Folding Moon

Chapter 24

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After lunch break, Yunli met He Jiameng on the aisle.

"Teacher Xianyun, do you want to participate in the Halloween event tonight? How about we go together?"

Yunli told the truth: "I want to buy some coffee beans tonight. I just saw Fu Shize in the lounge that he was out of beans, so I asked him to go with me."

He Jiameng snickered: "Are you really going to buy beans?"

"Really." Yunli tried to feel more confident, "How about you come too?"

"No, no, I've already seen a big light bulb above my head."

“…”

After taking only two steps, He Jiameng stopped her again: "That's right, Teacher Xianyun."

Yunli: "What's wrong?"

"The people from the marketing department asked me to ask you, can you help us post promotional updates on the E-site? The advertising fee is the same as last time."

"do you have any requests?"

He Jiameng thought for a while and said: "Just try to record some of the equipment in the experience hall to make people feel fun."

Not sure if he could take the photo, Yunli didn't agree immediately: "I'll think about it."

In the afternoon, Fang Yuning said that the experience hall was short of manpower and asked Yunli to go there to help decorate it. Yunli carried a large box of decorative materials to the experience center.

After exiting the fire escape, Yunli walked to the entrance of the experience center and found that there were already many people here.

"Sister Lili!" Yunli looked around.

Fu Zhengchu came from the entrance and said, "I heard there is an event tonight, so I came over to take a look. I originally wanted to have afternoon tea, but I ended up being dragged here to work as a coolie."

Yunli replied: "You are so miserable."

Fu Zhengchu muttered: "Yes, then I took my uncle with me, but he just sat there and watched me work."

Yunli looked in the direction he was pointing. Fu Shi was sitting on a rest chair in the museum, leaning on the armrest of the chair with one hand, holding his chin and looking this way.

"Sister Lili?" Seeing that Yunli didn't reply, Fu Zhengchu called her again.

Yunli came back to her senses: "You have grown up, it's time to help your elders."

Fu Zhengchu: "I'm going back to work."

"Hey, wait!" Yunli quickly called him.

Fu Zhengchu stopped: "What's wrong?"

Yunli covered half of her face: "Fu Zhengchu, I'm sorry."

Fu Zhengchu was even more confused: "What happened?"

"That's it - when we were drinking yesterday," Yunli just wanted to dig a hole and bury herself in it, so she said bravely, "I told your brother-in-law that you seemed to like me..."

Fu Zhengchu: "..."

Yun Li explained the cause and effect to Fu Zhengchu, and he knew that what he did was wrong. After apologizing several times, Fu Zhengchu's focus was not on what Yun Li said at the beginning, but on taking a breath: "Li Sister Li, do you like my uncle?"

Yunli: "..."

"No wonder you also spoke for my uncle just now."

Yunli: "..."

Yunli: "Can you keep it secret for me?"

Fu Zhengchu: "Yeah."

The two of them fell into silence.

Fu Zhengchu suddenly became serious: "Sister Lili, my uncle is not in good health and his stomach is not very good either."

"But my uncle is really nice. I won't say that much anymore. Sister Lili, come on!"

Yunli's heart warmed: "Thank you."

The work in the decoration experience center is mainly physical work, which is to stick ribbons, light strips and some holiday decorations to the higher walls. Yunli looked around and moved a ladder over, ready to get started.

As soon as he climbed up the ladder, Fu Zhengchu brought Fu Shize over: "Sister Lili, come down quickly. I called my uncle here."

Yunli: "..."

Yunli climbed down the ladder and said warmly: "What are you calling for..."

Fu Zhengchu: "We can't let my uncle, a grown man, sit on the side, while Sister Lili and you, a girl, climb up and down here. I'll go work somewhere else first."

Realizing that Fu Zhengchu was assisting, Yunli was still a little embarrassed even though Fu Shize was justified. She pointed to the chair next to her and said, "How about you sit here?"

Fu Shi glanced at her: "Sit here and look at you?"

Yunli imagined the scene and felt breathless: "That's not what I meant."

"Give it to me." Fu Shize took the ribbon in her hand.

Yunli: "Huh?"

Fu Shize paused and cherished his words like gold: "Help."

It was not good to be idle doing nothing, so Yunli stood next to Fu Shize's ladder with ribbons and pendants. Every time Fu Shize hung one up, she handed him one.

Yunli thinks this is good

Immersed in the small joy of handing things to Fu Shize, the box gradually bottomed out.

"Can you wait here?" Yunli raised his head and looked at Fu Shize.

"Um."

Yunli hugged the box and trotted away, going to another area to get a fuller box.

Returning to the ladder, Fu Shi looked at her expressionlessly.

Yunli suddenly felt guilty and handed Fu Shize a pendant without saying a word.

-

After get off work, Yunli went home and put on makeup again and changed into a white dress.

I met Fu Shize at the entrance of the Science and Technology City. He was wearing a long black trench coat, with his hands in his pockets, his head leaning against the red brick wall at the edge of the Science and Technology City. The square in the distance was filled with stars.

