Chapter 66: Love is a superstition of the right time and place. (Sasa ending)
1
When Zhou Chengyuan knocked on the door, Sasa was lying on the bed looking downstairs. Peach blossoms were blooming on one side of the bridge downstairs. The construction of old residential communities in the east of Beijing was very ordinary, and this brief bit of brightness in spring was even more rare. When looking down from above, it looked like a small cluster of romances in a dilapidated place.
Sasa went to open the door for him barefoot. He was wearing a sweatshirt and sweatpants, looking like he had just finished working out. He was holding a Tims bag in his hand and asked Sasa, "Have you eaten yet?"
Sasa said no and was about to order takeout.
Zhou Chengyuan came in and put the bagel bag on the coffee table. "I don't know if you like it."
Sasa took out a box of cheese from the refrigerator that TIMS always gave away when they took out food, shook it at him, and then threw it into his arms. "My favorite is still the cheese and bagels from TIMS."
After saying that, she opened it and ate it. She didn't dare to pinch her newly done nails too hard, so she could only curl her fingers.
Zhou Chengyuan asked, "Are you really leaving this time? You haven't made any progress on buying a house as you promised earlier. Are you just leaving Beijing like this?"
"I'm sorry, we agreed to buy your house."
"That's okay. I also want to thank you for keeping me from starting a business and for helping me keep my house."
He took out two tickets from his pocket and handed them to Sasa. "Do you usually watch plays?"
Sasa and Bai Yiding were sitting in the theater. The story on the stage was about a heartless man with ingenuity. The man made hairpins when he was young. He read a lot of books but was always unlucky. After a series of disappointments, he chose to start a family. However, he didn't expect that when he reached middle age, he suddenly got lucky and made a fortune. So he abandoned his wife and children and wanted to start a new life. A male actor on the stage played the story from young to old.
Bai Yiding suddenly turned around and asked her, "Can you understand this actor?"
Sasa said, of course I can’t understand it, abandoning one’s wife and children will never have a good ending.
Bai Yiding didn't say anything else and continued to watch intently. She could clearly feel the air pressure beside him getting lower and lower. Sasa patted the back of his hand and signaled that she was going to the bathroom.
The theater is very large. Although it is called a theater, its structure is more like a movie theater. After using the restroom, she stood in the entrance hall. There were five rooms around it, and the doors were all the same. It looked very much like the churches in Eastern Europe and it was hard to tell them apart. Sasa couldn't remember which hall she came out of for a moment. She wanted to check the ticket information on her phone, but then she remembered that the ticket was bought by Bai Yiding. She picked one at random as if she was picking a blind box, pushed open the door and walked in.
As soon as she opened the door, she knew she'd made a mistake. The costumes, the lighting, and the stage were completely different, but she stayed put, because the person on stage was Zhou Chengyuan. He played a young nobleman who, before leaving for the battlefield, fell in love at first sight with a poor girl and even lent her his horse. Upon his return from victory, he wanted to marry his beloved, but she was already married to a merchant. The merchant came to thank the noble, invited him to the wedding, and offered a large sum of money for his horse—the horse that would carry him to his nightly rendezvous with the wealthy merchant. Sasa sat on the steps below the stage, watching intently.
The phone in her coat pocket rang. Sasa took it out and saw a message on the other side: "I'm Bai Yiding's fiancée. Do you want to come out and chat?"
They sat in the open-air seats outside the theater. Bai Yiding's fiancée looked very delicate. She had a half ponytail tied with a Dior gray square scarf, and was holding a small Maltese in her hand. The LV dog bag was open beside her, and the Porsche car keys were in her hand. The extensions on her fingernails were very long. She looked like a rich lady who didn't need to work.
The dog was so cute that Sasa couldn't help but kiss it. Miss Fu hugged the dog and put it on the table. "Pet it, her name is Aiko."
Sasa then reached out and touched it.
"Ms. Chen, I've read your Weibo. You work at China Trade, a foreign company. When are you going to leave Bai Yiding?" The fiancée went straight to the point.
Sasa made a speechless expression and said, "Shouldn't you introduce yourself again now?"
"I've introduced myself," the other person said.
"You can say so much about my introduction, but your own self-introduction is only seven words. You can't talk about love without yourself." Sasa couldn't stand the other party's impoliteness.
Miss Fu looked at Sasa and burst out laughing. "Do you need me to tell you about Bai Yiding's bad deeds?"
Before she started talking, Sasa's phone rang. It was Bai Yiding.
