Golden Scale [EN]: Chapter 11

It was almost 6:00 PM when I left the hospital, so I headed straight to Xidan. I waited in front of the CAAC (Civil Aviation Administration of China) ticket office for less than ten minutes before I saw Chen Qian come out. I quickly approached her, “Chen Qian, how about we grab some dinner?” Chen Qian looked surprised at first, but when she saw it was Hou Longtao, she replied, “I… I have plans tonight.” “I know I was a bit out of line yesterday morning, but I’m not going to bite your head off, and I’m not a bad guy. We can still be friends, even if we can’t be lovers, right?” As I said this, I could feel my heart sinking.

Chen Qian looked up, “I really do have something on. Here’s my business card with my phone number. How about we do it another day?” Just then, a dark green Camry pulled up, and a man leaned out, “Chen Qian, are you ready? Let’s go.” His tone was impatient.

“My boyfriend is waiting for me. See you another day.” She said and hurried away. “Damn it, she didn’t even take my phone number. It’s clear she won’t be contacting me.” Hou Longtao turned around. The guy in the car had slicked-back hair and a face full of makeup; he was obviously a playboy. Chen Qian got into the car, and the guy glanced at her. Seeing that Hou Longtao was still watching them, he smirked, pulled Chen Qian close, and kissed her. As the Camry drove past Hou Longtao, he even gave him a contemptuous look. Hou Longtao stood there, and for a moment, he felt a surge of murderous rage. He took out his phone, “Long, have you eaten yet?” “Not yet, what’s up, Fourth Brother? Is something wrong?” Long could hear the tension in his voice. “Let’s grab something together then, just the hotpot place at the entrance. Keep me company for a while.” He hung up and realized he felt completely drained…

The sky was completely dark. Two young men in their twenties were sitting on a stone platform in the garden behind the Trade Union building, smoking and chatting. The area was enclosed by buildings on three sides, creating a wind tunnel, which was a popular spot to cool off after dinner in the summer, but tonight it was deserted.

“Fourth Brother, you’re really hung up on this. The girls you’re seeing now are just as good as Chen Qian. Why do you keep obsessing over her? Isn’t it enough to just have pretty girls to play around with?” Long flicked his cigarette butt away, looking indifferent. “Damn it, I called you out here to talk about her, not to get a lecture. I know it’s irrational, but I can’t just forget her. When I think about her being with that guy, I want to kill someone.” Hou Longtao’s anger flared. “Yeah, yeah, yeah, it’s all her fault. How dare she be with another man? She should have remained celibate for you, someone she hasn’t seen in seven years and doesn’t even like. The moment you call, she should drop everything for you, and she even dares to have dinner with her boyfriend. Unbelievable!” Long’s voice dripped with sarcasm.

“What the hell are you saying… I knew I shouldn’t have called you out here. You’re just making me feel worse.” Just as they were arguing, four boys and two girls walked towards them. One of the girls was wearing a black short leather skirt, high leather boots, and heavy makeup. She looked like a rebellious teenager, probably sixteen or seventeen years old. The other two girls were also quite attractive.

“Brother Long, what are you doing here?” One of the boys recognized Long, and everyone gathered around. Hou Longtao looked them over, and didn’t recognize any of them. It really was a case of the new generation replacing the old. Because Long usually didn’t act like a big shot, the kids immediately started chatting with him. In fact, he only recognized three of them; he was meeting the older one and the two girls for the first time.

“Brother Long, this is my cousin Cui Xiang. He’s a big shot around Gulou [a neighborhood in Beijing]. Cousin, this is Lin Long, Brother Long.” He glanced at Hou Longtao, who was silent with his head down, assuming he was just one of Long’s underlings, so he ignored him. If he knew that this was the boss of the currently powerful “East Star” [likely a reference to a triad or gang], he would be scared to death.

Long shook hands with Cui Xiang as a greeting. “Long, do you have any cigarettes? Give us a few.” Cui Xiang, emboldened by his cousin’s praise, was acting cocky. Long glanced at the empty cigarette pack on the ground. “I just finished smoking. Ask him.” He nodded towards Hou Longtao.

“Hey, give me a cigarette.” Hou Longtao looked at him over the top of his glasses and handed him the cigarette pack. Cui Xiang gave everyone one, except for Hou Longtao. “Zhongnanhai [a common brand of cigarettes in China], huh? Guess we’ll have to make do.” He lit one for the girl in the leather skirt and then unceremoniously pocketed the rest.

“Idiot, you just walked into a trap.” When Long saw Hou Longtao’s unhappy expression, he knew there would be a new story to tell Fatty and the others. If you want to start a fight, women are the best catalyst. “Who are these two girls? They’re quite pretty.” Naturally, Long wanted to help his Fourth Brother vent his anger. “I just met them at the 2-7 arcade [likely a local arcade]. I’m taking them home to hang out. Cousin, let’s go.” He noticed that Long was paying attention to the two women and was afraid that his prey would be snatched away, so he hurriedly tried to leave.

