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Rules of love

Chapter 21

October 30, 2022 / hoenimochi / 0 Comments

When Shen Huiming was in high school, he wrote a composition on the topic “The life I want to live”.

At that time, he wrote that he hoped that one day he could travel around the world and leave his footprints in every place where there was a story to tell.

Of course, this dream was never realised simply because of nothing more than a lack of time.

In recent years, he suddenly discovered that people always skillfully put shackles on themselves. When he first started his business, he wished to have 48 hours a day to work. At that time, he thought that he would retire early when he had made enough money and that he should not spend all his life at work.

However, the more time passed, the more he found that he couldn’t stop, not only because it was impossible to ‘earn enough’ money, but more importantly, he was carrying a whole company, many projects and a stable livelihood for dozens of employees on his shoulders.

He couldn’t stop.

It was the same for getting hospitalised for the operation. The doctor had said a long time ago that he had to take care of his health, and even when the doctor ordered him to be hospitalised, he put off coming to the hospital until the end of a project.

“What’s on your mind?” Suo Yang brought a chair over and sat near the edge of Shen Huiming’s bed.

Shen Huiming turned the page and said with a smile, “Wondering if you can do fortune-felling.”

Shen Huiming’s speech tempo was completely normal, but when he said the words “Wondering if you”, Suo Yang’s breath unconsciously soared.

When Shen Huiming finished his words, he knew that he had thought too much and started to laugh at himself again. He had to admit that his thoughts were more active when he was hung up by Shen Huiming.

“Why do you say that?”

Shen Huiming told Suo Yang about the beautiful life he had imagined in his middle school days, “I really dared to think about it at that time, but it is probably like this in adolescence, not thinking about things that are too realistic.”

After hearing what he said, Suo Yang laughed softly, “In fact, there is a profession that can really do that.”

He pointed at himself, “Travelling around the world and leaving footprints in countless cities.”

Shen Huiming was stunned for a moment, then smiled, “It really is.”

The two looked at each other, and Shen Huiming said, “I never thought that my adolescence dream would be fulfilled by you for me.”

Suo Yang likes this kind of ambiguous rhetoric as if the two of them were involved in a past life and a present life.

He found that he still seemed to like those romantic settings in his bones, but he knew very well that romance in this world is like stargazing in the daytime; you knew it was there, but it just wouldn’t let you find it.

The same goes for love.

“Do you know what I wanted to do when I was in middle school?”

Shen Huiming asked curiously, “An astronaut?”

Suo Yang smiled, “Why an astronaut?”

“Actually, it could also be a pilot, it feels like you enjoy the feeling of flying.”

“I really enjoy this feeling now. I’ve been working for many years, but I still find the experience of going through the clouds amazing,” Suo Yang suddenly smiled slyly, “However, this is me now. Back in middle school I actually wanted to be an archaeologist.”

“Archaeologist?”

“Yes, wearing a small vest, take a small shovel, and go digging in a deserted place.” Suo Yang smiled, “It was a time when I was lulled into a fascination by various tomb-raiding novels.”

Shen Huiming laughed, “I didn’t expect you to read those novels.”

“Of course I do.” Suo Yang also laughed, “At that time, I didn’t listen properly in class, so I put the novel in the middle of the textbook and read it secretly.”

“I was the same, but I thought you’ve always been that kind of good student.”

The two started chatting like this, perhaps because Shen Huiming on the hospital bed lost his usual impeccable elite style, which made Suo Yang relax his nerves subconsciously.

The two were no longer trying to go through the motions of a back-and-forth through a relationship that had not yet fully unfolded. Rather, like two perfectly ordinary friends, chatting about grounded and light-hearted topics.

Shen Huiming said, “Then I should be glad you didn’t go to the archaeology with a small shovel.”

“How so?”

“In that case, the two of us may not meet.” Shen Huiming looked at him with a smile, “After all, if I could still have a chance encounter with you doing that kind of work, either I’d be a grave robber and be caught by you, or I’d be living in a tomb.”

Suo Yang was amused by his words and couldn’t help laughing. The two men, who had removed their delicate masks, were actually joking around like that.

Ever since the two met, it seemed that Shen Huiming could surprise Suo Yang every time they met.

In his past experience, the more people got along, the more boring they became, and he himself was a prime example of this.

He was very aware of his significance. Because of his appearance, it was easy for people to be interested in him, but often, after spending time with him, he would become more and more boring.

The legendary “A beautiful beauty, but have no soul”?

He was never one of those people who, the deeper you dug, the more stories there were to tell, and while he was superficially light-hearted, he was indeed always empty.

He was a pool of water, too clear to even keep fish alive.

He was waiting for someone to oxygenate his pool of water so that water plants could grow at the bottom of the lake and the suffocated fish could come back to life.

He suddenly felt that Shen Huiming seemed to have this possibility.

But the problem was, it was only a possibility. Suo Yang was full of expectations, but he didn’t dare to jump to conclusions.

It was a good idea to socialise as friends first. After all, a ‘favourable impression’ did not translate to ‘love’. There were many prerequisites for falling in love, and they were not yet at that stage.

There was no need to be in a rush, provided that Shen Huiming was willing to take the time to take it slow with him.

The two of them had been talking for more than an hour when the nurse came to do rounds.

Only then did Suo Yang remember that he hadn’t even asked Shen Huiming what kind of surgery he had undergone.

When the nurse left, he asked Shen Huiming, “Will you be in the hospital for a long time? If it’s stomach surgery, it’s quite serious, right?”

Shen Huiming didn’t tell him too much and really didn’t want the other party to think that he was using his illness to seek sympathy.

“If I recover well, I can go home to recuperate in a few days.” Shen Huiming said, “Actually, it’s my own fault. I don’t pay attention to my health usually, and even after the doctor reminded me, I didn’t pay attention to it. It was all my own doing.”

When Suo Yang looked at the man who had lost a round of weight in front of him, he couldn’t say that he felt distressed, but he did feel that it was quite unpleasant.

“Even if you’re busy with work, you also need to pay attention to your health,” Suo Yang said. “If your body breaks down, there will be nothing left.”

Shen Huiming looked at him with a smile in his eyes and said softly, “Yes, it’s true that I didn’t care before, but I’ll have to care more in the future. After all, apart from work, I have the motivation to live longer.”

Suo Yang looked at him.

Shen Huiming smiled, “Okay, I won’t say it anymore. It’s weirdly embarrassing to say it too bluntly.”

As soon as he said this, Suo Yang understood even if he didn’t say the next words.

“Even if it wasn’t for this,” Suo Yang looked at him, looking down and flipping through the ‘On Love’ that was placed by the hospital bed, “you should still live a good long life.”

Shen Huiming watched him flip through the book to the page with the bookmark.

Suo Yang saw that on that page, Shen Huiming had underlined a certain sentence with a pencil—What do I love about her? Almost everything about her.

It was like a hint, evoking his fantasy of what Shen Huiming was thinking when he read that sentence.

Was the other party also asking himself what he loved about him?

But Suo Yang believed that they were just two people who did not know each other, and no one would love everything about the other.

He closed the book and said with a smile, “It’s time for me to go.”

Shen Huiming was a little reluctant, but he had to let the man go.

Suo Yang stood up and stacked the books beside him.

“I’m flying to London this afternoon.” Suo Yang said, “Eleven hours.”

“It’s hard work.” Shen Huiming sat on the hospital bed and looked at him because he knew that the other party was leaving, but he didn’t know when the next meeting would be. As a result, his eyes were reluctant to blink.

“It’s not too hard,” said Suo Yang, smiling, as if on purpose, “It’s still nineteen hours to New York, remember?”

Shen Huiming smiled, “Of course I remember.”

The two stared at each other in silence for a few seconds, and then Suo Yang prepared to leave.

“By the way,” Suo Yang said to Shen Huiming before walking away, “recuperate well, our bet is still on. I will wait for you on the plane. If there is a chance.”

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Chapter 20

October 23, 2022 / hoenimochi / 0 Comments

Suo Yang couldn’t help but laugh as he listened to Shen Huiming’s words, thinking that this person was really fussing over minor matters.

“I know.” Suo Yang said, “I’ll come to see you tomorrow morning if it doesn’t bother you.”

“Of course not,” Shen Huiming’s fingers gently turned the page of the book and put a soft tone on his voice, “I’d be honoured.”

The two made an appointment for tomorrow and hung up together.

Suo Yang put his phone back in its original position, and next to him lay the book “On Love”. He flipped to the page number sent by Shen Huiming before, and there was a paragraph on that page—being loved made people realise that others were as dependent on another as much as themselves, and it was because they sought this dependence that people love in the first place.

Suo Yang was too lazy to analyze whether the author’s statement made any sense or not, but from his own point of view, he didn’t entirely agree.

The first half of the sentence was correct. When Shen Huiming expressed his wish to visit him, he suddenly felt that he and the other party needed to be cared for. He felt that being invited to visit a doctor was also a kind of “being cared for”, which proved that he was needed.

As for the second half of the sentence, whether the decision to love was a result of seeking such dependence or not, he felt that this was not quite the case.

There were many reasons for deciding to love, and presumably, this feeling was just one of them.

But there was no denying that it was not a bad feeling to be needed.

After he contacted Shen Huiming, Suo Yang sat at the table and read a book for a while before going back to bed at almost four o’clock.

