I said out loud: "Jianan, it's me."
Dong Jianan said: "I heard it. Zijin, what's the matter?" Her voice was as usual, there was no emotion or anger, but embarrassment could be heard. She didn't want to answer my call. I could even imagine why she took so long to answer. She must have seen my call and was hesitant to answer it.
My mood suddenly became extremely heavy, and I said tentatively: "Jianan, do you know that today is the day of Teacher Gu's funeral?"
When I asked this question, my heartbeat was beating fast, for fear that Dong Jianan would reply in surprise and say he didn't know.
But Dong Jianan replied very calmly: "I know."
Hearing this, I didn't know whether to be happy or unhappy.
After a pause, I said out loud: "We went to the cemetery today, but I didn't seem to see you. I thought you didn't know, so you didn't come."
Dong Jianan said: "I saw people talking among the classmates and knew that Teacher Gu's funeral was today, but I had something to do, so I didn't go."
I said oh, and then said: "That's it." It was so embarrassing, I really didn't know what to say.
Out of the corner of my eye, I caught a glimpse of Kuang Yiyang and Xu Lu sitting next to me, and I quickly asked again: "Jianan, do you want to come out and sit down? Yi Yang and Luzi are both here."
Dong Jianan's voice was still gentle but distant, and he made an apologetic tone and replied: "I still have something to do..."
As soon as I heard this, I immediately said: "Then hurry up and get busy. We have nothing to do. Let's make an appointment another day."
We both couldn't wait to hang up the phone because we didn't agree with each other. Putting the phone on the table, I reached out and touched my forehead, feeling that my life would be shortened by a few minutes.
Because the private room was very quiet, both Kuang Yiyang and Xu Lu heard the conversation between me and Dong Jianan clearly. I didn’t need to say anything to express my feelings at this moment. Xu Lu was the first to speak up: " You just said that you were with the two of us. People like Dong Jianan would definitely think that the three of us were out to play and didn't call her at all. "
Kuang Yiyang said: "I think if she was really this kind of person, she would have long been jealous of her senior sister. She felt that her senior sister was alienated from her and hid everything from her. Even the matter of Teacher Gu's funeral, she never What we heard here is the same as what we say now.”
This time I was heartbroken. I took a long breath and said, "Forget it, I have explained everything I need to explain. If she still doesn't believe her, there is nothing I can do about it."
Xu Lu said: "You are more thoughtful. Although you both work at Luo's, you are on the top floor and she is on the bottom. As long as there are not so many coincidences, I estimate that you will not meet each other in a year and a half, so there is no need to worry about embarrassment."
I said, "I'm afraid of embarrassment because I still treat her as a friend and I don't want her to feel uncomfortable. But if she doesn't treat me as a friend now, it doesn't matter to me. From now on, when we meet, we'll just nod and smile, and that's it."
After dinner in the evening, Kuang Yiyang sent Xu Lu and me back to the apartment, and he went to stay at the hotel opposite. After taking a shower, Xu Lu lay next to me. When she saw me playing with my phone, she said, "Hey, Zijin, you really don't want to give Yi Yang a try?"
I immediately raised my eyebrows and replied, "Don't get involved, I never thought about it."
Xu Lu said: "What are you in a hurry for? I won't tell Yi Yang."
I looked at the pink mobile phone in my hand and said with a pretense of heartache: "When I get my salary this month, I still have to spare a few thousand to buy him a gift, tsk tsk."
Xu Lu said: "If you ask me, just forget about being with Yi Yang. Just because he bought you a mobile phone today, I think he has you in his heart."
I held my tongue and said, "Just because of a mobile phone, you gave me away?"
Xu Lu frowned and said, "Stop pretending to be confused. Is this a matter of mobile phones? Of course I cannot deny it. You have to have money to support your ambition. If he is really poor, he can only buy you a Nokia for a few hundred yuan." Then I don’t agree with you being together.”
I glanced at Xu Lu and said, "What a snobbery."
Xu Lu ignored my teasing and said directly: "Who is not snobbish these days? When introducing a partner, the woman has to ask the man whether he has a house and how much savings he has. The man is also worried about which celebrity the woman looks like and whose figure she resembles." mold."
After that, Xu Lu gave me another example: "If you don't say it, let's just say that when you went to the cemetery today, which classmate in our school couldn't look down on you? Even the teacher who once taught us had to brag. Saying, 'The student I taught is now the assistant to President Luo', this means you are doing well now, otherwise what other reason could there be?"
I can't refute Xu Lu's words.
Seeing my silence, she added: "Your career is going well now, but the only thing missing is your relationship. People say that people in society are unreliable, but Yi Yang is different. He has been since he was in college. I've been chasing you for several years and I haven't changed my mind. Sometimes I feel jealous of you. Where can I find a blue-chip stock like Yi Yang? You want good looks and money. The key is that he treats you well. This is enough to defeat more than 99% of the scumbags.”
