Wolf and Rabbit

There were plenty of seats in the empty carriage, but the two of them were standing. Fu Xingchuan saw that she was still wobbling even with the seat, so he asked, "Why don't you sit down?"

"I've been sitting all day. I want to stand for a while."

She still wanted to throw herself into his arms, but Fu Xingchuan glanced at her.

Lin Luo just wanted to be closer to him, "Then why don't you sit down?"

"I want to stand for a while, too."

"oh."

"I thought you didn't remember that day." Lin Luo glanced at him and muttered softly.

"Because my clothes are still with you. They are limited edition and are out of print and can no longer be bought."

"Ah..." Lin Luo suddenly realized that she was being too sentimental.

Fu Xingchuan said slowly: "Why else do you think I would remember? Because you cried so hard?"

Lin Luo's cheeks flushed as she recalled the embarrassing moment that day. Fortunately, the light on the roof of the car was broken and not very noticeable in the dim light.

"Clothes...I'll bring them to you tomorrow."

"OK."

It seemed that the only bond between them was that piece of clothing, nothing else. Lin Luo turned her gaze to the window.

Soon they arrived at the station and Lin Luo got off with him. She didn't ask for too much, as long as she could go home with him.

Just as she was thinking this, she happened to run into Tang Heng at the intersection of Changlin Lane. He saw her and called out, "Lin Luo."

She could only say goodbye to Fu Xingchuan, "I'm leaving first."

"Um."

Lin Qi walked quickly to Tang Heng's side and asked, "Uncle Tang, why did you get off work so late today?"

"Temporary overtime."

"Oh." They happened to be passing the alley where they saw Fu Xingchuan fighting. She felt inexplicably guilty and explained to Tang Heng, "The guy just now was a classmate of ours. He lives nearby too. We just said hello when we ran into each other."

"knew."

Walking past the old villa, Lin Luo heard the door closing and she breathed a sigh of relief.

When they got home, Tang Muchen was asleep. Du Yunyan was waiting for Tang Heng. As soon as the door opened, she walked to the door and asked softly, "Are you tired? Can you handle working overtime so late? Are you hungry? I'll make you a bowl of noodles."

"No, I'm sleepy." Tang Heng walked towards the bedroom in his slippers.

Du Yunyan's face was filled with worry. She turned around and saw Lin Luo still changing her shoes. "Hurry up! It's already ten o'clock, and you're still dawdling here."

"There's bread in the refrigerator. Eat it when you're hungry. Lock the door, stop playing with your phone, and go to bed early." She said this and went into the room.

Lin Luo had changed her shoes long ago, but she was still squatting on the ground, looking down at the row of shoes on the ground.

Tang Heng's leather shoes were clearly worn for years; they were tattered and stained with mud. Du Yunyan only had cloth shoes. Lin Qiao remembered that when Lin Dayong was a child, before his career became successful, he had secretly worn her high heels when they lived in a rented apartment, but that was more than a decade ago.

Tang Muchen actually has quite a few pairs of shoes. It's no surprise since he's naughty and loves to play.

The shoes of the family of three were neatly arranged, and her brand-name shoes looked out of place.

I just intruded into their lives unintentionally and disrupted the balance, so don't force it too much, Lin Luo said in her heart.

Back in the room, she lay on the bed. So many things had happened today, and she really wanted to find someone to talk to. It would be great if Lin Dayong was here.

She closed her eyes and suddenly heard a noise. She stood up and found that her schoolbag had fallen and the ping-pong ball inside had escaped, bouncing on the ground, making crisp sounds.

This ball was the one she played with Fu Xingchuan in the afternoon. She went to the convenience store and bought a new one to replace it as a souvenir.

She picked up the ball, found Fu Xingchuan's answer sheet from her schoolbag, locked the door, and took out her cell phone.

She sent a message to Lin Dayong:

Lin's Growth Plan:

1. Improve academic performance

2. Good handwriting

3. Improve physical fitness

4. Become an excellent person

In this silent night, some people are quietly weaving the warp and weft of their dreams. One night may not be important, but they believe that countless nights of hard work will make them better people.

The next morning, Lin Luo had faint dark circles under her eyelids, but she didn't pay much attention to it. After washing up and getting ready to go out, she remembered Fu Xingchuan's coat and went back to the room to get it.

She didn't bring many clothes from Shanghai, and most of her closet was empty, so she left some space specifically for hanging that coat, but now there's only a clothes hanger left in that place.

