Infinite Ebullience
Chapter 1017 - 1 Daily Life

Chapter 1017: Chapter 1 Daily Life

As his vision darkened, Tang Zheng was teleported out of the Trojan Room. Before he even opened his eyes, the cool night wind brushed against his cheeks. He took a deep breath, and the air, still carrying the chill of early spring, filled his lungs. That sensation gave him a taste of what it felt like to truly be alive.

"That’s the thirteenth time already!" he exclaimed and pulled out his mobile phone to switch it on.

He was at a newly topped-off building where the scaffolding had been removed and interior work was underway. The sky was clear, dotted with stars, and the bright moonlight cast a silvery glow on the ground, like a beach of silver sand that was intoxicating.

The door to the rooftop hadn’t been installed yet, which saved Tang Zheng a lot of trouble. However, just as he started to walk over, a faint gasp from a woman suddenly emanated from her throat, echoing in the air, hitting his eardrums, and progressively becoming more rapid and shrill.

"Damn, who is having a field day now?" Tang Zheng glanced at the time; it was already half past midnight, the time when the night is deepest and people are the quietest. No wonder the wild ducks were so uninhibited.

Tang Zheng hesitated for a moment but decided to leave. Who knew how long that dog couple would take? Was he expected to wait an entire night before leaving?

Standing by the door, he popped his head out for a quick glance and twitched at the corner of his mouth. It turned out to be "acquaintances" – the taxi driver and that prostitute he often bumped into were at the stairwell, blocking his way out.

The woman wore a beige trench coat unbuttoned, with the taxi driver standing behind her.

"You should stop doing that!" The middle-aged man said excitedly.

"If I stop, will you support me?" the woman suddenly felt aggrieved and angry, yelling out loud, "I think you never planned to divorce at all; you never intended to marry me."

"Keep it down." The taxi driver was startled, unusually not retorting back.

"Coward, get out of my way." The woman lifted her high-heels and stomped hard on the foot of the taxi driver.

The taxi driver caught off guard, inhaled sharply in pain.

"All you know is to take advantage of me. When have you ever kept your promises? What about the thousand I lent you last time, give it back to me," the woman was very angry, just as she was about to complain, she caught sight of Tang Zheng peeking out.

"Ah, someone’s there!" The woman screamed in fright, but quickly she remembered who the man was. Half a month ago, he had come across her cheating with that guy in the suburbs and, using violence, had broken the car door before leaving with a hundred thousand yuan.

"Where’s someone?" The taxi driver was startled, looking around unconsciously.

"I... I must have seen wrong." For some reason, the woman did not mention Tang Zheng.

"Don’t shout about nothing in the future; you could scare someone to death. Besides, that thousand yuan wasn’t yours, it was for my car repair costs!" The taxi driver let out a sigh of relief, but his next words infuriated the woman. "How shameless can you be?" the woman, livid, swung her handbag at his face, "Get lost, I never want to see you again."

"Alright, I was wrong." The taxi driver still wanted to continue, but unfortunately, the woman would not have it. After a long struggle, he ultimately gave up. "Okay, then let me take you home."

"Don’t bother." The woman glared at him angrily, eager to get rid of this guy. This was a great opportunity to make big money, for there was a big spender on the rooftop outside. If she serviced him well, she might make a large sum and then could straighten out her life.

"Are you going to leave or not? If not, just forget it." The taxi driver, also getting angry but worried that the woman would continue to demand the thousand yuan, quickly left.

"Hey, come on out, he’s gone." The woman heard the taxi driver’s footsteps fade away. Since the door was at the stairwell, blocking Tang Zheng’s way down, she called out for a while, but no one answered. With some bravado, she peeked out and saw not even a ghostly shadow on the rooftop, which immediately scared her so much that her sweat glands stood on end, and she broke into a cold sweat.

"Could I have seen wrong?" the woman hurried down the stairs, and the sound of her high-heels soon filled the building.

A small high-rise residence couldn’t stop Tang Zheng. He didn’t even need to use Hellfire, but with a few leaps, grasping the wall, he rapidly descended to the ground. After walking out of the construction site, he realized he wasn’t far from Tao Ran’s supermarket.

"Might as well buy something to eat!" Thinking of the Black Long Straight girl, Tang Zheng walked over, only to find the anti-theft door firmly closed.

"Forgot, it’s not open 24 hours." Tang Zheng smacked his lips and decided to find a motel to rest. After a tiring dozen days, he could finally sleep peacefully, not having to worry about being attacked by monsters at night.

Since it was the middle of the night, there were few taxis around, and he suspected that there were cameras in the area, so Tang Zheng didn’t dare to get a car from his wristwatch and had to walk.

"Manager Liu, this car looks really expensive, it must be around three or four million, right?" Li Huiwen sat in the Maybach 62 feeling somewhat uncomfortable. Even just this one seat probably cost over a hundred thousand.

