As soon as he finished speaking, a man in uniform walked out of the store and called Fu Shize to come over and help. He responded, nodded lightly to them, then turned and walked inside.
Dugfi also realized that these two people knew each other, and his face turned green.
Yunli whispered: "Then I'll leave first."
"Oh," Dugfi adjusted his expression and held her arm, "I'm leaving too, let's come together."
Yunli resisted a little, but didn't break away and walked to the escalator.
Dugfi followed beside him and asked in a casual manner: "You two know each other?"
Yunli: "That's right."
"Really?" Dugfi sighed, with a bit of anger in his tone, "Then if you tell me this morning, I will definitely not do that kind of thing. It's so embarrassing for me to do this."
Yunli looked sideways at her.
Dugfield still had a smile on his face: "But it's okay, I believe you didn't mean it."
“…”
Yunli has never seen such a shameless person.
It can fall to this extent even if it is knocked down with a rake.
Before he could recover from his bad mood after the quarrel with Yun Yongchang, he was called to be a gunman by this stranger in front of Fu Shize. She straightened her lip line, feeling that it was a sign of dignity that she didn't get angry.
Yunli said slowly: "If I remember correctly, today is the first time we have spoken."
"Yes, then since we haven't spoken to each other, how come you remember me?" As if he didn't notice her emotions, Dugfi blinked, "I'm quite flattered."
Yunli asked perfunctorily: "What about you?"
Dugfield: "I have a good memory."
Yunli: "That's it."
"Speaking of which, you are quite like a very good friend of mine. Every time she sees what I like, she will deliberately buy the same thing as me." After laying the groundwork for a long time, Du Gefei finally got to the point and suddenly understood He said, "By the way, I haven't seen you interested in this handsome guy before. Is it because you heard that I asked Mr. Xu for his WeChat ID?"
Yunli was speechless for a moment.
I was so outraged by these outrageous words that I didn’t know where to start.
Dugfi accepted her acquiescence and smiled: "But you have misunderstood, I am not interested in this kind of poverty-" After a pause, she found a gentler word: "A maintenance worker with no ability, I have no interest in it."
Yunli frowned: "What did you say?"
"Didn't you see it just now? The dust on your hands is so dirty." Du Gefei said, "I originally thought he was Mr. Xu's friend, and he should at least be a store manager. Judging from the looks of it, their relationship is not that good."
“…”
In the early years, there was a period of time when Yunli's family conditions were very poor.
At that time, Yang Fang almost had a dystocia when she gave birth to Yunye, so she had been recuperating at home. It happened that the factory where Yun Yongchang worked closed down, and the family had no income and was struggling. He didn't dare to be idle when he couldn't find a job, so he later relied on moving bricks at construction sites to support his family.
Every time I get together with relatives, there will be a few people who take advantage of their family's slightly better conditions than they do to ridicule and show off their power.
Some of them often said in the name of sympathy that Yun Yongchang was uneducated and could only do these jobs. The ash on his body had melted into his skin and bones and could not be washed away.
Yunli was young at that time, and her character was not as talkative and shy as she is now. When he heard this, he would not respond silently like Yun Yongchang. Every time he felt aggrieved and angry for his father, he would speak back with eloquent words.
Even now, when she sees these relatives, she doesn't have a good look on her face.
Because of this, she hates people who think they are superior to others just because they live a glamorous life.
Du Gefei's words also reminded Yunli of his father's original treatment. She suppressed her anger and said: "It seems that you are in good condition."
Dugfield: "It's not bad."
Before she could finish speaking, Yunli added, "It turns out that you wanted to check Fu Chize's WeChat account before. I'm not sure. After all, I saw that you asked for it from a lot of people that day, and I couldn't remember them all."
He obviously felt that she was a soft persimmon who was easy to bully, but when he was suddenly choked back by her, Dugfi's expression froze.
Yunli couldn't do what she did, greeting others with a smile when she was hostile, and said expressionlessly: "By the way, your conditions are so good, why didn't he give you WeChat?"
Dugfield: "That's because-"
"Oh, it seems that he has no interest in you at all." Yunli didn't intend to listen to her at all and interrupted directly, "So what does his occupation and how much he earns every month have to do with you?"
…
It wasn't until Yunli returned home that her anger gradually subsided.
She belatedly discovered that her fighting ability just now seemed to be extraordinary. This feeling was incredible and a little ethereal, and it made her mood inexplicably better.
Yunli opened WeChat and found that Yang Fang and Yun Ye were looking for her.
Yang Fang comforted her, saying the same things as usual, mainly to persuade her to make peace. And Yun Ye didn't know where he heard the news, and he was particularly well-informed: "You quarreled with dad again?"]
Yunli: [Don’t you have to go to class?]
