Do you sometimes like something so much that the more you have, the more you want? For example, Xiao Lan likes to eat apples. I mean, people like him who eat steak four times a day like apples. He's eaten a lot of apples recently. If I didn't know him, I'd think he was a vegetarian.
Chi has an obsession with women's hands. He even has magazines filled with pictures of female hands. I didn't even know there were magazines about hands.
Rich Jack loves money, but he still wants more, and he always buys very cheap things. If you went to his house, you'd never know he was a very successful, rich, workaholic young man.
I… um… Recently, I've been Browse the Internet for information on how to maintain a stable relationship between men. I know it's weird that a manly man like me would browse things like this on the Internet; it's very strange. It's not like I've fallen in love with any man, but because Xiao Lan is leeching on me, I wanted to avoid conflict with him. I hope we can live in harmony and happiness.
When I scrolled down to skip the useless content on the page, my phone rang. I checked the number. It was a strange number, so I didn't answer it. A minute later, the phone rang again. Again, it was an unknown number. After the fourth time, I was very annoyed because I couldn't concentrate on reading, so I answered it.
I said loudly, "What?"
"Jig…"
"Yeah? Who the hell are you?"
"Jig… it's me, Lisa."
"Lisa? Who?" I wasn't sure who Lisa was. I'd slept with too many women named Lisa and Lily.
Lisa said, "Lisa Wang."
I quickly apologized, "Lisa… I'm sorry… I thought it was a prank call." I praised myself for recovering well. "What's up?"
"Jig… can we meet?"
"Sure? Where?"
"The coffee shop across from Happy Bowling Alley."
"Okay, when?"
"Right now."
"I need at least thirty-five minutes to get there."
"I'll wait for you."
Xiao Lan asked, "Who is it?" He was standing at the door, eating an apple.
"Lisa Wang."
"What does she want?"
I closed my laptop and smiled at Xiao Lan, "She wants to meet me. Maybe she's begging to come back to me."
Xiao Lan asked, "Did you say she dumped you?"
"I did, but at the same time, I also dumped her. Let's put it this way, we kind of dumped each other at the same time."
"When are you leaving?"
I said, "She wants to see me now." I smiled at Xiao Lan. "Happy Bowling Alley. The place where we dumped each other might be the place we reconcile. You know there are many hotel rooms available in those strip malls."
"Is that so?"
"Yes." I put on my jacket, only to realize that Xiao Lan didn't need to know this information, because the two of us had nothing to do with each other except that we were friends with bed benefits from time to time. "I don't need to tell you anything else." I walked towards the door.
Xiao Lan called out, "Jig!"
"What?" I rolled my eyes and answered Xiao Lan. I knew Xiao Lan came to me because he wanted to beg me to stay, then the image of Xiao Lan begging me suddenly appear before my eyes.
"Jig, please don't leave me for Lisa." Xiao Lan pleaded. For some reason, when Xiao Lan begged me, the song "Baby Think Twice" echoed in my mind. Seeing Xiao Lan kneeling on the ground begging me to stay, I couldn't help but laugh.
"Get your manly, dirty hands away from me!" I pushed Xiao Lan's hand away. "I want to see my ex-girlfriend. You know what we're going to do. I want to do all the things you did to me with her."
"Jig, please don't. I can't accept it."
I laughed and kicked Xiao Lan's hands away from my ankle. "Sayōnara, Xiao Lan." When I reached for the doorknob, I continued to laugh.
Xiao Lan said, "Jig, you've been acting very strange recently. Why did you say 'Sayōnara' to me when you're just going out to meet your ex-girlfriend?"
I suddenly realized that I was encountering those moments again, and I said, "Um… I'm trying to learn Japanese. What do you need? Say it, you're wasting my time."
Xiao Lan approached me, pulled me into his arms, and kissed my lips. When he kissed me, I felt a cool breeze from his breath enter my mouth. Then Xiao Lan pulled away.
Xiao Lan said, "This will last you two hours."
"What do you mean?"
Xiao Lan said, "I've given you one breath of life. This will help you see for two hours." He bit an apple and chewed it slowly as he stared at me. "Hurry up, your time is running out."
To be honest, when I was about to walk out of that door, I did think twice before I finally walked out and got in the car. Chi drove us through the beautiful, bustling streets. I kept thinking about Xiao Lan when I should have been thinking of Lisa.
Why was Xiao Lan so happy? Why did he so easily let me go to see my ex-girlfriend? Was Xiao Lan a Jealous Beast, or was it just me who thought Xiao Lan was jealous of me?
I frowned angrily because I knew that my instability was due to Xiao Lan's bad influence. Chi drove us past a playgroup. I saw the man from my dream standing, smiling at the children on the playground.
I quickly said, "Chi, stop!"
Chi slammed on the brakes. I rolled down the window, and the young man in his thirties was staring at the children. He turned around and smiled at me. Then he went back and continued to stare at a little girl about four or five years old.
I opened the car door. "You bastard, you're not taking her!" I rushed out of the door into the playground. I sprinted across the busy street, with every car honking at me, but I didn't care.
I shouted at the man and rushed towards him, "You stay away from her!"
The young man angrily shouted at me, "Tại sao lại lấy cô ấy!" He pointed his machete at me. "Tại sao?"
"Oh shit." I put my hand on my head and squatted on the ground. My heart was pounding, waiting for the machete to chop me. Then a pair of hands shook me. "Xiao Lan!" My eyes were still closed, and I hugged the person standing in front of me.
"I'm not Xiao Lan."
I broke free from the man's arms and saw a handsome man in a suit standing in front of me. To be honest, this man was handsome, but not as handsome as Xiao Lan. He did have a rather complicated appearance. I think it depends on who you like. For example, most of my friends like Jackie Chan, and I like Louis Fan.
"I'm Louis." The man smiled and reached out his hand to me.
"Jig." I shook his hand. Then I realized that Xiao Lan only gave me two hours of vision. "Sorry, Louis, I'm anxious to see my girlfriend."
Louis reached into his pocket and handed me a business card. I took his business card and ran back to the car.