I looked at her in surprise and replied, "Is this your idea, or Tie Nan's?"
“It was my idea, and then I convinced Tetsuo.”
After pausing for a moment, she said to me again, "To be honest, I actually quite like Dali... But while running the guesthouse, I'm also very worried. After all, guesthouses and bars are businesses, and it's inevitable that some of my former customers will run into me one day... I really don't want Tie Nan to know what I did in Shanghai. That's an insurmountable obstacle between us."
"This is a low-probability event."
"It's a low probability event that Tie Nan and I could be together, but it still happened, didn't it? ... I've thought about it carefully. If that day really comes, I can't bear the consequences. So I want to leave Dali with Tie Nan and find another city to live in, and do some business that I don't have to show my face in public."
"You saying that makes me quite sad."
Peach glanced back at the inn, then her eyes reddened, and she remained silent for a long time.
We sat down on a rock by the sea, and I finally spoke to her, asking, "You just left like that? Did you think about the others?"
"But I'm really scared!"
After saying that, Peach lit a cigarette for herself, then looked at me and said, "Actually, I can tell... this time, you're also thinking about selling it, after all, the price is quite tempting."
“But I’m not resigned to this… I still carry Wang Lei’s last wish on my shoulders, and I don’t want to leave Dali.”
Peach hugged her knees, gazing into the distance, and murmured, "Cangshan Mountain and Erhai Lake, the wind, flowers, snow, and moon—it sounds as beautiful as a dream!"
With a hint of regret, I said to her, "I really didn't expect that you would be the first to waver."
“I’m struggling just as much as you are. Don’t forget, I’m also Leilei’s best friend.”
I lit a cigarette and after a long while said to her, "I've taken your advice to heart. Let's go back to the inn and see what the others think. After all, in the end, the minority has to obey the majority."
"Um."
Just as I was about to get up, Peach stopped me again and asked, "Michael, if the inn really closes down this time, what are you planning to do afterward?"
"I haven't dared to think too far ahead... The best outcome would be nothing more than going back to my small mountain town, buying a house, and waiting to get married and have children... This is the least stressful life I can imagine... However, I feel that selling the inn like this is the worst thing we can do for Coach Ma. He doesn't have any shares in the inn, so he won't get any money, but he's the one who put in the most effort. Now that the inn is gone, he can only go back to the old town and continue being a singer performing at various venues!"
Peach sighed and after a long while replied, "Tie Nan is a righteous man. I'll have him give Coach Ma some of his share."
"Believe it or not, if Tie Nan really did that, Coach Ma would throw money in his face. You don't understand this guy's personality at all."
"Don't say anymore... My mind is made up!"
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