Sasa put the phone on the table and turned on the speakerphone.
"Baby, where are you?"
"I'm drinking coffee with your fiancée. Come out and have a drink together." When Sasa said this, she was looking at the little girl opposite, but her fiancée didn't feel anything, and Bai Yiding hung up the phone immediately.
"I've been with Marvin since I was a university student abroad. He was doing his PhD and I was doing my undergraduate. Our parents have already met. Now we're just waiting to get married."
"Wow, are you still going to get married?"
"Of course, cheating is just a minor issue. Marvin's personality, family background, and emotions are all impeccable. I guess you can tell he's quite the romantic."
Sasa didn't react on the surface, but she was very sure in her heart. She remembered that in the second month of her date with Bai Yiding, she went to Hangzhou for business. It was obviously not raining, but Bai Yiding was waiting for her downstairs with an umbrella. He said that because she was not around, it was raining in his heart. Although this romance was very pretentious, it was very useful for a girl like Sasa. But to be honest, she always felt that Bai Yiding was someone who could not be grasped. It seemed that everything about him was good, so good that she could not hold on to him.
"Sister, Bai Yiding is very advanced. He knows all the situations in all relationships between men and women. That's why he doesn't have much love, it's all about tricks. He will definitely marry me in the end because I can accept all his problems."
Sasa asked, "Since you have thought it through so clearly, why did you come to me today?"
"Because I have to close the net. He was abroad before, and I couldn't control him, which only widened the rift in our relationship." My sister hugged the dog, stuck out her tongue, and took a sip of coffee.
The two men sat outside until dark but Bai Yiding didn't come out. They both knew that Bai Yiding had escaped and would not come back.
The fiancée never mentioned her name, but repeatedly talked about their experiences studying abroad. The most touching time was when they went skiing in Switzerland together. The car broke down halfway, and she suffered from hypothermia due to lack of heating. Bai Yiding went to look for him on foot, and when he came back, his eyebrows were covered with snow. The fiancée said that at that moment, she felt that he was a good person and could be married.
Sasa couldn't help but interrupt, "Isn't this what a boyfriend should do?"
"We weren't in a relationship at that time, we were just dating. In a relationship, character is the key. His character is fine."
A group of students came over and passed by them while chatting. Each of them was full of energy. She had a strange feeling in her heart. It was that when she started dating, the whole world was telling her that the perfect love she dreamed of did not exist and she had to accept this reality as soon as possible.
Seeing that she was distracted, her fiancée knocked on the table and asked her, "So, what kind of person do you like?"
"We can chat."
"That's the easiest way to make mistakes. Anyone who wants to get close to you can chat with you. You might as well be more practical. If you want to find someone who's 5'87" tall, well-educated, handsome, and has good skin, you'll definitely get scammed if you only have the condition of being able to chat with you."
Sasa felt even more excited at this moment than when she had a showdown with Lin Bozhou. She was talking to her date's fiancée about what kind of person she liked.
The fiancée took out the dog water dispenser to feed Aiko water. Then her cell phone rang. She took a look at it and then put it on the table.
The person who sent the WeChat message was Marvin (Bai Yiding). On the screen, there was a Van Cleef & Arpels bracelet, followed by the following sentence: "Will you go back to Nanjing together tomorrow? I just bought you a Van Cleef & Arpels bracelet at SKP."
Her fiancée looked at her. "I've had enough of playing around a long time ago. When he's done, we'll be the most stable family. This is also a good choice."
The fiancée walked away with the dog in her arms. Sasa couldn't help but slowly said to Beiying as she left, "Really...drama."
Sasa thought, great, I had another strange date.
But this time she didn't feel very uncomfortable, and seemed relieved, just like the time with Lin Baizhou.
2
Sasa was sitting in a teahouse by the West Lake, pouring tea for the person opposite her. The person opposite her was her netizen Steve. After she decided to come to Hangzhou, she just picked one of them at random on Xiaohongshu and kept chatting with him. The other person was more like her trash can.
"Actually, I have hated this kind of place the most since I was a child. There are famous scenic spots and historical sites, and crowds of people. It seems that the place has remained unchanged for hundreds or thousands of years." Sasa said.
"Do you like change?" the other party asked.
"Yes, I'm superstitious this year. When I looked at my horoscope, I saw Yi Ma and Jin Yu sitting in my lunar column. This kind of fate requires constant changes. Only by moving around can you have money to spend."
"You've become superstitious. I remember you used to be very dismissive of such things."
