120316

After the New Year, in his hometown, Fu Xingchuan still visited relatives and friends with Lin Luo as before, and slept in each other's arms at night, as if nothing had happened.

But after returning to Nan'an, Fu Xingchuan always avoided Lin Luo because he felt deeply uneasy. He always felt that if he stayed with her for a second longer, Lin Luo might ask for a divorce.

There was a mobile phone in front of him with the screen lit up. It was Lin Dayong's old QQ number. On New Year's Eve, he went out for some fresh air and ran into Lu Zhuo, who was drinking to drown his sorrows.

On the day they watched the first snow, Fu Xingchuan heard that Lin Dayong could not retrieve his QQ password. In order to please his father-in-law, he secretly asked Lu Zhuo for help without telling Lin Luo.

But later Lin Dayong seemed to have forgotten about it, and Lu Zhuo also said that many of the photos and videos in it should be invalid.

He tried to log in and saw that Lin Luo's account was pinned at the top, with many messages that he had not checked.

Just as I was about to quit, I noticed the last message was dated May 31, 2013. [It's June now, and there are only seven days left until the college entrance exam.]

Curious about what she was thinking at that time, Fu Xingchuan hesitated for a moment, but finally couldn't help but click in.

But the words that came into his sight were like a knife stabbing his heart.

It's June now, and there are only seven days left until the college entrance exam. I don't want to like Fu Xingchuan anymore.

It took him a while to recover from his shock, and he even wondered if he was dreaming.

Wasn’t it classmate Y, Ruan Ye, who Lin Luo liked at that time?

He flipped through the pages, and every entry touched his heart.

Those moments that made her eyes redden and tears flow were condensed into a few words, which revealed the endless longing and tenacity hidden behind them.

When he flipped to the top, he was shocked again by a message that read: [Dad, I’ve fallen in love with someone. His name is Fu Xingchuan.]

You once told me that liking someone is a form of courage, because "like" is a difficult word to say to someone. I didn't understand it then, but I do now.

[I don’t know how long this love will last, can you help me record this moment? ]

The date is March 16, 2012.

120316.

Fu Xingchuan recalled a time when he used Lin Qiao's mobile phone to read a professional research report.

While busy with other things, his cell phone suddenly went off. Lin Luo had fallen asleep, and Fu Xingchuan didn't want to wake her up, so he tried to enter the password to unlock the door.

The first time he lost was 230629, on his wedding day.

The password error is displayed.

The second, third, to ninth times, he tried every meaningful date he could think of for birthdays and anniversaries, but all were wrong.

If you enter the wrong number again, the phone will shut down.

Fu Xingchuan frowned. Could it be... Ruan Ye's birthday?

Although he was very reluctant, he still tried it and reluctantly entered the six numbers.

Wrong password.

call--

The phone was turned off, but he breathed a sigh of relief and felt a little secretly happy.

But later when I learned that Lin Luo's password was 120316, I wondered if it was some anniversary related to Ruan Ye.

He never thought it had anything to do with him.

How could Lin Luo have liked him so early? Fu Xingchuan still found it hard to believe.

He took off his glasses, stood on the top floor of the Fu Group building, and looked down at the low buildings outside the window through the glass.

"Mr. Fu." A hurried shout made his already confused thoughts even worse.

"What's wrong?"

"Look at this."

Fu Xingchuan took the tablet and saw that it was a hot search, saying that someone had reported Lin Qiao for academic fraud.

"It was exposed yesterday, but it was only circulated within a small circle and not many people believed it. But today, the person released evidence, and now there's a huge online controversy. The academic community is also paying close attention and taking action, so it's basically confirmed."

Fu Xingchuan said calmly, "This is pure rumor. Contact a lawyer immediately and issue a statement."

"Mr. Fu!"

He snapped, "Why don't you go now?"

After his ears were quiet, Fu Xingchuan called Lin Luo. She didn't answer, so he sent another message: [Where are you now?]

