Fix fixed point

The wall clock on the wall is the most common kind, with a black frame on a white background, black hands, and a red second hand—it is convenient for reading the minutes accurately: six thirty.

The color of the sky in the east began to lighten, the horizon gradually became clear, and the morning glow was burning.Many are still asleep, or just waking up.The street was empty except for this small coffee shop which was half full.

Most of them looked tired, with a morning newspaper in their hands, and breakfast.Those guests would greet each other, and few of them chatted.The BBC's morning news was playing over the counter, the volume was low, and the air was full of tired peace.

Adam sat in a corner, drinking tea, and looked at the others with interest.The atmosphere reminded him of sitting in the corner of the kitchen with Carla when he was a child, happily waiting for dinner.The light is always dim at night, and the adoptive father cooks food for them with a tired and satisfied expression on his face.That's probably why Adam started learning to cook, he wanted to cook for the people he likes, to satisfy their hearts as well as their stomachs.And their smiles while dining are the best reward for their hard work.

"Good morning, Adam. I'm sorry I kept you waiting." Someone stood in front of Adam and said softly.

The man was wearing a shirt with blue songbirds on a white background, a gray woolen suit jacket, and blue jeans, which were pleasing enough to be uploaded on social networks as a model of street photography.Generally, people who are well-dressed like models always feel difficult to approach.But he is not.He had a friendly smile and a gentle tone: "Can I sit here?"

It was Ludy.

Adam suddenly came back to his senses, stood up quickly and said, "Of course, please sit down."

As soon as Ludi opened the seat and sat down, someone next to him greeted him: "Good morning, Dr. Layton. Your boyfriend is so considerate. He came here to pick you up from get off work."

Adam was taken aback, and Lu Di replied: "Good morning, Dr. Cooper, I hope so too, but unfortunately not, I'm just a friend who came to catch up on the old days."

Ludi greeted several colleagues again. When Adam wanted to speak, the waiter came over, put down a cup of Americano coffee in front of Ludi, and asked, "Doctor Layton, is it still the same?"

Ludi nodded, picked up a menu and handed it to Adam: "What do you want to eat, Adam? The breakfast here is delicious."

"I had breakfast. Their tea is pretty good."

Lu Di didn't insist.After the waiter had left, Rudy leaned back in his chair and asked, "So, Adam, what am I missing?"

Adam had already plucked up the courage to say it once in the text message, but it was not Lu Di who received that text message.In order to prevent the same thing from happening again, he decided to meet Ludi.But speaking up face-to-face was much harder than he had expected.He hesitated for a moment, saw the playful smile on Ludi's mouth, and suddenly felt that the request was too embarrassing, and he couldn't say it.

Adam hesitated for a while, and Ludi waited patiently for him.In the end, Adam took out his mobile phone and showed Lu Di his text message with Hong Rui.Realizing that can explain everything that happens.

Lu Di let out a burst of earth-shattering laughter after reading it.Everyone looked sideways.Adam held the teacup to cover his face, staring intently at the light brown tea liquid.Pretend you're not there.

No one here knew him, he comforted himself, but everyone knew Rudy, and Rudy was the one to be ashamed of.

Ludi kept laughing, and Adam uneasily changed his sitting position several times.In the end, Lu Di wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes with the back of his hand, handed the phone back to Adam and said, "Adam, you are so cute, you are a gift to the world!"

Adam stared at the culprit, "Why did you give me Hong Rui's phone number, but lied to me that it was your phone number?"

Lu Di smiled "ah" and waggled two fingers very proudly, "Two days, Hong Rui waited for two days before giving you my phone number. I assume you texted me that night, and you didn't until the night before yesterday I just got my phone number, which means that Hongrui is not willing to give you my phone number. Hongrui cares about you very much. You see, it’s just a phone number, let me know that Hongrui won’t tell you my information."

A secret sweetness flitted across Adam's heart.But he was very surprised immediately, "You thought of this at that time?"

Rudy shrugged. "It never hurts to be careful with your friends' feelings."

"So you're friends too? I thought, I thought, you hardly see each other during the day."

Adam thought they were pure friends with benefits, but he didn't expect that it seemed to be more than that.

Lu Di looked at Adam's curious gaze, took a sip of coffee and said, "I first met Hongrui in 2011. Do you want to hear it?"

Adam nodded quickly, and Rudy gave an "I knew it" smile and went on: "You know about the London riots in 2011? I just came back from Afghanistan and I was working as a doctor in the emergency department. I remember it very well. On August [-]th, it was my turn to rest, and the person I was dating at the time took me to Alimentum for dinner."

Rudy smiled and said, "At that time, he was still cooking by himself. We finished the last dessert and planned to check out after drinking coffee. Suddenly, there was a loud noise at the door, and we turned to look at the entrance , the cracked glass door peeled off and scattered on the ground with a loud noise, and faces covered with black hoods blocked the exit. At that time, there were only five tables of guests in the restaurant, and they were drinking tea like us. A dozen Mongolian Stern-faced men with baseball bats and knives barged in and rushed at the guests at the tables. They forced the women to hand over their jewelry, ripped their watches from the men's wrists, and pulled out the guests' Purse, looting the cash in it. A mother and son sat at the table next to me, and I heard their previous chat as if they were coming to Alimentum to celebrate their child's college graduation."

