The negotiation was successfully completed, and everyone was very happy on the way back, talking about the bright future of the company's products after obtaining exclusive channels, while laughing and scolding Mr. Li for being cunning and cunning, and he dared to slap his swollen face and become fat. Chen Ran laughed loudly, "Normal, in business, both buyers and sellers want a good price, this Mr. Li, owes the bank 10 million, according to the usual payment method, he can only get this money together at a price twice as high as the price, but it is not a complete asking price." It's just that I said that I would pay him first, and I actually wanted to add 50% of the price, which is too greedy. Of course, the conspiracy is all a conspiracy, but it's just a power change, and I don't just talk nonsense that we don't work overtime! Chen Ran laughed, "In short, today we got the ideal price, and Company M got the liquidity they urgently needed, and the result of double benefits is good for everyone, after all, we are in business, and everyone's good is really good!" ”

Everyone nodded yes. Chen Ran continued, "Today's result is thanks to Xiao Li who provided us with that valuable information at a critical moment, otherwise we are likely to lose this contract, and even affect the promotion of the company's products. After speaking, Chen Ran gave me a thumbs up and nodded encouragingly.

His gaze was deep, and there seemed to be light oozing from his eyes, as if he was puffed with infinite joy and restraint, faintly revealing a subtle affection. My face turned red unconsciously, and I hurriedly excused myself, "No, no, Mr. Chen is serious, today I got the news by chance, and no one will waste this good opportunity, which means that this contract is destined to be our Kairan." ”

"Xiao Li is very modest, but I don't know that many things in this world happen to be on this coincidence" When Chen Ran said this, he stared at my eyes fixedly, the winter gray outside the car window locked the color of the heaven and earth, and my heart seemed to have a butterfly dancing in March, a little panicked, but it was also slowly blooming. After a pause, Chen Ran turned his head and continued to everyone, "Whether it's a coincidence, God is destined to do it, in short, today is a happy result, and when the contract is signed next week, let's have a celebration banquet and have fun!" When everyone heard that they could feast on food, they all applauded.

Back to the company, it's past the end of work, today I'm in a good mood, I wanted to take the Pleasant Goat out for a walk, who knew that this little girl would not be seen as soon as she returned to the company. I had to carry my bag downstairs, there were few people at the door of the company, but the sky outside was very gloomy, and the black ground was covered with a big pot on the vast earth, like a cauldron upside down on the vast earth, so that all the cars and horses were extinguished. A burst of thunder sounded, muffled like a dumb fire, and finally forced this winter rain down without hurry.

The rain, like layers of bead curtains scattered from the sky, was blown up by the wind, and spread out and fell again and again, slowly, but there was no edge in sight. The winter rain is muddy, wrapped in a wet cold, which makes people unconsciously excited. The night cold gradually spread, but the rain in front of me did not stop at all, looking at my empty hands, I couldn't help but be secretly anxious without an umbrella.

The horn of "Didi" sounded, and a sedan stopped in front of me. The window rolled down, and I saw Chen Ran greeting me with a smile in the car, "Xiao Li, come, get in the car, I'll send you." ”

I was stunned for a moment. I am no stranger to that car, as if it was a long time ago, in the murmur of the embroidery river, in the same car, he and I used to tell each other's lives. In the parallel time and space that has not yet converged, my hometown has the taste he likes, and his hometown is actually the place where I went to college. It turns out that we used to be so close; It turns out that long before I met him, there were so many overlapping marks in our lives.

Is it a coincidence? As if it were. But the people in this world, every gathering and dispersing, every laughter and sorrow, why do they only happen when they happen? Why just this person, this time, this place and not the other? Why can't the billions of people and beings on the earth find two identical times, places, people, and events?

It's the entanglement of fate, in the endless wilderness of reincarnation, two strange individuals, have long been engraved by time with each other's destiny, like a symphony, the beginning and the end of the beginning and the end have been distinct, not earlier, not later, just at this moment, it is raining, I have no umbrella, Chen Ran, driving the car, through the wind and rain, stopped in front of me, and said to me, "Xiao Li, come, get in the car, I will send you." "Everything was just right.

