第一個週六,柳承月遲到半小時,拎著一袋糖水推開咖啡館門。
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「遲咗半個鐘喎,Miss柳。」
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哈姆扎依戴著扁框眼鏡,看了眼牆上的掛鐘,嘴角有極細微的上揚。他剛剛整理好麻雀枱和凍咖啡,還不忘按規矩拉來了一盞坐地燈——那是奢華的土耳其馬賽克燈,而不是街巿雜貨店照雞蛋的簡陋紅燈。
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「Sorry琴晚嚟唔切收衫,頭先收埋拎咗去洗衣舖烘先過到嚟。」
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柳承月將膠袋放到桌上,打開後拿出一碗黑白對半分的半流體食物和膠湯匙:「芝麻糊豆腐花,自己嚟。」
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哈姆扎依接過,看著她自然地盤起一腿坐上椅,藕粉色奧黛下襬滑開,露出白色牛仔褲膝蓋處的破洞。洞洞鞋被她踢到一旁,黑色短絲襪踩在木地板上。
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「循例Go through一次啲基本嘢先。成副麻雀一百四廿四張牌,組合有限,理論同原則上都可以完全用數學模型破解;你都噏得出字一色即係都會知架啦,咁我唔嘥口水多講。」她吃了一口花奶紅糖豆腐花,一手掩唇含糊道。「但其實理論同原則都係人解讀出嚟,實際上牌嘅邏輯係受哂所謂法、術同勢嘅影響。簡單啲嚟講,講緣份。」
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「所以妳係靠咩方法贏?」
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柳承月沉默了,左手四指順序連敲桌面,沾些糖的拇指空懸著。良久,她才開口:「哈姆扎伊,喺你心目中咩至為之贏?」
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「食糊贏錢,乜仲有其他?」
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「淨係求財嘅話去買馬買波好過啦,都係計條數自負盈虧買幾多你話事,何必夾硬湊夠三個人爭飯食?風險遠遠大過回報喎。」
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正在洗牌的哈姆扎伊徹底愣住。
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對啊,以前在社團時他就已經知道以和為貴是最好的贏局,他也是因為厭倦了那些不知定位和意義的是非爭鬥才退出社團。算起來,其他類型的賭博回報或者沒這樣高,但風險低,按照輸少當贏的原則而言其實麻雀不是最佳選項。
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「⋯⋯麻雀一係計人,一係計牌,兩樣嘢互相制衡。」
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直到左右牌牆築成,他雙手抓住一行十七枚麻雀牌的首尾,將最後一行架上面前的牌列,才安穩地說:「可控性高,先有機會羸。」
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「嗯。」柳承月點了點頭,不置可否,隨手拿過一杯凍咖啡喝了一口後問:「你有冇airpods?」
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「⋯⋯Sorry?」
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「有冇藍牙耳機?冇嘅就用我嗰pair。」她從手袋裏翻出個純白藍牙耳機,然後自顧自的擲骰、開始砌起自己起手的十三枚麻雀牌。「你開電話,揀首歌嚟聽住打,個腦跟住首歌去。」
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心流。這一個心理學詞語於哈姆扎伊的腦海裏一閃而過,戴起她的耳機、拿起手機選歌時漸漸理清了她下指示的原則,忍不住笑了——好吧,手機上那已顯示連接的藍牙耳機名稱叫「Leave Home Safe 安心出行」也是笑點之一就是了。
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「你笑咩?」「冇嘢,開始啦。」
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難道要跟她說,這種方法他早就試過——而且無效,這樣掃興嗎?
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輕柔如雲的鋼琴音於耳內敲響,引入弦奏的主旋律。
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「你聽緊咩歌?」承月打出了一枚六筒。
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「《Freesia》,早幾年某輯《高達》嘅片尾。幾好聽,妳有冇聽過?」
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「冇。首歌講咩?」
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「我唔識日文,聽唔明佢唱乜。應該係唱感情嘢?」牌海中央出現了一枚九筒,哈姆扎伊伸手拿過後翻出了三枚九筒,打出一枚二萬。「我一個A0毒撚,聽得明佢唱乜都唔會明點解感情嘢咁痛苦。」
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「情債本身就係最難了斷嘅因果,點會唔痛苦。不過你個樣又唔係差,A0同毒……除非係你自己彈人鐘啦,如果唔係有啲難相信。」
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承月聽後啜飲了口咖啡,皺著眉打出一枚一筒,順著那隻拿走一筒的古銅膚大手看到男人的臉容,不禁疑惑地歪了歪頭。這男人身型高大精實,有著印巴裔的深邃輪廓、恪守教義的禁慾氣質,短鬍整潔俐落,還有那雙憂愁難褪的灰綠眼眸與如扇般濃密翹長的睫毛——活脫脫寶萊塢愛情悲劇男星的姿態,真的會無人問津嗎?
