Chapter 815: Chapter 815: Hope We Can Be Friends Forever
Huo Zijin: “Yes… yeah.”
Ye Ling: “Does he like you?”
Huo Zijin looked a bit lost: “Probably not! He seems to… not be interested in .”
Ye Ling: “Have you ever heard the saying, ‘For a man to pursue a woman is like climbing a mountain, while for a woman to pursue a man is like a thin veil’? If you’re a bit more proactive, maybe love will find you.”
Huo Zijin was amused by her serious expression: “Have you ever been in love?”
Ye Ling: “No.”
Huo Zijin said: “I thought you were so kind of love expert the way you talk about relationships!”
Ye Ling said: “For now, I prefer boys from the second dinsion.”
Who knew, Ye Ling was quite a hobody.
She usually liked reading novels and watching ani. Even though she didn’t have friends in real life, her ntal world was quite rich.
Ye Ling said: “I’ve read so many novels that I always feel the boys around are not quite up to par.”
It’s not that Ye Ling had high standards, after all, she had good grades, looks, and personality.
Huo Zijin said: “Actually, I think your personality is pretty good.”
Ye Ling couldn’t help but chuckle: “You know what? You’re the first person to say I have a good personality.”
Huo Zijin was surprised: “Really? Why, has anyone said you have a bad personality?”
Ye Ling said: “Don’t you think I’m a bit of an oddball? I rarely make friends. So people say there’s a reason I have so few friends, that nobody likes , so they don’t want to play with or befriend .”
After a pause, she emotionally added: “You’re the first person willing to be friends with voluntarily.”
From junior high to high school, girls in the class liked forming small cliques and talking behind others’ backs.
They’d rather have seven people build eight groups.
Today they’re best friends with A and talk bad about B, tomorrow they’re best friends with B and turn around to criticize A.
Most girls are pretty sensitive, and also many are gentle yet very sensitive. Ye Ling’s straightforward personality often clashed with others, so she inevitably offended people.
Previously, Ye Ling liked hanging out with boys, who were carefree and less complicated, but then soone called her a “tomboy slut” behind her back.
In short, no matter what she did, it was never right. There were always people who liked to belittle others to elevate themselves, so Ye Ling simply stopped making friends.
Huo Zijin said: “Actually, you don’t need everyone to like you. You’re not RMB, and even RMB has people who don’t like it, hence the saying ‘treating money like dirt.’ It’s not like people with lots of friends are necessarily good-natured and likable. Nor does having no friends an soone’s lousy. Could it be you’re just low on emotional intelligence?”
Ye Ling said: “I really do have low emotional intelligence. Many tis, what I say gets inexplicably interpreted.”
Huo Zijin asked: “Do you know why?”
Ye Ling looked at her curiously.
Huo Zijin said: “Because there are too many people in this world with a sarcastic tone. So words ant to be used with goodwill are deliberately twisted by so with ill intentions. Over ti, those words co to carry a ‘malicious’ aning. Initially, praising soone for being hardworking was a complint. Later, soone else praising another’s effort beca a subtle way to call them slow-witted. Then, when you’d praise soone else for being hardworking, people would think you’re being malicious.”
Ye Ling fell into thought.
So that’s how it is.
Huo Zijin said: “I’m just better at differentiating between good and malicious intentions than most people.”
Ye Ling sighed: “I once had a friend. We weren’t incredibly close, but we got along well. Because of a comnt I made that she misunderstood, she thought I was sucking up to one person while putting down another, and we had a huge fight. Afterward, we went our separate ways. It hurt because she could dislike , but I couldn’t stand her misunderstanding my words. Since then, I haven’t dared to make friends again.”
Huo Zijin gently patted her shoulder: “A gentleman’s friendship is as bland as water. Have you heard that saying? When making friends, you should look for those willing to be tolerant and understanding of each other. If that friend ended it, so be it.”
Ye Ling said emotionally: “I really hope we can be friends forever!”
Huo Zijin looked out the window.
Ye Ling suddenly said: “He must be much older than you, right?”
Huo Zijin took a mont to realize Ye Ling was referring to Li Junyan and imdiately said: “Yeah, ten years?”
Ye Ling chuckled: “Don’t you find younger guys charming?”
Huo Zijin said: “I don’t like younger guys, do you?”
She thought Ye Ling might have a crush on Rong Yin, so she patted her shoulder: “If you like him, I can ‘set you up’ with him.”
Ye Ling was both amused and exasperated by her comnt: “Thank you.”
Huo Zijin: “I’m serious.”
Ye Ling: “I’m all about staying single! Why do I need a boyfriend?”
Huo Zijin said: “I, on the other hand, would love a sweet romance, hehe.”
Ye Ling: “You can date, but don’t beco love-struck.”
Huo Zijin stuck out her tongue: “I definitely won’t be love-struck, don’t worry.”
The two girls exchanged smiles.
They reached their destination.
Huo Zijin and Ye Ling entered the mall arm in arm.
“Shanling.”
That was the na of the horror escape room.
“Shanling” got its na from a horror movie.
Rong Yin also arrived early and bought tickets for the three of them.
Ye Ling, seeing him take the initiative to buy tickets, treated them to fruit tea.
As soon as Huo Zijin entered the lounge, she saw five or six people sitting in the room, all dressed like high schoolers.
The horror escape room accommodates 12 people at a ti, each with their own tasks and group tasks, which seems to be a popular social mode among young people these days.
Rong Yin booked a the called “Ghost Pupil” with school horror elents.
The entire waiting area was decorated into a room full of horror elents, with the air conditioning set so low it sent chills down one’s spine.
The owner ca in and did a headcount: “There’re 9 of you now, we need at least 11 to form a group. There’s a total of ten roles with two blank slates.”
The so-called roles an 12 people participate in the ga, ten of whom have individual scripts and tasks. The blank slates are without a script, not needing to search the escape room individually, staying with the group throughout.
Rong Yin said: “So we’re short two people?”
Owner: “Do you have any more friends who want to join?”
Everyone looked at each other: “Can’t we team up with anyone else?”
Owner: “Today’s not a holiday, it’s hard to find walk-ins.”
Huo Zijin looked at Rong Yin: “Is Junyan free?”
Rong Yin said: “You want to play with him?”
He felt a bit of disappointnt inside.
Huo Zijin said: “I… or should I call my second brother!”
Big brother’s busy, third brother’s in the lab.
Maybe her second brother would be willing to join her in such a childish ga.
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