In the hotel suite, the curtains were drawn tight, the air conditioner hummed away, and the covers had long since been kicked onto the floor.
The woman's exaggerated moans and the man's heavy panting came to an abrupt halt after that one instant.
When they were done, neither of them moved.
Xiao Ziting rolled over, draped an arm across Gu Junhao's chest, and nestled her face against his shoulder.
"Baby."
"Mm."
"Get me a job at your company! Please."
Gu Junhao kept his eyes closed and said nothing.
Xiao Ziting traced circles on his chest with a finger. "I'm bored out of my mind at home every day. I can't even sleep properly. I only see you once a week. I feel so empty."
"You don't know how to do anything. What would you do there?" Gu Junhao couldn't even be bothered to lift his eyelids. "It's our own business now. The company is properly run. No cards, no chatting, no drinking. Would you just sit there staring into space? I give you enough money. Isn't it nice to have fun every day?"
"A job comes with pension insurance."
Xiao Ziting's finger stopped.
"A worker's position is fine. I don't need to be a section chief anymore. I'll just hang on until I retire at fifty." Her voice dropped. "Being with you like this, I don't have any official standing. If you dump me in a few years, I won't even have money for my old age. Go out and find work then? Who would hire me in my mid-forties?"
"Ziting, how could that happen? As long as you behave and take good care of me..."
"How couldn't it?"
Xiao Ziting propped herself up and looked down at him.
"When you came out of detention, you dumped me with one