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反正她覺得是還算順眼——甚至算得上英俊的,不然初遇那晚她一早就抓他的頭去撞枱了。女人多少是會有點外貌主義的。
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「香港地好難搵到個真心想行一世嘅人,搵到都怕委屈人;間屋已經唔係大仲要放唔少高達……成屋打打殺殺嘢,應該冇邊個女仔會鍾意。」
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他無奈笑說,翻出三枚一筒又放出了一枚四索。指尖輕輕掃過了七枚牌,像要帶過什麽不欲談及的歷史。「我自己知自己事,無謂害人。」
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「呢個世界,百貨應百客嘅啫。」
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良久凍咖啡快將見底,她不捨地呶了呶嘴,思索幾番後打出一隻紅中。
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「你成日凝住自己間屋唔夠大條件唔夠好、會害人,個腦會好嘈、做乜都會卡住卡住。放鬆啲啦。」
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「我個腦嘈咗好多年架啦,嘈到有排我想去睇精神科。無奈九龍醫院排太耐,又俾唔起錢睇私家。」他搖搖頭,伸手拿過紅中又翻出已有的兩枚,三枚為一組靠到左手邊已成型的組合邊。
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「冇法例規定要拎住精神科醫生紙證明冇問題先可以拍拖食飯打牌食糊嘅。就算有,香港地邊個有咁得閒下下scan QR code睇你張醫生紙吖?」
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承月放出一枚八筒,然後推開自己的牌陣,悠悠地說:「做人嘅嘢,簡簡單單咪幾好。你睇:混一色對對糊,六番架啦。」
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哈姆扎伊低頭一看,一筒三枚、九筒三枚、六筒三枚、紅中三枚,餘下一枚八筒正好和牌海新出現的八筒相映成趣。他這才發現自己全程都沒在計算任何事——連閒談的話語都未經任何斟酌。同時耳內的歌聲早在不知何時由女音換成了男音,旋律轉變成曲風完全迴異的廣東流行曲。
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「……我打咗啲乜?」
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他忍不住問,大腦在此刻飛速回憶自己的動作,吊詭的是他發現自己竟然記不起什麽時候組成了這副牌陣,只記得自己在跟對岸這個名叫柳承月的越南女人打麻雀。一如耳內那句歌詞:很久不見,到底發生過什麽事?
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「你打咗副令你贏嘅牌。而你贏嘅原因係:你容許副牌——乃至你個腦,靜落嚟自己行。」
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「……我唔明。」
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「啲潛意識理論俾我返去刨下以前大學啲書同notes先,下次先講。」
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承月心滿意足地點點頭,雙手推散面前的牌牆,接著端起那碗只用了少許的花奶紅糖豆腐花,一口接一口地吃著。有一兩點花奶滴到了她的奧黛上,像細雨般留下了白色的印記。
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「總之你記住呢種感覺,之後照咁樣打多幾次,就唔使靠副耳機架啦。咪執住啦,你碗嘢熱咗就唔好食架啦。」
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「妳對耳機留俾我,我消毒乾淨、下次俾返你?」
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濃稠的甜香與芝蔴特有的粗糙微苦於口中相融,哈姆扎伊皺著眉吃著這碗味道獨特的豆腐花,心想:她在哪裡買來這碗莫名奇妙地美味的東西?莫說義順佐敦店早就結業了,他從前跟著惠叔和葉無笙都算是吃遍了佐敦和油麻地的糖水舖,沒吃過這種味道的東西啊?
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「唔使,我攞返去抹一抹就得……」
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承月搖了搖頭,話語罕見地流露一絲疲倦和脆弱:「冇咗對耳機,我會周身唔聚財,出唔到門口。」
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「所以副耳機叫安心出行。」
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頭一次,她沒回話。
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哈姆扎伊不禁心一沉,自知九成是說錯話勾起了她內心的黑暗記憶,思緒翻騰幾許後問出了一個離題萬丈的問題:「妳喺邊喥買呢碗……嘢?」
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其實回應並不重要,最重要的是……
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「好食?」
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承月回過神來,暈褐的眼眸眨了眨,然後漾起個睡醒後伸懶腰的狐狸般、狡黠而可愛的笑容:「咁就唔講你知,等你心~思~思~」
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那抹笑容敲動了心房某個深埋的角隅。
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待續。
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