Yun Ye: [Mom asked me to comfort you.]
Yunli couldn't help but tell her: [I just had an argument with someone, and I actually won it.]
Yunye: [Oh.]
Yunli: [Don’t you think it’s incredible?]
Yun Ye: [I don’t think so.]
Yunli: [?]
Yun Ye: [You have never lost an argument with me. You always leave me speechless.]
Yunli: [?]
Yun Ye: [You may not have noticed it yourself. You may be a bit clumsy when meeting people, but when you are angry, your fighting power will be super strong.]
Yun Ye: [But it’s pretty good.]
Yun Ye: [Social fear does not mean cowardice.]
After the conversation ended, Yunli was still thinking about his words, and for the first time, she felt that this younger brother was of some use. She got up and went to the kitchen to get herself an ice cream.
Reviewing the "battle" just now, I remembered that Dugfi said that Fu Shize was a maintenance worker.
Even though he knew it was not true, Yunli still felt uncomfortable hearing others say that about him.
After all, he should have graduated if he went to graduate school. Based on his impressive resume, he should probably work for a big company or engage in scientific research or something.
Maybe it's because this store is owned by a relative
Thinking of how a few people knew each other during the last meal, Yunli felt that this was more likely.
Yunli sat in front of the computer and chatted with Station E for a while. There were already many reminders in private messages, and she pretended not to see them with uneasy conscience.
Since she started preparing for the postgraduate entrance examination, Yunli spent all her thoughts in the four-square-meter study room. At that time, a few minutes of video editing was a luxury. Every day she longed for the day she would be released from the prison, but the day she truly regained her life, she learned a new way of life.
Lazy, but comfortable.
Just as Yunli was sipping ice cream in her mouth, the screen of her mobile phone lit up as a reminder of an incoming video call. It was Fu Shize's highly recognizable name.
Yunli was startled, and the frozen ice cream poured into her esophagus. Her instinctive reaction was that he had made a mistake.
After hesitating for a while, the call was hung up.
Not answering the phone, Yunli felt a little annoyed for a moment, but then breathed a sigh of relief unconsciously.
But before she could wait for two seconds, the screen showed Fu Chize's video call again.
Yunli muted her computer, and every vibration and ringtone of her phone amplified her senses, causing the desktop to tremble inaudibly.
After mustering up enough courage, Yunli switched the video mode to the voice mode to answer the call, and responded as if nothing happened: "Hello."
There was no response from the other side of the phone.
Yunli usually likes silence, but at this moment, silence is like grenades waiting to explode.
There was a buzz, and noisy voices came from the other side of the phone.
"Sister Lili, are you at school?" Yunli could barely tell that it was Fu Zhengchu through his title.
Suddenly, I felt that all my fright and fear just now were just self-motivated.
Fu Zhengchu: "Today is the school's Hundred Group Reunion. Sister Lili, do you want to come to our booth to play?"
She rarely receives invitations from friends she is not very familiar with, so Yunli will not refuse immediately: "Okay." She paused and then said: "When I received the call, my first reaction was that it was your uncle making the call. "
However, Fu Zhengchu didn't seem to hear clearly and said louder, "I'm going to work, and I want to come and support you—"
He hung up the phone hastily.
Originally, she wanted to test whether Fu Shize was there, but after thinking for a while, Yunli felt ashamed of her testing. Fu Zhengchu might have just invited him warmly, but her own bad intentions were obvious.
Maybe Fu Zhengchu wasn't in school either, but Fu Shize happened to be next to him.
What's more, she didn't need to think so much.
Could it be that since Fu Shize was not around, she wouldn't go and praise Fu Zhengchu
Yunli found even more ashamed -
That's what she thought.
…
Baituanhui is a centralized publicity event for various clubs and organizations in the school. The leaders will set up tents on both sides of the school square and form a long queue, just like a lively market at noon.
The last time Yunli was exposed to similar activities was when she first entered college.
It's just that the interview didn't go well, so I didn't join any clubs or organizations during my undergraduate studies.
There was nothing else to do in the afternoon. Yunli took a bite of her ice cream, picked up her bag and walked out.
The school was not far from the rented house. After Yunli walked to the school gate, she took a minibus to the school as usual.
Still far away from the square, Yunli heard intensive noises and sounds, dense crowds of people at the entrance, and a small stage set up in the center of the venue.
After getting off the bus, Yunli moved with the flow of people. The promoters seemed to regard her as an undergraduate freshman and stuffed her with leaflets one after another.
After walking around, I finally found Fu Zhengchu at the corner of the square.
"Sister Lili!" Fu Zhengchu was wearing a college shirt and a hat with the school emblem of Nanjing University of Technology printed on it. He was having an anxious conversation with the new student at first, but when he saw Yunli, he simply stuffed a leaflet into the new student and sent him away.
