"Li Qing, want to go to a movie this weekend? I found a really good horror film called 'Zhenzi vs. the Gourd Kids.' I heard it's been getting rave reviews lately! I'd love to watch it, but I'm scared to go alone. Will you come with me, pretty please?"
"Sorry, I can't go this weekend because I have to play Luke."
Li Qing looked sadly at his phone, at the female contact he'd marked with a heart emoji sending him a "smile" emoji.
He didn't even know what he might have said wrong for her to send him a deadly "smile" emoji when he was obviously doing something important—earning money for that down payment.
He'd always really liked this woman, even though she was three years older than him... but as the saying goes, 'a woman three years older is like a treasure chest,' right?
"Sigh!"
He let out a deep sigh, then silently opened his phone's browser, expertly opened a certain website, and picked up a tissue…
To wipe the oil from the corner of his mouth.
