CHAPTER XVII
On Sunday morning, Chen Wenhai was sleeping at his parents' house when Chen Chunmei and Li Guoqiang came in.
After Chen Wenhai was woken up by Chen Chunmei, he rubbed his sleepy eyes and said with a smile:
"You're here."
"Get up!" After speaking, Chen Chunmei and Li Guoqiang went into the back room.
Chen Wenhai got dressed, washed his face, and came to the back room, and then the three of them gathered around a table to eat breakfast.
"Your sister told me about you and Zhang Xuemei just now." Li Guoqiang took a sip of porridge, "Now, your relationship with Zhang Xuemei has made a good start, you should continue to work hard!" ”
"But I still don't have faith!" Chen Wenhai had a melancholy expression on his face, "Now, Zhang Xuemei doesn't seem to be very willing to get close to me, and she told me: Her uncle doesn't let her fall in love with others casually. Chen Wenhai took a bite of the fritters, "You say, is that really what Zhang Xuemei said?" ”
"Maybe." Li Guoqiang said seriously, "Of course, it cannot be ruled out that this is an excuse she is looking for." If that's the case, it means that she still has concerns about causing her some trouble if she gets close to you. ”
"You have a point, and I think so." Chen Wenhai frowned, "So, what should I do in the future?" ”
"As long as she doesn't have an aversion to you, you should continue to take the initiative to approach her."
"Is this still necessary?" Chen Wenhai said worriedly, "I'm afraid that if I take the initiative to approach her again, it will cause misunderstanding among others, and I think I'm going to pester her with a dead face!" If this happens, won't my reputation in this life be over? ”
"It can't be that serious." Li Guoqiang continued, "I think: you should find an opportunity to talk to her alone and tell her the truth about your real situation and thoughts. ”
"But what if she doesn't want to be alone with me?"
"You haven't done it yet, how do you know she's going to be unwilling?"
"That's it!" Chen Chunmei echoed casually, "You try it!" Then he smiled and said, "This does not detract from your dignity!" ”
"How can it not be detrimental to my dignity?" Chen Wenhai said seriously, "If Zhang Xuemei misunderstands what I mean and thinks that I have wrong thoughts about him, can you still say that it does not damage my dignity?" Perhaps, she already knows about me and Zhang Huifang and Cao Xiaoyan, so she will think: 'Aren't you in love with Zhang Huifang and Cao Xiaoyan?' Now, you're coming to me again, what does that mean? ’”
"Do you mean that she won't believe you're going to fall in love with her?"
"It's entirely possible!" Speaking of this, Chen Wenhai couldn't help but laugh again, "I'll tell you the truth: I really don't fall in love with her now, I just think she's cute." ”
"So, will you fall in love with her in the future?" Chen Chunmei asked with a smile.
"Possibly." Chen Wenhai said worriedly again, "If I really fall in love with her in the future, I think: it is likely to bring me a lot of unexpected trouble!" ”
In the following 20 years, Chen Wenhai's worries really became a living reality, and its severity was completely beyond Chen Wenhai's expectations! For more than 20 years, Zhang Xuemei's misunderstanding of Chen Wenhai has become deeper and deeper, in the minds of some people, Chen Wenhai has become a scoundrel with a dead face, and some people even scolded him for being a leper dog and a mad dog, and he will want to die quickly! This shocked Chen Wenhai!
The living reality profoundly educated Chen Wenhai and made him see the true face of the world clearly in his cold eyes and white eyes!
What is gratifying is that Chen Wenhai was not crushed by suffering, and has done a great job in the field he is engaged in - he founded the theory of "expanding and extending" middle school Chinese teaching, and has made pioneering contributions to middle school Chinese teaching!
After returning to the single dormitory of the Second Automobile Material Transportation Department, Chen Wenhai decided to continue to take the initiative to approach Zhang Xuemei, he thought: If you want to get your own happiness, you can't be afraid of wolves and tigers, as long as there is one percent of hope, you can't give up easily.
Chen Wenhai took out a pen and letter paper from the drawer, thought about it, and then wrote "brush":
"Teacher Zhang: Hello!
