What’s it like to be with an older man? During my sophomore year of college, I worked as a ‘girlfriend’ for a rich young man.
But the first time I went to his house, I knew his days were numbered.
The fancy apartment he lived in was large and empty, with strong painkillers in the corner of the bathroom.
The customized expensive suits no longer fit because he had lost some weight.
But I didn’t ask too many questions. After all, we weren’t really a couple.
I gave him a brief moment of happiness, and he gave me the life I wanted.
We each take what we need, three months to the end, I take the money and go.
01 My name is Lin Xiaoxia, sophomore year, met Li Xiao in a nightclub.
He drove a Bentley Continental, wore Brioni suits, drank more than 100,000 dollars of Macallan whisky, but also occupied the expensive card seat alone.
I told my girlfriend that I must catch him tonight.
Only, it would take some finesse.
I walked over to him, sat down next to him, frowned slightly, and said to him with a pleading tone, “Hello sir, I’m playing King’s Game with some sisters, and they asked me to have a drink with you.
“You don’t mind, do you, just one drink.
” As I said this, I bowed my head slightly to make sure I showed off my best facial contours.
He froze for a moment and looked over at me, not a word popping out.
Without waiting for him to react, I took it upon myself to grab two glasses from the table and poured a small glass of whiskey.
Then picking up one of the glasses, I tilted my head back and drank.
I purposely let a few drops slip from the corners of my mouth, then gently rubbed it with the back of my hand, then slightly stuck out my tongue, “Excuse me.
” This is kind of a standard move for Chopper, and it was tried and true when I worked part-time at the Maid Cafe.
Sure enough, he quickly picked up his glass as well and drank it down.
Throughout, still didn’t say a word, but his eyes were always on me.
I put the glass with the lipstick down, turned and walked away.
I didn’t look at him again for the next five minutes, whether I was on the dance floor or in the booth.
And my roommate, who was helping to keep an eye out, said that the man, glanced at you several times.
I knew the fish was half hooked.
I had a few more drinks to make my drunkenness stronger.
Twenty minutes later, I went to his deck again.
This time, I wanted physical contact.
“Sir, I’ve lost my game of kings again …… ” He nodded in silence.
“My girlfriends, let me give you a hug.
” I said, and through my drunkenness, I suddenly fell into his arms and touched him with the softest part of my body.
I curled up in his arms for a good five seconds before I slowly pivoted and sat on his lap.
“It’s done, thank you.
” I said with a dazed smile.
He smiled back, close to me in the dim light, with a frown that was surprisingly a bit charming.
“Little sister, it’s no use trolling for men like that.
“02 “Who said I’m fishing for you?
” I subconsciously retorted to “Bentley Man”.
“I knew what you were up to the first time you came over here.
“Che, boring.
” I got up to leave, but the booze got the better of me and I got up off of him, only to fall back down on the card table.
“Why did you tease me, to see how handsome I am?
” I rolled my eyes.
He was at least eighteen-five, and with his clean-cut looks, he really was considered to be on the echelon of the most handsome in this nightclub.
But I didn’t even want to admit it.
“You’re not my type at all, and I’m only hitting on you because you drive a Bentley.” “You admit to hitting on me?
“You’re admitting to trolling me?”
” I choked and got even more fired up.
“Yes, I see that you have a good family, I want to be with you, and I want to get some money from you to buy a bag every month.
“He froze for a moment, “Then how much do you need per month?
“I suddenly didn’t know how to respond to his direct question.
I suddenly didn’t know how to respond. Saying how much was like making a fool of myself.
“Look at you like this, it’s good looking enough, just small breasts, it’s only 100,000 a month,” he said, “There are ways to get a higher price, such as marrying me, and then kicking me in the ……” “Kicked in how boring,” I stared him in the eyes, “I should just get you killed, be thorough, take all of your family’s assets, and then turn around and find a young freshman ten years younger than I am and get married again. I should have killed you, taken all your money, and found a young man ten years younger than me and remarried.
“He laughed, shook his head, and sighed, “Sister, you’re so direct.
“Do you like it?
“I’ll give you a 20% discount.”
‘ I copied my glass and spilled what was left of it in his face.
After that, I got up and went back to my booth.
I suddenly felt frustrated, feeling like my cover had been stripped away by his words.
The truth was that I had known what I was doing all along, it was only now that I was being poked and prodded.
The man was right, I was nothing more than up for grabs, nothing more than using my body and youth, for a price.
I told a couple of my roommates that I was tired and left first.
The roommate said that the dormitory is closed, in this overnight it.
I said it was too noisy and wanted to go out by myself.
They looked at me meaningfully and said I know, I know, go out and hang out with men.
I didn’t deny it, but my heart is getting harder and harder.
Midnight in Shanghai is not as bright and colorful as one would expect, out of the bar street, most of the alleys are still deserted, dim street lamps, very cold.
I hugged my shoulders, wanting to find a small store to rest my feet, but simply do not know where to go.
03 My name is Lin Xiaoxia, I’m 20 years old.
My parents have been divorced since I was young, and my mom left the country many years ago and never heard from her again.
My dad was good-looking but idle, and ended up marrying an ugly but rich woman with a younger brother half a year younger than me.
