The back alley of the pub was a bustling thoroughfare, and on this rare and pleasant day, the narrow street was teeming with a constant stream of people.
Lu Mingfei couldn't help thinking of his last trip to Beijing, when he and Finger had squeezed through Nanluoguxiang, finally managing to eat Wenyu cheese and ghost-flavor grilled wings. That time he had also bought two Cloisonné rings, one of which he later gave to Nono, though he'd never seen her wear it; instead, another bottle of Cloisonné-bottled essence oil went to Xiami, and by the next day Xiami was fragrant all over. Later on, that unfinished bottle of essence oil ended up in Chu Zihang's hands, and whenever Lu Mingfei visited his dorm, he saw that carved bottle sitting on the corner of the desk, looking as though it was wiped down frequently.
The pedestrian traffic in the small alley was quite substantial right now, probably because everyone wanted to take advantage of the rare fine weather to go out and unwind. The pub was packed with people, and some were walking down the street holding large mugs of beer and drinking as they went. Nono pulled Caesar into a small accessory shop, and Lu Mingfei still remembered seeing Nono wear a pink bunny and white skull hairpin last time—now that he thought about it, truly a bizarre pairing. The flower shop by the roadside insisted on staying open even in such winter weather, and the warm air blowing from the heater carried the fragrance of flowers out onto the main street, m…
Chapter 79