Chapter 161 Drinking Friends

The sky in Dunhuang is dark at night.

At 7:00 p.m., the management of the scenic spot began to remind tourists to leave the cave, and at 7:30 p.m., the staff began to drive people out. But when you walk out of the Mogao Grottoes, you will find that the sun is still high!

Li Qian took his sketchbook and flowed out along the crowd.

He came by car, and he didn't have to squeeze the bus to go back like other people. When he came to the parking lot and found his car, he started the car to leave, but turned around once and saw the girl wearing sunglasses unexpectedly.

She was really thin, and the big linen clothes on her body looked a little empty. At this time, many art students with easels and drawing boards rushed to get on the bus. She didn't know whether she was afraid that she would not be able to squeeze through others, or she didn't bother to squeeze. In short, she stood on the periphery of the crowd, so cold Watch quietly.

Li Qian was suddenly very curious and wanted to know if she would squeeze the bus next time. Anyway, he had his own car and was not in a hurry to go back to Dunhuang City. He just lay on the window and watched the tourists not far away. At the bus platform, look at the thin and frail girl.

To be honest, it's kind of funny.

Although there are only two faces, and the half of the face covered by the sunglasses is cut off, the two of them together are just one face, but for some reason, this girl conveyed her personality clearly and unmistakably: stubborn, sharp, arrogant, innocent unsophisticated...

Although this world is only in 1996, compared with the people who have gone through the information explosion of the Internet age twenty years later, it is supposed to be different and much simpler. But even now, people living in the metropolis have already learned to hide themselves in various ways, whether it is temper, temperament, past, etc., they are all hidden behind a mask of their own. In short, if you have known someone for a long time, you may not dare to say that you already know him.

But this girl is not. She doesn't know if she is too naive, or too confident and persistent. In short, she doesn't bother to cover up everything about herself, she just exposes everything, proud and self-confident, letting someone with a little experience Almost everyone can see through her at a glance.

The two of them said no more than ten sentences together. Well, Li Qian also saw two of her paintings, but for some reason, Li Qian felt that he already knew her very well.

This made Li Qian himself somewhat astonished and unbelievable.

A car was filling up quickly, and a car was coming.

Don't look like there are not many tourists, but a few buses still can't pull it. So as soon as the bus came, many tourists who came out one after another strode over and rushed to get on the bus.

Li Qian noticed that her body didn't even move.

After a while, she reached into the side pocket of her clothes and fumbled for a while, and found out a pack of cigarettes and a cheap lighter—well, seeing her lighting posture, Li Qian knew that her smoking experience should be limited.

Then, the second bus left, but there was no shortage of tourists on the platform waiting to take the bus back to Dunhuang. As soon as the third bus came, everyone crowded on it again, and soon the bus was full .

She stood just outside the crowd, smoking a cigarette, motionless, calmly watching everything frolicking and crowded in front of her.

Seeing her smoking, Li Qian wanted to light a cigarette out of nowhere, but when he took out the cigarette case in the glove box, he hesitated for a moment, then stuffed it back—it has been more than a year since he came to this time and space, except for those two days at the beginning. In the past three months, he had probably smoked two or three packs of cigarettes, but in the past year or so, he has basically stopped touching this thing.

There is a wind at night, coming slowly from the desert.

In hot and dry weather, there is a feeling of coolness unconsciously.

She continued to smoke, exhaling the smoke slowly, and then it was blown away effortlessly by the evening wind.

The wind began to gently swing her linen skirt, revealing her calves and ankles in a glimpse, so thin and frighteningly thin.

After eight o'clock, the sky was still very bright, and the sun began to set slowly. The people waiting for the bus on the platform finally disappeared after seven or eight cars.

Li Qian didn't leave either, just looked at her quietly.

At half past eight, when there were only a dozen or so people left on the platform, another bus drove up, and she finally got on the bus behind everyone.

Li Qian shook his head slowly, smiled, and sighed.

He didn't start the car until the bus had left and the parking lot was so empty that he was the only car left, and within a few steps of the accelerator, the bus had passed.

She, is she?

Li Qian was not sure.

The voice is invincible, the nose, lips and chin are a bit similar, but compared to those tape covers, they are thinner, but if the rumors are correct, this personality is really similar!