Lin Luo searched the closet again, but couldn't find it. She panicked.

The door was not closed. Du Yunyan woke up and happened to pass by the door. She glanced at the clock. Usually at this time, Lin Luo would have gone to school. She asked, "Why are you still here?"

Lin Luo didn't answer her, but asked, "Mom, have you seen the coat I hung in the closet?"

"It's hanging on the left, black." Lin Luo asked anxiously.

Du Yunyan said casually, "I threw it away."

"What?" Lin Luo thought she had misheard.

"Why are you shouting? The others are still sleeping." Du Yunyan said in a heavier tone.

Lin Yu tried to lower her voice, but she couldn't control her anger. "Where did you throw it?"

"Why are you touching my things?"

"Why should I? This is my home. I'm your mother." Du Yunyan got angry immediately when she heard her words.

"Touching your things? I've worked so hard to raise you, and you're so heartless that you're treating Lin Dayong's coat like a treasure. Who are you trying to disgust? What has Lin Dayong said about me in front of you over the years? Did he say that I abandoned you and that I was a bad person?"

Du Yunyan was very emotional. "I gave birth to you and raised you. When we divorced, you wanted to go with your father. Why are you coming to me now? Didn't you choose to go with him? Now he's bankrupt and you're throwing it to me. He's really capable."

Lin Luo didn't want to argue with her, so she walked up to her and asked again, "Where did you throw it?"

"Pa—" A slap landed on Lin Luo's face. Du Yunyan hit her hard, and there was an obvious slap mark on her face immediately. Tears fell from her eyes.

Tang Heng was woken up and came out just in time to see Lin Luo, feeling embarrassed, ran out.

She walked around Changlin Lane looking for a trash can. The sanitation workers had cleaned up this area early in the morning. If nothing unexpected happened, the clothes would have been thrown into the garbage dump.

Almost late, Lin Luo hurriedly took the bus to school. Her face was burning with pain, and Du Yunyan's words kept echoing in her ears.

Lin Dayong once asked her why she had never thought of divorcing him instead of Du Yunyan. At that time, Lin Dayong's company was just starting out, and he had to do everything himself. He might not be able to take care of her, and he would definitely suffer.

Lin Luo was young and didn't remember anything, so she herself had forgotten why.

Looking at Du Yunyan's reaction, Lin Luo knew that she had indeed hurt Du Yunyan.

But what about her? Did Du Yunyan have a clear conscience and never done anything wrong to her over the years?

After getting off the bus, Lin Luo stood blankly at the traffic light at the school gate. She hated waiting for red lights, but in the more than a month since arriving in Nan'an, she hadn't encountered a single green light at this intersection. It was as if her life now was constantly filled with red lights.

"The light is green." Lin Luo raised her head. Fu Xingchuan was standing next to her. The green light had been on for quite a while, and the people around her had already walked to the middle of the zebra crossing.

Just as she was about to take a step forward, she heard Fu Xingchuan ask her, "What's wrong with your face?"

As if a fragment of memory was revived, he asked, "Are you hurt?"

"I lost your coat." Lin Luo said with tears in her eyes.

"It's lost, so why are you crying?"

"I didn't cry." She said stubbornly with tears in her eyes.

Fu Xingchuan felt in his pocket, looking for a tissue, but there was none.

There was really nothing he could do about her. Fu Xingchuan was just about to take off his school uniform jacket when Ruan Ye passed by and handed him a tissue. Fu Xingchuan looked at him in surprise.

At the same time, two girls passing by were talking: "Isn't that Xu Qinghong?"

"Who was that person he pushed to the ground?"

"It seems he's a new transfer, his name is Zhu Sui'an."

"What could such a pretty girl like that street urchin?"

Fu Xingchuan looked across the street and saw Zhu Sui'an lying on the ground, with Xu Qinghong standing nearby watching.

His face immediately darkened. Lin Luo couldn't see clearly. She lowered her head to take the paper handed to her by Ruan Ye. Tears just fell, and she saw Fu Xingchuan clench his fists.

The red light turned green again, Fu Xingchuan left her behind and ran towards Zhu Sui'an, Ruan Ye also walked away quickly, and Lin Luo followed them with a tissue tightly in her hand.

"I told you not to follow me. Don't you understand what I'm saying?" Xu Qinghong looked at Zhu Sui'an and pushed her gently. She fell to the ground and couldn't get up. If she wanted to act pitiful, she had to act a little more realistically!

