The Self-Cultivation of a Reborn Massage Therapist

Chapter 5 Recognition
Secretary Liu fell asleep half an hour later.

Lucky Liu Li was Zhao Xiaochui's tool to test his cheat ability; he wouldn't dare do that to Lao Liu, otherwise it would be too shocking to the world.

So that afternoon, Zhao Xiaochui had two more regular customers.

One is a beautiful woman, the other is an opportunity.

Secretary Liu is a real secretary, the secretary of Fatou Subdistrict. Ever since the state required all kinds of units to stop sending out colorful consumer cards, Secretary Liu has become a regular here.

The massage parlor began to see customers, the masseuses got busy, and their customers fell into a deep sleep. Zhao Xiaochui pretended to be tired and returned to the rest room.

The storefront of Zhenqingsong is neither too big nor too small. It has 3 bedrooms and 2 living rooms, and the layout is the sum of the layouts of the five apartments upstairs. The living room is rectangular, and to the left of the entrance, a screen creates a cramped space, which is where Fatty's reception desk is located.

Further inside are six simple massage beds, and beyond that is another hall with two foot massage sofas. The foot massage is also priced at 60, but the duration is 45 minutes.

This hall has three rooms: one is a private room for customers to have cupping and scraping treatments, and the other is a kitchen and a rest room.

Zhao Xiaochui lives here, in a room with eight bunk beds, offering absolutely no privacy.

His bed was next to the toilet and there wasn't much of a living environment. There were actually empty beds by the window, but Lao Gu, who was in charge of looking after him yesterday, didn't give them to him.

Before her rebirth, Zhao Xiaochui had this submissive personality.

Fortunately, the luggage hadn't been unpacked yet. Zhao Xiaochui carried the mattress to the bed by the window. Although it was the upper bunk, it was much better than the one next to the toilet.

After tidying up a bit, Zhao Xiaochui lay on the bed and let out a long sigh of relief. Since he was reborn and opened his eyes, he finally had some free time.

Zhao Xiaochui skillfully pulled out his silent phone, showing no signs of rustiness despite having been reborn for five years. He wondered if he had been dreaming for five years.

But the arrival of Liu Li and Secretary Liu was something he had foreseen when he was reborn, as was the arrival of his right hand.
Thinking about it is useless.

Zhao Xiaochui took out his phone, a used Xiaomi MIX2, a best-selling model from two years ago. He found a good angle by the window, took a selfie, and sent it to his mother along with a WeChat voice message in a cheerful tone:
"Mom, I found a job, and the work environment and benefits are pretty good."

"The boss is a good person; he paid me half a month's salary in advance as living expenses."

"Don't sell the pig. I'll slaughter it and eat it when I go home for the New Year."

His WeChat balance was 58.6, which was more than half a month away from being paid.

Seeing the smiling face her mother sent, Zhao Xiaochui was overjoyed. She opened the photo album and looked at the family photos for a while before remembering her business.

The important thing to do after being reborn, which is also what I've always wanted to do before being reborn:
Cancel Lanbao, cancel Jingxi Mall, cancel Qiandu, and withdraw credit card applications.

Zhao Xiaochui is ambitious, but his debts in his previous life were due to his ambition.

He wanted to be like Lao Gu and Da Qiao, whose shops were always full of regular customers. He needed to have a good skill. To have a good skill, he needed to have money to attend training courses. So his family sold a pig and Zhao Xiaochui searched for training courses on Baidu.

Fearing he would be scammed, he deliberately skipped the first five pages of search results, but he was still scammed. Left with no other option, he activated his credit card and went to the place Lao Gu recommended, only to learn nothing and waste his money.

And so, lacking the skills to earn money and unable to pay off his credit card debt, he could only continue down this path of compounding interest out of fear of worrying his family.

In this era where short videos have become popular, traffic creators are all promoting consumerism. Phones are full of loan ads, and money comes in with just a tap of the hand. Let alone Zhao Xiaochui, a naive kid with no experience, how can ordinary people who have just entered society resist such temptation?
Zhao Xiaochui, who went to work on a farm after graduating from junior high school, was even more unaware of the term "information cocoon."

