Chapter 111 I Don’t Want to Be Your Cage I Know You Don’t Want to Be with Me…
Cheng Xingzhou, who was recuperating at home but could not get away from work, stayed alone in the empty room all day, but what he waited for was the scene of Fu Liangxia walking in calmly, smelling of men's perfume.
She was wrapped in soft fabric, like a night butterfly that came and went without a trace.
“…”
Cheng Xingzhou narrowed his eyes slightly, silently sniffing the sudden and irritating scent in the air. Like a vicious dog whose territory had been invaded, he snorted, "Didn't you say you were looking forward to my performance? Are you looking forward to someone else's arms?"
Expecting that someone would report to him about what happened during the day, Fu Liangxia had long guessed that he would react like this. She glanced at him lightly without saying a word.
Cheng Xingzhou was choked into silence for a moment.
Finally, I couldn't help myself and asked knowingly, "Whose smell is it?"
If you don’t know, you might think he is a husband who caught his wife cheating.
Fu Liangxia casually picked at her nails. The nail bed was a light pink, and she looked much healthier than when she first came into this world.
She made up a lie: "The doctor's."
In a sense, this was the closest explanation to the truth. After all, Cheng Xingzhou wasn't really asking who that person was; he just wanted to know what their relationship was.
There is no better summary than "doctor" who can make her body healthy.
Otherwise, what else could it be?
Cheng Xingzhou's eyes flashed with a faint light, but his lips remained motionless. "A doctor? If you say so, then it's a doctor."
"Don't do anything irrational."
…
Today's dinner was unprecedentedly held with Cheng's father and mother.
This was Fu Liangxia's first time meeting Cheng's mother. Unlike the image of a noble lady she'd imagined, she was actually a middle-aged woman with a bright smile and a capable demeanor. She looked slightly older than Cheng's father.
Unlike Cheng's father, whose eyes were filled with calculation, Cheng's mother only asked her common questions during the meal, such as whether the food was to her liking and whether she was used to the living there.
Just like the parents of ordinary classmates, it seems that they are just showing concern, which is unusually simple.
But Fu Liangxia has always believed that two people cannot sleep in the same bed together, even if it is a business marriage without any emotional basis.
She ate the food in front of her silently, thinking about the purpose of this meal in her heart.
After Fu Liangxia answered a series of irrelevant questions from Cheng's mother, such as "How are your preparations for the competition?" and "Which university are you planning to apply to?", Cheng's father dismissed the servants on both sides.
There were only four of them in the restaurant.
It indicates that we are about to get to the point.
"Xiao Fu, I understand what your father means. But regarding the engagement, the older generation has their own ideas, but it still depends on what you young people think."
Father Cheng lit a cigar without asking if she minded, and puffed away.
Fu Liangxia was stunned when he heard it at first, and then he thought of the original owner's father's nature as a selfish person who only cared about profit, and sneered in his heart.
Fu's father was determined to seize the opportunity to climb up the ladder, but he didn't even consider the target.
As an ambitious man, how could Cheng's father not see through his little tricks?
What he meant was that he didn't want to be the bad guy, so he let the younger generation refuse it himself so that he could look good.
I just don’t know, his son must be very happy about it.
Fu Liangxia smiled faintly, and as expected, before she could say anything, she saw Cheng Xingzhou, who had been silent all night, put down his cutlery, crossed his legs, frowned slightly, tapped the table with his knuckles, and looked back with an aura that was no less than that of Cheng's father.
"I thought we had reached a consensus on this matter. I said, give me some time."
The boy raised his eyelids and spoke in a low voice.
Only he himself could discern the hint of fear in it.
Afraid that Fu Liangxia would give a smooth and ruthless rejection on the spot.
"childish."
Mother Cheng gave him an angry look.
“…”
Well, he's the only one who's childish, the other three are shrewd businessmen.
Cheng Xingzhou gritted his teeth and stood up. The high-quality home clothes wrapped around his tall and thin body like a hidden sword.
He leaned over and pulled Fu Liangxia up, taking her away from the table with a force that was strong but not painful. He didn't look back, the veins in his neck throbbing slightly from his forbearance. He said, "I don't want to hear about this anymore. I'll give you an answer."
But don't make it hard on her.
Fu Liangxia was led by him and walked quickly, striding out of the building.
There was a long corridor leading to the house where they lived, through which one could vaguely see the starry sky between the branches. The two of them walked quickly along it, the wind blowing past them, and the faint scent of wisteria filled their noses.
"I know you don't want to get engaged to me."
After a moment of silence, Cheng Xingzhou suddenly spoke in a low voice.
"...We are still too young to decide our future so quickly. We all need time..."
Fu Liangxia stared at the back of his head, trying to think of words that would discourage him from getting engaged without letting the fish get away.
But she was interrupted by a male voice calmly: "I also know that you don't like me."
Cheng Xingzhou looked back at her, seemed to be amused by her expression, and rarely showed a relaxed expression.
"Don't rush to refute me. I know you don't like anyone, and even age is your excuse. In your life plan, you have studies and a career... Your life should be a wilderness, without the cage of marriage."