Xu Lu was murmuring in my ear, but I didn’t know when to put down my phone and pick up the gray zombie doll.
Xu Lu didn't answer me when she saw it. She frowned and looked at the zombie doll and said, "Why did you make such an ugly doll? This is not how you always see it."
Xu Lu knew that I always liked cute dolls, such as zombies, so I always avoided them.
Staring at the face of the zombie doll, maybe it was some mistake, or maybe I had been holding it in for too long and wanted to find someone to express my feelings to, so I suddenly asked, "Luzi, what do you think of Luo Xiangdong?"
When Xu Lu heard the words "Luo Xiangdong", she was stunned for a moment, then stared at me and said, "You must have fallen in love with Luo Xiangdong, right?"
I was calmer than her, pursed my lips, and replied aloud: "As you said, he is handsome, rich, and a nice person. Can't I like him?"
Xu Lu frowned subconsciously and retorted: "But he has a girlfriend."
My chest felt tight, and several faces suddenly appeared in my mind. The ones far away were Li Yanshu and Sun Kexin, and the nearest one was Du Ting. This is not counting those girlfriends who frequently appear in various gossip magazines.
When I hold the zombie doll, I don’t think it is ugly no matter how I look at it, and the more I look at it, the more attractive it becomes.
Xu Lu said from the side: "Luo Xiangdong is different from Kuang Yiyang. He is in such an environment, with too many women around him and too many temptations. Even if you squeeze his current girlfriend away to be with him by being close to the water, you will still be with him. There’s no guarantee that you won’t end up like his ex-girlfriend. No, you will definitely become his ex-girlfriend.”
Xu Lu nodded firmly.
I said, "I don't want to be with him."
Xu Lu said: "Then what are you telling me here?"
I scratched my head, but I couldn't tell where it was tickling. I couldn't help but frown and replied, "I'm also very confused now. I know he has a girlfriend and what kind of person he is, but I can't help but like him a little bit."
Xu Lu raised her eyes slightly: "A bit?"
I said, "Well, anyway, I can't help but miss him now, and I really want to know what he is doing, but I know very well that I will not be with him, and there will be no good results from this."
Xu Lu said: "Then you are now at the stage of struggle between rationality and sensibility. The best way is to divert your attention."
I asked: "How to transfer?"
Xu Lu said: "There are two ways. Either don't see him, or find a boyfriend to settle your mind."
I lowered my face and said, "It's as if you didn't say anything."
In my current job, I have to see Luo Xiangdong at work without exception; and I have no plans to find a boyfriend in the near future.
Xu Lu added: "Anyway, my personal opinion is that between Luo Xiangdong and Yi Yang, choose the latter."
I said, "Are there no comparisons between the two of them?"
Kuang Yiyang likes me, and I kind of like Luo Xiangdong, but Luo Xiangdong treats me...
As a result, I chatted with Xu Lu for two or three hours, but we still couldn't figure out the reason. I fell asleep in a daze, and it was past ten in the morning when I woke up the next day.
I called Kuang Yiyang and he had just woken up. The three of us made an appointment to have lunch together. After dinner, Kuang Yiyang returned to school, Xu Lu also returned to the new district, and I was left alone again.
I was walking on the street bored, and when I thought about going back to the apartment and doing nothing else except surfing the Internet and sleeping, I immediately didn't want to go back. I accidentally thought of Luo Xiangdong again. What is he doing now? You shouldn't be awake yet, right? If you wake up, have you eaten? With whom
I think I'm obsessed, and I try my best to control myself not to think about it, but I really can't control this kind of thing. The more I think about it, the more I think about it.
In the end, I convinced myself that I'd better call him and ask him. Didn't he catch a cold yesterday? It just so happened that I was offering condolences to him, so it shouldn't be out of the ordinary.
Thinking about it, I immediately took out my mobile phone and called Luo Xiangdong. The phone rang for a while before it was connected. I called out, "Brother Dong."
Luo Xiangdong replied nonchalantly, and I knew as soon as I heard that he was not awake yet.
I asked: "Brother Dong, are you feeling better from your cold?"
Luo Xiangdong's voice was low, hoarse, and very muffled. He replied: "I seem to be serious."
I heard it without him having to say it. I suddenly felt very nervous. I frowned and said, "Didn't you take your medicine yesterday?"
Luo Xiangdong said: "No."
I added, "Then get up quickly and go to the hospital for a checkup. Oh, by the way, don't forget to eat before getting the injection. Don't go on an empty stomach."
If Luo Xiangdong appeared in front of me at this time, he would definitely see how anxious the expression on my face was.
Luo Xiangdong said: "Are you okay now?"
"Ah?" I paused and then said, "I'm fine."
Luo Xiangdong said: "Then come to my place and help me take the dog to the care center."
When I heard Luo Xiangdong's tired voice, I also guessed that his current state must be that he was too sick to even get out of bed.
I immediately replied: "Wait for me for a while, I will take a taxi there right now."