《During the Snowstorm》 Chapter 1.1 Chapter 1: Blizzard turns sunny (part 1) Boston seawater pours. Niagara falls frozen into ice sculptures. Even the waves are frozen into works of art. This is all the news they saw after they arrived at the hotel. Fortunately, the Snowstorm is over and the weather is getting warmer. ¡± Are those experts kidding me when they talk about global warming?¡± Her cousin, Meng Xiaotian was holding a ham and complained by the way. ¡± This is the Great Lakes Effect. Geography has been taught, but you must not have studied it well,¡± Yin Guo murmured while standing beside the toaster, waiting for her slices of bread,¡± If we come later, it won¡¯t be so unlucky.¡± Her original plan was to come in March and leave in April. But Meng Xiaotian insisted on arriving in January. He said that he needed to adapt to the environment in all aspects and seasons. In fact, he wanted to take advantage of Yin Guo¡¯s presence to enslave her as a guide and take him to New York. Meng Xiaotian knew that he was wrong, and said with a smirk,¡± Help me get one too.¡± Yin Guo agreed. ¡±sister?¡± ¡±Huh?¡± ¡± Aren¡¯t you going to thank that Mr. Handsome?¡± With a click, the slices of bread fell on the silver stainless steel tray. Yin Guo turned the bread over with the tong and continued to bake: ¡± I want to thank, but I didn¡¯t know what to say.¡± ¡± There nothing to say, everyone is Chinese, I¡¯ll push his We Chat to you.¡± Before getting off the bus that day, Meng Xiaotian thanked him a lot, and cheekily asked for Lin Yiyang¡¯s We Chat, which was considered a first-line connection. It is said that in the past two days, her cousin also chatted with him on We Chat, and he was very kind. Yin Guo thought in a mess, Meng Xiaotian pushed Lin Yiyang¡¯s We Chat over. Name: Lin. With a click, the slices of bread fell again. Baked on both sides. Yin Guo pick up the slices of bread, took a small box of butter and strawberry jam, and returned to the table by the window. The cousin behind her found that she forgot to bake his own bread, and called her three times to no avail, so he had to be self-reliant. Yin Guo put the plate on the red checkered tablecloth, looked at Lin Yiyang¡¯s WeChat and wanted to add a friend, but hesitated for a while, but didn¡¯t added. She put down her phone, picked up her fork, and buried herself in scrambled eggs. Thinking of that night, she was a little frightened. When her cousin and the man with glasses came back from the bathroom, they saw Lin Yiyang taking out his ID card and showing to Yin Guo. The man with glasses laughed and asked Yin Guo if she still wanted to read the information page of his household registration book? So embarrassing. After Meng Xiaotain took the food, he returned to Yin Guo and saw that she was holding the phone hesitatingly, so he grabbed it and added Lin Yiyang¡¯s WeChat by himself: ¡± What are you afraid of? There are more handsome men than him. OK.¡± As soon as the application is passed through a friend, the other accepts it. ¡± Passed.¡± Meng Xiaotian showed her the screen and smiled at her. Yin Guo grabbed the phone back. Looking at Meng Xiaotian¡¯s expression toward the phone, she know that she had to say HELLO. Holding her phone, she said carefully: Hello, I¡¯m Yin Guo, the Chinese who was at the RED FISH bar that day, the two brother and sister who you helped, and I¡¯m that sister. When she sent it out, she felt that her self-introduction was too long -winded and wanted to withdraw it. Not yet, the other has replied. Lin: I know. So concise. Xiaoguo: Thank you for your help that day, so we can get to the hotel smoothly. If you are free, my brother and I want to invite you to a meal to express our thanks. Can you think of it? Lin: Are you not afraid of being deceived? Xiaoguo: ¡­¡­ I just arrived in New York that day, and I met Snowstorm. Sorry for misunderstanding your kindness. Lin: Good to say. Xiaguo: Are you still in Manhattan? We can go over. Lin: I¡¯m at the train station and I¡¯m going back tp DC. Back to Washington? ¡± What did he say?¡± Meng Xiaotian asked. ¡± He said the was going back to school.¡± Meng Xiaotian chewed the bread:¡± Then let¡¯s go too, just for fun.¡± Yin Guo said,¡¯ Huh?¡± ¡± Go find him to play, anyway, I have nothing to do every day.¡± ¡± I didn¡¯t prepare in advance. Tickets and hotel must be booked in advance,¡± Yin Guo begged for mercy,¡± Don¡¯t worry about it, let¡¯s play in New York first. Don¡¯t rush to eat today.¡± Besides, there is no one who chases people for dinner, or chasing them from New York to Washington, and listening to it is perverted. Meng Xiaotian saw that Yin Guo was not happy and did not argue anymore. Although this hotel has a restaurant and a bar, the waiters will disappear after the meal. The blizzard didn¡¯t stop two days ago, they didn¡¯t want to go out, so they wanted to settle lunch in the hotel, but they searched around, not to mention the chef, they didn¡¯t even see a waiter. In the end, the two were so hungry that they asked the front desk where they could eat. The American receptionist enthusiastically told them that the restaurant staff would not come back to work until 5:30. The two had no choice but to search for vending machines on several floors of the hotel, trying to find a little food, but found that all the vending machines only sold drinks. In the end, the two returned without success, chatting and drinking water in the room, drinking water, drinking water, drinking water, and surfing the Internet. After several hours, they finally ate steaks. After that hunger, Meng xiaotian learned to be smart, as long as he could eat breakfast, he would eat until he died. Going out, absolutely can not miss any opportunity to eat. The conversation between the two about Washington ended in the breakfast room. Later Meng Xiaotian didn¡¯t mention it again, and Yin Guo didn¡¯t take it seriously. She went back to her room to rest for half an hour, found the address of a nearby supermarket, and pulled Meng Xiaotian who had been chatting on WeChat , to go to buy daily necessities. They planned to live in New York for3-4 months this time. Yin Guo did not bring any large daily necessities, and planned to buy them locally. As soon as she entered the supermarket, she went to the daily necessities shelf, while Meng Xiaotian went to the food area. According to the signs, she was the first to go to the shampoo and body wash area, and quickly settled on the big bottle on the top layer. It happened that the two of them could use it for about three months, and it took her half a day to stand on toe tips and grab a bottle. ¡± What are you buying?¡± Meng Xiaotian came around. ¡±Shampoo,¡± Yin Guo went to find the body wash again,¡± don¡¯t follow me, I had to buy a lot of things¡±. There were also some that Meng Xiaotian couldn¡¯t watch. The person behind her stretched out his hand, went over the top of Yin Guo¡¯s head, and took away the shampoo in her hand:¡± Let¡¯s go first, come back and buy it later.¡± The shampoo was put back in place. ¡± I just took it down,¡± and she had to take it down from such a high place,¡± give it to me quickly.¡± Meng Xiaotian pulled up Yin Guo involuntarily and walked out:¡± I just bought a ticket, and I¡¯m very busy. Hurry up and pack my things, or it will be too late.¡± ¡± You bought the ticket? How did you buy it? Where did you buy it?¡± Yin Guo was stunned. Didn¡¯t the two of them go to the supermarket together? We haven¡¯t separated before entering the supermarket. When did he buy the ticket? He shook his mobile phone in front of Yin Guo, showing the e-ticket to Washington: ¡±Mr. Handsome taught me. I told him that you are a waste, and you can¡¯t even buy a train ticket. He recommended it. Gave me an app. Meng Xiaotian groaned, feeling that he could even get a train ticket, and he was growing rapidly. Yin Guo was shocked at Meng Xiaotian¡¯s big idea, she snatched his phone, and looked at their chat records. More than choreographing his own stupidity, he even explained his family background to Lin Yiyang. Meng Xiaotian fully opened the smart mode in WeChat, and explained to Lin Yiyang : I applied for the university here, I came to adapt to life here in advance, and visited a few more famous schools by the way. If I don¡¯t apply this year, I will continue next year. And Yin Guo was entrusted by my family to take care of me because she came here last year, and she became my exclusive companion. In the chat log, the man didn¡¯t reply much. The last sentence ended three minutes ago. Lin: There is Shake Shack at DC train station. If you are here for the first time, give it a try. ¡± What is this?¡± Meng Xiaotian asked her from behind. ¡± Burger shop.¡± ¡± Others are more reliable than you, so you didn¡¯t tell me.¡± ¡± Didn¡¯t we just arrive?¡± Yin Guo felt aggrieved, ¡± There are also in New York. If you want to eat, I will take you there.