Chapter 714: Shura Field Comes, Changes for Her (Three Updates in One)

Not just hugging each other.

The man had his shirt wide open, one hand on the girl's waist and the other on her back.

Because she was using too much force, the girl leaned forward halfway, almost sticking to his arms.

The two seemed to have just separated. Xie Dingyuan's eyes were gloomy and his breathing was panting; Jiang Fuyue's lips were shiny and her cheeks were rosy.

It's clear what you have done.

"……you?"

For a moment, Zhong Ziang felt that he had not yet woken up, and what he saw before him was just a dream.

But one second, two seconds...

As time passed, he did not wake up and the "dream" did not end.

So, it's all true.

The girl he liked was now held in the arms of his uncle, who was touching and kissing her.

There was still a smile on the corners of their mouths that had not faded.

Zhong Ziang had never seen his uncle involved with a woman, but the first time he saw him involved the girl he liked.

His eyes were hot and his nose was sore, "Are you... in love?"

The boy's eyes were broken, his face was pale, and every word he uttered was filled with grievance.

Jiang Fuyue looked at her uncle and nephew, then calmly withdrew from Xie Dingyuan's arms: "You didn't tell him?"

"Before I could say anything..." I was caught.

Xie Dingyuan had anticipated the worst-case scenario, and now it had happened.

His eyes moved slightly, and he looked up at Zhong Ziang: "Yes, we are together."

"I wanted to tell you the day you came back, but you left too hastily..."

Zhong Ziang was trembling all over, but his tone was unusually calm: "When did it start?"

Xie Dingyuan: "...the day I came back from F Island."

So, after rejecting him, Yi Ci, and Ling Xuan, Jiang Fuyue chose his uncle?!

Why?

There was a blank look in the boy's eyes.

Is it his fault?

Xie Dingyuan stepped forward and said, "Zi'ang, let's go to the study and talk alone."

"No need!" The young man's voice suddenly rose, his eyes suddenly fierce. His expression changed from shock to defiance, but he couldn't hide the deep hurt. "There's nothing to talk about. Losing is losing! I don't need your comfort!"

After saying that, he turned and ran out of the house.

Xie Dingyuan frowned fiercely and took out his phone: "Yiming, send someone to follow Zhong Ziang... No need to bring him back, just make sure he's safe..."

Zhong Ziang ran out of the community and hailed a taxi.

Driver: “Where to?”

He covered his eyes, his voice choked: "...whatever."

The driver glanced at him through the rearview mirror. Well, another young man who had been heartbroken.

These kids nowadays, at their best years, don't think about working hard, but instead indulge in romance. It turns out they've had too much to eat and haven't experienced any real hardship...

The driver took him for two laps along the river. It is said that looking at the sea after a breakup can make you feel better.

Linhuai is submerged in the sea, but there is a river.

It’s all water anyway, so the effect should be similar, right?

On the third lap, the driver couldn't help but ask, "Handsome boy, the meter has jumped to 300, do you have enough money?"

Zhong Ziang immediately took out his phone: "Master, I don't lack anything——"

Well!

The word "money" got stuck in his throat and he was stunned.

There are no pockets on either side!

He took out another piece of paper and took out about three hundred yuan, which was the deposit that the Internet cafe owner had returned to him.

Two minutes later, Zhong Ziang got off the car.

He gave three hundred yuan to the driver, and finally had twenty-three yuan left, which was all his belongings now.

Going forward along Binjiang Road, the gentle river breeze brings a touch of coolness to the midsummer.

The street lights illuminate the entire road very brightly, and the passing cars make a whistling sound in the wind.

I don’t know how long I walked or which direction I was heading. When Zhong Ziang reacted, he was already standing at the door of the Internet cafe.

Originally, he was the one who contacted the boss and said he wanted to book the whole place and even paid a deposit, but in the end the boss still lent the place to his good friend and even paid him three times the deposit.

It was like he was the one who met Jiang Fuyue first, and he was the one who expressed his feelings first, but in the end she chose Xie Dingyuan.

