The moment he saw the man, Ye Li was obviously stunned: "Meng... Guanglei?"
"Oh, that's me! Why do you seem to have forgotten it? We just met not long ago, and I was the one who helped you get your things back!" Meng Guanglei chattered on and on.
“Thank you so much!”
Meng Guanglei laughed twice: "No need to thank me, it's good enough that you don't guard against me. What? Do you live here?"
"Nearby." Ye Li also asked him, "Aren't you in the south? Why are you in the north? Are you here to visit relatives?"
"My home is in this city! I went to visit relatives in the south! Ye Li, where do you work? It's okay, I'll invite you to play later." Meng Guanglei said.
"It's not convenient." Ye Li simply replied, "I'm married. I'm busy with work on weekdays, and I stay at home with my husband on weekends."
A trace of disappointment flashed across Meng Guanglei's eyes: "Getting married? So early?"
"Young man, it's not that the girl got married earlier, it's that you got married late!" The old man standing behind Meng Guanglei poked him on the back, "It's almost your turn to buy fish, hurry up and focus on buying fish, don't look at the girl."
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Meng Guanglei laughed twice: "I see, sir. Thank you."
Ye Li withdrew her gaze and waited in line for a while before she came to the meat counter: "Give me a pound of meat!"
The after-sales clerk cut a pound of meat for her. Ye Li took the pound of meat and lined up behind the fish seller. Coincidentally, Meng Guanglei had bought the fish. He picked up the two biggest fish and held them in his hands. They looked heavy.
When he passed by Ye Li and saw that she was going to buy fish, he said, "Don't queue up. I bought two and I'll give you one."
Ye Li waved his hand politely: "Thank you, I like queuing."
Meng Guanglei: "Ah? Are there still people who like to queue?"
Ye Li said seriously: "Yes, I like queuing! No, I love queuing!"
Meng Guanglei: “…”
Ye Li waited in line for a long time. When it was finally her turn, all the fish were sold out. She sighed and walked back disappointed.
If she had known this would happen, she would not have queued.
When Ye Li came out of the supply and marketing cooperative, the snow was even heavier, and the ground was covered with a thin layer of snow. When she went down the stairs, she was very careful not to slip. The injury on her foot had just healed, and if she accidentally fell again, she would probably have to lie down for the New Year.
"Go ahead boldly, the ground is not slippery!" Meng Guanglei suddenly spoke.
This shout scared Ye Li so much that she slipped and almost fell. Fortunately, Meng Guanglei was quick-witted and stepped forward to help her up, preventing her from falling.
"You better be careful!"
Ye Li frowned and broke away from Meng Guanglei's hand: "If you hadn't shouted, I wouldn't have been scared. You were the one who said it's not slippery! You were also the one who said to be careful!"
"What? Are you unhappy?" Meng Guanglei smiled and said when he saw that she had nothing in her hands, "See, I told you not to queue up, what happened? You didn't buy anything? I just happen to have two fish here, so I'll give you one."
If someone else gave him the fish, Ye Li would probably happily take it and say thank you.
But Ye Li felt inexplicably disgusted with the man in front of him.
"No, I don't like fish." She had no intention of accepting Meng Guanglei's gift. After calming her heart which was beating fast due to fear, she continued to walk back.
Meng Guanglei caught up with her: "You don't like eating fish, so why do you queue up? You like to lie!"
Ye Li stopped and said, "Yes, I don't like eating fish, but I like queuing! I love queuing, am I clear enough?"
Meng Guanglei: “…”
Soon, he realized that maybe he had offended the girl in front of him in some way, which caused her to seem a little disgusted with him?
"Did I...make you unhappy in some way?"
"Comrade Meng, I must reiterate to you again that I am married and I have a husband. My husband and I have a very good relationship and we love each other very much. Please don't bother me anymore, okay? I think that in these two meetings, I should not have done anything that was out of line, right?" Ye Li said it very clearly. She could see that Meng Guanglei was pestering her.
If she was an unmarried woman, it would be understandable for him to do this, and it could also be called pursuit.
But she was married, and she had told him clearly that what he was doing was called harassment.
Meng Guanglei didn't expect that Ye Li would say such words after only meeting twice. He was surprised: "You...you don't think I like you? That's why I keep pestering you? You are too bold to think so. We have only met twice. How can you tell that I like you?"
“Don’t you like me?”
Meng Guanglei: "You are being a little too sentimental."
Ye Li nodded: "It would be best if you don't like me. However, your behavior can easily be misunderstood. If you don't like me and deliberately do something that can be misunderstood, it will really make people angry!"
This is the alley where she lives. People coming in and out are so familiar to her that she can't help but look familiar to her at best.
If this kind of thing were to get out, who knows what people would say behind my back.
Nowadays, someone could be killed with a single tongue, so she had to be more careful. Moreover, she didn't want Jiang Xun's reputation to be damaged because of this incident.
Meng Guanglei smiled and said, "Okay, okay, I did something wrong, okay? I just want to make friends with you, and I think you are a straightforward person!"
Ye Li said: "Thank you, but there's no need to make friends. I'm just a housewife and I don't have much to make friends with."
Meng Guanglei: “…”
"That's all I have to say. I'll go back now if I have nothing else to say. By the way, I am really grateful to you for helping me before. Thank you again! If I said anything impolite today, please forgive me."
"It's okay, it's okay." Meng Guanglei shook his head repeatedly. He handed a fish to Ye Li and said, "How about selling it to you? You won't accept it if I give it to you, but you will be happy if I sell it to you, right?"
Ye Li took a look and said, "Thank you, no thanks, bye!"
The snow was a little heavier than before. Ye Li carried the pound of meat and left without looking back.
In the wind and snow, her red scarf was particularly eye-catching.
Meng Guanglei saw her leaving and sighed deeply: "What a pity, it's a pity that they got married... This girl is really pretty and has a real personality! Roses with thorns, I like them."
Only after Ye Li's figure disappeared did Meng Guanglei walk in another direction, to the entrance of another alley.
He doesn't live here.
He came here today to visit his uncle, an old man who works in a machinery factory.
This time he came back to the north from the southern city, still under the guidance of his uncle. If he could make a name for himself in the machinery factory, he would be close to his goal.
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