He was not sleepy at first, but he still lay down and pondered. He thought that he would have to go to the hospital at dawn and work in the afternoon, so he should get some sleep if he could.

Suo Yang woke up after only two hours of sleep, and it was already bright at six o’clock.

He got up from the bed and drank a glass of warm water.

As he drank the water, he flipped through the book again and suddenly wondered where Shen Huiming had read last night.

He sent a message to the other party, imitating the other party’s example, and only sent a page number progress: 96/248.

After that, he opened Weibo and flipped through it, and saw Zhou Mo taking a selfie with a quilt in his arms in the early morning. With the text: Enjoying yourself with eating, drinking and playing are sensible things to do, but without a husband, eating, drinking and playing is no longer fun.

Suo Yang smiled and gave him a like.

Suo Yang’s Weibo was originally registered by Zhou Mo. At that time, they had just started working. Zhou Mo said that every time he flew to a city, he would do a check-in in the place there. When he retired, it would be very meaningful to look back at it.

Suo Yang felt that what he said was not unreasonable, so he signed up with him.

Suo Yang’s Weibo ID, which was laughed at by Zhou Mo was called “Sky Mirror”, and his avatar was a picture of the sky taken before his first flight.

Zhou Mo, who originally said that he would use Weibo to check-in in different cities, later changed his career, and his Weibo content became all sorts of exciting pieces of life or funny rant posts, while Suo Yang still kept his habit of checking in. His entire Weibo account had no other content; it was all about the location of each city in each country, not even a single descriptive word.

Zhou Mo has tens of thousands of followers on Weibo. After he posted this, the comments were very lively, while Suo Yang was the opposite, with only single-digit followers, except for Zhou Mo, the rest were either zombie fans or “newbie guides¹“.

Before, Zhou Mo said, “I’ll give you a like with my fingers, and if you can post a selfie, you’ll become an instant internet celebrity.”

Suo Yang quickly refused. Unlike Zhou Mo, he really couldn’t enjoy being followed by so many people.

When he was about to close the Weibo, Suo Yang glanced at Zhou Mo’s “Following” and suddenly thought that there might be interesting people among the 300+ followings.

His so-called “interesting people” were in fact targeted at Shen Huiming.

But when he opened Zhou Mo’s follow list, Suo Yang also knew that his voyeuristic desire was very shameful, and Shen Huiming couldn’t have the time to do this.

He stood there drinking water and scrolled through Zhou Mo’s following list. After he finished drinking, he also finished scrolling through the list, and as expected, there was no one he was looking for.

Suo Yang put down his phone and went into the bathroom.

He took a shower, ate, and read a book for a while.

It was 8:10 am when Suo Yang went out, and he had arranged to visit Shen Huiming at 9:00 am.

It was actually a bit early to visit at 9:00 am, but considering the flight assignment in the afternoon, Suo Yang had to go to the hospital early.

He was really unfamiliar with places like hospitals. He had never been to a big hospital after graduating from elementary school. Small fevers and colds were basically cured by the clinics outside the community, and the company’s regular medical check-ups were also held at the medical check-up centre every year. He and his family were in good health and had hardly ever been to the hospital.

He drove over and saw that he was about to arrive at the hospital, only to get stuck in traffic.

He sent a message to Shen Huiming as if he was reporting on his work: Mr. Shen, I will be there soon, but there is a traffic jam nearby, so I may be a few minutes late.

Shen Huiming had already eaten some liquid food under the care of the nurse, and his condition was much better than the previous days. If that were not the case, he would not dare to contact Suo Yang easily.

When he saw Suo Yang’s message, he called him directly.

“It’s like this near the hospital,” Shen Huiming said. “You may not be able to park in a while. I have a car parked a little south of the main entrance of the hospital, and I’ll send you the license plate number. Someone is waiting there, he’ll give you the parking space when you get there.”

Suo Yang smiled, “That thoughtful?”

“Of course, you can come to see me, and shouldn’t I need to make it as convenient as possible?” Shen Huiming said with a smile.

Because of the convenience provided by Shen Huiming, Suo Yang successfully parked the car, followed the directions of the security guard at the entrance of the hospital, and found the hospital admission office.

Suo Yang actually thought about what gift he would bring here. After all, it was something that needed to be done when visiting a sick person.

But Shen Huiming had stomach surgery, so food was definitely not an option.

Suo Yang didn’t think it was appropriate to give flowers.

It was not right to visit a patient empty-handed, so out of courtesy, he had to prepare something.

Suo Yang racked his brains at home, and he really thought of an idea.

He found Shen Huiming’s ward and saw the patient’s name pasted on the door, and the words Shen Huiming stood out.

Visiting a sick person could be a romantic and heartwarming scene in a film or TV drama, but in fact, no matter how romantic and heartwarming it was, it was not as good as being healthy and safe.

He knocked lightly on the door, heard the answer from inside, and pushed the door to get in.

They hadn’t seen each other for more than half a month. Even though he had prepared himself mentally, Suo Yang was still shocked by Shen Huiming’s haggard appearance.

A surgery, no matter how you put it, was very draining. Shen Huiming, who used to be very high-spirited every time he met before, was currently sitting on the bed in a hospital gown. Although he seemed to be in good spirits, his face was pale, and he had lost a lot of weight.

Suo Yang frowned subconsciously, but Shen Huiming smiled first, “What? Seeing my appearance, do you regret coming here?”

Suo Yang smiled helplessly and put the paper bag he was holding on the table beside Shen Huiming after entering.

“A gift?”

“Yes,” Suo Yang said with a smile, “a gift that can take you around the world while you are resting.”

Shen Huiming was curious and brought the paper bag over to him, it was quite heavy, and he looked down to see that inside were a few thick books.

He took the books out of the bag and found that they were all about travelling.

“I don’t know if you have been to these places,” Suo Yang said. “The first international flight I ever took was to Berlin.”

He pointed to the Berlin travel guide.

“I also fly to several other places,” Suo Yang smiled at Shen Huiming. “You should be quite bored in the hospital, so consider it as me inviting you on a trip abroad.”

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Chapter 19

October 14, 2022 / hoenimochi / 0 Comments

Suo Yang was not worried that they would not have the chance to meet again. Although he had never seen the idol drama, he knew that when Shen Huiming proposed that bet, he must have already had the next step in mind. They both knew that as long as Shen Huiming was willing, it would not be difficult to find out Suo Yang’s flight arrangements; after all, Zhou Mo was there.

It was just that Shen Huiming was really surprising. Half a month had passed, and except for text messages to exchange reading progress and reading experience, there was no other action, and the text messages were not every day.

During this period, Suo Yang flew two trips to Rio de Janeiro and two trips to New York, and the rest of the time was basically short trips.

During his breaks, he would flip through the book and put the bookmark on the page where Shen Huiming was “reporting”, but he didn’t read it much.

First, there was no time, and second, he wasn’t in the mood.

He found himself completely hung up on Shen Huiming. As long as he stayed still and picked up the book, his mind would be full of him.

It wasn’t that he missed him, not really, he just felt puzzled.

What was Shen Huiming’s tactic here?

He couldn’t figure it out.

This actually annoyed Suo Yang a bit. It was fine if Shen Huiming wanted to go back and forth with his moves on him, but it was absolutely not fine if he wanted to play mind games on him like that.

So later on, he simply didn’t reply to Shen Huiming’s text messages.

He didn’t reply to the text messages, but his thoughts never stopped spinning.

Suo Yang has never liked to ponder about people, but the human heart was incomprehensible. The same kind of rice could feed all sorts of people¹, and what’s more, he felt that he and Shen Huiming were not eating the same kind of rice. He would not even try to explore this topic even philosophers could not understand why.

But that was only before, and these days, Suo Yang completely overturned his original thoughts.

It was true that people were difficult to understand, but human behaviour could be analysed. Shen Huiming’s purpose was very clear, and in order to achieve the purpose, he used some methods. Wasn’t this a typical ‘result-oriented’ approach? Suo Yang was feeling a little disappointed when he thought about this. In the few times he got along with Shen Huiming, he accepted the other man easily and had concluded from experience that he was to a large extent the type of person he would like to get along with.

But he had forgotten that Shen Huiming was a businessman. He was asking for trouble when he talked to crafty businessmen about the Art of War.

After he thought about it clearly, Suo Yang was sulking with himself for a while and then decided to take a shower and go to bed.

He suddenly realised that he had ‘grown wiser’ through this incident, which was not a great loss.

When he got out of the shower, the phone rang.

It was from Zhou Mo. He called and asked about his progress with Jiang Tongyan.

Suo Yang said with a smile while drying his hair, “I haven’t been in touch since then.”

“Haven’t been in touch?” Zhou Mo was a little surprised, “That’s not right, I remember he told me at the time that he had a very good impression of you!”

“You believe everything people say? Would you say something bad about my friend to my face?”

“Tsk tsk tsk, Jiang Tongyan really has a bad eye. He doesn’t even know to grasp an excellent person like you when you put it there. No future.”

Suo Yang smiled as he sat in front of the window and basked in the sun.

“Is it your day off?”

When he heard Zhou Mo’s question, Suo Yang’s nerves were suddenly affected. Could it be that Shen Huiming had started to act now?

“Yes, I’m flying tomorrow afternoon.”

“Then should we have dinner tonight?” Zhou Mo said. “Old Cheng is on a business trip. It’s been more than a week since he left. It’s too lonely for me to be alone in an empty room.”

