The birthday girl left halfway that night, and it seemed that not many people noticed. It wasn't until around midnight, when the cake was about to be cut, that no one was found in the room. Only then did Fang Qingqu come out to take charge of the overall situation, saying that Miss Liang would take a step in advance. Everyone who came was a guest. Everyone was free to have fun.
After Liang Fu and Fang Qingqu quarreled, they took Fu Yucheng away. They were so angry when they left that they packed their suitcases and planned to find a hotel near the airport to stay for one night and leave directly the next morning.
The rain outside has stopped, washing away the heat and dust from the hot weather in Chongcheng for days. There is a bit of earthy smell in the air.
Fu Yucheng looked down at Liang Fu. He knew what Fang Qingqu said and why she was angry. After much deliberation, he couldn't think of anything to comfort him, so he asked, "Aren't you going to eat the cake?"
Liang Fu was still angry, "Whoever likes it can eat it!"
"That's a pity. I took a peek just now and saw that the cake was made with great care."
"..." Liang Fu glanced at him speechlessly, "Are you here to make me angry too?"
"Now that you've run out in style, why are you still sulking? It's not worth it. If you feel unhappy, I support you to go back and argue with Fang Qingqu for another ten minutes."
Liang Fu: "..."
"Don't bother me and I'll teach you. I'm very logical. If you teach me, you'll win."
"..."
"What are you looking at me for?"
Liang Fu really laughed angrily, "...Fu Yucheng, do you know why I am so angry?"
Fu Yucheng said with a smile: "Don't worry about rumors and slander. Today is your birthday. It's not worth it."
"I thought that at least Fang Qingqu supported me. For more than ten years, calling me 'brother' was in vain. In the end, he was in the same group as those outsiders."
"It's not that I can't understand it, Officer Fang is afraid that you will be deceived."
Liang Fu smiled and tilted her head to look at him, "Can you deceive me?"
"You don't understand the market. If I'm barefoot and not afraid of wearing shoes, I'll be sure to deceive you."
"Then I'm willing, okay? I'm willing to lie to you." Liang Fu's tone was almost angry. She didn't like anyone dictating the choices she made. If she had listened to other people's arrangements, she should be wearing formal clothes and becoming a financial professional. Migrant workers, rather than single-handedly, bear most of the troupe's reputation and popularity.
Fu Yucheng laughed, put his arm around her waist and brought her into his arms. She struggled symbolically.
"That's just right. Let's get together and make love." His voice was deep and close to her ear, and it was so lucid that it was confusing. Liang Fu's anger finally subsided and she kissed him.
We stopped a car on the roadside and drove towards the airport. On the way, Liang Fu booked a hotel and finally sent a message to Fang Qingqu and Zhou Tan to report their whereabouts.
When she arrived at the hotel, Liang Fu received several calls from relatives and friends to congratulate her on her birthday.
While she was on the phone, Fu Yucheng went downstairs to buy something.
He took a taxi and went to a pastry shop five kilometers away to buy a cake. The store was about to close, and the cake had been there all day, so the quality was naturally not as good as the one Fang Qingqu ordered.
On the way back, Fu Yucheng took out his mobile phone and looked at Moments as a habit.
I scrolled down a few lines and almost dropped my phone in shock.
For a moment, he couldn't help laughing, looking at the social quotation sent by Senior Sister Liang, thinking about this photo of him with a dull expression, when did she secretly take it?
Happiness was followed by worry. Liang Fu could confront others head-on, but he could not. Based on Teacher Liang's attitude when they had a fight with him last time, he didn't think that the attitude of Liang Fu's parents could be very different from Fang Qingqu's.
Although he had long-term plans, Liang Fu immediately dropped a bombshell. No matter how worried he was, he would not let her charge into the battle alone.
After thinking about it, I took a screenshot of the post Liang Fu sent and posted it on my circle of friends with one word: "Okay."
Liang Fu finished her phone call early and waited until Fu Yucheng finally came back.
