After the new year started, the group began to prepare for the tour. This time Liang Fu took the lead, and the pressure was not great. Liang Fu didn't care much about anything else, but she was ambitious about dancing. Of course, Liang Fu thinks it's more likely that she just started learning to dance at the age of four, and she doesn't know how to do anything else.
Knowing that she would be away from Chongcheng for a while, Fang Qingqu organized a group of friends to practice for her. Liang Fu was too lazy to go, but she couldn't bother Fang Qingqu. If she didn't agree, he would keep talking about it until the end of the year.
Liang Fu said: "I can go, but I have to bring a friend."
Fang Qingqu said: "Take, take, take, whoever you want to take."
Liang Fu called Fu Yucheng to confirm the matter.
On the day of the party, in order to express her sincerity, Liang Fu drove to the school to pick her up.
I wonder if Fu Yucheng was delayed by something. Liang Fu got bored waiting and turned on the music to listen. Not long after, she saw the person in front of her appear.
The spring cold was still chilling, but he was wearing thin clothes, a white thin sweater and a short windbreaker. Probably because he still had a schoolbag hanging on his back. He had a temperament between mature and immature, like the ears of green rice, which are about to grow. Full but not full.
Fu Yucheng opened the car door and got in. A Cantonese song just came on the stereo, which sounded familiar.
He put the bag aside, rubbed his brows, and said with a smile, "Senior sister will drive, I will catch up on my sleep."
"Didn't you sleep well last night? Are you so busy right after school starts?"
"Prepare for the ICC and submit documents in March. I joined the team late. If I don't hurry up, it will be too late." The fact is not just last night, he has stayed up for many nights in a row. The role assigned to him in the main game is the prosecutor's lawyer. After completing the preliminary research, he You have to write a complaint, complete the progress of the issue every week, and make revisions and additions after the group meeting. The cycle continues endlessly until the document is finalized.
"Then you go to sleep quickly. Senior sister drives carefully and won't disturb you."
Fu Yucheng laughed, leaning his head on the seat, his hair covering his eyes. He looked a little sleepy, but his smile turned out to be surprisingly soft.
In the rented villa, seven or eight people were already playing outside. Fu Yucheng and Liang Fu were the last to arrive.
As soon as I walked into the yard, Fang Qingqu happened to go out to pick her up. Since he became a policeman, his private dressing style has become much more restrained. He has a short cut haircut and an ordinary black pullover. At first glance, he does have the uprightness of a public servant. The plaster on his arm has been removed, but it is still tied with gauze. But Liang Fu knew his character. He might regard his injured arm as a military medal and brag about his kindness to others.
Liang Fu introduced the two parties, "Fang Qingqu, my friend; Fu Yucheng, my father's student."
Fang Qingqu stretched out his hand towards Fu Yucheng and said with a smile, "Nice to meet you."
"Nice to meet you."
Liang Fu asked: "Where is Sister Tan?"
"Upstairs, play cards with someone."
Liang Fu kept saying hello all the way in, and she didn't know how many people Fang Qingqu had called. She couldn't help but complain, "Fang Qingqu, what are you doing? Do you think so many people are here to attend the market?"
Fang Qingqu couldn't laugh or cry, "Is that reasonable? I showed you the list and you said it's okay."
Liang Fu was speechless. She only focused on prevaricating Fang Qingqu and didn't take a closer look at it.
Fang Qingqu led the person inside, "Let's go, young lady, we are all your friends, and we don't know each other. If you are unhappy, can I find a reason to drive you back later?"
"Sometimes people blame me for not knowing etiquette."
"Then why is it your fault? I'll take the blame, right?"
The accommodation was arranged by Fang Qingqu himself. Liang Fu and Fu Yucheng were given two large adjoining rooms facing the lake view. Although he did not know who the person Liang Fu was bringing before, he could tell Liang Fu I personally drove to pick him up, and the importance of the person is self-evident.
But when he actually met the person, Fang Qingqu felt that he was making a fuss and Fu Yucheng was not worth his trouble.
"Buffet on the beach at 7:30, you guys take a rest first." Fang Qingqu explained the matters one by one, treating the host as a responsible person.