¡± Meng Xiaotian ignored Yin Guo¡¯s explanation and dragged her back to the hotel immediately. He was inexperienced, and the ticket was booked two hours later. The two were completely unprepared and had no time to pack their luggage. They grabbed two pieces of clothes and a wash bag and stuffed them into their backpacks. They took their IDs, credit cards and mobile phones, and ran off to the train station. In the taxi, Yin Guo buried her head in picking the hotel. When she got to the train station, she concentrated on booking the hotel. All the way, she was on the phone with the staff, selected a room, and reported a credit card to make a reservation. Meng Xiaotian grabbed her backpack with one hand, walked through the crowd, following in the pit queue, and let Yin Guo forward. Swiped the ticket, enter the station. The two of them got into the train as if they were fighting, and most of the passengers in the train were already seated. ¡± Find a seat next to you.¡± Yin Guo saw that there was no hope for this carriage. All the double seats are filled, so she could only go to the next carriage. After passing through two carriages, she saw an empty seat for two, she put her small backpack under her feet, and sat down by the window. Meng Xiaotian threw the big backpack on the luggage rack and sat outside Yin Guo : ¡± You said, this train will not increase its speed. From New York to Washington, our high- speed train runs in an hour. When you buy a ticket, tell me. It took me more than three hours, and I was shocked. The fare of the high-speed rail and the speed of the green car are absolutely incredible. Meng Xiaotian muttered beside her. Yin Guo refused to speak. She still doesn¡¯t understand now, how she was urged by Meng Xiaotian to get on the train, obviously she just wanted to go the supermarket, buy shampoo and daily necessities, now she is to go to Washington for no reason? Yin Guo looked at the platform outside the train window, and after a few seconds, a very important thing popped up in her mind¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­. It seems that, car money was not given to him that day? Before the train left, Lin Yiyang got on the train. He was too lazy to go back, so he picked a seat and sat down next to a black mother holding her one- year old child. The child was crying, and the mother was at a loss, so she could only pat the child in distress and kept saying ¡±sorry¡±. In the soothing voice of the young mother, he took off his winter clothes, stuffed the clothes into a ball on the luggage rack above his head, and tucked his sports bag into it. He didn¡¯t sleep last night, and as soon as he sat down, he raised his hat to block the light from the train window. ¡± Do me a favor, please?¡± the black mother¡¯s voice asked him. Lin Yiyang was so sleepy that he thought it was a hallucination. The black mother asked again in embarrassment. He woke up from a semi-dream state, pulled down his hat, rubbed his hands on his face twice, fully awake, and said in a low voice,¡± Sorry.¡± So, after the train left the platform, for ten long minutes, he was helping the young mother with the backpack, taking out the milk bottle, pouring the milk powder¡­.. When the family no longer needed help, Lin Yiyang couldn¡¯t fall asleep either. He had a headache and was sleepy, and his eyes were stagnant while the baby was drinking milk. A vibration in his pocket woke him up. It¡¯s a WeChat message. He took out his phone from his trouser pocket, opened it, and saw 2 new messages. The first one comes from ¡± It doesn¡¯t matter ¡± : Did you get in the train? I¡¯ll come to you at the next stop. The second one is from ¡± Red Fish ¡±, which is the name Lin Yiyang remarked to Yin Guo, and it is the bar where the two met that day. She sent him a transfer : Thank you so much for your help that day and hope I¡¯ll have a chance to repay you. But before paying back, I hope you take the car and drink money for that day. [ smiley ] Chapter 1.2 Chapter 1(part 2) Not long after the train left the station, Meng Xiaotian had already covered his face with his coat and fell asleep. The ticket inspector walked from the last carriage to this one and started to check the tickets one by one. Yin Guo took the mobile phone from Meng Xiaotian¡¯s palm, found the electronic ticket, asked the ticket inspector to check the ticket, and stuffed her cousin¡¯s mobile phone back. She sat up straight. Lin Yiyang happened to also reply to WeChat¡­¡­ Lin : You¡¯re welcome. Four words, very short. Transfers were also rejected. Yin Guo didn¡¯t have Meng Xiaotian¡¯s familiar temperament, she stared at the phone for a long time, then put it aside, and thought to herself :¡¯ Let¡¯s talk about it when we meet.¡¯ Not long after, the train stooped at a small station, and there were only a few passengers on the platform outside the window waiting to get on the train. Yin Guo looked at the carriage all around. There were not many people in the carriage. Two more people went down this station, and there were less than ten people in the carriage. It¡¯s okay to go to the bathroom, she pushed her cousin to wake up :¡±I¡¯m going to the bathroom.¡± Meng Xiaotian agreed in confusion. Yin Guo carried her bag with her, Meng Xiaotian¡¯s backpack was stuffed under his legs. Within two minutes of Yin Guo¡¯s departure, a Chinese man walked here from the rear carriage. He was the man with glasses that day. Just got in the train. Because Meng Xiaotian¡¯s face was covered by the clothes, the man with glasses had no chance to recognize him, so he walked past the carriage, followed the instructions on the phone, walked forward, crossed two carriages, and saw Lin Yiyang¡¯s duffel bag. Looking at the window again, it was him. The black mother next to Lin Yiyang just got off the station holding the child and the seat beside him was vacant. ¡°Fortunately, I caught up,¡± Wu Wei pushed Lin Yiyang and told him to go to the window, while he sat outside, unbuttoned his winter clothes, and panted, ¡°I¡¯m afraid I won¡¯t be able to catch up with you.¡± Lin Yiyang knew what he was here for, so he didn¡¯t speak. Wu Wei said,¡±Everyone is going to arrive, but you are running away, what¡¯s the matter?¡± Lin Yiyang pulled up the neckline of his sportswear, covering most of his face trying to avoid the rhetoric. Wu Wei tried to pull his clothes. Lin Yiyang closed his eyes, put his head on the window glass, and whispered, ¡±I invited little friends to drink that day. I ran out of money, and I don¡¯t have the money to buy a ticket.¡± ¡±I¡¯ll go out with you,¡± Wu Wei took out his wallet and opened it to show him, ¡°Look at how much is left, let¡¯s spend it together and die together.¡± After Wu Wei shook him a dozen times, he had no choice but to sit up straight and glanced at Wu Wei¡¯s wallet. Two poor ghosts, half a catty and eighty taels. ¡­ The train arrived in Washington D.C. before dark. The school was also suspended for two days because of the Blizzard shutdown, and it just returned to normal yesterday. Meng Xiaotian had been looking for the hamburger chain that Lin Yiyang mentioned since he got off the train He walked all the way to the exit, and finally saw the striking sign, which was next to Starbucks. Now that she see it, she must satisfy her cousin¡¯s wish to buy and eat. Yin Guo calculated the time, there was no big problem, and took Meng Xiaotian into the burger shop. After a while, Wu Wei pulled the strap of Lin Yiyang¡¯s sports bag and walked here: ¡°Quick, take the bus ¡± Lin Yiyang was dragged forward. Wu Wei didn¡¯t have enough money to buy a train ticket. He just tried his best to buy two discounted bus tickets. He has been whispering in Lin Yiyang¡¯s ear since an hour ago, that he bought a bus ticket with all his fortune. If Lin Yiyang doesn¡¯t go back to New York with him, he is not a brother enought l, he is unkind, and he is ruthless¡­ Lin Yiyang listened to the four- character idiom for an hour. After having known each other for many years, he knew that Wu Wei had all the attributes of a dog skin plaster. He was very tough, and he couldn¡¯t walk away when he was fierce or scolded. There is no way to escape today, and he will definitely have to go back to New York. Lin Yiyang, who was hungry, stood still, looked around, and saw a burger shop. He was thinking about whether to eat something first. ¡®Forget it, I¡¯ll see on the bus ride if I can buy a pizza, maybe a dollar if I¡¯m lucky.¡¯ ¡±Is there anything in the bag to eat?¡± he asked. ¡±Yes, of course there is.¡± Wu Wei opened his backpack, dug for a long time, found 1/3 of the chocolate, and stuffed it into Lin Yiyang¡¯s hand. The chocolate was wrapped in foil, crumpled and twisted into a ball. He took off the tin foil and took a bite. If it wasn¡¯t for Wu Wei, he wouldn¡¯t be eating it. He clenched the tin foil into a ball, threw it into the trash can, and followed Wu Wei out of the train station. After two minutes. At the door of the burger shop, Meng Xiaotian came out with a hamburger, Yin Guo bowed her head and looked for a taxi in the phone. ¡°What do we invite him to eat? Have you ever eaten something delicious in Washington?¡± Meng Xiaotian asked. ¡°It¡¯s all average,¡± Yin Guo said. ¡°This is not a city famous for its delicious food. If you want to eat good food, it¡¯s more like New York.¡± Meng Xiaotian didn¡¯t ask why, he took out his mobile phone and decided to ask Lin Yiyang¡¯s opinion. ¡®Anyway, I¡¯m going to invite him to dinner, let him choose.¡¯ ¡±Not good.¡± ¡±What¡¯s wrong?¡± Meng Xiaotian showed Yin Guo the chat record. Tiantian : My sister and I are also at D.C. Let¡¯s have dinner tonight, Brother Lin. Lin : Good fun, I¡¯m back in New York. ?? Yin Guo and Meng Xiaotian looked at each other for two seconds. Yin Guo looked down at Uber, the car will be coming soon Yin Guo was helpless. ¡±Where to go?