◇ Chapter 57 Someone doesn’t care anyway

Lu Fangchi pressed the answer button, "Hello, Zhuoyang."

"Hey, are you busy today?" Sui Zhuoyang's energetic voice came from the phone.

Lu Fangchi raised his chin slightly and thought for a moment, then replied, "It's okay." It's a bit of work, but overall it's okay.

"Are you free tonight?" Sui Zhuoyang chuckled and asked, "Can you please come out for dinner?"

Lu Fangchi raised his eyebrows slightly, "You came to City A?"

"Yes, he landed an hour ago." Sui Zhuoyang replied.

"Sure." Lu Fangchi agreed immediately and asked, "Lunch or dinner?"

"Let's have dinner." Sui Zhuoyang seemed to be in a closed environment. The background was noisy and his voice was sometimes louder and sometimes softer. "I came here to discuss investment. I have an appointment with a client at noon."

"Okay," Lu Fangchi nodded, "You go ahead and do your work, we'll talk in the evening."

"OK." The phone was hung up.

After being interrupted, the surging emotions came to an abrupt halt. Lu Fangchi couldn't remember for a moment why his brain was distracted by another thing.

If I have to meet Sui Zhuoyang in the evening, I won’t be able to eat the lunch box made by Zhou Zheng. Should I tell him so that he doesn’t make a wasted trip?

As soon as this thought came to his mind, Lu Fangchi's brows wrinkled. He felt uncomfortable with this habitual thinking. It's only been a few days and he's been boiled like a frog in warm water?

This was not a good sign at all. Before Lu Fangchi had time to seriously consider the interests involved, his assistant hurried to the door of the reception room and knocked on it. "Mr. Lu, there is a bug in Mystery Road. Emergency meeting."

"Got it." Lu Fangchi agreed and walked quickly towards the office.

My attention was completely taken up by work, so I had to put this woolen "mystery" aside for the time being.

All kinds of unexpected situations often occur at work that catch people off guard. Sometimes the work grows bigger and bigger like a snowball, and it becomes so difficult that Lu Fangchi was only busy with one thing the whole day. He had no time to slack off and think about things. Even the time for eating and going to the toilet was squeezed out.

It was not until the sun went down in the evening that the afterglow of the setting sun shone through the glass onto the keyboard on the office desk. Lu Fangchi pressed the Enter key, and the work was finally completed.

He lowered his head and glanced at the time in the lower right corner. It was 18:32. Fortunately, it wasn't too late.

Lu Fangchi breathed a sigh of relief, raised his hand to pick up the coffee cup and took two sips, then reached for his phone to send a message.

As soon as I clicked into WeChat, there was a knock on the office door. “Knock knock.”

"Come in." Lu Fangchi opened his mouth and responded, preparing to send a message to Sui Zhuoyang, asking him where to meet.

There was a knock on the office table, and a light-hearted, teasing voice rang out, "Are you done with your work, busy man?"

Lu Fangchi looked up and met Sui Zhuoyang's smiling eyes. He was dressed in casual clothes with his hands in his pockets, his hair was smooth, and he had lost his elite business style. He vaguely saw the shadow of his past when he was in school.

Lu Fangchi blinked, "Why are you here?" He immediately stood up and asked Sui Zhuoyang to sit on the sofa.

Sui Zhuoyang sank into the sofa with a lazy look on his face. "I called you twice this afternoon but no one answered. I guessed you were busy, so I came directly."

Lu Fangchi nodded, walked back to his desk, picked up the internal phone, and asked, "Coffee or tea?"

Sui Zhuoyang casually opened a small cookie on the coffee table and threw it into his mouth, answering the question irrelevantly: "What time can you get off work?"

"Now," Lu Fangchi explained, "I've just finished my work."

Sui Zhuoyang chewed the biscuit for a few times and swallowed it. He took a piece of paper to wipe his hands and patted them. Then he stood up, clenched his fist with only his thumb, and pointed to the door, "Let's go, let's go eat directly?"

That's fine. Lu Fangchi hung up the internal phone and replied, "Okay."

Eating is secondary, meeting and chatting is the main thing. The two of them didn't spend much time choosing a restaurant to eat. They just went to the next street and chose a western restaurant with few people and good environment based on the principle of proximity.

The two sat down, ordered their meals, returned the menus to the waiter, and started chatting.

Sui Zhuoyang took the initiative to mention Zhou Zheng. He asked, "How are you and your alpha partner doing?"

After all, Zhou Zheng abandoned Sui Zhuoyang last time and he had no chance to treat him to a meal again until he left. It was normal for him to bring this up now.

Lu Fangchi curled his lips and lowered his eyes to answer, "We broke up."

Sui Zhuoyang was slightly stunned, obviously not expecting such an answer. He licked his lips and quickly changed the subject: "Ah... let's just break up. AO love is the way to go. By the way, you've been doing well recently, right?"

Lu Fangchi raised his eyebrows, "What do you mean?"

"Her complexion is rosy and she looks a little fatter," Sui Zhuoyang replied.

Lu Fangchi raised his hand and touched his cheeks. It seemed that he had grown some weight. He had been eating well and sleeping well recently, so he could...

No, I suddenly thought of something. Lu Fangchi quickly took out his cell phone and prepared to send a message to Zhou Zheng, but he had forgotten about it after a busy day.

I opened WeChat and found Zhou Zheng’s name. I clicked on it and started typing: No need to deliver food today.

Delete. I ate out today.

Delete. I'm eating out today, so I don't need food delivery.

