I miss her so much...
But I really couldn't hold on any longer. The will to survive forced me to surface. I grabbed onto a corner of the reef, breathing heavily. My eyes, blurred by the water, ignored everything and only saw a vulnerable and helpless version of myself.
I know how much my parents hope that Lu Jia and I can get married, and I know how much effort they've put into it. That's why I'm so afraid of disappointing them. Only those who have truly experienced it can understand this feeling. I want to be a dutiful son because I know how difficult it was for my parents to raise me.
Both my parents and I were deeply saddened by Lu Jia's departure. All I could do was try my best to hide it, but now I can't hide it anymore!
...
I finally wiped the water off my face, and instantly felt a chill run down my spine. I saw a pair of eyes staring at me from the shore, and it was almost midnight.
I opened my eyes again and realized that the person squatting on the ground with the guitar on his back, looking at me, was Coach Ma. He took a drag of his cigarette and asked me expressionlessly, "Your buddy has this kind of hobby?"
"Holy crap...where did you come from? You scared me to death!"
"Just got off work, passing by."
I climbed out of Erhai Lake, a gust of wind blew by, and I shivered again, but I felt a little better. Then I picked up my phone, which I had left on the shore, and looked at it. There were six missed calls, all from my dad. There was also a message: "Call back immediately if you see this message."
I sniffed, then put on my clothes and sat down next to Coach Ma. I asked him for a cigarette and lit it with trembling hands.
Coach Ma told me to wait, then went back to the inn's storeroom, brought out some firewood, poured kerosene on it, lit it, and said to me, "These things are for Tie Nan's bonfire party, you can use them first."
I moved closer to the fire, and a wave of heat washed over me, dispelling the chill and bringing me back from the hellish ordeal. I said to Coach Ma, "Dude, I'm in big trouble."
Tell me about it.
I took a deep drag of my cigarette and replied, "I told you before, I had a girlfriend in Shanghai. She felt there was no future with me, so she went abroad. But I didn't dare tell my parents about it; they always thought I was doing well in Shanghai. But today, that bastard of a former boss told them everything about how my girlfriend dumped me and how I came to Dali."
"That's enough to make your head hurt... But why did your former boss do that? Even if you no longer work for the company, shouldn't there be some respect for the past?"
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