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In November, there will be a little cold wind blowing along the river, and there will be a lot of tourists along the river at night.

The last bus was sent off at the bus station not far from MBAR, and Xia Shao saw the tired-looking man with his arms curled up passing by the nightclub gate with a new neon light statue.

Pedestrians hurried past, in stark contrast to the bare-legged young people buying roses at the entrance of the nightclub.

There are always two different worlds in a city, Xia Shao thought.

It's good to relax once in a while.

He has been studying abroad for a few years, and there are countless classmates who play nightclubs and race cars to pick up girls. Foreign second-hand luxury cars are also cheap, and the discount is less than half of the domestic price. But if he asks himself, he has never touched any of these things.

It's not that he thinks it's not good to play like this, after all, everyone has their own way of living.He doesn't like to join in the fun by nature, and usually finds a corner by himself when he has nothing to do, and waits for someone to call him in the bright place, and then he will be the shining self in his heart.

But in some specific time periods, things that have not been touched much will attract people.

At least at the moment, Xia Shao thinks so.

At the outdoor shisha bar by the pool of MBAR, Xia Shao stopped and looked around for a long time, but he didn't see Jiang Langting.

Before coming here, he searched for keywords on Weibo, and found the blog post that Jiang Langting was secretly photographed and then frantically reposted by major marketing accounts.The initial copywriting was "Fuck, this is the boss of the newly opened MBAR ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh' then the amateur guy at the entrance of MBAR [crying/]!!!!" .

Xia Shao thought about it, took the trumpet to like it, and then clicked forward and added the text——

[@Autumn Continues to Burn: Ask for a chance encounter! ! ! ! ! 】

After sending, Xia Shao held the phone and just leaned against the fence of the hookah bar along the river with a smirk.

Just after laughing, the salesman in charge of customer positioning came over with a walkie-talkie and circled around him several times, as if he was observing something.The salesperson put on a smile and asked politely, "How are you?"

Someone suddenly approached.

Realizing this, Xia Shao took a step back, put his back against the railing, and looked at the other party vigilantly.

"Do you have a reserved seat?" The salesman smiled apologetically and continued to ask questions.

Xia Shao looked directly at him and nodded.

"Then..." The salesman read a series of phone numbers with his mobile phone, "Excuse me, are you Mr. Li?"

Remembering that it was the salesman who had made an appointment to meet at the entrance of the nightclub, Xia Shao pulled down the mask a little bit, exposing the tip of his nose, and replied in a low voice: "Yes."

"Well, do you go in alone first? Or do you want to wait for your friends?" the salesman asked.

Generally speaking, it is almost impossible for one person to order such a good middle card seat.Even if it is a side card, few people will come to the nightclub to open a booth by themselves.After asking sales questions, he stretched his neck and looked around, with his hands in his pockets, ready to take out his business card and develop potential customers at any time.

"I……"

At a loss for words, Xia Shao thought that he might be able to ask his friends if they want to come to play later, so he simply said, "I'll go in alone first."

After eleven o'clock at night in this kind of city center venue is often the time with the largest flow of people.

Xia Shao was led all the way into the nightclub to pass the security check, and then walked through the all-black entrance corridor. Because he couldn't see the road clearly, his pace was much slower than usual.

In fact, he just came to see and stroll around. If he really wants to play, he can't play it. According to the intensity of the gameplay here, Xia Shao really thinks that he can take him to the hospital for a waist CT scan when he returns home after dancing.

The last time I came back was to socialize and drink, my attention was all on Mr. Wang's oily face that could cook a plate of dishes, and I had no time to take into account the freshness brought by the surrounding things.Xia Shao hates wine table culture, he drinks purely for "want to drink", and has nothing to do with whether he has face or not.

The huge sound and the floor resonate the building together.

"This is the customer." The salesman shouted.

"Did he order the boss card?" The waiter put down the complimentary champagne and poured ice cubes into the glass basin.

"Yes, that's him! Treat yourself well!" the salesman replied.

