Chapter 3: A Knock at Midnight

  After finishing his errand, Wang Haodong returned home to find Zhang Shufang washing clothes. He went up and asked: "Sister Shufang, it's almost ten o'clock, why aren't you sleeping yet?"

  "I washed my clothes and went to sleep." Zhang Shufang looked at Wang Haodong and smiled: "Coming to a new place, can you get used to sleeping?"

  "Not bad, I just had a good sleep." As he spoke, Wang Haodong saw Zhang Shufang rubbing clothes, her body undulating up and down, extremely enticing.

  Zhang Shufang, after bathing, her hair still dripping with water, Wang Haodong looked at her, feeling his blood boiling, his eyes hot and dry, his breathing rapid.

  Zhang Shufang noticed Wang Haodong's gaze, coughed slightly, and quietly pulled up her collar to cover the spring scenery, saying: "It's getting late, go rest early."

  Wang Haodong felt a bit embarrassed, and after stealing a glance, he was discovered. He muttered: "I'm going to sleep now, goodnight."

  After finishing speaking, Wang Haodong retreated back to his bedroom in a manner similar to that of a thief who had been caught.

  Lying in bed, Wang Haodong couldn't sleep. Zhang Shufang's beautiful figure kept appearing in his mind. Closing his eyes, he saw Zhang Shufang's beautiful body. Maybe it was because of the wild rabbit meat he ate, but tonight he felt particularly hot and wanted to find a woman to have sex with.

  Wang Haodong sighed, thinking that he had abstained from sex for almost a month. He didn't have a steady girlfriend either, and whenever he looked for women, it was always at bars. Was it because he had been holding back for too long?

  As he was lost in thought, Wang Haodong heard Zhang Shufang's footsteps and then the lights in the yard went out. Guessing that she might have gone to sleep, he closed his eyes and quietly counted sheep, trying to shift his attention.

  After about half an hour, Wang Haodong heard footsteps coming from the door. He often practiced martial arts and had a more sensitive sense of hearing than ordinary people. At the slightest movement, he would be on high alert. Although the footsteps were very light, they were clearly audible.

  After a while, a man's low and hoarse voice came over: "Yufen, open the door, open the door."

  Who is Yu Fen?

  Wang Haodong sprang up and listened carefully to the movements outside.

  "Open the door, Yufen..."

  Wang Haodong felt that something was fishy, so he decided to investigate. He quietly got out of bed and opened the courtyard door without making a sound.

  Just as he walked out, Wang Haodong saw a sneaky figure standing at the door of the neighboring family's house, lightly knocking on the door and saying in a low voice: "Yufen, I've come to find you, open the door."

  "Who is it? What are you doing?" Wang Haodong shouted loudly.

  The man was originally sneaky, and when he heard the words, he was startled and ran away without looking at Wang Haodong. With the light from the house, Wang Haodong saw that the person was a middle-aged man with half-white hair.

  "My god, his hair is all white, he looks over 50 years old, and yet he's knocking on someone else's door in the middle of the night, definitely not with good intentions." Wang Haodong cursed with a smile, at this moment the door next door opened, revealing a woman's head.

  Under the dim light, Wang Haodong took a closer look at the woman. She was about thirty years old, approximately 165 cm tall, with a slightly plump but not fat figure, delicate facial features, and long hair that fell to her shoulders. Unlike most rural women, she didn't have dark skin; instead, her complexion was radiant and fair, looking as if it could be pinched into water.

  What a beautiful mature woman, oh, top-grade beauty, this village really has many beauties.

  Wang Haodong shouted loudly in his heart, but on the surface, he smiled and said: "There was an old guy who sneaked around and was driven away by me."

  As the cool breeze blew, Wang Haodong saw the woman's body tremble slightly.

  Xiao Yufen pursed her lips, looking at Wang Haodong with a puzzled expression, wondering how he ended up in Zhang Shufang's home, and said softly: "Thank you."

  Wang Haodong smiled and said: "Don't be polite, I live next door to you now, we are neighbors. If you need any help, just speak up, your business is my business."

  Xiao Yufen nodded, a hint of gratitude flashing in her beautiful eyes, then she retreated back into the room and closed the door.

