Chen An, as his name suggests, everyone who knows him thinks he is a person who keeps to himself.

Chen An was born in an ordinary working-class family, and his life path is not very different from that of most ordinary people, from birth, study, love, to graduation and work, if there are no accidents, his life will continue like this until death.

Many times people are not satisfied with the status quo, but Chen An is different, although he has fantasized about many different futures, but in the end he follows his own "duty" character to settle down in the social status quo.

In the group of classmates who have not yet cooled down, it is common to see some students showing off their current successes with high spirits, or complaining about the troubles they have encountered in life and work.

The environment has an irresistible influence on people's growth, and this influence is subtle, especially when people are more sensitive to the impact of the environment in their early childhood. In short, Chen An's character is not born with the so-called peace and self-preservation, if the environment of living since childhood is different, it may create another Chen An, which is what people often say about raising a hundred kinds of people.

From Chen An's birth to before he went to junior high school, Chen An's parents had little time to spend with him because of work, and in order to relieve the loneliness of little Chen An being alone at home, his parents would often buy some extracurricular reading materials for him to pass the time, and over time, Chen An developed the habit of liking reading.

He does not seek to read books, but to understand what is expressed in the book, and he can read even boring political books quietly. Perhaps for this reason, his grades in school have always been very good, even if he is not a top student through and through, he can be called a good student with excellent character and learning in the eyes of the teacher.

Reading makes people wise, but I don't know if reading will also make people's character quiet, at least Chen An's character tends to be quiet.

Quiet does not mean lonely, he also has his own relatives and friends, but after graduation and work, they no longer come and go with each other as often as before.

Chen An chose to keep to himself, the reason is that he feels that he recognizes himself, he has no lofty ideals, no noble sentiments, in today's society, people who are better than him and work hard do not know how many, clear about their own positioning, understand their own positioning, to be a qualified person who meets the requirements of actual social development is his choice, although people's success is forced, but the success he pursues is too ordinary, and he can achieve it without forcing himself.

Maybe you can evaluate him as unproductive and unmotivated, but the result cannot change the reality of his choice.

An ordinary person like him would have lived this small life so normally, but no one could have imagined that a special encounter would completely change the trajectory of his life.

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Chen An is a liberal arts student, after graduating from university, he returned to his hometown to work in a local self-media company to engage in operations planning, although the salary is not as good as the income in the big city, but in his hometown of Shaonan, a fourth-tier city, it is already considered a good degree, in addition to the daily necessary living expenses, the money saved in the past few years is enough for the down payment of the local house.

Chen An's company is not large, the company has more than 20 employees, of which the proportion of female employees is relatively high, most of them are young and beautiful girls, in such a working environment, male compatriots naturally have the blessing of being close to the water, but unfortunately the company does not allow office love, and one person must leave after being found, so even if the male compatriots are ready to move, they will think carefully about the consequences, after all, every favorite job in a small city is hard-won.

Chen An didn't think too much about emotional needs for the time being, after all, he had only broken up with his girlfriend for less than half a year, and his girlfriend was his college classmate, a petite round-faced cute girl, but unfortunately after graduation, he chose to break up peacefully because of their different philosophies.

His girlfriend yearns for life in a big city and wants to take root in a big city, but Chen An pursues a stable and comfortable living environment, in which he always feels a sense of emptiness and alienation, he does not belong here, this place does not belong to him, and forcibly staying will only make him depressed and melancholy.

In the face of social reality, many potential problems and contradictions will instantly break each other's seemingly firm bonds, even if they are sad and regretful, looking back, the two have long been drifting apart on the fork in the road of life, until they can no longer see each other's figures.

His parents occasionally talked about his future marriage during the meal, but he had only graduated for a long time, and it was far from the time to really talk about marriage, but according to his parents' character, I am afraid that in a few years, they should talk about these things every day.

As the so-called fair lady, a gentleman is good, there are many beautiful women in the company, including many girls who have a good impression of Chen Ansheng, but due to the company's rules and regulations and the mentality that has not yet adjusted the feelings, he decided to let everything go with the flow for the time being, and then consider whether to take action when the time is right.

However, man is not as good as heaven, and he would not have thought that the ordinary life he envisioned would be forever disrupted on that day.

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November 30th, evening, 7:20 p.m.

As usual, after dinner, he and his colleague Xiaobao prepared to go to the city's badminton hall for a routine workout, which was one of Chen An's few favorite sports. In fact, it is quite boring for two big men to play, so every time they play, they will make an appointment with the girl they like in the company, which looks a bit like using the guise of playing ball to secretly develop and cultivate mutual feelings.

