Tight and compact

  At the dinner table, Huang Guang watched Bai Mengmeng and Xiangrikui from a distance, only to realize that both women were truly beautiful. Especially Bai Mengmeng, who looked stunning at first glance and even more elegant upon closer inspection.

  Twenty-eight-year-old Huang Guangyao had seen many beautiful women in various occasions, but he only realized now that Bai Mengmeng was a woman who looked better and better the more you look at her. Such a woman is truly a beauty! Sunflower's face was also white and tender, quite outstanding, but her figure was a bit too plump, her eyes were smaller than Bai Mengmeng's, and her chest was slightly concave compared to Bai Mengmeng's. Bai Mengmeng's appearance was not only beautiful but also enduring, which gave Huang Guangyao, who rarely had his heart moved by women, an indescribable sweet and lovely feeling.

  The two women were very lively, and the amount of red wine and beer was not small. They raised their glasses and drank with Huang Guangyao time and time again.

  When the wine was half drunk, Huang Guang looked at Bai Mengmeng's eyes and said: "When did you learn to swim? How can you be so good? Diving is the most difficult in swimming skills, how can you swim as well as me?"

  "Hey, Huang Guangyao, you can't take advantage of being drunk to go crazy on our family's Mengmeng, okay? One question at a time, don't ask a bunch all at once!"

  Bai Mengmeng smiled and said, "No problem, Huang Lao. I'll answer you one by one. Since I was a kid, I've been on the school swimming team; my skills aren't great, originally I wasn't even as good as Sunflower!" She pointed at Sunflower and said to Huang Guangyao, "If she hadn't gained a bit of weight, I wouldn't be able to catch up with her! The speed of breaststroke mainly depends on the instantaneous force of the arms and legs. When we were training before, our teacher had us practice many times. You ask me why I can swim as well as you? I don't dare answer. But to tell the truth, how could I possibly compare to you? Is it because you think I'm a female comrade, so you're looking down on me and underestimating me?"

  The three of them all laughed.

  It's almost time to get drunk and full, sunflower said to Huang Guangyao with deep meaning: "I and Mengmeng know that you play table tennis so well, swimming skills are also superhuman, next time we have the opportunity to get together and learn from each other. Is there a problem, Comrade Huang Guangyao?"

  Huang Guang looked at Sunflower and then glanced at White, smiling and saying: "Look what you said, making me blush! Two beauties, to be honest, when I saw you both in the Happy Table Tennis Hall, I thought I was a very lucky man! Because your appearance is like a beautiful scenery, almost dizzying!"

  Bai Mengmeng said: "Too kind!"

  Sunflower said: "Huang Guangyao, what you said should be true words, Bai Mengmeng said 'overpraise' is a humble word. Look, isn't her figure not good? Isn't her face not bright and beautiful? Correct it, you should change 'you two' to 'Bai Mengmeng', because I was not in your line of sight, I was playing ball behind your back at that time!"

  Huang Guang smiled awkwardly. He looked at the sunflower and stared at its white, misty eyes, saying: "The sunflower makes sense!"

  Her pale face slightly flushed as she said: "Look at you, Qiu Qiu, when speaking in front of others, shouldn't you be a bit more tactful?"

  Sunflower said: "Why so polite? Huang Guangyao, this time the two of us got your clothes dirty, Bai Mengmeng invited you to dinner, next time is it me inviting you and Bai Mengmeng to dinner or you inviting us two to dinner?"

  "Of course I invited both of you!"

  "Let's dispense with idle chatter and share a toast together!"

  Sunflower said: "Cheers!"

  "Huang Guangyao said: 'Cheers!'"

  Three people said in unison: "Cheers!"

  Back home, Huang Guangyao's heart was still filled with that excited and peculiar feeling. The woman who had taken an interest in him, Bai Mengmeng, and her best friend, Xiangrikui, kept floating before his eyes. Especially Bai Mengmeng, mature yet lively, beautiful yet elegant. Her swimming skills were truly beyond his expectations. He repeatedly replayed the scenes he had experienced with the two of them over the past two days, especially the scene where they had eaten together at a restaurant after leaving the Shuchan Swimming Center...

  At half past ten in the evening, after Huang Guangyao had washed up and lay down on the bed to flip through "China Clippings", Jin Hui's message arrived. It was a long multi-part one!

  According to Jin Hui-ping's information, Huang Guang-yao suddenly remembered that after swimming in the swimming pool and sitting with Bai Meng-meng, he seemed to see a woman on the edge of the pool who looked very similar to Jin Hui-ping. He closed his eyes for a few seconds and thought it was impossible. Was it an illusion or did someone have a similar face? He didn't know.

  Jin Hui Ping said to Huang Guang Yao in the message: "Brother, what are you doing? I thought you would come see me tonight. I've been waiting for your call or message from dusk till now. I'm disappointed! I know you must be very busy, you have your career, friends and social circle, not necessarily thinking of me."

  "Brother, your help to me was a result of your character and kindness in that extremely special situation. However, how can I forget you? Your figure always flashes before my eyes, even if I want to forget you, it's impossible. Your help to me wasn't ordinary help, not only did it get me out of trouble, but also let me experience a particularly warm and sweet feeling in this world."

