Chapter 4: Failure
"The room is clean and smellless, it's not a pseudo-mother, it's gay."
She replied seriously in the back seat, Zhang Zhe stepped on the brakes, and turned around to reprimand her, but she poked her head and stared at herself seriously, and Zhang Zhe's anger dissipated in an instant. Chen Chen stared at him innocently, as if she wasn't talking at all just now, Zhang Zhe replied helplessly: "This is who you are, right?" You're not lazy at all, you're just naughty, aren't you? ”
"It's not, I'm more Buddhist, what style is casual." Chen Chen shrank back and whispered back.
The car drove downstairs, and Chen Chen thanked him with his luggage: "How long will it take for you to go back?" ”
"About ten minutes, don't worry about me, go up and rest early." Zhang Zhe replied.
"Are you free tomorrow, I'll treat you to lunch." Chen Chen said lightly. It seems a little casual, she actually wants to test Zhang Zhe's impression of herself. Just exposed his true nature in the car and made a joke about him, I don't know if he feels that his impression of himself has fallen.
"Okay, but not tomorrow, I made an appointment with a customer for dinner. Is it good the day after tomorrow? Can I eat near my office? Zhang Zhe didn't seem to be affected, and sounded full of interest. Chen Chen quietly breathed a sigh of relief.
"Okay, there's something delicious near your company?"
"No, but you said you're not a picky eater, let's eat whatever you want. I want to show you where I work. ”
"Okay, then I'll go up. Tell me about it when you get home. ”
"When I get to the house, lock the door and tell me to go again." Chen Chen pursed his lips, thought for a while and nodded, then turned around and walked upstairs. Turn on the light and lock the door, when Chen Chen walked to the balcony, Zhang Zhe was leaning on the car door and looking up, Chen Chen held on to the railing and beckoned to Zhang Zhe, her heavy eyebrows appeared bright and bright in the dim light, and the cheeks covered by her hair loomed with the movement, Zhang Zhe couldn't help laughing, stretched out his hand to respond to Chen Chen, then turned around and walked to the cab, and glanced at Chen Chen to start the car and leave.
Chen Chen still has a manuscript to write. In Xiamen, she relied on the income from writing to support herself, and her time was more flexible, and she had more time to review. Take a long breath of relief, walk into the bathroom, and stay up late to catch up after taking a shower. When I came out, my phone lit up, "I'm home." Zhang Zhe expressed his whereabouts in four words. "We'll see you the day after tomorrow, I have to hurry up and talk to you tomorrow. You send me the address. Chen Chen didn't look at his phone again, turned on the computer and started to code words.
Chen Chen's things, in fact, no one wanted. In addition to being a gunman, he occasionally writes terrifying short stories, and after writing them, Chen Chen himself is afraid. But for the sake of money, Chen Chen still writes a little occasionally. Her own work can only sell this one.
Humans do a lot of things to push the lower limit in order to survive.
Zhang Zhe sent a goodnight message to Chen Chen, but did not reply. He put down his phone, rubbed the black cover of the diary, unbuttoned it, pulled out a pen, and began to write something on it.
After completing the task, it was already early in the morning, Chen Chen turned off the computer, picked up the mobile phone, and Zhang Zhe left a message saying good night. Chen Chen walked to the bed while watching, thought about it after lying down, and said good night back.
At seven o'clock, Chen Chen opened his eyes on time. The sun is shining and the weather is good. Washing up the same, eating breakfast, code words. It was already eleven o'clock when it was all over, Chen Chen was thinking about what to eat at noon, and picked up his mobile phone a little hesitantly, not knowing what he wanted to see. Zhang Zhe's message was lying on the screen obediently, and it read: If you give it to a girl, what should you buy as a small gift?
The sending time was ten o'clock, an hour ago, Chen Chen muted his phone when he was coding words, Chen Chen thought about it, and replied to the situation, not every girl likes the same thing.
"What do you want to receive?" Zhang Zhe seemed to be waiting for her to reply at the other end, and the speed of the second return made Chen Chen stunned, and the question also made Chen Chen stunned.
