Chapter 7: The First Sight in This Life

Li Yue'er

The sky is high and the clouds are light, the summer heat has not yet subsided, and the dense laurel trees beside the street have made the air sweet and plump. I wore an emerald long-sleeved chiffon dress with a cascading skirt that spread out like lotus leaves, and white high heels on my feet were just the right amount to accentuate my snow-white skin and delicate figure.

I like to dress up like this, it's refreshing and elegant.

In fact, today is the first time I have worn this emerald dress, and I liked it very much when I saw it in the mall before, especially the big skirt, which looks like a girl's delicate and tender feelings. It's just that the emerald color is more eye-catching after all, and I have always been low-key like I don't like to be noticed, so I put it away after buying it back, just feasting my eyes.

It's just that today for some reason, before going out in the morning, standing in front of the fitting mirror and looking at this skirt, gently rubbing its ice and fine silk, I was actually excited, as if there was a voice always lingering in my ears, "Li Yueer, put it on, you want to wear it today", I didn't have to think about it, I actually changed my past worries, and went straight down the gray suit that I had worn, and put this skirt on my body. Looking at herself in the mirror, who is as clear as a beautiful woman in the water, there is a joy in my heart.

Why does this joy come about? I can deceive others, but I can't deceive myself—after all, it's because I'm going to see that person this day, his name is Chen Ran.

At this moment, I was sitting in the car to the airport, the autumn wind was stained with warm breath and swept my face, fainting two scarlets, lined with the emerald dress on my body, with a little bit of Chu Chu moving, even Wang Hao couldn't help but look at me from the rearview mirror twice, I couldn't help blushing, pinned my head to the side and pretended not to see.

Thinking of the Pleasant Goat knowing that we were going to pick up Chen Ran today, and telling me to observe carefully and compare carefully so as to describe the glorious image of young talents to him for the first time, I smiled helplessly, how could she know that I had turned a hundred times recently.

Wang Hao was in a good mood today, and he talked endlessly all the way, and after talking about meat jokes for a while, the topic still circled back to Mr. Chen.

"If you want to say that our Mr. Chen, you shouldn't have left in the first place, it doesn't make sense, the company is doing well, and everything is going smoothly. You don't know, there will be two people, one article and one martial arts, inside and outside, Kairan has sprung up in two or three years, and won half of our industry in City C. Mr. Guo was high-spirited and wanted to enter the market of neighboring provinces, but Mr. Chen retreated, and when he left, several strategic plans of the company were stalled, and now even the local market has problems......

Hearing him say this, I couldn't help but ask curiously, "Why did Mr. Chen leave in the first place?" ”

"There are different opinions on the specific reasons, and the people below us were also very confused at the time, and they didn't know what conflict happened between the bosses, but they didn't usually look like it. You said that our administrative department, the people in front of the boss, and the bosses have some contradictions, there must be some traces, right? But even we didn't find out at all, I really didn't find out, I didn't say this alone, it really felt too sudden, I won't tell you, at that time, many of our employees were worried about whether there was a big problem in the company, and they couldn't get the exact news, which made people panic, and many people resigned" Wang Hao smacked his lips, as if he fell into memory, "That is the first crisis since the establishment of Kairan, including me, I have moved the mind of changing jobs"

"Isn't there still Mr. Guo when Mr. Chen is gone? Are you so unconfident in our Mr. Guo? I teased him, and now we are getting to know each other better, and we talk a lot more casually.

"Ha, you caught the pigtails" Wang Hao glanced at me with a smile, "Little girl, do you know why our Kairan is called Kairan?" That represents a Guo Kai and a Chen Ran! Indispensable! Mr. Guo is a good hand in marketing and management, and Mr. Chen is a capable person in technology research and development. Mr. Chen is gone, the company is like a limp foot, even if another person is recruited to engage in technology, can he compare with Mr. Chen in terms of tacit understanding and trust? You say, can we migrant workers not be confused at that time? ”

"Then it's good that you are lost, otherwise how can you keep the clouds open and see the moon?"

"Yes, you've summed it up too well! Admire under it! Therefore, please cheer up the spirit of 12 points, and with the fullest enthusiasm and the most positive attitude, go with me to welcome the strong return of Mr. Chen, one of the founders of our Kairan and beloved by the staff! ”

I was amused by his serious hippie smile.

"Having said that, I heard a more reliable version later," Wang Hao suddenly said lightly, "Regarding Mr. Chen's departure, it is said that it is for his wife, and the husband and wife are separated, and it is normal for the wife to have opinions after a long time." ”

Feeling the strangeness in Wang Hao's tone, and thinking of what Pleasant Goat said about Wang Hao's divorce before, I turned my eyes to the window and stopped touching this topic with interest.

However, Wang Hao said that Chen Ran has a wife, he is already married, and he is already married!

Wang Hao and the driver were still chatting in the sky, but I didn't seem to hear anything. The scenery outside the car passed by one after another, like a marquee, which made people feel unreal, and my heart, like a hot soldering iron was suddenly put into the freezing water, and after a few sizzling and wailing sounds, they were all annihilated, leaving only the hopelessness to disperse, making people feel helpless.

