Chapter 58

Lu Xin's face showed a mischievous smile: "Who made you so prominent there? Besides that, there's nothing else worth looking at!"

He knew that Zhou Ya, a girl like her, had always been the target of boys' pursuit from childhood to adulthood, and had been pampered with an extremely good sense of self. If he were to flatter and praise her like other loser boys, she would treat him just like the other loser boys. Therefore, he would occasionally criticize her.

Of course, it wasn't malicious criticism, but rather playful teasing and mild pressure. This made Lu Xin stand out sharply from the boys who always tried to please Zhou Ya.

Zhou Ya pouted her cherry lips and said coquettishly, "You bad person, will you die if you don't criticize me?"

"If I always praise you and let your tail stick up high, then I'll die!"

"What does a high tail have to do with you dying?"

"Hehe, when animals' tails stick up high, it's usually when they're about to fart. If your tail is always up high, won't I be suffocated by your farts!"

"You are so annoying!"

"You girls always say the opposite. You say you hate someone when you actually like them. That's what's really annoying!"

Lu Xin ate his hamburger while teasing and pressuring Zhou Ya, his demeanor natural and his words humorous.

Before he met Jiang Xueqing, if he had encountered a girl like Zhou Ya, Lu Xin would have been at a loss, only knowing how to send messages like "Go to bed early," "Take care of yourself," and "Have you eaten?"—all meaningless words. But after meeting a girl like Jiang Xueqing, Zhou Ya no longer seemed like a goddess to him.

Although he had always said he wanted to seduce Zhou Ya to give Xie Fei a green hat, deep down, Lu Xin didn't treat it as a must-complete task. He felt no pressure, and his attitude was very calm. He saw Zhou Ya as a test subject for practicing his seduction skills. Success was good, and failure was not discouraging. He was very relaxed, so he could boldly criticize her without worrying about her getting angry and ignoring him.

The more relaxed he was, the more he could freely display his personality and be himself, which actually attracted women more. On the contrary, always worrying about women getting angry, always trying to please them, and always putting on a facade made it harder to win their favor.

While teasing and pressuring Zhou Ya, Lu Xin secretly observed Li Xiaoming and Li Qiming. He noticed that they just passed by the KFC and walked into a nearby Hong Kong-style tea restaurant. It made sense; both of them seemed to have studied abroad and were tired of Western fast food like KFC, so they wouldn't eat there.

Since gaining his gold control ability, Lu Xin found that his metabolism seemed to have sped up, and his appetite had increased. The hamburger Zhou Ya bought wasn't enough, so he went to buy two more.

As they ate and chatted, Lu Xin saw that Zhou Ya was happy and often smiled sweetly when talking to him. According to the seduction techniques he had learned online, their relationship had reached the comfort zone. The next step was to engage in appropriate physical contact, such as holding hands or hugging. If he didn't do these things soon, the woman's feelings would remain in the comfort zone, and he would sadly become her male friend.

Being a male friend might sound good, but it was actually worse than being a backup. A backup would eventually have a chance to get the girl, but a male friend would be automatically ignored by the girl, who could use him freely, claiming it was out of trust, but in reality, treating him like a fool.

To judge whether a woman respected him, the standard was simple: if she wasn't planning to give him her body, she already looked down on him.

To avoid becoming a male friend, once their relationship reached the comfort zone, he needed to decisively engage in physical contact, like Zhang Wuji tickling Zhou Min's feet to stimulate her. Based on this consideration, Lu Xin pulled Zhou Ya into his arms.

After they finished their hamburgers, Lu Xin wiped his mouth and said, "Let's go back to the apartment!"

This was a strategy to make her want to stay longer. He guessed that Zhou Ya didn't want to go back to face the computer so soon.

Sure enough, Zhou Ya shook her head slightly, "It's not even one o'clock yet. Let's go shopping."

"Shopping?" Recalling his experience shopping with Yang Xiaoli, Lu Xin shook his head in fear, "Let's skip it. I have flat feet, and walking for too long hurts my feet."

This was a lie. He didn't have flat feet; he just didn't want to go shopping with Zhou Ya. He could easily lie, and he planned to use this lie with different women until they were willing to wash his feet.

Zhou Ya believed him and didn't insist on going shopping. She glanced out the window and saw a sign nearby, smiling, "Let's go to Shenma Park!"

Although "Shenma are all clouds" is a phrase from the internet, over two thousand years ago, there was a legend about Shenma and clouds in Jiangzhou.

A wealthy family in Jiangzhou hired a simple and honest young servant to tend their horses. The servant would leave early in the morning and return late at night, always bringing back a bundle of grass. Over time, the master noticed that the servant always brought back the same type of grass and the same amount each day, which he found strange. To uncover the mystery, one morning he let the servant rest at home and went to tend the horses himself. When he mounted the horse, it neighed and its hooves lifted off the ground. With the wind rushing past his ears, he found himself flying through the clouds. In an instant, he landed on a hill ten kilometers away, on Baiyun Mountain. What puzzled the master was that the horse always grazed in the same spot, but the grass never seemed to diminish. Shocked, the horse neighed again and its hooves lifted, carrying him to a cliff on the opposite mountain. Curious, he discovered that the horse came to drink water here. He cupped some water and drank it, and to his surprise, he felt a touch of divine energy. From then on, the legend of the divine horse treading the clouds spread in Jiangzhou, also known as the legend of Shenma and clouds.

Shenma Park had hundreds of horse sculptures, all modeled after famous horses in history. Some were made of bronze, some of iron, and most were made of plaster. Many children were carried by their parents to ride on the tall horses, laughing happily.

Zhou Ya looked at the children enviously and wanted to climb onto a tall, red horse. However, the horse sculptures were made to the exact height of warhorses and had no stirrups. Despite several attempts, the petite Zhou Ya couldn't climb up. She had to ask Lu Xin to lift her.

Lu Xin smiled inwardly; this was the critical moment to break through from the comfort zone to the ambiguous zone. He wrapped his arms around Zhou Ya's slender, fragrant waist, lifted her high, and placed her on the horse's back.

At first, his actions were proper, but soon, the improper moments came. Helping her up and down increased physical contact, which in turn increased the strange feelings and changed the woman's psychology.

(Recently, I've noticed a strange phenomenon. In the book review section, almost all the malicious criticism and attacks come from people who never vote or subscribe to any books. These people who read pirated versions have no right to act wildly in the discussion area of the original book. Even if my writing is mediocre, it's not something you can easily mock. I've also noticed that the reasons these people question the book only reveal one thing: they are all inexperienced fools who don't understand the necessary endurance and subsequent explosion required to navigate society! Brothers who actively collect and vote, please rest assured. No matter what these fools say, I will continue to write, and it will only get better and more enjoyable!)

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