Chapter 5 Chapter 5 Who is waiting for whom

Gao Rubing came back from her honeymoon in Europe and asked Xie Nan to have dinner. He was surprised to find that Xie Nan had already bought a second-hand Fukang and drove it.She looked at Xie Nan carefully: "I'm not stimulated by anything, why is it so easy to spend money all at once?" "Bingbing, you left me and went to have fun with other men. Of course it irritated me. I don't care. I decided to spend all my money and have fun in time to comfort my broken heart." "You don't come here," Gao Rubing refused to listen to her, "seriously, nothing happened recently."

"It's okay," Xie Nan knew that she cared about her, and was moved in her heart, "It's just living in that ghost place, the traffic is too inconvenient. You also know that in our company, employees only get gasoline subsidies if they have cars. I have to go every month In the following cities, I went to the dealership to reconcile the accounts. The company’s cars are only allowed to be used for public use in the city. Drivers are required to drive them outside the urban areas. It is inconvenient to travel with a male driver. I bought a car. I did the math. After I got the car sticker, I deducted the transportation expenses I was going to use. It was almost equal to the cost of maintaining the car and there was a slight surplus. In addition, the price of the car was really reasonable, so I bought it. .”

Gao Rubing breathed a sigh of relief: "I agree with you to enjoy life, although Fukang is a bit too ordinary. After all, moving there is still beneficial, and it will cure more than half of your addiction to not eating, drinking, or saving money." Xie Nan wouldn't go out of her way to buy a fashionable car, she said solemnly: "I'm still pointing at this car to create wealth for me." She did take over the accounting work of a small company next door to Zhang Xin's office on the premise that the other party promised to keep it confidential. It was much more convenient to have a car.Moreover, this car has only been driven for two years, and it is in good condition. It is an economical model that runs all over the street, so it will not attract attention. The maintenance is unbelievably cheap locally.

Gao Rubing handed her a bottle of perfume, which was in the shape of a simple triangular prism, with a frosted silver cap on the top, shining with a warm luster: "This gift for you, don't leave it unused." She knew that Xie Nan knew little about perfume, "Issey Miyake eaux-de-vie, this fresh floral fragrance should suit you." Xie Nan swallowed back the question of asking the price, and decided to go home and search online: "Bingbing, you are the best for me, even though you have moved on, you still have me in your heart." "Go, don't play tricks," Gao Rubing hesitated, but decided to say, "When Guo Ming and I were changing planes in Beijing, we ran into Xiang Xinyang at the airport."

Xie Nan's chopsticks stopped on top of the plate. She didn't know how long the pause lasted. When she came to her senses, she picked up the shrimp and slowly put it into her mouth, and found that it tasted like chewing wax, while Gao Rubing's eyes on the other side were pity. "Don't look at me like that. There are so many people, it's normal to meet people." "He came back on the same plane as us, and he asked about you." "I don't have anything to ask. It's just that everyone is living their own lives. Let's not talk about him. How is Europe? Tell me about what you have seen and heard. Unfortunately, the farthest I have been to Hong Kong is thanks to the company."

Speaking of Xie Nan's trip to Hong Kong, Gao Rubing found it funny.When she went there, it was just in time for the pre-Christmas discounts in Hong Kong, and all the people who went with her were red-eyed and bought like crazy.But besides bringing the cosmetics she designated for Gao Rubing, she only bought a few G2000 clothes for herself. When she came back, she said angrily: This brand over there is actually cheaper than in the mainland, and the discount is not available here. of.Gao Rubing glared at her, and she smiled and took out two knitted sweaters of different colors and the same style: "Look, Benetton's, the discount is really hard, we each have one piece, this should be considered a famous brand."

"Isn't it too evil for us to pretend to be TWINS at our age?" Gao Rubing was amused at the time and laughed. But now Gao Rubing is really not in the mood to talk about European knowledge. Although Xie Nan has no expression at all, they have lived together for so many years. Can't help but say. "Xiang Xinyang said that he returned to the local area to take care of his family's business. He may stay here for a long time. I think he means that he may come to you, so I will tell you first, so that you can prepare .” "You don't need to worry about it Bingbing, he won't come to me. We broke up cleanly at the beginning, we didn't leave any leeway, and there was no misunderstanding or coincidence. We have completely forgotten each other. There is nothing else to look for. "

"He asked me for your phone number, but I didn't give it to him, and told him not to bother you." Gao Rubing sighed, "But now you've moved there, he knows the house." Xie Nan smiled wryly: "Let him do whatever he wants, the one who wants to come will always come, don't worry about it. Eat vegetables, otherwise it will be too wasteful." After dinner, Xie Nan drove Gao Rubing home, and then went home by herself. In mid-October, it was the crisp autumn weather, and the night breeze was cool. She opened the car window, enjoying the tranquility of walking alone.After returning to the community, she hesitated for a while and didn't enter the gate. Instead, she drove the car to Huanhu Road, locked the car door, sat on the bench by the lake, and looked at the gloomy lake reflecting the lights and shadows on the shore, sparkling and gloomy. It flooded my heart like a tide.