"It's come to a point where I feel like a lot of things can only be explained through metaphysics."
The two of them were just able to see the West Lake from their seats, and it was misty and rainy outside.
"So what did you ask?"
"My love."
Steve took the teacup and poured her more tea. He said, "In a few years, you won't want to think about anything anymore."
"It's not really appropriate to talk about marriage. I just want to find someone I can confide everything in. I really want to connect with someone. Although there's no rush, I definitely have expectations."
Before she could finish her words, the scalper's WeChat message suddenly came to her and sent her a photo of her examination report, which said that she had endometrial polyps and recommended further observation.
She didn't feel anything was going to happen on the day of her physical examination, so she asked the scalper to get the results.
"I find that you are a very straightforward person. You can always find the position of each person and let these people accompany you for a while. This kind of life is very straightforward, but it seems to be meaningless, especially when you said that Bai Yiding's fiancée came to your house, you were still calm." The person opposite said.
She uttered a cry, hurriedly exited the interface and started searching. Baidu had already listed her condition as a terminal illness. She wanted to touch her hair, but the waiter came over and spilled coffee all over her.
"Excuse me, miss, can I have your coat cleaned for you?" the waiter said timidly.
Sasa took off her coat directly, revealing the turtleneck sweater underneath. "No, no."
Steve asked again, "What's wrong?"
Sasa said, "It's okay, it seems I need to go back to Beijing."
She hadn't even figured out how to transfer her social security yet, and everything was very troublesome. Besides, any disease was easier to treat in Beijing. She just went for a physical examination with a colleague, and unexpectedly found out that she had a problem with her uterus. After saying goodbye to her netizen briefly, she prepared to rush to Beijing.
As soon as he got off the high-speed train, Zhou Chengyuan called her and asked her, "Are you free to talk now?"
Sasa was queuing up to exit Beijing Station and yelled into her phone. "Go ahead."
Zhou Chengyuan said, "Your medical examination report was mailed to my house."
Sasa then remembered that the address she had left for the scalper was Zhou Chengyuan's.
Sasa said, "It's okay. I'm back in Beijing. When I get to the hotel, I'll give you the address. Can you send it to me by express delivery?"
Zhou Chengyuan asked again, "I sent it to you. Also, why didn't you go to see the ticket I gave you?"
"I saw it."
Zhou Chengyuan said, "I didn't see you."
Sasa repeated what he performed. She had indeed watched it, but it was just a coincidence. Ever since Zhou Chengyuan gave her the ticket, she knew that Zhou Chengyuan was interested in her, but she didn't have much interest in him.
After she finished her narration, Zhou Chengyuan raised his voice a little and asked Sasa, "Do you think I acted well?"
Sasa sighed and walked out of the station through the gate. "I'm going back to Beijing for medical treatment, brother. Now don't ask me if your acting is good, okay?"
Zhou Chengyuan said, "Okay, whichever hospital you want to go to, I'll go with you."
Sasa said, "You are sick, I want to see a gynecologist, a gynecologist!"
Many people around turned to look at Sasa, but Sasa was in no mood to care. Zhou Chengyuan calmly read the name of the hospital in the medical record to show that he would really go.
"Whatever you want." Sasa hung up the phone and got into the subway.
She sat in front of the doctor's desk, with Zhou Chengyuan standing behind her. When Sasa arrived at the hospital, Zhou Chengyuan was already downstairs and insisted on following her into the clinic. She felt that he was acting strangely today, and she was very worried about what Zhou Chengyuan would say in the hospital.
The doctor glanced at Zhou Chengyuan and asked, "Your family members?"
Sasa had nothing to refute. Any argument would only create a weird atmosphere. After all, no one would bring non-family members to see a gynecologist. She just wanted to quickly figure out her situation. "Go ahead."
"This disease isn't serious, but it's not minor either. The polyps grow larger with each menstrual period. The best treatment is to get married as soon as possible, have an abortion before trying to conceive, and then have a baby as soon as possible."
Sasa put the medical record aside and asked, "Can't we do it now? How come we're almost getting married?"
"If you do it now, there's still a chance it will grow longer before you get pregnant."
"So...what's the worst that could happen if we don't do it?"
"If you don't do it, there's a chance it could get worse, maybe even develop into uterine cancer."
"How likely is it?" Sasa asked.
"Uterine polyps may also be absorbed, and the risk of absorption and uterine cancer is half and half."
Sasa screamed, and Zhou Chengyuan slowly put his hand on her shoulder to comfort her, but Sasa trembled and asked him to take it away.
