Looking at the bag filled with 50,000 RMB, a warm feeling welled up inside me, and then I felt a warm sensation at the corner of my eye. I really wanted to cry, but I'm not used to letting others see my vulnerable side, so when Nicole wasn't looking, I wiped away the little bit of moisture from the corner of my eye, and then said with a smile, "You guys rushed to send me money, it really touched me... I'm also quite ashamed, I couldn't control my emotions before and said so many angry things to you!"
Nicole smiled and replied, "Let's not talk about things that aren't worth taking to heart... Tell me, besides Cao Xue and me, who else has given you money?"
"Chen Jin and IIA, before I came back, I had noodles with Chen Jin at a noodle shop. He gave me a bank card with 500,000 yuan in it... This money was the bar share he and IIA gave me in advance. My shares are still in the bar."
Nicole exclaimed, "Chen Jin handled this matter exceptionally well. He not only solved your immediate problem but also preserved a glimmer of hope for the bar."
"No matter what, I'm very grateful to him."
"The bond between men isn't about who's thanking whom."
I smiled and replied, "Whether I need to thank you or not, I will remember these favors... especially you. On your wedding day, I will definitely give you a big gift."
Nicole laughed and said, "Could you give me a sneak peek beforehand so I can be happy?"
"That won't do..."
After a brief pause, I changed the subject and asked her, "After all these years, don't you have any plans to go home and visit? I think it's time for you to reconcile with your parents. When it comes to dowry, you can't just buy it for yourself."
Nicole's mood instantly sombered. After a long silence, she forced a smile and said, "I've been out for too long, and I don't know how to face them anymore. Actually, it's fine to be alone."
“I don’t agree. You have your own career now, and the man who let you down has disappeared from your world. There is no basis for conflict between you and your parents now. The reason you don’t want to go back is probably because you still care about that past.”
“It’s not like that… I don’t want to go back because I feel like I’ve let them down… It has nothing to do with that man.”
"Only you know the truth of your feelings. You've reached the age where you should get married, and there are suitable people around you... Besides, you keep urging me to get back together with Ye Zhi. This is also a subconscious thought of yours because you can't forget the person who hurt you the most in the beginning."
Nicole looked at me with a very complicated expression, then whispered, "Don't say anything... I'll handle my own affairs."
I smiled.
Nicole, realizing what was happening, smiled along with me... At that moment, she probably truly understood how I felt when she told me about Ye Zhi.
Nicole kicked me, and said with displeasure.
He said, "Is it really necessary to hurt each other like this?..."
"This isn't about hurting each other; your problem is much more realistic than mine..."
Before I could finish speaking, Nicole scratched her hair into a mess, then pointed at me, stopping me from continuing... Seeing that I wasn't saying anything, she quickly slung her guitar over her shoulder, said she had something to do at the bar, and disappeared from my sight in a flash.
I find it a bit funny. Next time she mentions Ye Zhi to me, I'll use this trick on her. At worst, we'll just cling to the excuse of "it's for your own good" and hurt each other.
There was no way around it; she was the one who "forced" me down the path of becoming a bad friend!
...
Thinking of Ye Zhi, my heart was filled with mixed feelings again. I still had to contact her. I knew very well that I couldn't owe her a favor for the bar advertisement. So, I called her again.
She seemed busy, so it took her a long time to answer. She asked me, "Is something wrong?"
Remembering the cash Nicole had given me, I replied, "If you're in Dali, let's meet up. I'll pay you back the money I spent on the advertising."
"Didn't I say that these are resources from Zihan's company?"
"Do you think I don't have Jian Zihan's contact information?"
Ye Zhi first sighed, then suddenly became emotional, and for the first time in her life, she said to me in a very irritated tone: "Why are you such a digging person... It's just an advertisement, it doesn't matter who I help... Do you have to make it sound like you're competing with me?... I'm already tired enough!"
"Did I make you tired?... No way... Regardless of what you think, I'm telling you right now, if you don't accept this money... I'll send it to the finance department of your Cangshan Villa, and I don't care whether you use it as public funds or give it to you personally..."
"Michael...you!"
"That's just the kind of person I am... I have a clear sense of right and wrong."
"Whatever you want, go ahead and do whatever you want."
Ye Zhi hung up the phone just like that, and I was very angry. I immediately took out 100,000 yuan from the money Nicole had given me. I had made up my mind that if she still had this attitude, I would send the money to the finance department of "Cangshan Villa" first thing tomorrow morning.
Ye Zhi gave in and then sent me an account number via text message, asking me to transfer the money to that account...
I immediately checked with the bank to confirm that it was indeed her account, and then transferred 100,000 yuan to this card in batches.
However, I did not feel the joy of victory... I know that my evil deeds and harsh words made her feel helpless... But I once told her that she was the woman I wanted to protect most in my life.
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