sinovels Chapter 2
Chapter 2
A week has passed without incident since Belian came to this small desert restaurant. He also got acquainted with Jeep's father, Barber, and he helped repair and fiddle with a pile of machine wreckage that Barber collected from somewhere. Some were even assembled into new machines by Belian.Although it was just an ordinary robot-like machine that could be controlled by remote control, Barber still patted Belian as if he had found a soulmate and praised him, "Good boy!".
After all, Jeep is only proficient in mechanical repairs, and has no interest in such messy things as his father; Percy doesn't know anything about these things; and Charlie...Bubber hasn't lost the point of dragging a pregnant woman to tinker with machines .
This put Barber in a position where no one could understand his eccentric interests.At first, Barber was hesitant about Belian's move in, and privately told Percy that "the unknown boy should sleep outside in the pile of groceries".But when he saw that Belian liked to assemble machine parts as much as he did, and his technology was even better than him, his attitude towards Belian completely changed.So Belian's grocery pile turned into a small temporary warehouse - usually used to store the machine parts that Barber collected.
Every day, the restaurant receives a few passing drivers, some come to refuel, some come to fill their stomachs, and some come too many times, just stop to talk to Barber.The last kind of people, when they see Belian, always ask Barber why such a good-looking lad is willing to work as a helper in this shitty place.Barber would always give a "you know" look in secret, then turn his head and continue to have an in-depth emotional exchange with his precious TV.
By the way, after Belian cleaned himself up, he was completely different from the image of the tramp that Kip saw.Aside from the messy and unruly black half-length hair, Belian looked like a saintly son stepped out of a Renaissance painting—holy, inviolable.Because of this, Charlie also gave Belian the feminine nickname Holly, perhaps because her own name, Charlie, was supposed to be a masculine name, and Belian joked about her name "Actually, your surname is Chaplin?"
In short, even though Belian had only been in this restaurant for a week, he got along well with the four people in the restaurant and had a good time.
After lunchtime at noon on the ninth day, Bellian was clearing away dishes at the bar, his half-length hair pulled back in a bun for work.Today's weather seems to be extraordinarily hot, even though the restaurant's glass walls are tightly covered by shutters, Belian still feels that the sunlight penetrating into his eyes is uncomfortable. "Oh, it's not good to be old..." He muttered in a low voice, just in time to be heard by Bob, who was watching the TV "cracking" on the side.Bob immediately frowned and protested to Belian: "Hey boy, what are you muttering over there! Don't think I can't hear you because I'm far away!"
I'm not talking about you, I'm talking about myself... Belian sighed feebly, and hid it from Barber with a smile: "It's nothing! I said your hearing is really good, and you can still hear it when the TV is so loud~" Barber was obviously dissatisfied with his apparently goofy explanation, but said nothing, and continued filming his TV with a hum.
Bellian sighed, passed the cleared dishes to Charlie and continued to wipe his table.
"Hurley, help me get that bottle on the bar!" Percy was playing poker with Kip at the other end of the restaurant, and shouted at Bellian, who was busy at the bar.Belian raised his head and rolled his eyes, gritted his teeth and complained viciously: "Oh my god, Percy, why did you imitate Charlie." "Didn't you admit it too? Come on, hurry up and bring me two glasses by the way!" Percy repeated gruffly, in a tone that was obviously at a disadvantage in playing cards with Kip.
"I'll be right here—oh, welcome. The menu is there, please order yourself." Belian took the half bottle of whiskey and put two glasses between them on the table of Percy and Kip, and turned around to see two women and one man together Walking into the restaurant, he greeted them and walked back behind the bar.
"We don't order food. Who knows what this kind of small restaurant can have..." One of the older women looked impatient, and after glancing at the menu twice, he snorted heavily to express his dissatisfaction with this restaurant dissatisfaction.
"Okay honey, calm down first!" The only man should be the woman's husband, he first stopped his wife's rude behavior, and then turned to apologize to Belian: "Sorry, because our car is always on the road It's a situation, she's not in a good mood." Belian smiled helplessly: "It's okay sir, beautiful ladies always have their own reasons."
"Is there anyone here who can repair cars? Well, I mean it's not a regular consignment truck, it's a car. Is there?"
"Ha, of course there is sir." Belian waved to Jeep who was looking at him, "Jip, there is a job!"
Jeep had no choice but to put down the cards in his hand and walk to the man: "What model is your car?"
"BMW X5."
Jeep frowned when he heard the words: "It may take some time, I want to see if there is something wrong with the engine... Is your car outside?"
