43 The clown is actually himself
Faced with Ni Yue's cordial invitation, Xu Zhiqian found it difficult to refuse and did not want to refuse from the bottom of his heart.
He was afraid that if he hesitated any longer he would lose the chance to enter the house.
So he shrugged at Zhang Chenling and acted like, "Even if your sister invited me, there's nothing I can do."
Zhang Chenling nodded helplessly.
The three of them drove to Xiaoshengbb, chatted with B Wang for a while, learned about the recent situation of Running Ball Sister, then bought a dozen and a half beers, and went to the other side of the street to pack up a large portion of yakitori.
Seeing that Ni Yue had been bleeding heavily in the past two days, Xu Zhiqian didn't want her to spend any more money, so he gentlemanly paid for the beer and yakitori first.
They happily returned to Xiangyang North Road. Zhang Chenling was walking in front, exclaiming in amazement as she walked up the stairs, saying that Ni Yue's heart of a saint had burst out, and a week's worth of bathing was in vain.
Ni Yue smiled and said that he was always like this. When he worked at an early childhood education institution, he often paid out of his own pocket to buy cakes for the children. So after working for a few years, he was still broke and had no savings.
"Huo, luckily I didn't lose anyone!" Xu Zhiqian, who was following at the end, joked.
The air suddenly turned cold.
Ni Yue took a long while to answer: "...Who is your little sister?!"
The stairs made a creaking sound under my feet.
Xu Zhiqian's heart trembled with each beat. His attempt to get close to others failed, and he dared not do it again.
Zhang Chenling chuckled silently.
As he walked into the living room, a faint scent of grass entered his nose. Xu Zhiqian was very familiar with this smell. It was the smell of the Shangshan Ruoshui herbal bag.
Sniffing carefully, he could faintly smell a few wisps of unique feminine fragrance in the air. He could even tell that one of the scents came from Zhang Chenling, her body fragrance.
His face suddenly turned red with embarrassment.
Suddenly, everything went dark before his eyes, and the alluring scent of a woman's body was replaced by the strong smell of laundry detergent. After being stunned for half a second, he reached out and took away the thing covering his face. When he looked closely, he saw it was a big pink skirt.
What Ni Yue just threw over was her mother Wu Xia’s nightgown.
"Go wash up first!" She pointed in the direction of the bathroom. "There are clean towels and bath towels in the cabinet under the sink, as well as extra-large disposable underwear. I bought them for my mom."
Ni Yue paused deliberately and said jokingly, "It should be more than enough for you!"
"..." Xu Zhiqian's face flushed again, and he stammered, "More than enough, more than enough!"
At this time, Zhang Chenling had already started chatting on the dining table, and Ni Yue went over to help.
"They're all ready-made. I can just arrange them myself," Zhang Chenling said, but she didn't want her to reach out. She pointed to the laptop on the chair and said, "Why don't you update the data sheet first? I've been busy these past few days. Write it down quickly so you don't forget."
So, Ni Yue sat down at a corner of the dining table and started working.
…
When Xu Zhiqian came out of the bathroom hesitantly, the two sisters were sitting in front of the computer, discussing how to help Miss Zhuang take a bath.
"How do we get a bathtub?" Ni Yue asked Zhang Chenling, his chin propped up by one hand. "I remember seeing a bathtub device online before. It's thick like a cushion and comes with a pillow... Or maybe we can buy that inflatable bathtub you mentioned?"
Zhang Chenling was busy searching Taobao. "Inflatable bathtubs aren't expensive, only three or five hundred yuan is enough. But they can only be used by Miss Zhuang, not other customers. Plus, those bathtubs are inevitably hard when inflated, so they still need something to cushion them."
"Then let's buy the bathing device. I'll place the order later!" Ni Yue said straightforwardly, "What color?"
"What color?" Zhang Chenling didn't understand.
"What's the color of this row of grids, Miss Zhuang?" Ni Yue returned his gaze to the computer screen.
"She gave us lychees to eat, so let's have red lychees!" Xu Zhiqian suddenly interrupted.
"Oh, that makes sense!" Ni Yue squinted his eyes, found the red color closest to fresh lychees from the color spectrum, filled the grid, and changed the words to white, making it clear at a glance.
