Chen Wenhai came to the window and wanted to close it.

Seeing this scene, Zhang Xuemei hurriedly said to him:

"Don't close it, if you do, others will misunderstand the behavior of the two of us!"

"Misunderstanding what? Is it a misunderstanding that the two of us are in a relationship? I'm not going to fall in love with you! ”

"Do you look down on me? Do you think I'm not worthy of you? ”

"I didn't think so!"

"What the hell is going on with that Shanghai girl?"

"Do you mean Zhang Peony?" Chen Wenhai's face darkened, "I won't tell you, I really like her very much!" However, due to my mother's obstruction, the two of us haven't seen each other for a long time! I heard that she is now married to someone else and has children of her own! ”

"When did you two first meet?"

"In 1971." Chen Wenhai fell into the memory, and he said to Zhang Xuemei while recalling:

"That year, the two of us left Shanghai and came to northwest Hubei. On the way here, the two of us talked about everything, as if we were a pair of intimate siblings! She was originally in Yunnan, and it was her brother who got her out of the countryside, so she was very grateful to her brother! ”

"I've heard about this from others for a long time, but what I don't understand is: why did you fall in love with Zhang Huifang later, and then why did you miss Cao Xiaoyan day and night! You are such an amorous seed! Are all of you Shanghai boys like you? I've been thinking about this question: if you go back in time to Shanghai Tang in the 30s, and you were born in a rich family, would you be a boy who is good at playing with little girls! I heard that your father lived a dashing life when he was younger, hanging out with the singers and dancers on the beach all day long! Have you inherited your father's legacy? In your blood runs the blood of your father, who passed on his genetics to you! Now you are a copy of your father's youth! ”

"Have you said enough?" Zhang Xuemei's grand remarks really surprised Chen Wenhai, Chen Wenhai never even dreamed that such a strange remark would pop out of Zhang Xuemei's mouth, he stared at Zhang Xuemei's face for ten minutes, and then said to her in a passionate tone:

"Don't listen to other people's nonsense! Some people just don't have a good heart, they want the two of us to fall out! If the two of us fall out, they can watch the jokes from the sidelines! They would say to me, 'You're a stinky rascal who is used to playing with women!' You have played with women all the way from Shanghai to our third line, and there are countless women you have played with! You've been reduced to a little hooligan when you were fooling around on the beach in Shanghai! Your history has long been in our hands! ’”

"Aren't the others you are talking about here referring to Wang Zhiyuan and Zhu Zhenhua?" Zhang Xuemei laughed, "Don't talk about your eloquence with me!" I, Zhang Xuemei, don't eat your set at all! You don't know yet, do you? My father is now the head of the Armed Forces Department of Zhuxi County, and if you mess with me, my father will definitely not let you go! Listen to me: my aunt and grandmother are not easy to mess with, and it is not impossible if I tell my father about your behavior tonight, and then my father will take you to a military court and sentence you to ten years and eight years! ”

"You're threatening me!" Zhang Xuemei's nonsense shocked Chen Wenhai, and he almost fainted to the ground! At the moment when he was about to faint to the ground, Chen Wenhai's mind suddenly became unprecedentedly clear, and he reminded himself in his heart: "I must not be frightened by this arrogant and unreasonable little girl in front of me, this little girl is obviously bluffing, there must be a master behind her!" Heroes don't suffer immediate losses, take a step back and open the sky! I'll take a step back for now, and I'll settle the account with her when the time comes! ”

Thinking of this, Chen Wenhai felt relaxed!

He glanced at Zhang Xuemei, and then said to her in a sad and ridiculous tone:

"I'm so confused, how could I come up with such a bad idea to get your attention to me! I couldn't sleep almost every night, and every day I was there thinking about how to get out of this extremely embarrassing situation as soon as possible! When I was in college, my mother insisted that I marry an uneducated country girl, which caused me to fall seriously ill and almost lose my life! Now, my mother is endlessly introducing me to someone! I've been cornered by her, so I want to use your power to help me get out of this situation! I know you're not going to take a fancy to me at all! I just want to confuse my mom through intimate contact with you, so that she will let me go and stop pestering me! What I didn't expect was: you actually misunderstood what I meant, and you are willing to be at the mercy of others! You're so chilling to me! In that case, we don't have much to say! You take your Yangguan Road, I take my single-plank bridge, and the two of us don't interfere with the river water! ”

"You're pretty good at talking!" Chen Wenhai's words surprised Zhang Xuemei, she never thought that Chen Wenhai had already prepared his mind and had already set up his position! In the face of Chen Wenhai's sharp words, Zhang Xuemei couldn't deal with it at all! She's willing to bow down!

