Chapter 1 "Hey, Yaffi, what's up?"

"Nothing, just missing you, my dear Lily."

"Why is it so noisy there?"

"I'm at a bar."

"Oh, envious, living the good life."

"Hey, don't mention it. By the way, why aren't you asleep so late?"

"How would I answer your call if I were asleep?"

"Heh, you fake. What are you doing?"

"Rushing a report, gotta hand it in tomorrow."

"Tsk tsk, working so hard till now, you don't want your skin anymore?"

"Can good skin be eaten? Can it pay the rent? Besides, I don't have as good a life as you, with family connections to get into the bank."

"Alright, alright, you know exactly what my family situation is, standard working class. Stop giving me sarcastic remarks.

They think they begged and pleaded to get me into the bank, and tell everyone my daughter now has a government job, thinking I'm living a beautiful life.

In reality, I'm just a teller, smiling all day, with a pile of tasks every month, lots of work and few benefits, everyone can bully you. I feel like I'm being kneaded into a longan."

"That's just how life is."

"I don't want to live like this. How long have we been out of school? If I live like this, find a man and have a kid, this life will just go on muddled. You tell me, a woman's youth is only a few years, I feel like I'm losing out."

"You and Zhao Yang broke up?"

"Broke up, long ago. Broke up not long after graduation. His family wanted him to go back to his hometown, and he wanted to take me back too. What would I do going back with him?

It'd be one thing if I could go back with him and be a young mistress, but his family is in the countryside. Am I, Sun Yaffi, supposed to travel thousands of miles back to his hometown to struggle with him, have his babies, do housework, and help him pay off the mortgage?"

"Actually, Zhao Yang is a pretty good guy."

"If you want him, go contact him. We're best friends, so what's mine is yours."

"Tch, shameless."

"Hahaha... Oh, my friend's here. Gotta go. Let's hang out sometime. Goodnight, Lily. Sleep early."

"Goodnight. You be safe too, still at the bar so late."

"Okay, okay, I'm hanging up."

“Hey, Lily, what are you doing?"

"Eating."

"What time is it? Late-night snack or dinner?"

"Dinner."

"Overtime again?"

"Yeah, endless overtime."

"Got a favor to ask."

"Go ahead."

"In two hours, call me and see if I answer. If I don't, you...you...call the police."

"Sun Yaffi, what are you going to do?"

"I'm at the Four Seasons Hotel on Chunxi Road, remember that."

"Hey, Sun Yaffi, what exactly are you going to do???"

"Beep...beep...beep..."

“Hello…”

"Sun Yaffi, you finally answered! I almost called the police!"

"It's...it's nothing, Lily, it's okay, I'm okay."

"What did you go do?"

"Wuwuwu…wuwuwu…"

"Yaffi, why are you crying? What's wrong?"

"Lily, I'm shameless, I'm a shameless woman, for money, I'm so brazen, I'm a real bitch…"

"Yaffi, you…"

"Lily, I'm not convinced, why can other people use good things, wear good things, and I can only sit behind the counter all day long being bossed around, why?

I'm no worse than them, I'm really no worse than them, I also want to live that kind of life, I also want…"

"Yaffi, calm down…"

"Lily, okay, I'm home, I'm going to take a shower, you get some rest, I'm sorry, as your friend, I've made you lose face."

"No, it's not, Yaffi…"

"Beep...beep...beep..."

“Hello, Lily.”

“Yaffi, I’m here, are you okay?”

“Impression Hotel in Hongpailou, same as last time.”

“This…”

“Lily, I’ve thought it through, it doesn’t matter anymore.”

“I don’t think you should continue, Yaffi.”

“Two hours, call me then, I’ll find you for a midnight snack after I’m done.”

“Yaffi, hello, Yaffi…”

“Beep...beep...beep...”

“Hello, Lily, what are you doing? On vacation?”

“No, overtime during the holiday, the company is busy lately.”

“Still working overtime on holidays, your boss is heartless. It seems all capitalists are the same. So, can you take leave? Just forget the holiday overtime pay, I’ll take you on a trip to Thailand.”

“I can’t, this project is at a crucial stage, it’s not convenient to take leave.”

“Sigh, projects, work, projects, even if the project succeeds you won’t get much of a bonus, why keep toiling away in that company like a fool.”

“What about you, did you quit?”

“Quit? Why would I quit, heh heh;

I’d have to be out of my mind to quit, with this job, one deal of mine is worth two or three of other people’s, one deal is worth more than your monthly salary plus bonus.”

“Yaffi, are you planning to keep doing this?”

“Let’s just do it for now, Lily, honestly, I’ve seen through it all, in this society, you can be without anything, just not without money, if you don’t have money, life isn’t comfortable, if you don’t have money, people look down on you!”

“But, don’t you think about the future?”

“The future, why think so far ahead, just live in the moment, honestly, Lily, aren’t you tempted? In school, you were prettier than me, more guys chased you than chased me.”