Zhong Ziang suddenly felt like a stray dog. He couldn't book any place and couldn't get any girls.

In the end, they all became someone else's.

The corners of his mouth tightened, and he squatted in the corner, looking down at the floor.

Now it looks more like a dog.

The Internet cafe owner came out in slippers and shorts to buy cigarettes. Suddenly he stopped and turned around to walk towards the corner.

"...Mr. Zhong?"

Zhong Ziang ignored him and moved inside, trying to stay away from him.

The boss couldn't help but laugh: "It's really you! I'm sorry about what happened today. I can't deny my respect to my good brother who used to fight with me!"

Unexpectedly, Zhong Ziang, who had been silent and dejected, suddenly stood up and said, "Just say sorry, damn! I was here first! Do you know what first-come, first-served means? What does honest business mean?! Do you think I lost a chance to book a private room?"

Boss: “…What else?” What else is there to lose?

Zhong Ziang was heartbroken: "What I lost was my love——"

The boss tried hard to suppress the urge to get goosebumps and asked tentatively, "Are you heartbroken?"

Just a few hours?

Zhong Ziang immediately exploded like a cat whose tail was stepped on, "You're the one who's heartbroken! Your whole family is heartbroken!"

boss:"……"

"I've never been in love!"

Jiang Fuyue never accepted his confession.

He has always been self-indulgent and deceiving himself!

The boss looked sympathetic and said, "You look miserable too. Why don't you come in and sit down?"

Zhong Ziang snorted coldly: "Didn't I lend the place to you, buddy?"

"Well, I'm still the boss, so bringing someone along is a small favor."

“…I don’t have any money.”

"Don't worry, I won't charge you any money."

"That's better." Zhong Ziang walked past him and went inside.

boss:"……"

"Oh, by the way, are you going to the store to buy cigarettes?"

"so?"

"Bring me two boxes of instant noodles." He touched his stomach and realized he hadn't had dinner yet.

Boss: “Don’t you have no money?”

Zhong Ziang said confidently: "You treat me!"

"……"Grass.

In the end, the boss actually brought him back two buckets of instant noodles, with different flavors, one with pickled cabbage and one with braised beef, plus two grilled sausages and a bag of spicy strips.

Zhong Ziang sat in a private room specially reserved for him. Three computers were turned on in front of him, and the screens displayed different game pages. "Where's the water? How can I make instant noodles without water?"

"Hey... I took you in out of kindness, but you really think you're my ancestor?!"

"Didn't you invite me in?"

boss:"?"

"If you hadn't spoiled my fun, would I have run home? If I hadn't gone home, would I have caught... ahem... something like that? If I hadn't caught something like that, would I have run out and even forgotten my wallet and phone? So—"

Zhong Ziang shouted loudly: "This is all your fault! You are responsible for what I'm going through now!"

Boss: “?” I really ran into a ghost today!

"Hot water, right? Okay, wait!"

"Hot water isn't enough. You need boiling water to soak the noodles properly."

“…”Oh shit.

Ten minutes later, Zhong Ziang successfully finished his instant noodles, eating them with a fork in one hand and a sausage in the other.

After finishing the old-style pickled cabbage, I continued with the braised beef. When I finished, I said, "Burp~ I'm full."

The boss was wearing only big shorts and sneered at him.

Zhong Ziang: "Do you have dental floss?"

boss:"……"

Zhong Ziang: "If you don't have one, a toothpick will do. Help me get one."

“…”

After picking his teeth, Zhong Ziang instructed him to throw away the instant noodle box: "The smell is too strong, and it's not good for keeping the air fresh."

The boss had lost his temper. When he came back from throwing out the trash, he saw Zhong Ziang was about to speak again, so he quickly stopped him: "Stop it! My ancestor!"

The boy rolled his eyes and said, "Look how cowardly you are. Come here and play a few rounds together."

Boss: "No, I have to watch the shop."

