Chapter 115 (1/2)

Master-level Ma.s.sage Technique

China Industrial Group made new ordinary purchase orders and the employees pa.s.sed their probation and could start work on production. Xia Lei knew though, that the new ordinary purchase orders were not related to the bet between Mu Jian-Feng and himself. Mu Jian-Feng gave the orders which he could have a.s.signed to his local production in Jing-Du to Thunder Horse Manufacturing because of Xia Lei’s agreement to go to Germany.

“You’re going to Germany?” In the office, Liang Si-Yao looked very surprised when she heard that Xia Lei was going to Germany soon.

“You know about this. I’d promised China Industrial Group that I will go to Germany to study their lathes and upgrade the local lathes after I’ve come back in exchange for this piece of land,” said Xia Lei.

“I know, and I support you going. Our company has you who can process those high precision parts but you are just one person and you’ll burn yourself out handling all those orders on your own. If you can upgrade our lathes to the same standards as those in Europe and America, our regular workers may be able to process high precision parts too. If they can, we will gain an advantage in this industry.” Liang Si-Yao’s line of thought was in line with Xia Lei’s.

“You’re so thoughtful, Senior Disciple. I’ll leave you in charge when I’m away,” smiled Xia Lei.

Liang Si-Yao quirked her lips, “I’ve never seen a boss like you. You’re away from the company two days out of three. I’m not your housekeeper either so how can I keep helping you to run your company? Others will start to talk.”

“Um…” Xia Lei knew what she meant by housekeeper and said awkwardly, “You’re my Senior Disciple. We’re one big family so what is there to gossip about? I’ll fire anyone who offends you.”

Liang Si-Yao looked a little appeased by that. “Never mind. Take it as I owe you from my past life. Rest a.s.sured and go to Germany, don’t worry about things here. I’ll help you keep the business running.”

“Thank you, Senior Disciple. You’re the best!” Xia Lei spoke pleasing words.

“I’m not falling for that. Come home with me after work. My dad misses you. He didn’t say it but I know he wants to see you. Come home with me, cook him some dishes and have a drink or two with him,” said Liang Si-Yao.

“Mm, we’ll go to your place after work and I’ll make sure to accompany the old man.” Xia Lei did actually miss Liang Zheng-Chun too.

“He… Well, he sees you as a son. I’m a little jealous.” Liang Si-Yao rolled her eyes at Xia Lei rather charmingly.

Xia Lei’s heart fluttered. There was another meaning to her words if he thought about that line from another angle.

“Uh…” Liang Si-Yao looked a little embarra.s.sed, “About the product… Have you thought of anything?”

Xia Lei’s attention was diverted. “I still don’t have any concrete ideas. I will think more carefully on my trip to Germany. Maybe I’ll get some good tips over there,” said Xia Lei.

Liang Si-Yao stretched lazily and moved to the sofa, grumbling, “Oh man, I have to take care of everything when you’re away. I’m so tired. My neck is so sore…”

Xia Lei took the hint and walked to the back of the sofa. “I’ll give you a ma.s.sage, Senior Disciple.”

“Okay.” Liang Si-Yao smiled happily. She wriggled backwards, prepared to receive Xia Lei’s ma.s.sage. She was tired from the past few days.

Xia Lei’s hands circled her snowy neck and he started to ma.s.sage her gently. He used only a little strength, as if afraid that he would damage her tender skin.

Liang Si-Yao wrinkled her brows, “Put some back into it. Are you afraid you’ll damage me while ma.s.saging, or what?”

Xia Lei was struck by a thought, ‘Ma.s.sage puts an emphasis on meridian stimulation. If I grasp the positions of the acupuncture points and meridians, she’d probably feel very comfortable if I ma.s.sage her gently in those areas, right?’

With that thought in mind, Xia Lei’s left eye went to work. He stared at her snowy neck and the skin and fat gradually disappeared from his sight, revealing blood vessels and nerves, as well as the cross section of meridian lines, an acupuncture point.

Seeing her acupuncture point and nerves, Xia Lei moved his fingers over and ma.s.saged them. This movement brought good results.

“What’s this? It feels so good! When did you learn how to ma.s.sage like this?” Liang Si-Yao was obviously feeling more comfortable and she closed her eyes in pleasure. Red bloomed on her cheeks and neck; she was excited and feeling good.

The nerves and acupuncture points were sensitive areas. She was very comfortable, of course, when Xia Lei stimulated these areas, and this comfortable feeling encompa.s.sed a type of comfortable which made women bashful and that was why her cheeks and neck were red.

‘Looks like I can get very good results. I should take a look at a meridian map and memorise it, then study ma.s.sage or acupuncture. If she asks me to give her a ma.s.sage again I can make her even more comfortable. I may even be able to treat people who need acupuncture treatment…’ Xia Lei thought.

Being able to see acupuncture points and meridians made it easy for Xia Lei if he wanted to become a professional in both fields of ma.s.sage and acupuncture. It wouldn’t be impossible to become a Master in both fields if he spent some time in immersive research!

This thought seemed to have influenced his next move. Xia Lei’s gaze went to her ears, and the nerves of that area entered his eye. He moved both his thumbs over and pressed on the most concentrated nerve-ends spot behind her ear, ma.s.saging gently.

A string of odd sounds escaped Liang Si-Yao’s pet.i.te lips, half pain, half pleasure. Her earlobes turned red immediately. Before Xia Lei ma.s.saged her more, her eyes flew open and asked him shyly and nervously, “You… What are you doing?”

“Giving you a ma.s.sage.” Xia Lei acted normally.

Liang Si-Yao glared at him in shame, “You can’t ma.s.sage that place. It’s too… too sensitive.”

Xia Lei grinned, “Was it comfortable?”

Liang Si-Yao recalled the earlier feeling and the embarra.s.sing way her body had reacted. She spoke shamefully, “Comfortable, my foot. I don’t want a ma.s.sage anymore. You’re doing this on purpose. I’ll tell my dad you bullied me when we go back tonight.”

Xia Lei was speechless.

Pleasing her had now become bullying. What logic was this?

At that moment, a security guard appeared in the doorway, arms open in a stance that looked like he was blocking someone, saying, “No. You cannot see our chairman without an appointment.”

“Get out of the way!” Chi Jing-Qiu suddenly appeared. She stuck her chest out and aimed to hit the security guard’s arm with her chest.

The security guard seemed afraid to touch her chest and he moved his arm. Chi Jing-Qiu took the opportunity to get around the security guard and walked into the office.