Looking at this photo, I sometimes even feel a faint heat in my lower body, but immediately after, I'm overwhelmed with a sense of guilt. How could I have such blasphemous thoughts about my sacred mother.
After divorcing my mom, my dad's mental state deteriorated further, and his business grew worse and worse. My grandmother was so angered by the situation that she fell ill and passed away. Under these multiple blows, my father lost all motivation to run his business properly. He gradually accumulated a mountain of debt, and in the end, loan companies and the bank seized all his assets. All that was left was the small, dilapidated house where he and I had lived, and we still had many debts to pay off.
My dad also became addicted to alcohol due to his career's downfall, and the conflict between us grew increasingly intense. Finally, on this day, I couldn't bear it any longer. I returned home and had a fierce argument with him, which led to the scene described at the beginning.
Outside, it was another gloomy, rainy day. I could only rush out, letting the rain mix with my tears. Fortunately, the rain wasn't too heavy; it was just a drizzling, almost imperceptible shower. The cold drops on my face were unpleasant, making my mood even worse.
Where was I going to live now? I couldn't seriously live under a bridge or on the side of the road, could I? Wouldn't I become a little beggar? I, who had always been pampered and lived a life of comfort, was at a loss.
Suddenly, I thought of a place to go. A good buddy of mine, named Yao Liang. He was my childhood friend, a true bro, all the way from elementary to middle school. We went to the same prestigious elementary school together. He was the youngest son of the Yao family, one of the four great families of Jingzhou City.
His family was in real estate and had a vast fortune. I had been to his house to play many times. Maybe he could put me up without alerting his family.
So, I dialed his number, and he answered quickly:
"Hey! Young Master Zhou, what brings you calling with such refined taste?" Yao Liang's sarcastic voice came from the other end of the line.
"Cut the crap. What 'Young Master Zhou'? I really need your help with something."
"Alright, what is it? Want to rank up together? I feel like I'm in good form today. I'll be online in a bit."
"No, it's not that. I have nowhere to live right now. Do you have a place where I can stay for a few days?" There was no need to be secretive with him, so I just came straight to the point.
"No way! You ran away from home?"
"Something like that! Stop being so nagging! Can you help me or not!" I roared impatiently.
"OK, OK, Young Master Zhou, don't blow a gasket. No problem. Does this mean our glorious days of duo-queueing are about to begin? I'll send you the address right away!" Yao Liang said decisively.
Soon, he sent me the address on WeChat. It was a high-end residential community not too far from here. I immediately rented a bicycle and rode over.
From a distance, I saw he was already standing by the roadside waiting for me. This guy was a true friend.
"A-Cheng, if you've left home like this, isn't your dad going to beat you up!"
As I rode to the curb, he came over and put his arm affectionately around my shoulder. Yao Liang was tall, about 180cm, with a sunny and handsome face, always wearing a roguish grin. He had always been very popular with women.
"Don't mention him!" I pushed Yao Liang away, returned the bicycle, and then walked into the community with him. As we walked, I complained about my alcoholic father, venting my dissatisfaction.
Yao Liang knew about the previous changes in my family. I had a vague feeling that his family's business had competed with ours, and that his family might have even played a part in my father's downfall. Because of this, Yao Liang had always felt a sense of guilt towards me. He was a popular figure at school, getting along well with both guys and girls, and his grades were excellent. He was also very protective of me. We had grown up together, so the bond between us was very deep.
I watched Yao Liang's carefree manner as he joked and laughed with me. He was decked out in designer brands, the very picture of a young elite. As the only son of the Yao family, it didn't look like it would be too difficult for him to take over his father's business one day.
This was a gated community, requiring a key card and facial recognition to enter. After Yao Liang scanned his card and was recognized, we entered. The interior of the community was also lavishly decorated. His apartment was on the 23rd floor of one of the buildings.
After we went inside, I saw it was a large flat, probably over 300 square meters. It was spotlessly clean, a clear sign that it was regularly cleaned by a housekeeper.
"Alright, this is our secret base. My dad just bought it a while ago, and they basically never come here. Stay as long as you want, don't worry. A housekeeper comes to clean on Wednesdays and Sundays, so you don't have to worry about cleaning during the week."
Yao Liang said, then went to open the refrigerator, which was full of cold drinks.
