"Huh?" Chen Chu blinked. "Oh, I grabbed the wrong hand? It's okay, it's alright. Looking at Auntie's hand is the same as looking at Sister Bingbing's hand..."
Liu Bingbing's mother couldn't stop smiling. She had been tormented by illness for a long time, and it was rare for Chen Chu to make her so happy. Liu Bingbing's personality was like her father's, and she usually had a cold face. Liu Bingbing also came over at this time, wanting to sit next to Chen Chu, but after thinking about it, she sat next to her mother instead.
Although Chen Chu had already had a physical relationship with her, he couldn't help but feel a flutter in his heart when he saw her long, white, and delicate fingers. He gently pinched Liu Bingbing's smooth and slightly sticky fingertips and looked at them carefully.
I couldn't help but exclaim, "Hmm, Sister Bingbing's palm lines are so similar to Auntie's! We're both destined for great wealth and prosperity! When you find a partner in the future, don't judge them by their looks, their wealth, or even their height and age..."
Liu Bingbing couldn't help but chuckle as she listened.
Her mother rolled her eyes at her and said, "Bingbing, be serious. What Chen Chu said is reliable. Last time I went to the temple to have your fortune told, the monks there said something similar, that your standards are too high, and that's not good..."
Liu Bingbing was so embarrassed that she blushed with laughter, looking like a cute apple. She thought to herself that Chen Chu was really good at fooling people, and he even got some of them right.
In fact, Chen Chu was following the teachings of the Book of Changes, adding his own perspective, and most importantly, incorporating his own ideas.
"Um... Oh dear, Auntie, Bingbing's future boyfriend is incredibly talented! If this were ancient times, he would definitely be from a family of top scholars. It's just that he's facing discrimination in modern times, but he'll definitely make a name for himself in the future. You have to believe in him... Also, he's not very tall right now, but he can grow taller. He's a bit dark-skinned, but that's from being in the sun in the countryside. He'll get fairer with some rest..."
As Chen Chuyue went into more and more detail, Liu Bingbing finally couldn't stand laughing so hard her stomach hurt. She pushed him and said, "Hey, is the person you're talking about also surnamed Chen... or is he called... never mind."
Liu Bingbing's mother pinched her daughter: "You brat, how dare you talk nonsense! I think what Chen Chu said is pretty good..."
"Oh, Mom, don't listen to his nonsense. By the way, hurry up and give Mom acupuncture..."
Chen Chu nodded, took out his silver needles, disinfected them, and began to give the old lady acupuncture. Liu Bingbing then cleared the table and ate the dishes. Chen Chu didn't eat a proper meal either; he just ate a little and focused on giving the old lady acupuncture.
After Liu Bingbing finished tidying up, she watched from the side and kept asking her mother how she felt. The old lady wanted to say that it felt great, but almost blurted it out, so she quickly stopped herself and said that it was quite hot.
Chen Chu performed acupuncture for more than half an hour, then exhaled and removed the silver needles.
Liu Bingbing said, "Chen Chu, keep pricking him a little longer!"
Liu Bingbing knew he had a point, but she still scoffed and said, "You're even using classical Chinese phrases! Pshaw!"
Chen Chu memorized the medical texts and followed them exactly as instructed. It was already getting dark when he came out. Liu Bingbing saw him off at the gate and was about to leave when Chen Chu quickly told her to wait a moment.
Liu Bingbing was puzzled. She leaned against the railing and looked around, much like a beautiful sculpture. Chen Chu returned shortly afterward and mysteriously told her to close her eyes, saying he had a gift for her.
Liu Bingbing quickly looked back at the closed windows of her house, and seeing that no one was there, she quickly closed her eyes, thinking that Chen Chu had secretly kissed her or something.
Unexpectedly, she found something in her hand. When she opened her eyes, Chen Chu was already riding his motorcycle with a big smile on his face.
Liu Bingbing stomped her feet in anger when she saw the bottle. It was a bottle of Yumin, which is a birth control pill. The two had slept together at noon. Chen Chu was also afraid of getting pregnant. If she really got pregnant, it would be troublesome, and things might go wrong.
Liu Bingbing looked both embarrassed and ashamed, while Chen Chu had already run far away.
...
Chen Chu had just ridden for a while when his phone rang. He opened it and saw a text message from Liu Bingbing: "Be careful on the road, ride slowly..."
Chen Chu's mind went blank for a moment, and he almost drove the car into the ditch. Fortunately, there were no other vehicles on the road. After stopping the car, he suddenly felt a strange feeling in his heart. This feeling was unusually sweet, as sweet as the pain of missing or having a crush on a girl.
He was overjoyed to see the text message and replied to Liu Bingbing. Soon after, Liu Bingbing replied, "Don't send it anymore, my mom can hear me."
Chen Chu looked at the two text messages repeatedly, his heart pounding with excitement, even more so than after sleeping with Liu Bingbing. He couldn't help but think of Old Zhang's mental excitement.
Chen Chu was excited when the phone rang. He thought it was Liu Bingbing calling and was quite excited, but it turned out to be Ma Huaqiang calling.
"Brother Chu, Zhu Na...we can't find Zhu Na? We've searched all the internet cafes, nightclubs, and restaurants in our county, even...even the hair salons, but we still haven't found her. Could she have gone to Hancheng?"
Chen Chu's earlier joy vanished instantly, and he frowned: "Qiangzi, it's also possible..."
"Brother Chu, damn it, we just went to the police station to report it, and the police said they don't handle disappearances within 24 hours... Brother Chu, how about this, let's go to Hancheng to look for him..."
