Fu Yucheng swam back and forth for several times until he ran out of energy. Then he got out, picked up his clothes, and walked back to the room to take a shower. He didn't even have time to dry his hair, so he fell on the bed and closed his eyes after a while.
Halfway through the dream, he was driving a carriage running wildly. Suddenly the world started to spin, the carriage shook and fell apart... He suddenly opened his eyes, and someone was pushing his arm.
"Fu Yucheng, are you okay? No one answered the door."
Fu Yucheng's eyes slowly focused and met Liang Fu's anxious gaze.
Fang Qingqu stood behind him, "I said it was okay, but you still don't believe me. Afu, I took the spare key. You sit with him for a while and then go back to rest. Go to bed early."
Fang Qingqu walked out and closed the door.
The bed sank slightly, and Liang Fu sat on the edge of the bed. She raised her hand to touch her forehead, "...Why is it a little hot? Do you have a fever?"
"No." He felt his throat hurt when he opened his mouth. He guessed that he had a cold. He raised his hand and touched his phone to see that it was already eleven o'clock at night.
"I'm going to get you some antipyretic medicine..." Liang Fu was about to stand up when his hand was gently held by him.
Looking back, he stared at her with a faint smile, "Senior sister, I told you last time that I would like to ask you a question this time."
"Ask me later, I'll go get your medicine first..."
Fu Yucheng didn't seem to hear her, grabbing her arm and pulling her hard. Her body lost balance and fell, and he put his arms around her waist tightly.
They were so close that the tips of their noses were almost touching. He turned his head slightly, resting his head on her shoulder to smell the breath in her hair. There was no sweet smell that he was used to, only a strong smell of alcohol.
He hugged her tighter and tighter, making people feel panicked with nowhere to escape. The breath he exhaled touched his face, which was shockingly hot.
Liang Fu was confused and couldn't help but stretched out her hand to push, "Fu Yucheng..."
Not moving at all.
Liang Fu struggled, "Fu Yucheng, let go, okay?"
Fu Yucheng relieved his strength and gently pushed her out, "You go out, I'll take a nap."
Liang Fu suddenly felt panicked. She almost watched the temperature in his eyes cool down little by little. Finally, he laughed briefly as if mockingly, looked away, and stopped looking at her. She intuitively felt that she shouldn't have struggled, but should have listened to what he had to say.
"Fu Yucheng...what do you want to ask? I'll answer you."
Fu Yucheng raised his arm and put it on his forehead. The light from the overhead wall lamp shone into his eyes, making it dazzling. "...No need."
Only children will insist on asking for an explanation of everything. In the world of adults, there is only understanding and self-explanation.
That night, Liang Fu brought some medicine and fed it to Fu Yucheng. After he fell asleep, she stayed with him for a while, tossing around until very late.
She knocked on the door early the next morning and found that Fu Yucheng's fever had gone away and his face was pale without any blood. However, her expression was as usual. She called her "senior sister" as usual, made a few jokes, and seemed to have completely forgotten what happened last night.
Fu Yucheng drank some porridge for breakfast and felt much better. He fulfilled his promise to Zhou Tan yesterday and played mahjong with her. Fang Qingqu and Liang Fu also sat at the same table.
Liang Fu was still worried: "If you feel uncomfortable, don't force it. Sister Tan won't blame you."
While Fang Qingqu was playing cards, he teased: "Afu, when I was in the hospital, why didn't I see you take this seriously?"
Liang Fu snorted, "Since you were a child, you have been suffering from head injuries and bloodshed every three days. How can I care about you? If you are such a scourge, the world will be able to stop for a moment."
"What you say is heartless. Who do I want to break your head for? You just act tyrannically, and in the end I have to clean up the mess for you."
"Don't you always regard yourself as your elder brother? You just want to take advantage verbally?"
Zhou Tan held a cigarette in his mouth and touched a card, "Hey, hey, I'm so annoyed. I haven't had enough quarrels in these years? Can I open a ring for you?"
