After sitting in the air-conditioned room for a while, I felt the air was a bit stuffy, so while waiting for Chen Jin to answer the call, I opened the window, and a wave of heat immediately swept in, which made me feel a bit dazed. Even in Dali, a place where the four seasons are not distinct, it is not as exaggerated as it can get to over 30 degrees Celsius in winter.
I couldn't quite adjust to this change, and I couldn't help but sneeze.
At the same time, Chen Jin, who had just connected to the phone, was panting heavily and complained to me, "I'm really fed up with the weather in Kunming. They say it's like spring all year round, but it's so cold outside it's almost freezing!"
"Is it raining again?"
"That's right, I've been traveling all the way... I've arrived at the airport, but I still can't get through to Ye Zhi on her phone, so I'm waiting for her by the roadside."
"I'll arrive around this time. Once you've contacted her, send me a message."
Chen Jin laughed, "It's already past two o'clock there... Why aren't you asleep yet?"
"It's just that I was worried... Actually, I had already taken a nap and just woke up."
"Honestly, she chose this particular time to come back!"
"Why don't you realize you're working for someone else now?"
"Brother, I'm a human being, not a machine! I've been driving all night, can't I even complain a little? This is definitely your fault. She's such a punctual person, she wouldn't have rushed herself like this. It must be because you wouldn't let her go!"
After a brief silence, I replied, "I did keep her, but I didn't know beforehand that she had to rush back to attend a meeting at the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development. If I had known she was so tired, I would have let her go much earlier."
"Now you understand what I was saying, right?... I wasn't lying to you. She really had to pay a higher price to accomplish the same thing."
"Um."
"If I may ask, what exactly is your relationship now?"
"I can't explain it... You know, there are too many helpless situations in the adult world, so please don't ask me anymore."
“Michael, I don’t like hearing that. What do you mean by saying the adult world is full of helplessness? Tell me, how helpless can it be?... The reason you feel helpless is only because you haven’t experienced enough, you haven’t figured out what you really want... I’m not criticizing you alone on this point, Ye Zhi is the same... I just don’t believe that if you two really decide to be together, anyone can hold a knife to your throats and try to ruin things for you?... If someone really did that, they would be breaking the law and would be unpopular!”
"You're still the same old you! Anyway, you're not involved, so you can say whatever you want."
"If you're going to say that about me, then I really need to have a serious talk with you... I saw a really interesting comment while listening to music just now, let me tell you about it. It's roughly like this: Yang Dahe gave you the innocence of youth, Wu Hao gave you Dr. perfume, Yu Yang treated you like a drinking machine for social occasions, and Huang Yuebin only wanted to..."
He's trying to take your money; He Zhi loves you but is a mama's boy; only Zhang Chao truly wants a home with you, to plan for the future together, and to live a simple, peaceful life... I ask you, in your understanding, who will that woman in the comments ultimately choose, and what kind of lifestyle will she choose?
I thought for a moment and replied, "Zhang Chao, I guess."
Why Zhang Chao?
"Because he sounds the most reliable."
"Wrong. I think she'll end up with He Zhi... because everyone else approaches her with ulterior motives, only He Zhi truly loves her... I believe that what brings two people together must be love; actually, the most terrifying one is Zhang Chao. After he actually marries this woman, he'll turn her into a breeding machine, because everything is within his plan. He'll plan when to buy a house, when to get a promotion and a raise, only regretting that birth, aging, sickness, and death can't be planned... But can't life have passion besides planning and ordinariness?... It's foreseeable that under Zhang Chao's tutelage, this woman will eventually become a housewife who only knows about firewood, rice, oil, salt, soy sauce, vinegar, and tea... I think the biggest lie in the world is living a mundane life... So, you and Ye Zhi really shouldn't have so many plans. Just follow your heart, and all the troubles between you will naturally disappear... I, Chen Jin, dare to take responsibility for what I've said!" For the latest chapter, please follow the author's WeChat official account "Tank's Bookstall," view the complete song list for this book, and participate in more activities to interact with the author.
Just as I was about to say something, the voice call dropped. It was probably Ye Zhi calling him; the program automatically prioritizes phone calls.
...
After standing alone at the window for a while, Chen Jin sent me another text message. He told me that he had picked up Ye Zhi and asked me to think carefully about what he had just said.
I found it laughable and considered it nonsense; he's just bored.
What if this woman actually enjoys this planned, mundane life? When he told me all this, he completely ignored the aspect of needs, and love is just one of the many human needs; none of us are Casanovas.
However, I really missed the two days Ye Zhi spent in Thailand; for me, being able to plan some things is a blessing in life!
...
The next morning, Brother Ping took me to the hospital. We met his doctor friend who was very prestigious in the neurology department. The initial diagnosis was that I was no longer eligible for conservative treatment and that I needed surgery to have any hope of recovery.
For me, this was like a gamble with my fate. I was definitely nervous, but I also hoped that the surgery would solve the problem once and for all.
So I resolutely signed the surgical liability waiver.
The surgery was scheduled for three days later, which was the fastest speed that Brother Ping could arrange.
...
As the evening sun set, I lay alone in my hospital bed.
The "Green Submariner" that Ye Zhi bought for me is on the bedside table next to me; I'm a bit preoccupied, constantly imagining what it will be like after my leg heals.
I want to go swimming at the beach, drink freely with my friends, and stand on a beach with no end in sight, shouting out my life's grand ambitions.
As I pondered, I sank into profound loneliness once more.
This place is different from Dali. When I was hospitalized in Dali, friends would visit me from time to time. Here, Brother Ping is my only social circle. If he's not here, I have no one to talk to all day.
...
After a moment of distraction, I finally picked up my phone from beside my pillow. I wanted to find someone to chat with for a while. Just then, Wednesday sent me a WeChat message saying that he would be coming to Bangkok to see me the day after tomorrow.
I didn't believe his passport had been issued; he then told me that a benefactor had helped him, which is why the immigration office expedited the process for him.
I asked him who this important person was, but he acted mysteriously and refused to tell me no matter what.
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