A Lust at First Sight (Lily Futa) - Chapter 1

At noon on a scorching summer day, the entire city was shrouded in high temperatures. The traffic on the roads was endless, and the leaves on the roadside trees were curled up, looking listless. At this moment, a car was parked under the shade of trees on a certain street in the city center, with its hazard lights flashing.

The woman in the driver’s seat had long, wavy hair and exquisite makeup. A silver tassel earring hung from one ear. She was wearing a matcha-colored half-sleeve V-neck long dress. She slowly turned the car key again and again, trying to start the engine. After several failed attempts, she said calmly, “It still won’t start.”

The girl sitting in the passenger seat was so anxious she kept fidgeting in her seat. “What’s going on?! It was fine just now. What time is it already? We’re in a hurry!”

“Let’s call the 4S store,” the woman said, taking out her phone to make a call.

“No!” Little A pressed down on her arm. “Ah Lan, by the time the 4S people arrive, it’ll be too late!”

Liu Yuelan removed the hand pinching her sleeve, took a wet wipe and cleaned the spot on her arm where she had been touched. “Then you can take a taxi. I’ll wait here.”

Little A said anxiously, “No, Young Master Wang said he would only let me see my brother if you come with me.”

Liu Yuelan couldn’t understand why these fangirls insisted on calling boys who were nearly ten years younger than them “brother.” She threw away the tissue, crossed her arms, pursed her lips, and smiled at her. “Then what do you suggest we do?”

Seeing Liu Yuelan’s posture, Little A knew her patience was running out. She looked around anxiously, then pointed excitedly to the left front. “There’s a repair shop right there! Let me search if I can find their phone number.”

Liu Yuelan glanced outside, lowered the air conditioning by one degree, and picked up her phone to handle some matters.

Meanwhile, Little A found the shop on the map and successfully called them. After telling them the car’s location, a man riding an electric scooter arrived in front of their car within a few minutes.

Little A quickly got out and explained the situation to him, then ingratiatingly knocked on the car window beside Liu Yuelan. Once Liu opened a small gap, she shouted loudly, “Ah Lan, the mechanic needs to come in and try to start it. Look—”

The car window rolled back up. Little A stood up and gave an awkward smile to the man standing to the side. “Please wait a moment, just a moment.”

Before long, Liu Yuelan changed into high heels, took out a sun umbrella, opened the car door, and walked to the shade of the trees on the roadside. She stood there, looked at the mechanic who was getting into her car, and felt slightly relieved when she saw that his work uniform and hands were clean and tidy.

The mechanic tinkered inside the car for a while, then got out and opened the hood to inspect it. He said to the two of them, “It’s probably time to replace the oil filter. It’s extremely dirty.” [Note]

Little A was happy that the problem had been found. “Then change it quickly, sir!”

“I didn’t bring a new one, and I need to lift the car, drain the old oil completely, and then replace it. We have to go to the shop.”

Little A wailed, “Sir, how long will it take? I’m in a hurry!”

“If it’s fast, about half an hour. But we need to check if the shop has the right filter for your model. It has to be the matching one.”

“Okay, okay, then—” Little A said excitedly, then remembered the person behind her. She put on a flattering smile, walked over, and took Liu Yuelan’s umbrella. “Ah Lan, look…”

Liu Yuelan smiled faintly at her. “I don’t do losing deals. What about that painting at your uncle’s house?”

Little A pulled a long face and hummed a few times, then gritted her teeth. “I can only promise to help you ask, but I don’t know if it’ll work.”

“Lead the way.”

The two of them walked into the shop. The mechanic contacted the shop and had a tow truck come to pull their car over.

Both sides arrived at the shop almost at the same time. The mechanic directed from the vehicle entrance and had the car parked at the repair bay. The two women walked to the entrance of the lobby. The automatic door opened, followed by the crisp sound of wind chimes. Liu Yuelan glanced at the upper right corner and saw a wind chime swaying.