After thinking about it, I felt that my attitude was really nonsense, Chen Ran and Mr. Guo were the same age, isn't it normal to get married? How could I not have thought of it before? In this way, my tossing and turning thoughts are even more ridiculous, what do you feel about a married man, and even when you have never met, Li Yueer, what are you thinking and doing?

It was in this state of mind that I arrived at the airport. The sky outside the car window is quiet and intense, like the eyes of lovers, full of deep affection that cannot be dissolved. Take-off and landing planes shuttled overhead, leaving behind a deafening roar and endless joys and sorrows.

There was still half an hour before the arrival time of the plane, and Wang Hao and I came to the pick-up gate, bored and chatting. I was disturbed by Wang Hao's words all the way just now, and I was even more absent-minded at this time, thinking that I was about to see Chen Ran, nervous and excited intertwined in my heart after all, and on the other hand, I thought that he was actually separated from me by 108,000 miles, and he was an unrelated person who couldn't be beaten by eight poles, and he was a married man, and he hated himself very much.

Half an hour passed quickly in apprehension and frustration, the pick-up gate gradually became crowded, the radio broadcast the information that the flight arrived on time, and a large number of people rushed out.

"Mr. Chen is out!" Wang Hao pointed to a person not far away and motioned for me to hold up the pick-up sign.

I followed Wang Hao's hand and looked up, only to see a straight and upright figure in the crowd, even tougher under the modification of the fitted black suit, carrying a briefcase in one hand and a small suitcase in the other, walking calmly and with all the money.

I finally met him, Chen Ran, this name that has always haunted me recently, together with his solemn outline, on this clear and clear golden autumn day, across thousands of mountains and rivers, through the bustling crowd, walking towards me, gradually getting closer, more and more clear, after all, it is into my time and space and my life.

I actually wet my eyes at that moment, I, what's wrong?

Chen Ran should have seen the sign I was holding up, and bowed slightly to us. He has a pair of gold-wire glasses on the bridge of his straight nose, and his eyebrows are full of heroism, just like I imagined, handsome and bright, his heartbeat involuntarily began to accelerate, and my palms were covered with a layer of fine sweat, a little cold.

Wang Hao immediately stepped forward to shake hands and said, "Mr. Chen, you are finally back, welcome, Mr. Guo and everyone are very happy." ”

Chen Ran was also very relaxed, "Wang Hao, is you still in the administrative department?" Guo Kai, this kid won't let you go to sales to experience experience" His voice was low and magnetic, and the laughter and conversation were like a spring breeze blowing through and touching my heartstrings.

"Mr. Chen, I just want to wait for you to come back in the Administration Department! Mr. Guo mentioned it a few times, but I refused myself, and I can often study by your side with Mr. Guo in the Administration Department, which is a rare opportunity! "Wang Hao deserves to be Wang Hao, this sycophant is so useful that even I feel it is too useful when I listen to it.

"I haven't seen you for a few years, but I'm good at sycophancy," Chen Ran patted Wang Hao's shoulder and smiled.

"The conscience of heaven and earth, Mr. Chen, what I said is the truth, I don't believe you ask her, I usually talk about the great benefits in our administration department in front of them, not to mention anything else, welcome Mr. Chen, you are the first to return to our administration department!" Wang Hao pointed at me and said, "By the way, Mr. Chen, let me introduce you, this is a new employee in our department last year, Li Yueer, the little girl's writing is good, and Mr. Guo praises it!"

I was pushed in front of Chen Ran in this surprise, only to see him stunned slightly, the smile on his face seemed to freeze for a moment, but it quickly returned to normal, stretched out his hand and said to me politely: "Hello", there was no temperature in his tone.

A strong heartache hit, I pinched my palm, relieved myself, and quickly shook hands and said, "Hello, hello, Mr. Chen, welcome back!" The corners of my mouth raised into a smile that I had practiced repeatedly, but I knew that my hands were terribly cold.

With a gentle grip, like a dragonfly touching water, we both let go of each other's hands, leaving no trace.

There is no trace, as if nothing had happened.

The first meeting between me and Chen Ran ended in such a routine formula, with few words and no shock.

The airport radio repeatedly played the information of flight arrival and departure, and the expressions on the faces of the people who came in and out around me were still either happy or sad, greetings, hugging, waving, and tears.

On the way back to the city, the driver drove easily, Wang Hao enthusiastically chattered about the changes in City C and Kairan, and Chen Ran listened with relish. I sat in the back seat with him, but I was silent all the way under the pretext of motion sickness. When I think about it, the mood on the road is up and down, but it is just a self-directed and self-performed obscene fantasy drama, like a pleasant prelude that stops abruptly before it enters the main song, leaving only the composer to be shattered into a dumb speech and self-spit.

At this moment, we are so close, from the name to the photo to the real sitting next to him, as if spanning half a century, but in front of the distance of less than one meter from him, I found that between me and him, separated by a long time, far away from me, in every direction of me, is far from each other.

I felt Chen Ran's occasional gaze, with some doubts and hesitation, but I was in no mood to explain.