I haven’t felt warmth at home since.
My brother had mostly new shoes from Nike, and I hadn’t had a new set of clothes in years.
My brother gets three thousand dollars a month in allowance, and I get yelled at for buying a bottle of water.
Living together for five years, I had to call him ‘brother’, but he nicknamed me ‘bastard’, ‘bastard’, ‘dog’.
When I was 18, he once picked the lock on my bedroom door in the middle of the night, broke in, threw me on the bed, and kissed me like crazy.
He was fat and had a fat face that disgusted me to no end.
After I kicked him off, he said sis, let’s be together, mom and dad won’t find out.
I slapped him, took the carving knife on my desk and threatened him to get lost.
The next day, he told the elders that I seduced him.
I suffered an unprecedented barrage of slaps from my dad.
I didn’t tell the truth because I knew that in this family, it was useless to say it.
After that, my brother called me “Bitch”.
So I went to Shanghai to escape from my hometown.
But after I saw the tall buildings in Shanghai, the luxury cars on the street, and the calm and proud young girls who came out of their cars …… I had a clear goal – to become them.
And becoming rich is the only way I can become them.
I wanted to be rich and live in a city like this.
Soon I realized that I could make money off of men.
When I came to Shanghai, I started working part-time at the Maid Café to earn a living.
On an average week, I had to encounter four customers mooching off me, not just by sight, but by waiting for an opportunity to make a move.
The manager of the café told me that the number of customers I encountered broke everyone’s record.
Soon, I became the most expensive maid in the cafe, requiring a week’s advance reservation.
At that time, there was a financial company’s middle class chasing me, a direct me to and from work.
On the day of his confession, he transferred six figures directly to my WeChat.
It exceeded the limit and had to be divided into three installments.
I was terrified and hurriedly transferred the money back.
But I realized at the same time: it is too easy to rely on men to make money …… Then …… why don’t I look for a young and multi gold man?
Shanghai’s nightclubs, this kind of people, the density is very high.
But perhaps, even I didn’t realize it.
I not only need money, deep down, more need love.
04 “Do you want to go for a bowl of wontons?
” I turned my head and saw the Bentley drive up beside me, and the man poked his head out of the back window.
I ignored him and continued to speed up my pace forward, but the car sped up along with me.
“It was my mouth that was damaged before, I’m really sorry, I’m …… in a bit of a bad mood today.
“You don’t have to apologize, after all, I also splashed you all over the wine.” “That’s right.
“That’s right, we’ve both had a bad day.
“After saying this, we were both silent for half a day.
Suddenly, he seemed to think of something and laughed.
“Right, I’ll tell you something else. None of the girls who came to me today for WeChat were prettier than you.
”When a girl is faced with such a compliment, her emotions will be eased.
At the same time, I know that if I don’t stop, I’ll be a bit ungrateful.
“Did you say the wontons …… were good?
“The best in Shanghai.
“You’re lying.
“You’ll know when you try it. Why don’t you get in the car?
“I’ll get in. Aren’t you afraid I’m going to kill you and take your family’s money?
“I’d love to.”
“He smiled, his eyes were warm in the night.
After eating ravioli and returning to the car, I was a little sleepy and fell asleep lying on his shoulder.
I heard in a daze that he let the chauffeur go directly to a luxury neighborhood.
I did not say anything.
Shortly after a midnight snack, I heart of that shame and guilt is gone, because I think he and I the same.
I want to evening man, he wants to play.
Each wants what he wants, and there’s nothing to put on the line.
But that night, the night view from the floor-to-ceiling windows was so beautiful, the cashmere carpet was thick and cozy, and everything was exciting.
I said let’s not curse and drink some more, but this time I didn’t control it and drank straight to the edge of amnesia.
I remember I started dragging him into a pillow fight, making goose feathers all over the room like snow.
Then I dragged him to the bathroom and grabbed the shower head and sprayed each other all over.
After I was soaked to the bone, I suddenly wanted to kiss him.
I pulled him to the floor-to-ceiling windows and jumped into his arms while the night was still young.
As I got close enough to catch his breath, I smelled his mesmerizing scent and got a good look into his soft eyes.
Also, his embrace was warm.
All of this gave me a thought: how nice it would be if he wasn’t playing around.
I also …… quite like him.
–Li Xiao My name is Li Xiao.
I have three months to live.
Six hours before I met her at the MODU bar, Dr. Chen said to me, don’t delay, chemotherapy as soon as possible.
I said, “With chemotherapy, how long do I have?
Dr. Chan said, one or two years.
I said, without chemotherapy?
Dr. Chen said, three months.
I said, I choose three months.
I don’t want to live on a machine in a hospital bed, I want to walk like a human being.
I felt pretty cool when I came out of the clinic, but my heart was still very hard, so hard that I wanted to smash everything in front of me.
So hard that I tried to kill myself that night.
So two hours before I met her, I stood on the balcony of my apartment.
I was an illegitimate child who had never met his father, and after my mother left, I had almost no attachment to the world.
But just as I was about to take a step, it occurred to me that there seemed to be a lot I hadn’t done yet.