  "Brother, before this, there has never been a man in my life who made me so entangled and emotional like you. I remember that I rarely cried in the past, but brother, you've seen it with your own eyes, how many tears have I shed since meeting you? I don't even dare to believe that I could produce so many tears! Can tears just flow out by saying they will? Without true feelings, how is that possible?"

  "Brother, after you left me, I originally didn't want to contact you, thinking of quietly leaving this city that makes me sad and angry. But, I couldn't move my feet. Why? The reason I won't say, brother you can guess... Please forgive me for disturbing you. However, if I don't write a few lines to you, tonight I might not be able to sleep."

  "What are you doing?"

  Huang Guangyao replied to Jin Huiping in a similar tone: "I'm getting ready for bed. Thanks for your concern!"

  I don't have much free time usually, and I don't often get to relax. Tonight I had a dinner engagement and got back late, feeling really dizzy.

  "I'm sorry for not contacting you in time! However, we were just passing acquaintances, so calm down! My life is not your life, and your life has nothing to do with me. We both have our own social circles and emotions."

  I can help you in that special way, just as you said, it's my nature and kindness that makes me do so. How could I just stand by and watch a weak woman being chased?

  "I'm telling you the truth, I don't want to disrupt my life just because we know each other. If you have any difficulties in your life or need money for a trip home, I can give you some more cash. But I don't want to continue our interactions anymore."

  "You can send me your bank account number and I'll transfer some money to you. Forgive me for the rest!"

  In the letter Jin Hui-ping wrote to Huang Guang-yao, there were seven places where she addressed him as "older brother", while in his reply to her, he didn't address her at all. It wasn't that he didn't want to use a polite form of address for her, but how should he address her? He couldn't figure it out and didn't want to figure it out either. He knew she would definitely be heartbroken after reading the letter, but he couldn't care about that anymore.

  If it weren't for running into Bai Mengmeng and Xiangrikui at both the ping-pong hall and the swimming pool, Huang Guangyao wouldn't have written such a cold and detached letter to Jin Huiping. Because when he was close to Jin Huiping, the fragrance of a young and beautiful woman wafting from her body, the loving gaze of a woman towards men shining on her face, and the tears of excitement and sentiment flowing from her eyes multiple times, all made him unable to remain unmoved. He truly couldn't bear to part with her, yet couldn't bring himself to do so either. How could he be so heartless? After all, she was a woman he couldn't quite figure out.

  What to do now? Huang Guangyao had no idea. He had no other way, and could only wait for the woman named Jin Huiping to think about which path to take.

  What Huang Guang didn't expect was that after he replied to Jin Hui Ping's long message with a long message of his own, she didn't have any reaction at all. He could only go to sleep, but he couldn't fall asleep.

  Three women were stirring in Huang Guang's mind:

  Bai Mengmeng, Sunflower, Jin Huiping.

  Huang Guang secretly smiled to himself. It had been a long time since he last interacted with women, and now all of a sudden there were several! They were all young and beautiful women, all sexy and lovely women! Most importantly, they were all nice to him and wanted to win his favor...

  Mary picked up a glass of beer and said to Shui Quanyuan, "Boss, can you listen to me for a moment?" Shui Quanyuan picked up a glass of white wine and clinked it against hers, saying, "Baby, no problem! Don't just say one sentence, even if..."

  "Does it matter how many sentences? Ten, a hundred, or tens of thousands?" Mary laughed and said.

  The two of them laughed and downed their drinks in one gulp.

  "Darling, just a couple of sentences, no problem! Can't be too many, too many can't be cashed in, useless! What's up?"

  "Stop it, okay?"

  "What else can I do?"

  "What a bad thing!"

  "What's the big deal? I've done plenty of bad things, starting from when I was a kid. Like stealing chickens and dogs, breaking people's windows, pouring water on boys and girls, going to small shops to buy things without paying and running away... countless things!"

  "Don't waste your breath! You know the connotation and denotation of the bad things I'm talking about!"

  "Are you kidding me?"

  "Of course, you think I'm uncultured? You graduated from university seven years ago, and I'll be graduating in two months!"

  "Joking! Tell me, what is intension and what is extension?"

  "Intension is you don't kill people anymore! Extension is you don't do any bad things anymore!"

  "I promise you!"

  "Really?"

  "Of course!"

  "That's great! Eldest brother, as long as you can change your ways, I will love you with all my heart!"

  "In other words, even now, you're still not wholeheartedly devoted to me?"

  "It's almost there."

  "Why?"

  "Think about it, even if you saved me, my life is yours to give, but can I truly love you? Honestly, even if I gave myself to you a thousand times, ten thousand times, I wouldn't be truly in love with you! Boss, do I dare to truly love you?" As she spoke, tears flowed out. She glanced at the closed door and lowered her voice, "How much blood is on your hands can you remember clearly? From the time we've been together, just over half a year, I've personally witnessed... two men and two women fall before your eyes..."

  "Never mind!"

