There are many bars on the streets of Milan, but the business is very prosperous. This is because Italians like to spend time in the bars in their spare time. After taking a seat, the simple-looking boss or proprietress will smile and serve the guests a bowl with shells.
Peanuts, a glass of wine, or a cup of cappuccino, which Italians love, along with the soothing and lingering Italian country music that echoes in the ears, makes you feel like you are in a pastoral countryside with lakes and mountains.
The time is unforgettable.
However, today's Xingyue Bar does not have the lively atmosphere of the past. The bar is empty and there is not a single customer. The ground is a mess, tables and chairs are scattered on the ground, and broken glass bottles are scattered all over the ground.
A thin young man lay dejectedly on the bar. In the curtained operation room, a faint sound of a woman's sobs could be heard.
Ye Feng pulled up a chair and sat down solemnly. Michelle and the six Bishop Guard soldiers who were ordered to stay behind to protect Ye Feng's safety also hurriedly lifted up the tables and chairs that had fallen to the ground and put them away.
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The young man lying on the bar had a pale face and empty and melancholy eyes. It was as if he hadn't heard anyone walk into the bar at all, and he lay motionless on the bar.
Looking at the lost young man, Ye Feng sighed, reached out and knocked on the table, and said, "Alessandro, give me a bottle of astispumante."
Astispumante is a sweet sparkling wine produced in the area around Asti, Italy. Italians proudly call it Champagne Asti. Because when the bottle is opened, you can hear a "bang" sound, just like champagne.
Similarly, the joyful atmosphere of drinking suddenly opens up, and then you can enjoy the pearl-like crystal bubbles, the whispering "hiss" and elegant dancing as they rise in the bottle. Astispumante is sweet in the mouth, savor it carefully, and has a light floral fragrance and
The fruity fragrance lingers in the throat, it is refreshing, elegant, fragrant, refreshing, and feels particularly comfortable.
Hearing someone calling his name, Alessandro slowly raised his head. Seeing Ye Feng's smiling face, Alessandro's eyes flashed with surprise. Then, Alessandro lowered his head again and slowly
He slowly took down a bottle of astispumante from the wine rack.
Alessandro walked out of the bar with a bottle of astispumante, but he kept his head tilted and his eyes looking at his feet. He timidly passed through six Bishop's Guard soldiers in civilian clothes and gently put the astispumante on the table.
On the wine table.
"Alessandro, where is your father? Is he okay?" Ye Feng said.
"My father died of illness three years ago." Alessandro responded hurriedly, his voice sounding like a mosquito, and then returned to the bar with his head raised.
Michelle looked at Alejandro who was lying on the bar again, and whispered to Ye Feng. "Dear, what's the matter with this young man? He is timid in speaking and doing. He looks like a
A timid rabbit has no manliness at all."
"Like his father, he is kind-hearted, but extremely cowardly." Ye Feng sighed, stretched out his hand to ask the six Bishop Guard soldiers to sit down, and then looked at the curtained operation room and said loudly. "Milina,
Are you in there? Get me some wine glasses."
A pretty little girl lifted the curtain and quickly walked out of the operation room. Looking at Ye Feng who was sitting at the wine table, the girl showed a surprise smile on her face. She turned back to look at the operation room and shouted loudly. "
Mom, Uncle Ye is here."
Milina took down eight tall glasses and put them on the tray. When passing by the bar, Milina looked at Alessandro lying on the bar, sighed softly, and then quickly walked to the wine table
forward.
Putting down the tray, Milina quickly opened the astispumante and poured wine for everyone. "Uncle Ye, when did you come to Milan."
"I've just been here for a while." After not seeing each other for several years, Milina has transformed from a lively and cute little girl into a pure girl. Ye Feng looked at Milina and said with a smile. "Milina, what's wrong with your brother?
Have you encountered anything unhappy?"
Milina stopped talking, glanced at Alessandro, shook her head and said, "He's just like that. Although he is a big man, he is less courageous than a mustard seed. Whenever something happens, he will
Start to shrink your neck and back off.”
"Milina, Alessandro is your brother, don't criticize him all the time." The curtain opened again, and a middle-aged woman with red and swollen eyes came out. The middle-aged woman looked at Ye Feng and reluctantly squeezed
He smiled and said, "Mr. Ye, I made you laugh."
"Why can't you talk about him?" Milina was a little dissatisfied with her mother's attitude. She looked at the languid Alessandro lying on the bar and said angrily. "It's just a small thing. Look at him sighing all day long.
The more he looks at him, the less he looks like a man. If he could be braver, would we be bullied every day?"
Every family has a hard-to-recite scripture, and the middle-aged woman seems unwilling to mention her family affairs in front of outsiders. Looking at Ye Feng and others at the wine table, the middle-aged woman sighed and patted her rice gently.
Lina's shoulder, said. "Okay, Milina. You go back to review your homework first, the exam is coming soon."
Milina couldn't resist her mother, so she nodded, turned around and walked towards the operation room. When she reached the bar, Milina slowed down and gave Alessandro a fierce look.
Recalling the situation when he first entered the bar, and the middle-aged woman's red and swollen eye circles, Ye Feng guessed that they might have encountered some trouble. However, Ye Feng also understood that in front of everyone, the middle-aged woman was not
They will tell themselves what happened to them.
After exchanging pleasantries with the middle-aged woman, Ye Feng looked at his watch and saw that it was half past one. After she left, he turned to look at the six Bishop Guard soldiers beside him and said, "I have a small matter that I need to trouble you with."
Wait a minute. Just now Bishop Patrick said that people from the Silver Hand and the Broken Thorn Alliance have infiltrated into Milan. You are familiar with the road conditions in Milan. Please take Michelle with you to help me capture a survivor."