"It's not early, let's talk about it for the time being tonight!" Zhang Xuemei said with a grin: "I'm already so sleepy that my upper and lower eyelids are fighting there!" ”

"In that case, I won't bother you anymore, you can go back to sleep quickly!"

Just as she was saying this, the phone rang ringing, Zhang Xuemei hurriedly picked up the microphone, it turned out to be Xie Jihong calling!

Xie Jihong said sincerely to Zhang Xuemei on the phone:

"Someone has already told me about the conversation you just had with Chen Wenhai, I'm surprised! For the sake of our sisters, I don't want to break up with you! Still, I want to warn you: don't be smart! You think you are reprimanding Chen Wenhai in a righteous and awe-inspiring manner, but in fact, you are completely mistaken! Chen Wenhai is not the kind of person you think he is at all! If you learn to be smart, apologize to him! The two of you work in the same unit, and you don't look down and don't look up, why do you want to be so ruthless and make the relationship so stiff? It's not good for you at all! ”

"Alright! I listen to you! ”

Putting down the phone, Zhang Xuemei hurriedly smiled and said to Chen Wenhai:

"Just now, I was impetuous, I didn't control my mouth, and I said so many things in front of you that shouldn't be said, I'm here to compensate you! You adults don't remember villains, don't be like me! ”

"Where's the word!" Chen Wenhai laughed, "You're serious!" Actually, I also had some things that I didn't think about well, for example, I shouldn't have been in such a hurry to come to you tonight! You didn't mean to, you were just being used by some guys with ulterior motives! ”

"Let's sit down again and have a conversation!" Zhang Xuemei smiled embarrassedly at Chen Wenhai.

"You just said that you were so sleepy that your upper and lower eyelids were fighting, aren't you sleepy now?"

"My sleepy bug was driven away by Xie Jihong!"

"Is that the girl who just talked to you on the phone?"

"Yes! We've always been very good and like sisters! I can't help but listen to her! ”

"I envy you so much! It's a blessing for you to have such a loved one! Chen Wenhai said happily:

"I have a good wish, I wonder if you would like to hear it?"

"Say it." Zhang Xuemei said with a smile on her face.

"That's it - I want a smart and beautiful girl to be my wife! You say, "Can this wish of mine come true?" ”

"Isn't that easy? You're talented, and you're from Shanghai! ”

"Is it enough to have these conditions?"

"What else is needed?"

"It will be different for everyone, not all girls will think the same way as you."

"That's just as well."

"What if the girl I'm looking for is right in front of me?" Chen Wenhai said tentatively.

"No, it won't! How could a boy from a big city fall in love with a girl who grew up in a small county town! ”

"Can regional differences also be an obstacle to love? Are you doubting the sincerity of this boy from a big city to the girl who grew up in a small county? ”

"Then what do you say if the girl who grew up in a small county town doesn't dare to love this boy from a big city?"

"You're kidding! How could such a thing happen? ”

"You're that confident?"

"My observations and feelings tell me that this young man and woman are genuinely in love! Isn't that so? ”

"In many cases, it is difficult to make a marriage through love alone."

"You're right, love is not the same as marriage, in many cases, love and marriage are two different things, both in history and in real life, marriage without love and love without marriage abound!"

While the young couple were talking passionately about love and marriage, there was a knock on the door. Zhang Xuemei opened the door and saw that it was He Qiaozhen, a junior high school student at the school.

"What's the matter?"

"I'll tell you when you come out."

Zhang Xuemei closed the door openly, and then said to He Qiaozhen:

"What the hell is going on? It's so mysterious! Don't let Mr. Chen hear it yet! ”

"The principal asked me to remind you: Uncle won't let you fall in love with anyone else!"

