Coffee Shop

When the promotion of “Blade” came to an end, the promotion of the Chinese New Year film “Golden Jade Love” also kicked off.

The filming of the movie had entered the final stage. This film was not as mysterious as “Blade”, which was so mysterious before it was filmed. Since the filming of “Golden Jade Love”, a lot of news had been released intermittently, and various official promotional videos, makeup photos, crew interviews, could find them online. The original publicity was a little later, but it happened that Lu Yan appeared in both films, and the investor in both was Starry Sky. The promotion momentum of “Blade” was very good, and the crew of ” Golden Jade Love ” also hitched a ride, and started the final big publicity ahead of time.

In this way, Lu Yan became the biggest winner, and the exposure rate during this period was extremely high.

Unlike “Blade” which focused on ground promotion, ” Golden Jade Love ” focused on major variety shows. Although it was relatively easier, it was also unavoidable to travel between cities.

He just finished a day’s trip. Although Lu Yan was young and strong, during this period of time, the work intensity had been very heavy, he really couldn’t bear it. Fortunately, the recording of the next program was in this city, he could take a day off tomorrow and finally breathe.

The apartment provided by the company was in a very good location, with a quiet environment and complete facilities. Although it was not in the city center, fortunately, the transportation was quite convenient. Besides, now Lu Yan had a special car to pick him up when he had work, so there was no inconvenience.

When the car was about to drive into the community, a bunch of headlights suddenly came over. Lu Yan, who was sitting in the back seat with his eyes closed, was shaken to open his eyes, not to mention Song Hui, who was driving. Fortunately, the speed of the car was very slow at this moment, so it simply stopped.

Lu Yan looked at the lights that were still on. A black Lexus was quietly parked in the shade of the tree at the entrance of the community. If it weren’t for this light, it would almost merge with the night, like a dormant leopard in the dark waiting for its prey. Sitting in the driver’s seat was a man who Lu Yan never thought would appear here at this time. The man held the steering wheel with one hand and looked at him calmly, but he gave a sense of oppression for no reason.

Lu Yan sighed in his heart. During this period of time, he was so busy that he almost forgot that there was such a person, but once this person appeared in front of him, memories would flood in, and he was an existence that no one could ignore.

Lu Yan whispered to Song Hui that he could go back first, then opened the door and got out of the car. Song Hui had always been very sensible. He said nothing, nodded in agreement, and when Lu Yan got out of the car, he started the car and left quietly.

The friction between the car and the ground behind him gradually faded away, and Lu Yan slowly walked towards the Lexus. He was wearing a light-colored casual suit today. The buttons of the suit were unbuttoned, revealing the shirt inside, elegant and uninhibited. He walked step by step, neither fast nor slow, very rhythmic, blurring the facial features against the light, but even more tall and straight, and calm.

Lu Yan walked to the window of the driver’s seat, and with a “swoosh”, the window quickly opened downwards.

Lu Yan leaned down slightly and said indifferently to the person in the car window, “Director Su came here late at night, why so much trouble?”

Su Mo looked up at him slightly, “It’s been a long night, I wonder if Mr. Lu can enjoy a cup of coffee together?”

Lu Yan stood up straight and looked around, “Here?”

“No,” Su Mo shook his head, “Get in the car.”

Lu Yan didn’t say anything, he slowly walked around the front of the car to the passenger seat, opened the door and sat in.

Su Mo changed the headlights and started the car.

After nine o’clock at night, it was the most beautiful time for a city, and the lights of thousands of houses illuminate the entire night sky.

The two of them didn’t say anything else along the way, and the car drove into the university town in silence.

Lu Yan was a little surprised. He thought that a person like Su Mo would choose the top-floor coffee shop of some five-star hotels if he wanted to invite someone for coffee.

Su Mo found a place to park the car, made an inviting gesture to Lu Yan, and the two got out of the car together.

After walking along Daxue Road for a short distance, Lu Yan turned into a small street. The road in the small street was narrow, and there were very few passing vehicles. Most of the shops on both sides were small leisure shops, even in the university town, which was full of humanistic atmosphere, was also very quiet place, but it was a good place for couples to date. From time to time, you could see a pair of men and women who were close to each other.

Although Lu Yan’s university was in the city, it was not located in the university town. On the other hand, Su Mo seemed to be very familiar with it, he was familiar with the road. He quickly led Lu Yan to an open small shop. The strong aroma of coffee wafted through his nostrils, making Lu Yan’s head aching from exhaustion suddenly awake.

This coffee shop was called “Xianpin¹“. The inside wasn’t big or small. It had two floors, and the layout was quite elegant. There were two young and handsome shop assistants in the bar, wearing well-fitting uniforms, and their faces were full of vigor, they were work-study students at nearby universities.