The front desk staff stood up with a polite smile. “Welcome, ladies. How may I help you?”

The mechanic who came with the car came over from the repair area behind and explained the situation. The staff operated on the computer for a bit and printed out a document. “Hello, please take a look at the notice. If there are no issues, please sign here, and we’ll start the repair for you.”

Little A eagerly handed the pen to Liu Yuelan. “Ah Lan, quick, quick!”

Liu Yuelan tucked her hair behind her ear, revealing her sparkling earring. She looked over the document, confirmed there were no problems, and signed it.

Little A immediately pushed the mechanic inside. “Master, master, hurry up!”

The mechanic was pushed along but smiled good-naturedly. “Little girl, don’t be anxious. It won’t take long.”

“You two can wait in the rest area for a bit. All our drinks and snacks are free. If you need anything, just call me anytime.”

Liu Yuelan sat down on the sofa. Only now did Little A feel the heat. She went to the fridge, took a bottle of iced cola, drank half of it in one go, and sighed comfortably. “Ah Lan, what do you want?”

Liu Yuelan sat with her legs crossed elegantly, flipping through an automotive magazine. “Nothing.”

Little A sat beside her, scrolling through online photos and retouched images of her “brother,” her face full of spring-like infatuation at the thought of soon seeing him up close.

The internal phone at the front desk rang. After answering, it was the mechanic asking her to check the system for the part number needed for the car being repaired and to see if they had it in stock.

“What? No parts?” Little A ran noisily to the front desk, startling the two people who were discussing there.

“Little girl, your car is an imported model. The parts are hard to find. We don’t have this specific type here.”

“Can’t you just replace it with whatever you have? As long as I can drive it away!”

The mechanic sighed. “That won’t work. Mismatched parts will damage the engine. Do you not want your engine anymore?”

Little A kept wailing and circled around, begging them to find a solution.

Liu Yuelan tapped her toes rhythmically, looking completely relaxed as if she had nothing to do with the chaos beside her. At this moment, a steady voice came over.

“What’s going on? Why all the noise?”

Even though the voice wasn’t loud, the noisy lobby instantly fell silent. Liu Yuelan lifted her gaze from the book and met the person’s eyes. She was momentarily stunned.

It was a woman with neat short hair and a tall, slender figure. She was wearing a black short-sleeve work uniform that fit her body well. She was wiping the sweat from her forehead with a towel. When she saw Liu Yuelan looking at her, their eyes met for only a second before she looked away.

She held the towel in her hand and looked toward the front desk.

“Sister Lin, here’s what happened.”

After understanding the situation, Yu Qianlin walked to the computer, looked at it, and said calmly, “One of our cooperating parts suppliers might have the correct part, but it needs to be delivered now. It’ll take about 20 minutes. If you can wait, I’ll help you ask.”

Little A ruffled her own hair, looked at the time on the wall, and finally gathered her courage to turn and ask the indifferent Liu Yuelan, “Sister, can we take a taxi?”

“You can,” Liu Yuelan flipped a page of the magazine, “but you can take a taxi by yourself.”

“Ah, if I don’t bring you, Young Master Wang definitely won’t let me in. Wuwu, sister, please, just suffer a little and come with me!”

Liu Yuelan closed the magazine and put it back in place. She stood up and walked toward them, her steps graceful and swaying. Her earrings swung with her movements, her skirt drew elegant arcs, and the click of her high heels attracted everyone’s attention.

“You look like a pimp right now.”

The sentence drew wary looks from the other three people. Yu Qianlin glanced back and forth between her and Little A several times.

Little A was so scared she quickly waved her hands to explain. “What are you talking about?! Don’t listen to her nonsense. We’re good friends. She just doesn’t want to go. She’s joking! Don’t misunderstand!”

Liu Yuelan had already walked to the counter. “Anyway, it won’t take long. Just let them help ask.”

