We're all hurt

  My first reaction was that I saw a ghost, and then I immediately stood up. I saw a woman with disheveled hair, her face unclear, sitting next to me. I had no idea how she got there, not making any sound at all, her face was quite pale. All in black, even the high heels were black, under this dim light, it really looked like a ghost.

  "What's with the big reaction?" The woman then swept her hair to one side, revealing a delicate face, large eyes, good skin, and cherry lips. Her hair was a bit messy, and she looked tired, but it didn't affect her being a standard beauty. "A big old man, you're scared of me? Am I a ghost or something?"

  I sighed "How come you walk without making a sound."

  "Are you so focused on your phone call that you didn't hear me? Give me a cigarette."

  I nodded and walked over to her side, sat down, and handed her a cigarette. "So late at night, a girl like you, what are you doing running around?"

  "Aren't you also running blindly?"

  I pointed at myself and said "I'm the boss"

  "What's wrong with you guys, you all deserve to die"

  "Are you guys going to die?" I looked at this woman "How can you talk like that, is your dad a gangster or something?"

  "Mind your words. Are you a student here?"

  "It's so late, I'm here naturally, how about you?"

  The girl smiled at me and said "Me too, how come I've never seen you in school before?"

  "Am I special?"

  "It's okay, I guess. If you were a student at this school, I should have seen you before."

  "I've just been here for less than a week"

  "Oh. I thought so." The woman smiled at me and lit a cigarette, taking a drag before starting to cough with a "cough, cough".

  I smiled and said "I told you you'd be hooked, sis"

  "I see you guys are so addicted to smoking, so I want to try and see why it's so good. What's so great about this thing? Why do so many men like it." The woman then carefully observed my cigarette again, took another drag, and continued coughing.

  I abruptly reached out and snatched the cigarette from her hand. "Enough, no need to waste tobacco," I said, and then lit up myself.

  "How can you smoke what I've already smoked?"

  "What's wrong with you, are you going to throw it away? And I haven't even rejected you, yet you're being so troublesome."

  The girl smiled and said "You're actually quite interesting."

  I sighed and said, "Tell me, it's so late, a woman like you is here for what reason, and yet still looks so haggard."

  "How about you?"

  I was dumped by my girlfriend.

  "Put it bluntly"

  "I've always been one to speak my mind. And I think no one is more miserable than me, now it's your turn"

  The girl smiled and said "My boyfriend cheated on me with another woman, then I caught him, and he even slapped me in the face for that woman, it's just like this"

  I looked at the woman and subconsciously said "So there really are people who are more miserable than me"

  The girl sighed and said, "We've been together for three years. Yesterday I went home without telling him, and today I went to his house to surprise him, but found him hugging another woman as they came out of the house. We got into a fight, and I hit that woman, and she hit me back. That guy even helped her hit me! Haha, I was really blind. Then I just wandered around on the street without going home, didn't bring anything with me, just called my family to let them know, and came straight to school. I'm feeling terrible and uncomfortable. I love him so much. Last night I went to a bar by myself, and when I got back, the taxi dropped me off at the school gate, but the dorm was already closed, and I didn't want to knock on the door. The security guard at the school entrance was sleeping, and I was just wandering around the campus feeling down. That's when I saw you walking out of the school with your head down, so I followed you out of curiosity. I had nothing else to do and nowhere to go, so I could only go to that small hotel near the school. Later, I saw you looking around and sitting down here, smoking all the time. I don't know what kind of cigarette is so good to smoke. When I saw you making a call, I came over to ask for one. Just wanted to try it out." The girl smiled and continued, "I didn't drink much at the bar, I feel like he's not worth me drinking that much for him anymore. Luckily I'm thinking clearly now - men are just dogs. Whoever has money gets to take them away."

  "You're so extreme, that's just your own opinion"

  "My views summarize many, many men, don't they?"

  "There's also men like me around. Do you know what my nickname used to be?"

  "Don't blow it"

  "An extraordinary good man, got it? I'm telling you, Ang, I'm that good man. You were abandoned by a man, and I was abandoned by a woman. You're suffering, and so am I, but I won't be like you, tarnishing all men because of one man. That's the difference. Got it? Just an ordinary man, there are many better than him, just like the one sitting next to you now, who knows how many times stronger he is." After finishing, I still didn't forget to pat my own chest.

  The girl chuckled and still looked haggard, with disheveled hair. It was clear that she was in a bad mood. "We've never met or known each other before. In this situation, you might not be feeling any better than me either. How can you still have the heart to comfort me and try to cheer me up?"

  I sighed, and thought of Xi Yu again. I couldn't help but smile wryly. "It's better for one person to suffer than for two people to suffer together. Life is just a matter of mood. Ever since I left that place, I've been thinking about going back every minute of every day. Sooner or later, I will go back. If there was no distance between us, maybe we could still be together. There are many things there that I cannot bear to part with. Things I lost. I want them back. I hate those women."

  The girl also laughed, "It's all about distance creating beauty. In fact, I've seen through it, and no beauty can be created. What's created is only good wishes and the cruelty of reality. No one is worth trusting. You educated me. You still hate. Hypocrisy."