"The lady handed over her wallet and took off the pearl necklace and bracelet she was wearing, but she couldn't take off the engagement ring on her hand. The ring had been worn for many years, and it had long grown together with flesh and blood. Her fingers trembled and she begged in a low voice The mob left her this ring, the only token left by her late husband."

Lu Di suppressed his smile, and Adam felt a sudden nervousness, and began to worry about the lady.

Lu Di paused and continued: "It is a very beautiful ruby ​​ring. The ruby ​​is as big as a spinel, surrounded by a circle of diamonds. It is very valuable at first glance. I have only seen it once, so far Still remember the fire of the gemstone. The thug obviously didn't want to give up the ring either, he took out the knife, and the lady's son, tense - I just remember him with glasses and a small build, It looked vulnerable. However, in order to protect his mother from harm, he rushed forward and wrestled with the thugs. The scene began to get out of control. Although the young man was thin, his courage allowed him to temporarily control the thugs, and he let his Mother get out of here. His mother doesn't want to leave him. But where can she go? Thugs are everywhere. The gangster struggles, and the young man will be stabbed by the knife in the hands of the gangster at any moment. I was going to rush out, But my date grabbed me. We didn't have much to lose - just two mobile phones and a cheap watch, a little cash, and he didn't want to get in trouble."

"While my date and I were arguing, Hong Rui rushed out with the chefs. Some were holding knife sharpeners, some were carrying mops, and Hong Rui was empty-handed. He rushed behind the thug who was fighting with the young man, Squeeze the other party's wrist and push him away from the young man. Hong Rui stood in front of the young man. When the thug rushed up again with a knife, Hong Rui suddenly kicked him on the neck. The thug shook a few times and fell On the ground. All the thugs who broke into the restaurant were stunned by the accident. Hong Rui walked to another thug who was looting the guests, and that person took a step back. The chefs worked together to beat them out."

Adam did not expect such a turn in the matter, he stared at Ludi dumbfounded.Rudy said: "I broke away from my date and ran to check on the young man. The young man had only bruises, no blood. The thug who fell down was not hurt either, he was injured by a blow to the side of the ear. The auditory nerve disorder eventually fainted, and he recovered after a short rest. Adam, the power of the backspin kick is difficult to control, and it is very easy to knock people down, but it requires extremely precise technique to do it without hurting people."

Adam wanted to say something, but he ended up silent.He thought of Hong Rui's amazing arm strength, and how Hong Rui could avoid Adam in the narrow storage room. He could even slide away from Adam's arms and press Adam on the sofa.Now everything is explained.

"Hong Rui led the guests to hide in the underground wine cellar, and locked them from the inside to protect them. I didn't go, because my pager rang, and the hospital was flooded with a large number of emergency patients, and I needed to go back to work overtime. The traffic was paralyzed, so Hong Rui lent me his car. I took the mother and child to the emergency room so that I could do a detailed examination of the young man. I also stuffed the thug in the suitcase and handed it over to the police. "

Lu Di took a sip of coffee, "When I went home the next day and changed my clothes to return the car, it was already ten o'clock in the evening. I didn't expect that he would not take a break the next day, and he was still open for business, even the lunch appointment He didn't cancel. I know my date didn't pay, because our wallets were searched. I brought cash to pay the bill, but Hong Rui refused to accept it-he didn't accept the four tables of guests, My table was no exception. I was worried that some thugs would break in, and he couldn't handle it alone, so I stayed until he closed. He also bought me a few glasses of whiskey. Fortunately, the night was very peaceful, so we exchanged name and phone number."

Adam thought where was he then?He may still be in France, working in the quiet countryside and going to bed early after work.And the man he has in mind now was fighting the mob, and Adam at the time knew nothing about it.Thinking of this, he began to rejoice that Lu Di was there that night, facing the danger with Hong Rui.Fortunately, there was no irreversible tragedy, so he could see Hong Rui.

"Did the thug come back that night? Was he injured?"

Although it was five years ago, Adam still couldn't help worrying about Hong Rui at that time.Lu Di understood his worry and said: "I heard that the thugs came back, but they didn't find the underground wine cellar. He was not injured. You don't have to worry about Hong Rui, ordinary people can't touch his clothes. Only then did I know that he has practiced mixed martial arts for many years."

Adam knew what MMA was, but he had the impression that it was a fight in an iron cage on the black market, bloody and brutal.It is difficult for him to associate Hong Rui, who wears glasses, with such a sport.Ludi saw Adam's doubts, and he explained: "Adam, he regards mixed martial arts as a way of fitness. In fact, mixed martial arts requires a high degree of flexibility, strength, and reaction speed of the body. And... If you have seen If you look at the submission skills of mixed martial arts, you will know that the waist strength of the fighters is also amazing. Oh, you will know, Adam."