These seven or eight years, I have been in business, failure, business, failure, every day there is an endless return of emails, endless meetings, at least three days a week can not sleep, it is not easy to accumulate a good fortune, but God does not let me live.
I want to make a list.
I’d read Nicholson and Morgan Freeman’s Bucket List, and I thought the same thing as those two old men, that I should get high when I’m dying.
So I wrote down the first item: date the best looking girl.
I laughed at myself when I finished writing it. It was the first time I laughed today.
I went to MODU.
It’s a good nightclub, and I’ve been there many times with clients before.
I went there by myself for the first time.
I told the manager that I wanted the best card.
They said it would be more expensive because it was Saturday.
I said yes.
They said, “Do you want me to arrange for a couple of pretty girls to come along?
I said no, I’ll go by myself.
That night, a few good-looking girls came over one after another, either to dabble in drinks, or to go bouncing together, or to ask for WeChat, saying that they were tired and wanted to go out together to find a place to “rest”.
Each of them was more than five years younger than me.
According to the plan, I should have added each of them and picked the best looking one.
But that night, I failed several times in a row to mobilize my desire.
They were heavily powdered and uniform, no different from the earlier atmosphere group I had hired to accompany my middle-aged and elderly clients.
That is, until the slender, green little girl came up to me and rubbed me the wrong way with an unbelievably poor performance.
The reason was that she was playing a game of kings and lost.
I froze for half a second.
Thinking to myself that such a lame excuse could probably only fool dead otaku in a maid cafe.
But I drank that one drink with her anyway, I wanted to see how she would end up with such a lame trick.
After that, I didn’t even bother drinking, and was looking forward to her follow-up.
About twenty minutes later, she did come over again.
This time, she was even more ruthless, she pretended to be drunk and fell into my arms.
I couldn’t hold back my laughter and thought to myself that this was the day, it had to be her.
And for days after, I was incredibly thankful for that decision in my nightclub.
That little girl gave me a very strange feeling, but I didn’t understand how to describe it.
That night, after arriving at my place, she looked happy, sincerely happy, nothing like the juggling one at the nightclub.
She said this is so beautiful of you, why don’t we both stay up tonight.
Let’s drink some more.
Then she got drunk and seemed to completely forget her mission to tease me.
She started forcing me to play pillow fight, and after tearing up several couch cushions, she suddenly had a whim to play in the water.
We nearly lifted the entire bathtub.
When she was done, she pulled me out, wet and barefoot, and said she wanted to kiss me in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows.
I said, “Let’s get cleaned up first, shall we?
She said shut up, don’t waste the moon.
Kissing kissing, she was emotional, even choked up, said thank you ah, to people like me still so good.
She said I’m not pretending ha, I’m really a bit touched, you’re so rich, but also allow me to make your home like this, my father is not so good to me as you.
Finished, she began to really cry.
While crying and wiping, she sobbed and spoke.
“It’s over, it’s over, I still have to tease you! I must be ugly as hell right now, it’s over, it’s over ……” Later, as the day slowly dawned, she fell asleep in my arms.
Curled up, mouth kissing my hand.
I watched for a long time.
Watching the early morning sunlight spill over her sleepy visage, tracing her face in gentle contours and coloring her lashes gold.
I finally realized what the feeling she gave me was.
That feeling was called: ‘I’m still alive’.
06 – Li XiaoThe next afternoon, I was woken up by the scent of the kitchen.
I got up and walked out of the bedroom, and saw that there were already a few dishes on the table, homely but tantalizing.
I then quietly entered the kitchen, she was still busy and didn’t notice me.
She was wearing a wide black t-shirt, her long slender legs bare, headphones on, humming a song, and her legs folded at times, beating to the music.
In the fireworks, her side view was delightfully beautiful.
Not wanting to disturb her, I went back to the living room and wrote another line on my bucket list.
“Complete the above with her” At that moment she walked out and was startled to see me.
Quickly blushing.
“You have a lot of …… ingredients in your house.
” she cracked her shyness.
“Auntie left it behind, she comes to cook on weekdays.
” “Oh.
” she said, taking a sip of water and walking towards the kitchen again.
“Hey,” I called out to her, “I want to go on a trip next month, are you free?
“She froze for a moment, “Are you taking me on?
“No, I’m inviting a friend to join me, it’s no fun alone.
“She held back a smile on her lips, “I’ll think about it, I have a test the day after tomorrow.
“Suddenly, her expression changed, “Eh ah meat paste!” She ran back to the kitchen.
She looked so silly that people wanted to laugh and roll their eyes.
“Oh yeah, I forgot to ask last night,” I shouted, “What’s your name?
“Lin Xiaoxia, do you want to buy a plane ticket?
I have my ID in my bag.
“07 – Li XiaoxiaWe went to a lot of places together.
We spent probably the happiest time I’ve ever had.
Because of Lin Xiaoxia.
In Hokkaido skiing, I said to hire a personal trainer, she learned the price and firmly refused, saying that she could not ski a few times in her life, and then I watched her fall from the top to the bottom of the slope.
In Macau bungee jumping, she stood on the platform, the whole person is shaking, but her mouth is still in the vicious words, said Li Xiao, a moment if you do not jump, I will not let go of you as a ghost.
