Xu Honglei sent Li Hu away and returned to his bedroom.
Su Wanying furrowed her brows and asked, “Has he left?”
Xu Honglei spread his hands. “How would I know? But you’d better leave later, so he won’t see you coming out of my house. That would be difficult to explain.”
Su Wanying was silent for a while before asking, “Do you think he knows about what’s going on between us?”
“How would I know? Why don’t you go ask him yourself?”
“Oh, come on, how can you be like this? I’m already worried sick. If he finds out about us, I’m finished!”
Xu Honglei thought for a moment, then shook his head. “He probably doesn’t know. Otherwise, he would have barged in when I opened the door.”
Hearing Xu Honglei say this, Su Wanying’s heart settled. After sitting there and thinking for a long while, she turned around and said seriously to Xu Honglei:
“Lei, we can’t keep going like this. Neighborhood Residents are everywhere here, and there are too many prying eyes. If I come here too often, something will happen sooner or later. I’d better stop coming here from now on!”
“Then what am I supposed to do if I miss you?” Xu Honglei pulled her into his arms regretfully, while Su Wanying leaned against his chest.
He had only begun enjoying the good life, and half of that beautiful life had already collapsed. There was no one he could appeal to about it.
“If you miss me in the future, we can get a room somewhere. But only occasionally—we can’t do it too often!” Su Wanying took a deep breath, as if trying to keep her composure.
After a moment’s thought, she continued, “Lei, it’s not that I’m heartless. It’s just that staying with you all day isn’t practical.
Besides, even though I’m a young girl, I can’t keep idling at home all day. Some time ago, my father asked someone to find me a job. I have to go out and earn money.”
Xu Honglei nodded. “That’s the right thing to do. When a woman has an independent income, she’ll have more say at home.”
Su Wanying suddenly wrapped her arms around Xu Honglei’s head. She gazed into his eyes for a long while, then kissed him passionately.
Xu Honglei embraced her as well and responded fervently.
They held each other and lingered for a long while. Su Wanying released him with a strained smile and said:
“Lei, after I leave, you should find a girlfriend. Don’t waste your feelings on me. Once you have a girlfriend, you’ll gradually forget me. There’s no future for us!”
Xu Honglei stared at her, unsure how to respond, then kissed her again.
To be honest, Xu Honglei’s initial attitude toward Su Wanying had only been to have some fun, mixed with a desire for revenge against Li Hu. He had never intended to spend the rest of his life with her.
But people had feelings, especially women. Once he had her body, he would inevitably gain her feelings as well—at least some of them.
Women generally would not sleep with a man they felt nothing for. The more often they slept together, the deeper their feelings became. This could be seen as a kind of sunk cost for women.
Although Xu Honglei had lived through one lifetime, suffered heartbreak at the hands of women, and seen through human nature, he had decided to play around in the world during this life.
But when it came to feelings—especially the sincere feelings women showed him—he respected them.
He would not act like a true Scumbag, trampling a woman’s feelings underfoot and letting those beautiful things sink into the mud and scatter on the wind.
Of course, Xu Honglei did not deny that he was also a scumbag. In this lifetime, he would not have only one woman.
After gathering his thoughts, Xu Honglei released her, smiled, and said, “Wanying, take good care of yourself. Be kind to yourself.
If you encounter any difficulties in the future, come find me. Even if we aren’t lovers, we’re at least friends, right?”
Seeing Xu Honglei’s serious expression, Su Wanying burst out laughing. “Why would I come find you? To drink the northwest wind with you, or to throw myself at you and let you bully me for nothing?
“And you call yourself a friend? What respectable friend would drag someone into bed, then torment them endlessly like a randy terrier?”
If I stop coming here, that means I’ve escaped the sea of misery and cut my losses in time. Don’t act as if you’re so deeply devoted.
I can tell you’re no good either. Who knows how many young girls will fall victim to you in the future!”
Xu Honglei grinned and gave her a Thumb. “Older Sister, you really are my Older Sister. You saw through my true nature at a glance. From now on, I’ll call you Sister Ying.”
Su Wanying deliberately put on the air of a gang leader. “Mm, that’s more like it. From now on, as my Younger brother, you must spend your money on your Older Sister, and you’re not allowed to bully her anymore. Understand?”
Xu Honglei immediately pretended to be angry, pushed her down, and shouted through gritted teeth, “Dream on! An Older Sister is meant for her Younger brother to bully. If a Younger brother doesn’t bully his Older Sister, what kind of Older Sister is she?
As people say, one should not let the fertilizer enrich an outsider’s fields.”
Su Wanying cursed with a laugh, “Get lost, you bastard! Being with you means I’ve suffered eight lifetimes of bad luck. What kind of shameless, rotten Younger brother are you?”
“I’ll get lost, then. You said it yourself, so don’t regret it!”
At Su Wanying’s request, Xu Honglei rolled with her from the head of the bed to the foot and from day into night. They kept rolling until the world spun and they were utterly exhausted.
Su Wanying’s body trembled. She gave Xu Honglei a weak punch. “You’re a beast, you brute! Are you insane? The moment you heard I wouldn’t be coming here anymore, did you decide to work me to death?
“Come on, kill me on your bed! Once I’m dead, you won’t escape responsibility either. You’ll definitely face execution, and the two of us will become a pair of doomed lovers in death.”
Xu Honglei grinned. “Sister Ying, if you hadn’t been completely worn out, I would have used all my strength today. This was only eighty percent. Before this, I used at most fifty percent.”
“I’m showing you how high my limits are. I want you never to forget me. Even after you get married, you’ll still think of me when you’re with your Husband.”
Su Wanying blinked and lightly bit her lip. “Really? You aren’t bragging, are you?”
“What? Are you planning to find out?”
“Then I’ll find out. Do you think I’m afraid of you? Since I won’t be coming here anymore, I, your Older Sister, will risk my life to accompany you today, you Stinky Little Brother!”