“It’s been more than a week since he’s gone before you think of me?” Suo Yang deliberately ran on him, “I think you’re not that lonely.”

Zhou Mo laughed loudly over there, “No a, I was afraid that you would be too busy and that you wouldn’t rest well, so I didn’t dare to look for you!”

For Suo Yang, Zhou Mo was the only one who would not be turned down if he asked him out.

“Okay, what time and where?”

“Come to my place, I’ve been learning to cook recently, so I’ll practice with you.”

What could be done? He could only say yes.

Suo Yang told him that he would catch up on his sleep first and come later. With this, the two of them set up an appointment.

After hanging up the phone, Suo Yang realized that Zhou Mo hadn’t asked him about his future flight arrangements, so he laughed to himself at his own expectations, but before he lay down and went to bed, he still thought maybe he would ask when they were having dinner tonight?

Whether he admitted it or not, the bet did have an impact on Suo Yang. It was like someone hid a diamond in the calm water. It looked as if it was the same as before, but in reality, there was already an undercurrent surging violently underneath the lake.

All of Suo Yang’s expectations about Shen Huiming were in vain because when he and Zhou Mo had dinner in the evening, the other party didn’t mean to inquire about his flight at all. The two chatted about trivial matters in their lives, but Suo Yang didn’t tell him about his entanglement with Shen Huiming; it was not easy to talk about it.

After dinner, Zhou Mo tried to drag Suo Yang to the bar but was rejected by Suo Yang.

Although he knew that he would not drink as he did last time, after all, he had to go to work tomorrow afternoon, and he didn’t want to accompany Zhou Mo until late at night.

He didn’t go, but Zhou Mo couldn’t stay at home, so he gave him a lift to the bar.

The two chatted on the way about nothing more than their personal life.

Suo Yang won’t talk to others about this kind of topic, but if it was Zhou Mo, he could still talk about it briefly.

Zhou Mo was curious about why he and Jiang Tongyan didn’t work out, but Suo Yang thought it was normal. He was not an RMB², where anyone who saw him would like him³.

“What about Shen Huiming?” Zhou Mo suddenly mentioned this person, “I remember the last time we met, the two of you were still dancing.”

When it came to Shen Huiming, Suo Yang didn’t say a word.

Zhou Mo was used to his behaviour and didn’t take it seriously. He got out of the car at the entrance of the bar and joked with a smile, “My friend, adults should arrange some of their X life properly, otherwise, their hormones will be out of balance.”

Suo Yang laughed out loud and waved his hand to tell him to drive safe and go home early.

After he watched Zhou Mo enter the bar, Suo Yang closed the car window and drove away.

There were bars on both sides of this street, many of which they had frequented before.

It had been a while since Suo Yang had gone to a bar for a drink, and his life was getting duller and duller. Not to mention an X life, he didn’t even fantasize about X…

At the red light ahead, Suo Yang stepped on the brakes.

When he thought of his X fantasy, he was going to laugh at himself for not even having one, but then he suddenly remembered that not too long ago, on the night of Zhou Mo’s birthday, he came home drunk and got turned on because of a phone call from Shen Huiming.

Shen Huiming.

It was neverending.

Suo Yang was a little upset and wanted to find a place to have a drink, but when he looked up, the light was green, and he ended up driving home.

The feeling of being disturbed by someone was bad, and Suo Yang felt the need to do something about it.

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Shen Huiming sent a message to Suo Yang at two o’clock in the middle of the night, and the content was: I have time to read that book carefully this time.

At that time, Suo Yang was still awake. He had slept in the afternoon and had some trouble sleeping at night.

He was sitting at the table flipping through the book ‘On Love’ when Shen Huiming’s message came in.

It had been three days since the last time Shen Huiming sent a text message, and it had been a week since he replied.

Suo Yang looked at his message, and he originally didn’t want to reply. But at night when all was still, people could easily become emotional.

He replied: What? Finally had some rest?

Shen Huiming didn’t expect that he would reply to the message. After all, it was so late. If he was not on the plane, he should have been sleeping.

Shen Huiming smiled when he saw the reply and sent a message to Suo Yang to ask: Is it a good time to call?

After he sent it, a few minutes later, Suo Yang’s phone call came through.

Suo Yang himself was surprised. There were only his parents and Zhou Mo in his call records. His colleagues only sent out WeChat, but all of them were only related to work, and there were no casual calls.

He originally still had some grudges towards Shen Huiming, yet he called on this night.

He should have pretended to be asleep and not even answered text messages.

“Why are you still awake this late?”

Shen Huiming’s voice came from the other side of the phone, and what made Suo Yang feel a little incredulous was that this man’s voice seemed to have a kind of magic, and it was extra sexy at night.

Suo Yang was never easily seduced, but there was something that people could not resist.

He stood up, walked to the balcony and opened the window, lying on the window sill as the cool wind in the early autumn night blew and said to Shen Huiming, “I slept in the afternoon, so I can’t sleep now.”

“How have you been? Still very busy?”

Suo Yang laughed, “I’ve always been the same, but you, are you very busy?”

Shen Huiming heard his laughter and laughed along, “Yes, I’ve been so busy that I’ve left you out.”

Suo Yang’s eyes flickered, but he didn’t speak.

“But this next period of time should be quite empty,” Shen Huiming said. “All that should be dealt with has been dealt with, and then there’s a bit of my own business to deal with next.”

Suo Yang thought he was talking about their business.

“So, our agreement may have to be delayed.”

“What do you mean?”

Shen Huiming sighed, “If I tell you that I’m in the hospital now, am I guilty of selling a tragedy for sympathy?”

“Hospital?” At the hospital at two o’clock in the middle of the night?

“Well, I was so busy a while ago that I didn’t get in touch with you very much.” Shen Huiming said lightly. “I’m finally done with it, so I’m doing a little something in advanced so that I can go on a date with you in good health.”

Suo Yang smiled, “What? Mr Shen also went to have plastic surgery? “

“Do you think I have to do that?” Shen Huiming likes to listen to Suo Yang’s joke, “I’m still very confident in my appearance.”

It was as if all the grudges from before had disappeared, blown away by the wind of this night.

Suo Yang asked, “Are you not going to tell me why you’re in the hospital?”

“I want to say it, but I was afraid you would think I was using this to beg your pity.” Shen Huiming said, “I’m not the kind of person who likes to win pity.”

“How do you know I’m bound to be sympathetic? I’m not the kind of Holy Mother who feels sorry for anyone she sees, either.”

“I had a minor operation on my stomach,” Shen Huiming said. “It’s the third day today, and I sent you a message as soon as I had the strength. Are you touched? Do you want to feel sorry for me?”

Suo Yang didn’t expect Shen Huiming to be in the hospital for the past few days after he had cut off contact and suddenly felt a little despicable for guessing haphazardly.

“A little.” Suo Yang said, “So do you need me to go visit?”

“If you want,” Shen Huiming said with a chuckle, “However, a visit is a visit, it’s not really a date, and our bet will continue.”

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Chapter 18

October 9, 2022 / hoenimochi / 0 Comments

Article 2: The philosopher in the bedroom is as ridiculous as the philosopher in the nightclub.

It was a very comfortable thing to be with Shen Huiming. Even though Suo Yang was in a state of tension most of the time during this whole process.

He would always subconsciously try to interpret what Shen Huiming said, every sentence, and even every word used. In his opinion, Shen Huiming was not the kind of person who would not speak without thinking, and whenever he expressed something, it naturally had a deeper meaning.

However, he also knew that maybe he cared too much and interpreted too much, which was not a good thing.

When he got home, he didn’t even bother to change his clothes and just lay directly on the bed.

The sheets and quilts had just been changed yesterday, but it had been a while since he aired the quilt, and even with the new bedding, his so-called happiness in life had not improved much.

He pulled the quilt over his head, knowing full well that he should take a shower and change into his pyjamas for a good night’s sleep, but he just didn’t want to move. He lay there thinking about the bet he made with Shen Huiming.

In fact, the step he took today was very dangerous. After all, before that, he had never thought that one day he would say this to a person he was not familiar with.

But it was undeniable that he was wavering, and the balance was clearly tilting in Shen Huiming’s direction.

Suo Yang had met a lot of people, from all walks of life, with various looks and personalities, but few made him feel comfortable and made him nervous but still enjoyable to be around.

Although he had politely expressed his dissatisfaction to Shen Huiming today—the other party seemed to just be very generic than sincere. He actually didn’t mind it very much. Life was originally boring and it was so much more enjoyable to have someone to keep you company.

He hid under the quilt and chuckled, then lifted the quilt and got up and went to take a shower.

After taking a shower, Suo Yang was no longer sleepy, and the discomfort from his hangover had basically disappeared.

He got himself a glass of warm water, and then on a whim, changed his clothes again and went downstairs.

Suo Yang drove to the bookstore, turned around twice and found the book—the one that Shen Huiming had read in the coffee shop before. Before they left, he watched Shen Huiming put the book back on the shelf of the coffee shop, so he must have just pulled it out casually to look at it.

Suo Yang bought it at the bookstore and bought two copies at once. Apart from the book, he also bought a pack of sticky notes and a pen in the cultural and creative section of the bookstore and went to the coffee shop next door after paying for it.

This kind of behaviour was a bit childish, and not even Suo Yang in middle school would have done such a thing.

However, what he didn’t do in middle school, he did now.

