England, London, St. Shakespeare's Church.
Gray-black bricks and semi-curved Roman columns are displayed on both sides of the guest seats, matching with twenty-four carved colored glass. It is the most famous sacred Gothic style building in the Norman era.
Fu Xiao and her husband chose to hold their wedding in this church very early on, but it has never been scheduled.
St. Shakespeare's Church is only open for one wedding a day, and they originally scheduled it for June. But at the end of last month, the church suddenly notified them that a couple who were planning to hold a wedding on March 7 broke up suddenly because the groom was caught raped in bed. March 7th also happens to be the anniversary of the love between Fu Xiao and his wife. As if destined, the two immediately changed their wedding date without hesitation.
Those who sit on the seats on both sides of the church are mostly relatives and friends of the groom. In addition, there are Fu Xiao's colleagues and friends.
Fu Cheng took his sister's hand and stood outside the church door. The black iron gate was tightly closed in front of it, and the red carpet covered with flowers spread underfoot, and mysteriously extended to the church behind the gate.
When the hostess told them it was time to enter, the beautiful bride nervously grabbed her brother's hand.
Fu Cheng smiled slightly, and held her hand behind his back.
"I am here."
Suddenly having the courage to be fearless, Fu Xiao held his younger brother's hand, looked at the church door that was slowly opening, and stepped in.
***
After the wedding, Fucheng did not return home immediately. He stayed in London for another two days, and did not board the return plane until the tenth.
At 8:30 in the morning, I came downstairs to the UAAG headquarters and bought a cup of black coffee from the coffee cart. Fu Cheng turned around and met Su Fei and Old Joseph face to face.
Su Fei: "Brother Fu, you're back?!"
Old Joseph: "Long time no see, Fu, you are finally back."
The two were wearing long-sleeved sportswear and tight sports pants, and Su Fei also tied a black sports forehead on his forehead. Both of them were sweating profusely, Fu Cheng raised his eyebrows: "Are you guys going for a run?"
Hearing this, Su Fei burst into tears immediately, and began to vomit bitterness: "I'm crazy, Fucheng, I'm really crazy. I don't want to live across from this person again! You don't know, four days ago, old Joseph He knocked on my door at seven o'clock in the morning and said he would come to UAAG for a run with me!"
Old Joseph said innocently: "Dear Su Fei, it's spring now, and it's beautiful March. The weather is so nice, and the apartment we live in is so close to the UAAG headquarters. It takes more than half an hour to jog there. Why don't we cherish it? Have a beautiful spring, enjoy your life, and exercise your body at the same time. Have you noticed that in just four days, you have been running more and more easily."
The corner of Su Fei's mouth twitched, and he deliberately approached Fucheng, lowering his voice: "Can you see that old Joseph lost a leg? He can run faster than me!"
However, Su Fei didn't deliberately prevent Old Joseph from hearing this at all. After hearing this, Old Joseph didn't get angry. Gently, why can't running be compared to me, an old man!"
Su Fei: "You're not even sixty, what kind of old man!"
Old Joseph ignored him and looked at Fucheng: "Fu, would you like to run with us in the future? We can call you at your house. This is a sport for young people, go!"
Fucheng thought for a while: "Okay, I used to run and train a lot in the army."
Old Joseph turned his head and said to Su Fei: "Did you see that, this is a healthy, healthy young man. Don't eat junk food all day long, eat something healthy."
Su Fei: "You don't seem to eat pizza every day."
At this time, a taxi stopped not far from the three of them. After the car door opened, the handsome man in short sleeves and casually wearing a coat got out of the car. He frowned impatiently and rumpled his unkempt hair as he walked into the office building. However, even with such a messy hairstyle and extremely casual clothes, his overly outstanding appearance still made him get everyone's attention as soon as he got out of the car.
Halfway there, before entering the door, as if he suddenly remembered something, Uncle Zhuo turned around and walked towards the coffee cart.
