I'm waiting for you in the wind and snow

Chapter 61 The Most Beautiful Lie
I just looked at Ye Zhi under the gradually stronger sunlight, only to hear Director Ma say on the phone again: "Isn't there a suitable candidate by your side? Go find Ye Zhi, such a fairy woman, It's even more diamond ring than a diamond ring... You're not fucking stupid, so I need to mention this!?"

I hung up the phone in a hurry, and while embarrassed, I said to Ye Zhi: "Why are you back again?"

"The road is being built ahead...you haven't answered my question yet."

"I can't see, you still have a habit of eavesdropping on people's phone calls!?"

"You're talking too loudly."

I just got off the motorcycle and stared at her for a long time...

I started to comfort myself in my heart again. I thought it was fate that she could come back and ask about this matter. Coupled with the imminent situation, I broke my heart and said to her: "You are going to ask this question?" , I really need your help with something."

"Ok?"

I looked around, and then muttered, "My back hurts while standing and talking, let's find a place where I can sit and talk."

……

Ye Zhi and I came to the shore where we met by chance before, and after she sat down, I said to her: "I have been in Shanghai for several years... You know, people like us who have no background and no special talents As a foreigner, it is basically impossible to establish a foothold there. After a long time, many problems have been magnified, so my ex-girlfriend, who could not see hope in me, chose to break up. After the breakup, she went abroad ..."

Speaking of which, I lit a cigarette, and after calming down for a while, I said again: "People, after experiencing some pain, they will always re-examine themselves, so I chose to leave Shanghai. However, my helplessness and difficulties, only I can see them, my parents may not understand them, so in order to reassure them, I lied to them. I said that I am doing well in Shanghai, and my relationship with my girlfriend is also very stable... At first, they had no doubts. But yesterday, all the lies I painstakingly told were exposed, and they rushed to Dali to get me back to Shanghai... You said, I’ve come this far, This Shanghai, can I still go back?"

"They still want you to get back with your ex-girlfriend?"

"clever!"

"Then do you want to get back together?"

I raised my head subconsciously and looked at the distant sea.There is sparkling light and full of vitality, but it cannot accommodate my humble hope.So, I smiled wryly and replied to Ye Zhi: "As soon as she left, she cut off all contact methods. Do you think that a woman who can do things so well will have any plans in her heart to get back together? ... If No, why should I force it?"

"It's an escape."

"what?"

"She is forcing herself to let go of you, otherwise, what does it matter if she keeps her contact information? Anyway, there is no love in her heart."

"You mean... she didn't let me go?"

"At least before going abroad, I haven't let go..."

I felt a bit of relief in my heart, and then I also felt that it should be what Ye Zhi said.If she really didn't have any concern or affection for me, why did she dress up and go to my rental house before breaking up, and then make our breakup full of ritual?
I took a puff of the cigarette, and suddenly felt a sense of loss in my heart. I replied to Ye Zhi: "I will let it go after all... Among her values, love is definitely not the first one. She will have a new love."

"You know her well?"

"Well... I really understand... So, when she left, I didn't keep her... I think everyone should be more straightforward, and maybe they can still retain a little bit of the original beauty."

"Maybe."

After a short pause, Ye Zhi fixed her eyes on me and asked me, "Then what do you need me to do?"

"I……"

I hesitated, unable to speak out.Ye Zhi waited extremely patiently...

I decided to let Director Ma take the blame, and finally gritted my teeth and said: "Director Ma said, if my ex-girlfriend is a gold ring in my parents' hearts, then after she loses it, I will find another one with diamonds." Yes... With this kind of compensation, my parents will feel balanced, and then they won't make a fuss about asking me to go back to Shanghai."

"After the lie is shattered, another lie."

"I have no choice, I don't want to go back to Shanghai, and I don't want to see them disappointed... Actually, I admire Director Ma, because this is the best way for me at present... You are willing to help me ?"

"Answer me first, why do you have such a big obsession with Dali?... I don't think there is anything special here, it's very ordinary."