In the time it took to get a cup of coffee, Suo Yang wrote a note and put it in the book, then arranged for a courier to meet him at the coffee shop and sent the book with the note in it.

It would be delivered by same city postal delivery tomorrow morning.

The address was given to him by Shen Huiming. Before the two separated today, Shen Huiming handed him a business card of his own and added, “I’ve never properly introduced myself, I always thought we could take our time, but in case we don’t get a chance to get along later, I’d better give some introduction of myself.”

When Suo Yang finished the delivery, he tucked Shen Huiming’s business card into the book he had kept, and then drove home contentedly.

When Shen Huiming received the courier, Suo Yang had already flown away again, serving other first-class passengers at 30,000 feet high.

Shen Huiming had a meeting in the morning and came out of the conference room after eleven o’clock. The little girl at the front desk immediately came to him with a courier package.

“Mr. Shen, there is a package for you.”

Shen Huiming was not someone who would buy things online and it was also rare for someone to send him something to the company.

He thanked the lady at the front desk and returned to the office with the package.

The sender’s information was incomplete, and his name was “S”, but he looked down and smiled when he scanned the phone number, which he remembered.

Shen Huiming flipped the weight of the package in his hand, went to his desk, put down his notebook, picked up the scissors in the pen holder and carefully opened the package.

Inside was a book, Alain De Botton’s ‘On Love’, the same one he had read in the coffee shop, even the edition was the same.

Shen Huiming smiled as he took the book and sat down in his chair, leaning back and turning to the window walls behind him to bask under the sun as he flipped through the book.

He quickly turned the pages of the book first, and sure enough, he found a sticky note inside.

Suo Yang’s handwriting was beautifully written, in a style that casual and elegant. A powerful but not rigid one stroke to the left and another to the right, which was very similar to the feeling he gave.

Shen Huiming took the note and examined it, slowly reading and savouring it word by word.

【Mr. Shen: Actually, whether you read it or not, the ending of each book has been written, but that is only its own ending, not ours.】

Suo Yang did not sign his name, but he knew that Shen Huiming must have guessed who sent it.

Shen Huiming looked at the word “ours” under the sun and smiled.

That’s right. The ending between him and Suo Yang hadn’t been written yet.

Not only the ending, but the story had not yet officially started.

Shen Huiming sent a message to Suo Yang: Want to read the book together? I am currently at 4/248.

When Suo Yang saw Shen Huiming’s text, he was transiting in Paris and was about to leave for Rio de Janeiro.

The thirty-hour flight was halfway through so far.

While waiting for the passenger to board, Suo Yang turned on the phone and glanced at it, and then saw Shen Huiming’s message.

He was not the kind of person who always kept an eye on his phone. With few friends, he hardly misses any important information due to work, and his parents knew that he was busy, so they always waited for him to initiate contact for anything important.

But today, Suo Yang always subconsciously paid attention to his mobile phone as soon as he landed. After finishing his work, he finally found a chance to turn it on and take a look.

The chief flight attendant laughed at him, “What’s wrong with you today? You got a girlfriend?”

Suo Yang responded with a smile, “No, there’s something at home that’s on my mind.”

On my mind.

When Suo Yang saw Shen Huiming’s text, although he didn’t want to admit it, he had to admit that he was happy.

The note he left for Shen Hui Ming was written in a somewhat ambiguous way. In fact, he regretted it after sending it. It felt as if he was implying something to Shen Huiming, but he just wanted to say that they were not the main characters in this book, and there was no certainty on how the future would develop.

Fortunately, Shen Huiming was not the kind of person who was crazy to show off when he got a little advantage, and he knew how to respond to Suo Yang’s advances.

Shen Huiming understood that complacency over a single gesture of affection would only lead to a quicker explosion.

So, he still behaved well. Even though Suo Yang said that he wants to see a more real him, it was not right to rush things.

In response to Shen Huiming’s reply, Suo Yang again had to marvel at this man’s shrewdness.

He had made an appointment to read together and attach his own progress. In this way, even if he didn’t have the chance to meet for a long time, he would still be able to exchange messages.

Suo Yang held the phone for a moment and hesitated, but did not reply. He turned it off again and put it back in his pocket.

However, a minute before he board the passenger, he quickly turned on his phone and sent Shen Huiming a message.

Suo Yang’s reply didn’t say much else but sent his flight number over.

He sent the message and turned it off after it was sent successfully.

When he looked up again, the shuttle bus had already driven over, and the passengers were about to board the plane.

Suo Yang put the phone away, took a deep breath, and returned to his former professional appearance, with a decent smile on his face.

He watched the passengers rush out of the bus, and thought: the first flight after placing the bet and not meeting Shen Huiming.

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Chapter 17

September 30, 2022 / hoenimochi / 1 Comment

Although Suo Yang didn’t want to admit it, Shen Huiming was right.

Why did he feel like he was unable to position the other party? If he really didn’t feel anything at all, he could have refused politely and without hesitation, just like he did in the past.

Just like when Shen Huiming asked him for contact information for the first time.

But now, he was somewhat a little greedy for Shen Huiming.

Suo Yang smiled, and in order to hide his unease at being seen through, he deliberately bit into his plastic spoon and said “Is Mr Shen that confident?”

“Actually, I’m faking it,” Shen Huiming also smiled, “because I don’t think you like people who are not confident.”

Both men looked at each other with somewhat meaningful eyes, and their smiles each had hidden charms, hiding their heart.

“That’s right,” Suo Yang said, “I like confident people.”

Shen Huiming smiled brightly and was in a brighter mood too. Yesterday’s little trick was not in vain and neither was this frozen yoghurt today.

After the two of them finished eating, no one mentioned what they wanted to leave, and they walked slowly and leisurely down the empty corridor of the mall.

Neither of them was someone who liked to go shopping, and neither of them has the time to do so. Usually, Suo Yang’s rest time was used to catch up on his sleep, while Shen Huiming basically didn’t have any time to rest.

Such two people were actually willing to spend their precious time in this way at this moment, and Suo Yang felt that he had really changed.

“Suo Yang, let’s make a bet.”

“Huh?” Suo Yang looked at Shen Huiming, “What kind of bet?”

“If we run into each other on the plane again, just accept one of my invitations to date.”

Suo Yang laughed, “It doesn’t look like you want to go on a date with me too much.”

The odds of that were too low.

“I definitely want to, but I think the odds are that if I ask you out normally, you’ll turn me down.” Shen Huiming walked beside Suo Yang with a smile on his face, “Of course, you can deny my speculation, then I will immediately I’ll invite you to watch a movie together another day.”

Suo Yang smiled helplessly, “What to do? I’m a bit nervous about spending time with you now.”

He wasn’t joking as he realised that this man, Shen Huiming was almost looking right through him.

It created a very complex feeling for your next move to be guessed by someone accurately. There was a sense of joy in finding a very close friend and a sense of crisis in showing a flaw in front of the enemy.

He thought that Shen Huiming was very smart, and he dismantled him in a euphemistic and soft way that he could not hate.

For Suo Yang, this kind of person was still terrifying, and he had no chance of winning this game.

When he had no chance of winning, it was time to change his tactics.

“Nervous?”

“Yes, I seem to be being led by your nose.”

Shen Huiming understood what he meant, and deliberately distanced himself slightly from Suo Yang.

How else could one say that Shen Huiming was a smart person? He could hear the other party’s underlying meaning from just Suo Yang’s one sentence.

Shen Huiming was a little eager to accomplish what he wanted, and Suo Yang was hinting to him that he still had to keep his distance for the time being.

Not just physical distance, but also psychological.

Shen Huiming said, “Then how about this, I’ll wait for you to ask me out.”

Suo Yang looked at him and then heard him say, “I’m too presumptuous sometimes, and I can’t control my sense of proportion. I’ll give you the remote control, and the receiver is with me. You can control it how you want.”

Suo Yang smiled: “Don’t, that’s not the relationship between us.”

Shen Huiming looked at him and waited for him to continue.

“Actually, you don’t need to be so careful with me, this makes me a bit stressed instead.” Suo Yang said, “I’m looking forward to seeing the real you.”

Indeed, the two met each other four times, and each time it was as if they were playing chess, with the two of them sparring on the art of war. Although they knew the starting point was good, they always felt insincere.

Suo Yang didn’t deny his affection for Shen Huiming, but it was enough up to that point. What he wanted to see next was not how smart Shen Huiming was, but how sincere the other party was.

He himself was actually the same.

Everyone was an opportunist and shrewd adult, and it took courage to express sincerity. This society is full of hot faces and cold asses¹, which made people reluctant to give their sincerity easily.

“I’m really wavering,” Suo Yang continued walking forward, “it’s like when we have to choose one of the two but don’t know which one to choose, and the moment we flip a coin we already have the answer in our minds. I’ve flipped the coin in my mind.”

Suo Yang’s words were totally unexpected, Shen Huiming didn’t expect the other party to be willing to talk to him openly about this so soon.

“I’ve been deceiving myself for many years, and I chose not to listen to or look at anything that I found troublesome,” Suo Yang smiled, “The same is true for relationship issues, I think it’s troublesome to fall in love.”

Shen Huiming smiled: “I used to think so too.”

The two looked at each other, both smiled helplessly.

“Life is very stressful and time is packed. I always feel that I don’t have the leisure to fall in love. Of course, a large part of the reason is that I don’t think I will meet someone who makes me willing to continue to compress my time to be with them.”

