The night before a holiday was always especially wonderful.
Because you knew you would not have to get up early the next day, you could stay up a little later without worrying about being late the following morning.
Muyang lay on his bed, staring blankly at the ceiling. He was not watching television,
nor had he let his two younger sisters into the room.
The door was locked from the inside.
What had happened the previous night had left him thinking for a long time.
Although Liushuning and Liuxiaoxiao were only the younger sisters his stepfather had brought into the family and were not related to him by blood at all, they were still his sisters.
Besides, he was already an adult, yet he had slept squeezed onto the same bed as his sisters. If word of that got out, it would have a major impact on his reputation.
Yes, it would affect Muyang’s own reputation.
In this matriarchal world, where women greatly outnumbered men, men might be scarce, but a man’s reputation was still important in the marriage market.
If a man wanted to find a good primary wife, he had to maintain his purity.
A primary wife was the main financial provider for a man after marriage, usually a wealthy woman with a successful career.
Most men would first find a primary wife, and then find another two to five wives.
Monogamy was extremely rare in this world. Having multiple spouses was the norm.
But the prerequisite was that before finding a primary wife, a man could not have any ambiguous contact with other women.
No wealthy woman would be willing to marry a man with a bad reputation and bring him home.
Moreover, any wives he married afterward would have to be approved by his primary wife.
Muyang rolled over and buried his face in his pillow.
The figure of Store Manager Suchunsun appeared in his mind.
Suchunsun was twenty-four years old that year. She owned a hotpot restaurant. Although it was not very large, business was extremely good.
She also took very good care of him.
More importantly, her full, fleshy figure—which other people regarded as a flaw—hit Muyang’s aesthetic preferences perfectly.
If he could really get together with Suchunsun…
Muyang thought about it, and the corners of his lips unconsciously curled upward.
Suchunsun would definitely feel that she had struck gold, while he would feel that he had made an enormous profit.
Besides, only a relationship in which both sides felt they had come out ahead could last, and only then could it possibly reach the stage of marriage.
Therefore, he had to consciously start keeping his distance from his two younger sisters.
He could not let them enter his room whenever they pleased anymore.
And even less could he let them crawl into his bed.
In particular, he could no longer let them act as uninhibitedly as before and be so physically intimate with him.
Muyang closed his eyes. When he pictured Suchunsun’s figure, which seemed almost capable of bursting out of her shirt, he felt a rush of heat in his heart.
The next day,
Muyang slept until he woke up naturally.
Wonderful!!!
He checked his phone. It was only a little after nine.
He also happened to see that messages had popped up on WeChat.
【Xiaoyang, where do you live? I’ll drive over to pick you up this afternoon. The sun outside is really too strong. I don’t mean anything by it.】
【Um, are you awake?】
【Hahaha, it’s fine if you don’t want to.】
【Waaah, Xiaoyang, please, say something to me. I really do want your address so I can pick you up. I don’t have any other intentions.】
【Red packet (520 yuan)】
Muyang looked at the more than ten messages bombarding the screen, then checked the time. It was six in the morning.
Good grief.
Did the store manager really get up this early?
However, when he saw the red packet she had sent, Muyang did not accept it. Instead, he returned it and replied:
【Sister Chunsun, you don’t need to send me a red packet. I just woke up; I wasn’t deliberately ignoring you. I returned the red packet. It’s not easy for you to earn money either.】
Then Muyang sent her his address.
He genuinely had not wanted to accept the money. After all, once he won Suchunsun over, wouldn’t her money be his money too?
There was no need to covet a small advantage in the moment.
Leaving a good impression on the store manager was what mattered most.
Sure enough, a reply came instantly from the other side.
【Waaah, I thought you had turned on Do Not Disturb for me. Then I’ll wait for you downstairs at three thirty this afternoon. There’s no rush.】
【OK】
Afterward, Muyang began chatting with Suchunsun intermittently.
Muyang could tell by then.
She really was very innocent. Probably because of her figure, she had never chatted with a man before.
She had long harbored improper intentions toward Muyang, but because of her experiences over the previous twenty-four years, she was afraid that Muyang would be like other men.
But actually,
with a figure that sexy, what man wouldn’t be tempted?
The two of them had been coveting each other for an entire month.
Finally, Suchunsun chose to make the first move.
After eating at a buffet with his two younger sisters at noon, Muyang returned home and went straight into his room.
He began taking an afternoon nap to prepare for his date that afternoon.
He got up at three.
First, he took a shower, washing himself until he smelled nice. He also tidied his hair a little, leaving it slightly fluffy, giving him the appearance of a cute little puppy.
Then he began choosing his clothes.
