My name is Durex

by Umair Sheikh

  Durex suddenly wanted to cry, so life can be full of so many ups and downs.

  She turned to look at her so-called “husband” who revealed little emotions in his eyes, she couldn’t help but be filled with a thousand regrets. Of course her regrets weren’t: “flew up into the branches become phoenix”, nor was it “married into a rich and powerful family”, or “clamber over the dragon and follow the phoenix”[1], she lament with a tinge of emotion the President could remain so calm!

  [1] : climb the political ladder on the strength of one’s influence with those in power; curry favor with those in power; fawn upon the influential people; play up to people of power and influence; put oneself under the patronage of a big wig; seek connections with the highers – up and rise to power oneself on the wave of their success.

  Feeling strange looks from the side, Light Muller turned and saw a certain person staring at him continuously, this made President Light feel uncomfortable. He slightly frowns and ask: “What are you looking at?”

  “No…… Nothing…… ” Durex hurriedly looked away, she pretended to look at the scenery outside the window.

  For a moment it was silence, she couldn’t help secretly glance again.

  That glance surprised her because President Light was still staring at her. Who would believe what was written in romance novel? A handsome rich Prince falling in love with the gentle and beautiful Cinderella at first sight, and live a happy ever after?

  Unfortunately, Durex considered too little, she was neither gentle or beautiful, so it wasn’t possible for the President to be blind to that extent.

  Seeing Durex’s idiocy glaze, Light Muller understood her head must be thinking of some very silly things. Therefore, he sighed and reluctantly turned away.

  The President’s sigh pulled Durex back from her fantasy. Again she upsetly lowered her head, indeed romance deceptive! Deceptive!

  The two remained silent until the car slowed down and stopped in front of a luxury villa.

  A surprised Durex stared at the window outside and asked: “Where is this?”

  Behind the President billows out of a fashion voice: “Our home.”

  Chapter 5 – The President’s nest

  Our home???

  The President didn’t say “my home”, he also didn’t say “your home”, he said “our home”. This made Durex slightly confused.

  At this time, the President has got out of the car, stood near the car window and stared her condescendingly.

  He didn’t even bother to open the door! What a gentleman!

  Durex thought, she angrily walked out from the limousine and slammed the door.

  Light Muller glanced at her and did not speak.

  At this moment Durex the urban bourgeois petty mind was fully exposed.

  She thought: Since she meet the President till now it has been the President who held her by the nose, having the opportunity to slam the President’s door, Durex’s image suddenly became tall and mighty, she felt that she no longer the one who’s been oppressed.

  Her psychological naturally changes to walking upright and strode arrogantly.

  With her nose tilted towards the sky she followed the President into the house, being careless she fell on the ground.

  Durex was like a tortoise like lying on the ground, turning around she felt embarrassed!

  The grand entrance threshold was as high as a palm, no wonder people say that the rich and powerful are difficult to enter! This time Durex personally experienced it.

  Looking at the President in the distance staring at her, his eyes flashed a gloating look.

  Durex suddenly felt that the President must be deliberately not remind her of the threshold, who asked her to break the President’s car door? Letting such a person as her fall was considered to be very lenient.

  A capitalists will not let themselves suffer any losses.

  After understanding this truth, Durex decided from now on she must be a little low-key in front of the President, to achieve victory does not depend on the strength, but the perseverance and fighting strength.

  Following the President to his nest, Durex’s little heart was immediately shocked to luxurious decoration.

  Looking at the paintings, she didn’t understand them at all! She couldn’t assess the certain value of the painting. Then looking at the sculpture, it was carved well, staring at the glittering it felt quite smooth to touch……

  At that moment a person behind asked: “What are you doing?”

  Durex nervously turned around and realised the President has walked in front of her, she didn’t know when he stood behind frowning at her.

  Durex felt tense and hurriedly said: “I think this sculpture is carved a very well, you see the lion’s mouth it’s so bold and impressive! Simply just…… just like you!” After she said this, she was startled by her own attempt of currying favour.

  The President choked, and slowly said, “This is garbage can.”

  A crushed sound was heard, Durex was broken into pieces.

  She was inexperienced and thought the garbage can was a work of art, the important thing was her mouth, why did she compare it with the President? Oh great! The President has turned into a garbage can!

  Indeed as expected, the President face was black as he said to the housekeeper next to him: “Old Yu, tomorrow replace the garbage can.”

  “Yes, master!” The old housekeeper nodded, and asked, “What kind does young master want to change to?”

  “Replace it with something as cute as Miss D.”

  >o<

  These brutal fact made Durex realized the President’s vindictive personality, she decided to remain silence, silence, and silence……

  After a long silence, he couldn’t stand it any more.

  The President brought her into the house and did not speak to her. What exactly did he want to do?

  So DLei Su ventured up and said: “President Light?”

  Light Muller who was holding a newspaper, glanced at her, and said with displeasure in his voice: “What?”