"Is this fake? The place is rented out, what's the point of watching a shop? Come here, sit down, log in to your account, and play whether you want to or not, and play with me!"

The boss gnashed his teeth and said, "...you're just relying on your own misery!"

"Bullshit—it's obviously you who caused me so much trouble!"

“…” The handsome guy was speechless.

The boss could only sit down and play with him. During the game, Zhong Ziang was like a chicken with its blood pumped up. He would start beating anyone he caught and every shot would be a headshot. It was very bloody!

"No... We don't have a car, so let's form an alliance and go together! Why are you killing them?"

Zhong Ziang sneered and looked down on me: "Do I need an alliance? If you want a car, just rob it."

Boss: “…” You’re awesome!

After playing two games and winning both, I was about to start the third game when the receptionist knocked on the door: "Boss, Brother Song is calling you!"

Zhong Ziang: "Who is Brother Song?"

"My buddy," he said, throwing away the mouse, getting up and walking out: "You play first, I'll go out for a while."

Zhong Ziang stared at the screen, his movements fierce as a tiger, and he successfully harvested a large number of heads. "Get lost."

"Hey, you young master ancestor..." The boss walked away with a smirk.

For a moment, the only sounds in the room were the sounds of keyboards and mice.

Zhong Ziang clenched his cheeks and stared at the computer, typing harder and harder, the sound getting louder and louder. Finally, he couldn't stand it anymore and threw the mouse. He stood up and kicked over the chair, roaring loudly -

"Fuck you!"

Sometimes, collapse happens in just a moment.

The boss heard the noise and pushed the door open. Seeing this, he was completely upset: "Master, you are crazy and you can go out and blast the streets. Don't destroy my things, okay?"

After Zhong Ziang vented his anger, he finally felt better. He asked the boss, "Do you have any wine?"

The boss asked back: "Will you pay?"

Zhong Ziang skipped the question directly: "Bring two bottles over, no, four bottles, you have to accompany me."

Boss: "..." Okay! Not only money, but also people.

Five minutes later, bang—

The cans collided, and the beer spilled out from the opened bottle mouths, rolling all over the inside.

Zhong Ziang tilted his head back and drank madly. All that could be seen was his Adam's apple moving as he kept swallowing.

"No...how can you drink like this?" The boss quickly tore it off for him. Wow, half of the can was gone, and less than one tenth was left.

Zhong Ziang snorted, waved his hand away, and squinted at him: "You know shit - what I'm drinking isn't wine, it's loneliness! Do you know what loneliness is?"

The boss shook his head.

"Loneliness is when you can't get the person you like, can't do what you want, and can only lie on the ground like a dead dog, with passersby not even glancing at you." Zhong Ziang raised his index finger, emphasizing: "Not even a glance!"

"Haha, it's true that men who have suffered a broken heart are all philosophers." The boss took a sip of beer, chuckled and shook his head.

"I already told you it's not a broken heart! It's not!"

"What is that? Tell me, and I'll be your trash can for free."

What on earth could have hit this rich young master so hard?

Zhong Ziang gritted his teeth and said word by word: "Yes, a horizontal knife, to take away my love!"

"Oh my, who else can snatch a girl from you, young master? This shouldn't be the case. You're rich, handsome, and have a great figure. You can definitely pick up a girl..."

"My uncle."

"...Who?" The boss blinked, suspecting he had heard wrongly.

"My dear uncle!" Zhong Ziang growled.

“Fuck—”

"You also think it's wrong, right? I..."

The boss smacked his lips and said, "No wonder."

Zhong Ziang: “?”

"Although I don't know who your uncle is, you're already a second-generation rich man, so your uncle must be a first-generation rich man, right? They say nephews resemble their uncles. You're handsome, so your uncle must be pretty good too, maybe even more handsome..."

The boss nodded, giving his reasoning ability full marks: "Think about it, if a girl is richer, more handsome, and more mature than you, what will she choose?"

Zhong Ziang disagreed: "But he is older than me!"

