Five minutes to six o'clock, Jiang Xinyu whispered to Tong Tong: "I'm going out for a while."
"Where are you going?"
"I'm addicted to cigarettes. Let's go out and have a cigarette..."
"Don't watch the movie?"
"Actually, I've seen this movie."
"Then you're still here."
"Haven't you seen it?"
"...go."
Jiang Xinyu left the screening room. He did not go far. He stayed at the door and looked at his watch. At six o'clock exactly, he opened the cotton curtain and returned.
At this time, Fan Bin whispered a few words to the woman, then stood up and walked out, passing Jiang Xinyu in the dark.
There was only one person in the smoking room, sitting on a bench and smoking. Fan Bin deliberately sat opposite him and opened the JoongAng Daily in his hand.
Seeing no response from the other party, and knowing that he was not the one here to meet, Fan Bin reached into his pocket and took out a cigarette. Since he was going out to smoke, he had to show off his skills.
Unexpectedly, his fingers found a folded note in his pocket. Fan Bin was startled and slowly took out the note.
I unfolded the paper under the cover of the newspaper, and there was a line of crooked pen writing on it: Sunday noon, go to Lilac Cafe, table No. 1. Bee sting!
Fan Bin thought for a moment, crumpled the note into a ball, stuffed it into his mouth, and slowly swallowed it into his stomach.
After the movie ended, it was already past seven o'clock in the evening.
After sitting in the car, Tong Tong said: "Jiang Xinyu, I'm hungry."
Taking advantage of the darkness in the cinema, he unknowingly stuffed the note into Fan Bin's pocket without making any mistakes. Jiang Xinyu also felt a lot more relaxed and said, "What do you want to eat?"
Tong Tong rolled his eyes and said, "I want to eat Japanese food. You must know a good place!"
Jiang Xinyu glanced at her and said, "There are not many Japanese restaurants in Yanjin now."
"There are not many, but there are always others."
"Isn't it good to eat something else?"
"I just want to eat Japanese food today."
Jiang Xinyu thought for a moment and drove towards Shangmaqiao. There were several Japanese restaurants there. Although the chefs were all Chinese, the food was pretty good.
Ten minutes later, the car stopped in front of a restaurant. A row of Japanese-style red lanterns hung in front of the restaurant, and a plaque read in bold letters: Tsuruhashi Tavern.
There were not many customers in the store. Jiang Xinyu and Tong Tong found a table at random. The waiter put the menu on the table and said, "What would you like to eat?"
"You are half Japanese, please order!" Tong Tong pushed the menu to Jiang Xinyu.
Jiang Xinyu glanced at her and said, "Why am I half Japanese?"
Tong Tong said seriously: "If you marry a Japanese wife, of course you are half Japanese."
What she said seemed to make sense, but it sounded extremely awkward. Jiang Xinyu simply ignored her and picked up the menu to browse.
Tong Tong looked around curiously and said, "Hey, Jiang Xinyu, the Japanese restaurants here are different from those in Chongqing."
Jiang Xinyu flipped through the menu and said, "What's the difference?"
"The decoration is different, everything is different... It feels like we are in Japan."
The waiter struck up a conversation and said, "Miss, you are right. The store is decorated exactly like a Japanese tavern. Even the name of the restaurant has its origin."
Tong Tong asked with great interest: "What's the origin? Tell me."
Waiter: "Tsuruhashi is actually the name of a place in Osaka, Japan. There is also a restaurant called Tsuruhashi there."
"Osaka...your Japanese wife is from Osaka, right?" Tong Tong turned to Jiang Xinyu and said.
Jiang Xinyu said to the waiter: "One piece of seafood tempura, one piece of miso soup, and one piece of sushi, that's all."
Tong Tong said quickly: "Wait a minute, why didn't you order sashimi?"
Jiang Xinyu: "I thought you couldn't get used to it."
"I want to try everything I've never eaten before."
“Aren’t there also Japanese restaurants in Chongqing?”
“I haven’t tried Yanjin’s yet!”
Jiang Xinyu asked the waiter: "Is the sashimi fresh?"
Waiter: "Don't worry, they are all the freshest seabass."
Jiang Xinyu closed the menu and said, "Okay, let's have a piece of sashimi."
Tong Tong said from the side: "I want another bottle of sake!"
"Okay, miss." The waiter bowed and retreated.
Jiang Xinyu looked around and said, "Miss Tong, it's best for a girl to drink less when she's out at home."
Tong Tong burst out laughing and said, "Why do you talk to my dad in the same tone?"
"Your father cares about you, and I do it for your own good."
"Neither I nor anyone else drinks..."
"Just drink with me?"
"Um."
Jiang Xinyu sighed and said, "I am extremely honored!"
Tong Tong said angrily: "Are you so honored? What do you mean!"
"It's a real honor, I don't mean anything else."
"Really not?"
"Really not."
"That's pretty much it... By the way, you haven't answered me yet. Is your wife from Osaka?"
"……yes."
"Have you ever been to this restaurant?"
"came."
"She's definitely not coming back, right?"
"..."
"I'm asking you, why are you staring?"
"Miss Tong, I'm dating you, can you please stop mentioning other people all the time?"
"You answer me and I will never mention it again!"
"Answer what?"
"Can she come back?"
Jiang Xinyu was silent for a while, then breathed out and said, "I don't know."
Tong Tong shook his head gently and said: "Japanese women are so cruel, they can just walk away like this..."
Seeing that Jiang Xinyu looked unhappy, Tong Tong immediately said softly: "Don't be angry, why don't I stop talking?"
Both of them were stunned for a moment. Jiang Xinyu had never seen Tong Tong speak softly and softly. Tong Tong's heart was beating wildly. Did he make this voice by himself?
Fortunately, the waiter brought the wine and food in time, which temporarily resolved the sudden embarrassment.
As soon as the door opened, two young men came in from the outside, both wearing black tunic suits and student caps, and walked in with serious faces.
The waiter walked over and said, "What do you two want to eat?"
One of them looked at Jiang Xinyu's table and said in blunt Chinese: "One piece of sashimi, one piece of teppanyaki, and a bottle of sake."
"Wait a moment, I'll be ready soon." The waiter withdrew.
Another person said in Japanese: "Yamada-kun, thank you for buying me a drink today."
Yamada: "Yano-kun, you're welcome. We are both from the Army Academy. Besides, you are still my senior, as you should be."
Tong Tong whispered to Jiang Xinyu: "Japanese?"
Jiang Xinyu waved his hand and said, "Don't mind your own business."
There are still many Japanese in Yanjin who are stranded in China for various reasons. Most of them are civilians. For example, the reclamation regiment has the largest number of people.
Listening to the conversation between these two Japanese, it seems that they are soldiers. It is said that if they were prisoners of war, they would have been repatriated to the country long ago...