Passing by the three of Fu Cheng intently, after buying a hamburger and a cup of coffee, Zhuo Huan turned his head and noticed them. His eyes stopped suddenly when he saw Fu Cheng, and after a few seconds, Zhuo Huan withdrew his gaze, glanced at his three subordinates lightly, and chuckled at Fu Cheng: "You're back?"
Fu Cheng raised his eyebrows.
Doesn't sound right
Su Fei laughed sarcastically, and pointed at the hamburger in Zhuo Huan's hand: "Here, see, this is junk food!"
Uncle Zhuo unceremoniously threw the white sugar and creamer to Su Fei.
Su Fei: "What are you doing?"
Zhuohuan: "Open it for me."
Su Fei: "..."
"Aren't you handless!"
"Well, with a hamburger and coffee, no hands."
Old Joseph laughed, and was about to help pour the sugar and creamer, when a slender white hand took him a step ahead, and took the hamburger from Zhuo Huan's hand.
Zhuohuan: "?"
Fu Cheng: "Now I have hands."
Zhuohuan: "..."
Hold.
Fucheng held the hamburger, and Su Fei and Old Joseph helped to tear apart the bags of white sugar and creamer. Zhuo Huan poured three bags of white sugar and two bags of creamer into the coffee with a blank expression, stirred it evenly, and took a sip.
The four get on the elevator together.
UAAG's headquarters is located in a prime location with extremely expensive rents, but this does not mean that there are fewer people working in this building. On the contrary, the buildings are all large companies with a lot of employees. There were eight elevators in total, and the four of them waited for a round before getting on the elevator. But as soon as he entered, another group of white-collar workers crowded up.
The four people from UAAG were the first to get on the elevator, so they were squeezed inside.
Old Joseph and Su Fei were discussing what time to run tomorrow morning, and Su Fei bargained for an extra ten minutes of sleep.
Fucheng's back was pressed against the cold elevator wall, he glanced at the elevator floor numbers calmly, and silently calculated how long it would take to get out. Suddenly, his right waist was lightly touched, and his naturally ticklish physique made him tremble physically and mentally. Fortunately, it was only a simple touch, and he took it back.
Fu Cheng regained his composure, and looked at the man leaning against the corner of the elevator.
Zhuo Huan ate a hamburger and drank coffee. Sensing Fu Cheng's gaze, he raised the corners of his mouth and moved his eyes.
In the crowded elevator, in front of them were Su Fei and Old Joseph, whose bodies almost blocked all prying eyes from the outside world. The man's hand slowly stretched out to the back, the young man's back was almost close to the metal wall, but there was an imaginative arc left on the beautiful waist, leaving a distance from the wall.
Fucheng felt the man's hand sticking to his back and the elevator wall, circled to the left, and then calmly embraced him.
The fingers holding the paper coffee cup tightened slightly, and he raised his eyes to look at Zhuo Huan.
Eyes met, Zhuo Huan tilted his head sideways, his hair fell to one side.
Fu Cheng was silent for a moment, and looked away, without pushing the man's hand away.
Half a minute later, with a ding, the elevator door reached the 37th floor.
The other people in the elevator had long since left, and Su Fei and old Joseph were still arguing about such a small issue as what time to get up tomorrow, and they went out the door noisily. After the elevator door opened, Zhuo Huan let go of his hand. Fu Cheng turned to look at him, after a long time.
"Mr. Zhuo, I don't like this."
"But you like me."
The breath was instantly suffocated in the throat, Fu Cheng looked at Zhuo Huan, unable to say a word.
Zhuo Huan laughed, stepped past him, and got out of the elevator first.
"Zhuohuan."
Zhuo Huan stopped and turned to look at him.
The spring morning sun shines through the large floor-to-ceiling glass at the end of the corridor, shining on the soft hair of the young man, reflecting the mottled golden color. Fucheng looked at him indifferently, and said, "Illusion."
you like me.
illusion.
After the words fell, Fu Cheng stepped forward, bypassing this man, and entered the luxurious gate of UAAG.
After entering the office, Lina is watering the flowers.
Seeing Fu Cheng coming in, she was about to speak, but seeing his expression, she stopped. A few seconds later, seeing Zhuo Huan walking in again, Lina thought for a while, and stopped someone walking behind.