Chen Ran

At an altitude of 10,000 meters flying to City C, I dreamed of the woman in green again.

I seemed to see her in my dreams, but when I woke up, it became blurry, and only the black mole on the back of her neck was still fresh in my memory.

Why do you keep dreaming of her lately? I could feel that she had a thousand words to say to me, but I couldn't hear anything. I tried to grab her and ask what was going on, but every time I reached out, the dream vanished.

I was a little discouraged and irritable, so much so that when the flight attendant handed me coffee, I accidentally spilled it.

Who the hell is that woman in green, who can make me lose my temper like this?

I looked out the window, the wings moving smoothly through the clouds, the sun unobstructed and unbridled everything with gold, shaking people's eyes. The boundless cloud sponge stretches into the distance, like a sky bridge with no end in sight, like a lover's waiting, full of anticipation but hopeless.

The plane landed on time in City C, and Guo Kai was very sorry that he could not pick me up in person because he was attending a government meeting. I laughed and said that we were still so polite, but who knew that he replied seriously, "Brother, thank you for coming back", which suddenly filled my heart with emotion.

After so many years, my brotherhood with him has not been reduced by half a point, and I am also very emotional.

I heard that Wang Hao came to pick up the airport, this kid has followed us since Kairan was founded, he has talent, his emotional intelligence is very high, and he should be a good hand in sales, and he is still in the administrative department?

There are a lot of people at the pick-up gate, but I saw Wang Hao at a glance, I haven't seen him for three years, and he is getting fatter and fatter.

Wang Hao also saw me and beckoned to me from afar. Looking at his strange and familiar face, the fast-moving flow of people around him, and the voices on the airport radio all reminded me all the time that I had set foot on the land of City C again, a place that carried so many hopes and disappointments for me, and I was back.

Kairan, I'm back.

Joining Wang Hao, he diligently helped me with my luggage and chatted with me enthusiastically. It can be seen that he has been in the administration department like a fish in water in recent years, I smiled and asked him to go to the sales department to exercise, but who knew that he refused, I was a little surprised. I suddenly remembered that I heard Guo Kai mention that Wang Hao was divorced, and his wife seemed to be from Kairan's sales department, so I understood a little, and naturally diverged from his topic.

There was another employee of the administration department who came with Wang Hao, "Li Yueer, who joined the company last year, has a good writing." Wang Hao introduced to me.

My heart suddenly shrank, and my face froze. Li Yue'er, isn't it the name Guo Kai heard on the phone that day? Why did I react the same way?

In fact, I saw her just now, with a thin figure, wearing an emerald dress, holding a pick-up card, long hair and shawl, elegant and refined, standing next to the pot-bellied Wang Hao, which was particularly conspicuous in the crowd.

Perhaps it was the recent dream that was too clear and profound, which made me particularly sensitive to the woman in green, and looking at her from afar, for a moment, I was in a bit of a trance.

When I got closer at this moment, I found that she had a delicate appearance and a quiet and introverted demeanor, like a water lily blooming in the middle of the water. Looking at her like a little bit of water in the waves, shining like stars, I was suddenly stunned, a strange and familiar feeling suddenly rose, her appearance, as if with the woman in the dream, become one.

Knowing that this was just an illusion brought about by my own dreams, I immediately retracted my thoughts and casually extended my hand to her to say hello.

She seemed stunned for a few seconds, looking at me, as if I saw something rise and go out in her eyes, replaced by just the right smile, formulaically welcoming me back, so naturally and smoothly.

It's just that her hands are so cold when we hold hands.

It was so cold, for a moment, I actually hoped that time would stand still, so that the clasped hands could have more time to transmit the temperature, but everything in front of me flowed forward with the passage of time, and I and her, between the light touch, both let go of each other's hands, and there was no longer half nostalgia.

On the way back to the city, Wang Hao talked about the changes of the company in the past few years, and I listened attentively and interjected a few words from time to time. Li Yueer said that she was motion sick and silent all the way. I saw that her face was a little pale, half leaning on the car window, looking tired, and suddenly she lost the interest in chatting with Wang Hao, and closed her eyes to recuperate.

Seeing me taking a nap, Wang Hao stopped talking, the car was quiet, and Eason Chan's "Ten Years" came on the radio,

“…… If there is no requirement for tomorrow

Holding hands is like traveling

Thousands of doorways

There's always someone who has to go first......"

The music is melodious, the endless ups and downs, I leaned on the back seat, recalling the ten years that I have gone through with Xiaojuan, we have had a calm and down-to-earth day, and we have also experienced the prosperity of success, do we have any requirements for tomorrow? It seems that there is, but for some reason, as I walk, it seems to deviate from the original assumption. Countless doors were in front of us, and we began to have objections, hesitations and hesitations, but after all, we couldn't walk through the same door, but I still don't understand, which step did I take first? Or is she?

Perhaps, we didn't synchronize from the beginning.

Ten years ago, ten years later, who will be with us?

Looking at Li Yue'er, who was less than a meter away from me, I suddenly felt that the people around me seemed to be far away from me.