Chapter 178: The Perfectionist
Xiaobei kept crying and screaming until he got into the car, still sobbing, Manman sat next to him, wiped away his tears for him, and coaxed him to say: "Xiaobei is six years old, he is a little man, you said yesterday that you wanted to protect Manman, but you cry again today, how can Manman believe you?!" ”
Xiaobei sat in the safety seat coyly, sobbing from time to time, with a red nose and red eyes, and a pitiful appearance, which made people feel distressed, until Gu Mochen drove the car to the door of a Pizza Hut restaurant, Xiaobei regained his mood, because pizza was his favorite.
"Actually, you're too serious, it's just a child's toy, and he likes it." Tan Man cut a piece of pizza and put it on Xiaobei's plate, and the little guy couldn't wait to put it in his mouth.
Gu Mochen picked up the cup and took a sip of lemonade, frowning slightly: "You can choose it, why do you have to have a flawed one, I want to give him the best." ”
"But he likes it!"
"Isn't it stupid to know that there is a problem and still like it?" His tone was noticeably softer, "Besides, I can't accept the existence of defective products at home!" ”
Tan Man understood his psychology and gave him a blank look: "Do you know that the other side of perfectionism is actually obsessive-compulsive disorder, I think you are not lightly ill!" ”
"I don't think there's anything wrong with it, at least the principle of pursuing perfection has allowed me to have everything I have now, to do things to the extreme, to be the best, what's wrong?!"
"Perfection in everything only exists in the ideal world, and sometimes there will be situations like Xiaobei, knowing that it is flawed, or can't help but like it, will you also ignore your inner feelings in order to adhere to your strange principles?!"
Gu Mochen squinted at her, was silent for a moment, and said firmly: "It's flawed, I won't take a second look at it at all, where do you like it?!" ”
Tan Man was stunned for a moment, his words were like a sharp knife, straight to her heart, he said this, does it mean that if he knew that he was deaf and a disabled person, he would definitely not like it?!
"If, I mean, you meet a girl and the other person has a disability, no matter how small the flaw is, you won't choose to like her, right?!"
When Gu Mochen heard this, he frowned puzzled, he didn't understand why she suddenly asked such a question, and his eyes shot at her sharply: "What do you mean by this?" ”
Tan Man found that he was almost out of shape, lowered his head and cut a small piece of cake and sent it to his mouth, shrugged his shoulders and said: "Just ask, the occupational disease has attacked, and suddenly I want to test your psychology!" ”
"Then I'll tell you," Gu Mochen replied, "if you have a choice, no!" Why don't I find myself a healthy partner?! This has nothing to do with discrimination, it's just reality, you know, taking care of Xiaobei is enough to take time and energy, I can't guarantee that there is still the patience to take care of and endure a disabled wife. ”
Endure?
Yes, he, a perfectionist, can't even accept a flawed play, how can he tolerate having a disabled partner, besides, with his current conditions and capital, there is absolutely no shortage of excellent women around him.
Before, she hadn't thought about this problem, but when he admitted this fact himself, it was so uncomfortable, his chest felt like he was pressed by a big stone, and he couldn't breathe.
While he was talking, Tan Man never looked up at him, she was afraid that she would accidentally reveal her emotions.
"Vines?!" Seeing that she was silent for a long time, Gu Mochen couldn't help but call her.
"Huh?" She looked up suddenly.
"What do you think?" The other party was puzzled, and his brows furrowed slightly.
She chuckled and shook her head, silent.
"I'll go back with you to buy books later!" He said.
"No need, I'll come back another day, there are too many people in the book city today, and I can't concentrate on picking!" Tan Man immediately refused, she just wanted to escape from here now, go home and wrap herself in the quilt, and take a good look at her thoughts and feelings.
After lunch, Tan Man made an excuse and refused Gu Mochen's offer to send her home.
Today, after he unintentionally said the principles he adhered to, Tan Man seemed to be rejected in disguise, and she was afraid that her heart for him would be like the lights in the curtains at night, leaking out little by little.
……
Tan Man came home, slept with his head covered all afternoon, and even forgot to remove his hearing aids, and when he woke up, twilight had already fallen.
The phone rang next to the bed just in time, she reached out and touched it, and the caller ID was Qiao Ning.
"Hey, Qiao Ning!" She answered lazily.
"Are you sick? The voice is weak. Qiao Ning asked.
"No, I just woke up."
"My brother breathed a sigh of relief next to him." She chuckled softly.
"Stop teasing me, what's wrong?"
"Tomorrow weekend, let's go hiking."
"In the winter, there will be a lack of oxygen when climbing the mountain!" The vine has little interest.
"Go, it's rare that I have the heart to exercise, just let's come back and eat hot pot together." Qiao Ning dragged his cute voice and persuaded, "Go, go, just accompany me, the weather is good on the weekend, what a waste of sleeping at home." ”
"Hey, well, I can't stand you!" Tan Man reluctantly agreed.
"We'll pick you up early tomorrow morning, you don't have to prepare anything, just someone come." After Qiao Ning finished excitedly, he hung up the phone.
