Chapter 18: Long time no see, friend!
June 1st is An Manman's birthday, and this year is also her birthday when she finally entered the age of 3, for An Manman, every year's birthday is almost over, but Chen Xiaoxia has already made an appointment with An Manman for dinner on the evening of June 1, saying that he wants An Manman to leave a new beginning in her life.
The night before his birthday, An Manman was reading a book at home when he suddenly received a call from his younger brother An Qilin:
"Sister! Tomorrow is your birthday, happy birthday! ”
"Thank you!"
"Mom has something to look for you, you wait."
On the other end of the phone, came the voice of An Manman's mother:
"It's full, tomorrow is your birthday, go buy something delicious by yourself, Mom is not around, take care of yourself..."
"Well, got it, Mom! It's okay at home. ”
"Good, good..."
There was a pause on the other end of the phone, and the mother's voice came again:
"Would you like to say a word to your dad?"
An Man was silent.
"You're still mad at your dad..."
"No, I just don't know what to say..."
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An Manman's seemingly strong appearance is actually hiding a lot of things in her heart, and these pasts, pulling her father's expectations for her and her appeal to her feelings, so she is reluctant to tell people, and she doesn't know how to say it, so she can only hide it in her heart, and after hiding it for a long time, she wrote it on paper and became a book······
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On the day of An Manman's birthday, she went to work as usual, and received a bouquet carefully prepared for her by her colleagues in the department:
"Sister An! Happy birthday! ”
"Sister An! Birthday~Happy~"
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Seeing that everyone is so hearted, An Manman is very happy in his heart, and hurriedly thank you!
"Sister An! Our department plans to celebrate your birthday in the evening, so let's get off work together..."
Colleagues warmly invited An Manman to get off work and join everyone, but An Manman had already made an appointment with Chen Xiaoxia, so he had to say with gratitude:
"Next time, there's an appointment today."
"Who?"
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Just when everyone's gossip hearts were ignited and they wanted to ask who had made an appointment with their Sister An, someone sent flowers into the office and shouted:
"Excuse me, is Ms. An Manman here?"
Colleagues were the first to answer:
"Here..."
"Here are your flowers, please sign for them."
Colleagues looked at An Manman with gossip eyes, and An Manman was surprised, who would send flowers to himself?
An Manman walked to the flower giver, took the card hidden in the flowers, and looked at it, but there was no name left at the bottom, only one sentence:
"In the past, I could only silently bless you, but today I want to say to you openly: Happy birthday! Hope you'll enjoy these flowers..."
An Man thought: No name? Inexplicable flower delivery?
So I thought about refusing to sign for it:
"I don't know who sent it, I don't have a name, I'm afraid it was sent by mistake, so you can take it back, thank you..."
The flower giver was a little aggrieved, and said very seriously:
"There is no mistake in sending it, I said that I would give it to Ms. An Manman by name, and wish her a happy birthday!"
Then the flower giver added:
"Excuse me, are you Ms. An Manman?"
An Man nodded in acquiescence.
"That's right, the person who sent the flower said that it was a flower last time, which represents single-mindedness towards you; This time it's 99 flowers, which means that you will be for a long time, and he said you will understand..."
If it's so romantic, why does it taste so strange through a paraphrase of sending flowers?
Before An Manman could react to who sent it, seeing this scene, the colleagues who heard all this exploded...
"Oh oh oh, oh, so romantic..."
"No wonder I just said that there was an appointment, it turned out to be a handsome guy..."
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An Manman didn't listen to what his colleagues were talking about at all, but when he thought of what the flower giver said just now, he suddenly remembered that this anonymous flower giver was: Shi Xiaobo!
That's right, it's Shi Xiaobo!
There's no way, everyone is looking at it, and the flower giver has already said that the flower can't be brought back if it is sent out, An Manman had to take the bouquet and put it in the corner of the table...
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Jensen, who came back from going out, didn't feel that the office was any different, and worked as usual, while busy on the phone, communicating with the assistant for a while... It wasn't until Jenson saw An Man leave with the bouquet of flowers that Jenson seemed to remember something.
He glanced at the calendar on the table: June 1, and seemed to remember the date on An Manman's ID card: June 1, 1988...
It turns out that today is An Manman's birthday!
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An Manman left with the flowers, and when no one was around, he gave the flowers to the aunt who was sweeping the floor downstairs, so he hurried to make an appointment with Chen Xiaoxia.
Chen Xiaoxia ordered a table of An Manman's favorite dish at her boyfriend Wu Yikai's Free Life restaurant, and also ordered an 8-inch castle cake.
"Manman, isn't this cake a good idea of my intentions?"
Chen Xiaoxia said to An Manman with a smile on his face begging for praise and praise, and then added:
"I hope you can find your own prince and live in your castle..."
An Man smiled:
"In your eyes, it seems that I am really fit to live in a fairy tale."
"Not really."
Chen Xiaoxia said mischievously to An Manman.