She opened the door and said with a smile, "I thought you escaped."
Fu Yucheng looked at her and smiled, "If you don't run away, why should I run away?" The smile was a bit frivolous, turning this originally serious joke into something less serious.
Liang Fu's face was hot and she did not continue. She welcomed the person in and saw the bag in his hand, "...you went to buy cakes?"
"I can't let you not have cake because of me."
Liang Fu said with a smile: "To tell you the truth, I ate it at home at noon. My mother bought it."
Fu Yucheng raised his eyebrows, "You actually don't have to tell the truth."
Liang Fu smiled and took the cake, placed it on the coffee table and opened it. There were candles, paper plates and birthday hats inside.
She squatted on the carpet and inserted the candle, hooked the bag on the sofa, touched the lighter and lit it, "Then I will make a wish for you - what do you want?"
Fu Yucheng sat on the sofa next to Liang Fu, looking down at her, "I want whatever you promise me."
She thought for a moment, crossed her fingers, and closed her eyes. The candlelight reflected on her face, and her pious expression showed a bit of childishness. After a moment, she opened her eyes and blew out the candle in one breath.
Fu Yucheng looked at her without any curiosity. She asked, "Don't you ask me what I promised?"
"No need to ask, you will never harm me."
"That's impossible to say."
Fu Yucheng then smiled. For a man with such a clear face, he looked very charming when he smiled, "I'll admit it, I'll die under the peonies."
"You studied law and rebuttal just to coax women?"
"I've only coaxed senior sister." He was more innocent than anyone else.
The cake with stale strawberries ended up in the trash can. Ms. Liang's sugar intake had exceeded the standard today. She only managed to eat two bites because Fu Yucheng bought it ten kilometers back and forth.
This hotel is far from the city. Fu Yucheng has to rush back to the law firm for internship the next day. Liang Fu's flight is at 8 a.m., so both of them have to get up early.
Liang Fu was about to take a shower, but then a call came. She saw that the caller was Liang Andao, and thought something might be wrong, so she refused the call and sent Fu Yucheng to wash up first, then opened the door and went to the balcony.
Making sure Fu Yucheng couldn't hear the conversation, she dialed back.
Liang Andao deliberately tried to figure it out, but he kept the secret of Liang Fu and Fu Yucheng from Zhang Pingyu. It's good now, there's no need to hide it, the whole world knows about it.
Sometimes he couldn't understand how these young people would just fall in love without being so high-profile.
"Dad..." Liang Fu also knew that her impulsiveness would lead to endless consequences, and she would have to face the enemy's artillery fire before the fortifications were set up. "...Is mom angry?"
"Do you still know that your mother will be angry?" Liang Andao suppressed his anger, "If I hadn't stopped her, she would have come to find you by now. Afu, what are you doing? Does it have to be so sudden? There is no buffer. ?"
Liang Fu smiled.
"Still laughing? Fortunately, it's me and not your mother who has high blood pressure, otherwise you would have to go to the hospital to fulfill your filial piety."
"Don't talk nonsense."
"Your mother is not ordinary angry this time. Don't think about going on tour right now and just leaving."
Liang Fu's thoughts were pointed out by Liang Andao, and she stuck out her tongue, not daring to refute anything.
"Let me ask you first, do you really want to be with Fu Yucheng, are you kidding me? It's very common for you young people to be frivolous. If you have this attitude towards Fu Yucheng, then it's not a big problem. I'm too lazy to care."
Liang Fu leaned against the railing and looked back at the light of the tower in the distance, "...What do you think?"
Liang Andao sighed, "...In this case, let's find a way to solve it properly and don't make it as ugly as six years ago."
"Don't mention six years ago!" Liang Fu's tone was irritable.
After a moment of silence, Liang Andao spoke again, "Afu, I think you have grown up, so you should solve the problem in an adult way."
"If mom doesn't let go, I can't guarantee that the matter will be resolved properly."