Both of them were in suits and leather shoes, and they were particularly incompatible in this casual university town, coupled with a good leather bag, they had received countless glances along the way. Fortunately, neither of them were people who had never seen the world, and they didn’t care much about the eyes of the outside world, they were calm.

Entering the store, Su Mo led Lu Yan to find a remote place to sit down, the clerk quickly sent a drink list, Su Mo looked at Lu Yan, asking with his eyes if there was something he wanted, Lu Yan made a gesture of please, Su Mo then quietly chose two cups of the store’s signboard.

The clerk said something softly and then backed off.

They were still silent, not knowing how to break it for a while, Lu Yan simply looked around, this was the prime time for this kind of casual shop to open, and the shop was almost full, but because of the clever layout, he didn’t think it was crowded, and most of the customers in the store were students, mostly couples. Occasionally there were three or four girls sitting around a few tables, whispering and laughing. They were all highly educated and of good quality, so they weren’t noisy.

Lu Yan looked around, turned to look at Su Mo’s eyes quietly, and smiled lightly, “The environment here is pretty good.”

Su Mo nodded, “The coffee here is also freshly ground by hand, and the raw materials are all imported, so the taste is very pure.”

Lu Yan couldn’t help but wonder, “Director Su seems to be very familiar with this place?”

“This store was there when I went to college here, and it’s been almost ten years.”

“I only knew that Director Su graduated from Wharton, but I didn’t know that you went to college here.”

“Actually, I came back to China before I graduated from Wharton, but I got my degree here.” Su Mo said lightly, but Lu Yan knew that it was definitely a thrilling past.

“It’s been ten years since this store is still there, which means it’s really popular, and I’m starting to look forward to it.”

Su Mo seldom slightly bent the corner of his mouth.

The girls over there who had been watching frequently since the two entered the door finally gathered up the courage and came over. One of the short-haired girls wearing glasses smiled at the two of them, and then said carefully to Lu Yan, “Hello, Are you Lu Yan?”

Lu Yan nodded and smiled, knowing that he might have met a small fan. This was not the first time such an encounter had occurred, “I am.”

The girl’s eyes lit up obviously, and the girls behind her also made a few soft shouts, both excited and excited.

It was the girl who spoke on behalf of the others, “We all like your movies, could you please sign us?”

“Of course.” Lu Yan nodded.

Several girls happily took out the prepared signature pen and paper, Lu Yan signed them one by one, and thoughtfully asked if they wanted him to write a few words, which made several girls even more excited.

After signing the names, several people did not leave, and asked again carefully, “Excuse me, can I take a photo with you?”

Lu Yan turned back to look at Su Mo, Su Mo said that he would avoid it a little bit after expressing his will.

Lu Yan turned around and smiled, “Of course, my honor.”

The four girls took a photo with Lu Yan, and finally, with the help of Su Mo, the five of them took a photo together.

A few girls were finally satisfied and apologized for disturbing. Before leaving, they also said that when “Blade” and “Golden Jade Love” were released, they would definitely come to the theater to support him.

Lu Yan said thank you, smiling the whole time, without a trace of impatience. This kind of attitude and demeanor made several girls feel good about him and immediately became fans, and since then they had become loyal fans.

That night, a post appeared on the entertainment section of the Big X BBS forum, “Excited! There are pictures and the truth, I was shocked to see Lu Yan on ‘Xianpin’, he is more handsome than on camera, and his attitude is super good and graceful.” The content was the scene in the coffee shop. There were those who marveled at the following posts, those who envied and hated, there were those who said it was edited, there were those who asked for details, there were those who asked who Lu Yan was, and there were those who were kind-hearted and explained. The final result was that Lu Yan almost brushed the favorability of girls in the entertainment sector of X major.

Lu Yan had no way of knowing all of this, and the two of them were still in the coffee shop at the moment.

Su Mo looked at Lu Yan with a little smile in his eyes, “The movie has not yet been released, and it has already gained countless fans. It is indeed the person I like.”

Lu Yan smiled back, as if he didn’t hear the other party’s direct words, “It’s the company’s publicity that did a good job.”

Lu Yan said again, “Actually, I have always had a question in my heart, and I want to ask Director Su.”

“You say.”

Lu Yan tapped his finger lightly, “I was thinking, as a newcomer without any background, my treatment seems to be too good.”

Su Mo immediately understood what he meant, “You want to ask if it was prompted by me?

Lu Yan nodded.

Su Mo didn’t answer directly, but asked with great interest, “So, what do you want the answer to be? Yes, or no?”

Lu Yan smiled and didn’t answer directly, just looked at him quietly, as if he didn’t care what the answer was.

Notes

1. Xianpin means leisure. ↩︎