Golden Scale [EN]: Chapter 108

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“Aunt!” Yu Qian, hearing the key turning in the lock, immediately and excitedly rushed out from her room, grabbing Feng Yun, who hadn’t even fully stepped inside. “So? So?”

“So what?”

“Of course, it’s about Hou Longtao. Tell me quickly, how did you teach him a lesson? [9+Z+Book+City Mobile Reading m.9zsc.com]” Although Yu Qian knew that physically hurting that “heartbreaker” wouldn’t solve the core issue, it would at least make her feel a little better. Besides, she harbored a sliver of unrealistic hope that her “magical” aunt might create a “miracle.”

“Can you at least let me wash my face first?” Feng Yun walked into the bathroom. She could act lightly in front of men, but when facing her niece, she found it difficult to directly address the issue.

“Drink some water, drink some water.” Yu Qian brought a bottle of beverage to Feng Yun, who had returned to the living room and sat on the sofa. Then, she sat close to her, hugging her aunt’s shoulders, and suddenly frowned slightly, leaning back to look her up and down.

“What… what are you doing?” Feng Yun avoided the girl’s gaze, feeling a little guilty.

“You seem different from when you left. Your complexion looks particularly good.”

“Where… where is it? It’s nothing.”

“Ah!” Yu Qian exclaimed joyfully, “Did you sort out my problem? Did he give in?”

“Yu Qian, I…” Feng Yun took the girl’s hand but couldn’t bring herself to speak.

“What’s wrong? What exactly happened?” Yu Qian instinctively felt that things weren’t as wonderful as she had imagined.

“I… I need your help with something.” After much deliberation, Feng Yun realized that there was no better way than to be direct.

“Tell me, what do you need me to do?”

“Stop causing him trouble.”

“What?” Yu Qian stood up, taking two steps back, and squinted at her aunt. “What do you mean?”

Feng Yun lowered her head. “You know what I mean. I want you to tell those public security and industry and commerce people to stop bothering him.”

“Why? Why!?”

“I lost. You know the agreement I had with him.”

“Impossible!” When Feng Yun told her about the bet, Yu Qian never thought she would lose, so she didn’t object. “How could you lose? Ten, a hundred men aren’t your match!”

“We weren’t competing in fighting. Victory or defeat is hard to predict.”

“Then why were you so confident before…” Yu Qian suddenly seemed to understand, a look of disbelief on her face. “You… you… you’ve fallen in love with him?”

Feng Yun didn’t answer, two blushes unconsciously creeping onto her face. Her shy demeanor now resembled that of a girl experiencing her first love, which was tantamount to admitting her niece’s “accusation.”

“How could you!?” Yu Qian didn’t give her aunt a chance to explain, nor did she care about what had happened. All she knew was that she had been betrayed. She turned and rushed into her room, slamming the door with a “bang.”

Feng Yun had anticipated the girl’s reaction. She walked over and knocked on the door. “Yu Qian, things aren’t as you imagine…”

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“…I really tried my best. Can you listen to me?”

Yu Qian didn’t respond. After a while, she opened the door, dragging a suitcase. Without looking at the woman outside the door, she quickly walked towards the main entrance.

“Where are you going?” Feng Yun chased after her, grabbing the handle of the suitcase.

“I’m moving back home.”

“Why?”

“Why!? You stole my boyfriend. Of course, I can’t live with you anymore!” Yu Qian turned around, shouting loudly, her eyes filled with tears. Then, she started trying to snatch the suitcase back. “Let go! Let go!”

Feng Yun was much stronger than the girl. With a pull, she snatched the suitcase away and threw it aside. “I didn’t steal your boyfriend. Can you listen to me?”

“Screw you!” Yu Qian pushed her aunt, causing her to stumble, then turned to leave, abandoning the suitcase.

“What the hell are you doing!?” Feng Yun was a little angry. She darted in front of the girl and pushed her onto the long sofa by the door. She might be submissive in front of Hou Longtao now, but she still had her old temper with others. “We need to talk.”

Yu Qian was in a fit of anger and couldn’t possibly have a calm conversation. She tried to get up but was held down by Feng Yun. Anxious and angry, she swung her fist at her face.

“Do you want to die?” Feng Yun deflected the girl’s attack with her left hand and raised her right hand, threatening to slap her.

“Hit me, hit me, I dare you to hit me,” Yu Qian not only didn’t dodge but also moved her face closer. “Hit me!”

Feng Yun had only raised her hand in a moment of anger. Now, seeing her niece staring at her with teary eyes, looking aggrieved and heartbroken, she couldn’t bring herself to do it. “Yu Qian, calm down.”

“Pui, pui, you’re so shameless!” When Yu Qian lost her temper, she didn’t care about elders or juniors, or what she could or couldn’t say. “You tricked me into helping you vent your anger, but you were actually going to steal a man. You’re a shameless bitch! A whore!”