The two of them grabbed each other's back collar and talked, they had to shout to hear them even though they were so close.

The dj music in the venue was too loud, Xia Shao subconsciously rubbed his ears that were so frightened that they were stiff.There was already a girl in shorts standing on the high platform next to the sofa, holding a fan in her hand, and the bright four words "Add a WeChat" almost shook Hua Xia's eyes.

As soon as the dj raised his hands, most of the audience responded enthusiastically, screaming hoarsely.

"Here's the drink list!"

Another waiter made a free fruit plate for Xia Shao, then bent down and handed him the iPad, "Our minimum consumption for this booth is 1," he compared "[-]", "Do you want Don't want a set meal?"

Flipping through the drink list, Xia Shao raised his head and asked, "Can I keep the wine?"

"What?" The salesman approached, "I didn't hear you clearly!"

"Can you store wine?" Xia Shao repeated.

"Can you speak louder?" the salesman asked.

Xia Shao mustered all his energy and opened his voice like: "Save the wine!"

"Okay, you can pick up wine when your friends come in the future!" The salesman approached him.Because the background music was too loud, the distance had to be shortened.As soon as people get closer, the temperature of the words rises sharply, and the heat also quietly touches the ears.Xia Shao was extremely unaccustomed to the approach of strangers, and trembled all over.

Xia Shao casually pointed to a few bottles of foreign wine, ordered some snacks, and planned to sit until after twelve o'clock and go home.

He has no experience in buying foreign wine, but he was taught by He Qing before.He Qing said that the foreign wine market is very chaotic now. When someone abroad gives a messy foreign name, the price will be high when it is shipped back to China. If you just make up a few letters, if you can't find it, you will say it is a small language.Xia Shao just laughed, saying that he probably wouldn't order foreign wine alone.

Really fragrant.

The salesman memorized the consumption list, squinted his eyes and smiled at Xia, laughing until he and the waiter retreated to the back of the sofa behind the boss booth, then turned around and handed the consumption list to the sales manager who came to inspect the performance of each booth, "Today The boss card, a boy opened more than 1 bottles of wine, and said that he only opened a bottle of more than 800 yuan, and kept everything else.”

The sales manager frowned, "Just for fun?"

Because it's not completely unheard of like this, spending money to buy happiness.

"No, she looks clean, in her early twenties, and wears a mask."

"Get someone to keep an eye on it."

The salesman touched his chin, and imagined the situation of a wealthy family: "Would it be the son of the opposite boss?"

"People are not so free." The sales manager thought for a while.

"Tell the control room? How many people were involved when something happened last time? The general manager had a meeting that day. Didn't he say that any unusual situation should be reported to him. Brother, I just joined the job, so..." Sales Stretching out his chest, he took out a crumpled cigarette, and his voice became more and more like muttering, "If something goes wrong..."

"Okay, you go."

The superior let go, and took out the consumption slip and a pack of Zhonghua and put them in his pocket, "Well, go to the control room and tell the general manager that the boss card has been taken by one person today. Just one person."

It was 10 minutes after Xin Lie got the bill.

He is in the control room to tune out all the surveillance cameras in the venue. He spends some time every night to see what the guests sitting in the booths are doing to avoid any violations.

"A person?" He reconfirmed curiously.

Xin Lie wore a leather vest over his suit today. He said it was cold, but Jiang Langting laughed at him like a primitive man in the forest.He looks like a dog in a suit, with a name tag pinned to his chest, like an arrogant wolfhound forced to wear a fancy cartoon bow tie.

"Correct."

"Is it B01?" Xin Lie directed the staff sitting in front of the monitor, "Come on, Xiao Guo, please adjust the boss card of B01, the one in the center."

Zooming in on the display screen, Xia Shao's beautiful profile is looming.

After watching the surveillance for a long time, Xin Lie found it inexplicably familiar, and commanded, "Cut the camera on the left."

Nightclubs are full of people coming and going, and most of the time they are immersed in the night. The lights are bright and harsh, and it is easy to see clearly. Therefore, the monitoring is the best, and the number of installations is relatively dense.

