Boss Lu: A reborn life is destined to be without regrets!
Chapter 182 - 150. Xiao Jie, are you okay?

Chapter 182: 150. Xiao Jie, are you okay?

Kino Escalation, also known as "incremental heightening," is a professional term used to describe the level of physical intimacy, widely known from "The Mystery Method."

How to properly escalate is an art both broad and profound.

Lu Jincheng, as a top expert, practiced this art to some extent with every step of interaction between the hunter and the prey.

For instance, the first time Lu Jincheng successfully escalated his relationship with Guo Minjie, her shattered marriage was just an opportunity that opened her heart, or you might call it a window, but not the deciding factor in her choices.

His successful verbal and physical escalation that night, a series of natural processes, steadily increasing, everything seamless—that was the main event that changed Guo Minjie’s attitude.

This is the self-cultivation of the Hunter.

But this time, the experience in the car with Guo Minjie was different.

As the saying goes, once is an encounter, twice is familiarity, three or four times are just casual walks.

At a level of a hundred ’conquests’ or even more, such theoretical skills and routines become less important.

The true master’s performances in a private space are indistinguishable from Zhang Sanfeng imparting Tai Chi Martial Arts to Zhang Wuji.

The heart moves as it wishes, returning to the true nature, forgetting everything.

As long as there’s a high enough number of ’samples,’ seen enough girls’ reactions, the expectations of behavior are precise enough...

When to make which move, whether to hold hands or hug first, whether her ’no’ is a genuine refusal or a feigned retreat—it’s actually not that hard to recognize.

With confidence, you naturally can control lightning and thunder.

Just like now.

Guo Minjie’s resistance, from adamant refusal to shouting abuses, from shouting abuses to silence, from silence to hesitating to speak.

From hesitating to speak to whimpering.

And, in the end, crying out loud.

All her pretense and dissembling, were like the illusory mirages of a dream.

Yet they were effortlessly pierced by a simple and straightforward thrust.

A single bump, and her spirit fluttered.

Whether it was her mask or her identity, all were thoroughly penetrated and routed.

"..."

Guo Minjie lay over the steering wheel, her smooth back showing a clearly beautiful spinal line, undulating continuously.

Her black hair at the back of her head was no longer as neat and tidy as usual, appearing slightly disheveled, with strands sticking to her forehead, accompanying beads of sweat.

Her long dress was actually very long, long enough that if she let down the hem, it could cover everything that had just happened.

Those fluttering fabrics, the sound of trickling streams, all were hidden away, only known to the involved parties, Guo Minjie and Mr. Lu.

To lose humanity is to lose a lot, to lose animality is to lose everything.

Guo Minjie suddenly remembered this line from "The Three-Body Problem."

With her lifelong experiences, she had once scoffed at this saying.

Humans are humans, animals are animals, how could they be compared?

But it wasn’t until today that she realized she was wrong.

Completely wrong.

Work had no passion, life had no meaning, writing had no inspiration, marriage had no impulse.

All of these showed, the uniformity and conformity were blunting her edges, erasing her natural instincts.

So when Lu Jincheng crashed into her world like a primitive force, her body immediately responded with extreme fervor.

Enough.

She began to try stretching her body and soul, on the verge of the end, she almost turned into a pool of spring water.

Although it seemed forced, she finally liked this unbounded indulgence without any resistance.

Anyone would like it, it is the evolutionary advantage bestowed by nature for human reproduction.

Whether human or animal, we all can’t resist, no one can escape.

The counselor’s hands had long been untied and freed, yet she still refused to turn around, covering her face and lowering her head, remaining quiet.

If last time, she and Lu Jincheng lost themselves in the midnight could still be reluctantly attributed to accident, mood, and alcohol.

Then this time, she completely went astray, in a cramped yet thrilling semi-public environment, she almost became a slave to her body.

Mr. Lu had unveiled a glimmer of this world’s light to her, taught her to recklessly accept her own desires, turning it into an irreversible new labyrinth.

He sat up, patted Guo Minjie’s shoulder, and said with a smile, "Xiao Jie, are you okay?"

As expected, she drooped her eyelids without saying a word.

Lu Jincheng didn’t continue to tease her either. He helped her to the side, readjusted the seat, started the car, and drove in the direction of the return trip.

He played some soothing music, controlling the speed very steadily, as if traveling on level ground.

Before long, Guo Minjie also found that zoning out was somewhat boring, took her phone from behind, and lowered her head.

"Xiao Jie."

Lu Jincheng called her again.

"Hmm?"

She responded softly.

"How do you feel?"

After her body had cooled down, Lu Jincheng posed this question to her again, almost like an interrogation.

"I don’t know... My mind is a blank, I can’t remember anything."

It seemed like Guo Minjie took a long time to make up her mind before she spoke.

"When you’re emotionally upset, try to bring yourself to a position where the boundaries are clear."

"Making love is such a position, with intense feelings, a single-minded purpose, clear boundaries... That’s all I can give you at that time," Lu Jincheng, keeping his eyes on the road ahead, said.

"... I don’t even know where you learned all this from."

Guo Minjie pursed her lips, almost imperceptibly sighed, and continued to swipe on the phone in her palm.

Ahead, coincidentally, was a red light. Lu Jincheng pressed the brake, turned his head, and just caught a glimpse of the brightly lit screen of the counselor’s phone.

It was an app called "Anjuke," a glance over showed dazzling arrays of property listings.

"Planning to buy a house to live in?"

He asked casually.

"Yes, the faculty dormitory... it’s a bit inconvenient."

Guo Minjie nodded, feeling an inexplicable irritation in her heart.

Originally, the idea of moving hadn’t been so strong, but after experiencing what had just happened, she suddenly felt the necessity for an independent place to live.

This was an urgent need.

Jiangnan Garden was undoubtedly the most suitable community, yet her matrimonial home with her ex-husband was still there. No matter whether Ying Kai was living there or not, she still wanted to keep her distance.

She couldn’t buy there.

Looking around, she remained indecisive.

She had taken interest in a few apartment layouts; the larger ones were unaffordable, and the smaller ones seemed not to offer good value for money.

After finally finding an all-around nice one, she calculated and recalculated, yet was still six thousand yuan short for the down payment.

There was no way around it; the salary of a freshly employed university teacher wasn’t much, her professional title had not yet improved, and her years of service were insufficient.

Although she wasn’t a big spender, her postgraduate scholarship plus savings of many years were just enough for a down-payment in Jiang City.

"Shall I have a look for you?"

The car stopped opposite Nanhu University, and Lu Jincheng leaned over curiously.

"Is this the apartment you want to buy?"

"Yes."

"It looks nice. You’ve been staring at this page for a while; what are you thinking?"

"Nothing."

"Usually, that expression means you’re interested but there’s something missing."

"Is it that you don’t have enough money on hand?"

Lu Jincheng raised an eyebrow and leaned in closer.

"How much are you short? Tell me about it."