... ... ...

After returning to the inn and resting for ten minutes, Li Qian washed his face and went downstairs to find something to eat.

Coincidentally, on the stairs, he actually met that girl.

She seemed to have just got off the bus, and seemed to be staying in this Donglai Inn, wearing big sunglasses, her chin slightly lifted, and she glanced at Li Qian.

Two strangers met once, she nodded, and he nodded too.

The moment he passed by, Li Qian smelled an indescribable fragrance—it was so faint that it was almost non-existent.

So Li Qian went downstairs and she went upstairs.

But when she reached the corner of the stairs, she stopped, "Hey..." Her name is Li Qian, and when Li Qian turned around and looked up at her, she said flatly, "Why did you wait there so late? I want to see if I will Squeeze with them?"

Her words are really direct and sharp.

Li Qian was almost embarrassed to be punctured all of a sudden.

At this time, of course, he could find various reasons to explain that he didn't want to wait to see the other party's jokes, but Li Qian thought about it, and nodded with a smile, "You are too thin, I'm afraid you won't be able to squeeze in others , so I am waiting to get you back."

Li Qian used the word "pick up", which was a bit teasing. But after listening to it, she thought about it, nodded, and said seriously: "Thank you! I really might not come back!"

Questions like this are really boring.

Li Qian nodded at her, turned around and went downstairs.

... ... ...

According to the plan Li Qian made in advance, he would stay in Dunhuang for about three days.

And in the past few days, going to see the murals is naturally the only important thing. Sometimes, he will stop in front of a mural and look at it for dozens of minutes.

The next day, Li Qian ran into that girl again, met each other in the cave, nodded to each other, and passed by. However, on the third day, the two met again on the stairs of the inn.

Li Qian nodded at her and was about to go upstairs, but she suddenly asked, "How long are you going to stay here?"

After thinking about it, Li Qian answered her: "Probably tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, I will leave."

The other party nodded, and actually asked, "Where are you going next?"

Li Qian answered her: "I want to visit Qinghai Lake, how about you? Will you continue to stay here?"

Hearing the words, the other party thought about it seriously, and said, "I don't know either, let's talk about it after looking at it, maybe one day I will get annoyed and just leave."

Both of them smiled and passed by.

But that night, she actually knocked on Li Qian's door.

Li Qian had just finished taking a shower, and when he heard the knock on the door, he put on a bathrobe and opened the door a crack. Seeing her, he was surprised, "How do you know I live in this room?"

She still wore sunglasses, smiled, and said, "I asked the waiter, this is a girl's advantage."

Li Qian smiled and let her into the room.

If he asks a girl which room she lives in, the waiter will definitely look at it strangely, and probably won't say anything, but if a girl or a woman wants to ask a man which room he lives in, the waiter will probably just say it That's it.

When she entered the room, Li Qian asked her to sit for a while, went to the bathroom and changed into clean clothes, and came out, and brought her another bottle of mineral water, before asking, "What can I do for you?"

But the other party didn't answer and asked instead: "You already guessed who I am, right?"

Li Qian smiled, and gradually got used to her direct speaking style, so he nodded and said, "Your voice...is very special, but I didn't expect you to become so thin."

She smiled with a pure smile, unscrewed the mineral water bottle, took a sip of water, and said, "I thought you could tell by your face, but I didn't expect it to be your voice... What is your occupation? Are you a fan of mine? "

Li Qian nodded, "I just graduated from high school, so I can't talk about a career yet, but yes, I'm your fan."

She glanced at Li Qian in surprise, nodded after a while, and said, "If you don't tell me, I didn't know you were so young. You don't look like you."

Li Qian smiled and didn't speak.

She seemed to have something to say, but she had been organizing her thoughts all the time, so that the two sat in silence for several minutes, and she was always playing with the mineral water bottle in her hand.

After a while, she suddenly stood up, as if the worries just now had dissipated in an instant, her smile brightened again, "I'm sorry to bother you, then... well, I'm leaving, good night."

Li Qian nodded, stood up and said, "Good night."

Then she opened the door and walked out. Li Qian stood at the door, watching her go to the other end of the corridor alone, and when she was about to reach the stairs, Li Qian finally couldn't help it, and called her: "Hey, let me buy you a drink." ?”

