(The storyline is completely fictional, the official must not sit in the right seat, if there is any similarity, it is purely a coincidence)

When Mr. Chen returned to Oxford, he had a day or two of jet lag, and lived his old life with peace of mind, abiding by the rules and guidelines, and living a very frugal life, going out early and returning late every day, cooking by himself, and stir-frying vegetables and making soup by himself. He always carries a stainless steel bottle of hot water with him when he goes out, and he doesn't even drink coffee and tea outside unless he has to, so it can be said that it costs an extra pound.

Mr. Chen is indeed a "little man" as Mrs. Chen believes, enjoying a small life, calculating detailed accounts, and self-denial and frugality. On this day, Jing Hao and Li Ruoshi saw in the back garden that Mr. Chen's pair of socks were dry, and the soles of his feet were worn out and leaked, Li Ruoshi joked with Mr. Chen, I didn't expect that there would be someone who was more economical than himself, and he wanted to throw him away, Mr. Chen said very seriously: "If the second hole is broken, you can make up for it for another week or two, and then throw it away completely." He also had to teach Ruoshi and Jing to mend socks.

Mr. and Mrs. Bai and Jing Hao were in the restaurant, and they also heard it, when he was joking, who still wears torn socks these days, but in fact, Mr. Chen is serious, he really lives thrifty and thrifty like this.

This time he returned to China, Mr. Chen's self-esteem and feelings were hit, and he thought he was thoughtful, but in Mrs. Chen's eyes, it was unfounded; And the most important thing in his life, "children", which he is eagerly looking forward to, Mrs. Chen still does not care. Every time he thought about it, he felt very uncomfortable.

Since Li Tianying went back to start a business, the two have been separated for more than half a year, he is still engaged in the business of a second landlord in Oxford, which house has a leaky pipe and broken furniture, he hurriedly drove to repair it, if there are tenants left, he will go to various campuses and websites to post advertisements, and hurry up to find new tenants, it can be said that he is doing exactly the same thing as before, and his thinking mode is basically stuck in the past.

And Mrs. Chen's wife Li Tianying is different, the circle of people she has befriended has changed a lot, either the leader in charge of the industry, or the investor, in addition to the experienced industry experts, she has seen more and more things, and her ambition is naturally getting bigger and bigger.

Mrs. Chen and Mr. Chen originally had different education and knowledge levels, Li Tianying was a postdoctoral fellow, Chen Shengshi was a secondary school student, after this different period of life, Mrs. Chen's vision and thinking were broader, and Mr. Chen was still the original cautious "little man" who "tired his arms".

It's just that Mr. Chen is happy to live a small life in Oxford, just thinking about Li Tianying, he is distressed, and feels that the two have begun to have a rift in their values: Li Tianying doesn't care about anything, only pursues career success, chases fame and fortune, and what he hopes is that his life is balanced, and the happiness of family life is the most important. Isn't this what people often call "three views incompatible"? It's just a big problem.

Don't look at Mr. Chen's education, but he is a down-to-earth person. He can see that the domestic environment is indeed more impetuous than that of the UK, the domestic development is too fast, there are many capable people, and there are many people who can fool, which Mr. Chen, who has lived in the UK for more than ten years, does not like, and he is also worried, he is really afraid that Li Tianying will become such a person sooner or later: capable, but also loves to talk big, can brag, and becomes more and more exaggerated.

In a bad mood, Mr. Chen went for a walk alone by the wooden bridge in Oxford South Park after dinner for a few days, and this wooden bridge is also a place where Mr. and Mrs. Bai often come to stop and relax. On this day, Mr. Chen happened to meet a temporary tenant he hadn't seen for a long time: Amy. Amy was born in Taiwan, when she was 5 years old, her family immigrated to the UK, a year ago a relative came to see them, there were too many people, she gave up her room for them, and came out to rent a house run by Mr. Chen for less than a month.

It can be regarded as an old acquaintance meeting and a pleasant greeting.

Mr. Chen said, "Amy, it's been a long time, I haven't seen you since you rented for a month last time, how are you now?" Where to stay? ”

Amy said: "Yes, what a coincidence, I haven't seen you for a long time, I still live with my parents, it's still the old place, the street near the Qiaotou bar, how is it, Mr. Chen, how are you all?" Mrs. Chen, is she still in that lab? ”

Mr. Chen said: "We are all fine, Li Tianying, she, she has returned to China." ”

Amy asked, "Oh, Mrs. Chan is back home?" Temporary?

