Like most couples seeking romance in Dali, I drove her along Erhai Lake towards the ancient city at sunset.
We didn't chat much along the way, but I felt more fulfilled than ever before and wanted to keep this feeling going... It's just a pity that we're in Dali and Shanghai, so sometimes, it feels quite unrealistic to seriously connect our futures together.
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As we approached the ancient city, I asked Ye Zhi, "Have you found a place to stay?"
“A developer friend of mine reserved a vacation villa for me in Cangshan Courtyard. Could you take me there now?”
I felt a little disappointed, and I also felt that Ping Ge and I were very naive. We didn't even consider who Ye Zhi was. There were many powerful and influential people who befriended her in the Grand Ideal. Even if the inn is now packed with tourists, she will still have a place to stay.
Even so, I still asked her, "Are all the living facilities there complete?"
"Yes, no problem. This villa was originally used by the developer as a model home. Now that the houses have been sold, my friend kept this model home for his own use."
I chuckled and replied, "A show flat! That must be a model of interior design. I guess I wasted my time."
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When we arrived at Cangshan Courtyard, someone was already waiting, so Ye Zhi easily got the keys. After entering this vacation villa, I was once again amazed... I didn't know that Dali had such a stylish seaside vacation villa.
Putting everything else aside, the fact that you can see Cangshan Mountain and Erhai Lake from the courtyard alone makes this villa worth tens of millions. What's more, there's a very exquisite small swimming pool in the courtyard, and next to the pool is a tea table made entirely of precious wood. You can imagine how pleasant it would be to sit in such a courtyard, drink tea, and chat.
After helping Ye Zhi settle her luggage, we sat down at the tea table again. I said to her, "This place is a hundred times better than I imagined, but food is a problem. I just checked, and it's impossible to order takeout... unless you can cook for yourself!"
Ye Zhi looked at me with a penetrating gaze, and then replied, "You seem to mind that I'm staying here. Don't you have somewhere better to go?"
"No...no, no place is better than this!...I'm just worried you can't cook."
Can you?
"I can definitely do a little bit, but I'm usually too lazy to cook... I've been eating takeout here for almost half a year."
"I'll give you a chance to help. I'll buy the groceries, and you can cook... By the way, is it far from where you live?"
"It's a 20-minute ride by motorcycle... If you're confident in my cooking skills, I wouldn't mind coming over every day."
"Then it's settled. We'll go to the supermarket to buy groceries together later... After dinner, we'll go to the old town and find a bar to sit in for a while."
I nodded, but a sense of bewilderment washed over me. Things like going to the supermarket to buy groceries seemed like something only couples living together would do... So, what would it be like when Ye Zhi and I were pushing a shopping cart together, discussing and choosing what to buy?
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I know I shouldn't be thinking of Lu Jia at this time, but to be honest, during the three years we were officially together as lovers, it seems like we never went grocery shopping together... because my place was too small, and there was no place to cook; moreover, the heavy workload often left us breathless, so we didn't have the mood to cook a meal for each other.
Thinking about it more carefully, although I have experienced many setbacks since coming to Dali, it seems that this place has brought me closer to the true nature of life, and at least I feel more human than when I was in Shanghai.
I feel that I have changed a lot in the past six months. I have become more willing to deal with complex interpersonal relationships, and I am more confident and courageous than before. This is not an exaggeration. If it were before, I would never have dared to take the risk of going to a place like Jiulongju.
On a smaller scale, I'm also willing to enjoy the little things in life during my free time, like today... Nothing particularly big happened, but every detail warmed my heart, giving me a feeling of returning to my youth and chasing after my first love!
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