“I…”

“Don’t touch this, Lily, I was just kidding, this is a pit, once you jump in, you can’t climb out, you’re a good girl, I can’t corrupt you.

Really, after doing it two or three times, I knew I couldn’t climb out, the money comes too fast, really too fast, one deal plus tips is much more than I make working hard.

My values collapsed, if you want me to go back to work and earn that dead salary, I really can’t do it, really, there’s no going back.”

“Yaffi, I sincerely suggest you can end it, otherwise you’ll sink deeper and deeper.”

“But, mine is different from those in clubs, mine is expensive, those who are willing to date me are all not short of money, hehe, I tell them I just started, because my parents are in bad health and need money for medical treatment.

Lily, someone has already said they want to take care of me, I’m still considering it.”

“Take care of you?”

“Yeah, the money is good, it’s just that he’s a bit old, and has a family, I’ll see.

To be honest, doing this is no different from blind dating, and the blind date conditions are much higher than in matchmaking agencies.”

“Yaffi, you should stop, go back to a normal life, I think that’s the right thing…”

“Okay, I’ll contact you when I get back from my trip, I’ll bring you some gifts.”

“Hey, Lily, did you see my WeChat Moments?”

“I saw it, that bag.”

“More than ten thousand yuan, given by a client, I had someone find a relationship to verify it, it’s genuine, not a fake.”

“Mm.”

“And he’s also young, just two years older than me, his family has money, he’s a rich second generation, quite simple.”

“What, are you interested in him?”

“Let me tell you, this kid is a little introverted, he’s obsessed with me now, he’s asked me out six times this month, I feel like, if I tease him a bit more, I can get my hands on him.”

“That’s, congratulations.”

“Right? I also think so, after all, this line of work can’t be done for too long, and there will always be a day when I’m old, just like in *Pipa Xing*; (The Song of the Pipa)

I understand now why those female stars are all desperately trying to marry into wealthy families.”

“If his family is very rich, his parents…”

“I know, don’t worry, I’ve already got this silly boy so infatuated with me, when my belly gets bigger, I’ll go do a paternity test, it’ll definitely be his kid!

Then his parents will definitely agree to let me in, besides, he’s not stupid, he wouldn’t tell his parents what I did before.

I also asked him, if he would dislike me, do you know what he said?

He said, everyone has a hard time, I’m making money to get medical treatment for my parents, he admires me, and respects me, and wants to be with me forever.

Oh my, makes me laugh.”

“Then it seems, he’s really not bad.”

“Okay, okay, gotta go do my hair, talk later.”

“Mm, talk later.”

“Hey, Lily, let me tell you something, it’s so funny.”

“What is it?”

“He said he wants me to have a baby for him, oh my god, that’s exactly what I was thinking.”

“Looks like he really likes you.”

“Yeah, sigh, I really feel a bit guilty, this silly kid is so easily fooled by me, he’s determined to be with me, and said he’s going to take me to meet his parents in a while.”

“Then, congratulations Yaffi.”

“Oh yeah, his family seems to be in the foreign trade clothing business, you wait, Lily, when I really get into their family, I’ll arrange a job for you too, then you’ll have to call me boss lady.”

“Hehe, I’m alright, it’s you, Yaffi, since he’s sincerely good to you, you should settle down too.”

“What are you thinking, I’ve already settled down, he’s the only one now, I wouldn’t be stupid enough to pick up sesame seeds and lose the watermelon. I’ll have him buy me a car in a while, and then, we’ll drive together to a rural farmhouse in the suburbs to relax.”

“Okay, I’ll wait for you.”

“Hey, Lily, hahahahaha…”

“What’s the happy occasion, laughing so happily.”

“Lily, you know what, he just called and asked me to go to that KTV on Jianguo Road, and deliberately made it so mysterious.”

“He’s planning to give you a surprise, right?”

“Aiya, these young boys, they’re just too inexperienced, still trying to hide it from me, I think he’s going to propose to me, because when we were together last night, I saw receipts for cake and flowers in his wallet.”

“Then congratulations, you’re really going to settle down.”

“I’m already at the KTV… Hello, excuse me, which way to the Emperor Suite? That way, okay, thank you bro.”

"Give me a cup of forgetting love potion, in exchange for one night of not crying..."

"I'm used to, your sudden self, free and easy, seeing nature through..."

"It's so noisy, really, why choose a KTV for a proposal."

"You're showing off, right? Don't forget, I'm still single."

"Alright, alright, Lily, don't worry, I know a few of his buddies, they're rich second-generation circles, I'll introduce you to one in a while, your conditions aren't bad.

Huff... Finally found it, no, I have to pretend I don't know anything, hahaha, I have to pretend to be surprised;

Aiya, dating a young boy is really like being his mother, I have to think about everything for him."

"Squeak..."

"Here it comes, here it comes!"

"Wow!!!!"

"Welcome welcome!!"

"Wow!!!"

"Welcome to... the AIDS club!"