CH 13

“This time, it is the child of the co-worker of a classmate of the cousin of Auntie Zhao. We’re very familiar. Be obedient when you meet him and don’t try any tricks!” After giving her an unequivocal and inviolable order, her mom hung up.

Guo Zhi’s whole weekend’s happiness was completely crushed by this call!

She restrained the impulse to throw the phone on the floor, and instead left it on a coffee table. She dropped herself into her sofa and felt that her desire to eat the rest of the breakfast was gone.

She really, really wanted to rush home to tell her family that she did not want to get married! Unfortunately, she did not have the guts. Because of her cowardice, she felt aggrieved, and her pent-up anger could not be released!

Familiar? She said the same thing every time she talked about the next blind date partner. She could already see the way the matchmaker did the same thing when talking about her to the other family— — — a woman who was related in some form through friends, co-workers, and family that was very familiar.

But which one of them knew that just some hours before, she was still sleeping with a little fresh meat?

Guo Zhi felt that the most ironic part about blind dates was the way people introduced others and said that they were ‘familiar’.

She irritably closed her eyes and tried to sleep to forget about these annoying matters.

The cellphone on the coffee table rang. Guo Zhi ignored it.

She kept her eyes closed for a long time, but did not fall asleep, and the annoying matters were not forgotten either. She opened her eyes, stared for a long time at the ceiling, grabbed her phone, and looked.

Alex: [Sister Guo, have you woken? *^_^*]

Guo Zhi: “…”

Looking at that ‘*^_^*’, Guo Zhi was inexplicably healed.

In the morning, Alex woke up, cooked breakfast, ate by himself first, left Guo Zhi’s part on the table, and obediently left.

After he experienced Liu Chan Yue, Alex got a grasp on the matter. Women at that age were heartless. The girls that chased after him before always thought of ways of entangling with him. In contrast, despite working hard for half a day, Liu Chan Yue only dusted off her skirt, changed attitude, and immediately chased him off.  The next day he still had to work, and after being tossed around until midnight by her, he had to return to his residence, so of course he had dark circles under his eyes the next day. Because of that, he was scolded once by Guo Zhi.

Fortunately, Guo Zhi did not tell him to leave in plain midnight. He also felt that she liked to be cuddled by him when sleeping. He also liked it. Guo Zhi’s body felt plump and felt good under his hands, especially when both of their legs were entangled, it felt really good.

He estimated that Guo Zhi’s height was higher than 170cm, tall for a woman. Her body proportions that could be seen when her clothes were off were good, not as good as models who had long legs, but her legs were still considered long. Her legs were not the type of thin that looked like bamboo poles, instead, the muscles were firm, and it could be seen that it was the result of long-term exercise.

After Guo Zhi had fallen asleep, Alex had continued touching her legs, unwilling to take his hands off.

For these matters, if there was no compatibility, then it would be like work for one side, and the other side would be the only one feeling pleasure. It was only when both were compatible that the two could feel good.

Alex felt that he and Guo Zhi were compatible.

Guo Zhi was kind and was worried that he was doing it reluctantly.

He was not reluctant, on the contrary, he was very happy. When he did it with her, he felt pleasure and learned a lot from her. He felt surprised. It was the first time that he knew that women could also calmy discuss about matters related the way the body felt.

He thought about his previous experiences and realized that maybe his previous girlfriend did not feel comfortable all this time, no… maybe it was not that she was not comfortable, but just not as comfortable as she could have been. Maybe she endured it and cooperated by telling him lies like ‘you are incredible’, making him believe that he really was incredible.

In fact, it was never like that. Alex only realized it now, and maybe his technique was still lacking, at least that was what Guo Zhi believed, which was why she taught him.

Alex liked it when Guo Zhi taught him, no matter if it was in the photo studio or in bed.

He liked it when she gave him pointers, taught him, and gave him orders.

