Golden Scale [EN]: Chapter 12

They agreed to meet at “FRIDAY,” a restaurant next to the Kempinski Hotel. When Hou Longtao and Xue Nuo arrived, He Liping and her boyfriend were already waiting. The four of them sat down together. The man was wearing a crisp military uniform with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. He introduced himself as Hu Xuejun, thirty-six years old.

Hou Longtao had always been confident in his appearance. Although he wasn’t very handsome, he was definitely not ugly, and he even had a touch of elegance that made people feel approachable. But facing this man, he felt inferior for the first time. Hu Xuejun was not only handsome but also had a heroic bearing in his military uniform. He sat there with his back straight, looking very energetic. No wonder He Liping, this attractive widow, would end her sixteen years of abstinence for him. “Auntie, have you considered what I told you about the bar last time?” The four of them chatted while eating. Liping took Xuejun’s arm. “Let’s forget about it. I’m with Xuejun now. When we get married, I won’t manage the bar anymore. I’ll be a good wife and mother at home. He happens to have some friends who want to open a karaoke bar together, and we’ve even prepared the money for the renovation.”

“Then don’t let a good opportunity pass to outsiders. Transfer the bar’s license to me. You can name a price.” Hou Longtao only wanted the business license. He didn’t care whether Liping would be a shareholder or not. “We’re all practically family. Why mention money? If you treat my precious daughter well, giving you the license for free wouldn’t be a problem.” It seemed that Liping was in a very good mood recently. When a woman is in love, she doesn’t care about anything else.

Hou Longtao held Xue Nuo’s hand. “Nuo Nuo is so cute, how could I treat her badly?” Both women leaned happily on their respective men, creating a harmonious family scene. Hou Longtao had always been full of respect for soldiers. Seeing the beautiful He Liping’s affection for Xuejun, although he felt a little jealous, he was more happy for Xue Nuo’s mother. Fortunately, Xuejun hadn’t really become Xue Nuo’s stepfather; otherwise, Hou Longtao would have felt awkward calling a man only twelve years older than him “Uncle.”

“Brother Hu, where is your hometown?” Hou Longtao heard a slight accent in Xuejun’s Mandarin. “I grew up in a rural area in Shanxi [a province in northern China]. Later, I joined the army, went to military school, and was transferred to Beijing two years ago.” It was indeed not easy to rise from a private to a lieutenant colonel.

“Which department are you in?” Before Xuejun could answer, Xue Nuo interjected, “Uncle Hu is great. He’s an instructor at the PLA Academy of Equipment Command and Technology [People’s Liberation Army].” Hou Longtao was overjoyed when he heard this. “Is that the one in Huairou [a district in Beijing]? I wanted to apply there before the college entrance examination, but unfortunately, it doesn’t recruit externally. What do you teach?”

“Aerospace Development History for the Aerospace Measurement and Control Engineering major.” Hou Longtao was even more delighted. “That’s great. Last night I watched a special program that mentioned ‘Apollo 8’ returning to Earth after orbiting the moon twice. But in an American comedy I saw, it returned after orbiting once. Can you give me an accurate answer?”

“Why are you interested in these things?” Xuejun didn’t answer his question and crossed and uncrossed his legs several times. “I’m not particularly interested; it’s just a quirk of mine. If I happen to hear something, and I can’t figure it out, I keep thinking about it.” The two women saw that they were talking about boring things, so they went to the restroom together…

When they returned, the topic of conversation between the two men had turned to Hou Longtao, which was something they were interested in, so they joined in. When Xuejun learned that he was in charge of “distributing money” [managing investments], he became even more enthusiastic and asked many questions about investment.

After lunch, at the entrance, “Auntie, where are you going? I’m driving my Chrysler today; let me give you a ride.” “No need, Xuejun has a car.” The four of them went to the parking lot behind them to get their cars. Xuejun was driving a brand-name Nissan Honda Accord. “Why didn’t you buy a ‘Guangben’ [a locally produced Honda]? The performance isn’t much different, and it’s 200,000 cheaper.” Hou Longtao asked strangely. “Oh, when I bought it, ‘Guangben’ didn’t have an automatic transmission yet.” Xuejun and Liping got into the car. “Mom, where are you going?” Xue Nuo asked her mother. “We’re going to look at decoration materials. We won’t be home for dinner tonight.” With Hou Longtao around, there was naturally no need to worry about her daughter not having dinner…

On the way to the Tianlun Dynasty, Hou Longtao asked Xue Nuo, “I think Brother Hu is a good person. Why didn’t you like him at first?” “It’s easy for you to say; since he’s good to your mother, of course, you don’t care. Besides, I listened to you, didn’t I? I’m not arguing with them anymore.” Xue Nuo turned to look at him.

