Chapter 19
The match between Zhuo Zhi and Green Headband didn’t end with anyone being brutally defeated.
After receiving several consecutive punches, the atmosphere in the arena reached a fever pitch. Green Headband raised his hand, signaling defeat.
Zhuo Zhi stopped and looked at him questioningly.
Green Headband smiled and said, “I’ve been keeping score, I can’t beat you.”
Zhuo Zhi didn’t understand the rules he was referring to. She said in a low voice, “We haven’t determined a winner yet.”
Green Headband moved his arms, “I’m tired.”
The referee stepped forward and grabbed Zhuo Zhi’s hand, raising it high.
The crowd went wild. Lingzi jumped onto the stage and ran around Zhuo Zhi twice. He was so excited that, if not for their difference in gender, he would probably have hugged and kissed her.
“You’re so amazing, so cool, so cool…” Lingzi repeated, reaching out to massage Zhuo Zhi’s shoulders.
Zhuo Zhi blocked his hand, “No need, no need, thank you, thank you.”
She looked up at the crowd below and said, “There’s still one more person.”
Someone shouted from below, “I forfeit, I forfeit, it’s too embarrassing to lose to a little girl.”
The crowd burst into laughter. Zhuo Zhi smiled, satisfied with the result, and bowed, saying, “You’re too kind!”
Lingzi: “So cool, so cool, Master, Master, who is your master?”
Zhuo Zhi looked around but couldn’t find the person she was looking for. She turned to Lingzi and asked, “Where’s President Li?”
Lingzi scanned the area, “Eh? She was just here.”
Zhuo Zhi quickly stepped off the stage, ignoring the compliments and attempts to strike up a conversation, and walked towards the exit.
Leaving the dark environment of the cage, the bright lights felt warm and welcoming.
Zhuo Zhi still couldn’t find Li Qinyue. As she lowered her head to take out her phone, she realized she had left her jacket by the cage.
So, she hurried back, put on her jacket despite her sweat-soaked clothes, and dialed Li Qinyue’s number as she walked out.
No one answered, but Lingzi quickly caught up, sticking close to her.
Zhuo Zhi dialed the number repeatedly, her brows furrowing. She turned to Lingzi and said, “Why are you following me?”
“To take you to claim your prize,” Lingzi said.
“I don’t want it,” Zhuo Zhi said without hesitation.
“What’s going on?!” Lingzi looked confused, “It’s 200,000 yuan!”
“I don’t want it!” Zhuo Zhi said anxiously.
“Tsk,” Lingzi said, “You don’t want President Li either?”
“Huh?” Zhuo Zhi stopped and looked at him.
“President Li asked me to take you to shower and change,” Lingzi said, “She’s waiting for you at the rooftop restaurant.”
Zhuo Zhi’s eyes widened. She hadn’t expected the “dinner” to come so soon.
“What are you waiting for?” Lingzi tugged at her sleeve, leading her in another direction, “Although you and President Li are close, we still need to give you the prize, otherwise our boxing gym will lose credibility.”
Close… Zhuo Zhi looked at Lingzi, wondering if he had misunderstood her relationship with Li Qinyue.
But even if he had, there was no point in explaining it now. After all, the “dinner” was waiting for her, and even if it wasn’t happening now, it would happen later.
Thinking about this, her face flushed, and sweat trickled down her forehead, making her feel itchy and uncomfortable.
Lingzi led her all the way to the women’s bathroom and then let go of her hand.
Zhuo Zhi stood at the door, hesitating. Lingzi smiled and said, “There are no tigers inside. I can’t take you into the women’s bathroom, I’d be beaten to death.”
“Hmm.” Zhuo Zhi responded, her mind racing. Only now did she realize that it would be very difficult to avoid Li Qinyue’s “dinner”.
She couldn’t directly refuse or run away, that would cost her her job and make Li Qinyue sad.
But what excuse could she use? I fell in the bathroom and broke my leg?
