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Published at 21st of April 2023 05:32:06 AM


Chapter 13

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A warm breath came from the side of the ear, itching and provocative, Lu Zhiqiao suddenly shuddered, and unconsciously tilted her head, her ear was about to be pressed against Qi Yan's lips. She wanted to hide, but she couldn't control her emotions, so she didn't move, and just let the other woman hug her.

Qi Yan was sure that she would not push away, so she tightened her arms and pecked her on the face: "After all, distant relatives are not as good as close neighbors." 

At this time, Lu Zhiqiao had mixed feelings. Her mind was full of self-blame and sorrow, as well as the embarrassment of being knocked out of her gaffe, so this person's temperature made her feel at ease.

Seeing that she looked sad and silent, Qi Yan didn't say much, she just hugged her quietly and breathed at the same frequency as her.

For a moment, Lu Zhiqiao struggled a little, got out of her embrace, and gasped softly, "Ms. Qi, I'm sorry to trouble you again, Niuniu's medical expenses..." 

"If you don't eat breakfast, it will be cold." Qi Yan smiled, cutting her off and lowered her arms, turned around and walked to the dining table, "Do you want to wake up Niuniu?"

Calling someone else's daughter's nickname is easy to say.

Lu Zhiqiao's eyes were red, she glanced at the steaming breakfast on the dining table, walked over mechanically, then sat down. She came back early in the morning and didn't get to eat anything, she was really hungry at the moment.

"No, I'll let her sleep for a while."

Qi Yan nodded, put a bowl of porridge in front of her, and stretched out her thin white wrists, "It's the first time I cook for others."

After speaking, she smiled again. Added: "My first love didn't even have this kind of treatment."

Lu Zhiqiao was taken aback, for some reason, her attention was fixated on the word "first love", and she had a little curious thought, but it quickly vanished without a trace. She thanked her and lowered her head to stir the porridge with a spoon, then took a mouthful, it tasted very good.

"It's really tiring to do sales." Qi Yan peeled the eggs in her hand, and suddenly said to herself. Her slender fingers are green and white, and her nails are neatly trimmed.

Lu Zhiqiao knew that she had seen her circle of friends, so she stopped hiding, hummed, and continued to eat her porridge.

"Is it really that hard?"

"The monthly mortgage is more than 30,000 yuan, food, clothing, housing, transportation, child's education, everything is money." 

Lu Zhiqiao never likes to complain and rarely talks about these things to others. Maybe it's because her daughter is sick. The shock that came was too strong, and she was a little confused.

"If I don't strive hard at work, how can I give my daughter a better future?"

*this line was translated "how can my child have poetry and distant place - tried to run searches got a few hits but none explains what it meant, if somebody knows please help.

It's rare that she is willing to say a few more words.

But this woman is too calm, even if her mood is not stable at this moment, there is still no wave in her eyes, only a slight sourness floats on the surface, which is because she cried just now.

Qi Yan sighed, and put the peeled egg into her bowl, "When were you born?" "

"86."

The round egg sank into the porridge, Lu Zhiqiao scooped it up with a spoon, and took a small bite.

Qi Yan asked in surprise, "So young?" 

She is only thirty-two years old, and she has a twelve-year-old daughter, which means that she had a child at the age of twenty, and she had just reached the legal age of marriage. Was it a shotgun marriage? But college years is too early to get married and have children.

Lu Zhiqiao paused, suddenly realized something, looked a little unnatural, and didn't answer.

"And you?

"91."

Three-generation gap, make that two generation gaps*.

*I know, know math ain't mathing, I don't understand this too but I'm guessing it has something to do with Chinese age system, if somebody knows please help. 

...

Because of illness, Lu Wei had to ask for leave to recuperate at home. She didn't go to class for a whole week and missed a lot of new content. Lu Zhiqiao still goes to work every day, but she will find time to come back to cook at noon, and leave work on time in the evening, without taking work home.

This state only lasted for two days before it was broken by Qi Yan without making a sound.

At first, Qi Yan just came over to help cook a meal at noon. Later, whenever there was no class, she would go home to make up lessons for Lu Wei and help with homework while at it.

After her daughter's illness, Lu Zhiqiao no longer felt embarrassed when facing Qi Yan, and the distance between the two seemed to be a little closer. She could persuade herself to accept Qi Yan's help as a neighbor, for the sake of her daughter but it doesn't mean she does it with peace of mind.

“Other parents can't wait for the teacher to pay more attention to their children. It's good for you, you don't even have to ask." Qi Yan pressed Lu Zhiqiao on the sofa, wrapped around her like a snake, kissed her from forehead to chin, and finally stopped at the tear mole, gently tracing with her fingertips.

Lu Zhiqiao's heart was in a mess, thinking about many things, so she didn't have the slightest intention of resisting, and let her have her way.

When she came back from work today, she saw Qi Yan helping her daughter review for a test, The two figures; one big and one small, were sitting in front of the desk, the lights were warm, and the picture was harmonious. She was astonished and even more ashamed.

These are what she should do as a mother, but she has never fulfilled her responsibilities in this area for many years, and now suddenly someone replaces her, and that person has no obligation to do so.

Furthermore, the Education Bureau has regulations prohibiting teachers from making up lessons in private. Although Qi Yan is free of charge, it is still unfair to other students.

For the rest, she didn't want to think about it.

"No, I really can't trouble you any more..." Before she could finish speaking, a moist hot breath fell on her eyelids, she subconsciously closed her eyes, and there was a muffled sound in her throat.

Qi Yan sucked the tear mole, held her face in her palm, and said in a soft voice, "Because it's you, I'm happy."

"Teacher Qi—"

"Call my name."

