Li Muchen and Lin Manqing made an appointment at the same place.
It was already late at night and there were not many people at the barbecue stall.
Li Muchen saw Lin Manqing sitting at the table where they sat last time from a distance.
He walked over, pulled out a chair and sat down.
Lin Manqing was obviously not as relaxed as last time. She glanced at him and lowered her head.
Li Muchen didn't know what to say. Seeing that Lin Manqing didn't have anything to eat, he asked, "What do you want to eat?"
Lin Manqing raised her head and said, "It'll be the same as last time."
Li Muchen shouted to the boss: "Boss, it's the same as last time."
When Lin Manqing wanted to stop Li Muchen, it was already too late.
"ah?"
The boss was dumbfounded. Last time? Who are you?
Lin Manqing couldn't help but smile and whispered: "Idiot, how can the boss remember what we have eaten?"
Li Muchen looked aggrieved and said, "Then I can't remember it either. It's all in my stomach."
Lin Manqing chuckled, "I'll do it."
He stood up, went to the vegetable selection rack, took the basket, and went to pick the vegetables by himself.
Li Muchen looked at her back and smiled unconsciously.
I have to admit that Lin Manqing is a typical beauty.
It's almost hard to find fault with her.
Appearance, body, temperament, everything is perfect.
Her temperament seems to be innate, not because she is the eldest lady of the Lin family.
Even if she is only wearing ordinary denim shorts and white shoes today, she cannot hide her unparalleled beauty.
Her legs are long and white, and her black hair flows down her back like a cloud.
Just looking at the back can make a man's imagination wander.
Most of the men drinking late at the food stalls focused their attention on her.
Including the boss who is grilling skewers.
Black smoke rose from the skewers, and a burnt smell filled the air.
The landlady slapped him hard on his bare arm. The sound was painful to hear.
The boss trembled, then turned the skewers over in his hand and applied some oil to cover up the unpleasant burnt smell.
Li Muchen smelled the breath of life.
He seemed to understand a little bit what the world of mortals was.
The smell of barbecue, beer, and the stench of roadside garbage;
Beautiful women, drunken men;
lewd, jealous, and crossed glances;
And the neon on the signboard, and the looming stars in the sky.
beautiful, ugly,
good, evil,
Always mixed together.
this is life.
Master said that the human world is bitter, but people enjoy it, and their souls are ecstatic and their bones are eroded.
Li Muchen now understands that people enjoy it not because they don't know the pain, but because the world of mortals is a net and you can't escape at all.
If you know the pain but can't escape it, you can only take pleasure in the pain.
The summer night in the early morning was still muggy, but the occasional cool breeze made it particularly refreshing.
Anyone who is still drinking and getting drunk in this night market at this time is not enjoying themselves in misery.
Lin Manqing came back, saw Li Muchen's stupid eyes, and asked: "What are you looking at?"
"Look at you." Li Muchen said.
"Me? What do I have to see?"
"Look back and see if any of the men here are looking at you."
Lin Manqing was stunned for a moment, and then she noticed that many people were looking at her.
She looked down at herself a few times to make sure she was wearing the right clothes. Then she leaned on the table and asked in a low voice, "Is there nothing on me?"
Li Muchen said: "Yes."
"Ah? What?"
"beautiful."
Lin Manqing blushed, rolled her eyes at him, and said, "You are so vulgar."
"This is the world of mortals. The world of mortals is also called the secular world. What should I do if I am not ordinary?" Li Muchen spread his hands and said, "I would rather stay in the mountains and be free, but I still have a marriage contract with me, so I can't run away even if I want to."
When Lin Manqing heard what he said, her face turned even redder.
"Why didn't you tell me last time?"
"say what?"
"It's about the engagement."
"Didn't I tell you that day that I was your fiancé?"
"ah?"
Lin Manqing was stunned for a moment before she remembered that Li Muchen had indeed said such words that day.
I just thought it was a joke at the time.
"You..." Lin Manqing hesitated, "Did you really come to break off the engagement that day?"
Li Muchen nodded honestly: "Yes."
"Why?"
"We have never met each other, but we have to be tied together just because of this piece of paper. It's not fair. The agreement made by two old people back then has to sacrifice the happiness of two young people for a lifetime. Can you accept it?
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Lin Manqing shook her head, "To be honest, I really can't accept it. I never knew there was such a thing. After I heard about it that day, I lost my temper at home."
She said and suddenly laughed, "But I never thought that that person would be you."
"What would happen to you if it weren't for me?"
"Fight to the end."
"Then what if that person is handsome, charming, talented, capable of bringing peace and stability to the country, and has an extraordinary background?"
"Tch, how can such a person exist?"
"What if."
"No matter who he is," Lin Manqing said sternly, "I will never be with someone I don't like, even if he is so perfect, even if grandpa forces me."
Li Muchen sighed, "Oh, it seems you won't like me anymore."
"What do you mean?" Lin Manqing was confused.
Li Muchen held his chin with one hand and said with a half-smile, "Can't you see that it's me who I just said?"
Lin Manqing couldn't help but laugh out loud. She looked at Li Muchen, getting more and more funny. She covered her mouth and couldn't stop laughing.
"What I said is true." Li Muchen said seriously.
Lin Manqing smiled and waved her hands: "Please, don't make me laugh anymore. It's okay if you say anything else, but civilized people can secure a country and military forces can rule a country. Isn't this a bit too much?"
"So, you admit that I am handsome and charming?" Li Muchen said with a smile.
Lin Manqing suddenly realized that this man was not ordinary thick-skinned.
"What did you do before?"
"Scavenging for rags."
"Tch, I just said that I had an extraordinary background!"
At this time, the boss brought the grilled skewers to them. He happened to hear what they said and said:
"There is no contradiction between having an extraordinary background and picking up rags. Giving up your noble status and living by picking up rags is what you call extraordinary. Just like me, I also have an extraordinary background, but it doesn't affect my selling barbecue, right?"
The boss smiled and left, winking at Li Muchen before leaving.
Li Muchen gave him a thumbs up.
Lin Manqing was thoughtful.
Li Muchen didn't bother her and picked up the meat skewers on the table to eat.
While eating, he said: "In this world, you can only live up to the delicious food."
Lin Manqing glanced at him with a hint of resentment.
She also picked up a skewer and put it gently to her lips, but did not eat it.
He seems to be thinking about something.
After hesitating for a long time, she asked: "Then you...do you want to...break off the engagement now?"
Li Muchen asked back: "Now that you know that the person you are engaged to be engaged to is me, will you still object?"
Lin Manqing thought for a while, shook her head and said, "I don't know."
Li Muchen smiled and said, "Then don't think about it, don't ask, just let everything take its course, isn't that good?"
Lin Manqing nodded: "That's right, let nature take its course."
"That is, don't be restrained, be natural, just like a lyric goes," Li Muchen hummed softly, "Let us fall in love freely..."
Lin Manqing burst out laughing as she listened to the endless singing.
Is this the song of the great hero who can bring peace to the country by virtue of literature and peace by force of arms?
Hahaha……
Smiling, he suddenly came back to his senses and gave Li Muchen a white look:
"Who wants to fall in love with you!"
Suddenly there was a hint of sweetness in the air.
The faint moonlight shines down, the night is like silver, and the smoke floating on the barbecue grill becomes spiritual.