¡± Meng Xiaotian was completely lost. ¡±Go to the hotel,¡± Yin Guo looked outside, the weather in Washington was better than New York, ¡±It¡¯s all booked anyway, Let¡¯s have fun.¡± Holding her breath, she couldn¡¯t hold back, and kicked Meng Xiaotian : ¡±It¡¯s a waste.¡± Meng Xiaotian knew that he was wrong, and begged for mercy. The siblings looked at each other,and couldn¡¯t hold back their laughter. What an amazing trip to Washington. ¡±Give you five minutes, hurry up and take pictures.¡± Yin Guo pointed around. She knew that people who came to travel for the first time liked to take pictures, so she took the initiative to avoid it and ate her own hamburger. When she was finished, as she was looking for trash can, her cousin had come back in a circle : ¡±Let¡¯s go..¡± Yin Guo said ¡±um¡± and saw that the trash can was actually behind her, and she was blind for some reason just now. She balled up the hamburger wrapper, threw it in the trash, and left the train station with her cousin. Before leaving the station, Meng Xiaotian took a photo of the burger shop. As soon as he got in the car, he happily posted it in his circle of friends. Tiantian : One of the most handsome men I have ever seen in my life recommended it. [heart] Yin Guo likes to contradict him, they are used to it, and she refuted it below as usual. Xiaoguo : [twitches mouth] Not very handsome, decieving the public. Zheng Yi replied to Xiaoguo : Do you have any photos? I¡¯ve been listening to your brother for the past two days, I haven¡¯t seen him, and my heart is iching. Tiantian replied to Zheng Yi : Of course I won¡¯t lie to you, if I am a woman, I will definitely take a fancy to him. Xiaoguo replied to Zheng Yi : In general, ordinary person, my brother is exaggerating. Tiantian replied to Xiaoguo : Can you seek truth from facts? Zheng Yi replied to Xiaoguo : Yes, seek truth from facts, and don¡¯t allow personal emotions. Xiaoguo : Well, I admit, he¡¯s not bad. Meng Xiaotian was sitting in the front seat. Seeing Yin Guo admit defeat, he turned around and winked at her. Yin Guo grimaced and pointed out the car window, which meant : take the photos. Museums and municipal buildings began to appear frequently on the side of the road. The driver of the car was a middle-ages white woman. When she saw Meng Xiaotian holding up his mobile phone, she specially slowed down and enthusiastically told him the name of each building. Bringing suitcases, guess they are not here for tourism, and as if they are here to study. After going back and forth, he chatted with the driver. From the architecture to the University of Washington, the driver mentioned Georgetown. She made sno secret that the school was expensive, and the international students who came were rich. ¡°Did you hear?What the driver said?¡± Meng Xiaotian asked in a low voice. Yin Guo nodded. She remembered that the first year Zheng Yi came here, including tuition, room and board, ski vacations, etc., it really cost a lot in one year. However, the lady was used to being extravagant, so she couldn¡¯t set standards. She was thinking about Zheng Yi, but Meng Xiaotian was thinking of Lin Yiyang, and came to a conclusion: Brother Lin is a rich man. It took twenty minutes to drive them to the hotel. As soon as she entered, she went to the front desk, anxious to confirm the room, handed the passports and credit cards of the two to the front desk staff, communicated the reservation situation, and waited for the other party to handle the check-in procedures. Looking at the circle of friends again, prompt, there is a new reply. She opened it, and it was under that burger shop¡­.. Lin : There is an OLD EBBITT GRILL near the White House, it¡¯s not bad, try it. ¡­. Not good, she completely forgot, he can see Meng Xiaotian¡¯s circle of friends. Apart from Zheng Yi¡¯s reply, he could see everything that she and her cousin said, not only a unpleasant sentence, he saw everything. This is such a blunder. It was equivalent to discussing his appearance infront of Lin Yiyang, which was more embarrassing than checking his ID card that night. She read her message several times, too embarrassed to know what to do. ¡®How did I forget it?¡¯ Meng Xiaotian saw that she had been looking at the picture of the burger shop and then realized Lin Yiyang¡¯s message, and couldn¡¯t help but laugh : ¡±Fortunately, you told the truth at end, otherwise it would be even worse.¡± Yin Guo was so angry that she hit Meng Xiaotian with her elbow. The front desk of the hotel went through the formalities and put the passport, key card and signature in front of Yin Guo. Yin Guo picked up the pen, still thinking about those messages, signed her name. Delete it? Everyone saw it. Don¡¯t delete it? But it¡¯s too dazzling to stay there. ¡±How is this restaurant? Have you ever eaten?¡± her cousin asked her. Yin Guo was full of worries, and she didn¡¯t hear it. Meng Xiaotian turned to ask the staff who checked in for them, is this restaurant far away? Is it worth going? When the brunette heard the name of the restaurant, she immediately expressed her recommendation. The century-old-restaurant close to the White House, and many congressmen often go to eat, so many people go there because of it. Best of all, they can walk past the hotel, which is very close. Meng Xiaotian was heartbroken : ¡±Let me check the phone and reserve a seat?¡± ¡±Let¡¯s go tomorrow, I¡¯m too lazy to move.¡± Yin Guo was still immersed in the message accident and lacked interest. She returned the signature to the staff member, took back her passport and credit card, and looked down at the room number on the door card. Meng Xiaotian was beside her, and seemed to be chatting with someone. When they got into the elevator, he suddenly smiled at her and said, ¡±Mr. Handsome told me that he¡¯s sorry to make our trip in vain. He invited us for this meal.¡± Chapter 1.3 Chapter 1 (part 3) Lin Yiyang and Wu Wei waited beside a large parking lot, waiting for the bus they were about to take. Although it has warmed up in the past two days, it is still windy and the temperature is low as it approaches dark. Wu Wei put his hands in the pockets of his winter clothes and stomped his feet in the cold. Lin Yiyang was still playing with the phone with one hand, and seemed to be still laughing. What laughing? Wu Wei wanted to see, but was knocked away by Lin Yiyang¡¯s elbow. It happened that a Chinese bus full of people passing through here, the driver saw Lin Yiyang through the window, stepped on the brakes, and shouted to the outside: ¡°Back to New York? Take you for a ride?¡± Lin Yiyang made a call, took advantage of the waiting tone, and said to the driver, ¡°Your bus is full, go first.¡± The driver laughed and scolded¡±fake politeness¡± and popped a cigarette butt. The crimson light drew an arc and almost landed on Lin Yiyang¡¯s clothes. He stepped aside half a step and avoided it. The phone just got through. ¡°Help me entertain two friends. I have something to do temporarily, so I can¡¯t take care of it¡±, he said to the person on the phone. ¡°The bet I promised you¡±. ¡°You agreed?¡± Yin Guo was surprised. The elevator door opened, and two men dressed in business walked in, separating the siblings. ¡°Come on¡±. Yin Guo leaned back against the elevator wall and urged in Chinese in a low voice. ¡°No, he said he wanted a friend to pay for it.¡± Her cousin passed the phone around behind the two men and handed it to Yin Guo, so she could see it for herself, ¡°I told him that it¡¯s no problem for a friend to come, and I¡¯ll pay for it.¡± Yin Guo casually looked at the chat records of the two. Lin Yiyang didn¡¯t reply much and said that he was on the road. According to his reply to Meng Xiaotian, he was saying that Yin Guo and Meng Xiaotian were guests. When they were here, he was naturally the one who should invite them. This is the rule in Chinese, even in a foreign country, you must keep it. Meng Xiaotian originally wanted to invite him to dinner, but of course he refused to agree. After a few words, Lin Yiyang turned concern about their stay in Washington for a few days. Meng Xiaotian said that Yin Guo couldn¡¯t leave New York for too long, so she only booked a hotel for a night and they will be leaving tomorrow afternoon. He asked Lin Yiyang when he would come back here, but Lin Yiyang couldn¡¯t tell. His last reply was- Lin: See you later. As a result, Meng Xiaotian, the greedy ghost, even though he rejected Lin Yiyang¡¯s suggestion of entertaining guests, he still had an obsession with that restaurant. The first thing he did when he got to the room was to make a reservation. Unfortunately it was full. The two ate briefly in the hotel restaurant. After dinner, she took Meng Xiaotian to the nearby White House to take a set of photos and went directly back to the hotel. Due to the rush to book the hotel that night in New York, there was only the last room with big bed left. The siblings all slept in their clothes, one at the head of the bed and the other at the end, and they slept very aggrieved. When they arrived in Washington, Yin Guo immediately asked for a room with two single beds, and was finally able to stretch out and sleep. After taking a shower, she couldn¡¯t wait to get under the quilt. ¡°You have to get up early and go to see the nearby museums, there are many.