With my help, Yang Sisi also sat on the wall that read "Jiulongju Commercial Pedestrian Street". She looked around curiously for a moment, then exclaimed, "You really know how to pick a spot! I didn't expect to be able to see both Cangshan Mountain and Erhai Lake from here!"
"Yes... Seeing Cangshan Mountain and Erhai Lake makes me feel better."
"And what if you see me?"
I glanced at Yang Sisi instinctively; she was smiling at me, so I smiled back and replied, "Your apron is quite nice..."
Yang Sisi complained, "What's so pretty about it... Putting on this apron means I'm going to have to do all the dirty and tiring work again... Didn't you see I just threw away another bag of trash? It's disgusting! You have no idea how awful some of the customers are... They leave their leftovers all over the place... And there are even worse ones... Forget it, I'm not going to talk about it anymore, it'll ruin my mood!"
After Yang Sisi finished speaking, she fanned her face with both hands, looking very angry.
Having worked in a guesthouse, I could understand how she felt. I asked her, "Didn't Cao Xiaobei hire a cleaner? Why did he make you do such dirty work?"
"There's only one cleaning lady available for now, but she's on leave, so I'll have to take over for now."
I sighed, "Cao Xiaobei doesn't seem to be as nice to you as he used to be... How could he let you do cleaning work!"
Yang Sisi seemed particularly eager to prove something. As soon as I finished speaking, she said to me with dissatisfaction, "He didn't let me do it... but he really can't clean properly himself, so I had to do it. I don't want the newly opened inn to ruin its reputation because of poor hygiene..."
"You're very good to him!"
Yang Sisi glared at me, then asked forcefully, "Am I not good to you?"
I laughed: "That's fine...that's fine too!"
After saying that, I took out a cigarette and lit it. I felt inexplicably relieved, probably because Yang Sisi was by my side. She was like an innocent and carefree girl, always infecting me so that I didn't want to think about the many troubles of the adult world.
She then asked, "How is Uncle?"
"I just had a PET-CT scan, and the results won't be available for another two or three days... I hope it's a good result, otherwise how can people believe in the saying 'good deeds are rewarded'... right?"
"Of course... Uncle looks kind and gentle, he'll definitely be fine!"
Yang Sisi comforted me in such an immature way, but I still smiled.
After a brief silence, I changed the subject and asked her, "Do you consider yourself a successful person now?"
Yang Sisi thought for a moment and replied, "That depends on who you're comparing yourself to... Compared to me, you're definitely a very, very successful person."
I took a drag of my cigarette and said with a hint of disappointment, "No... I'm quite a failure. I've done so much and finally achieved this little bit of success, but in other people's eyes, the way I make money is just opportunistic... Is it that people have this mentality that they have to rely entirely on themselves and do hard labor in order not to be considered opportunistic?"
"Who said that?... If someone has such a mentality, it only proves that they don't know how to utilize the resources around them and don't know how to be flexible... How many people succeed by working alone? They all rely on the resources of others... Haha, I think only a chauvinistic man would say something like that... They lack ability themselves, so they can't stand others being flexible... I've seen many people like this. They either say that other people's success is due to women, men, or parents... They just refuse to acknowledge other people's talent and hard work... But they don't even consider how successful they themselves are, the people who utter such idle gossips. Haha, I absolutely do not believe that a person with great ambitions would say such things to others..."
"Is that so?"
"Others may not know what you've been through, but I do... When you were running the temporary inn at Jiulongju, you were under a lot of pressure, and being able to find business opportunities in Jiulongju is a testament to your talent. What's there to say about that..."
After a brief pause, Yang Sisi continued, "I still remember how you endured the disgust to unclog the toilets for the guests when they were clogged... And another time, when the water was cut off in the commercial street, you took buckets and carried them out one by one to deliver to the guests... In the end, your hands were covered in blisters... I saw all of that, really... In my eyes, you are the best, no matter what others say, you are the best!"
I smiled, and felt a little better after hearing those words.
I finally spoke to Yang Sisi and said, "That's because you've always been by my side."
"Whether I'm by your side or not doesn't matter... Anyway, you'll definitely succeed in the end. You're really smart and incredibly hardworking. You're different from most men, so you don't need to care too much about what others think."
I lowered my head, my heart filled with mixed emotions... It wasn't until I said those words myself that I realized that through wind and rain, Yang Sisi had been by my side through thick and thin, but I couldn't find a way to cherish her properly, and even neglected her at times.
I looked at Yang Sisi again... All my words, in the end, boiled down to one sentence: "I will do my best," which I said to Yang Sisi.
...
It was completely dark by then, and Yang Sisi sat with me on the wall under the flickering lights. During this time, Xiao Li called me again, saying that the client in Wenzhou had relented and agreed to buy the shop from our studio for 2.2 million yuan, and that we could go to complete the transfer procedures tomorrow.
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