But in truth, Muyang did not have many good clothes.
Even though Muyang was a man, he only bought three or four new outfits each year, and several of those were heavy clothes.
His thinner clothes were almost all short-sleeved shirts, and he had worn them for a long time.
All of them were badly worn.
Normally, Muyang did not feel that wearing those clothes was a problem. After all, he wore them to work.
But today, he was going on a date with Suchunsun.
Looking at the old clothes in his wardrobe, Muyang felt unusually dejected.
He wanted to dress well and look good when he met Suchunsun, but not one of his clothes looked decent anymore.
He sat on the edge of the bed, unable to avoid feeling somewhat inferior.
Store Manager Suchunsun always dressed beautifully. She never even wore the same outfit two days in a row.
He, on the other hand, had only these few pieces. No matter how he wore them, he looked rather shabby.
He sighed and opened the wardrobe again, preparing to search through it carefully. He refused to believe he could not find at least one decent outfit.
Finally,
in a drawer at the bottom of the wardrobe, he found a sealed set of clothes.
He had bought this outfit for a school performance. It had cost more than two hundred yuan, but he had never worn it because a blizzard had struck on the day of the performance, nearly burying the school.
From that day onward, winter vacation had begun immediately.
Muyang unsealed the package.
He took out the clothes inside.
The top was a gray-and-white long-sleeved shirt made of very light, breathable fabric.
The shirt was also highly distinctive in its design, with many irregular fabric panels sewn onto it. A strip of silk-like material hung down from the left shoulder,
adding even more layering to the outfit.
The bottom was a pair of high-waisted, dark-gray shorts. A slit had been cut into the hem, making it look as though he had a black band encircling his leg and adding a touch of sexiness.
Muyang held the clothes against himself and compared them in the mirror. They seemed pretty good.
At least they did not look too old.
After putting them on, Muyang stood in front of the mirror and examined himself carefully.
The shota in the mirror looked fair and clean. The clothes on his body made him look even more delicious.
After turning around a few times, he discovered that the shoulder strap fluttered along with his movements.
Overall, it looked quite good.
Muyang was extremely satisfied.
Paired with his astonishingly handsome shota-like features,
anyone who saw him would be utterly captivated.
For shoes, he chose a pair of white sneakers with gray soles. They matched the clothes he was wearing perfectly.
This was the first time Muyang had ever dressed himself up so seriously.
He then took out sunscreen and applied it to his neck and legs.
After that, he made sure his phone was fully charged.
Muyang had a slight case of obsessive-compulsive disorder. If his phone was not fully charged before he went out, he would always feel uncomfortable.
Just then, a message from Suchunsun arrived.
【Xiaoyang, I’m already downstairs at your place. I’m in the black Tesla, the electric car.】
【Okay, I’m almost ready too. Wait for me.】
Muyang’s lips curled up slightly. He was somewhat eager to see what Suchunsun’s reaction would be when she saw him.
It was already three forty.
Muyang was more or less ready.
However, he did not dare tell his younger sisters what he was actually going out to do that afternoon. He had merely said that he was going to see a friend.
He felt that his younger sisters’ feelings toward him were somewhat abnormal.
He was afraid that if he told them, they might stop him from going.
Sure enough, what he feared came to pass.
Muyang quietly opened his bedroom door, preparing to sneak out.
But he ran straight into Liushuning, who was returning to her room from the kitchen with a glass of water.
The two collided head-on. Liushuning reacted quickly and did not spill the water on Muyang.
But when she saw how carefully her Big Brother had dressed,
Liushuning’s eyes widened slightly, filled with astonishment.
“Big Brother, you’re…”
With her eyes on him, Muyang grew a little nervous. He was afraid she would see through him and stop him from leaving.
So he continued using the excuse he had already given the two sisters that morning.
“Um, I made plans to go shopping with a good friend. I might not be back for dinner tonight, so make something yourselves. Don’t worry about me.”
Muyang did his best to make his tone sound casual.
But Liushuning immediately realized that her Big Brother was lying.
Dressing up this beautifully,
he could only be going to meet the person he loved.
Liushuning’s heart sank.
She had originally thought that it might be a long time before her Big Brother started dating. After all, given his top-tier looks and personality,
it was practically impossible for any woman to dare pursue him.
She had already begun saving up her first capital for starting a business.
But…
She was at a loss, though she continued to wear a gentle smile on her face.
“Big Brother, you look very handsome today. Go on, then. Don’t keep her waiting too long.”
Muyang had not expected Shuning to let him go so readily, and he secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
He then hurried out the door.
As soon as Muyang left, Liushuning immediately placed the glass on the table and quietly followed behind him downstairs.