¡± This was the last sentence Yin Guo said before falling asleep. When she was conscious again, she was awakened by the sunlight falling on her face. There are takeaway boxes on the small dining table in the room, which should have been ordered last night, but her cousin is gone. She lay on the bed and called Meng Xiaotian several times , but no one answered. Yin Guo hugged the quilt lazily, and sent Meng Xiaotian a WeChat message: Where have you been? museum? Tiantian: In Georgetown. Xiaoguo: Did you go by yourself? Tiantian: No, Brother Lin woke me up early, and let his friend drive me to visit the school. He said that in case I don¡¯t apply for New York University this year,I could try to apply for this school next year, too. Xiaoguo: He is so kind to you. Tiantian: Yes, he¡¯s a good man. Just wait, I will come back later and buy you lunch downstairs. Yin Guo turned over and got out of bed. That person looked cold, but he really took care of Meng Xiaotian. Pulling on her slippers, she stepped into the bathroom door, opened the drawer and found a new box of toothbrushes. She stopped all movements again, and pulled slippers back into the room. She rummaged under the pillow to find her phone, and sent a thank you message to Lin Yiyang. Xiaoguo: Thank you for specially asking your friend to take my brother to visit the school. Lin: Good to say. Xiaoguo: [happy] Lin: [coffee] It seems that there is nothing to say She leaned against the wall and tapped the edge of her phone lightly on the wall. She was scared off by his indifference. It was rare to see someone who spoke so little. Seems like he¡¯s more on tune with her cousin. ¡®Forget it, I don¡¯t want to, thanking is enough.¡¯ After that day, Yin Guo never talked to Lin Yiyang alone again. Just treats him as her cousin¡¯s new friend in America and has nothing to do with him. After the two returned to New York, the hotel also had spare vacancies. She quickly replaced the big bed room with two small rooms, filled a lot of daily necessities, and officially started short-term living. The last time she came to New York as Zheng Yi¡¯s guide, standard tourist itinerary, and all the landmarks were her planning. She didn¡¯t want to go to these attractions this year, and let Meng Xiaotian explore by himself. Anyway, with Google maps in hand, she couldn¡¯t lose him anywhere. From morning to noon every day, the two wandered around, mainly eating. They parted ways in the afternoon and went on separate ways. After all, she had competition tasks and need to train on time. For more than a week after that, Lin Yiyang¡¯s name would occasionally pop out of Meng Xiaotian¡¯s mouth. It was with Lin Yiyang¡¯s supplementary recommendation, Meng Xiaotian was exploring alone that day. With such a new friend around, Yin Guo saved a lot of effort, and she gradually got used to his presence as she listened and listened. It was not like she was always thinking about thanking him for everything that happened at the beginning. On Saturday, Yin Guo got up late. Meng Xiaotian came to report on time. She was brushing her teeth and asked, ¡±Where do you want to go today?¡± ¡±Near NYU,¡± Her cousin leaned against the door frame. Yin Guo rinsed her mouth and wiped her mouth clean: ¡±Didn¡¯t you go there a few times?¡± ¡±It¡¯s fun over there,¡± Meng Xiaotian showed her a screenshot, it was a cafe, ¡±I want to go here.¡± Caffe Reggio, she was inexplicably impressed by the name. It¡¯s okay to go, anyway, there is no fixed goal. ¡±On the day we arrived, the bar we went to was also nearby.¡± Yin Guo kept forgetting to tell her cousin. ¡±Really?¡± They arrived here at the midnight and he couldn¡¯t figure out where the bar was. ¡±Well, I will show you when we pass by.¡± Yin Guo combed her hair, and twisted her hair into a loose ball, so that if it snowed, she would not be afraid of her hair falling apart when she put on her hat. She was distractedly recalling the specialty store nearby, and wanted to take Meng Xiaotian there. When she got to the door of the cafe, she finally remembered why she was so impressed by the name: the color was striking. All the green walls and awnings are hard to forget. At this time, most of the seats outside were empty, with only two young people wrapped in down jackets chatting in the wind. There are many guests inside, looking in through the glass, it is almost full. ¡±Is there no seat?¡± She glanced inside. ¡±It¡¯s okay.¡± Meng Xiaotian smiled mysteriously. Yin Guo looked at him strangely. It¡¯s overcrowded inside, but her cousin was smiling so happily. ¡±Brother Lin ordered.¡± Lin Yiyang? She thought she was hallucinating: ¡±You asked him out?¡± ¡±He asked me out,¡± Her cousin pushed open the door. ¡±He didn¡¯t let me tell you in advance. He said that he would come to see you in time. If he can¡¯t make it in time, just take it as our own coffee, so as not to miss it again.¡± Yin Guo was pushed on the back by her cousin and led into the cafe. With a creak, the glass door closed behind her. There are decorations hanging all over the walls, and people are chatting. There are many guests, and there are not many Asian faces, so you can see him at once. He was sitting in the corner of the dark red couch under the oil painting of a huge portrait. The man was leaning against the wall, wearing a black hoodie, and the winter suit was draped over the back of the chair. The table is small and the person is tall, so he had to put one arm the small round coffee table and put the other hand on his knee, feeling only half a body behind the table. People are most alert to their mother tongue. He heard Chinese and knows that they are here. Looking up to her. Is this the second time the two have officially met? Yin Guo paused subconsciously, two or three steps away from him. They chatted a lot of words on WeChat, but at first glance, they were still unfamiliar. The facial features and body shape would be familiar, but they were the first impressions left in the bar. Looking at it during the day, it is slightly different¡­ Lin Yiyang¡¯s eyes were always on her. Under his gaze, Yin Guo slowly went to the coffee table, hung her backpack diagonally on the back of the chair, and sat down with her cousin. The table is really small. He pushed over the menu: ¡± Let¡¯s see what you want to eat?¡± ¡±You order it,¡± she pushed it back. ¡±You are familiar, I have never been here.¡± Lin Yiyang nodded, didn¡¯t push back, ordered tiramisu and coffee for them, and ordered panini for himself. Eating this kind of hard food used to fill the stomach, at first glance, he came directly without having eaten lunch. After ordering, there was a brief silence between the three of them. Yin Guo was afraid that she would chat with him like a cold scene on WeChat, so she simply looked down at her phone. After looking through the circle of friends for a while, she went to swipe Weibo again, and finally came back and started to delete the dialog box. All in all, she has nothing to do. After she deleted it, she arrived at the dialog with Lin Yiyang. It was the conversation ten days ago, and his last expression was [coffee] She didn¡¯t expect to meet again, but also for coffee. Seeing that neither of them spoke, Meng Xiaotian couldn¡¯t help but smooth things out: ¡± Chat, chat how bad it is to be in the cold.¡± So, he chatted with Lin Yiyang first, talking about this cafe. Lin Yiyang told him that this place was built in the early 20th century. In the past 100 years, this place has also happened to be a gathering place for artists and writers, so it is very likely that a certain writer came here before he became famous, such as Hemingway? Or may some pages of Catcher of the Rye are written here. Where there is an era, it can always bring a little legend, and celebrities will naturally be more attractive. Lin Yiyang said a few words casually and did not repeat them. But Yin Guo looked at the table in front of her, and around the pendants on the wall. When he said it, it was quite a feeling. When the coffee was served, Zheng Yi¡¯s message also arrived. She asked Yin Guo where she was playing today. She heard that it was nearby New York University. She remembered what she wanted to buy. Since Yin Guo was there anyway, why don¡¯t let her go today, so that she doesn¡¯t have to make a trip herself. In fact, shopping is not troublesome, the trouble is that she forgot the name of the store. Zheng Yi: Why don¡¯t you ask Lin Yiyang, anyone who can recommend Caffe Reggio will definitely know that place. Just ask him. Yin Guo asked for help: ¡±My friend said that there is a small shop selling coffee beans here. Many restaurants buy beans there, and they will specially write where the coffee beans come from on the door sign to attract customers. But the front door is hard to find, you know.?¡± Lin Yiyang thought for a while and said, ¡± I¡¯ll take you there.¡± ¡±No, you tell me the store name, I¡¯ll search the map and I¡¯ll definitely find it.¡± ¡±I¡¯ll drop by.¡± Lin Yiyang returned to her. Afraid of delaying other people¡¯s time, she drank the remaining half of the coffee: ¡±Let¡¯s go then.