Xin Lie still didn't understand who this person was, and said again: "The right side."

Still vague.

"Front, front," Xin Lie said, "the one above the DJ stage."

When the face was clear, Xin Lie slapped his thigh, and with a "pop", the ashtray almost fell off the table.

Xin Lie asked: "Fuck, why is he still wearing a mask?!"

Sales are silent, you just saw it...

"Normal," the salesman quickly reassured, "Now there are quite a few young people in the store who come to play disco and wear sunglasses or masks. Maybe they think it's cooler."

Xin Lie tucked one of Zhonghua's between his fingers, and said to the person who could adjust the surveillance: "Is there still a camera?"

"No more," said the man.

"How about I go down?" Xin Lie asked the salesman.

"..."

The salesman was taken aback by the question from the boss, thinking what are you asking me for? !

Perhaps because of being too stuffy from the mask, Xia Shao pulled the mask down a bit, exposing the tip of his nose from the top edge.

"Alas, alas," Xin Lie gasped, "Again, adjust the monitor on the right again!"

The picture was zoomed to the maximum, and Xin Lie stared at the side face for a long time, then slapped his leg suddenly, almost biting the tobacco shreds from his mouth, "I know who it is!"

Isn't this the anchor that Second Brother Jiang watched and saw something wrong?

Yang Shengli is justified because of this incident, and this anchor has earned hundreds of thousands in vain. Now he comes to the store to open this kind of booth to sit, so eye-catching, and he will be scorned when he turns around.

Taking a ten thousand step back, the second brother must have looked at him because he admired him.

How can you play alone?

"I ask you!" Xin Lie waved.

The salesman approached and said respectfully, "Say it."

Seeing Xia Shao sitting there like a stone sculpture, Xin Lie didn't follow suit, and said, "He's been playing alone all this time? He just entered the arena alone?"

"That's right," said the salesman, "that my friend won't be here until later."

Xin Lie rubbed his chin, "Then it's not good for such a person to sit."

"Yes, yes, yes." The person next to him also agreed.

"We have a way of hospitality." Xin Lie came to a conclusion.

"Yes Yes Yes."

"This is Brother Jiang's guest, you know? Go, call a few more people, and go to accompany me."

"what?"

"Just..." Xin Lie thought about it, and said, "Let's call a few male salesmen, and let's have a drink and chat together, okay?"

The salesman responded, "Of course!"

It was twelve o'clock, and Xia Shao was still sitting in his seat and eating the last plate of watermelon with difficulty.

Many booths around looked at him alone, and wanted to come over to have a few glasses of wine and then get a card, but when he came, he found that he was alone with a bottle of wine, and wearing a mask didn't look like he really wanted to play. Facing the difficulties, I had no choice but to stand a little far away and look over here secretly.

Xia Shao was sitting on the deck, and only now did he understand that the highest state of loneliness is not only performing surgery and eating hot pot alone, but also playing disco alone.When I get excited, I don’t want to go to the dance floor to stop, because I am afraid that my booth will be switched by others after I come back from the dance.

He only remembered that the people standing in the arena stretched their arms very long, as if they wanted to touch the happiness that could not be reached in ordinary times.The wine staggered in the cup, some drank it, and some did not.Cheers erupted one after another, and shredded paper was torn into strips and scattered into the sky.

Crowds of people are crowded in such a confined space, and the real world is lost in boundless indulgence.

Suddenly, he noticed that seven or eight people were walking towards his booth.

The leader was a man as tall as Jiang Langting, with a tender face, his hair was swept back, and he even wore a suffocating fur vest under his black suit jacket. Abandoned the unknown Tiezi who he occasionally brushed on the Kuaishou video on Weibo.

As the group of people approached, the leading brother in the vest stopped and turned around in a chic and gorgeous way.

"..." Xia Shao didn't know what to say for a while, he was stupid.

Xin Lie was also stupid.

