Chen Wenhai came to Li Yafang's residence again.

"I heard you were going to look for me, why didn't you go?"

"I was going to go, but I didn't make it when I encountered something." Li Yafang looked at Chen Wenhai's face. "Are you two arguing again? Why? ”

"Qu Ying introduced me to someone again, I'm disgusted!" Chen Wenhai sighed, "Zhang Xuemei not only doesn't sympathize with me, but also counts me down!" It's just that she doesn't want to marry me, why do you want to bully me with Qu Ying? ”

"She's also anxious for you! If you don't marry someone for a day, someone will always make fun of the two of you! Someone also made this kind of joke to your mother, and your mother believed it, so she went to insult Zhang Xuemei! ”

"Zhang Xuemei ignored me when she was angry with my mother! I'm too unlucky, right? ”

"You two have been like this for a while, is there any hope?"

"There's little hope left! I really didn't expect that falling in love with her would cause me so much trouble and make me fall into such deep pain! ”

"That's what love looks like! Haven't you read Qiong Yao's novel? ”

"I've heard of it."

"I suggest you read a few novels by Qiong Yao, so that it may inspire and help you."

The magazine said that many girls especially like to read Qiong Yao's novels, saying that she is a master of writing about love, and some people even said: In terms of writing about love, no writer can compare with Qiong Yao. Is that really the case? ”

"I've read a few of Qiong Yao's novels and think she's really good at describing love!" After a while, Li Yafang asked, "You date me so often, will Zhang Xuemei care very much?" ”

"She won't care, she wishes we could do it!"

"Didn't you tell her that we were just ordinary friends?"

"I told her."

"What's her reaction?"

"She's just smiling."

After a while, Li Yafang said to Chen Wenhai:

"Master Gao is trying his best to match the two of us, I'm annoyed to death!"

"I'm not like you!"

"When it comes to marriage, the reality in China is like this, it doesn't pay as much attention to love as Western countries!"

"This is not surprising, because China's feudal society has lasted for more than 2,000 years, and when it comes to marriage, Chinese have become accustomed to the 'parents' orders, matchmakers' words'!"

After dinner, Chen Wenhai came to Zhang Xiuying's house.

"I heard that Zhang Xuemei is about to marry someone else, is this true?"

"I haven't heard, who told you this?"

"Principal Zhai!"

"He's kidding you, right?"

"You say, why does Zhang Xuemei want me to marry someone else?" As he spoke, Chen Wenhai was so uncomfortable that his tears were about to fall!

"Don't be too upset! I think Zhang Xuemei must have her unspeakable pain in doing this! ”

"What's so unspeakable about her? You're clearly playing tricks on me! I suspect it's Principal Qu who is playing tricks! I can see that he doesn't like me and Zhang Xuemei at all! After a while, Chen Wenhai asked pitifully, "If Zhang Xuemei really marries someone else, what should I do?" ”

"Is that still easy? Just find another one! ”

"You're right! Do you think finding a match is as easy as going to the store to buy something? After speaking, he left Zhang Xiuying's house.

As soon as Chen Wenhai left, Wang Guifang came, and she told Zhang Xiuying:

"I heard: For Chen Wenhai and Zhang Xuemei, Principal Zhai also had a big quarrel with Zhang Xuemei!"

"So, is it true that Zhang Xuemei is about to marry someone else?"

"It was a smokescreen bomb put by Principal Zhai, wanting to make Chen Wenhai completely dead to Zhang Xuemei!"

Qu Ying called Zhang Xuemei to the office and said to her angrily:

"Recently, I introduced a partner to Chen Wenhai, why is he unwilling?"

"How do I know! What does this have to do with me? ”

"Of course it does! Who made you so good to him! ”

"I didn't treat him well!"

"You still don't admit it! You two behave in the office, you think I don't know! Also, when the two of you go out on the blackboard together on Sunday, you think that everyone else is blind and can't see it? ”

"What is this! He and I are colleagues, shouldn't we have a better relationship? What's wrong with the two of us making out, is this also a crime? ”

"It's not a crime!" Principal Zhai became even more angry, "However, do you know what the consequences of your actions have been? ”

"What consequences?"

"Everyone thinks you're getting married!"

"Huh?" Zhang Xuemei was surprised, "When did I tell someone that I was going to marry him?" ”

"Does that need to be said? You've told people with your actions! ”

"Do I have to ignore him all the time and even scold him and beat him all day long to prove that I don't want to marry him?" Zhang Xuemei felt very funny, "If that's the case, wouldn't he and I become enemies?" ”

"Don't quibble!" Principal Qu warned her, "If you two continue like this, I will have to ask you to go back to the small mountain village where you once stayed!" Didn't you cut the queue there? You can continue to be re-educated there by the poor middle peasants! ”

At this time, the class bell rang, and Principal Qu hurriedly said to her: "I still have class, today, let's talk about it here first!" When you get back from work, think about where you're going to go! With that, he left the office and left Zhang Xuemei alone in the office!

After Principal Qu left, the more Zhang Xuemei thought about it, the more angry, uncomfortable, and aggrieved she became, and tears rolled down her cheeks like pearls!

