Golden Scale [EN]: Chapter 35

Monday morning found Hou Longtao not rising until 9:00 AM, already late for work. But as the “big boss,” he wasn’t concerned. He’d been playing mahjong at his grandfather’s house until after 1:00 AM the night before. Luckily, he didn’t have to pick up Chen Xi early today, or he would have been sporting two swollen eyes again.

Today was another day dedicated to reviewing rejected investment applications. The morning was a whirlwind, and he even had lunch delivered to his office. Surprisingly, the last fifty or so applications were so obviously unsuitable that Hou Longtao finished reviewing them in under two hours.

“Ah…” He stretched, glancing at his watch; it was just past 3:30 PM. He opened his email and immediately spotted one from Xue Nuo. Clicking it open, he thought, “Heh, girl, what couldn’t you say over the phone that you had to email?” But the smile quickly faded; the email’s content shocked him.

After the initial shock, Hou Longtao lit a cigarette, squinted, and blew a smoke ring into the air. “Baby, you’re too naive. Even a three-year-old wouldn’t buy the lies you’re selling.” A sly look returned to his face, as if he could already envision the beautiful mother and daughter undressing before him in a seductive scene.

“Ru Yan, come in here for a moment,” he said into the intercom, summoning his cool and beautiful secretary.

“Director Hou,” she said, using the formal title for outsiders. But as soon as the door closed, Ru Yan knowingly walked over and sat sideways on his lap. “Brother, what’s up?” Hou Longtao hugged her slender waist, one hand already reaching under her skirt, caressing her thigh through her pantyhose. “Have you and Ru Yun been seeing Nuo Nuo often lately?”

“Yes,” Ru Yan replied, wrapping her arms around his neck and kissing him. “Didn’t you want us to get closer to her? We often take her out to play and go shopping when we have time, and we really like her. It’s fun having a beautiful and cute younger sister.”

“Then if I asked you to get intimate with her in bed, you wouldn’t object, would you?” Hou Longtao’s hand had now reached her buttocks. He loved the sensation of touching her through the pantyhose and panties. “Hmm…” Ru Yan bit her lower lip, considering. “Sister Yun and Sister Ling would probably agree. As for me… I’d rather not. I’ll just watch from the side, at most.”

“Heh, but it seems you won’t even have the chance to watch now.” “Why?” “See for yourself.” Hou Longtao used his face to guide her head toward the computer monitor. “This… this is…” Ru Yan read silently, then turned back, disbelief etched on her face. “That’s impossible, right?”

“Why is it impossible?” “You can tell from her words and expressions that she almost loves you to death. Every time we talk about you, her eyes light up. She would never do such a thing. I really don’t understand why she’s lying.” “Hmph, hmph, I know. If you want me to tell you, you have to GiveMeSomeSugar [give me a kiss].” Hou Longtao stuck out his tongue and wiggled it at her.

Ru Yan lowered her head, stuck out her fragrant tongue, licked his tongue, and sucked on it for dozens of seconds. “Okay, you pervert.” “She wants to trick me into breaking up with her so she can get me to pursue her mother.” Hou Longtao licked his lips. “I wasn’t particularly sure before, but after hearing what you said, I’m now one hundred and twenty percent certain.”

“Are you kidding me? Pursue her mother? That’s too absurd.” “I know it sounds a bit strange, hmph, I have to tell you a story again.” Hou Longtao then explained He Liping’s behavior recently. “Nuo Nuo is trying so hard to help her mother out of the shadows, sigh.” “Really? That woman still loves Hu Ergou? How can anyone be so stupid? What’s so good about a swindler?” Ru Yan truly couldn’t comprehend it.

“Is it stupid? Women in love often do stupid things. Besides, didn’t you fall in love with me, a bad guy, and willingly share me with other women, never competing for my affection?” As he said this, Hou Longtao stared deeply into her eyes, the corners of his mouth slightly downturned, then pressed his head close to her chest. “Ru Yan, I know I’ve made you suffer a lot. I will… I will love you well for the rest of my life.”

“Brother…” Ru Yan was always moved by this man to the point where she was willing to do anything for him. “It’s not a grievance, not at all. I know you love me, and that’s enough.” She hugged his head tightly, resting her cheek on the top of his head, rubbing it gently. The two embraced like this for a full ten minutes before separating.

“Brother, then how do you think this matter should be handled? As a woman who also loves you, I can completely understand Nuo Nuo’s feelings. She has deep affection for you. I’m sure the feeling she had when she wrote this letter can’t be described by the word ‘heartbreak’,” Ru Yan said while tidying his hair.

