Chapter 8: The Midnight Belle in the Bar

  Fenghuang County Old Town Xiangxi Past Bar

  I and Tianji downed one glass of iced beer after another, getting drunk and flushed. Tianji had a dazed smile on his face: "Buddy, do you still remember that chick I told you about, the one I met at the bar? Her figure was absolutely stunning..."

  I noticed that when this kid mentioned the beauty, his two small eyes emitted a green light. I was skeptical: "Isn't she just a bar girl, worth being so infatuated with?"

  This little guy, Tiantian, had a lot to say. He said that this beauty was indeed different from the others. Although she came to the bar, she sat quietly in a corner, like an alien, without any hint of smoke or fire on her body. In the noisy bar, she looked very special.

  "My god, Tianji has turned that woman into a fairy descended from heaven. I've had girlfriends who were students, teachers, nurses, salesgirls, all sorts of beauties, but I've never met a woman as extraordinary as the one Tianji described."

  This guy's words made my heart skip a beat. I asked tentatively, "Does this woman have a boyfriend?" Tianji patted his chest: "Brother, I guarantee you, absolutely not. This woman appears at the Le Fengtian bar every night at 9 o'clock and leaves exactly at 12 o'clock. I've been observing for several days, there's no man around her."

  I was a bit skeptical, but Tian Ji smiled mysteriously and said: "Shen Da Shuai Ge, don't be skeptical, I secretly took photos of this chick, let me show you."

  The paddy field frog took out his mobile phone, flipped through the saved pictures and handed it over to me.

  The photo of the wild rice was blurry, but it still caught my eye. The woman in the photo had a calm expression, sitting quietly in the corner of the bar. Her smooth black silk legs shone brightly, her figure tight and toned, with a pair of eyes that seemed simple yet mysterious, as if hiding many stories.

  These days, the women who come out to bars are either self-righteous or ugly to the point of being unbearable. I originally didn't plan on going, but when I saw the photo on Tianji's phone, I immediately changed my mind, because that chick looked pretty, at least in the photo.

  I bid farewell to Tianji, drove back to the Shen family's old mansion. Shen Lan saw my excited face and asked if I had encountered something good, I patted his shoulder: "Younger brother, a huge good thing." After finishing speaking, I ignored him and went into the room to prepare for tonight's trip to the Le Feng Tian bar.

  At eight o'clock in the evening, I deliberately dressed up carefully, put a thousand yuan in my pocket, bought ninety-nine roses at the flower shop, and arrived at the Le Fan Tian bar just in time for nine o'clock.

  I walked into the bar and saw that the corner where the girl in Tianji's photo was sitting was still empty. I walked over, gently placed a bunch of delicate roses on the table, ordered a glass of white wine, savored it slowly, preparing to create a romantic encounter.

  I waited for a while, looked around and started to feel that something was not right. This bar is full of people shouting and screaming, where is she? I'm sitting in the corner like an idiot with that bunch of red roses on the table.

  Occasionally, fiery gazes would turn towards me in the bar, making me feel uneasy all over.

  Damn it, this little brat Tianji won't be fooling me, will he? Maybe this chick he's talking about doesn't even exist in this bar?

  I endured for a while, "Damn it, even if she had flowers on that thing, I wouldn't wait any longer." I poured the full cup of white wine into my throat, lit a cigarette, and stood up to leave.

  Just as I was about to leave, a white figure walked in from the entrance of the Le Fan Tian bar. Before she even arrived, a wave of rose perfume wafted over.

  She has arrived.

  I was overjoyed and hastily sat back in my seat, nervously staring at this girl in front of me.

  "Sir, may I sit here?" she asked with a smile, her plump red lips slightly upturned, gentle yet charming.

  I was so nervous that my voice changed: "Of course." She was even more beautiful than in the photo, with a melon-seed-shaped face and almost perfect features. Her white dress wrapped around her plump figure, like a night elf, full of charm.

  The only regret is that her face seems to have more powder on it, looking a bit pale, the eye shadow is too thick, and there's less vitality in her eyes. However, overall, she can definitely rank among the top three of all the women I've been with.

