Fu Yucheng put out his cigarette and got up to help Liang Fu carry her luggage. She uses a RIMOWA suitcase every day. It is the same bright red color as the car she drives. It is covered with stickers and the box body is scratched and dusty.
Liang Fu smiled first when she saw him, and rushed towards Fu Yucheng before he could put the box in place. Fu Yucheng staggered due to the collision, stood still, put his arms around her, raised his eyebrows and asked with a smile: "Senior sister, have you gained weight?"
Liang Fu glared at him, "If you dare to mention this word, you will be killed without mercy."
They had grilled fish in the evening, and Liang Fu told him the whole story about the cancellation of the tour. Finally, she looked at him and asked with a smile: "How are you and Xuemei Ding doing?"
Fu Yucheng didn't even raise his eyes, "I'm fine, she's fine, and she and I are even worse. After all, I work in law, and my senior sister must be smarter at digging holes."
Liang Fu smiled and said, "Since I know I'm digging a hole for you, what can you do if you just jump in?"
During the days when Liang Fu was on tour, they kept in touch via WeChat or by phone. They digressed thousands of miles every day and talked about everything except what they thought or didn't think.
After dinner, Fu Yucheng went to pay the bill and put the stack of receipts into his pocket. When he returned to pick up his luggage, Liang Fu was holding a small mirror to touch up her makeup.
He stood waiting patiently, watching her use her fingertips to trace the shape of her lips to make them more charming. It stands to reason that men like women who are naturally beautiful without makeup, but he thinks Liang Fu looks just as good with makeup.
Here Liang Fu finished applying her makeup, put her lipstick and mirror into her bag, followed Fu Yucheng, and asked as she walked: "How much did you eat?"
Fu Yucheng paused and took out the receipt to show her, but she didn't accept it. She had to stand on tiptoes and cling to his shoulders, looking over his shoulders to look.
After a while, Fu Yucheng realized why she did this - he pulled open the white collar and saw a clear lip mark on it.
Fu Yucheng raised his eyebrows at her. She succeeded in her prank and laughed.
Fu Yucheng took her hand, squeezed it tightly, and threatened: "Be honest."
The two walked to the law firm, and Liang Fu decided to say hello to Cheng Fangping before going home.
Fu Yucheng held her hand and didn't let go until he reached the office building. For some reason, the square in front of the building was crowded with people. A cordon was set up around the building and several police cars were parked downstairs.
Everyone was holding their mobile phones and looking up to take pictures. Amidst the commotion, someone was explaining to the onlookers who didn't know what was going on: "Someone jumped from the fifteenth floor!"
It was too late for Fu Yucheng and Liang Fu to retreat. They were trapped by the crowd behind them and could only continue to push forward.
The red and blue flashing lights screamed wildly at night, and the beams tore through the night like sharp swords. Fu Yucheng looked up and saw a woman sitting astride the railing on the corridor between Blocks A and B, her arms supporting the wall, her whole body swaying in the night wind.
It was quite a distance, but Fu Yucheng recognized the woman from Block B whom he had met many times.
She never called him, and she didn't know if the business card ended up in the trash can.
The fire department hasn't arrived yet, so no one dares to touch it. Rumors spread from the crowd, saying that the person who wanted to jump off the building was subject to unspoken workplace rules and had no way to complain. His boss was a married woman, and his wife came to the company to make trouble. He slapped her on the spot... and said she was pregnant. If you jump down, it will kill two people...
I don't know whether these increasingly exaggerated claims are true or false, but some people have already eaten steamed buns with human blood and broadcast it live with their mobile phones.
Someone pushed her from behind, causing Liang Fu to stumble and almost fall forward. Fu Yucheng grabbed her arm and pulled her into his arms. There was constant pushing and shoving from behind, but he blocked it for her every time. Liang Fu turned around frequently and saw that he was unsteady due to the crowd, but his expression remained calm as usual.