“Why are you looking at me?” “Because you’re handsome.” “Who’s more handsome, me or Brother Hu?” “Of course, you are.” “Hehe.” He reached out and touched the girl’s face. “Brother Tao, let’s go to my house. You haven’t been there before. Mom won’t be back until after dinner.” Xue Nuo pulled on Hou Longtao’s hand.

“Okay, how did your mom meet him?” “Online. When my mom was managing the bar, she sometimes felt bored, so she chatted online, and the two of them met. They met a few times and fell in love.” “His school is in Huairou; it must be tiring for your mom to travel back and forth.” “Not at all. He always comes to see my mom. He said it’s a military school, and he’s afraid it will have a bad influence, so he doesn’t let my mom come to see him, and he doesn’t let my mom call him often.” The girl began to complain for her mother. Hou Longtao frowned but didn’t say anything…

When they arrived at Xue Nuo’s house, a large four-bedroom apartment, the girl’s room was at the innermost part. The girl’s boudoir was filled with a faint fragrance, definitely a good place for romance. Xue Nuo gave Hou Longtao a can of Coke and gently closed the door, not closing it tightly because she knew no one would come.

Pointing to the computer on the desk, “Can you get online?” “Yeah.” Hou Longtao took off his coat and hung it on the back of the chair, sat down at the desk, and took out a cigarette. “Is there an ashtray?” “Yes, Uncle Hu uses it.” The girl went out again. He logged on to NASA and “Guangben” websites and began browsing. Xue Nuo put the ashtray on the table, turned around and pulled the curtains, and the room suddenly darkened. Seeing that the man hadn’t lit his cigarette yet, she walked over and leaned on his back. “Brother Tao, let me light it for you.” “No, your room smells so good; I won’t smoke.”

The girl reached into Hou Longtao’s collar and stroked his thick chest. “Brother Tao…” Her slippery tongue entered her lover’s ear. He hadn’t found what he was looking for yet, and although his little brother, who hadn’t been satisfied in the morning, was protesting again, he had to endure it for a while.

His right hand controlled the mouse, and he raised his left hand, inserting two fingers into the beautiful girl’s cherry mouth, teasing her soft tongue. “Um… um…” Xue Nuo consciously sucked and also put her fingers into the man’s mouth. “Nuo Nuo, your hands are so soft; can you help me touch it?” Hou Longtao stared at the screen and made a request to the girl. Xue Nuo spat out her fingers, kissed her lover’s face, squatted down, unbuttoned his pants, pulled out his swollen penis, and gently stroked it up and down.

Hou Longtao reached back with his left hand, gently stroking the girl’s hair, and continued to check the webpage. Feeling Xue Nuo’s increasing strength and speed in stroking his penis, and hearing her seductive moans, he thought, “The beauty is playing by herself?” He turned his head and saw Xue Nuo’s starry eyes were hazy, her teeth biting her lower lip, her jeans and panties were pulled down to her knees, and her left hand was rubbing her pubic area. He had gotten all the answers he wanted from the webpage, and it was time to cherish his affectionate beauty. He pulled the girl up and let her straddle his lap. “You’re so naughty; look, you’re all wet.” “It’s because… you ignored me; you only know how to go online.” Xue Nuo pouted, looking aggrieved. “Alas, isn’t it all for your mother?” He thought so in his heart, but he couldn’t say it. “It’s my fault; come, let me compensate you.”

The girl obediently raised her arms and let her lover take off her top and bra. The man’s tongue swirled on her pink areola, one hand pinched a buttock, and the other slid up and down in her butt crack. “Ah… um… Brother Tao…” Xue Nuo’s long eyelashes trembled non-stop, her hands touched Hou Longtao’s head and face, her breathing quickened, and her delicate breasts rose and fell with her chest. Feeling a hard, hot penis between their bellies, the beautiful girl already wanted it so much. “Brother Tao… I…”

“Want it? Nuo Nuo, guide it, my hands are busy.” He pressed her anus as he spoke. “Ah… you… you… bad… um…” The girl supported herself on the man’s shoulder with one hand, reached down with the other to gently hold his penis, slightly raised her butt, and inserted the source of female pleasure into her delicate vagina.

