Daniel told Sven what had happened, and he added, "Is half a month really too long for Jane to wait?"
Sven felt helpless at Daniel's low EQ. He asked, "How long has the relationship between you and Janet lasted for? It's already been a few years now, right?"
"Well, yes, " said Daniel.
"So, Jane's been waiting for you for all these past years. Could she change her mind if she waits for two more weeks?" asked Sven.
"It's not impossible!" Daniel thought that Jane had a volatile character, and it was possible that she couldn't wait that long anymore.
Sven rolled his eyes, and said, "Trust me, Daniel, it's impossible! Jane cried because she was happy, understand?"
Daniel was again confused. "Happy? For what?"
"..." For the first time, Sven thought that Daniel was stupid!
He said, "She's happy because you've told her an exact time! Are you an idiot? Daniel, I think that you should make a couple of more girlfriends to improve your EQ."
After a moment of silence, Daniel spoke in a relaxing tone, "Okay, Sven, I'll repeat your last sentence to Jane."
Then he hung up.
Sven looked at his phone with an incredible look in his eyes. 'Daniel, you brat, you fooled me!'
Daniel sighed and shook his head when he found out the true reason for her tears. 'This silly girl, how could she be moved so easily?' thought Daniel.
Around eleven o'clock at night
After Colin Li had arrived in Z Country, the first thing he did was to go to Daniel's hotel.
After he opened the door, Daniel heard Colin say, "I'm already married."
"..." Daniel squinted at him, and asked, "Have you woken up from your dream yet?"
He knew that Colin hadn't had any girlfriend yet; how could he have married all of a sudden? Had he married with a random woman picked from the street?
"She's six years younger than me..." Colin casually threw his coat on the sofa, and seemed to be very annoyed.
Now it was sounding like it was true after all.
Daniel widened his eyes, and asked, "What happened?"
"My mother forced me to marry a woman that came out of nowhere. The woman had just been released from prison, " answered Colin.
... Shocked, Daniel looked at him again, and said, "My God! Was it really your mother?"
Colin smoothened his hair, and confirmed to Daniel, "Yes, my mom! Wendy Yu!"
"You're already thirty, and you still weren't married yet. That's why this happened to you!" said Daniel. He guessed that maybe auntie Wendy was too concerned about the whole thing. But even if she indeed had been too concerned, how could she have found a convicted woman for her son?
Colin then said, "I heard that the woman is pretty foolish. She was sent to prison for five years by her ex-boyfriend! My mom got to know about all of this, and she asked my father to help her out with some inner relations. She was then released after serving only two years in prison!"
Daniel took a bottle of water from the fridge and then handed it to Colin. He drank almost half of it in one gulp.
"But you have nothing to do with this. Why did she force you to marry her in the first place?" Daniel was confused.
And so was Colin!
"I've never met with the woman before we got married! My mom said that she has no parents, and only has a blind grandmother. She's really poor, and mom asked me to marry her! We just registered our certification two days ago!" said Colin.
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