Even a broken leg wouldn’t stop that… Speaking of which, how do girls… do it…
“Hey, hey…” Lingzi waved his hand in front of Zhuo Zhi’s face, “Master, are you in a trance? President Li is waiting for you at the restaurant.”
Mentioning Li Qinyue at this moment was like setting Zhuo Zhi’s pants on fire. She jumped back, her cheeks burning, “No, no, no…”
“What’s wrong?” Lingzi stared at her.
“No… change of clothes,” Zhuo Zhi thought she was so smart.
“I have them here, prepared for you,” Lingzi pointed at Zhuo Zhi’s hand, “In the locker I just gave you.”
“Hmm? Why are there clothes there?” Zhuo Zhi tried to change the subject.
“President Li prepared them for you.”
“Where did she get them?”
“She bought them. There’s a whole wall of clothes in the gym, didn’t you see it?”
“Oh, what a waste,” Zhuo Zhi stared at her toes, “There was no need…”
Lingzi suddenly said, “What are you afraid of?”
“Huh???” Zhuo Zhi’s eyes widened.
“You’ve been stalling,” Lingzi was straightforward. He leaned closer to Zhuo Zhi and winked, “Are you afraid of claiming the prize and making Sister Yue angry?”
“Uh, uh…” Zhuo Zhi didn’t know how to respond.
“Don’t worry, it’s fine,” Lingzi patted Zhuo Zhi’s shoulder, “Although Sister Yue has a bit of a temper and can be a bit cold, she’s actually a good person, very generous, very rich, she doesn’t care about these things. Besides, I don’t think there’s anyone here today that Sister Yue fancies, so you don’t have to worry about the dinner…”
Ah… there was that aspect too.
The more Zhuo Zhi thought about it, the more scared she became. Li Qinyue, as an adult, had been thinking about dating lately. She had wanted to date a girl before, but Zhuo Zhi seemed to have interrupted her?
Today, she wanted to date a boy, but Zhuo Zhi seemed to have interrupted her again?
Lingzi was still talking about Li Qinyue, but Zhuo Zhi wanted to run away. She rushed into the bathroom, “I, I’m going to shower…”
The bathroom in the boxing gym was quite spacious, finally separating her from everything related to Li Qinyue.
Zhuo Zhi breathed a sigh of relief, went to the locker to put her clothes away, and felt soft new clothes. Her heart pounded nervously for a while.
There were people talking in the corridor behind her. Zhuo Zhi slowly took off her clothes, unintentionally eavesdropping on the conversation.
A keyword drifted past, and Zhuo Zhi’s eyes lit up. She slapped her thigh hard, “I’ve got it!!!”
In the rooftop restaurant, Li Qinyue chose the best seat.
From here, she could see half of Nanhai City.
Although it was winter and Nanhai City was shrouded in smog, there wasn’t much scenery worth admiring, but this was a special dinner, it needed a romantic atmosphere.
Li Qinyue stirred her small spoon in the gold-rimmed cup, thinking about Zhuo Zhi’s flustered expression later, and couldn’t help but smile.
“Dinner” in the adult world could indeed imply something else, but only if both parties were interested in each other.
Li Qinyue had received many suggestive invitations, but no one had ever truly aroused her interest.
Except for today.
Li Qinyue couldn’t explain this feeling. The overwhelming urge made her wonder if her hormones were imbalanced.
She admitted that she liked Zhuo Zhi. From the moment she first saw her, she had been intensely interested in her. And in their short time together, Zhuo Zhi hadn’t disappointed her, making her interest grow even stronger, even sparking some uncontrollable emotions.
Anger, frustration, excitement, wild joy.
Looking back on these past few days, Li Qinyue felt like she was on drugs. If she attributed all of this to liking someone, it seemed appropriate, yet not enough.
Zhuo Zhi was constantly stimulating her, and Li Qinyue couldn’t push her away.
