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There are a lot of fish and dragons in the tavern, and there are all kinds of people there, making it a good place to get information.
After exchanging glances, Li Xiao and Xiaoqiang walked into the tavern.
A smell of alcohol mixed with many types of alcohol hit my face.
On the bar, there are prepared rums, cocktails, etc. for guests to choose from.
Dozens of booths are randomly scattered in every corner of the tavern. The drinkers here are either gathering in groups of three or two to talk and laugh, while some are staying alone in the corner, sipping carefully, in a cold daze.
The two waitresses were walking around the tavern with trays in their hands, ready to pour wine for the guests at any time.
Compared to the deserted street, the interior of this small tavern seemed more lively and had a rare vitality.
A fat middle-aged man stood behind the bar.
His facial features were crowded with fat, and he was wearing overalls. Even loose clothes could not hide his protruding belly, which was very conspicuous.
Because he read the middle-aged man's memory, Li Xiao recognized this man at a glance as Palmer, the owner of the tavern.
After glancing at the scene in the tavern, Li Xiao and Xiaoqiang sat down at the bar.
"What do you two want?"
"Two cocktails, please."
Li Xiao tapped his fingers lightly on the bar table and spoke with a unique local language accent, without any sense of violation.
The tavern owner, Palmer, quickly pushed two blue cocktails in front of them, with a smile on his face: "These are the cocktails I made. You two can have a try."
Li Xiao picked up the wine glass and shook it, then took a sip.
When the cocktail slid down the mouth and into the throat, a sweet and slightly sour aroma of alcohol filled the mouth, making me a little tipsy.
While tasting the cocktail, Li Xiao's eyes lit up slightly.
Even though this place is still in the middle ages of Europe, the wine produced here is very mellow and has a unique flavor.
"You two look a little unfamiliar, don't you?"
Palmer flicked the two straps hanging in front of him and asked intentionally or unintentionally.
"No, we just rarely go out. Could it be that the boss doesn't welcome us just because we are strangers?"
Li Xiao made nonsense without changing his expression.
"No, I'm just asking casually. I don't mean to welcome you. After all, this is a critical period."
Palmer tapped his finger lightly on the wine glass, making a crisp sound.
Critical period? What does this refer to.
A doubt arose in Li Xiao's mind, but in order to prevent any flaws from being exposed, he just cursed secretly and did not ask in front of Palmer.
"Okay, drink slowly and call me if you need anything."
After Palmer finished speaking, he went to instruct the waitress in the tavern to greet the guests.
now.
Xiaoqiang's turbid and deep eyes wandered back and forth in the tavern with great interest.
"Why, what did you see?"
"I discovered a very interesting phenomenon."
"tell me the story."
"The people inside and outside the tavern are in a completely different state. The people on the street just now looked dull and alienated, like puppets with their souls taken away, and the walking dead. But on the other hand, the people inside these taverns looked dull and alienated.
People, they will shout loudly, laugh and curse, talk and talk, and express their emotions. In comparison, they are more like living people at this moment."
After hearing Xiaoqiang's words, Li Xiao nodded unequivocally: "That's right, they are not the walking dead without emotions, but for some reason, they suppress their emotions and hide them in their daily lives.
In my heart, I don’t even dare to express it, but only in this pub can I find some atmosphere and space to vent.”
But what is the reason?
Could it be that there is something that makes the villagers in these towns feel afraid and panicked, so they bury all their words deep in their hearts and dare not express it?
But having said that, they had just walked around the town and found nothing else strange. What was it that made them so secretive and silent?
Just as Li Xiao was thinking silently, the conversation in the south corner of the hotel suddenly became louder.
A man with a hooked nose took off his hooded head and cursed angrily: "Damn it, life is not as good as before. At that time, although it was barren and miserable, at least there was hope. Now
We are so cowardly that we live like smelly rats hiding in sewers. We are despicable and humble. We have to rely on the breath of others to survive. We have no respect at all..."
The hook-nosed man seemed to have been suppressed for too long. At this moment, under the paralysis of alcohol, he vented all his dissatisfaction and hatred.
As soon as this statement came out.
All the noisy conversations in the tavern stopped abruptly, and everyone's bodies suddenly froze there. There was silence and deathly silence.
The hook-nosed man's words seemed to touch a taboo, attracting everyone's attention.
Everyone's gazes were directed at him as if they were attracted by a magnet. Their gazes were extremely complicated, showing emotions such as pity, admiration, fear, disbelief, and so on.
Behind the bar, the fat on the owner Palmer's face shook slightly, and then he continued to wipe the bar table pretending to be nonchalant.
"Oh, Simmons, don't you want to live anymore? How dare you talk about this in public? Shut up now!"
A shout from the partner next to him interrupted the other person's words. He quickly covered the other person's mouth to stop him from continuing to speak. At the same time, he picked up the water glass next to him and threw it at the other person.
After being splashed with water, the man named Simmons finally regained his consciousness. He seemed to have thought of something. He suddenly shuddered and hugged his head, with a strong look of regret in his eyes.
It was as if he was regretting that he should not have revealed his true feelings just now and said those rebellious words.
"ah."
Simmons screamed strangely with his eyes red, and rushed out of the tavern regardless of the obstruction of his friends.
The dead silence in the tavern lasted for two or three minutes.
It wasn't until Simmons left that the buttons of the drinkers were turned on like controlling robots, and the stagnant figures of those people began to move one after another.
Li Xiao and Xiaoqiang exchanged glances, and both saw surprise in each other's eyes.
A mysterious town isolated from the world, villagers behaving strangely, and topics that cannot be touched.