¡± The original intention was not to waste his time, but it was so obvious that it seemed like she was rushing for food¡­ Lin Yiyang glanced at the empty coffee cup amusingly. As if to say: in such a hurry? This look, this expression, and this kind of smile also appeared the night they first met, when she stirred the cocktail with a straw and observed the liquor. Yin Guo subconsciously tucked the long hair on the side of her ear behind her ear, feeling very uncomfortable. Meng Xiaotian completely missed their brief and subtle exchange. He never heard that they were leaving, so he quickly wiped out the cake, took two sips of coffee, and wiped his mouth with a napkin. Looking at the two again, they have already got up one after the other, and are putting on their coats in a tacit understanding. ¡±You two are so fast.¡± Meng Xiaotian sighed. Why do I feel like I¡¯m superfluous? Chapter 2.1 Chapter 2: The World under the Snow (part 1) Lin Yiyang was very familiar with the neighborhood and quickly found the store. A very simple shop, a small-sized place, a glass cabinet on the right is connected to the checkout counter, a few small shelves on the left, with peripheral products, dozens of hemp rope bags, filled with brown coffee beans, all have handwritten on white cardboard. There was only a young couple in the store, also picking beans. They were pointing and taking softly against the white wall above the sack, on which were the names, origins and flavors of the coffee beans. The girl in the couple picked one bean, put it in the boy¡¯s mouth, and let him taste it. Lin Yiyang picked two beans and put them in Yin Guo¡¯s palm. He pointed to her mouth. ¡±Try it,¡± he said. She originally wanted to taste the beans carefully, but Lin Yiyang kept looking at her, gradually chewing them slowly, she felt more and more uncomfortable. He seemed to have sensed her thoughts, looked away, took two sweet and sour berries from the burlap bag next to him, and stuff them into her palm. Yin Guo took it and held in her palm, but didn¡¯t eat. It was not a good idea to try again this time. After the two couples left, there were only three of them left in the store. She and Lin Yiyang were on the coffee beans side, and her cousin was in the last row of the shelf, picking out gifts. Yin Guo was not used to trying beans, so she took out a tissue, spit out the beans, and clenched it into a ball in her palm. All this was seen by the man beside her. He pointed to the small corner on the left side of the counter, motioning her to the trash can there. Yin Guo threw the paper ball and listened to him ask herself, ¡±What does your friend want?¡± Several. Just now, she wanted to study how to read the names, look them up in the dictionary, and ask the check when she learnt them. Lin Yiyang saved her by asking such a question. Yin Guo showed him the names, and he called a clerk over and pointed at a few bags of coffee beans. The clerk smiled and chatted with him, and Yin Guo listened as the clerk saying that these beans are the best sellers. When she was settling the bill, Lin Yiyang raised his right arm and looked at his watch. Yin Guo immediately said: ¡±You must have been in a hurry, hurry up and go, I have bought it anyway.¡± He looked at his watch several times when he came out of the coffee shop. First, he rushed there in a hurry, didn¡¯t eat lunch, then he wiped out the coffee and panini, and brought them here. Although he didn¡¯t say it, it made people feel that everything was in a hurry. It is estimated that he came from Washington again.. ¡±Make an appointment when you are free?¡± He also knew that he couldn¡¯t delay any longer. Yin Guo nodded. Lin Yiyang didn¡¯t say much, he pushed open the door and walked out. Through the glass, Yin Guo saw him crossing the road without taking a taxi. He should have gone to the nearby subway station. As she watched him leave, she recalled that night. On the Blizzard night. The figure on the glass is translucent, swaying gently. The light in the room was dim, and it shot through the glass window, barely illuminating half the street. Using the light, she saw a huge black shadow fall across the road and hit the roof of a car. The alarm sounded immediately. ¡°What sound?¡± asked the other side of the phone. ¡°The tree was broken, and the car was smashed,¡± Yin Guo covered her left ear, so that she could hear her friend¡¯s words clearly amide the loud music, ¡°Blizzard is terrible, do you know what the temperature is now? -20 degrees below 0.5.¡± ¡°Who asked you to go in winter, I have reminded you,¡± Zheng Yi yawned, still laughing at her, ¡°Blizzard is very common in winter in New York, please ask yourself for more blessings.¡± Yin Guo didn¡¯t even have strength to complaint: ¡°I haven¡¯t showered for three days and three nights. You must help me get the hotel tonight.¡± ¡°Wait, I¡¯ve been checking.¡± The phone hangs up. Yin Guo returned to her cousin Meng Xiaotian and said tiredly: ¡°Wait a while, Zheng Yi is looking for a hotel, she will inform later.¡± Meng Xiaotian played at a high level and didn¡¯t care: ¡°It¡¯s really not good, just stay here and play all night.¡± She was not as well as Meng Xiaotian, so she slumped on the bar and looked out the window. Who would have thought that she could meet the strongest Blizzard in ten years. First, the plane took off at the Capital Airport with a delay of ten hours, and flew over the vast sea to New York. Because of the blizzard, the plane couldn¡¯t land, after hovering in the sky for more than two hours, then went to Chicago. That night, Chicago hotels were full, and airlines were unable to arrange accommodation. The siblings were in the waiting hall, one sleeping on a bench and the other on the floor, and followed a group of stranded passengers waiting for the next day¡¯s flight. The next morning, they washed up in the airport restroom, ready to go with anticipation. As a result, they waited from early morning to dark before being arranged to board the plane to New York. Luckily this time, they finally landed in New York. As soon as the plane landed, the stewardess informed everyone that there was no parking space in New York, and everyone could not get off the plane. They had to wait for the airport to arrange. A group of people who slept all night at the airport continued to sleep with their heads covered on the plane. After sleeping for six hours, she was woken up by the radio, with red eyes and drooping head in queue to get off the plane. After getting off the plane, Yin Guo sat on the trolley, waiting for the luggage only to fall asleep again. At dusk, the luggage was finally delivered by the conveyor belt. She thought she had seen the dawn, but the hotel called: due to not checking in on time, both rooms were cancelled. At that time, she stood at the entry gate and almost cried. Fortunately, a Chinese girl who was sleeping at the airport in Chicago stopped her after leaving the customs and said that she will be picked up by her family in a car. The other party told Yin Guo that in such a blizzard, it was more difficult to get a taxi than to climb to the sky. She suggested that Yin Guo could take her car to leave the airport and go to Manhattan, which was better than staying at the airport. With the help of kind-hearted people, Yin Guo and his cousin were sent here. Despite the blizzard outside, at least there was wine and food. Someone behind her pushed open the frozen glass door. The cold wind blew mercilessly across the back of her neck, Yin Guo shivered and pulled up the neckline of her down jacket. Meng Xiaotian also wrapped his coat tightly: ¡°It¡¯s so fucked up, I thought we crossed into ¡°The Day After Tomorrow¡±.¡± Not to mention, it¡¯s like. The scene of ¡± The Day After Tomorrow¡± is New York, the frozen Statue of Liberty, the cruise ship rushing up from the sea, and the library that saves everyone¡­ Yin Guo likes to watch disaster movies the most, and has watched this movie 7 or 8 times. The original scene seems reproduced now. At this moment, the mobile phone shows that the outdoor temperature is minus 25¡ã, and with the blessing of the cold wind effect, the somatosensory temperature is already minus 40¡ã. They came in the thickest down jackets, which were completely unbearable outdoors in this weather. When she just got out of the car with her luggage here, she felt like she was about to freeze. Yin Guo put the phone in front of him and let Meng Xiaotian watch, not to miss Zheng Yi¡¯s messages. After explaining, she put on her down jacket and hat, put her hands on the edge of the bar, rested her head on it, and closed her eyes. ¡±It¡¯s really cold.¡± Meng Xiaotian was chanting the scriptures beside her. The band on stage sang an old song with a melodious tone, like a hot sun, like a sunny day, like all images related to summer. The lead singer whispered in English between the songs, he was playing and singing to the girl he admired, he was deeply attracted to her, he couldn¡¯t extricate himself, he was fascinated, he was deeply in love, but he was timid and shy, wandering and stopping, not knowing what to do. Close to recognizing the song¡ª It¡¯s ¡±YELLOW¡±. ¡°Sister.¡± Meng Xiaotian called her. ¡°Yeah.¡± Yin Guo answered. ¡°Xiaoguo.