It was the same coffee shop that I had been to before. The decoration was still the same. I don't know if it was a coincidence or something. Fu Shi walked to the seat where they had been sitting.
"You sit here, I'll get you a menu." Fu Shize pulled out a chair for her, took a black notebook from the front desk, and handed it to Yun Li.
She looked through it, but there weren't many to choose from: "I want cocoa milk."
Fu Shize: "Would you choose Matcha Thousand-Fleu for dessert?"
Yunli nodded.
He calmly closed the menu and walked to the front desk to order. Yunli stared at his back, feeling a little dazed seeing how calm he was.
There will always be a digestion period after a breakup.
During this period, you will repeatedly question whether the decision to break up was too hasty, repeatedly review various details in the hope of a different outcome, and repeatedly recall the sweetness of love and suffer.
You desire to regain what you have lost, but you are afraid of gaining and losing.
During this digestion period, Yunli recalled many details, and she realized, oh, it turned out that he liked her very much. And as the days gradually passed and he didn't come to her, she also realized that, oh, it turns out that he didn't need her that much.
Slowly, there is only one outcome left.
And she accepted this result.
After Fu Shize came back, he pulled out his chair and sat down. His hands were resting on the handle of the seat, and his upper shoulders were resting on the back of the chair.
At first, neither of them looked at each other.
After a long moment of silence, they all raised their eyes to look at each other.
Yunli nervously played with her fingers under the table where he couldn't see her. She tried her best to look as relaxed and casual as him: "You have changed a lot..."
She was too reserved last time we met, but she actually always wanted to ask—
"How are you doing?"
Although she didn't take the initiative to inquire about him in the past year and a half, she did think countless times that it would be best for him to live a better life.
Even without her, she hopes he can live a better life.
Fu Shi looked at Yunli. She had grown her hair long, permed and dyed it. She tied it gently with a blue and white hair tie, revealing her smooth and straight shoulders. She spoke slowly and in a gentle tone.
He smiled: "It's not bad, life is back on track."
Before the two of them could say a few words, a boy walked directly in front of them and said hello to Fu Shize.
The boy was familiar with himself and asked kindly: "Senior, is this your girlfriend? She is so beautiful." He raised his face and introduced himself to Yunli, "I participated in the drone competition with my senior. .”
Yunli felt nervous and nodded towards the other party.
Fu Shi looked at Yunli and didn't answer.
The boy glanced at the empty seats at the table and said with a smile, "Can I sit here?"
Fu Shize laughed and gave him a gentle push: "Go aside."
After the boys left, Fu Shize said to her, "Sorry, they prefer to joke."
"It's okay." Yunli tried to look like she didn't care: "People often make fun of me like this."
“…”
Fu Shi paused while holding the coffee cup.
It sounded like she often went out with boys. Yunli felt that it caused ambiguity, and added: "That's when she is with Yunye."
Hearing this, Fu Shize frowned and asked her, "What are your plans next?"
"Find a job in Xifu. This internship should be able to become a full-time job." Yunli hugged the cup with both hands and raised her eyes to look at him, "What about you?"
"Maybe go abroad and become a postdoc."
"..." Yunli's hand tightened, "Are you going alone?"
Fu Shi raised his eyebrows slightly: "Otherwise, with whom?"
"I don't know either..." she said in embarrassment, "I just feel like it's not easy to go abroad alone."
"No. It's just me." He thought for a while and stared at her: "I haven't made a decision yet. I might just stay in the country. If I go abroad, I won't come back."
Yunli didn't understand what he meant, and was stunned for a moment, "Not coming back?"
"Um."
"Oh... that's good." She lowered her head and forced a smile, feeling like a hole was broken in her heart. Yunli tried to change the subject and divert attention, "I went to the UK for exchange last year."
Fu Shi looked at her: "Are you okay?"
Yunli said softly: "It's pretty good..." She hesitated for a while and continued: "It's just that I didn't get used to it in the first half of the year."
"Talk to me."
Many people have also asked about Yunli's situation in the UK, and most of the time she has just told them in one or two sentences. But at this moment, she still wanted to tell him.
It seems that telling him is not a big deal.
Yunli thought about it for a while: "The first house I rented when I just came over..."
