Chapter 455: No man is good

After a series of ding-dong sounds, the girl looked at Xiao Peng with resentment: "You lied to me! It's not even open!"

Xiao Peng pointed at the lock and said, "Who said that? Try pulling it."

The girl pulled the lock doubtfully, and sure enough, it opened immediately with a slight tug! She looked at Xiao Peng with a puzzled look on her face: "What's going on?"

Xiao Peng lit another cigarette and said leisurely, "In fact, you could have knocked the lock open a long time ago. You just need to pull it with your hands. But you kept knocking on it. Who can you blame?"

"You!" the girl said angrily, "You knew you had already opened the lock, but you didn't tell me!"

Xiao Peng spread his hands and said, "You didn't ask! Besides, I think you need to vent now, so just knock hard! Friendly reminder: you'd better put on your coat now, otherwise you'll catch a cold!"

"You don't have to tell me!" The girl picked up the down jacket hanging on the side and put it on: "Men are no good! They only know how to bully women!"

Xiao Peng: "(O_o)"

He immediately turned into a black question mark face: "Hey girl, you hit too many people with this stick, right? Even if I'm not a good person, what about your father?"

"He's different!" the girl said angrily.

Xiao Peng suddenly realized: "Oh, so your father is gay."

"Your father is gay!" The girl exploded: "Are you doing this on purpose to piss me off? Goodbye! No! Never again!"

The girl said and turned away.

Xiao Peng smiled slightly. It seemed that this girl would not do anything stupid. He was just about to leave when the girl stopped and turned back. She leaned on the fence next to Xiao Peng and stretched out her hand to him: "Give me a cigarette."

"Aren't you leaving?" Xiao Peng asked.

"This bridge is not yours! What's it to you whether I walk on it or not?" the girl said angrily.

Xiao Peng smiled and said, "You're right. This bridge is not mine. I really can't control whether you want to leave or stay, but the cigarettes are mine. It's my business whether I give them to you or not!"

After hearing this, the girl said, "Can't you be a little more gentleman?"

"Be a gentleman?" Xiao Peng coughed dryly. "Smoking is harmful to your health. Not giving you cigarettes is the gentlemanly thing to do, right?"

The girl didn't answer him but continued to gesture for a cigarette.

Xiao Peng shook his head and handed her a cigarette: "Alas, am I harming others?"

"Fire!" the girl continued.

Xiao Peng curled his lips and said, "It's like I owe you something." He said this but still helped the girl light a cigarette. However, the girl obviously had never smoked before. She took a deep puff and then started coughing violently.

"I told you, I'm harming people. Be careful or you'll cough out your lungs!" Xiao Peng said.

The girl managed to hold back her cough. "Damn it! How could anyone like something so torturous?"

Xiao Peng said slowly: "Everything in the world is painful. You must learn to find happiness in pain."

The girl glanced at Xiao Peng and said, "Tsk. What a bullshit philosophy."

After she finished speaking, she picked up the lock she had broken and threw it into the Rhine.

"Hey, why don't you ask something?" The girl said when she saw Xiao Peng was silent.

Xiao Peng pointed at his nose and said, "Men are no good. For your healthy growth, please stay away from men!"

The girl was stunned after hearing this, then she smiled and held out her hand to Xiao Peng: "My name is Tierti, what's your name?"

"Xiao Peng, I'm from China. You can call me Xiao, even though that's my last name," Xiao Peng introduced himself. "Tilti, that doesn't sound like a German name."

Tilti did not explain, but asked: "Why, are you a tourist?"

"I guess so." Xiao Peng said, "But I only went to Cologne Cathedral and didn't climb the spire. I did stay with the priest there for two days."

"Huh?" Tilti was stunned after hearing this: "As far as I know, Chinese people don't have any faith."

"That only shows that you are ignorant." Xiao Peng said, "But I am indeed an atheist."

Tiltie's face was filled with black lines: "Then what are you doing with the priest?"

Xiao Peng said helplessly, "Who said we have to talk about God when we're with a priest? Can't we just talk about food, wine, world economic development, and international trends?"

Tiltie didn't know what to say. After a while, she said, "Okay! Of course."

The atmosphere was a bit awkward. Suddenly, a young man came over and said politely, "Excuse me, both of you."

Xiao Peng tilted his head and saw a man in jeans and a scarf approaching. He was about twenty years old. To be honest, after arriving in Germany, Xiao Peng sometimes felt a little ashamed of himself when he saw the young men there. These young men were all tall, strong, handsome, and full of masculine charm. They all looked like models.

But when he sees older men, he becomes more confident. Otherwise, he will be fat or bald...

"Hello, what's the matter?" Xiao Peng asked.

The man pointed to a place not far away and said, "I'm a street artist painting there. I saw you two just now and couldn't help but draw a picture for you." He took out a painting and handed it to Xiao Peng: "Take a look and see if you like it."

Xiao Peng took the painting and was delighted. In it, Tildy was swinging a small hammer against a lock, while Xiao Peng lazily watched her, leaning against the fence. The lines were simple, yet the painting was full of charm.

"What a great painting!" Xiao Peng exclaimed sincerely.

The man smiled and said, "Thank you for the compliment." He pointed to the bank of the Rhine and said, "I'm a student at the Cologne Academy of Media Arts. I usually paint here to earn some pocket money!"

Hearing him say this, Xiao Peng understood what he meant: "I like this painting very much. How much should I give you?"

The man felt a little embarrassed after hearing this: "How about...20 yuan?"

Xiao Peng laughed.

It's obvious that this is a 'chick'.

Before Xiao Peng arrived in Germany, he had never imagined that there were so many beggars in Germany, and most of the beggars here are young people in their twenties and thirties. Just as Walter said: if you are older here, the welfare is good and you don’t need to go out to beg. Instead, young people choose to go out to beg because of problems such as low employment rate.

Walking down the street, you can often see young people sitting on the side of the road, holding a small stick with a paper cup tied to it, like fishing. Whenever a passerby passes by, they hold the paper cup out to beg.

They don't think asking for money is shameful like this young man.

Xiao Peng was just about to pay for the painting when Tilty spoke up: "I'm in this painting too! Why sell it to him and not to me?"

The young man painting was stunned: "Aren't you two together?"

"Of course not!" Tiltie pulled out her wallet from her backpack and said, "I bought this painting!"

The young man looked at Xiao Peng with embarrassment.

Xiao Peng said nonchalantly, "If she insists on buying my image and looking at it every day, then just sell it to her."

"You..." Tilti looked at Xiao Peng speechlessly.

She began to seriously suspect that Xiao Peng was sent by God to punish her.