"Blowing out the candle and making a wish, you must make yourself a wish to find true love as soon as possible, do you hear?"
An Manman was amused by Chen Xiaoxia and responded:
"I wish you were still serious, just go through a ritual."
Chen Xiaoxia was unwilling, stood up and moved the cake to his side, shouting:
"If you don't make a wish seriously, I won't sing to you, I won't blow out candles for you..."
An Man laughed:
"Okay, okay, I make a wish, I make a wish, I make a wish that I will find true love and marry quickly, this is always okay."
Chen Xiaoxia looked serious:
"No jokes, be serious!"
An Man held back a smile:
"Good!"
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"Happy birthday to you! I wish you a happy birthday ~ I wish you ~ a happy birthday, I wish you ~ a birthday ~ day ~ fast ~ happy ~"
Chen Xiaoxia sang earnestly and affectionately, while clapping his hands to accompaniment.
An Man closed his eyes, and after Chen Xiaoxia sang the birthday song, he seriously blew out the candles and made a wish.
In the past, she made a wish on her birthday, but this year is a new beginning at the age of 30, An Manman really made a wish in her heart: I hope the love in the book can come true!
Yes, An Man is looking forward to love, but he is also looking forward to it!
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It's rare to have today's birthday, Chen Xiaoxia and An Manman sat in the restaurant for a long time, An Manman listened to Chen Xiaoxia chatting about it, it seems that only with good friends, An Manman is the real girl next door.
Suddenly, a greeting called An Manman:
"Full! What a coincidence! ”
An Manman turned around and saw that it was his old friend Gao Lilan, it turned out that Gao Lilan also made an appointment with a friend to have dinner here today, but she didn't expect to meet An Manman on the way back from going to the bathroom.
So, Gao Lilan enthusiastically pulled An Manman:
"Let's go, I used to sit there, my friend is still there, and their company is also doing real estate development, you can get to know each other."
An Man couldn't resist Gao Lilan's hospitality, so he had to tell Chen Xiaoxia to leave first and come back later.
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Coming to Gao Lilan's position, Gao Lilan graciously introduced her friend to An Manman:
"Manful, this is my friend! Financial Manager of Wanshi Group, Zhang Ying. ”
At this time, Zhang Ying watched Gao Lilan bring back a beautiful young woman and stood up to welcome her.
An Manman heard that the other party was from Wanshi Group, and before he could speak, Gao Lilan said to Zhang Ying again:
"Ying, this is the planning manager of the project department of LRO company, An Manman."
An Manman and Zhang Ying shook hands and shouted to each other: "Hello! Hello! Nice to meet! ”
An Manman sat down next to Gao Lilan, and wanted to say to the lady opposite Zhang Ying that Wanshi Group and their advertising company were cooperating on a project, but before she could speak, Gao Lilan excitedly grabbed An Manman's hand, looked at her and said:
"I saw your book, and it really did what you said, the love story in the book is really touching." ’
Zhang Ying heard that An Manman was still a writer, so she asked curiously:
"What a story, so touching, let's share it."
An Man was embarrassed, but Gao Lilan became excited.
"This is a romance novel, about two people from mutual attraction, to mutual identification with each other, and finally to each other, in the yard of their own home, planting flowers and vegetables, enjoying the idyllic life, and the company of returning to the people..."
"Wow, it sounds pretty warm and romantic..."
"No, at that time she said that she wanted to write a novel, to write the love story she was looking forward to, no, the book will be published..."
An Man smiled, a little modest and a little embarrassed.
At this time, Zhang Ying took over the topic:
"It seems that you have known each other for a long time?"
Gao Lilan took a sip of juice and took over the topic with a smile:
"We met when we first docked the [Fence Courtyard] project, and she said that the house of her dream was the kind of low-rise house with a courtyard in [Fence Courtyard], and she hoped to live in such a house with the person she loved, but unfortunately she couldn't buy it when she just came out of work at that time..."
An Man smiled and said:
"You remember it so clearly, I forgot I told you at the time······"
Gao Lilan is proud:
"I know your pen name is Qianqianjie, and when I saw your book, it used the promotional picture of [Fence Courtyard] at that time as the cover backing, how can I not remember..."
Zhang Ying said with a smile:
"Thousands of knots, is it from [the heart is like a double wire net, there are thousands of knots in it]?"
An Man smiled and responded:
"Hmm."
"What is the title of the book? I'll check it out too. ”
When Gao Lilan heard that her good friend also had a story about this novel, she hurriedly replied:
"You can search for the author: Qianqianjie, or you can search for the title of the book "How Good It Would Be If You Knew Me"······"
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Zhang Ying just gave birth to a child, the child is more than 1 year old, obviously still in a state of being pregnant and stupid for three years, and An Manman's side of the relationship, completely forgot An Manman's name and what LR advertising company she came from, just remember her screen name: Qianqianjie, real estate marketing planning, published a love novel, called "How Good It Should Be If You Understand Me"...