Long after Ye Zhi left, I was still standing in front of the convenience store where we had talked. For a moment, I was so disoriented that I forgot where I was and what I had done just moments before. Then I suddenly remembered the feeling of biting her lip...
I felt like I was melting. Then, I remembered her long hair, her beautiful voice, her proper manners, and her calm wisdom in the face of adversity.
I find it strange. Even though nothing substantial has happened between us, all I can think about are her good points... What's wrong with me?
I lit a cigarette and sat on the bench in front of the convenience store, thinking carefully, but I still couldn't figure out why this change had happened... I guess this is the strange relationship between people. Before I met her, I did have a lot of dissatisfaction; but after I met her, all I could think of were her good points.
I thought back and realized that she didn't seem to particularly dislike my unexpected kiss, which should mean that she still had feelings for me... And it was precisely because of this self-suggestion that I didn't want to think about her shortcomings.
I finally felt a bit better, so I got up and went to the convenience store to buy a pack of cigarettes, and then left.
...
I found a designated driver online to take me and the car back to Chen Jin's place. After taking a nice, long shower, I picked up a financial magazine and started reading it in bed.
Nicole sent me another WeChat message, questioning whether I was even a man, saying that all I did was run away from things and that I wouldn't even answer her calls.
I tossed the magazine aside and replied directly with a voice message: "Hey lady, I haven't done anything heinous, why are you still bothering me?"
"I hate it when people don't reply to my messages... This is disrespectful to me!"
"You're pressuring me like this, how am I supposed to reply?... Why don't you come to Shanghai and just take my head? I'm getting tired of living anyway!"
"A grown man, your solution to problems is death... You're really something."
“I have no regrets about dying at your hands… If you don’t have the guts to kill me, then stop nagging me.”
"Who wants to kill you... I just want to know what you and Ye Zhi are planning to do... Don't you realize that if I didn't consider you friends, would I be so concerned about this!"
I let out a soft sigh, then replied, "It's not as good as I thought, but it's not as bad as I imagined either... Let's leave it at that for now."
"Could you please explain this more clearly?"
“I can’t explain it to you… Why don’t you ask Ye Zhi what she’s thinking… By the way, we just had dinner together and were chatting when she got a call saying that something had happened at their group’s hotel in Sanya, and then she rushed to the airport… To be honest, I’m still a little confused because we only got halfway through our conversation.”
"I won't ask what you were talking about, I'll just ask how you met with the higher-ups."
"You might not believe it, but we bumped into each other at the place we agreed to meet yesterday."
"Believe it, why wouldn't you believe it... As long as you both have that place in your hearts, you'll definitely go... I've told you before, the problem between you two isn't that you don't have feelings for each other, but that you're both too individualistic... But I think it's actually quite sad if a relationship is ruined by the individuality of both people... What do you think?"
"I think so too, but the fact is, so many people have been ruined by their personality."
“Take this as a warning…” Perhaps feeling it was inappropriate, Nicole paused for a moment before adding, “I would say the same thing to Ye Zhi.”
“That’s right, that’s fair and just… By the way, when you contact Ye Zhi later, ask her for me if her promise to go back to my hometown with me still counts. If it does, I’ll wait for her in Dali.”
"You've already met her, why don't you ask her yourself?"
I lowered my voice and replied, "I dare not ask... But I'll tell you, just now when we were eating at the food street, I forcibly kissed her in front of everyone on the street... If she's bothered by this, wouldn't it be a terrible situation if I asked her about it again..."
Before Nicole could answer, I continued in a cryptic tone, "Put yourself in a woman's shoes and analyze this for me. What was she thinking when I did something so audacious to her? Did she find it exciting or enjoyable? After all, she didn't even slap me after it happened."
"How could you be such a beast!... Even if you're shameless, think about Ye Zhi... She's a young woman!!"
"I asked you to analyze it, and you just cursed at me... Are you really going to stick to Ye Zhi's side and refuse to budge?"
"You deserve to be scolded."
"If you keep insulting me, I'll really start to think there's something wrong with your sexual orientation... If you didn't like Ye Zhi, would you be so biased towards her?!"
Nicole burst out, "Michael, how come I never realized you were such a scoundrel before... You really dare to say anything! According to your logic, if I speak up for you, does that prove that I'm sexually normal and that I like you?!"
"You wouldn't dare like me... you'd be struck by lightning."
"Look at you... you're rotten to the core!"
I chuckled, indicating that I was joking. Nicole then calmed down and said, "I don't know if you did anything wrong... but you're really bold. If Ye Zhi shouted 'pervert'... you could be drowned by everyone's spit on that street."
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