And then there’s Chiang Mai, Thailand, where I had to ride a bicycle, but it was pouring rain.
When she was soaked to the skin, she suddenly threw her bike away and said, “Come on, let’s do a breakup scene,” and then began to Yuan Xiangqin possession, saying I like you for a long time, you do not make ah.
I couldn’t help but be with her.
Because in that pouring rain, I really wanted to kiss her.
I do not know what I like her.
Maybe it was the beauty of her naked back in the snowy hot spring in Hokkaido.
I don’t know when I liked her either.
Maybe it was the moment the sunlight poured on her side face early in the morning on the day we first met.
If I could, I would like to be with her all the time.
But I didn’t have the time.
That time I was in the hotel bathroom when a large nosebleed suddenly gushed out, accompanied by a severe headache.
I knew that my days were numbered.
So after the trip, I asked her to stay at my apartment for a while and started consulting with a lawyer to see how I could leave a portion of all my property to her.
The lawyer said it was simple.
You marry her.
I said no, I would die soon and it would have an effect on her finding a husband in the future.
The lawyer was silent for half a day and said that’s fine, you gift it during your lifetime.
But according to what you said, your property is much and complex, real estate car relatively good, but the equity of these companies, the process is complicated.
“By the way, you still have …… two months.” “Then as soon as possible.
“I’m not sure how much time I’ll have to spend on this.
“From the lawyer’s office out, I am ready to call Zhou Hu, I did not expect, he called.
Zhou Hu, my hair small, partner, the best partner since the start of the business, all the companies under me, he has a large half of the equity.
I don’t have much family, he is two years older than me, elder brother as father.
Before I met Lin Xiaoxia, I had planned to give all my inheritance to him and my sister-in-law’s family.
But now that I have Lin Xiaoxia, I’ll have to part with a small portion of this money from him.
So at this time, when he called, I actually felt a little guilty in my heart.
I picked up the phone, just wanted to talk to him about business, I heard him on the other end of the phone said brother, come to the company.
I am a little strange …… because during this period of time, I do not return to the mail, do not return to WeChat, but also hung up on him at least twenty phone calls.
After all, fast scattering, can not face him, and did not tell him I was sick, for fear that his one meter nine man in front of my face crying.
I thought that when I answered the phone, he would be the same as before, a scolding, said you die where to go your grandfather, your sister-in-law and I argued you hurry to come to a trip! But the words he just said were too soft.
I asked, “Is something wrong?
He said, yes, something happened, hurry up and come.
I immediately drove to the head office, all the way to the self-blame, this time I crazy distraction, even completely disregarded the entire company, we are doing the game, the market update iteration is extremely fast, before the online dozens of the entire company to be sleepless, he was a person with the whole company, and just got married and had a child, probably will be busy dead.
Into the company, I went straight to Zhou Hu’s office.
At this time, two men I have not seen from both sides of me over, only a moment, I was two people pressed to the wall, reverse cut hands, handcuffed.
“Li Xiao, we suspect that you are suspected of operating a gambling game, the amount of profit is more than 100 million, now please follow us to the police station to assist in the investigation.
“08 – Li Xiao I didn’t contact Lin Xiaoxia, I didn’t want to scare her.
So in the past few days, the only one who came over to visit was Zhou Hu.
“Brother, it took a lot of determination for me to come and see you.
“It was the third day of detention, and I had already figured out a rough idea.
The police told me that the charges they received against me included making gambling games for profit, tax evasion, illegal transfer of funds, and more than a dozen other charges, with detailed information, and even the company’s internal confidential documents for endorsement.
The only one who can do all this is Zhou Hu.
At this time, the two of us sitting on both sides of the iron table, he was well dressed, I was handcuffed.
“Your accusations are all false, they won’t be able to interrogate me for more than a couple of days, they will release me.
“Tiger Zhou nodded, “Yes, but it’s enough.
“Enough for what?
“Enough for me to put all your shares under my name.” He avoided my eyes.
” He avoided my eyes, but his tone began to grow firmer, “Your house, your car, they were all purchased in the company’s name, so they will all be repossessed by the company as well.
“He took the cigarettes out, found that this house does not allow smoking, and stuffed back, “brother, do not blame my brother to do hard, I do not want you still have the ability to sue me.
I don’t want you to have the ability to sue me.” “Do you like those shares that much?” I asked him.
“I asked him, “I like it so much that I don’t even recognize my brother.
“Zhou Hu sighed, “I come from the market, the business world is you die and I live.
“I don’t think so.
I don’t think so.” “You don’t want to think so.
“Zhou Hu’s eyes stared at me, “You are too loose, the company is now gaining momentum, need an iron fist, need the only authority.
“I laughed bitterly, “You want me to leave, tell me?
We used to talk about everything.
“Talk about what?
“He smiled back, “Tell you to leave the board and give me those shares?
“Yeah, that’s what I said.”
“His smile suddenly dissipated.
“Dude, people change.” I was silent for a long time.
” I was silent for a long time.
I didn’t tell him that I was dying.
Didn’t tell him that I was supposed to give him these things because I had no parents and I thought of him as my only family.
