Cappuccino Rhapsody

At the beginning of August, the heat made the only coolness at night in S City disappear completely, and the decoration of cappuccino entered the final finishing stage. There is a rock and roll atmosphere, and there is a message board on the entire wall at the door, and everyone in cappuccino except Xie Congjia left their names on it.

When Qi Xu went to write, he deliberately avoided the position of Ling Jiangyuan on the far right, and wrote on the far left.

When Qi Xu turned around, Liu Jiajia opened a large bottle of champagne to celebrate. Ling Jiangyuan stood in front of the message board, staring at his own name and Qi Xu's name for a long time.

"Why are you in a daze?" Liu Jiajia patted Ling Jiangyuan's shoulder, "Come on, let's go in and drink."

Qi Xu asked, "Where is Xie Congjia?"

"Oh, he said he was a little busy today, so he had to come later."

Xie Congjia was still wearing work clothes when he came at night. He was delivering food. He could earn some money a month, but there was not much left after paying off the mortgage. He was busy almost from morning till night.The blue uniform makes his skin darker. If you don't take off the coat and only the white vest is left, no one will think that this man has a big tattoo on his back. Once he takes it off, he will immediately become a social worker. people.

Liu Jiajia patted his seat: "Come and sit down, I'll bring you something to drink today." He said and poured a whole glass for Xie Congjia.

Xie Congjia wiped off the sweat from his nose, and said with a smile: "I can't drink too much, if I can't get up tomorrow, it won't mean I will lose a day's money."

"As for being so tired?" Liu Jiajia looked at him speechlessly.

"Of course. Yaya is getting older and has to start kindergarten. Our family started late, and the children of other families start to attend nursery classes when they are one or two years old." Xie Congjia said trivially about the little things in life, " Besides, there are mortgages—don’t talk about that, when will it reopen?”

"It's still half a month," Ling Jiangyuan said, "I have to let the air out."

Xie Congjia let out a "huh" and drank the whole cup in one gulp. When he raised his hand, his eyes were red for some reason.Ling Jiangyuan seemed to see what he was going to say, waved his hand and said, "No matter what, we are brothers."

Xie Congjia swallowed the words back.

No one has made any further mention of his return to the band.

In the evening, a few people drank at random, and Liu Jiajia suddenly cried: "Why the hell is it 2019 now?"

No one spoke.

"Ling Jiangyuan, you really owe us." Liu Jiajia stared at Ling Jiangyuan with red eyes, and said, "You owe us twice."

Ling Jiangyuan turned his head and said, "Sorry."

Liu Jiajia cried while holding Ling Jiangyuan's arm.

Xie Congjia was probably the most sober one among them, he didn't drink too much, and seeing that it was too late, he got up to say goodbye, and Qi Xu took the initiative to go out to see him off.

The long staircase next to the cappuccino was repainted, and the small bungalow on the second floor looked brand new, and Qi Xu bought this house together.

Xie Congjia stood by the stairs and lit a cigarette, saying, "I have to get rid of the smell of cigarettes before I go back, Yaya has asthma."

Qi Xu also took a cigarette, and the end of the cigarette met the faint sparks on the other's finger.

He suddenly said: "Come back together." After a pause, "A cappuccino is not a cappuccino without one person."

Xie Congjia lowered his eyes, suddenly bent the corners of his mouth, and smiled: "Qi Xu, it's not that I don't want to continue, but reality can't let me continue."

He sighed, raised his head, and looked back at the brand-new cappuccino: "I have persisted for so many years, and I feel bad if I give up. If I were alone, of course I would not be afraid of anything, but I There are wives and daughters, and they can't afford to wait for my insistence."

Qi Xu opened his mouth, the cigarette ash in his hand fell to the ground, and looked at him dumbfounded.

Xie Congjia said: "I now understand Jiang Yuan back then. His choice was the most correct, and he had the most correct life. Now he has a lot of capital and courage to gamble again, and he is not afraid of having a bad meal." No pause." Xie Congjia smiled and shook his head, "I'm afraid."

"I……"

"Let's go." Xie Congjia waved his hand.

Qi Xu wanted to persuade him a few more words, when he suddenly saw Lin Miaomiao standing behind the shade of a tree not far away.

The little girl back then is now a married woman, and she no longer looks youthful when she smiles, but she stands there, and the person who is still waiting is Xie Congjia.Qi Xu didn't know how much the other party listened to, but he inadvertently saw the red eye sockets of the other party.

This time Qi Xu finally couldn't persuade him with a word.He sighed and said goodbye.

The sales of Fang Ziyun's new album broke the record in seconds, and it took a whole day to stop on the hot search. Qi Xu took advantage of Fang Ziyun's momentum, and his Weibo gained a wave of fans again, because a photo was dug up inadvertently. He even has a group of fans of his own.

That photo was Qi Xu's college graduation photo, Qi Xu standing coldly among the crowd stands out from the crowd, he is the most eye-catching existence.

The wind gradually changed in the comments, and some people began to say that he "obviously can depend on his appearance, but he must rely on his talent".He was also asked for his latest photo.Sometimes Qi Xu also finds it interesting to watch.

But these were not what Qi Xu focused on. He only wanted to get Cappuccino to record a song and post it on Weibo to test the water.

But Xie Congjia's absence gave Qi Xu a headache.