Ye Zhi is really an extremely smart woman, so I don't need to blatantly express my thoughts, she understands everything and knows how to help me.But how should I answer her question?
I took a deep breath, and finally replied: "The reason why you think so is because you are not short of money. You can go to any corner of the world, and of course you can meet many better places than Dali; you Even because Dali can’t buy Hermes or Prada, I think it’s an incomplete city... What about us? We’re different from you; our economic ability has already determined that Dali is the most ideal place we can meet Homeland, we can't go further..."

Ye Zhi glanced at me, then set her gaze on the farther shore of the sea, and finally just shook her head, but did not explain why she disagreed with my statement.

……

I was about to finish smoking a cigarette in my hand before she said to me: "You want me to be the woman you compare to a diamond ring, right?"

"Yes, it's just a play."

"I know it's acting... But, I also think Shanghai is the best choice for you... You have to know that when more people like you start to yearn for the city of Dali, Dali has already It has become another Shanghai... Last year, the price of several villas in Dali was about 8000 yuan per square meter, but this year it has been fired by outsiders to [-] yuan; I want to ask you, is Dali your paradise after all? Or a rich man's paradise?"

"It's not the same. The purpose of our visit to Dali is different from that of the rich...they come to make money, and we come to enjoy life."

"A person who doesn't even have a home here, how can he talk about enjoying life?"

"The inn is my home... Director Ma and Tie Nan are my family... You are used to indifference, so you can't feel this kind of feeling."

I don't know if this counts as a quarrel between us, but in this conversation, I once again felt the insurmountable class gap.As I said, because she is rich, she has countless choices in life, and this also leads her to view Dali's thinking logic as indifferent and ruthless...

……

Ye Zhi didn't seem to want to continue arguing with me, so she changed the subject and asked me, "When will your family arrive in Dali?"

"Say yes, arrive at the train station around six o'clock this afternoon."

Ye Zhi took out the car key from her pocket, handed it to me, and said, "Let's have breakfast together first, and then send me to the city hall... At five o'clock in the afternoon, I will pick me up at the Land and Resources Bureau. You go to the train station together."

I couldn't quite believe what I heard, and asked again: "You...you agreed to help me?"

"I can help you, because you helped me without expecting anything in return, but you have to think about it... How long can you hide it after this time? Your method is actually treating the symptoms, not the root cause, and I I can only help you once."

"It's enough to help once. What I need most now is time. After they leave, I can concentrate on building the inn. When the inn becomes bigger, many problems will be solved."

Ye Zhi remained silent.

I smiled and said to her: "Actually, I really need your help, not only because I have to deal with my parents... Do you know that my former boss always wanted Sisi to marry his son, He always felt that my stay in Dali was a hidden danger, so he called my dad and exposed my lies... If he knows that I have a girlfriend like you, he will be relieved."

After I finished speaking, I took a puff of cigarette.

Ye Zhi looked at me with a strange look, as if asking me: Are you really not tired like this?

I am tired, more tired than anyone else, but living in such a whirlpool, what can I do?I can only buy as much time as possible for myself, and then make a career that will impress everyone.

……

After a simple breakfast, I drove Ye Zhi's car to the city hall.

When she was unbuttoning her seat belt, I asked her again: "It's five o'clock in the afternoon. Will the Bureau of Land and Resources pick you up?"

"Why, can't you spare the time?"

I replied repeatedly: "No, no, it just feels a bit like a dream; I have never done such a dreamy thing in my life!"

"It's my first time too... But, I really don't have time to talk to you now."

As Ye Zhi said, she opened the car door and got out of the car with her handbag. I just watched her walk towards the government building. Her figure became more and more blurred in my sight...

In a trance, I gradually entered the drama, feeling that I really have such a girlfriend, we live in Dali, and I will drive her to the place where she needs to go to work every day, just like this moment...

Behind the car, there was a rush of horns sounding suddenly. I looked in the rearview mirror, only to realize that it was my car blocking the road ahead, so I hurriedly moved the car.However, when I calmed down again, I couldn't enter the state just now...

I smiled very ashamedly, and then reminded myself that this was a new lie brewed after the lie was shattered.But in this world, is there really such a beautiful lie?
It's like a group of colorful bubbles that were blown by the sun, and then drifted away and burst...

(End of this chapter)