"How long have you had period pain?"
"I've had dysmenorrhea since I was a child..."
"Many unmarried women have the same problem as you. You are 32 years old. I actually recommend that you do it before trying to conceive. The chances of developing polyps after giving birth are lower."
Sasa said, "So what you're saying is, the reason I have these polyps is that I don't use my uterus? Even if my period hurts like that every month, it doesn't count as using my uterus? At my age, I should have a child to use my uterus."
“It’s simple, but you can understand it that way.”
Sasa turned to look at Zhou Chengyuan. "How ridiculous! I should rush to have a baby just for that few percent chance to preserve my healthy uterus..."
Zhou Chengyuan reached out his hand again and continued to pat her shoulder, but Sasa shook it off again and asked him to take it away.
The sun was shining brightly outside the hospital. Zhou Chengyuan followed her like a well-behaved puppy. Sasa turned around suddenly and saw him walking forward with the medical records in his hand. He almost bumped into her.
Zhou Chengyuan: "I just searched on Baidu, and I think it seems that getting rid of it is the best option."
"Do you like me?" Sasa asked directly.
Zhou Chengyuan was a little embarrassed and thought for a long time, "I...I..."
"As a sister, I hate men who are always tedious." Sasa didn't want to waste time talking to him now.
Zhou Chengyuan stopped stuttering this time and said, "Yes, I like you."
"But I don't like you. You're still a child. Go back to work properly, okay?"
"Didn't you also come here as a child?"
“That’s why I don’t want to go back to being a child.”
"Isn't it good to be a child?" Zhou Chengyuan asked.
"I never considered children as my development targets."
"Ah... start thinking about it now?"
Sasa wondered why her brother was so clumsy. What kind of nonsense was this conversation? There was no important content at all. She was annoyed, so she turned around and tried to stop a car.
Zhou Chengyuan asked again, "If you have surgery, I will take care of you. You don't need to hire a nurse."
Sasa frowned and asked him, "Does this count as a confession?"
"Forget it..." Zhou Chengyuan said.
Sasa thought to herself, fine, my Nth dramatic date officially kicked off in front of a hospital in Beijing. The theme this time is - post-operative love, the domineering landlord fell in love with me.
When Sasa thought of this clichéd joke, Zhou felt a chill all over his body. He waved to stop a taxi and left, not taking it seriously at all.
3
At two o'clock in the middle of the night, Sasa asked Chen Qingqing and Sun Ziyi to eat hot pot in Sanlitun, and picked up a piece of tripe and put it in the pot.
"I have this disease, so I shouldn't have an irregular diet."
Sun Ziyi said, "Sister, then please come and have hotpot with us at two in the morning."
"Also avoid spicy food." Sasa fiddled with it for a while, and finally dipped the tripe in garlic and sesame oil and put it into her mouth.
"Avoid eating cold food."
After saying this, Sasa took another bite of the Snow Mountain Shaved Ice.
Shen Qingqing looked at her with a dark face, "What are you still afraid of?"
"Also avoid alternating between hot and cold~" Sasa said with a smile, picking up the next piece of beef tongue.
Shen Qingqing's face was full of worry. "In this case, take good care of yourself. Didn't the doctor say that there is still a possibility of absorption?"
Sasa said, "But I just can't control my happiness recently. I've been taking birth control pills to treat my illness. I suspect that the changes in my body's hormones are what made me so happy..."
Sasa slammed the table. "Today's meal is on me!"
Sun Ziyi said, "But didn't we just serve the food and start eating..."
Sasa stood up and walked towards the bar. When the waiter was taking the order, she bent over to look at the mints on the table at the door. She took a pineapple-flavored one and picked a few green ones and put them in her hand. The wind chime at the door rang. She turned around and saw a very tall man in a suit and coat walking in. He looked very Korean and familiar.
The man was also looking at her, as if they had met before.
The estrogen in the body is encouraging Sasa, could this be a feeling of destiny?
Sasa was stunned for three seconds, and the other party shouted over Sasa.
"Sister-in-law!"
"Jiang Yong!"
Sasa remembered that she felt familiar because she had seen an interview with Jiang Yong on the Internet, and that link happened to be forwarded by Shen Qingqing.
Chen Qingqing introduced Sasa and Sun Ziyi to Jiang Yong. Jiang Yong had just finished a meeting and was about to eat hot pot alone. When he saw Chen Qingqing and the others, he called the waiter to bring some chopsticks and planned to eat with them.
