Chapter 18 (1/2)
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[Chapter 18]
My face burned as I heard these words, as if I took another slap from my dad I secretly prayed, Li Chuan andout of the car, I didn’t forget to hang a Nikon caraph landscapes He often takes photos, but never of hiraph the archway at Jin Ma Lane for him, but I secretly planned to take a couple’s photo of Li Chuan and me
First ent drinking at the Tuo Feng Pub, it looked very festive inside Li Chuan got a beer, but did not allow me to drink He said I wasn’t 20 yet, I could only have juice I picked pineapple juice, but then he said pineapple juice was too high in sugar, it was unhealthy Orange juice was better After we finished our drinks, it was already dark out Returning to the archway, I grabbed a passerby, and asked hiraphy,” Li Chuan said softly, “why don’t I take the picture, quality guaranteed”
“You already took a lot of pictures of me, noant a couple’s photo of us” I emphasized, “Couple’s photo”
“Can I take a couple’s photo of you and this archway?” He frowned, “I don’t like to be photographed”
“No I just want our couple’s photo Us – you and I – together” I sulked, uttering this word by word
“Fine” He nodded helplessly
The passerby took a professional-looking pose, asked us to lean in closer, then, in a string of flashes, took five or six pictures
I said, “If you please, sir, please take one from a little farther I want this whole archway”
He backed up holding the camera, farther and farther back, and suddenly turned around and took off running
I know Li Chuan’s was a professional camera, extraordinarily expensive Guess the man saw the value of camera, and also that Li Chuan wasn’t very mobile, and took his opportunity
“Stop!” I shouted, ih the crowd, and quickly ran into a narrow alleyway It looked like he was not very fa as he passed every intersection, whether to turn I chased along, into a quiet street, that man stayed about a hundred steps ahead of me the whole tiuy glanced back several ti he’d already leftthe distance He turned to enter another alley The alley had plenty of exits to other roads, but gradually, the alley seemed to approach a dead end, suddenly, it cao a different way Just in this slight hesitation, I already caught up to hi the camera, and said, “Don’t you come over here, you’re by yourself here Don’t doubt that I ring your neck”
I said, “Who says I’ht behind you”
There were two people behind hi very loud steps, I shouted, “Catch the thief!” Thoseover, one of them was in so much of a rush he stepped in and broke a flower pot, theback
In this instant, I reyroin!
With an “ow” he knelt to the ground, and fainted I yanked back the ca Only now did I realize because ofMy heart was pounding excitedly
In just a few steps, I got to the street, a black car sped over and stopped in front of et in!”
I ran into the car, and the car sped off
“Are you injured? Yes or no?” Li Chuan asked dragging me in front of him
“No”
“How did you snatch back the camera?” He handed over his own handkerchief for me to wipe my sweat, and continued to ask
“I kicked him, he fainted”
“No way? That easy? One kick and he fainted? This is the level of professionalis?” He said, “So useless, can’t even succeed at robbing a camera?”
“Hey hey, whose side are you on?”
“I’ you a heroine”
“That’s more like it”
We returned to the archway at Jin Ma Lane, where we took the picture earlier, and got out of the car
Li Chuan looked at ? How far did you run? Two kiloht” I was still wheezing
“Want to go for another run?” He said, “Just now, right here, someone stole my wallet”
“Ack?!What?! You, lost your wallet?” I shouted, “What a crappy place?! So o? What else did he steal?”
I looked at hi faintly
“Li Chuan, I know you don’t care about cash But credit cards and debit cards, people can just swipe up to their credit li with you, just see hoorried you look” He helped brushlike this happens, you let the cao, you can’t leave hness, I ht” He looked at ed the camera, immersed in the happiness of victory: “Li Chuan, our couple’s photos are in here I’ anyone steal this”
“What if there weren’t our photos in there?” He asked
“This is your camera, not mine, who cares if it’s stolen Even if it’s expensive, it’s not like you can’t afford to lose it, right? Besides, hteousness
“I’d say you’re muddled in the head and duhed, “I just pray that God watches over et a kick fro around his waist: “Mentle and sweet I just became ferocious this once, and you had to see it”
“Always been gentle and sweet? Not really? The first time I met you, you splashed coffee all over me The second time, you climbed a wall in front of me The third time, you assaulted campus security I feel like you’re a violent wo”
Even though Li Chuan always humbly claie, and very practical, his speech leftthis line of conversation, I hurriedly interrupted, “Li Chuan, I’ry, I want to eat rice noodles”
“Didn’t you just finish eating duain so soon?”
“I orried Auntie wasyou uncomfortable, I was so worried I lost s”
“Then let’s go to LDW”
“Lao Dian Wei”
“LDW”
Lao Dian Wei looks like a state-run operation To get food, you have to first line up at the little counter on the side to purchase tickets
I asked Li Chuan: “You’ve eaten here before?”
“No I saw ads People say the taste is very authentic”
“Crossing bridge rice noodles are on the second floor, the staircase is so slippery, let’s not go anyo up first to find a spot” He lined up for the ticket counter The line was long, there were about ten people
Seeing him in crutches the people in line all offered, “No need to line up, just go directly to theto make your purchase”
Don’t knoho it was that also added: “Priority to the disabled”
The people all spoke the Kun dialect, I’m sure Li Chuan only understood somewhat He put on an indifferent attitude, and lined up at the very end
After we got our tickets, ent upstairs together, and found a spot near the side Shortly, the server brought over rice noodles, and a sot one bowl of noodles, you don’t want to eat?”
“I’ at Auntie’s”
“How about, you eat so the whole alking with Li Chuan, men and women all turned to stare at him Stared until he was very unco, I can still feel lots of eyes staring at hi hot, I tried to finish the rice noodles very quickly
“Don’t eat so hurriedly, watch you don’t burn your ht” He advised
Whether crossing bridge rice noodles were good or bad is deterood broth, second is the freshness of the ingredients, third is the sh, the soup was supreulp
Then I said: “I can’t, I can’t drink any you to finish”
“It’s so bad to waste, I’ll go to the bathroo, I stood up to look for the bathrooo, I’ll help you finish”
He iant board him, drank the soup spoonful by spoonful, and finished the whole thing
I s at him: “If I’d known, I would have saved you some noodles, now there’s only soup left”
“Xiao Qiu, have you been to Macau?” He suddenly asked
“No”
“Right after the Chinese New Year I have to go back to Macau, investors have an i I have to attend Co e stay in Macau?”
“Two days After that, you go back to Beijing, I will go to Shenyang Shenyang is too cold, don’t go”
“Why do you need to bring me, I’m not your secretary”
“My secretary, everyone calls her a peerless beauty, do you want to meet her?” He suy” I remembered that earlier time, it was his male secretary who told me news of his hospitalization
“That’s my assistant I have a female secretary, also acts as my translator”
“You? Need translation?”
“In business negotiations I only speak in English, and let my secretary translate Each word could mean thousands, can’t have any mishaps”
A week later, I flew to Macau with Li Chuan In that week, he was sick for three days, ran a fever, laid in bed in the hotel every day After he recovered, he worked fanatically and coht e empty space near the ocean
“Here, ill build a large resort, invest a few hundred n and construction Exterior, interior, gardens”
“Mht and open”
“Wait three years and see, it will be full of the buildings I designed”
“Li Chuan, I worshi+p so you much!”