Golden Scale [EN]: Chapter 36

The Blessing Comes in Pairs (Part 2)

“Baby…” Hou Longtao pressed down on Xue Nuo, ceaselessly moving his hips. His hard manhood was like an iron spear, stabbing into the depths of the girl’s body again and again, her tender opening already a little swollen.

“Ah… ah…” Xue Nuo’s arms weakly embraced her lover’s neck, her two snow-white legs bent and propped up on the bed. Her moans were extremely weak, not because she wasn’t experiencing pleasure, but because she was too tired. She couldn’t even remember how many times she had reached climax. Her whole body was sore and aching, as if it was about to fall apart.

Hou Longtao knew that the pleasure the girl was getting now was far less than before. He felt sorry for making her so tired, and secretly told himself, “This is the last time. As long as I can subdue her in a little while, I won’t have to treat her like this again.” He kissed the girl’s lips, sticking his tongue inside. Xue Nuo didn’t even have the strength to respond to her lover’s passionate kiss, only slightly opening her mouth, letting the man stir her tongue. “Um… ah… Tao… Brother Tao… I… I… I have no strength…” After speaking, she desperately arched her hips twice, then lay back with her limbs spread open, panting heavily. “I… I… really… really can’t anymore…”

Hou Longtao didn’t force her. He pulled out his penis, gently held the girl’s breasts, and took turns flicking the two bright nipples with his tongue, gently sucking. The sweat on their bodies quickly dried. Hou Longtao pulled over the quilt, covered the two of them, and continued to lick and kiss the alluring female body. While skillfully caressing the girl’s body, he was also engaged in a fierce internal debate. Now that it was imminent, he was a little hesitant again. What kind of response would he get if he proposed to Xue Nuo that he wanted to date He Liping? Although he had been planning carefully for almost two months, Hou Longtao couldn’t possibly be prescient. The difficulty of getting a pair of good family mother and daughter to willingly go to bed with him was beyond imagination. A little carelessness would completely ruin his relationship with Xue Nuo. Was he really willing to take this risk?

“Wait a little longer, there are plenty of opportunities. Haste makes waste. Anyway, there are plenty of beauties around me.” Hou Longtao rationalized his hesitation. In fact, in his subconscious, he didn’t want to take any chance of losing this girl whom he had deceived but truly loved.

Hou Longtao made up his mind and poked his head out of the quilt, suddenly discovering that the girl was staring straight at the ceiling, with glittering tears rolling down her cheeks. “Nuo Nuo, what’s wrong?” The man hurriedly lay down, hugged her, and kissed her forehead lovingly.

Xue Nuo buried her head in her lover’s arms, sobbing softly. It turned out that as soon as she recovered from the intense sexual pleasure, she immediately thought of her sad mother again. She was a girl with a lot on her mind. The more love she received from her lover, the stronger the guilt in her heart. Her mother was the only blood relative she had in the world. If she couldn’t be happy, nothing she did would have any meaning.

“Brother Tao,” Xue Nuo raised her head. “If you pursue my mother, are you sure you can succeed?” “Ah!?” Hou Longtao looked at her in surprise. “You… you really want me to pursue her?” “Really.” “Hahaha,” the man suddenly laughed. “Baby, don’t joke with me. I was just teasing you.”

“No, I’m not joking. Are you worried you won’t like my mother? Any man who sees my mother would be interested.” “Yes, I’m not worried about not liking her,” Seeing the girl’s serious expression, Hou Longtao was even more certain that she was testing him. His previous words must have aroused her suspicion, and now it was still possible to remedy the situation. “But you are my beloved. I respect her too much. If I had to choose between you mother and daughter, I can only tell you that I will never leave you.”

Xue Nuo threw herself into her lover’s arms again. “I… I won’t leave you either. I don’t want you to choose. I really want to know if you are confident that you can pursue my mother.” Hou Longtao had been playing around with women for so many years, and he wouldn’t be so easily “fooled.” “Stop it, let’s go out to eat. You have to go to school tomorrow, so you can’t stay out too late.”