"Don't fight with bayonets as soon as the war starts. It's not that time yet. Do you have a more correct attitude? Are you still thinking that you are a teenager and ignorant?"
Liang Fu was depressed, "Then what do you want me to do? Break up, it's impossible. If you don't break up, all you have to do is accept this path. Since you have to accept it sooner or later, you still have to let me cry, make trouble, and hang myself. Will you let go of the process? Aren't you tired?"
Liang Andao was angry and funny, "I want to help you, but you still fight against me."
"I don't have any leverage, I just want to be with Fu Yucheng. Why do you think he is a bad person?"
"I don't think he is a bad person. Have you considered the practical issues? This situation was called knocking in the door upside down in ancient times."
"What feudal thinking."
"Feudal? Then do you dare to ask Fu Yucheng if he can bear others saying that he is a soft-cooked person?"
"He didn't!"
Liang Andao sighed, as if he was disappointed with her, feeling that she thought of everything too simply, "...when you come back next time, I will explain this matter to you face to face."
Liang Andao hung up the phone, and Liang Fu lay on the railing in a daze until she heard the bathroom door open.
Fu Yucheng wrapped himself in a hotel bathrobe, leaned on the armrest of the sofa, threw the wet towel aside, and asked her, "Who are you calling?"
"Teacher Yang from the theater troupe."
Fu Yucheng looked at her with a look that seemed to understand everything. Liang Fu felt guilty, but Fu Yucheng didn't ask further questions and just urged her to take a shower.
After Liang Fu took a shower, she found someone on the balcony.
Fu Yucheng was smoking, and his back looked worried. But when he heard footsteps and turned around, he had another calm expression, "Have you finished washing? How about going to bed early?"
The lights went out and the two of them lay together, each with their own thoughts.
Liang Fu leaned towards him, he put his arm around her, and she leaned on it and said with a smile, "Fu Yucheng, sing a happy birthday to me."
"If you don't sing, you're tone-deaf."
"Sing, I won't laugh at you. Can't you satisfy my birthday wish?"
Fu Yucheng seemed to be pondering, and then said after a moment: "You can sing, but the children's songs are not necessary."
Without giving her time to express his expectations, he turned around and held her tightly in his arms, humming softly. The tune was familiar to her and she recalled the lyrics in a moment.
The low-pitched tune has deep emotions. It sings about people who broke up and reunited at the intersection. I still remember the cold weather when people walked through the door. I remember the scarf left at my sister's house. I remember dancing in the kitchen by the light of the refrigerator...
She thought the song was too sad and raised her hand to cover his mouth. He stopped, grabbed her finger, and touched her palm lightly with his lips. There was a hint of a drunken smile in his voice, as if to coax her: "You've eaten the cake and sung the song. Are you still not going to sleep?"
Liang Fu hugged his arm and said softly: "I can't sleep. I don't know when we will see you next. Fu Yucheng, when I return to Chongcheng after the tour, can you go to my performance?"
Fu Yucheng said with a smile: "Your tickets are expensive and hard to grab."
"I'll give you family privileges, first row tickets, and you can watch me dance "Giselle."
Fu Yucheng agreed, and she was satisfied.
Fu Yucheng felt that Liang Fu was probably a little uneasy. Talking so much nonsense was out of character for her. In the darkness, he looked for her hand, touched the beaded chain, then rubbed her slender arm, put her arms around her shoulders and pulled her into his arms, "Senior sister, don't say harsh words. If you are timid, you will make people laugh."
She is a person who thrives on excitement and can ignite her fighting spirit with just one sentence, "Senior Sister, the word coward is not in the dictionary."
"Then close your eyes and go to sleep quickly. I won't stay with you if you have insomnia. If you want to do something else, I can consider it..."
Liang Fu immediately covered his mouth, "Sleep, sleep, sleep!"
Fu Yucheng laughed out loud, the heat caressing her palms. She let go, turned around and swept away all the quilts. Fu Yucheng said "tsk", lifted the quilt, hugged her in his arms, and held down his arms to prevent her from moving any more.