Chapter 52 Don't worry about the red oil wonton, Luo Shu is so good at playing with many women...
The first week of classes in the new semester ended successfully. Gu Jiaqian and Xia Yimo were like sisters stuck together with double-sided tape all the time. Hou Sisi disappeared as soon as the class was over. I don’t know if she was trying to catch up with her part-time job or was hiding from someone.
Luo Shu sent a message to Fang Qingzhuo as usual. Just as she clicked send, Gu Jiaqian and Xia Yimo grabbed her arms and shouted that they wanted to go outside the school for private lessons.
When I went down to the first floor, I ran into an uninvited guest before I could even cross the threshold of the college. It didn't seem like he met me by chance, but rather like he was waiting there on purpose.
Xia Yimo and the other girl looked at Luo Shu calmly. It turned out to be Duan Ran, who had not been heard from for a long time.
In the open-air area of the beverage shop, Duan Ran handed over a cup of milk tea: "I ordered it warm this time, you can't refuse it again."
Things have changed, and people have changed. That time, I was still enjoying iced milk tea during the bustling club recruitment. Unknowingly, another semester has passed. Luo Shu was overwhelmed with thoughts: "Then I'll transfer the money for the milk tea to you."
"Oh, no thanks." Duan Ran waved his hand and jokingly said, "After all, you've been calling me senior for two years. If a senior treats a junior to a cup of milk tea, does that mean we have to split the bill?"
After a moment of silence, Duan Ran stared at her for a long time before forcing out a clichéd opening line: "How are you doing lately?"
"Very good." Luo Shu reciprocated, "How about you?"
“Not very good.”
Because of his frankness, Luo Shu didn't know what to say. Comfort? It was obvious that their relationship was not suitable. Just laughing it off seemed cold and indifferent.
Duan Ran stirred the black coffee in front of him and smiled bitterly. "My father's dismissal and investigation was a huge blow to our family. People are fickle and the world is cruel. People who used to curry favor with us are now avoiding us like the plague."
The arrogant student union president of the past seemed to have disappeared overnight. Luo Shu always felt that his arrogance was different from Fang Qingzhuo's. He was self-righteous and his arrogance could be blown away by a breeze, while Fang Qingzhuo was self-righteous and had a proud character engraved deep in his soul, which could be turned into a needle with just one iron rod.
Luo Shu remembered discussing this with him during winter break. At the time, he was testing a game released by their company. When he heard her suggestion, he tilted his head towards her and said with a particularly unbridled air, "You're young and reckless. If not now, when will you be? If you have to wait until you're old and 70 to learn to rebel, you're not afraid of osteoporosis and a broken back."
"Luo Shu."
"Hmm?" Luo Shu was still distracted, but her drifting thoughts were suddenly brought back by a sincere call.
"I'm going abroad in a few days, so I came to say goodbye to you today."
Luo Shu knelt on her knees and twisted her knuckles together: "What about your studies?"
"Our school has an exchange program that lasts exactly one semester."
“I wish you a safe journey.”
"Thank you." Duan Ran's eyes were still soft on her face. "My number will not change. If you need me, please feel free to contact me anytime."
"If, and I mean if, when I come back or you break up halfway, of course, I'm not cursing you, I simply think that Fang Qingzhuo is not worthy of you. If that time really comes, will you be willing to give me a chance? You don't have to answer me now. In fact, I really want to say sorry to you. I used to be too competitive and wanted to surpass others in everything. I had my dad's halo and got the green light all the way. I was too aggressive in pursuing you, but I am serious about you, it's just that my approach was too selfish..."
"You don't have to apologize to me." Luo Shu interrupted abruptly, "After all, you've never done me any real harm, but you shouldn't have staged a plot to alienate Fang Qingzhuo and me."
"Self-directed and self-acted?" Duan Ran was confused by what he said. "What did I self-direct and self-act? I admit that I wanted to stir up trouble, but I really don't have the energy to do it."
“Didn’t you send the text message at the end of last year?
"What text message?"
Luo Shu found the torn text message conversation, which started with reminding her that Fang Qingzhuo had ulterior motives and was trying to get revenge on Duan Ran for approaching her, then went on to warn her not to go to Langyue Mountain, and that the person who had made an appointment with her would not show up, and finally the one about the photo taken on New Year's Eve. She dialed the number, but there was no response from the phone across the table.
If it’s not Duan Ran, who else could it be?
Fang Qingzhuo's eyelids kept twitching as he accompanied Gu Yang back to school.
At the bottom of the teaching building, Guan Siqi lazily leaned against a pillar and flirted with the passing schoolgirl. In between glances, she noticed that he kept rubbing his eyes and asked with concern: "Didn't you sleep well last night?"
Fang Qingzhuo's mind was full of questions about why Luo Shu didn't reply to the message. He said "hmm" perfunctorily and prepared to make a voice call.
Seeing this, Guan Siqi rushed forward to stop him, feeling frustrated. "What? What if Gu Yang comes down after completing the paperwork? How are you going to explain it?"
Fang Qingzhuo had no choice but to give up.
Guan Siqi looked at him with a look of helplessness, as if he couldn't leave his woman for a moment, and sneered, "It's just that he didn't reply right away. She's not a three-year-old child, is that necessary? The girl I'm dating is very self-aware in this regard."
"Don't compare her to those women."
Guan Siqi was unhappy: "Hey, can you speak human language?"
Fang Qingzhuo retorted, "Does that count as your girlfriend? You sound so elegant and refined. She's not just a sex partner. If she's capable, she could be a serious lover."
Guan Siqi looked up at the dust-free jade sky and sighed deeply, as if inspired: "Everyone has their own opinions. Besides, it's nice to linger in the flowers, but you won't be able to do that when you get older."