Adam didn't expect the topic to come back here suddenly.After hearing the past, he was proud of Hong Rui, as proud as he was the one who repelled the mob.But on the other hand, he had a secret expectation for the hint in Ludi's words. Does he have a chance to know?When will I know?Embarrassed, Adam turned his head away from Ludy.

Lu Di chuckled again at his embarrassed look.By this time Ludi's breakfast was being served, and Ludi's attention turned to the conversation with the waitress.Adam looked at Ludi's plate. It was an English breakfast: white toast, avocado, fried egg, boiled beans, hash browns, fried mushrooms and tomato.The fried sausage was a little lighter than normal, like a soy sausage.

After the waitress left, Adam said sullenly, "I don't think so. He turned me down."

Lu Di said while eating breakfast: "Adam, in the past 5 years, I have had several lovers one after another, but Hong Rui has always been alone. I believe you are the only one who made him hesitate for two days— —I almost thought he wouldn't let you see me. Would you like to tell me how he turned you down? Obviously you don't intend to let go, maybe I can give you some advice."

Seeing that Adam didn't say anything, Lu Di said again: "You can trust me. I may have been interested in you at first, but since I knew that Hong Rui was not willing to give you my number, your attraction to me has disappeared. "He remembered Adam's text message, and added: "Forget the nonsense about dating, you don't need to practice, and the mind is more important than any skill. My best experience is with a person who is far from Hong Rui, But there is no way, I was fascinated by him at the time."

Ludi's candid attitude made Adam feel that this was nothing to be ashamed of.He had already turned over and over in his mind the words that Hong Rui refused, and he could almost repeat them verbatim.After hearing this, Lu Di thought for a while and said, "Adam, I'll just say it directly. Men are more realistic than women, and this trait will become more obvious as you grow older. When you are your age, you will approach someone because of your good impression. People. But people of our age regard feelings as an investment, and examine whether this person is worth your time before deciding whether to develop further. Hong Rui does have a crush on you, but I guess, from a practical point of view Say, he doesn't want to give you his time. Youth is an advantage—everyone doesn't like a young and fresh lover. But when you are young, there is also the disadvantage of being rash and getting nothing. Adam I I don’t know you well, so this sentence is not aimed at you. I’m talking about myself more than ten years ago, and I hope I can understand this truth when I’m younger.”

Adam's heart sank, and Rudy's words were like a hand pinching his stomach and pulling it down.His fingertips were cold from the heat of the tea, and the teacup in his hand was so hot that he could hardly hold it.He had never thought about it, and no one had ever spoken to him about it.He has always traveled as he pleases, freely pursuing the people he likes.He never thought that there are such complicated considerations in the relationship.

These words overlap with a certain part of Hong Rui's words.Isn't it because he looks up to Hong Rui that he is far inferior to Hong Rui?

Adam pursed his lips and remained silent for a while.Rudy ate his breakfast intently.

When Ludi finished his breakfast and began to drink coffee, Adam slowly said: "Then what should I do? I can't wait until three or five years later to achieve something and then come back to pursue him."

"Don't waste too much time trying to please him, but try to do something to make him proud of you. Let him see your potential, let him know that you are the best at your age, and he will naturally approach You. Winning this would be a good start in my opinion."

Seeing Adam's surprised expression, Lu Di quickly blinked his right eye, "Oh, Adam, among my nurses are your loyal fans. They keep saying that they want to eat in your restaurant. For the sake of helping you , the next time I bring someone over for dinner, let me join the queue."

Adam smiled and nodded briskly.

When they were about to say goodbye at the door of the coffee shop, Adam handed over a bag.

Lu Di took the brown paper bag and opened it to see a lock box inside, "What is that?"

"Apple pie," Adam said. "Thank you for meeting me. I made an apple pie for you to try. I hope you like it. I added wine to the pie, but I couldn't taste the wine. I used vegetable butter , without any animal products. Not super sweet, and if you have a sweet tooth, it would be great with vanilla ice cream.”

Lu Di laughed loudly: "You made one for Hong Rui too?"

Startled by his sudden outburst of laughter, Adam replied honestly, "Yeah, but his one doesn't taste like yours. What, doesn't he eat apple pie?"

"Then you'd better pray that Hong Rui hasn't watched the movie "American Pie" (*Note [-])." After speaking, Lu Di left with his bag and waved his hand: "Good luck, Adam. I have something to give Text."

Adam stood where he was, staring blankly at Ludi going away.The sky is already bright, and the scale-like clouds with red edges and blue background are densely covering the sky.The clouds in the east showed a bright golden orange color, indicating that the morning sun was about to rise.

The whole street is filled with bright light.

Adam suddenly remembered the scene in American Pie.His face immediately burned as red as Zhaoxia. If Hong Rui watched the movie, if Hong Rui misunderstood that pie was ambiguous... He would be ashamed—he should never have taken out that pie. Adam hoped that he would be like Michel also came up with a work that impressed everyone.

Adam rubbed his face and got himself in a good mood to face Hong Rui at 9 o'clock.It seemed that every time he tried to please Hong Rui, it backfired in the end.Lu Di was right, he should focus more on the game.

*Note [-]: There is a scene in American Pie where a teenager uses apple pie.So apple pie has something to do with women in slang.