After much deliberation and tossing and turning.
Three days later, Shuijing finally made up her mind.
The driver took her to Dong Yilin’s residence.
“I’m sorry!” she said, hands pressed together, head lowered, “I was wrong! Please forgive me this once!”
Dong Yilin stood with her mouth slightly open, shocked to see her best friend standing at her doorstep.
“I’m sorry!” Shuijing repeated, raising her hands together in apology.
Dong Yilin couldn’t think of what to say, and after a long pause, she finally uttered a few words, “Kobe beef.”
Water Mirror stared at her, stunned for a second, “Deal.”
“Wait, and add another can—no! Two cans of Blue Mountain coffee beans we had at your place last time.” Dong Yilin took the opportunity to extort, making a silly face.
Birds of a feather flock together, and the two straightforward friends looked at each other and laughed, all unpleasantness blown away.
“Okay! Okay! You bandit!” Water Mirror’s face broke into a smile.
“No problem! I haven’t even specified the civet cat coffee beans!” she replied boldly. “Come in!”
“What civet cat coffee beans?” Water Mirror asked curiously.
Remembering her friend’s disconnection from current social realities, Dong Yilin explained the origin of the recently hyped civet cat coffee beans.
“It’s coffee beans that cats eat and can’t digest in their intestines, which ferment and develop a special aroma…” she elaborated, “…a cup costs a thousand yuan and is still in short supply!”
“What? Isn’t that just cat excrement?” Water Mirror exclaimed: “Yilin, how disgusting! Although I’ve always known you’re obsessed with coffee, I didn’t expect you to be so perverted! You dare to brew coffee beans ‘pooped’ by cats? I wouldn’t take it even if it were free!”
“Tsk! This is a dream product in coffee connoisseurs’ minds! You can’t buy it even with money! You just don’t understand!”
Their long-standing friendship restored, the two women began chatting away.
From national affairs to entertainment gossip… Water Mirror listened in amazement.
When a Hong Kong evergreen star appeared on the TV screen, Water Mirror couldn’t help but sigh, “Some people just never seem to age!”
Seeing Water Mirror’s emotions stabilize, Dong Yilin felt relieved for her.
Listening to her casually describe dreaming about her parents, Dong Yilin felt a twinge of sympathy.