Yes, everything is just right, just like the clouds, naturally.

It was getting late, the rain was getting thicker, I looked at the man in front of me who was as warm as jade, his eyes seemed to have the sun, moon and stars in the color of heaven and earth, and I didn't hesitate anymore, I raised my bag to block the rain, and went straight into his car.

The car broke through the rain curtain and roared away, Chen Ran's voice was gentle and kind, "You didn't bring an umbrella, did you?" The rain fell just in time. ”

As soon as I took the test, I realized what he was joking, and I couldn't help but smile, "Yes, pick me when I don't have an umbrella." Thank you, Mr. Chen, thanks to your ride, I was still worried about how to go home just now. ”

"You're welcome, stop by" Chen Ran seemed to be very happy, "Today you are our Kairan's hero, the company should give you a bonus, this little thing is not enough to worry about." ”

"Mr. Chen, don't say that, it's tormenting me," I hurriedly waved my hand and said, "Actually, this is really a coincidental thing, if everyone else in the company will grasp it, how dare I take credit." ”

Chen Ran smiled slightly, "I said, many things in this world happen to be on this coincidence", he glanced at me, then looked back at the front, and said leisurely, "You said that everything in this world, life and death, prosperity and decline, gathering and dispersing, aren't they all due to various opportunities?" When the opportunity coincides, everything will be successful; The opportunity has not yet arrived, and it is strange to see each other. People in the world often lament that it is too difficult to get things done, why? Because the word chance, such as the vast air in the universe, drifting in the invisible, must be due to the accumulation of time, mutual catalysis, in order to produce a harmonious response, and then at that moment of lightning, it happened, as the so-called water comes naturally, people say 'coincidence', all focus on the word 'coincidence', it seems that everything is luck, in fact, I think that there are not many things in this world that are coincidental, coincidence is actually coincidence, the so-called 'accident is inevitable', this is the truth. ”

I was stunned for a moment, Chen Ran's words were like a stone beating a drum, and the sound beat on my heart. Just now, I had a thorough understanding of coincidence, but I couldn't understand it thoroughly. And Chen Ran, but inadvertently a little bit of a knot, like a complicated tangled knot, helpless suddenly found the location of the mechanism, only a light touch, the dead knot alive, blooming like a flower, only to be surprised to find that it itself is such a beauty. My question in the rain at night, Chen Ran's answer in Xiao Xiao's traffic, isn't this itself also a coincidence? Or rather, that's my chance to meet him.

Seeing that I didn't have time to answer, Chen Ran smiled and said, "Do you think I'm bored?" A bunch of mysterious stuff for no reason? ”

"Ah, no, no, Mr. Chen" realized that his thoughts had led him to misunderstand, and quickly explained, "Actually, I have also thought about these problems, but I am only shallow after all, and I still can't understand many places. ”

"Really? Have you ever thought about this? Chen Ran's face flashed with surprise, and he praised again and again, "Yes, yes, it's not easy for a young man who has just graduated to think about these questions, do you have any experience, let's hear it?" ”

I was a little embarrassed for a while, those intermittent and unbridled thoughts were so complex and unprovoked, how could I get an axe in front of Chen Ran, "Mr. Chen, I'm all blind thinking, I can't tell you why, I'm going to make you laugh" I snorted, carefully thinking about how to speak.

Chen Ran didn't realize it, and waved his big hand, "Xiao Li, we should be familiar with it now, right?" Don't be so inhibited, as I said, everyone is friends outside of eight hours, and there is no boss or subordinate. The communication between friends should not be worried, otherwise the interaction between people will not be too interesting. You tell me? ”

His voice was thick and powerful, with an innate sincerity, easy-going and gentle, which always calmed my wavering mind, and I couldn't refuse it. But I am not unhappy, the person who is in the same car with me at this moment is the person I have in mind, and what he hopes and needs is also what I have imagined and looked forward to countless times, but I have never expected to live with him as a friend, let alone that this day will come so soon. Sitting beside him at this moment, I could hear his breathing calmly and evenly, like a low, lingering nocturne slowly flowing into my heart. The cold rain outside the window, falling on the car window like a clear spring, my heart was full of throbbing and joy, and there was a voice echoing in my head for a long time, "Li Yue'er, now, at this moment, tell yourself"