She never allowed herself to casually recall past events, preferring to lock those unforgettable memories in a corner of her heart, but her heart did not obey the command of her usually rational brain tonight. "Shall we raise a border collie? This dog is very smart. It can be trained to be as intelligent as a five-year-old child. It can guard the house. We can take a walk by the lake in the future. I will hold you with one hand and the dog with the other. " "Hmph, I don't want you to hold me." "I was wrong, Nannan, don't be angry, I won't lead the dog anymore, just you, okay, don't be jealous with the poor dog."

... "I want to plant a plum tree in that corner of the yard, and plant honeysuckle here. The honeysuckle in the yard of our hometown is blooming very fragrantly." "It's all up to you. It's better to plant some more roses, so that you don't have to go out to buy them on Valentine's Day in the future. Maybe you can sell flowers to make a little money." "You fell into Qian's eyes, Xiang Xinyang." "What's so good about money eyes? I just want to fall into your heart and stay in it for the rest of my life." ... It's good to be young, no matter how vulgar love words are spoken, they won't disgust each other.Such unreserved enthusiasm and innocence probably only come once in a lifetime.

Xie Nan felt a chill on her face. She raised her hand to touch it, and sure enough, two lines of tears flowed down her face. She hadn't cried for a long time, and sometimes she almost thought she didn't have the ability to shed tears.She wiped away her tears in all directions, anyway, she was facing the empty lake, so she didn't have to worry about who would see it. Yu Mucheng was standing not far behind her at this time. He came downstairs to run and exercise along the lake.Running here, seeing the slender figure, he knew that Xie Nan was sitting there, and was about to go over to say hello and apologize for what happened to Zhou Lisha last time, when he suddenly saw her raising her hand to wipe her face fiercely, he stopped in his tracks , Knowing that I will run up this time, it is too ignorant. He was about to turn around and leave, but Xie Nan had already stood up, turned around and walked over, the two looked at each other, Xie Nan could only be thankful that the street lights by the lake were dim, she couldn't see the expression on Yu Mu Cheng's face, and hoped that Yu Mu Cheng couldn't see her clearly either . "Good evening." Yu Mucheng said hello bravely. Xie Nan nodded: "Good evening, goodbye." She walked to her car without stopping, pressed the remote control to open the door, and quickly started to drive away. The moment the two staggered, Yu Mucheng clearly saw the tears on Xie Nan's face, that face that used to smile playfully had such a painful expression, he couldn't help but feel sorry for her.Yu Mucheng thought that being so sad could only be because of being trapped by love, and he definitely wouldn't have the leisure to be angry about what happened that day.He looked back at the empty bench by the lake, walked over to sit down, and wiped off his sweat with the towel wrapped around his neck. This kind of weather, this kind of tranquility, seems to be very suitable for recalling the old things. I don’t know what the sad past that haunts that girl is. I don’t know what kind of man can make her never forget it. .Thinking of this, he laughed at himself a little, and quickly stopped his thoughts. He didn't have many memories to recall, so when he sat down quietly, he couldn't help thinking about the recent problems in the company's supply department. In any place, the supply department is the direct descendant of the boss, and the current supply department manager is an old classmate of his brother-in-law. My brother-in-law has always trusted him, but after getting along with him for more than half a year, he found that the manager was careful and conscientious in his work, but some supply links were not completely straightened out according to his requirements, and the reasons he gave really made him a little embarrassed No, he decided to observe for a while before speaking. Xie Nan had long since lost the luxury habit of immersing herself in memories for a long time. After finishing her affairs, she went to bed on time, but her eyes were slightly swollen the next day, and she put on light makeup, but no one could tell.She is still busy with work, and has no time to indulge herself in the past. On Thursday, Xie Nan routinely went to the following city to reconcile accounts with the dealer. For the first time, she drove to two cities by herself for two days, and the city she went to first was her hometown. She was driving alone on the highway, and the cool autumn wind was blowing in her face. She was in a very happy mood and really felt the joy of driving. In the past, she came here with the driver and was always embarrassed to go home openly. Now she is alone, and happily decided to go home for a night after finishing her business.She enjoyed all kinds of delicacies specially prepared by her mother, and felt that the car was really worth buying. After dinner, mother began to routinely worry about her life-long affairs. She thought that she seldom went home, so there was no reason why mother should not let her vent her emotions. She just smiled and listened, but