Chapter 149 – Stress Relief
The lousy TV placed on top of the drawers in the living room was purchased ten years ago. I haven’t watched it in a long time. Now, we use it occasionally to listen to the news while eating.
Ai Mi sat on a small sofa directly facing the drawers. She didn’t have to turn her body when she looked at the TV, but because the TV was placed at a higher elevation, she had to tilt her head back to see the TV clearly.
“What a small and old TV.” Ai Mi said, “You can get a better one from a dump site in the US.”
It was currently 19:20, and all the TV channels were playing news broadcasts.
“News broadcasts aren’t that interesting.” I took out two large 2.5L bottles of Pepsi and six cans of chips from my room, then placed them on the small dining table in the living room.
Ai Mi’s eyes sparkled when she saw the table filled with junk food.
“It doesn’t matter what’s playing on TV! The important thing is that the TV is on, so that it fits with the atmosphere of eating chips! Give me some chips, quickly! Pepsi too!”
Ai Mi sat cross-legged on the small sofa that can only accommodate one person. Under her pearl white dress was a pair of knee socks with pink and white stripes. The soles of her feet faced each other, and one of her hands was placed on top of her feet. Her posture did not have the elegance of a celebrity, but it had its own adorable aspects.
If only her character was a little more cute.
I found the disposable paper cup for the guests, poured 3/4 cups of cola into Ai Mi’s hand, and also opened a can of chips. Ai Mi snatched the chips out of my hands as if she was afraid I would eat her share.
The background music of the news broadcast started to play “Deng Deng Deng Deng Deng Deng Deng ——”, the male host, who was wearing a suit, said: “It’s time for international news.”
Ai Mi was so excited that her entire body trembled. Her two ponytails also shook along like a wave, even the sofa under her body started to vibrate.
She reached into the can and took out a chip with two fingers. She delivered the chip to her brightly colored lip gloss lips with a serious expression. She stopped for a second, as if she was enjoying the alluring smell of the chip. Then she suddenly opened her mouth and snapped the chip in half fiercely like a cobra emitting a large crunch sound.
The female host of the news broadcast started to announce like she was reading a script word for word: “…the US special forces are currently training Syrian opposition militants in Jordan…”
Ai Mi shed tears of excitement and happiness.
Of course, it is not because her country trained militants, but because after 12 years, she finally got to taste the junk food created by her country, the oily and high-sodium chip.
Then she drank the cola in the cup in one gulp.
After putting down the cup, she became despondent for a short time, like a drug addict who’s on a trip after smoking weed. Her breathing became more and more rapid. The flying dolphins printed on her dress also seemed to be breathing along with her.
“Is it really that delicious?” I sat on the folding chair next to the dining table, forming a scalene triangle with the TV and the sofa. You can’t tell if I was watching the boring news broadcast, or enjoying Ai Mi’s eating appearance.
Ai Mi didn’t answer my question. The speed she removed chips from the can became faster and faster. The number of pieces thrown into her mouth also increased. She crunched the chips in large mouthfuls and chip crumbs were stuck all over her lips and fingers, a lot of it also fell on the sofa and her socks.
“I want more!” The speed that the blue-eyed American girl used to eat chips probably can’t be beat even by hungry North Korean refugees.
“Slow down, no one’s going to take it.” I handed over another brand of chips.
“You really won’t try to take it?” Ai Mi held the can of chips in her arms and looked at me skeptically.
“Of course not, I don’t have a strict mother like you…” To avoid suspicion, I didn’t even drink Cola. I used a bottle of mineral water from the refrigerator to quench my thirst.
Ai Mi’s tone of voice was filled with envy: “Hmph, it’s so great you don’t have anyone who bosses you around!”
She wiped her mouth that was covered with chip crumbs and her lip gloss was smudged by the back of her hand. It made her look more comical now, she was no longer a glamorous Barbie, but felt closer to a normal person.
Her chip eating speed began to slow down and she occasionally chatted with me.
