My Youth Began With Him

qin chu: "…"

"what's that expression on your face?"

"tell me, how did you come up with such a horrible name?" qin chu asked qin ning earnestly.

"um…" qin ning looked embarrassed.

"you might as well call him qin shou…" (note: qin shou in chinese sounds the same as "animal".)

"hahahaha! how can i do this to my baby nephew?" qin ning burst into laughter.

on the other side, zhu lingling took huo mian's hand in a secretive way.

"mian, come here."

"why? you're acting like a spy." huo mian chuckled.

"come on. let's do some plotting."

"plot about what?"

"about tomorrow's wedding of that bastard han xu. f*ck. we haven't seen that bastard for years, now he remembers his old classmates when he gets married. how shameless is he! we quit from the group and he forced us to return to it. only he is capable of doing such a disgusting thing."

"forget it. he gave you a cash gift when you got married, right?"

"haha. now that you mentioned it, i'm even more pissed off… he didn't attend my wedding; he only asked someone to bring me a red packet of 300 yuan. only 300. do you know what it means? now a meal costs more than 300 yuan. i didn't think much of it since i had never been his friend anyway and wouldn't mind if he gave me only 200 yuan. i'd return the favor and give 300 yuan back to him at his wedding. however, this time, he requested gold for gifts at his wedding. that's despicable…"

"that's indeed outrageous. i've never heard of anyone who would ask for gold as wedding gifts." huo mian touched her forehead.

"it's more than outrageous. it's a downright dirty trick… where can i buy a gold gift worth only 300 yuan for him? he just wants us to spend more money on him. even though we are rich, i don't want to spend money on people like him. i think we'd better not attend the wedding tomorrow."

"if we don't go, he'd probably retaliate by dissing us in the group," huo mian said.

"then we can quit from the group again and never join it in the future. we can cut connections with them forever."

"but i promised him i'd go. if i don't go, i'd go back on my words." huo mian thought it wasn't a good idea.

"you're too damned simple-minded. you needn't care about going back on your words with a guy like him. damn him."

a little bit tipsy, zhu lingling got worked up on this topic.

"calm down." huo mian grinned.

"i heard even wei dong had broken up with him. that fellow is a scumbag who flatters you to your face and badmouths you behind your back. this time, he found a goldmine and dumped his long-time girlfriend. he's really vicious…"

"he's blinded by money," huo mian commented.

"huh, maybe i can buy a fortune-reverse bead for him. i saw some shops sell the beads on red strings. one costs only about 300 yuan." an idea dawned on zhu lingling.

"haha! you're the wife of the public security bureau chief. how can you do this?" huo mian laughed.

"why not? i'll buy two such beads. we can give these to him as wedding gifts."

"no, no. qin chu said to give a passable gift to him; after all, reporters will be there. we've got to do it properly for the sake of our husbands."

huo mian tried to persuade zhu lingling.

"you're just soft-hearted. have you forgotten you gave only 200 yuan as a wedding gift to ning zhiyuan?" zhu lingling felt huo mian was a bit too soft toward han xu.