"I don’t care! I don’t care! I just don’t care!" Zhao Mingfang threw a tantrum on the spot, nearly rolling on the floor, her expression extremely stubborn, "Once you meet me, you’re mine, I won’t allow you to marry someone else! Especially this Zhou Yulan, who is no match for me! We’ll tell our parents right now that we’re getting engaged, tell Zhou Yulan to get lost!"
She reached out to grab Zhang Yi’s arm, but he blocked her.
Unable to bear it any longer, Zhou Yulan turned and ran away, with choking sobs and scattered tears clearly visible to all.
Zhang Yi turned around, ready to chase after her, but was intercepted by Zhao Mingfang’s outstretched arm.
"Get out of my way!" Zhang Yi said harshly, his eyes turning red.
"I won’t move!" retorted Zhao Mingfang smugly, "Zhou Yulan doesn’t want you anymore, she recognized the situation and left! Let’s head to the department store together; Plum watches aren’t expensive, as the son of the standing committee secretary, how can you not afford one? My mother told me that your parents set aside three hundred yuan as wedding fund, just enough for the Plum watch!"
Zhang Yi broke free from her grip and retreated three steps, speaking rudely: "Comrade Zhao Mingfang, can’t you understand my words? We’re not compatible and I have no intention to further develop this relationship with you. Please, stop ruining my plans. Did you understand? If not, I can repeat it, once, twice, thrice."
Zhao Mingfang covered her ears, shaking her head vigorously, "I don’t want to hear it, I don’t want to hear it, I don’t want to hear it!"
"Whether you hear it or not, I want an explanation from your parents!" Zhang Yi’s annoyance with Zhao Mingfang had reached its limit; he regretted agreeing to meet her at all, not anticipating she could be this manipulative.
Yet Zhao Mingfang just laughed, "Of course my parents will give you an explanation, and it would be about our marriage!"
Observing from the side, Feng Qingxue and others felt overwhelmed; were Zhao Mingfang purposefully misconstruing Zhang Yi’s words or just not understanding them?
They didn’t want to get involved and hurriedly tried to pass by, but Zhang Yi and Zhou Yulan had been standing in front of them, and now Zhou Yulan had run off, leaving Zhang Yi and the persistent Zhao Mingfang still blocking the way.
Zhang Yi rolled his eyes in exasperation. Any more conversation would only delay his pursuit of Zhou Yulan, so he abruptly decided to just walk away.
He now realized that Zhao Mingfang was not just rude, she had issues comprehending simple words.
Perhaps, it wasn’t that she didn’t understand, she just didn’t want to.
Zhao Mingfang had anticipated this and once again stretched her arms to block his path, cocking her eye at him, she dramatically flung open her jacket, popping the buttons, and exposing her inner sweater, "Dare to take one step forward!"
It was a cold morning, she had a sweater on under her woolen coat, so she hadn’t actually exposed herself.
Zhao Mingfang was extremely pleased with her ruse, "Zhang Yi, dare to chase Zhou Yulan, and I’ll tell everyone you harassed me, then ditched me to marry Zhou Yulan, let’s see if she agrees to marry you then!"
Zhang Yi’s face turned livid, his fury reaching its peak.
"Zhao Mingfang, have you no shame? Would your respected parents approve of such disgraceful behavior?"
"If you go with me to buy the Plum watch, I’ll maintain decency, and we’ll both save face. Otherwise, let’s see how far I’ll go!"