“What did you say!?” Feng Yun couldn’t tolerate this. She had clearly remained chaste for thirty years. How could she be called a man-stealer, a bitch, or a whore? “Who are you calling that!?”

“I’m calling you that, I’m calling you that! Bitch! Whore!”

“You brat, so disrespectful!? You have no manners!” Feng Yun jumped off the girl, forced her to kneel on the ground, twisted one of her arms behind her back, and lifted it slightly, forcing her upper body onto the sofa. Since she couldn’t bear to hit her face, she would follow the old rules and hit her bottom instead.

“No! No! Don’t touch me!” Yu Qian immediately understood what her aunt was trying to do. Although the last time she was beaten was a long time ago, she still had lingering fear. She tried to struggle, but Feng Yun was stronger than her, and her arm was twisted, so any movement caused pain, making it impossible to resist.

Feng Yun pulled the girl’s loose white casual pants down to her buttocks with one hand, and with a “smack,” struck her fair and tender buttock. One strike after another, she beat both beautiful fleshy mounds. “Will you still curse!? Will you still curse!?”

“Ah… ah… ah…” Yu Qian burst into loud cries, tears streaming down her face. It wasn’t particularly painful, but it was quite

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…scary. From childhood to adulthood, no one except this aunt had ever scolded her, let alone hit her. The rarer it was, the more she remembered it, which was human nature.

“Will you still curse!? Answer me!”

“No… I won’t curse anymore… spare me… ah… I… I don’t dare to curse anymore…”

“Huff…” Feng Yun’s breathing was also a little uneven. It wasn’t because she was tired. The “smack” sounds on the buttocks and the girl’s moaning tones were so familiar, exactly like the sounds she made when Hou Longtao was playing with her. She was a little distracted. The speed and force of her palm falling slowed down, and when it landed, she didn’t lift it again. Instead, she pressed her fingers into her deep buttock crease, rubbing the tender yellow T-back panties that were digging into it.

According to scientific statistics, the probability of a normal heterosexual woman developing homosexual tendencies is much, much higher than that of a normal heterosexual man, perhaps because the scent and curves of a woman’s body are more seductive.

Yu Qian didn’t react for a moment. It wasn’t until her aunt’s fingers started gently rubbing her anus through her panties that she realized something was wrong. She immediately stopped crying and twisted her buttocks forcefully. “What are you doing!? What are you doing!?”

“Ah!” Feng Yun was “awakened” by the girl’s struggle, and jumped up suddenly, taking several steps back, her face as red as a ripe apple. “I… I…”

Yu Qian got up and pulled up her pants. “What exactly happened in Kuandian?” The other party’s change made her curious. Her aunt had never blushed before, let alone “molest” her.

“Are you willing to listen to me now?” Feng Yun forced herself to suppress her embarrassed expression.

“I’ll listen to you, but I haven’t promised you anything.”

Feng Yun returned to the sofa and sat down, recounting her life-and-death experiences with Hou Longtao, all the way up to their intimate encounter in the hospital. “I… I’m his woman now.”

“What do you mean you’re his woman? You’re his woman just because you slept with him? Aren’t you the most disgusted by that kind of male chauvinism? Aren’t you the most contemptuous of women who depend on men?”

“Yes, I am, but I’ve fallen in love with him. I can’t control myself. I can tolerate all his shortcomings.”

“Are you willing to share him with other women?”

“Willing, not willing, I don’t care. I’ve been self-reliant and independent since I was a child. I don’t rely on anyone. Except for your mother and you, I have no feelings for anyone. After so many years, Yu Qian, I’m tired. You know, when I’m with him, I suddenly feel particularly relaxed, a relaxation I’ve never felt before, as if the heavy burden on my shoulders has been lifted.”

“Are you trying to make me pity you? You’re happy, but what about me? Since you’re not thinking about me, why should I think about you?”

“I don’t need anyone’s pity. I’m telling you this just to make you understand my feelings. If it weren’t for our relationship, I wouldn’t bother talking to you.”

“I already said I don’t want to listen to your nonsense. Just get to the point. What exactly do you want me to do?”

“Is it possible for you to accept him?” Feng Yun had always loved this niece very much.

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She had also come to understand Hou Longtao’s good qualities, and she knew that Yu Qian still loved him. Although the possibility was small, she still wanted to try.

“Impossible. You can share him with other women, but I can’t. My man is only allowed to love me.” Ever since Yu Qian could remember, she knew that her mother was living an unhappy, even painful life. She had always believed that it was caused by her father’s infidelity. To avoid following in her mother’s footsteps, she could never tolerate her husband being unfaithful. This was a kind of self-protective instinct from the depths of her heart.

What Yu Qian didn’t know was that Feng Jie’s pain was entirely the result of a loveless marriage.

