Chapter 182

After the two got into the car, Wang Jin got into the driver's seat. "Luckily, I'm doing a part-time job here during winter break, otherwise how would you get back?"

What kind of part-time job?

"Auxiliary police officer, hehe, it's just to get used to it. I'll be doing my internship next year, so I might as well get used to it in advance."

"Are you still going home for the Chinese New Year?"

"I'll be able to make it in time for the New Year's Eve dinner."

They chatted all the way, and the two-hour drive passed in the blink of an eye. It seemed like they had so much to talk about, but there was one taboo that no one dared to touch.

Wang Jin also noticed Fu Le's change. She seemed to have returned to her former self, the lively person she was in high school. This change made him happy, but also a little sad. He despised his own contradictory feelings. After all, she was gone, and the living had to move on instead of continuing to wallow in grief. But, she had moved on in just over a year, which seemed a little hard to accept. Fang Ge really loved this girl to death.

Wang Jin arrived home a little after 1 a.m., where Qi Hua had already prepared a meal. He stayed and ate with the Fu family.

"Is your dog too big?" It's tall and strong, like a donkey, with a body as big as a lion.

"If the dogs are too weak, they won't be able to keep people in check when patrolling the mountains to guard the medicinal herbs." Most of the six large dogs have been requisitioned by the research team, but they are rotated. One is always kept at home to guard the yard, and the other two are stationed at the factory area.

"It's late. If we stay any longer, it will be dawn." It's three o'clock, that's about right.

"Wait a minute, I brought you some gifts."

"No need, I..." What's the point of giving gifts between brothers?

"Does Moon Spirit know?"

"I know, it's a super popular skincare brand right now. I heard it's preparing to go public." Although she didn't understand why Fu Le suddenly brought this up, she quickly replied.

“Yes, Moon Charm is mine. I own most of the shares. I brought you three sets. You can give them to your mother. They have a one-year shelf life. Three sets are enough for a year. I’ll give you Lu Shi’s phone number later. Ask him for more when you’re done.” After saying that, Fu Le turned and went into the house.

Wang Jin: ...

Wang Jin was stunned. His throat was itchy, and he could only swallow repeatedly to relieve it. He looked at Fu Le with complicated emotions. If Fang Ge were still around, what would happen if the couple joined forces?

"Moon Charm, how rich it is!" The female police officers in the team often talked about this company. It was a golden goose that laid golden eggs, making people envious, but no one could take it down. It was rumored to have a very powerful background. He had been curious about it before, but he never expected that the owner of this company with a powerful background was his brother.

"Don't give these two cases of wine away. They're good stuff, made privately, costing tens of thousands to produce. Don't be silly and give them to others. This case is fruit, I've packed all kinds in a bag for you. This bag is dried meat, you can take it with you when you're hungry. It's good for your health, it contains herbal ingredients to replenish your energy. Staying up all night is very damaging to your body..." Fu Le pulled the trailer out, giving instructions as he walked.

Hearing these words, Wang Jin felt a tightness in his chest, but he couldn't utter a single word. He could only move everything into the trunk with red eyes. If he had known Fu Le's wealth before, he definitely wouldn't have wanted that wine worth so many tens of thousands of yuan, but now, he had to have it.

"Get out of here, you're a grown man. If you dare to cry, I'll rip your head off and use it as a football."

Wang Jin laughed at the scolding, "I won't say thank you. Just call me anytime if you need anything."

"Keep an eye on Minyan Pharmaceutical's direct sales stores."

Wang Jin, who was about to get into the car, stopped in his tracks, turned around with red eyes and glared at the smiling woman, "Don't tell me that Minyan Pharmaceutical is also yours." As he spoke, the last few words were uttered through gritted teeth. It's true that comparisons are the thief of joy.

"That's not the case." That's something that can't be admitted either.

"Oh, that's good." Wang Jin breathed a sigh of relief and opened the car door.

The next second, "It's my brother Lu Shi's."

Wang Jin: !!!

"Cough cough cough cough..."

Wang Jin's biological mother heard noises in the living room at four in the morning and thought it was a burglary. But it turned out to be Wang Jin, who was sweating profusely as he carried things into the living room.

"What are you doing, son? Going to buy New Year's goods?" she said, stepping forward to help carry things. "What are all these things? There's so much."

"These are all good things that Fu Le sent. Oh, and don't touch these two cases of wine. I'm taking most of them with me."

"You can drink while working part-time? Hey, did Fu Le give this to you? The girl who gave you the cosmetics?" The freckles on her face were removed by Fu Le herself using a skincare cream, so she had a deep impression of Fu Le. "Hey. You two haven't been in touch for a while, right? Could it be that she's taken a liking to you?" Otherwise, how could she explain not contacting each other for so long, and then giving so many things as soon as they reconnected?

