He treated her like his own sister, and there was nothing complicated about it. So he didnât quite understand why those men had a particular obsession with women. He figured he could probably do just as well being alone.
Yun Shishi agreed with Alice, though. âYou think, Hua Jin, that you donât understand men. But most men can sleep with a woman even if they donât have feelings for her, unlike women.â
âUh, is this what they call a biological need?â
âThatâs one way to look at it.â She continued, âPeople have emotions and desires. Itâs not like theyâre immortals or saints. So how is it possible to have a pure heart and few desires?â
The actorâs blush deepened. Although Yun Shishi did not notice this, Alice did, and wondered at the oddity of it. Why had Hua Jin turned so red? She didnât dwell on it.
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âAnyway, Gong Jie has been obsessed with work for a long time. Back then, he didnât hesitate to go to a war-torn area like Africa. He was young and reckless. He didnât hesitate to go where no one should go. He always laughed at me for being a workaholic, but when it came to work, he took it way more seriously than I did, to the point of perverse. Besides, he has a domineering and paranoid nature. Once heâs made up his mind about something, heâd never allow anyone to overturn it, not even Old Master.â
âI donât think Xiao Jie is very domineering!â Yun Shishi was perplexed. âHe normally goes with whatever I say.â
âThatâs because to Gong Jie, youâre absolutely the Special One.â
âOnce he finds himself a girlfriend in the future, Iâll cease being the Special One!â
Alice smiled suddenly at that, her eyes shining with envy. âYou know what? I really envy you.â She made this as a heartfelt comment.
Yun Shishi was puzzled by that. âWhy? What is there to be envious of? Iâm the one whoâs envious of you. Youâre so young, yet youâve achieved so much.â
Alice couldnât help but smile bitterly. No matter how good she was at work, she was, ultimately, a woman.
Once upon a time, she had yearned for love and family. She envied Yun Shishi because, whether it was her husband, her two sons, her friends, or even a man as insufferably arrogant and unruly as Gong Jie, they doted on her like she was a princess.
She had made herself a strong career woman. Yun Shishi, on the other hand, lived the life of a princess. Which woman wouldnât yearn for it? If one said she didnât yearn for it, it was only because she couldnât have it.
People differ.
Yun Shishi might not have a strong personality, and she might not be the sort of career woman who could hold her own, but because of that, everyone willingly pampered her like a princess. There was a special quality about Yun Shishi that made even Alice want to treat her well. Perhaps there was a kind of innate nobility in her! But that regal air was gentle and she could get along well with anyone. There were no rough edges, the woman was gentle as water. Even someone as naturally odd as Chu He liked her.
Alice yearned for a family. It was just that this word seemed so out of reach for her. Even now, she didnât dare dream about it.