Xia Zhen and Pei Chengan haven't seen each other for four days.
The crisis Xia Zhen's company is facing has not yet been resolved. Starting from Monday, they have to work overtime every day until midnight.
Pei Chengan is also a little busy recently. Although he doesn't have to work overtime, he has a lot of materials to prepare after get off work. They are too far apart, and it takes too much time to come and go.
The two make phone calls every day during their breaks, and they both prefer to make calls now, because what they say on the phone will be answered as soon as possible.
After a few days, the time period for the two of them to talk has become regular, and the digestion time after lunch and dinner and before going to bed almost never falls.
At noon this day, Xia Zhen and Xiao Ju got together to eat takeaway. They ate a little late today, Xia Zhen was a little anxious, so she glanced at her phone from time to time.
Xiao Li finally couldn't help rolling his eyes, and said: "Don't look at it, the phone is about to be stared out of the hole by you, the phone has a function called ringing for incoming calls, have you forgotten?"
Xia Zhen said without restraint: "I want to see his call as soon as possible. You don't understand if you don't have a boyfriend."
"This is a personal attack! Do you understand that you should care for single people?" Xiao Li was depressed. She also wants a boyfriend, okay? Especially those like Pei Chengan.
That's right, under her coercion, mainly coercion, Xia Zhen revealed some information about Pei Chengan to her, the most important information was - he has no brothers, but he does have cousins, but they are either married or underage. Xiao Li gave up.
Xia Zhen ignored Xiao Li, a person who lacked love, and still stared at the phone, thinking whether to take the initiative to call.
For Xia Zhen these days, what she looks forward to the most every day is not getting off work, but a call from Pei Chengan. She knew that her situation showed that she had already fallen in love with Pei Chengan, and she also knew that it was against her plan, and she also struggled a lot, but when she missed him and talked to him, she put those entanglements aside. Behind the heads.
What kind of free plan? There is nothing unfree when you are with him. If you are not free in the future, then let's talk about it.
Just when she finished her meal and was about to take the initiative to call Pei Chengan, the phone rang.
Seeing her instant smile, Xiao Li slipped away saying "It's hopeless", she didn't want to be abused.
"Sorry for calling just now, I was busy just now." Pei Chengan explained.
Of course Xia Zhen didn't mind, "What a coincidence, I'm very busy today, I just finished my last bite of lunch half a minute before you called. Oh, have you eaten yet?"
"Have not eat yet."
"Then go and eat quickly, or your cafeteria will run out of food."
"Maybe there are no more now. I plan to go back to the dormitory and cook some noodles." Pei Chengan said as he walked outside. He called Xia Zhen as soon as he left the laboratory, fearing that Xia Zhen would wait too long.
"Then where are you now?" Xia Zhen asked. Their conversations are usually about small daily matters. Such topics were really boring to Xia Zhen in the past, but Xia Zhen is actually fine now. She has always liked to joke and quarrel with others, but she is generally quite polite when talking to Pei Chengan, mainly because Pei Chengan is too polite. Occasionally, she would joke with him, and then she was very happy to see him speechless. Of course, she didn't dare to be too presumptuous for the time being.
"Still in the office, about to leave."
"Then do you miss me?" After asking, Xia Zhen couldn't help laughing, her cheeks were heating up, but it didn't matter, he couldn't see anyway.
Similarly, she couldn't see Pei Chengan's red ears either. There was no one else in the office, Pei Chengan admitted generously, "I think so."
Although I knew the answer, I was still very happy when I heard it with my own ears. But Xia Zhen hadn't laughed for long when a not-so-unfamiliar voice came from the phone.
"Senior brother! I'll give you a meal."
This is Lu Mengqi's voice, the voice is sweet, Xia Zhen hummed in her heart: "What are you talking about, it's like acting like a baby."
"Is there a beautiful woman who specially cooks for you? You are so happy." Xia Zhen's voice was filled with laughter, and she restrained her sourness. It was the first time on Sunday that I heard Lu Mengqi's ambiguous words with Pei Chengan on the phone. Xia Zhen just felt a little uncomfortable and didn't think about it afterwards. She talked to Pei Chengan intentionally or unintentionally, and Xia Zhen almost believed that she did it on purpose.
Pei Chengan just gestured to Lu Mengqi, and then said to Xia Zhen: "If it's you, I'll be happy."
Well, for the sake of the soundness of what he said, Xia Zhen said generously: "Go and eat, even if I didn't call you, you can only think of me while eating."
Pei Chengan smiled and said, "Okay."