"Hehe, it’s just over ten million." Liu Man was very happy, and although she sounded humble, anyone could hear the boastfulness in her tone. Recently, she indeed felt like she was on cloud nine, seeing those women casting envious looks at her gave her continuous pleasure.

"That’s true, such an amount of money isn’t much for Manager Liu." Li Huiwen replied with a smile, complimenting Liu Man, while inwardly cursing. She knew if it weren’t for securing a two million deal for the company today, and the coincidence of it being dark and unable to hail a taxi, with Liu Man’s character, she definitely wouldn’t have given her a ride.

"Hui Wen, you did well today, how about becoming the Sales Department Manager?" Liu Man made casual conversation, feeling the warmth of the steering wheel and couldn’t help thinking of the generous Tang Zheng, "An Xiuru is really stupid, they live together and she still hasn’t gotten him. Who knows, he might run off any moment, hey, am I seeing things, speaking of the devil...?"

"I will continue to work hard." Li Huiwen inwardly muttered what a miser, all Manager Liu did was making empty promises. If you really valued me, just give me a bigger bonus, right? Become the Sales Department Manager? That’s obviously because you want me to attract more customers for you.

Li Huiwen was silently badmouthing Liu Man, and then she saw the young man she had encountered in the motel a dozen days ago, walking on the main street, and she couldn’t help but laugh. It was rare to see such a naïve man these days.

"I stripped naked and delivered myself to your mouth, and you still won’t eat? What a fool!" Li Huiwen mumbled, searching for a topic to get closer to Liu Man, "Look, Manager Liu, that guy over there is a queer."

"A queer?" Liu Man was about to drive over, but upon hearing Li Huiwen’s words, she was taken aback, "Really?"

"I saw him enter the motel with a man." Li Huiwen certainly couldn’t tell Liu Man about how she got drunk that day, wanted to have a fling, and got rejected by Tang Zheng. It was too embarrassing.

"How can that be?" Liu Man laughed and then drove the car closer.

"Huh?" Li Huiwen suddenly had a bad feeling, and sure enough, in the next moment, Liu Man rolled down the car window and called out Tang Zheng’s name.

"Tang Zheng, why aren’t you going home this late at night, what are you up to?" Liu Man was completely informal, immediately unbuckling her seatbelt, opening the car door, and getting out.

Liu Man was wearing a black winter skirt today, her long hair slightly curled, and she was in high-heels, but Tang Zheng didn’t have the mind to scrutinize her closely. The moment he approached, a rich scent of alcohol assaulted his nostrils.

"Hey, I had no choice today, had to dine with a customer." Seeing Tang Zheng frown, Liu Man quickly played the sympathy card and explained.

Li Huiwen was dumbfounded, seeing the usually haughty Manager Liu now showing a deliberately pleasing attitude in front of Tang Zheng, she was stunned. Then, recalling how she had just made fun of Tang Zheng, her face changed slightly, she hoped she wouldn’t get in trouble for that.

"What’s the matter? Did you have a fight with Xiu Ru?" Liu Man used the guise of being close friends to get closer, affectionately grabbing his arm, "It’s so cold, let’s talk in the car!"

Liu Man wouldn’t let this rare encounter with Tang Zheng slip away. With his youth, money, and handsome looks, she thought it would be a disservice to herself not to take advantage. Liu Man felt her second bloom was coming.

"Hello, we meet again, I really want to thank you for last time." With Li Huiwen’s personality, she would naturally not give up easily and saw it as an opportunity to establish relations that could benefit her position in the company, "So he isn’t a queer, he just looks down on me."

Thinking of this, Li Huiwen felt a little frustrated and depressed, but she managed to hide her emotions well.

"Is that you?" The woman was in her mid-thirties, dressed in a well-tailored suit; it was indeed the drunk woman he had bumped into last time at the motel. Tang Zheng had felt she looked familiar but couldn’t recall where he had seen her before.

"You know each other? Let me introduce you; this is Tang Zheng, my good friend, and this is Hui Wen, an employee at our company." Liu Man didn’t want Li Huiwen to get close to Tang Zheng and prepared to send her away, "Hui Wen, I’ve got something to do, can’t give you a lift. You’ll have to take a taxi yourself."

"It’s so late..." Li Huiwen pretended not to understand Liu Man’s intention and made a troubled face.

"No need, I will walk by myself." Tang Zheng didn’t want to get entangled with Liu Man and was about to leave, then he remembered Lu Fan’s warning, "Right, return the car to Xiu Ru’s garage, you’ve been too conspicuous lately."

With Tang Zheng’s character, he wouldn’t speak so directly in front of someone else, but to discourage Liu Man today, he didn’t bother with pleasantries, unfortunately, he miscalculated.

As soon as Tang Zheng mentioned returning the car, Liu Man’s heart skipped a beat!