The man didn't stand up, and he didn't pick up the wine glass quickly to engage in the back-and-forth battle. He just stared at himself in front of six or seven brothers, his eyes flickering, and he didn't take off his mask.

"Hmm..." Xin Lie felt shy when he looked at him, and for a moment forgot the cool opening remarks that represented Jiang's second brother's face.

On the contrary, Xia Shao, who had never seen this battle before, reacted first, "Is there something wrong?"

"That," Xin Lie moved closer to him, lowered his voice and said, "Are you Xia Shao?"

Xia Shao nodded, seeing that he was recognized, he didn't bother to cover up, so he pulled down the mask a little, "Yeah."

"Mr. Xia, our boss knows you and appreciates you very much."

After Xin Lie finished speaking, he turned around and put a bottle of Bacardi on the table, "But the boss is not here today, so I'll have a few drinks with you."

"..."

Xia Shao suddenly seemed to be stuck on a stone of unknown origin, and impatiently moved half an inch away on the sofa, not knowing what to do next.

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The feeling of bewilderment quickly replaced the sense of loss.

Xia Shao no longer thinks about the key point of "the boss is not here tonight", and focuses on the present.He moved his seat towards the edge of the sofa, trying to make way for the person Xin Lie brought.Xin Lie was unrestrained, and stretched out his hand to grab Xia Shao's arm, "Mr. Xia, you can just sit down. We are all very casual. Today we mainly accompany you."

"Just call Xia Shao." Xia Shao couldn't help protesting.

"Come, come, sit on the side," Xin Lie greeted the others, complaining: "The music is too loud."

When Xia Shao heard this sentence, he thought it was funny, how could he make complaints about his own shop.

He didn't speak, holding a wine glass and allowing the people brought by Xin Lie to pour him wine.

Everyone had a meet-and-greet first, and started chatting with each other."Brother Xia, you can just call me Xiao Chen", "Brother Xia, you can find me next time you book a table" and so on. After introducing myself all the way to the end, even "Brother Xia, you have played here, you have to change the scene to find other fun." You can contact me" all these bastard words came, Xin Lie sounded like he was choked by something, coughed fiercely, and said that Mr. Xia was young, so don't speak indiscriminately.

There were many people, the venue was clean, and there were all men in uniforms. Xia Shao took off his mask and drank in secret.

Xin Lie was not idle, trying every means to talk to Xia Shao.

He bumped into Second Brother Jiang several times to watch the live broadcast, and he was a little nervous when he was on his own territory.For some reason, he always had the illusion of seeing "sister-in-law", so while thinking this way, he scolded himself for being too imaginative.

"Teacher Xia Shao,"

Xin Lie sat beside him, raised his arms and put them on the back of the sofa behind Xia Shao, "Just say what you want to play, they are quite good at playing dice. Or want to change the game? Call more people." OK."

Not quite understanding why this person didn't give up the idea of ​​"teacher", Xia Shao had no choice but to bite the bullet and reply: "Well, there is nothing I want to play for now."

Xin Lie repeatedly confirmed: "Really?"

He didn't believe that there were still people who didn't play when they came to the nightclub, so what are they doing here, sitting and reading the best-selling inspirational Chicken Soup for the Soul with Kindle?

"No."

"Is there any song you like to listen to?" Xin Lie's voice was extremely loud.

Xia Shao didn't know that he meant going upstairs to play alone in the private room of the KTV, and thought that Xin Lie could order the nightclub dj to change R&B into folk songs.

"No need!" Xia Shao also replied loudly.

"Oh, okay," Xin Lie said, "Then let's drink first."

After following Jiang Langting for many years, Xin Lie has seen all kinds of clients, and he has been accompanied by a thousand glasses of wine without getting drunk. This is the first time I saw Xia Shao being so obedient and unwilling to leave.

He couldn't help it, and he really couldn't get close, and the atmosphere couldn't be lively, so he just sat around ten big men in the booth and watched the DJ performance seriously.

Looking at everyone's expressions, Xia Shao remembered that when he was a primary school student, he would be gathered in the classroom every Monday morning to watch educational popularization programs.

