Holding herself in despair, Ding Manman recalls the recent misfortunes she has suffered. The more she thinks about them, the sadder she feels. The difficulties from her parents, her lover’s indifferent attitude, and the demon’s misdeeds all come to her mind, which makes her fail to hold back tears.
At the same time, An Ya’s unusual behaviors also haunt Ding’s mind, after which Ding begins to suspect whether her best friend is as kind and friendly as she expects.
Ding got through to An Ya by phone just now, but An’s phone went dead when she came to the restaurant and needed her help. As her best friend, Ding Manman has told her that she would come here and shouldn’t An pay more attention to her phone calls? Doesn’t An worry about her who chances to need some help? The more she thinks about this, the more doubts she has. At the cinema, although An was clear that Ding wanted to talk to Fang Hao to ask for forgiveness this morning, she kept pestering him, leaving no time for her to communicate with Fang, which was just a coincidence? Besides, when did An and Fang become so close as to have dinner together?
These flashbacks agitate Ding, which makes her unable to figure out the reasons for An’s behaviors. Therefore, she decides to ask An face to face when An comes out of the restaurant, hoping that An will give her a satisfactory explanation.
Waiting and waiting, the starving girl is about to fall asleep when An and Fang walk out of the restaurant.
Seeing them, Ding Manman hurriedly steps over, fearing that in a blink of an eye they will disappear again.
At the sight of Ding Manman, Fang Hao is stunned.
“Yaya, why didn’t you answer my calls? Didn’t I tell you I was coming over for you?” Ding Manman asks her angrily.
At Ding’s words, Fang Hao realizes that it was Manman who kept calling An before. Following Ding’s gaze, Fang Hao stares at An, too, hoping that An will give a reasonable explanation.
Overwhelmed by embarrassment, An Ya says ambiguously, “I… I, by the way, I didn’t mean to refuse your calls. Before your calls, there was a stranger who kept making harassing calls to me, which made me so annoyed that I turned my phone silent. This is the reason why I didn’t hear my phone ringing. Won’t you blame me, right?”
Fang Hao glares at An and says, “Manman, why didn’t you call me?”
Hearing this, Ding Manman bursts into tears and says, “I have called you, I called you so many times, but you didn’t answer my calls. I had no way to find you but to call An to ask for your location…”
Fang Hao feels it unbelievable, because he hasn’t received any calls today except for the text message from Ding Manman in the morning.
In retrospect, he remembers that his mother borrowed his phone in the morning. When the phone was taken away, An was with his mother. He doesn’t know who played the trick, and what really matters now is to comfort Ding Manman.
“Manman, I didn’t mean to do it. Before going out, I lent my phone to my mother, and you can ask An who was next to my mother at that time for what my mother or An herself did to my phone.”
At his words, An Ya whose face immediately turns pale makes excuses in haste, “Fang Hao, how could I reprogram your phone? It must have been your own accidental setup. Manman, I never did that. We’re best friends, and you must believe me.”
The seeds of doubt have taken root in her heart and sprouted, which cannot be easily stifled.
Ding looks up half-trustingly at An Ya and asks, “I don’t believe that you weren’t clear that I intended to ask Fang Hao out today to spend time with him and explain what happened a few months ago. Why did you come with Fang this morning? You didn’t leave me alone with Fang Hao. Even you stay so close to him? He is my boyfriend!”
“Manman, Manman, please do not misunderstand me. It was Auntie Fang who insisted that I should go along with Fang Hao this morning. Actually, I didn’t mean to disturb you two. Auntie Fang kept forcing me, which made me unable to refuse. As for your remarks about my not leaving you time alone with Fang Hao, I really didn’t notice that, sorry sorry sorry. It won’t happen again!”
Fearing that Ding will continue asking more difficult questions, she hurriedly says, “OMG, I am so brainless! I remember that there’s a family meeting at home tonight, it’s already late. I am sorry that I have to leave first, you guys go on chatting.”
Without the eyesore, which means the other women between the two lovers, Fang Hao takes Manman who is still in tears into his arms, “Manman, please don’t cry. It hurts my heart to hear your crying. All right, and don’t cry.”
“What’s more, I has no relationship with An Ya. You know that An saved my mother before, and ever since then my mother liked to invite her home for chatting while enjoying a cup.
Today I intended to go out with you on my own, as you know about my mother’s personality, she adjured me that only with An aside I could go out, and I had no choice but to take her out.
“Then why did you having dinner with her? Why not send her home?” Ding Manmans asks in tears.
“Manman, I haven’t thought about it carefully. It’s just an ordinary meal to fill the stomach.” Fang Hao replies in a serious manner.
Ding Manman calms down and says, “Fang Hao, I also have some things to explain to you, could you hear me out?”
Fang Hao lovingly touches Ding’s head and says, “No Problem.”
Just then, Ding’s tummy is grumbling.
“Silly girl, you didn’t have dinner? Let’s talk about that later, now let me take you to fill up your little belly first, okay?”
Ding Manman nods with a blush.
“What a silly girl! You have to take care of yourself, you know?” Fang Hao says gently.
“Manman, what do you want to eat?”
Ding Manman shakes her head.
“Let me take you to the restaurant we used to go to during school days. The tasty food there keeps unchanged, and you’ll love it!” Fang Hao takes Ding’s hand, and they leave together.