  My heart is secretly delighted, and I'm thinking of ways to get her into my hands as soon as possible.

  She ordered a glass of red wine, as red as blood. She glanced at the bouquet of bright red roses on the table and was somewhat surprised: "Sir, are you waiting for someone?"

  I hastily replied: "No... no one has claimed this bouquet of roses yet, if you like it, I'll give it to you."

  A faint smile of delight flashed across her face: "Sir, you must be joking?"

  I hastily handed her the flowers, my eyes showing infinite sincerity: "Take it, before the flowers wither."

  After so many years of struggling in the emotional arena, I know that a humorous and interesting man is more likely to be liked by women and often easier to gain women's favor.

  She took the rose, put it back on the table, batted her eyelashes at me and said with a hint of flirtation: "You're quite interesting, let's chat."

  I was eager to ask, and hurriedly sat up straight with a serious expression. I asked: "What do you want to talk about?"

  She smiled slightly and said: "I've received all your roses, don't you think we need to get to know each other better?"

  What the heck? Further understanding of this phrase would be great, as it's one of my official pickup lines when I'm hitting on chicks. That idiot Tianji even described her as a chaste and virtuous woman, but it turns out she's actually a passionate person...

  "Alright, what do you want to know?" I pressed down on my thumping heart.

  She leaned in slightly and gazed at me with a charming expression: "This bar is too noisy, why don't we go for a walk in the nearby park?"

  As we spoke, I saw the faint outline of her cleavage, and it made me swallow hard.

  I'm dizzy, this is so bold, it can't be a "chicken", right? But thinking about it again, it's a bit strange, if it were a "chicken", it wouldn't appear every night in this bar like that little bastard Tianji said.

  I didn't think much and followed her out of the bar's door, walking towards "Yuexiu Park".

  All the way, my heart was racing, I didn't know how to start a conversation with this girl, and my usual eloquence had disappeared. I scolded myself in my heart, why am I so timid tonight?

  The park is pitch black, can't see many people, this girl wouldn't want to have a wild time with me in the park, would she? I thought, my heart beating even faster. After all, this isn't Shenzhen, nor is it a police academy, as a public security officer, one still has to pay attention to appearances and whatnot.

  "She spoke up: 'I'm Qin Su'er, the Qin of Qin Country, the Su of plain white silk, and the Er of son. And you?'"

  Qin Su'er? What a beautiful name.

  When she asked me, I hastily replied: "My name is Shen Shangyu, and I just started working at the county public security bureau's criminal police team."

  Her eyes had a hint of panic in the darkness, but she immediately calmed down: "People's police, good profession."

  I asked her: "What is your occupation?"

  She smiled: "Unemployed vagrant, idle tax bureau chief."

  "Haha……", I burst out laughing: "In this day and age, it's better to be unemployed than employed. You can take care of yourself without others managing you." I don't care whether she has a job or not, anyway the old man has plenty of money. Even if I were to support multiple women, it wouldn't be a problem at all.

  Qin Su'er also burst out laughing, her laughter clear and pleasant to hear.

  I walked alongside her: "Su'er, I just returned to Fenghuang from Shenzhen, unfamiliar with the place and without a single friend. Let's be friends?"

  Qin Su'er replied: "Great, I'm glad to meet you too."

  We were chatting, when Qin Su'er suddenly glanced at her watch and a look of anxiety appeared on her face: "Oh no, it's 12 o'clock. Shang Yu, I have to go, my parents set a rule for me that I must be back home by midnight."

  Her expression was not fake, I said: "I have a car, can I give you a ride?"

  Qin Su'er waved her hand: "No need, I'll drive myself back home."

  She insisted that I not see her off, and there was nothing I could do. Following her out of the park, she hailed a taxi with a wave of her hand. The driver was bald, chewing on betel nut, looking like an old rascal, didn't even ask Qin Su'er where she was going, just stepped on the gas and the car took off.

  I suddenly remembered that I forgot to ask Qin Su'er for her phone number and where she lives, but the car has already gone far.