Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
“How do I tease a woman?” Qin Guanglin picked up his mobile phone to ask his best friend. This best friend had two relationships already, which was twice the experience he had himself.
“Girl, smile for the master.” The best friend, Xiao Yu, replied in a split second.
“Not like that… Let me rephrase. How do you tease a woman you fancy?” Qin Guanglin asked. He had searched it up on Baidu, but it only gave him a ton of rubbish.
“Are you asking me how to pursue a woman you like?” Xiao Yu had no idea what this chap was thinking. Tease?
“Basically, to make a woman blush. To make her heart beat fast.” Qin Guanglin did not want to know how to pursue a woman. He already did it, or rather, the woman had already pursued him.
“…Buddy, that’s not teasing. That is flirting.” Xiao Yu suddenly felt that Qin Guanglin was pitiful. He had been single for so long that he probably never touched a girl’s hand. He didn’t even know the difference between teasing and flirting. Hence, Xiao Yu helped him.
Qin Guanglin looked at the search results and fell into contemplation. Flirt? Flirting with a woman? Well, that sounded more like it. “So tell me, how does one ‘flirt’?”
“This topic is profound. The basic thing is to be playful in your everyday speech. I will show it to you. What zodiac do you belong to?” Xiao Yu passed on the tips he had learned from the Internet.
“Me? Don’t you know that I was born in the year of the dog?” it bewildered Qin Guanglin.
“No, you belong to me. See? It’s so simple. Learn more and use more.” Xiao Yu gave out his secret tactic triumphantly.
Qin Guanglin fell into deep thought again. It seemed a bit interesting…
Dense Forest: [ What zodiac do you belong to? ]
Gone Astray, Awaiting Return: [ What about you? ]
Dense Forest: [ Year of the dog. You? ]
Gone Astray, Awaiting Return: [ No, you belong to me. ]
Defeated.
Qin Guanglin couldn’t keep calm. How could this work? Aren’t these sweet-nothings? It was too mushy. He couldn’t continue doing this.
“I got defeated. This won’t do. I can’t stand it if I fail. Do you have anything more powerful?” He continued turning to his best friend for advice.
Xiao Yu frowned as he held the phone. Defeated? Did he mean he got blocked? It was beyond his knowledge… Perhaps he should simply hand over all his secrets.
“You’re only just learning, so it’s normal to fail. I’ll send you a link. Look and think about it.”
Qin Guanglin opened the link that his buddy sent and read it carefully for a long time. It was full of mushy sweet-nothings, which was inevitable. He returned to the chat. “Are there any absolute killer lines?”
“If you can’t even execute the basics right, how can you use an absolute killer line? Lin, you have to face reality and start small.”
Absolute killer lines? Xiao Yu shook his head. He wanted to run before he even learned how to walk. How could he ever find a girlfriend like this?
“Regardless of whether or not I can do it, just teach me to see if it works.” Qin Guanglin was a little anxious. He had to win a round so the bullying would stop.
Xiao Yu felt that he had to help his buddy face reality. An absolute killer line…? Thinking of this, he suddenly remembered one that he recently watched on TV, but it was hard to execute. Yes, he shall teach him that and let him come to his senses.
“In that case, I will teach you the very best tactic to have. Have you ever heard of it? To execute an absolute killer line, you must have a girlfriend first… And if you want to have a girlfriend, you must learn the basics.”
Qin Guanglin did not care about the second half of Xiao Yu’s reply since he already had a girlfriend. What he wanted was to counteract and not be bullied!
He opened Baidu and searched around. It turned out that… It was indeed challenging. But thinking about the effect it could have, it was indeed an absolute killer line.
Well, he shall keep it at the back of his hand. If that girl gets too much or jokes about kissing and getting pregnant, he will pull the absolute killer line on her!
The mobile phone rang again.
Gone Astray, Awaiting Return: [ Let’s start again. I promise I will work with you. ]
Dense Forest: [ I’m not coming. ]
Gone Astray, Awaiting Return: [ I swear. I will work with you. ]
Dense Forest: [ I refuse. ]
Gone Astray, Awaiting Return: [ Fine. What time did you wake up? ]
Dense Forest: [ Not too long ago. ]
Gone Astray, Awaiting Return: [ You won’t be able to sleep well again tonight. I should have woken you up when I left. ]
Qin Guanglin looked at the conversation and felt that something was off. However, he couldn’t put a finger on it. He put down the phone and thought for a while, and then after, he picked it up again and opened the chat.
Dense Forest: [ I have a question. ]
Gone Astray, Awaiting Return: [ What? ]
Dense Forest: [ Why? ]
Gone Astray, Awaiting Return: [ Why are you asking so much? ]
Dense Forest: [ You know what I’m asking about. I want to know. ]
There was no reply for a long time. Qin Guanglin put his phone aside and decided not to wait any longer. He did not believe in love at first sight, where one could fall in love knowing nothing about that person. That would be superficial.
People who fall in love, at first sight, are all superficial. Otherwise, who has ever heard of ugly people falling in love at first sight?
From being acquaintances to being together, He Fang started all of it. She befriended him, then met him, then made him fall in love with her, and then confessed.
There must have been a reason for it if she was not superficial?
His EQ might be a little low, but his IQ was not low.
“Time to eat.” Mother Qin knocked on the door.
Qin Guanglin responded and walked out of the room. The dishes were mostly leftovers from lunch, except for a plate of freshly fried vegetables. It was his and Mother Qin’s favorite.
“I wonder where your girlfriend learned to cook. I think her skills are enough to open a restaurant.” Mother Qin suddenly praised He Fang’s culinary skills again.
“Probably talent. Otherwise, she should have practiced hard?” Qin Guanglin replied casually. He could not deny that the food she cooked for lunch was indeed better than Mother Qin’s.
“Her knife skill can’t possibly be talent. She must have been cooking since she was a child.” Mother Qin believed in hard work more. “What do you think of her?”
Qin Guanglin took two big mouthfuls of rice with his chopsticks, then raised his head and thought as he chewed.
“I think… I need to look for a job,” he said as he ate a spoonful of rice. “Freelancing is too unstable. I should join a studio.”
“Aren’t you doing just fine? You’re free and able to support yourself.” Mother Qin put down the crockery after she had finished eating.
“I’m not just supporting myself now.” Qin Guanglin sped up his eating.
Mother Qin understood his thoughts and looked at him in surprise. Did this kid suddenly grow up?
It was time, anyway. Maturity was always a momentary matter. The difference between a child and an adult lies in responsibility. One would become an adult when he realizes his responsibility and bears it.
It was almost time to start a family… On the one hand, Mother Qin couldn’t bear it. On the other hand, she felt somewhat relieved.
After eating, Qin Guanglin returned to his room and casually picked up the phone at the top of his bed. It showed an unread message, which he clicked to open.
Gone Astray, Awaiting Return: [ Because you have always been standing half a step behind me. ]
Qin Guanglin pondered for a while and did not quite understand it, but it didn’t matter. He would know sooner or later, anyway.
Now that he was sure he liked her, and that she liked him back and that they were already dating, it was enough.
His fingers tapped lightly on the keyboard. A line of words appeared in the chat window. He pressed send.
Dense Forest: [ What zodiac do you belong to? ]