He clapped his hands and said, "Done!"
Then she looked up at Xu Zhiqian who was standing in front of her. He was wearing Wu Xia's pink nightgown with two thin straps hanging on his strong arms. The white lace outlined his undulating chest muscles. The hem of the skirt was pitifully stuck twenty centimeters above his knees, revealing his two long legs with thick body hair.
Unexpectedly, beneath Xu Zhiqian's usually gentle appearance, he actually has a body brimming with male hormones. He is the legendary "thin when dressed, muscular when undressed"!
Ni Yue was stunned and forgot to blink for a moment.
Xu Zhiqian felt uncomfortable being stared at by her, and since it was his first time wearing a skirt, the cool air from the air conditioner went straight up from his crotch, making him feel cold and strange, so he unconsciously brought his legs together.
It makes the upper body look stronger.
Ni Yue suppressed his laughter and turned to look at Zhang Chenling beside him. He saw that she was covering her mouth and laughing so hard that she was bent over. A few faint crow's feet at the corners of her eyes merged into a long line, reaching her temples.
In Ni Yue's impression, his cousin hadn't laughed so happily for a long time.
…
The two sisters took a bath one after another, and in order to avoid suspicion, they both put on cotton pajamas that covered their flesh but were not tight.
The three of them sat together, drinking and feasting, until the night outside the window deepened and the sky turned into a rich dark blue.
Xu Zhiqian stretched his neck to look into the distance, as if he had suddenly discovered a new world. "Huh? Can you see my house from here?"
"What's so surprising about this?" Ni Yue sneered, "Let me be clear, we haven't spied on you!"
"Oh, of course," Xu Zhiqian said awkwardly. He was already a little tipsy, and now his entire face and neck were red. "My room doesn't have windows, so you can't see even if you want to. Oh, of course, you don't want to see either..."
Ni Yue chuckled, "The people staying in your youth hostel are all weirdos. I don't even want to see them right under my nose!"
As soon as he finished speaking, he felt that his words were a bit hurtful, and quickly made amends, "Of course, you are different from those weirdos!"
"Haha!" Xu Zhiqian smiled with a forced smile, knowing that his image in the little sister's heart was not very good either. A man in his forties staying in a youth hostel might be even weirder than weird.
So, as if possessed by some strange force, he started to get closer again, "Honestly, our homes are so close, it's quite fate..."
Ni Yue shook his head wildly, "Honestly, that's not your home, and this is not our home either."
"Who said this isn't home?" Zhang Chenling, who had been drinking and listening to the two people's conversation, suddenly interrupted the conversation, "Why are you talking nonsense when you're drunk?"
"..." Ni Yue curled his lips, "I mean, home in the legal sense."
"No," Zhang Chenling said firmly, "wherever I am, that's home!"
Xu Zhiqian nodded in agreement.
Ni Yue looked at Zhang Chenling with a smile, "Cousin, you're right. To me, wherever you are, that's home. I'll be locked up with you for the rest of my life! But..." Under the influence of alcohol, she couldn't help but express her inner worries, "We've been working so hard, and by the time we finally buy a house, we're already grown up. Will your friend let us live here forever?"
Zhang Chenling lowered her head and pondered for a moment. When she looked up again, her expression became serious yet sincere. "That's a good question. So, let me ask you first," she said, looking around at her two teammates. "If, I mean if, our bathing assistance business can't support your dreams and can't allow you to earn enough money to buy a house and a car in Shanghai, would you still be willing to continue?"
Faced with the sudden soul-searching question, Ni Yue remained silent, and Xu Zhiqian also lowered his eyes and held his chin, as if he was thinking about something. Ever since he put on women's pajamas, his body language has also become a little feminine.
Zhang Chenling smiled at this, intending to take the opportunity to say something heartfelt she had never said before. "Actually, I really want to paint a rosy picture for you, but sometimes I feel that it's unfair. After all, you two are both top students from 985 universities and have had respectable jobs. Being a bathing assistant is really unfair to you. Once the bathing assistant business develops, you can transition to management positions. But we are in the elderly care industry after all, and we can't exploit the elderly. So from an income perspective, it's really hard for me to guarantee anything..."
