CH 8

Alex knew, even if Guo Zhi had thoughts about him, she would not be like Liu Chan Yue and eat him as if he was a feast.

Guo Zhi was a person with principles. The day she got drunk, she only kissed him. It was fast as lightning, and before he knew it, she had already pushed him away while saying, “You are still a kid.”

Even though later, when she said: ‘Grow up faster, I want to sleep with you!’, it was very funny, after he was back home and remembered that she had said ‘No good, you are still a kid.’, his heart felt… sour… and warm…

In his memories, ever since his parents divorced, it was as if no one saw him as a little child. His dad looked at him as if he was a hindrance, and that woman used him as child labor, telling him to clean, cook food, and basically do all the household chores.

He never thought that, in this far away city of the capital, there would be someone who would look at him like a child.

Because of that fact, even when she got drunk, she could still control her desire.

In the two years that Alex had been in the capital, he had met many kinds of people. Compared to them, Guo Zhi made him feel very clean.

As a person, she was clean, and her heart was also clean.

Alex felt that he could not be a coward. Guo Zhi was the type of person that would not take advantage of him regardless of how interested she was in him. He had to take the initiative!

“Sister Guo… let’s add each other in WeChat please?” He sweetly smiled, “If there is any job available, please think of me.”

Such a sweet smile… Guo Zhi almost covered her eyes unconsciously…

“Deal, let’s add each other.” She forcefully stopped herself from revealing her fangirling attributes and protected her cold image.

In her heart though, she felt elated. Her friend’s circle in Weibo and WeChat were for her work, and it was full of co-workers, photographers, and models. Occasionally, the models would post a selfie and reveal their abs. Sometimes they would even post restricted photos! It was literally a boon!

It’s a pity that Alex is still young. 

Guo Zhi’s bottom line was not that low, and she could not allow herself to sleep with a guy who was that young. However, looking at the selfies from handsome guys occasionally, just thinking about that made her feel happy.

Alex calmly added Guo Zhi’s WeChat and took in the change in Guo Zhi’s eye expression.

So, sister Guo likes it when I smile like this? Then that’s good.

Oh, yeah, she is a beauty lover. I’m not good at other things, but my face is definitely good-looking.

In Alex’s heart, he experienced the joy of having the initiative in his hands.

After returning to the underground bunker at night, he took a shower. Back in his room, just as he prepared to put on a shirt, he saw himself in the mirror, and his heart moved.

He recalled Guo Zhi touching him all over in her drunken stupor… and the way she yelled while touching his abs…

Alex’s lips curled. He threw his shirt to the bed, grabbed his phone, aimed it to the mirror and took a photo of himself, topless, with only a towel around his hips. Even though the room was small, inside of it lived two models that depended on their bodies and face to eat, so Da Wei had nailed a full body mirror over a wall.

Alex blurred all the useless background, edited the photo, and uploaded it to his Moments wall (in WeChat) with the caption: “Haven’t worked out recently, have I become out of shape?”

He put Guo Zhi into a group alone, and then blocked all other groups. In this way, the photo could only be seen by Guo Zhi.

Since it was just for her.

Really want to see her reaction after seeing it… Alex thought with a slight smile. He reclined on the bed, carefully scrolled through Guo Zhi’s Moment wall, and through her WeChat, found her Weibo account.

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Guo Zhi… Guo Zhi almost had a nosebleed.

After being busy for a whole day, and after the results of the photos were out, even Guo Zhi could not say anything. Michael was an obscene person, but he had skill. No matter what the people on the scene had seen, in the set of photos, all the parts of the body that should not be shown were covered through the model’s poses. They looked sexy but clean, with no hint of lust.

Guo Zhi evaluated them professionally, added her understanding of the clients, and knew that the photos would have an eighty to ninety percent of being accepted.

She could not say anything.

Back in her house, she threw herself on the sofa after taking a shower. Using her cellphone, she posted her feelings in her Moments wall: [When living in this world, people must be capable and have skills. If you are strong and have good skills, people will have to bear with you even if you are obscene.]

After posting, she moved her finger in one stroking movement and released it. Her Moments wall refreshed, and a half-naked muscular body jumped up.

She had grabbed a glass of water and was drinking from it when she refreshed the page, and with a “pfft”, she spit it out.

She hurriedly brought her phone closer to her eyes to see carefully.

OMG, this little handsome guy! Those muscles! That eight pack! That mermaid line!

Ayyy! Mermaid line!

Guo Zhi felt that she would get a nosebleed!

She rapidly saved the photo in her cellphone.

Immediately after, she clicked on the handsome guy’s Moments wall, and sure enough, found out that they were all selfies. Selfies of him after he had just finished being styled, in a bar playing with his friends, and some of him making weird gestures, of which she could not understand their meaning, with his hands. Gestures with two or three fingers bent, Guo Zhi did not understand their meanings, and attributed it to a generation gap.

But there was no problem, since she did not plan on communicating deeply with him, she only wanted to see his photos to heal her eyes.

As long as the muscles revealed in the photos exceeded more than a palm’s size, she would save them all into her phone! For private viewing!

After scrolling a lot, she noticed that the total amount of posts from the most recent year found in Alex’s Moments wall was not much if it was compared to the Moments wall of other people. Most of them were selfies, and there was practically no substantial content. He was not like other people who expressed their feelings and made dramatic posts.

Guo Zhi had many added contacts that were young, and they especially liked to post about their feelings. For example, “Coming out of the bar at 3am, I suddenly felt endless loneliness.” Or “I told myself, don’t cry!”

