Lixiu wasn't saying that Mo Yan didn't understand; what she didn't say was that she feared unknowingly investing all her feelings only to fail in achieving a fruitful relationship. How would she cope if it really came to that?
In her past life, she was too scared to fall in love, and had never been in a relationship, yet she had witnessed the love of others. Take her elder brother, for instance, such a mature and wise man, who even said that even if he encountered love, he would not become unlike himself, as many do, going to pieces over a lost love and becoming neurotic. However, when he met a girl he admired, he plunged headlong into love without looking back.