Fang Qingqu glanced at Liang Fu and said, "Thank you for not telling Uncle Liang what happened to you, otherwise you would have suffered a lot."
"I'll just stab you, I'm still afraid of you..."
They have been together for many years and have a familiarity and intimacy that is difficult for others to observe. Fu Yucheng only focused on playing his cards, fulfilling his promise last night and letting Zhou Tan win a lot of money. He never even glanced at Liang Fu from the beginning to the end.
After lunch, the partygoers dispersed one after another. Fang Qingqu's car was borrowed by someone else. When he returned, he and Zhou Tan sat in Liang Fu's car. Fang Qingqu was driving, Liang Fu was in the passenger seat, and Fu Yucheng and Zhou Tan were in the back seat.
The drive back to the city took more than an hour. Everyone was tired, so they got in the car and started to sleep.
Liang Fu was dozing off when she was woken up by Fang Qingqu, "Why are you sleeping? Watch the road for me."
"You don't know how to use navigation?"
"Don't you know that drowsiness is contagious? If I fall asleep too, I can't be held responsible for the lives of this car."
Liang Fu finally sat up straight, took out mint chewing gum from the storage compartment, and threw one into her mouth.
"Give me one too."
Liang Fu handed it over, and Fang Qingqu turned his head to reach for it.
"You don't have any hands?"
"Hold the steering wheel—hurry up."
Liang Fu threw the chewing gum into his mouth in disgust.
Fang Qingqu turned around and took a look. Fu Yucheng and Zhou Tan were already asleep.
He held the steering wheel casually, looked ahead, and whispered to Liang Fu: "Afu, what do you think of Fu Yucheng?"
Liang Fu frowned, "What do you want to say?"
"I don't know you? You are very discerning. Zhou Tan introduces you to so many people in a year. Some of them you are not interested in after just one glance, and some of them stop visiting after a meal. In what way is Fu Yucheng better than them?"
"Don't interfere in my affairs."
"I won't interfere, I'm just worried about you. The common man is not guilty, but he is guilty of carrying the treasure. Otherwise, you will be the one who gets hurt..." He was rarely serious, and there was a sincere worry in his words.
After a long pause, Liang Fu said: "Fu Yucheng is not that kind of person."
Fang Qingqu looked back and said, "Have you checked your family background and emotional experience?"
"I think you've been a policeman for too long, and everyone is a bad guy."
"I'd rather it was me being nosy."
Fang Qingqu took the initiative to end the topic, turned on the car radio, turned the volume to the lowest level, and chatted with Liang Fu about some irrelevant gossip.
Fu Yucheng and Zhou Tan woke up one after another, and the car gradually approached the city. Fang Qingqu originally planned to send Zhou Tan and Fu Yucheng one by one, and then send Liang Fu home.
Unexpectedly, not long after entering the city, Fu Yucheng said that he wanted to get off the car and do something nearby.
"Wherever you go to do business, I will send you there directly."
Fu Yucheng's expression was cold, but his tone was polite, "No need to worry, it's not far from here. It's a one-way street to enter, and it's not convenient to turn around."
"Okay, can I pull over for you?"
Fu Yucheng opened the door and got out of the car. Liang Fu looked out and saw someone standing on the roadside. Under the gloomy sky, the person seemed to be a gray shadow swept out with light ink, looking sleepy and lonely.
"Wait a minute."
Liang Fu jumped out of the car and walked to Fu Yucheng in a few steps.
Fu Yucheng lowered his eyes to look at her, as if separated by a layer of glass, all the emotions in his light brown pupils were filtered out.
Liang Fu was a little anxious and a little incoherent: "I'm going to see you... In the middle of the tour, if I have time to go back to Chongcheng, can I go to see you?"
After a long while, he showed a warm smile and said, "Okay."
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When Fu Yucheng got better from his cold, the weather began to warm up, and he finally felt like spring was coming.
The seven of them who joined the ICC now spend time together in addition to attending classes, sharpening their paperwork. From the framework to the details, the more I read the book, the more mistakes and omissions I realized, so I had to revise and improve it day and night.
