After I asked the question, Ye Zhi stopped eating. She looked at me but didn't say anything. I realized that she was probably a woman who cared a lot about her privacy, so I had upset her. I quickly said, "This seems a bit of an invasion of your privacy... If you don't want to talk about it, just pretend I didn't ask."
Unexpectedly, Ye Zhi said something that made me want to vomit blood the next second: "Sisi introduced her cousin to me, does that count?"
"This...this definitely doesn't count. I'm talking about the kind that tears your heart apart."
"Maybe it will be heartbreaking later."
"You two are together?"
"No, but we met once when I went back to Shanghai last time... We're still in touch."
I nodded and then fell silent. I felt that I didn't even have the right to know about this, so how could I be so tactless as to ask further? Actually, from a realistic point of view, this is a pretty good thing, after all, they are a handsome man and a beautiful woman.
Considering Yang Sisi's appearance, her cousin is likely not only talented but also handsome, since he and Yang Sisi share the same genes, so his looks are definitely not bad. Otherwise, given Ye Zhi's pickiness, she wouldn't have maintained contact with him after they met.
So, upon analysis, they are not only a perfect match in terms of talent and appearance, but also in terms of both. Isn't that exactly what Yang Sisi meant by a match made in heaven?
...
Two bowls of rice noodles and two fried eggs cost a total of 26 yuan. When we got up to leave, it was just past 9 o'clock, and we all have the habit of going to bed after 1 o'clock, so we still had enough time to circle Erhai Lake.
On the way back to the hospital to get the car with Ye Zhi, Yang Sisi called me again. I avoided Ye Zhi and then answered the phone. She said to me in a particularly bad tone, "Michael, are you an idiot? We're all so busy, and you have the nerve to go out and pick up girls all by yourself!"
"Who's picking up girls?"
"You...it's been said in the group chat that you asked Ye Zhi out to dinner."
"Having a meal together counts as picking up girls?... How many times have you been picked up by other girls then?!"
Yang Sisi insisted, "You're just going there to pick up girls."
I argued logically: "Didn't you introduce Ye Zhi to your cousin? Even when it comes to picking up girls, there's a proper order to things. It's obvious that your cousin has more designs on her now."
"Then you're poaching my employees."
"Mom is... are you ever going to stop?"
Yang Sisi laughed and said, "Michael, are you feeling really bad because of this sense of crisis? ... What do you have to compare with my cousin? You're not even on the same level... Haha, how pitiful, you're already out of the game without even having a chance to compete."
"No matter how much you talk, it won't make a difference. I'm very calm right now."
"Then why don't you hurry up and come back to die?!"
"Can you tell me what you're busy with?"
Yang Sisi replied firmly, "Coach Ma is singing for our customers at the bar, Sister Tao is mixing drinks, Tie Nan is chatting with the customers, and I'm serving tea and drinks... Do you think we're busy or not?"
"You've already taken care of everything, so why would I go back?"
Yang Sisi paused for a moment, then said, "You just stand by the table and grin at the guests... Anyway, everyone likes to tease idiots, so you're just entertaining the guests."
Are you a goofball?
"Hmph... If this hadn't been brought up, I wouldn't have realized that you're the most useless person in our inn... How about I go back and ask my parents for some money, and you give me your shares?"
"I won't allow it. Didn't you see me busy during the day?"
“We haven’t been idle during the day either… Stop talking nonsense and hurry back to the inn… We’ll have a meeting later to summarize today’s work.”
"Holy crap...am I the boss, or are you the boss?"
While I was cursing, Yang Sisi had already hung up the phone, leaving me in a very awkward position. But if we really needed to have a meeting and make a summary, I really couldn't be absent. After all, this is a legitimate business, and I know very well what's more important.
...
Back at Ye Zhi's side, I said to her, "I can't accompany you around Erhai Lake today. A few of them said they have a meeting and insist that I go back."
"good."
I looked at Ye Zhi, who was as cold and indifferent as ever, so I couldn't tell whether my broken promise had affected her mood. But she was definitely not the kind of woman who would burden someone else; she seemed to prefer to give in rather than force.
In the hospital parking lot, Ye Zhi returned my clothes to me and was about to leave when I quickly called out to her, "Wait, my box of fireworks is still in your car. Can you open the trunk for me?"
Ye Zhi didn't say anything, but she opened the trunk.
After I took my things out, I closed the trunk, and she turned and walked back into the hospital. Her figure looked very lonely under the cold lights, which made me feel that something was missing from the night.
So I caught up with her and called out to her again.
"What, is there something else?"
I looked at the box of fireworks and said, "Look, we don't need these anymore, and they're too much trouble to carry around. Why don't we find a place to set them off?"
"Weren't you going back to a meeting?"
“I didn’t say it was urgent. We all live together. As long as they’re still awake when I get back, the meeting can be held.”
Ye Zhi hesitated for a moment.
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