"Well, Mr. Chen, I actually admire you very much." Maybe it was Chen Ran's expectant eyes that gave me courage, or maybe I had subconsciously prepared for this day for a long time, I just knew that I was going to say it at this moment, even if it was rough and naïve, even if it was subtle and shallow, I wanted to share it with him, so that he would know that I had lived up to his encouragement and trust in me, and had lived up to his care and concern all the time, and I looked at me differently.

"I'm a more introverted person, so I usually talk less, please don't be surprised by Mr. Chen." I was embarrassed to say, "But all along, Mr. Chen, you have taken good care of me, given me so many opportunities, and I have learned a lot by your side, I really thank you." ”

"Xiao Li is just too modest, do you think we will give a chance to give a bucket who can't be helped?" Chen Ran laughed loudly, "Just like I told your father last time in County D, it is because of your own excellence that the company will reuse you, understand?" ”

"That's true, but isn't it also appropriate for me to express my gratitude to Mr. Chen and the company?" Chen Ran's heartiness seemed to infect me, and I began to try to relax between words.

I didn't expect my words to change suddenly, Chen Ran couldn't help but ask for a moment, then turned his head and smiled at me, "Ha, Xiao Li, the reaction is very fast, okay, then I will be disrespectful!" ”

I lowered my head and smiled gently, and sorted out my thoughts for a while, "Mr. Chen, you just said that 'coincidence is actually chance', I think it means that it is destined?" But I don't understand one thing, if everything in the world is predestined, then what is everyone's efforts? is like the success or failure of the rich and the poor, if it is destined to be poor and defeated, then it is useless to work harder; And if it is destined to be the latter, can it be enough to lie down and do nothing? ”

Chen Ran listened attentively, thought for a while, and said, "What I said about chance is not completely destined, but refers to the fact that the occurrence of any thing is actually the result of the comprehensive action of various subjective and objective factors. And these subjective and objective factors, like all kinds of chances, success or failure, rich and poor, and even any reality we can see, are the condensation of these opportunities, the so-called 'union and birth', not to the simple will or desire of people to transfer, from this level there is indeed a layer of "destined" meaning, but this doomed is not the same as the world often says doomed, the latter is actually more consciously incomprehensible phenomena with an ethereal mysterious force to explain, such as fate, such as God, but this kind of ' "Destiny" and "God is destined" just obliterate people's subjective initiative, just like you just said, fate is destined to be poor, no matter how hard you work is useless or the opposite, then why do we also have "sit and eat the mountain, several lifetimes and behead, rich but three generations" and so on? Furthermore, this 'fate' is a paradox, because when people talk about it, they often talk about it by effect and cause, that is, there is already a realistic result, and then they come to the cause of 'fate', but before the world presents its result or reality, how do you know what your fate will become? So, your confusion lies in equating chance with predestined, and predestined with predestined. Chen Ran looked at me and smiled gently, "Understood, Xiao Li?" Didn't make you dizzy, did you? ”

I was a little surprised, all along, my feelings about Chen Ran stayed more at the level of bosses, technical experts or shopping mall elites, and I never knew that he had such a unique understanding of the world and life. These condensed between the lines of wisdom and wisdom, for him, is the refinement of the philosophy of life, for me, is the belated teaching to solve doubts, I have been longing to pursue the life energy and supplies, in such a bleak winter night, through the wind and rain, like a beam of light through the rain mantle, as if connected with the sky, shining a clear future, and Chen Ran, as if standing at the end of the light, with the indifference and elegance of being outside the world, such as a peerless gentleman, Xiao Xiao and stand.

