027. Heartbroken Again?
Dumb Sister was intimidated by Erqian's words.
If Jiang Siming really looked like that—with a beer belly, a bald head, and a face covered in horizontal flesh—
Just thinking about it was a little scary.
But if she did not go and look, would she really spend her whole life only having an online relationship with Brother Ming?
Whatever. She had to go take a look!
As long as he did not look so terrible that he could not show his face in public, Dumb Sister would not mind even if he was a little ugly.
"Let's go! I've decided!"
Dumb Sister had made up her mind, and Erqian had no way to dissuade her. In fact, she was curious too about what Jiang Siming looked like.
The two quickly left the clothing store and ran toward the computer mall.
They soon arrived at Jisu Computer Mall. Quite a few people were coming and going inside, leaving the two girls at a loss. How were they supposed to know which one was Jiang Siming?
"Try sounding him out on WeChat," Erqian suggested.
Dumb Sister thought that made sense and immediately messaged Jiang Siming to ask how his shopping was going.
"I'm almost done. I bought everything according to the equipment list you gave me. Now I'm only missing the livestream camera and microphone," Jiang Siming replied.
"What kind of list did you recommend to him?" Erqian immediately asked Dumb Sister.
"A lot of things—water-cooled cases, quad Titans, a 2800TI graphics card, and so on," Dumb Sister replied.
The two immediately began searching through the customers' shopping carts for the corresponding equipment.
Finally, at the checkout counter, they found a chubby customer pushing a cart containing the water-cooled case, quad Titans, and 2800TI graphics card they had mentioned. They were exactly the same.
But when they looked at the man again, Erqian and Dumb Sister felt as though their entire worldview had collapsed.
The man was covered in layers of fat. He weighed at least two hundred pounds and was only about five foot five. His greasy hair was clumped together, as though it had not been washed in who knew how long.
He was also holding a huge hamburger, eating until grease ran down his mouth. He even seemed to have body odor. The customers around him were all covering their noses and keeping their distance.
"This... this is Dai Dai?" Erqian carefully turned her head toward Dumb Sister.
Dumb Sister was on the verge of tears.
She really was not obsessed with appearances.
She had already lowered her expectations to rock bottom, but reality had still lowered the bar far beyond what she could accept.
She truly could not accept an "Jiang Siming" like this!
"Waaah, Erqian, how could this happen?"
Dumb Sister began to cry. She buried her head in her best friend's arms and sobbed bitterly.
She felt that her "first-love fantasy" had been completely shattered at that moment.
No wonder Jiang Siming's WeChat had not contained a single selfie. He had said he did not like taking selfies, and Dumb Sister had believed him.
Now that she thought about it, he had clearly done it on purpose.
Dumb Sister's second "heartbreak" was far worse than the first.
"It's okay, it's okay. You should be glad. If you hadn't found out early, you would have fallen even deeper," Erqian comforted her, patting her shoulder.
Erqian was speechless inside as well. Brother, it would have been fine if you were just a little fat and a little ugly.
Even if he looked a bit unfortunate, Dai Dai would certainly have been willing to be with him.
But you look far too... difficult to describe. Who could possibly accept this?
Online romance really was unreliable!
Ding-dong.
Dumb Sister's WeChat rang again.
Erqian picked up her phone and took a look. It was from Jiang Siming. She was about to shut off the phone and ignore him.
But Dumb Sister still took the phone back kindly.
"I was the one who wanted to come and see him. It's not Brother Ming's fault. At worst, I can treat him as a good friend from now on."
Dumb Sister forced a smile onto her tear-streaked face.
Anyone would have broken down after encountering something like this.
Suppose you had an online romance. The other person had always been flawless in your heart, even though you had considered that their appearance might differ from their photos.
But when you met them in real life, the difference between them was like the difference between Lin Zhiling and Luo Yufeng. Could you accept that?
Dumb Sister was already very kind. She could not bear to distance herself from Jiang Siming and wanted to treat him as a good friend.
If it were someone else, not permanently blocking and reporting him would already be generous. Someone with a worse temper might even start cursing and throwing punches.
She opened WeChat and saw that Jiang Siming had finished buying everything and was now going to the checkout counter to pay.
Dumb Sister glanced despairingly around the store and saw that "Jiang Siming" angrily arguing with the shop owner.
The reason was that he had accidentally dripped hamburger grease onto the graphics card. He wanted to exchange it for a new one, but the owner naturally refused.
Grease would corrode the graphics card, so of course the owner would not agree. The two sides began arguing.
Dumb Sister grew suspicious. Brother Ming was arguing with someone right now, so how did he have time to message her on WeChat?
Erqian noticed this too.
"Send another message and see if he replies."
Dumb Sister immediately replied to Jiang Siming's message. "Brother Ming, what did you buy? Take a photo and let me check whether everything's right."
After sending it, Dumb Sister stared intently at "Jiang Siming" in the store. He never took out his phone again.
There was no reply on WeChat either. The two of them could practically confirm it, and despair once again descended over them.
Ding-dong!
Just as they were despairing, Dumb Sister's phone rang again! It was another reply from Jiang Siming!
The message contained several photos that Jiang Siming had sent one after another.
But Dumb Sister was absolutely certain that she had been staring fixedly at the "Jiang Siming" arguing in the store. He had not taken out his phone at all, much less used it to take photos!
Moreover, the electronic devices in the photos were different from the ones belonging to "Jiang Siming." There were many more pieces of equipment, none of which were in "Jiang Siming's" shopping cart!
The thought that they had narrowly escaped disaster surfaced in both girls' minds.
Could this "Jiang Siming" merely have happened to buy a few of the same things as the real Jiang Siming?
Before long, that "Jiang Siming" failed to reach an agreement with the store. In a fury, he bought only the graphics card before storming off.
At the store's cashier, a tall and well-built figure appeared, pushing a shopping cart.
As he waited in line, he picked up the items in his cart and took photos of them one by one.
Every time he took a photo, Dumb Sister received it on her phone. Even the angles matched the way the tall man in the store was taking the photos perfectly.
To confirm it once more, Dumb Sister replied to Jiang Siming on WeChat.
She pretended to ask him to get a business card from the store, saying it would be convenient to place orders and make purchases directly by phone in the future.
As soon as she sent the message, Jiang Siming in the store called over one of the store employees. After exchanging a few words, the employee handed him a business card from the front desk.
Jiang Siming even used his phone to photograph the business card and sent it to Dumb Sister.
The instant Dumb Sister received the WeChat message, she went from hell back to the human world. Only she could understand that feeling at that moment.
She had originally thought love had left her, but she had never expected that everything was merely a misunderstanding!
The two girls excitedly hugged each other, jumping up and down. Passersby stared at them in confusion.
They had no idea what was wrong with the two girls or what could possibly have made them this happy.
"Don't get excited, Dai Dai. We've only seen his back. We still haven't seen his face," Erqian cautioned her in advance.
Jiang Siming in the store had kept his back to them the entire time, so they still had not been able to see what he looked like.
Dumb Sister thought about it and agreed. What if he looked just as frightening and was extremely old?
But as long as he did not look like that "Jiang Siming" from before, she would not mind!
Dumb Sister lowered her standards once again.
The two girls quieted down, found the nearest spot, and secretly fixed their eyes on the store entrance.
As soon as Jiang Siming came out, they would be able to see him clearly.
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