Lilly pointed at his bracelet and asked, "Who gave you that bracelet?"
The young man, looking tired and with dark circles under his eyes, replied, "Huh? It was a gift from my girlfriend..."
Lilly then glanced at the necklace hanging around his neck and asked, "And what about that necklace?"
The young man took it out.
It was a small transparent container shaped like a gourd, with a single drop of blood inside...
"Oh, this..." he hesitated for a moment, "It's also a gift from my girlfriend."
Lilly raised an eyebrow and inquired, "Hmm... Is your girlfriend still alive?"
The young man paused for a moment, then became somewhat agitated and exclaimed, "How do you know she's dead?!"
Both Lilly and Josh were left speechless.
Josh whispered, "Lilly, is there something supernatural about him?"
Lilly shook her head and replied, "No."
Josh let out a sigh of relief upon hearing the young man's statement about his girlfriend's death, thinking he might have had a ghostly encounter behind him.
The young man squeezed to the front, crouching in front of a stall and urgently asked, "Little Master, do you understand these things? Can you help me?"
Lilly glanced at his bracelet and necklace once again and said, "Tell me your story first."
With a sigh, the young man began, "My family is quite wealthy, and I had a girlfriend before. One time, we argued, and in a fit of anger, I walked away."
"She called me later, saying that if I came back, we could continue, but if I didn't, she would jump from the building."
"I was still furious at that time. Do you know how unreasonable she usually is?"
"I had a high fever and didn't check my phone the whole night. She messaged me, but I didn't reply. In anger, she blocked me on all platforms and sent me text messages cursing at me."
Lilly asked, "Why?"
The young man replied, "Because I didn't reply to her messages! She required that I must reply immediately when she messages me! I had a fever and didn't reply, so she accused me everywhere, saying, 'Does anyone have a fever and not look at their phone all night?'"
The group initially thought the young man was pretending and wanted to hear how he would continue.
However, they were taken aback when they heard about his relationship with his girlfriend. They couldn't help but click their tongues.
The young man continued, "But that's not the most absurd part. It gets even more suffocating in everyday life."
"She asked me what I was doing just now, and I replied, 'Having dinner.'"
"Nothing wrong with that, right?!"
Lilly and Josh nodded like little chickens, "Mhm, nothing wrong."
The young man exclaimed in frustration, "Well, do you know what she said? She said, 'Hmph, having dinner, and that's all you say? Are you really that impatient with me?!'"
Lilly and Max were utterly perplexed.
Everyone asked, "What else should you reply?"
What were you doing? Having dinner—there's nothing wrong with that!
The young man continued, "You have to reply to her like this: 'Mhm, just had dinner, babe~ Miss you, babe~ I just had tomato and scrambled eggs. Today, Auntie took a day off, so there's no one to cook. Poor me, I miss you so much, babe!'"
Everyone was left speechless.
The young man continued, "Or you have to tell her what you ate and drank, preferably something related to her. If you have something delicious, you have to say you miss her and wish she could have it with you. And even if there's nothing special, you still have to say you miss her, portraying yourself as miserable and unable to live without her..."
Lilly and Max fell into a deep silence.
They had no idea there were such standard answers.
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