The Pentium Era - South to North

On the seventh day of the Lunar New Year, all the people in the brigade had left, leaving only Lao Tan and Zhang Chen still in Sanya.

In Zhang Chen's Banmutian Resort Hotel, many guests who came to Sanya for the Spring Festival have also returned to the mainland and are getting ready to go to work. On this new day of work in the year, there will be no conference guests coming. By the end of February, the number of meetings and trainings began to increase.

This time is also the slowest time of the year for their hotel.

Zhang Chen and Lao Tan moved back to Banmutian Resort Hotel from Shanhaitian Hotel. They were the first to see off He Hongmei today, and then went to the airport to see off Liu Ligan, Qu Tianlin and Zhang Chen’s parents from Hangzhou. After that group sends Meng Ping and the others away and returns to the hotel, the two of them will have nothing to do.

Originally, Xiao Ding and the others wanted to come over to accompany Lao Tan and Zhang Chen, but they were driven away by Lao Tan. Lao Tan said that he would go to work tomorrow, so you should take it easy.

Xiao Ding and Zhang Chen said that the matter of the five hundred acres of sea area has been implemented by Xiao Zheng. I have also drafted the application report. I will send it to the Provincial Oceanographic Bureau when I get to work. There is also the mountain top, Mayor Xu. There is no problem here, I have already communicated with you, and this matter can be decided as long as it is discussed at the mayor's office meeting.

Zhang Chen quickly raised his hands and said, thank you, thank you!

"Okay, it's just the two of us, let's have a good drink tonight." Lao Tan said to Zhang Chen, and Zhang Chen agreed.

During dinner, the two of them didn't go to the private room. Lao Tan thought the private room was too deserted and it would be a waste for the two of them, so they chose a table near the floor-to-ceiling glass in the hall and sat down.

Although it is winter, the night in Sanya comes late. At around six o'clock, night has fallen in Hangzhou and the lanterns have begun to turn on. However, in Sanya, on the deserted Dadonghai Beach in the distance, there is still an orange afterglow at dusk. Take it away at the end.

"What's going on between you and Hongmei?" Lao Tan looked at Zhang Chen and asked, "Hongmei is a nice girl. We all have noticed her for so many years."

Zhang Chen nodded and agreed with Lao Tan that Hongmei was a good girl. Zhang Chen and Lao Tan said:

"Actually, there's nothing specific, but it just comes from time to time. Sometimes it's good, and sometimes it doesn't feel very in tune, and the rhythm doesn't seem to match up."

Lao Tan said: "Be patient. You and Xiao Zhao have been together for more than ten years, and you and Hongmei have only been together for a while. There is always a process of adapting to each other. You are a man, so sometimes you have to let her go."

"What the elder brother said is, I know." Zhang Chen thought for a moment and said to Lao Tan: "But it's strange, I'm not comparing Hongmei with Xiao Zhao, but Xiao Zhao, elder brother, you also know that she and I From the first day we were together, we felt in sync, and there would never be a time when the two of us were out of sync."

"There's no competition yet. You are just competing. Xiao Zhao is accommodating you and will accommodate you in everything. Hongmei has more personality than Xiao Zhao."

As Old Tan said, Zhang Chen thought of what He Hongmei said about Xiao Zhao secretly crying alone. It seemed that Brother Tan was right. Xiao Zhao was indeed accommodating himself, and he was accommodating himself in everything, so that he could feel It was very comfortable, but Xiao Zhao carried the uncomfortable ones alone.

Zhang Chen couldn't help but sigh.

"The harmony between these two couples when they are together is not love, but habit. Once they get used to each other, they will get along with each other, and then they will not get used to being without each other. That's what happened to you and Xiao Zhao. You were already used to each other, but Xiao Zhao suddenly left. , you have to accept the fact that she is no longer here, and have to get used to living without her."

Lao Tan raised his glass, and Zhang Chen also raised it. The two clinked and took a sip of wine. Lao Tan continued:

"But now you have to learn how to switch. You, Zangzi, and Zhenzhen are all from the troupe, but I see that you haven't learned how to switch. This scene has passed, and the curtain call has ended. You will come back after you get off the stage. When you go on stage, the play is a different play, and the person should be a different character, but you always bring the original character back.

"You are with Hongmei now, so you have to get used to being with her, including getting used to this person's temperament. Look at Zhenzhen and Zhanzi. Sometimes I feel anxious for them when I watch from the side. It's such a good show. , why do they always sing wrongly, you don’t want to learn from them.”

Zhang Chen laughed and said, "Brother, what you said is so good, I will remember it."

"It's no use just remembering it, you have to do it. That pole and Zhenzhen are both smart people. They should also understand this truth, but when they do it, they don't understand. How could this happen? The people around us The more I read, the more confused I become.”

Zhang Chen nodded and said, don't talk about you, brother. I think I know the pole and Tan Shuzhen best. I don't even understand what they are doing. If I ask them, I can't find out why. By the way, brother, don't just talk about us. , how are you and Sister Tianlin doing now?

"Very good, you know that we are all people who have been hurt in this regard, so we cherish being able to come together. If anything, as you said, we will understand each other when we don't get along well. "Old Tan said.

"That's great, I'm so happy for you." Zhang Chen said.