¡± Meng Xiaotian patted her as if something really happened. Yin Guo used her last strength, raised her head, and opened her eyes. In the blurred vision, a strange thing appeared, a glass of wine. And, of course, the man behind the glass. It¡¯s a young man. The upper part of the body is wearing a black winter jacket and a black hat. It is impossible to see how long the hair is. Anyway, it is not long hair . Pupils are dark. The skin is white, the face is thin, the chin is pointed, and the bridge of the nose is not as high as that of Europeans and Americans, but it is still high. Asian? Likely. Chinese people? Not sure, he hasn¡¯t spoken yet. ¡°Please,¡± the man said. Eh? Chinese people? Yin Guo took off the hat of the down jacket, sat up straight, and was about to speak when a man with glasses who also looked Chinese leaned over and put the second glass of wine in front of Meng Xiaotian: ¡°This is yours.¡± ¡°Thank you.¡± Meng Xiaotian giggled. ¡°You¡¯re welcome,¡± said the man with glasses, ¡°compatriots.¡± Meng Xiaotian immediately introduced Yin Guo to them: ¡°This is my sister.¡± They know each other? How can it be? Meng Xiaotian came to New York for the first time. Yin Guo looked at his cousin. ¡°When you were on phone, they came in at the table next to me,¡± Meng Xiaotian explained to her. ¡°I heard them speak Chinese, so I asked casually, what kind of wine is good here.¡± Yin Guo understood. The man with glasses smiled and asked, ¡°Didn¡¯t you two find the hotel? Are you trapped here?¡± In this weather, no one is in the mood to bring three large suitcases with fresh labels to the bar for entertainment. It is reasonable to speculate that the two siblings are trapped here. ¡°Yeah, I originally booked a hotel, but it was cancelled. Now I¡¯m waiting for my friends to find it,¡± Meng Xiaotian said proactively, ¡°I hope I can find it. It¡¯s really not good. It¡¯s okay to wait here until tomorrow morning, anyway, there is something to eat and drink. .¡± The man with glasses smiled: ¡°He called a car. If you can confirm the hotel, I will take you there first.¡± The ¡°he¡± in the glasses man¡¯s mouth is naturally the man who doesn¡¯t talk much. ¡°That¡¯s great.¡± Meng Xiaotian was moved crazy. ¡°Let¡¯s wait for you to book,¡± the man with glasses said with a smile. ¡°If it¡¯s done early, follow his car, if it took a long time, I¡¯ll take you off . The subway here extends in all directions, and you can get to almost any place.¡± Meng Xiaotian raised his glass happily: ¡°Thank you, brother.¡± ¡°You¡¯re welcome.¡± The man in glasses clinks glasses with him. Chapter 2.2 Chapter 2 (part 2) The two chatted happily. The man was at the small round table next to them, ordering snacks, sipping wine, and watching the band perform. Yin Guo unlike her cousin looked down at her wine and passed the time. Her cousin¡¯s cup is milky white, in just first glance she can say that this one was made for a lady. It¡¯s orange with a few pieces of fruit. She smelled it curiously, the alcohol smell was not strong, she stirred it with a straw, and looked at the wine carefully. Suddenly, she found that the man glanced at her amusingly. As if to say: afraid of something? Yin Guo loosened the straw and tucked the long hair beside her ears behind her ears, pretending to be stupid. The phone vibrated, and Zheng Yi¡¯s WeChat popped up. It was a screenshot of the hotel and the contact number, followed by a sentence: There are not many rooms in Manhattan, and it is expensive. I got you the last one in Queens, hurry up, they only promised to stay for two hours. Yin Guo bumped Meng Xiaotian¡¯s arm with her elbow and showed him her phone. ¡°It¡¯s awesome,¡± Meng Xiaotian was overjoyed and said to the man with glasses, ¡°We¡¯ve done it.¡± ¡°It¡¯s very fast,¡± said the man with glasses in praise. ¡°It seems that your friends are quite reliable. Where is the hotel?¡± Meng Xiaotian handed the glasses man the phone. The man with glasses shook his head and put Yin Guo¡¯s phone under the man¡¯s eyes: ¡°How long until your car arrives?¡± ¡°ten minutes.¡± The man said the second sentence of the night. ¡°That¡¯s fast,¡± Meng Xiaotian put down the glass, ¡°I¡¯ll go to the bathroom first.¡± ¡°Let¡¯s go together.¡± The man with glasses left with Meng Xiaotian. Here, Yin Guo and the man were left. Yin Guo kept her head down and chatted on WeChat, reporting to Zheng Yi that she had met two Chinese men, who seemed very friendly, invited them to drink, and said he would give them a ride to the hotel. Although she was moved, she was also worried about safety issues and quietly discussed with Zheng Yi, that would it be dangerous? Zheng Yi¡¯s judgment is that the liar will not be open for business in such ghostly weather, but what about the perverts who meet the human face and beast heart? Zheng Yi: You should be careful and learn more about it. Yin Guo turned off the phone. Holding the straw, she slowly stirred her glass of wine and looked at the man at the next table, who was only a step away from her. After a while, the man sensed her gaze and looked back. ¡°Are you an international student?¡± Yin Guo asked politely, ¡°Do you still work here?¡± ¡°Students,¡± the man said. ¡°New York University?¡± The man shook his head. Looking at the flickering in Yin Guo¡¯s eyes, he guessed her anxiety: ¡°Afraid that I¡¯m a bad person?¡± Yin Guo smiled embarrassedly but did not deny it. The man took out a wallet from his arms, took out a Chinese ID card, and put it on the bar in front of her. Then, he took out a magnetic card and placed it with his ID card. ¡°This is my school¡¯s magnetic card,¡± he pointed to the name on it. ¡°You compare.¡± Immediately, he pointed to his own face and asked her to treat the real person and the photo at will. Usually, he doesn¡¯t have an ID card, but it happened to be useful during the day today, and he didn¡¯t expect it to come in handy here. Yin Guo glanced down and saw the magnetic card first. Georgetown University? Zheng Yi also has one, she has seen it before. He¡¯s actually alumni of Zheng Yi? Yin Guo remembered that Zheng Yi¡¯s school had a great location. In the wealthy area of ??Washington, D.C., it was a bull school and an expensive university. This one doesn¡¯t look fake. ID card, too. The personal photo on the magnetic card is the same as the ID photo, and the name is the same. Do you want to check with Zheng Yi? How to ask for evidence? Did you take pictures? Too disrespectful to people, but forget it. Yin Guo folded the ID card and the magnetic card together, and wanted to return them to him, the man put his hand into the inner pocket of the cold jacket again¡ª¡ª What else to take? Under Yin Guo¡¯s confused gaze, the man took out his phone, unlocked the screen, and opened the photo album. Soon, he turned the screen of his mobile phone, facing Yin Guo, it was the information page of his passport, and the name was this: Lin Yiyang LIN, YIYANG ¡­¡­. Present time. At the coffee beans store. This scene of crossing the road reminded her of the night she first met. The man with glasses brought both the siblings into the car first, packed the suitcases, and Lin Yiyang paid the bill in the bar. Yin Guo saw through the window of the car and the two layers of glass in the bar, he drank most of the unfinished glass of wine, signed the card, put on his winter jacket and hat, and pushed out the door. A gust of wind swept up the snow on the road, wrapping roadside cars and people in white fog, and quickly dissipating. He ran two quick steps, crossed the road, circled to the right of the car, and got into the car. The driver asked, where are we going? Queens, he said. The driver was surprised, in this ghost weather, do you still need to detour? He said, yes, take a detour. ¡­ ¡°Sister?¡± Her cousin came back with two peripherals and was surprised to find that Lin Yiyang was gone, ¡°He¡¯s gone?¡± ¡°Yeah, in a hurry.¡± She took out her wallet and wanted to settle the bill. There were still two berry-flavored coffee beans in her hand, and she wanted to throw them back into the burlap bag but stopped again. She¡¯s been holding it in my hands for a long time, so don¡¯t throw it in. What if someone picks it up and tries it? How unclean. She had nowhere to throw it, so she stuffed two coffee beans into the small bag on the inside of her bag. After buying coffee, she and her cousin went separately. Meng Xiaotian then wandered around the nearby area. She went directly back to the hotel, took the cue from the room, carried a small package with her mobile phone, wallet, and key card, and went to the ballroom. The last time she came to the United States, she signed up for the youth group of the American Nine-Ball Open. Generally, the youth group and junior group of this kind of competition are encouraged, with bonuses, but no official world points. The registration fee for the competition plus the cost of the round trip, the bonus is not enough, so after testing the water last year, she directly signed up for the professional group this year. This year is also her first battle in her career path. During the competition last year, she met a few friends in the youth group. This year, there is only one competition left with her in the professional group. It is a Singaporean girl named Su Wei. She also recommended this ballroom to Yin Guo, which is very affordable at $15 per afternoon. The two meet here every day and train. Another reason why they chose this American golf club is that they can meet many American world champions. Everyone practices ball like ordinary people and occasionally engages in small games, which is very interesting. Before going out, Yin Guo refreshed the weather forecast, and there was a cold snap, and there would be local snowfall today. Sure enough, when she came out of the coffee shop, it was still sunny, and it was already dark before three o¡¯clock outside the door of the ballroom. After she entered, in the corner of the ballroom, someone called, ¡°Yin Guo.