"I'm reflecting on this too... but I really don't know why he did it! He only left a breakup text message and then he was gone... even death doesn't end so cleanly, does it?"
Nicole was laughing and crying at the same time, and in the end she didn't know where to put her hands...
If love were a bullet, Nicole would have already sacrificed herself.
She finally wiped away her tears and said to me, "We've been talking for so long, and I still don't know your name."
"Migo".
"Rice cake?... Once people are full, shouldn't they stop experiencing pain?"
"Hehe, if people are just living for basic needs, I think that's pretty happy... That's why my dad gave me this name, probably hoping I would live a simpler life."
Nicole smiled, then turned to stare blankly at the deserted street. After a moment, she asked me, "Mi Gao... you're a man. Can you tell me from a man's perspective why he left me when I loved him so much?"
"Maybe he's fallen out of love, or maybe he's found someone new..."
Nicole interrupted me: "He's not that shallow."
"I haven't finished speaking yet... I think the most likely reason is that he doesn't want to be a burden to you anymore, and leaving is sometimes a way of fulfilling his wishes."
Nicole looked at me...
I lit another cigarette and said, “I also have an unpleasant experience in relationships… Before coming to Dali, I worked in Shanghai and had a girlfriend I had been with for over three years… Half a year ago, she wanted to study abroad, and the price was that we broke up… I agreed, not because I didn’t love her, at least I still loved her at the time… Because she had better options, I didn’t want to hold her back anymore… Three years, three years is just too long. I made her live in disappointment every day, and I’ve already wronged her enough!”
"You can strive... why are you so self-righteous?"
“I’ve been in Shanghai for four years… If hard work leads to success, then I should have succeeded by now…” I paused briefly, then continued, “I’m not making excuses for myself… There are so many people striving in Shanghai, and even in society as a whole, but how many actually succeed?… Most people are just cannon fodder in the process of socialization, because the distribution of wealth is never even; that’s a law!”
Even if what you're saying is true, what does that have to do with love?
"I don't know... but that's just the way things are now... people have become accustomed to tying material needs and romantic needs together... so you see many couples arguing fiercely about the amount of the bride price before marriage... but they're unwilling to calmly consider whether they got together for love or for the bride price today?... I'm not criticizing the custom of bride prices, nor am I defending men... if a man has 100,000, then giving 80,000 as a bride price is perfectly reasonable. If a woman asks for 150,000 at that time, she's being unreasonable... conversely, if a man has 100,000 but is only willing to give 10,000, or doesn't want to give any at all... then that man is in the wrong!"
After a brief pause, I continued, "If you don't have the power to change all of this, you should understand that you should do everything within your means... including love!"
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