Halfway through the meal, Li Yifei went out to take a phone call. Upon returning, he said to Qian Fei, “There’s an urgent matter at the company. I need to go back immediately. You all continue eating; I’ll take a taxi to Xiaoshan Airport!” He apologized to Yi Xiaojin and Guan Meimei before hastily departing.
Yi Xiaojin, watching Li Yifei’s retreating figure, clicked her tongue twice, “What a fine specimen!”
Guan Meimei, also observing Li Yifei’s back, clicked her tongue twice as well, “What a dazzling catch!”
They both turned to look at Qian Fei simultaneously, “Sleep with him!”
Qian Fei spat out a mouthful of milk tea.
After finishing their meal, Yi Xiaojin and Guan Meimei called for the waiter to pay the bill. The waiter informed them, “The gentleman who just left has already paid!”
Yi Xiaojin and Guan Meimei looked at Qian Fei in unison, their faces brimming with admiration that was about to overflow and trickle down their cheeks: “He’s handsome, sweet-talking, and loose with his wallet. Hurry up and sleep with him!”
Qian Fei was terrified by their words, “Please stop talking! If you continue, I won’t be able to maintain my integrity!”
That night, Qian Fei didn’t return to the hotel. She and Guan Meimei went to Yi Xiaojin’s home instead.
The three single young women squeezed onto one bed for a late-night chat. Yi Xiaojin and Guan Meimei continuously whispered salacious suggestions into Qian Fei’s ears.
Yi Xiaojin said, “Based on my keen observation, that Li Yifei has an extraordinary physique. He must be skilled in bed. Feifei, if you don’t sleep with him, it would be against the natural order!”
Qian Fei rolled her eyes dramatically, “If I remember correctly, you’ve had 600 degrees of myopia since high school. Thanks!”
Guan Meimei said, “Even if we don’t consider his physique, just looking at his face is enough to make anyone want to take their pants off!”
Qian Fei gave up, “Can you at least start by unbuttoning your bra first?”
Yi Xiaojin said, “Feifei, tell us the truth, have you slept with this handsome Li or not?”
Qian Fei kicked her, “Sleep with your sister! It’s not what you think between me and him!”
Guan Meimei interjected, “But I think Handsome Li is quite interested in you in that way!”
Qian Fei asked, “In what way is he interested in me?”
Guan Meimei said, “He wants to sleep with you!”
Yi Xiaojin added, “Or he wants you to sleep with him!”
Qian Fei kicked both of them, one on each side, “Except for me, I’ve never seen anyone more lascivious and shameless than you two!”
The three of them rolled on the bed, laughing foolishly together.
After laughing, Qian Fei sighed and entered a heart-to-heart mode: “How should I put it? I know he’s being nice to me now, but I’m afraid his feelings for me are just a passing novelty. You don’t know, he’s not very faithful. There’s always a string of pretty girls around him, almost seamlessly connected, and they’re all beautiful women with great temperament and looks from film academies, dance academies, art academies, and so on. You tell me, someone who’s used to eating delicacies might occasionally be interested in my plain corn bun, but can they prefer corn buns over delicacies for a lifetime?”
Yi Xiaojin thought for a moment and said, “That’s not necessarily true. Maybe this boy just has peculiar tastes and genuinely prefers corn buns!”
Guan Meimei followed up, “Besides, you’re not just any corn bun now. You’re at least a state banquet-level corn bun!”
Listening to her two friends, Qian Fei felt a strange but comfortable feeling in her heart.
“Anyway, I’ve decided to focus entirely on the sponsoring representative exam first. We’ll talk about dating him after I pass the exam! Because even if he goes back to eating fancy food later, by then I’ll be a sponsoring representative, and I won’t be afraid of anyone!”
After hearing her, Yi Xiaojin exaggeratedly clicked her tongue, “The world has gained another wasteful woman who occupies the toilet without using it!”
