"Hey—you stop for me—"
turn a deaf ear.
"I'm still wearing fucking heels—legs are breaking—"
The short, round figure paused for a moment, then stopped, and turned around slowly.
Huo Fanjin chased all the way over, panting heavily: "You...you...are you exhausting me deliberately?"
"No, no, no, I don't want to do this." Fatty swayed wildly on his chest.
"Pfft—" Huo Fanjin couldn't hold back, "You look like a fat fish that can't float! Hahaha..."
Jonas: "…"
"Hey, are you Frank? The one I'm in email correspondence with."
After an unknown amount of time, there was a soft hum.
Huo Fanjin: "Why do you bury your head so low when talking to me? Does your neck hurt?"
"...I'm sorry. I lied to you."
"Of course you lied to me!" Huo Fanjin snorted angrily, "Friends should be honest with each other. You didn't treat me as a friend at all."
"No! I really regard you as a friend, but..." His voice dropped, and he stopped talking halfway through.
"Just what?" Huo Fanjin found out that he really had an accent, but it was not as severe as he imagined, and he could understand it.
"I'm not good-looking... You said in the first email that you like boys who are tall, sunny, and good at sports."
It's a pity that I am the complete opposite, not tall, not sunny, and hate sports even more.
Huo Fanjin: "So you fooled me with Frank's photo?!"
Jonas: "Sorry."
She took a deep breath: "...what else?"
"What?"
"The photo is fake, what else is fake? You'd better explain it to me once!"
"No more, everything else is true!"
"Then you went to work in a convenience store? You picked up a black back? Do you like foie gras or dark chocolate?"
"Hmm! These are all true!"
Huo Fanjin's complexion calmed down a little, as if he was not so angry anymore, "The first time I sent an email asking you to come out, haven't you already come? Why did you say to bring the letter for Frank?"
This time, he was silent for a long time.
"...Because, I feel that you are disappointed when you see me."
Huo Fanjin coughed twice, well, she admitted that when she saw Jonas's appearance at that time, she really was secretly praying that he was not Frank.
but-
"You can't just watch that scumbag Frank lie to me! Did you instruct him?!"
"No!" He quickly waved his hand, "I was thinking that as long as we don't meet, we will still be pen pals when you return to China. So, you sent me emails, but I didn't reply to all of them..."
Jonas thought very simply, as long as he escaped for a few days, his relationship with Gretta would remain the same, and everything would be business as usual.
But somehow, this matter was discovered by Frank.
As soon as the theoretical results came out that day, he robbed his computer, replied to Gretta, and agreed to meet.
The email had already been sent, and it was impossible to miss the appointment a second time, and with Frank's threats from the side, Jonas had to tell him some small details about himself and Gretta.
"I didn't order it! In fact, I don't know why he did it."
"You just said that he robbed your computer after the academic results came out?" Huo Fanjin grasped the key.
"Yes." Jonas nodded, "He went to the hallway to answer the phone, and when he came back, he robbed my computer like crazy. Before that, there was no warning at all."
Huo Fanjin is not stupid, thinking of Frank's weird behavior when the two met, the truth is ready to come out.
"Heh, he wants to interfere with me and let me drag the whole team back, so that Huaxia will be defeated."
Jonas was shocked, and quickly figured out the cause and effect, with self-blame and shame on his face.
Suddenly, he bowed ninety degrees to Huo Fanjin, and said in a low voice, "I'm sorry."
"If it weren't for me, all this wouldn't have happened; if I had had the courage to confess to you in the first place, I wouldn't have been used by Frank."
Huo Fanjin pursed her lips: "Okay, I don't blame you, who told me to judge people by their appearance in the first place... But it's your fault that you used other people's photos to deceive me!"
"Then... can we still be friends?" Jonas raised his head and asked cautiously.
Huo Fanjin saw that his eyes were red and their sockets were wet.
"Hey, were you crying just now?"
"… No."
"Lie! So you are really a little cryer? You cry when your black back is injured, and you cry when you are scolded by the coffee shop owner, and now you are apologizing to me, tsk tsk..."
Jonas' cheeks flushed.
His complexion was originally fair, and it was especially obvious against the background, and it was impossible to deny it.
