Faced with Chen Jin's question, I was a little stunned, and then I seriously examined myself... Yes, what exactly made me so cynical and complain so much about women?

After questioning myself, I finally spoke to Chen Jin: "Don't you feel that in this stage of society, the relationship between men and women is generally quite tense? ... Rich men play with poor women, and poor men are looked down upon by rich women... When both men and women are rich, they start competing for dominance, and from time to time they cheat and have affairs. I've hardly ever seen anyone who can live a good life with a sense of awe!"

Chen Jin glanced at me, and after a long pause, replied, "I think the deterioration of relationships between men and women is a problem..."

"What's the difference between that and not saying anything at all!"

"It seems so... Let me think about it, think about it."

"Take your time to figure it out."

As I spoke, I got up and opened the only window in the room. I needed to breathe some fresh air to clear my head.

After a full five minutes, Chen Jincai spoke again. He said to me with great emotion, "The deterioration of male-female relationships cannot be simply attributed to whether it is the man's fault or the woman's fault... I think it is because this society is sick."

"I'd like to hear your insightful opinion. Could you be more specific?"

Chen Jin, holding his breath, said, "Uh..."

I looked at him with anticipation...

"I can't really explain it in detail... Let's explore and research it slowly."

I found it incredibly boring, so I yelled, "You keep squeezing out a sentence every now and then, what's the difference between you and someone who's constipated!"

Chen Jin sighed, "If I could really understand the relationship between men and women, would I have ended up like this? ... Honestly, I really don't understand women's thoughts... How could Ding Lin be so heartless to me? Even two animals would have developed feelings for each other after a few months, right?"

"Look at you, you've come full circle... Where did your awareness of being a scumbag go?"

Chen Jin lit a cigarette and stared blankly at the open window, lost in thought. After he quieted down, I felt even more anxious, my mind racing with philosophical questions: Where do people come from? Why are there men and women? And why do we live?

For a long time, I still couldn't get an answer. Instead, I turned myself into a bomb that could explode at any moment. I wanted to tear myself apart, and I also wanted to tear apart this small room that was only about ten square meters.

I'm in so much pain!

“Michael…how about you tell me more about Dali?” After a short pause, Chen Jin continued, “I think it’s a different world there.”

"Stop asking me so many questions. If you like it, just come with me cleanly and decisively."

"Is Shanghai so easy to give up?"

I tossed him a cigarette, lit one for myself, took a drag, and said, “I’ve thought about this before. For people our age, giving up a city we once wanted to settle down in is incredibly difficult… But given my situation at the time, if I stayed here, I really felt like I couldn’t go on living… I had to find a new environment to save myself… So, you should weigh things carefully and see if it’s really come to the point where you absolutely have to leave… That way, you’ll easily find the answer.”

Chen Jin took a wallet out of the cabinet, opened it and looked at it, then said to me, "Michael, do you believe it? After struggling in Shanghai for so many years, all I have left is this two thousand yuan in my card... Haha, what else could I possibly be so worried about?"

I was a little surprised: "You've been working for four or five years, surely you haven't achieved this much?"

“I was such a fool… Ding Lin bought a small apartment off-plan in Kunshan a while ago, and took 150,000 yuan from me to pay the down payment… She said that after we got married, she would put my name on the property certificate, and I actually believed her!”

"That woman is fucking vicious!"

"I guess I was blind..." Chen Jin sniffed and said, "I should thank her. If she hadn't made things so bad for me, I wouldn't have realized that I'm a man who needs to start all over again... Michael, starting all over again isn't that scary, is it?"

I comforted you, saying, "What's this about starting over? Even if things don't go well, you still have a car... That's the dream of so many men!"

“When you mention cars, I feel even more desperate… I haven’t finished paying off the car loan yet, and the car insurance is due next week.”

"Don't worry, I happen to need a car, sell it to me... Name your price, I'll pay you in full."

"Holy crap, did you rob a bank in Dali?"

I chuckled and replied, "You think I was joking when I said I was doing alright in Dali? ... I'm not bragging, but 'alright' means everything, including making money."

How much have you earned in the past six months?

"That's definitely enough to buy your Jimny... How many kilometers has it run?"

"It's just over 70,000 yuan, and apart from minor bumps and scrapes, I haven't had any accidents."

"Is it the 1.3 navigation version?"

"right."

"Ninety thousand yuan, a fixed price... If you're willing, we'll go and complete the transfer tomorrow."

"I'll sell it to you for 85,000... I've already had it appraised at the secondhand market."

I took a deep drag of my cigarette, chuckled, and said, "You can't even afford such a small bargain... you're still not a scumbag enough!"

Chen Jin was stunned for a moment before he realized what he meant and cursed, "You're fucking worse than me!"

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