"You don't understand. Nowadays, young girls like older men, calling them 'uncle' all the time, just like in a TV drama. They can satisfy all their romantic fantasies."

"She is not that superficial." Zhong Ziang curled his lips, his tone very firm.

In his eyes, Jiang Fuyue is so outstanding that he makes others feel ashamed of herself. She is strong enough to take on everything, single-handedly, and bravely.

How could she choose to depend on others?

Boss: "...So, if you're not being dependent, then we can only be on par with each other."

"Shoulder to shoulder? What does that mean?"

"Excellent people are often more likely to be attracted to equally excellent people. They share the same values, ideas, and actions, and they can resonate with each other spiritually. In simple terms, they are a perfect match."

Only people who are well-matched can stand shoulder to shoulder.

There is no such thing as who depends on whom or who chases whom.

Zhong Ziang's eyes were fixed on him for a long moment before he murmured softly, "So, she doesn't like me because I'm not good enough?"

Boss: "It's not that you're not excellent, it's just that your 'excellence' can't attract her, but your uncle can."

"Then what should I do?!" Zhong Ziang suddenly sat up straight, his eyes shining.

"Really? She's already your aunt, and you still want to snatch her away?"

"She almost became my uncle's nephew's wife, but my uncle didn't try to snatch her away? He did it on the first day, and I did it on the fifteenth. Let's see who can get it!"

Zhong Ziang suddenly stood up. He felt that he had not lost. At least before Jiang Fuyue married his uncle, he still had a chance to turn defeat into victory.

The boss looked him up and down and said, "Looking like you're in this state, you still want to steal my love? Give up, there's no chance."

"What do I look like now?"

"Here, the mirror is at the back, turn around and take a look."

Zhong Ziang turned his head, and the next second he was almost frightened by himself in the mirror——

He looked listless, his eyes were bloodshot, and there was a strong sense of dejection between his eyebrows.

His clothes were wrinkled, his hair was a mess, and there was some unpicked green onion stuck between his teeth.

"See clearly, right? You couldn't grab it when you were normal before, and now you can't grab it even more."

Zhong Ziang: "Then what should I do?"

The boss pondered for a moment: "Actually, there is a very obvious advantage."

"?"

"You said it yourself just now—you're young! Being young means you have countless opportunities and possibilities, time and room to work hard, and no limits on your future. You can definitely become someone who can stand shoulder to shoulder with her. Only then will you be qualified to compete with your uncle."

Zhong Ziang's eyes were burning. That's right, he had to become better, better than Xie Dingyuan. Only then would he be qualified to win Jiang Fuyue back!

"Thank you, I understand!" After saying that, he took a big gulp of beer, stood up and walked out.

The youthful spirit and confidence returned to his face.

Suddenly, Zhong Ziang paused, turned back, and fished out the only twenty-three yuan left in his pocket. "Drinks, I'll treat you, no need to thank me!"

After saying that, he left in a hurry.

Boss: Eh? You don’t have enough money!

etc……

He actually has money?!

Damn, I was careless.

…

When Zhong Ziang returned home, it was already past midnight.

The lights in the living room were still on and Xie Dingyuan was sitting on the sofa.

After living together for almost a year, this was the first time Zhong Ziang saw Xie Dingyuan sitting in the living room at this time instead of going upstairs.

Hearing the sound of him opening the door, the man turned his head to look over.

Under the light, his black eyes were cold and deep, like cold stars.

This time, Zhong Ziang did not avoid his sight. He changed into slippers and walked calmly in front of Xie Dingyuan.

"Uncle, don't be so proud. You only won temporarily."

There was no need to say the next sentence that Xie Dingyuan had prepared. Seeing his eyes full of fighting spirit and his face regained its spirit, it seemed that he had adjusted his mentality and was no longer dwelling on the trivial matter.

The man curled his lips slightly, his eyes firm: "Don't worry, I will always win."

Zhong Ziang clenched his fists: "With me here, it's impossible!"