The lovely girl raised her head, and a long sigh escaped from her trembling cherry lips, and a feeling of happiness filled her heart… He Liping took out her key and opened the door. On the way to the Sihuan Building Materials City, Xuejun received a call. There was an emergency at the school, and he didn’t even have time to take her back, so she had to take a taxi back. Seeing a pair of men’s sneakers on the shoe rack, He Liping was stunned. “Hmph, those two guys must be making out while I’m not here. I’d better not disturb them.” She walked towards her room, wanting to change into something more comfortable. Xue Nuo’s room faced the corridor, and the girl’s intermittent moans came from the half-closed door. “That dead child, why doesn’t she even close the door?” Liping frowned but couldn’t resist her curiosity, and tiptoed over. From the crack in the door, she could see Xue Nuo’s bed, and two naked people were having sex on it. She only wanted to take a look and leave, but with just this one look, He Liping couldn’t move her feet.

Xue Nuo was lying on the bed like a snow-white puppy, her hands tightly grasping the sky-blue sheets, her head raised as far back as possible. Although she couldn’t see her expression, she could hear the moans from her mouth.

“Ah… Brother Tao… I can’t take it anymore… um… um… it’s so comfortable… ah… Brother Tao… it’s coming again… it’s… it’s the third time… I… ah… I really can’t hold on anymore… um…” Listening to her daughter’s moans, watching Hou Longtao’s thick penis move in and out between her round, white buttocks, and his hands kneading her beautiful breasts, Liping was filled with all sorts of thoughts.

“Girl, how can you call out so lewdly, really. Longtao’s body is so strong; his penis is not as big as Xuejun’s, but according to Nuo Nuo, he is much more durable.” Liping ran a bar and heard those dirty words almost every day. Now, watching Hou Longtao have sex with her daughter, the word “penis” naturally appeared in her mind.

Hu Xuejun was a “silver-like wax spearhead” [strong in appearance but weak in reality]. He had to take two or three “Viagra” pills before each time he went to bed to barely keep up with her. “Ah…” Xue Nuo’s cry of joy before orgasm pulled Liping back to reality. She realized that one of her hands was actually rubbing her vagina through her pants, and the vaginal fluid had already seeped out. “What’s wrong with me? What am I doing? Stop it.” Although she was shouting in her heart, her hands continued to move uncontrollably. Hou Longtao stopped for a while, then started having sex again. “Nuo Nuo, is it over yet? Am I making you happy?” “Ah… Brother Tao… so beautiful… faster… faster… um…” The girl was already weak, but she was still pursuing the pleasure of sexual intercourse. Liping reached into her pants and directly stimulated her clitoris. The faster Hou Longtao had sex, the faster her hands rubbed, and the slower he had sex, the slower she rubbed. She also had hallucinations, as if it was not her lovely daughter who was being penetrated, but herself.

Just as Hou Longtao ejaculated and fell on Xue Nuo’s back, Liping’s legs went weak, and she also felt the arrival of orgasm. She rushed into the bathroom next door, not even having time to lock the door, pulled down her pants, and sat on the toilet. Her body shivered, and the sound of powerful water hitting the toilet wall followed.

“Ah…” Liping let out a long breath. It turned out that every time she orgasmed, she would have a strong urge to urinate. The stronger the pleasure, the more urgent it became. Today, it may have been because she was watching her daughter and her young lover having sexual intercourse while masturbating, so the intensity of the orgasm was extraordinary, so much so that she couldn’t hold it in immediately.

Tearing off some toilet paper, she stood up and was about to wipe herself when the bathroom door was pushed open, and Hou Longtao was standing there naked. Because of the unexpected meeting, both of them were stunned. Looking at each other’s genitals, time seemed to freeze. Liping’s thighs were smooth and plump, without a trace of fat, and a patch of dark, dense pubic hair hung with a few drops of water, her dark labia majora everted, glistening with lustful light. Hou Longtao swallowed and backed out, closing the door.