She whispered, "Reid, what are you doing."
Zhuohuan: "Nothing."
Lina decided in her heart: she must have done something.
"Fu just came back, with this expression, I can't believe you didn't do anything."
Hearing this, Zhuo Huan smiled: "I just did what I like to do."
After leaving this sentence, Uncle Zhuo threw the paper bag of hamburgers that he had eaten into the trash can. When passing by the table in Fucheng, he put the coffee he had only drunk two sips on the table.
Fu Cheng raised his head: "?"
Zhuohuan: "I'll give you a drink."
Fu Cheng: "..." He said politely: "First of all, I bought coffee myself, and secondly, I don't like to drink sugar-added ones. Finally, why should I drink what others have drunk?"
Am I someone else
This sentence was not spoken.
Zhuo Huan turned around and said to Lina: "Will you go down and buy a new cup of coffee for me?"
Lina smiled and said, "If you want to give coffee away, go buy it yourself, Reid."
Zhuohuan: "Oh."
Of course he didn't go downstairs to buy coffee, Zhuo Huan took the coffee away, took a few sips, and threw it into the trash can after it cooled.
Su Fei moved to Fucheng curiously: "Why does RIP give you coffee?"
Old Joseph was also very strange, he pulled a chair and sat down.
Fu Cheng was silent, and slowly raised the corners of his lips: "It's nothing, Mr. Zhuo accidentally stepped on me in the elevator just now, maybe he wants to apologize with coffee?"
Su Fei: "Hey, I stepped on your foot and want to solve it with a cup of coffee?" He hurriedly got up and said to Zhuo Huan who was lying on the sofa and looking at his phone: "RIP, let me tell you, a cup of coffee is not enough. Treat guests to dinner." , we want to have a big meal!"
Zhuo Huan: "Oh, "Sweet Honey" is also for you."
Su Fei: "..."
2021 has already started for three months, the world is peaceful, and no major events have happened.
There are few such peaceful days in the aviation industry. There are no large-scale aircraft crashes, and even small aircraft and business jets have only some minor incidents without causing any deaths.
At the end of March, on March 23rd, Lina received an email from EASA.
Lina: "The trial results of Gerald's previous air crash came out, Martha Airlines 123."
On October 2, 2020, Marsa Airlines 123 cargo plane crashed in Schaffhausen, Switzerland. The plane hit a mountain and two pilots were killed. After the incident, because the co-pilot was Lina's friend, UAAG rushed to Schaffhausen immediately to participate in the investigation of the accident.
The final investigation results are very clear. The main reason is that unqualified screws were used during aircraft maintenance, which caused the empennage to drop suddenly during the flight. Other reasons include the airline's exploitation and abuse of the two young pilots, which made it impossible for the two to have a chance to save the plane in case of distress.
The results of the investigation are unquestionable, but airlines, leather bag companies, and even third-party maintenance companies are still arguing about who should bear the main responsibility and who should pay how much.
They finally went to court, and after half a year, they finally got the final result.
Lina looked at the words on the email: "Martha Airlines is mainly responsible and compensated the families of the two victims with 2.43 million euros and 2.13 million euros respectively. Then, Martha Airlines sued the bag company and the third-party maintenance company. I heard that Martha Airlines is already applying for a bankruptcy certificate.”
Even with such a simple and clear air crash, it took half a year to really deal with it and get a final outcome.
However, this is for airlines and for the public.
For the relatives of the victims, what they have to bear is a lifetime of pain and suffering.
EASA has to serve as a witness to participate in the case of Martha Airlines appealing the leather bag company and the maintenance company. Gao Yun sent an email, because this is a new case, and he needs UAAG to provide them with some more written proof.
Lina told Zhuo Huan about it.
Zhuohuan: "Whatever, you handle it."
Lina smiled and said, "Well, it's been processed and sent to Gao Yun. By the way, Reid, shall we go to your house for dinner tonight?"
Zhuo Huan paused and raised his head: "Huh?"
Lina: "All of us, go to your house for dinner, tonight."
