I was a little unhappy that Ping Ge understood my feelings this way. I replied, "This has absolutely nothing to do with Sisi. It's Sisi's dad who's taking over my project. It's not like I'm shamelessly trying to get on his good side. So logically, he should feel guilty towards me. Why should I rely on Sisi to fight him? ... I think Sisi's dad and I are equals, and we're far from being at the point of a power struggle, unless he later decides to sell the project."
"Look at you, you get all worked up as soon as I mention Sisi... Can't you tell I'm just joking?"
I looked at Ping Ge and felt like I was choked by something. It took me a long time before I whispered back, "I owe her so much in this life... I'm really scared of owing her so much!"
"I can tell... carrying such emotional burdens must be hard on your mind, right?!"
"Um."
"You can't fully open up because you still can't let go of Ye Zhi?"
I swallowed instinctively, then stared blankly at the night-blooming jasmine trees on both sides of the pool for a long time...
I was startled awake by the sound of someone diving, and that's when I spoke to Brother Ping, "It's not that I can't let go, but letting go of her means becoming a different person, and that kind of change is very difficult for me... Actually, I know she hasn't let go of me either, but we both carry the burdens of adulthood, so we can't be together... If she was just playing with me, or was being insincere, I probably would have let go long ago..."
After a brief pause, I looked at Ping Ge again and said, "I don't know if I've expressed myself clearly, but that's really what I think... That night in Bangkok, she leaned on my shoulder and cried her heart out. My heart was broken; I'd never seen her like that before... I really wanted to do something for her... But in the end, it was she who bought me a Rolex and used it to motivate me..."
"No one said she was a bad woman... Maybe women like her live in a different world than ordinary people like us. Even if you try your hardest, you might not be able to enter her world... Because these things are predetermined, so I can understand your sense of powerlessness."
"Yes, no one in this world would ever combine diamonds and bricks to make a piece of jewelry..."
"But there is another word in this world, called miracle, called incredible... If you really can't let go, then go and win her back. Anyway, she's not married yet, and doing so won't violate any ethics or morals."
I gave a wry smile. "...This isn't a TV drama, why are there so many clichéd plots...If we could really be together, she wouldn't have gotten engaged to someone else...Brother Ping, do you think everything I'm going through right now might just be a dream? Maybe I just fell asleep in the conference room, and when I woke up, the meeting was only halfway through!"
Brother Ping laughed and said, "If this were a dream, you'd be even worse off... First, you'd lose everything you have in the dream, and then you'd have to keep struggling to buy an apartment in some big city."
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“It’s not that I’m afraid of losing my wealth… What I’m most afraid of losing are those beautiful moments… Although it’s been quite painful emotionally, I have some beautiful memories with each of them… even with Lu Jia… So based on this feeling, I’m not so anxious about losing them.”
"You seem rational, but you're actually more emotional than anyone else... If you can really treat these memories as spiritual nourishment and feel full from them... then you should stay single."
I smiled and didn't say anything more... but I knew in my heart that this wouldn't be enough to fill my stomach.
At this moment, Brother Ping said to me seriously, "Michael, I don't object to you going to Shanghai to seek better development, but before you go, you must take care of things here."
"I know, didn't I just promise you that?"
“I’m reminding you one more time, it won’t hurt… I don’t want to go anywhere else, I’ll just stay in Phuket and enjoy my retirement… I really hope that one day when you come back to see me, you can bring your family… I will absolutely not be angry with you, I will definitely give your son a big red envelope… No matter who your son is with, I will treat them all the same!”
"This sounds so awkward to me!"
Ping Ge laughed loudly, but I felt increasingly embarrassed. Was he implying that I was a womanizer? Or was he implying that I would marry and have children with different women?
If he really thinks that way, then he's cursing me... because I only want to get married once in my life.
...
The next day, Yang Sisi returned to Shanghai with her father and Zhou San. I didn't go to the airport to see her off, but we made a promise that I would definitely take her back to the county town for the Chinese New Year... It's not that I didn't want to see her off, I just couldn't bear that kind of farewell, because she always made such a big fuss; it gave me the illusion that I was experiencing a final goodbye.
Actually, there is no final farewell between us, because from the moment I decided to return to Shanghai to develop my career, our lives were destined to be intertwined, and this intertwining will be even deeper than when we were in Dali.
...
Not long after Yang Sisi left, I received a message from An'an. She said she had arrived at the airport and would be in Phuket in five hours. She also said that she was traveling with two friends. When I asked her who they were, she kept me in suspense and only said that they were the people I wanted to meet.
Even if she didn't say it, I knew, because there are only a handful of people I want to see and who are in contact with her; but I'm still quite looking forward to it, because I've really been away from Dali for a long time, and whoever comes will bring me the atmosphere of Dali and new things about Dali.
...
Before I knew it, it was dusk. After tidying myself up, I prepared to go to the airport to pick up An'an and those two "mysterious" friends. Before leaving, I unexpectedly received a call from Vice President Wu, who said he wanted to talk to me.
I assumed it was about the house, so I said to him, "Mr. Wu, I need to go to the airport to pick up some very important friends."
"...If there are any issues with the house, you can talk to my partner first. I'll come over to you as soon as I get back."
"It's not about the house..."
I was a little surprised.
After a moment of silence, Vice President Wu lowered his voice and said to me, "I heard that your relationship with our President Ye is unusual... So, I want to talk to you... I didn't mean to go against her; I was forced by circumstances at the time... Actually, my feelings for Binjiang Group are deeper than anyone else's... She doesn't trust me now, and there's no longer a channel for communication between us, so I hope you can convey my feelings to her... Therefore, you absolutely must meet with me!"
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