Chapter 32 Restraining from the Precipice
Those who purchase books at Baixiang Book House on the same day can receive a free bookmark with a receipt, and the second one is half price.
After Yao Yi wrote this sentence on the sketchboard, out of consumers' love for gifts, almost everyone who walked out of Baixiang Bookstore would walk to Mi Meng's booth to look at the homemade bookmarks given by buying books, and in less than an hour, the inventory in Mi Meng's backpack was emptied.
Thinking that Fan Li was probably enjoying the world of two people with his girlfriend in the rental house, Yao Yi dragged Mi Meng to stay in Baixiang Bookstore for nearly two hours after the blank bookmarks were sold out, waiting until the bookstore closed.
To Yao Yi's surprise, when he returned to the rental house, Fan Li and his girlfriend had not yet returned to the room to rest, and were sitting on the sofa in the living room watching a horror movie.
Mi Meng is right, Fan Li's girlfriend is indeed beautiful, although her facial features are not as delicate as Mi Meng, but there are all kinds of mature woman's charms between her eyebrows and eyes.
In this way, Fan Li also wears the template of the protagonist of an urban novel, cold, mysterious, deep, and at first glance, he is a ruthless character with a high force value, not only has a sexy and beautiful girlfriend, but also has a natural and cute legal Lori as a roommate.
Perhaps, walking on the street will be a hero to save the United States and meet a cold female president?
What's this familiar routine called?
The King of Soldiers?
Yao Yi smiled and gave Fan Li a thumbs up, and said from the bottom of his heart: "Brother Fan is so blessed. β
Fan Li's smile was no longer as stiff as last night, he picked up the remote control and pressed the pause button, looked at his girlfriend beside him with tenderness, and said softly: "This is Xiao Yao, I just came here yesterday." β
"Hello. Fan Li's girlfriend was not unhappy in the slightest, stood up and walked to the entrance, and shook hands with Yao Yi, "I am Fan Li's fiancΓ©e, Liu Jue." β
"Ah, it's my fiancΓ©e now!" Mi Meng rushed forward, holding one of Liu Jue's hands in each of her left and right hands, and her eyes searched between her ten fingers, "Ring, ring! Brother Fan, where is my sister Liu's ring?"
"If you buy it after a while, it doesn't matter if you have a ring or not. Liu Jue pulled Mi Meng to the sofa, "Come, watch a movie with me, ghost movies are too scary, let's watch another movie!"
Mi Meng may have realized her gaffe, sat down on the sofa obediently, and said, "Okay, okay, I want to watch last year's "Kung Fu Panda"!"
"We saw it last week. β
"Look at it again, watch it again~ Po is so cute~~~"
"Okay, look at it again, do you want to eat potato chips?"
When the two girls reached an agreement, the gay man immediately lost the right to speak, and the zombie movie starring Lin Zhengying that was being shown on the screen was quickly replaced with a cartoon produced by DreamWorks, Fan Li rubbed his forehead with his palm, got up and walked to the balcony.
Yao Yi knew that he was going to smoke e-cigarettes, thinking that there was nothing to do, and it was good to chat with Fan Li, so he followed him to the balcony.
Seeing Yao Yi push open the glass door and walk to his side, the taciturn Fan Li took the initiative to speak: "Have you eaten?" There is still chicken soup and fried meat in the kitchen, and when it is hot, the taste is not bad." β
Yao Yi replied to Fan Li's kindness with a smile: "After eating, Mi Meng took me to eat a small hot pot, which is the one you took her to." β
Fan Li hummed, returned to a sullen gourd state, smoked a few big puffs of cigarette silently, and suddenly asked, "I can't even afford the engagement ring of the woman I love, is it still a man?"
Yao Yi was surprised to ask this kind of question to a person he had just met, which showed that Fan Li's heart was not as unwavering as he seemed on the surface.
Although it is taboo to speak lightly, but in the face of such a question, it is not good not to respond, Yao Yi thought about it, shrugged his shoulders and said, "It depends on the personal situation." β
Fan Li snorted, thoughtful.
"If Sister Liu, cough, I'm the same age as Mi Meng. Yao Yi deliberately made a small gesture of scratching her eyebrows and continued, "If Sister Liu thinks that the price of an engagement ring is directly proportional to your love for her and your sincerity in treating this relationship, then of course you can buy it as soon as you can, and try to buy it as well as possible." If Sister Liu doesn't care about these at all, then why should you bother?"
Fan Li put down the e-cigarette, glanced at Yao Yi, and stopped talking.
Yao Yi probably guessed what he was thinking, and said with a smile: "Brother Fan, have you ever heard a sentence that there is a kind of coldness that makes your parents feel that you are cold, and there is a kind of hunger that makes your parents think you are hungry? β
After speaking, Yao Yi felt that this was not fully understood, so in order to avoid Fan Li's misunderstanding, he made a detailed addition: "Oh, also, the diamond is shiny and very pleasing to women, but what really makes a woman feel happy is not the diamond itself, but the fact that her needs are met." In a relationship for the purpose of marriage, spiritual needs are always more than material needs, communicate more with Sister Liu, listen to her inner thoughts, observe her preferences, and meet her needs in some small things, in fact, it can make her feel happier than giving a diamond ring. β
This is a more refined statement, and to put it more vulgarly, the happiness scoreboard of women is completely different from that of men.
When a man receives a greeting card, he receives a mechanical keyboard with a happiness index of +10, and when he receives a gaming notebook, his happiness index is +100, and the increase is determined by the quality of the gift.
Women are different, receiving a rose, happiness index +1, receiving a box of mille-feuille, happiness index +1, receiving a diamond ring, still happiness index +1, this is how women are scored, of course, a shiny diamond ring will make the wearer receive praise again and again, so the scoreboard will show +1+1+1+1 along with the praise of friends......
Therefore, giving a ring is not an "uncost-effective choice", but since Fan Li can't afford the expensive luxury, instead of worrying, it is better to focus on his girlfriend's spiritual needs for the time being.
You must know that the original intention of most men to buy rings for their lovers is to make their girlfriends happy, and only a few extreme machismo who objectify women will regard the gift of diamond rings as a declaration of sovereignty, and Fan Li is obviously not the latter.
In that case, why bother with rings, why not remember the original intention and try to find other ways to make your girlfriend happy?
Of course, these words can't be spoken, it's enough to say this, and then it's a lot of mouths, after Yao Yi finished speaking, Chong Fan Li nodded, and after saying hello to Mi Meng Liu Jue, he washed up and went back to his room to recuperate and prepare for another interview tomorrow.
On the balcony, Fan Li stood for a long time biting an electronic cigarette, looking at Liu Jue who was talking and laughing with Mi Meng on the sofa in the living room, and suddenly made up his mind to take out a button-type mobile phone similar to PHS and stick it to his ear.
"Hey, it's me. β
"The job you said last time, find someone else. β
"In the future, don't look for me. β
No matter how angry the person on the other end of the phone was, Fan Li hung up the phone after speaking, and then breathed a sigh of relief.