This Damned Sweetness

Xu Qiao was working night duty at a tollbooth. In the early morning, she dozed off until she was like a chick pecking at rice and was woken up by a gold galore, gentlemanly car owner: “Seeing you sleep so soundly, I can’t bear to disturb you, but I’m really in a hurry to get through. Ah, sorry for the trouble.” Xu Qiao’s heart was stirred in a flash and she worked the night shift everyday from that point on. A week later, with dark circles under her eyes, she complained to her girlfriends in a bar: “We’ve already met up in the middle of the night so many times, why hasn’t he even asked for my number yet?” Just when her voice fell, she overheard a conversation from behind: “For a little gi...