As before, it was that small restaurant.
Wine, Satay and side dishes…Also a cup of coffee.
Wine was requested by Arya and Jack’s drink was coffee.
“You can’t drink.  You have to drive me home.”  This was what Arya said when she ordered Wine.
“Why do you still order when I can’t drink?”
“I want to drink.”  She said boldly.
Jack threw a glance at her but did not dispute with her.  He also personally helped to fill up her wine glass. 
She happily sipped her wine, then cleared her throat and asked seriously.  “Dr. Jack, we are in a relationship with each other with the aim of marriage, is that right?”
“That’s right.”  Jack answered quickly and confidently which made her very happy.
“How did you decide to have a relationship with me?”
“It is the same as making a decision about whether the tumor is benign or malignant.”
She was stunned.  “How do you determine that?”
“A complex and scientific process.”
She twitched her mouth.  “Based on your kind of answer, I can also say that it is determined as the client had signed on the insurance policy.  Look, in this way you are deliberately creating a sense of disparity gap between us.”
“Um……”  Jack had actually said ‘Um.’  He ate a mouthful from the side dishes and subconsciously poured himself some wine.  Arya swatted away his hand and he turned his hand to pick up his coffee for a drink. 
“What is the difference?  The policyholder can cancel the insurance and the tumor can recur.  They have the same risk probability.  But it was determined before, isn’t it the same?”
“It seems to be a bit reasonable.  However, I still like the popular and sensual way of confirming.”  She frowned and twitched her mouth.  Having a doctor as a boyfriend, the first problem had surfaced.  Why is he not romantic at all?  He had also confirmed that the tumor is benign and malignant.  Is she a tumor?
Jack smiled, put down his coffee then suddenly leaned over to pinch her chin and kissed her on her lips.
Arya who was lost in her thoughts jumped with fright and let out a low cry, “Hey!!” and then quickly pushed him away.  She looked around.  Fortunately, they were sitting in a corner which was hidden and no one paid them any attention. 
“What are you doing?”
“I’m using the popular and sensual way confirming with you.”
“You’re hateful.  I am serious!”
“I’m also serious!”
“You’re not!”  She still wanted to say something but the waiter had arrived with the order.  She quickly sat up properly and put on a straight face.
Jack could not help but smile at her appearance.  She glared at him and decided to eat first before they discuss further.  When she picked up vegetables from the side dishes, Jack grabbed her food and when she picked up the satay, he also grabbed her satay. 
Arya finally could not tolerate it any longer and twitched her mouth.  “Dr. Jack, as we are in the pursuit stage of our relationship, shouldn’t you be showing more consideration?”
“Why do I feel that we are in the loving stage of our relationship?”
Is it necessary for him to grab her food when they are in the stage of loving each other?  “What expression of love and affection is this?”  She said with disdain.
“A man’s expression.”  He said with conviction.
She glared at him.  He looked at her.  Smiling gently, he picked up the last piece of satay he had snatched from her and raised it to her mouth. 
She was receptive to this kind of gesture and opened her mouth to take it.  She did not expect to find that he had secretly added in wasabi and it was so hot that her scalp felt numb and her tears flowed. 
He burst into laughter, pulled out a few pieces of tissue paper for her and handed her some tea.
She was flustered and was put in an embarrassing situation.  She wiped her tears.  She does not want such a boyfriend.  She wants someone who is gentle and considerate.
Jack was still laughing.  He pulled out a piece of tissue paper to help her wipe her face and laughed while watching her.
Finally, Arya was able to put herself in order and then she used her two fists to punch him.  Jack laughed while she hit him and asked her if she wanted another serving of satay. 
She threw him a glare then took out her small book to record an angry note against him ~ Childish, not considerate ~ no change.
Jack leaned forward to see what she was writing.  She fiercely slammed the book shut to prevent him from stealing a look.  Then she ignored him and ate her own food in large mouthfuls. 
He fished out the meat in his own bowl to give it to her and she ate it without any qualms.  He also gave her the braised egg from his own bowl and she also finished it.  But she just did not look at him because she was still angry with him.
When she finished eating, she found there was no movement from Jack and she looked up.  He was staring at her with a smile. 
She blushed.  “What are you looking at?”  She deliberately asked fiercely.  This stinky man always bullies her and she cannot treat him too politely.
“I’m looking at my girlfriend.”
“Who had agreed?”
“Someone had.  Just now it was clearly said that marriage was the aim.”
“But just now you had made fun of me, so now I will have to reconsider this.”
Jack smiled and pinched her face.  “A man bullying a woman he likes is a way of expressing his feelings.  Don’t you know?”