Just sitting is not a problem.

Xia Shao couldn't play, and there was nothing to do, so other people started to adopt "driving tactics". Everyone started to drink when they came and went. Xin Lie thought that Xia Shao might just be restrained, and it would be good to drink two more glasses.Who can't drink as an anchor, usually there is a lot of entertainment between the company and the company, and they all eat their mouths, why are they so quiet?

Xia Shao didn't pay much attention to it, but he wanted to squint his eyes because of the intense energy of the first cup of Bacardi.

When he was in a trance, he caught a glimpse of the thick anti-cold air-conditioning curtain at the entrance of the venue being lifted by a hand.

That hand was wearing a motorcycle glove.

Randomly, that arm was slowly lowered, and the palm was hidden in the sleeve.

Even though Jiang Langting lowered his head, his face was still exposed.

The blue spotlights "acted recklessly" in the arena, and a smear of light fell on the man's face, illuminating his facial features with incomparable clarity.Xia Shao thought of the word "sea" again, the smell of alcohol surging from the tip of his nose was like a salty sea wave, rolling and engulfing him into the bottom of the sea.

Jiang Langting didn't stop much, and walked directly from the entrance passage to the b01 area of ​​the venue.Xia Shao saw that he hadn't looked away, and confirmed again and again that Jiang Langting was here for his "boss card".

Wow, I can really see the boss after ordering the boss card.

Love came too suddenly.

"Hi," Xia Shao tugged at Xin Lie's elbow, "Hi?"

Xin Lie was rolling the dice with another male salesman. Seeing Xia Shao pulling him, he smiled and leaned into his ear, and asked loudly, "What's wrong, Mr. Xia Shao?"

"Your boss is here." Xia Shao watched Jiang Langting getting closer.

"What?" Xin Lie asked.

"The boss is here." Xia Shao reminded kindly.

"I can not hear clearly!"

Xin Lie really didn't hear clearly, but he was forced to hear what Xia Shao was saying, so that Jiang Langting walked up to the booth, Xin Lie didn't notice at all, and was still listening intently with his head tilted .

Jiang Langting was tall, and as soon as he stood in front of the booth table, he blocked most of the colored light from the DJ booth.

"Second Brother Jiang is here."

"The boss is coming."

"Boss, boss."

……

Everyone in the booth whispered, and they all stood up with a "crash".Xin Lie didn't notice until Xia Shao got up, and stood up with a blushing face, and smiled at Jiang Lang with his eyes bent, "Second, second brother..."

Several salesmen saw their bosses for the first time, and they didn't dare to say anything because they were too imposing and didn't know what was going on.

Just when everyone thought Jiang Langting's first sentence was to say hello, Jiang Langting not only didn't pick up his wine glass, but pushed aside a salesman standing in front of Xia Shao.

He lowered his eyebrows, and his tone was funny and angry: "What are you doing standing up?"

Jiang Langting was fine if he didn't smile, but when he laughed, it went bad, Xia Shao blushed spinelessly, and he forgot all the opening remarks he had planned.

Seeing that there were too many people around, Jiang Langting didn't stay too long, but stood in the crowd and nodded to Xin Lie, "Xin Lie, come out for a while."

He turned to leave, his eyes fell on Xia Shao.

"You keep playing."

After speaking, he walked out of the field again.

After Xin Lie left with Jiang Langting, the rest of the people who played with Xia Shao were not so happy, and occasionally chatted with him and had a few drinks.

Xia Shao drinks basically drinks mixed with foreign wine, the alcohol content is not high, and the drink is not in a hurry, but fortunately, it is not too much.

"I'm going to the bathroom." Xia Shao explained to the person next to him.

After finishing speaking, he said: "I really don't need anyone to play with. You have to do business. If you want to accompany other customers, go and accompany them. It's okay."

The interior decoration of MBAR's entire store is cold, full of metal texture, and the bathroom light is very dim.

After going to the toilet, Xia Shao came out and wanted to wash his face to cool down. He turned on the cold water faucet, then bent down, took a handful of clean water and wiped it on his face.

