Lin Nian closed the door of the private room. The loud bang seemed to have locked the fiery atmosphere in the room. The door separated the two worlds.
He didn't go to the bathroom. Instead, he took two toilet papers from the cabinet and walked to the entrance of the hotpot restaurant. There was a girl squatting there drinking. The music in the restaurant was playing " Quiet ". The song was singing," Don't worry too much, I will always live well. You have already left far away, and I will also slowly leave." The girl listened to the song as she drank and cried.
Suddenly, the crisp sound of beer being opened rang out.
Su Xiaoqiang turned his head and saw Lin Nian holding a can of Coke in his hand. He was also holding a pull tab in his hand. There was a constant sizzling sound of carbon dioxide gushing out of it.
"Do you want some?" Lin Nian asked.
Su Xiaoqiang didn't know how to respond to this. He stared blankly at Lin Nian, who was holding a Coke.
"Aren't you drinking?" Lin Nian saw that Su Xiaoqiang didn't take it, so he put the coke back into his mouth and drank it.
Su Xiaoqiang didn't know if it was because he was drunk or something else, but he suddenly got up and snatched the coke from Lin Nian's hand. He drank it all up and even covered his mouth with a hiccup.
"Oh..." Lin Nian looked at the coke that was snatched away with a regretful expression. He had just bought this can of coke at the front desk with his own money.
"Are you really leaving?" Su Xiaoqiang asked as he placed the empty can of Coke by his feet.
"Yes." Lin Nian nodded.
"Why so sudden?" Su Xiaoqiang couldn't help but ask Lin Nian.
"Is this very sudden?" Lin Nian asked Su Xiaoqiang,"The other classmates are all happy for me."”
"Are you happy?" Su Xiaoqiang stood up and collected his emotions. He suddenly reached out and patted Lin Nian's shoulder. It wasn't enough, so he patted him heavily twice.
Lin Nian didn't hide or say anything. Su Xiaoqiang was silent for a long time before he raised his head and said,""Yes, this is a happy thing. I should be happy for you!”
"If by happy you mean running out crying, you did look happy.”Lin Nian teased.
Su Xiaoqiang was stunned for a moment. Then, she reacted and nudged Lin Nian's waist. She turned around and walked into the hotpot restaurant. However, she suddenly stopped and asked,""Did you already know?"
"Very early." Lin Nian said.
Su Xiaoqiang nodded and strode into the hotpot restaurant. He said without looking back,"Since everything that happened today is a happy thing, we should celebrate! Let's go back and drink some more!”
"I'll go buy another bottle of coke." Lin Nian stood at the entrance of the hotpot restaurant and shouted as he looked at Su Xiaoqiang's back.
"Cola is boring! I want to drink!" Su Xiaoqiang's voice drifted over from afar. She walked very quickly.
In fact, it was more like escaping. It was as if he could get rid of what had just happened and start over if he walked faster.
Inexplicably, Lin Nian sighed softly. He bent down and picked up Su Xiaoqiang's empty Coke can. He looked at the lipstick stain on the can and could not help but mutter,""How old are you?"
"It's never too early for girls to learn makeup.”Someone behind him teased him.
Lin Nian subconsciously turned around and saw the blonde girl leaning against the door of the hotpot restaurant with a can of coke. She was looking at him with a faint smile. The warm yellow light in the hotpot restaurant made the girl's facial lines look very gentle, and the light in her eyes was dyed a charming golden color.
"Senior Mandy." Lin Nian straightened his back and greeted,""What a coincidence, you're here too…Hot pot?"
After leaving the Regent Hotel, Lin Nian called Mandy " senior " when he saw her again.
"How did you know I ate hotpot? Just because I'm standing in front of a hotpot restaurant with a can of coke?”Mandy raised her eyebrows and asked.
Lin Nian glanced at the corner of Mandy's mouth. There was still some leftover hotpot oil. It was obvious that she had just eaten in the restaurant.
"Is there something dirty on my face?”Mandy noticed that Lin Nian was staring at her face and quickly turned around to look at the glass door.
"The corner of the mouth, here." Lin Nian indicated the position of the hotpot oil for Mandy. Mandy quickly took out a tissue paper to wipe it clean. Then, she looked at Lin Nian and smiled awkwardly. She clearly realized that her line of acting cool was stupid.
"So, why are you here, senior?" Lin Nian asked with a sigh.”
"Didn't I say it before? I want to try some local delicacies.”Mandy sniffed the fragrance of the hotpot base in the air and said happily,""I can only eat healthy meals by Professor Manstein's side. It's been a long time since I've seen him.”