"My dear, you want to spread the news that we are going to Casablanca through that living mouth, right?" Michelle said with a smile.
Ye Feng nodded, looked at the six Bishop Guard soldiers, and said with a smile. "I can't leave now. I wonder if some of you can help me with this small favor."
"No problem." One of the leading non-commissioned officers agreed.
Ye Feng raised his wine glass, looked at the six Bishop Guard soldiers one by one, and said, "I wish you immediate success."
Everyone drank the wine in one gulp, put down their glasses, and quickly walked out of the Xingyue Bar.
The bar became quiet again. Looking at the middle-aged woman busy in front of the bar, Ye Feng said, "Martina, what happened today."
Martina, who was cleaning the table, was startled for a moment, then turned quickly to Ye Feng and said, "Mr. Ye, it's really okay. You don't have to worry about us."
Ye Feng picked up the wine bottle, poured wine into the glass, and said with a smile. "Seven years ago, when I first came to Xingyue Bar to drink, Alejandro's father, Alejandro Sr., was the same way.
, kept telling me that it was okay, but before he could finish his words, a group of gangsters rushed into the bar and started smashing and beating him."
Hearing Ye Feng suddenly mention the past seven years ago, Martina's eyes turned red and tears flowed down her cheeks. "This kid, Alejandro, is as cowardly as his father, old Alejandro.
He is timid and afraid of getting into trouble. Alas, this child is a kind-hearted person. A few days ago, Alessandro went to the market to buy things and encountered two gangsters teasing a little girl, so he stopped them.
Those two local gangsters let the little girl go, then found out the address of our bar, and brought a group of gangsters to the bar every day to cause trouble."
Ye Feng did not expect that Alejandro, who was naturally cowardly, would actually stop two gangsters who were molesting a girl in the market. He immediately laughed and said, "Martina, Alejandro did a great job this time.
Yes, boys must have this kind of bloodiness and courage."
Martina stretched out her hand to wipe away her tears, looked at Alejandro lying motionless on the bar, sighed, and said, "I am also very happy that Alejandro can do this. But when those little gangsters
When we came to the bar to cause trouble, he became submissive again and didn't dare to say a strong word. I asked him to call the police, but he wouldn't let me. He also said that he was worried that the gangsters would come to retaliate against us after calling the police."
"Those gangsters come to make trouble every day, and we have been unable to operate normally for many days. This morning, those gangsters came to make trouble again and broke a lot of wine. They also said that if they don't give it to them before two o'clock this afternoon,
If we take out 100,000 euros as compensation, the bar will be smashed to pieces. Oh, how can we have so much money? This will obviously end our livelihood." Martina sobbed again. "This
We have been running the Xingyue Bar for three generations, and I really don’t want to see it destroyed like this.”
"Even if we have money, we won't give it to them." Milina rushed out of the operation room, hugged Martina's shoulders, and whispered comfort. "Mom, don't worry, Xingyue Bar will be intact.
Save it."
Alessandro was lying on the bar with his head lowered and never said a word. Milina looked at Alessandro and sighed, then helped Martina back to the operation room.
At this time, a Mercedes-Benz stopped in front of the bar. Patrick got out of the car and hurriedly walked into the bar.
Ye Feng originally wanted to chat with Alejandro, hoping to cheer up this cowardly man and make him stronger. Seeing Patrick walking into the bar, Ye Feng had to put aside his thoughts temporarily and ask him
Patrick sat down.
"Is the Bishop here?" Ye Feng got straight to the point and asked directly.
Patrick looked gloomy and seemed a little embarrassed to speak. After hesitating for a while, Patrick sighed and said, "Mr. Ye, I have booked a flight to Casablanca for you this afternoon. However, I still hope that you can wait in Milan.
The bishop wanted to meet you very much the other day."
"Since the bishop can't spare time now, let's wait until we meet again later." Ye Feng categorically rejected Patrick's proposal.
"Alas." Patrick looked very helpless, shook his head and said, "I can squeeze out time, but the bishop cannot come to see you today."
Patrick's words were ambiguous and extremely cryptic. Ye Feng felt very puzzled and couldn't help but ask, "What happened?"
Patrick meditated for a moment, waved to the Bishop Guard soldiers who were following him to step back, then leaned into Ye Feng's ear and spoke in a low voice. "Since the Holy Grail was stolen, the Bishop has been feeling anxious and his physical condition has been getting worse every day. This morning.
, the Holy Cross suddenly sent a special envoy, and after talking to the special envoy, the bishop became even more agitated and restless, and is now bedridden."
Ye Feng did not expect that the Holy Cross would actually send someone to negotiate with the cardinal, but he also understood in his heart that these matters were internal struggles of the Milan Holy See, and it was not easy for him as an outsider to express his opinion on this matter.
Ye Feng patted Patrick on the shoulder and comforted him. "There will always be a solution to everything. I hope the bishop can relax."
Patrick nodded, stretched out his hand and made the sign of the cross. "May God bless the bishop, and hope that the bishop can recover as soon as possible."
Patrick took out a simple and elegant cross from his pocket, put it in Ye Feng's hand, and said, "Mr. Ye, this is given to you by the Bishop."
"Your Majesty the Bishop said that you were killed all the way from Africa to Europe, and your hands were stained with blood. I hope you can pray sincerely and ask God to forgive your sins." Patrick said to Ye Feng solemnly.
Prayed, stretched out his hand and made the sign of the cross. "Amen."
Ye Feng looked at the cross in his hand and felt quite weird, both funny and embarrassed.
Suddenly, there was a burst of laughter outside the bar, and a familiar voice sounded.
"It's extremely pedantic and ridiculous."
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