"Actually, I don't know, it's not meaningful for you to ask me this. I once didn't speak for three or four days because my boyfriend gave me flowers on my birthday, and then we broke up. Chen Chen shook out a certain part of his past without hesitation.
Zhang Zhe was stunned when he held his mobile phone. In the afternoon, I made an appointment with a customer for dinner, and I have been thinking about making an appointment with Chen Chen for dinner tomorrow, and I am thinking about whether I should buy a small gift for her. He hesitated and couldn't wait to send one to the past and test it, but Chen Chen's reply made Zhang Zhe at a loss for a moment.
After thinking about it for a while, Zhang Zhe picked up his mobile phone and walked to a colleague's desk, bent down and asked in a low voice, "What should I give a girl who doesn't like flowers?" The man glanced at Zhang Zhe, who was humbly seeking advice, and enthusiastically said, "It's my business", lowered his head and continued to work.
This arrogant and unenthusiastic colleague is Zhang Zhe's best friend Zhang Xuan, who grew up together and opened this 4S store together, Zhang Xuan's significance to Zhang Zhe is extraordinary, and there is no way to describe it.
Zhang Zhe, who touched the wall, touched his nose, straightened up and walked out of the office, Zhang Zhe stood at the door and paused, turned back to him and said, "I'll go out for a walk, and we'll see you at the hotel we made an appointment later." Zhang Xuan didn't look up, and said that he knew.
Zhang Zhe never replied, and Chen Chen pouted. Put down the phone, change into a black dress embroidered on the hem, and walk out.
Chen Chen planned to go to the publishing house again, and Chen Chen originally planned to put the things he wrote on the Internet, but if there was no click-through rate, the publishing house might not bother with him.
There was no one on the bus, Chen Chen sat down by the window, and Chen Chen was very nervous because of the scorching sun. Chen Chen put on the headphones, and his body trembled slightly. Chen Chen knew that she was very nervous, nervous about being rejected and nervous about communicating with strangers, she leaned on her seat and closed her eyes, a little wanting to say it out loud.
The sun was very good, and Chen Chen was walking on the bustling street when he suddenly felt lonely.
Chen Chen feels lonely every day, the feeling of not having a loved one in the whole city is clear and strong, Chen Chen is always like this, enjoying this kind of loneliness that no one in the world pays attention to and thinking about what can end the loneliness. The short road made Chen Chen drag on for more than ten minutes, but the road always had to be finished, Chen Chen sat at the door of the magazine office, bowing his head and waiting for the person in charge to appear.
Chen Chen was never allowed to walk in, and every time he waited at the door, he followed the person in charge when he saw him, begging someone to take a look at his work.
She was disgusted with the way she looked when she begged someone, but she also knew she had to do it when she bowed her head and bent over.
'Crunch', after the glass door opened, Chen Chen stood up, and the person in charge saw Chen Chen turn around to walk back, Chen Chen took a quick step and grabbed him
"Mr. Wang, please take a look, it's okay to pick a few chapters and read them, is it okay?" Chen Chen was a little choked, this is an old problem, Chen Chen suddenly wants to cry every time she does something she doesn't want to do, even if she is not wronged, she is easy to shed tears.
The man called Mr. Wang was slightly plump and of medium height, and the hem of his suit was twisted by Chen Chen: "Little girl, I've said it many times, you'd better publish it directly on the Internet, and someone will naturally publish it if someone sees us." Paper books are not very popular now, and if I publish them for you, no one will necessarily buy them. Mr. Wang looked impatient.
Chen Chen can understand his impatience, this may be the first time Chen Chen has appeared here, if it is herself, Ken is herself, she may have beaten someone now. But it's not Chen Chen, Chen Chen is fighting for himself now. She took out the manuscript and held it in her hand: "Please, take a look, it won't delay you for long." ”
Mr. Wang glanced at Chen Chen, and pulled out his clothes from her hand: "I'm going to call a security guard when you're coming." With that, he walked outside. Chen Chen tried to follow, but Mr. Wang glanced back at her: "If you follow me, I will definitely call the police." Mr. Wang turned around and walked away, muttering in a loud voice, "Nonsense" Chen Chen's brain was starved of oxygen for a moment, and he stood in place without moving, and watched Mr. Wang walk into the elevator.