At the end of her speech, Zhang Chenling's eyes were red.
In Ni Yue's mind, her cousin had always been a tough character. Whether it was her past experience running a housekeeping company or her current second venture as a bath assistant, she always picked the toughest jobs to tackle. The frank discussion about income must have been a significant challenge for her.
Ni Yue's heart ached, and he tugged at Zhang Chenling's hand. "I'm sorry, cousin. I didn't mean to question our career just now. I'm just used to staying in this house now. When I think about having to move away in the future, I suddenly feel insecure and a little worried... But I believe that even if we can't make a lot of money in this business, the small amount we earn will be enough to spend. And if we save a little, we will definitely be able to save enough to buy a small house in the future!"
"Count me in!" Xu Zhiqian interrupted anxiously, "Count me in when you buy a house. We'll buy a big house together. I don't mind paying a little more, haha..."
Ni Yue immediately mocked, "What? You want to lock yourself up with us too?"
"..." Xu Zhiqian looked embarrassed. "Of course, we are teammates. You can't just abandon us if you want to!"
"Who needs you to pay more?" Zhang Chenling interrupted, glaring at him with raised eyebrows. "You're so rich, why don't you pay it all?"
"I..." Xu Zhiqian hesitated, "It's not impossible to give it all."
"Huh?" The two sisters looked at each other. Could it be that Xu Zhiqian, who was staying at the youth hostel, was an invisible rich man who was hiding his identity?
"No, no," Xu Zhiqian was afraid that they would over-interpret his words. "What I mean is that by then I will have some savings, which should be enough..."
Zhang Chenling took a sip of wine and teased with a drunken look in her eyes, "I don't dare to make big promises, but you do. You better be careful with your words, because we will find you to fulfill your promises in the future!"
Xu Zhiqian's eyes darkened. "I promised you, I will definitely do it."
Seeing this guy flirting with Ni Yue in front of her, Zhang Chenling felt a pang in her heart, fearing that he would cause some trouble.
So he raised a glass of wine and said, "Cheers to our future little home!"
Three bottles crashed together, "Cheers!"
Gulp gulp gulp, the wine had just gone down his throat, and before the foam had melted, Zhang Chenling ordered them to leave: "It's getting late, let's stop here for today, Xu Zhiqian should also go home and rest early!"
He stood up shakily and wanted to see the guest off.
Seeing this, Xu Zhiqian quickly stood up and pushed Zhang Chenling back into the chair. "No need to see me off. Just have a good rest."
Then, unable to help himself, he leaned over and placed a gentle kiss on her forehead.
…
Ni Yue, who was standing by, was stunned. He thought he had drunk too much and was dizzy. He rubbed his eyes hard and looked again. He saw Xu Zhiqian holding Zhang Chenling's shoulders tightly, looking at her with eyes that were both intimate and ambiguous. Ni Yue couldn't help but gasp, "You, you guys..."
"Little sister, have a good rest too!" Caught off guard, Xu Zhiqian let go of Zhang Chenling, moved over and pecked Ni Yue.
There was a stamp on my forehead, and it felt hot.
“???”
Ni Yue completely collapsed, thinking Xu Zhiqian was taking advantage of them. She was anxious and angry, wanting to slap him in the face. However, Zhang Chenling, contrary to her usual behavior, put her arm around her shoulders and soothed her, "Don't think too much. He's worked in a big company before, and his style is more Westernized..."
Xu Zhiqian knew that his deliberate display of "being even-handed" was inappropriate, so he ran out of the door with a red face, walking out of the alley with one foot deep and one foot shallow. Since he couldn't drive after drinking, he stumbled towards the Screaming Youth Hostel.
After walking all the way, I felt the cool summer night breeze, which was very comfortable.
However, no matter what day it was today, passers-by who passed by him all saluted him, and he responded with a friendly smile.
But it was met with giggles. Could it be that everyone was high from drinking?
...Passing by a FamilyMart convenience store near the youth hostel, he accidentally looked at the floor-to-ceiling glass and was startled by a bright pink reflection inside. He wondered who would come out in the middle of the night wearing a sexy pink dress to scare people?
Looking closely, the clown turned out to be himself!
He was in such a hurry to go out that he forgot to change his clothes.
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