¡± Su Wei pointed not far away with her eyes, sat quietly on the billiard chair, and watched Berry, a famous native American player who was watching her opponent play: ¡°Yesterday you just wanted to see the real person, and today you¡¯re here.¡± After Su Wei finished speaking, she greeted Berry with a smile in English: ¡°This is what my friend told you just now, Xiaoguo.¡± Yin Guo threw the backpack on the billiard chair and said hello to Berry. Berry looked around forty years old, very mature and enthusiastic, and came over to greet him for a long time. Most of the players in the ballroom were men. Only Su Wei and Yin Guo were the female players who signed up for the competition this time. The two blond girls at the other table were just here to play. Su Wei is half of the mixed blood, and her height is relatively close to the people here. The two local beauties have long legs and big breasts. Among the four women in the ballroom, only Yin Guo is a small girl. When she came for the first time, she was also asked if she had signed up for the competition in the youth group under the age of fourteen. But after that, no one asked. Because of her skills, although she can¡¯t kill these regional champions and famous players in the stadium, she is definitely not worse than them. See the real chapter on the ball table. Moreover, there is no age difference on the pool table. There is only an upper age limit for competition registration. If you are over 14 years old, you cannot sign up for the junior group, and if you are over 21, you cannot sign up for the youth group. This ensures the fairness of the competition. There is no lower age limit. Meng Xiaotian¡¯s older brother, Meng Xiaodong, started to fight in the professional group at the age of fourteen. Today, because of afternoon tea, she came late and wanted to postpone the time to eight o¡¯clock. It¡¯s a pity that the plan couldn¡¯t keep up with the changes. By six o¡¯clock, Berry packed up and ran over and warmly invited Su Wei and her to have dinner near Flushing. It is a gathering place of Asians and Chinese, known as New Chinatown. Yin Guo hasn¡¯t been there yet, it¡¯s a bit far. Su Wei¡¯s boyfriend lives there. She passed by and just stayed there instead of going back. That is to say, she has to come back alone after dark, for fear of being unsafe. ¡°I tell you, there is a Chinese restaurant opened by my boyfriend¡¯s house in Flushing. Sichuan cuisine and boiled beef are delicious.¡± Boiled beef is really a world-renowned Chinese dish¡­ She was provoked by greed. She¡¯s been here for more than a week and hasn¡¯t eaten her hometown food yet, and her tongue is about to be wiped out by Western food. But no matter how delicious it is, You don¡¯t have to run over so late, you can go alone tomorrow. Seeing that she was still hesitating, Berry whispered to Su Wei. Su Wei found a new reason to tempt her: ¡°He said, because of the Open, there will be a party tonight, and you will meet a lot of professional team members from all over the world. You can meet them in advance.¡± Hit the bullseye, you must go. She decisively confirmed his location with Meng Xiaotian on WeChat, and by the way told Meng Xiaotian to return to the hotel early, put the club in the bucket, put it on her back, and followed the two of them. Without taking two bites, I hurriedly paid the bill and went straight to the next destination. The place to meet tonight is a Chinese ballroom. The owner is Chinese, a well-known snooker player in the early years, and opened a ballroom here after retiring. The entrance to the ballroom is on the corner of the street. When the two arrived, a few people were smoking beside the trash can at the entrance. One of them knew Berry, threw the cigarette butt, and pointed to the door with a smile: ¡°Go and watch the show.¡± Berry understood, pushed open the glass door, and led them into the ballroom. The ball tables are arranged neatly, from the door of the ballroom to the end. Most of them are green tables, with a few blue tables on the inside, and there are about 2 meters of driving space between the tables. On both sides of the table, was a water-brown billiard chair. After they entered the door, they found that the billiards table was full of unfinished rounds. Everyone left, and they all crowded into the innermost blue table. The crowd was full of people, chatting enthusiastically, obviously to watch the battle. Berry asked his friend aloud, who was fighting? Someone came back, there was a regional champion betting on the ball, three thousand dollars. Berry asked again, who is it? The other person answered a name, and Berry got excited, put down his backpack and clubs with a smile, and walked into the crowd. Judging from Berry¡¯s performance, They should also be a well-known local player. She put her barrel on the side, and before she had time to take off the hat of the down jacket, she saw from the gap between the two men¡­ It¡¯s him? It¡¯s just a flash, but in a place full of natives, it¡¯s still easy to recognize a Chinese. Black hair, short hair, wearing the black hoodie that we met at noon today, with the cuffs rolled up to the elbows, with his back facing her. Will it be wrong? Seeing them coming, Berry smiled and pushed the two friends away so the two girls could see more clearly. She was pushed to the front of the crowd, facing the back. The game hasn¡¯t started yet. He was applying chocolate powder to the butt of his club, twisting the little blue powder and sliding it slowly and down over the butt. ¡°Today¡¯s bet is capped at $5,000,¡± he said to the crowd of strangers onlookers in English. ¡°I¡¯ve only made up three thousand. If any of you want to raise for me, you¡¯re welcome.¡± It was him, it must be him, this voice was still telling her interesting stories about the down-and-out literati in the afternoon. But now it is different. From the content to the tone, to the whole person, he is casual, saying: If he can win this game, everyone present will raise, and he will only win. The chocolate dust in the left hand is placed on the edge of the table. He turned his head. His eyes stopped, on her. ¡­it¡¯s really him. Later, Yin Guo remembered that night, and always thought that this was the beginning of her and Lin Yiyang¡¯s real acquaintance. Here, the talent in this Chinese ballroom is him, the lazy, brilliant, unfettered Chinese man who always wins and loses his opponent with an attitude that doesn¡¯t care much and wins or loses at will. Lin Yiyang held the club in his right hand, leaned slowly against the edge of the pool table, slowly reached out, picked up two balls from the table, and threw one to his opponent tonight, the regional champion: ¡°Come on, Let me see your strength.¡± He didn¡¯t eat dinner at first, and his mood was not high, but now, it¡¯s different. Chapter 2.3 Chapter 2 (part 3) Yin Guo found that he played 9 goals, which was his own game. ¡°This is an amateur,¡± Su Wei pointed to Lin Yiyang¡¯s back and whispered to Yin Guo, ¡°Berry said he was challenging a regional championship here.¡± Yin Guo nodded lightly, it turned out to be an amateur. Berry was talking, and Su Wei was relaying: ¡°And this regional champion has already won three games in this room. This is his blessed place. Berry also said that three thousand dollars are too rash.¡± Yin Guo didn¡¯t understand the amount of betting here, so she didn¡¯t say anything. Three thousand dollars is indeed not a small amount. Lin Yiyang held the orange ball himself and handed the yellow ball to the opponent. Yin Guo knew that they were about to compete for the kick-off. He and the regional champion walked to the side of the table and each put the ball on the tee line. It¡¯s quiet all around. Yin Guo and Su Wei stopped talking softly. Both of them know very well that in the nine-ball game, the right to tee off is very important, and the chance of winning is much greater if they get it, so when the two players start the game, they have to win the right to serve once. The rules are very simple, two people have to hit the ball together at the tee line, and after each ball hits the opposite bank, it bounces back. Whoever is closest to himself when the ball stops, wins. In the silence of the room, there were two slight knocks. The two balls rolled out almost at the same time, drawn a straight trajectory on the blue table, hit the opposite side of the ball at the same time, and bounced back at a constant speed. The speed of the two balls is getting slower and slower. Yin Guo stared at them, she almost knew the result- Slowly, slowly, Lin Yiyang¡¯s orange ball surpassed the opponent¡¯s yellow ball. The ball rolled in front of Lin Yiyang, stopped against the edge of the table, no more, no less, and stuck to the shore of the ball, no closer than this. Yellow Ball was also in the applause, stopped, only 1cm behind. In the face of the 1cm gap, Lin Yiyang won. ¡°Who will be the referee?