Shen Huiming listened and nodded.

Suo Yang’s line of thoughts was not that unique. In this large but crowded city, people with such a mentality probably made up the majority.

“The day I met you for the first time, a colleague of mine asked me why I didn’t fall in love. I didn’t know the answer at the time. I could only say it’s just that the time has not come.” Suo Yang looked at the balloons floating in front of him and said softly, “But fate is too mysterious. Whether it exists or not, who knows?”

Shen Huiming had always been a person who didn’t believe in the so-called ‘fate’ and ‘destiny’, but his recent experience made him realise that maybe fate did exist, and maybe the matchmaker god, Yue lao² had already tied red threads to everyone’s wrists.

“I’m still not sure if fate exists, but it is undeniable that the three consecutive encounters with you have made me care about you.” Suo Yang chuckled, “It’s quite embarrassing to say that suddenly. “

“Mr Shen, I’m saying this because I hope you know I’m trying to show you my sincerity,” Suo Yang said, “I just made a request to you, saying that I would like to see a more real you. As the call, so the echo; I can’t just let you show your real side and still do nothing.”

Suo Yang’s words surprised Shen Hui Ming to the extent that he couldn’t find the right way to respond for a while. The other side stood still, looking at him with a pale face and smiling.

“Well, as you said, if we meet on the plane again, I’ll go on a date with you.” Suo Yang said, “You can decide what kind of date it is, as long as it doesn’t interfere with work, I’ll accept it anytime, anywhere, and in any way.”

He looked at Shen Huiming and said with a smile, “But if not, then we are not meant to be. Mr Shen, do you still want to play this bet?”

Shen Huiming stopped with him, and the two looked at each other as if facing each other.

Shen Huiming smiled: “Bet. Of course, I have to bet, and I promise not to do any little tricks behind my back.”

After all, he also wanted to know if anyone was fiddling with their fate at 30,000 feet.

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Chapter 16

September 30, 2022 / hoenimochi / 0 Comments

One of the reasons Suo Yang felt comfortable with Shen Huiming was that he was good at revealing his mind at the right time and expressing his sincerity at the right time.

It could be extremely uncomfortable to get along with someone who was all about so-called generic conversation topics, but it could also be annoying to be an adult who didn’t know how to be discreet or when to stop.

Shen Huiming had a good grasp of when to advance and when to step back so Suo Yang was always in the middle of two situations when he was with him—he was in control of Shen Huiming as Shen Huiming was in control of him.

It was like the two of them were dancing the tango, crossing their steps, moving in and out, never looking each other in the eye, knowing everything, but testing each other.

It was somewhat amusing.

“I want to know too,” Suo Yang said. “I’ve been waiting for that person too.”

Shen Huiming looked at him, and was unexpectedly satisfied with Suo Yang’s answer, because at least this sentence was not for show, and it was rare to hear Suo Yang’s sincerity from it.

“Everyone is waiting.” Shen Huiming said, “When I was a teenager, I was thinking about what kind of person I will fall in love with and what kind of person I will be with in the future. I listed a lot of criteria and reasons for loving someone. However, the more I grew up, the more I realized that love has no criteria or reasons.”

Suo Yang listened to his words and nodded gently to show his agreement.

“I chatted with Tongyan that day and talked about this.” Shen Huiming felt that he was not very kind and sincere. At this time he caught Jiang Tongyan and let him appear to whip him. “He said you met all his expectations for a lover.”

Suo Yang laughed, “Really?”

“Of course, it’s also possible that he modified his standard after meeting you.”

Suo Yang laughed softly when he said that, and he was in a good mood, not as uncomfortable as before.

Shen Huiming liked to see Suo Yang laugh like this, there was a kind of heartwarming feeling that made people pity him.

“By the way,” Suo Yang suddenly turned around and asked Shen Huiming, “How is Mr Jiang? I didn’t have time to say goodbye to him yesterday.”

He mentioned Jiang Tongyan on purpose, just like Shen Huiming mentioned the other side on purpose.

“He should be fine,” Shen Huiming said. “I guess.”

He didn’t tell Suo Yang that the person might be having a good time in the hotel at the moment, so he had the possibility to gossip about his rival behind his back. If Jiang Tongyan had already been in a process of getting together with someone else yet still came to flirt with Suo Yang, he would definitely stop him. However, he would have only dealt with Jiang Tongyan to his face, and would never have done something like “telling on” Suo Yang behind his back.

“The… curse he said yesterday, is it true?”

Shen Huiming didn’t expect Suo Yang to remember this, and he didn’t expect the other party to ask about it.

How to answer this question was a matter of knowledge.

“It was indeed true before I met you,” Shen Huiming said. “Tongyan and I were classmates for four years. Apart from the two of us, there are four other parties who can testify to this.”

Suo Yang asked knowingly, “So why do you say before me?”

“After I met you, I lost confidence in myself.” Shen Huiming was very frank this time, “It’s strange to say, I’m not the kind of person who has low self-esteem. Of course, I don’t feel inferior when I get along with you. I just feel uncertain.”

Suo Yang’s smile faded, but there was still a vague smile in his eyes. He wanted to see what Shen Huiming would say.

“Have you ever been in that situation? It was a situation where you’ve always won everything, but then suddenly one day you meet someone and everything becomes full of uncertainty.”

“Do you feel uncomfortable because of this feeling?”

“No.” Shen Huiming smiled at him, “On the contrary, I enjoyed it.”

He took a bite of frozen yoghurt, savouring the taste Suo Yang liked.

“You know, life is boring. I should thank you for adding something unusual to my boring life.”

Suo Yang’s hand that was holding the spoon was slightly sweaty.

He found himself and Shen Huiming had two very different attitudes on such matters.

“You don’t seem to be the kind of person with a life full of noises and excitement.” Shen Huiming said, “Although it’s rude to speculate on your life without permission, I do want to have a good chat with you.”

Suo Yang looked at him.

“Let’s talk about us, not about cufflinks, not Jiang Tongyan, not millet congee or frozen yoghurt.” Shen Huiming said sincerely, “I know we should take our time, and the aggressive approach will only make you turn around and walk away. But can you give me something sweet first, so I know what kind of position I have in your heart after these few meetings?”

Shen Huiming’s words made Suo Yang silent for a long time. During this silence, he kept thinking about the meaning behind these words.

He understood that this was a multiple-choice question given to him by Shen Huiming.

Adults, especially people like them, had to weigh the pros and cons of everything they did.

Including how they felt.

With their short lives and limited energy, people endure things far more than others could imagine.

The older they got, the more afraid they were to enter into a relationship because something like falling in love takes time and energy. When one were in love, one must give a part of yourself to the other party, and one must break the deep-rooted life, or the rhythm would be completely disrupted.

The adult romance was a very thorough adventure, since they were very realistic people, and everyone would think twice before embarking on this adventure.

The impulses of youth would be there, but eventually, they would be overwhelmed by reason.

They were mundane and profane. However, that was who they are, which was an undeniable truth.

Suo Yang appreciates Shen Huiming’s honesty because they really didn’t need to beat around the bush.

If one had a good feeling and felt that they could try to connect, then go ahead and try to become intimate.

But if the death sentence had been given at this moment, there was no need to dwell on others, everyone was very busy.

Suo Yang was considering how to answer, while Shen Huiming waited quietly for his sentence to be announced.

This was actually a gamble that Shen Huiming had made. It was all up to Suo Yang whether he lost or won.

A full five minutes had passed. Shen Huiming’s confidence was being depleted, and he was even ready to extinguish his thoughts about Suo Yang from now on. After all, he had explicitly hinted at the other party several times but still remained unmoved. So if he continued to pester them, it would only add to their troubles.

They all need to be decent in this sort of thing.

Suo Yang was actually in a bit of a dilemma, he rarely encountered such a tangled situation. Shen Huiming had given him a difficult problem.

“Mr Shen,” Suo Yang said, turning to Shen Huiming, who was uneasy, “what if I say I don’t know how I should position you?”

Shen Huiming breathed a sigh of relief at his answer, then laughed.

“Since you said that, then I understand what to do next.” Shen Huiming looked at him with a smile, “Do you know why you feel unable to position me? Because you have been shaken.”

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Chapter 15

September 25, 2022 / hoenimochi / 1 Comment

Apart from at the company, Suo Yang rarely ate with others, and he was never one to call people his friends either. After Zhou Mo moved out, he mostly kept to himself.

Therefore, Suo Yang would still feel somewhat uncomfortable sitting face-to-face and eating congee with someone he didn’t know very well like this.

Fortunately, Shen Huiming acted very naturally and did not pay too much attention to Suo Yang.

He would take care of Suo Yang, but he would not be too deliberate. Suo Yang could do things like taking a spoon and a tissue by himself.

As the two of them ate, they chatted softly one after another, not going too deep into the conversation, but just commenting on the taste of congee and the way the dishes were prepared.

Suo Yang smiled, “I didn’t expect you to know how to cook congee.”

“I don’t only know how to make congee.” Shen Huiming said with a smile, “When I was studying in New York, I didn’t learn much from a proper course, but my cooking skills were quite good.”

Suo Yang thought about his cooking skills, smiled, and continued to eat his congee without saying anything.

Shen Huiming really wanted to show his skills to Suo Yang. Although he was not sure if the saying “to capture a man, you have to capture his stomach first” was true, but it was certainly true that if you liked someone, you wanted to show everything you were good at in front of them.

