booktalesy Chapter 66: Stay?
Chapter 66: Stay?
"Wanrou practiced breathing with a basin at home beforehand, and she learned it super fast."
Momo was very satisfied with this easy-going "student," and when she saw Zhou Lang coming over, she gave up her seat at the right time.
"As the head coach, I'll be watching you from the shore."
"Wanrou, try floating while holding onto the edge a few more times, just like we did."
Shen Wanrou gave a soft "hmm," but she lowered her eyelids and glanced at Zhou Lang.
The intention was rather obvious: a man and a woman practicing swimming alone at night...
Momo seemed to read Shen Wanrou's mind. She said, "Women who work at swimming pools should try to avoid going into the water as much as possible, as it can worsen their menstrual cramps and sometimes even increase their risk of gynecological diseases."
"So, thank you, Mr. Zhou, for watching over the students in the water for me."
Hearing what Momo said, Shen Wanrou was speechless. Her reasoning was sound and convincing...
After Momo came ashore and lay down on a beach chair to fish, Zhou Lang leaned closer to Shen Wanrou and said, "Sister-in-law, take a rest, or practice a little longer?"
"Okay, continue. Thank you, Zhou Lang."
Following the breathing technique she had just mastered, Shen Wanrou inhaled and submerged herself in the water, placing her hands on the edge of the pool and attempting to lift her legs.
She had just succeeded easily, but with Zhou Lang by her side, she couldn't float anymore.
"Um……"
Shen Wanrou blew bubbles in the water and felt that she could hold her breath for much shorter time than before.
Was it her increased heart rate that caused her to panic? She didn't know.
She surfaced for air and glanced at Zhou Lang, "Could you help me lift my leg a little?"
Zhou Lang suppressed a strange expression. Why did this request feel so awkward?
"OK, sister-in-law."
Shen Wanrou tried again, and Zhou Lang reached out his hands when she lifted her feet back.
His left hand rested under her calf, while his right hand pinched her calf.
"Um!"
A loud gurgling sound came from underwater.
Momo, who was on the shore, suddenly rushed to the shore in front of Shen Wanrou.
Shen Wanrou surfaced shyly, "N-nothing..."
Momo breathed a sigh of relief, thinking she had drowned... Now it seems that Zhou Lang only touched her leg, and she suddenly reacted so strongly?
Is it that sensitive? Momo swallowed her doubts and slowly returned to the beach chair.
The splashes in the water subsided and disappeared, but the ripples had not yet calmed down.
Just like Shen Wanrou's mood at this moment.
She hadn't expected that when Momo touched her body to teach her the exercises, she didn't have any sensitive reaction at all.
But when it was Zhou Lang's turn...
He simply touched her calf, and her body went limp, feeling weak and powerless all over...
"Sister-in-law," Zhou Lang said, at his wit's end, "your reaction makes me think I just tickled your feet..."
Meanwhile, Momo on the shore was muttering even louder to herself: "Boss, you thought you were just tickling my feet? I thought you were... cough cough cough!"
"I……"
Zhou Lang then picked up a floating board from the side: "I'll use this to touch you, that should be fine."
"Um……"
……
After practicing for a while tonight, I'm much better.
Zhou Lang and Shen Wanrou didn't plan to stay too late. After thanking Momo, they left the venue.
Zhou Lang pulled a triangular key shaped like the Lotus logo from his pocket: "I changed cars, this one is a bit niche."
When Shen Wanrou saw that he had brought a car she didn't recognize, she couldn't help but sigh slightly: "Weiwei must be so envious of your business, being able to drive so many cars."
"Tian Weiyao?" Zhou Lang thought for a moment about the female college student. "Momo... not the Momo from here, but the assistant store manager of the Speed Party branch, also called Momo."
"MoMo has a small team that makes short videos about cars. If TianWei is interested, she can go there and have some fun, consider it an internship?"
Zhou Lang opened the passenger door and invited Shen Wanrou to get in.
The two chatted in the car, and Shen Wanrou agreed: "Then I should thank you on her behalf. Weiwei would be very interested in this kind of work."
Zhou Lang glanced at Shen Wanrou a couple more times.
"sister in law."
"Hmm, what's wrong?"
"Tian Wei can go to the Speedsters, and I've been thinking about it—what about you, would you be willing?"
"Me?" Shen Wanrou was taken aback.
"The positions over there offer full social insurance and housing fund benefits, more flexible rest time, and the compensation should be similar to yours as a customer service representative at the sales office."
Zhou Lang said, "How about we consider staying in Shushui City?"
Shen Wanrou paused for a moment. This arrangement was just like a boss helping his mistress get a job and keeping her close to him...
"Shu Nan... is still in Jinan." This was the only reason Shen Wanrou could come up with.
Zhou Lang pictured Shen Shunan wearing a Holiland uniform and a JK skirt.
"Shu Nan probably doesn't like her current job."
Zhou Lang described his impression of her when he met her: "She probably initially thought that the job she was recruiting for was a management trainee position, where she would participate in the company's management and operations. But now she has become a saleswoman who stands in front of a shop window all day long."
Shen Wanrou's eyes dimmed, and she nodded slightly: "Yes, although there is no distinction between high and low in work... but seeing my younger sister study hard for years to get into a top university, only to become a cake saleswoman after leaving the ivory tower."
"The technology is low-tech, the development potential is low, and you can't learn anything from it," Zhou Lang said. "I feel that Shu Nan's mood is also affected. This is not a good thing in the long run."
"She considered taking the postgraduate entrance exam or changing jobs..." Shen Wanrou said, then fell silent.
Shen Shunan dared not resign. The family's financial situation was insufficient to support her younger sister's full-time exam preparation, or to allow her to resign and slowly find a job.
But since Zhou Lang brought it up, he had a solution—supporting Shen Shunan for a period of time to prepare for exams or find a job was a piece of cake for him.
The premise is that Shen Wanrou herself... must have a legitimate reason to accept Zhou Lang's help...
Zhou Lang didn't insist: "I'm just offering another path, sister-in-law. We're friends. I've been through the same things that Shu Nan is going through, so I don't want to see her fall into confusion, anxiety, or even depression."
He then looked at Shen Wanrou's money management interface.
[Status: Inactive, 89.9% chance of becoming your girlfriend]
It has risen from just over 80% to nearly 90%.
"Hmm..." Shen Wanrou's mind was in turmoil.
Zhou Lang is currently the closest man to her, and Shen Wanrou not only doesn't reject or dislike his affections, but also feels an urge to respond to him in an ambiguous way...
Moreover, not only for himself... if the two of them really had something going on... he wouldn't be stingy with his material care for his younger sister, Shen Wanrou believed that.
In terms of both emotions and living conditions, everything just happened to be perfect.
Shen Wanrou silently asked herself: But does she deserve it...?