“Aiya, aiya,” Xue Nuo shook her lover’s body. “I’m really not joking.” Hou Longtao frowned and gritted his teeth. “I’m 90% sure, but I won’t pursue her. You know the reason.” “No, I want you to pursue her.” The girl said what the man wanted to hear most, but Hou Longtao couldn’t believe it. “Are you sure? I don’t want our relationship to be damaged because of this.”

“I… I don’t know either, but as long as it can make my mother happy again, I’m willing to do anything. Besides, you… you are really… really too good in bed. I… I really have a hard time… a hard time satisfying you alone. If my mother could also… Brother Tao, can you tell me your plan first?” Xue Nuo looked at her lover pleadingly.

Hou Longtao felt a pang in his heart, and secretly cursed himself for having such twisted thoughts in the first place, making it so difficult to back out now. “Alright, alright, isn’t your mother’s birthday on the 25th of this month? We’ll just…”

The man briefly explained his plan, deliberately omitting many important details. “Nuo Nuo, there’s still time. You must carefully consider it. No matter what, I will take good care of you mother and daughter, but once this is done, it will be too late for you to regret it.”

Xue Nuo was also hesitant. She was just afraid that she would really be jealous, but she didn’t think about whether her mother would accept it. “Then… then I’ll think about it again.” The man looked up at the ceiling, sighing inwardly. “If only it could be like those novels, where you can easily take in both mother and daughter, how enjoyable would that be.”

In fact, the problem was all with Hou Longtao himself. If he only wanted the physical aspect and not the emotional connection, it wouldn’t be so difficult. But he was the kind of man who valued both feelings and was greedy. Anything he liked, he had to keep by his side, not just play with and be done with. This kind of personality was the biggest burden for a lecherous man, and a burden that he could never get rid of…

When Xue Nuo returned home, He Liping was watching TV in the living room. “Nuo Nuo, did you have fun with Longtao?”

“Happy.” “Did you finish your homework?” “There’s still a little bit left.” “Then go do it quickly, don’t delay your studies.” The girl quickly walked into her room. She always felt that her mother’s mood was very low, which also prompted her to make up her mind. She dialed the phone. “Brother Tao, let’s do it according to your plan. I’m begging you, it all depends on you.”…

A week passed quickly. On Tuesday night, Hou Longtao and his six brothers gathered together again. Eating and drinking was naturally indispensable, but most importantly, Horse Face brought him extremely bad news. “Fourth Brother, how is Liu Jiang’s matter going?” “I have no clue at all. Damn it, there’s no way to deal with that kind of incorruptible official. Why couldn’t your old man find a slightly easier opponent?”

“Hey, what does this have to do with my old man? Stop talking nonsense. My old man has already received internal news that the title of deputy director will most likely fall on Liu Jiang. What do you think we should do?” Horse Face sighed helplessly. His words made everyone in the room very unhappy. It seemed that the hope of each person’s annual income of 15 million was slim.

“Monkey, your advertisement is already in the production stage. Do you want to continue it?” Liu Nan lit a cigarette. “Continue, why not continue? As long as the official appointment doesn’t come down for a day, there’s still a chance. Besides, even without that title, I still have to do this business. Using market means alone may not necessarily be hopeless.” Hou Longtao clapped his hands forcefully. “Don’t all look so dejected. In a word, when the car reaches the mountain, there will be a road; when the boat reaches the bridge, it will naturally go straight [idiom meaning ‘things will sort themselves out’].”

Although his words sounded good on the surface, Hou Longtao was also very irritable in his heart. Anyone would be anxious to see such a sure-fire opportunity to rise to the top slip away before their eyes. He had now reached a point where he was at a loss and had exhausted his talents. Flies don’t bite seamless eggs [idiom meaning ‘there’s no exploiting someone who is incorruptible’], but Liu Jiang was just such a “seamless egg.”

