3、一杯咸咖啡 ...
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某日晚上，她应邀参加了一次派对，挽着闺蜜的手，换上最喜欢的米白长裙，欣然前往。
素白的裙子与派对上亮晃眼的服饰格格不入，她却依旧尽兴。和闺蜜吃吃喝喝，与主人公一同玩乐，聊天，直到派对结束。
派对上同样有一位男士，温文尔雅，一身白西装。他戴了副金丝框眼镜，坐在角落。没有人注意他。可他的目光始终聚焦在她那儿。
她是那样的迷人啊。他想。
派对后，他鼓起勇气，喊住了准备和闺蜜一同离开的她。
“要一起去喝杯咖啡吗？”他低着头，不敢直视她，脸颊却早已显出一个母胎单身大男孩专属的害羞红晕。
她感到有些意外，疑惑。他怎么会喊我？为什么要喝咖啡？
但她还是应邀了。闺蜜想陪她去，但看见他的举措，决定在她的单身路上助一把力，选择离开，不怀好意的对她说多晚回来都可以，快点去吧。
二人去了咖啡店，他一路上看似冷静实则内心慌得一批。
到了咖啡店，二人落座，无人发言，直到服务员来。
“你好，麻烦一下，可以往我的咖啡里加盐吗？”他一紧张，脱口而出。
她和服务员都非常惊奇的看向他，不明白这个年轻人为何如此的与众不同，选择正常人都不大会选择的咸咖啡。
但服务员还是照做了。
她没忍住，问了句：“你为什么要点咸咖啡？”
他想着自己已经选择了咸咖啡，没有退路了，道：“我从小住在海边，喜欢在海滩上玩耍。如今每当我喝咸咖啡时，总会想起童年和家乡，我想念仍住在海边的亲人。”
她被打动了，毕竟在她的看法中这年代很多年轻人在自己发达之后便不再记挂自己的父母，忘记了养育之恩，现在惦挂着家人的好男人不多了。
她找到了自己心中对另一半的目标。
那一晚，两人聊得很顺畅，互加了微信。
没过多久，二人领证结婚了。
她心中一直记得那杯咸咖啡，于是每天都会亲手磨制一杯咖啡，加盐。
关于咸咖啡的秘密直到他年迈逝世才被揭晓。
他留给她一封信。
“亲爱的
请原谅我这长达一生的谎言。
你还记得我们的第一次相遇吗？
我当时是那么的紧张以至于把糖说成了盐。
亲爱的，其实我一点也不喜欢咸咖啡，
但有你就是我这辈子最大的幸福。
如果我还有第二次机会，
我希望我们仍旧可以遇见，在一起。
即便这代表着我需要在剩余的人生中喝咸咖啡。”
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以下是原文
He met her at a party. However, she never paid any attention to him. After the party, he invited her for coffee. In order not to be rude, she went along.
In a nice coffee shop, he was too nervous to say anything. Suddenly, he asked the waiter, "Could you please put some salt in my coffee?"
The waiter and she looked at him in surprise.
"Why salt with coffee?" she asked.
"When I was a little boy, I lived near the sea. I liked playing on the sea. Now every time I drink salty coffee, I think of my childhood and my hometown. I miss my parents, who are still there," he answered.
She was deeply touched. A man who is homesick must love his home and care about his family. He must be responsible. So she was happy to talk with him a lot. Slowly she found he was just the man she was looking for.
Later they married and lived happily together. And every time she made coffee for him, she put in some salt. After 40 years, he passed away and left her a letter, which said : My dearest, please forgive my life-long lie. Remember the first time we met? I was so nervous that I asked for salt instead of sugar. Dear, I don't exactly like salty coffee. But having you with me was my greatest happiness. If I could live a second time, I hoped we could be together again, even if it meant that I had to drink salty coffee for the rest of my life.
（2022.12.28）
作者有话说第3章 一杯咸咖啡
