Chapter 22: No Happy Ending for a Simp

At Caesar Fitness, Gao Yun didn’t rush to see the owner, Feng Rui, or his former colleagues. Instead, he began a serious workout with Li Jianchen.

He hadn’t neglected his fitness during the four days he spent in Hangzhou, either performing bodyweight training or sneaking into nearby gyms to use trial passes, which had resulted in a slight increase in his physical attributes.

[Character Profile]
[Name: Gao Yun]
[Age: 28]
[Height: 178cm]
[Weight: 85kg, Body Fat (9%)]
[Primary Occupation: None]
[Secondary Occupation: Freelance Model, Micro-influencer]
[Relationship Status: In a relationship]

[Attributes]
[Strength: 26 (10) 3%]
[Endurance: 22 (10) 53%]
[Speed: 20 (10) 35%]
[Flexibility: 21 (10) 25%]
[Agility: 18 (10) 85%]

The final and lowest attribute, Agility, had climbed from 62% to 85% after four days of targeted training, leaving it just one step away from leveling up. Consequently, Gao Yun’s training today focused on strength training with equipment as a supplement, while agility drills took center stage.

After completing four sets of the "Big Three"—bench press, squats, and deadlifts—plus three sets of power cleans, Gao Yun took a ten-minute break. During this time, he ate a banana and drank a protein shake.

Refreshed, he left Li Jianchen in the equipment area to continue his strength training and walked alone into the personal training zone. There, he happened to run into Hu Yue, who was coaching a new female member on battle ropes.

"Come on, last twenty seconds! Faster!" Hu Yue clearly saw him, but she glanced over and ignored him entirely, as if he weren't there, continuing her lesson.

"Busy?" Gao Yun didn't take it to heart and offered a greeting as usual.

"Huh?" The new member thought he was speaking to her. She looked up, and since she was new and didn't know Gao Yun, she gave a puzzled nod: "Oh."

Gao Yun waved his hand. "Nothing, keep going."

Without changing his expression, he began jumping across the patterns painted on the gym floor in the personal training zone, moving with agility and focusing intently on his drills.

Being blocked by Hu Yue was a surprise, but Gao Yun remained calm. He wasn't panicked in the slightest.

Blocked? Plenty of people have blocked me; who do you think you are?

Well, I can't quite remember—maybe number eight?

My friends, there is nothing you can't imagine, only things "Number Eight" can't do. As the saying goes, today I, Number Eight, am challenging myself to block Gao Yun! Brothers, let's go, block him! Ugh... ugh... ugh...

Women are emotional creatures. How emotional? Eighty, or even ninety percent of women will cry—the kind of crying that involves shedding tears—at some point due to the weather.

For example, if it suddenly rains or gets cloudy, if the sun or moon is hidden, if it's windy, or if there's smog, many women in the world will cry because of it.

If you ask them why they are crying, a small number will give a reason: "It was raining the day I broke up," "It was windy the day my cat died," "I'm on my period," and so on. These are at least somewhat understandable.

But most girls will look at you with teary eyes and say, "I don't know, I just want to cry."

Can a man understand that? No!

Men find it incredible. "What the hell? You can cry because of that? You don't even know why you're crying?"

This is the male mindset: linear, results-oriented, and completely different from the female perspective.

Therefore, men can never guess what a woman is thinking or what she will do next, because, in many cases, women don't even know what they are thinking themselves.

"A woman's heart is a needle at the bottom of the ocean"—that is exactly what this means.

Fortunately, in most cases, men don't need to understand what women are thinking. Not at all.

You just need to focus on yourself, don't let their emotions affect you, and go about your business.

If a girl rejects your date, ignores you, refuses to talk to you, or acts up, plays games, blocks you, or threatens to break up after you've established a relationship, these are all normal emotional reactions.

At these times, a man must not be affected. Even if you feel angry, frustrated, sad, aggrieved, or want to cry, you must not show it. You must keep your cool.

Once you show that you are affected by a girl's emotions, you lose your masculine charm.

Take being blocked on WeChat as an example. It was likely just a momentary emotional impulse on her part: "I'm on my period today," "There's no sun," "It's raining," "The sun is too bright," "My boss criticized me at work," "I'm in a bad mood, I don't know, I just want to try blocking you," and so on. They block you for all sorts of random reasons.

Just as they cry because of the weather, they block you because of the weather!

An average man would immediately lose his composure, bombarding her with phone calls to ask why she blocked him, or even going to confront her in person if she didn't answer.

But the girl didn't block you because of anything you did. However, once you act out of reaction to her emotions, she will immediately start to dislike you.

She will feel that she has already conquered you, that your every move is under her control, and she will lose all interest in you.

You must understand that in male-female relationships, it's about who cares less. Whoever has the lower neediness occupies the upper hand. Laozi's philosophy of "having no desire leads to strength" applies here as well.

So, what is the right way to handle being blocked on WeChat?

You can send a text message—just one. If she doesn't reply after a while, send another. If there's still no reply after two, stop. Don't send any more.

Call once. If she doesn't pick up, wait a while and try once more. If she doesn't answer both times, stop immediately.

If you've done all that and she still hasn't replied, the final move is to meet in person.

But don't bring your emotions with you. Be calm. Just meet up and say hello. If she talks to you, chat with her calmly about anything—except asking "Why did you block me?" Talk about the weather, the past, or food. Wait until she can't hold it in anymore and asks you about being blocked; only then should you ask for the reason.

If you meet her, say hello, and she ignores you as if you don't exist? One reason is that her anger hasn't subsided; her emotions haven't passed. You can try again at another time, but follow the same principle: do not go a third time!

The other reason is that your overall value is not high in her eyes. Note: in the *girl's* eyes!

Either you display more value for her to see—like a Ferrari key or biceps that could punch through a steel plate—or you work hard to improve yourself: go to the gym to become handsome, read books to become interesting, earn money to become wealthier. There is no other way.

Perhaps many people will scoff at this theory, citing their own experiences to argue that they or their friends have endured all sorts of grievances, pursued someone relentlessly with deep affection, and spent so much time and money that they finally moved the girl and won her over, or managed to save the relationship and even got married.

In fact, Gao Yun once pursued someone with deep, relentless affection, but he failed.

Combining this with the emotional experiences of his friends, he now believes that, regarding the situations mentioned above, one is a matter of probability: relentless pursuit can indeed work, but successful cases are very, very rare.

Second is the cost. If you feel this woman is worth wasting your life and money on, then do it. But be aware that ninety-nine percent of women are not worth it. Aside from your mother and your own sisters, no other woman is worth sacrificing yourself for.

Third, don't think marriage is the finish line. Gao Yun had a friend who pursued a girl for three years, providing meticulous care, changing jobs for her, moving cities, and buying a house.

They finally got married and registered their marriage. Two months later, the girl asked for a divorce, and they divorced.

The girl wasn't scamming him for money; she didn't take anything during the divorce. She just genuinely didn't love him anymore, felt nothing, and felt they weren't a good fit.

After the divorce, Gao Yun's friend sold the marital home and returned to his original city to live and work. After this, he had a profound realization and would tell everyone through tears:

"Simps don't get a house."