"So you were following me?" Lin Nian sized up Mandy and asked seriously.
"Follow you? Hahaha, don't make me laugh, little junior brother.”Mandy waved her hand and smiled." Are you a dangerous person with an alchemy item or a mixed-blood?"
Mandy suddenly stopped talking halfway and immediately stuffed the can of coke into her mouth and started drinking it.
"What are alchemy items? There are mixed-bloods?" Lin Nianduo glanced at Mandy, who immediately looked away. She put her hands on her hips and showed off her good figure while drinking coke.
"It's nothing. Just take it that Senior Sister is spouting nonsense.”Mandy drank too much Coke and coughed loudly to cover up her loss of composure.
Lin Nian looked at her a few more times and realized that she really wouldn't say anything more, so he gave up asking,""Is there anything else? If there's nothing else, I'm going back."
"Don't you like that girl just now?”Mandy suddenly asked.
Lin Nian stopped in his tracks and looked at her.""You said you weren't following me. You were eavesdropping just now, weren't you?”
"I'm sitting close to the door, and you guys are talking so loudly. It's a waste of my hearing if I can't hear you.”Mandy looked innocent, but in the next second, her face was filled with mischief."Junior Brother, you have a story. I smell the scent of youth!”
"Alright, senior, if there's really nothing else, I'm going back to eat.”Lin Nian sighed.
"You really aren't cute, junior. Compared to you, my other junior is much smarter and more sensible. You know how to please me, senior.”Mandy leaned against the glass door with a coke in her hand and looked at Lin Nian from the corner of her eyes."Lin Nian, just treat it as me being nosy. I want to ask you a question…Do you know that people need to make different choices at every stage of their lives to determine the path they want to take in the future? There was no such thing as a 'save/l'.”
"Senior, did you major in philosophy at Kassel College?”Lin Nian tilted his head and asked curiously.
"No, although I'm a liberal arts student, I mainly study ancient history…It's equivalent to archaeology." Mandy shook her head." I'm telling you this now. You can also understand that I'm your senior. I drank too much tonight and I'm in a philosophical mood. I want to discuss life with you."”
Was drinking too much Coke considered drinking too much? Lin Nian glanced at the coke in Mandy's hand.
"Regarding your question, Senior, I can only say that even if I can't turn back on the path I've chosen, I'll continue walking down it. I've never regretted my choice.”Lin Nian retracted his gaze and looked at the bustling crowd in the aisle of the hotpot restaurant behind the glass door.
"Since that's the case, you should also understand that after you choose a path, the other path will forever pass by you, right?”Mandy lowered her head and picked up the half-empty can of Coke, pressing the thin and brittle aluminum cover.
"Isn't this a matter of course?”Lin Nian asked in a casual tone.
"Don't speak too much, junior.”Mandy looked at Lin Nian and tapped her temple with her index finger.""Do you really realize how long and difficult the path you've chosen is? The path you've given up might have many beautiful things that you can touch, but will it be difficult for you to step on it in your lifetime? You might still have a chance to go back on your word now-at least, you would always have a chance to go back on your word before you really set foot on the road of choice.”
Lin Nian's hand was pressed against the glass door of the hotpot restaurant, ready to push it open. When he heard Mandy's words, he suddenly stopped what he was doing.
"Looks like you understand what I mean.”Mandy scratched her head.
"Why are you telling me this? Shouldn't you be on the side of Kassel Academy's student recruitment office?”Lin Nian turned to look at her and asked strangely,""There's always a kind of... The victim of a pheasant university felt like she had found her conscience and advised her descendants to reconsider.”
Mandy rolled her eyes and patted Lin Nian's back.""Go in, you heartless fellow. It seems that it's too early to tell you this.”
"Goodbye, Senior Sister." Lin Nian pushed open the glass door and disappeared into the crowd.
Mandy sighed as she watched Lin Nian walk away through the glass door. She whispered to herself,""Perhaps when you truly understand the meaning of my words today, it will be too late to say these things. People like us can't look too far ahead when we're faced with a choice. Whether it's the life of a mixed-blood or the life of an ordinary person, who knows which road will be perfect at the end?”
However, no one could hear Mandy's words at this moment. She downed the coke in her hand, crushed the can into a small pancake with one hand, and threw it into the trash can ten meters away. She put both hands in her pockets and took out her car keys before strolling to the parking lot. After a while, the red sports car leaped out, the engine roaring as it streaked across the night sky.
In the private room of the hotpot restaurant, Lin Nian, who was constantly pushing and toasting, seemed to have a feeling. He turned around and looked outside the private room. However, his attention was pulled back by his classmates who were enthusiastically singing farewell songs.
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