Since then, Yin Jiu had reined himself in considerably.
He rented an apartment in City X, in the same building as Zuo Feng, and that's when he met the Fruit Store Owner.
She was a woman alluring to her very bones, every frown and smile exuding a captivating charm that made the so-called fairies in live streams, with all their special effects, pale in comparison. Yin Jiu was instantly and deeply captivated; she was simply a born enchantress!
Every flicker of her eyes spoke of a myriad of charms, and her fair, slender legs were simply exquisite.
Any normal man, glimpsing any part of her body, would find his thoughts involuntarily drifting to more intimate places.
Especially between those proudly full, basketball-like curves, one glance was all it took for Yin Jiu to completely fall – deep! So deep! That was no ordinary cleavage, but a captivating abyss!
Yin Jiu was certain that such an abyss could not be created by augmentation.
As for whether it had been sculpted, he had no way of knowing; that would require firsthand measurement to discover the truth!
However, the influence of the 'little fairy' had been too strong on him; he now felt almost dysfunctional, even feeling nothing in the mornings!
Therefore, Yin Jiu went online again to cram relevant knowledge, even secretly taking countless photos. At night, he would lie on his bed at home, meticulously examining the Fruit Store Owner's face, photo by photo, inch by inch.
He finally concluded that this ultimate enchantress had always been bare-faced!
One close-up candid shot, when enlarged, even showed her delicate pores!
Yin Jiu was so excited he practically bounced. He felt that power returning! That enchantress, it seemed, was the miraculous cure for his dysfunction.
Yin Jiu prepared to launch his offensive. For this, he specially dug out his standard attire.
Suit and leather shoes, the slicked-back hair was gone, but a bald head was still infinitely charming! He didn't use a wallet stuffed with cash; now everyone used online transfers, and Yin Jiu was very much up-to-date. He even memorized hundreds of cheesy pick-up lines from the internet that even he found touching.
He spent three days memorizing hundreds of them. With a big gold chain and a big gold watch, Yin Jiu felt he was back to his peak attractiveness!
He hadn't worn this outfit since he returned to the city from his hometown. It was very well preserved; although it hadn't been used for nearly 20 years, it still looked about 80% new.
On this day, Yin Jiu went out, fully prepared. For this, he even went to a flowerbed by the roadside and plucked an unknown little red flower.
He also made sure his armpits smelled nice; he didn't have perfume, but his treasured bottle of mousse had a fragrance. He walked into the store and bought a bunch of bananas.
"Nine yuan two. Nine yuan is fine."
The alluring voice made Yin Jiu's heart itch with unbearable longing. At this moment, Yin Jiu's dysfunction was cured, yes!
The woman's single sentence had cured him; this woman was simply prepared by heaven specifically for him, Yin Jiu!
But he knew he couldn't be too hasty. The internet said that the first contact with a woman shouldn't be rushed; being too eager would scare her away. The main thing was to leave an impression.
Suppressing the unbearable itch in his heart, would he, Brother Jiu, the boss of the red-light district, let a woman round down his change?
No! He wouldn't!
The magnanimous Yin Jiu pulled out his phone and paid 9.5 yuan.
"Keep the change!"
Yin Jiu felt that the most handsome moment for a man was that instant when he bought something and didn't need change.
He turned and walked out with a swagger, not even glancing at the bunch of bananas on the counter.
"Hey, you didn't take your bananas!" The Fruit Store Owner's alluring voice came, and Yin Jiu's heart surged, unable to control himself.
Hearing the Fruit Store Owner's alluring voice, Yin Jiu's heart was so excited he couldn't control himself.
The internet truly didn't deceive him! This scene perfectly matched an online skit! The groundwork was laid, and Yin Jiu was so excited he almost jumped. Next was Brother Jiu's performance time!
Yin Jiu stood in what he thought was the most dashing pose, gazing up at the sky at a forty-five-degree angle, revealing the side of his face with only half an eyebrow…
"No! They're your bananas!"
Without giving the Fruit Store Owner time to react, he strode away, leaving only a dashing figure behind…
"Perfect!"
Not until he was out of the woman's sight did Yin Jiu excitedly clench his fists. He knew he had succeeded!
Didn't she see that the Fruit Store Owner was so moved she couldn't speak?
It would have been even more perfect if those few flies hadn't kept buzzing around his armpit! Well, the mousse smelled good but attracted flies…
On this day, Yin Jiu was exceptionally focused in his online class.
The next day, he specifically went to the shop to buy fruit cucumbers—the 'deepen impression' method taught by the love expert he consulted yesterday was waiting to be put into practice.
Yin Jiu was completely oblivious to the sympathy in the Fruit Store Owner's alluring eyes.
On the evening of the third day, Yin Jiu quietly hid in a corner, intently watching the fruit store. Last night, he had an all-night talk with the expert, who taught him many things:
First, things don't happen in threes, so he didn't buy fruit again today, nor did he appear in the Fruit Store Owner's line of sight.
Second, night is when women lack security, so Yin Jiu had been waiting for night to fall.
