TCOR CH12

Chapter 12: How can you always find me?

Auntie loves to watch those kind of love dramas where the main characters always chase each other in the rain for no reason, get out of the car when they say so on a congested road, and fight in public out of jealousy.

I always thought that kind of drama was so weird that it couldn’t possibly happen in the lives of ordinary people, but I was surprised to come across it today.

Stop? Stop how?

Hug Bai Qixuan and tell Shen Wunian to go away?

Is it that cold? You’re shivering so much.

As I clutched the clothes on Shen Wunian’s chest, my palms felt his heart beating under his skin through the thin layer of the pullover – smooth, strong and powerful.

Compared to my panicked nervousness, he was simply fearless, calm and relaxed at the end, his mind so stable that I felt a hint of impertinence.

I did not pay any attention to him, just concentrated on watching the distant Bai Qixuan, seeing the other party finally take action, grasping the material under the clothes of power is a few points larger, even breathing is easy.

However, Bai Qixuan did not as expected, that just rushed over and Shen Wunian life and death, he bent down, picked up the car keys on the floor, turned around and fled, seems to stay for a moment more, I and Shen Wunian gay virus on the body to spread to him.

Fingers gradually loosened Shen Wunian’s sweater, looking at Bai Qixuan’s back, may have been disappointed too many times, only a very small part of my heart felt empty, the rest of the part is grateful.

He’s gone. I gently pushed Shen Wunian and laughed at myself, ‘See, he doesn’t like me at all.

Shen Wunian stepped back in line with my force, no surprise on his face, ‘Oh, what was once firmly in his hands is suddenly snatched away by someone else, it’s normal for him to feel confused, not knowing how to deal with it, and to run away.

I rubbed my arms and walked towards the art gallery on my own, having decided not to believe his bullshit any more.

In the next second, the coat with the remaining body heat fell from the sky and covered the back of my shoulders.

I stopped in my tracks and stared back in horror.

Shen Wunian seemed to be able to see through my thoughts, he put his hands on my shoulders and smiled convincingly, “Believe me again.

We looked at each other for a long time, and after some agonising, I gathered the cloak around my body and finally lost the battle, reversing the decision I had just made in less than a minute.

Okay, what do you want me to do next?

Shen Wunian wrapped me up and walked away, whispering to me, ‘He will certainly …… then you will …… then this ……’.

The more I listen to the more alarmed, said that this is also good, but look at the other side of the look of faith, and then the surge to the edge of the mouth of the fox swallowed back.

Bai Qixuan did not move that day, I said after Shen Wunian cold treatment, just as unaware that he witnessed my embrace with Shen Wunian.

The next morning, as usual, I was changing clothes in the lounge, Bai Qixuan suddenly knocked on the door and came in, holding a downstairs grocery store to buy rice balls and drinks, saying that I was afraid that I will not eat breakfast again, especially for me to bring.

By this time, my heartbeat had quickened a little, but I forced myself to calm down and didn’t show any abnormalities.

Thank you, Brother Bai. I sat down at the long table and began to eat quietly.

He stood for a while, then pulled out the chair opposite me and sat down.

‘Zhong Ai, are you …… going out with Shen Wunian?

I looked up suddenly, not showing the shock on my face, ‘Of course not, how could you think that, Brother Bai?

He opened his mouth, hesitated, and still didn’t say anything about yesterday.

‘I’ve seen you and him getting close lately, and I thought you two were getting together behind my back. He grinned, ‘You don’t like him at all?

‘He’s nice, but I just think of him as a friend, and he should …… just think of me as a brother, just like you do, White. I flatly denied.

Bai Qixuan choked up, didn’t say anything for a long time, then silently picked up the bottle of warm honey pomelo tea on the table, unscrewed it and handed it back to me.

It’s good that it’s not him, other people are like that too, he …… isn’t suitable for you.

The chewing stopped slightly and started again, I swallowed the food into my mouth and asked as if nothing had happened, ‘What’s wrong with him?

Bai Qixuan avoids my eyes and stares at the bottle of grapefruit tea on the table, ‘When he was studying, he was the man of the hour at our school. You may not know how hard it is for an Asian to do what he did in that environment. Athletics, studies, even friendships, he seemed to be able to do everything with the click of a finger, what others could only dream of, he could easily have.

