"Hello."
Chu Lingtian pressed the call button and spoke.
Liu Bingxue's voice came from the other end of the phone, "Where are you?"
"I'm at the apartment I rented, missing me?"
Chu Lingtian teased.
"Be at the underground parking lot to pick me up at seven-thirty sharp tomorrow."
Liu Bingxue hung up the phone.
Chu Lingtian smiled and put his phone in his pocket.
Yuan Jing said with a smile, "Another woman called you. What exactly do you do? Why do so many women look for you."
"Guess."
Chu Lingtian chuckled.
"You're not a gigolo or a male escort, are you?"
Yuan Jing looked Chu Lingtian up and down with her beautiful eyes, her expression shocked.
Chu Lingtian gave Yuan Jing a look and asked, "Is there a difference?"
"Of course there's a difference. Male escorts are like prostitutes, selling themselves every day. Gigolos are a bit better, like male courtesans. Although they're all selling themselves, they do it more elegantly, even playing with emotions."
Yuan Jing explained earnestly.
"You know so much about these things..."
Chu Lingtian looked at Yuan Jing with an expression that seemed to say, "Since you know so much, are you one of them?"
"You scoundrel, don't look at me with such a lewd gaze. I, this noble flight attendant, even though I'm on vacation due to some issues, I wouldn't do such a despicable thing."
Yuan Jing understood his implication from his gaze and said angrily.
"Female celebrities, flight attendants, and female influencers. They say they are the three most active in selling themselves these days."
Chu Lingtian said deliberately.
"Indeed, the economy is not good now, and everyone finds it difficult to make money. More and more beautiful women are starting to sell themselves to earn money. But everyone has their own aspirations. Some beauties are very principled, preferring to eat less, drink less, wear less, and use less, rather than sell their bodies. For example, I am such a beautiful woman with aspirations!"
Yuan Jing's face was serious, and her tone was very firm.
Chu Lingtian smiled and thought, "You have aspirations? Then you must be willing to co-rent with a stranger like me, not afraid of being violated, and even taking on all the chores like laundry, cooking, and cleaning."
However, Chu Lingtian wouldn't say this aloud. After all, it was quite good to co-rent with Yuan Jing. She was beautiful, had a curvaceous figure, was pleasing to the eye, could bear half the rent, and also did the laundry, cooking, and cleaning. Such a co-renting beautiful maid was probably nowhere to be found in the world.
"If you really have aspirations, treat me to a good meal tonight."
After thinking for a moment, Chu Lingtian deliberately provoked Yuan Jing.
"Don't even think about it. Tonight, I can only treat you to maocai. But don't underestimate this maocai restaurant; it's very delicious!" Yuan Jing immediately refused Chu Lingtian's idea of eating other good things without hesitation, and then asked, "What kind of work do you do?"
"I work as a security guard in a company."
Chu Lingtian replied.
Yuan Jing shook her head, looking incredulous, "A security guard? Impossible. How can a mere security guard like you have so many women looking for you?"
"Why is that impossible? With my handsomeness and charm, it's normal for women to like me."
Chu Lingtian spoke with a very serious expression.
"Nonsense. In this materialistic and money-driven society, men need money. There are many handsome men, but without money, it's hard to win women's favor. Besides, you're not exceptionally handsome. You were just discussing female celebrities, flight attendants, and influencers selling themselves for money with me. You, a security guard earning only a few thousand yuan a month, can afford to play with them?"
Yuan Jing took the opportunity to mock Chu Lingtian. She had not forgotten the resentment from being suppressed in various ways earlier and wanted to "retaliate" whenever she had the chance.
"Why would I spend money? I, Chu Lingtian, never spend money on women. I rely on my own charm to attract women who willingly come to bed."
Chu Lingtian shrugged.
"Tsk, you scoundrel, keep bragging."
Yuan Jing scornfully looked at Chu Lingtian, clearly not believing a word. She quickly walked into the maocai restaurant in front of them.
Chu Lingtian followed her in.
They ordered a large pot of maocai, with meat and vegetables, and received two bottles of drinks and two large bowls of rice. It cost only eighty-eight yuan, which was indeed cheap and affordable.
Just as Chu Lingtian and Yuan Jing started eating, an unfriendly voice sounded from beside them.
"Oh, isn't this the former beauty of our class, Yuan Jing?"
"Damn, who is this pretty boy eating with her? He's too ugly."
"Pretty Yuan, we heard you were a flight attendant. Why are you back? Is this ugly pretty boy your boyfriend?"
Three young men with tattoos on their necks, arms, and the backs of their hands looked at Yuan Jing and Chu Lingtian. They started speaking rudely and offensively, very arrogant and impolite.
Yuan Jing glanced at the three young men. They were former classmates who lived in the same neighborhood and had studied at the same school. All three had pursued her in the past.
But Yuan Jing had rejected all of them. As she had expected, after so many years, these three male classmates were still not doing well and had joined gangs, becoming thugs.
"Do you three have something to say? If not, please leave and don't delay our meal."
Yuan Jing had never had a good impression of these three old classmates and was even more disgusted seeing them like this. She directly asked them to leave.
*Swish!*
One of the men, who seemed to be the leader with a triangular black tattoo on his neck, arrogantly sat next to Chu Lingtian and asked, "Kid, what's your name?"
"Cai Quan, that's enough!"
Yuan Jing reprimanded.
"Heh heh, for three years in high school, I pursued you tirelessly, but you always refused to be with me. Today, I just want to know, why would you agree to be with this man who isn't handsome and doesn't seem capable? How am I, Cai Quan, inferior to him!"
Cai Quan sneered coldly, full of resentment. He felt it was too shameful and unacceptable to lose to a man like Chu Lingtian.
"He's not my boyfriend, just someone I'm co-renting with."
Yuan Jing retorted angrily, only wanting Cai Quan and the others to disappear quickly.
"Co-renting? You mean living together!" Cai Quan became even angrier upon hearing Yuan Jing's words. He kicked the chair Chu Lingtian was sitting on heavily with his foot and slapped the table with one hand, demanding, "Kid, you still haven't answered my question. What's your name and what do you do?"
"My name is Chu Lingtian, and I'm currently working as a security guard in a company."
Chu Lingtian replied with a harmless smile, but as he spoke, the chopsticks in his right hand pierced through Cai Quan's hand that was on the table, along with the tabletop.