After Ping Ge left, I habitually drifted into a daze again. I would think about the time I spent with Ye Zhi in Bangkok, and I especially couldn't forget the scene of her buying me a Rolex watch. I really wanted to know what she was thinking at the time.
I don't hate her, because she told me that if I ever became unable to take care of myself, she would take me away and make me marry her...
For me, after hearing these words, there's no need for further explanation; she's worth loving for so long...
...
"Sir, would you like to go in and take a look?"
I looked up in a daze, and the person who spoke to me was a female sales clerk. I recognized her; she worked at the Vacheron Constantin counter. Although I had never spoken to her before, I remembered her.
I forced a smile and asked, "Am I being a bit presumptuous by sitting here all the time?..."
"No, no... If you like our brand of watches, you can come in and take a look... I'll help you with your research."
"Sorry, I can't afford it."
"Go in and take a look, it's fine... We receive many customers every day, but very few actually make a purchase... Most people are just curious, they probably just want to find a goal to strive for... I think that's a good thing, so I welcome every customer who comes to the store."
I don't know why, but my nose started to sting, and then my eyes welled up with tears... Right now, besides craving money, I don't have much spiritual sustenance left. The reason I sit here so many times is to remind myself that I still have a promise to a woman, and that I once loved her...
Finally, I shook my head and said to the seemingly kind salesperson, "Thank you so much. Although I really want a Vacheron Constantin watch, I don't want to look at it right now... I'll go in when I have the money."
The sales clerk didn't press me any further. She gave me a blessing look and then turned back to the counter... There were other customers looking at watches there. Judging from their accents, they seemed to be from Shanghai. I thought they were just browsing, but to my surprise, the man actually bought a Vacheron Constantin watch for the woman he was with... This was the only time I saw this counter make a purchase.
I couldn't help but take another look. The woman was wearing a baseball cap and glasses, and looked a lot like a celebrity in China; the man wasn't familiar to me, but judging from his demeanor, he was also someone of high status and wealth...
Although the money they spent had nothing to do with me, I still felt like my dream had been realized by someone else, and so easily... I wouldn't say I felt frustrated, but I gained a more objective understanding of the world... People are divided into different classes, and they must be divided into different classes, otherwise there would be no pain or happiness, because all pain and happiness come from comparison.
So I imagined myself as that man, and that woman as Ye Zhi... I thought everything would be perfect in my imagination, but when I delved into this scene, I felt so sad... It was like a piece of flesh had been torn from my body, and my heart was stained with blood.
I lowered my head and closed my eyes...
...
When I opened my eyes again, Yang Sisi was already sitting next to me...
She patted my shoulder first, then said to me with a half-smile, "I heard you've been going to the duty-free shop a lot lately. Did you buy a return ticket?"
I was a little confused, so I asked, "What's the connection between these two things?"
"You can't buy things at the duty-free shop without a return ticket... because you have to go to the airport to pick them up after you buy them."
I replied in a low voice, "I didn't buy a ticket back. I just wanted to come and see."
"If you don't even know this, how are you going to survive abroad?"
I remained silent, but felt an indescribable sense of loss, because I felt I was one step further away from my dream; it turned out that I had to buy a return ticket before I was even eligible to buy a watch at the duty-free shop... but I had absolutely no reason to go back!
After a moment of silence, Yang Sisi asked me, half-jokingly and half-seriously, "What do you want to buy? I'll give it to you... I already bought my return ticket when I came here."
"Forget it, I won't accept a reward without having done anything right."
Yang Sisi bent over and leaned back, then looked at me with an extremely awkward posture as I looked down... This scene was just like the first time we met at the train station, when I was wearing a baseball cap and she was spying on me like this.
She then said to me, "Why do you look so gloomy... With such a beautiful and youthful girl like me sitting next to you, shouldn't you be grinning and secretly smiling by now?"
I grinned at Yang Sisi.
"No sincerity, worse than crying... Give me a proper smile, and you can pick whatever you want in this duty-free shop."
"Stop fooling around."
“I’m not making a fuss, and you’re not just taking something for nothing… On the way here, I already heard from Brother Ping that you’re thinking of selling that villa… The other party offered thirteen million, and if I just nod, I’ll immediately get four million…”
I looked at Yang Sisi, and the way she looked at me had changed. I couldn't tell what she was trying to say, but she subconsciously looked away.
She then asked me, "Are you thinking of buying a watch from Vacheron Constantin?... You want to give it to Ye Zhi because she gave you a Rolex... I know you don't like owing people, especially those you care about... But aren't you being foolish?... The people you care about definitely care about you even more... How could they bear to let you give so unprincipledly?... Besides, you've already suffered so much... Over the years, have you ever truly been willing to buy yourself anything nice?"
"I don't care about these things."
"You can fool others, but can you fool me?... Which bastard bought a BMW 7 Series when he was rich, had a taxi driver drive it, and then hired another taxi to follow him... and shamelessly told them: 'Sir, look, that's my BMW...' If you really didn't care, would you do this?... Why do you suppress yourself like this, bearing all the suffering alone?... Are you really indestructible?... You're not that great at all; you need a shoulder to lean on more than anyone else... Michael, stop pretending... Just say what you want... I'll give you everything I can; and if I can't, I'll steal or rob to give it to you..."
As she spoke, Yang Sisi pushed my wheelchair into the Vacheron Constantin boutique, which caught me completely off guard...
While I was touched, I also felt it was absurd. How could I let Yang Sisi fulfill the gift that I should have given to Ye Zhi?
This is about the feelings between people; it cannot symbolize the transition between one era and another... but at this moment, this is how things are unfolding.
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