Ruo, worrying about my younger brother's medical expenses. She still has a pretty face for capital. Life is in danger to do a live broadcast of hell.
If it wasn't for the magic of the live broadcast room, which allowed me to get the help of several immortal seniors, I'm afraid I would be many times worse than Su Ruo now.
Su Ruo and I bathed Su Xiao together, took care of him to sleep, and then I asked, "How long is your brother's leg...?"
Su Xiao had a sad look on his face: "It's been many years."
I said seriously: "I checked just now and found that his lumbar vertebra was broken by someone. What's going on?"
Su Ruo was startled, looked me up and down, and I said: "I worshiped a master, and I have been studying Chinese medicine with him for the past few years. This bone injury can still be distinguished."
Su Ruo sighed, shook her head and said, "You better stop asking, Jun Yao, I don't want to involve you."
I was silent for a moment, didn't ask any more questions, and changed the topic: "What are your plans now?"
Su Ruo clenched her fist and said, "Have you heard of Shenggu Wan?"