Thinking about her many accolades, I feel like we've grown even further apart, which makes me want to run away, but subconsciously I still want to see her.
This is what makes relationships so contradictory. Those who can truly balance things well are probably already living happy lives... Those who can't, like me and Ping Ge right now, are two lonely and vulgar old men, drinking and envying others who are in pairs, but helpless when it comes to their own love lives.
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I returned to Jiulongju in a daze and helped a guest who had to leave Dali temporarily to check out. With his departure, the temporary inn was also nearing the end of its life. This was a good thing, because the end also meant that I had earned my first pot of gold without any major incident.
This is incredibly significant; at the very least, it gives me the confidence to survive in Dali. But when I checked my card balance, I couldn't help but feel sorry for Tie Nan, wondering what his final fate would be.
Today, I spoke with lawyer Lin Xiaokun. He said that Tie Nan's case won't be resolved anytime soon, and he asked me to wait patiently. He also said that he would defend Tie Nan in the most optimistic way possible.
I believe in his abilities and want to use this time to earn more money so that I can help Tie Nan in some way when he needs it.
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After washing up, I lay in bed and booked a flight from Kunming to Shanghai for tomorrow. The main reason I didn't fly directly from Dali was to save money, because there are special-offer flights from Kunming to Shanghai. However, Yang Sisi, who was also going back to Shanghai in the next couple of days, didn't care about that. She was taking a direct flight from Dali to Shanghai.
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The next day, after getting up, I helped the departing guests check out. Around 4 p.m., I saw off the last group of guests... and Jiulongju returned to its usual state. In the huge commercial street, there was only me, Brother Ping, and that foreigner Mark. If you included his dog, it was just as deserted.
Honestly, seeing this scene makes me miss all sorts of guests. With them around, Jiulongju has a unique charm... Especially those enthusiastic aunties among the guests, who would always chat with me and introduce me to nice girls they knew as potential girlfriends. This gave me the illusion that I was a very popular young man... So, for a long time, I really enjoyed chatting with them.
After all the guests left, I checked all the rooms again, then locked the doors and removed the keys; these keys were to be returned to Cao Jinbo.
I should go find Cao Jinbo, because I need to give him my share of the temporary inn's profits; also, I have some ideas I need to discuss with him...
I called Cao Xue, hoping to arrange a time to talk with Cao Jinbo tonight; he said that Cao Jinbo had gone to Myanmar on business and would not be back for another three or four days.
That's good too, it gives me a time limit for how long I can stay in Shanghai.
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Before packing my luggage, I sent Yang Sisi a WeChat message to ask if she had arrived in Shanghai yet; she told me that she and her father were already on a flight to an overseas country...
Honestly, I thought she would stay in Shanghai for another two or three days, but I didn't expect her to spend all her available time in Dali.
So even though I went to Shanghai, I didn't have the chance to see her again, and the next time we meet is even more unknown than the unknown.
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