She led a high-end tour group and was very upset. To sum it up: sometimes VIP is just a fart, suppressing a belly full of anger and receiving twice as much frustration, wanting to find a place to vent. I, in fact, was also extremely suppressed, a long-planned entrepreneurial plan suddenly came to a halt, stopped much faster than expected. As they say in Changsha: it's really all show! Swallowing the troubles in my heart made me feel terrible. So under this emotional influence, we invited Chrysanthemum to go to the pedestrian street, thus beginning the story of three women making a play.
We originally wanted to go shopping to vent, but didn't know what to buy, aimlessly wandering around many stores. Finally, when the shop was about to close, we went to a Jinyuan store. The salesperson thought we were a group coming to shop, so despite it being quitting time, they still warmly received us. After trying on clothes back and forth for more than half an hour, we couldn't find anything suitable and left. Both Chrysanthemum and I felt guilty, saying that these salespeople must be cursing us behind our backs. Wei said, "I've suffered so much from customers today, am I not allowed to make them suffer?" (It seems she was extremely frustrated, both Chrysanthemum and I told her together, "Sigh, abnormal woman.") Even after all the stores closed, we still had nothing to show for our efforts. Feeling unproductive, we decided to eat something. Suddenly, it seemed like we had found a breakthrough for our venting, and with great enthusiasm, we headed to the legendary Nanmenkou. We ordered crayfish, crabs, oysters, leeks, and surprisingly, everything we ordered was liked by all of us. Such a good evening, with so many snacks, drinking some alcohol seemed appropriate. So we ordered a few bottles of beer. Out of the three of us, I am the least able to drink, but every time I'm the one raising the glass, letting myself indulge like this for too long. Sometimes alcohol is a good thing, slowly the three of us became cheerful, starting to laugh and talk loudly without any consideration, often drawing side glances from neighboring tables. We didn't care anymore, as long as we were happy, everything was fine.
When our emotions reached their peak, Chrysanthemum proposed that we go to a bar to HING. This was quickly supported by Wei. I didn't mind; I usually don't like such places, too noisy. The few times I've been to bars, they were quiet ones. But in this situation, if I said no, I would probably be beaten into disability by them, so I just said, "Isn't our clothing today too inappropriate?" (All three of us were wearing backpacks, sneakers, thick and heavy coats, especially me, who wore three layers.) Wei tried to persuade us, "It's okay, you can take off your coat." "Underneath is a turtleneck," "Then take off the turtleneck." "Underneath is thermal underwear," "Then take off the thermal underwear." "Then there will only be a bra left," "Alright, alright, this fits the occasion." They two slapped their hands together, and the three of us burst out laughing. In the end, we decided to find some disposable clothes at a roadside stall to change into, paid the bill hastily and prepared to pick out clothes. Together with us getting up to leave were two women and one man, they also seemed to be going to a bar. Chrysanthemum enthusiastically approached them, "Hey handsome, let's go to the bar together?" Wei and I laughed beside her, truly a spicier mom! The handsome guy seemed to be scared by our momentum, just waving his hand saying, "No, no." We then hurriedly entered a roadside clothing store. Chrysanthemum loudly said to the boss, "Boss, pick some clothes for these two beauties, the flashier the better, the shorter the better—" Her tone was very unrestrained. The boss first hesitated, then coldly said, "They're all here, pick yourself." (? What attitude, did the salespeople from Jinyuan spread the news here so fast? Does the boss know we won't buy?) In the end, we indeed didn't buy, because the clothes were really too bad, putting them on made us feel even worse than wearing turtlenecks and coats.
We hailed a taxi ready to go to Shuimunianhua, the driver said we need to detour, detour it is, we're not short of money, at this point even if there are tigers blocking the way ahead, we must go. On the way, we passed by "Essence", finding it better than searching, let's go here. With great anticipation, we walked through the gate inside, first feeling a wave of heat, entering the venue we discovered that the handsome men and beautiful women here were wearing even less than we imagined, while the three of us looked like we just returned from a trip to the North Pole. I suggested we return home, Chrysanthemum didn't want to give up, so the three of us wandered through the crowded crowd around the venue. Besides barely having enough space to stand, it was hard to find a place to sit. Just as we were about to give up, suddenly two tables emptied out, we quickly moved to occupy a spot. Almost simultaneously, the next table was taken by two handsome guys, as soon as they sat down, they glanced over at us, probably surprised that three women came to a bar, it was somewhat unexpected. We quickly ordered some drinks, fruit plates, and snacks, the fast-paced music made us very excited, opening the bottle, drinking—after a few fast-paced songs, suddenly a soft one came on, the lyrics slowly sang, "—even arguing feels exciting—putting oneself in others' shoes—" this lyric touched a chord in my heart that I haven't dared to touch for a long time. I said to Wei, "Why play this song, I want to cry—" "Oh, you!" She knew me. Although she said that, as the music slowed down, we gradually calmed down from our initial excitement, slowly becoming silent, each lost in our own thoughts. I thought about that past relationship, for a long time I didn't want to recall it again, thinking I had completely forgotten, but how could I possibly forget? Four years have passed, I am still alone, suddenly looking back, I realized how fast time flies, almost in the blink of an eye. It's not that I want to hold onto it until old age, nor do I want to prove my persistence to anyone. It's just that I feel I can no longer love someone so carefree and wholeheartedly, and there is no one who can make me pay so much attention again. Although there have been many peripheral relationships passing by, none of them could make me regain the feelings I once had, unwilling to force myself into the confines of marriage, I still proudly hold on—Wei's eyes were slightly moist, she said she thought of our common dear friend Wu Bie, those youthful and reckless years, seemingly also in such a bar scene, drunk, crying and making a fuss for the person who didn't love her, never expecting that many years later she became the wife of that man, and now a mother, also a happy ending, she is lucky and happy. Looking back now, there are truly many sighs, actually we all once genuinely possessed and recklessly wasted much of our youth. Don't think about anything else, let's drink.
The handsome guy next to us came over to toast with us, without hesitation, we drank straight away, and thus shared a table. Suddenly, a young and cute wine seller came over, we ordered half a dozen bottles from her, originally wanting her to leave quickly, but unexpectedly she sat down and harmoniously started playing drinking games with us. Perhaps her youthful energy infected us, we didn't dislike her, instead we kind of liked her. No more low spirits, forget all troubles, right now happiness is all that matters. The game became increasingly lively, the handsome guy next to us somehow favored me, offering me drinks, inviting me to dance, (is it because of my infinite charm? I was pleasantly surprised for a moment, then I thought, am I stupid, among four people I was the only one with a red face, probably he thought I had the lowest defense, actually in my heart I was crystal clear) dance, let's dance. Moving with the music, the dancer on stage was stunning, we completely put aside our worries, dancing together, this feeling was wonderful. Originally planning to stay for an hour, before we knew it, we had stayed for three hours, almost drunk, it was time to head home. The handsome guy asked for my phone number, I smiled and said, "Is that necessary?" He smiled, indicating understanding. In the end, I toasted him a full cup, thanking him for the fruit platter he gifted us.
On the way home, we sang and laughed joyfully, slightly drunk, yet free of烦恼. I feel I still have the vitality of youth, we are still young, it's just that we usually put too much pressure on ourselves, not facing some issues lightly. Being happy is truly great, let these carefree and reckless actions commemorate our youthful years.