Le Yao's words made me feel a strong desire to debate. I said to her: "If I could choose the same man now, would you like him to be rich or poor?"

"Of course it would be great if I could be rich, if..."

I didn't ask Le Yao to continue the second half of the sentence and interrupted, "So Mi Cai must think so too. Although we are unwilling to admit it, we have to say that a material-protected love can indeed save a lot of trouble. It is not difficult for her to accommodate me for a while, but the difficult thing is to accommodate me for a lifetime. Let's put it bluntly, people have a blessing and good fortune at any time. If she becomes poor one day, I have to have enough material to maintain her former standard of living, right?"

Le Yao was silent for a moment, and finally nodded and said, "You are right to think so. Once love returns to rationality, you will be unable to escape the trivialities of food, food, oil and salt. After all, women also long for their men to become the last guarantee in that cruel life... I am no exception, and Micai is no exception!"

"Yes...so, I really should do something."

"Then what have you done after you have decided to do?"

"It is not practical to talk about entrepreneurship at this stage. Let's find a job with room for development first. At least you have a stable income. If you want to give her a bag or a dress in the future, you don't have to be too stretched!"

Le Yao smiled and said, "You really love her. The planning for the future is based on her consideration."

"This is the attitude a man should have towards love."

"But the one in this world that has the least shelf life is love. Have you ever thought about what you should do if she doesn't love you one day?"

I was stunned for a moment and realized that although I planned love far enough, I did not imagine that we would no longer love one day, but this is indeed possible. As Le Yao said, love has no shelf life, so there are so many reunions and divisions.

I was a little bored, so I took a cigarette out of the cigarette box and lit it. I took a deep breath before saying to Le Yao: "If I can't go with her, I really don't want to believe in love anymore, but... I will definitely not be as depressed as before. I feel that I can continue to struggle in life with the open-mindedness I have seen through the love!"

"You promise?"

I nodded.

Le Yao unexpectedly took out her phone from her handbag and pressed the recording button and said to me: "Repeat what you just said."

"Fuck you... are you cursing us?"

Le Yao replied with a cold face: "Fuck you, do you dare?"

"My point is that you curse us, not fuck you!"

Le Yao's expression became serious again: "If you can grow old, of course I will be happy for you. If not, I really don't want you to be like before, because that would be too painful for you... So, as a friend, I want you to give me a guarantee, a guarantee that you will not live with pain!"

I looked at Le Yao and finally said for a long time: "If one day I broke up with Mi Cai..., I will definitely continue to struggle in life with the open-mindedness I have seen through the love..."

Le Yao nodded and saved the audio file, but I prayed in my heart: "I hope there will never be a chance to hear this audio!"

...

After parting with Le Yao in a coffee shop, I immediately went to find Aji and returned the 20,000 yuan I received from Le Yao. At this point, I finally had no debts on my body. This made me feel that my new life is getting closer and closer to me, but I cannot determine the specific state of the new life. Perhaps more happiness than worries, or perhaps more worries than happiness.

In the evening, I sent a message to Mi Cai and asked her if she would come back tonight. She said she would attend a banquet, so I ate some dinner from Jian, and then walked along the street with the satisfaction of having enough food.

I was still thinking about what kind of job I would like to find during this walk. In a trance, I found that I had walked to the moat and the sky was completely dark.

I sat by the familiar riverside and rested. I did not recall the little things I had with Jian Wei as usual, but I remembered the scene of myself throwing my phone into the river that day when I was drunk and threw my phone into the river. Then Mi Cai came to find me.

I think this familiar riverside really brings together the various aspects of my life, because I have played guitar, smoked, laughed, cried, and had no choice but to do so.

I used to light a cigarette and enjoyed the tranquility of being alone under the breeze. Yes, it was just a person. I knew that Jian Wei would not come today because Xiang Chen was back, and I didn’t have to worry about the embarrassment of encountering each other.

I was tired of standing, so I sat on the lawn, and lay down again when I sat tired of sitting. I was so relaxed and free, and I couldn't help singing loudly, and the night became deeper in my singing.

The WeChat prompt sound suddenly rang, and I turned over and took out my cell phone from my pocket, feeling joyful because it was sent by Mi Cai.

"I'm back, why are you not at home?"

"After eating, I'm going to the moat...I'll go back now."

"Run so far!... Don't come back first, I'll pick you up, just as I want to go there and sit there for a while."

...

After a short moment, Mi Cai came to the moat and carried the guitar I gave her on her back. She came to me and handed it to me, saying, "You are so leisurely, just sing a few songs for me, right?"

"What about you?"

"While eating, listen to you singing."

"Didn't you attend a banquet? Why do you still have to eat?"

"I just had no appetite, but now I have it."

I smiled, hugged her in my arms and asked, "Does I have appetite if I can't see me?"

"Are you a burger and a fries?"

"Yes, it depends on whether you dare to eat it!"

Mi Cai shook her head and signaled that she didn't dare. Then she took out a box from her bag and said to me, "Look, I've brought it myself."

“Tiramisu?”

Mi Cai nodded, opened the box, smiled and picked a piece with a fork to send it to my mouth, and said, "Open your mouth."

I opened my mouth and took the cake. She then started eating it by herself. Then she urged me, saying, "Sing quickly...sing a song "Cinderella."

"You're not Cinderella!"

"But I want to be your Cinderella... Sing, sing!" Mi Cai shook my arm and urged me again.

I couldn't resist Mi Cai, so I smiled and plucked the guitar strings, and then sang the song Cinderella.

"How could I fall in love with you? I was asking myself, I can give up anything, but it is hard to leave today. You are not beautiful, but you are extremely cute. Oh, Cinderella... If this is a dream, I would be drunk and not wake up. I once endured it. I waited so much, maybe waited for you again, maybe waited for you again, maybe waited for you again, maybe waited for you again..."

As I sing, Mi Cai was leisurely eating her tiramisu. I couldn't help but feel a little dazed, and I just felt that a similar picture had been experienced.

At this time, a gust of wind blew the smell of the night. I finally remembered that a few years ago, I often sang this song on the river bank to Jian Wei. At that time, I sang "Eloping" and today it was "Cinderella". Micai ate tiramisu, but Jian Wei loved to eat mousse cake. It was just such a difference!

I ended the song with a long tone. Mi Cai was like the girl who was trapped in love. She fed me intimately with her tiramisu, and then snuggled up to me. Her hair was accidentally pressed on my face, and I smelled the scent that was floating.

I wanted to freeze this moment, but I thought of the birthday party I would attend in those few days. How great would it be if we could still go to the appointment in such a comfortable and simple state and forget the complexity of human nature!

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Chapter completed!