That way, the only thing he needed to do was follow whatever she said, and he did not have to use his brain to think so much. Using his brain was not his forte and, most of the times, even if he used his brain to maximum capacity, he would still not be able to find a way to solve problems and still be confused. When there was someone to clearly tell him what he had to do and how to do it, it felt as if he was back to being a student. The only thing he had to do was do the homework that the teachers left. Simple and relaxing.

Without any need for doubt.

He returned to the underground basement in a good mood. He bought some porridge and xiaolongbao on the streets. Sure enough, the sight that he saw when he came back was Da Wei sleeping soundly, having probably played outside until very late last night.

xiaolongbao: Chinese steamed bun with soup inside

“Wake up!” Alex dangled the xiaolongbao over his nose, “Wake up! Wake up!”

Da Wei was enticed by the smell of food, and when he got up and saw that there was breakfast, he became very happy.

“Alex! You really are my little brother!” His mouth was filled to the brink with food.

“Call me big brother!”

“Scram, pesky kid!”

Alex laughed loudly, laid on his bed, and took out his phone. After looking at the time, he sent a message to Guo Zhi, asking her if she had woken up. When he left, she was still sleeping soundly. It would not be good if the porridge became cold.

“Hey, where did you go yesterday?” Da Wei kicked him with his foot.

Alex smiled without saying a word.

Da Wei immediately understood. “F***!” Da Wei enviously said, “you really got it going on, huh.” Alex had a good-looking face, and he constantly had many girls chasing after him. Da Wei was envious, jealous, and hated him at the same time.

“Who was it? Do I know her?” Da Wei asked gossipingly.

Of course you know her, it’s Guo Zhi.

“You haven’t seen her before.” Alex said. He felt that Guo Zhi would not like it if other people knew about his and her matter. He also did not want other people to talk about her behind her back like they did with Liu Chan Yue.

Guo Zhi was a good person, no one should be allowed to talk bad about her.

Unfortunately, Alex was an honest and frank boy, his lying level was even worse than his posing level. Da Wei could see at once glance that he was lying and came over to press him onto the bed.

“You’re lying, right! Quickly confess! Who is it!” He said while choking him.  

Alex tried to avoid him, rolling all over the bed. The iron canopy bed emitted creaking sounds. People who did not know would think that prostitution was occurring in plain daylight.

In the end, Alex did not say Guo Zhi’s name. His mouth was tight, and even with Liu Chan Yue, he never said anything despite Da Wei continuously asking him. He came from a small place, and his way of thinking was a bit traditional. He believed that on the matter between men and women, men were the ones who gained, and women were the ones at a disadvantage. It was only after he lived in the capital for two years and saw many things that his way of thinking changed. However, he still did not believe that it was right to talk about things related to women on that topic when people asked him.

Da Wei was only teasing him and was not really trying to force him. After messing around for a moment, he stopped.

Finally being able to take a breath, he heard a beep from his phone. He grabbed it to look, and Guo Zhi had replied to him: [Woke up already.]

Alex mouth curled up and asked: [Did you eat breakfast yet?]

Guo Zhi: [The breakfast wasn’t bought from outside, was it?]

Alex: [I made it. *^_^*]

Guo Zhi watched the ‘*^_^*’ on the screen and her mouth uncontrollably started to curl up. She texted: [Where did you get the rice? And the salted eggs? The pickles were delicious. The supermarkets are still not open at this hour, right?]

It was a long story. Alex saw that Da Wei carried his washing basin to bathe himself, and directly sent a voice note: “The rice was given by Auntie Liu from the fourteenth floor, the salted eggs were given by Auntie Sun from the fourth floor. The pickles were made by Auntie Cao from building 9, I’m not sure about which floor she lives in. If you like it, next time I’ll find her to get more.”

Guo Zhi was silent for a moment and first sent back a […], after that, she could not stop herself from sending another message: [WTF]

Alex was still replying with a voice note: “I originally intended to buy them from the supermarket. The aunties were dancing close to the community entrance, and I asked them for directions to go to the supermarket. They said that it wasn’t open yet and asked me why I needed the rice. I said that I wanted to cook porridge for breakfast, and that there was nothing at home. They were very kind and went back to their homes to get rice, salted duck eggs, and pickles and then gave them to me.”

