It had been more than two years since she had eaten late-night snacks at a food stall. Yunli was sitting on a plastic chair, and the menu was a simple piece of plastic-wrapped red paper.
"What do you want to eat?" Fu Shize asked her.
Yunli didn't have much idea. She didn't eat much. The main purpose of coming today was to pay for something.
"You order." Yunli pushed the menu back to him, "You should be more familiar with it."
Fu Shize went to the shed and ordered something. When he came back and sat down, his phone kept vibrating. He glanced at it and put it back in his pocket.
"Won't you answer?" Yunli asked him.
Fu Shize: "It's Fu Zhengchu."
"I never mentioned it to you," Fu Shize said, "He took the postgraduate entrance examination and went to the school where you had an undergraduate degree."
“…”
"Do you want to meet?" Fu Shize asked her.
After the breakup, Fu Zhengchu came to care about her several times.
Because Yunli broke up with Fu Shize, she often couldn't reply freely, and even put it aside without replying to messages.
As time passed, the two stopped contacting each other.
While waiting for Fu Zhengchu to arrive, Yunli kept organizing words in her mind.
Fu Shize saw her nervousness and asked thoughtfully: "Are you so nervous before meeting me?"
“…”
As soon as the key issue came up, Yunli's reason came back. She drank some water to calm down her shock: "It's okay."
Fu Shize: "So, are you nervous about meeting Fu Zhengchu?"
Hearing his opinion from his question, Yunli explained unconsciously: "No, he just came to see me before, and I didn't reply much, so I was embarrassed."
“…”
Yunli remembered that the person in front of her had been deleted twice, and she didn't seem to feel embarrassed.
It seemed that the more he explained, the more wrong he became, so Yunli simply closed his mouth.
This time Yunli directly threw Fu Zhengchu's matter out of the sky.
The expression of the person in front of him did not change, but Yunli felt that the air pressure dropped instantly.
She didn't know how to adjust the atmosphere. Fortunately, within a few minutes, Fu Zhengchu appeared riding a turtle.
He still wore a straightforward and innocent face, and his almond-shaped eyes were filled with joy when he saw her.
"Sister Lili!" Fu Zhengchu called her from the air as soon as he stopped the car.
He quickly sat next to her: "I haven't seen you for a long time. Last year, my uncle said that you went abroad. Have you returned to work in China?"
When Yun Li saw him, she also curled her lips: "Yes, I am now interning here in Xifu."
Fu Zhengchu chatted with her about various trivial matters, and Yunli also learned that her roommate Tang Lin was still pursuing Fu Zhengchu. Tang Lin is looking for a job in Xifu, and she plans to get the job first.
The two of them chatted heartily, but Fu Shi was speechless and sat quietly listening to them. After eating all the meat and vegetables, Fu Shi got up and went to the shed to add more vegetables.
Seeing Fu Shize disappear, Yun Li asked Fu Zhengchu: "When did you know that I went abroad?"
"Last year, when Sister Lili just left, I asked my uncle, and that's what he said."
“…”
At that time, the news that Yunli was going abroad was not told to many people.
Yunli thought for a while and wanted to ask him further about Fu Shize's surgery, but when he saw him coming back, she had no choice but to give up.
Fu Shize looked relaxed and hardly spoke. The way these people get along is like going back to when they first met, with Fu Zhengchu alone leading the whole crowd.
After finishing the supper, Fu Zhengchu rode the turtle back to his dormitory.
Yunli was worried and didn't pay much attention to the outside world, but she could also feel that the little turtle was much slower than when she came, and asked: "Is the car broken down?"
Fu Shi said calmly: "The battery is almost out."
The north gate was closed at night, so Fu Shi had to go around the outer circle of the school to get in from the front.
Autumn has entered Xifu, the temperature is gradually dropping, and the smell of sweet-scented osmanthus floats in the wind. There was no one along the way, and the little turtle wandered forward on the road, with no end in sight.
She had a moment of delusion.
