Union Of Enemies

Chapter 3

Translated by CatMeme6

Jia Shao\'s Quote ~~~ Someone\'s \'brushing past shoulders\' became an eternity and someone\'s eternity became \'brushing past shoulders\'. For me, I don\'t wish to brush shoulders with you nor want to be with you for an eternity. I don\'t even want to know you at all.

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In her right hand, Jia Shao was carrying a 6-pack beer, a few big and small bags of snacks and on her back was a big knapsack. On her left hand\'s index finger, she was twirling a bunch of keys while she hummed a tune as she walked smugly along the way.

This high-end residential area is really good and it is much better as compared to the dilapidated place where she lives. There are no chickens cackling and cats meowing in the middle of the night and also no shouts of scolding dogs and hitting chickens. There is a faint, fresh scent of plants in the air. The lights are bright and not glaring and there is also the intricately patterned cobblestone path.

Before she came she had purposely taken a walk around the parking lot. After confirming that the guy\'s car was not in the designated parking space then she got on the elevator in a happy mood.

It was unexpected that Zhen Lang\'s father who had a small business in the past would suddenly be so successful. His net worth\'s great increase was comparable to China\'s surging house prices which resulted in the two people\'s differences. In stark contrast, one is living in a high-end community while the other is living in a poor neighborhood.

However, even if she is killed, she will not admit it. Ever since the two people were in the same class in elementary school, junior high school and high school, they had competed with each other. Destined to have an ill-fated relationship, both of them even managed to get into the same university. It was unfortunate that both of them were unwilling to return home and they were also working in this same city which was thousands of miles away from home. That year, Zhen Papa bought an apartment and he had said that the place was for the two of them to stay together so that they could take care of each other. This arrangement would also make the elders at home feel at ease.

As the numbers on the elevator panel rose along its way, Jia Shao sighed deeply and rolled her eyes helplessly.

She had known that guy for so many years and they had never exchanged nice words. Why do the four elderly still insist that they take care of each other? Are they not afraid that the two people will not be able to stand each other for more than 3 days and end up with one being so angry that her lungs may explode or the other one may be beaten up with a flat face?

For more than 2 decades, are the four elders not able to thoroughly understand the situation? Not to mention, both of them are adults......adults in their twenties. Even if they do not loathe the sight of each other, at least the elders should know there is a barrier between a man and a woman, right?

For more than 2 decades, in her pure childhood, her shy girlhood, her hazy youthful years and everything in her memories, there is that constant eyesore figure floating in her mind, floating......floating......like a ghost that is entangled with her.

Did she not only kiss him once, did she not only pinch him once? Why is it necessary for him to follow her endlessly?

She hates him, despises him and abhors him. Whenever she is in a bad mood, she will just think of his face, and she will have the urge to rush over to the opposite upper floor and vent out her anger on him. However, she does not dare to go crazy like this in front of her parents and the parents of the Zhen Family.

She remembered the time her mother had once chased her for 2 kilometers running ten rounds along the path around of the community family area and refused to let her off for being disobedient. Jia Shao involuntarily shivered and felt a cold chill sweeping down the nape of her neck.

To come up with a strategy to suppress an enemy without making a move is a superior military tactic worthy of Zhen Mama. It is said that Zhen Mama was naturally born with a weak heart condition and when she gave birth to Zhen Lang, she nearly lost her life. Everyone in the family regarded her as a national treasure. Even Zhen Lang\'s profession which he worked hard to achieve was commanded by Zhen Papa for the sole purpose to take care of the health of the family\'s national treasure in the future.

Such a delicate body could not take any big shock or excitement. So, Jia Shao would rather be beaten by her own mother until her ass blooms into a flower than to make Zhen Mama feel even a little bit angry or sad.

It was like Zhen Mama\'s eyes were stuffed with two pieces of sponge and her tears would flow as long as she rubbed her eyes.

