No Plagiarism!j1fjqX1qM17CuxXi6rUpposted on PENANA 所謂生活,就是在一成不變的規律之中找不同。8964 copyright protection150PENANAnz7uWelmj0 維尼
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幸虧人的大腦善於發掘新事物,任何一絲與昨日的差異都能使它愉悅,於是人類得以自得其樂地渡過一個個日昇月落的季節。8964 copyright protection150PENANAT7BZLHir3w 維尼
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左嚮昭工作的咖啡廳有個饒具旨趣的名字,叫“The Absurd ”,意即「荒謬」。8964 copyright protection150PENANAB2NSnBNGT0 維尼
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他在大約半個月前搬來北雋市,收拾好家當的隔天就找到這間咖啡廳,點餐時老闆眉頭深鎖地盯著他,遲遲不完成結帳,正當左嚮昭要懷疑老闆是他早已遺忘的哪個仇人、準備溜之大吉的時候,老闆開口就問他是否有興趣在店裡打工。8964 copyright protection150PENANACSIsW0NoIN 維尼
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「荒謬」的老闆姓蕭,是個蓄有落腮鬍及深棕色捲髮的高大男子,五官挟有陰鬱氣質,形象頗為嚇人。8964 copyright protection150PENANAM4vB4qeeVu 維尼
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左嚮昭初次造訪「荒謬」的那天,剛進門就見蕭老闆斜站三七步在給咖啡拉花,臉臭得要命,彷彿呼吸都讓他不耐煩。8964 copyright protection150PENANA522Nh6zaj0 維尼
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深感蕭老闆的工作邀請相當可疑,更何況左嚮昭根本不會泡咖啡,當下就要婉拒。8964 copyright protection150PENANA2vdOFu9rHG 維尼
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⋯⋯可是老闆開的薪水實在太高了。8964 copyright protection150PENANA1im7AAq71x 維尼
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他會搬到北雋市,本就是來尋一個契機,反正閒著也是閒著,他又從來沒做過餐飲業,當作轉換生活節奏也不錯。8964 copyright protection150PENANAmHQj7kfKm7 維尼
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誰知道這半個月以來左嚮昭連咖啡壺都沒碰著。8964 copyright protection150PENANAm8CJW2byks 維尼
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「荒謬」一週只營業三天,一天從早上十點二十開到下午四點四十五,營業時間充滿任性,蕭老闆本身手腳又快,應付日常的客流量綽綽有餘,甚至有空檔做手工藝,基本上左嚮昭待在店裡最大的功能除了燒水以外就是掃地。8964 copyright protection150PENANAmo2rZo6CIG 維尼
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天知道蕭老闆泡咖啡到底用了什麼獨門秘訣,要用掉那麼大量的熱水。8964 copyright protection150PENANAYOzfuGwC8R 維尼
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他逐漸覺得蕭老闆招新員工只是想找個吉祥物。8964 copyright protection150PENANAMKfWwC2N2q 維尼
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問題在於找吉祥物找誰不好,偏偏找一個和老闆自己一樣外貌不似善類的人。8964 copyright protection150PENANAaZYpkD0VMk 維尼
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簡直荒謬。8964 copyright protection150PENANA3hPpGy0kKn 維尼
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門邊懸掛的風鈴輕晃著發出聲響,站在櫃台的蕭老闆依舊頭也不抬,左嚮昭則習慣性地說了聲「歡迎光臨」。8964 copyright protection150PENANATkbL0AMego 維尼
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「唷,還真的在這裡。」8964 copyright protection150PENANA3crD0Nx1kQ 維尼
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偷閒在角落座位看報紙的左嚮昭抬起眼,看見了略感面熟的女性握著門把,訝異地朝他揚眉淺笑。8964 copyright protection150PENANAgrK0KnNa0D 維尼
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她穿著顏色明亮的法式碎花連身裙,捲翹髮尾自然地垂在胸前,臂彎掛著個與打扮風格稍有出入的駝色單肩包,她環顧店內一圈,黑白分明的雙眼在每個內用的顧客身上皆停駐片刻。8964 copyright protection150PENANAkuNz0sGj0S 維尼
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或許是左嚮昭的錯覺,但他在女性身上感受到了一股危險,這種感覺比她拎著柴刀的時候更為強烈。8964 copyright protection150PENANA4bujjZARWM 維尼
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但當女性收回目光,那股貼在肌膚上的緊迫感便隨之消散,她向蕭老闆的方向打了個響指並比劃出「2」的手勢,左嚮昭確信他聽見蕭老闆非常明顯地「嘖」了一聲,隨即放下手中擦得亮晶晶的杯子,轉身操作咖啡機。8964 copyright protection150PENANAjGCvgTdA0O 維尼
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「你的傷好了?」左嚮昭老神在在地又翻一頁報紙,渾沒有對方是特意找上門來的緊張感。8964 copyright protection150PENANAj7x7dLVjWy 維尼
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「還沒,那……造成的傷口沒那麼容易好。」女性蹙了蹙眉,不高興地答道。8964 copyright protection150PENANA9hPi4D9uxP 維尼
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不確定是自己沒聽清楚,還是她真的把主詞模糊帶過,左嚮昭一頓,對於不關他的事沒打算追問細節。8964 copyright protection150PENANAR3cDulsdRZ 維尼
