They exchanged numbers and became friends.
After he returned to the unit after his vacation, the two of them started to interact.
In the blink of an eye, a year had passed and she had graduated.
He was in his office that afternoon when the phone on his desk rang and the guard room called to say that someone was looking for him at the door.
He wondered if anyone had come looking for him over the years.
He asked, "What's the name of the person looking for me?"
The guard at the door replied, "His name is Li Bingxin."
Upon hearing this name, Ouyang Duan was taken aback.
Last night, she texted herself, "I'm going to start a new journey in my life. Don't you want to congratulate me?"
By the time he saw it, it was already midnight. In order not to disturb her rest, he did not reply.
He had forgotten about this matter when he woke up this morning. He didn't expect her to come here.
"I'll be right down." He hung up the phone and went downstairs to the front door.
She was wearing a long polka-dot dress. Her hair had grown longer and she was thi
er than she had been a year before.
He almost couldn't remember what she looked like.
He had thought that if he bumped into her in the crowd, he might not be able to recognize her.
But now he realized that even if he fell into the crowd, he would recognize her.
Li Bingxin pursed her lips and smiled, waving at him.
He stepped forward and asked in surprise, "Why are you here?"
"I sent you a message yesterday, but you didn't reply. If you had, I would have told you."
Ouyang Duan looked at her and said, "I was busy last night. I'm afraid it might affect your rest. Are you here for a vacation?"
Li Bingxin pursed her lips and shook her head, "Un, no, I'm here to work. All of the resumes I submitted were in this city. I've already succeeded in applying this morning and will start working in two days. I think I must see you before going to work. "
Ouyang Duan was somewhat embarrassed. "Then congratulations."
"Big brother Ouyang, just words of congratulations won't do. Please treat me to a meal."
After not seeing her for a year, this girl seemed to have become a lot more carefree.
Ouyang Duan thought for a moment. "Then I'll have to go in and take a leave of absence. Our unit's discipline is very strict."
"Alright, then I'll wait for you."
Ouyang Duan usually did not rest and rarely took a leave of absence, so it was relatively easy for him to apply for leave.
When he left the office, he changed into casual clothes.
She had a good appetite and she ate a lot of the Sichuan food he had taken her to.
After di
er, when he paid the bill, she smiled and said, "Big brother Ouyang, give me your bank account number."
"Account?"
"I have to return the money. I will be able to receive my salary starting from next month. I will hand over half of my monthly salary to you."
Ouyang Duan shook his head and smiled. "No need. There's no rush in returning the money. First, make some money and take care of yourself and your family. Then you can return the money when you have free time."
"Then what if I don't have any spare money?"
"Then there's no need to return it," After he finished speaking, he stood up and walked towards the door. Li Bingxin followed after him, "Big Brother Ouyang, you should just give me one."
Ouyang Duan did not reply.
Li Bing Xin suddenly grabbed onto his arm and said, "Big brother Ouyang, I have to find a reason to contact you. Give it to me."
Ouyang Duan stared at her blankly for a moment. Why did you take the initiative to contact him?
Looking at her smiling face, Ouyang Duan suddenly felt a surge of happiness.
She loosened her grip on his arm and spread out her palm in front of her. "Give it to me, big brother Ouyang."
Ouyang Duan pursed his lips into a smile, took out a card from his wallet and handed it to her.
She took out her phone, quickly took a picture, and then returned the card to him.
"I will keep my word."
"I'm not in a hurry to use the money, so you can slowly pay it back. You can even spend the rest of your life."
Just like her ambiguous words earlier, Ouyang Duan's words were also ambiguous.
For the two young hearts at this moment, this was the flame of love, a flame that could not be stopped.
After arriving at the same city, Li Bingxin would take the initiative to look for Ouyang Duan.
Sometimes, he just stayed at the entrance of their unit for a while and just glanced at him.
Sometimes, when he wasn't busy, he would take her to di
er.
After getting along for so long, he could always see the strengths of Li Bingxin, but he was completely unable to find her flaws.
At first he had no intention of developing that relationship with her.
He just felt that since this girl was here by herself and they knew each other, they would take good care of her.
Until that day, she suddenly called him, her voice low.
Sensing that something was wrong with her, he asked for a leave of absence to visit her.
That day Li Bing Xin had a high fever and was lying alone in the rented bungalow like a helpless child.
Ouyang Duan sent her to the hospital. For the next two days, she was in a daze. She would grab his hand and shout, "Le Le, don't go."
He knows who Le Le Le is, Li Le Le Le. Her brother.
Had her brother come to see her these past few days? He hadn't heard her mention it.
It was not until the third day that her fever finally began to subside.
She was pale, and when he asked her what had happened, her face was full of tears and sobs.
"Le Le left and will never come back. It was my fault that I didn't take good care of him. He was still so young, but he had never seen just how beautiful the world was. I promised him that I would take him to Hainan during the new year.
He said he wanted to know what the ends of the earth looked like, but I couldn't satisfy that little wish of his. I'm a bad sister, I really regret that I didn't bring him out for a good tour. "
Her voice was very light, and the pained look on her face made his heart ache.
He knew what this feeling meant.
That day, he had held Li Bingxin in his arms and comforted her, thinking to himself that he would make her happy in the future.
The second month after Le Le's departure, he confessed to her and the two of them walked together as expected.
For four years they had never quarrelled.
Even if there were times when they were about to go berserk, there would always be one person who would show weakness first.
People say that even love is the best love.
Ouyang Duan had always believed that those words were true.
He had always enjoyed this relationship.
However, the only thing that made him uncomfortable was that he had always said that he did not need Li Bingxin to return the money.
But she wouldn't listen. Fifty percent a month.
She said, "Even if I borrowed someone else's money, I would still have to repay it. This is the integrity of a person."
He was adamant that he couldn't beat her. Anyway, as long as the two of them were close, these were trivial matters.
In their sixth year together, they finally decided to get married.
He remembered very clearly that July of that year, when the weather was hot, he had brought her home to see her parents.
As expected, their feelings were strongly opposed by his mother.
For no other reason than that her mother did not think her family was good enough for him.
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