There was not much emotion on his face, but Yunli felt particularly at ease and returned to him with a smile.
From last night to now, she had always felt that she was living in a dream, but now she found reality in his details.
After breakfast, Fu Shize borrowed Xu Qingsong's car and drove to the zoo.
"Don't you need a navigation?" Seeing him start the car directly, Yunli was a little surprised, and Fu Shize hummed, "I used to come here a lot when I was a kid."
Yunli: "Have you been to that zoo?"
Fu Shize: "Yeah."
Yunli: "Would you feel bored if you go there again?"
Fu Shize looked at the road ahead, paused for a few seconds and then said, "I won't do it if I accompany you."
…
The zoo is more than half an hour's drive from the B&B, and there are various Christmas decorations hanging at the door. After parking the car, Yunli and Fu Shi went to the entrance to swipe their electronic tickets. The staff sent them a tour map. The park is not small and has specific markings on the map.
Both of them have made their feelings known to each other.
A real date.
Because it was the weekend, there were many people in the park, mostly parents with children and couples. Yunli lowered his head and studied the map.
"Wait a moment." Fu Shize said suddenly, turned around and went to the convenience store near the entrance. Yunli didn't think too much and locked a few spots on the map where they could play.
When she came to her senses, the shadow obscured her. She looked up and found that Fu Shize was holding a new parasol, with the label on the umbrella handle still attached.
His complexion is white, his eyebrows are dark, and he is wearing a black coat at the moment, staying under a black umbrella, a bit like avoiding the sun.
Yunli: "I brought sunscreen, do you need it?"
Fu Shize: "..."
Fu Shize: "Which one to go to?"
Yunli pointed at a place on the map, and Fu Shi took one look at it and walked directly in a direction.
Under the umbrella, the two still kept a certain distance to avoid brushing each other.
As she walked forward, Yunli noticed the young couples nearby. Many of them were boys holding umbrellas for girls.
He saw it, so he went to buy an umbrella.
It took more than three hours for the two of them to basically finish visiting the park. Yunli received a message from Deng Chuqi: [You and Uncle Xia Xia went out?]
Yunli: [We are at the zoo.]
Deng Chuqi: [Don’t just look at animals, remember to do business.]
Yunli: [?]
Deng Chuqi: [Pick this flower from the high mountains! ! !]
Yunli: [He is sober today, should he tell me clearly?]
After Fu Shize took the initiative last night, Yunli also expected that the two of them would have a more formal communication about their feelings today.
As the one who had been rejected before, Yunli had to admit that she didn't want to be the one to speak.
Fu Shize didn't seem to be very interested in the entertainment around him, and would only cooperate with Yunli when she wanted to play.
When you walk to the exit of the park, there is a goldfish fishing stall on the roadside.
Yunli stayed by the side, watching a boy carefully fish out a goldfish and put it into a transparent plastic bag with water for the waiting girl.
Both looked to be in their early twenties.
Yunli hinted tactfully: "Do you think they are like a campus romance?"
Fu Shize: "..."
He consciously bought ten fishing nets and handed five to Yunli to use them to catch the little goldfish in the pond.
Yunli had never played it before and underestimated the difficulty of this game. After being hit by water and punctured by fish in her fishing net, she updated her knowledge and turned to look at Fu Shize next to her.
So does he.
He looked at the fish in the pond without moving.
Yunli tried to comfort him: "It seems a little difficult..."
Fu Shize seemed not to have heard what she said, and stood up expressionlessly: "Boss, give me another 30 nets."
The stall owner quickly turned around to count the items, handed them to Fu Shize, then pointed to the QR code on the wall next to him and said, "Just scan this code to pay."
Fu Shi took out half of it and handed it to Yun Li.
Yunli reached out to take it in confusion: "Do you want this fish?"
Fu Shi held the fishing net and stared at the pool with all his attention. Hearing Yunli's question, he replied: "No."
A few seconds passed.
He continued: "It's just a little unbelievable."
He didn't catch any of them.
Yunli understood what he was thinking and found it a bit funny.
She held the net and had no intention of continuing to fish. She squatted next to Fu Shize and watched his movements. Different from usual times, his expression remained unchanged, but there was some emotion in his eyes.
Fu Shi raised his eyes and raised his chin towards the fishing net in her hand: "Don't want to play?"
Yunli nodded.
Fu Shize: "Then give it to me."
