Cyberpunk 2074: Shadows of the Past

Chapter 84 Dinner (Ⅰ)

When a person is bored, he will subconsciously loosen the reins that bind his thoughts and let his imagination run wild.

For Lucy, she likes to draw some scribbled impressions in her mind at will when she is bored, accompanied by the melody of music beating in her ears.

Just like now, she is looking at the iron fence gate, her eyes wandering along the traces of rust spreading, and she outlines a thin silhouette of a wildly growing steel vine in her mind little by little.

"Ding!"

The elevator slowly descended to the first floor, and the fence door was torn in half together with the image that was about to be formed.

"Good evening." The mature woman with long red hair stepped out of the elevator, glanced at Lucy, and greeted politely.

"good evening……"

Lucy came to her senses and responded in the same way.

"Excuse me... did you see my son just now?" The woman scratched her hair and asked with some embarrassment.

"son?"

Lucy raised her eyebrows, subconsciously tapped her chin with her fingertips.

"Is it the boy with the punk hair?"

Lucy carefully recalled all the people she had met tonight.

Apart from the owners of a few food stalls, there was only one boy who just passed by him.

"Yes, it's him...David...this kid!" The mature woman gritted her teeth and patted her palms, "Isn't it just because of a few more nagging... When will you find a girlfriend... just throw my mother away down!"

"Mom! You secretly spoke ill of me while I was away!"

Hearing a male voice approaching behind her, Lucy subconsciously lowered the brim of her sweater, hiding her face in the shadows.

"Even if you still have a conscience, you didn't run far!" Gloria said viciously, and pulled David's ears vigorously a few times.

"Can I go first? I'm in a hurry..." Lucy silently watched the harmonious communication between the mother and child, hesitated for a few seconds, and then interrupted.

"Sorry, sorry, little girl..." Gloria hurriedly pulled David out of the way, with an embarrassed smile on her face.

"It's okay..." Lucy pursed her lips, and walked quickly into the elevator with the steaming food.

It was just an excuse to say that there was something urgent to go home.

Because she often lives alone, Lucy is not very good at communicating with strangers, and always wants to stay away from all avoidable social relationships.

Just like now.

She has no interest in building a good relationship with her neighbors, and the best choice is to go home early and have a good meal.

David watched curiously as the girl whose face could not be seen clearly left in the elevator, and did not recover until Gloria called him several times.

"It's spring?"

"Mom!" He dragged his voice and shouted, "Did you say that about your son?"

Ever since Gloria got promoted and raised her salary, and started talking to him when she had time, the relationship between mother and child has become much closer.

"Slightly slightly!" Gloria stuck out her tongue at him playfully, and her whole body became much younger because of the relaxation of energy and spirit, "It's a pity that your sister Xita and brother-in-law are living a two-person world, Otherwise, we'll call you here too."

"So where are we going to eat? It's freezing outside..."

"It's the ramen restaurant in Japantown... When you were young, you often nagged that you must eat it once when you grow up... You must not remember now. When you were young, you wore open crotch pants and stuck to other people every day. At the door of the store, I was drooling all the time..."

"Mom..." David gently grasped Gloria's scarred and callused hands, his body trembling slightly.

"Just go to the restaurant you want... Isn't today a celebration for you?" He tried his best to maintain a steady voice, looked sideways at the ceiling, and tried his best not to let the tears burst out.

"I have nothing to go by myself..." Gloria was rubbing her chin, looking around the food stalls on the first floor, before she could pay attention to David's choked tone, "Then go to the food stalls and eat something, just right save money..."

"mom……"

"Okay... I'll think about it again..." Gloria tapped her head in distress, "It's rare that I'm free now, so I realize how boring I am..."

"Why don't you buy some vegetables, like last time, and go to sister Xita's house to eat?"

"Let's just say you're a child... How can a young couple resolve it so quickly..." Gloria glanced at the confusion in David's eyes, and stopped the topic in time.

"Then I called her?"

"All right, all right, call as you walk..." Gloria sighed helplessly, grabbed David's arm, and walked towards the 24-hour convenience store not far away.

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"It's still comfortable to take a bath in winter..." Xi Tan lazily let out a long sigh of relief, as if the exhaustion in her body was emptied all at once.

"Is the new bathtub good?" Yawei was wearing gloves, and was gently wiping the delicate skin on her back.

"Do you want to be rewarded again? I'm so tired... I'll go to bed right away..." Xita blushed and lied solemnly.

"It's okay to make up tomorrow..."

"I can't make an appointment tomorrow..." Xita rubbed her waist and shouted in a fuss.

"The day after tomorrow?" Yawei smiled, and tapped her rosy earlobe lightly with his lips.

"Gloria's calling..." Xi Tan stood up from the bathtub, letting Yawei wipe off the water droplets rolling off her body with a warm towel.

"Hey?"

"Xi Tan! It's so late, didn't I bother you?"

"No……"

Xita understood the meaning hidden in Gloria's words, touched her wet hair a little shyly, and then replied.

"That's good..." Gloria breathed a sigh of relief. Although they are all adults, some embarrassing situations should be avoided. I was planning to go out to eat...David insisted on cooking at your house...is it convenient for you?"

"Well, it's okay, it's very convenient...Congratulations, Gloria."

"David and I are shopping for groceries. I'll call you when I'm done. Bye."

"Bye..." Xita hung up the phone and looked at Yawei who had been silently listening.

"Shall we tidy up the house?" Yawei said, and he was also happy to have acquaintances come to visit the house.

"Okay..." Xita responded softly while putting on her clothes, "By the way, can you ask Lucy to come over too? Just introduce her to the Martinez family. We are all neighbors upstairs and downstairs... Let her not be alone boring."

"I have no opinion."

"En." Xi Tan looked out the window, the cold wind and rain were ruthlessly blocked by the glass, leaving only a hazy white mist angrily.

A month ago, she was curled up in a ball alone, hiding in the bed, spending the long night.

Now, she has friends who can come to the house at any time, and everyone happily stays up all night together.

"Xi Tan, what are you thinking?" Yawei rubbed her wet hair.

The night was dark, and the stormy scene was coming into view.

After meeting him, I no longer fear the moonless night.

"It's nothing..." She said softly, she just stretched out her hand, and clasped it tightly with his hand, never separating.

(End of this chapter)