He disliked the term, as if it implied a significant gap between him and the "elites."

But he had to admit that the gap was there, like a bottomless chasm.

He knew that if he had studied harder for a few more years, when he searched on Baidu, the keywords might not have been "training courses," but rather "China Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine University."
So he jumped, and that address became his final act of revenge.

"You all forced me to do this, now go and work on sewing machines!"

In the five years before his rebirth, he only did three serious things:

I worked hard to pay off a debt I could never repay in my lifetime, attended a short-term training course at a university of traditional Chinese medicine, and got a basic understanding of massage and acupressure.

Three blessings have been bestowed upon him today.

He wouldn't touch those things again. Zhao Xiaochui chuckled self-deprecatingly, put down his now-empty phone, and closed his eyes.

The massage parlor has a total of 8 beds and 12 technicians, including the private rooms. If there are customers getting foot massages, it will be at least another hour before it's Zhao Xiaochui's turn. He can finally get some rest.

Before his rebirth, he was exhausted.
"Hello~"

An alluring voice rang out, startling Zhao Xiaochui. He opened his eyes and looked at the radiant, beautiful face at the head of the bed.

It's Liu Li.

Deep sleep is so nourishing; after such a nap, Liu Li looked even more radiant.

A trench coat from MM (a fashion brand), a cropped white T-shirt, and tight-fitting shark-skin pants. This combination makes the alluring curves of the body subtly revealed under the trench coat, incredibly seductive.

Zhao Xiaochui suddenly regretted it. How could he have put this woman to sleep in just two minutes? Why didn't he touch her a little longer?

"What's up?" Zhao Xiaochui asked, suppressing his inner turmoil.

Liu Li looked him over carefully, then suddenly laughed and asked, "Are you a normal person?"

Zhao Xiaochui suddenly remembered that he had taken off his sunglasses.

"Hmm~ I'm a little nearsighted."

Liu Li smiled knowingly: "You shouldn't be here."

She must have been incredibly lucky to find this kind of technology in a place that only costs 60 yuan.

Zhao Xiaochui understood her meaning and said with a wry smile, "Even the best wine needs advertising. Besides, I just arrived in the capital yesterday."

"How did you find this remote and secluded place?"

“A friend of mine from my hometown used to work here. He said the boss pays people on time and doesn’t cheat them.”

Liu Li nodded, feeling extremely fortunate. Although her social circle was small, she had seen a lot through watching short videos and understood how lucky she was to have met a massage therapist of Zhao Xiaochui's caliber.

He will leave sooner or later.

Liu Li showed Zhao Xiaochui a QR code and said, "Add me on WeChat, and I'll contact you for home delivery later."

"Sigh~" Zhao Xiaochui laughed.

…………

Jinchan West Road is very lively in the evening.

Most of the shops on both sides of the road are fast food restaurants, followed by massage parlors, internet cafes, and real estate agencies.

This road is located on the edge of the jurisdiction of Fatou Subdistrict. There are two roads to the south, and a branch of Beijing United University is also hidden there.

Further south of the United University lies Cuicheng Xinyuan, once known as the largest affordable housing community in Beijing.

There's no shortage of young people and young women here. Affordable housing requires a local household registration, so there's no shortage of native Beijing girls here either.

After closing time at night, walking on the dimly lit streets, one would occasionally see vibrant female college students and confident, composed female office workers. At this moment, Liu Li, who was stunning in the massage parlor, would clearly be outshone by them.

Zhao Xiaochui knew that Liu Li was very beautiful, but she lost in terms of temperament. Not to mention her social circle and social recognition, she couldn't even achieve professional self-identity.

So does he!
Five hours a day, netting 90; 2700 a month without a break; the massage parlor includes room and board, which saves a lot of money, but then I think about the tofu and cabbage I ate around 5 pm...

Where does self-identity come from?

The massage parlor closes at 10 p.m., and young Zhao Xiaochui is hungry again.

Assets: 58.6 yuan.

He wants to make money!

(End of this chapter)