I don't know how long it took, but the fire fighters arrived. Some people went upstairs to rescue, and some people laid cushion air mattresses downstairs. When the woman in Block B saw someone coming, she leaned outward. The atmosphere suddenly became tense and the crowd began to surge again.
After a while, more police officers came to support and cooperated with the traffic police to evacuate people. The people who were surrounded moved away from the square and walked back reluctantly.
Fu Yucheng and Liang Fu also evacuated, getting farther and farther away from the square. Looking back, they could only see people like black dots in the night.
Suddenly someone in the crowd was shocked: "Jumped!"
Liang Fu subconsciously turned around, but Fu Yucheng moved faster than her, and suddenly took a step behind her, completely blocking her sight. In a moment of darkness, Liang Fu's head hit his chest, and her arms were wrapped to prevent her from looking back.
"Didn't jump! Didn't jump! The firefighters hugged the person!"
"It's boring, it must be another show!"
"No, if you want to dance early, you have to wait for the police to arrive..."
"Don't say that. If you are not really desperate, who would choose to go to a dead end?"
"Then you're not afraid of death anymore, why are you still afraid of living? If you really suffer any grievances, death will be of no use! Why don't you try your best to give someone a backstop..."
"I don't understand what people who jump off buildings think, do their parents and relatives not care..."
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There was a lot of buzz and discussion.
Liang Fu's arm hurt from the sudden increase in pressure. She hissed and turned her head to look. Fu Yucheng had his back to the building. He seemed to be petrified, and his body was stiff and motionless.
She reached out and touched him gently, "Fu Yucheng?"
He lowered his eyes, as cold as frost and snow.
Liang Fu had never seen him behave like this before, and she felt faintly scared. She struggled slightly and called him again: "Fu Yucheng...what's wrong?"
After a moment, Fu Yucheng seemed to finally come to his senses and said hoarsely: "...let's go."
Liang Fu took two steps to catch up, then ran back to pick up the suitcase that had been knocked to the ground and almost forgotten. She dragged the box to hold his hand, but his fingers were like ice cubes without any warmth. He shook it off and walked quickly.
Liang Fu ran a few steps quickly, reached him and stretched out her hand to stop him. Only then did he stop. Liang Fu went to hold his hand again, but he didn't pull away this time.
"Fu Yucheng?"
Fu Yucheng raised his eyes and his eyes rested on her face for a moment. After a moment, he raised his hand and pressed his eyebrows, "...I'll take you to a taxi."
"No, you go back to the dormitory and rest, okay? I'll take you back."
Fu Yucheng shook his head, "I'm going out for a walk."
He struggled slightly, and Liang Fu let go of his hand and looked at him worriedly, "Where are you going?"
"You can take a walk as you like. You can go back. You don't have to follow me." He walked around her, put his hands in his pockets, lowered his head, and walked hastily.
The shadow that fell on the ground made the street lamp behind him grow longer and longer. Seeing that the figure was about to disappear, Liang Fu caught up with him in two steps. After all, she was worried and followed him from a distance.
Fu Yucheng seemed to have no destination and would go wherever there was a road. Sometimes when he encountered a red light, he seemed to come to his senses and stop and wait in front of the zebra crossing. The red light turned into green light, then turned into red light again... One green light after another passed by, and he stood still while countless people passed by him.
Liang Fu looked at the lonely figure under the street lights, and her throat tightened.
As soon as Fu Yucheng's figure moved, she immediately followed him dragging her suitcase.
He was walking very fast, and when she took two quick steps to catch up, she saw only the sloping shadows of trees in front of her, a group of moths swooping at the streetlight bulbs, and Fu Yucheng disappeared at the entrance of the park.
Liang Fu went in to look for it, but it was already past the time for evening activities. At this time, the park was quiet and gloomy, with insects chirping hidden in the grass, and only a few people running at night on the forest road.
She called Fu Yucheng's name and walked deeper and deeper. From time to time, the suitcase's universal wheel got stuck in the gaps between the cobblestones. She stumbled along the way.
