When Ye Zhi said she was coming to Thailand to see me, my mood immediately changed subtly. I no longer felt that sense of helplessness and tension, and even my body suddenly relaxed. So, I replied to Ye Zhi on the other end of the phone in a very relaxed tone, "You always come and go in a hurry, and I feel like I'm the one bothering you. If you really have three days off this time, of course I would welcome you to come."
After pausing for a moment, I laughed and said, "A three-day holiday sounds like a lot, but if you take away the two days for travel, you'll only actually spend one day here."
"I can take a night flight, which will give me two days."
"No, I really don't want you to be so tired... We've known each other for so long, and I always complain that you don't have time for me, but when I think about it carefully, it's always you who comes to me... Actually, you're much busier than me!"
After a moment of contemplation, I said with a self-deprecating laugh, "That's how people are. Only when they are truly facing difficulties themselves do they learn to understand another person's predicament... Perhaps behind the fact that you don't have enough time for me, you are in more pain and more helpless than I am!"
Ye Zhi on the other end of the phone was silent for a moment before replying, "I'm actually a little uneasy about you saying that so suddenly."
"I think it's normal that you're not used to it, because mutual understanding always takes time."
Ye Zhi smiled and said, "Well... I'll book a flight to Bangkok now, and it should arrive around this evening."
"Okay, are you all alone?"
"I want to see you, but I only want to be alone."
...
After ending my call with Ye Zhi, I fell into a long wait. This long wait was relative, because there are countless sunrises and sunsets in life. I was only waiting for one of them, but it felt like every second was an eternity. So in the morning, I started waiting for the morning, and when the morning came, I eagerly waited for the afternoon. Finally, when the afternoon arrived, I started calculating when the sun would set.
Evening comes too late in Thailand, usually after seven o'clock, which is actually eight o'clock in China. But in order not to convey my eagerness to Ye Zhi, I refrained from calling her.
Because I like the feeling of her suddenly appearing at the door; it's always a fresh experience.
...
As darkness fell, I only received one phone call from Brother Ping. He told me that I had to stay in Bangkok today because he had asked around but couldn't find any friends who could take me back to Phuket. Perhaps worried that I wouldn't be able to stay, he said a lot of comforting words, saying that everything was for the sake of my career and that I shouldn't be anxious, otherwise it would be bad for my recovery.
He only felt relieved and hung up the phone after I clearly expressed that I would restrain myself.
So, being friends with someone like Ping Ge is really effortless, because he's a mature man who understands the bigger picture and knows how to consider other people's feelings; Zhou San San, on the other hand, almost...
It means that I've always treated him with sincerity, but he's reserved his worst temper for me.
Thinking of Wednesday, who stormed off in a huff, I couldn't help but feel down again.
It wasn't until someone sent me a WeChat message that I snapped out of my dejected mood.
This WeChat message was sent by An'an, who has been in contact with me recently. She asked, "Michael, have you arrived in Phuket and started your idyllic life?"
"According to the plan, I should be watching the sunset on Patong Beach right now... but the truth is, I'm still in a hospital in Bangkok."
An'an immediately sent me a voice message, her tone somewhat anxious: "Did something go wrong after the surgery?"
"No, everything is normal."
An'an breathed a sigh of relief and replied, "Then why are you still staying in the hospital? Is the food there so good that you don't want to leave?"
"Come on, I don't want to stay in this godforsaken place for even a second longer. I've encountered a traitor... deserting in the face of battle."
"Wednesday?"
"That's right... He abandoned me in the hospital and left all by himself... You know, I'm disabled, and I can't rely on anyone right now. If I don't stay in the hospital, where else can I go?"
"Sigh! ... He's such a fascinating man; stories happen wherever he goes."
"This isn't a story, this is an accident, an accident! ... I'm not kidding, I was completely dumbfounded when he left!"
"Men argue with each other too?"
I first sighed inwardly, then picked up my phone again and replied, "If this could be resolved by arguing or fighting, I wouldn't be in this situation... We have different beliefs and can't work together anymore."
"This kind of thing really seems to hurt morale! ...So what are your plans for the future?"
“I’ve realized that many things really can’t be planned, and now I can only take it one step at a time… I feel that regardless of whether he will change his mind or not, there’s already a rift between us, and we probably won’t be able to trust each other unconditionally like before… That’s the worst thing about friendships.”
"Yeah... I don't know how to comfort you. Just adjust your mindset... Anyway, I've always felt that you're not the kind of man who can be easily defeated. The more difficult the situation, the stronger your explosive power will be... From another perspective, this might actually be a good thing. If he left halfway through the software development, that would truly be a loss of both money and people. At least for now, you haven't suffered any financial losses, right?"
"That's the only way to think about it."
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