When the words fell to the ground, the three people in Fucheng raised their heads and looked at Lina.
Zhuohuan: "Why?"
Lina said in surprise, "It's your birthday."
Zhuohuan: "..."
He forgot.
Lips moved, Zhuo Huan was just about to say no, Lina: "I've already prepared the BBQ grill and barbecue."
With a bang, Su Fei stood up excitedly: "Barbecue tonight?"
Lina looked back at him, smiled and said, "Well, everything is ready."
Su Fei: "Okay, I'm here to barbecue, my barbecue skills are very good!"
Zhuo Huan's lips moved, but he glanced at the excited Su Fei, the old Joseph who was discussing eagerly, and Lina who looked at him with a smile. Finally, his eyes stopped on Fu Cheng.
The black-haired young man also seemed very happy, talking to Su Fei and Old Joseph with a smile.
After a long time, Zhuo Huan leaned his head on the back of the chair and said to Lina, "000618."
Lina: "What?"
Zhuo Huan put his hands in his pockets: "Don't ask someone to set up the grill in advance and put the barbecue in the refrigerator. 000618, my password."
Old Joseph smiled: "618, what does this number mean, Reid, is it your ex-girlfriend's birthday?"
Zhuo Huan sneered disdainfully, and was about to explain, Su Fei stepped ahead of him: "Old Joseph, I look down on you very much. 0.618, do you understand the golden ratio?"
Fucheng: "Teacher Zhuo just made the password public, so not all of us can go."
Zhuohuan: "Then you come."
The voice paused, Fu Cheng's eyes swept towards Zhuo Huan lightly, Zhuo Huan also tilted his head and looked at him with a faint smile.
In the spacious and almost empty office, the voices of Su Fei and old Joseph were noisy and chaotic, Lina went to call to find a worker to install the grill. Looking past others, the eyes of the two tightly wrapped around each other.
Su Fei: "By the way, Fucheng, do you like pork belly? Old Joseph actually said he wouldn't eat it."
Fu Cheng turned his head: "I'll eat them all."
Zhuo Huan took a deep look at him, raised his head and said to Lina: "It's the one next to the river, not the previous villa."
Lina asked in surprise, "Didn't you still live in that villa last month?"
"sold."
***
Lina contacted the workers and sent the grill and ingredients to Zhuo Huan's house.
At four o'clock in the afternoon, everyone left work early. Uncle Zhuo graciously approved the matter, but Fu Cheng, Su Fei and old Joseph didn't go to Zhuo Huan's house immediately. The three of them said they wanted to go home to collect their clothes, so they left first, and they would take a taxi by themselves later.
Looking at the backs of the three of them leaving together, Lina said, "Do you think they are going home to collect their clothes, Reid?"
Zhuo Huan raised his eyebrows: "In the apartment you rented for them, is it allowed to dry clothes outside the window?"
Lina smiled: "Guess why they went there."
"Hey, buy a gift. Let's go."
Lina already knew that today was Uncle Zhuo's birthday, but of course Su Fei and the others didn't know.
Old Joseph: "Why didn't Lina tell us earlier, she used to be very caring, she is Lina, she should have told us earlier, let us buy gifts in advance."
Fucheng thought for a while: "Perhaps she didn't expect that Mr. Zhuo would agree to us going to his house for dinner?"
Old Joseph: "Is this the reason? You think too much, Vol."
Fucheng was noncommittal.
On the other side, Zhuo Huan and Lina got into the car. Lina: "Reid, I didn't expect you to agree to this dinner. Fortunately, I prepared gifts in advance and ordered cakes. I thought, even if you don't agree, you can send them directly." She blinked: " How could you agree?"
Zhuo Huan: "Didn't someone say they want to barbecue for me, open your mouth to eat, it's up to you."
Lina smiled meaningfully: "Why don't I think that's not the reason."
Zhuo Huan rested with his eyes closed and did not answer the question.
Of course, the gift for Uncle Zhuo can't be casual.