Jiang Yong ordered a main course and kept eating it. Shen Qingqing said that he "was divorced and still called me sister-in-law."
"I stopped calling you after Wang Shu got married for the second time. He's still single now. Who knows what's going on between you two?" Jiang Yong was very good at speaking. He gave out the key information in one sentence and left a way out. He had a smile on his face and was very tactful in his jokes.
Shen Qingqing didn't plan to ask any more questions. Jiang Yong and Sasa sat on the same side. Sasa saw his hands on his legs and his nails were very clean.
Jiang Yong asked Sasa if she wanted to drink something?
Sasa said, ice cola!
Shen Qingqing said no, it must be drunk at room temperature.
Jiang Yong smiled and ordered a cup of room temperature cola and a bottle of ice. He poured the cola into the ice cup, picked out the ice cubes one by one, and handed it back to her. "Let's find a compromise."
Sasa's heart was beating again, and then she told herself, it was hormones, it was hormones!
The next time I saw Jiang Yong was at the media screening of Shen Qingqing's variety show. The staff arranged Sasa's seat next to Jiang Yong, and the two sat together and chatted for a while.
Jiang Yong said, "My parents have a very good relationship, so I don't really understand these things. They seem very far away from me."
Sasa said, "Then take a look at the camera. Qingqing's camera is pretty good."
Jiang Yong asked her what kind of movies she usually watched, and whether she watched Korean movies.
Sasa thought he would like the New World, so she asked, "What do you like to watch?"
Jiang Yong said, "My favorite Korean drama is One Day Destruction Walks into My House."
Sasa had never heard of it and didn't know what it was.
Jiang Yong said, "It's a story about a girl who is about to die and ends up falling in love with the god of death. That girl is the hostess of your wedding."
"Have you also watched your wedding?" Sasa slowly asked a question in her heart. Jiang Yong was a person with too many contrasts. He was a domineering CEO and loved watching tragic love Korean dramas.
Jiang Yong nodded, and Sasa said, "I like parasites."
"It's nice to watch, but don't you think it's very heavy? The purpose of watching a drama is to have fun." Jiang Yong asked.
Shen Qingqing was expressing her gratitude on the post. Jiang Yong took a photo and sent it to Wang Shu. Then Sasa saw out of the corner of her eye that Wang Shu had sent a photo of him clasping his fists, and then she received a red envelope of 200 yuan from Wang Shu.
Jiang Yong spread it out for her to see and said, "Let's go to the movies together tonight. The money you earned from doing bad things needs to be spent quickly, otherwise you will be beaten by your sister-in-law. If you watch it with me, we will be accomplices. You can't tell her."
They went to see a recently released movie together, but it was terrible. Jiang Yong and Sasa were both dozing off. In the end, the two were woken up by the sound of a quarrel in the cinema. It turned out that there was a problem with the screening. There was a sudden problem, and they couldn't finish watching the movie.
The movie was a remake of a foreign film. When the two were collecting their refund at the door, Jiang Yong said, "What if we can't spend all the stolen money? How should we spend two hundred yuan? I have a good screen at home. Let's go to my house and watch the original version. My home speakers are also very good. I watch TV at home every day."
Sasa felt that she had a very fulfilling day today. She attended the premiere of Chen Qingqing, went to the cinema and caught a screening error. Now she was sitting in the Bentley watching Jiang Yong carrying a packaged Wagyu sandwich to the car. Jiang Yong said that the two hundred stolen money must be spent.
Sasa sent a message to the group, saying, "I'm going to Jiang Yong's house to watch a movie now."
Shen Qingqing said, “I won’t sleep tonight, waiting for your update.”
Sun Ziyi said, "No, Jiang Yong is the King of the Sea."
Shen Qingqing said, "Aquaman is interesting and will help Sister Sa improve quickly."
Sun Ziyi replied, "Good night, adults!"
Jiang Yong has a three-story villa in Shunyi. The basement floor is a screening room with two Chivas seats. As soon as she sat down, Jiang Yong helped her to lie down. Before Sasa could react, she accidentally lost her slippers and was not ready to get off the ground, so she watched the movie barefoot.
There was a Wagyu beef sandwich on the small coffee table in front. Sasa was hungry, so she walked over barefoot and took the sandwich. Just as she took a bite, the door behind her suddenly opened.
The house aunt came out from behind with a mop in hand. Without saying anything, she squatted on the ground and began to wipe Sasa's footprints one by one. She felt as if her whole body was frozen. The sandwich crust in her hand fell down. Sasa half opened her mouth, afraid of being discovered by the aunt.