"Yes, I'll take you there. Sandra, take Audrey and sit by the window first, and I'll be right back." The man waved to his wife and daughter, and followed Kip out.
"Come back soon, Howard!" Sandra, the man's wife, shouted at the departing figure of her husband.
"Hurry up, Dad." The girl called Audrey called to his father, and then gave Belian a wink: "Handsome, what's your name?"
"That's enough, Audrey! Come here!" Sandra was already sitting by the window, and immediately called her daughter to come over dissatisfied after hearing what her daughter said.
And Audrey didn't leave immediately, she still stood there waiting for Belian's answer.
Belian couldn't help laughing.Since he came to the United States, he hasn't met such a proactive girl for a long time: "Belian, my girl." Audrey was satisfied with Belian's answer, and she wanted to ask something more, but it obviously caused a lot of trouble. Sandra's displeasure: "Audrey! Don't make me cancel your Christmas present!"
Audrey looked rather annoyed, but still had to give in to her mother: "My God Mom! Are you going to threaten me with something else?" She winked at Belian, "Talk later. " After speaking, he turned his waist and walked towards Sandra, regardless of her mother's nose being crooked by her behavior.
Bellian shifted his gaze to the nearby TV, which was playing a religious TV series about an angel who got his wings back.
Ah~ I always think this theme is too funny.Belian looked at the angel beating the devil on the screen and showed an inexplicable smile.
It's so naive. Although it doesn't make sense logically without wings, is it so unacceptable to be deprived of the status of an angel?Once you have a dazzling aura, you will not take it off no matter what, even if you lose it, you must get it back at any cost... It really is the logic of human thinking.Well, why do I care so much about this issue?Thinking of this, Belian smiled and shook his head and stopped watching TV, but continued to concentrate on his work.
The afternoon was fast approaching, and unfortunately the Howards' car hadn't been repaired yet.And there was another truck driver on the phone.During the period, Bellian also went out to have a look, but he found nothing except that he came to the same conclusion as Jeep, "there is no problem with the engine". "Maybe their computer has a problem, and we won't be able to fix it." Jip shrugged helplessly, "It can only be their bad luck."
Barber frowned at the side when he heard the words: "But they have been urging since 15 minutes ago! It has been repaired for almost five hours, if you didn't go to the debris pile to fiddle with some broken baby carriages, it wouldn't be so late! At least I could tell them hours in advance that we can't fix the car!"
Belian hurriedly stood between the father and son to prevent them from conflicting, and persuaded: "Okay, okay, it's not too late to tell them, it's not our fault that the computer can't be repaired, at least we can be sure that other parts are fine... and Just now Charlie said that the phone line is broken, the TV signal is gone, and there is no way to contact the repair shop in the nearby town."
"Oh, SHIT!" Kip and Bob cursed at the same time.
The three discussed it and walked in together to explain to Howard.The result, of course, was the displeasure of Howard and his wife, Sandra. "We've all waited so long, didn't we say it would be okay two hours ago? We don't want to be stuck here for Christmas!" Sandra yelled at Jip in a voice that almost growled, making Jip choke His face was flushed and he couldn't get off the stage.
In the end, the anger of the couple was calmed down, but the truck driver who came out of the back room wanted to refund the money because the phone line was cut off halfway through the call. Hearing the news that the phone line was broken, the Howards were angry again: "Oh Alright! Everyone is trapped in this bloody place!"
"Oh, what happened?" Hearing this old voice, everyone turned their attention to the owner of the voice—an old woman who just opened the door and entered.
Charlie glared at the few people who were arguing, and stepped forward to greet the old woman who was pushing the walker: "Please sit here, the menu is hanging on the bar, you can order yourself."
The old woman smiled and nodded to Charlie, and slowly walked towards the seat facing inward, but suddenly turned her head to look at the gathered people, her eyes were directed at Belian.
Belian wasn't startled by the old woman's sudden turn of the head like everyone else, but returned a smile that could be said to be extremely gentle: "Hello, old lady."
The old woman narrowed her eyes and smiled back, "Hello, young man."
Seemingly frightened by the old woman's strange smile, the Howard family didn't say anything more. Audrey looked at Belian who was standing beside her and opened his mouth to say something, but was finally stopped by the mother sitting beside her.The atmosphere is very subtle.
Belian looked at the old woman with a smile and looked at it with interest.
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The author has something to say: Because the plot is too fast for the advice, and I personally don’t like it too much, so it’s better to watch the movie directly... The next chapter will get to the point immediately, and old acquaintances will appear.Those who have seen "The Second Coming of Christ" should know who it is!
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