Chapter 3: The Man Who Didn't Do It
It was too cold outside, so after finishing a cigarette, Zhou Zhou went back to the living room.
Just as she hung her coat on the coat rack, someone called her, "Sister Zhou Zhou, are you still awake?"
Zhou Zhou turned around and saw Zhang Kai and his girlfriend coming down from upstairs.
She hummed and raised the cigarette box in her hand: "Having a cigarette, you guys won't sleep?"
"I've had too much to drink and want something warm to eat." Zhang Kai walked up to her, borrowed a cigarette, and held it in his mouth without lighting it immediately. "I'm going to ask the driver to buy some food. Is there anything you want to eat?"
Zhou Zhou wasn't very hungry.
I thought since I couldn't sleep anyway, it would be nice to drink some hot porridge to warm my stomach.
Zhou Zhou said, "Please bring some shrimp and scallop congee, thank you."
"Let's not thank you, it's too formal." Zhang Kai half-jokingly said, "It's my honor to serve such a beautiful woman."
He took the cigarette off and held it between his fingers.
Zhang Kai took out his cell phone to call the driver and went out to smoke a cigarette.
The girl was wearing thin clothes and couldn't keep up.
"Sister Zhou Zhou, my name is Nana." She introduced herself.
Zhang Kai was courting Zhou Zhou right in front of her, but she wasn't displeased. Instead, she chatted with him with great interest. "I heard from Yizai that you've been in California for four years. Are California men handsome?"
The female companions brought by these playboys are usually not serious.
If men are not sincere, the same goes for women.
The word "girlfriend" is not a symbol of status, but a common occurrence. Even a casual fling can be called a boyfriend or girlfriend.
"He's quite handsome, but there aren't many people who are compatible with him."
"How do you say that?"
"There are too many white people." Meeting Nana's puzzled gaze, she smiled and explained, "White people have a lot of chest hair. I'm not used to it."
Nana chuckled. Then, a thought struck her, and she added, "I've heard Yizai mention you before. He said if he'd known California girls were so hot, he should have gone with you for a few years, and lived happily ever after. And I agree. He's too wild, and only hot Western girls can handle him."
Zhou Zhou heard something different in her words.
She raised her eyes and glanced at her: "You and Chen Yiyang are very familiar with each other."
Nana tossed her hair, a smile on her face impeccable: "We are all friends."
Zhou Zhou remained silent.
She and Chen Yiyang grew up together, practically sharing the same trousers. She knew exactly what kind of playboy he was, and even back in California, she knew more than a dozen women who came and went around him.
Temporary joy is mostly just a game.
Seeing that she didn't say anything, Nana looked upstairs and said mysteriously, "You met Cheng Yu tonight. He's a man that women all want to be friends with."
"You want to, too?"
"He has high standards, and I don't want to be disappointed."
The conversation stopped here and Zhang Kai left and returned.
He shook his coat, taking in the cool air from outside: "Let's sit down and chat for a while. We still need some time. Don't go back to your room and fall asleep."
Zhou Zhou had no objection: "I'm going to the bathroom."
She was too lazy to go to the toilet, so she went to the bathroom on the first floor.
The door was ajar. Zhou Zhou thought there was no one inside, so he pushed the door open and saw Cheng Yu when he turned his head.
He was bending over to wash his face.
He placed his palms against the faucet, letting handfuls of water splash onto his face. After a few times, he tilted his head back, and the remaining water on his face dripped down his chin, across his Adam's apple, and into his chest.
Just as Zhou Zhou was about to dodge, Cheng Yu had already opened his eyes. Water droplets clung to his eyelashes, and his dark pupils, washed thick and deep, saw her behind him through the mirror.
Cheng Yu was a little surprised when he saw her.
He pulled out a face towel and wiped his face slowly: "What good day is today? One by one, two people came in while I was washing my face. Are they trying to sneak attack me while I was washing my face?"
Zhou Zhou: "The guest rooms all have bathrooms. Who knew you were washing your face on the first floor?"
If she had known, she wouldn't have come in.
"Don't you know now?" Cheng Yu picked up the watch on the sink and casually stuffed it into his pocket. He turned around and glanced at her leisurely, "Sister Zhou Zhou, do you want to take me back while I'm drunk?"
He was very interested in the word "sister" and called her that very smoothly.
Zhou Zhou crossed his arms and looked at him with a bright smile: "I don't like men who try to scam people."
"Really?"
Cheng Yu walked over and stood in front of Zhou Zhou.
He bent down first, so that his eyebrows were level with hers.
Zhou Zhou lowered his eyes and noticed that a part of his gray T-shirt was soaked by water, sticking to his body stickily, and his strong chest muscles were faintly outlined.
The debris on his forehead was still dripping with water. He stood under the warm yellow light, his eyes slightly raised, looking at her playfully, a wicked smile curling the corners of his lips: "Men have to protect themselves when they are out there, and they have to be wary of decent girls like you who are eager to be 'scammed'."
Atmosphere is a strange thing.
His voice was lazy and had a flirtatious tone, and an ambiguous atmosphere inexplicably surged between the two of them.
Zhou Zhou's eyes sparkled, "Are you sure you want to talk to me about this in the bathroom?"
"How about we go to the room and talk?"
Zhou Zhou looked at him with amusement: "Do you really want to talk to me?"
"What else?" Cheng Yu looked at her and chuckled.
In the love field, Cheng Yu is obviously at the top of the food chain, a high-end hunter.
He has an aggressive look, money and status, so it's normal for women to flock to him. For a man like this, affection is a joke, and playfulness is the norm.
The two met for the first time tonight, and they had several rounds of undisguised testing. From the very beginning, he had not concealed his desire to sleep with her, and was very frank.
He seemed to be advancing step by step, but in fact he had enough time to advance and retreat.
Zhou Zhou was happy to prolong the ambiguity between the two of them, waiting for him to take a step forward, unraveling the situation, and then cutting it off at the right moment.
She struggled with Cheng Yu but would not let go.
Whether Zhou Zhou wants to sleep or not is no secret to Cheng Yu, but he will not point it out specifically.
Other women try to lure him into taking the bait by playing hard to get, but he has no patience and is too lazy to respond.
It’s better to be frank and direct, and let things fall into place naturally.
He preferred Zhou Zhou's playing hard to get - the inexplicable hypocrisy that came to his mind was too real, but apart from her pretense, there was some sincerity in her.
It's true that I want to sleep with him, and it's also true that he doesn't like it.
As for what's not right, it's probably because they both make the other person feel neither good nor bad.
Cheng Yu saw through Zhou Zhou clearly, and Zhou Zhou also analyzed him clearly.
Zhou Zhou said, "Can you let me go to the bathroom?"
Cheng Yu turned sideways to let her in and walked out.
The two passed each other and heard Zhou Zhou's indifferent voice.
She spoke in English, which had a different accent than Mandarin. Her unclear voice was mixed with her bad teasing. "You know, if it were you, I wouldn't have to tell you that I'm in a hurry."
She was responded with a faint sneer.
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