“Oh, right, Fourth Brother,” Horse Face took out a ticket from his pocket. “This ticket can’t be revoked. You should honestly go to the bank to pay the fine.” “You’re kidding me,” Hou Longtao almost popped his eyes out. “Your old man is a dignified captain, can’t he even handle a parking ticket?” “If it were another ticket, I could revoke it for you in a heartbeat, but this one is hopeless.” “Why?”

“This,” Horse Face pointed to the police number on the ticket. “No one dares to revoke this ticket.” “Are you kidding me? The police girl who gave me the ticket is just an ordinary motorcycle cop.” “An ordinary motorcycle cop? You can’t stand her strong backing.” “What backing?” “I don’t know. I asked, but my old man didn’t say specifically. The entire traffic management bureau doesn’t dare to revoke the ticket issued by that police officer.” “Damn it, forget it, I’ll just pay it.” Hou Longtao didn’t take it seriously and put the ticket away.

After eating and chatting for a while, the seven guys went back to their respective homes. Hou Longtao didn’t leave with Long. He needed to calm down and sort out his scattered thoughts, and to go over the plan to “celebrate” He Liping’s birthday one last time in his mind. Pursuing women was no easier than starting a business.

Hou Longtao parked his car on the side of the road, lit a cigarette, and pressed down the window. A burst of cold air immediately rushed in, causing him to shiver, but it did clear his mind a lot. Some problems can’t be solved just by thinking about them. He had almost finished half a pack of cigarettes, but he hadn’t figured out anything.

The cell phone in his jacket pocket rang. The screen showed a string of zeros, and he knew it was a long distance call. “Hello.” “Hello, Brother Tao, Merry Christmas.” Zhang Yuqian’s delicate voice came out. “Hmph, there’s nothing happy about it. I don’t celebrate Christmas.” Hou Longtao wasn’t joking. All of his women had been rejected by him for the same reason, otherwise he would really be unable to handle it tonight.

“Hey, what are you talking about? Don’t you believe in Jesus?” “I don’t believe, I never believe.” “You will be punished by God for this. I believe in him, and you have to believe too.” The girl’s tone was like an order.

“God? What God? China’s 5,000 years of history has nurtured countless religions. You can believe in any of them, why do you have to believe in a foreign god and use him to pressure me.” Hou Longtao’s voice was obviously displeased. He was already in a bad mood, and being disturbed like this made him even more annoyed.

“You bastard!” Zhang Yuqian shouted and hung up the phone with a “click.” “Hey.” The man shook his head helplessly. From the phone calls in the past few months, he had realized that this girl was actually very willful, probably because she had been spoiled since she was young. Originally, Hou Longtao didn’t really like willful women, but Zhang Yuqian was an exception, not only because of her outstanding beauty, but also because of the sincere affection she showed for him every time she called, and also because he felt a trace of guilt towards her in his heart.

Hou Longtao dialed the phone, and it went to the answering machine. “Sister Qian, I know you’re there, answer the phone. Hey, I’m sorry, baby, I’ve already apologized, why aren’t you answering? If you don’t answer, I’ll keep calling.” “You’re so annoying,” Yuqian finally picked up the receiver. “You deadhead, I kindly asked you how you were, but you’re biting the hand that feeds you [idiom meaning ‘to be ungrateful’].” As she spoke, she began to cry.

“Okay, okay, baby, it’s my fault, don’t be angry with me, my good baby.” Hou Longtao quickly comforted her. “Who’s your baby? Don’t be sentimental, I hate you.” “Hey, big sister, I’m almost worried to death here, please don’t add to my troubles.” “Am I adding to your troubles? You brought it on yourself.” “Yes, yes, yes, I brought it on myself, I’m a fool, okay?” “Hmph, you’re not sincere at all, forget it, what are you worried about?”

