Chapter 27 Section 26

Sunny Friday, July 22 At seven o'clock in the evening, three small IT companies nearby gathered unmarried men and women of the right age, and the group appeared at the venue for an eight-minute date. Several bosses also came, standing on the sidelines with their arms crossed Great performance peeking around.This is the first time I have seen such 38 employee benefits. After the host's gag, the 8-minute date officially began.Wang Xiaojian and I stood on the sidelines, responsible for recording the number of each person's favorite, and then leaving the email address. If the person he likes happens to also have a crush on him, then we can help them exchange contact information.

At first, I didn't have any mood, I just stood aside with my mouth half open, with a silly face on my face, but gradually, I was knocked into a daze by the huge sound waves above the venue. 8 minutes, what can the normal 8 minutes be used for? It can be used to make an insignificant phone call with parents, read through a gossip newspaper, heat up a quick-frozen pizza, listen to "Waiting for You Come Back" sung by Bai Guang three times, and soak it for 8 minutes The rain is less likely to catch a cold, but the chances of passing out after eight minutes of exposure to the midday sun are high.

What can't be done in 8 minutes? 8 minutes, as far as my ability is concerned, I can’t write a perfectly worded email, I can’t understand the relationship between characters in a movie, and if I retell a story to others in 8 minutes, I will definitely miss it in a panic The better part of the story. In 8 minutes, I can't cook a meal or put on makeup, let alone introduce me in 8 minutes. But in front of my eyes, these 8 minutes were compressed and solidified, and the meaning given to them was really heavy.A person's hobbies, all his net worth, his vision for the future, and his expectations for his partner all have to be resolved within these 8 minutes.In the sky above the venue, a bunch of huge keywords floated: monthly salary, housing, household registration, hobbies and specialties, ideals in life.

When I was still with him, every dinner time, there would be a matchmaking show on TV. The male host looked like a chicken that had a problem with hatching, with a pointed head and flat buttocks, and a soft and thin voice. .Every night, he just stood in front of the screen with such an indifferent face, and introduced each unmarried man and woman from head to toe, from height and weight to relationship history, the host's tone of introduction was exactly the same, slowly, without any emotion.At the end of the program, the host will say with a blank face: "The above is the information of the applicant. If you are interested, please contact the program team." It continued: "Clearance sale, no refund or exchange."

Whenever at this time, I look at him who is buried in his meal beside me, looking up and down, I can always feel a gentle sense of security. At any rate, he is still there, and at any rate, facing this show, I can still watch it temporarily. The fairy tale character I was most afraid of when I was a child was the old witch who built a candy house to eat children, because I probably realized from an early age that my life would definitely not follow the route of Snow White and Cinderella, but I stumbled because of gluttony It is absolutely inevitable.When I am an adult, do you know who the fairy tale character I fear the most is this host, because I always feel that the next unlucky person who will be caught in front of the TV and say I want to marry with tears in his eyes will be the host. It could be me.

I stood on the sidelines, dazed, covered in cold sweat, my feelings were too complicated, it seemed hypocritical to say it, and I was very wronged if I didn’t say it.I know that one day, sooner or later, I will have to memorize an 8-minute self-introduction at home. face, relentless self-promotion. The scene in front of me is like an open-air swimming pool in winter. The swimmers are enduring the chills, laughing hard, and performing a Hawaiian youth song and dance film in a piece of broken ice and cold air. I am watching from a distance now, but standing There is no way out, but there is only a high springboard the size of one person. Sooner or later, you have to jump off, resist the coldness that enters the bone marrow for a second when you enter the water, and maybe it will get warmer and warmer later.

Sooner or later, if I have to jump down, it would be better if someone kicks me hard from behind. Wang Xiaojian observed me for a long time, and finally couldn't help asking, "What are you thinking?" Before I came back to my senses, I said dully, "Kick me." "Ah?" Wang Xiaojian was taken aback, "Did the old king want us two to perform a sideshow?" I shook my head, "Don't bother me, the despair I'm throwing myself into." "Let me tell you something so that you don't despair. You look in your direction at 11 o'clock, and there is a young boy who keeps looking at us. There must be a huge crowd of people, and they have their eyes on you."

I looked in the direction of 11 o'clock. Sure enough, there was a little boy in a suit and leather shoes. He looked very gentle. A short-haired girl was sitting opposite him. The girl had a pair of sword eyebrows and was aggressive. A perfunctory smirk on his face.When he looked at our side again, I caught his eyes. The little boy smiled at me, showing his white teeth, shining in the crowd. "It looks like I'm just in my early twenties, what's the point of coming here?" I said to myself. Wang Xiaojian looked around, "Tell me, among these people, how many pairs can you get together in the end?"

