Because it was an art film, the theater wasn't very full, so there were only five people in the theater besides me. I was sitting in the last row, and they were all in front of me. The blue light from the screen shone on them, creating an indescribable sense of desolation... There was no interaction between them; perhaps they were already immersed in the story, or perhaps they didn't even know each other.
This atmosphere allowed me to enter a state of complete absorption. I forgot why I came to see the movie, and I forgot what I had been doing just a moment ago. My phone, with the group chat window open, had been sitting on my lap for quite some time...
It wasn't until the scene of the male lead and the second female lead making love passionately in the car appeared on the screen that I came back to my senses... Unfortunately, I don't know what kind of emotional buildup led them to engage in 'sexual' behavior.
I don't think it's a case of deep affection, because in traditional movie tropes, deep affection can only occur between the male and female leads. But at this moment, the one moaning beneath the male lead is the second female lead. So, it's possible that one of them is drunk; or perhaps the male lead's initial character is that of a very casual scumbag, and for him at this stage, as long as he can release his pent-up desires, it could be Ms. Wang, Ms. Zhao, or Ms. Yang...
After the passionate scene ended, I suddenly lost interest in continuing to watch, because I was already tired of the cliché of a man turning from bad to good. Compared to that, I was more interested in seeing how a man goes from good to bad; I felt that this was more worthy of analysis and artistic presentation. Perhaps this sounds a bit negative, but it is precisely this kind of negativity that can evoke deeper reflection and vigilance in people…
I mentally gave this movie a score of one, solely for the second female lead's looks; everything else was garbage. The next moment, I put my phone in my pocket and left the theater.
...
I was still wandering around this large shopping mall when my phone rang again. I looked at it and saw it was Nicole calling again. She probably wanted to question me about why I hadn't replied to her message in the group chat. After all, in her opinion, bringing up the fictitious Yang Sisi was helping me.
Sure enough, after I answered the call, she asked me, "What's wrong with you? Why didn't you reply to my message in the group chat?"
"I don't know how to answer."
"I'm trying to help you..."
I interrupted her, saying, "Aren't you afraid you'll just make things worse?... Ye Zhi hasn't completely gotten over Lu Jia yet, and now you're bringing up Yang Sisi to stab her again. What will she think of me as a man?... Am I that desperate? Can't I live without a woman by my side? Do I have to be with someone else all the time?"
"Uh... so you have to explain, and a good explanation will earn you extra points."
"I'm bad with words, can you teach me how to explain this?"
“I don’t mind if you scold me… So, you can scold me a few times first, call me a liar, and then tell Ye Zhi that you only have her in your heart… Don’t women love to hear things like that? But you’re the opposite; you don’t say anything. Wouldn’t she really misunderstand?”
I smiled, then looked up at the giant poster in the mall, and after a long while replied, "If she really thinks I'm that unreasonable, then what's the point of my explanation? If in her heart, I, Michael, am still a decent man, then why should I explain... Nicole, I really thank you for helping me so much, but between Ye Zhi and me, I really feel like something is missing; how to put it, it's like an iron fist hitting cotton, she'll never know how hard I hit, and she won't feel any heartache... Hehe, I can understand that, after all, she grew up in that kind of environment, it's normal for her to have a superior mindset, and she has the right to be proud!"
"If you put it that way, I'm really disappointed in Ye Zhi... because you've trapped yourself in a dead end and can't see any good in her."
"You're blaming me again! ... Why don't you ask her if she can still see the shining side of me, Michael?"
"I really don't know where your temper comes from!"
"I had already let go of this matter, but I'm really unhappy that you're forming cliques and gangs with her!"
"You're really getting cocky when I say you're fat... Do you want to come back to Dali right now and have a fight with me?!"
"Let's fight if you dare."
"You're really something, daring to fight a woman like me!" After a slight pause, Nicole continued, "You just said that Ye Zhi is a superior and arrogant woman. So tell me, would she lower herself to form an alliance with me, Nicole?"
I paused for a moment, then said, "You're just arguing for the sake of arguing!"
“I’m not arguing for the sake of arguing, you’re just too contradictory… I can tell you very clearly that Ye Zhi is not the kind of woman you imagine, you’re underestimating her.”
I continued to retort, "How long have you known her? You're talking like you know her better than I do."
“I certainly don’t know her as well as you do, but we are both women, so I can try to understand her actions from a woman’s perspective. Although there may be some emotions involved, they won’t be excessive. Besides, the conflict between you two originated with you… Is it really that hard to resolve the conflict with a little more patience?”
"I don't understand what you're saying."
Nicole smiled and replied, "You can't possibly misunderstand... I think you care too much about Ye Zhi's status, so your self-esteem becomes particularly fragile; as soon as she doesn't do what you want, you subconsciously think she's disrespecting you and putting you in a very low position... But if an ordinary woman did the same thing, would you still be so sensitive?... I don't think so. You would naturally put yourself on an equal footing with her and handle the conflicts between you, but you can't perform normally with Ye Zhi... So it's not that Ye Zhi wants to defeat you, it's your inner demons that defeat you!"
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