"Last time, I gave you a note asking you to introduce me to someone, actually, this is an excuse to let you know me better. Originally, the problem was very simple, but what I didn't expect was: this note caused some trouble for both of us, and some people mistakenly thought that the two of us were in love!
"I know that you don't know me very well now, so I thought: if you will, we will go out this evening and have a good talk. My experience is complex, legendary, and I think you'll be interested in it. ”
On Monday morning, Chen Wenhai was preparing for class, and the phone rang, looking for Zhang Xuemei, so Chen Wenhai hurriedly went to the next office to call Zhang Xuemei to answer the phone.
After Zhang Xuemei finished calling, Chen Wenhai took the opportunity to give her another folded note, and said to her with a smile: "Don't open it yet, and look at it when you return to your office." Also, watch it while no one is around! ”
Zhang Xuemei couldn't help laughing, "Do you want me to introduce you to someone?" ”
"It's not." Chen Wenhai smiled and said to her, "You will understand when you read it!" ”
Zhang Xuemei's face was flushed with two red clouds, she lowered her head, and whispered while fiddling with her braids, "My uncle won't let me fall in love with others casually!" ”
"You've already told me that!" Chen Wenhai's face also turned red, "I think: you misunderstood what I meant!" Actually......"
At this time, Li Liping happened to pass by the door, she hurriedly interrupted Chen Wenhai's words, and said to him with a smile: "You two don't choose a time and place to fall in love!" ”
Chen Wenhai hurriedly said: "You are mistaken, the two of us are not in love!" ”
Zhang Xuemei stepped into her office, and Wang Xiulan hurriedly asked her:
"What did Chen Wenhai say to you just now?"
"Didn't say anything!"
"Didn't say anything? Don't lie to me! ”
"What am I lying to you for? Chen Wenhai really didn't say anything to me! ”
"You're still hard-mouthed!" Wang Xiulan smiled and asked her, "Then why are you blushing?" ”
When Wang Xiulan asked this, Zhang Xuemei's face turned even redder with shame. Seeing that Zhang Xuemei was so embarrassed, Wang Xiulan attached her mouth to her ear and asked her quietly:
"Is Chen Wenhai in love with you?"
Zhang Xuemei shyly lowered her head and fiddled with her braids.
"You really look like a lady in a feudal society, no wonder Chen Wenhai will fall in love with you!"
At this time, just as Zhai Lin came in, Wang Xiulan hurriedly asked him:
"Principal Zhai, you love literature, you must know that there are such two poems in the Book of Songs, right?"
"Which two verses?"
"'My Fair Lady, Gentleman'!"
"Why do you suddenly remember these two verses?"
"Then you have to ask Chen Wenhai and Zhang Xuemei!"
"What does these two poems have to do with Chen Wenhai and Zhang Xuemei?"
"Because one of them is a 'fair lady', and the other is a dignified 'gentleman'!"
After Wang Xiulan left, Principal Zhai reminded Zhang Xuemei:
"Don't forget that I'm your uncle!"
"How could I forget?" Zhang Xuemei frowned, "However, I think Chen Wenhai is a good person!" ”
"That's just the surface!" Principal Zhai said to her solemnly, "Do you really know him?" I heard that after he was admitted to university, he abandoned a rural girl because he fell in love with someone else! Later, I didn't know why I went crazy, suspended from school, and took a half-break from school! ”
"What do you mean by taking a half-leave?"
"That's half a day of school, and half a day of sleeping in the dormitory, or running around!"
"Why is that?"
"You ask me, who am I going to ask?"
After a while, Principal Zhai told Zhang Xuemei:
"I always feel that Chen Wenhai is very mysterious, or very weird, and he can even say that he has a brain problem, you better stay away from him!"
"I think you're a little suspicious!"
"I'm doing this for your own good!" Principal Zhai smiled and said to her, "Uncle doesn't want to see 'a flower on cow dung'!" ”
After Principal Zhai left, Zhang Xuemei saw that she was the only one left in the office, so she took out the note that Chen Wenhai gave her just now from her coat pocket, and thought to herself after reading it: "It turned out that you asked me out!" ”
"However, Principal Zhai opposes me approaching him, what can I do?" Zhang Xuemei felt very embarrassed.