"Twenty pairs?" "Why do you live so optimistically? I guess there are at most five couples." It turned out afterwards that Wang Xiaojian and I were too optimistic.Because both men and women must agree with each other, we can tell each other's email address and contact information. However, in the end, there are only three pairs of such combinations that look at each other well. The most common situation I encountered was, "I like No. 3 in Group A, but we also chatted very speculatively with No. 4 and No. 9 in Group B. Can you give me their email addresses?"

Wang Xiaojian then asked, "How many couples do you think will become friends with benefits afterward?" "Five pairs?" Wang Xiaojian looked at me contemptuously, "I guess there are about twenty pairs of these." Towards the end, the little boy who had been looking at me from a distance and smiling quietly came to us, and I asked with a notebook, "You can tell us the number of the person you like, and if the other person is also interested in you, we will notify you. " The little boy touched his head, looked at Wang Xiaojian, looked at me, his face was flushed, "I, can I ask for your phone number directly?"

Wang Xiaojian suppressed a smile, and walked slowly towards the not-too-distant distance. I was also a little panicked, "Huh? That..." "My name is Chen Zhongxin, you can call me Xiaoxin. This is my business card." I looked around and saw that everyone was leaving, and the surroundings were in chaos, so I hurriedly took out my business card and handed it to him, "This is mine." "Then, we will keep in touch in the future." Xiaoxin carefully put my business card away, then turned and walked towards the exit. "If you two are added, it will be twenty-one." Wang Xiaojian wandered back at some point, talking nonsense behind my back. It was already late at night when the work was completely dismissed, and Wang Xiaojian brought a few bags of things to move to the new house, so I had to help him take them to the new house, and by the way, I also took a look at the place where I would live in the future. As soon as I opened the door, my heart suddenly became clear. It's really hard to imagine that the same community has such a spacious room.The room is painted light blue, which reminds me of a warm and loving high-end mental hospital-I will agree to any request you ask, as long as you don't get angry-it's such a generous color. Wang Xiaojian gave me a slightly larger room with new furniture. Wang Xiaojian’s room was probably the couple’s room that the couple wanted to use as a baby room. Painted a layer of shell lace, Wang Xiaojian showed a deep aversion to this lace, but I always felt that in the dead of night, he would sit under the lace and look through his childhood albums while thinking about the future. The two of us slumped tiredly on the soft sofa in the living room, staring at the ceiling in a daze.Wang Xiaojian said, "Huang Xiaoxian, I'll give you 8 minutes too." "what?" "Tell me about your eccentricity. For example, I must never do anything in front of you. I will give you 8 minutes. Tell me quickly." I was taken aback, living alone for a long time, all the eccentricities have become habits of life, when I think about it suddenly, I really can’t remember it. "Tell me first, let me think about it." "Well, well, first, don't let orange things appear in the public area." "Why?" "I hate eating carrots." "Neuropathy." "Second, don't cook leeks at home." "Who would cook leeks for nothing?" "Third, remember to close the door when you take a shower." "Don't worry, just don't break the bathroom door lock secretly." "Fourth, it is not allowed to throw things without reason, and you are not allowed to throw things." "Only my men can see me sloppy, what can you do." "……That's all." "Think about it, the time hasn't come yet, and what you think of later won't count." Wang Xiaojian thought for a while, then stretched out his hand, "No more, that's all, I wish us a happy cohabitation." I slapped his hand away, "You're a hypocrite, and you still cultivate eccentricities like others. You have to make your personality flawed first to be eligible." "Who doesn't have any quirks now? It's like CICI's signature on MSN that day, "In this era, in this world, you can't even be embarrassed to see friends if you don't have depression or something." "Don't you have any quirks in life? For example, when you go to the toilet, you must listen to some folk songs of local Chinese men?" I thought about it for three minutes, and then I realized that my life was really barren. Every day, I panicked and recruited soldiers to block me. I shook my head, "I really can't figure it out. I'll try to train a few in the future." Wang Xiaojian looked at me helplessly, "It's so pitiful." When I think about it, more than half of the girls with eccentricities are because someone behind them is doting on them with a low profile. For example, one person’s eccentricity is: "When I sleep, the quilt must be covered 5 cm above the belly button", Then there must be someone behind her who will check whether the position of the quilt is correct every night after she falls asleep; Someone had to quietly accompany her to eat vegetarian food for a whole week.These quirks are silently supported by the audience, so that they can be used to highlight their extraordinary and delicate.I am such a miserable reserve woman who lives alone, and I say to myself every day: "Today is Tuesday, so you must not talk to people under 1.65 meters tall." "The bed must be placed in a sunny place, otherwise the seams on the sheets The little flower should wither." I gave the order and practiced it one by one, but no matter how I thought about it, I felt that the mental illness was entertaining itself, and it had nothing to do with being different. With a long sigh, I check the time on my phone. It was exactly 8 minutes to 12 o'clock.