April in Beijing is really peculiar, at the beginning of April, people are still wearing sweaters and jackets, in the middle of the year, the temperature seems to be heated by the blast furnace, suddenly rising, during the day you can only wear long-sleeved singles, now it is the end of the day, sometimes the temperature can reach 30 degrees during the day, wearing short sleeves are too hot. This is a rapidly warming April, and Chen Xiang and Wang Yan met in this special April.

After work that day, Chen Xiang was still looking at the picture carefully in front of the computer, and suddenly someone patted him on the shoulder from behind, and Chen Xiang exclaimed "oops". Turning his head, he saw that it was Guoguo, and not far behind Guoguo were standing Yangmei and Fat Zhu.

Seeing that they were frightened, they laughed out loud almost at the same time.

"You're too serious, go back and ask the boss to give you a raise." Yangmei teased.

"Let's go, didn't you say that we would eat together, waiting for you." Fat man Zhu said.

"Okay, I'll save the picture and go." Chen Xiang replied with a smile and quickly turned off the computer. The four of them walked out of the office door one after another.

"Ah, the magnolia flowers are all gone." Yangmei looked at a few magnolia plants on the side of the road in the factory area and exclaimed.

"When is this time, Beijing spring is short, and by the end of May, it will be almost summer." The fat man Zhu replied in surprise.

"What are we going to eat today?" Guoguo asked.

"Why do I suddenly want to eat flatbread?" Chen Xiang said, showing a yearning look.

"Let's talk about it when we get there, it's AA system anyway." The fat man Zhu looks honest and honest, and speaks straightforwardly. The four of them talked and soon arrived at the small restaurant near the factory, where Chen Xiang was too lazy to cook by himself, and had a small gathering with these comrades almost every day. The proprietress was very familiar with them, and when she saw them come in, she asked, "What are you going to eat today?"

"It's still the old rule, three dishes and one soup. You look at the match, just don't be the same as yesterday. Yang Mei said and looked at the three of them, "No opinion, what to eat as a staple food." ”

Small groups eat, ordering food is a hassle, this restaurant has a limited variety of dishes, and they are used to letting the proprietress decide their appetite. "I eat rice." Guoguo and Fat Zhu said at the same time. "I'll have a flatbread." Chen Xiang wanted to take a bite of the flatbread roll and green onions.

"Then three bowls of rice and one flatbread." Yangmei said to the proprietress .

"Okay, wait a minute, it'll be there in a while." The proprietress agreed, and turned to the kitchen.

Fat Zhu, Guoguo and Yangmei are college classmates, both graduated from Forestry University, and Guoguo and Yangmei are two people, who have been married for many years and have children, but Fat Zhu didn't even say anything. The advantage of eating together among comrades is that they can be ridiculed at will, Chen Xiang is very serious at work, but he likes to be lively in ordinary life.

Waiting for the food to be served is the best time to make fun of it casually. Chen Xiang glanced at Guoguo, then glared at the fat man Zhu and said, "You see that Guoguo and Yangmei can make soy sauce." Look at you again, the beard is unkempt, and the girl's hand hasn't been pulled yet. "Chen Xiang has a bold nature and good popularity, which is the age of blood and strength, once the environment is a little stable, he will speak casually and easily, and sometimes deliberately add a little damage.

Fat Zhu is an honest man, he smiled and said, "You have the ability?" Have you taken the girl's hand? Or, you can introduce me to one. ”

Yang Mei said quickly: "Come on, expect him to introduce you?" The good ones must be left to him, and the ones he introduced to you must be the crooked melons and cracked dates that he picked leftover, didn't you see that he was also old enough to be a father? ”

Guoguo and Fat Man Zhu couldn't help laughing out loud when they heard this, and said in unison: "That's right, that's right." You can't ask him to introduce people. ”

"What's the matter, what the word, I already have a girlfriend!" Chen Xiang took a bite of the flatbread that the proprietress had just brought to the table and protested loudly. This dish is really fast enough, maybe this is the reason for the small number of guests, it doesn't take a lot of effort, the proprietress has already brought out the fish-flavored shredded meat and flatbread. The proprietress was a middle-aged woman in her forties, very good at business, and when she saw a few young people chatting hotly, she didn't interrupt them, but only smiled and put the dishes on the table, and turned around to serve other dishes.