“Why does the Celestial Empire always report news about Americans? Ah, these are BBQ chips…”
I said jokingly: “Because the United States is the peak of human civilization, we’re broadcasting their successful experiences!”
Ai Mi half closed her eyes in doubt then quickly opened them wide again.
“Liar! Why does the news make Americans seem like tyrants, like Nazis! You guys don’t have any good intentions! You probably want to fight for being number one in the world, one day you’ll invade our country! Ah, chip crumbs pierced my gums, it hurts!”
Looking at Ai Mi’s greedy appearance when she was eating chips, I thought that even if the People’s Liberation Army invaded North America one day, as long as you give Ai Mi chips, she would throw the hate between country to the side, and eat happily first.
“By the way, how did you get rid of your bodyguards?” I changed the subject.
“The manservant doesn’t have to worry about that, serving me is enough!”
Ai Mi’s so-called “serving” is just that when her cup is empty, I would help her fill it with cola.
The speed at which she ate and drank dropped significantly.
“How is it? Are you sick of it? It actually doesn’t taste that good.”
“Nonsense! I won’t be tired even if I eat it all! I’m just a bit full! Also, just the thought of holding something that my mother has forbidden, even if I don’t eat it, makes me feel very happy! Very high!”
What she said may have been true. Ai Mi, who had smeared lip gloss and a body covered with chip crumbs, completely disregarded her celebrity status, she seems to be much happier than usual. She had a smile on the corners of her mouth and her face was flushed red as if she got drunk off cola.
“Hahaha, I’m eating chips! I also have a stomach full of cola! Mom, just wait and watch on the other side of the Pacific Ocean! Come and fly over if you want! You’re probably too busy with work and can’t leave, right? Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!”
Ai Mi raised her paper cup and laughed loudly in the direction she believed to be the United States.
Then she put another chip into her mouth and ate it very slowly. I think her taste buds were exhausted. God knows if she actually really likes chips, or she simply wanted to rebel against her mother.
Gradually, she stopped watching TV, but instead slowly chewed chips while staring at me.
That expression, it was like it was going to extract drugs like heroin from my body.
I was stared at until the hairs on my arm stood up, fortunately the phone on the table started to ring.
I didn’t pick it up immediately. Instead, I got up and went into my dad’s study room. After I closed the door, I answered the phone.
“Hello?”
I thought it was a phone call related to our online store business.
I didn’t expect to hear Peng TouSi’s voice.
“Lin, is Miss Ai Mi at your place?”
“Yeah, she’s here.”
Anyway, she already had her fill of cola and chips. Even if she was picked up by Peng TouSi, she wouldn’t have lost out on anything.
Peng TouSi was silent for a while, there was only an irritating sound of electric static.
“Lin, if it’s convenient for you, help us take care of Miss Ai Mi for one night.”
Eh? Would you be fine with that? If Ai Mi’s mother knows that she spent time alone with a man, she would not hesitate to fire all of the bodyguards!
“Lin, Miss Ai Mi has been under a lot of stress recently. She recently had a big argument with her mother during a video call and filming is not going smoothly either. I think if she can release some stress at your place, it would be good for her health.”
It sounds like Peng TouSi deliberately relaxed his vigilance, so that Ai Mi had an opportunity to escape and come here!
“Okay, I’ll treat it as learning from Lei Feng and doing good deeds.” I promised, “But I’ll only take care of this little girl for one night, you better pick her up immediately tomorrow morning.”
Peng TouSi agreed, then said: “Lin, although in my opinion, you’re a hard to come by good man…”
Don’t use the word ‘man’! You can just say ‘person’! Can you not make me get goosebumps all over my body!
“…But I’m still a little worried. I suspect that besides than wanting to eat junk food, Miss Ai Mi may want to do something else at your place.”
“Ah? What else would she want to do?”
“She might do anything forbidden by her mother.”
“For example?”
Peng TouSi coughed a little, “Lin, did you know? Miss Ai Mi is still a virgin.”
Eh? Is a 12-year-old girl being a virgin something that needs to be declared in the United States? Americans are so lascivious!