  "You don't understand my situation. I love her, but hate others. And your words are not right either. If you really think that no one is trustworthy, then you wouldn't be telling me these things. We just met for the first time, and it's so late, yet you're willing to sit here with me and say all this - doesn't that mean you trust me? Your attitude towards life has a problem. In other words, he doesn't want you anymore, but there are many people who do. You look so beautiful, your figure is great too... He doesn't want you, but there are many people who do, like the injured man sitting next to you right now. I shook my head with him. It's really worth investigating your background from our boss."

  "Who is Dong Ge? Why are you looking for him?" The woman was puzzled.

  "Our Dong Ge, he has a whole household registration book, all the information of women. He basically knows everything, and once I heard someone call him 'Dong Hu Kou' on the phone."

  "He's just a pervert and a hooligan."

  "Everything has two sides. His situation, ordinary people can't reach, just like you being dumped, there are also benefits. You have new opportunities. I do too. We two people with new opportunities, together, can create even more new opportunities. What do you say?"

  The girl looked at me and smiled, "Do you want my information, or is it my body that you're after?"

  "Do you really think so?"

  The girl nodded "Want ***?"

  "Is it really that cheap?" I smiled.

  A woman with her hands spread apart: "My purse was left in a taxi. My phone is also inside, and now it's so late, I have no money on me."

  "Alright, I'll go open a room for you and then one for myself."

  "You look so alike?" The woman continued to smile playfully. "An opportunity like this won't come again, and I may only indulge in it once in my lifetime. You decide for yourself."

  "I've made up my mind, and no one can change it. I've always followed a principle: marry a woman I can afford to support, take on responsibilities I can handle. I don't know what's gotten into you, but I think you should snap out of it, there's nothing to be so worked up about. Is that right? You're letting me share a room with you at this time, are you doing right by yourself? I wouldn't do something like that. Are you planning on just casually sleeping with a man in a 20-yuan-per-night place like this? 20 yuan, can't you wake up and stop demeaning yourself?" I said solemnly, "Please, come to your senses."

  The girl paused for a moment, then slowly stood up from the ground, looking at me with big eyes blinking, suddenly becoming serious, lowering her head "I didn't know there were still people like you. Hehe."

  I smiled and then reached out to put my arm around her neck. She hesitated for a moment, but still didn't push me away. "I'm not finished talking yet," I said. "What I mean is that 20 yuan isn't worth your value. Let's go further ahead and hail a taxi at the intersection. We can go to a big hotel in the city center and take a swan-shaped bath. Just thinking about it makes me feel refreshed." I smiled again, narrowing my eyes into a slit.

  Follow me and I feel my waist is extremely painful "Aiyo, aiyo, it's killing me. Be gentle."

  "Bastard, I knew it, all men are the same." The woman couldn't help but laugh out of anger.

  "Damn it, I've been coaxing you for half a day, and you still pinch me. Women are all like this, no conscience, no humanity."

  "All men are shameless."

  "Shamelessness becomes invincibility, all women are shameful. Shamefulness becomes detestable, pitiful, and lamentable."

  "Son of a turtle, you say that again and I'll beat you to death!"

  I pointed at the woman and said "Let me tell you, it was you who spoke of me first."

  "I told you, you turtle egg!" Then the woman came up with a punch and hit me on the back "Turtle egg, you are shameless, shameful, pitiful, lamentable. Turtle egg"

  "I'm telling you, stop hitting me! If you hit me again, I'll fight back." I rubbed my fists. "Don't think that just because you're a girl, I'll go easy on you. Let me tell you, I don't discriminate - if you hit me once, I'll take you down."

  The woman listened and then came up with a kick towards me "Damn you, you really hit, you shameless woman"

  "You son of a bitch, I'll kill you." The woman, wearing high heels, charged at me.

  I rushed forward and ran. In just a few meters, I heard a woman's "Ah yo" sound, and then she didn't move on the ground anymore.

  Scared me to jump, hurriedly ran back, stretched out a hand to support her "Are you okay?"

  "Ow!" This was me. The woman grabbed my ear "Let go, it hurts! Let go, it hurts!"

  The girl shook her head "I won't. You son of a bitch, apologize to me."

  "I will never betray. As a real man, I must have the dignity of a real man."

  "Oh no, oh no, it hurts so much! I was wrong, I was wrong! Sister, I really was wrong!"

  The girl laughed happily "This is your pure brother's dignity."

  "In front of a beauty, showing the dignity of a pure man doesn't necessarily have to be done with words, it can also be shown here, at night, in bed."

  "Son of a bitch. You're a dead thug, I'll catch you and kill you."

  "Ow, it hurts so much! Be gentle, be gentle. It hurts so much."

  "Speak nicely."

  "Definitely, definitely." My ears were burning "I was wrong, stop pulling me."

  The girl let out a "hmm" and released me, then started walking forward. After two steps, she let out an "aiyo" and reached down to rub her own foot.

  I shot her a disdainful look from behind "Alright, stop pretending."

  The girl didn't care about me and continued to limp forward. But looking at her, she still seemed so real.

  I shook my head and quickly caught up with her, grabbing her and squatting down to touch her bare feet. "Damn, just to get me hooked, you didn't have to hurt yourself like this, did you? You're so heartbroken, don't you want to live anymore?"

  The girl hit me again "Get out. I didn't mean to. It hurts so much."