The last few people had no choice but to pay for a bass to do it for the time being.

At this time, both Qi Xu and Ling Jiangyuan had given up on Xie Congjia's idea of ​​coming back, and the rest of them were like Xie Congjia said, they were alone, so of course they didn't have to worry about not having their next meal.

The bassist paid for was not tacit at all, and the song was recorded several times to no avail. Ling Jiangyuan saw that the time was getting closer, so he stood up and said, "Let's eat first, and we'll talk after dinner." .”

"Dai Lao Bei Si" consciously dragged his feet, and took the initiative to go out to buy food.

After he went out, the basement became quiet instead, no one spoke, except for Ling Jiangyuan, both of them were smoking cigarettes.

Liu Jiajia suddenly stood up dejectedly: "I guess we're done. I don't want to play anymore, it's boring."

Li Lang glanced at him, with unknown emotions flashing in his eyes.

Ling Jiangyuan said: "Everyone has a little hope, so no morale? Come on, get up, and practice again."

"No, I'll do it." Qi Xu said, "It's just bass, I'll learn it after a while."

Cappuccino's morale suddenly fell to the bottom, Ling Jiangyuan saw that he could not be comforted, so he shut up.

Liu Jiajia jumped off the stage, and just about to say something, Ling Jiangyuan's cell phone rang.

He picked up the phone, his brows gradually furrowed: "Don't worry, take your time."

Qi Xu turned to look at him.

Ling Jiangyuan said to the other end of the phone: "Okay, I'll come right away."

He hung up the phone, Qi Xu stared at him, and asked: "What's wrong?"

"I have something to do." Ling Jiangyuan hesitated for a while, and finally said vaguely, "I have to go first, and record it another day, is that okay?"

Qi Xu kept up with him, and the moment he closed the door, he was blocked in the narrow corridor. Ling Jiangyuan looked at him anxiously: "Xiao Xu, I really have something urgent."

"What's the matter?" Qi Xu asked mercilessly.

"Congjia's wife and daughter are missing," Ling Jiangyuan said.

The two rooms and one living room were extremely empty, with a pile of cigarette butts piled up on the floor, Xie Congjia was sitting on the sofa smoking, and entering the room was a choking smell of smoke.Ling Jiangyuan stood at the door for a moment before walking in: "Cong Jia, maybe they just went out to play and didn't tell you..."

"Leave a letter." Xie Congjia covered his face with his palms and said, "I'm going back to my mother's house."

Ling Jiangyuan leaned against the wall and didn't speak.

Qi Xu supported Ling Jiangyuan's arm with his hand, and asked, "What are you going back for?"

"I don't know." Xie Congjia pressed the lighter, and the flames "hissed" and there was a faint smell in the air. He said, "Maybe it's because I don't think it's worth following me."

"No." Ling Jiangyuan sat down on the sofa and patted him on the shoulder, "Miaomiao is not such a character, there must be something else. I just forgot to tell you when I left."

"I have time to write letters." Qi Xu raised his eyebrows and said, "Did you call her?"

"Phone off."

Qi Xu said "Oh": "It should be that the battery is out or something, just wait and see."

"I'm fucking annoyed waiting!" Xie Congjia said suddenly, "I told her that I won't be in any broken band anymore, I'll live a life with her, why the fuck is she still not happy?"

Ling Jiangyuan and Qi Xu looked at each other, and they both didn't know how to persuade them.

Xie Congjia put out the cigarette and threw it into the ashtray: "I'll go and calm down." He went into the bathroom.

Looking at his disappearing back, Ling Jiangyuan exhaled heavily.Qi Xu leaned on the sofa and said, "Now I kind of understand why you said you didn't want Xie Congjia to come back."

Ling Jiangyuan smiled wryly.

"Do you think it's true that Lin Miaomiao has run away but has a hard time?" Qi Xu asked while looking at Ling Jiangyuan.

"No." Ling Jiangyuan shook his head, "She's not that kind of girl."

Qi Xu smiled inexplicably.

After the two sat in the living room for an hour, Xie Congjia came out of the room. The first thing he did was to continue calling Lin Miaomiao. No one expected that the phone would ring for two or three seconds. It was actually picked up.

Xie Congjia danced with excitement, but his tone was still unflinching: "Lin Miaomiao, where the hell have you gone? You want to kill me, don't you!"

"Why are you so mean to me?" Lin Miaomiao's coquettish voice came into the ears of Qi Xu and Ling Jiangyuan very clearly, "I took the train back, and my phone ran out of battery, didn't I? I've been on the train all day, my phone was already on the phone. It's not like you don't know if it won't last that long."

"Hurry up and come back to me," Xie Congjia said, "Why are you going back to your mother's house?"

There was a moment of silence on the other end of the phone, there was the voice of the train station announcing the station, and the noisy voices of people, except for Lin Miaomiao's crisp female voice.

Xie Congjia shook his hands nervously.After a long time, Lin Miaomiao sighed and said, "Xie Congjia, go do what you want."

Xie Congjia froze in place.

"Don't make me feel like I'm a drag on you. So go and accomplish what you want to accomplish."

"Miaomiao..."

"When will you really come to the fore?" Lin Miaomiao smiled, her voice sounded as if she had returned to her innocent self eight years ago, "Come and pick me up to enjoy the blessings, okay?"