Back at my lodgings, I took out my electric scooter again, then attached a water-retaining clip to the scooter and carefully wiped away any dirt... This will be my livelihood for the foreseeable future, so I must take good care of it.
A little while later, Nicole returned after finishing her work at the bar. I handed her a cigarette, and we sat down together on the steps. She looked at the electric scooter first, then said to me, "When Chen Jin told me, I thought he was joking... You've really decided to deliver food?"
I countered, "Don't you also feel that this is a very undignified job?"
"No, there's no such thing as a high or low job... I'm just worried you might not be able to do it. This job really requires a lot of physical strength."
I replied with a smile, "I love proving myself to others when they doubt me... that I'm capable of doing this well... because I'm a very confident person!"
"Then good luck... But I think what you want to do is definitely not as simple as delivering food."
I looked at Nicole and after a long pause replied, "If I told you that my ultimate goal is to build a larger cultural and tourism complex next to Erhai Lake, would you believe me?"
Nicole looked at me a little nervously.
I exhaled the smoke from my mouth, then laughed and said, "Just kidding... I never want to live in someone else's shadow, and I don't want to compete with anyone... Everything I've done today is for a better tomorrow... I want to be a successful man with my own hands... I really want to!... So, I really have to thank you. If it weren't for this experience in the detention center, I wouldn't have such a strong motivation for life... I plan to find myself a full-time driver within three years... I have to prove to those who laughed at me for not being able to drive that riding in a private car is definitely better!"
Nicole was taken aback at first, then slapped my arm and said, "You jerk... You know I'm bothered by this, and you still joke about it... Or, I might as well be your driver!"
"Haha... The fact that I can joke with you proves that I don't care about this at all... You really shouldn't take it to heart."
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The next morning, I got up early. When I opened the door, Yang Sisi was already sitting in the yard waiting for me. You know, it was only a little past five o'clock, and it wasn't even fully light yet.
Seeing me come out, Yang Sisi stood under the bougainvillea tree again and said to me, "I don't have a talent for cooking, but I can still have breakfast with you... Come on, I'll treat you to the best rice noodles in the old town as a way of supporting your new career."
I jogged downstairs, bathed in the first rays of dawn, and suddenly, like before, I was filled with enthusiasm for life again! Want to chat with more like-minded people about "My Tenant Miss"? Follow "Youdu Literature" on WeChat to read the novel, discuss life, and find kindred spirits!
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