By the way, I forgot to invite Uncle and Aunt to come and eat together. To be honest, you’ve been here for so long, and I haven’t even seen what Uncle and Aunt look like.” He tried hard to lighten the atmosphere and avoid her embarrassment.
”They are not in the country; they’re on vacation in Japan.” With difficulty, he heard her hoarse voice. After a while, she suddenly said softly, “My mom doesn’t know that I’ve already broken up with my boyfriend.”
What? Pei Jiale was stunned.
Was she confiding her secret to him? To this hostile neighbor who was just at each other’s throats two minutes ago?
”Sorry, I must have scared you just now?” She sighed bitterly, “I’ve been in a bad mood lately and have already seen a psychologist. They said I’m not crazy, so you don’t need to be afraid.”
”I’ve seen people with worse tempers, and I wasn’t afraid,” he cleared his throat and joked.
She wanted to laugh but couldn’t, remaining silent for a moment before speaking again, “Actually, I never liked symphonic music. I used to force myself to like it, just to please my boyfriend.”
”Really?” he blinked, “I used to watch those crying and dramatic TV shows with my mom to please her.”
”Your mom must have been very happy then?”
”How could she not be happy with such a filial son like me?”
”But he didn’t appreciate it…” Gazing at a deep blue spot outside the window, she reminisced softly: “I remember that time I specially asked someone to buy a set of classical music records from America for him, and he said, ‘Don’t buy things you don’t understand.’ Later, I realized that classical music fans have strict requirements about orchestras, conductors, first violinists, and performance years. Even if they like Mozart’s pieces, they can’t be satisfied just by buying a random Mozart record!”
Could her brother really say such things? How could he so carelessly trample on a girl’s good intentions?
”So you hate him?”
”No, I don’t hate him.” She shook her head.
”You don’t hate him, so why are you hiding here?” He stared at her, “Don’t you know that Green Tea’s people are looking for you everywhere? Miss Libeja.”