However, even though Shen Huiming had some free time and wanted to show off more, he couldn’t open his mouth to invite the other party to his home.

There would always be opportunities in the future.

Shen Huiming comforted himself with this.

After the two of them finished eating, Suo Yang still felt uncomfortable and walked out of the restaurant with a frown on his face.

When he saw Suo Yang like this, Shen Huiming couldn’t bear to force the other person to accompany him, so he asked him if he wanted to go back to rest first.

His approach made Suo Yang feel quite good. Shen Huiming knew the right balance and it was not that much of a burden to get along with him.

The two walked out, but Suo Yang suddenly felt like vomiting, and subconsciously grabbed Shen Huiming’s wrist.

Shen Huiming responded quickly and asked him if he wanted to vomit.

Suo Yang closed his eyes and nodded gently with an ugly expression on his face.

Shen Huiming directly pulled his wrist and led him towards the nearby shopping mall, and he found the restroom without a hitch.

Suo Yang went in and vomited secretly. He leaned against the wall of the cubicle and thought that it was really embarrassing. He thought he would feel better after coming out of the house to get some fresh air, but to his surprise, he threw up again.

So, at the end of the day, he shouldn’t have had those few drinks last night.

When Suo Yang came out of the cubicle, Shen Huiming was already waiting for him outside with mineral water.

“Rinse your mouth.” Shen Huiming looked at him with some concern, “Should I not have taken you to eat?”

Suo Yang forced a smile out and unscrewed the bottle cap to rinse his mouth.

When it was cleaned up, Suo Yang let out a long breath of relief.

After throwing up, he was eased a lot, and his whole body was not as heavy-headed as before.

Suo Yang rubbed his stomach, feeling uncomfortable in his stomach, and said casually, “I want to eat frozen yoghurt.”

Shen Huiming was startled for a while, then smiled, “Let’s eat it, there should be some in this mall.”

He didn’t expect that Suo Yang also had a childish side, wanting to eat something and when he said it, he was a bit aggrieved, which was oddly cute.

Suo Yang’s original intention was not to pretend to be aggrieved to seduce Shen Huiming, he just thought it would be more comfortable to eat something cold.

Suo Yang didn’t like sweets, and pure ice cream was too sweet for him, so frozen yoghurt was just right. It was just the right amount of sweet and sour, with a bit of fruit thrown in to be eaten.

The two walked out of the bathroom, and Shen Huiming asked him, “Do you feel better?”

Suo Yang nodded, “I feel much better after vomiting.”

Shen Huiming could see that Suo Yang was a little embarrassed, and deliberately said his embarrassing story to make the other party happy, “Last month I had some talk about a business deal, you know it, how can I not go to drink when I talk about business now? From the restaurant to the bar, the old Russia big brother, their drinking capacity is really not blown out of proportion.”

Suo Yang turned his head to look at him with a smile, “Got you drunk?”

“I got so drunk that I threw up seven times a night.” Shen Huiming shook his head, “After that, I had to lie in bed for two days before I recovered.”

Suo Yang laughed, “Business talk is not easy.”

“Yeah, some people look as if they are shiny and bright, but in fact, they secretly got stomach perforation so fast when they drink.” Shen Huiming laughed, “I’m not talking about you, I’m talking about myself.”

Suo Yang also looked at him and smiled, and then replied, “The stomach perforation is very serious, so you still need to pay more attention to it in general.”

Suo Yang turned forward when he spoke, Shen Huiming turned his head to look at him, and could only see the high bridge of his nose and the slightly quivering eyelashes.

The two walked slowly and leisurely in the mall. The mall was rarely crowded on a weekday afternoon, even the shop assistants of each store were lazy.

The two of them walked around and found a shop selling frozen yoghurt.

Shen Huiming said, “What’s the difference between this and yoghurt?”

Suo Yang was a little surprised, “You’ve never eaten it?”

“Would it make me look stupid if I said I hardly ever come to the mall, and have never seen or eaten anything?”

Suo Yang laughed out loud, then ordered two servings and let Shen Huiming choose the fruit by himself.

“It’s on me,” said Suo Yang, “to show you the world.”

The two big men each took a frozen yoghurt and sat down on a small chair in the shop.

Suo Yang said, “The first time I had frozen yoghurt was when Zhou Mo bought it, and I had a hangover the night before. We went out looking for something to eat the next day, and he bought this for me.”

Shen Huiming took a small plastic spoon and scooped the white piece into his mouth. It was cold and sweet and sour, “Well, it tastes good.”

Suo Yang looked at him and smiled, “You don’t have to force yourself if you don’t like it.”

“Then you really misunderstood me,” Shen Huiming said. “People like us, in order to maintain dignity, even if we eat the best food, we have to act calm and reserved in order to maintain our decency, after all, we are a boss, we can’t act so ignorant.”

Suo Yang was so amused by his words that he burst out laughing.

Shen Huiming was quite amusing, Suo Yang thought, more amusing than I thought.

Suo Yang lowered his head and laughed softly as Shen Huiming poked a piece of fruit with his fork and brought it to his mouth.

He took a bite of the mango, which was also slightly cool and delicious, with a touch of sweetness, a bit like the feeling Suo Yang gave him at the moment.

Maybe it was because the two had become familiar with each other after a few meetings, or maybe it was because he had just seen Suo Yang broken down, so the person in front of him seemed to have finally taken off his armour temporarily, no longer hiding his fatigue.

Suo Yang’s face was pale and he sat there quietly eating frozen yoghurt. Shen Huiming looked at him and wanted to say: Why don’t you lean on me?

“What’s the matter?” Suo Yang found him staring at him, no longer pretending not to know, but turned to ask.

“I was thinking, what kind of people would you be attracted to,” Shen Huiming said. “What kind of person would make your heart flutter?”

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This chapter is chucked with personal stuff haha! I really wanted frozen yoghurt so badly, but I couldn’t eat it… I’m pissed off! Thank you to the little angel who voted or irrigated nutrient solution for me during 2020-04-20 06:23:48~2020-04-21 06:26:37~

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Chapter 14

September 25, 2022 / hoenimochi / 0 Comments

After being attracted to a person, everyone has the potential to become a detective.

One would try to explore the common interests between both of them, and would intentionally decipher what the other person said after a deep thought.

All of this became a clue to approach the other party, an ambiguous hint hidden under the lingering smoke that the other person gives himself.

Shen Huiming smiled, “Coincidentally, we both met for the first time at 30,000 feet too.”

Suo Yang thanked the waiter who brought the coffee, and gently fiddled with the ice cubes inside the glass with a plastic straw.

“As the hand of God produced clouds with one turn of the hand and rain with another, so does literary creation that comes from life.” Suo Yang looked up at him and smiled, “In other words, the author couldn’t have predicted the meeting of the people more than 20 years ago.”

“Well? How does the book end?”

“Want me to spoil it?” Suo Yang took a sip of coffee, pressing the tip of his tongue against the ice.

“Because I think, I probably don’t have the patience to finish reading.” No patience, and not much time.

Shen Huiming didn’t usually read this kind of book. Today, he just had nothing to do while waiting for Suo Yang, so he picked this book out of the coffee shop’s bookshelf.

He felt that the copy that he took with him happened to be the one Suo Yang had read, which was also a hint of fate.

The two of them were just made for each other.

“Broke up.” As Suo Yang put the ice cube in his mouth, the coolness relieved his headache and nausea, “The male protagonist finds another new love at the end, and starts a new round of research on the subject of love.”

Shen Huiming smiled wryly and shook his head, “I shouldn’t have asked.”

“Whether you ask or not, the ending is already written.”

“But if I hadn’t asked, they would have ended up differently in my world.” Shen Huiming said, “In fact, nothing in the world is really set in stone, and a well-written and established ending may not, in fact, be unchanged.”

He picked up the small box on the table and opened it slowly.

Suo Yang fiddled with the ice cubes in the glass and said with a smile, “Is this self-deception?”

“Sometimes there’s nothing wrong with deceiving yourself,” Shen Huiming said as he examined his cufflinks that had been sent back to him. “It’s like I know you’re bound to reject me and have already done so, but I still think it’s hard to say what’s going to happen later. What do you think?”

Shen Huiming put the cufflinks back on, “We all know that fate is very metaphysical, and everyone is a scientific supremacist, yet in this matter, we firmly believe in fate.”

He lowered his head and fiddled with his cufflinks with one hand, “Fate has made us meet by chance several times, and I think I should fight for it even if it’s just to be an ordinary friend.”

He raised his head and looked at Suo Yang, “What do you think?”

Suo Yang’s eyes kept falling on Shen Huiming’s wrist, who was struggling with cufflinks.

He put down the cup and stretched out his hand, “I’ll help you with it.”

Shen Huiming smiled and handed the half-finished cufflinks to Suo Yang, then extended his hand.

Helping someone with cufflinks was like helping someone with a tie, which was more or less intimate and ambiguous. This was the first time for Suo Yang to do such a thing, and it was also the first time for Shen Huiming to be “taken care of” by someone like this.

Both of them were silent, Shen Huiming looked at Suo Yang’s slightly frowning brows, unable to guess what the man was thinking.

When the cufflinks were fastened, Suo Yang subconsciously breathed a sigh of relief.

