Chapter 11 Section five

"...I'm doing the right thing, right?" After I leaned my elbows on the bar counter and said that without confidence, the Barista Maximi smiled weakly, but still answered me clearly. "Of course. Since whatever you do will make her feel bad afterwards, you must have minimized the damage." Ewha's so-called relationship with her "boyfriend" is actually just a fantasy she saw under the influence of several misunderstandings.When I stopped Rika before she could make a move and explained the incident to her, she turned ghostly pale and she pushed me away and ran away in the exact opposite direction.I was worried about whether she would do something unexpected, but after tens of minutes, she sent a text message stating that she had gone home; also, if you see a boy with good conditions, remember to introduce her to her.Between the lines is full of unnatural cheerfulness.A few days have passed since that day, except for that text message, she has not heard any more.

"The United States does not seem to have such a clear 'confession' culture as Japan!" The barista continued to work at the bar while chatting with me.Grandpa Mogawa sat cheekily at the table in the store, chatting and laughing happily with the young female customers. "Generally speaking, in the United States, you don't become a couple as soon as you tell the other party that you like it, but you can be considered a girlfriend if you invite the other party to date successfully, and then gradually develop into a stable relationship after a few separate dates. But , although it is impossible to generalize...but a common phrase like 'gooutwith' will make people think that it symbolizes this habit in the United States."

"It's exactly the same usage in Japanese! Take 'relationship' as an example, it means both 'together' and 'as a couple'." Ewha once said that she hadn't seen the boy after their first date, but she knew where the boy lived, which means she found out about it on the day of the date.In this case, it can be guessed that the "association" that the boy said to her actually meant something else.Doesn't that mean that he just wants to ask Lihua to accompany him to walk home - that's exactly what he said, the thing that once gave up on himself?

Unfortunately, Lihua interpreted this sentence as a request for him to associate with himself.And the title of boyfriend may have been interpreted by him in a direction that is beneficial to him.Since the two have continued to keep in touch since then, it's hard to imagine that he didn't notice Lihua's affection for him; however, did he deliberately not tell Lihua that he had a new girlfriend, or did he just not know how to say it?If it is the latter, the "stable relationship" on Facebook can also be seen as a report to the "friend" Lihua who at least pays attention to me, but this cannot be confirmed without being able to verify it with myself.

There was only one time when Lihua stepped into his room with a happy mood.I don't know what happened there at the time, and I don't want to know, maybe it's something that can't be rationalized by Lihua's own conclusions—something that only couples can do, and it's something that makes Lihua too shy to say thing.If I were to express my personal feelings on this, I actually resent him.Since it is in an environment where two people are alone, because the things they desire are the same, even if the time is quite short, and as a third party, I feel that I have no right to condemn this matter.

Or maybe I'm just running away!Avoid to determine whether he is white or black. "He really didn't look like a bad guy, and I still think so." I crossed my hands like a couple and said, the barista tilted his head slightly. "I can't set a benchmark for good and evil. But he didn't lie from the beginning. Since even his girlfriend's relatives suddenly appeared and asked him a lot of questions, and he was willing to answer them one by one, I think he should be an upright person .” The truth about black coffee that the barista told me that day was so stupid that I wanted to hug my head.In Japan, the so-called black coffee mostly refers to pure coffee without sugar or milk.However, in foreign countries including the United States, it means that the color of coffee is black, that is, it only indicates the presence or absence of milk.

Lihua only took one look at the mug and concluded that the coffee in the mug was black coffee.But it is impossible to tell whether there is sugar added to the coffee with the naked eye.I overlooked this while listening to Lihua's narration, but the barista was puzzled by it.Since he couldn't drink pure coffee, he had nothing to do, so he drank coffee with sugar alone at home and posted it on Facebook. "When I think about the fact that he wasn't lying, it turns everything around. If he wasn't cheating, it also means that the woman he's holding hands with is his real girlfriend. At least that's what he thinks. "

The so-called couple, to put it bluntly, is a fragile relationship that can only be established based on the consensus of both parties.Even the criterion for judging whether each other is a couple depends entirely on personal interpretation and cannot be clearly defined.Although I told Lihua that all of this was fantasy, in Lihua's heart, the fact that I was his girlfriend was a clear fact. "It's really difficult to understand. I didn't expect that he was neither black nor white in the end regarding the cheating." "But you must be tired of black coffee, right?"

With a sudden "boom", she put a large glass in front of me.It was filled with coffee and a white liquid that settled to the bottom. "what is this?" "This is white coffee. Although the name can be seen everywhere, what I make today is Vietnamese style." Vietnam is a country that ranks second in the world in coffee bean production, second only to Brazil.Most of the coffee beans produced are of the Robusta variety, which would be too bitter to drink directly, so adding condensed milk and drinking it sweetly is a popular way to drink it locally.This kind of coffee can be directly called Vietnamese coffee, or white coffee, which is used to distinguish it from coffee without condensed milk.A special metal utensil is used for brewing, and it is an exotic coffee.

I remembered the barista's perfunctory answer to the strange man before. "The coffee beans you mentioned last time may be Arabica or Robusta. It seems that you didn't just say it casually." "This is usually not taken out for guests to drink. Today is a special case." The barista smiled.The special situation she mentioned was almost meant to comfort me. I suck the straw in my mouth and let the flat white flow down my throat.so sweet.It's sweet enough.Even if he makes Lihua sad, he will definitely be able to run happily to the embrace of this cup of coffee.

"A man who can't even stand the bitterness of coffee, puts this bitterness on Lihua, but he gets a sweet relationship. Thinking of this, I really don't want to be reconciled! People can't help but want to teach him a lesson." "That can't be done. You have already done everything you can. If Ms. Qingshan stepped forward at this time, wouldn't Ms. Ewha's strength turn into bubbles? Although it might be rash for me, an outsider, to speak, I think , Ms. Ewha must be fine. As time goes by, her wounds will heal one day." For some reason, I felt certainty in the barista's tone.Not sure where her confidence came from, I couldn't protest her irresponsibility if I wanted to. "However, I'm still very worried about her situation. If I can introduce a man to her as she said, at least I can take the opportunity to care about her. It's a pity that I can't think of anyone right now." Just when I was sighing, a guest rushed in with the ringing of the doorbell. "Uh." The barista rarely made a voice that didn't match his image.I also screamed "Wow".Because standing in front of us was the strange man from before. He didn't even look me in the eye, and strode towards the barista.The barista panicked. "Ah, that... no matter how many times you ask me out, I will..." "Isn't that girl here today?" That girl?The barista and I looked at each other. "It's the girl who ran away after slapping me a while ago! I saw her several times in the store and thought she was a regular customer." Hello.Hey, hey, is it true?The man looked up at the ceiling as if immersed in his own memories, and stroked his cheek with the palm of his hand lovingly. "The stern tone she gave me when she berated me, and the intense but almost pleasurable pain on her cheek. Since then, I can't get her out of my mind. I'm completely obsessed with her." Wait, wait, wait.No no no, how is this possible?The man didn't realize that the relatives of the other party were standing next to him. He bowed his head deeply and said, "Please, can you introduce her to me? I'm serious this time, and it can even be said that I have already treated you very well." Not interested at all." The barista was stunned for a while, and suddenly said to me quietly: "It seems that you have someone to introduce, which is really great." Her smile was extremely teasing, as if she was saying that she was relieved, I couldn't help cursing back angrily - you are too irresponsible!