Ever since from young, she had known that whoever provoked Zhen Mama, the other three elders would surely mete out military punishment. The person would be kept indoors for a month with a deduction in pocket money and all participation in entertainment activities would be canceled.

The tragic experience during her childhood resulted in this situation now, whereby she and Zhen Lang would not openly oppose each other or show their disagreement on their face. No one is willing to take up the role of the bad guy and suggest the other party stay away and keep a distance.

So, that is why they are getting along in such a strange situation.

Jia Shao pushed the keys that she had not used for a long time into the keyhole and turned. Then she looked at the things she was carrying in her hands. Without any hesitation, she kicked the door opened and left a footprint on the smooth door surface.

Kicking her leg backward, she shut the door with her leg. She looked at the clean floor in front of her then threw off her shoes and walked barefooted into the kitchen. Just as she had expected, there were a lot of things in the fridge except for the beer that she likes.

After so many years of getting along with him, she at least understands this guy.

He is disciplined, strict, does not take junk food, does not drink alcohol, does not smoke, goes to bed early and gets up early. He does not have one bad habit and in her opinion, this kind of people lives a very boring life.

She entered the room that belongs to her and trailed her fingers across the table top. Not a speck of dust could be found and her lips curved into a satisfied smile.

She had insisted on paying for her half share of the management fees, so it was right that he cleans up her room to wait for her occasional return.

After digging out all her clothes from her knapsack, she filled up the wardrobe and made it looked like she was staying here every day. Feeling satisfied, she picked up some clean clothes and hummed a tune as she entered the bathroom.

She relaxed comfortably in the bathtub of soap bubbles to relieve her fatigue.

Zhen Lang, on the other hand, was also relaxing in a quiet café talking with his friend.

The time is already 8.30pm. The gunpowder barrel should be home by now, right?

He can only hope that the clean room will not be wrecked under her ferocious destruction. Zhen Lang was thinking in silence. In his mind, he could imagine the scenes of Jia Shao\'s footprint on his door and the bathtub full of water making the whole floor wet. He was contemplating whether he should call for the hourly cleaners to clean up the mess.

Lin Zi Chen looked at Zhen Lang who had not moved for a long while and was holding a cup of coffee with a slight smile. He shook his head and clicked his tongue. "What are you thinking about? You have this weird expression on your face for the last ten minutes and if you carry on with this, I might misunderstand."

Zhen Lang put down the cup of coffee in his hand and casually flexed his fingers. "It is not only now that we are misunderstood. Until today, we still hold the top position in the boy x boy love list on campus. Do you want to recall the scene of that year?"

Lin Zi Chen\'s neck shrank and his eyes showed a \'No, thanks.\' expression.

"Is that woman a demon? After drinking so much alcohol, she could even strip us naked and threw us on the bed to take our photographs. I can\'t take revenge and I can\'t even beat her. I am no match for her........."

Zhen Lang had a faint smile on his lips as he looked at Lin Zi Chen. "I also remember that year......there was someone who declared he wanted to pursue her because he likes her unrestraint personality. He also said that she was better than those delicate girls who didn\'t know anything. With normal looks that don\'t easily provoke men\'s interest and this kind of woman is reassuring to be kept at home. She is best suited to be a wife and confidant......."

Lin Zi Chen coughed several times and rubbed his forehead that was sweating slightly. "I wanted an independent woman but I don\'t want a wife who can throw me two meters away. After that, what dignity will a man have? Just in case, when she doesn\'t feel happy and starts to beat up her husband, then won\'t it be miserable for me?"

Speaking up to here, he shook his head......and shook his head and then sighed repeatedly.

That year, he had felt Jia Shao was special unlike those girls beside him who only knew about buying makeup and clothes. He had felt a little interest for her and when he went on that date with her for the first time, it caused him to abort his pursuit.

At that time, he had carefully planned for it and he had also requested his good friend, Zhen Lang to help him. He had wanted to personally give Jia Shao a birthday cake on her birthday and express his interest in pursuing her. He was sure that it would be successful.

But.......