I took the Coke he handed me and took a long swig. The cold Coke burned my throat. "Judging by this, you've used this place before, haven't you!" I said teasingly.
"Haha, can't fool you. But not recently. I've already broken things off with her."
Yao Liang laughed heartily when I hit the nail on the head. This guy had had a constant stream of girlfriends since middle school. I guessed this was his hookup spot. I wondered how many women he had already slept with here.
"You! The last time your old man caught you, you still haven't learned your lesson. I even heard it was a female teacher from No. 2 Middle School, over forty years old. You go for that kind too?" I said.
"So what if he caught me? It's not like I care what he thinks anyway. He himself has God knows how many women on the side, dozens, maybe hundreds. Even my mom can't do anything about him. When the upper beam is crooked, the lower beam will be too. I'm just following in my father's footsteps, right?"
Yao Liang said with a laugh. Although his family was wealthy, his parents were busy with work and probably didn't supervise him much. Besides his weakness for women, he managed to maintain a certain level of self-discipline and good grades, not becoming a spoiled heir. I already admired him a lot for that. He was now studying at the city's No. 3 High School, while I went to No. 6 High School, so we weren't classmates in high school.
"And don't get me started, that female teacher was incredibly hot. I told you, right? I have a thing for mature women. I met that lady by chance on a bus once. She was dressed so provocatively, I couldn't help myself."
Yao Liang got excited talking about women and started rambling on. I drank my Coke and listened to him start bragging. He was different from me, a virgin. Because of his affluent family, his generous spending, and the lack of constraints at home, his views on relationships had been very open since he was young. He was initiated by an older middle school girl back in elementary school, and by now, he didn't even know how many women he had slept with. He was very experienced. Listening to him brag about his hookups in our spare time was a very common topic for us.
This guy had a strong preference for older women, especially the mature type. He was very handsome, had grown tall in recent years, was eloquent, and especially good at charming older women. I'd even heard that in the circles of young masters in Jingzhou City, he had earned the nickname "Mature Woman Killer."
"Later, that beautiful teacher happened to come to our school for an open class. Heh, her body was in amazing shape, not your average kind. Curvy in all the right places, with a particularly big ass. She was wearing a tight dress, and my favorite: stockings and high heels!"
"I got turned on right then and there. How could I wait? I did her right there in the conference room." Yao Liang said excitedly.
"No way." I almost spat out my Coke.
"It's true. I wouldn't lie to you, would I? That beautiful mature woman had huge tits and a big ass. That day, she was wearing some especially sexy lingerie, and I fucked her brains out right in our school's conference room."
"You're really something..." I said with a helpless laugh.
"Later, I hooked up with her here many times, and it was amazing every time. At first, that beautiful mature woman put on a serious act, like a proper, respectable woman. But then she just let go and got sluttier and sluttier. I heard she was not only sleeping with me but also having orgies with students from her school."
Hearing this, I almost spat out the Coke in my mouth. "Holy shit! Having orgies with students! That's too outrageous!"
"It's true. But I haven't contacted her recently, and she hasn't reached out to me either. I guess she has a new flame. I like this kind of arrangement the best. We both get what we need, don't interfere with each other, and just enjoy the moment."
Yao Liang said with a laugh, a wild and unrestrained look on his face.
"Haha, I think you're the one who led that respectable woman astray. She couldn't pull herself out and willingly fell from grace. You should take full responsibility." I teased him.
"Hehe, I guess so. But looking at it another way, I also helped her open the door to a new world, right? Maybe she should even thank me, haha."
"Speaking of which, I recently went to the university library to borrow a book and ran into this elegant, beautiful mature woman. It got me so fired up, I've been wanting to find a mature woman to hook up with all day..." Yao Liang downed the rest of his Coke in one go.
I asked curiously, "The university library? Are you particularly into female teachers? First high school teachers, now university professors?"
"Hehe, I think she was a female professor, a mature woman with long legs, very classy. She dresses a bit conservatively, though. I guess you can't be too revealing in a university setting." Yao Liang said, swallowing as he spoke.
"So, did you go after her? Hah, a high school student chasing a beautiful mature university professor. Do you think that's possible?" I said with a laugh, feeling a secret thrill at the thought.
"Later, I went back to that university a few times to 'bump into' her and tried to flirt, but she completely ignored me. I heard that woman's family is also very wealthy, maybe even with a powerful background. She doesn't have to worry about money at all."