“Okay, then since you can’t accept him, just leave him alone. What’s it in English, LeaveHimAlone?”

“He’s my boyfriend, how can I leave him alone?”

“Boyfriend? You’ve already broken up, what boyfriend?”

“How did we break up? We never officially broke up. We were just fighting.”

“How many boyfriends have you had? A hundred, right? When you were studying in Beijing, you changed boyfriends every half month. Did you ever officially break up with any of them? Why are you being so serious this time?”

“Tch, those were just childish games, how can they count?”

“You’re just messing around now.”

“How is this messing around? I’ve given him everything,” Yu Qian’s cheeks flushed slightly, and her expression softened, perhaps recalling the happy feelings she had when she was with Hou Longtao. “He’s my first man…”

“Then I’ll have him come and officially break up with you another day,” Feng Yun’s patience was gradually disappearing. “Let’s not get sidetracked. Just tell me if you can let him go.”

“What if I can? What if I can’t?”

“Yu Qian, you should also learn to think about others appropriately,” Feng Yun still tried not to use overly harsh words. “Since you two are incompatible, you should go your separate ways. Why hold on to him so tightly? We’re family, we shouldn’t have conflicts over a man. But I’ll only ever be with him in this life. Do you want me to be lonely forever?”

Yu Qian stood up and slowly walked to the window, hugging her arms and falling into deep thought. She had a deep understanding of the “power structure” in her family. If her aunt was really determined to help Hou Longtao, and judging by her words, she really was, then even without her own agreement, with just one word from her, she could directly erase all the obstacles she had set up for the man. In short, it would be difficult for her to bully him openly again.

“Yu Qian,” Feng Yun walked behind the girl. “I know you still have feelings for him. It’s hard for you to make such a decision, but…”

“Hehe,” Yu Qian turned around with a smile. “Why would I still have feelings for him? Going against him is just to teach him a lesson. He dared to deceive me, of course I can’t let him get away so easily. But I’ve been punishing him for so long now, and you’ve helped me beat him up too. Since you want him, then I won’t cause him any more trouble.”

“Re… really?” Feng Yun knew that her niece’s personality was fickle, but such a huge change like today was a first, making it difficult for people to believe.

“What’s wrong? Would I lie to you about this?” Yu Qian grabbed her aunt, who was still in a state of surprise. “Come on, let’s go out and find a restaurant to celebrate you two being together. I haven’t eaten yet either.”

“Huh?” Feng Yun was dumbfounded as she was pulled out by the girl…

“Qian agreed so easily?” The next afternoon, Feng Jie and her cousin met at a café in a restaurant.

“Yeah, I also think it’s quite strange, but since she agreed, I don’t have anything else to say.”

“We’ll see.” Feng Jie traced circles along the edge of her coffee cup with her finger. “Tell me about it.”

“About me and him?”

“Yeah.”

“Hehe.” Feng Yun told her sister again about how she and Hou Longtao had turned from enemies into friends.

“You… you’re with him?” Feng Jie lowered her head, her expression the same as when she had asked her future son-in-law, now her future brother-in-law, out for morning tea that day.

“Do you want to hear the specific details?” Feng Yun rested her arms on the table, propping up her chin with both hands, looking at the other party with a smile, her face full of playfulness. It was only in front of this sister who treated her like a daughter that she would show this kind of innocent expression.

“I’m not forcing you. You can tell me if you want, and you don’t have to if you don’t want to.”

“I’ll tell you.” Feng Yun moved from across her cousin to her side, leaned in close to her, and whispered a very detailed account of her intimate encounter with Hou Longtao. During that time, Feng Jie’s eyes wandered, her face turned white in waves, and her breathing became uneven.

“Sis, he knows it was you that night.”

“What!?” Feng Jie was startled by this sudden sentence, and stood up abruptly, causing the coffee set on the table to clatter. “He… he knows!?”

“Sit down, sit down,” Feng Yun pulled on her cousin’s arm. “Why are you so nervous?”

“He… he…” Feng Jie slowly sat down. “How did he know?”

“I told him.”

“You!” Feng Jie’s face was pale. “How could you…?”

“What does it matter? You have feelings, he’s interested, I’ll be the matchmaker, and you can be happier.” All the secular conventions of male-dominated society had no place in Feng Yun’s thinking. Her actions were based on her own moral standards.

“You… what nonsense are you talking about? I have no feelings for him, don’t talk nonsense, nonsense…” Feng Jie’s head was already lowered as far as it could go.

“You have no feelings for him? I’m talking nonsense?” Feng Yun looked at her sister mysteriously. “Just now when I talked about him being injured, look at how worried you were. You weren’t even that restless when your husband had a car accident and was hospitalized, right?”

“Where is it?” Feng Jie’s denial was completely weak and powerless. Anyone could see whether she had Hou Longtao in her heart or not.