father got impatient at first. "Come on, it's rare for Nan Nan to go home once, so why bother to say such unpleasant things." "Don't you want to let her be an old girl? Some of her middle school classmates are mothers of young children." Girls in small cities usually get married early, and her mother is not exaggerating. "Bingbing, who used to share the rent with her, is now She is also married. She is almost 29, and she doesn't even have a boyfriend, can I not talk about her?" "She will take care of her own affairs, it's useless for you to say." "Anyway, I can't be like you and don't care about everything. I just let her temper." Xie Nan had no choice but to say: "Okay, okay mom, I don't plan to be a bachelor for the rest of my life, I will go on a blind date, and I promise to get to know whoever introduces me to friends in the future. This attitude is okay." "Don't set your sights too high," my mother was still worried. "You have reached this age, and you can't be picky like a little girl." Dad quit again, so why should my daughter have to make do with it: "What do you call it, is it okay to be a man? If you don't carefully choose someone who can live a lifetime, then it's better not to get married." "Why do you always distort my meaning on purpose? When did I tell my daughter to find a random man? Didn't I do it for Nan Nan?" Xie Nan looked worriedly at the agitated parents. She thought that it would be better not to come back from now on. As soon as this idea came to her mind, she couldn't help but blame herself, and hurriedly smoothed things over: "Okay, Mom and Dad, it's rare for me to come back. This makes me very uncomfortable, I said it all, I will make a boyfriend and consider getting married, don't worry." Parents finally controlled their emotions.Xie Nan walked into her room, lay down on the bed and smiled wryly.Where would she find a man to marry?Thinking of the wish she made just now, she was about to start a cold war.Suddenly she remembered that Gao Rubing had mentioned to her about the marriage meeting organized by the newspaper. According to her, many white-collar workers who did not have a wide social circle would go there to try their luck. Well, I'll be able to bump into it when I look back. Having made up her mind, she quickly fell asleep. The time has come to November, the autumn is getting stronger and the weather is getting cooler.On Sunday morning, Xie Nan walked back with a few vegetables bought in the supermarket ahead.When she arrived at the gate of the garden, she was about to swipe the access control card when a crisp female voice stopped her: "I'm sorry, do you live in this garden?" She looked back and saw a white golf parked not far behind, and a handsome woman she didn't know in the driver's seat poked her head out of it and looked at her with a smile. "yes." The woman unbuckled her seat belt and got out of the car. She was slender and tall, walked up to her, and said with a smile, "Hi, I live in the third phase of Lilac Garden at the back, and I am your neighbor. Do you usually take the 530 bus? " This community is developed in three phases, accommodating nearly 2,000 households, and divided into more than ten gardens. Each garden is named after a flower, and Xie Nan lives in Tulip Garden.Although the question came out of nowhere, the woman in front of her had a bookish look, a handsome smile, and looked very friendly. She didn't mind answering: "I used to take that car all the time, but I haven't taken it recently." "Get to know me, my name is Xu Man." "Xie Nan." The two smiled and nodded to each other. "Do you usually surf the Internet?" The question became more and more strange, Xu Man probably thought it was funny, and the smile on his face grew stronger. "Come on." Xie Nan also found it interesting, and tilted his head to look at her. "Have you ever been to the community owner forum, have you joined the owner QQ group?" "No, I just moved here not long ago, and I didn't even know there were groups and forums here." "Okay, wait a minute." Xu Man ran back to the car, took a pen and paper, leaned over the ignition cover of the car and hurriedly wrote the website address and group number, then walked over and handed it to Xie Nan, "Here, go up and have a look, In addition, the next group is full of property owners. I have no other meaning, but someone posted a missing person post on the community forum last month. I think the person you are looking for is very similar to you. The post is very poetic and touching. Go and have a look and talk." Xu Man waved to her and drove the car towards Lilac Garden. Xie Nan held the note and froze on the spot. She instinctively thought of Xiang Xinyang, and then shook her head. He knew that she lived here, and there was no need to use such a provocative method to find her, and she didn't think he would come again at all. find her. After returning home, she moved her laptop, turned on the Internet full of suspicion, and logged in to the forum Xu Man gave as a tourist, without having to search for it. The top one was the missing person post that Xu Man said. Xie Nan clicked on it, and couldn't help but be amused up. The person who posted the post was a very literary ID named Singing in the Wind. The title of the post was: "Looking for a sister from Tulip Garden that I met by chance