The gap between him and us is too big, do friends sometimes feel tired, let alone lovers ……’.

Bai Qixuan in my impression has always been confident and proud of “other people’s children”, this is the first time I have seen his face. This is the first time I saw …… jealousy on his face.

Although it was a flash, the existence of time is extremely short, but I am sure that it is indeed jealousy. Because I can often see this kind of expression on Du Jingchuan’s face. Especially when he was praised by my sister-in-law, his jealousy, which was like sulphuric acid, would come out and itch to burn me.

Shen Wunian …… didn t study psychology in college, did he? I asked suddenly.

Bai Qixuan was stunned, ‘How do you know that?

It’s still true? No wonder he wants to do what behavioural psychology experiments on me, the original really study this.

‘I …… I guessed blindly.

Bai Qixuan seems to have doubts, but did not pursue them: ‘He majored in psychology and minored in art history, graduated with all A’s that year. He might have said something more, but he took the initiative to interrupt the conversation, got up and walked out, ‘Well, don’t say that. You take your time eating, I’ll go out first.

Bai!’ I called after him and asked timidly, ‘Are you free this Saturday night? There’s a film I want to see and I can’t find anyone to watch it with, how about we watch it together?

Bai Qixuan grabbed the door handle, lowered his eyes in thought for a moment and nodded, ‘OK, I shouldn’t have to work overtime that day.

The door to the lounge closed softly until the room was quiet again.

Surprisingly, it was not even close to what Shen Wunian had predicted. He said yesterday that Bai Qixuan would definitely come to ask me about my relationship with him today, saying that he and I were not suitable, and that I should be careful to protect myself.

Can a person really understand someone else’s thoughts to such an extent? How much do you need to know about the human heart?

Holding the half-eaten rice ball in my hand, I couldn’t help shivering and got up to turn up the heating, but the temperature inside was 25 degrees.

Well? Was I right? Shen Wunian took a bottle of champagne from my tray, and despite the questioning tone, there wasn’t a hint of hesitation on his face.

I glanced left and right, seeing that no one was paying attention, and whispered back, ‘He promised to take me to the cinema on Saturday. Towards the end, I couldn’t help but flutter a little.

You see, Bai Qixuan is still a good guesser. He drank the champagne in one gulp, the empty glass was put back on my tray and with a smile in his eyes he said, ‘Then let’s start our Pygmalion experiment and I’ll see you at the cinema tonight. With that, he turned and walked away without giving me a chance to say no.

I froze for a moment before trying to follow him, but I was blocked by two customers who came in front of me to ask for a drink, and when they went away, Miss Xu told me to go downstairs and carry the soda.

When I returned to the exhibition hall, Shen Wunian was surrounded by a number of guests, and then even Bai Qixuan surrounded him, but also looked at my side from time to time.

I was afraid of revealing something, so I had to stay away from them. From that day on, I could not find the opportunity to say a word to Shen Wunian alone.

[Tonight’s part-time job, where colleagues took a leave of absence, I can no longer please, can you change the day?

The message sank in like a stone, and Shen Wunian didn’t return to me until five o’clock after work.

I looked everywhere for him and finally found out from Miss Xu that he and Bai Qixuan had been invited to dinner earlier by a guest. This guest is the fund company’s big client, Bai Qixuan’s boss also has to be accompanied, two people are afraid that tonight can not get out.

That also did not say a word ……

I dejectedly nibbled a mouthful of dry bread in my hand as dinner, forcefully kicked away the small stones in front of me, and decided not to care about Shen Wunian, anyway, it is not my experiment, and go directly to the part-time job.

Jin Huihuang’s lounge is big and messy, like the backstage of a play, with a dozen make-up tables piled high with women’s clothes and cosmetics, and in the corner are soft and worn leather sofas, the leather long chafed and torn from lack of maintenance.

Sometimes, when I don’t go back to the dormitory, I make do with this broken sofa. Even though the springs hurt my back, it’s warm in the winter, cool in the summer and not noisy, so it’s the second best place I’ve ever slept.

The customers all arrived at ninety and left at one or two the next day, so I didn’t have much to do in the first half of the night, and I’d often hide in the lounge and relax, squinting for a while if I could.