  Once glance at the President’s glaze, Durex finally managed to gather up her shattered courage and softly said: “I…… I want to ask…… can I…… can I go home……?” Durex thought there’s was nothing else to do with the President so it is better to return home earlier, and escape for the day.

  But the President’s murderous eyes came: “Aren’t you already home?”

  Ah?!

  Durex who was like a quail and whispered, “I was referring to my own home.”

  The President placed the newspaper down and said, “This is your home.”

  Durex was almost choked by her own saliva. Here? The President’s home? The President’s intentions are…… he also wants her to live here?

  Seeing Durex’s face of hesitation, the President was not happy: “You don’t think this place is good enough?”

  “No, that’s not it!” Durex quickly waved her hands, “In fact, it’s because it’s too good here, there’s a saying ‘there is no place like home’, I think I’m more suitable for living in the nest……”

  “The nest?”

  Like a chicken pecking it’s rice Durex nodded.

  The President frowned: “So you’re saying you want me to stay with you in your nest?”

  “…… That’s not what I meant, what I’m saying is… I can go back and live on my own.”

  “So are you saying I don’t deserve to live with you?”

  “……”

  In the end, Durex had to bow to the evil forces again —— she was going to live with the President.

  Within a day, she got marriage, but is also cohabiting, next the President wouldn’t ask her to…… share the same room, right?

  Thinking of this, Durex was nervous.

  Marriage is a small matter, but loosing her virginity is a big disgrace! Although, as a woman in twenty-first Century, she should not be bound by virtues, bu
t to be suddenly naked in front of a strange man she has met no more than a day, and then doing……

  Durex did not dare to think further, her face was flushed red.

  With this notion of idea, a rich dinner also failed to arouse the interest of student Durex, her head was filled with constant emerging images of the President without clothes, her face was like a traffic light, changing from green, amber to red and staying red.

  When she recovered her emotions, dinner was taken away, the President who stood on the stairs called out to her: “Come up with me.”

  It can’t be this quick?

  Durex was surprised, she was trembling as she followed the President upstairs.

  “That…… Where are we going now?”

  “Your room.” The President replied without turning around.

  She’s done! Indeed they needed to cohabit! Durex’s face suddenly burned up, she wanted to turned and run, but on second thought she personally signed the marriage certificate, it’s too late regret to it now?

  This should be a famous saying: “A single slip can ruin an old virgin!”

  As she was making blind and disorderly conjectures again she suddenly heard a “bang” sound and bump into the President.

  Light Muller frown: “What are you doing?”

  Durex also immersed in regret, she dizzyly raised her head and answered: “Enter the room……” Then she walked towards the President’s room.

  Suddenly, Light Muller stood in front of her.

  “What’s wrong?” Durex dispiritly raised her head.

  “This is my room.” Light Muller said, then pointed to the side, “That’s yours.”

  “Really?!” Suddenly, Durex seems to be hit by a strong stimulant, her eyes were wided open, “You mean, I do not have to sleep with you?”

  Light Muller who was startled, suddenly narrowed his eyes: “Do you want to sleep with me?”

  “I don’t want to! Don’t want to!” A certain person who was apathetic a moment ago, was suddenly full of joy rushed into the room next door leaving behind the startled and stunned President, she was just missing beating the drums cheerfully as a lark.

  After a brief shock, the President’s expression sank and walked to his room.

  Chapter 6 – The President’s old madame

  The first time sleeping on such a superior quality bed, student Durex suffered from insomnia, she toss about in bed until dawn before she fell into a slumber. The consequence is that the sun well and truly raised but she was still sleeping in her room.

  The President was impatient and order the old housekeeper: “Old Yu, call her to come down.”

  “Yes.”

  So, the old housekeeper pedalled upstairs to call Durex out of bed.

  After a while, the old housekeeper came back down: “Reporting to the President, Madame would not get up.”

  Light Muller calmly said without the slightest change in emotions: “Call again.”

  So the old housekeeper pedalled up the stairs once again, after a while he returned and said the following sentence: “Reporting to the President, Madame still refused to get up.”

  “Call again.”

  ……

  Thus, more than a dozen the old housekeeper kept running back and fort, running until he was almost out of breath Durex was still sleeping.

  “Report…… reporting to the President…… Mad…… Madame still……. won’t get up……”

  “Call again.”

  The old housekeeper was going crazy, if he knew earlier he would have eaten a few more caps.

  At this time Durex who was called repeatedly a dozen times suddenly woke up, she yawned as she made her way downstairs. Taking a few steps Durex suddenly noticed the atmosphere felt strange, looking around she jumped. She saw the old housekeeper downstairs staring at her with a saviour glaze, that expression was difficult to describe with words.

  Durex walked past and saw the President sitting in his chair flipping through documents.

  Oh? Why does the President seem a bit different from yesterday?

  Dressed in casual clothes, his nose also wore a pair of black glasses, compared to the suit and tie he wore yesterday it was a lot more softer, it even gave a bit homely man feel.

