Chapter 2 (I)

1

Today's protagonist is Chen Yi, and her blind date: Liu Yatao, but Chu Fan and her cousin Chi Nuo are too much to steal the show, and the chattering voices of the two people dominate this dinner table.

Chu Fan asked, "Didn't you say you had a job today, so you won't come?"

Chi Nuo glanced at Chen Yi quickly, and said with a smile, "I just happened to be busy, and I feel that it is inappropriate not to come." ”

"The main thing is that when I saw a beautiful woman, it was like a wolf smelling meat, and I followed him with my eyes closed, right?" Chu Fan had already heard about Chi Nuo's earlier encounter with Chen Yi, and teased him, Chi Nuo just smirked, and she continued to ask, "This internship period has also passed, and you are ready to stay in Beijing?"

Chi Nuo's eyes seemed to be pulled by some gravity, and they drifted towards Chen Yi again, he nodded and said, "Well, I guess I won't go back for a long time." ”

"Your mother should worry about you again, you don't know what she's talking about on the phone, I can't wait for me to watch you 24 hours a day, I'm not your nanny, this is a life-threatening series of calls every other night, if I'm a nanny, I won't do it." Chu Fan tapped the dishes under Chi Nuo's eyes with chopsticks to attract his attention, "Hey, how long haven't you been back to Shijiazhuang? ”

Although Chi Nuo nodded in agreement, his mind had already fallen on Chen Yi, and he playfully "teased" her, "Hey, Chen Yi, your name is so strange, shirt? or old clothes?"

Chen Yibai glanced at him, "You have to call me sister." ”

Seeing her take care of herself, Chi Nuo's face couldn't hide the excitement, he leaned forward, and his tone was even higher, "Sister, young sister, how old are you? It looks like you haven't graduated from college yet." ”

Chen Yi glanced at Chu Fan, and she immediately beckoned Chi Nuo to rush for her, "Okay, you, don't study well, flirt with big sister, your little sister Chen Yi is five years older than you, didn't I tell you, that's why I asked you to introduce a stable and reliable colleague." ”

"I haven't seen the photo again, if I know it's a young lady who looks like this-" He glanced at Liu Yatao sitting next to him with disgust, and smiled evilly, "Then there's nothing wrong with Brother Tao." ”

"What do you mean, stinky boy. Liu Yatao smashed Chi Nuo's arm with his fist and smiled heartily, "Don't you want to snatch love with a knife temporarily, what the young lady needs is the little brother, you will think about the young lady in another five or ten years." ”

Liu Yatao is as old as Chen Yi, but he is three months older than her, so he seized this point and constantly added weight to himself in the blind date ring, after all, looking at the appearance, he is really not as likable as the young and delicate Chi Nuo, "No matter how old a woman is, it is a delicate flower, and you still need to find an older, reliable man to take care of and care for her." ”

Originally, I saw Chen Yi's photos, Liu Yatao still had some bottom in his heart, after all, he had seen too many "photo deceptions", not to mention that the subject was a person these years, even if it was a dog, he could repair a good-looking human appearance with mobile phone software, when Chen Yi pushed the door in, he fell in love with her at a glance, and prayed in his heart that the blind date object must be her, but she really sat down across the table, Liu Yatao felt that this might be a great gift from God to reward him for his 30 years of hard work.

Without waiting for Chen Yi to speak, Liu Yatao spread out his superior hardware one by one: a Beijing native, a monthly salary of 23,000 yuan before tax, a school district house worth 4 million yuan in the second ring road, a 100-square-meter commercial house in Daxing, and a 400,000 scooter, "This car has been driven for three years, and it is very practical, but after giving birth to a child, I will change it to another 600,000 yuan." He added, "My parents live in Puhuangyu and both have pensions, so they won't disturb our married life, and the two old people also like children, and if necessary, they can help bring their grandchildren." ”

I didn't expect him to be so straightforward, which startled Chen Yi, but after thinking about it, isn't this just a blind date? The marriage market - the market - is originally a place to talk about buying and selling, sellers put out goods, and buyers weigh and bid, not a place to talk about feelings.

