Chapter 60 Virgin
I was so amused by Hua Jingjing's words that I didn't know whether to laugh or cry. I said, "These are two completely different things. How can they be confused? My girlfriend has been madly in love with me for eight years. How can you compare with her? I've only known you for a few days?"
Hua Jingjing said, "Love is not measured by time. I have known you for a short time, but it doesn't mean that I don't love you as much as your girlfriend. Even if I have to love you madly for eight years, I can do it! Will you accept me by then?"
I could only smile bitterly and said patiently: "You are different from my girlfriend. You have money, a career, ambition and aspirations. Your life is still very fulfilling without me. But my girlfriend is not as rich as you, not as ambitious as you. It can be said that I am everything in her life. Without me, she will be in agony and unable to live. Do you understand?"
Hua Jingjing's eyes became blurry. She looked at me infatuatedly and said softly, "What's the point of having money? What's the point of having ambition? Without you, all this will lose its meaning. Tang Qian! Don't you understand? You are everything in my life. If I lose you, I will be in great pain and unable to live. You can pity your girlfriend, but can't you pity me?"
I was helpless and touched. I didn't expect that this bold-looking rich girl would be so deeply in love with me. Although I couldn't accept her, I couldn't help but be touched. I said, "Hua Jingjing, how could I, Tang Qian, be so worthy of you? I really can't bear your deep love. You are so smart, so capable, and so beautiful. You will definitely find a boyfriend who is a hundred times better than me. You must not be stubborn!"
Hua Jingjing said, "Isn't it easy to find an outstanding man? My former boyfriend Stephen in the United States was a thousand times better than you, but what's the use? He's a scumbag! A beast, I would rather die than be with that kind of person. I don't care, I don't want an outstanding man, I just want you. I only ask you to give me the same treatment as your girlfriend, isn't that too much?"
I was furious. Isn't this too much? If he treats my girlfriend the same, then he is my other girlfriend, right? I have two girlfriends? Then... am I still going to live?
I shook my head and said, "Impossible. I have a girlfriend and that's enough. How can I have the extra energy to deal with you? Don't even think about it!"
Hua Jingjing smiled and said, "Don't get excited. What I mean is to give me a fair chance to compete with your girlfriend. If I lose, I will never bother you again and let you two be together happily. If I make you fall in love with me, I'm sorry, but your girlfriend will have to quit forever. How about that?"
I was moved, and really thought about it carefully. If she really doesn't bother me anymore, it would be a solution. But... No, no, this woman is so cunning, who knows what will happen! And if Qiu Jieqin knew that I actually gave another woman a chance, wouldn't she be so sad and complained? No, no, I can't agree to this even if I kill you!
I still shook my head and refused, firmly disagreeing.
Hua Jingjing leaned in front of me and said, "Why can't you agree to such a small request? I'm not asking you to make any sacrifices. I'm not asking you to accept me right away. I'm just asking you to allow me to appear around you more often. Why can't you do that?" She suddenly smiled mysteriously and said, "Are you afraid that you will fall in love with me sooner or later? You have no confidence in yourself?"
I… I had no choice but to put on a bitter face and said, "Auntie, please let me go! I don't have no confidence in myself, but in you. How can I know what tricks you will use? What if I fall for your tricks, fall into your trap, where can I go to cry?"
Hua Jingjing smiled and said, "Don't talk nonsense. It sounds like I am strong... like you. Are you mistaken? I am a girl. If you are determined and unwavering in your beliefs, what can I do to you? This shows that you have no love for your girlfriend at all, so you have no confidence in yourself. Am I right?"
I was really troubled! How could I have run into such a complicated woman? I lit another cigarette and smoked it in annoyance.
Hua Jingjing came to the conclusion that I didn't love my girlfriend, and happily ate McDonald's there. I took a few puffs of cigarette, thinking quickly in my mind, how should I say it to make Hua Jingjing understand that it is impossible for her and me to give up this idea?
Hua Jingjing took a few bites of the chicken burger and suddenly asked me, "Is your girlfriend pretty?"
I said, "It's OK!"
"Who is prettier than me?"
"Yeah... almost."
"Almost? I don't believe it! Is she that beautiful?"
"Of course, she was the campus belle of our school back then!"
"Just brag. The school beauty likes you? She's been obsessed with you for eight years? Who are you kidding?"
"If you don't want to believe it, then so be it. I'm not asking you to believe it!" I smoked a cigarette and answered Hua Jingjing's question half-heartedly, still racking my brain for a solution.