Chen Chu was about to say no, but Ma Huaqiang had already hung up the phone.
"Phew... Damn it, where can Zhu Na go? She couldn't have been sold off to Yunnan after being... you know, could she? There are a lot of people selling wives there..."
...
The county town wasn't very big, but it had a reservoir. The reservoir stretched for miles, its waters shimmering like jade. The opposite bank was also several miles away. As the water flowed, you could see lights slowly lighting up on the other side, and a few dilapidated boats gradually moored. Night fell, and everything became peaceful.
Hancheng is not big, nor is the county town. What is big is the human heart. Many people rush to big cities, envying their prosperity and mirages, but they don't earn much. They envy other people's prosperity and yearn for other people's wealth.
Finally, filled with sorrow and weariness, I returned to my hometown, where the sun was setting. The yellow earth and black earth remained unchanged. The long journey had passed, the years had come and gone, the villages had quietly changed their appearance, and I had grown older.
Aside from the crumpled train tickets from all the back-and-forth travel, there wasn't much to gain. I'm still myself, others are still others, and I'm still utterly useless. There are many buildings in the big city, but none of them are mine; there are many people, but I don't even recognize them...
Huo Zihao gazed at the distant wisps of smoke and pondered many things. But what excited him most now was the beautiful Zhu Na, sitting quietly on the rock, looking melancholy. Her milky white skin was something he had longed for for a long time.
He had always wanted to sleep with her mother, but her price was too high. When he met Juna, he couldn't resist anymore.
He originally thought Ji Xiaotao was beautiful, Xiao Fei was beautiful, but Zhu Na was a different kind of beauty. Occasionally, when he touched her little hand, his heart would tremble. He had never felt this way before, only during his first love.
However, he regretted not sleeping with his first love. He gave his virginity to a prostitute and remembered that he ejaculated in just over two minutes.
This was his only regret, but Huo Zihao often fantasized and studied women. He smelled the wind blowing past Zhu Na and her body fragrance, and knew that she was 99% a virgin.
A virgin's body has a special fragrance—a milky scent.
A milky fragrance—that's the scent of a virgin. Sometimes he smelled this fragrance on eleven or twelve-year-old elementary school girls, though of course, there were others who didn't.
He wanted to get back what he had lost; having lost his virginity, he wanted to get it back from another woman. Today, he felt as if he had gotten it back from Juna.
"Let me take you home..." Huo Zihao said to Zhu Na, generously draping his coat over her delicate shoulders. Zhu Na was wearing a cropped t-shirt and looked somewhat agitated and cold.
Moreover, the reservoir also experiences low tide at night, unlike the ocean where the tide is more obvious and pronounced.
Actually, Huo Zihao meant that it was inconvenient to take action here, since many houses near the reservoir still had their lights on. It would have been better if it were in a grove of trees or something. He studied at the county hospital and was very familiar with the terrain here.
"No, I'm not going back. I don't want to see that woman… I don't want to…" Juna said coldly, still looking at the calm water.
"Don't do anything rash. Your mother is only doing this for your own good. She wants you to have a good life. She's had a tough time too. With you here, she must be so worried about you at home..." Huo Zihao said with concern, but he was watching Zhu Na's body as she swallowed her saliva like a wolf.
"I don't care, I'm not going back. I'm leaving, leaving this place, or I'm going to die, I'm going to jump into the river..." Zhu Na said as she stood up and took a few steps toward the river in a huff. Huo Zihao quickly grabbed her arm and, feeling the softness of Zhu Na's arm, he resisted the urge to forcefully pull her into his arms.
"Don't do this! Aren't you just letting that Chen Chu off easy? He'd love for you to die. You said it yourself, he has a grudge against you. You should live so you can get revenge on him later..."
"I... Hmph, Chen Chu..." Zhu Na's chest was heaving, and Huo Zihao, watching from the side, had his eyes shining. He thought to himself, "A sixteen-year-old girl with such big breasts? That's really something."
"Um... Brother Zihao, you're a good person. I won't die, but I don't want to stay here anymore. Do you know anyone in Hancheng? I want to go there to work. I'll earn money on my own. They definitely won't want me... they definitely won't want that woman supporting me with the money she earns by selling herself..."
"Oh! Yes, yes, don't worry, I have a lot of friends in Hancheng, and many of them are my college classmates. If you want to go, I can easily arrange a job for you with just one phone call... Hmm, you had excellent grades in school, right? Why don't you work as an employee at my friend's company? You won't have to do anything all day, just fiddling with the computer..."
Zhu Na blushed and brushed her short hair behind her ear: "Um... Brother Zihao, do you think I can do it? I'm only sixteen, and besides, I haven't even graduated from junior high yet. I've never even touched a computer before. I don't understand. I'll definitely embarrass you..."
Huo Zihao laughed heartily, placing his hand on Zhu Na's shoulder, feeling the gentle warmth emanating from her: "Zhu Na, you're so beautiful, why not? Besides, you still have me, right? I told you you're my sister, and that the company is owned by my classmate. Isn't it all thanks to my classmate's word? As long as you're willing..."
Zhu Na felt a surge of joy, smiled, and then became even more embarrassed: "Brother Zihao, thank you in advance. You are my benefactor, and I don't know how to repay you..."
Huo Zihao was already rock hard, and said excitedly, "Zhu Na, you don't need to repay me. Just trust your brother. Actually, I like you, Zhu Na, I like you so much..."
As Huo Zihao spoke, he put his other arm around Zhu Na's shoulder and excitedly kissed her on the lips...