After having lunch at Yang Sisi's place, I returned to Longkan. I didn't bother Ye Zhi, but sat in the bar for a while... When I was able to calmly look at Erhai Lake outside the window, I realized that the novelty I felt when I first arrived in Dali was gradually fading in my heart.
This is not a good thing for me, because I will have to consider some more practical issues again, just like when I was in Shanghai.
To be honest, I don't have any good ways to manage my life right now, nor do I have a clear goal that I'm "forcing" myself to do something.
With nothing to do, I opened my laptop and started writing on Weibo. I have quite a few feelings about what happened in the past two days... especially about the man I ran into last night, who really stirred up my emotions.
I'm wondering: what kind of circumstances would he need to recover after losing his girlfriend of eight years?
So, I expressed what I saw and thought in writing...
Although she doesn't have many followers on Weibo, everyone is paying close attention to this controversial event and has expressed their opinions. Most of them expressed their understanding of the woman's actions. Although she hurt the man's feelings, she also gave him a new way out, which is a rational choice. They feel that love is generally cheap nowadays, and it would be unwise to ruin two people's lives for the sake of so-called love.
Such arguments make me feel quite sad, but thinking about it, they are also true, so I have remained silent since posting the Weibo.
...
After finishing a can of beer, I looked out the window again and saw Coach Ma standing by Erhai Lake. He extinguished his cigarette, then lit another one, looking extremely melancholy.
I closed my laptop, then walked out of the inn and stood beside him. I handed him a can of beer and asked, "Something on your mind?"
Coach Ma took the beer, glanced at me, and replied, "Hmm."
Tell me about it.
"Bai Lu and Guo Yang have agreed to divorce... Bai Lu didn't ask for anything, including custody of the children."
I was stunned for a moment before asking, "How can you just get a divorce like that?"
"This is nothing new. As long as Bai Lu agrees to leave with nothing, her divorce from Guo Yang will be easy."
I was silent for a while before saying to Coach Ma, "Bai Lu didn't even ask for custody of the child... Anyone with eyes can see that she divorced you because of you... So, I really want to know what you're thinking now."
Coach Ma took a deep drag on his cigarette and replied, "I don't like her throwing such difficult problems at me."
"If you put it that way, then I really look down on you... Bai Lu cut off all her escape routes, not so that you could say such heartless things."
"I have a thorn in my heart."
"If there's a thorn, just pull it out..."
After a brief pause, I continued, "Your brother-in-law's situation must have been very difficult for Bai Lu... In the past few years, whenever she earns a little money, she uses it to pay off your brother-in-law's debts... As a woman, it's already quite remarkable that she can do this; she's very responsible."
Coach Ma shook his head and replied, "I really can't face my sister... I can't explain Bai Lu to her family either... If we stay in Dali, we're doomed... We can't control what others say, they'll definitely call us adulterers."
“I think you’re not someone who cares about worldly opinions.”
"But she will care."
"Then take her away from Dali... China is so big, surely there's enough food for both of you?"
After saying those words, I was shocked by myself. I live in this incredibly realistic world, yet I unrealistically encouraged my best friend to elope with a woman...
Coach Ma sniffed, and after a long while said to me, "You want us to elope?"
Is it difficult?
Coach Ma shook his head and replied, "It's not difficult. No matter where we go, we have the ability to make a living... But I've always thought that Dali is the last stop in my life... Once this idea is formed, it's hard to change it in my mind."
"I don't think it's difficult... I'll just ask you, Dali or Bailu, which is more important to you?"
Coach Ma stared at me in astonishment, clearly having never mentally compared the two. After a long while, he smiled and said, "Thanks, buddy... I know what to do."
I patted him on the shoulder, and then we fell silent together... I didn't smoke or drink, but looking at the shimmering Erhai Lake in front of me, I gradually felt a sense of loneliness... Because Coach Ma and Bai Lu left, I had even fewer friends in Dali, and those nights when we ate barbecue, drank beer, and talked about life together in the guesthouse felt like a shattered dream, gone forever.
I lowered my head, lit another cigarette against the cold wind, and after smoking it for almost half, I smiled and said to Coach Ma, "Go find Bai Lu and tell her your decision... At this moment, what she needs most is for you to stand firmly by her side."
"Um."
I took out another bank card from my wallet and handed it to Instructor Ma, saying, "This card is linked to the inn's POS system. Take 200,000 yuan from it and give it to Zhao Jing. You can keep the rest."
“I can’t accept this money… You’ll have plenty of expenses in Dali.”
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