Chapter 9.2

The two sat down on the bench, Wang Xixia took off her shoes and sat cross-legged, puffing smoke and said “I went to see a fortune teller secretly. They said that I am a late bloomer, but I will have a son and a daughter in the future, and have a happy family.”

     “When did you go? Why didn’t you call me?” Zhuang Jie asked.

     “Xu Qinghe invited me to enjoy autumn scenery next week. What do you think I should wear?”

     “It’s best not to wear anything at all.”

     “Get out of here.”

     “I would like to not wear anything, but I’m worried about scaring someone away.” Wang Xixia said.

     Zhuang Jie said with emotion: “I haven’t even had sex yet, and I’m about to go through menopause.”

     “What does sex life have to do with menstruation?”

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     “You think highly of him.”

     “He’s not bad. Trained and disciplined is how a person should live their life.” Zhuang Jie said.

     “You really like him?” Wang Xixia pondered her expression.

     “A little bit. But it’s not enough for me to let go of my city.” Zhuang Jie smiled and said, “What do they say on the Internet? The relationship between children and life will affect a woman’s ability to travel the world.”

     “Xixia, I kind of want to freeze my eggs. What if I don’t meet someone I like in the future, and I delay having a baby…”

     “Stop talking nonsense.” Wang Xixia said, “You are different from me, you will meet someone.”

     “I’m serious. I’d rather be single if I can’t meet someone I like, but I will have a child. I like children.” Zhuang Jie said.

     Wang Xixia didn’t answer, Zhuang Jie was different from her. Zhuang Jie is a girl with a carefree appearance and a small heart. Wang Xixia has always longed for and believed in love, but never experienced it. And she is pessimistic about love and exhausted. She just wanted to find someone to cuddle with.

     The two chatted a lot. Before evening, Wang Xixia took her to the high-speed rail station, and told her to take care of her health. After all, the operation she had on her stomach was not a trivial matter.

     “Okay, you can go home now.” Zhuang Jie waved her hand and entered the station through the security check.

     Wang Xixia left out and received a message from Xu Qinghe on WeChat. He asked her if she was busy. The family had sent a bird’s nest, and he wanted to deliver it to her, if it was convenient. Xu Qinghe’s aunt is in the bird’s nest business in Malaysia.

     Wang Xixia hesitated for a few seconds and then replied that she was not busy. After sitting in the car for another ten minutes, she wrote to him: Do you want to come to my house for dinner?

     She rents in an old community, the environment is average but the transportation is convenient. The only bad point is that the population is mixed and lacks quality. She lives on the first floor, but the people habitually throw garbage on the stairs end, in the corner of the first floor, and above the corner is her balcony. Even in autumn and winter, the smell is very strong in summer.

     Obviously there is a big trash can, but there are always lazy people who throw it beside the trash can. Once two people throw it carelessly, everyone behind will follow suit. The big trash can has a flip lid, but some people don’t want to flip it if they think it’s dirty.

  She scolded the people upstairs, and complained to the property management department, but they just refused to mend their ways. The garbage piled up in a small pile and is not collected every day, but every two days. She usually doesn’t even risk opening the balcony window.

     She was parking her car when she saw a person throwing out some trash again and she lost it. Before she could even turn off the car, she opened her car door and strode over, picked up the trash and threw it on him.

     The other party was stunned, covered in kitchen waste. The person got upset and scolded her saying, “Are you crazy?”

     “I see you littering once more in the future, and I’ll do more than just throw the trash back on you!” This was the fourth time Wang Xixia had seen them throwing stuff out.

     Seeing the fierce look on her face, the other party cursed louder at her, and the guard came over to mediate, and the matter was finally settled.

     Wang Xixia stared at the corner for a while, then returned to the car and took out a piece of paper and stuck it on: Littering will kill the whole family!

     After posting it and turning her head, she saw Xu Qinghe.

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     Zhuang Jie usually just lives alone. She talks until her mouth dries out during the day, so she likes it to be quiet at night. During the National Day, she lent the house to a friend. Her friend’s family was coming to Shanghai and she wanted to save some on accommodation costs.

     The moment she pushed open the door, she took a double take, surprised. The girl rushed towards her from the bathroom, “Sister, don’t be angry, I’ll clean it up for you right away!” Then she sat on the carpet to collect the scattered manuscripts, tidied the dishes on the table, and vacuumed the carpet.

     Zhuang Jie didn’t even see her clearly, she rolled the suitcase back to her bedroom and said, “Okay, pack everything up.” After several hours in the car, she was already very tired.

     She hung up the clothes from the suitcase, took out the bath towel and went to the bathroom. The sink was in a mess, and there were patches of water stains on the ground, obviously the other girl had just taken a shower.

     Zhuang Jie looked back at the living room, “Are you Fu Yu’s little cousin?”

     She nodded, “Hi Sister, I’m Zhang Danqing. I wanted to clean up…”

     “Clean up the bathroom first, I’m prone to fall easily, if there’s water on the floor,” Zhuang Jie said.

     “Okay, okay, I’ll clean it up right away.” Zhang Danqing kept bowing to her and apologizing while cleaning up. She had planned to pack it up by evening, but somehow fell asleep.

     Zhuang Jie looked around the room, it was a bit of a mess, but fortunately it wasn’t really dirty. Zhang Danqing observed her complexion carefully, then rubbed her hands together and said, “Sister, I promise to organize things in order later.”

     “Okay, then just tidy things up.” Zhuang Jie asked her as she went to the bathroom, “What do you do?”

     “I’m in the new energy research and development department of Chia Tai.”

     Zhuang Jie brushed her teeth and said, “Chia Tai Group is not bad.”

     “Yeah, it’s okay.” Seeing that she wasn’t angry, Zhang Danqing said in a low voice, “Sister, can I stay for another week? The original tenant of the house I rented is moving out, and I promise to clean up the place…”

     “Okay.” Zhuang Jie answered, rinsing her mouth.

     “Sister, thank you so much!” Zhang Danqing was very grateful. Her cousin lives with her boyfriend, and she doesn’t really want to stay there with them.

     “It’s very late, clean up and go to sleep.” Zhuang Jie closed the bathroom door to take a shower.

     When she came out in her bathrobe, Zhang Danqing had mopped the floor. The mop is usually used in the shower room and the balcony. She just threw a towel over it on the floor. The living room was not too big, so she wiped it with the floor towel.

     Zhang Danqing cleaned up the living room, and Zhuang Jie leaned on the balcony railing to look at the Oriental Pearl Tower diagonally opposite. She has high requirements for the living environment, and a quarter of her salary is spent on rent. Her company provides basic salary + commission + quarterly bonus and year-end bonus. There are many top people with a net worth of millions, but there are also a lot of people with less than one or two hundred thousand.

     She took out her mobile phone to report to her family that she was safe, and then chatted with Xixia for half an hour. This year, she basically talked with Xixia on the phone every day, ranging anywhere from five minutes, up to an hour.

 After talking on the phone, it was already midnight. She hesitated for a long time, to send Chen Maidong a WeChat message: Made it back. 

She felt that she should say something more friend like: ‘Chat with someone who is willing to live with you, and she will slowly discover your goodness. Good luck and don’t miss out.’

Then she hit send and the interface displayed: Chen Maidong has turned on friend verification requirements. You are not his (her) friend yet, please send a friend verification request first.

     Zhuang Jie was stunned for a few seconds, cursed and then quickly deleted him as well.