20 years of restarting life

Chapter 3782 Nothing Short of a Thunderclap
"I'm not getting married. If I get married, I won't be able to talk to you like this anymore. I'll also have to be afraid of domestic violence and infidelity from men."

He Cai: "Just thinking about it gives me a headache!"

"Even if you get married, it won't affect our friendship."

Zhao Chang'an only reveals his true shamelessness in front of a limited number of women, such as He Cai, Chu Yun, Zeng Xiaoxiao, Xu Shasha, Qiao Jing'er, and Xue Yunzhu.

Just like with Tian Xue, he kept pretending that he had an upright and kind heart.

"Hehe, you're going to be disappointed, you won't get the chance to comfort someone else's wife."

He Cai smiled, pursing her lips.

Chu Yun also smiled and sighed, saying, "Our past can't be hidden any longer. Sooner or later, it will be dug up. When that happens, all those talented young men that He Cai and I rejected will be terrified and cry out that it was a close call."

"I think you're being a bit pessimistic. You have to move on from the past. It's like when a couple gets divorced. If the woman had sex with the man countless times during their marriage, would her new husband still hold those grudges?"

“They are different.”

He Cai sighed.

"Essentially, it's all the same. Like I said, I was just joking with you guys. If you really decide to have a proper relationship and get married, then you have to completely cut off all the previous entanglements. Like us, from now on we will definitely be true friends and colleagues, and we won't do that anymore."

Zhao Chang'an said, "I don't mean to offend you. I'm just giving an example. Like those girls who go into the sex industry, once they get tired of it, they open a shop and marry an honest man. There are many of them, and it's not as difficult as you think."

"That makes sense, but once that woman's husband and in-laws find out about her affairs, she'll have a very hard time for the rest of her life unless she gets a divorce. Besides, these people all went to work in other places, and when they returned to their hometowns, they became respectable girls from good families who did sales, nail salon work, or factory work."

He Cai said, "I won't marry!"

"Yes, I won't marry him!"

Chu Yun smiled and chimed in, "Besides, I think I'm doing pretty well now. I'm motivated at work, and in my free time, He Cai and I enjoy shopping, traveling, and tasting delicious food together. Life is great. My family lives in the countryside, and I have a younger brother who just got married last year. I paid for the house and his wife. My sister-in-law is a real beauty, prettier than me. She just didn't finish junior high school, which is a disadvantage because of her lack of education, but she's shrewd. She'd love for me to never get married so that her future children can inherit my fortune. He Cai is an only child from the city, but not getting married doesn't mean we can't have children. In the future, He Cai and I will have several children, and we'll live a wonderful life together. He Cai's parents aren't unenlightened people. I think they might complain a bit, but they'll always respect her choice."

“It’s not about respect. My parents are both laid off now and they’re counting on me to send them living expenses every month. People who don’t earn money don’t have much confidence when they speak, let alone have the right to criticize me. My parents are only in their early forties. My dad used to be a cook at a scenic area guesthouse, and my mom was a waitress. Back then, they were both enviable permanent employees. Now they’re laid off and they’re waiting for me to arrange for them to work in the research and development center’s cafeteria.”

He Cai said, "Speaking of which, my parents have seen everything at the scenic area's guesthouse. The guesthouse even has a dance hall that specifically hires pretty girls as dance partners. Hehe~"

She suddenly chuckled and whispered, "Actually, there's nothing to hide. My dad started dating someone when I was in my senior year of high school. That woman said she was pregnant, and my dad and mom almost got a divorce. The reason they didn't divorce was because my dad overheard her talking on the phone with a man, saying, 'I'll carry on your family line, so you have to arrange a job for me.' Isn't that darkly humorous? My mom still hates my dad to this day, saying that if he, as a married man, had messed around with that woman and ruined his reputation, she wouldn't have been laid off."

"Sigh, because of your selfishness, there will be two more bachelors in this world!"

Zhao Chang'an possessed a compassionate and empathetic spirit.

He Cai and Chu Yun laughed.

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Lin Xiaojie watched breathlessly as Zhao Chang'an quietly got out of bed, dressed, and went out in the dark. She was amazed at how he found his clothes in the dark. Could it be, as he had just told Tian Xue, that he practiced martial arts and could see in the dark?

Just like before, when Tian Xue threw her cheongsam down and let Zhao Chang'an hang it on the clothesline in the room, Lin Xiaojie thought carefully. She had also slept in this small bedroom last night, but she couldn't remember where there was a clothesline in this room.

Lin Xiaojie wants to know now because she also really needs to go to the toilet.

When Lin Xiaojie was at Qiaojiashan Elementary School, the school toilets were located near the classrooms, and she had to walk a distance to use them at night. So, she never drank water after dinner, so she could go to the toilet the next morning when it was light.

Sometimes when I'm really anxious, I'll talk to a female teacher from my dorm.

After Zhao Chang'an arrived tonight, Lin Xiaojie drank several cups of water due to nervousness, and Zhao Chang'an also drank several cups. Each time, after drinking more than half of the disposable paper teacup, He Cai or Chu Yun would refill his water, which would also fill her cup to the brim.

Now that Zhao Chang'an has gone to the toilet, she wants to go too.

Just bear with it, a few more hours and it will be dawn!
Lin Xiaojie gritted her teeth and encouraged herself.

She didn't know how much time had passed in this daze, and she still hadn't seen Zhao Chang'an return to the dormitory.

"Has he left?"

Lin Xiaojie knew it was impossible. It was the middle of the night, and the most likely thing was that he had already finished. It wouldn't be comfortable for him to sleep close to Tian Xue. There was a large sofa in the living room on the first floor where he could sleep, and there was also a thin blanket, air conditioning, and an electric heater.

Although Lin Xiaojie didn't know what time it was, she knew that there were still several hours until dawn, and she couldn't bear to wait even a second longer.

Her heart pounded and she trembled as she climbed down from the upper bunk. Barefoot, she shuffled her feet across the floor, unable to find her high heels. She remembered they were in that spot, and finally, she found them.

Tian Xue, on the other hand, slept soundly and sweetly.

Lin Xiaojie trembled as she put on her high heels, wanting to find her cheongsam but not knowing where it was hanging. With a determined heart, she gritted her teeth and, wearing only a pair of red high heels, tried to move quietly step by step toward the door.

She opened the door, carefully stepped out, and quietly closed it again. Lin Xiaojie breathed a sigh of relief; the most difficult hurdle was finally over.

The corridor was cluttered with flower pots, brooms, stools, and shoe racks. Fortunately, some faint moonlight shone through the glass windows at both ends of the second floor, and the three machine rooms with their doors open were also dimly lit by wall lamps. Although the corridor was dark, visibility was not affected.

She walked step by step toward the bathroom, passing Qu Shuixian and Yu Ning's room, and then toward He Cai and Chu Yun's room.

Once you pass this room, the bathroom she's been longing for is just ahead.

"squeak~"

Suddenly, a loud noise rang in Lin Xiaojie's ears.

It was nothing short of a thunderclap.