He saw that I wasn’t talking and got up.
“Don’t let your sister-in-law know about this, telling her won’t change anything, don’t let her mess with me.
” I nodded.
Looking out the window.
The sunlight was good.
Suddenly thought, now, what is Lin Xiaoxia doing?
09 – Lin Xiaoxia I thought that anyone who was rich to the extent of Li Xiao would have at least a bit of a strange personality.
But Li Xiao is so considerate that it hurts.
He had mastered all my tastes within a week of knowing me; when talking, he always said what was on my mind at the right time; he arranged his schedule to the fullest, but always changed it for the sake of my laziness.
Also, he would hold my elbows and cuddle me to sleep, he would smile at me when I was mad and his eyes gave a sense of security like an embrace.
Once I asked him, do you like me?
I didn’t dare to look at him after saying that.
Because my own face was very hot, it was a feeling that hadn’t been there for a long, long time.
But who am I to ask him?
We just had a one night stand after a chance encounter in a bar, and then I accompanied him on his trip, at best, I was his playmate …… I wanted to evening him, but it didn’t work out.
So asking that now is like saying, Can I evening you or not.
Thinking of this my face more hot, I said you do not answer, I do not want to know.
He laughed, asked, really do not want to know?
I don’t want to.
Then forget it.
Said he turned and walked away.
I was so angry that I stomped my foot.
At that time in the hotel, I only wore socks …… when the sharp pain came, I know, I like him.
I thought, if I can really be her girlfriend, I will be very thrifty, not to ask him for bags and clothes, he has money and does not want.
And cook for him.
I don’t want anything, it’s good to have him.
However, Li Xiao disappeared. On the second day back to Shanghai, he said he went to the office and never contacted me again.
I stayed in his apartment, full of traces of him, and he was gone.
In those days, I was afraid when it was dark.
It wasn’t fear of ghosts.
It was fear that he didn’t want me anymore.
Afraid that this house, was his breakup fee.
10 – Lin Xiaoxia That morning, there was a sudden knock on the door.
I was violently excited, and then I remembered that I had just ordered takeout.
But when I opened the door, it was my younger brother standing there.
He said, “Sis, I don’t have any money.
With that, he went into the house.
I said how did you find your way here.
He took out his cell phone and on it was the popular review page for that maid cafe with my picture on the cover.
“You’re pretty easy to find.
“He said, looking around the room, “How about that, you must have gotten a lot of men for that kind of work, right?
“Go away, you’re not welcome here,” he said, shaking his head.
He shook his head, “Give me 100,000 dollars, I’m leaving.” “Why don’t you leave your mom alone?
“Why don’t you ask your mom for it?
Why don’t you ask your mom for it?” “Her?
She’s almost empty.
Sis, lend me some money, I’ll pay you back in a couple days.” “Are you a gambler?” He froze for a moment.
“He froze for a moment. “I’m a good gambler. I make a lot of money.” In that county of ours, there are still a lot of underground gambling establishments, and naturally there are a lot of lousy gamblers.
Most of them would be won over by the gambling masters without even a shred of dignity left, and then go to relatives to borrow money, then loan sharks, and finally, the better ones went to jail, and the worse ones, had their arms and legs broken.
But of course I had no desire to persuade him to kick his gambling habit, I just wanted to simply get him to hurry up and leave.
“I don’t have any money.
“You live in a place like this and you don’t have any money?
“No.”
” He looked me in the eye and probably knew how determined I was.
“Fine, then I’ll stay here and wait for your man to come back, he must have money.
” He sat his ass down on the couch, his mouth still not dry, “Fucked my sister, how about some money.
“I hate the way he talks.
Or rather, I hated everything about him.
The fat body, the hair full of oil, the cross-eyed face, and all the humiliations he’s inflicted on me over the years.
I didn’t think he deserved to sit here, this was Li Xiao’s house and my ‘brother’ was too dirty.
I then walked straight to the kitchen, took a knife out and stood in front of him.
“Get out!” He jumped in shock.
“What are you doing Lin Xiaoxia, you’re crazy.
“Get out now!” I shouted madly, the knife in my hand shaking, “Get out!” But after those two shouts, he calmed down.
“Lin Xiaoxia, your man can’t come back, can he?” he grinned.
‘ He grinned, revealing black and yellow teeth, ‘Otherwise, you wouldn’t have taken the knife yourself.’
‘ He poked me.
Yeah, I was mean because I was afraid.
I lost Li Xiao.
I wasn’t sure how to refute him when suddenly he flew up and kicked me right in the small of my back.
The sharp pain went through my whole body at once, I stifled a grunt, covered my stomach and knelt down, immediately after that, the knife was snatched away by him and thrown far away.
“Sis, you college students, you can’t even fool anyone.
” said he as he added another kick, directly kicking me to the ground on my back.
Then he sat on my butt.
“You ……” I wanted to say “you get out of here”, or “what are you doing”, or “you asshole”, but just as I uttered the first word, he pinched my neck, until my eyes went black, and my whole body’s strength began to dissipate.
“Sis, I’ve always liked you.
” He ruffled my collar, and when I weakly raised my hand to stop him, he added another punch to my stomach.
