◇ Chapter 61 Aren’t you going to pursue me?
The alpha lying on the bed moved to the side, closed his eyes and reached out to touch his side. He rubbed his fingers on the sheets for a long time, but only felt a residual warmth. He suddenly opened his eyes, and there was no one beside him. Where was he?
These days, Lu Fangchi has always been able to fulfill my wishes, and life has been so wonderful. It's so wonderful that it feels unreal, like a beautiful dream that will be empty when you wake up.
Zhou Zheng was panicking, he sat up, put on his slippers, and walked out quickly. When he saw the thin figure busy in the kitchen, Alpha slowed down his pace, and his heart, which had been beating in his throat, fell back to a steady and reassuring "thump, thump, thump".
Zhou Zheng walked into the kitchen quietly and put his arms around Lu Fangchi's waist. The sudden movement startled him, and then he said helplessly: "Don't interrupt, I'm cooking."
Zhou Zheng's chin rested on Lu Fangchi's shoulder and he lowered his eyes to look at the breakfast he had made. There were two horrible poached eggs, the yolks broke and flowed all over the pot. Not only were the two eggs stuck together, they were also stuck to the pot and couldn't be turned over.
Lu Fangchi frowned, raised his hands and used a spatula to flip the egg over. Then, it broke into pieces, the poached egg turned into scrambled eggs, and some pieces were burnt and turned black.
Lu Fangchi was silent for a moment, then poured all the burnt eggs into the trash can, took five eggs and put them in the egg steamer to cook, "It's better to eat white eggs, they're healthier." He said to save face.
Zhou Zheng couldn't help but curl his eyes. They had been eating white eggs for a week straight, and this was the situation.
Lu Fangchi raised his hand and turned on the switch of the egg steamer. He couldn't help but complain: "This pot is not good. It seems I need to buy a new one."
So he didn't doubt that it was his fault? Zhou Zheng couldn't help laughing. He turned off the switch of the egg steamer, took out the egg and put it on the counter, saying, "I'll teach you."
Zhou Zheng let go of Lu Fangchi, quickly put the pot under the faucet to clean it, took two pieces of kitchen paper to wipe off the water droplets, and turned on the fire.
He reached out and pulled Lu Fangchi in front of him again, holding him in his arms, picked up the oil pot and poured oil into the pot, explaining: "Hot pot, cold oil."
So that's how it is, Lu Fangchi secretly noted it down. No wonder he failed every time, the order was wrong.
Seeing the oil in the pot steaming, Zhou Zheng cracked the egg shell and put an egg into the pot. "Sizzle" one side was almost done, Zhou Zheng asked Lu Fangchi to take the spatula, and he held Lu Fangchi's hand holding the spatula and helped him turn the egg over.
Zhou Zheng's hands seemed to have magic. The noodles that Lu Fangchi had just tried so hard to flip were easily flipped. After a while, a perfect fried egg was ready, and it didn't stick to the pan at all.
Zhou Zheng let go and said to Lu Fangchi, "Go on, I'll help you watch."
In order not to affect his performance, Zhou Zheng did not stick to Lu Fangchi's back this time. He stood beside him obediently and reminded him that it was time to turn the eggs over when he saw that they were almost cooked.
Lu Fangchi fried five perfectly poached eggs, and also fried a few small sausages and some asparagus, and served them with toasted whole-wheat bread slices. It was perfect.
Lu Fangchi's mouth corners slightly raised, looking a little happy. He opened the refrigerator door briskly, ready to wash some more fruit, and said to Zhou Zheng: "Go brush your teeth and wash your face first."
"Oh." Zhou Zheng replied and walked towards the bathroom.
When Alpha finished washing up and walked back to the living room, Lu Fangchi had already placed the prepared breakfast on the dining table, including a large plate of blueberries and strawberries, plus two cups of hot milk.
They walked to the dining table, sat down and started eating breakfast.
After dinner, Lu Fangchi sat on the sofa, and Zhou Zheng followed suit naturally. He lay to the side, resting his head on Lu Fangchi's thigh, and turned his head to the side so that he could see the glands at the back of his neck.
Lu Fangchi raised his hand and tore off the gauze. The bite marks on the gland had almost healed and had begun to scab over. Just in case, Lu Fangchi disinfected it and replaced the gauze with another one.
After checking the wound, Lu Fangchi patted Zhou Zheng's hair and said, "It's done."
Zhou Zheng was reluctant to get up, and Lu Fangchi deliberately shook his legs, almost knocking the alpha to the ground. He reached out and pressed the carpet to prevent him from falling flat on his face.
Zhou Zheng sat up, pouted, and looked at Lu Fangchi with great grievance.
Lu Fangchi said, "You are very heavy."
"Hmph." Zhou Zheng responded and reached up to pick up the game controller on the coffee table in front of him.
Lu Fangchi likes playing games. Zhou Zheng didn't play this kind of online game much before, but men are young until death, and once they start playing, they will become addicted, not to mention that this kind of game can increase interactivity.
Zhou Zheng pressed the select button and started to choose a game. Before he could ask Lu Fangchi what he wanted to play, he heard him say, "Pick a single-player game. I don't play."
Zhou Zheng turned his head to look at Lu Fangchi and asked, "What's wrong?"