"You won't marry anyone, not me, not them. To you, we're the same."
"They are tools to achieve a goal, objects to be exploited, recreational tools to occupy one's free time, prey to be toyed with... but they are not objects of love, at least not yet."
Fu Liangxia was nailed to the spot.
"What do you want to say?"
She didn't know what expression to show, and she didn't know whether her acting was too poor, or whether she should say that he was worthy of being the male lead, as both of them saw through her so thoroughly.
In that case, I might as well stop pretending.
Perhaps it was Fu Liangxia's expression of "What can you do to me" that amused him. Cheng Xingzhou raised the corners of his lips and raised his hand to gently touch her hair.
"You're still so easily irritated. I don't mean anything else," Cheng Xingzhou retracted his gaze and looked up at the starry sky above him. "I just want to say that even though I recognize your evil nature and see your strong ambitions, I still can't give up liking you."
"But I don't want to be your cage."
He sighed softly, "I'll go and tell my father that I'm more suitable than you."
After all, in Cheng's father's eyes, even if it was at his instruction, Fu Liangxia's refusal to be engaged to his son was an act of slapping him in the face.
Fu Liangxia stared at his back quietly for two seconds, then suddenly stepped forward and gently hugged him from behind.
The boy's body is very hard.
Almost the moment her body touched him, he became hard as a stone sculpture.
"What are you doing?" Cheng Xingzhou's pupils trembled and he almost stumbled.
A girl's body is soft and warm.
He could almost imagine Fu Liangxia holding up her beautiful and delicate face, her eyes sharp in contrast to her appearance, and gently hugging him.
It's heart-wrenching.
"Thank you." Fu Liangxia hugged him for a moment and then let go of his arms.
This hug had nothing to do with love, it was just a thank you for the warmth and strength he gave her at that moment.
“We’ll all go further.”
*
As the days passed and the time for the summit at the end of the month drew closer, Fu Liangxia's heart gradually flew to the distant Hai City.
That day, she had just finished answering questions from several classmates and was taking out the book she would use for the next class from her desk when a message from an unfamiliar number suddenly appeared on her phone.
The other party used an encrypted overseas number, and the content contained only a photo. It was a photo of her and Fu Langshu hugging in a bar several days ago. Their lips were pressed together, the atmosphere was ambiguous, and their faces were surprisingly clear.
It was very strange to send her such a photo at this time.
And because of its abruptness, the purpose becomes easy to guess.
The other party had only two plans. One was that he had heard about what happened between Cheng Xingzhou and her, and came to disrupt things; the other was that he knew that it was Fu Langshu who gave her the ticket to the exchange meeting at the end of the month, and came for the two of them.
But the other party did not expose the matter, but just sent a photo with ambiguous meaning, which was more like showing off the bargaining chips in his hand than a threat.
His thoughts are obvious.
Who else could it be?
Fu Liangxia's fingers unconsciously slid across the news that popped up at the top. Liang Huiming's face had a hypocritical and disgusting smile, and he was full of the smell of money.
Is it because they discovered that their partners are not as easy to control as they imagined, and they didn’t get the voice they wanted in the mainland, so they started to get anxious?
Fu Liangxia curled her eyes and lips.
Don’t be anxious, there will be more for you to worry about later.
…
"Sister, I heard that you took a leave of absence. Where are you going? Can you take me with you?" Fu Liedong finally caught a free break when Fu Liangxia was free, and leaned over to say.
Fu Liangxia didn't bother to pay attention to him: "With your grades, will the teacher approve your request for leave?"
Fu Liedong: “…”
Fu Liedong: “?”
Personal attack!
But he also knew where his sister was going, and he was probably not qualified to go.
His sister had been like this since she was young. Although she was a little weak physically, she was very smart. No matter how hard his father tried to teach her about the company, she still couldn't understand it. But his sister could understand most of it after just a few glances.
Maybe this is talent. He has nothing to be jealous of. Anyway, he has no interest in business or inheriting a company. He just wants to be a second-generation rich man happily. It would be great to have some pocket money every month!
Fortunately, his sister is promising and can fulfill his father's expectations on his behalf.
Even from Fu Liedong's perspective, his father's brain wasn't always very sharp. His sister was so smart, so of course he should keep her for himself and develop his own business. Why would he give her away for marriage? Trading his daughter for a so-called helper, who was he helping, his father or himself?
Fu Liedong said that he and his father combined were not as smart as his sister alone.
"Sister, go ahead and do your big things. I'll take care of Dad's side." Fu Liedong brainstormed for a long time, and finally came up with something. He gave her a cheering gesture with full enthusiasm.
Fu Liangxia: “…”
Su Xingshu happened to come in from outside and listened to half of it. He asked in confusion, "Where are you going? What are you going to solve?"
Bai Yan put his feet on the table and listened to their entire conversation without saying a word. He only asked Fu Liangxia: "I want to go to the auction too, come with me?"
She was about to answer when a message from Fu Langshu came through her phone: [I'll pick you up at Cheng's house on the 28th.]
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