Chapter 1110 Ebb and Flow (2/2)
As a whole, the restaurant was like a farm with small wheat fields, vegetable beds and
small areas for livestock, fish in a pool and chickens and ducks in a poultry house.
Walking through the restaurant was like walking through French farmland, and looking
out the window, one could see the vast harbor to the southwest and the city of Los
Angeles to the northeast.
It was like a city in the sky, and the feeling of being there was divine.
Li Du's father was shocked by what he saw. This kind of restaurant was unheard of in
his small county, and it was hundreds of meters high up in the air, which was even more
amazing.
Li Du gave his contact information to the manager of the restaurant, and the manager
took them to the best place on the southwest side. They could see the dock if they
turned around.
Li Du's mother took a seat facing indoors and said, smiling, ”I can't enjoy the view. I'm
afraid of heights.”
Li Du and Sophie ordered the food. Serving would take time, but there were also some
good appetizers, such as a Caesar salad with nuts.
Li Du's father commented in a low voice that the salad was just some shredded nuts
sprinkled on lettuce.
Li Du laughed. That was true, but it was a famous dish.
They had foie gras toast, fish mozzarella, ham and cheese puffs, blackfish roe with
shallots and white wine, clams stir-fried and served in an elaborate nine-layer tower,
tuna belly with oil-soaked red peppers, maroon chutney, Portuguese duck soup, rice,
and, in short, too many dishes to list them all.
The sun went down and night fell.
Los Angeles was a city that never slept. Although there were not many tall buildings in
the city, the continuous lights made it look more impressive at night than during the day.
Lights were also up in the harbor below, and some cruise ships twinkled as they set off
at night to begin a new journey around the shoreline.
Li Du and Sophie talked about their journey in Australia and Africa, speaking in a
mixture of English and Chinese. As they led the conversation at the dinner table, the
four old people kept gasping and laughing.
While Sophie was telling them about African pygmies, Li Du's cell phone rang. He took
the call, nodded and said, ”Ok, I see. Let's go.”
When he answered the phone, Sophie did not speak, but when he hung up, Sophie
started talking again.
Li Du smiled at her expression, so quiet and beautiful as she concentrated.
Suddenly someone exclaimed, ”Hey, look down, what is that in the sea?”
Guests on the southwest side turned to look, and then screamed, ”Fire! Is the sea
burning?”
”What is this? How did it come about?”
”Take a picture!”
”How did the ocean catch fire?”
The surprised cries startled Sophie and others, and they looked out of the window too.
The sea in the harbor was dark, but in the darkness, there was a great fire burning just
before them.
Golden flames appeared in a line on the water. They started with a point, then rapidly
spread to two sides. The two lines of fire burned across the sea in a gentle arc, taking a
position to converge in the middle.
The fire-wires were finally glued together and a huge, burning heart appeared!
Once the heart shape was formed, a line of words made of flame instantly flared up,
spelling out, Sophie Martin, in the ebb and flow of the tide, my love will be the same.