My name is Chen Hao, and I am 23 years old. For me, this day is absolutely the most tragic day in the world.
Today, my girlfriend of three years officially broke up with me. The reason was simple: I have no money, no house, no car, and I'm even unemployed today. Then she got into a BMW 5 Series and sped away.
To be honest, at that moment, I regretted it to the extreme. I regretted that I had only touched her for three years and never slept with her, just because she naively and romantically told me that she would save her first time for the most meaningful night. I actually believed her nonsense.
Besides that, there's my job. I graduated with a degree in finance and finally found a job, but because of a problem with some data, my boss pushed all the responsibility onto me, fired me, and then refused to pay my salary.
I wanted to argue my case, but I also knew that for a nobody like me who had just graduated from university, trying to argue with a bastard driving a Mercedes S600 and keeping a mistress would only lead to one outcome: courting death.
I wandered aimlessly down the street. The neon lights were already on. Watching the crowds coming and going, I unconsciously reached into my pocket. Damn, I only had fifty yuan and a Samsung phone.
At this point, I actually had many choices. I could call my best friend from college for help, or I could quietly go back to my rented room and get a good night's sleep. Maybe when I wake up tomorrow, it will be another sunny day.
But I don't want to think about anything. After graduating from university, I've already borrowed a lot of money from my best friends. Although no one says anything, I'm still upset. Why are other people doing so well while I've not only lost my job but also been dumped by a woman?
My family is from the countryside, and it's not easy for my parents to earn money. They gritted their teeth and supported me through college, but I turned out to be such a failure.
At that moment, I felt utterly hopeless; I felt like I was a complete waste of this world.
At that moment, I really thought about suicide, but I didn't have the courage at all. I also thought about doing a good job tonight, robbing one or two passersby, but I didn't have that courage either.
I looked up and gazed across the street, and in that instant, a crazy idea popped into my head.
Across the street is a nightclub. Everyone should know what a nightclub is, right? This nightclub is one of the top-tier nightclubs in our city of NJ, called Paradise on Earth. I heard it has some connection to the notorious Heaven on Earth in Beijing, but whether that's true or not, I don't know.
Damn it, I was a proper and honest student for four years of college. At most, I would watch classic Japanese adult films. In the end, I was played by a woman for three years. Now, I'm penniless and at my wit's end. What I want most is to have a good time. Isn't there a saying?
Even if I were to become a ghost, I'd want to be a romantic one.
If you live a life of romance, you might as well have one; it's not a bad thing.
As you probably guessed, tonight I'm going to dine and dash and then rob a prostitute. As for whether the consequences of eating and dashing and robbing a prostitute will be the same or different, I don't care at this moment.
I checked my pockets again, walked into a supermarket, and splurged on a pack of Sunshine Liqun cigarettes for 45 yuan. Then, I calmed myself down, shook out my casual jacket, and walked across the street with my head held high.