My Wife Is Going To Great Lengths/Putting In A Lot Of Effort To Turn Me Gay - Chapter 11

Chapter 11: Got~ Her~

Once the data connection was off, the whole world seemed to quiet down.

Before going home, Xu Zhi went with her mother to the wet market to buy ingredients for the next day’s meal.

Vegetables were much cheaper at the market in the evening.

A few vegetables and a piece of pork, enough for two or three days, cost only around thirty-something yuan in total.

The night wind blew, and the neon lights flickered along the street.

Zhou Weixiang rode the electric bike very slowly, slow enough that Xu Zhi, riding her bicycle, could easily keep pace beside her.

Both of them had taken the night off work, so there was no rush on the road.

On the other side, Qi Yaoyao used threats and promises to get Xu Zhi’s home address from the bar boss.

It wasn’t far, located about six or seven kilometers away in a residential complex.

Qi Yaoyao drove herself, which was convenient.

However, the city center was very congested at this hour.

The traffic jam made Qi Yaoyao increasingly irritable, but then the congestion gradually lessened, and eventually, she completely calmed down.

Although she was a native local, she had never been to this area before.

She hadn’t expected the complex, though located in the city center, to be extremely remote!

After finally escaping the congested section of the city center, the line of cars applying brake lights thinned out. But every winding intersection had traffic lights, and the red light duration was as long as an old lady’s binding cloth.

What kind of temper could Qi Yaoyao still have?

After several red lights lasting over seventy seconds passed, she achieved a state of Zen, becoming quite composed.

She finally arrived at the complex.

The guardhouse light was on, but it made no difference.

Because the toll gate at the entrance would automatically lift as soon as it read a license plate; any car could enter.

Qi Yaoyao didn’t drive in. Instead, she took out her phone, planning to give Xu Zhi one last chance.

As expected, the WeChat chat page was still filled with her own messages, and Xu Zhi had not replied.

Qi Yaoyao leaned back against the car’s leather seat and typed.

She deleted and modified the message several times.

Finally, she sent one out—

YaoYao: [Zhizhi, I prepared a surprise for you. Are you excited?]

The message had just been sent when Qi Yaoyao sensed two figures passing by, one behind the other.

She initially glanced casually, not paying attention, but then something registered, and she quickly looked again.

After recognizing the person riding the bicycle in the back as Xu Zhi.

Qi Yaoyao gasped and sat bolt upright!

Xu Zhi was completely unaware.

She locked her bicycle, waited for her mother to plug in the electric bike to charge, and went upstairs together.

They opened the door and entered the apartment.

Xu Zhi changed her shoes, put down her backpack, walked into the kitchen, and placed the fruits, vegetables, and meat bought tonight into the refrigerator.

“It’s too late to cook a full meal. How about noodles?” Zhou Weixiang followed her daughter into the kitchen. “Shredded pork and vegetable noodles or tomato and egg noodles?”

Xu Zhi: “Either is fine. Tomato?”

“Okay.” Zhou Weixiang washed her hands, tied on an apron, and opened the refrigerator to take out one tomato and two eggs.

Just then, the phone rang in Zhou Weixiang’s handbag, which she had casually placed on the sofa.

Zhou Weixiang was already standing by the sink, washing the tomato. She said, “Zhizhi, grab my phone for me.”

Before her mother could say anything, Xu Zhi had already walked quickly out of the kitchen, opened the bag, and took out the phone.

The incoming call had no contact name, just an 11-digit number.

“Mom, it’s an unknown number.”

Zhou Weixiang didn’t think much of it. She took an empty bowl to crack the eggs and said, “Then answer it.”

Xu Zhi answered, politely saying, “Hello.”

Silence on the other end.

Xu Zhi: “Hello?”

Xu Zhi received no response, frowned, and took the phone away to look, realizing the person had hung up immediately.

“Zhizhi, who was it?”

“I don’t know. They hung up right away.”

Zhou Weixiang said, “It must have been a wrong number.”

Xu Zhi didn’t think so at all.

Originally, after hearing her mother’s words at the cemetery in the evening, she had dismissed her suspicions.

But now, this unanswered call with no name, which was immediately hung up after connecting, reignited her doubts.

How guilty must you be to do something like that?

Just as she thought this, the call came in again.

Xu Zhi didn’t hesitate and answered immediately. “Hello.”

“Hello, is Teacher Zhou there? I thought I dialed the wrong number just now.”

A clear, calm woman’s voice came from the other side. Her pronunciation was crisp, her emotions stable, and the voice carried a slight echo.

Xu Zhi inexplicably had a strong sense of déjà vu.

The person seemed to be sitting at an office desk, alone in an empty office.

Xu Zhi walked toward the kitchen while saying, “She’s busy making dinner. May I ask who is calling?”

The other side paused for a moment, then the calm, even tone seemed to carry a hint of amusement, like a playful smile. “Teacher Zhou didn’t save my number?”

“I’m the parent of one of her tutoring students. Just tell her that, and she’ll know.”

Xu Zhi walked into the kitchen, saw her mother chopping tomatoes, said a student parent was calling, and held the phone to her ear.

Zhou Weixiang still hadn’t figured out who it was and immediately smiled gently and courteously. “Hello, how are you?”

