Timeless Love (When Bright Moon Encounter the Dark Clouds) Chapter 8: Tan Jiao 02 (2)

I never would have thought that people would drive the conversation toward talking about men in such a post.

Quite a few people commented, “The back of that police officer in the background of that photo is so attractive…”

“That is so true. His legs are long, and his waist is slim. Even the back of his head is attractive.”

I looked at the straightened back of the police officer in the blurry photo and thought to myself, He’s not even attractive. I almost got together with a more handsome one, and the only reason I didn’t was that I didn’t want to accept him.

It was a long story. The only time I went on a blind date was with a guy that worked as a police officer.

This happened the month before the last, before the trip. My classmate’s mother introduced that guy to me. He was handsome, and he even had a dimple when he smiled. But after meeting him a few times, I realized there was a difference between reality and ideals.

This cop was unsophisticated and brutally honest. The things he talked about were dull and bland, and he knew absolutely nothing about literature, writings, traveling, or the internet. Most of the time, we sat in silence. I felt extremely awkward, yet he was able to smile bashfully, thinking he did well. Where was his dominance? Confidence? Licentious behavior? The cigarette held between those rough fingers? Absolutely nowhere to be found. He told me that he did not smoke because it was bad for his health.

The straw that broke the camel's back was an SMS he later sent me. He probably did it to get close to me. It was a joke he found online; he even added, “Miss Tan, I saw this joke in the morning. It’s pretty funny; all my colleagues laughed their heads off. I’m sharing it with you.”

When I looked at the unbearably lousy joke with absolutely no punch line, which I had seen three years ago, I felt pushed to the end of my patience. There was no way we could stay together happily if our sense of humor was so drastically different. As such, I immediately called the matchmaker and tactfully told her that

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