Chapter 883 More Exciting than Making Money
"If you want to force Jiaojiao into an early romance, you might as well be the Queen Mother of the West... or should I say King Father of the West?"
"Whatever it is, unsheathing your sword to stop the flow only makes the water run faster, the more you try to control puppy love, the more it gets out of hand. That’s an undeniable truth. They’re not in anything serious right now, but with your meddling, they’ll start exchanging letters more frequently."
Suizi rubbed her temples.
"Have you read ’Love in the Time of Cholera’? The author Marquez made it very clear long ago. If you separate the two kids, they’ll quickly end up like the characters in the book."
Unable to see each other, they correspond with letters, piling all their beautiful yearnings onto the image of the other, falling in love with an illusion, only to find upon meeting that the real person falls short of their imagination, leading to estrangement.
This phenomenon is known as "catfish syndrome" in modern times, but centuries ago, the concept was already being written about—only the medium of online dating had been replaced by letters.
As the times progress, humans keep upgrading the tools at their disposal, yet emotional responses, from ancient times to the present, remain strikingly consistent.
"If the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl weren’t separated by the Milky Way, maybe their love would’ve been worn down by mundane life within a few years. Their annual meeting actually made their love legendary."
"You want to stand by and watch two little brats getting mushy under our watch?! How old are they, do they even have a full set of whiskers yet?" Yu Jingting had only suspected before.
The reaction from Little Fatty today had confirmed his suspicions.
He wished he could give the little bastard coveting his sister a good thrashing.