As expected, the aunt turned her head, glanced at Sasa, then walked over, picked up the wet wipes, and started to absorb the residue on the chair...
Sasa looked up and glanced at Jiang Yong. Jiang Yong continued to watch the Korean drama attentively, not affected at all.
Sasa and Chen Qingqing recounted this night, both gritting their teeth. "I've never experienced anything like this in my life. You're watching a movie with a man, and his auntie comes out and wipes your footprints one by one and cleans the chair you're sitting on with wet wipes. This is simply an insult! I will never have anything to do with this man again!"
Shen Qingqing felt a little sorry. "Actually, I'm quite fond of you and Jiang Yong. One is a handsome sea king who travels all over the flowers, and the other is an ungrounded beauty who fantasizes about love. Moreover, both of them are hardworking people. They must be a strong combination."
"To be honest, I was also quite fond of us before this because I really had a crush on him, although that crush might have been caused by my hormones... but when we actually got along, it was really not the same. Jiang Yong's mysophobia was so severe that he needed a live-in nanny to clean up after him. We met a few more times after that, and every time I ate at his house, I was afraid my hair would fall out... Later, Jiang Yong bought me a pair of slippers, but the size was too small. I was afraid that my heels would touch the floor of his house, and then I would have to follow the auntie's heels and rub them... Shen Qingqing! Do you understand that feeling? Imagine that in the future, if we were at home and were thinking about making love, I opened the condom package and tried to hook his neck, but he righteously threw the condom into the trash first. Thinking of this scene gives me goosebumps all over the floor."
Shen Qingqing laughed first, then felt a little puzzled. "I thought we get along well as friends in daily life. I didn't realize he had such a big problem. We even had hot pot together last time."
"That's because you're so careless. Later, I thought about it. He only had egg fried rice during that hot pot meal and didn't even touch the food in the pot. Another time, we went to a private hot pot restaurant, and while we were choosing pots at the door, he suddenly said to me, 'How about we each have a small cloisonné pot?' At the time, I was like, ah... you're isolating me from the meal. How can someone like me accept that?"
“I’ve known him for so many years, and I didn’t know he had this problem.” Shen Qingqing held her chest.
"I'm a very careful person outside, but I'm so strict when I get home. How much psychological pressure must I have to deal with this inconsistency? I'm a Yangcheng Lake hairy crab. I need someone to untie me, not someone who ties two more hemp ropes around my legs..."
Sun Ziyi whimpered at the side, "Actually, you used to be this kind of petty bourgeois pretentious person, Miss Chen."
Sasa nodded heavily. "Yes, I'm sorry for the hardship you guys have suffered. I didn't expect that the feeling of accompanying a pretentious person would be so floating..."
4
In 2023, Sasa started to travel between Hangzhou and Beijing.
Zhou Chengyuan was slow to listen. After confessing his love in the hospital, the younger brother began a very slow process of pursuing his sister. He considerately made a list for her, which detailed what things would produce hormones and be bad for her. When Sasa saw the list, she was drinking soy milk. She didn't expect that the first item on it was: soy milk will cause the female hormone level to rise, so it is recommended to drink less.
She was actually shocked by this, and she stopped buying the white jade soy milk that she used to buy every week when she went to the supermarket.
Sasa actually hasn't decided whether to have this operation or not. It just so happens that Zhou Chengyuan's modeling career is developing well in Hangzhou, and he comes here almost every week. She wants to do new retail and live streaming, and Zhou Chengyuan can provide her with some resources that she didn't have before.
Zhou Chengyuan also stayed in Hangzhou for a while longer. When Zhou Chengyuan left, Sasa found that there was not a single bottle of wine in the studio refrigerator. The only thing left was fermented glutinous rice. Sasa sent him a "?" on WeChat.
Zhou Chengyuan sent her a series of ways to eat Laozao, including Laozao boiled eggs, Laozao mixed with yogurt, and Laozao yogurt coffee.
Sasa said, "How can I sleep if you don't leave me some wine? I can't sleep without drinking."
Zhou Chengyuan said, you can call me and I can tell you stories and sing lullabies.
Sasa slowly sent another "?"
This pursuit method is really too old.
Sasa ordered two bottles of melatonin for herself and did not call Zhou Chengyuan again. Zhou Chengyuan was still very indifferent and did not ask her any questions. It happened that the previous stage of work was completed, so there was no further contact.