Lu Mengqi was still waiting not far from Pei Chengan. Just after Pei Chengan said goodbye, she came over, raised the lunch box with a harmless face, and said, "The cafeteria has left us food, but they have to clean it up. , so I took it back and ate it."
"Thank you." Pei Chengan took the lunch box with both hands.
"Let's eat over there."
Pei Chengan said politely: "I want to go back to the dormitory."
Lu Mengqi's smile faltered for a moment, and she said: "You can go after eating."
"I'm in a hurry, I'll just go back and eat, thank you." Pei Chengan left after speaking. Lu Mengqi's thoughts were clearly revealed, but she had always generously admitted that she admired Pei Chengan, and it seemed natural to be warm to him, so it was hard to say anything.
It stands to reason that it is good to keep a distance from her, but working together, there are many intersections. Fortunately, the relationship between Pei Chengan and Xia Zhen has become a well-known matter in the research institute. I just hope that Lu Mengqi will stop having other thoughts.
Both Xia Zhen and Pei Chengan worked overtime on Saturday, and only had Sunday off. Before getting off work on Saturday, when they were discussing how to spend Sunday, Xia Zhen had a sudden idea and said, "I couldn't have dinner with your colleague last week, why don't I make up for it this week."
Pei Chengan thought about it for a while before agreeing, but Xia Zhen had no idea how to make it up, she usually got together with friends to eat hot pot, barbecue or go to Zero Bar. These are not very healthy foods, Xia Zhen thinks that people like Pei Chengan might not like them.
So she threw this problem to Pei Chengan, and Pei Chengan quickly made a suggestion.
"There is a farmhouse in the southern suburbs, where you can go fishing, why not go there."
"That small wooden building with a pond next to it, and the one with the waterwheel?"
"Yes, that's the one."
Xia Zhen was very excited, "I've been there too!" She suddenly felt strange, and then she would be able to say "So you've been here too", it felt like a literary movie.
"How? Going?"
"Go, of course!" Xia Zhen said excitedly, then calmed down and added, "Call your colleague over."
"good."
"Let's just call the ones who had dinner with you last week." The main reason is that there is Lu Mengqi in it, and she really wants to see what the person who has ulterior motives for her boyfriend looks like.
"good."
After getting off work early on Saturday, Pei Chengan drove to Xia Zhen's company to pick her up.
Since Xiao Li met Pei Chengan briefly last time, she has been looking forward to seeing him again. This week, she has been pestering Xia Zhen. Unfortunately, she has to work overtime every day, and her wish has not been fulfilled.
Xia Zhen responded to her eagerness with a defensive attitude. "You stare at him like a cheetah, how dare I let you see him."
"What did you say, I just appreciate it, you know, I've never seen a handsome guy with my own eyes, I finally saw one, but unfortunately I didn't see it clearly, I begged you very earnestly to let me meet again." Xiao Li finally I like tall and handsome men.
"Didn't you meet Wu Yanzu?" Xia Zhen exposed her.
"Don't mention it, okay, it's too far away for me to see clearly. I'm going to give you the male god's position."
"Don't! Don't! I won't show you like this." Xia Zhen waved her hands repeatedly. There was already a man who worshiped Pei Chengan as a male god over there, and she hadn't settled it yet, so she didn't want another one.
"Don't be like this, I won't snatch it, you know, for me, it's good to look at a beautiful man, if you get too familiar with it, you will find a lot of problems, which will affect the image in my mind." Waiting for Xia Zhen replied, and she continued, "For example, you have such a handsome man in your bag but you are so calm, it is because you are too familiar with him. Do you think he is actually very ordinary?"
Xia Zhen narrowed her eyes and said with a smile, "On the contrary, the more familiar I am, the more handsome I think he is."
"Show affection!" Xiao Li angrily said, "Have you forgotten your Wang Zulan?"
"I haven't forgotten."
"Don't you like Wang Zulan, who is cute and funny despite his unattractive appearance? I remember you said that Pei Chengan is quiet and serious."
Xia Zhen smiled, "I like them all."
Xiao Li was speechless, and re-emphasized, "Then do you want to introduce your boyfriend to me?"
Xia Zhen looked at the time and said, "Tomorrow we will go fishing in the southern suburbs with his colleagues, do you want to go?"
"Of course I'm going! By the way, does his colleague have someone as magnificent as him?" Xiao Li's eyes sparkled.
Xia Zhen looked regretful, "Although I haven't seen it, I don't think there should be one."
Xiao Li didn't believe her, and began to look forward to tomorrow.
In the evening, Xia Zhen and Pei Chengan had dinner outside together, and then went to the supermarket to buy fruit snacks for the next day's fishing.
They never expected that they would meet acquaintances even when they visited a supermarket.