"It's quite cold in Shangri-La... Wear more clothes, and don't catch a cold."

"I know, how are you doing over there?"

"We're starting to wrap things up; I should be able to return home within two weeks..."

Lu Jia said a few more things after that, but I didn't hear them very clearly; I kept wondering if it was necessary to lie to Lu Jia... I don't have a driver's license anymore, so I need someone to drive for me, and among my friends, only Yang Sisi is free.

So why would I tell this lie?

That's the truth.

I glanced at Yang Sisi sitting on the steps again, and a strange feeling welled up inside me, like the climate of Dali and Shangri-La, one cold and the other warm.

At this moment, Lu Jia said to me again, "There's one more thing you shouldn't forget... You should take your uncle to the hospital for a check-up. This is the first year after treatment, and he needs to have four check-ups."

"I haven't forgotten, I'll make time to go back sometime later."

"Why don't you wait for me to come back, and we can go back together?"

"Okay, you'll be back soon anyway!"

After a moment of silence, Lu Jia on the other end of the phone said, "Michael, thank you for trusting me so much... for transferring the ownership of both houses to my name... You're still the same as before; you'll do everything you can to satisfy my every request."

I forced a smile and replied, "These are all external things. I just hope you can understand what I'm doing now... I don't want to be the Michael I was in Shanghai anymore. I have to fight for more opportunities for myself."

"There are many ways to realize value, and it doesn't necessarily have to be through food delivery, right?"

You still can't understand me!

After a brief pause, I continued, "But I can understand you... You're studying abroad, and your friends are all respectable. If someone asks what your boyfriend does... it's hard for you to say... You have to lie, but lying isn't a pleasant experience!"

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