“What do you think I should do?” “I don’t know, but I think you’ll definitely have a way to make both mother and daughter happy.” “You are…” Hou Longtao saw a strange glint in her eyes and couldn’t help but smile. Ru Yan flicked his forehead lightly. “You know what I mean.”

“Okay, I’ll listen to you.” Hou Longtao picked up his pretty secretary and placed her on his large swivel chair, kissing her forehead. “Help me sort out these documents. I’ve already looked at them. I’m going to find Nuo Nuo now.” He grabbed his coat from the rack. “Brother, you’ve already figured out what to do, haven’t you?” Ru Yan tilted her head, looking at him. “What about you?” He turned, a mysterious smile on his face…

Xue Nuo walked out of the school gate alone, looking up at the gray sky, which mirrored her mood. She didn’t know how she had gotten through the day. She had been absent-minded during training and was scolded by the coach. In her heart, she was no longer Hou Longtao’s girlfriend, and that alone made the days feel endless.

Lowering her head, she walked toward the bus stop, completely unaware that a black SL500 was slowly following her not far from the school gate.

Hou Longtao stopped the car in front of her, got out, and said, “Nuo Nuo, get in.” Xue Nuo was startled, but seeing his expressionless face, she couldn’t help but step back. “Brother Tao… what’s wrong?”

“I want to talk to you.” “You received my letter, right? What else is there to talk about?” It was already dark, and no one could see her biting her lip. “I told you to get in the car, didn’t you hear me?” Hou Longtao’s face darkened. Xue Nuo didn’t move, desperately trying to restrain herself. She knew that if she was alone with him, all her previous sadness and efforts would be for nothing.

“Beep… beep…” An extremely loud horn blared behind the Benz. A bus wanted to pass. “Hey, what are you doing? Move the car,” the driver shouted, sticking his head out the window. Hou Longtao acted as if he hadn’t heard, not even glancing sideways, still staring silently at his beloved girl.

“Are you deaf?” “Beep… beep… beep…” The driver started cursing. He had a Benz in front and another bus behind, unable to move forward or backward, so he could only honk continuously. No wonder he was anxious. Now the wages and bonuses of the bus drivers and conductors were linked to the number of tickets sold, and the buses were even contracted out to individuals. Stopping here was like throwing money away. “Are you looking for death? Get out of the way quickly.”

Seeing that Hou Longtao still didn’t intend to leave, the driver got out of the bus. “Hey, you motherfucker.” “Get lost,” Hou Longtao said in a low voice. “I’ll fuck you, are you sick?” The driver pushed him hard. The conductor also got out, and the two sandwiched Hou Longtao, pushing him back and forth, cursing.

Hou Longtao neither spoke nor fought back, just staring intently at his beloved girl. Xue Nuo couldn’t stand it any longer. “Brother Tao, I’ll go with you.” She got into the SL500.

A hint of a smile flashed across Hou Longtao’s face. Suddenly, he kicked the driver in the crotch, causing him to scream miserably, cover his groin, and fall to the ground. Because Hou Longtao hadn’t resisted before, the conductor was stunned by his sudden action. Those few seconds were enough. Hou Longtao grabbed his collar and punched him in the abdomen five or six times in a row.

“Hmph.” Looking at the two people lying on the ground, Hou Longtao sneered, turned, and pulled open the car door. Just before he got in, his expression turned into an indescribable gloom.

“Do you have anything to explain to me?” In the suite of the “Tianlun Dynasty” hotel, Hou Longtao, who had been silent all the way, finally spoke. “No.” Xue Nuo sat on the edge of the bed, her head lowered. She could feel his sharp gaze like an eagle. But that wasn’t why she didn’t dare to look at him. More importantly, every time she looked at him, the infinite love in her heart made her chest ache.

“Did you write this letter?” Hou Longtao took the printed email from the printer and flicked it onto her lap. Xue Nuo glanced at it. “I wrote it.” “Then read it to me.” “Wh… why?” She was puzzled. “I don’t believe you wrote it, and I don’t believe the words in it. If it’s really true, then reading the facts you’ve stated again shouldn’t be too difficult, right?”

“I… I won’t read it. Everything is written out clearly, and I’ve made a decision. What difference does it make whether I read it or not?” Xue Nuo’s words seemed firm and calm, but her voice trembled, indicating she was trying to suppress her agitation. She really wanted to throw herself into his arms and explain everything; she loved him so much, but she also loved her mother. If one of the three was destined to be unhappy, she would rather it be herself.