—”Xiangxiang. You didn’t save my cell phone number?”

The smile on Zhou Weixiang’s face froze slightly.

After dinner, Xu Zhi returned to her bedroom.

She took out her homework and test papers from her backpack, somewhat distracted.

Because she still remembered the fleeting look of confusion and surprise on her mother’s face when she answered the phone tonight.

Although she couldn’t hear what was said on the other end.

If it were a student parent, why would her mother react like that? Unless the caller was not a real parent but someone brought in as a cover.

The more you conceal, the more suspicious it becomes.

The first call was silent, the second one deliberately used a female voice.

Xu Zhi’s heart was troubled by all the suspicion. She couldn’t focus on her studies and twirled her pen between her fingers.

The trip to the cemetery this afternoon felt pointless.

Cemetery?

Xu Zhi’s pen-twirling hand suddenly paused. She only remembered something now.

Xu Zhi picked up her bag, found her cell phone inside, and when she slid to turn on mobile data, she glanced at the current time.

More than three hours had passed since she told the young lady, Miss Qi, to “slowly accumulate” her rage value this afternoon.

Xu Zhi braced herself and then tapped the connect button.

When she clicked into WeChat, Qi Yaoyao’s chat window avatar indeed had a red 21, indicating over twenty unread messages.

She really can message.

Xu Zhi honestly couldn’t understand.

Knowing there would be no reply, why did she still have the energy to spam the chat like that?

She clicked into the window, tapped the green prompt for the 21 latest messages on the right, and instantly jumped to the first unread message.

The screen was full of exclamation point warnings and emojis.

But further down, she started acting pathetic and sweet-talking.

It was clear that although this young lady’s mood was highly unstable, she knew very well how to employ both hard and soft tactics—if hard didn’t work, she’d try soft.

The two latest messages were from over half an hour ago.

YaoYao: [Zhizhi, I prepared a surprise for you. Are you excited?]

And one immediately following it, about a minute later.

It was a system-default emoji.

YaoYao: [ [Smiling face] ]

Although this emoji was a standard smile, young people never used it casually. Once used, it was far from just a smile; there could be ten thousand layers of meaning behind it.

Xu Zhi was not in a pleasant mood and didn’t initially want to deal with it, but her mother’s situation made her even more uneasy.

Comparing the two, she chose the lesser annoyance.

Xu Zhi knew this “surprise” likely wouldn’t be a pleasant one. She typed a reply.

Xu Zhi: [?]

Qi Yaoyao, who usually replied instantly, didn’t reply this time.

Xu Zhi didn’t know if she was deliberately reading it and ignoring it, but since the other party wasn’t willing to talk, she wouldn’t waste any more time.

Xu Zhi put the phone face down and picked up her pen to continue her studies.

This time, she was able to concentrate.

By the time she finished several test papers, more than two hours had passed.

She was very focused today, and her efficiency was high.

Xu Zhi didn’t even notice when her mother brought in the warm milk.

She touched the milk cup; it was still warm.

Xu Zhi raised the cup and drank it all in one go. She stood up to stretch her muscles and then went to wash up.

After washing, Xu Zhi lay on the bed. As she turned off the light and prepared to sleep, she faintly heard her phone vibrate lightly.

She opened her eyes.

A moment later, she turned on the bedside lamp, slipped into her slippers, walked to the desk, and picked up the phone that was lying face down, pressing the screen to turn it on.

No new messages.

Xu Zhi refreshed the screen and stayed silent for about half a second. Then she pulled down the status bar and saw that mobile data was connected.

Xu Zhi gently tutted. She didn’t know what was causing this strange auditory hallucination.

Just as she was about to turn off the data connection to get some sleep.

The phone vibrated slightly.

A red 1 appeared on Qi Yaoyao’s selfie avatar, and the content of the message could be seen without tapping to open it.

YaoYao: [ [Smiling face] [Smiling face] [Smiling face] ]

Xu Zhi: …

Xu Zhi tapped into the chat and started typing.

But the other party sent another cryptic, nonsensical message—

YaoYao: [Xu Zhizhi, you’re done for, done for, done for. Now, I’ll give you one last chance to butter me up~~]

Xu Zhi was baffled and sent a question mark again.

Xu Zhi: [?]

YaoYao: [Okay [Smiling face], looks like you’re not scared at all. Then I’ll see you tomorrow~ Good! Night!!]

Xu Zhi frowned, completely mystified.

But considering the young lady’s capriciousness and arrogant, spoiled nature—and the fact that she could express a threat eighteen different ways—Xu Zhi didn’t take it to heart.

She was about to put her phone down, but then remembered something. Her finger hovered over the input box for a long time before she typed two words.

Xu Zhi: [Goodnight]

Qi Yaoyao saw the goodnight message from Xu Zhi and froze for half a second! Then she narrowed her eyes, wondering if this was a subtle signal of surrender from Xu Zhi.

She studied it for a long time but couldn’t come to a conclusion.

But it didn’t matter.

Even if it was a surrender, it was useless, because it was already—Too! Late!

Xu Zhi had just missed her last chance to butter her up.

Next, she would completely got~ that arrogant Xu Zhizhi.

Hehe!