“My dear sister, life is only a few decades long. Since you’ve met someone you like, there’s no need to be so evasive. I can understand that you don’t want Yu Qian to know. But sneaking around for a few dates is still okay, right?”

“You’re getting more and more outrageous.”

“What’s so outrageous about it? You’ve been in the Zhang family for over twenty years, what benefits have you gotten? Your husband is just a heartless bastard. You’ve been unhappy for so many years, it’s time to liberate yourself. I’ve already told Longtao, and he’s not without feelings for you. Men and women loving each other, both sides willing, you shouldn’t be so foolish anymore.” In fact, Feng Yun didn’t even know what she was trying to say. She only knew that her sister’s current life as a lonely, resentful woman couldn’t continue.

“Alright!” Feng Jie suddenly raised her head. “Don’t say anymore, don’t talk about this anymore!”

“Okay, okay, I won’t talk about it anymore, why are you getting angry?” Seeing that her sister was really a little angry, Feng Yun had no choice but to stop for the time being. But she didn’t intend to just let it go like this. The other party’s insincerity was too obvious…

It was already past 1:00 AM. Lying on the empty big bed, Feng Jie still couldn’t fall asleep. Her sister’s words kept repeating in her ears.

Just once, only once, that one time was enough to make Feng Jie unforgettable about Hou Longtao. The kiss he gave her was full of endless love, and those big hands stroking her body were so affectionate. It was the first time in her life that she felt loved. Although she knew that the object of his love at the time wasn’t really her, that feeling was so wonderful that she couldn’t help but feel her heart flutter every time she thought about it.

But Feng Jie didn’t even dare to think about reliving the dream with Hou Longtao. Apart from the last accident, she hadn’t had sex in over six years. She was a very traditional woman. Not to mention cheating on her husband, she even always believed that sex was the patent of young people. Once a woman passed forty, she entered the ranks of “old women” and shouldn’t and had no right to think about that kind of thing anymore.

Feng Jie’s husband’s mind was not on his wife in the first place. She didn’t ask for it, which suited him, so he ignored her. Although Feng Jie’s body would protest to her from time to time, it hadn’t reached an unbearable level, and occasional masturbation would get her by. But since that night, Feng Jie could no longer be calm. Every time she thought of that man, she felt uncomfortable all over, as if every cell in her body was calling out his name.

Feng Jie also tried her best to force herself not to think about Hou Longtao, but there was always someone reminding her, whether it was her son, her husband, or her daughter. What was even more terrifying was that the more her son and husband cursed Hou Longtao as a scoundrel, the more Feng Jie felt that Hou Longtao was a good person, because she knew in her heart that her husband and son were not good people; the more her daughter said that Hou Longtao was heartless and unrighteous, the more she felt that Hou Longtao was affectionate and righteous, because she knew that Hou Longtao really loved Yu Qian.

Feng Yun’s words this afternoon made Feng Jie’s heart surge even more. She didn’t think that Hou Longtao’s interest in his ex-girlfriend’s mother and current girlfriend’s cousin was outrageous and immoral. She only felt very happy, even if she wouldn’t make any response.

Feng Jie sat up. The weather was very good tonight. She stared at the bright moon, blankly spacing out. Lonely pillows are more than just hard to sleep on.

“Ah…” Feng Jie’s right hand unconsciously reached into her sleeping pants, rubbing against the lace panties. She didn’t know when it had already become wet. The woman closed her eyes, her eyebrows locked together, and her left hand slowly unbuttoned three buttons on her pajamas. “I can’t… I can’t think about him, what’s wrong with me… what’s wrong…” Her mind was thinking she couldn’t, but she was still moaning softly, and the movements of her hands didn’t hesitate at all.

Feng Jie put the index finger of her left hand into her mouth to moisten it, and then used the pad of her finger to press down on her pure pink nipple and twirl it around. Slowly, the saliva on her finger dried, so she simply cupped her full right breast with her hand, making the erect nipple point straight up.

Feng Jie lowered her head, and a crystal-clear silver thread hung down from her sandalwood mouth, falling on her pink areola [the pigmented skin surrounding the nipple]. She evenly smeared the saliva on her nipple, perhaps hoping that this moist feeling would give her the illusion of being teased by a man’s tongue.

“Why? Why… why did you have to come and provoke me?” Two bright tears rolled out from the woman’s tightly closed eyes, leaving two wet streaks on her beautiful cheeks. Feng Jie’s body fell backward, lying on the bed, her legs straightened, her fingers parting the crotch of her panties, and inserting them into the overflowing crevice of her vulva. “Ah… Longtao…”

A marriage without love is unfortunate. Finding a desired object in a marriage without love is a blessing in misfortune, but not being able to fly together with the desired object, or even being able to confide in each other, is the most unfortunate of misfortunes… (Golden Scales Are Not Things in a Pond)