"However," Huo Fanjin changed the subject, "Although you use fake photos and like to cry, you are much better than that scumbag Frank, at least you will admit your mistakes, so I still recognize you as a friend!
Jonas' eyes sparkled with astonishment.
"Thank you! Thank you, Gretta!"
"Don't lie to me again, do you hear me?"
"No, never again!"
Huo Fanjin rolled his eyes: "The first time we met, what impression do you have of me?"
Before that, she had never posted a picture of herself.
And F... uh... Jonas never asked for a photo after the first refusal.
"It's just... nice..." He scratched his head.
"Gone?"
"Gone."
Jonas would never tell her how fast his heart beat and how bright his eyes were when he first saw her.
He thought, so Gretta is so beautiful, as beautiful as he imagined.
It's also... a beauty he can't afford.
The banquet ends at ten o'clock in the evening.
Jiang Fuyue left the venue half an hour early and returned to the hotel, perfectly avoiding the western media who were squatting on the sidelines and wanting to interview her.
The interviews that should be done have already ended in the morning, and the ones who came tonight can only be called "wild media", the kind who like to gossip and make troubles.
She was too lazy to deal with it, so she left early.
Zhong Ziang volunteered to take her back, and before getting off the car, he handed her a bouquet of white roses.
"Congratulations on winning the championship."
It's not about winning prizes, it's about winning championships.
There are many of the former, but she is the only one of the latter.
Although Jiang Fuyue has never heard of it, Zhong Ziang knows that she prefers the second one.
"The flowers are very fragrant, thank you, but next time you can change the roses to something else."
Zhong Ziang was taken aback: "Why?"
"Because roses represent love, they are usually given for courtship. Are you courting me?"
Zhong Ziang met the girl's clear eyes, his cheeks flushed suddenly, without thinking, he blurted out: "Of course not!"
Jiang Fuyue was not surprised by this answer, and even nodded in agreement: "So I asked you to change to something else."
After speaking, he strode into the revolving door.
After Zhong Ziang uttered the sentence "Of course not", he wanted to give himself a big slap in the face!
What's up with him
Where did the courage to clamor for Jiang Fuyue to be his girlfriend before
Why don't you just admit it? !
What an opportunity just now!
God! What the hell did he do? Why would you give such a shitty answer
He couldn't believe it came out of his own mouth.
"Depend on!"
He was so angry that he punched the steering wheel with regret written all over his eyes and brows.
After venting his anger, he couldn't help but wonder why he subconsciously denied it, it was obviously not like this before...
Before he could figure out why, the phone rang.
It was Xie Dingyuan who called and asked him where he drove the car, and he wanted to go back to the hotel.
Zhong Ziang could only go back to pick him up.
When Xie Dingyuan got into the car, before the seat was warmed up, he heard his nephew say quietly—
"Uncle, can I ask you a question?"
Even the use of such a civilized word as "ask for advice" seems to be not a small problem.
Xie Dingyuan: "Tell me."
"How can I become as good as Jiang Fuyue? No, better than her!"
When the man heard the word "Jiang Fuyue", his eyebrows twitched unconsciously.
"Why do you suddenly ask like that?"
Zhong Ziang didn't answer immediately, and an awkward look flashed across his face.
He thought about it all the way, and finally figured it out.
In the past, he dared to tell Jiang Fuyue directly and let her be his girlfriend, it was because he felt that he was attractive and dominant, so he was very confident.
After all, when he was in the imperial capital, he was also the "grass of a school"!
Regardless of figure or appearance, there is nothing to say about full marks.
But these things are worthless in front of Jiang Fuyue.
The appearance, family background, and charm he is proud of, all of which are in Ling Xuan who surrounds Jiang Fuyue.
And the longer they get along, the more clearly he realizes that Jiang Fuyue's preference is not in these things.
My advantage is gone.
He became an unconfident coward, that's why when Jiang Fuyue threw out that sentence, he didn't dare to answer it at all!
Yes, Zhong Ziang has to admit, it's not that he doesn't want to answer, but he doesn't dare!
Only when he regains his confidence and self-confidence, can he look Jiang Fuyue in the eyes next time he encounters such a problem, and reply calmly and presumptuously: "Yeah, I'm just courting you, how about it, promise or not?" promise?"