Negative Electrode Material Chapter 59

Lisbon encounter

Chapter 59: Encounter in Lisbon

Lisbon is noisy in the evening.It is said that locals have begun to slowly move out of the city because they are not used to too many tourists, but this does not affect the vitality of the city.

The street went downhill, the street lights came on early, and the tables outside the restaurant were almost full.Xiao Zuo and Xin Xianghao randomly picked a restaurant with empty tables. The menu was simple, the wine was not expensive, and the air was filled with the smell of grilled fish and garlic.

Not long after sitting down, Xiao Zuo raised his head to order a drink with the waiter. He raised his eyes and stopped again——

Julien.

Across a table, he sat in the back, facing the street.The light slanted in from the window, and his outline was clearly outlined.Xiao Zuo recognized him almost immediately – although this person could not be said to be handsome, he was the type that he would never forget after seeing him once.

He was stunned for a moment, then smiled.

“What’s wrong?” the boyfriend asked in a low voice.

“I saw someone I knew.” Xiao Zuo said it casually, with a sense of freshness in his tone. “I haven’t seen him for a long time. I just told my friends about his gossip before.”

Julien was talking to the people at the same table, and he was in high spirits. At first glance, his state was not exactly that of a relaxed gathering of friends, but rather a place where he was pretending to be relaxed and showing off his charm.

Xiao Zuo thought for a while and didn’t say hello. After all, he didn’t want to disturb the other party on this occasion, nor did he want the other party to disturb his romance.I just gossiped about that person with my best friend, and my best friend looked back as if he didn’t mean it, and rolled his eyes: “Those who engage in art are not good at first sight.”

Xiao Zuo laughed, moved closer to her handsome boyfriend, turned on the front camera, and took a casual selfie close together.In the picture, Xiao Zuo smiled very artificially, and her boyfriend kissed his cheek in the same exaggerated way. Behind them, they could just see the profile of Julien at the next table.

This photo was randomly sent out with the following text:

【What a coincidence?】

When Gao Huan heard the phone ring, he thought it was Julien sending another message and quickly picked up the phone.But what he saw was a selfie of Xiao Zuo and her boyfriend showing off their affection. He cursed softly: “Fuck. What a coincidence?” and put down his phone.

The photo did not disappear from sight immediately.The afterimage stayed for a while.Two seconds later, the details that had just been ignored were filled in in his mind, and he picked up the phone again.

This time, his eyes almost automatically avoided the intimate lovers in the foreground and landed at the back of the picture.

Julien’s body leaned forward, as if he was speaking, making random gestures with one hand, and holding a wine glass with the other.There were two people sitting opposite him: one had completely white hair, combed meticulously, and wore a pair of large black-rimmed glasses; the other was almost completely blocked, and even his gender could not be seen.

Gao Huan put down his phone, leaned back in his chair, and closed his eyes.The heart beat a beat faster and then resumed quickly.He didn’t feel angry.It’s just that the reasons I had found for Julien in my mind popped up one after another, and then extinguished quickly, like sparks in the wind.

Things are actually not difficult to figure out.

“Hertz” was submitted to the Lisbon Short Film Festival.The judging list is in that city.And Julien has always known when to show up and when to be seen.He just didn’t say it.I didn’t plan to say it either.Maybe he didn’t plan on letting go of joy from the beginning, but the fact of going on vacation was never put in the column that must be fulfilled from beginning to end.

In fact, he got the idea from an acquaintance that day. The judges had already watched “Hertz” and the two people who could get on the line were both in Lisbon, so he immediately flew there.He even took the same flight as Xiao Zuo. After getting off the plane, he immediately jumped into the social network. He saw the missed calls and messages during the interval. Without thinking about it, he made up a reason for Gao Huan.

Gao Huan dragged the suitcase to the bed.The box is still open, and the things inside are neat and unnecessary——

A shirt, shorts, extra slippers, sunscreen, and the book he had planned to read at the beach – Harlan Cobain’s “The Stranger.”

He squatted down and took it out one by one, and threw everything into the trash can with coherent movements and no hesitation.One piece, two pieces…

Of course he can question him or even ask Xiao Zuo.

【Where are you?】

[When did you see him?】

And these questions are nothing more than finding a step for yourself who subconsciously wants to forgive the other person. No matter what the other person says, you still have the opportunity to reinterpret it and put the matter into an understandable and forgivable position.

He took the toiletry bag out of the box and threw the whole thing into the trash.The zipper was not tightened, and the bottles inside fell out and hit each other, making a short and muffled sound.

A relationship that has never been put on the table, two lines that can only cross once and will inevitably go further and further apart, there seems to be no need to continue.Besides, he had known that feelings were never Julien’s highest priority, and having expectations was a miscalculation on his part.

He took out the “Stranger” from the box again.He opened it, took a look, and closed it again.Also throw it in the trash.

The box emptied quickly.

Gao Huan stood up, tied up the plastic bag in the trash can, and carried it to the door. The cleaning staff would throw it away early tomorrow morning.

Then he returned to the bedroom, closed the empty suitcase, and the lock made a few crisp clicks when it clicked into place.

Then he pushed the box back to the innermost position of the closet – where he wouldn’t normally see it and didn’t need to think about it again.

Gao Huan walked back to the sofa and sat down, took out his mobile phone and wrote an email to Grace:

【Hi Grace, I wille to the office as usual. Holiday canceled. Cheers. H】

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