The next time I heard from Zhou Chengyuan, it was when Chen Qingqing and Sun Ziyi came to Hangzhou to play and were lying in bed at Sasa's house. Coincidentally, a very new account followed Sasa's Weibo, and that Weibo post read, "When you start fantasizing about a relationship, it's bound to be over."
The account was very new, with only one avatar in the album, and the only thing written in the personal information was Chaoyang District and Capricorn.
For some reason, Sasa felt at first glance that it was Zhou Chengyuan.
Shen Qingqing came over and said, "Really not trying again?"
Sasa said, "But I don't like him..."
Shen Qingqing said, "You are just too stubborn. You want a perfect relationship, but relationships only develop through adjustment."
Sasa said, "But I don't think I'm stubborn. I think the process of searching is wonderful. You see, I haven't complained, and I haven't been sad except for Chen Ang. I always summarize the problems and will definitely make changes next time."
Sasa was silent for a moment and said, "The only exception was the incident with Jiang Yong. I felt there was nothing wrong with me, but I didn't know how to change it."
"What happened to Zhou Chengyuan later?" Shen Qingqing observed her expression and then asked.
Sasa pointed at the flowers in the vase at home and said, "I send it every week and chat with him occasionally. He's not very good at chatting. He's very clumsy and there's not much to talk about. It's hard to spark any sparks."
Shen Qingqing said, "I always feel that your fate is not now, maybe it will be later. In fact, you haven't figured it out yet. When you figure it out, you may regret it."
Sasa asked back, "Do you regret the divorce?"
Chen Qingqing said, "I don't regret it, but I feel it's a pity because it's a problem we can't solve. I can't force Wang Shu to do anything, but isn't that life? No matter what choice you make, you'll regret it."
Sasa went to ask Sun Ziyi how he was living in Tianjin.
"That's great. I didn't expect that a life of giving up would be so happy. Since Xu Zecheng is very good at love, I don't have so many things to worry about." Sun Ziyi said.
"After leaving Beijing, I felt particularly good. I watched the sea and played mahjong every day," said Shen Qingqing.
Sasa hummed, mixed some fermented glutinous rice wine and milk for them, and said, "Come on, sisters, drink some. I wish your lives will all fall, and I still have to continue looking for mine."
Shen Qingqing looked at the fermented glutinous rice milk in the wine glass. "Ah? That's it? You're just giving us this to drink?"
"I'm going back to Beijing for surgery next week." Sasa's cup was still hot.
Because she was still starting a business, she was under too much pressure. The polyps did not heal for a long time. Half a year passed, and there was no sign of them being absorbed. She was in so much pain during her period every month that she almost fainted. She had no choice but to have surgery.
After three rounds of drinking, Sun Ziyi fell asleep. Chen Qingqing grabbed Sasa's face and asked her, "Tell me the truth, among so many men, who do you feel the most moved by?"
Sasa said without hesitation, "It must be Jiang Yong. Jiang Yong is exactly what I want, but he has too many problems. I'm not sure I can make him change for me."
Shen Qingqing said, “You are a bunch of cowards.”
So Chen Qingqing went to find Jiang Yong without Sasa's knowledge, because Wang Shu told him that Jiang Yong seemed to have retired in the past six months. He was no longer seen playing around, and apart from work, he stayed at home watching TV series. Once, he asked Wang Shu to go to his house without wearing shoes like an idiot, and then he went crazy and kicked Wang Shu out.
Shen Qingqing immediately understood. Jiang Yong knew why Sasa ignored him and wanted to change. He was testing the threshold of mysophobia in his heart.
Wang Shu added, "Jiang Yong has been trying to achieve that feeling, but he just can't quite get there."
Shen Qingqing slapped her thigh at home, thinking, isn't this Sasa? After the gender change, she is a person. She feels that there is still hope for the two of them.
When Shen Qingqing arrived at Jiang Yong’s house, Jiang Yong was sitting on the sofa in Chivas and basking in the sun.
Seeing her coming over, Jiang Yong stretched out his hand and said, "Why are you here?"
"What are you doing here?" Shen Qingqing answered without asking.
"I demolished the cinema in the basement and replaced it with an e-sports room. From now on, I will watch it in bed. I bought a small one."
Shen Qingqing said, "If I don't take action, you will all die alone."
Jiang Yong didn't understand what she meant and asked her what she was talking about.
"I went to Hangzhou to see Sasa last week and asked her who she liked the most over the years. She said she liked you the most."