  "May I speak my mind? Boss, we've both had a lot to drink today and the wine has loosened our tongues. If I don't tell you what's on my mind, I'll probably burst! Boss, you already have a considerable amount of money in your hands, why not call it quits and do some legitimate business instead? As long as you put down your butcher knife and change your ways, I'll follow you to the death!"

  "It's not following me, it's loving me!"

  "Alright, I'll take you as my most beloved man! Is that alright?"

  "Good!"

  Mary happily raised her glass to Shui Quan Yuan and said, "When will you take me to meet your aunt? You're almost 29 and approaching the age of maturity, shouldn't you be thinking about your lifelong affairs?"

  "What's the hurry? Most men get married after they're thirty. Besides, aren't you only twenty-two?"

  "I said prepare, didn't say enter the siege immediately."

  "It's okay."

  "Didn't you tell Aunt about our relationship?"

  "Say... it's been said, but aren't you still in college? Saying it early is useless. Besides, I'm a man who wears his head on his belt, how can I think about getting married?"

  "After this is over, I can just think about it, right?"

  "It's also right and wrong."

  "What did you say?"

  "I've done so many bad things, not just ordinary bad things, but kidnapping and murder. Once the case is solved, what about the women who are good to me? So it's said that for now, I still can't think about emotional matters."

  "So what if you're with me almost every day? Just satisfying your physical needs!"

  "Of course! I am, you are too!"

  "Bad egg, water source!"

  "Baby, don't glare. When you smile slightly, your facial features are particularly good-looking; when you're not angry, your white and tender face is like a flower! Okay, no more nonsense, let's get to the point: who's going to open the door later, you or me?"

  "Not going at all!"

  "Why?"

  "Let's go for a stroll first. When we get tired, we can just open up anywhere and rest! Anyway, there are countless small hotels around, as numerous as the hairs on an ox."

  "Alright, listen up. Anyway, I've slept enough, so it's no big deal even if we stay up till dawn."

  "Don't drive!"

  "Alright, it's time to hit the road too, otherwise won't your two legs be useless?"

  "That's right!"

  Out of the restaurant, Malili and Shuiquanyuan held hands and really started strolling.

  Mary is really good at strolling. She pulled Shui Quanyuan's hand, neither fast nor slow, walking one street after another, especially the clothing stores that were still open in the evening. Whether she bought anything or not, she had to go in and take a look, ask questions, and try things out. More than an hour passed, with no signs of stopping. Shui Quanyuan couldn't keep up; like most men, he rarely strolled slowly on the streets or in stores. Even when he needed to buy something and had to come out, he would quickly buy what he needed and hurry back home, preferring to browse online or chat with friends and play cards rather than spend his time and energy strolling around.

  Two hours have passed and Mary is still showing no signs of stopping, Shuiyuan is really tired and annoyed, he makes an excuse about needing to use the restroom and says: "I can't hold it in anymore, let's hurry up and find a place to rest for a bit!" Mary doesn't respond to him, pointing ahead she says: "I heard that the night market not far from here has many things that will make your eyes light up and get you excited, let's go take a look! Just one more hour at most. How about it?"

  "Not good! You go if you want, I don't want to go!"

  "Then you go find a hotel first, take a bath and rest. When I'm really tired from walking around, we'll meet up again!"

  "Great!" Shui Quanyuan said excitedly, as if he had just received a grand pardon, "Let's go!"

  As the sound of the spring water faded away, Malory let out a soft sigh and a bright smile spread across her face... She was very clear in her mind that this ruthless killer who didn't bat an eye when taking lives, how could she continue to be with him? The reason she couldn't leave him now or rather didn't want to leave him was because she felt that he had bravely saved her life when she was in danger.

  It is said that a drop of kindness should be repaid with a fountain of gratitude; how much more so for saving one's life?

  It was a Saturday evening in early May last year... When Mary was strolling along the pedestrian path of Mengshan Road, which is the most popular and busiest shopping street in Mingzhu City, she was stopped by two tall and drunk men at the entrance of a store.

  Although it was late at night, the street was crowded with people rubbing shoulders and streaming continuously. The lights on this road were particularly bright due to the many shops and people. Mary didn't expect anyone to be rude to her in such a place. After taking a closer look, she found that they were two drunk men, but she didn't take it seriously. However, when she tried her best to avoid them by dodging left and right, the two men surprisingly wouldn't let her go. This made her extremely angry and frightened.

  Two men, one fat and one thin, one tall and one short, both looking no more than twenty-five years old. They were on either side of Marily's body, pulling and dragging her, taking her into a small alley by the crowd.

  Mary didn't speak at first, nor did she shout. She just wanted to get rid of their entanglement. Later, she saw that the two men's eyes revealed a kind of colored evil light, tightly grasping and knowing that the situation was not good. The two men may not have been drunk, but were pretending to be drunk, wanting to use this method to control the woman they had set their sights on in another place.

  Just as the two men were about to drag Marily out of the crowd on the street into a small alley, Marily was so frightened that she became flustered and tearfully cried out. As soon as she opened her mouth, before any sound could come out, the thinner and shorter man covered it with his hand...

  Just then, Shuiyuan Station arrived in front of Malili.