The School of Law and the School of International Law each have a teacher as a coach, who cannot directly participate in the analysis of the case and can only provide technical and theoretical guidance. Whenever the two teachers get the text, they smile in confusion, which means that they have to make major changes again.
When it was dark and busy, Fu Yucheng received a call from Shao Lei.
The dinner they had on the fifth day of the new year was rescheduled to the beginning of school, and then to now. Now that this brother has had enough trouble, he finally thinks of him.
When the call was connected, Fu Yucheng said: "I can open a pigeon loft here."
Shao Lei: "...what?"
After meeting with the competition team that night, Fu Yucheng went to Shao Lei's appointment.
Before Fu Yucheng could confess, Shao Lei made it clear: "I went back to check what dignitaries lived in the villa area last time, and came up with several options. But I think the most likely one is this one, first come first served near the water. Yue, your mentor is Qianjin, right?"
Fu Yucheng said: "If you don't work as a real estate agent, you will be disrespecting your talents."
Shao Lei laughed loudly, "How is your progress with others?"
"No progress."
"Why? Your own conditions are not bad, but you still have no chance of winning if you are determined to chase?"
Fu Yucheng was silent for a moment and suddenly asked: "If I chase her, what do you think my purpose is?"
Shao Lei was stunned for a moment, scratched his head, a little embarrassed, "Well..." He admitted that he had preconceived the idea. After all, the family background of Fu Yucheng was very different from that of the Liang family.
Maybe everyone thinks so, as Li Wenyao said, to be the son-in-law of the Liang family, it will take at least twenty years of hard work. The world is full of urban legends about rich girls and poor boys. Since it is a shortcut, why can't we take it?
The ice cubes hit the glass with a crisp sound. Fu Yucheng took a sip of wine and said in a deep voice: "If I said that I only like her and don't like her family background, would you believe it?"
Shao Lei pondered for a moment, "I may not believe it when others say it, but you say it, I believe it. I know you, and I never sugarcoat it. Besides, whether you take the Liang family's ride or not, you can do it within ten years." To be at the top of the industry. The Liang family has deep roots and has everything to do with the public security, prosecution and law. If you really become the son-in-law of the Liang family, you will be constrained in every way. No matter how capable you are, others will naturally look down on you and think that you rely not on your ability but on your ability. relation."
Fu Yucheng likes to associate with Shao Lei because he sees things thoroughly.
Fu Yucheng knows the gap between himself and Liang Fu better than anyone else. She is a star in the sky, and he is a grass in the mud.
Everyone thinks his motives are impure, probably like Liang Fu herself. There may be someone who covets the Liang family's shelter, but this person is definitely not him, Fu Yucheng.
Shao Lei said with a smile: "Old Fu, do you think you are a failure in being like this? You obviously have a very high self-esteem and are more ambitious than me, but no one believes that you are a good person. And you have never been in love once in college. , but the girls are all saying that you are a scumbag, and they say it in a serious way. Is it a problem with your appearance? Are you thinking too deeply? How about you smile more in the future? Men who love to laugh will not have bad luck. "
Fu Yucheng said: "Get lost."
Shao Lei took a sip of wine and added ice cubes to the wine. It was quite cold. He smacked it and persuaded Fu Yucheng: "What do you want to do so much? Just pursue it if you like it. You have to risk your life for something in this life." Yes or no?"
"Where did you hear about second-hand chicken soup?"
Shao Lei laughed loudly, "I really think so. Even if you don't catch up in the end, you still have to marry the most ordinary woman on the street. You can still brag to your grandson when you get old. Besides, you are not useless, at least. You look pretty good, right?"
Fu Yucheng said: "That's why I don't like drinking with you. The more I drink, the more upset I get."
"You're worried because you think everything I said is right and you can't refute it!"
That night, the two of them dispersed after drinking to their heart's content. Shao Lei was drunk, but Fu Yucheng was still sober. He was used to leaving himself some escape routes in everything, including drinking. He was afraid of getting drunk and forgetting things, and he was even more afraid of being embarrassed after drinking.