Lu Zhiqiao suddenly blushed, her lips twitched for a while, but she couldn't cry out.

"Hurry up." Qi Yan pretended not to see, urging forcefully.

Although she is an executive at her company, she has never done it even at the workplace. But with Qi Yan, she had no choice but to compromise: "Qi Yan..."

Qi Yan smiled in satisfaction, pecked her lips again, lowered her head slightly, her long black and soft hair fell down, indescribably charming. "I won't force others to make things difficult. If you don't want to accept it, I won't do it, but the final exam is one month away, and the first year of junior high school is the foundation. It will be difficult for Niuniu to make up for it in the future."

She said seriously, Lu Zhiqiao was at a loss for words for a while, with conflicting thoughts.

Scores may not matter in the short term, but learning is like building a house. If the foundation is not laid well, the building will be a dangerous.

Seeing that she didn't say anything more, Qi Yan folded her arms and hugged her tightly, the tip of her nose slid down against her face, smelling her scent, she grabbed that lip without politeness, and sucked it gently and carefully.

"When are you free, let's go shoot a film, huh?" "

"...Chinese New Year." Lu Zhiqiao closed her eyes and responded vaguely, her hands couldn't help but climbed onto Qi Yan's shoulders.

This person is highly skilled, and knows where her sensitive points are, she can easily break her down with just a few random teasing. Before, she deliberately kept a distance, and she could barely restrain herself, but now she didn't know whether it was because of a debt of favor, or something else, she couldn't even make a cold face, she just felt like a fish on the chopping board, letting it be slaughtered.

"Okay." Qi Yan was also a little out of control, under her gentle skin was a beast's heart: impatient.

But she finally let go of Lu Zhiqiao.

The two shadows merged closely under the light, Lu Zhiqiao leaned on the sofa, her eyes were dazed and blurred, her mouth was slightly open, panting, and the buttons of her pajamas were unbuttoned twice, looking embarrassed and seductive.

Qi Yan tried her best to suppress the desire in her heart, deliberately avoiding to look at it, just kissed the tear mole, and said softly: "It's late, go back and rest."

"..." 

...

After class on Friday morning, Qi Yan went back to the faculty to take a rest, and just chatted with her colleagues for a moment, when her friend Chi Nian called and said that she had been promoted and wanted to invite her to dinner to celebrate.

Chi Nian is a friend Qi Yan met in the photography club. They are same aged  The two usually make appointments together when they are free, and exchange photography things. They are quite compatible. The only difference is that Chi Nian is straight and newly married for a year, while Qi Yan is still single.

Different orientations did not prevent the two from being friends.

Chi Nian majored in international trade at their university, and has directly engaged in the foreign trade industry since she graduated. She is currently working at the headquarters of the Xinbei Group. She was promoted as supervisor after two years, and this year she was promoted to a regional manager. Marriage, now career and love double harvest.

The two made an appointment to have dinner at the Japanese food store near the Xinbei Building, because Chi Nian had to work in the afternoon and it was inconvenient to travel too far, and Qi Yan had no class in the afternoon, so it didn't matter.

"It's such a big happy event, I should treat you to dinner." After meeting and chatting for a while, the two sat down in a tatami mat, and Qi Yan directly pushed the menu to Chi Nian. 

"Just order."

A few days ago, she promised her parents and came to find her friend to inquire about the situation. Originally, she wanted to invite Chi Nian to dinner, but now she happened to have a ready-made reason.

Chi Nian has a loli face, which doesn't match the serious and casual attire on her body, but she has a good appearance and has the temperament of a strong woman in the workplace. She smiled at Qi Yan and raised her eyebrows: 

"Then I won't hold back.."

"Don't be soft." Qi Yan smiled.

After all, Chi Nian is not the kind of person who takes advantage of her friends, she randomly ordered different food according to her appetite. Qi Yan thought she had a small stomach, so she added more dishes.

There were not many people in the shop, and it was fairly clean. While waiting for the food, the two chatted and reminisced about the old days.

"Other companies are very busy until the end of the year, but we are getting more and more idle. The salesmen at the bottom only send letters and calls every day to maintain old customers, and dare not take big orders."

"What?" 

Chii Nian took a sip of lemonade and said in a low voice, "Some time ago, the factory that cooperated with our company had an accident, and production could no longer be scheduled, and new products could not be supplied, so we had to stock up."

Qi Yan was still deliberating how to ask unexpectedly, Chi Nian took the initiative to say so. She pretended not to care and said: "It's fine, just change to another partner." "

I was talking to Senyang Technology, but I heard that it was a hard bone, and I couldn't chew it off. I don't know what happened. This job fell to our director."

Her company was said to be tough, Qi Yan became more and more curious, opened her mouth, and was about to ask but then the waiter knocked on the door and served the food one after another, interrupting their conversation.

When Qi Yan asked again, it turned out her father was right, Chi Nian didn't know the details, and all she said were vague information from her colleagues..

...

After dinner, Qi Yan proposed to go inside the building to take a look, Chi Nian readily agreed.

Xinbei is a big company, and the whole building is decorated in a very grand style. The employees inside are full of energy, and behave in a well-behaved manner. Qi Yan was used to being free and loose since she was a child, and she felt suffocated after staying for a while.

She sat in Chi Nian's office for a while, drank a cup of coffee, and got up to leave. Chi Nian offered to see her off, and the two went to wait for the elevator together.

Passing by the washroom, Qi Yan suddenly smelled a familiar cold fragrance, but didn't stop and walked straight over, and then heard the sound of high heels, she subconsciously turned her head and saw a woman's profile.

The tear mole at the corner of the eye is extremely clear.




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