Chapter 5 The Rat Shed Tears

Zhao Tingting's words startled Ye Fei.

He stepped back and gave a forced smile, "Sister Ting, stop joking around, how could I ever bully you?"

"But if I don't let you take advantage, what if you spread the word about today's incident?" Zhao Tingting pouted and said, "So, we might as well consider it a deal between us."

Watching the alluring Zhao Tingting, Ye Fei felt his body grow warm again.

However, thinking of Li Yougui and his son, he calmed down.

"Sister Ting, if you're worried about that, you could exchange it for something else with me, right?"

"Exchange for something else?" Zhao Tingting frowned in confusion.

She didn't quite understand what Ye Fei meant.

She had offered her body to him; any normal man would have agreed without hesitation, right?

But this Ye Fei, he actually didn't seem to want it!

For a moment, Zhao Tingting became curious about what conditions Ye Fei wanted to exchange.

Seeming to sense her curiosity, Ye Fei grinned and said, "Sister Ting, you know how Li Feng feels about my sister-in-law. Actually, what I mean is, could you persuade Li Feng to stop pursuing my sister-in-law?"

After hearing this, Zhao Tingting was shocked and asked, "That's it?"

Ye Fei nodded.

Seeing that Ye Fei wasn't joking, Zhao Tingting's expression changed uncertainly.

After a while, she grabbed Ye Fei's collar fiercely and cursed angrily, "I let you have your way with me to keep a secret, and you're turning down such an incredible opportunity for Zhang Shufen? I just want to ask, is there something seriously wrong with your brain?!"

"You're Li Feng's wife, how could I sleep with you? Besides, your goal is just to have me keep your secret, so it's only fair and reasonable to negotiate other conditions," Ye Fei responded with a smile.

"You!"

Zhao Tingting was almost choked with rage. Had it been any other man, she would have slapped him without a second thought.

But Ye Fei was different.

He was one of the few university graduates in the village, and a medical student at that—just for this alone, he stood far above the coarse men she was surrounded by.

Zhao Tingting loved men, not only to retaliate against her husband, Li Feng—who had wandering eyes—but also because she naturally harbored a strong enthusiasm for the intimate affairs between men and women.

In seeking out men, she didn't care much about their looks or status, nor was she after money or material things; she simply craved the thrill of it all.

But in this little mountain village, all she saw every day were the same rough old men, and she had grown tired of them.

If it hadn't been for Ye Fei having just graduated and seldom returning to the village, she probably would have made a move on him long ago.

With these thoughts, Zhao Tingting calmed down a bit.

She figured that Ye Fei hadn't responded like the other men, agreeing to sleep with her right away, maybe because, as they say on TV, the more educated a person is, the more they enjoy the process; perhaps he was just not comfortable with her direct approach.

So, Zhao Tingting's anger once again turned into a flirtatious smile, and she cooed at Ye Fei, "Little Fei, don't be too hasty in rejecting me; let your sister analyze the situation for you first, how about it?"

Ye Fei didn't fully grasp the meaning behind Zhao Tingting's words. All he thought was that Zhao Tingting was Li Feng's wife and he wanted to take this opportunity to have Zhao Tingting put in a good word for him with Li Feng.

That way, even if he couldn't pay back the twenty thousand yuan in three days, Li Feng wouldn't really drag Zhang Shufen out to work off the debt by entertaining clients.

After a pause, Ye Fei asked in confusion, "Sister Ting, what do you want to analyze?"

Zhao Tingting flashed a sweet smile and spoke in a coquettish voice, "You've studied medicine and you're cultured, those are your advantages, but the indisputable fact is you're broke, right?"

"Right."

Zhao Tingting continued, "What era are we in now? Even here in our own village, if a man wants to find a wife, without a dowry of one hundred or eighty thousand, no one would be willing."

"And everyone knows about your family situation, with a brother who's been bedridden all year round. It's like even a mouse would cry when it enters your house."

"Not to mention finding a wife, even getting a girlfriend must be pretty hard, right?"

Ye Fei didn't argue when he heard this, but his face turned extremely ugly.

In fact, his main reason for coming back to the village was because he had suffered a heartbreak.

The girl he had dated for two years in college, just before graduation, turned and threw herself into the arms of a rich second-generation guy.

The underlying reason was Ye Fei's lack of money.

Feeling disheartened, he chose to return to the village.

Seeing that Ye Fei was silent, a hint of triumph flashed in Zhao Tingting's eyes.

With a smile on her lips, she continued, "If you go to the city and work hard for a few years, saving every penny, you might be able to save up a dowry. But from the look of it, you obviously want to stay in the village."

"Our Baofu Village is known throughout the county as the poorest village. By the time you save up enough for a dowry, when will that be? Until the year of the monkey, the month of the horse?"

"Ting Ting, I..."

"Don't interrupt me." Zhao Tingting waved her hand to stop Ye Fei and spoke more to herself, "You're at the prime age, full of vigor. If you can't find a wife, you'll just have to keep it all bottled up."

"Now I'm right here in front of you; don't you want to be a real man? This way, even if you can't find a wife in the short term, don't you still have something to long for?"

Zhao Tingting spoke bluntly, but on closer thought, it also made sense.

Given Ye Fei's current situation, unless a woman was willing to throw herself at him, it was simply impossible for him to find a wife, let alone engage in the acts between a man and a woman.

After finishing talking, Zhao Tingting pressed herself against Ye Fei again, began to fiddle with his clothes and cooed, "Alright, I've been this forward, stop being prudish."

Ye Fei was made extremely hot and bothered by Zhao Tingting's actions, feeling like his body was about to explode.

"Ting Ting..."

"Don't worry, as long as you get cozy with me this once, I guarantee I'll take care of Li Feng for you," Zhao Tingting reassured Ye Fei once again, then she began to unbuckle his belt.

Before long, Ye Fei's pants had been pulled down.

"Heeheehee, they'll never find us hiding here!"

As Zhao Tingting was about to lift her skirt, laughter from children playing echoed through the deserted courtyard.

Ye Fei jolted with fear and quickly pushed Zhao Tingting away.

Turning his head, he saw two children crouched in a corner of the courtyard, laughing and playing while continuously peeking into the room.

"Shall we hide inside instead?"

Ye Fei broke out in a cold sweat with fright, but Zhao Tingting wasn't bothered at all.

She whispered into Ye Fei's ear, "They're just a few kids, they'll mind their own business, and we'll mind ours."

With that, she stuck out her lilac tongue and began to lick Ye Fei's earlobe...