Hopefully there is no end to this road.
Sitting behind him, with the fragrance of autumn osmanthus lingering in her nose, she felt the temperature in front of her, and the suppressed and dusty feelings deep in her heart emerged uncontrollably again.
Yunli didn't realize the passage of time until the car stopped.
When she got off the little turtle, Fu Shi gently supported her and then let her go.
Yunli raised her eyes to look at him. The light imprinted on his fair face, translucent without any flaws, washing away the past alienation and indifference between his brows.
The two were silent for a long time.
Yun Licai whispered: "Sweet dream."
Fu Shi was stunned for a moment and curled his lower lip: "You too. Sweet dreams."
After returning home, it was already early morning.
The living room was bright. As soon as Yun Li entered the door, she saw Yun Yongchang sitting on the sofa with a sullen face.
She locked the door.
Yun Yongchang said coldly: "You didn't go yesterday?"
He was talking about the blind date bureau. Yun Li refused several times. Seeing that Yun Yongchang wouldn't let go, she simply let it go.
"Oh, I didn't know we were going to meet yesterday." Yunli took off her shoes and walked to the door of her room: "But I wouldn't go if I knew."
Yun Yongchang: "..."
Yun Yongchang said angrily: "You are already twenty-four and introverted. How can you get married if you don't go on a blind date?"
Yunli didn't know how many times she heard these words, and her right ear had become calloused.
Seeing that she didn't respond at all, Yun Yongchang said angrily: "In the past, you insisted on staying with that Nanwu guy and didn't listen to me and insisted on staying there. In the end, we didn't break up. Your mother and I will introduce you to All are…”
These words stung Yunli, and she closed the door directly and let him talk outside.
Yunli had no desire to argue. She had to go to work tomorrow and sat tiredly in front of the dressing table taking off her makeup.
"Why doesn't this girl understand being a father and a mother? Why do we have to worry so much if we can do it ourselves?"
Yun Yongchang was still chattering in the living room, and Yun Li became irritated and wanted to go back and have a fight.
She put the makeup remover paper around her eyes and gave up the idea of quarreling.
Facing the unreasonable Yun Yongchang, neither endless quarrels nor obedience can solve the problem.
What she needs to do is make herself financially and physically independent, buy a house and move out.
After lying on the bed for a while, Yunli got up after the living room became quiet. Her heart was not numb, and it was very uncomfortable to be said so by Yun Yongchang.
There is no one to complain about.
Yunli stood up, took out the paper lantern ball given by Fu Shize, and lit it. Then he turned off the lights in the room.
The light penetrated the hollow paper ball onto the wall, and the six sides of the room were covered with stars. Yunli rotated the paper ball, and the little starlight swayed slowly.
She curled her lips and felt much better.
…
A few days later, it was time to defend her position as a full-time employee. Yunli spent a few days sorting out her work during the internship and gave a regular report. The results of the formalization will be available in a few weeks.
During this period, Yunli did not forget to submit her resume.
She practiced during the day and went back to do the questions at night. When she summarized, she discovered that from July to now, she had invested in more than 30 companies.
After receiving interview notices one after another, Yunli had no time to feel sad about the failed interviews. After summing up her experience, she quickly moved on to another round. Her resume is pretty good, and her ability to respond to situations has improved but is still average. She can only make up for her shortcomings by working day and night on internships and interviews.
When the results of the last interview came out, Yunli let out a long breath.
"I feel like my whole body has been hollowed out." Yunli was lying on the phone with Deng Chuqi. She has been studying for a master's degree for one and a half years. She will return to China next year and is now looking for a job.
"Sure enough, I read you right." Deng Chuqi was shocked when he heard her experience, "It's so damn inspiring."
“…”
Deng Chuqi asked: "But don't you prefer to be the host of Up? Your father still doesn't agree?"
"I also want to see if there is any suitable job." Yunli smiled, "Actually, I didn't expect to get so many offers. My dad also thinks it would be good if I can find a job."
