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Chapter 41

After Shi Lei left, my life returned to peace.Guangzhou is a city with less obvious seasons, it is always so hot.In my eyes, it is still autumn, but it is already winter.Every day when I walk to or from get off work, I always see a policeman sitting on the side of the road holding a baton not far away. Even though there are so many policemen, Guangzhou is still the most chaotic city in the country.There was a meeting one morning and three girls from the company were late.All three girls were robbed at different locations on the same morning.Those people were in groups of two, one was driving a motorcycle, the other was sitting in the back seat, and they were targeting young girls with bags.I once witnessed a girl being robbed by someone on a motorcycle on the way home from get off work. She stood there stamping her feet and yelling. He stood up, watched the motorcycle go away silently, and then he sat down slowly.I feel that I am living in a city full of soldiers and horses, which makes my heart more and more quiet.I have gradually gotten used to the food here, and I am full of affection for those Guangzhou people who are still sitting in the open-air food stalls at three or four o'clock in the morning.I fell in love with the fried rice noodles, and the bullfrog porridge that boiled for hours in a jar.Every day at noon, an aunt will come to the company with a big lunch box to deliver meals to us. This aunt is invited by the company, and the meals she cooks are delicious.She is best at cooking bone broth from a grass-like thing.The colleagues in the company are basically from Guangzhou. They are used to drinking a few bowls of soup before eating, but I have never developed this habit.While they were eating the soup, I was already gnawing on the bones.I often sincerely praise my aunt's craftsmanship. She likes me very much and always asks me what I want to eat.I said I love meat.My aunt makes meat every day. Her craftsmanship and her kindness to me remind me of my mother who is far away in the northeast.Every day after lunch at noon, I will climb up a flight of stairs alone to the top floor of this 24-storey building. I stand there smoking a cigarette, overlooking the quiet Pearl River, with occasional ships passing by , I feel that I have changed from an idle person to a qualified white-collar worker.

It's almost a holiday, and I was wondering whether I would go home this New Year. On the night I thought so, my mother called me and told me to go back for the New Year. If I find one person, I can make a mahjong table. If I don't go back, I will have to find two people.I had no choice but to book a plane ticket in advance, and flew home on China Southern Airlines less than a week before the New Year.When I got home, I felt a kind of long-lost kindness from the snowflakes outside the window and the hearty Northeast dialect spoken by my parents.During Chinese New Year, friends of my dad or mom would visit my house every day. Almost every elder who came to visit would ask me about my job first, and then my relationship.If I say that I don't have a partner yet, the other party will actively say that I will introduce one to you.I think it's too late to say that I already have a partner.The other party's enthusiasm made me a little overwhelmed, and I suddenly realized that it turns out that I have no partner at my age, which makes the elders very excited.A lot of my dad's or my mom's friends got involved in trying to introduce me to someone.It's the time of the New Year, and seeing everyone's enthusiasm is so high, I'm ashamed to pour cold water on them directly.I have to say euphemistically that I want to focus on my career for the time being, and I don't want to think about marriage.Unexpectedly, this sentence caused a huge debate, and almost everyone put forward their own views on my point of view.Generally speaking, most elders think that it is okay to put career first, but at the same time, marriage should also be considered.They say that the total number of good girls in China is very small, and it will be more difficult to find them if they start late.I had no intention of arguing with them, so I had to watch them laugh.They thought I was convinced by them and mentioned a specific girl after a while.The girl's father is a friend of my father's comrades in arms who later became friends when he was doing business after he retired from the army. My father's comrades in arms immediately thought of that girl when they heard the news that I didn't have a date.He said that the girl was very beautiful, and the people in the family introduced many partners, but none of the girls fell in love.Then he gave me a compliment, saying that as long as the girl sees me, it will be fine.I didn't think that an event that was originally out of order would enter the substantive stage so quickly because of my unclear attitude.I didn't want to go to see him, but my dad said that it's best to give his comrade-in-arms a face. That person loves face very much. If I don't go, he will probably stay behind closed doors because of his lack of face, and he will get seriously ill as a result.I weighed the pros and cons and decided to go for it.Once there, everything calms down.I had to tell my dad that I will go back to work in Guangzhou soon, so I can only meet this one.I don't care if there is any more.My dad said yes.So, on a light snowing day, I went alone to a restaurant called Bashu Shui’an to meet the girl in a blue down jacket with a book in her hand.

