chapter 39 master of life

On the small stage, Hayden strummed the guitar, Maya sang along with the rhythm of the music, and I drank beer absentmindedly. After a while, I said to him: "Maya is really the embryo of a first-line actress." He looked at me puzzled and asked, "How do you say that?" "Have you ever seen Yang Mi and Fan Bingbing sing well? Apparently with singing as the standard, Maya will become a first-line actress just around the corner." He smiled and said: "Maxwell, you are really wicked. You made such a big mistake to tease Maya. She knows it will make her angry to death." My curiosity aroused, I pushed Penelope next to me and said, "You can go up and play later. I haven't heard your beautiful singing voice yet." "I just like to listen to other people singing."Penelope shook her head and refused. I was a little bored and took a sip of beer, then turned my attention to Maya who was singing. After a while, he asked the waiter to bring a camera, left his seat, and chose a good position to record the figures of Maya and Hayden on the small stage. I said to those who returned to their seats: "You are really biased. When I sang just now, you didn't take a photo of me to record my majestic figure." He smiled and showed me the photo he had just taken, and said, "It's a good photo. Maybe it will become a photo with special meaning." I nodded and looked at Maya and Hayden on the stage. Maybe one day they will really become famous in the entertainment industry, so the photos of the two singing together before they became famous will naturally have special meaning. However, even if it is true One day, who will know that behind their fame, they have gone through countless difficult yesterdays and todays. This was a simple night, so simple that it was just a few of us taking turns to sing on the small stage, and Penelope was even more simple. She hardly said anything from beginning to end, just held her chin and listened quietly, maybe everyone who comes to "In Empty City" People here regard this place as a beach where they can stay and rest, simply listen to music, and simply enjoy the warmth of human nature. This dinner was supposed to be my treat, but in the end Penelope took out 1,000 yuan before me and put it into the box that showed humanity. I was very proud of this and showed off in front of everyone that my "girlfriend" "Friends" are rich. Everyone jokingly called me the "little pretty boy" who was raised by Penelope. In fact, there are no rich people and pretty boys. It’s just young people laughing and having fun together. We don’t have much youth left. Only laughter can make our last youth seem less lonely and heavy, because None of us want to be the lonely person in our best years When leaving the restaurant, Penelope said goodbye to everyone and was the first to drive away, followed by Hayden, and I had to send Maya back to the hotel where she stayed. On the way, Maya, who was not drinking, was driving. I opened the car window, lit a cigarette, and looked at the city under the night as a habit. I don't know when a drizzle began to drift in the sky, and the autumn wind was a little cool. Maya suddenly changed lanes, turned the car around and drove in the opposite direction. She said to me, "It's still early and the hotel is too stuffy. Let's go sit by the moat." "Yeah." I responded and continued to be immersed in the boundless night. After a while, we came to the moat and sat next to each other on the lawn that was already slightly damp from the light rain. After sitting for a short while, I lay flat on my back on the lawn, letting the drizzle wet myself, and my emotions were completely relieved in the cool autumn wind. Maya also lay down beside me. She put her hand on my chest and whispered in my ear: "Maxwell, actually Penelope is not your girlfriend, right?" "I asked a little surprised: "Where did you see it?" Maya smiled and said, "It's a woman's intuition. I can see that she doesn't like you the way men and women do." Maya's seeing through made me believe that women are really sensory animals. I nodded and said, "Well, she is indeed not my girlfriend. She just met Emily that time and didn't want Emily to see me." She was so down and out and hot-headed that she said she was my girlfriend.” "Emily is back"Maya's tone was full of surprise. "Yes," I sighed, then lit another cigarette, took a deep puff, put my arms under my head, and looked at the drizzling sky with some melancholy. Maya seemed a little cold, and hugged me tightly, but remained silent, so the two people, who were ups and downs in life, huddled together dependent on each other on this drizzling night, looking for those poor little ones. of warmth. I don't know how long it took before Maya asked softly in my ear: "Maxwell, do you have a place you yearn for in your heart?" "Yes, it's a city." "Is a city just like that restaurant?" "No, in the sky, there is a city in the sky, crystal clear, and there lives a beautiful woman with long hair hanging down her shoulders." Maya thought for a moment and said, "Penelope is a beautiful woman with long hair hanging down her shoulders." "It's not her, her long hair is slightly curly." After I denied it, I asked Maya: "What about you, what is the place you yearn for?" "It was a small island opposite the beach, but I didn't know where the island was. Later, I met a man holding a sail in the middle of the sea. He took me to find the island. From then on, we lived together on the island every day. Watching the sunset at dusk, by the way, he will cook dinner for me every dusk, so there is smoke on the island, and I no longer have to think about fireworks in the world." I smiled and said: "You are really good at thinking about the plot of the story, but it is quite beautiful, even more beautiful than my city." Maya said no more, and put her face together with mine. After a long time, she said to me: "Maxwell, don't think about Emily anymore, just fight for your life, none of us want to Be the one defeated by reality.” The cigarette in my hand was wet with rain, and I took a deep breath. In addition to the smoke, there was also the wetness of the rain, which made me very uncomfortable. I couldn't help but ask myself: Can I really forget Emily, work hard from now on, and become Are you a master of life? This time I gave myself the answer. No matter whether I could forget Emily or not, I should work hard. I knew that the opportunity I got at work was earned by Maya after enduring great grievance. After being silent, I said to Maya: "It's time for me to work hard. From today on, I will settle my life as soon as possible and become a master of life." "Yeah." "Maxwell, hold me tight, it's a little cold." The rain is still falling, and there is finally some water in a low-lying area. The light and shadow of the street lamp are projected on the small pool of water, seeming to reflect the "city in the sky" and the "island opposite the beach" ".