"Come on, if you have a girlfriend, you shouldn't have brought the bear sooner." Yang Mei glanced at the shredded potatoes and scrambled eggs with leeks in the proprietress in her hand and continued to choke Chen Xiang, "Hey, by the way, I heard that the secretary of our factory has taken a fancy to you, is there such a thing?" ”

"Eat, Chen Xiang has already bitten into the flatbread, let's still be hungry." Guoguo picked up chopsticks and put a mouthful of leeks in his mouth, and the fat man Zhu and Yangmei also followed with a piece of leeks.

"The hostess helped us serve rice and find a green onion." Chen Xiang shouted at Chongli. "Hey, this is coming," came the boss's loud voice.

"Don't get out of the way, tell me about you and the secretary." The old words of bayberry are revisited.

There is only one secretary named Xiao Chen in the company, and indeed, Sister Zhang, who was in charge of the warehouse last night, told Chen Xiang that she wanted to introduce him to a girlfriend from her unit. However, Sister Zhang didn't say who it was at the time. "Could it be Xiao Chen?" Chen Xiang guessed, and muttered to himself in his heart, "Fortunately, I didn't ask who it was last night, so I vetoed it, if I did, I would offend that little Chen who was even more arrogant than Yangmei!"

Yesterday afternoon, Sister Zhang called Chen Xiang to the warehouse where she worked, and said with a smile that she wanted to introduce him to a girl from her own unit to him, Chen Xiang was stunned at the time, so he categorically refused: "Don't, don't, I already have a girlfriend." Chen Xiang didn't ask who it was, so he excused himself, mainly because he had already measured it, and there was no girl in the factory who liked him.

"How did Yangmei know about this? It wouldn't be good if it reached more people's ears. Xiao Chen will definitely not talk to himself in the future. Although Chen Xiang has a bold temperament, he belongs to the kind of person who has a more delicate mind on some sensitive issues. He thought so in his heart, and said, "Don't talk nonsense, there's no such thing." I really have a girlfriend, I'll bring it to you next week. I don't lie to you. “

Listening to Chen Xiang emphasize so seriously, and also gave a specific time. The fat man Chen showed a little envious look, Guoguo also began to believe that he had a girlfriend, but Yangmei said, "Come on, if you can bring a girlfriend next week, we will invite you to dinner." “

"Really? That's with your family's consent. Chen Xiang deliberately took it seriously.

"I've got the final say in our family." Yang Mei showed a bright smile, raised her face to Guoguo and asked, "Right?" “

"Well, yes, no problem. If you can bring a girlfriend next week, we will invite you to dinner, and the fat man Zhu will follow. “

"Okay, Chen Xiang, you must bring a girlfriend, I'll follow you." The fat man Zhu also coaxed.

"Bring it, bring it, say it, don't regret it." Chen Xiang replied with a smile, as if he could really bring a girlfriend over.

The four young people chatted and ate happily, and they didn't notice when the proprietress brought the green vegetable and tofu soup. After eating, each drank a bowl of soup, and a small meal was dispersed. Guoguo and Yangmei walked arm in arm, and the fat man Chen said that he went back to the factory and went to the office to draw pictures for a while. Chen Xiang didn't have the heart to go to the office today to learn what to draw. After everyone dispersed, he returned to the small dormitory he had rented.

Chen Xiang's bachelor dormitory is not big, except for the bed, there is enough for a table and a chair. At the foot of the wall is a small dining table in the color of low logs.

