My Boyfriend is a Stand-up Comedian

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rowd was in stitches, except for me,

had just broken up with my

strong-willed and

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y best friend, seeing I was upset, gave

Kolton suddenly started interacting with me on stage: "Ma'am, you look like a sponsor w

hair for two seconds. "Really

if I can a

nd the crowd began clappin

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mentioned that day, telling me

but you sat there, looking like you

ds, you had me laughing s

me at first sight, yet I had to be

pering in my ear, "I was afraid you'd say I

so softly, his ears turni

ly, then said meaningfully,

auvania, breaking through in the workpl

ove out of my shared nine-square-meter r

was a stand-up comedian struggl

ety shows, maintaining a schedule of two to three live perfo

our relationship, I aske

I pulled him in for a kiss. "Forget it. You

flailed on the cou

down on me. Do y

shirt. "I know, you're the m

e of Ultraman and hoped that one day an owl from Br

s bore the same signature: "

y that attracted me, allowing me to escape the harsh b

nsidered changing careers, he'd look at me seriously and say, "If I can't make i

't want that boring life of a

denly sat up in the middle of the night to

d popped it into his mouth. "Shut u

love. Before me, he was focused on hi

t my first relationship would

I look like your fan?" "

the ticket. It wa

I'm dating you simply b

ned away, moving to

tes, and he still

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obe, feeling Kolton's sidelong glances, and changed

me into his arms, kissing my cheek, and accu

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handsome, I'm also quite

hip, I was often for

frying eggs, stumbling into the kitchen to find

, breakfast

dating, Kolton's

nd unexpectedly, a joke about "having a weak stomach but

o audition for the la

t was the start of Kol

marked the end of our

I moved in with my

la accidentally played the latest episode of a variety

rn it off, but I softl

h, and Kolton had made it through

ll using "my girlfriend" as a referen

lieve in Doraemon. At least he could pull

or two seconds before

ears in her eyes, but

the 'you' he's ta

s, I couldn't s

lla's, tossing and turning, unable

he rise. I clicked in and saw someone spreading rumors tha

rify when a privat

foreigner. "Hey, dear friend, do

rose emoji

s, unable to resist typ

arrived in China, and yo

David, from

his Chinese was awkwardly broken, makin

ready to block him, but th

lieve in t

cold laugh, "Is the stand-up comedy industry

scam people next time, chang

barrassed. Instead, he asked me,

w why, d

entangled with my ex, because I used you as a di

on sent m

ion, "You're just saying that

e and, despite mysel

nt anothe

se things that day, but that can't be

ck me without even givin

d a sharp pain pierced my heart,

my senses, my vision

rd into the chat box: "That night, I

man in a purple silk dress leaning against it, got

late shift and was holding a steaming rice ball as I wa

of seconds, I took out my phone a

reply, "I'm working late at t

ou asleep ye

d him d

l rings, Kol

ied just the right amount of weariness and

stand-up comedians

silent for a long time but eventually spo

ng back tonight, I

'll bring you bre

g up the phone, and threw the now compl

st; how could I expect

h a toothbrush in my mouth and saw him sitting on the doormat,

u leave the do

said, "

I went to a private cinema to watc

d suddenly recited a line from the movie: "If one

s to converse with me was a routine Ko

nly didn't want to play alo

s tracks and turned

t's break u

worn down by hysterical arguments, had been played out in

hat message, just blocked a

to the sponsor's seats, I immediately saw

lton with undisg

re coul

manager who drove him out late at night and mad

a passerby in my life, just l

enly informed me that an artist was coming

ed proposal on my laptop an

up, I saw Kolt

, and perhaps he hadn't shaved proper

a man and a woman, both a

s whispering, "Hey, isn'

You' being so popul

he PR department lea

Kolton felt incred

y got on stage, supposedly f

rs, so a group of colleagues excitedly gathered

o imagine how he could extract so many shining moments from o

g these stories, his gaze kept pierc

an audience member asked me who my gir

's been wa

itement, I lowered my head to drin

ne whispered, "He's

have pairings, with ge

at moment, my chest tighte

company park. As I passed a secluded corner, a

ered my mouth, his bright eyes looking at

r wh

't afraid you'd throw your cup at my head, I w

re o

the r

ppy, "If you think I'm not m

"That night, I saw you get into the s

holding his chest in mock disbelief as he look

r talent, like telling j

tion, "Or you could explain why you got into their car b

Kolton who was a

ilence, the warmth and longin

ecause... that sponsor is a

ing gaze, he co

g to keep my voice calm, "We've had a happy year t