Yunli did not continue speaking, and paused for a while, as if she had just come to her senses, and explained sheepishly: "A lot of things have happened, which one do I want to talk about."
Fu Shize laughed and said patiently: "Speak slowly."
"Wait a minute." He stood up, walked to the front desk and came back with three pieces of cake.
Yunli: "I can't finish this..."
Fu Shize: "Eat slowly." He tilted his head and said, "You can also speak slowly."
"Oh..." Yunli took a bite of the cake and looked into his deep eyes, feeling a little lost.
She quickly lowered her head and told her story about going abroad from beginning to end, except for the unhappy things.
"It's pretty good." She curled her lips after saying, "I originally thought I wouldn't be able to survive there alone, but I didn't expect my survival ability to be so strong."
Maybe she felt that she was boasting, but Yunli's smile was a bit shy. Fu Shi stared at her for a while, and then curved his lips as she did.
"Do you want to go to my laboratory to take a look?" Fu Shize asked her, "It's in this building."
Caught off guard by the invitation, Yunli had no reason to refuse and nodded.
As soon as the two of them arrived at the entrance of the laboratory, a boy rushed to Fu Shize anxiously: "Brother, it's over, it's over. Junior brother has crashed the system!"
“…”
The boy's expression was frightened and his movements were frizzy, as if a huge disaster had occurred.
Noticing the person next to Fu Shize, he took a closer look and reacted suddenly.
female.
Still a beautiful girl.
He was very close to Fu Shize.
When he met Fu Shize's cold gaze, the boy immediately changed his words: "Oh, it's not a big problem."
“…”
Fu Shize paused for a while, then turned around and said to Yunli, "I'll take you there next time." He tilted his head and asked her softly, "Okay?"
Yunli felt a little disappointed, but still smiled on her face: "Yeah. It's okay."
The boy in front was holding back a laugh, his eyes switching back and forth between her and Fu Shize. Yunli was a little embarrassed, so she hurriedly said "I'm leaving first" and walked downstairs. Before he had even taken two steps, the boy's voice echoed through the five floors.
"Senior brother! Is that your girlfriend? Senior brother! When did you have a girlfriend?"
"no."
"Is that the person you are chasing, senior brother? Tell us, and we will help you chase him!"
"You are noisy."
Yunli stopped. The boy was still mumbling, but Fu Shize's reply could no longer be heard clearly.
After staying there for a minute or two, Yunli continued walking down, feeling that her idea was ridiculous again.
The flat, gray road is reflected in front of my eyes.
She temporarily forgot where the car was parked and stared at the road for a long time.
When the two met again, there was no accusation or resentment towards each other, no unwillingness or objection to the relationship, and no residual love or throbbing.
It was like an old friend who had not seen each other for a long time but was very familiar with him. He sat down and talked quietly for two or three hours.
It should be the best time to reunite.
But why does she feel sad.
The tip of Yunli's nose felt sore.
…
This episode did not affect Yunli's life. After returning, she took Yunye and Yin Yunyi to play around on the weekend, and then returned to the life of a social animal without stopping.
Yunli's current internship is a remote interview in the UK. She only applied for jobs that matched her professional field. Finally, she got four offers, and she chose a nine-to-five job and started practicing step by step.
She will be taking the full-time assessment in a month, and she is a little nervous herself.
At first Yunli wanted to be a full-time Up host, but this was strongly opposed by Yun Yongchang. He hoped that she would go to work regularly and have a stable social circle like most people.
She felt that what Yun Yongchang said made sense, and her column gradually shifted from a lifestyle column to an entertainment-oriented popular science column. If you stay at home and make videos for a long time, you will become out of tune with society.
In the first two internships, Yunli did not get any sense of accomplishment from them. She was about to graduate, and like other classmates, she wanted to find a job that worked 9 to 5, had friendly colleagues, and a good company atmosphere, which would give her more free time to do what she wanted to do.
The life of two o'clock and one line was fulfilling enough. She would only think of Fu Shize when she was lying on the bed in a daze after finishing the E station video at night.
Many of her classmates in elementary school and junior high school have gotten married and have children, and their parents all know each other. Ever since Yun Li came back from England, Yun Yongchang and Yang Fang have been busy dating her.