  Being preoccupied, the President suddenly said the following words: “Come here.”

  He was talking her? Durex was startled and slowly walked over.

  The President turned a few more pages of the documents before placing it aside along with his glasses, before raising his head to Durex and said: “Sit down and eat.”

  Durex just noticed the breakfast on the table, the most important thing was she found there was a set in front of the President as well.

  Could it be..? The President ate breakfast so late because he was waiting for her?

  Durex suddenly have an overwhelmed feeling by an unexpected favour.

  At this time, Light Muller lowered his head and started to eat his breakfast.

  Could it be the President suddenly found his conscience, so he wanted to dine breakfast with her, or did he have something to say to her? If not, this appeared to be out of his usual own style. Durex decided to best to dine with the President and follow his moves.

  Should she start the conversation? Durex thought for a long time and said a trifle sentence: “Today the weather is great.”

  When she finished there was no response from the President’s side.

  Perhaps he didn’t hear her? So Durex spoke again: “You don’t have work today?”

  This time, the President responded with a simple “um”.

  So Durex felt encouraged and decided to continue: “Such a big house, there’s only one person living here?”

  At this time, the President raised his head and looked at her for a moment. He appeared slightly unhappy, which made her feel a bit nervous, could it be she provoked the President’s mood?

  As Durex was making blind and disorderly conjectures, Light Muller suddenly asked: “Did you wash your face?”

  Ah?

  Durex blankly shook her head.

  “You didn’t wash up and came down to eat?” The President’s face was black, he turned to the old housekeeper said, “Old Yu take her to wash up.”

  No wonder the President wasn’t happy because he’s a clean freak!

  After washing her face, Durex passed through the living room, she suddenly felt something was wrong. Looking carefully again, she found the original position the garbage can was placed, the lion has disappeared, a Chinese Crested Dog sat on the ground replacing it.

  Durex was embarrassed, so it seems that her image in the President’s eyes resembles to a dog and the most ugly breed as well.

  I didn’t want to supply an image of this breed of dog, it’s too ugly… and scary

  Thus, Durex angrily was prepared to settles the scores with the President.

  When she arrived in the living room, she found that the President has already changed into a suit sitting on the sofa, and Jason the assistant have stood by holding a bag.

  Completely ignoring the annoyed expression on Durex’s face, the President’s hands pointed towards the bag within Jason’s hands and said: “This bag for you.”

  For her?

  Durex took the bag, one glance and saw that it was a dress.

  “This is for me?” Durex stared at the President, what is the President doing? He waited for her to eat breakfast, and gifted her a dress as well.

  Durex finally became wary, the President must be scheming.

  Her guesses were right, the President was indeed scheming, he wanting to take her to the hospital to see the old madame.

  The old madame?

  Durex’s impression of the old madame were like what appeared in drama’s. She’ll be proud and arrogant wearing luxurious things with an eccentric character, one of those rich ladies who always wore a black face. Just like Tsukasa Doumyouji’s[1] mother, upon meeting Makino Tsukus
hi for the first time she was picky and spoke harsh criticism.

  [1] Tsukasa Doumyouji is the main male lead in Hana Yori Dango

  Thinking of this point, Durex suddenly panicked.

  The old madame wouldn’t jump out of bed and strangle her, right?

  When in actual fact, the old madame really did jump up from the bed, but she didn’t strangle Durex, instead she firmly grasp Durex’s hands.

  Why is that? Because the old madame likes Durex! Why does the old madame like Durex?

  The reason is very simple—— the old madame felt that Durex wasn’t beautiful enough.

  For her picky grandson to take fancy in her, if there’s no external beauty, then it must be an inner beauty!

  The rich and influential’s thinking is always particularly strange, the old madame wasn’t afraid that her grandson couldn’t marry a beautiful wife, she was more afraid that he’ll marry a beautiful wife who only had eyes for money and discarded her grandson.

  And because Durex wasn’t beautiful enough, so that the old madame felt that her granddaughter-in-law is honest, practical, was different from those woman who eyed on the Light family’s assets and fortunes.

  Because the old madame was happy, her illness improved instantly, she was able to eat, drink and get out of bed, her spirits was better than before hospitalization.

  The doctors also thought this was a miracle, but Durex was a fool.

  Wasn’t the old madame fast approaching to see the Buddha? How did she all of a sudden become so radiant, and full of energy? If this trend continues, when could she leave this marriage?

  For someone who just got married was thinking how to get divorced, Durex is also considered modern China’s first.

  But her mind wasn’t finished worrying when trouble came.

  Ever since the old madame has seen Durex, she felt that her granddaughter-in-law is a good girl, how could her grandson just register their marriage and just bring her home? Regardless they officially wed, they should grandly and magnificently wed!

  The old madame’s legs were sore and fell on the bed. Falling on the bed wasn’t painful, she cried out because she wanted her grandson and granddaughter-in-law to have a proper wedding.