Yun Yongchang always felt that Yunli would definitely fall into despair after being frustrated in the interview. In the end, he would have to rely on his connections to find a contract job.
The definition that Yun Yongchang gave her made Yunli think of herself that way for a time.
Deng Chuqi asked abruptly: "How are you and Uncle Xia Xia?"
"ah… "
"Isn't there any further development? Don't you think you are destined for each other? It's like the two of you are tightly tied together!" Deng Chuqi became more and more excited as he spoke.
"There will be no development." Yunli muttered: "We haven't contacted each other for a while."
It's not like there was no contact. When Yunye went home on weekends, he would either drop off books or homework. She would see Fu Chize every time she sent him there.
Fu Shize usually brings her a cup of cocoa milk.
Yunli felt abnormal.
An idea popped up and she suppressed it.
She didn't want to read too much into Fu Chize's behavior. After all, he was very good at taking care of others.
After chatting with Deng Chuqi for a few more words, Yunli caught a glimpse of the performance ticket on the table, which was just the right opportunity to reward herself. She changed her clothes, put on light makeup and went out.
On the map, you can see that the area near Western University of Science and Technology is blocked by water, making it inconvenient for cars to enter the campus.
She took a taxi to Western University of Science and Technology.
…
After waiting for a few minutes downstairs in the dormitory, Fu Shize waited until a cool blue car appeared.
"Aze." Xu Qingsong raised his sunglasses to the middle of the bridge of his nose, revealing a pair of peach blossom eyes, "Long time no see."
He calmly backed the car into the parking space and hummed softly.
Since Fu Shize returned to Western University of Science and Technology, there were not many opportunities for the two to meet. Occasionally Xu Qingsong would get together when he came to Xifu for business.
Xu Qingsong followed Fu Shize to his dormitory. It was a single room with a simple bed, desk and wardrobe.
Fu Shi opened the drawer and took out the two performance tickets inside. Xu Qingsong glanced at the drawer, where there were several boxes of sleeping pills.
He picked up the medicine without any sign of it, shook it, and asked him, "Is your insomnia better?"
"Um."
Xu Qingsong picked up the ticket and looked at it, raising an eyebrow: "Tonight? Who did you date?"
Fu Shi looked at him.
Xu Qingsong pointed to himself unexpectedly: "Me?" He smiled: "Why didn't I know?"
"Yes." Fu Shize handed him a bottle of cold water from the refrigerator, "Lili will go too."
Feeling that he heard a familiar name, Xu Qingsong tilted his head in his direction, as if he could hear it more clearly: "Yunli?"
"Um."
"..." He pondered for a while, then smiled, "Didn't you say you would find her after you get your degree?"
This was Fu Shize's original plan.
In the two years since he left school, he was completely ruined both physically and mentally.
Fu Shi doesn't like to make empty promises.
He originally planned to find Yunli after graduating from Ph.D. No matter where she was, he would find her.
"We met." Fu Shizi spoke concisely.
Xu Qingsong touched his chin and asked, "What is her attitude towards you?"
"Let's go." Fu Shize didn't answer, but urged him to go to the gym.
"It doesn't start at half past six." Xu Qingsong was unwilling to move.
It's only early four o'clock.
Xu Qingsong drove over to the branch office as soon as he got off the plane. At this moment, he just wanted to find a place to rest.
Seeing Fu Shize opening the door and waiting for him, he stood up resignedly.
The two bought some bread at the convenience store downstairs.
After waiting outside the gym for half an hour, Xu Qingsong felt helpless.
"Just wait here?" Xu Qingsong found a comfortable position to lean on and teased: "Why don't you just ask her out?"
Fu Shize was silent for a while and replied: "Maybe he will refuse."
Care too much.
He was unsure of the probability of Yunli's rejection and didn't want to take the risk.
"Originally, I came to you for dinner. Instead, I'm here to guard the rabbit." Xu Qingsong said in an unserious tone, curiously: "You won't tell me?"