Chen Xiang stood in front of the table, opened the ink cartridge, and practiced calligraphy. Chen Xiang has been practicing calligraphy well since he went to secondary school, which is also his favorite hobby among several hobbies. It's just that the embarrassment of life made him put this hobby on hold for a long time, and now, when he is alone, he thinks about writing again.

After writing for a while, Chen Xiang looked at the finished words and felt that it was very bad, so he crumpled the paper into a ball and threw it to the side of the table. Leaning on the bed, he was extremely bored, and when he picked up his mobile phone, he remembered Wang Yan. "Yes, call down Wang Yan." Thinking so, Chen Xiang dialed Wang Yan's pager.

Strange to say, Chen Xiang's personality in life is arrogant, and even a little arrogant. No one can see that he has any "cultural literacy", but every time he paging Wang Yan, he will immediately become deep and even deep, and he will try his best to leave what content on Wang Yan's pager.

"Everyone has their own dreams that are hidden, but sometimes reality buries it, but dreams will grow silently in our hearts like bean seedlings. Keep your dreams alive and maybe one day they will come true. This time, the content that Chen Xiang left on the plane for Wang Yan was this kind of literary and inspirational flavor.

After the pager, Chen Xiang suddenly thought about how Wang Yan would react after reading the pager message? Chen Xiang remembered the bet he had made with Yangmei just now. When he was betting, Wang Yan's appearance flashed in his mind, but how could he get Wang Yan to come to him next weekend? What if she doesn't come?

"If you don't come, I'll tell the three of them that my girlfriend has something to do and I can't come. In that case, it's nothing, it's a big deal to invite them to a meal out of your own pocket. After Chen Xiang gave himself a small retreat, he let go of his scruples with peace of mind. He didn't realize that until now, no one had agreed to be his girlfriend, and he hadn't asked anyone to be his girlfriend. But I don't know when, he has unilaterally decided that Wang Yan is his girlfriend and his future wife.

Chen Xiang is like this, sometimes he is calm and sophisticated, sometimes he is stubborn and a little childish, and he seems to be simple and excessive. Perhaps, after all, he is still old, and his dreams and enthusiasm have not been crushed by real life. Although he has experienced hardships and has not yet become rich, in the eyes of the young Agarwood, the future can be controlled, and the future will be bright.

The picture of the first encounter with Wang Yan flashed in Chen Xiang's mind again: although Wang Yan was not cheap, it was definitely not a brand-name blue professional suit wrapped around her well-proportioned figure, with short ear-length hair and her fat and thin face, it looked a little intellectual, but she could see from her pure eyes that she was not deeply involved in the world.

Chen Xiang remembered Wang Yan sitting by the window, smiling alone. It's like a child seeing a sweet toy, and like a girl seeing a lovely lover, smiling so selfishly and so sweetly. It's just that because he is wearing professional clothes, he looks a little silly with a smiling appearance, and professional clothes should be matched with a serious expression. "If she was wearing a girly dress, she would look a lot cuter." Chen Xiang thought so, and still wanted to paged Wang Yan again.

This time, he didn't send those inspirational or philosophical words, and after dialing Wang Yan's pager, a question came from the young Miss Hutai, "May I ask sir, how do I need to help you leave a message?" Chen Xiang said: "Just help me write" If you have time on the weekend, come and I'll cook for you." ”

"Is there anything else?" Miss Hutai asked politely.

"No, that's it."

"Okay, sir, do you want to keep your full name?"

"Chen Xiang, Erdong Chen, Flying Xiang." After passing the pager, Chen Xiang felt that it was better to ask Wang Yan to call him back, and it would be better to invite her directly on the phone. However, in such a night, I have already called people twice in a short period of time, and if I call again, I don't know what people think of me, so I gave up the idea of calling again.

Moving his right foot and retracting his leg, Chen Xiang put his hand on his knee and said to himself, "What is she doing?" See if I call her a message? ”