Yunli: "..."
Yunli: "I didn't know you had a strong desire to win.
Fu Shize's eyes stayed in the fish pond. After a while, he asked, "Don't you like it?"
“…”
"I quite like it too..."
After hearing her reply, Fu Shi stopped his hands and broke another fishing net. He put it down casually and continued as if nothing had happened.
After using up thirty fishing nets, there were a few goldfish in the small bucket. He bought a small glass tank, poured the goldfish into it, and bought some fish food.
Before leaving the zoo, Yunli thought for a long time and then said to Fu Shize, "Let's take a photo together."
Fu Shize didn't refuse: "No one helped me take the photo."
Yunli doesn't care about this: "Just use the selfie mode of your phone. You are tall, can you come and get your phone?"
He didn't resist, picked up the phone and pressed it twice according to her instructions.
After visiting other Christmas markets near the zoo for a few times, when it was almost time for dinner, Fu Shi asked her, "Will we go back together tonight?"
Yunli thought about it. Tomorrow and the day after tomorrow is the year-end trip of the Human Resources Department, which is also going to this B&B. If she wants to participate, she doesn't have to go back.
She has class on Monday.
Yunli nodded.
After returning to the B&B, other people's luggage had been packed, and Xia Congsheng drove a car of people away first.
Fu Shize and Yunli went upstairs to get their luggage. When they went downstairs, Xu Qingsong and Fu Zhengchu were already in the car. Fu Shize put the luggage in the trunk and the two sat in the back seat.
As soon as the car started, Fu Shize approached her and buckled her seat belt.
Fu Zhengchu kept staring at the rearview mirror, smiling innocently as he watched the two people's movements after getting into the car. After Fu Shize sat back down, Yunli raised her head and met Fu Zhengchu's eyes in the rearview mirror. She was instantly embarrassed.
Fu Zhengchu sent Yunli a screenshot of the chat interface between the two of them, and he directly changed her note to "little aunt".
“…”
Xu Qingsong glanced at the rearview mirror: "What are you holding in your hands?"
Fu Shi did not explain much: "Fish."
Xu Qingsong didn't ask them and drove directly to the entrance of Qili Xiangdu. After Yunli got out of the car, she found that Fu Shize was also following him.
Yunli: "Are you still going to EAW?"
Fu Shize: "Send you back."
I didn't expect this to be the reason. After all, the car had already arrived at the gate of the community.
Yunli looked at the time, it was only early eight o'clock.
Yunli: "It's quite early... How about we buy some fried noodles?"
Fu Shize did not refuse.
The last time the two of them walked this road together was when they first met, and unknowingly four months had passed.
Fu Shize still remembered the road and walked side by side with her.
Yunli has made many purchases, and the shopkeeper has recognized her. It's rare that she brought a boy with her, so he said: "Little girl, your boyfriend?"
In the past, the owner of the fried rice noodle shop would also chat with Yunli, and he was relatively familiar with it. Yunli naturally denied it: "No."
Fu Shize: "..."
Yunli said to herself: "Not yet."
The shopkeeper didn't hear clearly and made a confused sound. Yunli waved her hands and smiled to express that she was fine.
Fu Shi remained silent on one side.
"Okay." The shop owner handed the packing bag to Yun Li. Before she stretched out her hand, Fu Shize took it directly, "Thank you."
After walking two steps, Fu Shi stopped and said, "There is a box in his pocket."
Yunli was stunned for a moment. Did she ask her to help get something
She was on his left side and reached into the left pocket of his coat. She felt a box made of cold material and took it out.
It is a small mother-of-pearl box, with shell pieces inlaid on the surface in the shape of clouds. Yunli guessed what it was, but still suppressed the excitement in her tone and asked, "Is it for me?"
Fu Shize saw the girl standing in front of him. Her slender and thick eyelashes trembled slightly, and her eyes were full of smiles. He couldn't help but raise the corners of his lips: "Well, a Christmas gift."
After the feelings of knowing each other were recognized, it was no longer possible to control the growth of this sign.
Yunli carefully put the mother-of-pearl box into her bag.
She was still immersed in the joy of receiving her first gift, when the person next to her suddenly asked: "Where's mine?"
Yunli: "..."
Yunli's smile froze.
How could she prepare a gift
How could she have imagined that a trip would drastically change their relationship.
