Chapter 42: Why Must Women Make Things Hard for Each Other?

“Sister Tingting, I... I’m embarrassed.”
To be honest, although Zhang Shen liked to joke around, if you really asked him to buy feminine hygiene products, his face would instantly turn red.
“What are you waiting for? Do you want me to stay in the restroom for the rest of my life?”
“No, of course not!”
Zhang Shen looked a bit conflicted. Unfortunately, the internet café didn’t have anything like that, so he had no choice but to go out and buy some. But why did Pei Wei have to disappear at such a crucial moment?
At this moment, Zhang Shen was on the verge of a breakdown.
Just as he felt his whole outlook on life was about to collapse, a familiar face appeared before his eyes.
“Ye Qiong!”
Zhang Shen muttered inwardly.
Ye Qiong sensed Zhang Shen’s gaze lingering on her and felt a bit creeped out.
“What are you looking at? Keep staring and I’ll gouge your eyes out.”
Ye Qiong snapped at Zhang Shen.
“Sister Tingting, I’ll talk to you in a bit.”
“Hey…”
Now, Chen Tingting was left alone in the restroom, petrified. She couldn’t understand why, since she hadn’t come out for so long, Pei Wei didn’t think to give her a call. Men really do think with the wrong part of their bodies.
Zhang Shen looked at Ye Qiong and spoke slowly, “I want to ask you a favor.”
Seeing Zhang Shen’s ingratiating expression, Ye Qiong couldn’t help but find it amusing.
“Go on, then! Since you’re begging so nicely, I’ll help you out!”
“Uh… do you have any sanitary pads?”
The first few words were clear enough, but when it came to the words “sanitary pads,” his voice dropped to a whisper.
“What did you say? I didn’t catch that. Why do you sound like a little girl, you’re a grown man!”
“I need sanitary pads!”
Left with no choice, Zhang Shen repeated himself.

Upon hearing Zhang Shen ask for sanitary pads, Ye Qiong exclaimed, “Pervert! You filthy scoundrel.”
Zhang Shen, looking innocent, quickly clamped a hand over Ye Qiong’s mouth and explained, “Keep your voice down! They’re not for me, they’re for Chen Tingting.”
Ye Qiong listened, her mouth covered, but when she heard they were for Chen Tingting, she understood and motioned for Zhang Shen to remove his “pig’s trotter” hand.
Seeing Ye Qiong seemed to have understood, Zhang Shen took his hand away from her mouth.
“Miss Ye, I acted out of desperation just now. If I’ve offended you, please forgive me.”
Right now, Zhang Shen needed a packet of sanitary pads and someone to deliver them to Chen Tingting. He didn’t dare get angry at Ye Qiong.
Though Ye Qiong could be overbearing, she understood women’s troubles. After all, why make things harder for each other?
With that thought, Ye Qiong reached into her handbag and handed Zhang Shen a single sanitary pad.
“Here you go, hurry up and bring it to her.”
“Sis, are you kidding me?” Zhang Shen grumbled inwardly.
At that moment, his expression was worse than if he were facing death. If he delivered just a single sanitary pad to Chen Tingting, she’d be the first to gouge his eyes out, followed by Pei Wei, who’d probably beat him half to death. No boyfriend could accept such an insult to his dignity.
“Miss Ye, could you please stop joking around?”
“What’s wrong with me?”
Zhang Shen hadn’t expected Ye Qiong to actually ask what was wrong. She really was all bust and no brains! Still, he had to admit, Ye Qiong’s figure was impressive. No wonder she’d been so worried last time he massaged her stomach that he might take advantage of her.
“You want me, a grown man, to bring this to Chen Tingting?”
Of course, Chen Tingting would have seen the problem immediately. If Zhang Shen really walked in there, Ye Qiong would have called the police to catch a pervert.
“I guess that’s not appropriate?”
Ye Qiong shook her head, feigning confusion.
“It’s not ‘I guess,’ it’s definitely not! Miss Ye, could I trouble you to deliver it yourself?”
Faced with Ye Qiong’s haughty demeanor, Zhang Shen had no choice but to soften his tone.
“Are you kidding? I’m always the one being waited on, and now you want me to do someone else’s bidding? You must have your priorities mixed up.”
Zhang Shen felt wronged. With all this bickering, he could have asked a stranger and solved the problem by now.
“Just give it to me!”

With that, Zhang Shen reached out to snatch the pad from Ye Qiong’s hand.
Ye Qiong realized Zhang Shen was getting annoyed and seemed ready to fight her for it.
“Beg me!”
Seeing there was a chance for negotiation, Zhang Shen withdrew his hand.
“What do you want me to do?”
He sounded sincere, though he was a bit indignant inside, not that he showed it.
“Say, ‘Miss, I was wrong before, I shouldn’t have taken advantage of you that night under the pretense of treating your illness.’”
Hearing this, Zhang Shen was momentarily speechless. Clearly, Ye Qiong still hadn’t let go of that night’s incident, and tonight she was out for revenge—only to run into this Chen Tingting matter by coincidence.
Zhang Shen was a million times unwilling, but just then, his phone rang again.
“Zhang Shen, can you hurry up? Do you want me to spend the rest of my life in the restroom?”
On the other end, Chen Tingting sounded like she’d eaten gunpowder, having waited far too long.
Zhang Shen could only complain inwardly: why did this have to fall on him?
“Sister Tingting, don’t rush me, I’m almost there.”
“What? You still haven’t gone yet! Are you dawdling on purpose? Hurry up!”
With that, Chen Tingting hung up.
Ye Qiong, standing nearby, had heard Chen Tingting’s roar and decided not to tease Zhang Shen any further. She picked up the packet of sanitary pads and walked straight to the ladies’ room.
Watching Ye Qiong head inside, Zhang Shen’s mind was a jumble. How had this girl managed to make such a mess of things? What could have been settled in two minutes had now become such a farce, and when Chen Tingting came out, she’d probably want to eat him alive.
About ten minutes later, Ye Qiong and Chen Tingting emerged from the restroom one after another.
Chen Tingting strode straight to the counter and unleashed a tirade on Zhang Shen.
“I asked you to buy something for me, and you drag your feet like this. Thank goodness I ran into this young lady, or I’d have passed out in the restroom waiting for you!”
Zhang Shen thought to himself, if only you knew how Ye Qiong acted at first—if he’d brought it to you sooner, there wouldn’t have been so much trouble.