“Fine then. I’ll just be a bit late.” Little A said disappointedly, went to the fridge again, took another bottle of “happy water,” and sat on the sofa drinking it like alcohol.

Liu Yuelan looked at the cold-faced Yu Qianlin and smiled sweetly. “Then I’ll trouble you.”

“No problem.”

Yu Qianlin took out her phone and went to the side to make a call with her back turned to them. Liu Yuelan rested her chin on one hand while leaning on the counter, openly watching her back. The repair mechanic went to the bay to prepare, and the front desk lowered her head to handle work. Everything returned to calm.

Yu Qianlin quickly finished the call. As soon as she turned around to speak to the front desk, she met Liu Yuelan’s undisguised gaze. The other woman even waved at her.

Yu Qianlin avoided her eyes, nodded, and walked to the front desk. “Xiao Li, the runner will come to deliver something later. Once you receive it, send it to Da Liu.”

“Got it, Sister Lin.”

After giving the instructions, Yu Qianlin left directly. She turned a corner and disappeared from Liu Yuelan’s sight. Liu Yuelan tapped her fingers on the counter a few times, then sat back on the sofa to wait.

Before long, the part arrived. Xiao Li quickly sent it to the repair room. Little A couldn’t sit still in the lobby and kept pacing. Soon, Da Liu came out again. “This isn’t right. I wanted the i5 series, but this is an i7. The part number is off by one digit.” [Note]

Little A’s mood went through another emotional rollercoaster. She stamped her feet. “Are you guys messing with me?”

Just then, Yu Qianlin came over and asked calmly, “What’s wrong again?”

Liu Yuelan noticed she had changed into a different work uniform — orange and black, still very form-fitting.

After hearing the full story, Yu Qianlin took the part from Da Liu and looked at it. “It’s wrong. This one is obviously shorter. I’ll have them change it. Please wait a moment.”

At this time, Liu Yuelan also walked over, picked up the packaging box beside her, and gave Yu Qianlin a meaningful smile.

Yu Qianlin didn’t pay much attention. She picked up the landline on the desk, called, and confirmed the part number and model several times before hanging up.

Little A held her phone and paced around like an ant on a hot pan, glancing outside from time to time.

Yu Qianlin took a record book from the front desk and went to the repair bay. Little A kept checking the time. Liu Yuelan was getting annoyed by her behavior. “That’s enough. If you take a taxi now, you can still catch him. If you keep waiting, you’ll miss even the plane.”

“But…”

“Tell Young Master Wang that I’ll treat him to a meal another day. He’ll let you in.”

Little A excitedly hugged Liu Yuelan. “Ah Lan, you’re my goddess!” Then she ran off.

Liu Yuelan shook her head as she watched her back. At that moment, a boy walked in from outside. He looked young — thin and small, still wearing a work uniform.

He was happily greeting Xiao Li when he saw Liu Yuelan. His eyes lit up. He smiled and waved at her, revealing two tiger teeth. “Sister, you’re so beautiful! Is this your first time at our shop? I’ve never seen you before!”

Xiao Li glared at him. “Wang Xiao C, are you looking to get scolded again?”

Xiao C scratched his head and grinned foolishly at Liu Yuelan.

“Hello.” Liu Yuelan saw that he was genuinely innocent and his words came from the heart without any offense, so she didn’t mind. She smiled and greeted him back.

Xiao C wanted to say more after she responded, but Yu Qianlin happened to come over. She handed the notebook to Xiao Li and looked at him. “You’re back. How did it go?”

Xiao C hurriedly walked up to her with his toolbox. “It went very smoothly, Master. It was exactly like you described. I fixed it completely according to the method you taught me. It was done very quickly!”

“Mm. Put the things back. Fill out the field service record form this time. Make sure you don’t fill it out wrong again.”

“Got it, Master. I’ll go in first.”

“Mm.”

