After Kang Zixian had finished talking about his proposal, I fell into silence. Standing together with him under the eaves watching the rain and listening to the wind for the next few minutes, both of us did not speak again.
It was raining non-stop. In my tormented mood, I felt afraid, so very afraid. I felt afraid that the rainwater would wet my feet but at the same time looked forward to seeing the raining scenery.....incomparable contradictions.
I was mentally struggling. To take a risk out of desperation and cut off his repeated entanglement with me.....or....now, turn to walk away and continue having entanglements with him which would never be cut off completely........
Frankly speaking, the former was more attractive to me because recently I was really badly troubled by this man beside me. His pair of charming eyes caused people to fall for him, caused people to be emotionally affected by him, caused people to be damned eternally.
And I was.....afraid of falling.....afraid my heart would be emotionally affected.....afraid I would be lost with no hope of redemption.
I and Fei Ge were emotionally strong on the outside but were actually cowards inside.
After ten minutes of serious thinking, I made a timid decision. "I agree to your proposal."
Kang Zixian did not speak. I squeezed out a reluctant smile and decided to make a declaration. "But I would like to state that I also know a little about men's wickedness. I'm willing to agree to your proposal because initially, you had taken care of me for a night. If it was not for that night, I don't think I can trust you at all."
"I have passed the age of naivety and even at that age, I did not dare to go and stay in a strange man's house. Today I promised you......as you have said, between the two of us, we need to settle this........ Our acquaintance was a mistake and it was all my fault, so......."
I paused, turned around and bravely looked into his dark black eyes, seriously said. "So, this mistake should also be corrected by me. Let me prove to you, we are completely incompatible and for the moment you are just obsessed or lonely."
Kang Zixian looked at me deeply, unable to see his emotions, his pupils reflected my serious expression. The dusk filled world was still dominated by the rain and wind but I could not see anything, could not hear anything, I only could see his focused eye and his eye reflected his timid lonely self.
Half an hour later, I was standing on the balcony of Kang Zixian's penthouse overlooking the city's gorgeous night scene. The sky was still drizzling and in that spacious apartment, I was prancing around and shouting non-stop.
He lived in the district that was considered as the city's best real estate and where the most high-end properties were located. The average property price was enough to scare off anyone.
And he lived in the penthouse of the building, overlooking the city's most unique scenery.
It really gave a feeling of being high up above everything else, through the clouds, proudly looking down on the mortal beings at one's feet.
As for the surrounding low-key luxurious settings, after the excitement had died down, I strongly felt all these were unreal.
The kitchen in Kang Zixian's penthouse was completely new. In the refrigerator, there was a lot of mineral water, in addition to two eggs, two tomatoes, a few rotten vegetable leaves including a packet of noodles which was enough to cook up a simple meal.
I looked at him, his bachelor days must have been a desolate one and his material life a barren one. So with full of mischief, I pointed my finger towards the fridge and said. "Hey, Kang Zixian, your refrigerator has only a few pieces of rotten vegetable leaves only, the one retreating fifty steps laughing at another retreating hundred steps*......" (The pot calling the kettle black - she is referring to that time he criticized her about her kitchen).
I proudly asked him. "Ai, mushrooms can be grown in my kitchen, can your kitchen do that too?"
Kang Zixian came in wearing cotton slippers, glanced at the empty refrigerator, thought seriously for a while, then shook his head and said. "Cannot."
"My kitchen can be used as a garbage dump, one room with two functions, can yours?"
"No."
"The pot in my kitchen can be used to boil water until it turns black, can yours?"
"No."
"The dust in my kitchen can be collected as fertilizer for my flowers, can yours?"
Kang Zixian pondered for a while, patted my shoulder and said. "You win."
With the ingredients in his fridge, I started to cook a pot of clear noodle soup which did not look at all delicious.
Initially, Kang Zixian had suggested that we eat outside but I thought it was inappropriate for a man and a woman to seek for food in heavy rain. In the eyes of others, it would look like a romantic date and on top of that, from inside out, he looked wealthy. He was indeed wealthy and I did not want people to think that I cling to the wealthy.
Anyway, when I am with him, my whole body feels very awkward, so I waved my hand and refused.
The bowl of soup was really not delicious, too much salt had been added. I looked at Kang Zixian, pointing with my chin, said. "Here, this is yours."
The next second, I buried my head in the bowl of soup. Pouting my lips, I blew at the hot soup then started to eat the noodles without a care for my lady's manners.
This afternoon's exercise was too tiring and mental consumption was also in excess. I was terribly hungry and was not picky about food. These two years I had lived a simple life. Without knowing how to cook, I did not pay much attention to food and would just eat to fill my stomach.
I guessed Kang Zixian was also hungry but he ate more slowly than me. When I had swallowed up all the noodles in my bowl, held the bowl up and gurgled down all the soup, he had only eaten half a bowl of noodles.
After I had enough of eating and drinking, I put down the bowl on the tabletop and smacked my oily lips. Facing him, I began to pour out my speech that I had mentally prepared long ago.
