Zheng Wei patted him on the shoulder. “Come, let me drink with you.” He opened another bottle of wine, tilting his head to take a big gulp. “Let’s drink to our heart’s content today. When we sober up tomorrow, go home and cherish your wife; forget what needs to be forgotten.”
After a long while of drinking, both were drunk. Zheng Wei asked, “What does truly liking someone feel like?”
“I miss her; I want to know what she’s doing, if she’s lost, if a professor scolded her, if she’s secretly crying in the research room, if she misses me…”
“That’s it?!”
Ye Zhengchen lay on the sofa, staring blankly at the ceiling.
“I also want to know… what it feels like to sleep in her bed.” “Don’t tell me you haven’t made a move on her?” “No.” “You just met?” “We’ve known each other for over half a year; she lives next door.” Zheng Wei slapped the table. “Damn, I’m impressed!”
Drinking all night, Zheng Wei slept until afternoon, waking with a splitting headache. He called Ye Zhengchen to check on him. To his surprise, Ye Zhengchen calmly stated he was processing Yu Yin’s visa to Japan.
“Made up your mind?” Zheng Wei asked. “What else can I do? Have an affair?” “Let me be honest, Yu Yin isn’t bad. She’s beautiful, has a good personality and family background, and is completely devoted to you. You need to be responsible for your decision…” “I understand, I will.”
Rooftop Edge
Ye Zhengchen, who initially labeled me a playboy, was actually carrying unspeakable pain. I looked at the blurry starlight. Zheng Wei asked, “He’s always been rational and self-controlled; what method did you use to throw all that to the winds?” I bitterly smiled and shook my head, indicating I knew nothing about it. After all, I couldn’t tell him that Ye Zhengchen’s self-control wasn’t as good as he thought and that he was worse than an animal when clothes came off.
Zheng Wei sighed, attributing it to “Fate!” With over a billion people in China, living next to each other felt destined. As Brother Feng would say, not developing an affair with this timing and location would be against heaven’s will. Fortunately, we were both committed to seeing this through.
