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Three messages were spaced a few days apart, and during that time Li Shuo didn't reply to any of them. Yang Yuran guessed that Yang Fei must have tried Li Shuo's phone and, finding it still in service, persisted in sending them.
Li Shuo's patience was admirable, but even more so was his ability to stretch things to the extreme.
Yang Yuran had studied depth psychology and knew that in love, a woman becomes most agitated within the first three days of losing contact, struggling to control her emotions.
About five days in, she starts to blame herself; by ten days to a fortnight, her self-protection mechanisms begin to kick in. At that point, she might still hurt, but as long as she doesn't encounter anything too stimulating, she'll usually convince herself to slowly let go.
Li Shuo had timed it perfectly, replying in the early hours of June 9th.