After a while, Lin Qi finally replied with a voice message, "Drinking at Qi Yao's bar. Fu Xingchuan, I've been suspended."

This was said drunkenly. She must be very sad. Did she cry?

Fu Xingchuan felt a pang of sadness in his heart and coaxed her, "I'll be right there. Wait for me."

There is no new news.

Fu Xingchuan put on his coat and was about to go out when he heard another voice, "Mr. Fu!"

He asked in annoyance, "What's wrong?"

The office door was opened and Uncle Fu was standing at the door. Fu Xingchuan stopped and stood up straight.

Uncle Fu had been in a car accident in his early years, and his wife died on the spot. He himself injured his legs and feet, and now he can only walk with the help of crutches. Because he has no children, he has treated Fu Xingchuan as his own child since he was a child.

He taught Fu Xingchuan excellently in every aspect and trained him to be an outstanding successor, but Zhu Yu caused his plan to deviate for a long time.

When he saw Fu Xingchuan again afterwards, he seemed like a completely different person. He became presumptuous and out of control, and even dared to negotiate with him.

"Where are you going?" he asked.

"Meeting."

Uncle Fu threw a few documents at him, his face grim, "Divorce her."

The covers were both white paper. Fu Xingchuan opened them and found that one was the marriage contract he had signed with Lin Luo, and the other was a divorce agreement.

"Second Uncle, I've said before that there's only one condition for me to revive the Fu family: you can't interfere with my marriage. I chose my wife, not a chess piece that can be thrown away at will."

Fu Xingchuan picked up a document and walked up to Second Uncle Fu. "Also, don't mess with my things anymore. Although you are the elder, I am the head of the Fu family now. I know Second Uncle Fu attaches great importance to rules. Don't cross the line again."

"Uncle Fu's legs aren't working well, Xiao Chen's here to help." He walked out, and behind him he heard Uncle Fu cursing and throwing his crutches in anger, "Asshole."

Fu Xingchuan put the documents in the glove box and drove to Qi Yao's bar.

They sped along the way, and when they arrived, his heart finally settled down. Lin Luo was dancing on the dance floor with a smile on her face.

She swayed her body confidently and danced to the music.

Fu Xingchuan admired her passionate and bright posture, but when he saw a man approaching her, he could not stand it anymore and walked into the dance floor to separate her from the other men.

"Fu Xingchuan!" Lin Luo blushed, and her eyes flashed when she saw him for the first time.

"What are you doing here? Are you here to arrest me?" She seemed drunk and spoke lightly. After she finished speaking, she fell on him. Fu Xingchuan carried her back to the car.

Just as he closed the door, the phone rang. Fu Xingchuan answered it outside the car. It was Su Youyi calling, "Fu Xingchuan, don't give up on Lin Luo!"

"What are you talking about?"

"I heard your second uncle went to look for you. I believe Lin Luo. She's not that kind of person. You must firmly trust her and never waver."

"Yeah." Fu Xingchuan didn't have much patience to listen to her.

Su Youyi seemed to have heard it, "Actually, when we were in college, Lin Luo called you once. You were not at home at that time, and your phone fell down, so I picked up the phone."

"I even deliberately deleted the call records afterwards. I'm sorry."

Fu Xingchuan was stunned. "When did it happen?"

"It's the second semester of her senior year. I think she came to Jinghe to take the retest!"

Fu Xingchuan swallowed and looked inside the car, but he could see nothing.

He didn't see Lin Luo's eyes open in the car.

She wasn't drunk at all.

When the online incident began to ferment, she accepted the investigation, but because animal experiments have large individual differences and many influencing factors, they need to be repeated dozens of times, and there are many statistical methods, which are highly uncontrollable. Even if the same method is used again in the same laboratory, the same results may not be obtained.

Public opinion is now one-sided, all leaning towards the whistleblower. She doesn't know what that person's intentions are, but she has a clear conscience and is open and honest.