"Okay, I'll wait for that day." After saying that, he turned and went upstairs.

…

Zhong Ziang did not run back to the capital in anger, but instead settled down in the villa peacefully and steadily.

He changed his previous unconventional lifestyle, and never did those things again: booking a night at the Internet cafe, fighting at the stadium, racing on the track, hanging out in the bar, etc.

Xie Dingyuan raised his eyebrows and paid attention calmly.

Aunt Liu also returned from vacation and took charge of the daily life of her nephew and uncle, taking good care of them.

Zhong Ziang locked himself in his bedroom for three whole days, during which time he only allowed Liu Ma to deliver three meals a day.

"What happened to the young master? He's usually such an active child, why did he suddenly become so quiet? I'm feeling uneasy and uneasy. Did anything happen while I was away?"

Xie Dingyuan remained silent.

It’s not that I don’t want to answer, but I don’t know how to answer.

You can't just say: I'm in love with the girl he likes, and he's been hit so hard that he can't accept it for a while?

Professor Xie also has some shame.

Finally, on the fourth day, Zhong Ziang opened the bedroom door, walked out on his own initiative, and announced a decision -

"I want to join the army."

Xie Dingyuan was stunned.

That day, the old lady and Xie Yunzao who were far away in the imperial capital, as well as the six aunts who doted on him, all knew about it.

"Ang Ang, what happened? Why do you suddenly want to join the army?"

"Being a soldier is very hard. With family conditions like ours, there's no need to pursue that kind of career. Just be obedient and don't be impulsive."

"Is there something you like that your mom won't buy for you? It's okay, Auntie, take the money and buy whatever you want!"

"How about a limited edition Lamborghini? I ordered it two months ago, and it'll arrive next week. Think of it as a graduation gift from your Fourth Aunt, okay?"

Xie Yunzao: "I've already applied to foreign schools, what are you making a fuss about?"

The old lady said: "Angang, have you been wronged? Tell grandma and I will stand up for you!"

Everyone thought he was just acting on impulse, or was just using this as a new way to threaten someone for something. Only Zhong Ziang himself knew how determined he was at that moment.

"I have submitted my application for enlistment."

The old lady was stunned.

Xie Yunzao's eyes were dull.

When several aunts heard the news, they also fell silent.

"I'm going back to the capital tomorrow and will have a physical examination the day after tomorrow. If everything goes well, I'll officially join the army in September."

If they were still skeptical the moment before, then when Zhong Ziang sent a screenshot of the text message notifying the physical examination in the group, the women of the Xie family were collectively speechless and remained silent for a long time.

In the evening, Zhong Yunyi called him.

If it were in the past, Zhong Ziang would have hung up without hesitation, or even sent a text message to stroke the tiger's whiskers.

But this time, he answered calmly: "Hello."

"You're going to join the army?"

"Um."

There was silence on the other end for a long time, so long that Zhong Ziang thought he had hung up: "... Have you decided?"

"It's decided."

"...Just don't come back crying."

"Oh."

The father and son hung up at the same time.

It was decided that Zhong Ziang would join the army.

When Ling Xuan heard the news, he asked him out for a meeting.

"Is it because of her?"

Zhong Ziang didn't say anything and looked out the window silently.

A boy's growth may only take a moment. Now this is him, but he is no longer the same as before.

Ling Xuan saw it, smiled softly, and suddenly said: "I'm going abroad."

Zhong Ziang was slightly startled: "I thought you would stay in the country to study at university for her."

"It's useless." Ling Xuan shook his head. "Being closer in space can't shorten the distance between me and her. Only by standing higher can she see me."

So, he chose to go abroad.

The day he comes back will be the day Jiang Fuyue gets to know him again.

Looking into each other's eyes, the two people with ordinary relationship and friendship actually understood each other at this moment.

To become a better person——

That's how they like her!

Three updates combined into one, 6,000 words.

The boy’s love is to become a better self, just to attract her attention, even for just a glance.

(End of this chapter)