“Lin, you must have observed a woman’s chest before on the streets, right? Even with clothes on, a man can estimate the size of a woman’s chest…”
Peng TouSi, you changed the topic so fast! I don’t even understand what you’re trying to say!
“Since I’m gay, I don’t observe women, I only observe men. I would always subconsciously stare at a man’s groin and estimate their size…”
Fuck! Don’t tell me something that disgusting! What’s your ability? “Looking at penis through clothes”? Use that skill on your kind of people! Don’t use it on a resolute heterosexual like me!
“Lin, I’ve met you many times. Although you wore pants every time, but with my eyesight, I can still estimate your approximate size. Unless you stuffed socks in your underwear to increase your self-confidence.”
I don’t have that kind of habit! Putting socks in their underwear is probably something Xiao Qin would do before when she pretended to be a boy!
“So I came to the conclusion: your size isn’t a good fit for Miss Ai Mi, it’s two completely different models. If Miss Ai Mi does it with you for her first time, she is likely to bleed non-stop and it might even endanger her life! ”
Was that what you were worrying about? No way, right? How rebellious would Ai Mi have to be to use something like that to retaliate against her mother? She’s still a brat that stinks of her mother’s breast milk. In China, a twelve year old is only a sixth grader. Are you worried that a elementary school student would take the initiative and push me down?
Peng TouSi’s tone was still very serious. “Because Miss Ai Mi has always believed that we are her mother’s accomplices, she doesn’t trust us. Instead, she feels more relaxed with you, someone she only meets occasionally. Although she doesn’t express it, but I know that she trusts you very much, I don’t want you to betray her trust.”
Having said that, he basically means: take care of Ai Mi, but don’t sleep with her.
It seems that Peng TouSi is a helpless father who is giving instructions to his daughter’s boyfriend.
Then Peng TouSi said something impressive again.
“Lin, two bodyguards, 004 and 005, are already outside your door. I’ll tell them to stand guard for one night, if they hear anything suspicious, they will immediately break down the door… Please do not intentionally make any sounds that would cause a misunderstanding.”
They are already at my door? Isn’t this clearly a set-up! Also, do these bodyguards, apart from Peng TouSi, not even have a name? What is 004 and 005? What is their relationship with 007! Also, Dad didn’t say that he definitely wouldn’t come home tonight. If he came home and saw two burly chaps standing guard in front of the door, what would he think?
“Lin, as for your father, if he returns tonight, 004 and 005 will help him arrange accommodation. Please don’t worry, put all your attention on helping Miss Ai Mi relieve her stress.”
Before hanging up the phone, he emphasized again: “Don’t have a physical relationship with Miss Ai Mi, you’ll take her life!”
I know, I know! Don’t say something so embarrassing so loudly! I’m not a lolicon failure like Director Cao, why would I put my hands on a little girl? In my eyes, Ai Mi is just a brat!
After leaving the study, the volume of the TV was still loud. Looking at the back of the sofa, I didn’t know if Ai Mi was still enjoying the chips.
I wanted to urinate badly, so I went in front of the washroom and reached for the door.
We do not have frosted glass for our washroom door, only a mirror is installed on it, so I could not see if the light was on. I reached out and turned the handle, but the door did not open.
As I have said before, the lock on the washroom door was faulty, it would always malfunction. Thus I didn’t really mind it, I turned the handle with more strength and the door opened with a click.
Then, I immediately saw a petite blond girl on the toilet, who seemed to be getting up after she finished urinating.
In order not to dirty her dress, Ai Mi rolled up the skirt to her belly and pulled her underwear down to her ankles.
Basically, the middle portion of her body was an empty castle with no fortifications. Her fair white skin almost blinded me.
Seeing that I suddenly broke in, she looked shocked and subconsciously clenched her two legs together. Then she grabbed one of the slippers that was under her feet.
“You perverted manservant! You even have to peep at your master using the toilet!?”
“You were also probably listening to the sound from outside. I’m guessing you even recorded it and you’re planning to sell it online! You’re really a pervert, just like the stalkers!”