If someone doesn't love you anymore, they simply don't love you anymore. There's absolutely no need for pointless struggles or speculation.
...
Leaving the bar made me feel even worse, so I took a taxi to the Bund. I don't know why I went there; maybe it was because of some memories there. Since I was already so sad, I might as well immerse myself in those memories and suffer to my heart's content!
Sitting on a bench by the shore, I lit a cigarette and stared blankly at the passing boats.
I felt like I was hallucinating, as if her scent lingered in the air, mixed with the smell of tobacco, wafting towards me in waves.
I really want to lie down and get away from it.
I'm afraid I'll have even bigger hallucinations and imagine her right in front of me, and that would be the most painful thing.
...
I was a little drunk and kept squinting. If Lu Jia hadn't called, I would have almost fallen asleep on the bench.
On the phone, Lu Jia asked me, "Did Yang Sisi find you?"
"Found it."
"What exactly did she want to see you about?"
I sat up from my chair, pressed my temples, and then said to Lu Jia in a low voice, "Ye Zhi is back... She survived the shipwreck."
After a deathly silence, Lu Jia smiled and replied, "If Yang Sisi isn't joking with you... this is truly a good thing!"
"I'm not kidding."
"Michael... will you go to see her?"
"No...it's all over between us...and she hasn't come looking for me."
"But I'm really scared... I've been keeping track of the time, and now it's only two months and six days away from the date we agreed on."
I remained silent.
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