¡± Lin Yiyang picked up the white ball and placed it on the serving line. ¡°I, I¡¯ll come.¡± Berry volunteered. He originally came for the regional championship, but after watching Lin Yiyang¡¯s beautiful blow, his emotions were even higher. He came to be the referee, he came to ensure fairness, in fact, he wanted to make sure that Lin Yiyang just got away with it. There is a low long light on the table, which casts a soft white light on the blue tabletop. The light is very low, so low that it can only illuminate the position below his waist. Berry quickly stacks the balls in a nice diamond shape on the table. Lin Yiyang switched to green powder and smeared the clubhead. On the side of the table, leaned down, looked down on the white ball, and aimed the clubhead. One hit. While the ball was pocketed, others had circled to the right side of the billiard table, caught up with the next blow, and another ball was pocketed. As soon as Yin Guo saw the pocket, he switched to the next position again and hit the ball quickly. Is this for a fastball? In general competitions, few people will play fastball, because it is all about career and world ranking games, and you must play steadily. On the contrary, there will be opportunities to meet fastball masters in the ballroom. Some people just want to be fast and beautiful, but they have high requirements for positioning and accuracy. The faster, the more accurate. The nine-ball is different from the middle eight, and you can only hit the ball with the smallest number on the table. 1 ball, 2 ball, 3 ball¡­ In the end, when there were three balls 7, 8, and 9 left on the table, he hit the 7th ball with the white ball and let the 7th ball hit the 9th ball, and the two balls were pocketed one after another. The round ended with applause. In the nine-ball game, whoever scores the No. 9 ball, in the end, is the winner. He won. One shot clearing the stage. She stared at Lin Yiyang¡¯s back, looked at him, and smeared the club head with skillful powder again. If you don¡¯t play fastball, in the official game, every shot is very important, and every shot must be played with skillful powder. This is to stabilize the mind and prepare for the next shot. Unlike tonight, it was more of a show. ¡°It¡¯s still not too late, everyone,¡± this time it wasn¡¯t Lin Yiyang who was inviting, but the excited Berry, who said in English with a smile, ¡°We can still raise, there are fifteen games in total. Don¡¯t miss it, everyone.¡± Everyone laughed and raised money. Lin Yiyang¡¯s first game conquered all the strangers present, including that regional champion. Maybe before, he was the club and the district champion, and tonight, I¡¯m afraid it will be a terrible match. ¡­ ¡°He really looks like a professional.¡± Su Wei sighed softly. In the end, he hit faster and faster. The rod is in place, the ball is pocketed. No mistakes, zero mistakes. You never saw him pause, aim, all, only the ball kept falling on the bag, and he kept changing position. It was the first time Yin Guo had seen someone play a fastball at close range. In the tenth inning, the No. 9 ball was hit and fell directly into the bottom pocket under everyone¡¯s attention. Lin Yiyang stood up straight. Fifteen games have not been played, and tonight¡¯s bet has been won. Perfect finish. The regional champion who was sitting on the billiard chair and watching the last round stood up, stretched out his right hand to him, and smiled very happily. This is the hearty feeling of meeting his opponent. After losing convincingly, naturally, there is no complaint. ¡°It¡¯s an honor.¡± Lin Yiyang held the club in one hand and shook hands with the opponent. The other side patted his arm heavily: Young man, tell me, are you here for this year¡¯s National Open? Lin Yiyang smiled and shook his head. He put the club back in place and put it on the club rack. Unlike these professional players, even if he came to bet such a huge round of billiards, he did not bring his own clubs, but only used the public clubs provided by the club. The owner of the ballroom smiled and handed him a towel, along with a cup of hot water, which Lin Yiyang asked for from the owner just before the last game. He is thirsty. Lin Yiyang held the cup to his mouth, drank a small sip, and moistened his throat. He had been bowing his head and drinking water midst of his body, which seemed to have taken a lot of energy, and was severely short of water. Almost half a cup after a drink. He looked up, as if he had just seen Yin Guo, and set his eyes on her, smiling: ¡°Hi.¡± She was going to wait for Lin Yiyang to finish drinking the water, and then came forward to say hello. ¡°Hi.¡± She waved her right hand lightly. Because she was nervous watching the game and didn¡¯t speak for a long time, and her voice was still a little hoarse. Unconsciously clearing her throat. ¡°You know each other?¡± Su Wei asked Yin Guo in surprise. ¡°Are you friends?¡± the lost regional champion also asked Lin Yiyang at the same time. ¡°I recently met her,¡± Lin Yiyang put the water glass on the billiard chair, looked at her seriously, and said to the gossipy crowd in English, ¡°I really hope she treats me as a friend.¡± ¡­ ¡°Of course,¡± Yin Guo, in the eyes of everyone, seemed to have done something bad and admitted her mistake, with a correct attitude and sincere tone, ¡°We have always been friends.¡± Lin Yiyang was amused by her seriousness, and changed back to Chinese: ¡°Just kidding, don¡¯t take it seriously.¡± Yin Guo also breathed a sigh of relief, and replied in Chinese: ¡°I thought I saw the wrong person at first.¡± Lin Yiyang smiled and said nothing. However, he seemed to be in a good mood. He quickly took out a sticky note from his trousers pocket, handed it to the regional champion, and told him that this was his classmate¡¯s account, and he could just credit it to the lost money. The regional champion happily took it and said with a smile that he would save money and wait for another game with Lin Yiyang. ¡°There should be no next time.¡± Lin Yiyang said. The other party didn¡¯t take it seriously and patted him on the shoulder: ¡°You are welcome here at any time.¡± The crowd quickly dispersed, and each returned to his own table. Because of Lin Yiyang¡¯s wonderful game, they were all motivated to play. It didn¡¯t take long for everyone to start tonight¡¯s battle in full swing. Only they are quiet here. Yin Guo introduced Su Wei to Lin Yiyang: ¡± This is Su Wei, she came with me.¡± Lin Yiyang nodded. He handed a bill to the waiter and whispered. After a while, the waiter came over with two drinks, he picked them up and handed them to Yin Guo and Su Wei. After Su Wei thanked him, she was dragged away by Berry, went to start a game, and turned around to thank him as she walked. Yin Guo stayed here alone. She bit the straw and sat on the pool chair next to Lin Yiyang¡¯s table, leaning against the wall, with both feet on the bar under the chair, watching the battle situation at the next table. Suddenly realizing that there was no one around Lin Yiyang, she looked back and smiled at Lin Yiyang. Lin Yiyang was leaning against the pool table, playing with a white ball. Quiet. This was the first time the two were alone, without Meng Xiaotian present. He put the white ball in his hand on the tee line: ¡°Why did you come so far?¡± He knew the location of Yin Guo¡¯s hotel, and of course, he knew very well that her hotel was far away from the ballroom. ¡°Berry, who was talking to you just now, was brought by him. I heard that there are a lot of contestants here tonight, come and have a look,¡± Yin Guo thought for a while, and then explained, ¡°I signed up for the U.S. Open. ¡° Lin Yiyang nodded. Actually, he knew. On the first day at the bar, Lin Yiyang knew that the brothers and sisters were coming for the Open Championship when he saw a club box on three suitcases in the corner. A Hiding in a bar with a custom club on a Blizzard day is just that reason, for this identity. But at that time, he thought the club belonged to his younger brother. Seeing that he didn¡¯t speak, Yin Guo continued to bite the straw. There are a lot of questions in her heart, but she don¡¯t know him well, and not used to chatting like friends, so she have to hold back. Lin Yiyang took out the balls he had just hit from the bag one by one, put them on the table, and arranged the nine balls into a diamond shape. She thought he wanted to start a new game, but he just wanted to tidy up the table. After everything was done, he picked up his winter clothes from the chair : ¡°That friend of yours lives in the same hotel as you?¡± He pointed at Su Wei with his eyes. Su Wei was leaning over, aiming for the ball she was about to hit, at a table in the distance, by the door. ¡°Not a family, but not far away ,¡± she also thought about the question of going back, ¡°but she lives in Flushing tonight, her boyfriend¡¯s house, I guess I have to go back by myself.¡± Lin Yiyang had already put on his winter clothes and zipped up: ¡°I¡¯ll take you back.¡±