“How was it? Did you have a good rest last night?” Shen Huiming began to look for a topic of conversation.

Suo Yang smiled bitterly, “I have a headache, it’s been a long time since I drank like this.”

Shen Huiming actually didn’t know how much Suo Yang had drunk and what exactly he had drunk. In the time it took him to go out for a cigarette with Jiang Tongyan, Suo Yang’s face and eyes were already red when he came back.

“You don’t usually drink much?” Shen Huiming remembered that when they met in New York, Suo Yang had just come out of a bar.

Probably everyone had heard the rumours—that the flight attendant circle had a chaotic life.

Of course, there are similar rumours—the chaotic life of foreign executives, the chaotic life of the gay community, the chaotic life of surgeons, and so on.

The list went on and on.

Shen Huiming has always hated grouping and labelling. There were good people in every group and black sheep in every group, and generalising from one point to another only makes people look more narrow-minded.

But it was undeniable that he was curious about Suo Yang’s life.

“Not so much in these past two years.” Suo Yang felt uncomfortable in his stomach and put another ice cube in his mouth.

“It’s good, alcohol is something that is good to spice up your life once in a while, but too much of it is really bad for your health.” Shen Huiming leaned on the back of the sofa and sighed, “Sometimes I suspect that the alcohol content in my body has exceeded my blood level content.”

Of course, he was joking, and both of them knew that.

But Shen Huiming’s “deliberate show of misery” still caught Suo Yang’s attention, who hooked his tongue around the ice cube, swirled it around and then chewed it hard.

“It’s inevitable for businessman,” Suo Yang said, “but it’s better to take care of yourself if possible. Your health is important.”

Shen Huiming smiled, “Can I take that as a concern?”

Suo Yang also smiled, “It’s supposed to be a concern.”

He took a sip of coffee and swallowed the shattered ice.

“It’s not pleasant to be drunk.” Suo Yang rubbed his temples, “I still feel nauseated.”

Shen Huiming stared at him, watching his neatly manicured and clean nails turn pale from pressing too hard on his forehead.

“Have you eaten?” Shen Huiming asked.

Suo Yang shook his head, “My stomach doesn’t feel good.”

“Do you remember what you said to me on the plane before?” Shen Huiming tapped Suo Yang’s coffee cup with his fingers, “The downside of drinking coffee on an empty stomach, remember?”

Suo Yang smiled, “I feel like I’ve been caught doing something bad.”

“Aren’t you?” Shen Huiming stood up and said to him, “Let’s go. let’s have something to eat. there should be a congee shop nearby, simply eat a little or your body won’t be able to take it.”

Suo Yang sat there and tilted his head to look at him.

Shen Huiming didn’t hide his gaze, and said to him very calmly, “This is me being concerned about you.”

Suo Yang wanted to refuse but then heard Shen Huiming say, “You helped me twice, the ticket holder and cufflinks. It’s not too much for me to treat you to a bowl of congee as a thank you.”

Shen Huiming asked him with a smile, “You wouldn’t deliberately make me owe you a favour, would you?”

Suo Yang smiled helplessly and stood up with his hands on the table.

He finally realized that it was very difficult for him to win against Shen Huiming. The other party was too shrewd and knew how to bridge the gap for him.

As the two walked out, Shen Huiming said, “It looks like you haven’t taken care of yourself very well either, you’re really looking a bit pale now.”

Suo Yang walked beside him without speaking.

“I originally wanted to take the opportunity to invite you to watch a movie, but seeing you like this, I couldn’t bear to ask.”

Suo Yang smiled in his heart: But you still said it.

“Maybe next time.” Suo Yang said lightly, “If there’s a chance later.”

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The part where Suo Yang said, “As the hand of God produced clouds with one turn of the hand and rain with another, so does literary creation that comes from life”
In my interpretation, it refers to the inconsistency of God and literary creation, since the sentence of to produced clouds with one turn of the hand and rain with another is actually an idiom for being tricky and inconsistent. So the literary creation that is derived from life should be similar; tricky and inconsistent.

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Chapter 13

September 9, 2022 / hoenimochi / 1 Comment

Some encounters were coincidental, but others were clearly intentional.

Although Suo Yang had a splitting headache at the moment, his mind was still clear. He narrowed his eyes and looked at the cufflinks as the midday sun broke through the window, casting a somewhat dazzling light on it.

“No.” Suo Yang said softly, “I really don’t remember anything.”

The cufflinks were specially placed in Suo Yang’s pocket by Shen Huiming in order to create a chance for the next meeting reasonably.

Therefore, he knew very well that either Suo Yang hadn’t found out, or Suo Yang had found out and was deliberately playing dumb.

“Is that so…” Shen Huiming sighed with a wry smile, “I didn’t expect that I would lose it.”

“It’s important?” Suo Yang thought subconsciously, that maybe the pair of cufflinks was given to him by someone who meant a lot to Shen Huiming.

“Yes, it’s very important,” Shen Huiming said. “It’s an X brand limited edition, with the number and name engraved on the inside of the button, but that’s not important.”

Suo Yang listened quietly while picking up the cufflinks on the table and examining them carefully.

There was indeed a number on the inside of the button, and Shen Huiming’s cufflink was number 1.

As for the name, he saw an “S” near the number, which should represent “Shen”.

Suo Yang looked at it with a slight smile in his eyes.

Suo Yang’s Suo was also S.

He was suddenly alarmed because he found himself subconsciously looking for what he had in common with Shen Huiming.

This was what happened when you start caring about someone.

This made Suo Yang feel that he and Shen Huiming did seem to be starting to get involved in a way that was inevitable.

“More importantly,” Shen Huiming said, “Someone told me yesterday that he likes the cufflinks.”

With a “bang”, Suo Yang’s alarm bell blew up.

It was not that Suo Yang had never met a push and pull master, but all the tactics Shen Huiming had used had hit him right in the heart.

A subtle hint, no rush and no impatience.

He preferred to be treated like this than those who thought they were passionately pursuing him.

“I just got up.” Suo Yang said, “I’ll look for it later, and I’ll contact you later.”

Shen Huiming smiled, and since Suo Yang said that, it proved that he had wavered.

“Alright.” One couldn’t rush, couldn’t be too blunt, couldn’t give the other party the feeling of being pushed.

Shen Huiming said, “I’ll also look for it. Maybe it fell in one of my pockets.”

Suo Yang laughed silently and said softly, “I’ll contact you later. Bye.”

He hung up the phone, lay on the sofa and played with the cufflink in his hand.

He did say that he liked Shen Huiming’s cufflinks, but of course, that wasn’t his focus at the time. He believed that Shen Huiming could understand his underlying tone.

It was just that they didn’t expect that the other party was also someone who was capable of going back and forth, and now these cufflinks had become the thread that held them together.

Suo Yang hadn’t really looked at the cufflinks before but felt that the simple design matched Shen Huiming’s calm temperament.

He hated everything that was overly ornate. Anything too shiny or complicated in design made him feel that it was too flashy and overwhelming.

This simple design had just the right touch. It felt low-key and not cheap.

The same was true for object and person.

Half an hour later, Suo Yang sent a text message to Shen Huiming: Mr Shen, I found your cufflinks in my trouser pocket.

At this moment, Shen Huiming was sitting in a coffee shop drinking coffee and reading a book, patiently waiting for his message.

Shen Huiming didn’t expect Suo Yang to call, and he even suspected that the other party didn’t store his number at all.

Suo Yang really didn’t save it, but he remembered the string of numbers, found the “good night” from a few days ago in the text message record, and sent the message.

Out of courtesy, Shen Huiming did not call back immediately but sent a reply to Suo Yang via text message.

【Luckily, I didn’t lose it. When is it convenient for you for me to go and pick it up?】

Suo Yang had already drank two glasses of water while standing in front of the water dispenser. He looked at the text message, thought about it, and replied—

【I haven’t made any arrangements today. Let’s meet somewhere.】

Suo Yang really didn’t have the habit of letting unfamiliar people come to the door. So he met them outside, meeting at home was too ambiguous.

The two met at a coffee shop an hour later. The coffee shop where they met was the one where Shen Huiming was now.

He had already made plans when he came.

When Suo Yang reported his home address to the taxi driver last night, he heard it, but he had to pretend he didn’t know.

This coffee shop was not far from Suo Yang’s house, and there was a shopping mall and a cinema upstairs, so if possible, he might be able to get a chance to watch a movie and have dinner.

After making an appointment with Suo Yang, Shen Huiming asked the waiter to clean up the table, take away the empty cup, and replace the tissue with a new one, then continued reading and waiting for Suo Yang to arrive.

Before he left the house, Suo Yang deliberately found a small box and put the cufflinks in it. Because of the headache, he went back to take another painkiller when was already about to lock the door.

In fact, he didn’t really want to go out today. The hangover felt too torturous.

But he had a flight for three days in a row starting tomorrow. So after some hesitation, he decided to meet Shen Huiming today.

With a headache and nausea, Suo Yang didn’t drive, went out and took a taxi to the coffee shop he had made an appointment with.

Maybe he should have a cup of coffee, an Americano with ice, to suppress the non-stop nausea feeling.

Suo Yang sat in the back seat of the car, fell asleep in a daze, was woken up by the taxi driver, then hurriedly paid to get out of the car.

He took a deep breath outside for a while and adjusted his state.

It was already autumn in September, but the temperature was still a little high in the afternoon.