After wiping his face, he looked up and saw himself in the mirror.

A head of wet shattered hair.

Curious and flustered eyes.

In the mirror, there is another face beside me.

The man was buried in his head and carefully cleaned the stains on his hands, and he didn't look up at the mirror.

Xia Shao had seen this face before at He Qing's house.

It is Fengtang.

It’s over.

If Fengtang saw him, He Qing would know that he came to the nightclub alone.

Fengtang was still washing, and if he didn't leave, Xia Shao had to lower his head and continue splashing water on his face.The more he fluttered, the more he couldn't calm down. The water in the faucet felt cold to the touch, and he wondered if he was getting cold too.

The space of MBAR is big enough, there are no people queuing up in the bathroom, and there are only two of them beside the sink outside.The music played in the bathroom is more gentle. Compared with the sound in the venue, the mirror in the bathroom is shaking.

Why isn't he leaving...

Xia Shao wiped his face, his back was really sore.

Feng Tang saw that the person next to him had been washing and drying his hands and turned his back, and kindly reminded: "Are you okay, brother?"

Unexpectedly, Fengtang would take the initiative to talk to the "stranger", and Xia Shao uttered syllables from his throat: "No, it's okay."

Among amateurs, Xia Shao looks too good, definitely belongs to the type of face that Fengtang can never forget.Although he said he had no idea, his eyes were sharp enough, and he recognized Xia Shao with just a hasty slant.

Fengtang didn't go around in circles, and asked directly: "Xia Shao?"

Xia Shao had no choice but to bite the bullet and answer, "Brother Feng."

"What are you doing here?"

"Play around."

"Why didn't you call your brother?" Feng Tang smiled, "He has been under a lot of work pressure recently and needs to vent."

"I'll take a look too." Xia Shao said.

Fengtang continued to ask questions: "Where are you sitting?"

"V1 card." Xia Shao replied.

"So it's you," Feng Tang said straightforwardly, "I was having a party with a group of our friends, and I originally wanted to book your card, but the guy who signed the wine said it had already been booked."

"Yes."

"How many of you are there?"

Fengtang pulled the paper to wipe his hands, and glanced at the side of Xia Shao's neck intentionally or unintentionally, as if he wanted to see something, "Ours is also a super large card, but there are more than ten people here for no reason, and it is too crowded now. I'll come over to drink One lap?"

"I'm leaving now."

"Just sit down."

Fengtang smiled, no one could refuse.

Xia Shao had no choice but to take Fengtang to his booth to have a look.

Sure enough, those salesmen who were frightened by the demands of "friends whom Brother Jiang appreciates" and Xin Lie didn't leave at all. Even if Xia Shao was driven away, they still didn't leave.

Fengtang stared at him for a long time without speaking.

A little closer, the second opening time of the nightclub is coming soon. The bgm is getting bigger and bigger, and the audio-visual patterns on the led display screen that fell from the sky are flashing like crazy.Xia Shao saw those patterns moving wonderfully on Fengtang's face, and looked at his thoughtful expression, he really didn't know what to say to prevaricate.

Right now, nothing is right.

There are all kinds of people in life. Although Xia Shao doesn't socialize much around him, it's the first time he gets close to him with such a "freshness" in a pure sense.

The person in front of him is like a collection of sensual characters described in countless movies and TV dramas and literary works. He is hotly placed in front of his eyes, slashing horizontally, surging towards him like a waterfall, like a barrier. The river does not fall.

Too direct and frank, leaving no room for anything.

The white smoke in the arena curled into a curtain, looking at the flowers in the wind and mist, smiling with open eyes, not knowing what it meant.

"You... spend [-] yuan to book a booth to play by yourself?" Feng Tang's vision was no less blurred than Xia Shao's.

Why are you calling so many people, male PR?

But Fengtang didn't ask.

Xia Shao pursed his lips and nodded, "I..."

"You are here to see the boss." Fengtang lowered his voice and approached him.