“Is it just like the strange way you express your friendship with Mark?  What logic is this?”
“Men’s logic.”
Arya twitched her mouth and was angry with him again.  “You should clearly treat your girlfriend a bit nicer, a bit gentler, let her have her way, listen to her words and give her whatever she wants……..”
Jack ignored her mutterings, picked up some food for her to stop her from talking.
She swallowed the food, drank a glass of wine and opened up her small book.  She planned to seriously discuss with him the plans and problems between them.
But how should she discuss this matter?
If love is planned, then is it still love?
Retreating ten thousand steps, even if there are plans, but the plans cannot keep up with the changes to the laws of being in love, it will definitely be suitable and excellent, right?
Initially, she had planned to pursue him, in the end, she failed.  Later, she again planned to be good friends with him, in the end, it didn’t last long.
Therefore, the dating plan is useless.  Plan……is used by love as a plaything to prove that it is useless.
If there is no plan, what does she want to confirm with him?
Or else, think about the experiences of Soph and Cindy and discuss with him.
Arya looked at the small book and noted down the points that both Sophia and Cindy had mentioned.
For example, whether they have confidence in their respective partners now, whether they can feel their partners had changed for them.  Not by force but naturally changing for the other person.
Or else, whether they were touched emotionally by their partners?  The kind of feeling that encourages long-term growth and boosts their feelings.
But when these two things are mentioned, will the two people concerned deliberately think about it and deliberately show it and in the end, everything will be counterproductive?
She noted down the two points in her book and felt a little distressed.
“Why do you have that bitter look on your face?”
“Thinking of how to fall in love.”
“Your appearance seems like you are thinking of how to file for divorce and how to get hold of all your husband’s assets.”
She imagined that expression for a second, then put away her small book, and sat upright.  She gulped down a glass of wine and threw a question at him. 
“Dr. Jack, how do you think we should start?”
“We have already started.”  Jack looked at her the way he would look at an idiot.
“How do we carry on?”
“We will carry on like how we started.”
It was the same as if he had not said anything at all.
Arya drank another glass of wine again.  She seriously thought it over and then had an idea.  “Oh……we don’t have each other’s photo yet.”
She took out her cell phone and then decided against it.  Jack’s cell phone was more advanced and so she made him take out his phone. 
He handed his phone to her.  Unfortunately, she did not how to use it and so she asked him to operate it.  The two people leaned their heads together and took a selfie.
She felt very happy when she looked at the photo and got Jack to send it to her cell phone.
Jack was displeased as he sent the photo to her.  “Why can’t you pick the daytime to take a photo?  The background here is terrible, the lighting is not good and the image is not even clear.”
She ignored him.  When she received the photo, she looked at it left and right and felt very satisfied.
“We will take a new one when the daylight is better.  Since now I’ve thought of this, we should take one.  Look, this is good and this shows we are in love.  This is such a sweet setting, and I can take a look when I feel like it. 
He looked at the photo on his cell phone.  Her face was oversized because of the angle the photo was taken and she was also smiling cute but foolishly.  “This is so ugly.”  He commented.
“Hey!  You’re not allowed to delete it.  You must keep it.  This is our first photo and is very commemorative.”
“Women!”  Jack shook his head.  “You’d better not ask me to change the screen on my cell phone to this one.”  He had an expression which seems to say ~ Even if you kill me, I will not do it!
“Who said you’re to change?”  Arya happily saved the photo.  “I’m not changing either.”  Her screen shows his painting, and that screen will never be changed.
Jack was suspicious.  He snatched her cell phone over and looked at it.  “What photo did you put as your screen?”
“Heyyy…….not a photo.”   Arya suddenly had a feeling of being spied deep into the recesses her heart and her face turned red.  “Give it back to me.”
Jack looked at her phone a few times, then looked at her again.  “You painted me?” Happiness evident in his voice.
“hm.. I like to paint.” Arya face was flushed.
Jack looked at her phone again, “You are really good at it.”
With a boyish grin, he returned her cell phone to her.
She took back her cell phone and felt a little nervous.  She was afraid that he would discover that she had long ago put him on the screen of her phone.  She coughed lightly twice, diverted his attention and expressed a little curiosity.  “What photo did you use on your screen?”
“Here.”  He showed it to her generously.  It was the default home screen.
“Not interesting.”  She expressed contempt.
He did not take exception.  “That’s alright, as long as you don’t make me change the screen on my phone, don’t make me put the photo in my wallet and don’t pull me to take those sticker couple photos.”
She smiled.  “Is that what your girlfriends did to you before?”