His voice was not loud, but the other party stopped immediately.

Then, she turned around, stood with her legs together like a primary school student, showed a childish smile, and said, "Well, then, I treat you well!"

"She came here to find drinking buddies!" Li Qian thought to himself.

... ... ...

They said it was a drink, but neither of them meant to get drunk.

Just found a small restaurant on the street, the two went in, ordered a plate of peanut beans, a plate of local fried mutton, and then sat down facing each other. Li Qian originally wanted to order two bottles of beer, but she ordered A bottle of local liquor.

She skillfully unscrewed the bottle, poured half a glass for Li Qian, then poured half a glass for herself, and said to herself: "I have started to like drinking in the past two years. I heard from my father that the wine is very fragrant. Yes, but I never believed it. Wine is spicy, and some are bitter, so where is the fragrance? But after I started drinking myself, I realized that the wine is indeed very fragrant."

Li Qian looked at her with a smile, and suddenly said, "Do you wear such big sunglasses every day? Are you tired? Will it make your nose uncomfortable?"

She raised her head, took off her sunglasses with a smile, stroked her hair, and said, "It's pretty heavy." While speaking, she smiled at Li Qian again, with a bit of a childish look.

She really was Zhou Mo.

The stir-fried mutton made by the locals is very delicious. Li Qian only ate a bowl of noodles for dinner. At this time, his stomach was still empty, so he raised his glass with Zhou Mo and sipped the spicy white wine while constantly Eat with mutton.

Zhou Mo only drank and did not move her chopsticks.

Strange to say, the two met by chance, and after a few encounters, Zhou Mo didn't even know the name of the big boy sitting across from him, but unfortunately, the two of them sat facing each other, but they both felt at ease and relaxed.

After taking a few sips, Zhoumo said: "This wine is spicy enough, but the fragrance is not enough. It is not as good as the wines in Shuntian Mansion, and it is far worse than Zhuyeqing, Fen and Xifeng wines."

Li Qian smiled when he heard the words, and said seriously: "I still have a case of Xifeng wine in my car. If you want to drink it, I will treat you later."

Zhou Mo smiled, propped her arms up, leaned on the dining table with one end, and rested her cheeks on the other, and looked at Li Qian with a smile, "It's not too unusual for you to drive out, why do you have to carry a box in the car?" liquor?"

Li Qian just laughed, "Just treat it as if I prepared it for you."

Zhou Mo just smiled, her expression suddenly a little lonely, she raised her wrist, and drank half a glass of wine in one gulp.

Frankly speaking, things were going well before. Seeing Zhou Mo's way of drinking, Li Qian was startled immediately, so he hurriedly found a topic and said, "You knocked on my door just now to buy me a drink?"

Zhou Mo's sip of the wine was quite spicy, and it took him a long time to come to his senses, but with a very happy expression, he smiled and said, "No, I just want to find someone to drink with me."

At first glance, the meaning is similar, but after a closer look, um, well, this is really her personality.

After a pause, Li Qian shook his head with a wry smile, and said, "It's not safe for you to go out by yourself, right? Your family members and your manager are all that safe?"

Zhou Mo glanced at him, "Yeah... you're quite an expert, and you know the manager?"

Looking at Li Qian for a moment, she picked up the wine bottle and poured herself another half glass, then took out a cigarette, took out one and lit it, it seemed that in the blink of an eye, she was no longer the childish girl with a pure smile The little girl was no longer the sharp and direct woman. At this moment, she seemed to have died suddenly.

Lonely, lonely, at a loss.

Lifeless.

But soon, she turned her head to look at Li Qian, smiled mischievously, and turned back into that innocent little girl in the blink of an eye, and said with a smile: "I'm tired of living here, if you want to go to Qinghai Lake, you can stop by I'll take a ride, okay?"

Li Qian smiled, raised his glass, touched her, and said with a smile: "I understand, dare you think this is the travel expenses?"

Zhou Mo glanced at Li Qian upon hearing this, raised her hand, and poured another half cup of spicy wine down her throat.

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Every time after the outbreak at the beginning of the month, it will bring me extreme weakness. Although I have been careful and careful with the experience of last month, if I am not careful, well, I will be recruited again.

Cold, headache, fever...