When He Comes, Close Your Eyes [Ding Mo]

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Bo Jinyan looks calmly at his friend whose face is red because of the gag.

It took a while for Fu Ziyu to calm down and manages to breath properly again.   He says: “You finally discovered.”

Bo Jinyan sweeps him a glance, his finger tapping on his trousers: “Sooner.. Later… Does it matter?”

Anyway, she belongs to him. 

Fu Ziyu looks at his proud friend…. He has always been a sore loser.  

But he is still very happy for the two of them.  After being in so many relationships himself, he knows that letting their relationship progress naturally is the best way forward.  Things like match making or forcing them to date would have been a waste of time. 

He lifts his glass: “Congratulations!”

Bo Jinyan lifts up his and they clink their glass together.

“Thank you.”

Fu Ziyu asks: “How are you going to confess your love for her?

Bo Jinyan: “I already have a plan.”

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The autumn night is brisk and cool.  

When Bo Jinyan gets back to the neighbourhood, it’s past 8:00pm.  He looks up to Jian Yao’s studio from the carpark.  There is no light coming from her window.  

He gives her a call.

Jian Yao is in Li Xunran’s car.  The others have gone back to the hostel.  Li Xunran is driving her home.  

“What’s up?” Jian Yao smiles as she answers his call.  Li Xunran is giving her a crafty smile.  

“When are you coming back?” Bo Jinyan asks in his rich masculine voice. “I have something to tell you,”

Jian Yao looks at the road sign they are passing, and answer: ”Within the hour.”

When a woman spends a lot of time with a man with low EQ, she will subconsciously rub off from him.  So even though Bo Jinyan said “I have something to tell you.”  in a gentle voice, it will be interpreted by Jian Yao as “I have some new thoughts on the case.” or “I am bored, come back so that I can talk to you.”

“Ok.” Bo Jinyan smiles. “I will come around to your studio later.”  

 “But…” Li Xunran is coming to my place too.  We have plans - Jian Yao didn’t get to finish her sentence.  Bo Jinyan has hung up.

Bo Jinyan looks at the row of shops on the opposite side of the street. One of them is a flower shop. It is still open for business.

He walks over.  Actually, it has just past their business hours and the shop assistant is about to close the shop.  She is happy to see a handsome man walks in.  She has a big smile on her face: “Hi there.  How can I help you?  We have some flowers selling at half price.”

“I don’t need any discount.” He answers.  He is standing in the middle of the shop.  His eyes are scanning through all the beautiful flowers there.  

…. Mmmm.. He knows nothing about flowers and flower languages.

He asks the shop assistant to tell him the meaning of all the flowers.

The shop assistant is stunned.  But she is quick on her feet.  She chooses about ten of the popular types of flower (which happens to be the most expensive ones of course)  and explains to him what they represent.