I was busy with comic storyboards until midnight yesterday. Today, I decided to relax a bit and opened the well-wrapped "Crayon Shin-chan". I watched the happy little Shin-chan laughing heartily.

The alarm clock rang, it was time to meet my cousin. I changed quickly and went to the usual hair salon. I raised my voice and said to the familiar hairdresser:

"Miao Miao, it takes a thousand days to raise an army and only a moment to use it. You must exert all your efforts and give me a stunning hairstyle."

When I arrived at the cafe and sat across from Zhao Qiao, I thought to myself, "Damn."

We hadn't seen each other for two years, and she was even more beautiful in person than in the secretly taken photos.

But I was not bad either. After not being overshadowed by her for so long, I finally had the courage to compete with her.

Moreover, this time I was on the right side, so I took the initiative to speak:

"You know that Lin Pang is my boyfriend, right? Why did you go find him?"

She explained casually:

"Aunt and uncle knew that you were in a relationship and were very worried about you. They asked me to come and check on you.

"Coincidentally, their company is preparing to go public, and the sponsoring institution is their company. So, I got to know him.

"I tested him, Ling Ling, and he is not suitable for you. I just revealed a little bit of my thoughts, and your boyfriend took the bait. Yesterday was your birthday, and he had no hesitation in going out to dinner with me."

Instead of advising me, she was more intent on showing off, showing off that her parents trusted her more, and showing off how she could effortlessly win against me.

Perhaps it took all of her upbringing for her not to have coffee splashed on her face.

"You went to so much trouble to come all this way just to interfere in my petty love affairs? You must have worked hard."

My sarcastic tone angered her.

"If you weren't my sister, why would I bother with you! You graduated without a proper job, and all you do is draw comics every day. If not for catching a good relationship, can you even afford to eat now?"

It seems that the smell of arrogance is not determined by gender, but by circumstances.

Just like my dad and mom, she doesn't understand me and has never tried to understand me.

In their eyes, I am a person who was lucky enough to be born in Rome, but every step I take is away from Rome.

They don't know that in college, my comics became very popular, and I even sold the rights. But they just think that I'm just a rotten comic artist.

I retorted:

"Your ability to catch opportunities is not bad either. If it weren't for my parents, would you have the confidence to stand in your current position and look down on everyone who is not as good as you?"

Like a melon on a vine, who wouldn't squeeze another?

Her tone became even more aggressive: "Since we have the means, we should strive for higher positions. Moreover, is your love affair a form of poverty alleviation? What's so good about Lin Pang?"

I smiled and said, "How do you know that I haven't been striving for higher positions? It's just that the heights I pursue are worthless in your eyes and my parents' eyes!

"As for Lin Pang, he has many flaws. But he takes care of me when I'm sick and comforts me when I'm sad.

"What about all of you who claim to be looking out for me? Where are you when I need you?

"He may pretend, but at least he's willing to pretend to love me because of what I give. But you guys can't even be bothered to pretend."

There's no point in talking if we don't see eye to eye. Without waiting for her reaction, I picked up my bag and left.

I collapsed on the sofa when I got home, turned on "SpongeBob SquarePants" as background music, and all the arrogance from earlier disappeared.

Although Zhao Qiao's so-called "insightful comments" were nonsense in my ears, one thing she said was true—Lin Pang is really useless!

Being with him was a series of accidents.

In the beginning, he pursued me relentlessly, but I wasn't moved.

Then, while I was lost in my thoughts of creating comic plots, I accidentally fell down the stairs and broke my shinbone.

I forgot about the fracture in the middle of the night and got up to use the bathroom. By the time I realized it, I was in excruciating pain and couldn't move.

Just as I was considering whether calling 911 in this situation was a waste of medical resources, Lin Pang started calling incessantly.

When he came all the way across the city in the middle of the night and took care of me attentively, I thought, why not give it a try.

That moment of warmth was enough to endure this weirdo for a while. But now I realize that he's not just stingy, he's also unfaithful.

I'm thinking about how to break up with him when the doorbell rings, and I see Lin Pang's big face on the smart doorbell's monitor.