Chapter 59 of 100

Chapter 59

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Zhou Ya, riding on the back of a red horse, called out in a sweet voice: "Gee up, little horse, run faster!"

She giggled at Lu Xin: "Sanjin, I’m all set, take my picture quickly!"

However, Lu Xin squatted in front of the sign of the red horse sculpture without moving. He read the sign carefully: "Racing a thousand miles, the dust is swept away, crossing water and mountains, the purple mist opens. Breaking the silk reins, shaking the jade reins, the fire dragon descends from the ninth heaven. Ah, this is the sculpture of the Red Hare!"

He stood up and grinned at Zhou Ya: "Do you know who you look like now?"

Zhou Ya was puzzled: "Who, like Tang Wei?"

Lu Xin chuckled: "You look like Diaochan, because you’re riding the Red Hare!"

Zhou Ya smiled: "If I’m Diaochan, then aren’t you Lü Bu?"

Lu Xin laughed, thinking, *Is she trying to flirt with me?*

He leaped up and jumped onto the back of the Red Hare sculpture, gently holding Zhou Ya’s slender waist, and whispered in her ear: "I just remembered a joke!"

"What joke?" Zhou Ya was quite cooperative.

Lu Xin laughed mischievously: "The teacher asked the students, 'What’s the name of the horse Lü Bu rode?' One student answered, 'Diaochan.' The teacher got angry and said, 'I asked about the horse he rode during the day!'"

Zhou Ya clenched her fists and lightly hit Lu Xin’s chest, pouting: "You’re so naughty!"

In the following two hours, Zhou Ya rode all the famous warhorse sculptures, including the White Dragon Horse, the Black Steed, Dilu, Clawed Yellow Lightning, and Jueying, among hundreds of others. Each time, Lu Xin held her waist to help her get on, and each time, he held her waist to help her get off.

In the process of helping her get on and off the horses, their close physical contact sparked something. Lu Xin could feel Zhou Ya’s heart beating faster, like a little deer jumping, and her breathing becoming more rapid. Her cheeks turned red, and her eyes became increasingly watery as she looked at Lu Xin.

He didn’t know exactly what biological or chemical reaction made Zhou Ya feel this way, but he knew one thing: physical contact after entering the comfort zone could greatly push the relationship between a man and a woman to the final step. Like in *The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber*, at the beginning, Zhang Wuji and Zhao Min were enemies but admired each other. However, no matter how much they admired each other, they couldn’t take the next step. But after Zhang Wuji touched Zhao Min’s feet and tickled her, they became intimate, and their relationship advanced significantly.

After Yang Xiaoli left him, Lu Xin deeply reflected on himself and realized that his being abandoned by Yang Xiaoli wasn’t just because he lacked money. In fact, many wealthy men were also played by women, like a female host of a cooking show who was beaten by a mainland tycoon in her Hong Kong home. The tycoon was a man who was played by the host. After much reflection, Lu Xin realized he didn’t know how to flirt with women and didn’t understand what women were thinking. From that day on, he hardly played computer games after work and spent a lot of time studying professional pickup techniques online.

Previously, he had only studied these techniques without applying them in practice. Today, Zhou Ya was his first practical subject, and from her current behavior, Lu Xin was doing quite well.

Using the professional terms from online pickup techniques, the physical contact between Lu Xin and Zhou Ya was Lu Xin’s approach to Zhou Ya.

The approach was a challenge to the barriers between a man and a woman. These invisible barriers in their minds were the key to why they were currently just strangers or acquaintances, not lovers or bed partners.

Typical losers respected these barriers and never challenged them, maintaining and even reinforcing them. No matter how well they understood the woman, if they didn’t break these barriers, they would never become her lover. This was why they were ultimately categorized as friends, because they not only didn’t break the barriers but also strengthened them.

In some romantic dramas, the male lead would forcefully kiss the female lead, who had misunderstandings or barriers with him, and the problems between them would be resolved by that strong kiss. Losers lacked the courage to break these barriers.

When Zhou Ya got off the last horse and left Lu Xin’s embrace, she felt a bit disappointed. Each time, Lu Xin didn’t take the opportunity to take advantage of her, always behaving properly, while she seemed to be actively throwing herself at him.

She rolled her eyes, looked at Lu Xin’s hands, and smiled: "Sanjin, your hands are so big!"

She placed her small hand on top of Lu Xin’s and pressed it into his palm, giggling: "Your hands are like fans, they can easily grab my hand!"

Lu Xin understood that she was hinting for him to hold her hand, but he took his hand away and put it in his pocket, grinning: "As the saying goes, a man with small hands grabs gold, a man with big hands grabs cow dung. I want to grab gold, not cow dung!"

"Naughty," Zhou Ya lightly hit Lu Xin: "You’re calling me cow dung!"

Lu Xin’s actions weren’t those of a typical loser. According to professional pickup techniques, when Zhou Ya extended her small hand to press against Lu Xin’s palm and said that hinting phrase, it was her approach to him. If Lu Xin had followed her wishes and actively responded, she might have thought he was easy to get, and over time, she would have lost interest. What Lu Xin was doing now was to keep Zhou Ya interested, making her feel that he was a man who could be won but was not easy to win.

The love story in *My Love from the Star* seemed very romantic, but upon closer analysis, it was clear that Do Min-joon’s initial cold attitude towards Chun Song-i made him seem like a man who was hard to get, which sparked Chun Song-i’s interest. If a typical loser had approached her, quickly falling in love with her and responding enthusiastically, Chun Song-i’s feelings for him probably wouldn’t have lasted as long. Ultimately, whether it’s a man or a woman, what is too easily obtained is not particularly cherished. Human nature is inherently cheap!

What Lu Xin needed to do now was to continue showing his excellent side to conquer and attract Zhou Ya, making her fall so deeply that she would confess her feelings. This sounded difficult, but with the right methods, it wasn’t hard to achieve.

However, Lu Xin didn’t really care about the outcome with Zhou Ya. He purely saw her as a subject for practicing pickup techniques and had no intention of a long-term relationship with her.

The art of pickup was vast and profound, and Lu Xin had only learned a little. He planned to continue learning because he had no background. For a man from a humble background to rise, he needed to rely on connections, and to form these connections, he needed to learn how to charm the daughters or wives of leaders. The success or failure of his pickup efforts would directly determine his political future.

Like a certain railway minister, who came from a poor family and whose parents had sold their house to send him to middle school. After graduating, he became a track worker in the Wuhan Railway Bureau. By marrying the niece of the Wuhan Railway Bureau director, he began his rapid rise. When he took over the power from the retired director, he abandoned his wife. His second wife was the daughter of a high-ranking official, but their marriage ended quickly after his father-in-law retired.

While Lu Xin didn’t want to be as ruthless as that minister, he wanted to learn the spirit of using connections to climb the ladder, a spirit that every man from a humble background should learn.

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