Seeing Yun Li, he raised his eyes, stayed on her face for a moment, and then moved away.

This gaze made Yunli's breathing slow down for half a beat.

"I want to shoot some material for a Halloween special tonight. I haven't updated it for a long time."

Fu Shize was awake at the moment. Yunli took a deep breath and said slightly nervously, "Do you think it looks good?"

As if he didn't expect her to ask this question, Fu Shi remained silent.

Yunli, who tried her best to put on makeup today, was in disbelief: "Doesn't it look good..."

after awhile.

Yunli said to herself: "Should it look better than usual?"

Fu Shize: "..."

Similar to the last children's market, stalls of various sizes filled the entire square, and the trees and walls were covered with Halloween-themed decorations.

Still some distance away from the coffee bean stall, Yunli could smell the strong aroma of beans. There were many people gathered nearby. Dozens of ocher red clay pots were neatly placed on the table, and several large piles of coffee beans in cowhide bags were piled behind.

The stall owner asked Fu Shize what flavor he wanted, then spooned a few beans into Fu Shize's hand, and he smelled them.

Yunli: "How is it?"

Fu Shize: "Very good."

Yunli: "Can I smell it?"

Fu Shi nodded.

Seeing that he didn't give her the beans, Yunli hesitated for a moment, then moved to his hand. Besides the fragrance of the roasted beans, there was also a bit of chocolate.

"Why does it smell so good?" Yun Li sighed, looking up, only to find Fu Shize staring at her with no apparent expression.

After thinking about it carefully, Yunli's face became hot again: "I'm talking about beans..."

“…”

Yunli had little experience in drinking coffee, so she asked her boss to recommend one to her: "I picked a flavor I like, why don't you try it too."

Fu Shi took some beans and smelled them: "It's pretty good."

Yunli: "Then I'll give you a pack."

Fu Shize: "No need."

Being rejected was expected. Yunli thought for a while and continued: "I want to give you a package."

“…”

Yunli restrained herself: "You have paid for me many times before, and I feel like I owe you money."

"If that's the reason." Fu Shize stared at the stall owner pretending to be beans, not looking at her, "Then I owe you."

Yunli looked up at the other stalls. There was a slightly crude candy man stall in the corner, a stall that could occasionally be seen near school when she was a child.

Yunli: "Can I buy that?"

Fu Shize: "Yeah."

Yunli: "Then wait for me and I'll buy it."

After Yunli finished speaking, he ran over.

Holding a small copper pot, the uncle scooped some with a copper spoon, and the drops fell on the steel plate to outline a pattern.

While waiting for the candy figure to be finalized, Yunli remembered that when she was smelling the beans just now, Fu Shize's palm was two centimeters away from her and he touched her hot cheek with the back of his hand.

She couldn't remember the last time she felt like this.

My heart was pounding, and the image of another person couldn't be left in my mind. Even the smells, the sounds, and the things I saw all felt like him.

He shouldn't be disgusted with her... either.

Such thoughts emboldened Yunli. Generally, she was not a proactive person. She always contacted others passively and was forced to talk to others.

The moon in the human world is always far away.

But now, the moon came in front of her.

Yunli raised the corners of her lips.

Yes, she is so lucky, the moon is right in front of her.

After the candy figure was finalized, the bamboo sticks were glued on and handed over to Yunli.

Pumpkin-shaped, with a wide grin.

Quite cute.

She handed one of them to Fu Shize.

"For me?"

Fu Shi stared at the candy figure in his hand, which had a brown luster on the surface. It was hard to imagine that such a beautiful shape could be made in two or three minutes.

But how do you eat this thing

He looked at Yunli. The whole pumpkin-shaped candy figure was larger than her small face. She had just run back, her creamy cheeks stained with crimson. She admired the candy man in her hand for a while, then slowly moved it to her lips.

Then, licked it.

He couldn't lick it too, could he

Yunli continued to lick her lips, and when she took a small bite, she noticed Fu Shize's gaze and was a little surprised: "Are you... peeking at me?"

Fu Shi looked away and told a rare lie: "No."

It was very cold at night, but he suddenly felt a little warm all over.

The neon lights were even more dazzling, and when he came to his senses, he had already bitten the pumpkin-shaped candy man in his hand.

“…”

-

"Hey, Yunli?"

While the two were still wandering around various stalls, Yunli was suddenly tapped on the shoulder, and she instinctively shrank.

Looking up, she saw someone she thought she would never meet again in this life.

Qu Mingxin walked up to her and greeted her affectionately, "How many years have we not seen each other? I didn't expect to meet you here."

"Why don't you speak? Do you remember me? I was in high school—"

Yunli interrupted her: "Remember."

"Is this your boyfriend? He's pretty good-looking." Qu Mingxin didn't notice Yunli's alienation and kept talking to himself.

Yunli: "No, this is my colleague."