Delete. I have an appointment with a client today, so we are eating out. No need for food delivery.

This should be enough, Lu Fangchi stared at the screen and checked it word by word. Sui Zhuoyang asked from the other side: "Did you really break up?"

These words affected Lu Fangchi. His hands trembled and he raised his phone guiltily to cover the screen.

Yes, we have broken up, why are you still sending this kind of reporting message?

"Really." Lu Fangchi agreed and deleted the string of words with his hand.

Don't reply, don't send. Click send.

Lu Fangchi put away his phone, sat up straight, and repeated, "We really broke up."

However, Sui Zhuoyang's expression was very strange. His eyebrows were wrinkled, the ends of his eyebrows were raised, and his eyes were rolling around, as if he was hinting at something.

What? You don't believe it? Lu Fangchi pursed his lips and wanted to say something, but the glass beside him suddenly "knocked" twice.

Lu Fangchi was a little startled. He frowned slightly and looked out the window, then he froze.

Zhou Zheng, who is about 1.9 meters tall, was standing outside the glass window. He had a shy look on his face, his lips were tightly pursed and turned down, and his face was full of resentment, like a resentful man who had been abandoned.

Lu Fangchi opened his lips and then closed them again.

Zhou Zheng, who got no feedback, bit his lower lip, turned and left.

Lu Fangchi pursed his lips into a straight line, clenched his fingers slightly, and did not get up to chase after her.

There's nothing much to say, just let him think whatever he wants.

Lu Fangchi retracted his gaze and gave Sui Zhuoyang an apologetic smile.

Sui Zhuoyang had no time to look at Lu Fangchi. His eyes were wide open and he looked behind Lu Fangchi as if he had seen a ghost.

Zhou Zheng walked towards them with great momentum. Sui Zhuoyang thought he was going to beat someone up, so he became alert. He saw the alpha lift the bag in his hand heavily and then put it down gently, and then he squeezed in next to Lu Fangchi and sat down. Then he was very unhappy and said with a wronged expression: "I haven't eaten yet either."

The atmosphere suddenly collapsed, and Sui Zhuoyang's clenched fists relaxed instantly.

Seeing Zhou Zheng's action, Lu Fangchi frowned. Just as he opened his mouth to rush him, Sui Zhuoyang on the opposite side spoke first and said, "That's perfect for us to eat together. Add some more." Then he raised his hand to ask the waiter to bring the menu over.

Zhou Zheng stopped him and he said, "No need."

The alpha seemed to be particularly disliked by Sui Zhuoyang, and because of Lu Fangchi, he glared at him fiercely, but had to explain, "I brought it myself, you guys eat yours, don't worry about me." Then he reached out and opened the bag he had just put down, and took out an enormous three-layer insulation box.

He deliberately made some quiet noises as he moved, snapping the buckles of the thermal box open, and spread out the food on the table, especially in front of Lu Fangchi, leaving only room for a small bowl.

The moment the lunch box was opened, the aroma of the food filled his nose. Sui Zhuoyang was immediately attracted by the delicious food and exclaimed: "Wow."

Sui Zhuoyang's reaction caught Zhou Zheng's attention. He raised his eyes reluctantly and asked, "Do you want to eat?"

This was an olive branch. Sui Zhuoyang, who was astute as a man, noticed the unusual and subtle atmosphere between the two. With the idea that this was a friend and the food looked really delicious, he nodded, "Is it okay?"

"Yeah." Zhou Zheng nodded reluctantly, and then said, "Anyway, I don't care."

Yes, this is suggestive. Sui Zhuoyang raised his eyebrows and secretly glanced at Lu Fangchi's reaction.

Lu Fangchi didn't react. He bit his back teeth, his face remained calm, and he pushed his lunch box away.

Zhou Zheng noticed Lu Fangchi's action and silently pushed the lunch box back. He seemed to be afraid that Lu Fangchi would be unhappy, so he silently pulled it back a little.

Sui Zhuoyang couldn't help but shake his head, feeling amused, these two people... Then he was impressed by the tenderness of the fish meat, his eyes lit up, and he said, "Whose chef is this? This tastes really good, the fish meat is fragrant and tender, I like it."

"I made it myself." Zhou Zheng replied.

Sui Zhuoyang blinked, with a hint of surprise in his eyes, but it was hard to tell.

The meal was strange and harmonious, with Chinese food and Western food. I don’t know how the two of them ate, but Sui Zhuoyang was very satisfied with the meal. He enjoyed both his appetite and the beauty of the scenery. Love is more interesting when you watch others talk about it.

The episode happened at the end. After dinner, Sui Zhuoyang and Lu Fangchi mentioned work. They chatted casually for a few words and then smelled a fragrance floating into their noses.

As an alpha, Sui Zhuoyang couldn't tell whether it smelled good or bad, but it was full of provocation anyway.

Sui Zhuoyang looked towards the source of the smell with an unhappy expression, his eyebrows wrinkled. He actually fell asleep while releasing pheromones in public!

This obviously unhappy expression caused Lu Fangchi to ask, "What's wrong?"

Following Sui Zhuoyang's gaze, I looked at Zhou Zheng beside me and found that the alpha was leaning his head on the back of the sofa, his face was flushed, his eyes were closed, and from time to time a faint fragrance wafted out of him.

Lu Fangchi sniffed it and it was a very wonderful fragrance, a bit like the scent of tea mixed with the scent of lotus?

【Author’s words】

Today finally came a day earlier.