Wang Shu walked out of the room and said, "Okay, Mr. Jiang, I'll help you move the sofa and see my dear ex-wife."
Shen Qingqing said, “You two are reluctant to spend money to hire workers?”
"I can't stand workers stepping on my land," said Jiang Yong.
Shen Qingqing said, "If you are sick, you should go see a doctor."
Wang Shu sat on another Chivas and looked at him. "Don't you like Sasa too? Can't you two give it a try?"
Jiang Yong wondered, "Do I like her?"
Wang Shu put on his sunglasses. "Yeah, you haven't dated anyone since her. If you either really like her, you really hate her. Use the process of elimination. Think for yourself."
Shen Qingqing said, “Anyway, no matter how you look at it, you two should get in touch again, provided you change.”
"You two are both brave and cowardly."
Sasa was lying on the hospital bed, repeatedly flipping through the circle of friends of the man she had dated.
Lin Bozhou is skiing in Japan, Chen Ang can only be seen every three days, Bai Yiding started posting photos of his fiancée on WeChat Moments, Jiang Yong's WeChat Moments are full of formulaic promotions, and Zhou Chengyuan's are all stills.
She flipped through them one by one, memories overlapping with the things she'd done with them. It was fun, a fleeting glimpse. Initially, she'd longed to settle down with a certain man, unsure who she loved, only hoping someone could rescue her from this feeling of being adrift and helpless. Chen Ang had a charming maturity, Chen Baizhou was humorous and down-to-earth, Bai Yiding was romantic, and Jiang Yong was successful. And then there was Zhou Chengyuan. The first time she'd visited him, his home had been incredibly warm, every corner covered, every item had its place. Once, Zhou Chengyuan had cut his hand at her house, and the next day, a worker knocked on the door with wall paint to fix it. He was thoughtful, and he made Sasa feel at home, but not in love.
She felt a little regretful at first, but she became more peaceful as time went on. She didn't know what she wanted yet, but she was getting to know herself better and better.
Mother Chen called and said that her uncle was sick and needed surgery, and asked Sasa if she had any money to give to her uncle.
Sasa raised her right hand and slapped the name on her wristband, typing word by word, "Mom, I'm sick too. I'll be in the operating room tomorrow."
The phone call came and he asked her nervously what was wrong with her.
Sasa replied calmly, "I'm under too much pressure and may get uterine cancer. You should take good care of your brother. You can support each other and live together until old age."
Unexpectedly, the other party choked up a few times and said, "Mom is wrong. Between brother and daughter, Mom will always choose daughter in the future."
Sasa didn't like this kind of pretentious moment, so she hung up the phone. Unexpectedly, her mother transferred a sum of money to her afterwards to "show loyalty", saying that the money was originally intended for her uncle, but now it would be given to Sasa instead of her uncle.
She clasped her phone against her chest and sighed softly, feeling as if all the resentment she had accumulated over the years was finally released. She even slapped herself lightly to ensure that she was not dreaming.
Although she had let out her resentment, she was not happy. After all, what she got back was just an "equal" love, which was obtained in exchange for her illness. No matter whether it was love or family affection, what she had always been entangled in and wanted was favoritism, so she repeatedly failed to get it. For so many years, she had never gotten it from anyone.
Lying on the hospital bed, she still felt a little sad. Sun Ziyi thought she was feeling unwell, so he leaned over and said, "Baby, this is just a minor operation."
Sasa actually laughed, snorted softly, and said, "But it's a sign of my uncompromising nature. I won't just marry any man for a polyp!"
Chen Su is 33 years old and has never experienced a healthy relationship in the secular sense. She has endometrial polyps and the doctor said that it would be better for her to have a baby as soon as possible and find a suitable partner to use her uterus.
Sasa felt that this was a good solution.
Sasa felt that this was a free exchange.
But she wasn't prepared to execute it.
She was given spinal anesthesia, and the moment the oxygen mask was put on, she lost all response, so she didn't know who was waiting for her outside, and Jiang Yong,
Jiang Yong is 37 years old and has serious psychological problems. He is a lonely Poseidon. In fact, he has been searching for many years, wanting to find the dream partner who is 100% compatible with him without changing. But when he was 37 years old, he was confused for a while because he suddenly wanted to change for someone, so he went ashore. After finally figuring it out, he sat in the family waiting area and contacted a psychologist for himself.
Love is a superstition of the right time and place. There is no standard answer to love in the world. It is just a puzzle that you bump into me and I bump into you, and who knows what the answer will be this time.
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