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There are quite a lot of customers in the small bar at the inn. Most men who work far away from home can't help but share the hard-earned money today with those strange but enthusiastic girls at night.
Mu Bai felt uncomfortable sitting in this place, and wanted to leave several times, but the girl sitting next to him seemed to be a little proactive. Seeing Mu Bai's cold face, he looked a little frustrated and said : "Do you look down on girls like me?"
"No, no, I just come less often." Mu Bai hurriedly explained.
"Then why don't you drink? I've already toasted you three times. Look at them, how happy they are." said the girl with thin eyebrows.
The girl was very young, probably in her twenties at most, and her makeup skills were a little bit poor, which made her already pretty face look tacky and demonic. Mu Bai had practiced hard for many years, but he didn't even have a girlfriend. Talk about it, having a girl so close to you now is a bit overwhelming.
Mo Fan and Zhao Manyan seemed to be regular visitors to this kind of place. They were drinking wine and throwing dice, shouting about sixes, fours, twos, etc. Mu Bai couldn't understand what they were. How do you decide who wins or loses? In short, the loser drinks a drink, and drinks very quickly.
There is still work to be done tomorrow, and these two people are not afraid of delaying things by drinking like this. The two girls who were accompanying the wine seemed reserved and gentle when they first sat down, but after playing for less than ten minutes, they laughed in all kinds of ways. , with arms around each other, it was just four men having a drinking contest.
Mu Bai was a little reluctant to let go. He kept a certain distance from his bartender and spoke politely. Fortunately, the girl also saw that Mu Bai was a child of the city's family and had something of them in him. This kind of gentleness and gentleness that are not found in the mountains tend to make her feel a little inferior. It's not that she has never encountered this kind of customer, but that kind of customer usually behaves like a beast. After finishing, she throws money and leaves. Look None of them take it seriously.
"Mu Bai, are you still a virgin?" Mo Fan suddenly turned around and asked seriously.
The other two girls burst into laughter, and Mu Bai's face suddenly turned red, and he was so embarrassed that he didn't know what to say.
In fact, he himself never thought that he would not have a female companion for so many years. The main reason was that the things he experienced made him lose the enthusiasm and expectations he had before. He just wanted to practice, become stronger, and get rid of something. …
I used to look down on Mo Fan because he was not only vulgar but also extremely mean. But seeing him having so much fun with the two barmaids, I started to envy him for his freedom and ease.
"Why don't we go for a walk? I'll take you to a place with better air. There's nothing good in the mountains. The air will be particularly comfortable." said the slender-browed bartender.
"Well, well, okay." Mu Bai also felt a little uncomfortable here. Fortunately, he went out for a walk. He had never been to such a place.
Although Bocheng is also a small town in the mountains and forests, the mountains in Bocheng are gentle and graceful. Unlike the high altitude here, the mountains are rugged, rolling, or rising from the ground...
After getting up and walking out of the bar, Mu Bai followed the girl with thin eyebrows to the corner to get a small bag. Looking sideways, he saw a familiar face in a small private room with a curtain. Because the light was too dim, Mu Bai Shiro didn't recognize who it was, but he thought it was a guy who didn't want to be seen by acquaintances.
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When they walked outside the inn, the girl with thin eyebrows obviously grew up here. She took Mu Bai along a small mountain path that ordinary people could not find. Following the small mountain path squeezed by moss and stone walls, they climbed When we got to the top of a mountain where we could see an open valley, there was no dust from factories, construction, or reconstruction. Taking a deep breath, I felt that the uncomfortable phlegm stuck in my throat had melted away. It was cool but not cold, even It feels like it's purifying my heart.
"I was wronged when I was a child, so I liked to come here. Here I can look at the valley, look at the starry sky, smell the fragrance of night flowers, and listen to the chirping of insects. I will forget all the troubles." said the girl with thin eyebrows.
"Well, it's really comfortable." The bangs in front of Mu Bai's forehead were blown open by the wind, revealing his entire face. For a long time, he liked to keep his hair long and half-cover his brow and forehead. This way he would feel more secure.
The girl with thin eyebrows looked at Mu Bai's face with a dazed expression. After a while, she said, "You are so good-looking."
"Beautiful? Isn't this how a girl should be described?" Mu Bai was stunned for a moment.
"Well...but there are some boys who are very good-looking, like you, clean and handsome." said the girl with thin eyebrows.
Mu Bai smiled. This compliment sounded very comfortable. It felt like no one had said that to him for a long time. Over the years, he had been given the impression of being gloomy and reticent.
"Is there something unhappy with you? Your eyebrows are always frowning?" the girl with thin eyebrows said, took a step forward, then gently touched Mu Bai's eyebrows with her fingers, "Look , there is a frown mark here."
Mu Bai took a step back. He was not used to this kind of intimate contact, and he was habitually wary of people.
But soon Mu Bai saw the girl's disappointed expression and said apologetically: "I'm sorry, it's a natural reaction..."
"Don't you trust people very much, or do you just don't like girls like me touching you?" the girl with thin eyebrows asked.