It was half past six, an hour before dinner started. Liang Fu put on her slippers, sat in the room for a while, and then knocked on the door opposite. Fu Yucheng also changed into slippers and was still yawning when he answered the door.
"Still sleepy?"
"fine."
"Let's go take a look upstairs? Zhou Tan is upstairs, I have to say hello."
Fu Yucheng was extremely sleepy, but he still managed to cheer up and said, "Let's go."
The first floor upstairs is bright and bright, and the billiard room doubles as a chess and card room. This time, the game is not dominoes, but mahjong. Zhou Tan was lucky and was killing everyone. When she heard the noise, she first devoted some energy to say hello to Liang Fu and Fu Yucheng.
"Afu, why are you here now?"
"Going to pick up Fu Yucheng from school."
Zhou Tan smiled and glanced at Fu Yucheng, "We'll start the game after dinner. Are you coming?"
Fu Yucheng said with a smile: "If Sister Tan needs a partner, you can bring me one."
Fang Qingqu was playing billiards with a woman when he saw Liang Fu coming up and waved her over. The two of them used to play when they were kids, and the winner would get dessert, so Liang Fu often lost.
"You can play by yourself, I don't care about you."
Liang Fu took Fu Yucheng to watch the card game for a while, and someone downstairs called her to come down.
Fu Yucheng was detained by Zhou Tan and said, "Classmate Fu is very skilled. He can sit here and give guidance."
Unexpectedly, Zhou Tan's luck deteriorated rapidly from then on, and he lost two games in a row.
Zhou Tan pushed the mahjong tiles and said with a smile: "Classmate Fu, can you give me an explanation?"
"After dinner, I played with Sister Tan, specifically for playing cards."
"Then why not just give me the money."
Fu Yucheng said: "It's boring to get something for nothing."
Fang Qingqu was leaning over to hit the ball when he suddenly interjected: "Why is it so boring to get something for nothing?"
Zhou Tan answered: "If it's interesting, what else does Officer Fang have to do? He's even injured."
Fang Qingqu took the shot with one hand, and with a "bang", the No. 8 ball fell into the pocket, "Not everyone has this ability, let alone everyone has this mentality, are you right, Sister Tan?"
How could everyone present here not hear something behind Fang Qingqu's words? They all took it as a joke and exchanged meaningful glances, but no one took a look at Fu Yucheng.
Zhou Tan was the only one who didn't laugh. She couldn't help but look at Fu Yucheng.
Fu Yucheng's face had a dull expression, without any emotion.
When he came, he couldn't help but be looked at with curiosity and inquiry. The people at this party were all decent people. Respectable people would not show their emotions openly, but it just showed that they thought that Miss Liang brought This male companion is not worth their waste of curiosity.
True contempt is not rejection, but disregard.
The card game upstairs ended and everyone went to the beach one after another. Fu Yucheng looked around downstairs but could not find Liang Fu. He heard that she had already gone to the dinner place to wait.
Fu Yucheng's mood dropped for no apparent reason. He fell half a step behind and went to the bathroom. The sound of people in the whole villa gradually became quieter. He stood at the sink and looked in the mirror. His eyebrows were cold, and the eyes in the mirror were a bit untimely cold. Feeling disgusted with himself, he turned on the faucet, rinsed his face, and turned around to go out.
A bonfire has been lit on the beach, and there are beanbags placed around the fire. There are several short trees far and near, and lanterns are hung on the trees, which is very atmospheric.
The buffet had all kinds of food, but Fu Yucheng didn't eat anything. Everyone who could come here probably had some status, but he didn't bother to talk and make friends. Liang Fu and Fang Qingqu went to wait for the grilled lobster. Fu Yucheng sat down by the fire and lit a cigarette.
From a distance, I can hear Qingqu and his friends on the other side chatting about the latest news in the industry. So-and-so has decided to go to Austria for a wedding, so-and-so cheated on him with a low-class flight attendant, and so-and-so was deceived by a manicurist and spent millions. , people and money are lost... Lively, turbulent, noisy, like this Weiyang night set off by firelight.