"Can I make up for it later?" The gift box on the package magnified her inner guilt, and she shrank, "I'm not prepared..."
Fu Shi reminded: "Drones."
It was only after he reminded Yunli that she remembered the drone she had made all night long: "It's in the apartment, I'll give it to you."
"Um."
After arriving at Qili Xiangdu, Fu Shize consciously stopped a few meters away from the door. Yunli had already opened the door, thought for a while, and then said, "Will you come up with me?"
When Yunli was pursuing her one-way, this sentence only had its literal meaning, but at this moment, the state of the two of them gave other ambiguous meanings to the ordinary words.
Fu Shize did not refuse and followed her upstairs.
Yunli turned on the light. Fortunately, the house was tidy before leaving. Fu Shi put the things on the sofa, looked around, and placed the goldfish bowl in the center of the coffee table.
This wasn't the first time he asked about this drone, and Yunli didn't know why he wanted it so much. She was pressed for time that night, so she stayed up all night splicing and coloring it, and the finished product still had many flaws.
At that time, Chen Lirong 'warned' her not to give it to Fu Shize. She was worried that she had stepped on some sensitive area, so she did not consider taking it as a gift. A few days later, she met He Jiameng who told her that Fu Shize wanted to date a girl. It is even more impossible to send it out.
"I put the drone on the shelf. It's actually a bit ugly." Yunli was afraid that he would have high expectations about it, so she belittled her finished product in advance.
Fu Shi hummed casually, stretched out his hands to pick up the cardboard drone, and moved it to the table.
Fu Shi lowered his eyes and looked at the cardboard drone.
Made of simple cardboard and painted with paint on the surface, it doesn't look very solid. He touched the wing and saw that the color was uneven.
"How about I give you another gift." Yunli was worried that he felt that he was too perfunctory. After all, the gift he gave seemed to be quite expensive and customized.
"No need." Fu Shize said, "That's good."
"Would you like to eat some with me?" Yun Li pointed to the fried noodles on the corner of the table, but Fu Shi did not refuse. She went to the kitchen to get chopsticks and a small bowl, and two bottles of drinks.
Fu Shi didn't let her do anything. He unscrewed the cap of the drink bottle and put the fried noodles into a bowl for her.
He seemed to have a poor appetite and put down the bowl and chopsticks before taking two bites. Holding her phone on a tissue on the table, she clicked on Station E and started playing the cardboard drone video she had uploaded before.
The video is hastily edited and the scenes aren't particularly smooth and coherent. Fu Shize didn't seem to notice these details at all and watched silently until the progress bar reached the end.
She said to the camera word by word - I plan to give this handmade drone to a very important person.
“…”
Fu Shi pulled the progress bar back to a few seconds ago and played the sentence again.
“…”
Yunli lowered her head to eat in embarrassment and muttered: "Don't tease me..."
Seeing her crimson face, Fu Shize became even more uncontrollable: "Didn't you tell me?"
“…”
When Fu Shize clearly refused, Yunli was bolder. Now the two of them were closer than before, but she couldn't let go and couldn't control their current state.
She was able to learn how to invite the other party and accept the other party's rejection in a very short period of time, but she did not understand how two people in love should get along with each other.
It was almost ten o'clock after eating, and Yunli sent Fu Shize to the door. Thinking of the question asked by the shop owner just now, Yunli couldn't help but ask him: "Today, we should be considered on a date, right?"
As if he didn't expect that she would ask this question, Fu Shi thought for a while and did not answer directly: "What do you think?"
Seeing that he didn't give a definite answer, Yunli also muttered a little guilty: "It should be... right?"
Fu Shize: "..."
He nodded.
After being affirmed, Yunli paid attention to the ritual of the first date and said seriously: "This is my first date."
Fu Shize looked down at her: "Me too."
Yunli: "What do you think?"
After thinking for a while, Fu Shize said slowly: "Very good."
"Then when will our next date be?" Yunli tried hard to suppress her smile, trying not to make her intentions so obvious: "Can it be as soon as possible?"
"I'm going to Yihe on a business trip tomorrow." Fu Shize leaned against the door, pondered for a moment, and looked at her: "Wait for me to come back?"
Yunli felt warm in her heart: "Okay."
Towards the end, he leaned there and did not leave immediately, but continued to look at her for a while. The two of them were silent, and the lights in the corridor went out before she came back to her senses.