Just as the six of them were about to leave, they heard Hou Longtao say, “Wait a minute, leave the cigarettes here.” Cui Xiang was really shameless. “What’s the matter, buddy? It’s just a pack of cigarettes. Why are you being so stingy?” Hou Longtao tilted his head and sized him up. He was wearing a vocational high school uniform and was at most a thug from school who thought he was a big deal just because he knew a couple of people outside.

Even if he was just a third-rate punk, even if he was the King of Heaven, Hou Longtao was going to mess with him today. “You’re not stingy? Good. There are four of you and only two girls. How are you going to split them up? There are only two of us, perfect. You can take the cigarettes, and I’ll keep the girls.” He pulled the girl in the leather skirt onto his lap and put his hand directly on her bare thigh outside the skirt. “Damn it, you…” Before Cui Xiang could finish speaking, Long grabbed his hair and forced him to bend over. Hou Longtao pushed the girl away and kicked him in the face. “Ah!” Cui Xiang screamed. His hands flew to his face, which was already throbbing from Long’s grip. Then he was kicked hard in the stomach a few times and couldn’t hold on any longer, collapsing to his knees. The two girls saw someone fighting for them and just watched coldly from the sidelines, neither trying to stop it nor running away. The remaining three kids were first stunned by the sudden change, but when they came to their senses, they quickly went up to mediate. “Get the hell out of here.” Long glared at them, and the three of them didn’t dare to get any closer. “What the hell? Who are you trying to scare? I’ll scare your mom, idiot. I’m in a bad mood today, and you just had to run into me.” Hou Longtao beat and cursed, venting all his frustration with Chen Qian on this unlucky guy.

The cousin couldn’t bear to watch his cousin being beaten until his nose and mouth were bleeding. “Brother Long, Brother Long, please spare my cousin.” “Don’t ask me, ask my Fourth Brother.” “This…” “My Fourth Brother, Hou Longtao, haven’t you heard of him?” “Ah!?” The kid was scared out of his wits. “Brother Tao, please, don’t hit him anymore.” Hou Longtao was also getting tired of hitting him, so he turned to the two girls and asked, “Who are you going with?” The girl in the leather skirt smiled flirtatiously. “Of course, we’re going with Brother Tao and Brother Long.” The two stopped beating him and walked towards the girls. Hou Longtao turned back and pointed at Cui Xiang, who was panting heavily. “Son of a bitch, don’t let me see you again, or I’ll beat you every time I see you.” After saying that, he put his arms around one girl each and left. They booked two rooms at the Jingfan Hotel. As soon as they entered the elevator, Hou Longtao’s hand reached into the girl’s skirt, groping and scratching at her crotch, making the girl moan. When they got into the room, he didn’t say a word, put on a condom, pinned the girl against the wall, lifted her skirt, and fucked her from behind.

It was a brutal experience for this girl. Her breasts were being squeezed painfully, her vagina had just been stimulated to orgasm, and now her anus was being deflowered without any lubrication. The girl groaned, tears streaming down her face from the pain, her whole body trembling, her anus clamping even tighter. “Ah… it hurts so much… Brother Tao… please… don’t fuck my ass…”

Hou Longtao didn’t have any respect for this kind of woman who slept around, and now he was full of anger, so he couldn’t possibly have any tender feelings. He held the girl’s head with one hand and violently scratched her vulva with the other, using even more force to fuck her. “Slut, I’ll let you be wild. I treated you nicely, but you didn’t want it. You only feel good when I do this to you, right? I won’t stop until I fuck you to death today, or my name isn’t Hou.”

The girl originally thought that if she slept with a big shot for one night and pleased him, she might be able to improve her situation overnight. Even if she couldn’t, she could brag about it in front of those hooligans in the future. She never thought it would be like this. Her vagina was being played with until it was numb and tingly, feeling unspeakably good, but her anus was being fucked until it was extremely painful, and she was being scolded for no reason.

“Brother Tao… ah… I… don’t understand… ah… what are you… ah… it hurts… please… fuck my pussy… don’t fuck my ass anymore…” The girl was in agony. “Shut up, you bitch. I’m the one in charge now. You don’t get to choose. Your asshole is really tight.” Hou Longtao realized he had said something he shouldn’t have and quickly changed the subject.

He stripped the girl naked, threw her on the bed, and fucked her for another half an hour before he finally finished. Hou Longtao sat on the edge of the bed and took out a newly bought cigarette. The girl hugged him from behind, lit it for him, and licked the back of his ear. “Brother Tao, let’s sleep. I’m so tired from what you did to me.” Hou Longtao shrugged her off. “You can stay here overnight. Just leave before 12:00 noon tomorrow.” After saying that, he put on his clothes, called Long, who had also finished next door, and left the Jingfan Hotel.

“Feeling better?” Long shivered. Walking along the brightly lit Chang’an Avenue [a major thoroughfare in Beijing], the evening breeze was blowing, and it was getting colder. “Hmph,” Hou Longtao grunted, “She will be mine sooner or later. If she makes me kill someone, I’ll kill anyone who gets in my way.”…

In the following days,

Hou Longtao was constantly occupied by his other women and didn’t have time to look for Chen Qian. Early on Saturday morning, Xue Nuo dragged him to Fragrant Hills [a popular park in Beijing] to see the autumn leaves. Looking at the mountains covered in colorful leaves and breathing the air that was much fresher than in the city, Hou Longtao didn’t feel any joy.

