Xia Zhen went home and slept all afternoon. After waking up, she called Xue Chen, and Da Qu and the others.
They met at a barbecue restaurant they often go to.
I haven't seen him for a few days, but Xue Chen seems to have changed a lot. The cold and talented man before seems to be a little more gloomy now.
Although everyone was sad because the band was about to disband, they all tacitly did not show it, talking and laughing as usual, eating meat and drinking lively.
After drinking for three rounds, Da Qu put down his chopsticks, straightened his expression, and said, "Actually, it's good to be disbanded. We were only interested in music at first, and we didn't pursue fame and fortune. Zhou Le and Wei Feng are about to get married. With a family, there are many things to worry about, and it’s not good to always go home in the middle of the night. Xue Chen, your parents have worked too much in recent years, and you should go back to help. The band is already doing well.”
The atmosphere became heavy, Zhou Le and Wei Feng did not speak, Xue Chen was also silent.
Xia Zhen was shocked. Although she knew that the band might not last long, she didn't expect it to disband so soon, and judging by their appearance, they had already discussed it.
"Have you all decided?" she asked.
The four nodded, although their expressions were a little sad, but they had obviously accepted the fact.
Xia Zhen had a lot to say in her heart, but she didn't know how to say it, or she had nothing to say. At this moment, she was in a very depressed mood. She had a deep affection for the cabbage band, and this band tied the friendship of several of them.
After two years of graduation, the reality made them understand how difficult it is to maintain friendship. There is no intersection in life, and the relationship will always fade away.
"Papapa..." Da Qu clapped his hands and said suddenly, "Hey! The band disbanded, and it's not that we don't see each other forever. We are all in this city, and our homes are not far away. If we want to see each other every day Okay, don't make it look like a broken relationship."
Xue Chen's expression froze, he pursed his lips, but still didn't speak.
Zhou Le and Wei Feng agreed. "That's right, we have been playing for so many years. Our competitors have all disbanded. We have persisted until now, and we are satisfied."
"I'm still reluctant." Xia Zhen said melancholy.
"When you quit back then, you were very willing." Xue Chen said bluntly, if she had stayed in the band, they would have had more chances to get along with each other, maybe now it will be a matter of course.
"If I hadn't quit, the band might have disbanded long ago." Xia Zhen argued with him, even though it was belittling herself.
"No." Xue Chen's tone softened.
Xia Zhen snorted, "Why not, for sure."
Da Qu interjected, "No way, we've been hanging out under the silly name of Cabbage Band for so many years."
"How dare you dislike the name I chose." Xia Zhen said fiercely.
Da Qu curled his lips, "It's stupid to begin with."
"At that time, you didn't object, and even said you were creative." Xia Zhen snorted. When the band was first established, a few of them ate in the cafeteria and discussed the name of the band, but no one had any ideas. It just so happened that the cabbage fried in the cafeteria was delicious that day, Xia Zhen was very satisfied, so she took the current name.
At that time, Da Qu looked at the potatoes on his dinner plate and agreed to Xia Zhen's proposal.
This topic opened the door to memory, and a group of people reminisced about the past.
Xue Chen wanted to see Xia Zhen today because he wanted to talk to her about some emotional matters, but the current atmosphere is not suitable for talking about those.
The group of people didn't disperse until ten o'clock in the evening. When they got home, Xia Zhen's parents had already gone to bed. In the silent night, their melancholy was magnified.
After washing and lying on the bed, Xia Zhen still felt as if her heart was blocked. She swiped Weibo with her mobile phone and watched a few funny videos and jokes, but she didn't think it was funny or meaningful at all.
She threw the phone aside, turned over, and after a while, she turned over and picked up the phone.
She wanted to talk, to find someone to chat with, to relieve her bad mood.
The best candidate is Pei Chengan, isn't he her boyfriend? Isn't he an early sleeper? If you don't torment him, who will go to torment
She opened WeChat, quickly tapped the phone screen with her fingers, and quickly sent a message.
[Your girlfriend exercised too much today, which made her unable to sleep, please help.]
When Xia Zhen counted to fifty, Pei Chengan replied. [Do you want to listen to microbiology or zoology?]
[I want to hear you sing.]
[You will be sleepless all night after hearing this, so I'll call you?]
[Don't call, I don't want to talk, but I want to chat.]In fact, she doesn't want to listen to music either.
Pei Chengan sensed that her mood was not right, and asked: [What's wrong with you, I can be your listener.]
Xia Zhen really needed to talk, so she told him the history of the band as well as her melancholy and reluctance. This chat lasted until late at night. Xia Zhen sent a long list of texts. Pei Chengan didn't say much, but he expressed his opinions pertinently and eased Xia Zhen's emotions.
After saying what was in her heart, Xia Zhen's mood improved a lot. She drank a lot of wine at night, gradually became tired, and fell asleep unconsciously.
Without saying good night, Pei Chengan sent a message without waiting for a response. A few minutes later, he sent another message, asking if she was still there, and after waiting for a few more minutes, he guessed that she must have fallen asleep, so he said goodnight to her in his dream, and fell asleep.