  Watching her figure disappear from view, Wang Haodong also returned to the house.

  That night, Wang Haodong tossed and turned, unable to fall asleep.

  The next morning at five o'clock, when the sky was just a little bright, Wang Haodong got up directly. At this time, Zhang's sisters were still sleeping in bed and hadn't gotten up yet.

  He quietly washed up and went out for a run, wanting to vent his excess energy, otherwise he would feel suffocated to death, always thinking that women are not a big deal.

  After running for an hour, Wang Haodong returned home to find Zhang Shufang already up and making breakfast, while Zhang Qian was pacing back and forth at the door, reading a book.

  Wang Haodong and Zhang Qian exchanged greetings without disturbing her, then went straight to the kitchen.

  "Sister Shufen, what delicious dish are you making?"

  "Congee, pancake, stir-fried potato shreds."

  "It smells so good, it must be delicious." Wang Haodong sniffed his nose, with a greedy look on his face.

  Zhang Shufang smiled and said, "My sister and I have small appetites, not like you. You eat with gusto, giving people a very pleasant feeling. Following you to eat together, even our appetites have improved somewhat."

  "That's great, haha, I'm living here too, and it has some effect, ensuring you won't starve to death."

  When speaking, Wang Haodong's eyes swept over her body, Zhang Shufang's front and back were plump, **fat buttocks, like a ripe water peach, making people look at it with infatuation.

  It's broken, can't watch it anymore.

  Wang Haodong felt a surge of blood in his heart, and he quickly walked out of the kitchen. He saw some chicks in the yard, chirping away, so he grabbed some corn to feed them, which finally distracted him from his chaotic thoughts.

  At this time, Zhang Qian walked over and said in a low voice: "Last night, I seemed to hear someone meddling in other people's business."

  "What does it mean?"

  "Last night, Old Village Chief Liu Dahai came looking for Xiao Yufen next door, you scared him away, didn't you?"

  Wang Haodong was taken aback, "How did you know?"

  "Hey, I just got up to pour some tea and saw it." Zhang Qian giggled with a pointed chin full of self-satisfied expression, which was a feeling of discovering a secret.

  "I don't know what kind of village head that person is, by the way, what's the story with that woman next door?"

  "The neighbor's name is Xiao Yufen, she is 30 years old, has been married once before, but because she couldn't have children, four years ago she and her husband divorced, he kicked her out, with no choice she had to move back in with her parents."

  Zhang Qian said: "What are you inquiring about these things for? Are you having thoughts about someone?"

  Wang Haodong hastily denied it, "What are you talking about? Don't talk nonsense."

  "She's really beautiful, many men in the village can't help but stare at her with lustful eyes, even the village chief, who is over 50 and almost toothless, has thoughts about her."

  As he listened to Zhang Qian's words, Wang Haodong's mind conjured up the image of the frail-looking woman he had seen last night. Her name was Xiao Yufen? What a nice-sounding name!

  Wang Haodong felt that such a beautiful and mature divorced single woman, who was at the golden age of women, really needed a man to pamper her. If she were to grow old alone, it would be a waste of her life.

  Look at him thinking about things in a daze, Zhang Qian raised her palm and waved it in front of him several times, saying: "What are you thinking about? You must be thinking about Xiao Yufen, right?"

  "No." Wang Haodong hastily denied, thinking that a divorced woman, not very old, still so beautiful, and living alone, is naturally attractive, and many people must have wanted to take advantage of her.

  Just then, Zhang Shufang came out and said, "Dinner is ready."

  "My stomach is already hungry, let's have dinner, go eat."

  Looking at Zhang Qian's lively appearance, Wang Haodong smiled and followed closely behind.

  Zhang Shufang's cooking skills are quite good, and Wang Haodong is eating a farmer's pancake for the first time. He ate three out of six pancakes and drank two bowls of porridge, his large appetite made the two sisters secretly gasp in surprise.

  After dinner, Zhang Qian packed up her schoolbag, put it on her back, rode her bicycle to school for class, and only Wang Haodong and Zhang Shufang were left at home.