I ignored him, deleted the text message, read the next one, and found that it was from Shang Yunrou.

She asked me to meet at a cafe in the city center at two o'clock in the afternoon.

It's still coming.

Chapter 41 Is betting fun?

There are not many people in the cafe, and it seems very deserted. As soon as I opened the door and entered, I saw Shang Yunrou sitting by the window, staring blankly at the pedestrians on the road, wondering what she was thinking.

The chair across from her was taken away early in the morning to make room for my wheelchair, which is very sweet.

"Sorry, it's been a long wait."

As soon as I made a sound, she quickly returned to her senses and looked at me.

"No, I haven't been here for a long time." She handed me the drink list, "What would you like to drink? I invite you."

At this time, the waiter saw that a new customer came over. I didn't look at the drink list, and directly asked him to bring me a glass of lemonade.

"I like the donuts here. Chocolate glaze sprinkled with pistachios, soft bread, and filling that is not sweet or greasy. Haiyang will buy it for me every time he passes by here." During the conversation, Shang Yun Rou pulled a strand of long hair that fell from her cheeks behind her ears, "But if you eat too much of anything, you will get tired. I know this truth. So he bought me three, and I will only take one bite. If I buy a box, I will He only eats one, and throws the rest into the trash. This will satisfy his wishes without letting him lose one of his favorite foods, killing two birds with one stone."

It's clearly still the same facial features and the same makeup, but I always feel that today's her is different from the previous times. She no longer piles up a warm smile, no longer exudes an approachable temperament, and doesn't even bother to give a kind look.

Without Yang Haiyang, without Shang Muxiao, without the "third person" staring at her, she completely released her own nature.

Apart from the similarities in appearance, I don't think she and Shang Muxiao have even the slightest character in common. But at this moment I realized that I was wrong, they are really siblings - as long as they want, they can make anyone like them, as long as they want, they can also pretend to be any likable character.

"You came to me to talk about Shang Muxiao, right?" I didn't bother to go around in circles with her, so I got straight to the point.

Shang Yunrou looked at me for a while, stirring the straw in front of her: "I don't want you to be hurt too much, Beijiao, you are Haiyang's friend, I won't hurt you."

I had a hunch that she had nothing good to say next, but I couldn't help but ask, "What do you want?"

"Mu Xiao's relationship with you is just to attract our attention in another way. I also considered raising him to grow up. I know best what his temperament is. He can't last long with you. You are much more delicious now. Naz, sweet and fresh, but after a long time, you will become disgusting junk food, and the only way to end is to destroy." She looked directly at me, word by word, and said earnestly, "Don't let love die at the end of the day. When it's bad, mustard."

Her bad metaphor aside, she was right, but alas... it's too late, she's dead. The death is more than unbearable, simply tragic.

After a night of emotional precipitation, I have been able to view my relationship with Shang Muxiao calmly and rationally. I have to say that Shang Yunrou really knows her brother best, she is right, so right.

While agreeing with her, I also sighed: "Human beings are selfish creatures after all, and self-satisfaction is the first thing. You don't let him interfere with your emotional life, but you must control his life, right?"

Hearing the obvious sarcasm in my words, Shang Yunrou was not angry.

"You would take my double standard for granted, but I just try to make everyone look normal. Do you know how hard it is to keep this family 'normal'?" Before I could answer, She gave the answer herself, "You don't know, neither does Shang Muxiao, no one knows."

She leaned back, her arms crossed her chest, and when her face was expressionless, she looked very much like Shang Muxiao.

"I would do anything to live a 'normal' life."

For a moment, some were shocked by her words.

As expected by Fang Qinian, the merchants are not normal. Even Shang Yunrou, who looks the most normal, is paranoid in pursuit of the so-called "normal".

"Does being with Haiyang also seek 'normality'?"

In fact, I would like to ask, is there any prerequisite for her love for Yang Haiyang? Although "normal" is much easier to achieve than wealth and beauty, it cannot be denied the possibility of changing because of its universality. If one day Yang Haiyang becomes no longer "normal", will she still be with him?

Or, does she really love him?

Yang Haiyang has been my good friend for many years. I don't want him to suffer the same thing as me. He finally regained his love and was hurt again.

Shang Yunrou obviously knew what I was going to ask, she smiled and said, "Some people fall in love to seek excitement, while others are to inherit the lineage, can't I just be 'normal'? Just one glance, I'm sure Yang Haiyang He's the man I'm looking for. He'll be a good husband, a good father, that's important to me. For others, it's none of their business."

The last sentence is already very subtle, and it is obvious that I want to mind my own business.

"I can't change my father's choice, but he is a normal person to outsiders anyway. But you can't, your existence will always make our family look 'different'." She admitted generously, "So you are right. For your own good, or for his own good, these are my high-sounding excuses, the truth is just... I want to make myself feel better."

It seems that the misfortune of the original family did not leave a mark on Shang Muxiao alone. Shang Yunrou's obsession with "normality" may be her pursuit of happiness as she knows herself.

Her mother was depressed, her father was indifferent, and her younger brother needed to be taken care of when she was young. She was just a child at that time, and it was understandable for her to have a normal family that was unattainable to her, and wanted to have it when she grew up.

I appreciate her candor, but honestly, it's hard to understand her.