You've got questions? She's got answers

（But you probably won't like them）

WhydoesmymotheralwaysinsistthatIhavea bowlof loofahsoup（絲瓜湯siguatāng） evenafter I'veclearlysaidno？It'ssuffocating-lfeel likeshe doesn’thearmeatall！

Wow，whyare you so damnmad？l swear，you musthave肝火太旺lganhuotaiwang，excessive liverfirel！Loofahsoupisliterallythe perfectthing thatcan去火[quhuo，reduce innerheat]一so yeah she'snotwrong.Butfine，l getit，therearesome溝 通問題（goutongwenti，communicationproblems] here.Youkidstodayareso自以為是lziyiwéishi， full of yourself）.And seriously...whyare you still livingin your parents'houseat yourage？ If you don't likeloofahsoup，thengotothedamn菜市場 （caishich?ng，wetmarket）yourself，buywhatever youwant，cook yourowndinner，and stop發牢騷 {fā láosao，whiningl！Do you know what's truly令 人室息[lingrénzhixi，suffocating]？Having tocook everysingleday foryourungratefulbratandstill hearcomplaints！

Doyouhaveanycutedatespotrecsformeand myboyfriend？Always打卡（dakǎ，checkingin）at thesameviralspotsisseriously gettingsoboring

AiDaka

Here'sanidea：forget\"citywalk，\"thatviral

nonsense where youwanderaround doing

nothing.Try\"citywork\"instead！Gosignupas外

賣騎手[waimaiqishou，deliveryriders]with your

boyfriend.Youtwocanstill\"explorethecity，\"

except instead of snapping selfiesat coffee shops，

you'llberacingthrough小區[xiaoqu，residential

compounds]to figure outwhich 物業[wuye，

propertymanagement）islessuseless.Perfect

wayto\"apartmenthunt\"foryourfuturelovenest，

right？Andhey，thinkofitasabuilt-in壓力測試

lyaliceshi， pressure test） for yourrelationship：

Whenyoutwo gethopelesslylostonsomemaze

ofsidestreets，you'llseewhat yourboyfriend isreallymadeof.Wantevenmore刺激[ciji. thrills]？Waituntilthe訂單超時ldingdan chaoshi，ordertimesoutlwarning startsflashingwhileyou'restill stuck intraffic-nowthat's romance.Best part？You're actuallymaking money， evenifitbarelybuysa coffee.

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