Now, instead of waiting for him to come to her, she's determined to find her own way. She no longer delivers lunches and snacks for him, preferring to stay in her office and eat bread while she draws illustrations or thinks of new ideas. She no longer calls him every day to check up on him, preferring to have coffee with her sisters, talk about right and wrong, or take time to dress up and feel more confident. Gradually, he realized that something was missing from his busy life, but he couldn't figure out what it was. Half a month passed before he realized that she was missing. On a whim, he dialed the phone, but was thrown a bucket of cold water. "I don't have time right now, the manuscript is due tomorrow, I have to catch up now." After saying that, she immediately hung up the phone. He thought, she finally had something to be busy with, so she wouldn't often complain that he didn't have time for her. Two to three months passed in their respective busy lives. On this day, he made a big deal and was in a good mood. When he wanted to find her to celebrate, he was once again shut out. "I'm not available right now, I have a meeting later. I don't think I'm available these days either." A meeting? He'd never known her laid-back illustration job required any meetings. It turned out that her illustrations were so popular with readers that the publisher was planning to publish a series of illustrated note books for her. After another month or so, he finally bought the new car of his dreams. Remembering that he hadn't seen her for a long time, he decided to take her out for a drive in his car. "I'm not available right now, I have to rush to the book release party." "I'll drive you!" "No, the chief editor will drive me there, I'm not free right now." He couldn't take it anymore.
They hadn't seen each other for over two months. Every time she called, she always said she wasn't available and hung up hastily. She wasn't like this before, what the hell was going on? "Do you still consider me your boyfriend or not? Do you love me or not?" "I'm not available right now, I'll love you when I'm free!" Pressing the end call button, she dropped her cell phone into her purse and handed it over to the chief editor of the publishing house beside her, ready to walk into the venue of the book launch. "Boyfriend?" "Not anymore." "So are you free after the ...... book signing?" "I'm free whenever you're free." She said with a smile.