"You and Hongmei must also learn to understand each other, think more from each other's perspective, take a step back, and there will be room in the middle, so you won't be so fussy about it. How can the tip of a needle meet the awn of wheat and force each other to fight with a bayonet?" , can they meet each other. If there is room in the middle, then the tip of the needle is the tip of the needle and the awning is the awning, and they can still live in harmony."

"Yeah, brother is right." Zhang Chen raised his cup, "Here, let's go one by one."

…

After taking a bath, Zhang Chen turned off the lights in the room. In the darkness, he stood in front of the window and looked at the stars below. He picked up his mobile phone and called He Hongmei. He said a few words and the two of them held it in hand. Everyone was silent while talking on the phone.

After a while, Zhang Chen heard He Hongmei sigh on the phone. She said, "I am not willing to accept it, Master. I just am not willing to accept it."

"Why are you unwilling?" Zhang Chen asked.

"I'm not willing to just leave like this, Master. After passing the security check this morning, I really want to run out again." He Hongmei said.

Zhang Chen said with some embarrassment: "Actually, Hongmei, when we were at the airport, I really wanted to keep you and tore up your ticket."

He Hongmei smiled and said, "Why didn't you do this?"

"I'm afraid that things will get worse." Zhang Chen said.

"Are we bad now?"

He Hongmei asked. Zhang Chen was speechless for a moment. He stretched out his fingers and drew on the glass along the shape of the swimming pool outside the window. He painted to the farthest end of the swimming pool. He had to stand on tiptoe to complete the painting of the entire swimming pool.

When he stood on tiptoes, he thought of He Hongmei standing on tiptoes and kissing him at the airport in the morning. At that moment, he should hug He Hongmei and tell her not to leave.

He Hongmei sighed again on the phone and said:

"You, sometimes I don't know what to say to you. Do you think that if you say don't leave, you are begging me and you are giving in? Alas, you are still too proud and you just refuse to give in."

He Hongmei said, and Zhang Chen thought about it. He felt that he was indeed a little proud, but in fact, he was also a little shy. He was just ashamed to say "don't leave" at that time. He felt that it was too little man, too little. sentimental.

"However, Master, I also want to understand." He Hongmei said, "Actually, I am also very proud sometimes. Is it because we are both too proud that we are so unwilling to give in to each other? I know that at that time, if I said Saying 'I don't want to leave', you will definitely say 'Don't leave'. I know if I run out from the security checkpoint again, you will definitely be happy, right?"

"Yes." Zhang Chen said.

After finishing the painting of the swimming pool, Zhang Chen's fingers continued to draw the zigzag paths in the garden one by one on the glass. Horizontally, he took two steps from one end of the glass to the other end of the glass. He could finish the painting. , the vertical ones were really beyond the scope of his ability. They disappeared in the distance, that is, on the beach high above the window. Zhang Chen couldn't draw them even if he stood on tiptoe.

And the sea is higher than the sky.

Zhang Chen took a few steps back and left the window. The beach and sea in the distance lowered. He saw a ship at the junction of the deep sea and sky, dragging a little light, which seemed to be fixed in the darkness. A thumbtack, but it is this thumbtack that marks the junction of the sea and the sky and separates the sea and the sky.

Zhang Chen thought of what Lao Tan said during the meal. He wanted to tell Lao Tan that if he took a step back, not only would the tip of the needle not touch the wheat awn, but he could also see further and see the end of the sea and the end of the sky.

"Master, what are you thinking about?" He Hongmei's voice came from far away, as if coming from the ship. It was wet and smelled of the sea.

"I'm thinking about Needlepoint and Maimang. You're right. We are the proud Needlepoint and Maimang. We get closer and push each other. We only meet each other if we ask for too much." Zhang Chen said.

"This metaphor..."

He Hongmei was stunned for a moment on the phone, and then smiled softly. When she smiled, her eyes were already wet, and she smelled a vague aura of despair. If they were, they were destined to be nothing but needlepoints and wheat awns. Then it is destined to be a match.

This time it was Zhang Chen's turn to sigh on the phone. He said, "It's a pity that sometimes I think clearly, but when I do it, I can't understand it. Hongmei, I'm sorry!"

"Sorry for what?" He Hongmei asked.

"I don't know what I'm sorry for, but I just want to say sorry to you." Zhang Chen said, "Also, I miss you."

"I miss you too, you are such a pest." He Hongmei said a little coquettishly.

"Why have I become a pest again?" Zhang Chen asked puzzledly.

"You are just hurting people. You have made me no longer interested in other men." He Hongmei said, "Today on the plane back to Beijing, the person sitting next to me was an actor. We had met on the set before. He just kept saying those things, and... I should say, he wasn't a bad-looking person, but I just wasn't interested at all, and I thought the things he said were disgusting.

"Later, I pretended to be asleep. In fact, I was not sleepy, but I kept pretending to be asleep until I arrived in Beijing. If it were Wenwen, I think I would have done it today. Tell me, are you a harmful person? "

Zhang Chen laughed and said, "Then do you think it's a pity that you didn't deal with him?"

"Fuck you! Oh, no, it's you...it's me. I couldn't help but divert my attention." He Hongmei said.

Unknowingly, Zhang Chen saw that the shining thumbtack he thought was fixed in the distance had moved from the middle of the window to the right side of the window, and was almost out of the window.

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