Xiao Li noticed Liu Yuelan had been standing there for a while and said politely, “Sorry for making you wait so long. You can go rest on the sofa for a while. Let me know if you need anything.”

“It’s fine.” Liu Yuelan smiled at her. Just as she turned around, her phone rang, so she walked to the corner to answer it.

Yu Qianlin tidied up the lobby a bit. After finishing his work, Xiao C also came over to help. Once things quieted down, Xiao C rested his face on his hands while looking at Liu Yuelan’s back. “That sister is really beautiful, and so gentle. Hehe… goddess…”

Hearing this, Yu Qianlin picked up a stack of forms from the front desk and lightly smacked him on the head. “The cabinet in the women’s changing room is broken. Xiao Li, take him over to fix it and supervise him.”

“But here…”

“I’ll watch. Go.”

Liu Yuelan finally finished a long phone call and handled all her matters. Standing for so long had made her a little tired. She turned around, intending to go to the rest area and sit for a while, and happened to meet Yu Qianlin’s eyes again.

“Hello. Your car has been repaired. You can try starting it.”

“Okay.”

Liu Yuelan successfully started the car and drove it onto the road. Finding no issues, she got out and went back into the shop. “It’s good now. Thank you.”

“No need,” Yu Qianlin placed a document in front of her. “This is the repair details and the list of replaced parts. Since we had to drain all the old oil, there is also a charge for the new oil of the same type. Please take a look. Let me know if you have any questions.”

She kept her head lowered the entire time, speaking while operating the computer. She didn’t notice the slight upward curve of Liu Yuelan’s lips as she looked down at the repair bill.

Yu Qianlin continued, “It’s best to maintain your car on schedule. That way, problems with the filter can be replaced in time without affecting normal use.”

“Mm. The one I usually drive was sent for maintenance. This one is an older car that hasn’t been driven for a long time.”

“Mm.”

Liu Yuelan continued to look at the bill carefully, then suddenly asked, “Did you take a shower?”

Yu Qianlin’s typing hand paused for a moment, then quickly resumed as normal. She didn’t speak.

“There’s a nice scent.”

“Please sign here.” Yu Qianlin ignored her remark and pointed to the corresponding spot on the paper.

Liu Yuelan saw that her fingers were slender and without nail polish. She raised an eyebrow and signed with her pen.

Yu Qianlin gestured with her chin toward the QR code scanner. “WeChat or Alipay is fine. I’ll scan for you.”

“I’ll swipe a card.” Liu Yuelan walked to the sofa, took her bag, and handed over a card. After Yu Qianlin processed it, she took a promotional flyer from the nearby rack and handed it to her along with the card and receipt. “The shop is running a promotion recently. Becoming a member has many benefits. You can take a look.”

Liu Yuelan pressed her hand on the flyer, her eyes curved in a smile as she looked at her. “What kind of benefits are there?”

“It’s written on there.”

Her smile grew deeper. She softly read out two strings of numbers. “They really do look similar, so it’s easy to say them wrong, right?”

Yu Qianlin finally looked up at her, then lowered her head again with an unchanged expression. “Do you have any other questions?”

Liu Yuelan wasn’t annoyed that she didn’t answer directly. She glanced at the business card clipped to the promotional flyer. “Is this your phone number?”

“No.”

Two simple and direct words.

Seeing that she had nothing else to say, Liu Yuelan folded the flyer, tapped it on the table, softly said “Goodbye,” and turned to leave.

Yu Qianlin’s body relaxed slightly. She deleted the random characters she had typed on the computer one by one.

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[Note] I am not a professional. The content comes from the internet and is purely to serve the plot. Please do not over-analyze or nitpick.

Yesterday I looked at a few novels I wrote five years ago. I randomly opened a few chapters and my toes curled in embarrassment. Good thing I didn’t publish them back then.

But it’s good that I recorded them in time. There are still many settings and plot points I can use. They are valuable resources.