on October 18." The time of posting was October 25. stare. They live in the same city, live in the same community, but have never met before.But until the night of the 18th, on the No. 530 bus, I finally believed that even if one went to the left and the other to the right, as long as the time came, we would still meet by fate. Xie Nan looked down at the white sweater and cardigan she was wearing today. It was woven by her mother skillfully. The pattern was novel and exquisite. Then she touched her straight shoulder-length hair and knew why Xu Man greeted her. .But when she was the most narcissistic, she didn't feel that she was "pure as a white lotus", let alone she took Beverly on October 1, and never took 530 again. But the innocence and affection revealed in the post still moved her. She even hoped that she would be the heroine of the story, at least she wouldn't have to go to some marriage conference to hit her luck. Thinking of this, Xie Nan was so practical for herself. I am ashamed of thinking, I am really sorry for my infatuation. This post is extremely hot, with a fiery red "HOT" appended to the title, the number of hits has exceeded 5,000, and the number of followers of this post is also very high.Someone replied, "The landlord is infatuated, and the sky can learn from it", someone lamented, "It turns out that there is such a thing as love at first sight in reality", someone said, "This MM had better not be a wife, otherwise it would be a big crime", and someone suggested "You It’s better to wait at the place where you met, it’s more practical, hehe”, some people encouraged “Be brave, go up and strike up a conversation if you see her again”, and some people called on “Neighbors of Tulip Garden, please come and provide clues, and try to help the landlord as soon as possible.” Dream come true", some people euphemistically criticized "the host is too artistic and delicate, but lacks the ability to act, and may miss it again and again", and some people speculated that "the host's description is a bit like the beauty who lives on the first floor of our next-door unit"... Xie Nan was delighted to see it, and also registered a screen name "Home Living Tulip", and posted a reply, wishing the host to find true love as soon as possible. She has not used QQ for many years, hesitated, installed a QQ program, entered the previous QQ number, moved the mouse to the password field, and knew the combination of numbers and letters by heart, and her fingertips were smooth against her will. To her surprise, she could still log in, but all the contact avatars on it were gray.She applied to join the owners group and was quickly accepted. This group of owners is called "Hupanrenjia", and it actually has more than 100 members.As soon as Xie Nan joined the group, she was warmly welcomed by several people online. An administrator named "Tyrannosaurus Rex" directly sent her a hug emoji. "Welcome to the beautiful new neighbor. Wow, six-figure QQ, jealous." Xie Nan smiled and typed: "I'm not a beauty, I'm a Triceratops." "Welcome to the dinosaur family. I'm the lunatic who chatted with you at the gate of Tulip Garden just now. Haha, have you read the forum post?" Xu Man's screen name was so strong that she was surprised, and she immediately changed her group business card to Triceratops. As soon as they heard about Tulip Garden, all the invisible people in the group got excited and came up one after another to ask if Sister Tulip had appeared, but she was dazzled by lines of words flashing on the screen. Xie Nan quickly declared: "I just saw that post, and I was very moved. I live in Tulip Garden, but I'm definitely not the heroine of the story. I bought a car recently, and I haven't taken the 530 for more than a month." She didn't say that when she got on the bus, she would always sit with her eyes closed if she had a seat, and if she didn't have a seat, she would just sit on the armrest and look directly out of the window. "It's okay, a story without an ending is more beautiful." Tyrannosaurus Rex posted such a sentence standing up and talking without back pain, causing several people to give her supercilious looks. Xie Nan was laughing when suddenly the QQ avatar flashed in the lower right corner of the notebook. She didn't expect that there were still people staying on her account that had been useless for many years to watch her fraudulent corpse, so she quickly clicked on it. "Is that you, Nan Nan?" A line of dialogue emerged in front of my eyes. Xie Nan was so frightened that he closed the notebook with a "snap", it was Xiang Xinyang.Her heart was beating wildly, and she stared dryly ahead.Back then, Xiang Xinyang spent money to apply for two consecutive six-digit QQ numbers, one for each person, and even the password was set to the same combination of two people's birthdays and initials. After a while, she regained her composure and reopened the notebook, and the conversation sent by Xiang Xinyang line after line. "I know it's you, Nannan." "Talk to me." "I'm back and would love to see you." Xie Nan closed the chat window, and said to the neighbors who were chatting vigorously in the group: "I'm sorry, I'm a little bit off beforehand, it's nice to meet you all." "Beauties will come up to play more in the future." Several people said goodbye to her one after another.