Huayu 02: The Days of Extreme Pulling and Rolling with the Fairy

Miss Liu had been mentally preparing for a long time, intending to confront him, but as soon as the phone call came in, her mind went blank and she forgot everything.

Fearing he would hastily find an excuse to hang up the phone again, she decided to be upfront about it.

"Xie...Xie Jin, you're not allowed to sleep, I have something to ask you."

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Xie Jin was so exhausted he was practically dying. He forced himself to sit up, lit a cigarette, and perked himself up.

"Tell me, what do you want to ask?"

Ms. Liu pursed her lips. "Why...why are you ignoring me? Why did you hang up after just a few words when I called you? Why are you avoiding me?"

"Are we still friends or not? Are you still angry...?"

Xie Jin laughed, her little mouth babbling on and on, it was really hard for her not-so-bright little brain.

She sometimes speaks in a childlike way.

"Yes, of course we're friends. What else would we be? I'm not avoiding you."

Miss Liu said sharply, "Impossible! You're the most petty person."

"If you're not angry, why are you ignoring me? Why didn't you text me before you went to bed last night?"

"Thanks, Gouzi, I'm sorry I shouldn't have bullied you that day... I didn't expect you to be angry..."

Xie Jin remained silent for a while. Although he knew that the matter of the Legend of Sword and Fairy was a misunderstanding, he could never be a male best friend.

The frequent contact between the two of them before was mistaken by me for the ambiguous relationship between a young boy and girl.

But now that you know it's not true, it's best to make things clear yourself.

Xie Jin tried her best to control herself, deliberately keeping her voice from revealing any emotion.

From the moment Xie Jin answered her call, she stared at her palm as if the warmth was still on her fingertips.

"I just feel that I did some things inappropriately before. I got too involved in your life and went beyond what a friend should do..."

"We all have our own lives. If we cross the line, it will make us both feel bad. It's better for us to maintain the distance of ordinary friends."

"So I'm not avoiding you, I'm just not bothering you."

Xie Jin sighed, hardened her heart, and continued speaking.

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"I shouldn't have hugged you that day. I'm so sorry I scared you. I hope it didn't cause you any trouble."

Listening to his cold voice, I realized that he had brought up the things I had been deliberately avoiding.

Ms. Liu's bittersweet grievances intensified, and this time she was no longer timid.

He hesitated for a moment.

"You didn't scare me, and I'm not bothered! You're my good friend, and it's normal for friends to hug... I'm not angry."

Xie Jin chuckled. This was something even a child couldn't believe...

Xie Jin remained silent for a long time: "Qianqian, although you are only sixteen years old, you are not so bad as to not be able to distinguish between a friend's polite hug and a hug with ulterior motives."

"Tell me, when I hugged you that day, did you really just feel like it was a friend's hug?"

Miss Liu buried her head between her legs, her long hair covering her knees, and tears of grievance dripped down her nose onto the bed sheet.

What's Xie Gouzi doing? I already apologized to him...

Why are you doing this?

He stubbornly insisted, "Yes! It is, it's a hug from a good friend."

Xie Jin gently asked, "If a friend hugs you, would you pull away?"

There was silence on the other end of the phone, and she felt her heart beating very fast.

Her voice trembled slightly as she said, "Yes."

Xie Jin took a deep drag on her cigarette, letting the nicotine penetrate her lungs. The pungent sensation made her cough twice.

He chuckled a few times. "You're not a child anymore, why are you still acting like a brat?"

"Are you going to deceive yourself just to maintain a friendship, even if other people of the opposite sex take advantage of you later?"

Xiao Liu buried her head between her legs, her shoulders twitching as she said, "You're different."

"Same here, I just took advantage of you, in a really despicable way."

"no the same"

Xie Jin rubbed her face, and hearing the sobbing on her end, her tone softened.

"It's the same, Sisi, stop fooling around."

