The Woman From Hell

Tory shrugged but did not say anything else.

"Are you admiring the scenery?" I asked with a smile.

Perhaps it was because of the beautiful scenery, he did not seem as despicable as usual. I decided to stay and chat with him a bit longer.

Tory grinned. "Have you ever stared up at a cruise ship in awe from a little wooden raft?"

I shook my head. "I'm afraid no one has ever done that. A wooden raft has no way of traveling long distances across the ocean, and a luxury cruise ship can never be placed in a small lake. I'm afraid that they'l never have a chance to meet."

"There's always that one-in-a-million possibility."

I shrugged. "Perhaps."

"I've seen it. At that moment, I thought to myself that if I were given the chance one day, I would turn my life around. I would stand on the cruise ship and stare across the ocean."

squinted at the vast expanse of the ocean. "I did it. I fulfilled my

remainder of my wine, then spoke dryly, "But you're not as happy as you thought you'd

then looked at me and said, "Are you mistaking reality for a TV show? The protagonist works his ass off and when he finally reaches the top, he feels nothing but emptiness. How ridiculous. I've achieved my dreams and I've reached my goals. Why would I feel empty inside? At the same time, those who say that the rich also have troubles and envy the family, friendship, and love the poor have are all nonsense. Only

in the distance that was becoming smaller and smaller. I asked, "So, what are

talk to you about. I heard that we have similar experiences, so I couldn't help wanting to talk to

What are you

thought about it carefully. I did

reprimanded for the mistakes she made. People would naturally feel superior in front of those who were weaker. At the slightest mistake, they would express their

was my childhood good, but it was also pretty blissful. I'd say it was the most blissful time of my life. So I'm sorry,

I don't want to have any similarities with you. I don't want to

a smile. "I didn't want you to console me. I just wanted to rant to someone whom I didn't hate that much. Now

up of contradictions.