Eric's lips finally stopped moving. He grabbed the steering wheel and looked at Zhang Moyan. Only then did Zhang Moyan realize that she had not heard the second half of what he said.
The carriage fell into silence for a while.
This silence itself is an answer, but one must find an excuse to make it less awkward, so Zhang Moyan said, "I'm sorry, Director... I don't want to fall in love right now."
This reason is really old-fashioned.
Eric asked: "Why? Is it still taking some time to get over your last relationship?"
"No!" Zhang Moyan denied it flatly, as if she had been provoked. Then she lowered her head to look at the paper bag at her feet and said thoughtfully, "I think the possibility of my partner marrying me is relatively low at my age. I want to wait a few years, until I am older and can get married."
Eric frowned, trying to understand for a moment, then pointed out, "I think there seems to be a logical problem here. Why do you think that getting older will increase the likelihood of your partner marrying you?"
Zhang Moyan said as a matter of course: "Of course, once I get older, people will see that I'm old enough, so I have to get married. Those men who just want to have fun will definitely not look for me, so the rest of them can all get married."
"Oh, that's right." Eric smiled and nodded, then paused and said, "Then I think you seem to have another philosophical question here."
Zhang Moyan glanced over from the corner of her eyes: "What's the problem?"
Eric drove with one hand and pointed in her direction with the other. "It's the straw man philosophy. If your opponent's argument is made of straw, it's easy to defeat it. You're distorting their position, making it easier for you to attack them. For example, you assume out of thin air that they're just playing around with you, to make your current stance of not wanting a relationship seem more reasonable. However, this is a dishonest assumption that not only affects your rational judgment, but also the credibility of your own opinion. How do you know your partner doesn't want to marry you?"
Eric is worthy of being a philosophy major, and these few words immediately found the loopholes in her remarks.
While Zhang Moyan admired her, she also wondered if someone else would find the loopholes in her words in the same way.
"Of course I know!" Zhang Moyan smiled, resting her head on the chair. "Take you, Director, for example. You're confessing to me now, at most, just wanting to test our compatibility, right? Is there anything more you're thinking about than that?"
Eric was speechless after hearing this. After a long while, he smiled and sighed, "Mo Yan, you are really amazing. I admit defeat. It seems that my confession today is doomed to fail."
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