Wang Jin rolled his eyes at his mother, "I think you've already lost your mind. Fu Le belongs to Ge Zi, not me. There's never any possibility between us. Besides, Fu Le will be a doctor in the capital after graduation, and there will be plenty of people pursuing her. Don't overthink it. This whole box is for you, cosmetics, the newest from Yue Mei, with a one-year shelf life. Here you go."

"Huh? For me? Or from Yue Mei? My God!!" She said Fu Le wasn't interested in him, but he's trying to please her now.

Fu Le, that girl, well, she's pretty good-looking, tall, went to a good university, and is a doctor after graduation. Not bad, she's satisfied.

Knowing his mother well, Wang Jin naturally knew what she was thinking. "Mom, I have a girl I like. I brought her home after she graduated from university. Besides, Fu Le has a boyfriend. Don't make wild guesses and affect my circle of friends."

Mrs. Wang: ...

Her dream of becoming a doctor's daughter-in-law was shattered.

The day after Lao Fu arrived home, a bunch of his "good buddies" came to his door early in the morning. They were all his childhood friends from the village, the ones who had borrowed money and never paid it back. They came because they knew Lao Fu was doing construction work and wanted a piece of the pie.

“Dad, if you send the people from the village over there, I’ll have someone bring them back for you. Think it over carefully: is it better to refuse at home, or to go there and go back and forth, only to end up pleasing neither side?” Fu Lexian sounded the alarm.

Old Fu: ……

"I don't know where you got your bad temper from." Old Fu was angry, but he couldn't do anything about Fu Le. "Also, hurry up and pay back the money to your comrade! Don't think I don't know that you transferred 600,000 yuan to your personal bank account this time."

Old Fu: !!!

He had no secrets from his daughter, which made sense. None of the capable and high-achieving students he vetted were chosen by him. Although they were useful, they were also frustrating.

"Okay, okay, I got it. I'll go see your Uncle Yan this afternoon."

Hearing the helplessness in Lao Fu's tone, Fu Le found it somewhat amusing. Lao Fu's personality was truly peculiar. However, the money would eventually end up in her wallet anyway.

She had already spoken to her uncles beforehand, saying that even if the IOUs were lost, they would still receive the money. Given Lao Fu's personality, he wouldn't be wary of his comrades.

"Da Dong, Anan! Come here, time to eat meat!!" Coming downstairs, Fu Le called out to the two dogs that were guarding the yard today. "Tsk tsk... they've all grown so big!!" Everyone in the village knows her eight dogs. At first, they were all afraid of them, but after seeing how humane they were, they weren't so afraid anymore. Occasionally, they would even dare to pet their heads. Of course, most of the time, the dogs didn't want to be petted.

Two large platters were piled halfway with the meat of strange beasts. The meat was white and looked more like tofu than meat.

The two hummed and kissed Fu Le's legs, then ate without even lifting their heads.

"Hey, Lele, you're back too! How's it going, our future doctor? Is university fun?" Aunt Wenqing happily brought in her rice bowl.

Bringing the rice bowls into the house was something her mother and Aunt Wenqing often did; they would leave when it was time to eat, and the bowls would be empty when they returned.

"It's alright, I study every day," Fu Le said with a smile.

"Hey, Lele, you've really changed a lot since you grew up. You're so beautiful I almost don't recognize you." The girl in the sunlight was almost unrealistically beautiful, even though Fu Le had applied foundation to enhance her appearance.

Fu Le smiled shyly, "Aunt Wenqing, come in quickly, my mom made some really delicious beer duck today."

"Wow, there's delicious food! I have to go eat, hahaha..."

The mahjong room on the first floor was already full of mahjong players, and it was very lively.

Every year during the Spring Festival, they are the ones celebrating while Qi Hua is busy. She can't change her mother's domineering nature, so she can only help out by doing more things herself.

After the two dogs had eaten and drunk their fill, they still didn't want to leave Fu Le's side, so Fu Le simply took them out for a walk. She wanted to go and see her medicinal mountain.

"Brother Lu, are you back?" As soon as Fu Le stepped out of the courtyard, he dialed Lu Shi's number.

"You're back! You're home? I'll come find you." Lu Shi's joyful voice came from inside. He hadn't seen Fu Le for a long time and missed her very much.

"Okay, come over here." Fu Le planned to introduce Lu Shi to his parents this time, so they could spend the New Year together from now on.

Just as Fu Le reached the foot of the mountain, Lu Shi's luxury car caught up with him.