She wanted to do many things to this little girl, some thoughts too violent, but she couldn’t bring herself to do it.
Zhuo Zhi was wholeheartedly protecting her, her concern pure and genuine. Li Qinyue didn’t want to tarnish such beautiful feelings.
But without tarnishing them, she felt unsatisfied.
Her conscience and desires were pulling at her, her rationality and emotions battling each other. Finally, she found a balance.
Li Qinyue looked up, tidied her hair, took out her phone, and reapplied her lipstick, a beautiful shade. She smiled.
Zhuo Zhi, wearing new clothes, her hair still damp from the shower, was led to the restaurant entrance by Lingzi.
“Here, go in,” Lingzi tilted his chin, pointing the way.
Zhuo Zhi immediately saw Li Qinyue sitting by the window. She was still wearing the same outfit as when they left the house, but she looked even more beautiful now.
Zhuo Zhi’s face continued to flush. A waiter smiled and came to her side. She couldn’t stall any longer. Closing her eyes, she strode forward.
She was so nervous that she pulled the chair with a loud scrape as she sat down. Li Qinyue looked at her and smiled.
“What do you want to eat?” Her fingers tapped on the menu, attracting Zhuo Zhi’s attention.
“Anything is fine,” Zhuo Zhi said, then felt that it wasn’t a good answer, so she flipped through the menu, “I don’t understand, anything is fine.”
Li Qinyue rattled off a list of dishes and looked back at Zhuo Zhi, “You have the same taste as me, we both like strong flavors.”
“Hmm,” Zhuo Zhi didn’t know where to look.
With the current atmosphere, they could easily linger for another half hour.
But since Zhuo Zhi already had a solution, she didn’t want to waste any more time. When faced with a challenge, she always faced it head-on.
So, after the waiter poured her a glass of wine, Zhuo Zhi looked at it and said, “I… that… it’s that time of the month, I can’t drink.”
Li Qinyue almost burst out laughing, but she held it back, her brows furrowing from the effort.
This made her look very serious and angry. She said, “What time of the month?”
Zhuo Zhi hesitated for two seconds, glancing at her timidly, “My period.”
“Hmm, you can invite it to join us for dinner,” Li Qinyue raised an eyebrow.
“Not that kind of period, it’s the…” Zhuo Zhi pointed back and forth with her fingers, finally intertwining them and looking at Li Qinyue pitifully, “Sister, you know what I mean, right?”
“Yes, I know,” Li Qinyue nodded, “You’re really going to great lengths to avoid this benefit that others would fight for.”
“No, no, no, I…” Zhuo Zhi waved her hands repeatedly, “I, I really… really…”
Li Qinyue smiled wryly, getting into character, “You just don’t want me, you can just say it.”
“No, no, no, President Li, you’re great, really great…”
“What’s so great about me?” Li Qinyue looked up at her.
“Beautiful, smart, brave, kind.”
“You’re friend-zoning me,” Li Qinyue sighed, “I, Li Qinyue, have actually been friend-zoned.”
“That’s not what I meant…” Zhuo Zhi looked like she was about to cry.
Li Qinyue interrupted her and said, “Do you know that even if you’re on your period, it doesn’t stop us from doing it?”
“Huh?” Zhuo Zhi was stunned, “It… it doesn’t?”
Li Qinyue twitched the corner of her mouth, almost losing her composure.
She lowered her head to hide her expression, a gesture that looked very sad to Zhuo Zhi.
When she looked up again, Li Qinyue gazed at Zhuo Zhi with a compromising look and said, “It’s okay if we don’t do it. Forcing this kind of thing is illegal.”
Zhuo Zhi didn’t dare to speak.
“You have another option,” Li Qinyue leaned forward, closing the distance between them.
Zhuo Zhi hurriedly leaned forward too, listening intently.
Li Qinyue said, “Be my girlfriend.”
After saying that, she couldn’t hold back her laughter anymore.
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