Chapter 4

A friend of mine was very concerned about my progress in finding a partner during this period. Perhaps the attribute of eating melons is engraved in the genes of every flower-loving person.

When interacting with friends, am I the reserved person?

Of course not.

So I happily shared my love for Mr. Shi with her.

It’s just a pity that she couldn’t understand my opinion that “I think Mr. Shi is the most handsome boy in the world” and deeply questioned my aesthetic taste.

I was very unconvinced and shared Mr. Shi's photo with my classmate J again. After hearing her say, "He is indeed very handsome," I felt as happy as if I had suddenly drunk a glass of ice cola in the middle of summer.

Looking at Mr. Shi’s photo again, well, I’m superficial, but I still like it very much, as if my soul is already reflecting on itself, but my pupils have already started a Renaissance without authorization.

I couldn't help but wonder if there was any chance for Mr. Shi and I to get to know each other better. If so, I wanted to add him on WeChat.

I don’t know what Mr. Shi’s answer is, and because he didn’t reply for a long time, I started to have all kinds of pessimistic thoughts in my mind.

Classmate J said: "If a boy never takes the initiative and never says no, be careful he might be keeping you hooked and cut your losses in time."

I reviewed all the events over the past four days, and it seemed like Mr. Shi perfectly matched my classmate J's description. I was so upset I wanted to back out. But after another look, I was still tempted. What should I do?

But he doesn't seem very proactive, so will my proactiveness make him feel like I'm harassing him?

I was confused and didn't understand, so I sighed deeply.

"Why can't people be more sincere with each other? The boy's mind is so hard to understand. I keep guessing but still can't figure it out. What does he mean?"

When I first posted this on WeChat Moments, I wanted to limit it to a few same-sex friends, but maybe I was too excited and accidentally set it to be invisible to only those few people. Unfortunately, my brain and eyes were wandering and I didn't notice this mistake.

So within less than three minutes after sending the message, my WeChat was bombarded with messages for the first time in my life.

It’s so terrible, socially devastating!

The melon-eating bastards got wind of this and even my boss chimed in, saying, "Congratulations! The last single guy in our unit is finally getting married."

In the group, my colleagues started to make noises, and even the blind dates introduced by my parents and relatives, as well as my friends who had studied for the exam with me, started calling:

"What's going on?"

"Sister, you are so brave!"

"Sister, what's wrong with you?"

So three hours after sending the message to Mr. Shi, I became withdrawn.