“Hehehe,” Hou Longtao laughed for the first time in hours, sat down next to her, and pushed her down on the bed, starting to kiss her face. “You’re really too cute. Tell me why you’re trying to deceive me with these nonsensical words.” Xue Nuo turned her head away. “Hou Longtao, don’t do this. I’ve made it very clear to you. We’re just ordinary friends now. You can’t treat me like this anymore.”

“Okay,” Hou Longtao rolled over. “As long as you read it to me once, I’ll definitely treat you as an ordinary friend from now on.” Xue Nuo sat up, picked up the printed email, and began to read it aloud. She wanted to leave as soon as possible. Every second she stayed, the fragile psychological defense she had desperately built would be one step closer to collapsing.

“Brother Tao, there’s been something on my mind that I don’t know how to tell you. I’m afraid of hurting you. But I really can’t hide it any longer. I’ve fallen in love with another man. He’s my classmate. I’m really grateful for everything you’ve done for me in the past, but I no longer have that special feeling for you. Unless there’s something particularly important, I think we should avoid seeing each other for the time being. I hope you can find another woman you like as soon as possible.”

The letter was so short that it was unconvincing. Xue Nuo was simply not good at lying. There were loopholes everywhere, but because she was very emotional when she wrote it and had no facts to base it on, and because in her subconscious she didn’t want him to believe it, she could only write it like this.

The fact that she could finish reading it was already beyond his expectations. It seemed she was slightly stronger than he had imagined. He got off the bed, sat in the chair in front of the window, and lit a cigarette. “Okay, okay, even if what you said is true, you sent me the email last night. Do you remember how many times we made love the day before yesterday? Since you’ve fallen in love with someone else, how do you explain that you can reach a state of spiritual and physical union with me in bed?”

“I… I…” Xue Nuo couldn’t answer. Before she could even think, Hou Longtao said something she couldn’t accept. “You don’t need to answer. I believe you. You hope I can find another woman I like soon? Then help me come up with an idea. Ru Yun, Yue Ling, and Ru Yan, which one should I pursue?”

“You… what did you say? You said that if I wasn’t your girlfriend, you would pursue my mother.” Xue Nuo stood up abruptly. Seeing the strange smile on his face, she realized she had said something she shouldn’t have, and quickly sat down again. “I… I am…”

She realized her mind was blank, and she couldn’t find any reasonable words to cover up her true thoughts.

Hou Longtao’s face darkened. “So I guessed right. Do you think I’m your doll? You keep me to play with when you like me, and give me away when you don’t. Have you ever considered my feelings? You’re the girl I love, and I’m willing to do anything for you, but you treat me like a worthless object. You’re making me so sad.” The more he spoke, the angrier he became. He stood up, turned to face the window, and took a deep breath as if to suppress his anger. Hou Longtao’s face changed too quickly, and Xue Nuo didn’t have time to react. She just stared at him blankly. “Brother Tao… I…” “You don’t need to say anything else. Leave. I don’t want to see you again.” He turned around, his lips trembling. He took off his glasses and wiped his eyes with the back of his hand, leaving a shiny streak on his cheek.

“Brother Tao…呜…” Infected by Hou Longtao’s emotions, Xue Nuo couldn’t hold back any longer. The depression that had been building up all day burst out. Tears fell like broken pearls. She rushed to his side and hugged him tightly. “I… I… none of that is true…呜… none of it is true…呜… I love you…呜… I really… really love you… but… but my mother… I… I can only think of you… only you… you are the only one worthy of her啊…呜…呜…”

“Wait, wait,” Hou Longtao helped the sobbing girl sit back on the bed. “You… you mean you didn’t want me to pursue your mother because you didn’t love me anymore, but because you thought that only I in this world could make your mother cheer up again?” He was asking a question he already knew the answer to. Although he had said earlier that he didn’t believe she had fallen in love with someone else, this didn’t affect the credibility of his pretense, because she couldn’t perform logical analysis in such an emotional state.

“Hmm…” Xue Nuo nodded. “The day before yesterday… you… you said… if… if… I wasn’t yours…” “Sigh… Nuo Nuo, you’re really too silly,” Hou Longtao put her in his arms. “Do you know how much I love you? If I really believed your words, I would never see you again. I couldn’t bear to be in the same room with you and not be able to hug you and kiss you. How could I possibly pursue your mother? Even if everything went according to your wishes, I pursued your mother, this situation would happen sooner or later. I would only know then the sacrifice you made. How would you want me to handle it?”