Occasionally the ladies would catch me playing mahjong.

Every time a batch of customers came in, Mum would lead the ladies over to the customers to choose, the chosen ones staying and the ones who didn’t win coming back. The young and pretty ones were often chosen quickly, and the rest were older and not so good-looking.

They have nothing to do, so they play mahjong in the lounge. If they can’t make money from customers, they can make money from their colleagues. If there was a shortage or one of them was called away, I would take over. If I win, it’s mine, and if I lose, the girls share it with me.

I really envy Coco ah, yesterday that guest of hers, handsome and generous, but also a special gentleman, unlike the dead old man next to me, ordered two bottles of the cheapest wine, hands almost touching the bottom of my skirt ……’.

‘Touch! ‘ I hurriedly took the cards my opponent had discarded and then played the one and only cylinder.

Sister Lili, are you feeding the cards on purpose because you see how good looking little Ai is? Candy, who was sitting on my lower hand, teased, ‘It’s been a long time since I’ve met a customer who looks like a human being. These dead men, they don’t take much advantage, but when it comes to spending money, one is more stingy than the other, I listen to the cards, haha’.

As the saying goes, ‘thin wallet, short dick’,’ Xiao Mei, who was sitting in the house opposite mine, said meanly, ‘can the boss put a sign on the door to keep the dogs and eunuchs out.

‘Wow, you’re so mean.’ Candy sighed, then the sign was pushed and smashed.

Thankfully, thankfully, it wasn’t me who flushed it. I let out a cautious breath.

Just then, Mammy Xu, wearing heavy make-up and glittering, rushed in and said with an excited face, ‘Excellent, excellent! I’ve been in this business for decades, but I’ve never seen anything so excellent.

Candy pressed the button to roll the dice and sniffed, “Mummy, are you finally mad?

Mummy Xu’s face changed, ‘You’re the one who’s crazy. She came over to the mahjong table and grabbed my arm with a hand painted with nice red nails and just dragged me outside, ‘The guest named you, Little Ai, come with me.

Xiao Mei’s eyes quickly grabbed my other arm and stared at me with incredulous eyes, ‘Xu Tianjiao, loosen your claws! How old is little Ai, how can you stand it?

Lili also stood up, ‘Auntie Xu, we can’t force a good man into prostitution, we’ll go to jail.

Mama Xu rolled her eyes, ‘If he doesn’t like it, I’ll be the first to rush in and get him out, okay? The other guests said that Little Ai will definitely be willing to meet him after hearing his name’.

Someone I know knows I work here?

What …… did he say his name was?

For some reason, a person’s name was called out.

Mama Xu smiled without looking at her eyebrows, ‘He said his name was Shen Wunian, little Ai, do you recognise him?

How could I not recognise him?

It’s really him. Has this person installed surveillance on me? How can he always find me?

I know I know, sis, don’t worry, it’s my friend. I told Xiao Mei and the girls to stay calm, then followed Mama Xu as she turned left and right in Golden Splendour, arriving at the largest box.

This box, I remembered, had a minimum nightly consumption of five figures.

Mama Xu pushed open the door of the box, a sexy hoarse female voice accompanied by the sweet smell of cigarettes poured out of the door.

Under the dim light, the girl in the glittering dress was holding a stand-up combo on the stage, skilfully singing an English song, and a few other girls under the stage were holding small props to cheer and applaud for her, as if it were a small fan meeting.

A little further back, the wide marble table is full of open bottles of foreign wine, still the most expensive kind of …… That may be why they look so happy.

Finally, there was the handsome man, surrounded by more girls, leaning idly on the sofa and exhaling a thin cigarette.

‘How did you meet?

‘Your cigarettes smell so good, what brand are they?

‘Little Ai does love to cry, the last time he was made aggressive by a drunken guest, his eyes got red ……’

Makes you want to bully hehehe …… ‘

Wow, is this the world of paper and wine?

You guys clearly said in the lounge that you hate men who smoke the most and that the sight of an old man smoking makes you want to puke.

Ah …… Shen Wunian was the first to notice my arrival, he exhaled a mouthful of white smoke, threw the rest of the cigarette into the ashtray filled with water, raised his voice and said to the crowd, ‘Everybody out, beauties, my little friend is here. ‘