The Quagmire of Desire: From Gambling Addict and Village Flower to Movie Queen

The next morning, at 5:30, just as dawn was breaking, Sun Xiaoyan and Liu Meiling got up.

Sun Xiaoyan rubbed her eyes and got out of bed, only to see Liu Meiling already sitting in front of the mirror, putting on makeup.

"Why are you up so early?" Sun Xiaoyan yawned.

"Have you forgotten what day it is today?" Liu Meiling asked without turning her head. "It's the college entrance exam. I have to make breakfast for those kids."

Sun Xiaoyan slapped her forehead and quickly got out of bed.

Liu Meiling first called Xiaoqin: "Hey, Xiaoqin, could you keep an eye on the shop today? We have something to do."

Xiaoqin responded on the other end of the phone.

After hanging up the phone, Liu Meiling started applying foundation to her face, and Sun Xiaoyan also sat in front of the mirror to start putting on makeup.

"Back in the village, I never knew how to do these things," Sun Xiaoyan said, clumsily drawing her eyebrows with an eyebrow pencil.

Liu Meiling laughed: "That's right, back then neither of us knew how to apply lipstick, but now, we put on makeup like it's nothing."

After the two finished getting ready, they put on the two red cheongsams they had worn the night before.

Sun Xiaoyan looked at herself in the mirror. The tight fabric made her waist look thin and her buttocks sticking out high.

Liu Meiling's dress had a slit that went all the way up to her thighs, and her white thighs were faintly visible as she walked.

"Let's go cook." Liu Meiling patted Sun Xiaoyan's bottom.

In the kitchen, the two of them got busy.

Sun Xiaoyan is frying eggs; the golden egg liquid sizzles in the oil.

Liu Meiling cooked congee with preserved egg and lean pork, and the aroma filled the whole house.

I also made the filling last night and filled a steamer with buns; the steamer is steaming hot.

A large plate of braised beef was sliced, the soy milk was cooked, and the pancakes were fried until golden and crispy.

The fragrance wafted into the room, waking everyone up.

Xiao Hui was the first to peek out of the room, his hair disheveled and his eyes not fully open: "Sis, what are you doing? It smells so good."

"You're awake?" Liu Meiling came out of the kitchen carrying a bowl of porridge. "It's only 6:30, you can still sleep a little longer."

"I'm not sleeping anymore, I'm not sleeping anymore." Xiao Hui shook his head and went back to call Liu Yue and the other two male classmates.

Several people got up and started frantically flipping through their admission tickets and ID cards.

"Make sure you've all checked carefully and don't forget anything," Sun Xiaoyan reminded them.

"Okay, sis," Liu Yue replied, taking out her exam admission ticket from her bag, glancing at it, and then putting it back.

Several people were eating breakfast around the table.

Xiao Hui picked up a piece of braised beef, chewed it a couple of times, and his eyes lit up: "Sis, your braised beef is really delicious."

"Of course, I started preparing last night," Liu Meiling said proudly.

Male student A took a sip of the preserved egg and lean pork congee and said, "Sis, your cooking is amazing! It's even better than my mom's."

"I'm glad you like it. Eat more, you'll have the energy for the exam when you're full," Sun Xiaoyan said with a smile, serving them food.

The meal was a lively affair, and the group devoured every last dish on the table.

It was only seven o'clock after breakfast, but the group was already restless and eager to get to the exam hall.

"Let's go, let's go, the sooner we get there, the sooner we'll arrive." Xiao Hui packed his things and slung his backpack over his shoulder.

The group went out; the examination hall was nearby, only a ten-minute walk away.

When we arrived at the examination hall, there was already a large crowd of parents and examinees waiting outside.

Two male students saw their parents waving and ran over to find them.

Sun Xiaoyan asked Liu Yue, "Where are your parents?"

Liu Yue smiled and said, "My parents work in another city and can't come back."

Upon hearing this, Liu Meiling thought to herself, "No wonder this girl can sleep at Xiao Hui's house."

As the group was talking, people around them began to glance in their direction.

Sun Xiaoyan and Liu Meiling were wearing red cheongsams. The tight fabric accentuated their curves, and their breasts bulged in front of them, while their buttocks were round and plump, making them particularly eye-catching in the crowd.

"Holy crap, who are those two women?"

"I don't know, her outfit is just too... inappropriate."

"Look at that figure, it's amazing."

Some of the male parents started glancing this way, and some even walked over directly.

A man in his forties approached, smiling and greeting them, "Are you taking your child to an exam?"

"Ah, yes," Sun Xiaoyan replied.

"Which child is yours?"

"My younger brother," Sun Xiaoyan said, pointing to Xiao Hui.

"Oh, young men, you're so young," the man said with a smile. "And you're both so good-looking, like celebrities."

As he spoke, he took a few steps closer, his eyes glancing intently at Sun Xiaoyan's chest.

Liu Meiling stood to the side, smoking a cigarette, ignoring him.

More and more people gathered around, and some male parents also came over to chat.

How are your child's grades?

"My husband plays video games all day long, it's driving me crazy."

"You know, whether you pass the college entrance exam or not, that's fate."

By talking about sending their children to the exam, these people got closer and closer, and more and more people gathered around.