Whenever Guo Zhi saw them, she would feel numb.

She carefully recalled. She had never lightly described herself as “lonely”, “hurt”, or “decadent” when she had been new to the capital.  At that time, she remembered that she seemed to be very busy everyday, struggling to steady herself, until she became what she was presently.

She wondered about what could cause the children of these days to feel lonely, hurt, or decadent?

She attentively looked at Alex’s Moments wall, and besides his post today that said: ‘Recently haven’t worked out, have I become out of shape?’, he rarely posted something with words. Posts expressing what he felt were nonexistent.

She remembered that during work, Alex was also quiet and nontalkative. Basically, the definition of obedient.

The only thing was that there was a trace of decadence surrounding him that had unknown origins.

However, that had nothing to do with her. She smilingly found the photo again and did a zoom to admire the beautiful muscles.

The unhappiness caused by Michael’s obscenity during the day was healed.

She enjoyed every piece of muscle in the photo before reluctantly putting down her phone. She sat in front of her computer, opened Word, summarized her work experience in the recent period, and posted a long article in Weibo.

Her Weibo username was ‘Wise little Guo Zhi’, and her posts were aimed at her peers, focusing on communication at work.

After posting it, a notification appeared on the right side. There was a new follower and a private message. She opened it casually.

[Alex’s alpha world followed you.]

Oh, Alex.

She opened the chat window.

Alex’s alpha world: [Sister Guo! *^_^*]

That ‘*^_^*’ made Guo Zhi recall his sweet smile during the day. Damn, it’s really cute!

Guo Zhi replied smoothly: [Still haven’t slept?]

On the other side, Alex had not thought that she would still be awake. He braced himself up and immediately replied: [Just finished showering, I’m lying down on my bed.] He did a little trick.

Sure enough, Guo Zhi immediately visualized the half-naked body from just before… defined muscles, mermaid line…

Her thoughts diverged a little… Mmm…

Handsome guy, recently out of the shower, half-naked lying on the bed… what would he be doing?

Maybe…

Cough, cough… can’t keep thinking, I’m starting to feel hot…

Guo Zhi shook her head, opened a web page, browsed the news, and chatted with Alex.

She did not really have anything to talk about with him. With such a big age gap, they practically had a generation gap. She could only ask questions like “Are you in any projects recently?” or say things like “Oh, that brand isn’t bad, work properly.”

Guo Zhi never thought that this way of communication would last many days.

In the following days, she would see ‘Morning, sister Guo *^_^*’ in the morning, and at night, she would receive messages such as ‘Good night, sister Guo *^_^*’, ‘Rest early, sister Guo *^_^*’, and ‘You’ve worked hard today, sister Guo *^_^*’.

The end of all messages would be accompanied by ‘*^_^*’.

Guo Zhi: “…”

Why is this child so attentive? She was curious.

Guo Zhi was 28, she knew that there was something fishy.

On Friday morning, she arrived at her company, turned on her computer, and checked WeChat. She immediately saw a photo of him lying on bed with a sleepy face. The muscles on his arms were extremely beautiful. His Adam’s apple was blocked from sight, but his collarbone was clearly visible.

Early in the morning, Guo Zhi almost had a nosebleed.

She hurriedly closed her phone and focused her energy on work.

The samples were ready, and she and Gu Qing Xia went to the client to do a review. It was obvious that the clients liked the photos taken by Michael.

She once again started to become agitated.

“What is so annoying?” On their way back, Gu Qing Xia said. “This type of thing depends on skill. If you’re not capable, you won’t even have the qualifications to make people annoyed. If you don’t want to encounter this in the future, then you must work hard and become an outstanding editor. At that moment, no one will dare to go against you.”

Gu Qing Xia is very right, Guo Zhi thought.

The most important reason why both could become friends was because their auras were similar. They were both women who placed work as their top priorities. In this matter, they could admire each other and understand each other.

She wondered if she should tell her idea to Gu Qing Xia.

Just as she was thinking about it, Gu Qing Xia gave her a surprise.

“I have something to tell you. It hasn’t been announced yet, so don’t tell others.” Gu Qing Xia said, “Shang Hua will resign.”

“Oh? Vice deputy director Shang will resign? Why?”

“She’s pregnant and doesn’t plan on working 9 to 5 anymore.”

“Wow, it’s like that huh, then, her place…” As she was thinking, she saw Gu Qing Xia’s smiling eyes, and suddenly understood: “Congratulations!”

Her congratulations came from her heart. Her good friend was promoted and would become the vice deputy director of her department. Of course, she would be happy for her.

However, the idea that she was just about to tell her could only be pressed down. She could only feel depressed and think that it was not a good time.

With this bad mood, she finished a day of work. When she was about to leave work, her phone sounded with a notification.

She opened WeChat to take a glance. It was Alex.

Alex: [Sister Guo! Sister Guo! It’s Friday. Let’s go out and play tonight! MIX. There’s a lot of people. *^_^*]

Guo Zhi bit her lip, hesitated for a while, and said: [‘Kay, time?]

Alex: [9pm, I will wait for you at the entrance.]

Guo Zhi: [Okay, I’ll see you when the time comes.]

She thought, What clothes should I use?

She remembered the photo she had seen in the morning that almost caused her to have a nosebleed…

The people who hang out with Alex, most of them should be models, handsome men and beautiful women… She had to work hard to dress herself and not let herself look bad!