I don’t know if it was because he had been in a low mood for two days, but I found that Fu Shitian was really not the same as before. He was completely indifferent. On New Year’s Eve, the old man suddenly changed his attitude. He stopped complaining and went out of the room to eat as usual.
On the night of New Year's Eve, after the whole family had finished their meal, Fu Jiantao went to take a shower, Wang Meifen and Fu Siyu worked together in the front hall to prepare the fruit plates for entertaining guests tomorrow, and Fu Shitian stayed in the kitchen to clean.
There are footsteps approaching.
Fu Shitian turned his head and saw that it was an old man.
Fu Shitian's heart was lifted, and he stammered, "Grandma."
The old man frowned and approached her, as if he was about to reach out his hand to her. All the hairs on Fu Shitian's body stood up. What was she going to do
But surprisingly, she didn't hit anyone.
The calloused hand grabbed Fu Shitian's hand, and the other hand raised up, stuffing a swollen red envelope into Fu Shitian's palm. "Don't tell Xiaoyu."
Fu Shitian was a little slow to react, but still subconsciously declined: "No, grandma. I'm old enough, you don't need to give me New Year's money." She tried to stuff the red envelope back into the old woman's hands.
The old man grabbed her hand, pinched her fingers, and wrapped the red envelope. She looked at Fu Shitian, and in her turbid eyes there was actually a kind of love that Fu Shitian rarely saw: "Keep it, don't let the people in front hear it." She pointed to the front hall.
Fu Shitian couldn't tell what she was up to, he just listened to her sighing and saying, "For so many years, I was afraid that your aunt would be unhappy, so I always gave you less New Year's money than Xiaoyu. Do you bear a grudge?"
Fu Shitian shook his head.
The old man smiled with relief, patted the back of her hand gently, and murmured: "It's good that you don't hold a grudge, it's good that you don't hold a grudge..."
With that, she turned and left the kitchen. In the dim light, her stooped figure and unsteady steps showed her obvious old age.
Fu Shitian felt soft-hearted and sad for a moment, but the next moment, she gritted her teeth and came to her senses again.
It's a lie! It's all a lie! Don't be fooled.
The wound on her ribs still hurt when she moved, and the joints injured by being punished to kneel down when she was a child would always hurt on rainy days. If she didn't dare to give her the same amount of New Year's money and didn't dare to love her more for fear of making her aunt unhappy, then who was she beating, scolding and humiliating for during those days and nights when they were alone together
She had experienced what it felt like to truly love someone.
Fu Shitian held the red envelope tightly in her hand, her nose was blocked, and she felt bitter. Grandma saw that she was out of control, so she wanted to use the emotional card to stabilize her, right
She didn't want to use such harsh thoughts to speculate about others, but the reality was probably like this. No matter what the old man was thinking, it was too late, and she didn't dare to relax at all.
In the following days, the old man was obviously much kinder to her. Fu Shitian didn't react much, but Fu Jiantao was greatly relieved. It seemed that his mother had listened to him to some extent. How wonderful it was, the family was in harmony.
On the sixth day of the first lunar month, they left their hometown to return to the city. The old man saw them off and, for the first time, said to Fu Shitian: "Call me more often when you have time."
Fu Shitian nodded stiffly.
Fu Jiantao and Wang Meifen walked in front, while Fu Siyu walked side by side with her two people between them behind.
As Fu Siyu was walking, he suddenly sneered. Fu Sitian looked at him in confusion. Fu Siyu said sarcastically, "It seems that you are still somewhat useful."
She spoke incoherently, but Fu Shitian understood.
Yes. Her value to grandma is that she is useful. She took the trouble to act out a warm and loving drama between grandparents and grandchildren. Fu Shitian lowered his eyes and did not respond.
Fu Siyu glanced at her and wanted to say something else, but felt it was boring, so he simply shook her off, quickly caught up with Wang Meifen, put his arm around her and started chatting and laughing with her.
On the eighth day of the first lunar month, the results of the professional division of classes came out. Jian Lu was the first to discover it and shared it with everyone in the dormitory group. She also attached her division result, which was Accounting Class 1.
Yin Fanlu quickly replied, "Accounting Class 4."
Jian Luhe exclaimed "Ah", and then looked at Shi Yi and Fu Shitian again.