Seeing the hesitant emotion on Chen Yi's face, Liu Yatao focused on the matter of the hukou, which is a killer for any foreigner who wants to stay in Beijing, "Chen Yi hasn't gotten the Beijing hukou yet, right?" Although he sincerely put out delicacies to entertain the guests, his tone could not hide the arrogance of the "wealthy family" in the face of the "grass people", "My ID card starts with 110, my ancestors are eight generations, and I am a purebred local." ”

Chu Fan glanced at Chen Yi and saw her frowning slightly, he knew that she didn't like this man, after all, he was the candidate she had "assessed", and the other party behaved so "monkey anxious", she was also a little embarrassed, as if she was an aunt who was a matchmaker in the community, "This gentleman, although we are going to get married today, but the relationship between men and women is not based on the household registration book, but still needs to be based on feelings, right?"

"Of course we can talk about feelings, but we are all old, and if we look at the right eye, we can first set what should be set, and the days will be very long, and we can talk about feelings every day. Liu Yatao reacted in hindsight, he was indeed a little out of shape, so he smiled crampedly at Chen Yi, "Miss Chen Yi should also understand as a woman, right? ”

Chen Yi laughed dryly, bowed her head and ate a sushi, and in the end she didn't quite answer, and everyone was embarrassed and broke up.

2

In the last meal, the four of them consumed more than 700 yuan, Liu Yatao rushed to buy the order, he didn't pick the door, Chu Fan took advantage of him to leave the table, and praised Chen Yi a few more words, but Chen Yi obviously didn't regard him as a potential object anymore, and he looked tired of wanting to go home and take a shower and lie down.

After the dinner, Liu Yatao still wanted to continue the stall, he proposed to go to the bar to sit down, Beijing is too big, farewell today, I don't know when I can make an appointment with Chen Yi, he wants to seize the time to enhance the relationship with her.

After Chen Yi shirked it, he had to propose that he drive her home, but because Chu Fan also drove out, he was rejected by Chen Yi, so he could only exchange WeChat with her in frustration, and verbally agreed to meet again as soon as possible.

Chen Yi sat in the passenger seat, and Chi Nuo also followed into the car, sitting in the back seat, Chu Fan wondered, "Aren't you faster by subway?"

"If you have a car, just rub the car. Chi Nuo grinned, his eyes shining through the rearview mirror looking at Chen Yi, like a newborn fluffy little animal.

Chu Fan saw through his thoughts, and could only sigh helplessly, she knew that Chen Yi had a slight "Muqiang syndrome", because she was so eager to succeed but failed, so all successful people were plated with a layer of sparkling light in her eyes, and she admired that kind of light, so she would not like ordinary men.

Chi Nuo doesn't have much ambition for his career, he is an optimist who is at ease with what happens, he is good-looking, and his personality is easy-going, like a puppy, a cute big boy like him is also popular with many women at the love table, but it is by no means Chen Yi's "dish".

Chu Fan asked Chen Yi tentatively, "What do you think of Liu Yatao?"

She leaned lazily against the car window, "Ordinary people. ”

"It's just not worth it. In Chu Fan's expectation, she smacked her lips, "You are also an ordinary person, we are all here, there are bones under this skin, and after a hundred years, they will all be ashes." ”

Chen Yi retorted, "Ordinary us are not the same kind of ordinary, chickens are also ordinary chickens, ducks are also ordinary ducks, and we can't go together." ”

Liu Yatao is a very real person, not a bad person, to be honest, when the marriage partner is seen, it is suitable, not a demon. Chu Fan was amused by her words, and after a burst of hearty laughter, he tried to teach her with a straight face, after all, she was thirty-six years old, and she had to have a sister in front of Chen Yi, who was seven years younger, "Don't imagine marriage too beautifully, you may have watched some TV movies touting married life, they are all castles in the air, made up, not boasting better, who is still married? ”

"How many people are married? How many people are not married? There must be a lot of people who are married, so if this marriage is to endure hardships and suffering, since ancient times, how can there still be so many people who are willing to get married? Chen Yi sat up straight and said quickly, "Isn't your own marriage quite happy?" Uncle Zhong loves you so much, it's good that you don't look down on this world anymore, he really hurts in vainβ€”β€”"

Without waiting for Chen Yi to finish speaking, Chu Fan snorted coldly and interrupted her, "We are ready to divorce." ”

