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“I actually wanted to leave but someone wouldn’t let me.”
“Why?”
“Who knows, it could be because I was cheap and lovable?”  Yin Ze grabbed her hand and gave her a bite.
“I don’t believe you.”
“It’s the truth.  You pulled me and wouldn’t let me leave. You said nobody believed you and that love is fake and friendship is also fake.  You said you wanted to leave this place and find a place where no one knows you.”
She quietened down and in her heart, she knew that was indeed her.  Because at that time, the idea of leaving was controlling her brain, her anger, and finally, sadness made her leave her home and leave that city.
She was quiet for a moment and asked.  “What else did I say to you?”
“You scolded me for being smelly.”  Yin Ze had a look of innocence.  “It was obvious you were the one who was smelly and instead, you scolded me for being smelly.”

Ha…..”  She imagined the scenario for a moment and thought it was very funny.  “And then?”

“Then I just told you in your face that you were smelly.”
She laughed out loud, poked Yin Ze’s face, and said.  “You were the one that was smelly.”

Ai…..it was correct.  You also poked me then but I was not lying on your lap so you could only poke my arm.  You asked me which part of you was smelly and I asked you which part of me was smelly.  Then you said the smell of smoke on me was smelly and I told you that the smell of alcohol on you was stinky.”
She laughed as she listened and urged him to carry on.  “What happened after that?  Did I beat you again?”
Yin Ze rolled his eyes at her.  “Why do you always think of beating people?  You didn’t beat me instead, you invited me to drink beer with you.  You stubbornly shoved the beer to me and told me to drink.  I think it was most probably you wanted me to stink like you too.”
“Did you drink?’
“Yes, if I didn’t drink, it would be a waste.”
Gao Yu Lan admired him greatly.  “A stranger gave you a drink and you were not even afraid that something else could have been added into the drink.”

“No, not afraid.  Anyway, you were also not afraid.”  Yin Ze said.  “I also gave you cigarettes to smoke so that you would also stink with cigarette smoke.”
“I don’t know how to smoke.”  She shouted.  From young, she was a good child, seriously obedient and sensible, never smoked, and also extremely hated the smell of cigarette smoke.

“You smoked that day.”  Yin Ze thought for a while and then laughed again.  “Not only did you smoke, but you also snatched the cigarettes from me.  You even sucked deeply a few times and I couldn’t even stop you.”
“That couldn’t be.”  She was dumbfounded……after getting drunk, she even knew how to smoke?
“After that, you coughed badly then you lost your temper and punched me.”
“I hit you again?”  She already did not know what else to say.

“Well, but this time I ignored you and left.”
“You left?”  She yelled.  “You left me alone in the park just like that?  I was drunk and you were not afraid I would meet some nasty people or gangster?”
“Miss, if you saw the way you were then, you would understand.  Don’t mention about nasty people or gangsters, even if aliens came along, you wouldn’t be afraid.”

She was speechless and slapped him on his arm.  “You are really annoying.  It was due to great blessings bestowed upon me I was able to reach home safely that day.”
“What beautiful thoughts you have!”  Yin Ze said.  “In the end, I was the one who sent you home.”
“I thought you left long ago?”

“Yes, but the moment I left, you followed me.  You were hugging three cans of beer following behind my ass and I couldn’t even shake you off.   It would have been alright if you had just followed behind me, but you kept on nagging behind my back.  While nagging you were also crying and I don’t even know from where you got such an abundance of tears.”
“It must be because I held back my tears for too long.  I couldn’t have a proper cry at home because I was afraid it would make my parents feel worried.”
Yin Ze sighed and stretched out his hand to pinch her cheek.  “It was fine for you to follow me and nagging was also not a problem with me but your grief-stricken appearance made passersby thought we were having a lover’s quarrel.  A middle-aged auntie who was walking her dog advised me not to be angry with you when she saw your pitiful expression.”
He, he…..”  She giggled.  “That auntie is very kind, she is a good auntie.”
Yin Ze squinted his eyes.  “But that drunk girl rushed towards the good auntie and scolded her which scared the good auntie away.  I was so afraid that the drunk girl would beat the good auntie, so quickly I led her away.  Then we returned to Qing Song Park but unfortunately, that bench that we originally sat on was taken over by a pair of love-birds.”
“So you sent me home?”

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