香港麻將有一百四十四張牌,去八張花就留下一百三十六張,基本十七種食糊組合形成了十七個不同結局的平行宇宙。再延伸下去是無數現實裏不可能的可能,那就是三千世界的分岔口,每一動、每一靜,乃至每一下起心動念,都已經在改寫命運。
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有沒有一種命運,是比較輕鬆的呢?
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「三筒吖。」「欵!碰呀!九筒!」
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「食。」柳承月聽音,隨手翻開整行手牌。「混么九,十番,速鎊。」
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坐位上家、出銃的紅眼鏡阿姨皺起幾分眉頭,以帶些越南口音的廣東話苦笑道:「阿妹今日狼胎呀吓,帶咗『BB仔』嚟見世面?」
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「冇樣冇身材,嫁唔出冇佬養,哪來的四球嘢養『BB仔』?趁今日有機會搵兩餐茶錢咁啫。」
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柳承月勾起個微溫的微笑,無飾的雙手與其他人一樣沒入牌海,合作洗牌又疊牌。她縱上身半倚後,一手攏住骰子搖幾搖再往桌子中央輕輕擲下,點數是九。她從自己面前的兩行牌尾端拿走四張,其他牌友隨即按順序拿,又是新一輪流水般的博奕。
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「五筒。」「上!T-back有冇人要!」「碰吖,啋三索講成底褲都有嘅真係……」
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她沒作聲,伸手摸牌放牌又隨手棄了一張牌出去。她的視線沒入牌海中飄流,偶然間落到那張被棄的三索,卻早已任由思緒迷失。坦白講以外觀而言三索倒過來的確有幾分像T字褲,這意味也算比正向擺放的中指稍稍得體⋯⋯啊啊喉嚨開始乾了,冷氣怎麽開始變熱了⋯⋯
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「頭先妳做乜唔碰埋紅中食字一色?」
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「吓?!」
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突如其來的異域廣東話嚇了柳承月一大跳,手一撥不小心打出了一張白板。
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「混一色!七番!」「一炮雙響、封頂十番嚦咕嚦咕!多謝承月姐!」
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對家的越南阿姨和下家的陀地阿叔歡天喜地得像是提早過年,而柳承月死死盯住桌上那張被嚇出來的白板,咬著唇,特製凍咖啡和著冰檸檬水的酸苦於唇舌間再翻了翻。
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「呃,Sorry⋯⋯」
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哈姆扎伊自知闖了禍,只能看著眼前的越南女人轉過頭來,她髮圈上的新月頭飾徹底消失。女人瞪大一雙淺褐的狐眸,眼下那顆硃砂色淚痣的輕顫清晰表達了她此刻心頭的情緒——
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「我Maadi futi啊—!」(我屌你老母啊—!)
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鄰近幾桌的玩家——當中自然有穆斯林,聽到了這句親切而熱情的烏都語問候,視線無不往這個憤怒的越南女人和狀況外的印巴混血男人身上聚焦。
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「妳⋯⋯urdu bol sakte ho?」(妳……識得講烏都話?)
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哈姆扎伊花了好些時間才回過神來,確認自己沒看錯也沒聽錯:一個越南女人在自己面前爆出了烏都話最侮辱人的粗口,而且發音標準得跟拉合爾街頭拿著拖鞋追打屁孩的父親一樣。
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「Tori tori(少少),夠我聽得明俾人鬧同鬧返人轉頭!」
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柳承月沒好氣,快速數好籌碼付給本盤勝利者們後就一手壓桌,直視眼前比自己高一個頭有多的印巴裔男人。「噏得出字一色,即係識打啦?你師傅冇教過你旁觀者不得𪘲牙聳䚗架咩?基本禮貌嚟都唔識!」
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「以前淨係做塘邊鶴,前輩唔講呢啲。」哈姆扎伊歉疚地說,從銀包裏抽出二千元雙手奉上。「呢盤係咪輸千二蚊?我賠。可唔可以俾我坐低睇妳打?」
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我頂你個肺你啱先出完聲搞到我出銃輸錢嚟仲覺得我會想俾你stalk?