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「我方便坐下嗎?」女性指著左嚮昭對面的空位,在得到肯定答覆後順手將單肩包放到桌上,她落座時動作很輕,大概是不想拉扯到傷口。8964 copyright protection150PENANAIWuUlcnIW7 維尼
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「你平常總是那麼晚了還在街上晃嗎?」8964 copyright protection150PENANApmIvkMevDK 維尼
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「很晚嗎?」左嚮昭奇怪地反問,他回憶了一下過去半個月的生活作息,「偶爾。」8964 copyright protection150PENANAJb7LjR2RKp 維尼
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「你命真大。」女性的語氣仍有些疑惑,但她很快跳到了下一個話題:「有沒有興趣賺點外快?」8964 copyright protection150PENANAGRY9uUFIjS 維尼
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左嚮昭從報紙後探出個詢問的眼神,還沒接話,蕭老闆端著餐盤走來不客氣地把飲品放在女性面前,直接擋住兩人的視線。8964 copyright protection150PENANA5Epon1hDQU 維尼
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「商默,你現在是當著我的面公然挖角是嗎?」蕭老闆沉聲問道。8964 copyright protection150PENANALyTi2Jgmsw 維尼
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商默眼珠一轉,狐疑地反問:「挖三小,他是你員工?」8964 copyright protection150PENANAyisq9EE74u 維尼
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左嚮昭聞言,默默放下報紙露出身上印有花體字店名的圍裙。8964 copyright protection150PENANA2TLPeCkQts 維尼
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「幹。」商默頓時好氣又好笑,轉而質問左嚮昭:「你是員工還敢給我坐在這裡喝咖啡看報紙啊?」8964 copyright protection150PENANAP0qM6DvKm1 維尼
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「嗯。」左嚮昭點頭,說著又喝了一口。8964 copyright protection150PENANAh8QGvjDG12 維尼
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「並不是要挖角,我那裡有曹昱鋒一個小王八蛋就夠頭痛了。」商默沒理他,向蕭老闆解釋道:「爺爺留下來的木雕越來越難鎮住『霧』了,我怕撐不到年底就會徹底碎裂。」8964 copyright protection150PENANAmtnSuU6ZtI 維尼
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「這確實是個麻煩。」蕭老闆沉吟片刻,狀似認同地摸了摸鬍子,「那就隨便你了。」8964 copyright protection150PENANA9j4dOD928C 維尼
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語畢,他把托盤上熱騰騰的鬆餅也放到桌面,接著就返回櫃台後方繼續擦拭餐具。8964 copyright protection150PENANAwRLpxfPGzn 維尼
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什麼意思?左嚮昭眨眨眼,完全沒聽懂這兩人在打什麼啞謎,他倒是知道蕭老闆很喜歡雕刻木頭,雖然手藝稍嫌潦草,刻的人物全都像氣急敗壞的青蛙,但店裡包括廁所,各個角落都放著老闆的創作。8964 copyright protection150PENANA9QRMeBLFrJ 維尼
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上禮拜還有顧客覺得青蛙……木雕討喜,想跟蕭老闆購買,卻被一口回絕的。8964 copyright protection150PENANAMLothSjRx1 維尼
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「喂,你知道老蕭的本名嗎?」思索間,商默忽地以手做悄悄話狀,湊近了低聲問。8964 copyright protection150PENANAbEem0K0XAq 維尼
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「不知道。」左嚮昭也配合地壓低聲音,回答道。8964 copyright protection150PENANAdt0aOHwNkz 維尼
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商默見他反應,露出個狡黠的笑容,清了清嗓子後用更小的音量續道:「別看他長這樣,老蕭本名很斯文的,叫──」8964 copyright protection150PENANAD5MZVSBbLH 維尼
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左嚮昭瞳孔震動,差點把報紙都給揉成紙團,他欲蓋彌彰地乾咳兩聲,朝背對他們的蕭老闆投去心虛的窺視,他沒想到答案如此驚人,驚人得讓他感覺要是事情敗露了可能會慘遭滅口。8964 copyright protection150PENANAO1wKMRK0ij 維尼
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「我不知道,我這個人記憶不好,聽過很快就忘了。」他撓撓臉頰,有備無患地做起預防措施,「哎呀,我好像已經忘記了。」8964 copyright protection150PENANAMmK1ZQTpyE 維尼
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商默抬起眉,單手托腮接口:「你忘了?那我再說一次給你聽──」8964 copyright protection150PENANAbHWdbGCq9O 維尼
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「你到底來找我幹嘛的?」左嚮昭哭笑不得,連忙打斷她試圖給自己挖坑的行為。8964 copyright protection150PENANAsdHu6U7TEg 維尼
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「想請你當模特。」商默也不賣關子,爽朗地便揭露了來意,「說來話長,總之有個類似托兒安親班的設施,最近開了堂美術課,但一直找不到適合的真人模特,下禮拜就要開課了。」8964 copyright protection150PENANAPz7u5fKGVf 維尼