The first to exclaim was Chi Nuo in the back row, "Ahhh

"What can be the reason? Marriage is like this, two people, the concept is not the same, and the division is not much different from doing business. Chu Fan slowly pulled over and said to Chi Nuo, "You've arrived, get out." ”

But Chi Nuo grinded and chirped and didn't move, "Send Chen Yi first, you two girls, I don't worry." ”

"Got you. Chu Fan turned around and blasted away the puppy-like Nunu mouth, "Go down." ”

Chi Nuo got out of the car, reluctantly knocked on the window on Chen Yi's side, and shouted at the window, "Chen Yi." ”

Chen Yi said impatiently, "Call sister." ”

"Hehe, sister-" his chin pressed against the backs of his hands, and the word "sister" was silly amused, "If you don't meet someone you like, don't rush to get married." ”

Chen Yi waved his hand at him, signaling his face not to be too close to him, "I'm not in a hurry." ”

"Then I'm relieved. Chi Nuo said, walked towards the entrance of the community step by step, and finally stood in place, watching their car disappear into the traffic.

3

Chen Yi wanted to ask Chu Fan and her husband Guo Zhongxue what was wrong with their ten-year marriage, but Chu Fan kept receiving business calls from the company, and when Chen Yi was about to get out of the car, Chu Fan looked at the person on the phone and said to her at the same time: "Wait a while." With that, she turned around and took out a shopping bag with the double C logo printed under the seat behind her, apparently a satchel inside.

She shoved it into her arms, "Happy birthday." Then she glanced at the American brand "FMCG" bag with 3,000 yuan under her armpit with disgust, "Women, whether they are in love or business, must have good equipment to go into battle to kill the enemy." ”

"For me?" Chen Yi screamed, turned it out and looked at it, and recognized it as a bag worth 30,000 yuan at a glance, she rubbed her face excitedly, hugged it in her arms and said movingly, "Sister Fan, you can marry me." ”

Chu Fan laughed, "I can't look at it." ”

Back to his forty square meters of rental house, Chen Yi fumbled with the light switch on the wall in the dark, this house has been lived in for two years, the ceiling light in the living room has just been rented for less than a month, the landlord doesn't care, Chen Yi thought that it was not his own house, so he spent 500 to buy a simple look to replace it, it was broken after a year, I think it is still a penny, now this cost 800 yuan, and it has begun to flicker recently, it seems to be going to strike.

After four or five flashes, the top light finally looked like a slacking bank teller, sleepily pulled up the curtain, after the room was bright, Chen Yi did not feel the warmth of home, although the heating in the house was sufficient, she took off her coat and threw it on the single chair, and then fell into her bed, staring at the ceiling and recalling Bai Qi's house, probably because he lived with his sister, there were two people in the house, there were fireworks, and there was a feeling of home.

Compared with a husband, Chen Yi actually wants a home, but it is not enough to just live with her boyfriend, a husband and a child are the structure of a family, she wants to get married, she wants a marriage certificate and a wedding, she wants this whole set of ceremonies recognized by the mortal world, as if she was awarded a "Lifetime Achievement Award", no longer have to struggle in the sea of people, you can announce her retirement, in the first half of her life, she did not become an actor, she did not get any trophies, she is a loser, so she "became a family" is her goal in the second half of her life.

She kicked off her high heels, and before removing her makeup and washing, she rolled up the quilt and took a nap for a while, dreaming that she had been married to Bai Qi for many years, and he told her to get up in a normal and natural tone, so she woke up and saw that WeChat messages had been popping up on the mobile phone screen, and opened it to see that Liu Yatao had sent several messages, to the effect that he was expressing his satisfaction with her, and Chi Nuo sent it, asking her if she was home, if she was ready to sleep, Bai Qi also sent a message, two words: good night.

In addition, there are several articles written by the public account sent by my mother, all of which are known by looking at the title of the content series: "Heartache! I have never been married, I live alone, my body stinks, and my neighbor calls the police", "The Delayed Years: If I Agreed to His Marriage Proposal at the age of 25", "Mom's Eternal Concern: Older Daughter" and so on.

She quickly replied to Liu Yatao's kind words, and then replied to Chi Nuo's emoji that a cat was nodding, and turned a blind eye to her mother's serial forced marriage hints, and finally looked at Bai Qi's blue sea avatar, considered it, and chose not to reply.