"Lele!!" Lu Shi excitedly got out of the car and rushed over, but before he got close, he was tackled to the ground by the two dogs.

"Aww... Da Dong! Anan!! Are you trying to kill me!!" Lu Shi was furious, but he couldn't get up. The two dogs, weighing a total of 300 pounds, were enough to make him unable to move.

"Hahaha..." Fu Le laughed until his stomach hurt.

"Still laughing!" Lu Shi gritted his teeth.

After Fu Le finished laughing, he made the two dogs, whose mouths were stretched to their ears, move aside and went forward to help Lu Shi up.

Getting up, Lu Shi angrily dusted himself off, "When did you get back?"

"You got home last night. What time did you get back?"

“We’re practically one day apart.” Looking at Fu Le, who was becoming increasingly refined, Lu Shi felt dizzy. “Did you get plastic surgery?”

Fu Le rolled his eyes at him. "Brother Lu, I need to talk to you about something. Let's talk as we walk." Fu Le pointed to the mountain road.

"OK."

So, Mr. Lu, who was middle-aged, and Mr. Fu, who had just come of age, started to show their childlike side and began to test their physical strength on the mountain road. "Brother Lu, if you can keep up with my pace, I will give you a great fortune."

"What good fortune? Do you think you're the Dragon King of the East Sea? Good fortune, my foot!" Lu Shi glared at the man with annoyance.

"You'll know once you try." With that, Fu Le whistled and ran off with his dog.

Lu Shi: !!!

"Hey, wait for me!!!"

They rushed up the mountainside in one breath, neither Fu Le nor Gouzi even panting heavily. All that could be heard from below was the pitiful cries of "Ouch, Fu Le...you're bullying people...you're bullying an old person..."

Fu Le sat on the ground laughing heartily, and after waiting for more than ten minutes, he finally saw Lu Shi's figure.

"Fu Le!!" Lu Shi was furious, "Do you know I'm almost thirty-five years old? I've lived half my life, and you're still torturing my old life like this..."

"Here, have some fruit to soothe your throat." Fu Le gestured for people to sit down and handed them a kiwi fruit.

Lu Shi plopped down on the ground, took the drink, and stuffed it into his mouth. He took a bite and his mouth was full of juice. He sucked hard, slurping... "Hey, isn't this the drink you gave me before?" The familiar taste was exactly the same as before, and he felt all his fatigue disappear instantly.

"Kiki fruit, a new variety, not many available, once they're gone, they're gone."

"Is it from our country? Never heard of it." He finished it in a few gulps, leaving only two pieces of peel, like a deflated basketball.

"Try this." Fu Le handed over another red spiritual fruit.

"How come you have so many new varieties of fruit? I've never seen this one before."

"There are many things you haven't seen."

Click...

"Delicious, mmm, delicious..." After a few bites, Lu Shi felt a sense of comfort all over his body. "Your fruit tastes good. Where did you buy it? I want more."

Upon hearing this, Fu Le handed over three more, which the man ate without even looking up.

"Brother Lu?" Fu Le suddenly asked in a very serious tone.

Lu Shi didn't notice, "Huh?"

"Brother Lu, if one day someone asks you to betray me and reveal my secret, or else they'll kill you, would you tell them?"

"Don't talk nonsense. I'm all alone. If I die, I die. Even if they torture me to death, I can still bite my tongue and kill myself." Lu Shi said without thinking. "You're not trying to find an excuse to get rid of me, are you, Fu Le?!" As he said this, Lu Shi sat up straight and looked over.

“Come on, let’s do a blood test to prove our kinship. From now on, you’re my brother.” Fu Le smiled, revealing the Spirit-Locking Bracelet on his wrist.

Lu Shi: ? ? ?

"Drip a drop of blood from your fingertip." Fu Le handed over another silver needle.

"Holy crap, Lele, you haven't joined some kind of church, have you? Like, some kind of blood initiation ceremony?"

"Will it drip? If not, I'm leaving."

"Hey, hey, don't be angry. It's just a drop of blood, it's nothing, it's nothing. Have you been reading some weird comics? Why are you doing this blood test?" Lu Shi muttered as he did it, dripping a drop of blood onto the bracelet. The next second, the blood was absorbed by the bracelet, and he felt as if something had entered his mind.

Lu Shi: !!!

"Here, for storage. Both are for you." Two ordinary silver rings appeared out of thin air in Fu Le's palm. Then she grabbed Lu Shi's index finger and continued to squeeze blood.

Lu Shi stared blankly as the two rings absorbed his blood, and then Fu Le put them on his right index and little fingers. "You'll be wearing your wedding ring on your left hand from now on, so wear these two on your right hand."