After seeing that girl, both she and I couldn't help laughing, and I felt that the world was so small.This girl is the best friend of my college girlfriend Shi Lei who went to the same university as me back then, the girl who was forced by Shi Leifei to sing for her when she fell in love.Her name is Hao Tong.After graduating from university, she first worked as a document translator for an intermediary company that handles procedures for people who want to work in Singapore, Japan and other places. After doing it for a few months, she felt that it was not stable enough, so her father spent a sum of money to get her. An English teacher in a middle school, and she is still teaching there now.Hao Tong is indeed a very beautiful girl. She was very beautiful back then, and those who chased her could form a company.When she was in college, she found a very handsome partner and had a passionate love affair, but in the end, like Shi Lei and I, it ended in a hasty way.But two years after graduation, she and I had to rely on blind dates to meet new friends.For this change, I and she are very emotional.She asked if I still had contact with Shi Lei.I said I haven't been in touch for a long time.She said that she and Shi Lei have not been in touch for a long time.The two of us sat together and recounted the past.Those romantic memories and familiar friends keep flashing in our minds like sparkling fragments.In talking with her, I seem to have returned to the state of youthful youth.Hao Tong said that there was one thing that she never understood.I asked her what was the matter.She just said that she didn't understand why Shi Lei broke up with me.She remembered that when she was about to graduate, a few sisters in their dormitory went out to drink together. That time Shi Lei drank too much. Shi Lei told Hao Tong that she loved me very much. I was the first man she loved in her life. Will be the last one, she must grow old with me forever.Not long after Shi Lei and Hao Tong finished talking, they broke up with me suddenly.Hao Tong couldn't understand Shi Lei's self-contradiction. Regarding Hao Tong's confusion, I had no choice but to say four words to her, that is, everyone has his own ambitions.To live in this world, people need not only love, but also ideals.Shi Lei is such a person.

I chatted with Hao Tong all afternoon, and bid farewell at dusk, saying that we would keep in touch when we had free time.Of course, we can't be lovers like others expect, but we can be friends.Through the chat with Hao Tong, I feel that I should readjust my attitude towards the past.We haven't been in touch since Shi Lei left Guangzhou.Now it's New Years and she hasn't called me either.I think the relationship between Shi Lei and I should not have reached the point where we have never been in touch with each other.Since we agreed to be friends, we can't break our promise.I remembered that I said that I would invite her to dinner during the Chinese New Year, so I decided to take the initiative to call her.I took my phone out of my pocket and dialed her number in the taxi.The call was connected without any suspense, but no one answered it for a long time.I had to wait patiently, the phone rang a lot, and finally hung up automatically.I put the phone in my pocket and decided to call tomorrow.But after a while, I received a text message from Shi Lei, she said: Hehe, do you want to wish me a New Year greeting?Bao Beining, Happy New Year!I was drinking with my friends in the bar and it was too loud to answer your call.I texted her back, wished her a happy new year, and invited her to have dinner with me when I was free.She said, let's do it tomorrow.She also said that she found a newly opened French restaurant opposite the China-Japan Friendship Hospital, and she has never been willing to spend money to eat.She wants me to take her there.I said yes.We made an appointment at ten o'clock in the morning and met at the gate of the China-Japan Friendship Hospital.At the end of the text message, she reminded me that I need to wear a suit and tie to eat French food.I said, well, that ended our text message.

(End of this chapter)