“I… I thought I could bear it.” Xue Nuo pouted and stopped crying. “Then what should we do now? After this, I know that I can’t live without you anymore. Without you, it’s like half of my life force has been taken away, but how can I watch my mother continue to be depressed? Brother Tao, you have to come up with a solution today.”

“There is a solution, but it’s not something I came up with, but you yourself, but I don’t think you’ll accept it.” Hou Longtao’s words were inexplicable and contradictory, making her frown. “Something I came up with? What did I come up with? Since it’s my idea, how could I not accept it?”

“Wasn’t it your idea to have me pursue your mother?” “Yes… yes, but… but I…” Xue Nuo was even more confused. Hadn’t this plan already been rejected? “I understand,” Hou Longtao pulled her over and kissed her deeply on the lips. “You can’t bear to part with me, right? But there’s no rule that says I can only pursue your mother after we break up.”

“Ah!? How can that work? I can’t compete with my mother.” The lovely girl was very kind. She only thought that it was improper for a mother and daughter to fight over a man, but she didn’t realize his intention to have his feet in both boats. “Then how could you have thought that my idea of pursuing your mother would work in the first place? If a daughter doesn’t compete with her mother, how can a mother compete with her daughter?” Hou Longtao said as he casually unbuttoned her clothes.

“I thought that if we broke up, my mother wouldn’t be competing with me.” “Silly girl, if we really broke up, your mother would be even less likely to accept me. She knows you too well. She would never believe that you dumped me. In that case, I would become a heartless man. After what happened with Hu Ergou, the wounds in her heart haven’t healed yet. She would only hate me, the heartless man, even more.”

“Yes.” Her heart was shocked. She realized that her thinking was indeed too incomplete, but before she could think, he took the next step. Xue Nuo’s body was slowly pressed down on the bed, and he licked and kissed her snow-white neck. She thought she would never experience being loved by him again in her life, and her body couldn’t help but feel a chill. She hugged his neck tightly. “Ah… Brother Tao… I miss you so much…”

Hou Longtao’s hand had already reached into her layers of clothing, pushed aside her bra, and kneaded her tender breasts, lightly biting her earlobe. “Nuo Nuo, does it feel good?” He probed into her ear canal with his nimble tongue, desperately pushing inside. “Ah…” Xue Nuo shrank her neck, frowned, and closed her eyes. “It feels good… Brother Tao…嗯…”

“If I treated your mother like this, would she feel good too?” Hou Longtao lifted her clothes and sucked on her nipple with a “啾啾” [kissing] sound. In fact, it was unreasonable and risky for him to ask this question. If she realized his lewd, obscene, and despicable inner world, there would be a risk of losing both mother and daughter, but nothing ventured, nothing gained.

“Mom? If Brother Tao treated Mom like this too, Mom would feel good too, right? Then she definitely wouldn’t be sad anymore.” Once he reminded her, such a thought flashed through her mind. “Earlier, I called your mother and told her that I would send you back after dinner. From her voice, it sounded like she had just cried.” Hou Longtao continued to add fuel to the fire. There was no unhappy expression on her face. He knew that his plan was already half successful.

Sure enough, Xue Nuo suddenly felt a sense of guilt that she didn’t know where it came from. Her mother was at home alone, weeping, while she was here being loved by her beloved. Feeling his fingers inserted between her delicate labia, as it stirred, a sweet current surged through her body. In the last moment before pleasure completely devoured her reason, the image in her mind was her mother’s sad face.

Hou Longtao lay on the bed, Xue Nuo knelt behind him, holding his legs with both hands, using her moist cave to move up and down on his erect penis. She knew that he liked this position, because he could see the beautiful scenery of her round buttocks rising and falling in the air. She could feel his big hand gently kneading her buttock meat. “Ah… ah… Brother Tao… I want… ah… ah…”

Hou Longtao sat up, reached forward with one hand to press down on her clitoris and squeeze it hard, and licked her shoulder with the other hand, pinching her nipple. “Nuo Nuo, if you really fell in love with another man, do you know what I would do?” “Wh… what would you do… ah… ah… ah…” Xue Nuo moved faster and faster, obviously approaching orgasm.

“I would kill him, and then I would catch you and lock you up by my side forever and ever. You will be mine for the rest of your life, for the rest of your life…” A typical declaration of male chauvinism, but when said between deeply loving men and women, it became the most sensational love words. “I will be yours for the rest of my life… for the rest of my life… ah…” Xue Nuo reached the peak of pleasure while constantly repeating his words……

Elegance does not require size, fragrance does not require abundance [meaning true quality shines regardless of quantity] (A golden carp is not a thing in a pond) [meaning a talented person shouldn’t be confined to a small place].