Guan Meimei, perfectly in sync with Yi Xiaojin, added, “Such a good toilet in this world is so rare to come by, yet some people would rather suffer urinary incontinence than use it!”
Qian Fei, with tears in her eyes, completely surrendered to these two extremely (passionate) (loving) (down-to-earth) (urine) (feces) vulgar young women…
Early the next morning, Yi Xiaojin and Guan Meimei sent Qian Fei to her hotel, allowing her to conveniently meet up with the main group to catch their flight later.
As the three bid farewell, Yi Xiaojin earnestly said to Qian Fei, “Don’t be too obsessed. When it’s time to be in heat, don’t hold back. You don’t necessarily have to wait until you’re strong enough to confirm your relationship with him! Life is only so long, and your period only lasts for a few years. The days when you can truly enjoy intimacy are much shorter than you imagine! And you still have to exclude the days when you’re using sanitary napkins each month!”
Guan Meimei also advised sincerely, “Don’t be too pretentious. Be careful not to keep him waiting for too long, or he might lose his appetite for you! Even if you don’t want to take off your pants too early, at least unbutton your bra a little to satisfy his craving. Don’t always arm yourself like a saint. In reality, when it’s dark and quiet, don’t you still have to hug your pillow to sleep!”
Qian Fei tremblingly accepted the earnest teachings of her two unreliable best friends, waving goodbye to them with tears in her eyes, “Go back! Don’t see me off! And let’s just end our friendship here!”
While waiting at Xiaoshan Airport, Qian Fei called the project manager to briefly report on her work for the past week.
The project manager expressed great satisfaction with her work and considerately told her, “After you finish visiting the client in Chengdu, just return to Beijing directly. The clients in the Northwest will be visited by other team members. You’ve been to over twenty cities as a young woman, which is more than enough!”
Qian Fei felt this call was a surprise. She had originally thought she would have to travel around the great Northwest of the motherland for at least another week, but she didn’t expect to be able to return to Beijing so soon.
She casually asked, “So who will be visiting the remaining clients and suppliers?”
The project manager said, “It’s someone from our partner company. The suggestion to bring you back was also made by the sponsoring representative Li Yifei from the partner company.”
Qian Fei was stunned for a moment, then her heart rate increased by two beats.
The project manager continued, “Speaking of that Li Yifei, he gave us a hard time. We had agreed that there might be an intermediary coordination meeting on Friday, but he wasn’t even at the company. When we called him, he said he was out of town and that he had arranged everything for the meeting, saying that the other team members could handle it. But when the meeting started, none of his team members were as familiar with the project situation as he was, nor did they have his level of business acumen. In the end, the meeting was a complete mess! Fortunately, he rushed back yesterday evening and resolved the existing issues in time, so it won’t delay our submission of the guidance materials to the Securities Regulatory Commission on Monday.”
Qian Fei’s heart was pounding. So that guy had skipped work to find her in Guangzhou?
After hanging up with the project manager, she immediately called Li Yifei.
Li Yifei seemed to be not fully awake, groaning with a nasal voice, “Hello, Mistress Jinjin! I worked half the night preparing guidance materials yesterday, and just as I fell asleep, you call me!”
Qian Fei felt a bit apologetic, but since he was already awake, she decided to ask anyway, “Our company’s project manager said you missed the intermediary coordination meeting! You skipped work to go to Guangzhou, didn’t you?”
Li Yifei grunted, “Not really! The meeting time was always said to be ‘tentative.’ Since it wasn’t finalized, there’s nothing wrong with me being busy with something else, right?”
Qian Fei clicked her tongue twice, “What exactly were you so busy with that you had to skip work?”
Li Yifei’s nasal tone lightened a bit, “Important business!”
Qian Fei asked, “What important business required you to skip work to handle it?”
Li Yifei paused for a moment, and suddenly his nasal voice became somewhat flirtatious, “Isn’t seeing you important business? I told you the night before, I missed you!”