Just treat it as a holiday, drink some wine and relax.

But she seemed to have drunk a little too much today and had a splitting headache. She remembered that there was headache medicine in the glove box, so she opened it, but saw a document. She didn't hold it firmly and the document fell to the ground and spread out.

It's a divorce agreement.

Lin Luo's eyes went dark in an instant. She put the document back where it belonged and leaned back in her chair to relax for a while.

When she opened her eyes, she saw Fu Xingchuan making a phone call outside the window. Lin Luo smiled bitterly, wondering if he was thinking about how to cut off ties with her.

Not long after, Fu Xingchuan got into the car, staring at her without blinking, with an indescribable meaning in his eyes.

Without looking away, she slowly said, "Fu Xingchuan, let's get a divorce!"

His eyes dimmed, the corners of his mouth drooped slightly, and he whispered, "Lin Qiao, you're drunk."

He turned around and started the car. "Go home and have a good sleep. Everything will be fine when you wake up."

Lin Luo didn't understand what he was avoiding or pretending to be. "Do you believe me?"

The light turned red, and he braked suddenly. Fu Xingchuan said to her seriously, "I believe you."

Lin Qi's eyes were red. "You're lying. I hate lying to me the most."

He looked stunned for a moment, his Adam's apple rolling up and down, "I didn't."

Lin Xiao curled the corner of his mouth, as if mocking himself, "Don't you have something to hide from me?"

He was silent.

The green light came on, Fu Xingchuan concentrated on driving, and Lin Luo turned his head away and looked outside.

The short drive felt like a century. When the car stopped downstairs of her parents' house, Lin Luo had just unbuckled her seatbelt when Fu Xingchuan took her hand and said gently, "Lin Luo, I'll take care of the online issue. Don't worry."

"We'll talk about the rest after you sober up."

"I'm not drunk." Lin Luo calmly broke free from his hand and left without any delay.

Fu Xingchuan looked at his hands hanging in the air, feeling bitter inside.

He drove to Yanghuzhu, and everything inside had been emptied. Zhu Changyu locked the removed sticky notes in the cabinet.

He took out a big box, and poured out thousands of pictures of different colors and shapes, and started looking for them one by one.

When Zhu Changyu arrived, the store was very dark. He turned on the light and saw Fu Xingchuan sitting on the ground. He blinked hard the moment the light came on.

"What are you looking for? It's dark."

"How is Lin Xiao?"

Fu Xingchuan ignored him, holding a sticky note in his hand and staring at it intently.

Zhu Changyu glanced at it and said, "There are words on the back of this one too!"

Fu Xingchuan turned the paper over and wrote on it: "May FXC students be safe and happy throughout their lives."

"I'm sorry." He said, and Zhu Changyu was confused by him.

"Why are you apologizing suddenly?" Zhu Changyu walked closer and saw the contents on the paper clearly. It turned out that Lin Luo had always liked him, so Fu Xingchuan's apology just now should not be to him.

"So many people are pursuing Lin Luo, but she's never been in a relationship. Xu Yangyang and I thought she had no romantic feelings, but who knew she was so secretive... So, she's been in love with you for eleven years."

Eleven years.

Fu Xingchuan suddenly felt as if his heart was pierced by something, but he realized it too late.

Thinking back on those years, how he had made her sad, the words he had said to her lightly, what had happened with Tong Yun, and how he had lied to her, he felt guilty about everything.

But in order to prevent her from being more sad, he had to continue lying.

Zhu Changyu comforted him: "It's okay, it's a good thing you know, you can slowly make it up to her in the future."

It was too late. Things had already happened, and many things could not be undone. Fu Xingchuan met Zhu Changyu's gaze and said again, "I'm sorry."

It suddenly started raining outside. After this rain, will it be spring?

Maybe!

But even spring rain cannot save the dry grass in the cracks of the rocks.