Yun Yongchang: [Your third aunt introduced a boy, a local from Xifu, who has graduated with a master's degree two years ago and is a civil servant.]
Yun Yongchang: [You have to go see me this time. You are already 24, and it will take two or three years to fall in love.]
Yun Yongchang: [This is going smoothly. Your cousin has met twenty or thirty times and none of them have caught his eye.]
Yun Li felt a headache after seeing this information. She had rejected it countless times, but Yun Yongchang and Yang Fang still enjoyed it.
Yun Yongchang: [Don’t be arrogant.]
They thought simply that Yunli refused to go because the boys they introduced were not good enough.
Regarding matters at home, Yunli had no choice but to complain to Yunye: "It's too outrageous. You must never tell your parents about Yin Yunyi."]
Yunli: [Otherwise they will say next time, you see, your brother is only 18 and has already found a good girlfriend.]
Yun Ye: […]
Yun Ye: [It doesn’t matter if you go and meet him, just in case you meet someone suitable.]
Yunli stared at this message: [Whose side are you on?]
Yun Ye: [Stand by you, stand by you.]
Yun Ye sent her a picture. It was a small group called 'Encountering Assistant Teachers'. There were more than twenty people in it. You can deduce that it was a fan group by looking at the chat history.
The most recent message was just sent: [The teaching assistant seems to be sick, so pitiful, what should I do?]
The attached picture shows the back of Fu Shize at the registration desk of the hospital.
Yunye: [That brother seems to be uncomfortable. Yunli, do you want to go and express your condolences?]
Yunli: [gun]
Yunli was extremely speechless: [Is this a fan group?]
Yunye: [yes]
Yunli: [Aren’t you a man?]
Yun Ye: [Men can’t have idols anymore? Can’t be a fan anymore?]
Yun Ye: [What’s more, I went in because of you.]
Yunli: […]
Colleagues were asking her to handle files in the group, and Yunli switched to the chat interface. After finishing her work, her hand paused on the mouse.
After thinking for a moment, Yunli and her supervisor took a half-day off.
Until she got in the car and drove to the Western University Hospital, Yunli still felt that her behavior was deviant.
What does she want to do
After parking the car, Yunli went directly to the registration office. There were many people queuing up, but there was no sign of Fu Shize.
The hospital is not big. She looked at the distribution of ophthalmology departments. The first and second floors are the internal medicine and surgical departments, the third floor is the ophthalmology and dental departments, and the fourth floor is the psychiatric department.
Fu Shize had a bad stomach, so she went to the internal medicine department first, but didn't see anyone.
There is none on the second or third floor.
When Yunli walked to the fourth floor, at the corner of the stairs, she looked at the blue painted words "Psychiatric Psychology Department" a dozen steps away.
The steps stopped.
She recalled Fu Shize's casual smile during these few encounters, and she hoped that everything was fine with him.
She didn't expect to meet Fu Chize here.
She shouldn't have come in the first place.
Yunli turned around, feeling suddenly uncomfortable. She walked down two steps, and his tired voice came from above: "Lili."
“…”
Yun Li raised her head, and Fu Shi was standing in front of the department door, holding a medical record in his hand. Behind him was the solemn and cold background. He lowered his eyes and looked at her.
Yunli stood there, not knowing how to react.
Fu Shi walked down, gradually approaching Yunli, until he stopped in front of her, and asked, "Are you feeling unwell?"
"I came to Yunye to eat and borrow the bathroom." Yunli quickly made up a reason. She didn't forget that she was on the stairs leading to the fourth floor, and added: "There are more people downstairs."
After hesitating for a while, Yunli closed her lips tightly and did not ask why he was here.
Fu Shize glanced at her embarrassed expression and said, "I'll accompany you up."
After saying that, he walked straight upstairs and stopped in front of the bathroom opposite the stairs.
Yunli followed him into the bathroom. There was no one inside, and she had no idea of convenience.
Not wanting Fu Shize to notice that he was lying, Yunli entered the cubicle, waited for half a minute, and pressed the flush button.
When she came out, Fu Shi was standing at the window not far away. He handed Yunli a tissue and said, "Wipe your hands."