"Some things have happened that sometimes make me unable to trust people, including those closest to me," Mu Bai said.
"Oh, can I ask?" the girl asked.
"It's better not to ask." Mu Bai shook his head.
"Have any of your relatives left? I saw you were wearing a chain on your hand. It was of some old-fashioned type. When you were in the bar, you were afraid of how it would get dirty." The girl then asked.
"My mother wore it before she was alive. It happened two years ago." Mu Bai replied.
He never mentioned this matter to anyone, but he didn't know why, but he blurted it out now. Maybe it was because this was such a remote place, and the people here were completely unfamiliar. Even if he confided in it, he would not reveal his inner feelings. That's sad.
After the disaster in the ancient capital, Mu He was beheaded and his mother left in depression. In an instant, he was the only one left in the world. Every night when he closed his eyes, he would see a bloody head rolling down the stairs, and then he would die. Facing himself, he stared and asked himself ferociously, "I treat you as my own son, why did you betray me!!"
His deceased mother was unwilling to believe the fact that people despised her until the moment she closed her eyes. Now she was alone, with nowhere to live, and cultivation became the oxygen he breathed.
Mu He is the Archdeacon of Hujin. Mu Bai is sure of this, but he is also sure of one thing. He treats himself without any attempt or calculation. Otherwise, he would not be the person who was pushed to Mu Zhuoyun in the first place. Yu Ang, but himself!
"Have you seen the starry sky?" the girl with thin eyebrows asked.
"I've seen it before," Mu Bai replied.
"I'm talking about the kind of stars that hang all around us like black grapes on a grape trellis. I've been to some cities and found that you can't see such starry skies there. It's really, really beautiful, as if the whole People are lying around the stars." The girl with thin eyebrows said, raising her head.
Mu Bai also raised his head, but unfortunately it was cloudy tonight and he couldn't see a single star. Mu Bai couldn't imagine the scene the girl with thin eyebrows was talking about.
"I heard from your two friends that you are going to that very dangerous place tomorrow, and your life may be in danger." said the girl with thin eyebrows.
"Well, it's quite dangerous." Mu Bai nodded.
"Then you have to come back safely. Probably at night the day after tomorrow, there will be West Kunlun wind. Then all the clouds and all the dust will be blown away. After that, the sky will be the cleanest in the next few days. If you come here again Come and see, you will definitely see the starry sky I mentioned." The girl with thin eyebrows said with expectation on her face.
"You are very familiar with this place." Mu Bai said.
"Yes. I grew up here." said the girl with thin eyebrows.
"But why do you want to do this? Is someone forcing you to do this? I'm sorry, I have no other intention." Mu Bai said.
"No, I just want to eat better, live better, and wear better clothes. And, instead of always being wary of people with evil intentions, it's better to let them give you money..." said the girl with thin eyebrows.
Mu Bai didn't know how to answer for a while. From his point of view, doing this was probably forced by life, but it didn't seem to be as complicated as he thought, but it was so overwhelming that he couldn't do it. refute.
"I'm leaving. I have to go to the mountains tomorrow." Mu Bai said.
"Well, I'll take you back. They don't know what time they are going to drink. In fact, we like guests like you. We just come here to drink and chat, talk about local things here, brag, relieve boredom, and do It doesn’t matter if we don’t do anything, it just depends on whether we sober up or not, and we have fun ourselves. It’s been a long time since I saw Sister Li and Sister Sang smiling so unreservedly,” said the girl with thin eyebrows.
"Well, I can see that you are good at chatting." Mu Bai nodded.
"This is a basic professional skill. Of course, it also depends on the type of customer."
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After returning to his residence, Mu Bai suddenly found Mo Fan and Zhao Man sleeping in the corridor. The stench was overwhelming. If he hadn't known the details of these two people, Mu Bai would not have believed that they were dignified national players. They were simply giving the country Shame on you!
"Hey, Mr. Mu Bai is back. How is our boat?" The bartender named Sister Sang smiled when she saw Mu Bai coming back alone. She didn't feel strange at all.
Sister Li on the side glanced at Mo Fan and Zhao Manyan, who were sleeping like two dead pigs, and said with a smile: "He was really good at blowing before drinking. He said he could drink a box without blushing, but the two of them didn't have half a box. Drink it, that’s it, since you’re here, please drag them two into the room, we’re almost exhausted.”
"Oh, the boat is fine. Let me do it. You guys should go back and rest." Mu Bai responded.
"Xiaozhou doesn't like to talk much, I hope you don't mind... Anyway, I'll come again next time." Sister Sang seemed to take good care of Xiaozhou.
"Well, well, you go back." Mu Bai really didn't want this scene to be seen by too many people, so he dragged one of them with one hand and threw Mo Fan and Zhao Manyan into the same room.
"Mr. Mu Bai, your two friends don't have money for drinks yet," Sister Li said.
Mu Bai's face suddenly turned dark.
Damn it, they just dragged themselves to a brothel, the money hasn't been paid yet, they are two bastards! !
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