The game of power begins with the police officers at the local police station.

"Are you alright? If you can't drink, then don't drink." Chen Shi reached out to help Huang Xin, but Huang Xin pushed him away and quickly walked to the side to sit down.

Chen Shi followed her and sat down beside her: "Minister Huang, you seem to be hostile towards me."

Huang Xin's feelings for Chen Shi are complicated. She has a physical attraction to him and wants to have physical contact with him when she sees him, but she resists it in her actions, telling herself that he has a girlfriend. A guy with a girlfriend who still wants to make a move on a beautiful woman is a typical scumbag.

She despises scumbags. Huang Xin has only been in one relationship, which was during her university years. After graduation, her boyfriend went abroad to study, and they broke up.

To this day, she has not met a man who makes her heart flutter. When she meets Chen Shi, she sometimes feels attracted and sometimes disgusted; it's a very complicated feeling.

She doesn't even know what kind of man she likes. She has a physiological aversion to many men; after shaking hands, she feels her hands are dirty and has to disinfect and wash them when she gets home.

But she didn't feel that way about Chen Shi. When she smelled Chen Shi's scent, she would be intoxicated by it for a moment.

Huang Xin looked at Chen Shi with a warning in her eyes, as if to say, "Don't mess with me." She said coldly, "You have a girlfriend, so watch your words."

Chen Shi laughed: "Minister Huang, are you saying that people with girlfriends can't talk to women?"

I didn't say that.

"Then you told me to have some self-respect, but I didn't do anything to you."

"Do you expect me to do something to you before you say that? By then it will be too late."

"You guess what I want to do to you? Tell me, what do I want to do to you?"

Huang Xin's cheeks flushed. She wanted to sleep with Chen Shi. For a moment, she had an impulse. She felt that Chen Shi also wanted to sleep with her, but she couldn't say it out loud.

"Boring," Huang Xin stood up, but Chen Shi grabbed her hand and said, "Minister Huang, if you're not going to sing, you should at least dance."

Huang Xin wanted to refuse, but her body language betrayed her, and she followed Chen Shi onto the stage.

Chen Shi put his arm around Huang Xin's slender waist, and the two worked together seamlessly, just like old partners who had been together for many years.

Chen Shi sniffed Huang Xin's forehead: "Minister Huang, what kind of shower gel do you use? It smells really good. I'll ask my girlfriend to buy this shower gel too, so I can smell it every day."

Huang Xin suddenly felt a pang of jealousy. Why should I be jealous? Who am I to him? He buys shower gel for his girlfriend, what does it have to do with me?

Chen Shi then said, "Minister Huang, don't be so stingy. Even children know to share good things."

Huang Xin coldly replied, "I'm not telling you."

Like a child throwing a tantrum, Chen Shi laughed.

"What are you laughing at?" Huang Xin felt that Chen Shi's laughter was malicious.

Chen Shi stared at Huang Xin: "Sometimes you're quite cute."

Huang Xin's mind went blank for a few seconds. Since she was eighteen, no one had ever called her cute.

She is a cool and aloof beauty. People who see her will unconsciously keep their distance. Her temperament keeps people at a distance.

"You said I'm cute?" Huang Xin couldn't believe her ears and stared intently at Chen Shi.

"Isn't it better to be cute?" Chen Shi retorted.

"I'm not a cute woman."

Chen Shi smiled and said, "Don't be so aloof. You're quite cute when you smile. Being too aloof will scare away all the men who want to pursue you. A woman's youth is short, don't waste it."

"I don't need you stinky men pursuing me. Does a woman have to get married and have children? A woman can have a higher quality of life when she's alone."

Chen Shi gently patted Huang Xin's buttocks, a mischievous grin on his face, and said, "Minister Huang, you can choose not to get married, but you can't refuse to date. Otherwise, how will you solve your physiological problems? With your hands?"

Huang Xin blushed instantly, her heart racing. If any other man dared to seduce her like that, she would have slapped him twice and called the police for harassment.

But when Chen Shi said that, she was a little shy and couldn't say a word.

People are hypocritical; the same thing, the same words, spoken by different people, can have drastically different effects.

Ordinary people shouldn't read self-help books or celebrity autobiographies. Your charm and temperament are worlds apart from theirs. If you do the same things and say the same things, the results will be completely different.

Huang Kun got tired of dancing and stepped off the stage. He watched Huang Xin and Chen Shi dance. They were a handsome man and a beautiful woman, the perfect leads in a youth idol drama. Then he looked at his own big belly and decided that starting today, he would go back and work out to lose weight and build up some muscles.

He has been divorced from his wife for two years. He met his wife when he was still a junior staff member. She came from a wealthy family and always treated him like a servant.

He endured for many years and finally became the deputy director of the county party committee office, but his wife still bossed him around.

If she were prettier, he would accept it, but she's as fat as a pig and still complains about being short.

His wife wasn't his type, but he had no other choice back then. Her family was in business and had money, so they could help him financially. His father-in-law was very insightful; he thought Huang Kun had high emotional intelligence, knew how to handle things, and would advance his career in the future, so he agreed to their marriage.

Huang Kun's relationship with his ex-wife was not based on love, but rather a transaction. When he became successful, his wife still didn't know how to restrain herself, so he didn't hesitate to file for divorce.

After a two-year divorce, he left with nothing, wanting nothing at all. When he finally received the divorce certificate, he felt truly liberated.

He's in his forties now and wants to find someone he's physically attracted to and with whom he shares common interests.

Regardless of gender, for a purely physical attraction, the other person must at least be handsome or beautiful. He fell in love with Huang Xin at first sight; she was too beautiful, exactly his type.

He wanted to try, but he knew Huang Xin didn't like him. Beautiful women wouldn't like a middle-aged, greasy man like him, let alone a beautiful woman with a powerful background like Huang Xin.

Xu Mei walked over with a wine glass in her hand. She had divorced last year. Her husband was a doctor who was very busy with work, and the two rarely saw each other. Xu Mei filed for divorce, and her husband got custody of the child. He left with nothing.

Xu Mei cheated on her husband with Huang Kun. Her husband knew but pretended not to. He couldn't afford to offend Huang Kun, so he chose to avoid him. It wasn't worth risking his life for Xu Mei and fighting Huang Kun.

He's a doctor with a stable job. He could easily find a young and beautiful nurse. Why put all his eggs in one basket?

After her divorce, Xu Mei set her sights on Huang Kun. She was attracted to powerful and influential men, while her ex-husband was a complete coward who didn't dare utter a word when his wife was taken advantage of.

She despised her ex-husband and admired Huang Kun.

Now that they are both divorced, they can date openly, but Huang Kun just won't show any interest and pretends to be oblivious. He only says a few nice words when he wants to sleep with her.

Xu Mei knew that Huang Kun liked Huang Xin, but she wasn't jealous at all. She didn't even bother to look at herself in the mirror. Huang Xin was beautiful, and her uncle was a member of the Standing Committee of the Municipal Party Committee and the Secretary-General of the Municipal Party Committee. He was deeply trusted by Xiao Chong, the Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee. How could someone with such a background and good looks be interested in Huang Kun, a divorced, greasy middle-aged man?