"No, Mr. Chen, you said it so well" I was a little excited, "I now understand the ancients' sentence 'listening to your life, better than reading a book for ten years', today to hear your explanation, it is really my luck, let me benefit a lot"

"Hehe, Xiao Li Yan is serious" Chen Ran seemed to be very happy, waved his hand and said, "You think my words are useful to you, then it is naturally good." But it's not necessary to say lucky, I said it, it's just a coincidence" Chen Ran smiled and winked at me, and I smiled in return. He continued, "If you think you can treat me as a friend, then this is a communication between friends, if I am a little more cheeky, relying on your age to grow this round, and you are called big brother, then it will be my luck."

There seems to be a clear mountain spring flowing in my heart, and the jingle is crisp and pleasant. The pale glow on the cheeks is flying, like a little red plum looming in the snow. Looking up, Chen Ran's expression was focused and calm, no different from him in the past. The night is lingering, and there is a trace of happiness permeating him, and he is willing to regard me as a friend on the same level as him, and even let me call him big brother, is it true? May I? I, Li Yue'er, how can I be treated so favorably by him? Even if I have been greedy for a long time, at this moment, I can't believe that in a trance I just put on Cinderella's crystal slipper, and the dream will finally have an end moment, should I laugh or cry? It's just that, in the face of great throbbing and disbelief, I finally determined that Chen Ran was treating me differently.

"Brother Chen" I couldn't help but call out, "Thank you for looking up to me so much" and I didn't tell him, I was able to be accepted by him as his friend, and I was lucky to be able to call him a big brother.

He and I seemed to be shocked by the words, the colorful stars twinkled in front of me, and the air flowed with beautiful notes, I was like Ceditilla dancing with the prince in the middle of the dance floor, completely ignoring the torrent of people around me, just because this long-lost dream was so beautiful that I really didn't want to wake up.

"Squeak" A sudden brake, the car suddenly stopped to the side of the road, I looked at Chen Ran suspiciously in the huge inertia, only to see him take a deep breath, Fang turned his head to me and said, "You wait a minute", turned around and opened the door and walked out.

The cold rain drifted into the car, like cold ice sticking to the skin, and the sweet dream seemed to wake up most of the time. I saw in the confusion and doubt that Chen Ran strode to the side of the road where the lights were dim, and let the rain curtain sweep over his whole body, and in his direction, the words "Zhang Ji Iron Plate Squid" were as dazzling and bright as fire in the wind and rain.

My tears welled up like this.

I didn't feel sour, nor did I feel heartache, but tears flowed out quietly one after another, until he returned to the car in a cloak and wore rain, and handed me six strings of fragrant iron plate squid, "I didn't expect this iron plate squid to be open on a rainy day, the taste of his house is very good, there is the taste of our Y city, don't you like to eat this?" Come, the right to be the big brother's meeting gift, I bought six strings, take a six or six good meaning, don't laugh at the big brother, in a hurry, this cold and freezing weather actually had a chance to get your love, I have to admit that it is not only a coincidence, but also a coincidence! ”

He really remembered that even if Pleasant Goat casually said a little bit of me, he took it so seriously. He treats me so affectionately, how can I be virtuous, how can I be virtuous, how can I have such a blessing, to embrace these beauty? The sound of the rain is like a note, but I have no pity at all, I only feel that the rain is laughing and singing for me all day and night,

"Eat quickly, it's cold for a while" Chen Ran dusted off the raindrops on his body, turned his head and said, only to find my red eyes, "Silly girl, why are you crying?" I hurriedly brushed away the tears from the corners of my eyes, and burst into laughter, "No, Brother Chen, let's eat together"

"That's not good, the picture is a six or six Shun, how can you eat it separately? You must eat all six strings" After speaking, he actually smiled childishly, "This is the order of the eldest brother"

I pursed my lips, "Then I have to think about what kind of gift to give my eldest brother, but I can only make up for it next time."

Chen Ran looked at me, his eyes shining like stars in the sky, and then said something I will never forget, "Silly girl, your tears are the best gift for me." ”

The sizzling squid makes the lips and teeth fragrant, with the cold night and the scorching heat like water, and his temperature, his soft words, his soft intestines.