Suddenly she felt someone approaching from behind, and Liang Fu was frightened. She turned around and saw that it was Fu Yucheng.
"Are you following me?"
Liang Fu almost cried, whether because of fright or worry, "You..."
"I just wanted to come and sit for a while."
The park is the green focus of this area and is built next to a small lake. There was no wind tonight, and the lake was silent. They walked silently along the lake embankment covered by the shadows of the trees.
Liang Fu didn't know if he would say anything to her, about tonight, about his abnormality. He never seemed to take the initiative to mention himself, as silent as the abyss.
If she just played with him half-heartedly, if she just regarded him as her father's student, she might not be curious about him - everyone is an island, why do you have to go to the island to visit and then abandon it? Where are the shoes?
no. She was not like this towards Fu Yucheng.
After not knowing how far he had walked, Fu Yucheng stopped.
There is a small circular square in front, with three or two steps and abstract bronze statues. A child left a small green water gun.
Fu Yucheng sat down on the steps, lit a cigarette, glanced at her again, and motioned for her to come and sit.
Elbow to elbow, she realized how hot it was in the summer night. She followed all the way, anxious and worried, sweating all over her body.
As she sat there, staring at the small water gun, Fu Yucheng's voice suddenly rang out: "My dad jumped to his death from the building."
Liang Fu was shocked.
His tone was as if he was telling news that had nothing to do with him.
"...I was framed and served five years in prison. When I was released from prison, everything was fine. Then one day he took me to a department store. While I was picking out books, he jumped from the seventh floor. The Ring Building, There is a stage in the center of the first floor that has been used for events. He collapsed next to it, next to the red carpet..." Fu Yucheng chewed on his cigarette and spoke calmly, recalling calmly.
This was the first time after many years that he dared to recall that day. His life was clearly divided into two periods with the age of ten as the node. "... It was a very ordinary day. He even cleaned up and took away the garbage when he went out. It was also a sunny day because it had been raining before, so I remember it very clearly."
Liang Fu felt that maybe there was a wind blowing. The wind carried a day's dust from the city's busy traffic, which made her confused and did not dare to reach out and rub it.
"He was an accountant, and it was rare to find a good college student in those days. I always wondered why he still went to a dead end after regaining his freedom. Later, I thought it was because for some people, innocence, dignity and reputation were all he needed. life. He was dead. Dead from the day he went to jail and his career ended."
Fu Yucheng lowered his eyes and looked intently at the cigarette held between his fingers. People are very fragile, not even as good as a spark covered by soot and still burning hard.
Liang Fu went to see him, but there was a hazy space between them. His eyelashes trembled slightly when he lowered his eyes. It was rare that he would be willing to show his "vulnerability" to someone so straightforwardly.
Maybe she was obsessed with it, or maybe it was for some other reason. Before Liang Fu had time to think about it, she supported the steps with one hand and leaned forward.
Fu Yucheng still lowered his head, his instinctive reaction was to close his eyes, so the soft touch fell on his eyelids impartially.
He was stunned for a moment, his body trembled, and the ash fell down.
"...a reward from senior sister." She felt his eyelashes gently brushing his lips when he blinked, and her heart was racing so fast that it seemed to burst through her chest.
She immediately felt that what she was doing was artificial and pretentious, but this was the only thought in her mind at the moment because she thought he might cry.
She was most afraid of embarrassment and was about to retreat when her arm was grabbed and pulled back suddenly. She tilted her body and fell into his arms, receiving a fierce and unorganized kiss in the overturned shadow.
Did he say "this is the reward"? She didn't hear clearly, her ears were buzzing, and her heart was beating so hard that she almost lost control.
Her sides ached from being hugged by him, and she stretched out her hands to grab his shoulders.
The young man's breath mixed with the smell of sweat surrounded her densely, and she thought of the word "love" for the first time during the long and breathless deep kiss.