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「安親班?」左嚮昭起了興趣,順勢追問:「年齡層大約落在什麼階段?」8964 copyright protection150PENANACIntmkVvUE 維尼
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「那堂課是全體適用,不過預估比較多是四到七歲吧。」商默想了想,不太確定地回答,「我聽說是幼兒組有剪紙、塗鴉之類簡單的內容,十歲以上會有速寫之類的。」8964 copyright protection150PENANATktssz3dsz 維尼
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「這麼小的孩子需要用到模特?」左嚮昭對他們的課程安排有些不解。8964 copyright protection150PENANA7IG7QOdt3N 維尼
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「誰知道,園長說不定單純是想找個吉祥物。」商默聳肩,給出了不太可靠的回應。8964 copyright protection150PENANAEiZKX6GS5F 維尼
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吉、吉祥物,怎麼又是吉祥物。8964 copyright protection150PENANAgjdNPgBwrK 維尼
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「……你確定我適合這種角色嗎?」左嚮昭誠懇地問,他可沒忘記他只是睡醒睜開眼,就把鋒哥嚇成了鴨子起飛的模樣。8964 copyright protection150PENANA3jFcMkyjm1 維尼
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更何況他實在不想再把哪個小孩嚇哭一次了。8964 copyright protection150PENANA1MVBZACLux 維尼
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商默偏了偏頭,竟露出了一個不理解的神情,她手握拳抵著唇,皺起眉認認真真打量左嚮昭,半晌後她評價:「很適合啊,本來要是沒遇見你,我就要連夜把老蕭綁去充數了。」8964 copyright protection150PENANAyrPPTA4Efn 維尼
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左嚮昭忍俊不住,他抿起唇收斂笑意,爽快地答道:「好啊。」8964 copyright protection150PENANAHI4tQRf7j2 維尼
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「那我能給你拍兩張照片嗎?」商默眼睛一亮,手便摸向一旁的駝色包,「要報備用的。」8964 copyright protection150PENANAHQ3qGvKE94 維尼
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「好。」左嚮昭點頭,這才知道原來她帶來的包裡裝著單眼相機。8964 copyright protection150PENANAvwGOGE6bj5 維尼
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商默一笑,熟練地調整好相機參數,將取景器中的人像定了格。8964 copyright protection150PENANAuwVtmuiMCe 維尼
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快門的喀擦聲響起數次,她滿意地收起相機,把安親班的地址與幾個時間抄下來交給左嚮昭,隨後她接了個電話,表情變得肅然。8964 copyright protection150PENANAi8nOyGLNjV 維尼
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「對了,還沒問過你的名字是?」8964 copyright protection150PENANAvIfDG5wA1d 維尼
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商默喝完飲料,用店裡提供的淋膜紙夾起鬆餅外帶,她站起身,隨意地問。8964 copyright protection150PENANAa9fPpu4Doh 維尼
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「左嚮昭。」他答道,「嚮往的嚮,昭陽的昭。」8964 copyright protection150PENANAj1806lG0oB 維尼
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「嗯哼。」商默拉開店門,從背包前的小夾層摸出一張皺巴巴的名片,順手放在桌邊,她意有所指地表示:「下次注意,別這麼輕易洩露了個人資訊給旁人。」8964 copyright protection150PENANALxPXD3XsHI 維尼
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說完,她在清脆的門鈴響動中離去。8964 copyright protection150PENANAcHTLZGzMfi 維尼
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左嚮昭認得那張名片,具體來說是「荒謬」的名片。他接受蕭老闆的打工邀請後把名片塞進口袋,後來就忘了要拿出來,也不知道這小紙片經過幾次洗衣機的摧殘了。8964 copyright protection150PENANARbmDUris74 維尼
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所以那天商默把他「撿」回去後,想必對他做了一定的檢查,得虧他身上確實也沒什麼重要物品。8964 copyright protection150PENANAwlctUBmgJZ 維尼
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這座城市,果然有些不對勁的地方。8964 copyright protection150PENANAR9U1qRqYgR 維尼
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「阿嚮。」8964 copyright protection150PENANArEhB9cQbSD 維尼
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左嚮昭應聲抬頭,迎上如老樣子皺著眉、此時表情卻略顯哀怨的蕭老闆。8964 copyright protection150PENANAvuzk0RpeNB 維尼
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「你小子當時同意在我店裡打工的時候可沒這麼乾脆。」蕭老闆手插著腰,頗有些興師問罪的架式。8964 copyright protection150PENANAyYPoA11OJX 維尼
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「那當然,」左嚮昭卻答得理直氣壯,「畢竟我是讀幼教的。」8964 copyright protection150PENANAt8bzdihNOt 維尼
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