Tenant's Secret Love

Chapter 147: An Unrestful Night Ahead

I immediately told Renee my thoughts on marketing and promotion. She nodded and said, "Using the Internet as a medium will indeed save a lot of publicity costs. The publicity path is even more targeted when it is limited to friends. I don't doubt the feasibility of this marketing idea at all, but the key is how you do warm marketing to give consumers a strong sense of belonging."

"Our bar has the most wonderful fifth season, which is a primitive driving force for a sense of belonging. I want to create another independent world in the bar, a world that is simple, so simple that there is no rush of life, just a group of friends drinking beer and listening to music together. We are a group of friends with the same pursuits and yearnings... This kind of warm-hearted marketing that returns to basics has no frills, no dazzling splendor, but purifies the weary soul with sincerity and simplicity!"

Renee seemed to have entered the world I had described, and only after a long while did she say to me, "After listening to you, I really want to go in there, have a beer, listen to 'Days of Old,' feel the changes of the four seasons in the languor, and then the four seasons merge and become the most beautiful fifth season, and the soul is purified, and then sleep soundly..."

Looking at Renee's yearning expression, I smiled and said, "After waking up suddenly, you realize that you are already in your twilight years, and there is still half a glass of beer on the table that you haven't finished..."

"That's great! Although you have spent your whole life in a daze, your heart is always calm and at ease. I really like that feeling!"

I imagined that half a glass of beer and a song could sum up a whole life. I felt so at ease and peaceful in my heart. After a long time, I said to Renee, "I like it too!"

At that moment, my heart was full of the desire to express myself, so I overcame the dizziness after drinking and turned on the computer, ready to turn my thoughts into a complete plan in words.

The desk lamp emitted a hazy light, and on my left was a cup of steaming lemon tea, while on my right was Renee, quietly accompanying me as she rested her chin in her hand. Even though the cold wind was raging outside the window at that moment, the small room was quiet and warm...

After a long time, Renee fell asleep leaning against the corner of the table. Her even breathing made the night even more peaceful and tranquil. I gazed into her eyes, and suddenly ripples appeared on the surface of the calm lake in my heart. She was like a colorful leaf that gently fell onto the lake...

I gently picked her up and carried her back to her room, covered her up and turned off the light. However, on the way out of the house, I let the lingering tenderness of her sink me into the boundless night.

...

The next day when I woke up, Renee had already left. I still didn't get the chance to cook her breakfast, nor did I get the chance to find out why she had rushed back from Shanghai to Suzhou last night. If it was just because she felt sorry for me after seeing me drunk, it would have been better. Maybe she had already returned to Suzhou when she called me, otherwise how could she find me so quickly.

So I spent the whole morning in this kind of speculation, until almost noon, when I finally got tired of it. I remembered the simple and unadorned life I had talked about with Renee yesterday, so I wondered why I had to make things so complicated and messy for myself. It would be better to just hold onto that feeling of tranquility and wait calmly, waiting for fate to bring us together.

Time flew by and another week had passed. Tomorrow was the official opening of the Fifth Season theme music bar. On this day, I had been busy in the bar with CC. It was almost evening when the two of them finally had some free time. They sat down in a corner, lit up a cigarette each and started chatting. Naturally, the conversation revolved around Violetta and Robben.

I took a long drag on my cigarette, exhaled, and asked CC, "With the bar opening, aren't Robben and Violetta coming back?"

"I just contacted them this morning, they're both busy and won't be back."

I replied, a little disappointed. I kind of hoped they would come back and see the bar after it was renovated with their own eyes, after all, this bar is the result of everyone's hard work.

CC added, "It's almost New Year's Eve, and I was hoping they could come back to Suzhou to celebrate together, but it looks like that wish will also be dashed!"

"Why, aren't you going back to Chongqing for New Year's?"

"Not this year. My parents are going to Hong Kong to be with my sister, and there's no point in me going back alone. I might as well stay in Suzhou!"

I laughed and said, "Your parents must be tired of you not getting married. Compared to you, your sister has it easy."

"Come on, everyone has different pursuits. What does my sister see in that little old man from Hong Kong? It's just money! I can't stand it anyway!"

"Your brother-in-law is only in his 40s, so why do you call him a little old man?" I laughed and sighed.

CC gave me a glare and said, "He's going bald, so he's not a little old man? But that little old man is really good to my sister and my parents, otherwise I really couldn't have been so at ease drifting around for all these years."

I nodded. CC really should thank the little old man from Hong Kong, as she called him, for that. But she might not be entirely right. I believe her sister still has feelings for the little old man. After all, he has given her not just money, but also his heart.

While CC and I were chatting, the door to the bar suddenly opened. A man and a woman wearing sunglasses stood before us. Then I heard CC exclaim, "Violetta, Robben... didn't you say you weren't coming back?"

Violetta took off her sunglasses and then opened her arms to CC, and the two embraced. Violetta said to her with a smile, "Tomorrow is the opening day of the bar, and Robben and I will make time to come back, no matter how busy we are... How about that, was that a surprise?"

Men are not as intense as women when expressing their emotions, so I just threw a cigarette to Robben, and the two of them looked at each other and smiled, but they were no less surprised than CC when they saw Violetta.

After Violetta and CC embraced, they finally came to my side. I looked at her, but I noticed that her clothing and appearance had matured much more than before. Her eyes had become more fierce and less weak. I knew that life and disaster had changed the woman in front of me. The only thing that hadn't changed was her accent.

After a short silence, she said to me, "Lucas, it's been a long time."

"Hm," I responded, but this was no longer the rhythm we once had. In the past, an embrace after a meeting would not be lacking.

Violetta stood about a meter away from me, looking around the bar, and said with a hint of delight in her voice, "The renovation is very good, and you've worked hard during this time!"

I still joked with her as I always did in the past, saying, 'Big star, don't say such formal things. Can't you see that I'm using your bar to fulfill my own literary and artistic needs, and then planning to put myself in the category of literary and artistic youth... These days, if you can't be a fool, don't be a fool!"

Violetta laughed and shook her head, saying, 'You're still so full of it!"

I subconsciously wanted to reply, "But you're not lively anymore!" But in the end, the words stuck in my throat because they would make the atmosphere heavy.

At least in this simple, unadorned bar, one should not talk about the heaviness of life.

...

After a few people sat down, they started chatting again, but it was destined to be an eventful night, because Harlan, Natalie, and Brittany would also come to visit the newly renovated bar.

Renee and Abner will also be there...that was agreed yesterday.

And Natalie, Brittany, and Renee, these three women associated with the bar, seem to be appearing in the bar at the same time for the first time.