Third, in the dark and deserted places, women feel even less secure, and Yin Jiu had already chosen a spot.
Fourth, women like to be 'wall-slammed' (bìdōng); during a wall-slam, a man's strong arm gives a woman a strong sense of security; Yin Jiu had simulated the action of wall-slamming that enchantress countless times.
Fifth, surprises always tug at the heartstrings!
Combining everything, Yin Jiu decided to give the Fruit Store Owner a surprise wall-slam tonight!
Yin Jiu was very confident that the Fruit Store Owner had already fallen in love with him. Didn't he see that the Fruit Store Owner smiled at him yesterday?
At the thought of that alluring smile, Yin Jiu's lower abdomen instantly felt a surge of heat; the crimson little mouth, the more Yin Jiu thought about it, the more he couldn't stop himself.
Night, it finally arrived. After waiting a few more hours, around 11 PM, he finally saw that alluring figure. The Fruit Store Owner was closing up. Staring intently at the full, rounded curves below the Fruit Store Owner's back, Yin Jiu gulped, already imagining the intoxicating pleasure of those full, rounded curves sitting on him.
The occupancy rate of the community was not high to begin with.
And it was 11 PM. The community where the Fruit Store Owner lived, and where Zuo Feng and Yin Jiu lived, was the same community, just not the same building. There were only a few scattered people still moving around outside. Yin Jiu patiently followed behind the Fruit Store Owner until she reached the entrance of the building to wait for the elevator…
The elevator entrance was pitch black. Yin Jiu had smashed the light there in the afternoon, so it was dark there tonight.
"The opportunity has come!"
Yin Jiu's palms were sweating with excitement. He lunged into the building, his thick left hand grabbed the Fruit Store Owner, flipped her over his left shoulder, directly pinned her against the wall, and extended his right hand to brace it against the wall, a standard, perfect wall-slam…
"Ow…"
Then… in the darkness, Yin Jiu's painful, shrill howl echoed!
Yin Jiu painfully curled up on the ground, his body bent like a large shrimp, his left hand covering his eyes, his right hand covering his crotch, his burly body trembling.
It turned out his wall-slam was very successful. He even saw that enchantress give him an alluring smile, then he saw a small bottle, heard a 'psst' sound of perfume spraying, and then it felt like chili sauce had gotten into his eyes.
The intense, burning pain caused Yin Jiu's brain to go blank for a moment, and then his vital spot was hit, a heart-wrenching pain. He even felt… it shattered…
Ultimately, he was back inside… The police, through his phone's chat records, and the property surveillance footage of him damaging the lighting facilities during the day, along with a series of other evidence, determined this was an extremely heinous, organized, planned, and premeditated… wall-slam!
He was sentenced to one week of detention and ordered to apologize…
A week later, Yin Jiu walked out of the police station with a blank expression. Fortunately, he was fine. Back home, he had thought for a week but still didn't understand what went wrong. The process was all according to plan, everything perfectly matched the plan's settings, so why did the outcome change?
He picked up his phone and contacted the expert again. The expert talked to Yin Jiu for a while, but Yin Jiu didn't understand.
But an expert is an expert; the vocabulary was so magnificent. Although he didn't understand, it felt so high-class!
Finally, Yin Jiu gritted his teeth and sent the expert a large red envelope of 8.88 yuan. He also received the expert's ultimate trump card—dealing with women is easy, there's nothing a bank card can't solve, and if there is… then two!
At this moment, Yin Jiu understood. He completely understood. Wasn't his success with the 'little fairy' due to his 'money ability'?
Excited, he couldn't wait another minute. He went out and rushed straight into the fruit store.
"Slap!" He slapped a bank card onto the counter.
"I want to be with you, name your price!"…
The result was that less than an hour after leaving the police station, he was back inside…
After understanding the whole story of the case, the police officers were also stunned—how should this case be defined?
Attempted hookup?
After the police patiently explained, Yin Jiu finally understood that the Fruit Store Owner had no feelings for him, not even the slightest bit.
This, however, dealt Yin Jiu an even heavier blow. For the first time in his life, he deeply doubted his own charm.
The final outcome was that, after receiving a session of ideological education, Yin Jiu apologized.
He, who was not highly educated, even racked his brains to write a lengthy self-criticism.
Yin Jiu's heart was churning with immense sadness—he was heartbroken.
A sweet, imagined romance hadn't even blossomed, yet he had already tasted the bitterness of heartbreak.
He couldn't understand; how could there be a woman in this world who didn't like his Brother Jiu?
He slumped onto the messy bed, the intense pain of heartbreak like a huge stone pressing on his chest, making it difficult for him to breathe as if suffocating…
In the afternoon, the sharp ringing of his phone suddenly sounded. Yin Jiu was full of doubts; almost no one knew this number.
However, when he answered the call, his previous sorrowful expression instantly vanished, his face abruptly turned serious, finally solidifying into a profound gravity…
And then, something happened that made Yin Jiu even more dumbfounded.