“You should have said yes back then and saved yourself all this trouble.
” I tried to yell and he reclenched my neck.
“It’s okay sis, I’ll be responsible, I’ll be responsible ……” he frantically ripped my skirt.
“Sis, when I make a lot of money, I’ll marry you, okay?
” The sharp pain came, but I could not even send out a scream.
Li Xiao …… Where are you Li Xiao!11 – When Li Xiao came out from the police station, Zhou Hu sent a message to me, saying that the house allowed me to live for another month, and after a month the company would go to take possession of the house, so that I could move out as soon as possible.
He didn’t even say sorry.
Very good, very much like a big entrepreneur.
I did the math, and I was surprised to see that I only had a hundred thousand dollars or so left on my card.
But it doesn’t matter.
A hundred thousand or so, a month of good food and drink with Lin Xiaoxia, the last few days, find a place to commit suicide, enough.
There’s just not much money left to leave her.
Thinking about this, I bought a lot of good ingredients at the import supermarket downstairs in the neighborhood, ready to cook her a meal to make amends.
Knocking on the door, I had already thought about how I would greet her whining and crying.
However, she only gave me a very tired smile.
There was surprise in her eyes, but it was more of a bleakness.
“You’re back?
” The voice was soft and feeble.
She took the dishes from my hand, put them in the kitchen, and came back out, “Take a quick shower.
“What happened?” I asked her.
I asked her, “What happened?”
‘ She pushed her hand through her broken hair and avoided my gaze, “Nothing, I probably missed you too much, you were gone for a long time.
‘ I knew she was lying, so I slowed my tone, “Xiaoxia, what happened.
‘ Her eyes suddenly reddened.
Tears were falling down in big chunks.
I went forward and tried to hug her.
But she pushed me away.
“Don’t, I’m dirty.
” she choked.
What does a girl have to go through to say that?
I hugged her fiercely, and the more she struggled, the tighter I held her.
“Who?
Tell me, who?
”12 – Li Xiao I took a long, long time to get Lin Xiaoxia to drop her guard and tell me everything.
After that, I crossed off all the unfinished ones on my bucket list.
And filled in a new line: to help her take revenge.
After going through something like this, calling the police would only make Lin Xiaoxia feel humiliated.
And to treat such an evil person, ‘calling the police’ was too kind.
But I realized at this point that I am no longer the man who used to drive a Bentley.
The amount of money I had in my card was not enough to hire a private investigator who could break the law for me, and I was so sick that I relied on large doses of painkillers every day to keep me alive, much less capable of committing any evil deeds.
Thinking about it, there is only one person who can help me – Zhou Hu.
On Thursday afternoon, Zhou Hu was ripped home from an investment meeting by a photo of his wife. By all rights, Zhou Hu would never allow his family to interrupt his work.
But he had no choice that day. His wife had been kidnapped by me.
I was too close to Zhou Hu’s family, so I didn’t have to make any effort to get in, until I took out the twine and tied Zhou’s wife to a stool, she thought I was playing a prank.
So I bowed to her and said I was sorry sister-in-law.
A few minutes later, a photo of my sister-in-law’s bloodied face was sent to Zhou Hu’s cell phone.
Unsurprisingly, Zhou Hu came back with all the company’s security guards.
I sat by my sister-in-law’s side, holding the knife against her neck, watching Zhou Hu and his group come in, and suddenly wanted to smoke.
“I heard that you have a box of Cuban cigars hidden in your house, but I couldn’t find it after rummaging around.
” Zhou Hu gritted his teeth, “Li Xiao, I told you, do not come to bother your sister-in-law.
“She’s not bad. She cheated me out of tens of millions of dollars and took a beating.
I laughed, “Besides, I picked a time when your son wasn’t home.” Zhou Hu pointed to my hand.
Zhou Hu pointed to the knife in my hand, “You don’t really want to kill her, do you?” I shook my head, “Of course.
‘ I shook my head, “Of course not.
‘ He sighed in relief and gestured to the security guards behind him, “Go.
‘ That said, those security guards were all new hires for him, each over five-foot-nine.
After beating me for five minutes, each of them was still as good as they were in the first minute.
I desperately curled up, protecting my head and vitals, but despite this, there were still a few moments when I felt like I was going to die.
Finally, I heard Zhou Hu shout, “Stop!” But the group of guards were still swinging their chi.
“I fucking said stop!” Zhou Hu rushed over and pushed all the security guards away.
He yanked me up by my collar, “Li Xiao, what the fuck are you doing?
” I turned my head and saw that my sister-in-law had woken up, knowing that Zhou Hu had found out.
Half an hour ago, I just used a volatile anesthetic to make her faint, and then sprinkled some simulated plasma I bought on Taobao on her head.
I didn’t hurt her at all.
“Tiger Zhou, I want you to do something for me.” “You’re blackmailing me.
“You’re blackmailing me with your sister-in-law?
I shook my head, “I’m begging you.”
“You’re begging me?
“Yes, brother, I’m dying.” I said.
“I said, taking the pathology report to him with my left hand that could still move, “I’m dying and I want you to do something for me, okay?
