Chapter 291 287. The Romantic City

The romantic capital of Paris has many differences from other cities.

Especially after 1848 and the baptism of industrialization, the originally narrow and dirty old city was demolished, and brand new apartment buildings, factories and other infrastructure gradually changed people's view of Paris.

In fact, you don’t have to go to the streets. Just stay at the train station for a while and you can feel a completely different atmosphere.

Li Ben, who had to take first class on the train from Berlin to Paris, had a deep understanding of this. Even if the train he booked was not a luxury train, he could still feel this from the passenger flow.

The difference between romantic cities.

There is a kind of nobility and elegance carefully crafted by various educations everywhere. The chat between men and women makes people feel like they are dreamy, and the first class cabin he is in even brings together these beautiful people.

When he handed his suitcase to the train station platform waiter, enjoying the envious gazes from others, he found how right his choice was.

These 3 francs were worth it.

The fragrance of Paris perfume, the tobacco smell of ya and sugar slices, and the special smell of tar, sweet rosin and coconut oil blended together, Li Ben finally felt the reality of escaping danger and embracing a better life again.

Listening to the roaring whistle, the atmosphere was set to its peak.

He couldn't help but take out the half-piece of the cigar used to fill his face from his pocket, and asked the waiter to light it and take a deep breath, enjoying the feeling of getting rid of the constraints.

Unfortunately, a slight tingling pain in the throat pulled Li Ben back from his fantasy. After calming down, this liar who often wandered at the bottom of society discovered the nature of this city that could never be changed.

There were drunkards curled up in the corner of the waiting room in the distance, and the vendors who were snatching business and scolding each other on the platform, and the pickpockets who were traveling through the crowd and looking for targets at all times.

Not only is there a pungent fragrance, but there are also flies flying in the garbage dump, maggots climbing and wriggling and some unspeakable vicious things. The "dirty" never disappeared, but just disappeared from the surface to the darkness.

The world is still the same world, but it just needs to change the observation angle.

Li Ben likes this feeling very much, which is what is conducive to his life. And in his opinion, he is really safe now, because he really can't think of Mick just putting his job at home just to make a little personal grudge.

, find your own appearance throughout Europe.

Li Ben touched his pockets, and his wallet, which was originally bulging, was a little bit shorter, so the train ticket was indeed not cheap.

"You still have to make money." He sucked a cigar and shook his head at Yanhui. "You have to have a good meal first and then make yourself feel comfortable. Yes, you must feel comfortable after being held in Berlin for so long!!!"

When he thought of this, the girl who pulled herself into blood appeared in his mind unconsciously.

Li Ben unconsciously bent down and touched his unconscious left leg. The inconvenience of walking and phantom limb pain seriously deviated from his life trajectory and deprived him of all the fun of life.

"Mr. Li Ben~"

"Miss Aisley." Li Ben greeted him with a cane.

"You have inconvenient legs and feet, do you want to call a carriage for you?"

The girl was dressed in luxurious clothes and spoke well. She looked like she was not an ordinary person at first sight, but she was not very careful about the disguised liar in front of her. Li Ben was not in a hurry and was still paving the way for her character: "It's okay, the waiter has helped me."

Go and call a carriage.”

"Why should we have a meal together?"

Have a meal?!

It's a good idea to eat, and the other party first proposed it. As long as you master the right measure, you may be able to enhance your relationship. It's like a big fish that comes to your door.

The only regret is that it will hurt a little when paying the bill in the end, and it may cost hundreds of francs for a meal. But then I think about it, this kind of expense is also an important investment in the early stage, and it will cost you sooner or later, as long as nothing unexpected happens, it will be sooner or later.

Can get the money back.

Just when he was about to respond, the girl said the next sentence forced him to retreat: "My father will come too. He used to be a soldier, so he will definitely be willing to know you."

"As a gentleman, I really shouldn't have rejected your invitation. But I'm so sorry, Miss Aisile, I have an appointment with my friend and I will meet before five o'clock." Li Ben looked apologetic, "I'm really sorry."

, it's better to go next time."

"So that's the case, then okay."

Looking at the girl's back as she left, Li Ben exclaimed that it was a pity, but there was no other way. Anyway, the other party's name, net worth and address had been found. As long as you gain a firm foothold here in the future, you can see her anytime and anywhere.

At this moment, there was a newspaper boy in front of him, and his exaggerated bag filled with newspapers: "Sir, do you want newspapers? There is Le Figaro, Le Progress, Times of France, and more."

Li Ben asked in stiff French: "How much?"

"10 is born. (100 is born = 1 franc)"

"Okay, let me see."

Li Ben bent down and searched in the bag filled with newspapers for a while. When he was hesitating, he suddenly saw a familiar name. It was not that his eyes were so neat, but that the newspapers reported on the person at the same time.