Mr. Chen said: "That, it may be temporary, it may also be long-term, she is capable, go back to do things, as for me, stay here for the time being." ”

Amy said, "Oh, Mrs. Chen has returned to China to start a business? She's such a strong woman. So, you're separated now? ”

Mr. Chen said: "Yes, she is much better than me, hehe, I'm afraid I can't keep up with her rhythm." ”

Amy smiled and said, "How can it be, Mr. Chen, you are a rare good man." I have always said that there are the best and most generous Chinese men in the world, and if I have the opportunity, I must marry a Chinese man. ”

Mr. Chen grinned: "What am I doing, I have no academic qualifications, I have no ability, I can't compare to her, I can't compare to her in knowledge, I can't compare to her, I can't compare to her, and my vision can't compare to her, she has only been back to China for a few days, and all the people she has communicated with are leaders, experts, and investors, hehe, she has begun to dislike me......"

Seeing that Mr. Chen was a little lonely, Amy took the initiative to push Mr. Chen forward, and said, "Oh, Mr. Chen, don't talk about it, it's a good thing for Mrs. Chen to go back to start a business, and you will be reunited soon, come, I'll tell you a joke I just heard to you, make you happy......"

Amy showed the warmth of a good friend, and Mr. Chan was very useful, but still a little embarrassed and always wanted to avoid it. Because, no woman has treated him like this in this life, including Mrs. Chen. Mrs. Chen is knowledgeable, knowledgeable, cultivated, level, and capable, but Mrs. Chen is not a little woman, she is not very good at coquettishness, and she has never coaxed Mr. Chen like this. On the other hand, in fact, it has always been Mr. Chen who cooks for her, does laundry, takes care of her, and makes her happy.

Speaking of Amy, when she was five years old, she immigrated to the UK with her parents in the spring of that year, and her parents also planned that British primary school would start at the age of five, and she would enter primary school in the autumn. Since then, Amy has been studying in schools in England and growing up slowly, but she has not had many opportunities to date Chinese boys of the right age, and later she has been dating British boyfriends, but in her heart, she has always longed to meet a "Chinese man" like her father as an emotional home.

The day after the two met by chance in South Park, Mr. Chen went out in the rain and sneezed when he came back, and he had a little fever since the evening, Amy happened to call and heard that he was sick, so he quickly drove to No. 28 Hydley Road and brought him food from home, because he brought too much, and also left food for Li Ruoshi and Jinghao, which was very intimate.

Mr. Chen has never experienced this kind of care in his life, except for his mother, he is the first time to enjoy the gentle and considerate care of women, after Amy left, he lay on the bed and thought about his years, his nose was sore. In the past, he was "serving people all day long" but didn't get a good word, Li Tianying always said that he was a "little man", so he knew that if he lived a "small life", he could only "tired his arms" for the rest of his life...... Originally, Li Tianying said this about him in front of his parents, and he didn't feel embarrassed, but now, Li Tianying said this about him in front of the people in her company, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt wronged.

Amy is sunny and cheerful, and on the most uncomfortable day of Mr. Chen's illness, Amy is not afraid of being infected, and always comes to see him in the evening. Mr. Chen has regarded her as a confidant these days, and the two of them sat downstairs in the living room in the evening, chatting back and forth......

A few days later, Mr. Chen's cold was basically cured, and in the evening, Mr. Chen and Amy went for a walk by the river, and the two of them walked back after dark. Because of the way, Amy insisted that she would send Mr. Chen back to his residence first, and that she would be a little further away, so Mr. Chen did not refuse.

In No. 28 Hydri Road, Mr. Bai was reading a book in his room, and when he looked up, he saw the two of them under the street lamp outside from the window. It turned out to be Amy and Mr. Chen walking back slowly along a path, and there were people talking and laughing. Seeing the two waving goodbye in the front yard, Mr. Chen took out the key to open the door and entered the house. Mr. Bai retracted his head and suddenly recalled that a few days ago, he had seen Amy and Mr. Chen chatting for more than two hours behind closed doors in the living room on the first floor, and Mr. Chen did not send her out until half past eight......

Mr. Bai deliberately pretended to go to the restaurant to pour water and drink, and walked out of his room with a cup, so that he could "chance" bump into Mr. Chen.

