"Let me tell you, Old Niu, men and women can't be forced together. The old saying goes: a twisted melon isn't sweet. Even if you really got together with Little Yao, looking at the sorry state you're in now, wouldn't you just do whatever she said? If she told you to go east, you wouldn't dare go west. If she told you to beat a dog, you wouldn't dare chase a chicken. A life like that definitely wouldn't last. Why can't you understand that?"
Cai Xiaonian happily gnawed on a smoked chicken leg, but his face was scrunched up in helpless frustration at Niu Dali's refusal to listen. A face that somehow showed both delight and exasperation was twisted beyond belief. Cai Xiaonian really had it rough.
Naturally, Niu Dali didn't appreciate it. "Sweet or not, I'm the one eating it. Whether the days last or not, I've got to live them first to find out. I haven't even had a bite of the melon, and I haven't lived those days yet. How am I supposed to understand?"
He took a huge, despondent gulp of liquor, then tore off another piece of chicken to eat.
Cai Xiaonian said, "You know, that actually makes a little sense."
Wang Yan nodded with a smile. "The logic is sound, but that's not the situation. The key is that Yao Yuling simply hasn't taken a liking to our comrade Old Niu. You could talk until flowers bloomed from your mouth, and it still wouldn't help. Actually, Old Niu knows that himself. He's just liked her for so long that he can't get over that hurdle in his heart. Right, Old Niu?"
"That's you for sure, Wang Yan. You understand me." Niu Dali's eyes had gone red. Sighing, he grabbed a handful of peanuts and