It's a pity that not every invitation can be fulfilled, for example, on this day, the girl who Chen An had a good impression of refused his invitation under the pretext of something, but the one with Xiaobao came as promised.

Xiaobao's full name is Bao Wei, he and Chen An are both fresh graduates in the same year, and they entered the company on the same day to go through the entry procedures, coupled with Xiaobao's straightforward personality, the relationship between the two quickly warmed up, and they became very close to each other soon after.

Xiao Bao and he are both locals, but Xiao Bao's family background is good, his father is the director of a high school, and his mother is a civil servant of the Finance Bureau.

Xiaobao has a Volkswagen brand scooter, usually rarely drive to work, only when going out to play, will drive out, according to him, anyway, his own house is only a few kilometers away from the company, there is no need to waste unnecessary fuel money, go out early to walk can also be used as exercise.

On the way to the badminton hall, Xiaobao shook his head and sighed when he heard that Chen Anyue's girl rejected him, he seemed to have something to say, until he stopped in front of a 90-second red light, he couldn't hold back his mouth.

"Chen An, I advise you to change to the girl you like. ”

"Why?" asked Chen An, sitting in the back row, looking boredly from the window to him.

"How to say it, Lin Hui, she and you have different values, even if you can be together, you will be separated in the future. Xiao Bao said in one breath.

The Lin Hui in Xiaobao's mouth is the name of the girl Chen Anyi, the other party is tall, delicate, and her words and deeds are quite gentle and polite, which is quite a feeling of being a lady.

"Tell me what you know about her, I'm sure you won't tell me this for no reason. Chen An said calmly.

"You are really the same, everything is a breezy appearance, and you will be excited in the tone of ordinary people. Xiaobao joked to him, and as the green light turned on, he started the car before he spoke. "I still learned about Lin Hui from Lingling, I can't guarantee whether it's true or not, you can listen to it for the time being, anyway, I don't think she needs to lie to me...... Lin Hui is a very independent girl, her family has not been in good economic conditions since she was a child, she has almost not been able to go to college for this, if it weren't for the relationship between her work-study and study, I'm afraid she would have dropped out of school to work, it is said that she also got the school's research quota before graduation, but she was forced to give up this opportunity because of the changes in her family, and now her family's problems have been solved, and she herself is constantly reviewing the information for the postgraduate examination, planning to re-apply for graduate school, and is ready to plan to study abroad for a doctorate in the future...... Think about it, according to your character, will you have a future with such a girl?"

"I see, no wonder she often refuses my invitations recently, it turns out that the time for the graduate school entrance examination is approaching, and she is stepping up her time to review. Chen An sighed.

"Hey, is that what you should be concerned about?" called out the packet in dissatisfaction.

"So what else can I do? It's just a relationship. Chen An looked out of the busy window and said softly. "I was just asking myself, do I really like her, if it is, I will give up everything to pursue her steps, but in fact I can't, which shows that my feelings for her are not as important as I think they are, in that case, why should I bother with it?"

"Yes, you cow! You look at things from such a novel and different perspective. Xiao Bao's hand on the steering wheel stretched out his thumb back, and then the two never talked about Lin Hui again.

That night, Chen An, who was playing in the badminton hall, had been a little absent-minded, and he had to admit that he had been affected by what happened to Lin Hui, and he knew that time would soothe the feelings of loss in his heart, but at least he couldn't do it now.

After Xiaobao found that Chen An was not in a good mood, the time to play ball was also shortened a lot shorter than usual, and when he sent him back to the community, he also specially comforted him, but Chen An just waved his hand to signal that he was okay and walked slowly towards home.

Waiting for Xiaobao to leave, Chen An, who was walking on the community road, did not go home as soon as possible, but wandered around the community park aimlessly, as if this was the only way to make his mind have a moment of peace.

He didn't know how long he had been wandering, the night was getting darker and darker, and the old people who had been walking nearby were gone, and Chen An, who felt that his legs were sore, suddenly came to the pavilion to sit down and rest, planning to return his legs to normal and go home.

Looking up at the starry night sky, he took a deep breath and exhaled the stuffy air that had accumulated in his chest, and suddenly, he saw meteors streaked across the sky.

"Have you been on the news lately?"

As soon as this thought came to mind, a meteor far away in the sky shed a fragment that was difficult to observe with the naked eye in the process of atmospheric friction and burning, and fell in the direction of Chen An in a diametrically opposite trajectory, and when he was indulging in the beauty of the meteor and did not react to his senses, the meteor fragment suddenly shattered the roof of the pavilion tile above his head with lightning speed, and the next moment it directly hit Chen An's head.