Teacher Bai asked, "Xiao Chen'er, is you getting better from a cold?" Got a busy day? ”

Mr. Chen said: "No, you went out in the morning, I have been recuperating at home, and in the afternoon I just went out with an old friend to take a walk, relax, hehe, otherwise I will stay at home and panic." ”

Teacher Bai asked, "Old friend? Do I know each other? ”

Mr. Chen said: "You know, Amy, it's Amy, who came to England from Taiwan with her family when she was a child, and she lived in our house for less than a month, you remember, it's been a long time, wasn't it almost a year ago. ”

Teacher Bai said, "Oh, Amy! It was a long time ago, I remember. ”

Mr. Chen said: "Yes, it's her, I forgot to ask her to come in and sit down today, she came here a few days ago." ”

Teacher Bai said, "Yes, why didn't you call her in today." I have the impression that she is particularly Westernized, right? Did she tell everyone that she had a lot of British boyfriends? 12 dozen, but none of them are ideal. It's her, right? ”

Mr. Chen smiled awkwardly and said, "You really deserve to be a doctoral supervisor, you even remember this, your memory is really powerful, I don't remember." ”

Teacher Bai said: "Xiao Chen'er, Xiao Li has returned to China, you are here alone, support her to go back to start a business, and give her a good backing, it is not easy, we all admire you!" ”

Mr. Chen said: "Hehe, what do I have to admire, I admire you and Teacher He, how good this is, the husband sings with the wife." In our family, everything has to revolve around Li Tianying. ”

Teacher Bai said: "Xiao Li is a career-oriented woman, and you can be more considerate of her. When you have a bad time, or when you are lonely, talk to us more. ”

Mr. Chen didn't react, and said, "Okay, I'm fine, thank you." ”

Teacher Bai said at this time: "That Amy, don't you be used to eating Western food and want to change your taste, right?" ”

Mr. Chen tasted it and said, "Huh? You ......"

Teacher Bai hurriedly waved his hand: "I don't mean anything else, it's just a little bit of my thoughts, just for your reference." ”

Mr. Chen laughed at this time, he knew that Mr. Bai was too careful, but Mr. Chen was not embarrassed at all, let alone angry, he only felt that such things as "affair" and "cheating" would never happen to him, and now he was misunderstood by Mr. Bai, which is a very interesting thing.

Before Mrs. Chen Li Tianying left, Mr. Chen promised her that even if a woman took the initiative to strip naked in front of him, he would not do anything to be sorry for Mrs. Chen. Mrs. Chen laughed at the time: "Why did people take the initiative to strip naked in front of you?" Chen Shengshi, you make a promise and laugh to death! ”

Mrs. Chen in China dressed up to attend a dinner. In order to be "stylish", Mrs. Chen went out to run errands and took the most expensive car in the world: the British Bentley, and the driver wore a pair of white gloves to drive her; Today's dinner is not ordinary people, including a leader in the province, a leader in the city, a leader in the relevant ministries and commissions of the state, as well as two experts and two vice presidents of their own company......

And roommates Mr. Bai and Mr. He are like two chemical elements with strong stability, in ordinary life, I never see the two quarrel, and the occasional quarrel is also a joke. Although the upright Mr. Bai has always been "a piece of wood without the interest of life" in the mouth of his lover Mr. He, but a month before the end of his academic visit, he suddenly announced to his roommates, "We are going to the Welsh mountains, the Scottish Highlands and the Lake District to explore the most beautiful British scenery, and spend our 20th wedding anniversary on the shores of the world-famous Nice (water monster) lake", everyone was a little surprised when they heard about their plan in the restaurant, and they didn't expect Mr. Bai to be so romantic. Mr. Chen was particularly envious of their warm "20-year porcelain wedding anniversary journey".

Lao Bai and Mr. He said that they would set off, and they began to send WeChat to the roommate group to "report on the scene" about their journey in the afternoon.

Seeing the WeChat picture, Mr. Chen's heart was sour. Looking at other people's photos, in addition to carrying his own black backpack, Mr. Bai also helped Mr. He carry her dark red leather backpack cross-body, regardless of whether the man was carrying a woman's bag or not. This detail alone, Mr. Chen is very emotional: this is two people living together!

He was looking at these photos, and Amy called: "Mr. Chen, do you have any free time now, let's go out for a walk together." ”

The two of them still met by the river near Niu Danan Park, slipped to the wooden bridge and the riverbank, walked and walked, but coincidentally, met a photographer friend of Amy, who asked for permission, and took some photos of the two of them as part of the scenery.

Mr. Chen invited Amy's friend to the city for afternoon tea, and the friend said that he wanted to go very much, but unfortunately there was no time, Amy seemed to be very happy, and after saying goodbye to his friend, he pushed Mr. Chen in the direction of the city center.

The two were in a teahouse with a history of one or two hundred years, drinking afternoon tea and chatting happily...... Amy especially likes to listen to Mr. Chen tell some customs and stories about Chinese mainland, she left home at a young age, and has always imagined and yearned for the emotions and culture of Chinese people in her heart.

