Before meeting Jiang Mingxin, Xing Haodong was an extremely simple person.
He has a clear distinction between love and hate and acts decisively.
Get close to those you admire and share the same ideals with.
If you hate someone or have different values from someone, then distance yourself from them.
His room was just like him. Apart from the bed and the table, there were books and daily necessities. Everything was neatly arranged and clean. The corners of the quilt were as straight as if they had been measured with a ruler. The same was true for his clothes, which were folded corner by corner and looked as if they had been ironed when he picked them up.
Jiang Mingxin was like a stone that smashed into his heart, stirring up the calm lake water.
But she refused to give up and continued to test his bottom line.
He really wanted to embrace her, infect her, assimilate her, and melt away the thorns and edges in her body, but when he actually tried to do it, he found it was too difficult.
Deception is what he can't tolerate the most.
Xing Haodong leaned against the table, lit a cigarette for himself, took a deep puff, and felt a burning pain in his lungs.
It wasn't until the cigarette butt was almost burned out and almost burned his hand, and Wudi was barking at his feet, that he suddenly came to his senses.
He put out the cigarette, scratched Wudi's chin soothingly, picked up the cell phone and dialed Lin You's number.
"Sister, I'm disturbing you again."
Lin You knew something was wrong from his tone and immediately frowned: "Are you guys arguing again?"
Xing Haodong let out a wry smile, "Was it really that obvious?"
He sighed helplessly and put his hands over his eyes. "Last night, I saw 10,000 yuan in her schoolbag... I thought she would tell me today, but she took the money to the city and deposited it early this morning. Do you think she has some hardship that requires her to hide it from me, or is she simply guarding against me?"
Hearing his words, Lin You shook his head dejectedly.
She knew that sooner or later there would be problems between him and Jiang Mingxin.
"Haodong, which one do you hope for?"
Xing Haodong fell into a long silence.
"I don't know... I don't know whether the former will make me feel better, or the latter will make me more sober. Sister, I really plan to spend my whole life with her. I can ignore everything else, but why does she... have to..."
Lin You has been cramming her knowledge of psychology recently, but unfortunately there are too few clinical studies in this area in China, so she doesn't know how to learn even if she wants to.
"Haodong, I warned you long ago that Mingxin is different from ordinary girls. Her background and experiences have destined her to be unable to trust others like a normal girl. Even if you are her closest person, she will not trust you 100%. She may be wary and worried about hiding things from you."
"Of course you can't accept it, and that's normal. Because you invested 100% of your feelings, but didn't get the same response, so it's natural to feel pain."
"I'm your biological sister. I grew up with you and know you well enough to trust you. But Jiang Mingxin can't do that. How long has she known you? Isn't that why she insisted on signing a trial relationship agreement with you?"
In Lin You's opinion, Jiang Mingxin is indeed a woman who is extremely rational.
Most women will unconsciously ignore various practical problems when they are immersed in love.
However, Jiang Mingxin not only considered it in advance, but also saw her own shortcomings, and even predicted that they might not be able to go on in the future.
On the contrary, Xing Haodong invested all in it from the beginning and was obviously more deeply involved than her.
"So what should I do? Sis, you know what I can't accept the most is deception... I want to question her, but I'm worried about hurting her self-esteem. I'm... really, really miserable right now."
Lin You listened to his heavy and disordered breathing and knew that he was in a very bad condition.
"Haodong, what you need most right now is calmness. Take a deep breath with me and slowly calm down. Don't make impulsive decisions that you will regret."
They had all been deeply hurt by that woman, who had left without showing any reluctance.
So many years have passed, and I have never sent them a single word across the ocean.
Not even a New Year's call.
During countless sleepless nights, she and Haodong could only comfort each other, thinking that maybe she was too busy or sick, so she couldn't contact them.
She even suspected that her parents had prevented her mother from contacting them, but later found out that this was not the case.
So from then on, he no longer had any extravagant hopes.
He also secretly burned the few photos left in the house.
But how could he really forget that woman?
Beneath the tung tree, she was just standing there casually, yet she was so dazzling, like a blooming peony, graceful and extremely gorgeous, and anyone who saw her would never forget her.
The reason why Xing Haodong later became so resistant to beautiful women was ultimately because of his mother.
However, this is how things are in the world. When Xing Haodong talked to her about Jiang Mingxin many times, she knew that fate was a terrible cycle.
Xing Haodong never thought that he would become hesitant and indecisive because of a woman, and even become confused and embarrassed.
Lin You tried his best to help him, but it was just a drop in the bucket.
"Jiang Mingxin did hide something from you, but it wasn't as serious as deception. Don't jump to conclusions yet. What if this is just a misunderstanding, or maybe she really has some hardship?"
Xing Haodong held his forehead and did not speak for a long time.
Lin You took the initiative to hang up the phone, giving him time to think independently.
He lit another cigarette, but this time he didn't smoke it at all. He just held it between his fingers and looked at it silently.
Wudi seemed to sense that he was in a bad mood, and kept pushing against his feet, jumping and rolling back and forth.
After an unknown amount of time, Xing Haodong's expression finally softened. He opened the balcony door, letting the wind from outside blow in, dispelling the unpleasant smell of smoke in the room and temporarily dispelling the doubts and anger in his heart.
Thinking that Jiang Mingxin might come back at noon, he hurried to the kitchen to pick and wash vegetables and started to light a fire to cook.
As a result, he accidentally cut a gash on his thumb with the kitchen knife.
He stared blankly at the blood dripping down his palm, but felt no pain.
"You're bleeding!"
Suddenly there was a cry of surprise from the door. Jiang Mingxin actually came back at this time.
She rushed over and grabbed his hand, feeling quite at a loss.
"H-What should I do? Should I press it with paper? No, that's not right... I need to disinfect it with alcohol first. I'll go get the medicine box!"
She had run in extremely nervously and now was running out in a hurry.
Xing Haodong stood there, looking at her anxious back, and blinked slowly and dazedly.
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