“13 – Li Xiao “Brother, I’ve fallen in love with a woman.
“Originally, if it wasn’t for you, I was going to split my inheritance into two and give it to you and her.
“But now, I don’t seem to have much of an inheritance left.”
“I don’t blame you for obstructing your decisions, for screwing me, for business practices.
I don’t blame you for business practices. You did the right thing by making it impossible for me to get back on my feet.
“But I’m dying now.
I’m definitely not gonna make it. You’re not gonna worry about that anymore.
“Right now, I’m only one thing, your dying brother, I’m begging you.” “I’m begging you.
I’m begging you.” “I’m begging you.
I’m …… begging you.” “My woman is being bullied.” “I’m fucking …… begging you.
“I don’t have the fucking …… strength to fight back.
“Brother, you have to help me.
“I’m going to die soon, but …… but this woman has to live a good life! Must live well!” 14 – Lin XiaoxiaThat night, Li Xiao came home with a bruise.
I asked him what was wrong, if he had gone to look for my brother.
He laughed and said don’t guess, I couldn’t beat him at all, I just fell down the stairs.
He said I have always wanted to eat a restaurant, tonight we go together.
That restaurant is very good, per capita over two thousand.
He introduced to me how much experience the cooks here have, how precious the raw materials are, and how elaborate the techniques are, while telling me that I can’t be so wasteful in the future, and that I have to learn to be thrifty and frugal.
I said that you are the one who doesn’t understand this.
He nodded his head and said that he was indeed capricious, but today he wanted to eat something good.
I said what are you doing, to confess.
He laughed dryly and said, “It’s to break up.
” I froze for half a second.
“Why?
“No reason, I can’t go on with you.”
“My nose was a little sour, but I still managed to hold back my tears.
“Li Xiao, do you really think I don’t know about your illness?” “When?
“When?
“Your medication is in the compartment of your suitcase and in the box in the upper right corner of the restroom shelf. Even if it’s in English, you’ll know what it’s for if you look it up on the Internet.
“I thought I hid them well.” “So you’re dying?
“So you’re dying, are you?
I’ll keep you company.
“My tone was relaxed, but my tears started to slide down in big drops.
“Really Li Xiao, I see you now, after three or five years is no problem, I have checked, if you can handle five years, it is called …… called five years into the living, after that you can live twenty years.
“Xiaoxia ……” “Listen to me, let’s live for five years, and then live for twenty years, then twenty-five years later, you kicked me again, or I think I’ve lived long enough to die with you, and then we’ll talk about it.” “Lin Xiaoxia, don’t you dare!
“Lin Xiaoxia, you do not say ……” “I tell you you can not play with me that kind of deathbed say break up drama, I have seen enough, let’s positive treatment, happy together is not good?
“Lin Xiaoxia! Don’t you understand? I’m breaking up with you!” “No!” This was the first time he yelled at me, so I yelled back, “You’re not even with me, how can I break up with you?
“Can’t you find someone else?” “I like you.
“Can’t I just like you?
I like your money, I like your looks, I like your voice, I like your eyes, I like being with you.
“For a minute afterward, I cried.
And he stayed silent, and in my blurred vision, I wondered if he had shed any tears.
“Lin Xiaoxia, I’ve made my point clear.
” he said as he got up and put his house keys on the table, “You go home first, I’m going out for a walk.
He lied to me.”
After that, he never went back to that house.
15 – Lin Xiaoxia A few days later, someone suddenly added me on WeChat, and the application said: Li Xiao’s friend.
After passing, the person sent me a video.
It was a video of my brother being beaten.
He was surrounded by a few men over one meter nine holding short sticks, beating madly, he kept rolling, howling, a few minutes later, he even had no strength to howl, quietly lying there, covered with blood.
Then, one of the group of beaters took out a knife.
A few others, held my brother down.
Then they stripped my brother’s pants.
By this point, I didn’t dare to look any further.
I sent a voice over, saying who are you and what have you done with him.
The man replied to me, saying that we abolished his sexual ability, and gave both legs tibia fracture, can’t walk in the future, if you are very lucky, you may still be able to stand and pee.
I had mixed feelings.
In fact, that matter wasn’t that important anymore.
The most important thing to me now is …… “Where is Li Xiao?
” The other side replied to me after a long time, “Don’t look for it.
” He said, “The house you live in now, Li Xiao has left you, in addition to five million cash, has been deposited into the fund.
After he dies, the bank will return it to you at a rate of one thousandth of a percent per month, and return the full amount of principal and interest in one lump sum when you are thirty years old.
“Li Xiao wants you to learn how to apply this wealth before you turn thirty.
“I’m tired of listening to this.
I sent a voice over and said, “Stop pretending here, where is Li Xiao? I never heard back from him.
But this kind of thing is not hard for me.
I checked Li Xiao’s business registration records, and two days later, I broke into the Tiger’s Tale Electronic Entertainment Company and found Zhou Hu.
The words were the same.
“Where’s Li Xiao?
“16 – Li Xiao I went back to the place we used to go together.
But with my current physical condition, I was no longer able to do the things I had previously done with Lin Xiaoxia.