After a while, Zhou Tan came over with a wine glass. Fu Yucheng sat aside to make way for her, and called her "Sister Tan" like Liang Fu.
Zhou Tan is five years older than Liang Fu and is a senior actor in the troupe. Now he wants to take a back seat and mostly performs original plays in the troupe. Liang Fu has been taken care of by her since she joined the group. In addition to their relationship as colleagues, they have a deeper friendship.
She saw that although Liang Fu had been in contact with many young talents in the past few years, she lost interest after two meals and never got to know them in depth. More than half a year had passed, and Fu Yucheng was the only one Liang Fu cared about. No matter what outsiders said, she knew very well that this person was somewhat different to Liang Fu.
Zhou Tan was also born into a poor family, with a father who was addicted to alcohol and a mother who was addicted to gambling. If it were not for the support of the dance teacher at that time, she would not be where she is today. Everyone in the world says don't bully young people into poverty, and Zhou Tan deeply agrees.
Zhou Tan stretched out his hand towards Fu Yucheng, "Do you have a cigarette? Lend me one."
Fu Yucheng took out the cigarette case and handed it to her, "I'm afraid Sister Tan won't be used to smoking."
Zhou Tan smiled and said, "I'm not that particular."
The cigarette was lit, Zhou Tan took a puff and looked in the direction of Liang Fu and Fang Qingqu.
After all, she was an outsider, and she could only sit with Fu Yucheng for a while, just to comfort her. She felt that she could understand Fu Yucheng's mood at this time, even though he was now living in a foreign country. She was able to get along in every place like a fish in water, and she still knew that she and the people across from her were not from the same world.
If you want to blend in, self-esteem is useless, because it will only make you hurt and prevent you from knocking out teeth and swallowing blood. She could see that this young man still had a proud body. He was still far away from the "getting something for nothing" as Fang Qingqu said.
Sometimes, women may actually have an advantage, because the world does not think that women are "weak".
Liang Fu ate a plate of grilled shrimp, talked with Fang Qingqu and a group of friends for a while, and then went to find Fu Yucheng with wine.
Liang Fu put her palm on Zhou Tan's shoulder, sat down next to her, and asked with a smile: "Sister Tan, what are you talking about?"
"There's nothing to talk about. We don't talk. We communicate spiritually."
Liang Fu looked at Fu Yucheng, "Why don't you go eat?"
"have eaten."
Liang Fu straightened her upper body, squatted down in front of Fu Yucheng, and looked at him. She always felt that Fu Yucheng was not in high spirits when he arrived, and she wondered if she was neglecting him by greeting his friends, "Can I get you some food?"
Fu Yucheng held his cigarette in his mouth, smiled and shook his head.
"I'll be with you."
"I'll talk to Sister Tan for a while."
At this time, Fang Qingqu shouted loudly: "Afu! Come here quickly!"
Liang Fu responded and looked at Fu Yucheng again, as if to confirm whether he was really emotionless. Fu Yucheng grabbed her arm and pushed her gently, "Go ahead."
Liang Fu stood up and said, "Sister Tan, I'll be back in a while. You two can talk first."
Zhou Tan responded, then sighed. How slow is this young lady who has grown up in a honeypot in understanding people's hearts?
When Liang Fu returned to the crowd, Fu Yucheng stood up and said, "Sister Tan, I'll go back to the room first. If Liang Fu asks, please tell me." He was really not interested.
"Okay, you go first, and I'll drink some more."
Fu Yucheng lit the lights in the room and went to the balcony to light a cigarette. Outside the balcony is the swimming pool. The lights are on at night, and the clear blue water is sparkling.
He watched for a long time, then suddenly put out the cigarette butt, took off his coat and trousers, and dove into the swimming pool. The water in the spring pool was freezing cold, and soon my body was so cold that I felt unconscious.
So many boiling thoughts were frozen by this pool of water.
Looking up, you can see the flickering firelight on the beach not far away, but through the dark night, it seems very far away.
When he was drowning in the cold, he suddenly remembered the Cantonese song he heard in Liang Fu's car that morning, but didn't remember the name.
The song is, "I would rather fall into the world of mortals and be a person who feels pain."