"Little girl, do you know what it means to be in love? Do you think that as long as a young man and a woman are together, they are in love? ”

"So, you're not in a relationship?"

"Little girls don't run around at night, learn to protect themselves!"

"Yes, the student knows!" He Qiaozhen smiled and saluted Zhang Xuemei.

After Zhang Xuemei returned to the office, Chen Wenhai asked with a smile:

"What did He Qiaozhen do to you just now?"

"Ask me a question."

"Is it necessary to hide it from me?"

"She doesn't want you to know."

"Teacher Zhang, I have a question for you. I don't know if I should ask! ”

"Ask! What's the problem? ”

"It's just- can you tell me the truth if you have ...... right now?"

"Don't spit it out!"

"Do you have a partner now?"

"That's the problem! How can I say it......" Zhang Xuemei said frankly, "My mother is only my daughter, I must respect her opinion when I find a partner, I can't make my own opinions, and I can't break her heart!" ”

"You're such a good daughter!"

Zhang Xuemei smiled.

"Will your mom like me?"

"How do I know that?" Zhang Xuemei couldn't help laughing, "My mother hasn't seen you yet!" ”

"It's not easy, let your mother come to see me!"

"It's too early, why are you in a hurry!"

"Why am I in a hurry? I'm not in a hurry! ”

"You're not in a hurry, why are you in a hurry to come to me tonight?"

"You misunderstood me!" Chen Wenhai said to her seriously, "Do you think I'm so anxious about getting married? You're wrong! ”

"So, I've really wronged you!" Zhang Xuemei joked with him.

"That's what it was!" Chen Wenhai smiled and asked her, "Do you want to hear my story?" ”

"What story? Is it your own experience or your fictional story? ”

"Of course, it's my own experience!"

"Then I'll listen to you!"

"You don't need to wash your ears, you just listen!"

"Then you can say quickly, Miss Ben is so sleepy that she can't open her eyes!"

"In that case, how about talking about it another day?"

"Miss Ben is very busy, how can she have so much spare time?" Zhang Xuemei smiled and said to him, "If you have any wonderful stories, tell me tonight!" ”，

"You're not sleepy?"

"As long as your story is good, I won't be sleepy!"

"Of course it's exciting! If it's not exciting, I'll be embarrassed to take up your precious time? ”

"Then you can talk about it quickly! What are you looking at me for? Tell me about it! Zhang Xuemei urged with a smile.

"Then I'll get to it. When I went to college, my mom introduced me to a guy named Qiu Mei, a daughter of our neighbor who lived downstairs from our house. She came from the countryside and didn't go to school for a day! I've never said a word to her! Isn't my mom doing this 'messing around with the mandarin duck spectrum'?! The most hateful thing is that I don't want to, my mother even keeps nagging me endlessly, and I have to agree to this family business! ”

Zhang Xuemei listened carefully.

"Now, I'll tell you a second story. After I was admitted to university, I fell in love with a girl named Xiaoyan. Regrettably, her dad had a deep prejudice against me. Her brother and I were good friends when I was in line, so I told her brother the truth. Her brother was also very embarrassed, because their father was against it, so her brother had to lie to me and say that Xiaoyan already had a partner. You don't know, I like Xiaoyan very much, and I almost died of illness for her! ”

"I didn't expect you to be so infatuated, I was moved by your story!"

"So, what will you do after you are moved?"

"I sincerely wish you a good girl in the future!"

"Aren't you a good girl? Don't you want to be nice to me? ”

"I'm not worthy of you, you're from a big city, and I'm just a girl who grew up in a small county town!"

"Don't you like me?"

"Actually, you're pretty cute! You've just told me so much, and I'm starting to like you! ”

"Just like? Isn't it love? ”

"Is there a difference between loving and liking?"

"I hope there is no difference with you!"

During the whole conversation, Chen Wenhai felt that Zhang Xuemei's voice was particularly good, and her sweet voice was like a trickle flowing through his heart.

It was an intoxicating conversation!

After the conversation, they walked out of the office. At this time, a bright moon hung high in the night sky, as if smiling at the young couple.

Back in the bedroom, Chen Wenhai's voice and smile kept appearing in front of him, and he couldn't sleep until dawn.

Revised March 5, 2022