Not to mention all the bungee jumping, skydiving, and scuba diving on my bucket list, even a little bit of exciting music or a good glass of wine in the evening can make me sleepy for the next few days.
My health was declining rapidly.
The painkillers were becoming resistant, and sometimes twice the original dose wouldn’t get me through an attack.
After one late-night, bone-chilling pain, I knew my time was coming to an end.
There was this item on my bucket list called, find a nice place to kill myself.
Every place I went with Lin Xiaoxia was beautiful, so how could I choose.
17 – Lin Xiaoxia “What’s this?
” Zhou Hu showed me a picture.
“This is Li Xiao’s bucket list.
‘ He said, “I really don’t know where he went, but this list might help you.
‘ I looked at the list and realized that a lot of it had been crossed off.
Only the last one remained.
18 Date the best looking chick (Success) Drink rare vintage Macallan (Success) Eat a bowl of Old Lady Yang’s ravioli (Success) Bungee jump (Success) Skydive (Success) Scuba dive (Success) Go to Macau and gamble (Success) Go to the pyramids (Fail) Go skiing in Hokkaido (Success) Go to Chiang Mai and sleep for a few days (Success) Go to the Winter Palace to look at the paintings (Fail) See the sunrise on the mountains (Success) See the sunrise on the sea (Success) Eat osmanthus flower cake (Success) Eat sashimi (success) Eat Parma ham (failure) Eat at the God of Sushi’s restaurant (failure) Complete the above with her (success) Kiss her once in the rain (success) Kiss her once at sunset (success) Sleep with her in my arms all night no matter how numb my hands are (failure) Fall in love with someone (success) Help her get revenge (success) Leave her an inheritance (success) Leave her (success) Find a nice place to kill myself 19 –Lin Xiaoxia I borrowed 100,000 dollars from Zhou Hu.
I said I’ll pay you back slowly later, but I need it urgently.
He said what are you doing?
I said to go find him.
He asked do you know where he is?
I said no, but I’ll find him at the end of the world.
He said that Li Xiao’s days are numbered, perhaps you did not find when he has …… I said I know.
Then tears began to pour out.
I said I just can find, do you believe it! The two weeks after that, I went to almost all the places we have been, took his picture, went to every hotel we have stayed in, went to Guangdong, went to Macau, went to Hokkaido, went to New Zealand, went to the top of the mountain with the sunrise, went to the sea …… with the sunrise, but he was not there.
Not even, not even a trace.
But I never doubted it.
He was still there, still alive, and he was waiting for me in that wonderful place.
I don’t know why, I just know.
Wait for me Li Xiao.
Must be waiting for me.
20 – Li Xiao It was raining again in Chiang Mai.
I rented a bike but got tired after a while, so I pushed the bike and walked slowly.
Walked for a long, long time until the sun dipped in the west.
I finally reached that street corner again.
That place where Lin Xiaoxia’s drama queen had once possessed me.
It was raining heavily again, but strangely enough, my weak body didn’t feel cold.
I thought about Lin Xiaoxia again.
Thinking about her side face, her silhouette, the color in her eyes, every laugh and tear, the way she threatened me with bungee jumping, the way she yelled at me, the way she slept in my arms.
Suddenly I felt wrong.
The most beautiful place is not here.
It’s not the mountains and the sea, it’s not far away, and it’s not this rainy street in Chiang Mai.
Rather, it was Lin Xiaoxia’s side.
“Li Xiao!” I turned back.
With the rain pouring down, I could only see a blurry figure.
It was Lin Xiaoxia, who was in the same mess as me.
That was my lover, Lin Xiaoxia.
21 “It’s not good for you to die so far away! I had a hard time looking for you, you know?
“I know.
“I’ve been looking for you for a long time!” “Don’t talk in a Taiwanese accent whenever it rains, okay?
“And leave me so much money, let me use your family property to find a fresh meat?” “Yes.
“Yes.
“Bastard! I like you! “Lin Xiaoxia.
“I’ve liked you for a long time and you always walk away.
“Lin Xiaoxia.
“What’s the matter?
“I’m not leaving this time.
“In the rain, we kissed deeply.
“I’m not leaving. I love you.
“22 – Lin Xiaoxia Li Xiao left beside me, peacefully.
This man, ah, at the end of the day, was still teasing me about my swollen eyes being funny.
Before dying, I said to him you don’t worry about me.
I will not go to the bar to catch men.
I will study well and live a good life.
Although you left a lot of money, but I’m not a person who spends money recklessly.
And don’t worry, I’ll forget about you as soon as possible and find a more handsome boyfriend.
Then within a few minutes, he fell asleep.
The heart rate dropped a little bit and finally went to zero.
By this time, I dared to cry and howl out.
Everything I said to him was true, except for the last sentence.
I didn’t want to forget him.
That night, I went to that wonton store again.
When I was checking out, the boss’s wife suddenly looked at me.
Little girl, Li Xiao hasn’t been here for a long time.
I nodded, yes.
She said did Li Xiao propose to you?
I froze for a moment, then nodded.
“That’s right.
” she said gathering the dishes and walking into the kitchen.
“He’s been eating here since he was a kid, and you’re the first girl he’s ever brought here.