After a second, he sent another one: “The aunties are all good people, the only thing was that they kept on holding my hands and did not want to release it, they also squeezed my arms.”

Then, he sent an emoji: [(︶︹︶)]

Guo Zhi imagined the scene of a handsome guy surrounded by a group of smiling aunties and having his hands touched and his arms squeezed. She laughed so hard she almost fell from the sofa.

[The aunties are also people, the same as your sister, be considerate about them.]

Alex quickly replied with text: [If sister wants, I’m ready on call. (￣︶￣)]

Guo Zhi’s lip corners lifted: [Really ready on call?]

Alex: [Yep! *^_^*]

Very fast, he sent another message: [Sister Guo~ please mark my performance yesterday~ nervous nervous~]

This kid! Guo Zhi smiled and pressed the screen: [Very great!]

Truly great. Guo Zhi was used to interacting with men in their thirties and had practically forgotten how young men were like. After what she experienced last night, she now knew that if men over thirty were ‘papapa’, then Alex was ‘papapapapapapapapapapapapapapapapapa’! The frequency and explosiveness of the whole experience was stronger than some men. Just thinking about it made her ears feel hot!

Alex immediately sent a reply: [( / / ▽ / / )]

Guo Zhi: “…”

She almost got a nosebleed because of cuteness overload!

After chatting for a while, her initial irritable mood was improved. Guo Zhi looked at her agenda, got up, packed some things, and took her exercise bag to go swimming.

She had persevered with this exercise for many years.

In the past, many female co-workers asked her: “Guo Zhi, you eat so much, how are you still so thin?”

She would enthusiastically tell them about swimming and the gym that she attended. In the end, what the other party said was always: “Oh no, I would not be able to persevere.” They would sigh: “I really envy how you don’t become fat despite eating so much.”

It was as if the exercise she did was all for nothing!

Later, Guo Zhi finally understood. Most of the women who were fat, were the ones who did not have a will. With just a little perseverance, if they chose an exercise, they would not have to envy other people for ‘not becoming fat despite eating’. The people who really did not become fat, despite eating a lot, were only thin, but did not have firm muscles, and could not have the vest line.

After that, whenever other people said the same thing about her, she would only faintly smile. She was lazy to say anything more.

Among her friends, the one she admired the most was Gu Qing Xia. Gu Qing Xia was a woman who had very high expectations of herself. She would plan her agenda and follow it strictly. Her agenda would have some long-term plans that could never be changed, and she would never be influenced by anybody. Even if some unexpected situations happened, she would still make it up later.

Normally, after people became adults, it was very difficult to make true friends. However, she and Gu Qing Xia were real friends. Both had clear objectives, placed high importance on their work, and could advance towards their goals.

They understood and admired each other.

That was why, when Guo Zhi started having thoughts about leaving the company, the first one she thought to be her partner was Gu Qing Xia,

Unfortunately, when she was brewing the idea to tell Gu Qing Xia, she was unexpectedly promoted to vice deputy director. It was truly a bad moment, and she could only swallow back her words.

Guo Zhi resurfaced, breathed in and out, and plunged into the water again. She swam fifteen laps.

Her life goal, short-term work, long-term plans… when her body was immersed under the water, her whole mind was thinking about them.

After leaving the sauna, she opened her locker, and habitually first took out her phone to look at it. There was a missed call. When she hesitated about calling back, the same number called again.

“Hello, are you Guo Zhi? Hi, hi. I’m XXX, Auntie Zhao gave me your number.”

“Let’s find a place that is convenient for both of us…”

“3 o’clock in the afternoon, XX road’s McDonald’s…”

After discussing about the time and place of the blind date and hanging up the phone, Guo Zhi snorted slightly.

That time and that place.

Heh…