Hua Jingjing finished her McDonald's in a few bites and drank the already cold hot drink. She seemed to remember something and asked me, "She...really loved you for eight years before you accepted her?"
"yes!"
"She has such a hard life! How can you be so hard-hearted? You won't wait for me to love you for eight years before you'll be moved, right?"
"Can you? You are in the heat of the moment now. After a few days, when your enthusiasm has faded, you will naturally forget me. Eight years? You must be kidding. That would take a lot of perseverance. You will never reach that day."
Hua Jingjing was a little unconvinced and said, "If your girlfriend can do it, why can't I? It's only eight years, right? Humph, I don't believe it. In these eight years, your girlfriend has only been waiting for you foolishly and has never had any contact with other men?"
Her question hit the pain point deep in my heart. The muscles on my face shrank. I didn't answer her, took out another cigarette, lit it with the previous cigarette butt and continued smoking.
I have never carefully read Qiu Jieqin's history in the past eight years, but I know deep in my heart that she has never lacked men. I have even seen one of her boyfriends with my own eyes. Judging from Qiu Jieqin's kissing skills and means of flirting, Qiu Jieqin is relatively casual in sex and has rich experience. Although I pretended not to care, I still feel very uncomfortable when I think about it sometimes. This is also one of the reasons why my feelings for her have never been able to rise to the level of love.
The pain that flashed across my face for a moment was caught by the sharp-eyed Hua Jingjing. She suddenly understood why I hesitated and did not answer when she asked me whether I loved my girlfriend.
Hua Jingjing was very smart, she didn't point it out, she didn't try to provoke me. But she became more confident, she felt she had the advantage and could definitely beat my girlfriend.
Hua Jingjing threw all the leftovers out of the car, and then said to me: "I just told you that my American boyfriend is a scumbag and a beast. Do you want to know why?"
I said, "Whatever! It doesn't matter!"
Hua Jingjing leaned back in the car seat, recalled for a moment, and then said, "Stephen was my senior when I was in college in the United States. He was very good at that time. He was very fit and handsome, a typical American handsome man. He was very good at studying and was the best of the best in the school. He was also the quarterback of the school football team and a celebrity in the American college league. In addition, he played tennis very well, and his level was comparable to those of professional masters. There were many other advantages, such as being eloquent and good at making friends. Such an excellent person met me at a school party and started to pursue me enthusiastically. Americans are not as subtle as Chinese people when pursuing girls. They are so enthusiastic that I can't refuse. At first, I didn't want to choose a foreigner as my boyfriend, but Stephen was so outstanding and pursued him very closely. After a long time, I was moved like you and agreed to be his girlfriend. Americans have very open concepts and regard relationships between men and women as normal. Not long after I agreed to him, Stephen kept asking me to go to bed with him."
At this point, Hua Jingjing deliberately showed off herself. She said, "Because I am Chinese, my upbringing was very strict and conservative, and I... never had any contact with men. So I was very scared and hesitant, and I rejected him several times. Stephen was very angry and said that I didn't love him enough, so he ignored me for two days. On the third night, I went to apologize to him, but I was in his room. Guess what I saw?"
I said, "In bed with a woman."
Hua Jingjing smiled and said, "I knew you would say that. You are still an honest person! You will never be able to imagine that scene."
I was shocked and asked, "Is it possible? Your boyfriend is with two women?"
Hua Jingjing saw me making a fuss and almost laughed again. She said, "There are more than two women! The whole room is full of people, men and women are naked, drinking and taking drugs, having group sex and homosexuality... God! I am so disgusted that I can't say anything. I am shocked. How can people do such beastly things? I made up my mind to leave Stephen at that time. What's the point of being a scum like this? He is still a beast. If I continue to be with him, won't he force me to participate in such a promiscuous meeting? God, fortunately I found out early, otherwise it would be useless to regret it now."
I was also shocked. I couldn't imagine that humans could have such shameless behavior. I couldn't help but say, "It's terrible. Fortunately, you discovered it in time and recognized Stephen's true nature. It's a blessing in disguise."
"So," Hua Jingjing suddenly leaned her whole body against the back of the car seat I was sitting on, and said in a very soft voice and a very ambiguous tone: "I am still a... virgin! Isn't it rare? Aren't you tempted?"
After saying this, even though Hua Jingjing was willful and lawless, her cheeks still turned red with shame and she couldn't raise her head. At the same time, her eyes moved around, and she wanted to speak but was shy. Her handsome face suddenly became bright and radiant.
I swallowed hard, thinking, "Even if you're a virgin, you don't have to tell me this!"