Jing Hao was in class, and during the recess, she also saw the pictures posted by Teacher Bai and his wife from WeChat, and it happened that Harry came over and saw it, and took the initiative to tell Jing Hao about some of the scenery in these places......

Mrs. Chen's company's new achievements have won several national, provincial and municipal science and technology progress awards, and on this day, there are leaders from the city who came to inspect with the team, and the leaders praised and took intimate photos......

After sending off the leader, Mrs. Chen returned to her office, looked up at the clock on the wall, a little more than half past four in the afternoon, and calculated that Mr. Chen should be half past eight in the morning, he should get up, so she sent a video call invitation to Mr. Chen, and as soon as Mr. Chen got through, she said, "Are you up?" I've been busy here for a day, all of them are here to learn from experience and investigate, and I just sent off a wave of inspection groups led by city leaders. ”

Mr. Chen said: "Oh, I just had the morning here, I drank too much tea with my friends yesterday, and I couldn't sleep, so I had to get up to calculate the water, electricity and gas bills of several houses, but it ended up at half past one in the middle of the night, and now I just got up." ”

Mrs. Chen said, "You still like to stay up late." ”

Mr. Chen said: "Occasionally, I can come back to rest at any time when I am tired during the day, but you are busy, and you must remember to take care of yourself." ”

Mrs. Chen said: "The conditions on my side are very good in all aspects now, you don't have to worry. You just said you had tea with a friend? Who is it? ”

Mr. Chen prevaricated: "Oh, an old friend, you don't know. ”

Mrs. Chan said, "In the prosperous world, I still advise you to quickly change your mind, and don't always indulge in the little days of England like drinking tea, fiddling with the garden, collecting rent, and taking a walk." You really don't know how many opportunities there are in the country now! ”

Mr. Chen was unhappy: "Why am I addicted to my little life?" ”

Mrs. Chen said, "When people like you figure it out, the daylilies will be cold." ”

She was unaware of it, but Mr. Chen sensed her dislike.

Mr. Chen said: "What do you mean by 'people like you', and why do you have such an attitude? I've already said it, let's not be too anxious, let's stabilize it a little longer. ”

Mrs. Chan said, "I mean, you are a more conservative thinker! I don't mean it badly. ”

Mr. Chen said, "You have no malicious intent, so you still praise me?" I'm conservative, you're advanced, and I can't keep up. ”

Mrs. Chen said, "You person, we are discussing problems, why are you still saying strange things?" ”

Mr. Chen said: "Anyway, I can't keep up with your rhythm, I can't help it, anyway, I don't want to rush back, I still want to be stable and stable." ”

Mrs. Chen said: "How can I say it bitterly, you are invulnerable, how long will you be stable?" I see that you are really about to be hopeless, let's go on like this, I'm afraid there will be nothing to say soon. ”

Chen Shengshi said: "I don't think there is a common language anymore. Then the audio was cut off.

After this quarrel, Mrs. Chen did not take the initiative to send a WeChat message to Mr. Chen to apologize as before, she immediately called back the video call, and said to Mr. Chen: "Chen Shengshi, I only know now that people like you are the most difficult to treat!" If you continue to have such a little man's mentality, there is really no cure! ”

Mr. Chen didn't speak, paused for a few seconds, and then cut off the video.

Mrs. Chen was so angry that she threw her phone on the leather sofa next to her, sat at her desk with her arms crossed, and looked out the window. He said to himself: "How many problems I solve and how many big things I do every day, why can't I solve this elm pimple in Chen Shengshi's head?" ”

Originally, Mr. Chen, who had passed the age of not being confused, had already prepared his mind and would "sing with his husband" in this life, but Mrs. Chen ordered him more and more arrogantly, and the more he spoke, the more unpleasant it became, which aroused the disgust in his heart.

Mr. Chen collapsed on his back on the one-meter-wide wooden bed in his small room, his mind tumbling over. There was a voice in his heart: "How did I become an accessory item of Li Tianying?" No matter how you accommodate her, no matter how much you think about her, she doesn't take me seriously? Do I have to do what she asks me to do immediately, otherwise, I am conservative and backward, and I am incapable? What the hell did she think of me? ”

Suddenly his stomach rumbled, he remembered that he hadn't eaten breakfast yet, got up and went downstairs to cook, but he touched his mobile phone again, and somehow, he dialed Amy and asked, "Amy, that, have you had breakfast?" If you haven't eaten, let's go have breakfast together. ”

It was just 9 o'clock, and Amy felt so strange: "I didn't expect you to ask me for breakfast, fortunately, I have been on vacation recently, so this time I have a treat, yesterday's afternoon tea was paid by you." ”

Mr. Chan and Amy had breakfast at a McDonald's in the center of the city because the café was still open. After that, they went to the large courtyard of St. Christ's College opposite the post office for a while, and then turned to the bank of a tributary of the Thames River next to it.