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只不過看著那雙灰綠的眼眸,內裏那份難以名狀的思緒壓下了柳承月這句應激的心聲。於是她挑了挑眉一手拿過二千元,然後拿起手邊那杯早已變淡的Bupphesanniwat飲完最後一口,舔了舔唇:「你想拜師?」
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哈姆扎伊稍稍斂下視線,看著她擱在麻將桌上、五指輕敲桌面的手,那纖細的五指剛剛在他眼下翻出了剛柔並濟的無常舞蹈,那串十八子佛珠繫與黃流蘇似是飄逸的裙。他細細回憶著,然後點頭:「我想知道咁嘅打法係點嚟。妳嘅打法好特別,望落好pure、好優雅,就好似乜都唔諗跳緊舞咁——好靚。」
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這樣柔弱的一朵蓮花,是怎樣做到什麽都不做不想,卻能在狂潮裏找到方向、旋轉著舞動著、最後像呼吸般自然無痛找到勝利的歸宿?這才是他想要知道的。
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「喂南亞仔,溝女都算啦,作還作都作得好啲吖佢邊忽pure……」
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「阿叔你收嗲,咩南亞仔呀咩作呀俾啲尊重好冇?」
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柳承月瞬間回神,一手往桌子不輕不重地拍了下,撩了撩鬢邊垂落的髮絲然後坐下開始重新洗牌:「靚哥仔,想學就而家去嗰邊搵個姐姐幫我嗌幾杯嘢飲。同個姐姐講六號麻雀枱要『揼你碌撚』。」
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「『揼你……碌撚』?」聽見都覺得痛,不會是什麽惡魔特飲吧?
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「阿妹算啦,陣間開席都要飲,無謂玩佢啦。嗱嗱聲嚟多一兩圈就埋席啦。」
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紅眼鏡阿姨一邊當和事佬勸說一邊疊牌,待對家阿叔擲骰定位時將柳承月那空掉的咖啡杯遞了出去:「阿靚哥仔,幫你師傅去掉咗個杯佢吖,等你返嚟學嘢。」
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哈姆扎伊接過了杯子,看了兩眼:杯身那潦草的Bupphesanniwat和Lieu nhu T.N.,是今日下午他親手按照memo紙抄寫上去的。
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原來是她。
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那他知道她是誰了。
踏出了iSQUARE,柳承月拿著從宴會打包的食物和臨時買的三文魚刺身,順著車流往下走,靠坐在自己的電單車座上,背靠通往對岸重慶大廈的馬路口。她從手袋裏拿出一管茶綠電子煙,深深吸了一口含於口中,蜜桃的甜香和烏龍茶的甘澀於口腔中縈迴。
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接著她脫下頸上的佛牌——二哥豐,合攏在掌心中,然後抬頭又舉手抵到額上,正處新月的正下方。細微的、默契般的電流迴於掌心,更隱隱發著暖。
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『多謝豐伯爺今晚相伴相助。』
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她默念,收回手到面前,最後由掌根開始向上緩緩吐出那口煙霧——虔誠的,感恩的。
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「《Bupphesanniwat 天生一對》,泰國劇,追唔追得過?」
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又是一次突如其來、無頭無尾的突襲,但眼前的她沒再被嚇到,反而重新戴起了二哥豐佛牌,開始認真思考這句話。
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這超出了哈姆扎伊的預期,一晚下來她的行為原則基本上違反了正常人認知中的人性傾向。涉錢的牌局上靈魂出竅,為一個無關緊要的泰語詞彙而佇足於夜深的彌敦道街頭、重慶大廈的對岸,她好像從意識上將緩解成了急、將輕解成了重,如一個實驗對照體。
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而她成功論證到逆向都能成功達到目的,甚至可能比所謂的正途來得輕鬆。
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「……我唔知。不過啲歌同配樂,幾好聽。」
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柳承月吸了口電子煙,回應夾雜著煙霧的飄渺香息。及後她想到了什麽,問道:「我當初淨係寫咗『宿命』兩隻字,你點沖到我想像中嗰隻味出嚟?」
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「我話係冇腦hea沖,妳信唔信?」「咁我話我啲牌都係冇腦hea打,你又信唔信?」
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「……新月咖啡館館主,哈姆扎伊.阿南德。」
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良久,哈姆扎伊失笑,向她伸手,卻被她指尖近乎冰涼的體溫嚇到:「印巴混血穆斯林,妳堂妹老公個老表,唔識唔鍾意亦唔可以預言,真主唔俾。」
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「西海書屋老細,柳如承月,就咁承月都得。越南混血兒,你表弟婦個堂家姐,識但唔鍾意亦唔可以成日煮越南粉,燥。」
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柳承月回握,瞬息間捕捉到他臉上那一分微妙的驚愕,卻什麽都沒說。「每個禮拜六晚,七點半到八點半,你主場我作客。學費……基本要包茶水,其他諗到點收先再firm。」
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「妳唔怕我走數?」
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「嗰幾杯嘢飲阿靚哥仔你都咁小家要走數,我就鏟落你間舖喥大大聲要你『剪你碌撚』。」
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那晚,哈姆扎伊的耳畔都是柳承月啟動電單車時的引擎聲、彌敦道上那一輪黑髮上的象牙白新月,還有那句與疾風互相撕破的『碌撚』。
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他從未試過要夾著腿睡,也未試過睡得這樣安穩。
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待續。
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