Back in the room, sitting on the bed, Xue Nuo was still lazily lying on the bed. Seeing the man’s somewhat embarrassed expression, the beautiful girl raised one leg and gently rubbed it on his back. “Brother Tao, what’s wrong? Aren’t you going to take a bath?” “Your… your mom is back.” “Ah!?” The girl quickly put on her clothes and went out. A few minutes later, Xue Nuo returned. “Brother Tao, Mom invited you to stay for dinner.” Hou Longtao buttoned his coat while awkwardly saying, “Oh, I’d better… I’d better not, I have something to do.”

“Then remember to call me.” Xue Nuo kissed him on the face. “Okay, I remember.” His mind was full of the mature and sexy lower body of his girlfriend’s mother. If he stayed any longer, something would happen. Hou Longtao didn’t even say “goodbye” to Liping and fled…

Coming out of Xue Nuo’s house, he went straight to Bao Ding’s office. “Ding’er, help me check someone out.” “Check someone out again!? How many missing girlfriends are you investigating?” Bao Ding almost spat out the tea in his mouth. “Don’t mention my sad affairs; this time, it’s a man.” Hou Longtao put a cigarette in his mouth.

“When did you start liking gays?” “Damn you, I’m talking to you about serious business.” He took Bao Ding’s cup and took a sip. “Pui, what the hell are you drinking?” Bao Ding snatched the cup back. “Diet tea, haven’t you seen my belly getting bigger?” “That’s because you’re lazy; just exercise more; diet tea is useless.”

“Okay, aren’t we talking about serious business? Who do you want to check out?” Bao Ding also lit one, crossed his legs. “Xue Nuo’s mother’s boyfriend; his name is Hu Xuejun, probably a fake name.” Then he briefly described Hu Xuejun’s appearance, occupation, and the situation of today’s meeting.

“You said he looks like a soldier; why do you suspect him?” “I don’t care why I suspect him; just check him out.” Hou Longtao was too lazy to explain. “How can that be? Aren’t you wasting police resources?” It seemed that he wouldn’t give up without explaining. “According to what he said, he climbed up from the bottom, not relying on connections. If he were in another place, a lieutenant colonel might be worth something. But this is Beijing; there are tons of senior colonels; they all have to ride bicycles to the street to buy groceries. Why would a lieutenant colonel instructor drive an Accord?”

“Maybe he’s doing some business outside and earning money? That’s not right; soldiers aren’t allowed to do business. Are you sure it’s his car?” Bao Ding also felt something was wrong. “Definitely, I asked him. And I asked him why he didn’t buy a ‘Guangben’; he said that when he bought it, there wasn’t an automatic transmission yet. But in fact, it came out three years ago. If he really only came to Beijing two years ago…”

“He bought it in another place.” “Beijing license plate; you’re a policeman; you know how difficult it is to change a license plate from another place to a Beijing license plate. If you don’t have any connections, two years wouldn’t be enough to wait. Even if his money is ill-gotten, that’s a matter of ‘military discipline’; we can’t do anything about it.” Bao Ding switched legs.

“I not only suspect that his money is not clean; I suspect that he is not a soldier at all, but a professional swindler.” “How do you mean?” “We’ve been talking for so long; you’ve only switched legs once. When I asked him about ‘Apollo 8’, he switched legs four times in one minute. There can be no other reason besides nervousness.”

“Have you been watching too much ‘The Winner Takes All’ [a gambling movie]?” “Maybe, but after thinking for more than ten seconds, he said, ‘Americans can’t be wrong; it must be one lap.’ Even if it really is one lap, a dignified Chinese soldier wouldn’t say that. I went to NASA’s website and saw that it was two laps. He teaches aerospace history every day; wouldn’t he know this?”

“Did you write down the license plate number?” “Yeah, I’ll get you the photos as soon as possible. If you really find out that he has any problems, don’t rush to report it or arrest him; tell me first; I have a use for him.” After talking about Hu Xuejun, just as he was about to walk out of the office, “Dead monkey.” “Hmm?” “You’re not thinking of eating both mother and daughter, are you?” Bao Ding squinted his eyes and smiled slyly. Hou Longtao turned his head. “You make your contributions, I have sex with my girls, everyone gets what they want, what’s wrong with that?”…

Gather popularity to build a learning mothership, gather elites to create a great cause for thousands of years.

(Golden scales are not things in a pond) [meaning a talented person should not be confined to a small place]