Thinking of that night, Jia Shao had enthusiastically taken him to drink. From drinking from a glass they progressed to drinking from a bottle and in order not to lose face in front of the person he liked, he drank with her. The result.......

When he woke up the next morning, he found that he and Zhen Lang had been stripped naked, thrown on the bed and they were hugging each other intimately. At the same time, their \'loving\' photo had already been posted on the campus website and on the first day of the posting, it had gathered more than 10,000 hits and it was still rising.

In the photo, he was hugging Zhen Lang\'s neck, licking the sweet cream on his body, kissing the red flower in front of his chest. That\'s right, it was a red flower. The flower gave Lin Zi Chen a very familiar feeling......that red cream flower that he had personally picked to put on her birthday cake.

Immediately, the medical faculty\'s two famous handsome guys\' homosexual love affair was wildly circulated. He almost took off his belt to hang himself. As for Zhen Lang, except for the cursory glance he gave the picture, he did not show any reaction.

The angry Lin Zi Chen went to look for Jia Shao to ask for an explanation but before he could even open his mouth, the other person had flipped him over her shoulder and floored him. She threw him a few words before she left abruptly and this incident was deeply engraved in his heart.

The few words were......"Who told you to be friends with Zhen Lang?"

Just because he was friends with Zhen Lang, his first love interest had died prematurely.

Just because he was friends with Zhen Lang, his reputation was tarnished.

Just because he was friends with Zhen Lang.....must he carry this tag and become a laughing stock until now?

He was just friends with Zhen Lang, ah.......what had Zhen Lang done to incur such a great grudge from this woman?

"You still want to talk about that year?" Lin Zi Chen only felt the coldness under his vest. "Isn\'t it a pity that you lost that school beauty girlfriend of yours?"

"Is it a pity?" Zhen Lang did not answer and asked him in return without elaborating.

After 8 years of being classmates with him, Lin Zi Chen is very clear that Zhen Lang is unwilling to talk more on this topic. But he had kept this matter in his heart for many years and if he did not voice out his sorrow he felt unhappy.

"You can feel it is alright for you if you had lost your girlfriend or your reputation is gone but what about my reputation? Just like this, I had been tied up with you as a couple. I feel aggrieved." His voice was not high but he had attracted countless sidelong glances around him. It was all those complicated and weird glances.

He lowered his voice and glared evilly at Zhen Lang. "At that time you could have said it was a misunderstanding or you could have explained but how did you react? You said \'Um.....\'!!!........You actually said \'Um....\'!!!"

"Um......" It was still that lazy word. Zhen Lang lifted his eyebrows slightly. "Did you look for me today, just to tell me the grievances of 8 years ago?"

Suddenly he regained his senses and the crazy handsome guy in a blink of an eye had changed back to his calm professional expression. "Professor had opened a cosmetology hospital and he hoped that we can help when we have time. I want to ask for your opinion."

"Cosmetology?" Zhen Lang frowned and said in a low voice. "I am a heart surgeon."

"But you have the qualification certificate......." Lin Zi Chen unscrupulously dismissed his excuse. "He is our mentor and it is unreasonable and embarrassing to refuse."

Zhen Lang smiled. "So you have already decided, right? Then why ask me when you can just notify me through the phone? Why did you purposely ask me to come out and meet?"

Lin Zi Chen threw him a glance and said flatly. "I haven\'t seen you for two months. You can just assume I miss you."

Eyes swept over him once again with a strange expression and then suddenly Lin Zi Chen realized what he had said. He quickly bounced up from the chair and fled.

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With her hair still wet, Jia Shao was toweling herself dry when she heard the phone in the living room ringing. She casually flung on a half-length robe and came out of her room. Then she leaned over the sofa and stretched out her hand for the phone.

When Zhen Lang walked in through the door, he saw two long, slender, sturdy legs with her buttock pitched high up in front of him. The front of the half-length robe had fallen wide opened and he was presented with an unobstructed view through the gap between her legs.