"We're not breaking off our friendship. Good friends can still keep in touch. It's fine as things are now."

Holding the small phone, Miss Liu, who was already a little slower than other children, was even more at a loss for words.

All she knew was that Xie Gouzi seemed to have a change of heart and was no longer her loyal dog; he wouldn't play with her anymore.

She cried and sobbed, "No, I said no, and that's final... no..."

Xie Jin frowned, sighed, and said in a slightly harsher tone, "When are you going to grow up?"

"I'll never grow up!"

"Go to bed early and get some rest. I won't have cell service in the desert tomorrow."

"No! You can't hang up!"

"Beep beep"

"No! You can't hang up!"

"Beep beep"

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Miss Liu felt a pang of sorrow, as if she had lost her most precious treasure.

Xie Jin must have had her soul stolen.

Why has your heart suddenly hardened like a stone? I should break your legs so you'll be thinking about running away...

He held up a photo of the two men grinning with their bright white teeth on the table. It also bore their joint signature: "March 2003, Tianjin, dear friend Watermelon Monk, for the creditor's keepsake."

She reached out and covered the photo, then pressed the button and sent a text message.

I'm asking you one more time, Xie Jin, are you never going to stop?

Go to sleep.

【it is good! 】

She clenched her small white teeth tightly, wiped away her tears, dialed the number, and squeezed out two words.

"Pay back the money"

"ah??"

"Give me my money back!!"

Xie Jin smiled wryly. This was really childish. She hadn't paid back the 70,000 yuan yet, and she had tried to give it to her several times, but the woman refused.

"Okay, 76300 yuan, plus a 20 yuan note, six one-yuan coins, three 50-cent coins, and your small computer. I'll give it to you when I get back after I finish taking the photos."

It would have been better if she hadn't said anything; once she agreed to return the money, the person on the other end of the phone cried even harder...

"No! I want it now, right now. Give it back, and get out."

"Then I'll have my agent transfer the money to you."

The crying on the other end of the phone became even louder and louder...

"No! I want the money from that day, not a single denomination can be wrong! I want the money from that day!"

Xie Jin didn't know what to say. Why was he suddenly acting like a brat? She frowned slightly and said, "Why can't you grow up?"

"I'll never grow up."

Both of them fell silent on the phone.

"I have work tomorrow, goodnight."

"Don't hang it!"

"Beep beep"

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Nothing happened that night, and before dawn, Xie Jin and Lao Gu were already in the car. Gu Renlong wanted to experience off-road driving.

The group hurried to the filming location before sunrise, but the signal completely died once they entered the desert.

"How did you manage to have a good chat with your child?"

Xie Jin put down her seat, exuding a faint, deathly aura: "No, we just got carried away and the conversation went awry. Oh well, we can still be friends."

Gu Renlong slammed on the brakes. "???"

"How come I'm the manager of such a useless piece of trash like you? If you like someone, you should just try to get them? What kind of nonsense is this?"

"You think about all this so much, but ultimately, don't you have any confidence in yourself?"

Xie Jin was also frustrated, thinking, "What's said is said, and there's no going back..."

Old Gu rubbed his face; he'd have to figure out a solution himself...

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After a long period of adjustment, Ms. Liu had nowhere to express her grievances. She looked in the mirror and saw that she didn't look so haggard.

Then I went downstairs.

Her voice was strained and aggrieved: "Mom."

Liu's mother had noticed something was wrong these past few days. Xiao Xie had seemed lost and dejected when she left that day, and her daughter had been listless these past two days as well.

Actually, I almost couldn't resist asking several times, but then I thought that Xiao Xie is a well-behaved child, and it wouldn't be good for me to keep asking about the children's affairs.

I never expected my daughter would come looking for me again.

"How is it? Do you like the gift Xiao Jin gave you?"

"Gift?"

Liu's mother frowned: "Yes, Xiao Jin took half a script that day, saying she wanted to come upstairs to give you a gift."