Yan Xixi was speechless. Did it really matter to him whether soone else had prospects or not? Furthermore, if doctoral graduates from Cambridge had no prospects, did that imply that doctoral graduates from Clyden would?
He asked, "Were you close with him in college?"
"Sort of." In reality, not at all.
"Do you keep in touch often?"
"Sort of." Never contacted him after graduation.
"You graduated so long ago, why continue to stay in touch?"
She remained silent. It was because he was a distant relative of Huang Xiaojue, soone she barely knew.
"Did you recently start communicating again?"
Again, she said nothing.
"How did he get your contact information?"
She finally shut up completely. This feels like an interrogation. Why should I tell him?
"And besides, the guy’s not that good-looking," he continued, his tone disdainful. "With his sharp mouth and monkey-like features, didn’t you notice? His chin is particularly weird. He looks like a punk."
Oh my goodness. Was it necessary to belittle him like this?
She couldn’t bear it any longer. "I think he’s alright."
He imdiately grew anxious. "What’s ’alright’? You think he’s acceptable? What kind of taste do you have? Miss, this guy looks like an underdeveloped eggplant, all misshapen!"
She almost laughed out loud from annoyance. What in the world is an ’underdeveloped eggplant’?
"Hey, he’s just a schoolmate of mine," she retorted. "Why do you care so much about his looks? Besides, he’s a few years younger than ."
He seed to have a sudden realization. "Oh, yeah, right."
She sullenly shut her mouth again. Why did I even bother explaining that to him?
"Xixi, let tell you," he began, "there are no benefits to older woman-younger man relationships. n mature ntally much later. n of the sa age are generally three to four years more immature than won. This is true even if they’re the sa age, let alone if the guy is younger. You can tell this guy is a ’man-child,’ completely unreliable. Staying with him your whole life would be exhausting..."
For a lifeti? Yan Xixi was truly speechless. How has this conversation escalated so quickly? She didn’t even rember Li Zhen saying anything significant to her—the guy hadn’t even confessed! Was it necessary to criticize him like this? He was just a regular classmate.
"He even said, ’I have crossed many bridges, seen many clouds, drunk many kinds of wines, but only loved one person at the perfect age...’"
It’s that phrase that really annoys . This is clearly a confession! Only loved one person at their perfect age! So saccharine!
He spoke without any courtesy. "This youngster is nauseatingly pretentious and overly sentintal. Truly an uneducated idiot! Didn’t he know that Shen Congwen wrote this poem to court his wife, but after winning her over, he cheated and had an affair? I tell you, any man this saccharine isn’t worth a damn..."
"Yan Xixi, don’t disregard this," he pressed on. "I’m telling you, when this guy spills this kind of sweet talk, he might be cuddling a foreign girl. He’s just playing with you. Think about it. He’s going to be abroad alone for several years; can he really endure the loneliness? Is it possible? You’re better off believing in ghosts than in a man’s words."
Yan Xixi muttered under her breath, "Are you talking about yourself?"
"TSK TSK TSK," he scoffed. "He even sent you a gift? What kind of gift? Let see. It’s definitely not anything valuable; young guys his age are all stingy."
Seriously? I haven’t even received any gift yet! And besides, I haven’t even given him my address, Yan Xixi thought. She rolled her eyes, a new realization dawning. Why should I explain any of this to him? Is all this chatter even aningful?
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