Qiao Ning said early in the morning, sure enough, it was very early, before eight o'clock, Qiao Sen's car had already parked downstairs, and Manman stepped on canvas shoes and hurried downstairs.
Today's Tan Man, a pair of slim jeans with a white hooded down, tied the over-the-shoulder hair into a ball on the top of her head, not loose or tight, and leaked a few strands between her slender neck, the whole person looks a few years younger, like a college student.
"Morning, Vine!" When Tan Man appeared in front of the car, Qiao Sen had already stepped down first, waiting by the door, she consciously opened the back door and sat with Qiao Ning.
"Manman, you deliberately tied a mushroom head to contrast my old age!" Qiao Ning touched her bun and frowned unhappily.
"Please, we are the same year, do you want to be so inferior, you want me to climb the mountain, I tied it up, okay?!"
Vines rarely tie their hair up because it might expose the hearing aids in their ears, and although they are small, they can still be seen with a little attention.
Even if you are a calm person, you are not willing to easily expose your weaknesses to others.
"It's still good to have long hair, I don't understand why you couldn't think about it before, cut it so short." Qiao Ning said as he wiped a rubber band from his backpack, "Quick, help me tie a ball head!" ”
Tan Man had long been accustomed to her freewheeling temperament, smiled bitterly, and tied her hair for her.
"You girls, you can talk for so long with just one hair!" Qiao Sen, who was driving, shook his head, showing puzzlement.
"Brother, you can do your job as a coachman and a slave today." Qiao Ning gave him a blank look, "That's right, plus take out your wallet!" ”
Tan Man grinned, not only did the two of them have no similarity in appearance, but they also didn't have the same personality at all, Qiao Ning was in a hurry, Qiao Sen was gentle and elegant, and sometimes it really made people wonder if they were brothers and sisters.
For more than an hour, the car drove into the Sheshan parking lot, perhaps because of the weekend, coupled with the bright sun, there were many people who came over.
After climbing a section of high mountain gate stairs, Qiao Ning and Tan Man were already out of breath, and finally climbed to the first platform, Qiao Ning was already shouting to rest, and sat on the stone bench.
"No, it's too hard." Qiao Ning gasped as she tried to take off her coat.
Tan Man also opened his mouth and exhaled heavily, the heat under the down had already begun, and fine sweat was oozing all over his body.
"Drink some water!" Qiao Sen on the side did not change his face, and handed Tan Man a piece of water.
"Thank you." She smiled indifferently, "People who exercise a lot, it's really different!" ”
"Just a few steps will make you tired like this, it looks like you'll have to follow me to the gym for a run." Jossen said.
"I'm not going, I'd rather use the money from the gym to do beauty!" Qiao Ning frowned.
"The more trips you make to the gym, the more you are guaranteed to put on less foundation! Look at you, what kind of makeup do you wear at a young age, do you want me to bring some pictures of skin cells corroded by cosmetics from the hospital next time to show you?! Jossen threatened mercilessly.
"Hmph, you know how to bully me, yes, where can I compare to the natural beauty of the vines, and I am amazing without makeup, right?!" Qiao Ning choked him back in a weird way, turned his head to Tan Man and said, "Manman, will you accompany me to the bathroom?" ”
"Good!"
Qiao Sen looked at their figures that were gradually moving away, and smiled helplessly, a question that he had been puzzled about since he was a child, that is, why girls had to go to the toilet together.
came out of the bathroom, waited at the door for a while and didn't see Qiao Ning, and was about to go back to the women's toilet to find someone, when a new message popped up on WeChat on his mobile phone.
"You go back and wait for me first, my mother cooked too much soy milk in the morning, I guess I have to squat for a while!"
Speechless, Manvine turned and walked towards Jossen.
"Miss Tan?!"
At this time, hearing someone calling her name behind her, Tan Man turned around, and a man in his early thirties, dressed in casual sportswear, looked at herself, this man was very familiar, she was sure that she knew him, but she couldn't remember who it was.
"Don't remember me?" Seeing her at a loss, the other party smiled and said, "I'm Chen Rui, Gu Mochen's friend!" ”
Tan Man suddenly said: "It turned out to be Lawyer Chen, I'm really embarrassed, you took off your suit, and you really didn't recognize it." ”
"The suit looks old, I didn't expect me to be quite young, right?!" The other party joked.
"Hehe, the suit is not old, the style is different!" Vine responded with a smile.
"I didn't expect Miss Tan to like to climb mountains too?!"
Manman immediately waved his hand and said, "I don't like it, I was hardpulled up by my friend." ”
"Oh?! I thought you had the same hobby as Gu Mochen. ”
At the mention of Gu Mochen, Tan Man was stunned, and soon regained his composure, deliberately avoiding the topic of that person: "Lawyer Chen, shouldn't you come alone?!" ”
"No, with my wife and a few friends!" Chen Rui pointed to the group of people behind her, and following the direction, she saw a young woman with a good temperament, who looked a few years older than herself.