Urban Life: Our Youth

"Shaozhe, are you free tomorrow night? I'll treat you to dinner." My phone rang. I took it out and saw that it was Hu Xinyi who had sent me a WeChat message.

I didn't want to reply to her, but I felt that it seemed impolite. Five minutes later, I replied to her with a message saying: "Sorry, I have to work overtime tomorrow night and I don't have time."

"So when are you free? Can you do it the night after tomorrow?" She replied to me another message.

I didn't reply to her.

After a while, a call came in on my mobile phone. When I saw that the calling number was that of Hu Xinyi's aunt Hu Yun, out of respect for the elders, I answered her call.

"Hello, Shaozhe, I'm Xinyi's aunt." Mr. Hu's voice came from the other end of the phone.

"Auntie, hello!"

"Shaozhe, it's like this. Xinyi called me just now. She said she would invite you to have dinner with you tomorrow night. You said you had to work overtime and didn't have time. Is that true?" Hu Yun asked.

"Yes, Auntie." I said.

"Shaozhe, do you think this is okay? If your work matters are not particularly important, put them aside for now. Since you have met each other by fate, it is best to have more contact with each other to enhance understanding and deepen feelings. I It depends on you, you might as well come over tomorrow night." Hu Yun directly intervened in the matter.

"Auntie, I really have to work overtime tomorrow night and I can't get away." I said.

"Shaozhe, if you feel that eating takes too long, you can go for a walk in the park together." Hu Yun insisted.

At this moment, my mobile phone prompted that another call came in. It was my uncle Li Rendong's phone number, so I said: "Auntie, there is a call coming in here. Please wait a moment, I will answer the call." , I’ll get back to you right away.”

"Okay." Hu Yun said and hung up the phone.

"Hello, uncle." I answered my uncle's call.

"Shaozhe, let me ask you, did Xinyi send you a message just now, inviting you to have dinner together tomorrow night, but you didn't agree, did Mr. Hu call you again?" Uncle asked.

"Yes." I thought to myself that he was really well-informed. This matter had reached my uncle's ears so quickly.

"Then why don't you agree to someone else's invitation?"

"Uncle, I made it very clear to you last time. I don't want to think about it for the time being, and I don't want to delay her. If I go to the appointment, I'm afraid she will misunderstand me and think I want to start this relationship with her. A relationship." I said.

"Shaozhe, I understand what you mean, but here, uncle has to say a few words. You have just stepped into society, you know too little about this society, you are not experienced enough, and you are not experienced enough. Of course you are I'm not happy with this, but there are many things that shouldn't be too obvious on the face. First of all, it's rare for a girl to take the initiative to invite you to dinner. You are a man, so you should take the initiative. That's right; secondly, if a leader as big as Mr. Hu puts down his dignity to call you and invite you to come, it might not be appropriate if you refuse bluntly," said the uncle.

"Uncle, what do you mean?" I knew that my uncle was very concerned about me and had good intentions.

"Shaozhe, listen to me. I think that girl Xinyi is quite nice. I have to take a step back and say, if you can't be lovers, you can still be friends. Chinese people value face most, and I still have to give Mr. Hu's face." Well, why do you have to make the situation so tense? In my opinion, you should go to the appointment, meet her, and have a chat, and they won't eat you up." Uncle said.

"Uncle, since you called me, let's do what you said." I said reluctantly.

"Shaozhe, if you do this, it's right." Uncle said.