Li Lihua passed by the door of the principal's office and saw that Zhang Xuemei was shedding tears inside, so she hurriedly went in and asked her:

"What's wrong with you? Is it being reprimanded by the principal again? ”

"What's so great about him? will train people! ”

"Why the hell did I want to discipline you?"

"Isn't it just to see that I have a better relationship with Chen Wenhai! What's that? ”

"It's nothing, but if he makes a big fuss, the problem is serious! Now there are very many rumors outside, and some people actually say that the two of you have received a marriage certificate! ”

"Ahh Zhang Xuemei was surprised, "How can these people be so good at spreading rumors, their imagination is too rich!" ”

At this time, Wang Xiulan came, and she told Zhang Xuemei an even more surprising news:

"Some say you've slept together several times!"

"Ahh When Zhang Xuemei heard this, she was so angry that she almost fainted, "Such a person should really be cut by a thousand cuts!" ”

"Why are you so angry? Even if the two of you have slept together several times, it's nothing! Wang Xiulan asked her with a smile, "Are you two really ......?"

"I'm already so angry, you still have the heart to make such a joke with me! Am I and him that kind of person? ”

Chen Wenhai was preparing for class, and suddenly, Wang Xiulan shouted at him:

"Teacher Chen, someone is looking for you!" Chen Wenhai raised his head and saw a young girl standing at the door of the office. Because the girl was wearing a headscarf and a mask, Chen Wenhai didn't recognize who she was for a while.

"Who are you? Do you have anything to do with me? ”

"Come out, I have something to say to you!"

So, they went to the playground together.

"You don't even recognize me!" The girl took off her mask, "Look at who I am!" ”

"It turned out to be Li Yafang!" Chen Wenhai was overjoyed!

"Shhhhh Li Yafang hurriedly waved at him, "Don't let others know that I am Li Yafang!" ”

"You covered yourself so tightly, it turned out that you didn't want others to know that you were Li Yafang! You're dressed like an underground worker! What are you doing here? ”

"Because I don't want people to mistake us for being in a relationship! How is your relationship with Zhang Xuemei progressing now? ”

"It's not the same as it used to be!"

"I've heard people say: You two are always good and bad, like a pair of children who will never grow up!"

"That's someone else's nonsense! It's normal for me and her to have an argument because of a disagreement at work! Aren't the two of us arguing a lot, too? ”

"It's the same quarrel, the two of us are different from the two of you!"

"How is it different?"

"Because the two of you are lovers, and the two of us are just ordinary friends!"

"She and I can't be considered lovers! To be exact, she and I just have a general colleague relationship! Since I like her, others mistakenly think that the two of us are lovers! This misunderstanding embarrassed both of us! ”

"Because I saw this, I didn't want people to misunderstand us as well!"

After lunch, Chen Wenhai continued to chat with Li Yafang.

"I listen to your mother and your sister, they seem to look down on Zhang Xuemei a little bit, and they don't approve of you chasing her!"

"Actually, I didn't chase her! If it weren't for my mom's endless introduction to me and pressure on me, I wouldn't have gone to her! Now many people, including Zhang Xuemei, mistakenly think that I am in a hurry to solve the marriage problem, and some even say that I think my wife is crazy, and I don't even have the heart to teach books! What a big misunderstanding! ”

“……”

"I've had ambitions since I was a kid and want to have a career when I grow up! However, I never imagined that I would fall seriously ill when I was in college, which would make my already poor health worse, and later, after a period of recuperation, my health was still very bad! The headmaster has said to me more than once: 'A manly man should put his career first!' Serious girls generally like career-minded men! As long as you have a successful career, are you afraid that you won't be able to find a daughter-in-law? In other words, I, Chen Wenhai, have no ambition, I will only chase girls! Do you say I'm wronged? ”

“……”

"There are a lot of people who don't understand me at all, they just rub salt into my wounds, and they make me sink deeper and deeper into the pain!" Chen Wenhai lit a cigarette, took a few puffs, and then continued, "I am like a flat boat on the vast sea, tossing up and down in the rough waves, and there is a danger of being swallowed by the sea at any time!" ”

"When did you learn to smoke too? Are you a little too depressed right now? You should pick yourself up again! ”

"Easier said than done!" Chen Wenhai took a few more puffs of cigarette, "The environment I'm in now is terrible, and I can't see any hope at all!" ”

"And what are you going to do in the future?"

"I don't know!" Chen Wenhai's mood became worse, "I'm living one day at a time now!" ”

"I didn't expect you to be in such a bad mood, I want to help you, but I don't know how to help you! Anyway, you should still want to open a little! I can see that you love Zhang Xuemei very much. I hope you two can be together for 100 years! ”

"Actually, Zhang Xuemei is not suitable for me at all!"

"You can't say that! Zhang Xuemei is a typical lady! Doesn't the Book of Songs say, 'My Fair Lady, Good Gentleman'? As a scholar, you need a girl like Zhang Xuemei to caress and be considerate of you! ”

"If only everyone thought like you!" Chen Wenhai was so moved that he was about to cry, "You are really a reasonable and good girl!" I am really fortunate to have a good friend like you! ”

Revised March 22, 2022