“It’s a long story, I have a new patent in my hand…” Hou Longtao spent more than an hour explaining the matter clearly. “That’s it, the appointment is in less than ten days, and now I’m at my wit’s end.” “Hehe, you’re just a big dumb donkey.” “What are you doing? I’m really annoyed.” “Are you a dumb donkey?” “Yes, yes, I am, okay?”

“Hehe,” Yuqian’s laughter was as sweet as a silver bell. “You can directly find someone from the municipal party committee and have them approve your matter, why do you have to go through the traffic management bureau, it’s so much trouble.” “Heh,” Hou Longtao smiled bitterly. “Who do you think your husband is? The threshold of the municipal party committee is so high, I can’t climb it. Besides, if I can make Captain Ma the deputy director, many things will be easier to handle in the future, and it will also be helping my sixth brother.”

“Hey, I’m warning you one more time, don’t always call me unclearly [referring to the ambiguous term of endearment].” Yuqian became delicate again. “Is it really just that Captain Ma needs to take office?” “Yes, I can’t even do that.” “I heard that a ‘Lake View Water Park’ opened in Huairou [district in Beijing] two years ago,” the girl suddenly changed the subject. “It’s said to be very interesting. When I go back in the summer, will you accompany me to play?”

The man frowned, his mind began to spin rapidly. “What’s this all about? Why are you suddenly talking about amusement parks? That’s not right, could it be that my baby has connections? What does her family do?” Hou Longtao tentatively asked, “Sister Qian, do you think Captain Ma’s appointment is possible? It’s said that Liu Jiang has already been internally appointed.”

“Aiya, why are you so long-winded, going back and forth about such a small matter. Will you accompany me or not?” Yuqian pouted on the other end of the phone. “Okay, I’ll accompany you, I’ll go through fire and water, I’ll accompany you, let alone a water park.” “Tch, it’s not that serious. Brother Tao, don’t worry, happily wait for me to go back.” The girl’s voice was full of longing.

Hanging up the phone, Hou Longtao immediately called Liu Nan. “Third Brother, speed up the production of that advertisement, and let Er Dezi give me a prime time slot. I want to see it on TV before the Spring Festival.” Then he called Horse Face again. “Sixth Brother, tell our dad to prepare to be promoted. When the appointment comes down, I’ll treat him to dinner.”

Although Zhang Yuqian didn’t explicitly tell him that she had a way, Hou Longtao’s intuition told him that the god of luck had once again descended on him. Nevertheless, there was still a trace of unease in his heart, but he didn’t know where it came from…

Calculating the time in Beijing, her family should still be awake. Yuqian picked up the phone. She usually didn’t care about the time when she called Hou Longtao, sometimes even waking the man up from his sleep in the early hours of the morning in Beijing. It was of course okay to be a little temperamental with her boyfriend, but she didn’t dare to be too presumptuous with the people she couldn’t afford to offend at home.

“Hello, Sister Wu, this is Yuqian, are my parents there?” “Ah, it’s Second Sister, they’ve all gone out, only Grandpa and Grandma are here.” “Okay, please ask my grandpa to answer the phone.” After waiting for a while, a very confident voice rang out. “Hello, Second Girl, why did you think of calling home?”

“Grandpa, Merry Christmas.” “Christmas? Is today Christmas?” “It’s Christmas Eve over there, what’s going on, you’re all not taking it seriously.” Yuqian said angrily. “Hehehe, what’s so good about believing in foreign gods.” “Grandpa, are you and grandma in good health?” “Good, your grandpa and I are so young.” “Hehe, big talk.” “What big talk, I’m not even sixty-five yet, I’m in my prime.” The old man loved this granddaughter the most and liked to laugh with her.

“Grandpa, I won’t be able to return to Beijing until the end of May next year, so I won’t be able to make it to your sixty-fifth birthday.” “It doesn’t matter, it doesn’t matter, you won’t have to leave again when you come back this time, just wait to celebrate my seventieth birthday.” “Definitely, what did my parents go to do?” “Oh, the Municipal Bureau has a New Year’s Eve party, they’re recording it today, your parents, your brother, and your aunt all went.” “Why didn’t you go?”