Qian Fei’s breathing quickened, and her cheeks grew warm.
She deeply felt that her skills were far too shallow in front of Li Yifei. This guy was simply too good at making girls happy. With just a light sentence, he made her feel a bit flustered.
Covering her face to hide the burning blush, she gathered what little rationality she had left and said with a righteous tone, “Listen here, you troublemaker, what you did wasn’t right! You were being irresponsible in your work!”
Li Yifei calmly said, “I just want to be responsible for you!”
Qian Fei’s heart fluttered, “As a sponsoring representative, this shows a lack of professional ethics!”
Li Yifei responded nonchalantly, “Can professional ethics compare to sticky rice chicken? Of course not!”
Qian Fei’s heart was racing, “I’m telling you, you can’t do this again next time!”
Li Yifei let out an “Oh” sound, “Then tell me, what should I do next time?”
Qian Fei said with utmost righteousness, “Next time, leave a day earlier. Since you’re skipping work anyway, one more day is just one more day. What do you think?”
Li Yifei chuckled, “I just love how you’re such a considerate good girl!”
After chatting for a while longer, Li Yifei, still speaking with a nasal tone, asked rather casually, “How many more days do you have left for your visits?”
Qian Fei answered seriously, “Probably about half a month. There are still three or four provinces left to cover!”
Li Yifei let out a two-syllable “Hmm”: “Half a month? That can’t be right! Isn’t Chengdu the only stop left? Didn’t your boss tell you? I’ve rearranged a team here, you can come back now!”
Qian Fei chuckled twice, “He did tell me!”
Li Yifei paused for a moment, his tone becoming softer, “You’re teasing me, aren’t you? Alright, just wait until you get back. I’ll show you how I can tease you then!”
Qian Fei told him to “Get lost.”
Before hanging up, Li Yifei said, “Let me know after you book your return flight from Chengdu. If Young Master me is in a good mood then, I might come to pick you up!”
Qian Fei laughed. He just had to maintain this arrogant attitude to feel comfortable.
Thinking about returning to Beijing soon, Qian Fei became unusually excited, even taking steps two inches longer than usual when boarding the plane.
However, things didn’t go as planned. What they thought would be a quick end to the interview work turned into an unexpected situation. The company’s boss and management team had to make an urgent business trip, and they had to wait three whole days to complete this final task.
She finally understood what it meant for good things to come with difficulty.
On the first day, when Li Yifei learned they would be stuck in Chengdu for three days, he eagerly wanted to book a ticket to come over. Qian Fei reasoned with him earnestly, “If you skip work again, your boss will probably fire you! Then let’s see how you’ll pay the rent for that big villa of yours!”
Li Yifei was unconcerned, “Young Master me does this job to demonstrate my abilities and value. Now that I’ve reached the top in this field, whether I continue or not doesn’t matter to me,” he paused for a moment, then emphasized very arrogantly and shamelessly, “Besides, when has Young Master me ever cared about money? Money always comes chasing after me! People like me are born wealthy, it’s hard not to attract wealth. If you follow me, you only need to learn one skill in this life: learn to count money. Once you master this, you can just focus on being happy for the rest of your life!”
Qian Fei was so disgusted by his boasting that she almost couldn’t eat her lunch, “Still saying it’s hard not to attract wealth, is your nickname ‘Money Magnet’ or something?”
On the second day, Li Yifei was also very clingy. He pestered Qian Fei to chat for a long time before letting her sleep.
By the third day, Qian Fei told him that tomorrow, after the company’s boss returned and they interviewed him, she would be able to return to Beijing that same evening.
She thought Li Yifei would again put on his arrogant act about his mood, saying “If Young Master me is in a good mood, I’ll come to pick you up,” but instead he said, “Jinjin, I have something else to do tomorrow night. I’m afraid I won’t be able to pick you up!”