10 THE FEAR OF MISSING OU (2/2)
Xuan Tianyi didn't believe her. Hua Zhendan was rich, good-looking and smart. Unless he intimidated Xuan Tianmei in the way he did him, Xuan Tianyi couldn't see how any straight girl in their right mind would not like him in that way?
As Xuan Tianyi watched Xuan Tianmei, he saw an inconspicuous emotion that could've been either fear or panic flit across her face.
”What's the matter?” he asked her.
”I can't believe you flirted with my boss,” she complained.
Xuan Tianyi frowned.
”What if he were straight, got offended, and fired me?”
”I didn't know he was your boss,”
”As if that'd stopped you,” she scoffed.
Xuan Tianyi sighed. ”Contrary to what you think, I don't sleep with everyone I meet.”
”Really?”
”Really,” he defended himself, ”We talked about this last night.”
”I don't remember.”
”Well, I said I draw the line at rich people. If I don't know you're rich, I don't mind spending the night with you. But once I know who you are, well, I draw the line.”
”Disgusting,” Xuan Tianmei remarked, and Xuan Tianyi smirked. ”So you've drawn a line between you and Hua Zhendan?”
”I have,” Xuan Tianyi said. Although he didn't, he very much wanted to add 'Moreover, he intimidates me.'
Xuan Tianmei's phone beeped. She stared at it and frowned.
”What's it?” Xuan Tianyi who didn't seem to miss any changes in Xuan Tianmei's expression asked.
”Nothing,” Xuan Tianmei shook her head. She stood up and placed her bowl of unfinished rice porridge in the kitchen sink. Although she knew she'd return to meet the dishes unwashed, she still said to Xuan Tianyi, ”I've got to meet up with someone. Please help me do the dishes when you're done eating.”
”Who are you going to meet?” Xuan Tianyi asked.
”No-one you know,” Xuan Tianmei replied picking up her purse and heading for the door.
”You know you can introduce me to your boyfriend, right?” Xuan Tianyi quickly concluded that maybe the reason she didn't like Hua Zhendan was that she already had someone. ”I promise I won't seduce him.”
”Fuck you,” Xuan Tianmei said, opened the door and left the house.
When Xuan Tianyi finished eating, he picked up his empty bowl and dumped it on Xuan Tianmei's bowl in the kitchen sink. He filled a glass with water from the tap and drank it. He placed the half-empty glass on the dining table and made his way to the single couch in the middle of the living room.
Laying down on the sofa, he closed his eyes and let himself fantasize about being rich and living in a big ass house with his sister and cute puppies running around.
As Xuan Tianyi was a pessimistic person, fantasizing wasn't an endeavor he indulged in. But at the moment, he felt as if Hua Zhendan had given him the right to fantasize about being wealthy when he had given him that offer.
To strangers, he had never been good for anything more than meaningless sexual encounters. To have someone look at him and see someone who could make something of himself was a little too phenomenal. Didn't people say that if it seems as though it's too good to be true, then it probably is?
He couldn't help feeling like If he did call the number on the card that he wanted to accept the offer, it would turn out to be some cruel prank.
Thinking about the ridiculous job offer, Xuan Tianyi didn't know when he fell asleep.