Yang Sisi's message was like warm sunshine, melting away the winter's ice for me, and I finally felt a little happier. I smiled first, and then replied to her: "I'm being discharged from the hospital this morning, and I'll be able to wear the clothes you sent me later."
Yang Sisi smiled back and asked, "Is your leg feeling better?"
"I'm much better. The doctor said that after resting at home for another month, I can get out of bed and walk."
"The recovery is going quite well."
"Of course, with my excellent constitution, I'll definitely recover faster than others... What have you been busy with lately?"
"I signed up for a yoga class, a flower arranging class, and a baking class..."
"Don't you feel especially fulfilled?"
"Wait until I finish... and then my dad 'forced' me to go back to work at the company. Not only did I waste my tuition money, but I'm practically living at the company all day long. The only thing I have to do is ask my dad for permission to go to the bathroom..."
"Hahahaha... In the end, the mischievous monkey could not escape the Buddha's palm!"
This time, I waited a long time, but Yang Sisi didn't reply to my message. I don't know if she was busy or if she was upset about my gloating.
I sent another message asking, "What did your dad ask you to do?"
After waiting another five minutes, Yang Sisi finally replied: "From buying him breakfast and serving him tea and water; to drafting contracts and issuing invoices... he's like a madman now. I only have the ability of a fingernail, but he insists on using me as an all-rounder. Wherever there's a shortage or a gap, there's me scrambling around!"
When two people are together for a long time, their words and actions will become similar to each other to varying degrees. When I am dissatisfied with someone or think that someone has gone too far, I like to use the word "crazy". Yang Sisi is the same. Sometimes I really feel that we are two stones connected together, and we have existed in this world for a long time.
I can imagine Yang Sisi's expression when she sent this message. I smiled unconsciously and replied, "Aren't you a person with a particularly strong sense of self? How can you be willing to be manipulated by your father?"
"Then what do you suggest I do?"
"Win over your dad... get him to go with you to yoga, flower arranging, and baking classes..."
“I did talk to my dad about it… but he said that these things need to be done with a boyfriend to add romance to life… I can’t outsmart my dad anymore, and sometimes I even get outsmarted… Ever since he failed in business once, he seems to have suddenly become incredibly cunning!”
"I don't quite understand. You're not the type to willingly let him control you, are you? Have you fallen into depravity?"
"Without any benefit, who would willingly submit to his control?"
"What benefits did he give you? Tell me so I can be happy too."
"It has nothing to do with you, why are you so happy... I have to go now, my dad is urging me to have breakfast again, I have to go buy it for him right away."
"Then go ahead and get busy... I'll contact you when I have time."
I put down my phone, and the image that naturally came to mind was...
Seeing Yang Sisi busy, a thought suddenly struck him, and he sent her another message: "I miss you too!"
This time, after waiting for a long time, Yang Sisi still didn't reply... but she will definitely see it, and she will probably cry.
...
At 9:30, Chen Jin drove to the hospital, accompanied by Lao Mi, my mother, and Nicole... They came to pick me up. Before completing the discharge procedures, I asked Chen Jin to pay the medical expenses I owed, totaling 45 yuan. After that, the money I had at my disposal was getting less and less.
Back at my lodgings, after lunch, I sat alone in the courtyard, staring blankly at a jujube tree outside... I had mentally prepared myself that the days to come would probably not be much better than when I was in the hospital.
...
After sitting there for a while, I called Nicole out from inside the house where she was cleaning. It was actually quite difficult to ask for money, but I had suddenly lost my income, and I couldn't ignore my mother and father's expenses in Dali, so I reluctantly asked Nicole, "Do you have any spare cash?"
"What's wrong?"
"I've run into a bunch of money problems at once, and I'm broke. I was wondering if I could borrow some from you."
How much do you want?
I didn't know how much to lend without making Nicole feel awkward, so I conservatively said, "Uh... ten thousand."
Nicole was in a dilemma. She replied, "I had a lot of spare money before, but I invested it all in the bars in Lijiang... Recently, I have been taking money from the bars' revenue... There is not much money left in the accounts, and I need to buy a batch of goods later... I can only give you 5,000 yuan."
It's no wonder Nicole is in a difficult position. I had already taken a lot of money when I withdrew my investment from the bar, and now they're investing in Lijiang. Even if "Women's Flower" bar is a cash cow, it can't withstand this kind of turmoil.
Thinking about it, I shook my head and replied, "Forget it, it's safer to keep more money in the bar's accounts... I'll ask someone else for a solution."
Nicole sighed first, then said with emotion, "I really don't know what to say about you and Chen Jin... You made so much money at Jiulongju back then, and in just over a year, you've both gone back to square one; in a while, you won't even have a problem eating, will you?"
I laughed: "This is what a joyful life is all about... A life that never changes is so boring!"
"If you can really think like that and feel no sense of loss at all, then I admire you... Don't forget, when you were at the height of your fame, you were someone who bought a BMW 7 Series."
Why did you bring this up on purpose and make me unhappy?
"You see, there's still a sense of disappointment."
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