8 – Difficult Sisters
Shu Yang didn’t dare think about it any further. She put the driver’s license back where it was, without even taking a close look at the face on it, grabbed the bag from the sofa, and fled as if running for her life.
Shu Yang ran out of the hotel under the strange looks of the front desk staff. The moment she stepped out the door, the cool breeze hitting her face cleared her head considerably.
That was when Shu Yang remembered Yu Tian. She had been gone all night—Tian Tian must be worried sick.
She opened Yu Tian’s bag and pulled out her phone. Sure enough, there were a lot of missed calls.
Shu Yang wanted to call back, but she didn’t know Yu Tian’s lock screen password. Just as she was considering whether to find a phone repair shop to crack it, Yu Tian’s phone started vibrating.
Shu Yang snapped out of her thoughts and quickly pressed the answer button.
The moment the call connected, Yu Tian’s anxious, hoarse voice came through the receiver.
“Yang Yang, are you okay? Where did you go last night?”
Hearing Yu Tian’s anxious voice on the other end, Shu Yang felt a little guilty. Then she thought about what had happened last night, and she didn’t even know where to begin.
She first told Yu Tian that she was fine and safe, telling her not to worry, and then the two agreed on a place to meet.
Something this explosive was better discussed in person. She also wanted to hear Tian Tian’s opinion.
Yu Tian felt the same way. She had done something last night that she deeply regretted, and she wanted to pour her heart out to Yang Yang and ask for her advice too.
Just as Shu Yang hung up, she faintly heard a man’s voice on Yu Tian’s end. She shook her head, thinking she was losing her mind—she was far too sensitive to men right now.
In a breakfast shop on the pedestrian street not far from Shu Yang’s home, two disheveled women sat staring at each other.
Suddenly, Yu Tian couldn’t hold it in and burst out laughing.
Then Shu Yang couldn’t hold back either and laughed out loud.
Shu Yang had actually been fighting the urge to laugh for a while, but out of consideration for Tian Tian’s feelings, she hadn’t let herself. Holding in laughter was hard work.
Yu Tian, sitting across from her, was a far cry from last night’s polished self. Her clothes were wrinkled, her hair a mess, and especially her face—her delicate makeup had long since smeared. The eyeliner around her eyes had smudged out, making her look just like a giant panda.
Worst of all, she was completely unaware of it, smiling at her like that… it was terrifying!
Shu Yang didn’t know what had happened to Yu Tian last night, but judging from her appearance, it probably hadn’t gone well.
What Shu Yang didn’t know was that her own appearance didn’t look so great in Yu Tian’s eyes either. She was wearing different clothes now—a white square-neck knit dress that looked quite expensive, apparently the latest style from some brand.
Her face was completely bare, the dark circles under her eyes were obvious, and most eye-catching of all were two large hickeys on her exposed neck.
Yu Tian’s eyes darted around, and she leaned her messy head close to Shu Yang, asking with a mysterious, gossipy look:
“Yang Yang, did you lose your virginity last night?”
At those words, Shu Yang sprayed out the porridge she had just sipped, her face flushing bright red. She was shocked inside—how did Tian Tian know she’d lost her virginity last night?
Finally suppressing her shock, she wiped the porridge from the corner of her mouth and asked in a puzzled, low voice:
“How did you know?”
Yu Tian pointed at the spot on her own neck, signaling Shu Yang to look at her own neck.
A bold guess formed in Shu Yang’s mind. Could it have been… that little guy last night?
Under Yu Tian’s teasing gaze, she pulled out her phone from her bag, opened the camera, and took a look at her neck.
When she saw two blatant strawberry marks on her neck, Shu Yang’s face instantly turned red, and she stammered, unable to speak.
At the same time, she couldn’t help marveling inwardly—the young man wasn’t very old, but he was certainly bold in his actions.
She had been terribly drunk last night and had drunk spiked alcohol, so her consciousness had been hazy, but she could vaguely recall how fierce the young man had been. Young in age, but with great stamina, hmm… and quite long-lasting too!
Startled by her own thoughts, Shu Yang quickly stopped herself from thinking any further, reined in her wandering mind, and coughed awkwardly.
She tugged at the collar of her dress, trying to cover the suggestive marks.
But she’d forgotten she was wearing a knit dress—her tugging only exposed her collarbone, where several glaring marks were plainly visible.
Watching her futile attempt to hide it, Yu Tian doubled over laughing.
Only after laughing her fill did she point at Shu Yang’s collarbone, while Shu Yang looked at her in confusion.
Shu Yang immediately let go of her collar and instinctively touched her collarbone, smiling sheepishly.
Seeing Shu Yang’s reaction, Yu Tian knew she’d been right. Her feelings were momentarily complicated—she and Yang Yang really were close sisters, even losing their virginity together.
Shu Yang gathered her thoughts and, half-hiding, half-revealing, told Yu Tian what had happened after she left last night. When she heard that Red-hair had drugged Shu Yang, Yu Tian couldn’t contain her anger and shot up from her seat.
She cursed viciously:
“Yang Yang, do you remember what that Red-hair looked like? I’m going to settle the score with him.”
Shu Yang quickly pulled Yu Tian back into her seat and comforted her:
“Tian Tian, don’t get worked up. It’s my fault too—I didn’t listen to your warnings and let my guard down.”
“How can you blame yourself? It’s all that sleazy Red-hair’s fault, he… Actually, it’s my fault too. If I hadn’t abandoned you and left, you wouldn’t have…”
Seeing Yu Tian blaming herself, Shu Yang quickly interrupted:
“Alright, Tian Tian, stop blaming yourself. Neither of us could have seen this coming. The good thing is Red-hair didn’t get his way.”
Yu Tian nodded at that, then leaned in mysteriously close to Shu Yang and asked teasingly:
“Yang Yang, tell me about last night’s battle. Judging by your situation, you must be an experienced veteran, right? What did he look like? Was he handsome? Was he some middle-aged uncle?”
Shu Yang thought to herself—as for experience, she had no idea, but he probably wasn’t bad-looking. She’d been too shocked when she woke up to get a good look at his face, but she still remembered his tall, slender figure; he was probably quite handsome.
As for the “uncle” Tian Tian mentioned, that was way off—what she had “defiled” last night was a young man who had just turned twenty-one.
Looking at Yu Tian’s sparkling eyes and eager, curious face, Shu Yang sighed and said resignedly:
“He’s a kid!”
“What? A kid?”
Yu Tian was so shocked her voice rose several notches, then remembering they were in public, she quickly covered her mouth.
“Wow, Yang Yang, you’re pretty forward-thinking. These days, young guys really are better than uncles.” Yu Tian leaned close to Shu Yang’s ear again, nodding approvingly.
Shu Yang gave Yu Tian a look that said everything and nothing, then continued.
“He’s a kid who just turned twenty-one—he hasn’t even graduated from college yet!”
Yu Tian: “…”
After a while, Yu Tian gave Shu Yang a thumbs-up.
Shu Yang’s mind was in turmoil. She asked Yu Tian, who had just finished enjoying the gossip and was wearing an inscrutable expression:
“Tian Tian, what do you think I should do?”