"Sister-in-law... Officer, here's what happened. My girlfriend really loves seafood, she eats it almost every day. Do you know what oysters are?" Pei Hang suddenly stopped mid-sentence and asked Xu Moran with a serious expression.
Xu Moran nodded. "I know."
"Sister-in-law... Officer." Pei Hang looked at Xu Moran's face and almost called her by the wrong name again. He almost called her by the wrong name again and again. He wished he could bite off his own tongue. "My girlfriend likes to eat oysters. She doesn't even use soy sauce. She eats them raw. The nourishing power of oysters is indeed well-deserved. Whenever she eats oysters, that night is my disaster."
As he spoke, the redness in his eyes deepened. "Sister-in-law... Officer, I once learned a saying when I was in school: 'I am the fish on the chopping block, and others are the butcher.' I never understood the meaning of that saying before, but since I met my current girlfriend, I have come to a deep understanding of its meaning."
As soon as he finished speaking, he was surprised to find that his eyes were already moist.
That's wonderful, absolutely wonderful! These tears came just in time, like a timely rain that saved his parched land.
Xu Moran looked Pei Hang up and down, and had only one thought in mind: he looked like a very energetic young man, but why did he always stutter when he started to speak? It was like a flaw in an otherwise perfect piece of jade, and she felt it was a pity.
Pei Hang had no idea what Xu Moran was thinking; he only knew that she was looking at his face. If he didn't deliver a shocking blow now, when would he?
Suddenly, he raised his voice, his tone trembling with tears, "Officer, you have to save me! The bag of seafood your boyfriend sent was mostly oysters, bought by my girlfriend. She said if you didn't accept it, she'd swallow them all raw. And then she...she...she grinned wickedly and said she'd keep me in bed for three days. You haven't met her, so you think she's bragging, but actually, three days is an understatement. Swallowing so many oysters raw, I won't be able to get out of bed for at least two weeks! My back, my kidneys, my heart, my liver, my..."
"Wait a minute." Xu Moran couldn't take it anymore and interrupted him. "I still don't understand why your girlfriend asked you to deliver seafood?"
"Actor Pei," who already felt his acting skills had made a qualitative leap, wiped his eyes with his sleeve upon hearing this, his expression somber and his tone sorrowful, "Hey... Officer, when your boyfriend exposed the problem with the supermarket's seafood, my girlfriend was planning to buy seafood, and she was even planning to buy all the oysters in the seafood section. She felt that your boyfriend saved her life, and in her words, a life-saving grace should be repaid with a spring of gratitude, let alone just a little seafood. Please don't be so polite, otherwise, I... I... I really would rather be dead."
Although Xu Moran sympathized with him, she still raised her doubts, "Since you are so afraid of your girlfriend, and she is so strong, why don't you consider breaking up with her?"
Although it's immoral to advise someone to break up, Xu Moran couldn't help but speak up after listening to Pei Hang's tearful tale. All she could picture was a bloody history of landlords forcing respectable young women into marriage, a story that only happened in the old society.
“Sister-in-law… Officer…” Pei Hang changed one sleeve and wiped his eyes. “Even though she treated me like this, I still love her so much. I can’t bear to break up with her.”
Xu Moran was dumbfounded. She finally understood what this meant by "seeking masochism."
No matter how handsome or energetic a person is, if they have a masochistic streak, there's nothing that can be done about it.
“I can accept the seafood,” Xu Moran thought for a moment, “but I have to give you the money.”
Pei Hang was taken aback. He clearly hadn't expected that his efforts in putting on a tragic and melodramatic performance for so long would have been completely ineffective, and Xu Moran still insisted on paying him.
He was a smart man and knew that if he kept making things up, Xu Moran would definitely become suspicious, so he didn't insist and said, "Sister-in-law, I'll give you my bank card number, or Alipay is fine too."
Xu Moran was taken aback. "What did you call me?"
At this moment, even if Pei Hang wanted to cover his mouth, it was too late. The word "sister-in-law" he had just called out was clear and distinct. If he wanted to say that Xu Moran had misheard him, it would be a slap in the face to himself.
Moreover, this mistake would make Xu Moran doubt everything he had said before. A chill ran from his feet to his head and then back down to his feet.
This is what is meant by losing Jingzhou due to carelessness.
He looked at Xu Moran, nervously swallowed, and said, "Officer, I misspoke. I didn't call you, I called my girlfriend."
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