He was on guard and did not answer.
She continued to smile.  “Don’t worry.  I will not make you do anything like that.  I have something more creative for you.”
“What is it?”  He became more vigilant.
“Uh…….”  When she thought of it, she became a little shy.  Hurriedly, she drank another glass of wine.  “I’ll tell you in a little while when we are outside.”  She must look for a place where there is no one around to make him sing for her.
He stared at her and saw her blushing face.  “I’m interested in whatever that can make you feel shy.”
She choked on the wine and hurriedly pulled out a piece of tissue paper to wipe her mouth.  “It’s good that you’re interested.”
Suddenly he leaned forward and placed a kiss on her cheek.  “Big red face.”
She pushed him away, gave him a side glance and protested coquettishly.  “This is a public place.”
His eyes deepen and his long slender fingers touched her face lightly.  “It’s getting redder.  Come over, let me kiss you.”
“Don’t force me.”  Arya moved to the side, a little away from him and took another sip of wine.  If he still takes advantage of her, she will pull him outside and make him sing that song!
Jack laughed, pulled her over and made her sit next to him.
“What is it that I’m forcing you?”  He lowered his voice and asked.
“Forcing me……”  It was still not time to say anything about the song.  It was the finale.  It will not be good if there is no surprise.
“Forcing me……..forcing me to show you to my parents.  Oh ya!”  She suddenly remembered what she wanted to discuss.  “Right, Dr. Jack.  I have to solve the problem of parents.”
“You can hand over this problem to the man.”  Take him home to show them and he did not believe her parents would not feel dissatisfied with him. 
“No, the man still had not settled with me yet, so the order of things is not right.”
He sent her a sidelong glance and said.  “Arya, why do I think that your words are very disgraceful to my male dignity?  What do you mean by saying ‘settle with me’?
“Dr. Jack, your male dignity must not be too fragile.  The ‘settle with me’ here is very pure, and that is to mean, we have not yet reached the stage of seeing parents and also when the time comes, you will also have to settle your parents.  Nothing will happen at this moment.  In the end, don’t let your parents dislike me and imitate those tricks in the TV dramas, coming to discuss with me and offering cheques to force me to leave you.”
“Will you accept a cheque?”  He asked.
Does she think she is a heroine in those TV dramas?
“Yes, why not?”  She said seriously.  “We can save some money and then lead a better life later.”
“After you have accepted the cheque, shouldn’t you be fulfilling your promise to leave me?”
“But you have legs and you can still come to look for me.  During that time, I will say I will leave you but I didn’t say that if you come to look for me, I will not accept, right?  If you can ask me this, then could it be your parents will really do it?”  She widened her eyes.
“What do you say?”  Jack was displeased.
“If that is truly the case, then we should first discuss how much will be appropriate.  If the price is too low, it will humiliate you and if the price is too high, your parents may not be willing which is not good.”  She bit her lip with a serious expression.  “What about one million, will that be too little?”
Jack could not control himself and felt like banging on the table.  “Arya, are you making fun of me?”
“You saw through this?”  She collapsed into laughter and she laughed so much that she was swaying in her seat.  “Dr. Jack, do you see yourself as the hero in the TV dramas and you also issued a cheque.  It’s so funny.”
He pursed his lips and looked at her, completely unable to understand her.  “What is actually so funny?  It was you who was acting.”
“It is very funny.”  She still laughed.  While she laughed, she waved her hand at him.  “The things that can make a man and a woman laugh are different.  You don’t have a sense of humor.”
“You’re right.”  Jack suddenly said.  “Men still like this a bit more.”
He pulled her over and covered her mouth with his lips.
It was not a light kiss nor was it a shallow peck, but a burning, deep passion filled……hot kiss.
Finally, Arya escaped from the small restaurant.  She was blushing and felt that everyone in the whole restaurant had their eyes on her. 
Very quickly, Jack followed her and also ran out.  He saw her hiding in the shadows beside the car and could not help but laughed.  He grabbed hold of her and asked.  “Arya, how were you able to endure a whole week without fixing a date with me?”
When he finished speaking, he did not wait for her answer.  He lowered his head and kissed her hard again.  
Arya wanted to complain ~ You are also the same.  You also didn’t date me for a whole week ~ But her mouth was occupied and she could not speak for a while, so she could only complain in her heart.
Whistles could be heard coming from the passersby teasing them for being a very passionate couple.
She felt very shy but he did not release her.
So……a man and a woman’s sense of humor is truly not the same and also the thickness of their skin was also not the same.
She disliked him but she was also unable to describe the sweet feeling in her heart.