Fu Shitian's heart was lifted. She clicked on the link while praying that she would be in the same class with Shi Yi. Her phone and internet were both stuck. She finally logged into the system and saw: "Accounting Class 3."
Shi Yi almost immediately followed her and sent a message: "Ditto."
Fu Shitian opened his eyes wide, and the corners of his lips were about to stretch behind his ears.
Yin Fanlu posted: "Wow, sent to the bridal chamber.jpg."
Jian Luhe spammed the group [groundhog screaming]: "Ahhh, why are you doing this to me! You all are together, and I have to go to class alone!"
Shi Yi said sarcastically: "People always have to learn to grow up on their own."
Jian Luhe cried wildly: "10e, you have no heart."
"You have the opposite sex but no humanity."
"Ah, no, there's homosexuality but no humanity. Woo woo woo woo. You just don't want to be a light bulb, right!"
Fu Shitian couldn't stop laughing. She scrolled down the chat history worriedly and read the sentence "Ditto" sent by Shi Yi several times. It wasn't blurry, it was indeed sent by Shi Yi, and it was indeed sent right after her sentence. Shi Yi was really going to be her classmate for another two and a half years.
Fu Shitian lay on the little rabbit doll and rubbed it happily several times. When he looked up again, he saw the message from Shi Youyi in the pop-up window.
Shi Yi confirmed with her: "You will be back the day after tomorrow afternoon, right?"
Fu Shitian immediately replied: "Yes."
Shi Yi said: "I'll pick you up."
Fu Shitian felt that he wasted Shi Yi's time: "No need, Xizhu and I can just take the bus together."
Shi Yi simply ignored the refusal and said, "Send me the specific train number."
Fu Shitian's heart warmed, her eyes rippled, and she obeyed her heart and didn't bother to be polite with her. She took a screenshot of the train information and sent it to Shi Yi.
Shi Yi said: "Okay, I'll wait for you at the exit."
Fu Shitian replied "OK" and saw the message Jian Luhe had sent in the dormitory group at the top of the window. He suppressed his embarrassment and flirted with Shi Yi: "Don't I want to learn to grow up on my own?"
Shi Yi replied quickly: "You don't have to."
Fu Shitian asked: "Why?"
Shi Yi said: "You are a difficult breed. You can only grow up if you stick to me."
Fu Shitian laughed at the unexpected answer and was speechless. She was trying to find a suitable emoticon to reply to Shi Yi, but she found that Shi Yi's "typing" was still moving.
She closed the expression window and waited for several seconds, and Shi Yi's "typing" finally stopped.
Her message came, three short words:
"Me too."
Fu Shitian stared at the screen, sweetness spreading throughout his heart.
Two days later, Fu Shitian and Chen Xizhu met at the entrance of the Shanghai Railway Station. After not seeing each other for a whole winter vacation, Chen Xizhu circled around Fu Shitian and joked, "It feels different."
Fu Shitian probably knew that she was going to say something embarrassing to tease her again, so he deliberately asked, "Have you gained weight? It's easy to gain weight during the Chinese New Year."
Chen Xizhu raised her eyebrows, covered her face with her hands, and said in a bad tone: "I suspect you are making innuendos."
Fu Shitian chuckled, looking innocent: "No, I didn't."
Chen Xizhu glanced at her suspiciously and couldn't help laughing.
Fu Shitian pulled the handle of her suitcase and changed the subject: "Let's go, let's go in quickly, the ticket check will start soon."
Chen Xizhu followed her footsteps and still didn't let her go, teasing her several times.
On the way, Chen Xizhu shared her winter vacation life with her. Apart from the debate competition with the neighboring school that would be held soon after school started, the person she mentioned most was Yin Fanlu.
It snows in Yin Fanlu's hometown, and the snow scene is quite beautiful. She asked Yin Fanlu to help her write "Chen Xizhu, peach blossoms" in the snow, but Yin Fanlu wrote "Chen Xizhu, wishful thinking" in the snow, which pissed her off; Yin Fanlu was choosing New Year clothes, and sent her photos to ask her for her opinion. She carefully chose for her, but Yin Fanlu didn't listen to her at all, and the final choice was completely different from hers. She didn't know what kind of vision she had; Yin Fanlu asked her to accompany her to do the Valentine's Day task in the game for the activity pendant on Valentine's Day, saying that there would be a big reward afterwards. She thought it was a joke, but she didn't expect to receive a big box of snacks sent by her on Valentine's Day, saying it was a reward.