He arrived in Xifu temporarily, and Fu Shi had to ask someone else for an extra ticket.
Fu Shize looked at him: "What did you say?"
Xu Qingsong's eyes were smiling: "Does she know you want to get back together?"
Fu Shize thought for a while: "I probably don't know yet."
The two of them waited until the security system of the stadium was set up, people entered the venue one after another, and they rejected double figures of people who asked for their contact information, then they caught a glimpse of the shadow.
Yunli looked at the time after getting off the car, there were still twenty minutes left.
When she walked near the ticket gate, she saw Fu Shize and Xu Qingsong standing there talking.
The two stood out among the crowd.
Xu Qingsong took the first look at her and nodded politely.
Yunli stayed where she was, unable to move forward or retreat, until Fu Shize also looked at her.
"What a coincidence." Yunli bravely stepped forward to greet him, "So you also have a ticket."
"Sit down together?" Fu Shize asked her.
"Eh..." Yunli looked at the ticket: "Aren't there designated seats?"
"No."
A few people passed the security check and found a row of seats.
Yunli sat on Fu Shize's left, Xu Qingsong on the right, consciously transparent and only responsible for smiling when Yunli looked at him.
It was a symphony performance touring the country. Xu Qingsong leaned on his chair and listened absently.
There is no light in the venue. He turned his head and saw that the two people next to him were sitting up straight. It seemed that because of his presence, the two of them were a little reserved and did not speak.
Xu Qingsong laughed in his heart and consciously got up and went to the restroom.
He wandered outside for a while before slowly walking back from the last row. Standing not far away, you can see Fu Shize's face tilted towards Yunli.
After he left, the two of them became much more natural, and Yunli would also raise her eyes to talk to Fu Shize.
The sound of live music offset the vocals.
Because Yunli couldn't hear clearly, Fu Shize would close the distance with her when speaking.
From Xu Qingsong's point of view, it was like kissing her ear.
He better not go back.
On the day Yun Liti broke up, Xu Qingsong happened to be beside the hospital bed.
Fu Shi went into shock due to pain and had an emergency operation. When he woke up from anesthesia, he was still unconscious.
After being pushed back to the ward, Xu Qingsong sat on the edge and looked at the indwelling needle on the back of his hand and the oxygen tube between his nose. His limbs would move involuntarily due to pain, and he felt an indescribable feeling in his heart.
What impressed Xu Qingsong deeply was that Fu Shize couldn't sit up after the operation and could only hold up his mobile phone to call Yunli over and over again.
On the last phone call, Yunli broke up with him.
The phone was leaking sound, and Xu Qingsong heard it clearly.
There was no color on Fu Shize's face.
Xu Qingsong watched him being pushed out of the operating room. Just after the operation, Fu Shize's face looked better.
At this moment, he seemed to be distracted.
There is a hint of confusion and confusion in the despair.
I understand, but I don’t understand why I was abandoned.
Later, Xu Qingsong learned that Fu Shize did not tell Yunli about his gastric perforation because Yunli's brother was also seriously ill.
It's a normal decision. If it were Xu Qingsong, he would do the same.
After all, Yunli was in Xifu and was too worried about Fu Shize's condition. I wonder if she could bear it mentally.
Fu Shize felt that the reason for the breakup was that Yunli liked his old self.
He rarely experienced setbacks and never experienced the coldness of the world, which destined his love to be pure and passionate.
Since I already like her, I just accept my fate.
After he was discharged from the hospital, he immediately contacted his tutor to arrange a return to school, and stayed up in the laboratory day and night.
When Xu Qingsong saw Fu Chize again, he had the illusion for a moment that he had changed back to his previous appearance.
Until the crowds dispersed.
The two found a bar to sit down, and Fu Shize returned to his usual indifference.
There is no connection with the outside world and no desire to connect.
Only then did Xu Qingsong realize it.
oh.
It turns out he hasn't changed.
The candle that flickered violently in front of people was still silently extinguished behind them.
But everyone thought he had changed.