Noticed the thick stack of leaflets in Yunli's hand.
Fu Zhengchu: "These are not good, Sister Lili, just take a look at our club."
He took away the pile of advertising flyers domineeringly and gave Yunli a new one from the document bag hanging around his neck.
It is an outdoor sports club called "Climb High".
Fu Zhengchu pretended to be serious and cleared his voice: "We are the only outdoor club in the school and the largest one. I am the vice president."
In order to highlight his competitiveness, Fu Zhengchu said plausibly: "And I recently spent a lot of effort to get a sponsorship, which is a lot of money!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Yunli found a paragraph written underneath - "Sponsored by EAW Virtual Reality Experience Center."
The detailed address and brief introduction of EAW are also attached at the back. You can get a 20% discount on purchases in the store with this flyer.
Yunli: "..."
The booth of the "Climbing High" outdoor sports club is small, consisting of two 1.5-meter-long tables formed into an L shape. Several students sit under the tent and guide the new students to fill out application forms.
As a sponsor, EAW successfully printed its own LOGO and pictures of its main projects on the tent of their booth.
The roll-up banners at the booth were unexpectedly far away from each other. There was a flat table in front of the booth, and EAW's unopened packaging boxes were placed on the ground.
Yunli stood in front of the stall and noticed the roll-up's limbs that occasionally poked out.
It's Fu Shize.
He rested on one leg on the ground, wearing neat trousers that did not hide his tall and straight figure. When the utility knife cut through the tape to the bottom, his body retreated, revealing a strong and clear jawline.
The scorching sunlight made his skin look paler, and his eyes flickered on and off. His facial features were clearly speaking, but they were silent among the people coming and going.
As if he suddenly realized something, Fu Shi raised his eyes and looked towards her.
Feeling like a peeping tom, Yunli quickly withdrew her gaze. Fortunately, Fu Zhengchu discovered his presence and directly interrupted Yunli's guilty look with a loud call.
"Uncle!" Fu Zhengchu carried a cardboard box and panted as he ran towards Fu Shize.
Yunli followed slowly, met Fu Shize's eyes, and nodded unnaturally.
Fu Shize didn't react too much to her arrival. After giving her an indifferent look, he continued to sort out the cardboard boxes that Fu Zhengchu moved over.
There are some commemorative pens, canvas bags and folders neatly stacked inside. The three letters EAW and the address are printed on the corners. It seems to be specially customized.
Fu Zhengchu helped spread the prizes on the table and arranged them a little: "These are prizes, used to attract people. If someone plays the game once, they will be given a prize and let them choose."
They were all relatively conventional prizes, but Yunli noticed that there was a half-curved moon printed on the sky blue canvas bag, printed alone at the bottom, which was the moon during the day. Yunli retracted her gaze and couldn't help but take another look.
Fu Shize was listening to Fu Zhengchu's explanation of the rules for awarding prizes at the moment, and he answered every question, sounding unconcerned.
Yunli didn't know what she was expecting. She originally thought there was a one in 10,000 chance that the two of them would reach an agreement and let her come.
Now Fu Shize's indifference directly shattered all these whims.
Standing there a little restrained, Yunli had no choice but to fiddle with the prizes on the table over and over.
"Are these prizes good?" Fu Zhengchu asked her suddenly, his tone was triumphant.
"They're all pretty good." Yunli was a little embarrassed, maybe to make herself less embarrassed, she found some more topics to talk about, "It's a coincidence, I went to interview with EAW this morning."
"That's great, Sister Lili, you will be in the same company from now on." Fu Zhengchu was extremely happy after hearing the news, and turned around with a serious look on his face, "Uncle."
"Stop causing trouble to Sister Lili."
He originally thought that Fu Shize wouldn't pay attention, but he suddenly said: "Then I'll go back."
Fu Zhengchu: "Brother-in-law, how can you leave!"
Fu Shize: "Don't cause any trouble."
Fu Zhengchu: "I was wrong."
…
Fu Zhengchu quickly changed the subject: "Since Sister Lili is so destined to EAW, why not be our first experiencer? All our gifts have the EAW logo."
The tone of his question seemed to be that he wanted to get a positive answer. Yunli hesitated for a while, "I can play with it later..."
Fu Zhengchu: "Which one do you want? I asked my uncle to keep it for you!"
Yunli deliberately concealed her desire for a canvas bag and replied with reservation: "They are all good."
"That's it." Fu Zhengchu was straightforward, with a nonchalant look on his face: "Forget it, Sister Lili, just get a gift. It's okay. It's all bought from EAW anyway."
Before she could refuse, Yunli was stuffed with a box of commemorative pens.
Fu Zhengchu still looked like he had done a great deed.
Yunli: "..."