As she spoke, she grabbed a few pieces of chocolate from her schoolbag and shared them with Fu Shitian: "They seem to be from foreign countries, and they taste pretty good."
Fu Shitian was unwrapping the chocolate, and she felt like something was wrong. But when she saw Chen Xizhu speaking so frankly, she thought she might be overthinking it.
Time passed quickly as they chatted, and in the evening, they arrived in Shencheng.
As the crowd walked towards the exit, they saw Shi Yi from a distance outside the ticket gate.
In the crowd, Shi Yi was wearing a thin, slim-fitting white coat, with a cool yet beautiful face, like a rose blooming in the snow. She just stood there casually, making the people around her become a dark background.
A smile quietly crept up Fu Shitian's cheek.
Chen Xizhu half teased Fu Shitian, half sighed, and said sincerely: "To be honest, your girlfriend is really beautiful."
Fu Shitian felt honored and accepted the gift without any modesty, quickening his pace.
Chen Xizhu said: "I'll take the bus back by myself and not be a light bulb for you."
Fu Shitian slowed down his pace, turned back and grabbed her arm, and said with a smile: "What are you talking about? Let's go."
Chen Xizhu had no choice but to pretend to follow her helplessly and let her hold him and walk out.
The ticket gate was checking tickets, and the distance was very close. Fu Shitian smiled at Shi Yi, and Shi Yi curled her lips and smiled faintly. Then, she lowered her eyes.
Fu Shitian didn't notice it, but because of the ticket check, she naturally let go of the hand that was holding Chen Xizhu's arm.
Shi Yi looked away.
As soon as she passed the gate, Fu Shitian jumped and ran to Shi Yi, "Shi Yi..." Her voice was so soft that she felt embarrassed.
Shi Yi's eyes softened, and he raised his hand and handed her the hot milk tea: "Are you cold?"
Fu Shitian took the hot milk tea to warm his hands and said with a smile, "A little bit after getting off the bus. Have you been waiting for a long time?"
Shi Yi said: "No, I just arrived."
Chen Xizhu also came out, and Shi Yi said generously, "Happy New Year, and I wish you a happy old age." He handed her the milk tea and said, "Warm yourself up."
Chen Xizhu took the milk tea and looked at her suspiciously for several times, "Happy New Year, thank you."
Shi Yi no longer holds a grudge
Shi Yi dragged Fu Shitian's suitcase with one hand, held Fu Shitian's hand with the other, and asked Chen Xizhu: "Is your dormitory closer to the gate of the Sports Institute?"
Chen Xizhu nodded: "Yeah." After a pause, she responded: "It's okay, no need, just drive directly to Dongdaemun."
Dongdaemun is close to the dormitory building of the School of Business Administration, but quite a distance away from the dormitory building of the School of Law.
Shi Yi insisted: "It doesn't matter."
As expected, she sent Chen Xizhu back to the gate of the Sports Institute. After Chen Xizhu got off the car, Shi Yi started the car and continued to drive forward. Fu Shitian thought she was going to turn around at the intersection ahead and go back to Dongdaemun, but unexpectedly, the car kept moving forward without any sign of turning around. It seemed like the road to Shi Yi's home.
Fu Shitian asked tentatively: "Are you going home to pick up something?"
Shi Yi glanced at her and replied with a faint smile: "Well, I need to do something first."
Fu Shitian believed it to be true.
In just a few minutes, the car drove smoothly into the underground garage of the community. After the car stopped, Shi Yi unbuckled his seat belt, and Fu Shitian followed suit, and naturally pushed the door to get out of the car.
I pulled and pushed...but the door didn't open.
The car door is still locked
Fu Shitian turned his head in confusion.
Shi Yi was looking at her, with three parts cunning and seven parts tenderness in his eyes.
"Shi Yi?"
Shi Yi supported himself on the seat with one hand, leaned sideways, put his nose against her ear, and breathed sweetly: "You've lost weight." This was an affirmative sentence.
“The dormitory is inconvenient.”
"I'm going to punish you first."
An electric shock-like feeling spread from her earlobe to her whole body. Shi Yi's soft lips brushed across her cheek and fell on her equally soft cheek.
Fu Shitian's lips and teeth were pried open, and he endured it passively, his whole body going limp.