Hou Longtao hated returning to nature. One of the reasons he disliked America was that it was too desolate. He preferred being in big cities surrounded by concrete, breathing air polluted with the smell of gasoline. If it weren’t for accompanying the lovely Xue Nuo, he would never have gone on an outing.

When they reached a secluded spot halfway up the mountain, surrounded by trees and out of sight, Hou Longtao hugged the beautiful girl’s waist from behind and kissed her on the face. “Nuo Nuo, is your period over?” “Yes, it ended the day before yesterday. Brother Tao, look over there, it’s so beautiful.” Xue Nuo pointed to a patch of half-red and half-yellow maple trees in the distance, excitedly.

Hou Longtao wasn’t in the mood to admire the scenery. He nibbled on the girl’s earlobe. “No need to look. No matter how beautiful it is, it’s not as beautiful as my good Nuo Nuo. I haven’t been intimate with you for a week. Do you miss me?” Xue Nuo leaned back. “Of course, I miss you. I dream about you every day.”

Hugging the girl tighter, he said, “Beauty, I’m going to spoil you today, okay?” “Okay.” The girl turned her head and rubbed her cheek against her lover’s hair. Getting permission, Hou Longtao reached out to unbutton the girl’s jeans. Just as he touched the belt buckle, his hand was grabbed by Xue Nuo. “Brother Tao, stop it. What are you doing?” “What’s wrong? Didn’t you say okay?” Hou Longtao licked the girl’s neck while trying again with his other hand, but was pulled back again. “We can’t do it here. What if someone sees us? I don’t want to.” Xue Nuo shook her body playfully. “Okay, okay, if you don’t want to, you don’t want to. Then let me touch you, okay? I miss you so much.” Xue Nuo couldn’t resist him and was also eager for her lover’s caresses, so she compromised. “Then… then you can only touch, but you can’t take off my pants.”

The girl’s top was pulled out of her pants, and a hot hand covered her white belly, a finger lightly scratching her navel. “Um… Brother Tao… it tickles…” Although her hands were still holding the man’s wrist, she had no strength at all. Hou Longtao opened Xue Nuo’s jeans zipper and drew circles along the soft outline of her labia through her cotton underwear, pressing down slightly each time he reached her clitoris. “Ah… um… Brother Tao… kiss me…” The girl stuck out her tongue and turned her head to put it into her lover’s mouth.

Xue Nuo was completely aroused. She kept moaning softly, and love fluid flowed out, wetting her underwear. She took the initiative to pull the man’s hand into her bra and underwear, and her butt swayed from side to side uncontrollably. Her right thumb pressed on her hard clitoris and rubbed it, her index finger scraped the constantly contracting vaginal wall in her vagina, and her left hand gently pinched and rubbed her breasts, which could be held in one hand, occasionally flicking her erect nipples, making the beautiful girl feel comfortable all over and wanting it to last forever.

“Brother Tao… um… I like you so much… you caress me… ah…” Xue Nuo closed her eyes slightly and whispered her love for him in Hou Longtao’s ear. “Nuo Nuo, you’re so cute.” At this moment, there was no room in his heart for anyone else. Even Chen Qian couldn’t intrude. There was only deep affection for the girl in his arms.

“Ah!” The pleasure finally reached its peak, and electricity ran through every corner of the girl’s body, taking her to the heights of ecstasy. He turned the girl, who was still enjoying the afterglow of orgasm, around, held the finger that was still stained with love fluid in front of her, and put it in his mouth, sucking it exaggeratedly. “Nuo Nuo’s love fluid tastes so good.”

Xue Nuo rubbed her dizzy face hard on the man’s chest, as if she really wanted to disappear into him. “Brother Tao, you’re so naughty, you just bully me.” Stroking the beautiful girl’s soft hair, he felt an indescribable love and tenderness. “Don’t you like me bullying you?” “You’re bad, you’re bad.” She hugged Hou Longtao’s arms even tighter.

Just then, voices came from not far away. Xue Nuo was startled and quickly tidied up her clothes, pulling Hou Longtao away from the woods. Although Hou Longtao’s dick was still hard and aching, as long as his beloved girl was satisfied, he could endure it.

The two wandered around the mountain all morning. Around 11:00 AM, Xue Nuo finally suggested going back to the city. Hou Longtao was already tired of walking. “Where do you want to eat?” “Didn’t we already decide? We’re going to see my mom and let you meet my future stepfather.” “Right, right, I forgot.” When Xue Nuo called him about this two days ago, he was enjoying Yue Ling’s caresses and hadn’t paid attention.

Before this, Hou Longtao heard Xue Nuo say that her mother also ran a bar, so he had approached He Liping several times, wanting to form a joint venture with her. But He Liping was always hesitant, had other plans, but wouldn’t explain them clearly. But Hou Longtao hadn’t given up, so he would make another effort today… (The Gold Fish is not a thing in the pond) [This phrase is likely a metaphor for something unattainable or out of reach, suggesting Hou Longtao’s persistence despite the odds].