In a rental house at 37 degrees in midsummer, Lin Yujin was scratching her hair against the line drawing - the old fan couldn't blow away the sweltering heat, let alone the rent and foreign debt on her shoulders. She wanted to hide in the restaurant downstairs and enjoy the air conditioning, but she encountered the greasy uncle's harassment. Just as she clenched her fists and prepared to resist, a familiar figure came into view.
Jiang Chiyi, the ex who broke up without saying goodbye three years ago, was throwing a drink at the harasser, then leaned over and placed an aggressive kiss on her face. "Lin Yujin, we haven't seen you for three years and you don't recognize me?" Her smile contained the determination to win, like a web that had been woven long ago.
For the sake of face, she gritted her teeth and accepted the invitation to "treat him to dinner". The only 73 yuan left in her pocket was burning. After dinner, she rushed to the eighth floor of the old building without an elevator as if she was running away. When she climbed to the fifth floor to catch her breath, she was blocked in the stairwell. "Let's see how her ex-girlfriend got along after breaking up." Her eyes swept across the corridor filled with debris, her embarrassed expression, and finally landed on the landlord who was pressing for rent.
"Get back together with me. We'll provide you with food and shelter. I'll support you." Jiang Chiyi leaned against the doorframe, his tone casual but with an undeniable pressure. "Or, bear all the debts yourself." Lin Yujin gritted her teeth and scolded him for being shameless. In the end, she clenched her fists and chose the former - after all, she could no longer hold on to this shaky life.
The scenery outside the car window receded rapidly. She leaned against the passenger seat and felt dizzy, but she caught a glimpse of the mints and motion sickness medicine she had prepared. From a dilapidated old building to a bustling wealthy area, from tit-for-tat to the rekindling of an old relationship, this reunion in the name of "paying off debt" finally allowed two proud people to focus on each other again and fall back into hot love.
Intention: Love is not salvation, it is the light that illuminates each other in embarrassment.