More people were paying attention to them and gathered around to join in the fun. Xu Qinghong frowned and kicked her, "Hey, if you don't get up, I can't help you..."

Before he could finish his words, he was punched in the face. He instinctively fought back, but after seeing that it was Fu Xingchuan who hit him, he withdrew his hand and tugged at the corner of his torn mouth, "Brother Chuan, it's me. Did you hit the wrong person?"

Fu Xingchuan ignored him and continued beating him by the collar.

Zhu Sui'an covered her chest in pain and couldn't speak. Ruan Ye picked her up and sent her to the infirmary.

Fu Xingchuan's rage intensified, and he felt the urge to beat Xu Qinghong to death. Lin Luo had never seen him like this before, and the people who had gathered around him all stepped back, fearing they might be accidentally injured.

She didn't know where she got the courage from, but she rushed forward to stop Fu Xingchuan and said, "Stop fighting."

"Stop fighting."

In the chaos, Fu Xingchuan had already lost his mind, but Lin Luo's voice sounded like an alarm bell in his ears, and a red light flashed before his eyes. He actually stopped obediently.

“Beep—”

Maybe someone reported them, so the dean came out and blew the whistle at them, and the crowd dispersed.

"Don't move. You're really capable of fighting at the school gate." The head teacher came over angrily and said as he walked.

Xu Qinghong fell to the ground, his face swollen and unable to move.

Fu Xingchuan looked a little flustered, looking around the school. Lin Luo probably guessed that he was worried about Zhu Sui'an, so she said to him, "Go see her first. I'll explain the situation to the director for you."

"Thank you."

He ran into the school gate after he finished speaking. The director watched him run and tried to catch up, but Lin Luo went over to stop him, blocking his view. "Director, this is what happened. I'm an eyewitness, and I'm telling you..."

"You...if you can't explain the whole story, I will punish you as well." The director glared at her.

Initially, Lin Luo was a little timid, but she glanced at Fu Xingchuan's back and said firmly, "Okay."

*

When they arrived at the infirmary, Fu Xingchuan was relieved to find that Zhu Sui'an was not seriously injured. Ruan Ye saw him coming and left with a cold face.

"I'm sorry." Zhu Sui'an sat on the bed and apologized to him.

Fu Xingchuan ran too fast and was still out of breath. "What did you do wrong?"

“I shouldn’t be running around.”

"You shouldn't make me worry." Fu Xingchuan said slowly.

Zhu Sui'an noticed blood on the joints of his hands and asked, "Did you beat him to death?"

"without."

"How badly will he be beaten?" she suddenly became worried. "If he's punished, that's it. Don't you still have to take the college entrance exam?"

"But it's okay if you don't take the college entrance examination. Will this level of punishment affect your study abroad?" Zhu Sui'an was really thinking.

Fu Xingchuan wiped the blood off his hands and said to her, "I know the severity of the situation."

"That's right. You fought so many times during your rebellious period, so you must have accumulated a lot of experience. Back then, you were like a mad dog that couldn't be tied up. Sometimes I would feel scared when I saw you fighting."

Why did she speak so harshly today? Fu Xingchuan wanted to throw her out.

Since childhood, the elders of the Fu family have had high expectations for Fu Xingchuan and have put a lot of effort into cultivating him, making him both talented and capable, but this also indirectly led to him living a very depressed life.

Ms. Zhu Yu did not approve of the Fu family's talent-raising methods at all. She felt that her son would be driven crazy sooner or later, so after discussing with Fu Songjin, she sent the brother and sister back to Nan'an for recuperation.

When he suddenly regained his freedom at the age of fourteen or fifteen, Fu Xingchuan became extremely unruly and went out to hang out every day. Later, he found that fighting was quite stress-relieving, and he could fight with several gangs of thugs continuously in one day.

During the time when he was most rebellious, his brother Fu Liangyi had an accident and almost died. Even when Fu Liangyi himself was almost having mental problems, he still flew to Nan'an to talk to him. He couldn't stand it and returned to the right path.

“So cute!”

Zhu Sui'an's voice brought his thoughts back to reality.

A school doctor came in with a pet basket containing a rabbit. Zhu Sui'an's attention was attracted by the rabbit.

Fu Xingchuan looked over and saw that the rabbit's eyes were red, quite like Lin Luo's. Her eyes also turned red when she cried.

I wonder how she's doing? Has she gotten scolded for being involved? Does her face still hurt?