He said: "I look at my Li Tianying, and I look down on me more and more. ”

Amy said: "No, Mr. Chen, you must have misunderstood her, you have been through so many ups and downs together, how could she be?" ”

Chen Shengshi picked up a small flat stone and threw it into the river, trying to stir up several layers of ripples, but one layer of ripples was unsuccessful, and the stone fell into the water with a clatter.

He continued: "Li Tianying, I think I was carried away by the temporary success, those people surrounded her, calling her 'Dr. Li, Chairman Li, President Li', and provincial and municipal leaders went to inspect the work at every turn, and I saw that she didn't know what her surname was." ”

Amy said, "How, how could it be, you misunderstood her." ”

Chen Shengshi said: "Hehe, let me tell you carefully, you will know that I did not misunderstand her." ”

At this time, Mr. Chen's phone rang, and it was a tenant of a certain house looking for him, saying: "Mr. Chen, someone came to our house to check the gas safety, because I have a classmate who came to live for a few days these days, so I temporarily put a small bed in the living room, I told you, but the inspector just saw it, said that it was unqualified, and issued a warning note, we don't know why putting a small bed does not comply with the regulations, or you hurry over and negotiate with him." ”

When Mr. Chen heard this, he hurriedly said goodbye to Amy: "I'll go over and have a look first, I have a rental room, something went wrong, someone checked it, let's find a bar to talk about in the evening, I'll talk to you about Li Tianying." ”

The sun turned, and the day's life passed quickly.

In the evening, Mr. Chen and Amy went to the old Qiaotou bar near Amy's house as promised, in a corner, the two sat facing each other around a wooden table with a small round table, and kept talking. The two of them drank a lot of wine and were a little drunk. Mr. Chen looked at his watch, it was not too early, and suggested that Amy should go home.

Walking to the door of the bar, Mr. Chen pushed the door and saw that it was raining heavily outside, thundershowers. He grumbled: "The thunderstorms in England are more diligent than mine, and they are reluctant to give up day and night. ”

Amy didn't bring an umbrella either, so the two had to go back and sit down, Amy went to the bar and asked for two glasses of stout, Mr. Chen persuaded her, but she didn't listen, saying that the rain would stop after another drink. After drinking these two cups, Mr. Chen looked at his watch and found that it was broken and he missed the last bus! But the rain outside didn't get any lighter, and it was still buoyant.

At this time, Mr. Chen was already walking a little crookedly, Amy was obviously drinking too much, the two supported each other, went out in the rain to find a taxi, but found that there was no on the whole street, Amy called to ask for a car, the other party was an Indian accent, muttering, and replied that it would be an hour later at the earliest!

Mr. Chen's eyes couldn't be opened, and when he heard Amy say that the taxi couldn't come, he suddenly said, "Sweet Sakura, it's broken, it's broken, I'm sorry." ”

Amy asked, "Mr. Chen, what did you say?" ”

Mr. Chen shook his head: "Tian Sakura, I didn't say anything, I really didn't mean to." ”

Amy didn't hear "Sweet Sakura" clearly, and thought he said "it's cold", and she held him up, not knowing what to do.

The rain was so heavy that they couldn't go back to the bar, both of them were cold and dizzy, and Mr. Chen followed Amy's advice and walked to her house first.

When he arrived at Amy's house, Mr. Chen couldn't move his legs, and as soon as he entered Amy's room, he collapsed on the bed, Amy helped him take off his coat and shoes, found a towel to wipe the rain from his hair, covered it with a thin blanket, and went to the living room to rest on the couch.

After Mrs. Chen said ugly things to Mr. Chen, she knew that Chen Shengshi was angry, and she was a little unhappy. When she woke up the next day, she sent another video invitation to Mr. Chen, but she couldn't get through three times in a row. Calculate the time, it should be more than seven o'clock in the morning here, and it should be more than eleven o'clock in the middle of the night over there, Chen Shengshi basically went to bed at about twelve o'clock, and he shouldn't have fallen asleep at this point. Mrs. Chen was unhappy, and she also had a little doubt in her heart, this had never been the case before. Could it be that this time he was really angry and ignored himself? What a cautious little man!