Not giving up, he bumped into Fang Qingzhuo's arm again and said, "Why don't you reconsider it? My old man has been talking about wanting you to be his son-in-law every day these days."
Fang Qingzhuo was overwhelmed. "I have a girlfriend. Besides, shouldn't I ask your sister first about this kind of thing? Why are you asking me one by one?"
Why else could it be that you're the most difficult to deal with? Guan Siqi complained in his heart, stroking his chin: "Uh, from what you said just now, I can understand that if An Qi is willing, you agree?"
Communication became increasingly difficult, and Fang Qingzhuo's expression gradually became impatient: "Are you sick? What good will it do you to give An Qi to me?"
"At least you can ensure that she won't be bullied. There won't be so many brothers and uncles fighting overtly or covertly at home, and there won't be any headaches with mother-in-law and daughter-in-law conflicts."
Finally, Guan Siqi added nonchalantly, "The important thing is that I want you to call me brother."
Fang Qingzhuo scratched her hair helplessly and put her hand on his shoulder: "Siqi, let me get this straight today. You and Uncle Guan should just give up on this idea."
"No, how is my sister worse than Luo Shu? Everyone has seen how good you have been to her since they were little. I once thought you wanted to become my brother-in-law."
Fang Qingzhuo really didn't want to waste time talking to him, so he just confessed: "Because my mother loves Anqi from the bottom of her heart, I treat her well, just like a younger sister."
As if evoking the deepest memories in his heart, Guan Siqi lowered his head dejectedly and paused for a moment before falling into deep thought.
His ears were finally quiet, and Fang Qingzhuo went through the chat again.
【Ahhhhhhhh, I just got out of class, I'm sleepy and hungry. 】
What do you want to eat?
【Red oil wontons from the third canteen.】
【Then I'll come over and eat with you. 】
[By the time you get to school, the wontons will have already been sold out.]
[Believe it or not, I have a portal. ]
[Impossible...]
I'm at school.
Twenty minutes have passed, and you still haven't replied yet?
"What are you looking at so intently?"
A voice suddenly rang out beside his ears, questioning him without any ups and downs. Fang Qingzhuo calmly locked the screen and said, "Nothing. You guys go first. I have something else to do."
Gu Yang asked, "What's the matter?"
"Private matter."
The ambiguous answer made Gu Yang's eyes suddenly sharp.
"I think you're going to look for Luo Shu."
After separating from Duan Ran, an indescribable feeling of uneasiness coiled in Luo Shu's chest. She opened WeChat and saw a new message marked with a red number 1. Fang Qingzhuo was actually at school.
When she looked up again, what caught her eye was Fang Qingzhuo standing under the tree. He was tall and slender in black clothes and black pants. A small part of his neck was exposed under the neat hair at the back of his head, which made her recognize him at a glance. He stood with his back to her, facing a man who was tightly shielded by him. Next to him stood a man of similar height and curly hair. She had some impression that he was the childhood friend who had suffered a loss that night. Could the other one be the second childhood friend mentioned by Liang Anqi?
Thinking that the message recipient was right in front of her, Luo Shu did not reply to the message on WeChat and walked straight to the center of the vortex.
Gu Yang became increasingly certain that something was wrong and that Fang Qingzhuo and Guan Siqi were hiding something from him.
"You haven't broken up with Luo Shu yet."
Guan Siqi, who was caught in the middle, was obviously a little flustered when he heard this, but he quickly recovered and walked forward, skillfully playing dumb: "They broke up, they really did."
Gu Yang didn't appreciate it, and pushed Guan Siqi away, pointing at Fang Qingzhuo: "I want him to say it himself."
Fang Qingzhuo lowered his eyelids, and said in a slightly cold voice, suppressing a hint of annoyance: "No points."
At this moment, Gu Yang was like white phosphorus that spontaneously combusted at room temperature. He exploded directly: "Then why did you want to reconcile with me? Are you trying to make fun of me?"
Guan Siqi explained for him: "No...he..."
"Guan Siqi, shut up."
After he finished shouting, passers-by frequently gave him strange looks.
Under pressure, Gu Yang's already furrowed brows tightened even further, his resentful gaze shifting back and forth between the two men, "Or, are you teaming up with Siqi to play a trick on me?"
Fang Qingzhuo clearly felt that his anger was increasing instead of decreasing, and he calmly met his gaze that almost pierced through him.
"Yangzi, it's not time yet, give me some time."
Gu Yang was furious, his roars growing louder and louder: "When is the right time? You're still reluctant, right? I want you to tell me now."
Faced with the unreasonable Gu Yang, Fang Qingzhuo's patience was completely exhausted, and a hint of anger appeared in his eyes: "You allow Gu Yang to be obsessed with me, but you don't allow me to have some time to relax."
Having his secret exposed, Gu Yang simply threw in the towel: "That's better than you cheating on both sides."
Guan Siqi couldn't bear to see the two of them getting on edge over a woman, so he quickly pulled Gu Yang aside to try and persuade him, "Yangzi, we've been brothers for so many years, stop saying those nonsense."
Then he secretly winked at Fang Qingzhuo frantically: "Don't say anything angry, Gu Yang can't be provoked right now."
Fang Qingzhuo seemed to be forced into a dead end, with no other options. He closed his eyes resignedly, gnashing his teeth as he exhaled, "Don't worry, I don't like women like Luo Shu who are so promiscuous. I'll ask her out in a few days and dump her. Is that okay?"
After he finished speaking, the surroundings fell into deathly silence. Fang Qingzhuo looked at Guan Siqi with a stunned expression as if he had seen a ghost.
Then, a voice like dead ash slowly came from behind.
"What did you say?"
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