"Really or not? Do I know how to do it?" Huang Li seemed surprised.
"Okay, if you don't believe me, try swimming to the other side by yourself."
Huang Li glanced at the opposite side, hesitated for a moment, and then said to me: "You swim with me so that I can feel safe."
"Okay, come on!" I said and swam forward.
Huang Li also swam over closely behind her, and I deliberately slowed down my speed and kept swimming forward at her pace.
Not long after, we swam to the other side. Huang Li also became excited at this moment, grabbed my arm in the water and jumped up happily.
"Are you that excited?" After she calmed down a bit, I asked her with a smile.
"Can you not be excited? I just learned it on the first day. Am I great?"
"It's not that you can swim, it's just that you don't know how to breathe. It also depends on overcoming your fear of water."
With a happy expression on her face, Huang Li said to me: "In order to repay you for teaching me how to swim, I will treat you to a supper later."
After we left the swimming pool, we went straight to a nearby self-service barbecue restaurant.
Even though it was already past ten o'clock at night, the business of this barbecue restaurant was still very good, and it was almost full.
79 yuan per person, 158 yuan for Huang Li and me, which is quite appropriate.
We found a convenient place to sit opposite each other, sprinkled oil on the baking paper, and went to get the dishes. The specialty here is seafood and steak.
Huang Li and I took a lot of food, like starving ghosts reincarnated, and took a portion of almost every dish.
After returning to my seat, I started to bake, and then I asked her: "You have been going to that photography shop for a while, how do you feel?"
"Are you asking me or the business in the store?" Huang Li asked me while using tongs to fiddle with the food on the baking paper.
"Ask everyone."
"I'm doing pretty well. I've learned a lot, but I'm very tired. There are so many people here every day, so it's a bit overwhelming."
"The business in the store is very good, isn't it?"
"That's right. Your method really saved his life. Now he is thinking about expanding the store and recruiting more people."
I pondered for a moment and then said to Huang Li: "I don't think there's a need to be so anxious. How many membership cards has he issued in total?"
"Only 500 tickets were ordered for the first batch, and they have all been distributed."
"That's no problem. Let's not expand the scale now. We will do it step by step and steadily."
Huang Li looked at me in surprise and said with a smile: "Why do you care so much about our store's business?"
"To be precise, I care about you. A good business in your store will naturally be good for you. Aren't you a salesperson?"
Huang Li smiled bitterly, as if she had something on her mind.
I asked her again: "What's wrong?"
Huang Li suddenly put down the clip in her hand, then sighed softly and said, "I don't want to do it anymore."
"Why?"
"The boss seems to like me a little bit. He always tries to please me intentionally or unintentionally. I actually understand all the hints, but I don't let him expose them."
I don't think this is surprising, because the boss is also single, and Huang Li is so good-looking. Even if she doesn't wear makeup or dress up, she is still beautiful.
Men like good-looking women, just like women like rich men.
I felt melancholy for a while and then asked her: "Then what are you going to do now?"
Huang Li sighed again: "I don't know. Originally, I wanted to find a good job, but now I have no intention of working at all. I have to deal with him every day."
After being silent for a while, I said: "If you really feel that you have this kind of psychological burden, then you'd better leave."
"You also agree with me leaving?"
"What else? It won't be good for you or him if this continues, unless you like him too, or let him know that you already have a boyfriend."
"Yes!" Huang Li was suddenly surprised and said, "I can tell him that I have a boyfriend."
"This is a good way, but you can't tell him directly. You have to pretend to be nonchalant and let him realize that I believe the owner of the store is a nice person. Once he knows that you have a boyfriend, he probably won't
I don’t have thoughts about you anymore.”
"Well," Huang Li nodded in agreement, then winked at me and said, "How about you be a good person and do it to the end!"
I'm not stupid, so I immediately understood that she wanted me to help her.
I smiled bitterly and said, "How can I do it? He has met me before, and I told him that we are friends."
"So what! He doesn't know the real situation."
After saying that, Huang Li puffed up her cheeks again as if she was coquettish, and said to me: "Oh, please help me. I won't lose a piece of your flesh."
I really couldn't bear her acting coquettishly to me, so I asked her, "How do you want me to help?"
Huang Li was silent for a while, and seemed to have thought of a good idea, so she said to me: "Tomorrow, come to our store after get off work to find me, and I will tell you what to do."
I nodded in agreement, and then asked her jokingly: "Isn't your boss also single? You are single now, isn't it possible for you to develop?"
"That's not possible. I don't like people like him."
"Then which one do you like? If I meet you another day, I can recommend it to you."
Huang Li didn't say much nonsense and said directly to me: "I like you like this."
Of course I didn't take it seriously, I smiled and replied, "I'm serious, I'm not kidding you."
"I'm not joking. If you still meet someone similar to you, please give me an introduction."
This time I was stunned for a moment, then forced a smile, waved my hand and said, "That's impossible, there are no two people with exactly the same personality in this world."
"So why don't you think about it? You are single now anyway, and I am single too."
I finally realized that she wasn't joking with me, and I didn't know how to answer her anymore, so I had no choice but to remain silent.
In my silence, Huang Li asked me again: "Chen Feng, we have known each other for a long time, right?"
"Um."
"Have you never had feelings for me?"
"You've asked me this twice, and I've told you twice."
Huang Li looked at me calmly and said, "It's only three things. This is the last time."
I didn't dare to look at her, so I shifted my gaze and replied with a smile: "I still have the same answer. I have feelings for you, but we can't be together."
"Why, tell me why not?"
He sighed softly: "I've been divorced, and I'm much older than you. The most important thing is that I haven't completely come out of An Lan's shadow yet. I'm afraid of letting you down."
"I'm not afraid."
"I'm afraid."
Huang Li suddenly fell silent. After a while, she looked up at me and said, "Then when will you completely come out of An Lan's shadow?"
I smiled bitterly and said, "I'm afraid it will take a lifetime."
"Chen Feng, don't force me to scold you."
"I know I am a coward, you can scold me if you want."
"I can wait for you, but you have to tell me an accurate time. I don't want to wait for you forever."
Huang Li's eyes gradually became gentle again when she looked at me, and her tone also became gentle.