“Me? The Beijing Municipal Public Security Bureau’s activities didn’t specifically invite me, so I don’t need to join in the fun.” The old man seemed to think that participating in the city’s activities was beneath him. “Did my aunt go too? Is she still in the Haidian Traffic Police Team?” “Yes.” “You’re really something, why don’t you transfer her to your side, so she doesn’t have to be exposed to the wind and sun every day.” Yuqian and her aunt were about the same age, like sisters, so she naturally cared about her more.

“Hey, it’s not that I don’t want to transfer her, you still don’t know Yun’er’s temper, it’s even worse than yours. As soon as I mentioned transferring her to the ministry, she got angry, saying she wouldn’t sit in the office, and she always used gender equality and not having special privileges to lecture me.”

“Then doesn’t my uncle care about her?” “How can he care? Your uncle is already a very busy person, and now that he’s entered Beijing, he has even less free time. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have sent Yun’er to Beijing from the beginning and asked me to take care of her.” The old man’s tone was very helpless.

They had chatted enough about family matters, and it was time for Yuqian to get down to business. “Grandpa, I’m asking you for a favor.” “Let me hear it.” “The Traffic Management Bureau is currently selecting a deputy director. There are two candidates, one surnamed Liu and one surnamed Ma. I want the one surnamed Ma to be elected. Please say a word to the people in the Municipal Party Committee.”

“Why are you concerned about these things? What does that have to do with you? I can’t control the affairs of the Beijing Municipal Party Committee.” “Um, um, um,” Yuqian acted coquettishly. “How can you not control it? If you say a word, wouldn’t they give you face? Besides, that’s also a matter within the public security system, so it can’t be completely unrelated to you.”

“Then you first tell me what does it have to do with you who is elected.” “This… it has nothing to do with me, I’m just helping a friend.” “What friend? Boyfriend?” The old man’s voice was teasing. “Grandpa, you’re so bad, will you help me or not?” “Hahaha, help, help, how can I not help my granddaughter? But, Second Girl, tell Grandpa the truth, is it about a boyfriend?”

“Yes.” “Is it the son of the one surnamed Ma?” “No, Grandpa, please don’t ask, I’ll tell you when I get back.” “Okay, okay, but you have to choose carefully. Several families have already come to ‘propose marriage’, you have a lot of room to choose from.” “Okay, okay, I can make my own decisions about this kind of thing, I don’t need you to worry about it. Grandpa, I’m going out to buy something, please don’t forget about that matter.”

“Oh, right, Second Girl, your godfather will be leaving his position as minister in a few days.” “Really? Is he retiring?” “No, the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress will announce in a few days that he will be appointed as the Deputy Procurator-General and member of the Procuratorial Committee of the Supreme People’s Procuratorate [top prosecutor in China].”

“Then who will take over his position?” “The original Party Secretary Xie Yongkang will take over.” “Grandpa Xie’s relationship with you is also good. But, why didn’t they let you do it?”

“Hehe, I wouldn’t do it even if they let me, my current job is so easy.” “Yes, yes, the police who manage the police are the most comfortable. Grandpa, you must help me get things done.” Yuqian reminded him again before hanging up the phone. She was very clear about her family’s power. Not to mention a deputy director of the Traffic Management Bureau, even a deputy director of the Municipal Bureau was not impossible…

On the afternoon of December 25th, Hou Longtao took a leave of absence. At around 3:00, he was tying his tie in front of his wardrobe, then he chose a smart suit, put on his coat, and picked up a large gift box on the table. “Mom, I’m going to celebrate a friend’s birthday, I won’t be back tonight.” “Okay, don’t have too much fun.” “I know.” The young conqueror walked out the door with firm steps. He was going to fulfill the dreams of every lecherous man in the world. He was going to take a pair of beautiful mother and daughter into his arms…(Golden Scales are Not Things in a Pond) [a Chinese saying meaning someone is destined for greatness]