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Just as Yang Sisi and I were arguing fiercely, Lao Mi, who was returning from a walk along Erhai Lake, happened to walk over to us. My expression immediately turned cold, and then I felt a surge of tension. If it were anyone else, I could try to figure things out, but with Yang Sisi's eccentric personality, I had no idea what she might do.

Sure enough, she said to me, "Michael, look, that uncle looks just like you, isn't he your dad?"

"Are you out of your mind? Can't you speak properly? It's because I look like him!"

Yang Sisi didn't take me seriously at all. When Lao Mi walked up to us, she asked, "Uncle, are you going for a walk?"

Old Mi responded and then asked me, "Is this girl your friend?"

"An enemy!"

"Uncle, don't listen to his nonsense. We came to Dali together from Shanghai. We know the whole of Dali best!"

I pulled Yang Sisi aside and whispered in her ear, "If you really want to bring me back to Shanghai, then go ahead and cause trouble... Damn it, I shouldn't have messed with you, you plague god, otherwise I wouldn't be in this big mess now!"

"Put all the blame on me, I can take it."

Do you know why my dad came this time?

Yang Sisi looked at me, clearly unaware of what was happening.

I continued, "Stop pretending to be innocent with me. This is all your fault... Old Huang has always hoped that Xiao Bao would marry you. You talked nonsense in front of them last time. Do you think he's not upset?... Ever since we got back to Shanghai, he's been suspicious, always suspecting that you and I are having an affair. Plus, you've been mentioning my rescue on social media lately, so he couldn't sit still. He thinks I'm very important to you, so he called my dad, trying to get me back to Shanghai so we can't have any contact... Now my dad is using threats and inducements on me. Can you believe how annoying I am?"

"So you mean: you don't want to go back to Shanghai just so you can stay in Dali, spend more time with me, and develop an affair?"

"I'm doing this for the inn...who wants to have an affair with you!"

I was so angry with Yang Sisi that I was dumbfounded. She actually admitted to having an affair. I yelled back, "Are you out of your mind? What do you mean by 'affair'? You're talking so rudely!"

Yang Sisi rested her chin on her hands, then winked at me and said sarcastically, "I'm Little Leopard's woman... If you stay in Dali and try to seduce me, wouldn't that be an affair?"

I had nothing to say, I just smoked...

Yang Sisi pointed at me and said with a warning tone, "When I talk to your dad later, don't say anything out of line... You have to act like you respect me, otherwise I won't be able to control what I say."

"Please stop talking to my dad. Do you think he's the type to bother with you?"

"That's not necessarily true."

As Yang Sisi spoke, she pulled me back to Lao Mi's side, but my heart was pounding. If—and I mean if—I could choose again, I definitely wouldn't have answered Lao Huang's call and gotten myself into trouble with such a devil.

I feel like if I keep letting her torment me like this, I'll really shorten my lifespan!

At this moment, I especially miss Ye Zhi, I miss her composure, her poise, and her sense of propriety...