The next day Xia Zhen was woken up by the alarm clock, and suddenly remembered that she had fallen asleep in the middle of the conversation last night, so she quickly picked up her phone to watch.
The last message he sent was at 1:22 in the morning, and she felt inexplicably guilty.
This week, Pei Chengan was still very busy and had to work overtime at night. The two of them were so far away that it was difficult to see each other.
On the contrary, Xue Chen didn't seem to be busy all of a sudden, and asked Xia Zhen to have dinner almost every day. At the beginning, Xia Zhen didn't think much about it, and they all went. Later, she found that this situation was a bit weird, so she began to refuse. After rejecting her twice, Xue Chen didn't ask her out anymore, but they still met every day, because Da Qu Zhou Le and the others took turns to ask her out.
They are all good friends, she didn't refuse, and advised herself not to think too much.
This day at work, Xia Zhen suddenly received a bouquet of flowers, Xiao Li immediately surrounded her and said meaningfully, "Qijilang?"
Since the conversation that day, Xiao Li has been referring to Xia Zhen's mysterious boyfriend like this.
Xia Zhen smiled without answering, picked up the card in the bouquet and looked at it, and couldn't laugh anymore.
The flowers were sent by Xue Chen. Although he wrote on the card that the flower shop had a special price, he thought it was cheap and beautiful, so he bought it. After buying it, he found that there was no one to give it to him except her, so he sent it over.
Who would believe such words
In fact, the flower shop is indeed offering discounts, but the flowers Xue Chen bought are not cheap, these are just excuses.
"What's wrong?" Xiao Li asked, she saw that Xia Zhen's expression was wrong.
Xia Zhen sighed, before she could speak, someone called her name again at the door.
It was another flower shop who sent flowers, but this time it was a potted plant, a pot of violets growing gratifyingly.
Now Xiao Li probably guessed what was going on, she clicked her tongue and said: "It seems that someone has a lot of luck recently, and it will be different when spring comes."
Before looking at the card this time, Xia Zhen was sure it was Pei Chengan, but she couldn't be happy now.
Xue Chen's behavior became more and more obvious, but that layer of window paper cannot be pierced. Once pierced, it may be difficult to be good friends again in the future. If you don't want to expose it, then you can't break up with Pei Chengan for the time being. If you break up, you will give Xue Chen a chance.
Looking at the two gifts on the table, Xia Zhen was very troubled.
One is a friend for many years, and the other is a boyfriend who doesn't plan to last long. She feels guilty.
She was not in the mood to bicker with Xiao Li, but Xiao Li shrugged, hummed and went back to his seat.
"The warm spring breeze is blowing, the peach blossoms are blooming, the birds on the branches are in pairs, the lover's heart is blooming, ouch, ouch, you are more beautiful than flowers, I will never forget..."
Xiao Li's singing voice was so magical that Xia Zhen's melancholy mood was driven away by her singing voice. "Xiao Li, I'm out of tune."
The colleagues not far away also jokingly said: "Xiao Li, if you continue to sing, the peach blossoms will wither early."
Xiao Li was not shocked at all, "The tone is not important, what matters is whether you understand the meaning of the lyrics?"
As for the connotation, how could everyone not understand, they all turned their attention to Xia Zhen. Being made a joke by a group of people, Xia Zhen was helpless.
Xue Chen asked Xia Zhen to have dinner again, Xia Zhen said without even thinking about it that she would go on a date with Pei Chengan today.
Xue Chen hung up the phone silently. In order not to become a liar, Xia Zhen took the initiative to ask Pei Chengan out.
"Are you working overtime tonight?"
"I have to work overtime, what's wrong?"
"Take care of your boyfriend." Xia Zhen said with a smile.
Hearing such words, Pei Chengan's heart suddenly felt warm, and a smile appeared on his face.
"When will it be added?" Xia Zhen asked again.
"About eight o'clock in the evening."
"Eight o'clock, I see, then you can continue to work, bye."
Xia Zhen left the words and hung up the phone. Pei Chengan took the phone to figure out what it meant, with a glimmer of hope in his heart.
The senior brother on the opposite side said with emotion while packing up the experimental equipment: "If the girls in the university knew what it would be like to fall in love with a difficult school girl, I guess they would regret not continuing to listen to the biology department."
"What do I look like?" Pei Chengan didn't feel that he had changed, but he was in a good mood.
The senior brother raised his eyes and glanced at him, then smiled and said: "What does it look like, the peach blossoms are in full bloom."
"Brother, your description is not good."
The senior brother refused to accept, "I described it very vividly."
Pei Chengan: "Brother, I still remember your score in the college entrance examination."
The only high-achieving biology student who failed the college entrance examination Chinese, it's hard not to remember.
A certain brother who was poked in the sore spot was very upset, planning in his heart to reveal his "love history" to the future brother and sister whom he did not know for the time being.
Pei Chengan was so busy that he forgot the time and his hope.
Both work and residence are in the institute, and there is nothing wrong with going back. The laboratory has been regarded as a second home.
It wasn't until Xia Zhen called her and said that she was in a coffee shop outside the research institute that he put down his work and hurried out.