"Kang Zixian, I do not want to hide or deceive you. Let's be open in our discussion."
"The truth is.....you are not my type. You are not the type that I like, sometimes you look like a good man and at other times you look like a rogue. You make me so confused."
"And as I said, I was a nightclub hostess when we met. You honestly have to admit that time you were actually looking for a one night stand. Ai..... I was surprised, how could you be attracted to a nightclub hostess? I say you must be sick, better to find someone to cure you, okay?"
Kang Zixian slowly swallowed a spoonful of soup, frowning said. "This soup is salty. Next time put in less salt."
I was anxious. "Ai.....don't change the topic. I'm serious. I'm trying to solve the problem between us. What do you think?"
I patted his shoulder, animatedly using my fingers to point at myself. "Look at me, don't you see? I'm a lazy good-for-nothing, love to swear, not a good cook, vexatious, chest size not up to expectation......"
I clasped my hands together in a begging posture and said pitifully. "I beg you, big brother....... Ignore my beauty and intelligence, just look at my disappointing chest size and please spare me......"
Kang Zixian quietly and gently puts down his chopsticks, used his chin to point at the bowls and chopsticks, said. "First, wash the bowls........and you won't stay here for free. This week my part-time maid is on leave, so wash the bowls and then clean up the house as payment for rent........"
I was surprised for a moment, pursed my lips, angrily slapped the table, stood up and asked fiercely. "Hey, Surname Kang. Now I know......what great proposal.....you just wanted me to work for you as a part-time maid! ! ! ! "
I really had a feeling of being deceived into entering a devil's cave.
Kang Zixian elegantly wiped his mouth, raised his head and slightly smiled. "It was you who drew my attention to your chest." His eyes deliberately lingered on my chest, smilingly said. "To the eyes of discerning men, it is really not that good but since you realize that your chest size is not good enough, then why don't you concentrate on other aspects to make up. What do you say?"
"Oh, and since today is humid, the floor need not be moped. But what did you say just now? That you are lazy? ......Then the floor had to be moped, both downstairs and upstairs."
I was filled with indignation, shaking my fingers at him. "You! ! ! ......you, you, I'll leave, okay?"
Kang Zixian slowly walked to the edge of the sofa, suddenly bent over to pick up my bag. My heart missed a skip. He pulled out my wallet, smiled at me and said. "It's not safe at night, I'll keep your wallet for you."
Under the warm light, this 30-year-old matured man with his back to the city lights, suddenly blinked at me, smiling mischievously, said. "I'll help you to keep it in my safe box to make sure it is safe."
The last sentence was said with a heavy emphasis and particularly slow.
"Ah......! ! ! !" I cried out loud and my lungs exploded.
The whole night, my face showed frustration, angrily did house cleaning from upstairs to downstairs, felt tired and sweated.
And the man who enslaved me was sitting on the sofa in the living room. From time to time working at the computer, he would look up at me and receive the vicious hatred in my eyes. His mouth would curve into a smile, take a sip of tea and continued to look at the computer screen.
I vented my anger on the mop, visualizing it as a person, twisted and cursed, cursed him and also myself, my heart was extremely depressed.
Obviously, in the beginning, victory could be clearly achieved with the topic discussed but when he opened his golden mouth, the situation suddenly reversed, turning around in circles. I felt confused, caught in the vicious circles, I could not find my way out.
My prime purpose was to extract myself from the strange maze of circles but with the man's manipulation, I was spontaneously caught in the strange maze, turning around in circles.
I was so stupid.
When the cleaning was completed and the man had acknowledged the cleaning was completed, it was already ten o'clock. Finally, I could go back to my room to take my bath and sleep.
I slept in a completely strange bed while the black-hearted man slept upstairs. I tossed and turned, could not sleep, got up and made sure that the door was locked, as insurance. Then I jumped back into bed again, clutching the quilt and closed my eyes.
Outside it was still raining endlessly, engulfing me in darkness. Suddenly the scene of him kissing me in the afternoon chaos, sprang into my mind. That kind of touching, anxious and intense feeling still lingered. My eyes opened wide, felt troubled and sat up.
It was really a chaotic night and time passed slowly, extremely slowly.
Later, I managed to fall asleep but my sleep was unstable. I had no idea what time it was, with the whole world asleep, when suddenly I woke up.
My stomach was grumbling.
I was hungry.
Lying in bed, tossing and turning several times, the images of chicken thighs kept flashing in my mind. Chicken thighs.....the greasy, fatty chicken thighs!
I felt I was going crazy with hunger.
I ate just a little at night and was also forced to do physical work, the noodles had digested long ago.
It was Kang Zixian's fault.
I thought of his evil deeds and my heart suddenly felt resentful. I planned to get even with him since he treated me badly, so will I.
I glanced at my phone. It was already two o'clock late at night, he would be sleeping soundly.
I tiptoed quietly upstairs, took a deep breath, grasped the doorknob and in the middle of the night, bitterly howled like a ghost. "Kang Zixian, Kang Zixian.....I'm hungry, I'm hungry.....*wu, wu, wu*.... I want to eat chicken........"