Trip Hazard (1)

  The next day I went to the bank to deposit money. As I passed by Lu Yishu's school, I called her and asked her to come out. I casually handed over Shixiu's money to her.

  It just so happened to be during the school break, and those university students came out in groups. Wearing white sweater dresses. With my hair tied up in a bun, I looked just like a university student. When I saw their youthful faces, I was truly envious! My hands were stuck in my pockets as I watched them walk by, no matter how hard I tried to pretend, I couldn't whiten my inner self.

  I don't complain about fate, nor do I have the qualifications to complain. After all, no one is forcing me, but rather I chose to walk that path myself.

  Luyi Shu's phone call came over, she asked me where I was. I stood up from the tree shade chair, she said she had already seen me. I also saw her, standing next to a white and clean man with black-framed glasses, that must be her boyfriend!

  Lu Yishu introduced me to her boyfriend as a sister from the same village, and he looked me up and down before calling out "sister". Lu Yishu took me to lunch at a pretty good restaurant near school, the dishes were not expensive but tasted great. However, when the food was served slowly, he yelled at the waiter and even wanted to complain to the manager. I felt very uncomfortable with his arrogant attitude as if he had a lot of money. Honestly, I didn't think Lu Yishu's boyfriend was that good, he was too worldly.

  As I left the restaurant, I stuffed the money into Ruru's hand and told her to take it. She refused several times, yelling at me "Don't be so stupid! You have a lot of money but you're still being stingy!" Thinking about my brother, Ruru finally accepted the money. Later when I thought back on this scene, I wondered if I had also pushed Ruru one step closer to becoming a qiu fu (a derogatory term for a kept woman).

  After school started, Lu Yishu went to work at the nightclub on Sundays. I asked Lu Yishu what she was doing now, and she told me that she followed a classmate to an auto show to be a car model.

  When I heard her words, I was glad that she could think it through. At the beginning, everyone who entered the circle just wanted to make some small money, first by accompanying chatting, and then by accompanying drinking and sleeping, step by step getting trapped in it. And is there really a hostess who doesn't have to go on stage? I'm not a kind person, maybe I saw the entrustment of my relatives in Luyu's body! After receiving Xiaomami's call to urge me to go to work, I bid farewell to Luyu and took a taxi straight to the nightclub.

  The ladies in the dressing room were chattering away, but as soon as they saw me, they fell silent for a moment. Everyone knew that Red Card and the manager had a good relationship, so of course no one dared to offend her. I changed my clothes, put on makeup, and was too lazy to bother with them again. We all make a living by currying favor with men, what's the point of secretly sabotaging each other?

  Mom took us to walk on the stage, and in the corridor I met Heizi, he smiled at me warmly and called me Little Wen Jie!

  Hei Zi didn't even graduate from junior high school before he started hanging out, he went to construction sites and also worked in electronics factories. Later, Ah Guang introduced him to work as a waiter at the nightclub. I gave him a look and he nodded and hurried off to work.

  Today I'm a bit out of luck, and I ended up drinking with the red card. We were all busy trying to please the men around us. Hei Zi brought in some wine, and I opened a bottle of expensive whiskey.

  Hongpai poured a glass of whiskey for the client. It was clear that Hongpai and the client were familiar with each other, as she chatted fluently about the history of whiskey, showing off her literary skills. The client grew impatient and wrapped his arms around her, kissing her mouth and pouring the liquor into it. She giggled, and the client grasped her white thighs, holding her close as they sat down together.

  She frowned and asked in a puzzled tone, "Zong, this wine tastes strange. Has it been stored for too long? The flavor is not quite right."