He rubbed his eyebrows, saw the sign of the coffee shop, and walked over there.

Before Suo Yang reached the door, he saw Shen Huiming. The man was sitting by the window, and the huge transparent glass wall allowed people outside to see the world inside in full view.

Shen Huiming was sitting on a black leather sofa, looking down intently at the book in his hand, and Suo Yang couldn’t see clearly what he was reading, but the way the man was sitting there peacefully was a bit charming.

He looked at him and smiled and suddenly felt that if he hadn’t made an appointment with Shen Huiming, if the two of them didn’t know each other, maybe, just as he passed by, he would have taken a second look at this man.

Shen Huiming was very attractive.

He pushed open the door and walked in, went to the bar and ordered an Americano with ice, then walked towards Shen Huiming with the small dark blue box with cufflinks in it.

Shen Huiming never looked up. So Suo Yang walked towards him step by step, reached him, leaned over and put the small box on the table in front of him.

Only then did Shen Huiming freeze for a moment before looking up.

The two looked at each other and smiled, and Suo Yang sat opposite him.

As Suo Yang sat down, he recalled the scene he had just witnessed, and surprisingly, he felt like he was proposing with a ring in his hand.

This made him laugh and cry, and he felt that he was indeed strange.

“Something to drink?” Shen Huiming put down the book and asked Suo Yang.

“I already ordered.” Suo Yang glanced at the book Shen Huiming was reading, “Someone at 30,000 feet high must have been fiddling with our fate.”

Shen Huiming followed his line of sight to the book and then smiled because this sentence was from the first chapter of the book, where the male and female lead met on the plane.

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Chapter 12

September 9, 2022 / hoenimochi / 0 Comments

Suo Yang woke up on the sofa the next day with a splitting headache and started to vomit as soon as he moved.

He rushed straight into the bathroom and threw up all over the place.

It was not that he hadn’t had hangovers before. He used to play around with everyone for a while when he was in college. On weekends, he would soak in bars and spend the next day recovering energy.

However, Suo Yang only fooled around for around a year or so, and then gradually began to restrain himself and no longer indulged himself indiscriminately.

He hadn’t felt this way in a long time.

After he vomited, he took off his clothes and took a shower. The cold water poured down, causing him to clench his teeth and frown.

His muddled brain was briefly awakened by the cold water, and he quickly adjusted to the temperature of the water, closing his eyelids as he finished the shower.

Afterwards, he cleaned up the bathroom and did laundry.

After he came out, he confirmed that he had no flying duties today, and then he rummaged through the cupboard to find a painkiller, took it with the cold water and slumped back down on the sofa.

He fumbled with his phone and turned it on; it still had 20% battery left.

In the middle of the night, Zhou Mo texted him back and asked him if something had happened to him.

After about an hour, Zhou Mo sent another message. It should be Shen Huiming who told the other party that he had arrived home, so he told him to take a good rest.

Except for Zhou Mo, nothing else.

Suo Yang put the phone aside and looked at the ceiling pondering the events of last night.

Nothing else impressed him, but that last call from Shen Hui Ming still made his fingers tingle when he thought about it.

Suo Yang had never been a person who was easily attracted to someone. He even would suppress his own desires deliberately, for anything and everyone.

He felt that desires were burdens, and when one had more and more desires, one would live an increasingly tiring life.

Of course, it wasn’t much easier for him now.

For several years, Suo Yang had done well, and he was very satisfied with himself.

His home was in minimalist style, and so was his life. If he didn’t want or desire anything, he wouldn’t be trapped by his desires.

However now, he was still stuck.

Just because of the voice that reached his ears late at night.

Suo Yang was not a person who had an obsession with sound, but he was indeed aroused by Shen Huiming’s voice at that moment.

Was it because he had suppressed it for too long?

Suo Yang found a reasonable explanation for himself. Because he had been abstaining from sex for too long, coupled with the catalyst of alcohol and the dark night, this had led to the buds of lust sprouting in his heart.

That was probably the case.

Suo Yang sighed and closed his eyes with a wry smile.

He knew that wasn’t the case.

Otherwise, why else would he have put his hand in his pyjama trousers now that the alcohol and the darkness had all but disappeared from his world?

Ah, man…

Inseparable from desire.

Suo Yang thought: Let’s take a rest. I have a day off today.

It was noon when Shen Huiming came out of the conference room. The assistant asked if he wanted help ordering lunch. He waved his hand and refused.

“I’m going out, and I won’t necessarily be back in the afternoon.” Shen Huiming said, “Call me if anything happens.”

He handed the materials in his hand to the assistant and went downstairs directly.

Shen Huiming also went home shortly after Suo Yang left last night, but after all, he drank a lot of alcohol, so he didn’t drive when he came to the company this morning.

Now, he walked out of the building and took a taxi to meet with Jiang Tongyan.

The two of them met at a Spanish restaurant opposite the hotel where Jiang Tongyan stayed.

When Jiang Tongyan came, Shen Huiming had been looking at the menu for a while.

“How much did you drink yesterday?” Shen Huiming asked him, “You look half-dead now.”

Jiang Tongyan sat down and first asked the waiter for a glass of warm water. He then finished it in one gulp.

“I think I’m finished.” Jiang Tongyan said, “I’m in trouble.”

Shen Huiming looked up at him, “What’s wrong? Did you give away your company while you were drunk last night?”

Jiang Tongyan rubbed his eyebrows helplessly, “Do you know who was sleeping next to me when I woke up this morning?”

Shen Huiming put down the menu.

“Suo Yang.”

“…”

“Okay, I lied to you.” Jiang Tongyan let out a sigh, “The one you danced with yesterday.”

“Good for you. Surely you won’t go back empty-handed once you’ve come back, right?”

Jiang Tongyan took the menu and looked at it: “I’m not kidding you. I’m really in trouble.”

Shen Huiming leaned back in the chair and squinted at him with an amused look on his face.

“I drank too much last night, and I don’t even remember how I got back to the hotel,” Jiang Tongyan said. “I was so drunk that I definitely couldn’t get hard, so I told him I didn’t touch him.”

Shen Huiming sneered and said nothing.

“But he said his butt hurt and asked me to be responsible for him.”

Jiang Tongyan looked bitter, but Shen Huiming was happy.

It was good. No one would rob Suo Yang from him this time.

Jiang Tongyan said, “I have a good idea of what I can do, I definitely didn’t sleep with him.”

“But you have no evidence.” Shen Huiming said, “Admit it, you’ve planted yourself in someone’s hands.”

“This is a scam, I have to find a way.” Jiang Tongyan called the waiter and the two ordered their food.

“By the way,” Jiang Tongyan asked Shen Huiming, “Last night, when I turned around, you and Suo Yang were gone. Don’t tell me you went to open a room.”

Shen Huiming was about to drink water when he almost choked on his words.

“You think we’re all the same as you?” Shen Huiming said. “You’re so senseless, you little.”

Jiang Tongyan sneered, “You are really not a man.”

“You are,” Shen Huiming said politely to him, “Sleeping with someone and still not admitting it.”

“But I didn’t sleep with him!”

“Who knows whether you slept or not? There’s no proof in your words, you have to show proof.” Shen Huiming said, “With all this going on, are you not going to be able to leave today?”

“Leaving, I’m definitely leaving,” Jiang Tongyan was flying back to New York tonight, “It’s just a little troublesome.”

Shen Huiming’s cell phone rang, and the assistant called to confirm the time for a meeting tomorrow.

In the time it took for him to call, Jiang Tongyan made a decision.

“I’ve thought it over.”

As soon as Shen Huiming hung up the phone, Jiang Tongyan said, “He didn’t say I slept with him, and I think I didn’t.”

The waiter brought the food and set it up.

When the waiter walked away, Jiang Tongyan stared at the meat on the plate and said, “Anyway, the pot has been buckled down. I’ll go back to sleep with him when I’m full.”

Shen Huiming felt that the logic of this man was too formidable, and he could not wait to applaud him.

After the two finished their meal, Jiang Tongyan rushed back to the hotel with a look of grief and indignation. Before leaving, he asked Shen Huiming, “What are your arrangements for later?”

Shen Huiming didn’t tell him. He waited for Jiang Tongyan to leave, took out his phone, and called Suo Yang.

“Hello.”

“Suo Yang?” Shen Huiming stood in the autumn sunlight, looking at the flower shop across the street, and said with a smile, “It’s me, Shen Huiming.”

“Ah, Mr Shen, how do you do?”

“It’s just, when I sent my clothes to the laundry today, I found that I had lost one of the cufflinks on my shirt. I searched everywhere but couldn’t find it. I want to ask you if you have any recollection of where I dropped it. “

Suo Yang sat on the sofa and listened to his voice. When he finished saying this, he raised his eyes slightly, and his eyes fell on the glass coffee table.

There was a silver cufflink on it, the one he told Shen Huiming yesterday that he liked the brand.

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Notes:

Originally when Jiang Tongyan said, “This is a scam, I have to find a way.” in the raw, he was saying 这是碰瓷 literal translation “This is touching porcelain.” It was a trick that reportedly takes its name from a scam in which unscrupulous antique sellers would rig up damaged porcelain vases to look whole, wait for customers to “break” one by picking it up, and then demand that they pay for the item.
But I had to change it to scam because it sounds suitable that way.

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Article 2: The philosopher in the bedroom is as ridiculous as the philosopher in the nightclub.

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