"You are already working. I heard from other classmates that you were not guaranteed to go to postgraduate school and are preparing for the postgraduate entrance examination -" Qu Mingxin still looked careless, "I worked in Nanwu after graduating from college, and my friend studied at Nanjing Polytechnic. Yan, come and play with her today."

“…”

Seeing that the other party was very enthusiastic, Yunli couldn't help but feel a little confused, so she could only respond blankly: "I am also studying here for graduate school."

"gone."

Fu Shi, who was standing by the side, spoke quickly, then walked straight forward.

Yunli realized what she was doing and hurriedly told Qu Mingxin, "Let's go first."

Qu Mingxin smiled and said, "Okay! Let's make an appointment to have a meal together another day! It's been so long since we last met." Then she waved her hand and turned back to find her friend.

Yunli followed Fu Shize and thought of Qu Mingxin again.

Why do you still look so familiar

Didn't you say that yourself

Hate people like me.

When she was a freshman in high school, Yunli had a relatively cheerful personality. Not long after school started, I became familiar with the people in the dormitory, among whom Deng Chuqi had the best relationship.

Deng Chuqi has a cheerful personality. The two often sing double recitals together and are very popular in the class.

After the liberal arts and sciences were separated in her second year of high school, Yunli went to the science class. There were almost no people she knew in the new class.

She was the Qu Mingxin she met at this time.

Qu Mingxin is enthusiastic towards everyone, including Yunli.

She would greet Yunli when she saw her on the road, her smiling eyes narrowed into slits.

She is very good at enlivening the class atmosphere and is an excellent host in the school, always standing in the most conspicuous place. All the students in the class like Qu Mingxin's liveliness, and Yunli is no exception.

Yunli liked this new class at first. Although none of the classmates she was close to were here, she was also willing to develop new relationships with others and shyly got to know new classmates.

But it's strange that no matter how hard she tries, her classmates will keep a certain distance from her.

There is a two-hour lunch break. They usually go back to the dormitory to take a nap, but some of them go back to the classroom to do homework or chat and play games.

Yunli was not too sleepy at noon that day. She knew that Qu Mingxin and several classmates in the class usually stayed in the classroom during lunch break, so she came to join in the fun.

Before entering the classroom, the sound of chatting came from the classroom.

"Why don't you call Yunli to play Three Kingdoms on the weekend? She said she knew how to play during recess." Yunli could tell from her voice that it was the girl standing behind her during recess.

Another female voice said: "Can she also play? I thought she was cute and quiet, but I thought she couldn't."

Qu Mingxin said hesitantly: "I don't want to call her, I don't like her very much."

The girl just replied: "Why? Isn't she pretty cute?"

Qu Mingxin said: "She seems to be pretending to be good. Her former roommate told me that she had a good relationship with the boys in the last class, and she felt very green tea."

"No..."

"I really hate this kind of green tea. If you call her, don't call me."

Yunli suddenly felt like she couldn't understand others.

She knows that there are many kinds of people in the world, including barbecue uncles covered in tattoos but smiling, and handsome but cold-blooded executioners.

But she thought these were far away from her. The only duplicity she understood was that Yunye secretly asked her parents if they were looking for him every time after running away from home, or that Deng Chuqi borrowed homework every morning. Copy, after the messenger informed the teacher that he was coming, he took the book and read early with a serious face...

Just when she was buying a drink at the canteen, Qu Mingxin saw the orange juice in her hand and smiled and said she wanted to buy the same one as hers.

Yunli wanted to rush into the class and tell them that she was not who Qu Mingxin said.

She longs for a lively atmosphere and enjoys the harmonious atmosphere when everyone is together.

But she found she couldn't move her feet.

No matter how hard she tried, she couldn't move forward.

If only I could be braver.

Let's go back to the dormitory.

In fact, Yunli didn't understand why she was hit so easily in the first place. It was not like she had never seen people say bad things about others secretly behind their backs.

She suddenly felt that maybe it was because she actually liked her.

Maybe I can't stand the contrast.

-

As she was thinking about high school, Yunli didn't notice two pumpkin-headed humanoid dolls walking towards her, and the chubby bellies of the doll costumes bumped into her.

When she came to her senses, the doll, which was twice her size, opened its arms to hug her.

?

Yunli froze in place, not knowing how to react.

A cold hand grabbed her wrist and pulled her back. Yunli felt a gust of wind blowing past her, and she reached behind Fu Shize.

After being absent-minded for a while, Yunli looked over at the warmth of her hand. His hand was still clasping her wrist.

Fu Shize himself didn't come back to his senses. He just saw that Yunli was about to be swallowed by the doll, so he subconsciously pulled her behind him.

The doll also seemed to be stunned, stopping in place for two seconds.

Then she continued what she was doing and hugged him.

“…”

By the way, he picked a rabbit balloon from its tail and handed it to him.

“…”

When he didn't answer, the doll pushed in his direction insistently.

Fu Shize had no choice but to take it stiffly.

The balloon was filled with air, and the ears of the two rabbits bulged. Holding this thing, Fu Shi felt uncomfortable all over. Turn around and put it in front of Yunli.

"for you."