Chen Chen wiped away his tears, put the manuscript in his bag, and walked towards the stairwell.
Closing the door of the stairs, Chen Chen cried loudly in the empty stairwell as he walked down.
When doing sales, I am as high and cold as before, how did I do it today. Chen Chen didn't know, the only thing she knew for sure was that she had to do it as a last resort. She doesn't like to write much, she needs money, materials for graduate school, tuition fees for graduate school, everything needs money to support. As for talking to the family, it has long been excluded from her range of options. Her parents are not young anymore, and she really can't ask for help. You always have to pay for what you want, and if you can get what you want, it doesn't matter if you give a little more.
When he arrived on the first floor, Chen Chen wiped away his tears indiscriminately. The eyeliner was blurred by tears, Chen Chen took out a tissue and wiped it carefully, and hurriedly walked out with his head down.
It's not the first time to fail or something. Chen Chen comforted himself in his heart. It's okay, how can there be a thing that succeeds once. But the grievance just now was still in her heart, and the tears couldn't stop flowing, she didn't want to be so embarrassed on the way home, Chen Chen decided to walk back on foot, and she could also divert her attention by turning around on the road.
The small ornaments of the street shops were strangely shaped, and Chen Chen was instantly attracted to attention. A long conical vase was placed on the shelf, she picked it up and got it a few times, and looked at the price tag, 150 yuan. Chen Chen hesitantly put down the vase. One hundred and fifty dollars to buy a small vase, and there is nowhere to go, so forget it. What is the postgraduate entrance examination, you still need money.
Chen Chen put down the vase and prepared to go home with a little lack of interest
"Chen Chen?" Someone called Chen Chen's name. Chen Chen was stunned for a moment and raised his head in surprise. Zhang Zhe stood next to Chen Chen, his face full of joy at a chance encounter. Chen Chen was a little embarrassed, the makeup that had just cried was still hanging on his face, and seeing someone he knew made Chen Chen at a loss. Chen Chen dodged Zhang Zhe's gaze and stammered: "Ah, okay, why are you here?" ”
Zhang Zhe didn't seem to notice Chen Chen's embarrassment, and happily greeted Chen Chen, "What a coincidence, why are you here." ”
Chen Chen grabbed his hair unnaturally, "I'm done, come out for a walk, aren't you asking customers to eat today?" Chen Chen diverted the topic, not wanting to explain that he appeared here,
"It's not time yet, so I sat all morning, and I got off the bus and walked around here." Zhang Zhe looked at Chen Chen, "Have you eaten?" I'll take you to something delicious."
"You still have an appointment, let's talk about it tomorrow. I'm just going home," Chen Chen tried to escape from the current environment in which he had no self-confidence.
"I'll send you." Zhang Zhe said softly.
"No, I want to go back, you don't think it's too late."
Zhang Zhe glanced at his watch, there was still an hour, and it was indeed too late to accompany Chen Chen to walk back and come back. "Then you go back early and talk to me when you get home."
Chen Chen nodded and said goodbye, and walked out with his bag. It's not so much about leaving, it's more like running away, she was embarrassed to meet Zhang Zhe when she was crying messily. It was as if someone had suddenly ripped off her clothes in the downtown area, which made her feel embarrassed. She didn't like her disguised strength being punctured, and running away was another option.
Looking at Chen Chen's back, Zhang Zhe regretted a little that he didn't ask her what was wrong just now. Her eyes looked a little red, as if she had just cried, and her makeup had almost been washed off, leaving only a few broken parts that were still stubbornly sticking to her face. The hair is a bit messy and looks awkward and fragile.
She is like a duckweed floating lonely on the water, not dazzling and beautiful, but her stubborn and resolute appearance made Zhang Zhexiang see herself.
Zhang Zhe was also stubborn and powerless, but he didn't want to bow his head, the beating of reality was enough for him, he had long learned how to disguise his friendliness, and use a gentle face to cover his inner disgust and disdain for this world. She has learned to cater to the world at her age, her stubborn appearance looks stupid, and Zhang Zhe wants to hold her.