Sun Xiaoyan and Liu Meiling were surrounded in the middle, their figures were really eye-catching.

The buttons on Liu Meiling's chest were taut, rising and falling with her breath.

Sun Xiaoyan's buttocks were rounded and plump from the cheongsam, making several men swallow hard.

The two exchanged a glance, a hint of smugness creeping into their hearts.

I've never received this kind of treatment in the village before. Now, it's terrible; people are watching me wherever I go.

At eight o'clock, the examination hall doors opened, and the candidates began to walk in.

Xiao Hui and Liu Yuechong waved and turned to walk into the examination room.

"Do your best on the exam!" Sun Xiaoyan shouted.

"Got it, sis!" Xiao Hui waved his hand without turning his head.

Other parents watched this scene with envy.

"You two siblings have such a good relationship."

"Yes, your brother became the top scholar in the imperial examination, and you all benefited from it."

The two of them laughed and agreed.

After all the test takers went inside, the parents stayed at the door and didn't leave.

More and more people gathered, making it as crowded as a bus.

Sun Xiaoyan felt something rubbing against her buttocks. She turned her head and saw a sleazy-looking man wearing glasses, pretending to be pushed against her by the crowd.

That thing rubbed directly against her butt.

Sun Xiaoyan frowned, trying to dodge, but there were too many people, and she couldn't move at all.

Liu Meiling is also having a hard time.

A man in a plaid shirt squeezed next to her and suddenly reached out and grabbed her breast.

"Ah—" Liu Meiling cried out in pain.

After grabbing the food, the man grinned and said, "Sorry, sorry, there were too many people."

Liu Meiling glared at him, but the man had already retreated back into the crowd.

Someone squeezed in and pulled out their phone: "Hey, can we add each other on WeChat? You guys are so pretty, even prettier than celebrities."

"No, no," Liu Meiling pushed him away.

"Just add one more, let's make friends."

The two people were surrounded, like two pieces of meat being stared at by a pack of wolves, unable to squeeze out no matter what they did.

"Let's go!" Liu Meiling pulled Sun Xiaoyan, and the two of them squeezed out.

After finally escaping the crowd, the two of them stood panting at the intersection.

Looking back, they saw that the men were still staring at them.

The two looked at each other and burst out laughing.

"Damn, these people are insane." Liu Meiling lit a cigarette. "With our figures, their eyes are practically popping out of their sockets."

"That's right." Sun Xiaoyan straightened her cheongsam, which had been disheveled. "Let's go back and prepare lunch for those two children."

The two of them went to the market and bought a bunch of vegetables: pork ribs, sea bass, green peppers, pork, lettuce, wood ear mushrooms...

Back home, the two of them got busy.

Sun Xiaoyan chopped the ribs, while Liu Meiling killed the fish and washed the vegetables.

"How did Xiaohui do on the exam?" Sun Xiaoyan asked.

"Who knows? His grades have always been good, so it should be fine," Liu Meiling said. "Let's not ask him how he did on the test; let him finish it himself first."

"Too."

At noon, Xiaohui and Liu Yue went home.

As soon as they entered, the two of them smelled the delicious aroma filling the room.

Braised pork ribs, steamed sea bass, shredded pork with green peppers, stir-fried seasonal vegetables, stir-fried lettuce with garlic, and cold black fungus salad filled the table.

"Wow, sis, you made so many dishes!" Xiao Hui's eyes lit up.

"Yes, eat up, then you can take a nap," Sun Xiaoyan urged.

The two of them didn't ask how the exam went, and just told the child to eat first.

After lunch, the two children went back to their room for a nap.

Sun Xiaoyan and Liu Meiling were washing dishes in the kitchen when Liu Meiling lit another cigarette.

In the afternoon, the two of them took their two children to their exams.

This time they didn't wear cheongsams; they changed into ordinary T-shirts and shorts.

Even so, their figures were still eye-catching.

Her breasts made her T-shirt bulge, and her shorts revealed two pale, bare thighs.

When they arrived at the exam hall, people were staring at them again, but this time there were fewer people and it wasn't as exaggerated.

After the two children went inside, they sat by the flower bed outside the examination room and waited.

Liu Meiling held a cigarette in her mouth, taking puffs one after another.

Sun Xiaoyan also took one and lit it.

"Aren't we living a pretty good life together?" Liu Meiling suddenly said.

"What do you mean?" Sun Xiaoyan glanced at her.

"Look, now we have a place to live, money to spend, and we can take care of Xiaohui." Liu Meiling exhaled a smoke ring. "It's so much better than when we were in the village."

Sun Xiaoyan didn't say anything, she just smoked.

The two of them sat on the edge of the flower bed, staring blankly at the entrance to the examination hall.

After a while, Sun Xiaoyan stood up and said, "I'm going to the restroom."

"Go ahead, I'll wait for you here."

Sun Xiaoyan walked towards the public toilet not far away.

The public restroom was quite clean, so she found a stall and squatted down.

After urinating and washing my hands, I felt much more relaxed.

I had just come out of the restroom when a little girl suddenly ran over to me.

The little girl looked about seven or eight years old, thin and small, wearing a faded floral dress, with two small braids, and carrying a bag of mineral water in her hand.

"Sister, would you like to buy some water?"