.

He didn't believe it at first, so he took out a copy of Le Figaro and looked at a news in the headline corner. Then he realized that his intuition was not wrong: "It's really him. Why did he come to Paris?" [1]

The newspaper boy coughed softly and asked carefully: "Sir, if you are satisfied with Le Figaro, can you pay first? Only 10 yuan."

If it were normal for these 10 children, Li Ben would definitely give it to him. But now he has just walked out of Mick's shadow and accidentally collided with an old acquaintance again. The other party is still with him.

Mick's relationship was very close and he suddenly became complicated.

A sudden statement only upset him: "I want to see something else."

Li Ben smiled and stuffed the newspaper back into the newspaper boy's bag and changed it to a progress newspaper: "I'm a newcomer, I don't know which newspaper is suitable for me. Let me take a look at it for a few more times and buy it after confirmation." [2

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This is not the first time that a newspaper boy has encountered such a thing. People who can make the "see first and buy" move may be ready to have sex with you from the beginning.

The child still kept a smile on his face, but his brows were already frowning: "(It's almost finished showing you!) This gentleman is just 10 years old."

The voice was not loud, and he was quickly swallowed by the noisy environment around him, but Li Ben heard it very clearly. In an instant, he changed his mind and pressed the coin he had originally persuaded him to take out his hand.

In my pocket: "I have to read the Times again." [3]

"gentlemen."

"Not to show it? Forget it if you don't show it."

The newspaper boy was very aggrieved: "Where can you buy newspapers? You can read them first and then buy them."

Li Ben chuckled, threw down the newspaper with his hand, limped towards the train station exit with a crutch, leaving the newspaper boy alone in the autumn wind.

At this time, the waiter who had just run out to help him find a carriage glanced at the newspaper boy who was silently picking up the newspaper in the distance and asked, "Mr. Li Ben, why did you come out by yourself?"

"I'm just annoyed by a little devil." Li Ben sighed and asked, "Have you called the carriage?"

“Yes, I’ve brought my luggage for you to come.”

"good."

Li Ben followed him all the way to the carriage and finally took off the cigar that just happened to be extinguished. Looking at the bustling crowds outside the window, the carriage always made him feel relieved.

"Sir, where are you going?"

"Let's go to have a meal first." Li Ben took out the key and poked the ash on the cigar, then found a corner to slap it out, and then put it back in his pocket, "Let's find a high-end restaurant, I'm hungry

Now.”

"OK."

"By the way, what restaurants are there around Pigalle?"

Li Ben's French is difficult to pronounce, but the coachman immediately understood what he meant when he heard "Pigal": "Haha, it turns out that you want to go and have fun. Don't worry, I'm familiar with that place, and I will definitely arrange it for you!

”

There are many meanings of the so-called romance, and the same is true for the romantic capital of Paris.

The romance here can be to find a passionate love, or to fight fate and ultimately realize lofty ideals. But for most people, especially the upper class, romance is romance in a broad sense, and the high emotional intelligence term is romantic and indulging in love.

, low emotional intelligence.

Just as Li Ben was working hard for what he thought was "romantic", a luxury train had left Vienna, passed Linz and Salzburg, heading towards Innsbruck, the southwest city of the Austrian Empire.

"I'm expected to arrive in Zurich tonight." The conductor said to Edward. "If nothing unexpected happens, I'll be in Paris tomorrow afternoon."

Edward drank coffee and took a booklet sent by the conductor. Looking at the artistic text on it, he was a little surprised: "I haven't been back for years. Have you actually made such a thing?"

"It was originally used secretly for the British. I heard that Dr. Kavi knows English and it is rare to go to Paris," the conductor looked at Kavi again and said with a smile, "But Dr. Kavi is so young,

People are not bad either. If this is really gone, maybe whoever is cheaper."

"I don't need these things."

Kawei buried his head in writing his own surgical records and items that need attention after the operation, and waved his hand to the booklet he sent: "Mr. Edward should use it yourself."

Edward took back the booklet, flipped through a few pages, hummed twice and returned it again: "After all, it's my hometown, so how can I use this thing?"

"Indeed, Mr. Edward is probably familiar with the game." Kavey complained, and before he could stop talking, he asked the conductor, "Next stop Innsbruck, I need to send this thing back to Vienna

.”

"telegraph?"

"Yes, Telegram." Kawei signed his name after the precautions, then tore it off and handed it to him, "and then ask if there is any news about Vienna at the telegram station." [4]

"I see."

"Doctor Kavey is really dedicated. The operation has been successful." Edward has to admire the young man in front of him, "And you all say that Mr. Edum is in good condition after the operation, and you can't tell at all that he has experienced it.

Major surgery.”
To be continued...