Love in Monochrome

Xiao Tong looked back at him sternly too, delivering her verdict: “Xiao Renren, you're wrong. You're completely wrong.” Dong Ren looked surprised. “What do you mean??” “Xiao Renren, you've spent the whole year bullying men and taking advantage of women, and you still haven't changed your ways. Don't you know that what you can't have always seems best?” Xiao Tong cleared her throat and continued, “People have the richest imaginations of all. Especially in modern society, there are plenty of people immersed in their own fantasy worlds, right? When it comes to sex, everyone knows you need to go in and out, but those people don't just fail to come out. In fact, they don't even want to pull out.” “Mm, you're right. The world of the mind is wondrous. So?” “So, look, the two of us have both done plenty of cheating over the years, haven't we?” “Xiao Tong, you're wrong. The truth is, I never even got on the straight and narrow.” “Don't interrupt me! Anyway, don't you think it's pitiful when people are trapped in their own minds? And if it's pitiful, then cheating in your imagination is forgivable!” Dose had finally heard enough and cut in. “Other people's cheating might be forgivable, but when it comes to you two womanizers, that's a different story.” When the two-man womanizing duo turned to look at her, Dose raised a finger and drew their attention, slowly waving it from left to right, then right to left, before speaking: “Your situation is pretty complicated. You're ‘sitting in third, eyeing second, and fighting for first.’” The two of them clearly hadn't processed what she meant yet. After a long pause, one of them spoke: “Dose means your affairs aren't just going off the rails. You're already out on the highway, speeding along.”