Su Fei said solemnly: "In the past, I usually gave out-of-print books as birthday presents to my classmates. Or I directly helped him solve his latest project. Usually after doing this, my classmates would cry and thank me, and then they would never associate with me again. Damn, geniuses are so lonely."
Old Joseph laughed: "I usually give golf clubs or something. But it seems that this kind of thing is not suitable for Reid. Vol, what about you, what do you think we should give? Hey, I thought of it, how about it, how about we The three of you combined to buy a gift. So you can buy Reid a watch."
Fu Cheng was stunned.
"... Well, let the three of you buy it together."
After buying a watch, the three of them took a taxi to go to Uncle Zhuo's house. They immediately held their heads high and gained confidence.
However, when Su Fei actually arrived at the destination, when Su Fei stood downstairs and looked at the magnificent top-notch community, his anger immediately plummeted. "Fortunately, we bought this Patek Philippe, and didn't buy that Jaeger-LeCoultre for cheap. This is almost going to be looked down upon by RIP!"
Old Joseph also said with emotion: "If you are rich, you are really rich."
Fu Cheng stood downstairs and looked up for a long time.
Old Joseph: "When we celebrate our birthdays, we must ask Reid to buy us gifts too! When is your birthday?"
Su Fei: "Fuck, December! We were working on the American Airlines case in Boston last year on my birthday, I forgot!"
"What about you, V?"
"There is still half a year."
Old Joseph made an OK gesture: "Don't worry, I will definitely give you all kinds of hints to Reid, so that he won't forget your gift. And then... hey, next month is my birthday, you guys understand."
Fucheng: "..."
Su Fei: "..."
After the three went upstairs, when the elevator opened, they all froze in place.
It is a high-end residence with elevator access to the home. The entire floor is more than 300 square meters, with two floors in total, and the long and winding Huangpu River is underfoot. On the side facing the river is the living room, where the seven-meter-high floor-to-ceiling glass windows provide a panoramic view of the magnificent night view of Shanghai.
It was Lina who opened the door for them, and she said with a smile: "I'm making the sauce. Su Fei and old Joseph, you go to wash and cut the vegetables. Fu, you and Reid can put iron skewers on the barbecue and vegetables together."
"Okay!"
Lina only asked the workers to assemble the grill, and put the vegetables and meat in the refrigerator to prevent spoilage. She didn't let people prepare all the ingredients directly.
"If you don't do it yourself at all, just eat a barbecue, don't you think it's too meaningless."
Zhuo Huan: "Barbecue is also done by yourself."
Lina reminded with a smile: "Reid, that's Su Fei doing the barbecue, not you. Now you are participating, aren't you?"
What answered her was Uncle Zhuo's contemptuous sneer, then he lowered his head and continued to skewer the beef expressionlessly.
The three of Fucheng followed Lina and walked into the kitchen.
As soon as he entered the room, seeing Zhuo Huan, and then looking at the gift bag he was carrying, Su Fei immediately became confident: "RIP, I wish you a happy birthday, we have already prepared a gift for you."
Zhuo Huan: "Didn't you just go shopping, what did you buy, a crystal ball?"
Su Fei: "You...!"
Su Fei handed the bag in his hand to Fucheng: "I have no common language with him! Brother Fu, go and give him the things. Return the crystal ball? Let him see what we sent and hit him in the face!"
Fu Cheng took the bag, stepped forward, and put the bag with the Patek Philippe logo on the table.
Zhuo Huan was slightly taken aback, raised his eyebrows: "Patek Philippe?"
Lina was also a little surprised: "Such a big deal?"
A Patek Philippe watch costs nearly 100,000 at least.
Fucheng smiled and said, "A gift for the three of you. Teacher Zhuo, I wish you a happy birthday."
Zhuo Huan stared at the gift steadily, and after a while, he raised his eyes, the clear eyes were filled with brilliant lights: "The three of you are together... Didn't you give it separately?"
Fucheng looked at him, and said seriously: "It's too expensive, and I can't afford it by myself."
Zhuo Huan looked at him quietly, for a long time, he sneered displeasedly, lowered his head, took a piece of beef, and continued to skewer it.
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