Lu Fangchi checked the time on his phone. It was half past eight. "Going to work," he replied.
I have been working from home for a week straight, and I have to show up today no matter what.
"Oh." Zhou Zheng felt a little disappointed, but it didn't matter. "I'll wait for you at home."
"Aren't you going to work yet?" Lu Fangchi asked. As far as he knew, Zhou Zheng hadn't been to the company for nearly a month.
Zhou Zheng blinked, his brain working rapidly, but before he could think of a way to speak, he was ruthlessly interrupted by Lu Fangchi, "I have seen you sitting on the toilet in the bathroom doing work at 1 a.m. these past two days, let Assistant Liu go." He felt very guilty and would come out from time to time to check, for fear that others would not notice that he was cheating.
Zhou Zheng was a little annoyed that he was discovered, and muttered, "Why didn't you tell me?" If he had known earlier, he would have done the work openly while lying on the bed, and next to Lu Fangchi.
"Stop playing." Lu Fangchi raised his hand and took the game controller from Zhou Zheng's hand, saying, "Come with me to work."
Zhou Zheng blinked, rolled his eyes cunningly, and asked tentatively: "Can we still go home together?"
Receiving Lu Fangchi's cool glance, Zhou Zheng realized that this answer was a rejection. Zhou Zheng suddenly lay back weakly, raised his hand to support his forehead, and pretended to say, "I still feel a little dizzy."
In fact, Zhou Zheng's symptoms of the marking reaction began to ease two days ago, and they were completely gone yesterday morning. Lu Fangchi has become very tolerant of him.
"Don't pretend." Lu Fangchi ruthlessly exposed him, raised his hand and gave him a slap, urging him, "Hurry up and change your clothes."
Zhou Zheng didn't reply, and lay on the sofa pretending to be dead. Lu Fangchi ignored him and went to the dressing room to change clothes.
Since it wasn't a special day, he kept his outfit simple. Lu Fangchi changed into a pair of sports pants, paired with a navy blue polo shirt, chose a decent watch, stood in front of the fitting mirror to check his appearance, and after confirming that everything was correct, he prepared to go out.
At this time Zhou Zheng came in, grunting as he carried three boxes in at once, and put them on the ground, making some noise.
Lu Fangchi was puzzled and looked up at him: "What are you doing?"
Zhou Zheng bent down to take clothes from the cardboard box, and quickly hung his clothes in the closet without looking up. "I'll sort them out. They're all piled up in the gym and it's very messy."
Lu Fangchi frowned and said, "No."
Zhou Zheng's hand froze for a moment. He licked his lips, his expression changing again and again, and then he nodded and replied, "Yeah." Then he took down the clothes that had been hung up, folded them neatly and put them back into the box, moving slowly.
During this time, Zhou Zheng barely raised his head, and the two of them didn't look at each other. Just then, the alarm on his cell phone rang, and Lu Fangchi took it out and checked the time. It was 8:45, and it was too late to leave the house.
"I'm leaving first. I won't wait for you." Lu Fangchi hung up the alarm and walked out. The moment he brushed past Zhou Zheng, the alpha grabbed his wrist.
"Huh?" Lu Fangchi paused, not knowing what was wrong with him.
Zhou Zheng immediately let go, opened his arms and smiled at Lu Fangchi, "Give me a hug then."
Lu Fangchi secretly complained in his heart that he was still so clingy even after the marking reaction was over, but he still reached out and hugged the alpha back, patted him on the back, and quickly let go of his feet and walked out the door.
Suddenly, as if he remembered something, he said, "When you leave today, please move all your things away. It really doesn't look good when they are piled up in the gym." Without even looking back, he left in a hurry.
Lu Fangchi took the elevator downstairs. Without having time to savor the long-lost fresh air and warm sunshine, he quickly got into the car, closed the door, fastened his seat belt, stepped on the accelerator and drove to the company.
During the morning rush hour, there were many cars and I had to wait at almost every traffic light. While waiting, Lu Fangchi rolled down the car window and felt the morning sunshine on his face and the gentle breeze on his cheeks. His mood, which had always been gloomy recently, finally cleared up and his heavy heart suddenly became relaxed.
Thinking of Zhou Zheng just lying on his legs with a look of enjoyment, he suddenly opened his legs and made him miss, almost falling down like a dog eating shit, and he wanted to laugh. Lu Fangchi pursed his lips with a sense of humor. Okay, he admitted that one person is good, but it is also true that two people are more fun.
While he was thinking, the green light came on, cars drove forward one after another, and Lu Fangchi stepped on the accelerator.
The car in front of me was probably a novice. It stalled once when starting, causing the green light to flash and turn yellow to red, so I couldn't pass.
Lu Fangchi was stuck in the second one, and while waiting for the green light he began to daydream again. But it seemed that Lu Fangchi frowned slightly, as if he had overlooked something. What was it?
"Beep beep!" The car behind him honked. Lu Fangchi looked up and found that the light was green. He stepped on the accelerator and turned left instead of going straight. He turned around and drove home.
He knew something was wrong.
Lu Fangchi rushed all the way, changed lanes frequently, and drove back to the community at 70 mph. He backed the car into the garage, quickly unbuckled his seat belt, got out of the car, slammed the door, and walked into the apartment building in two steps. He waited for the elevator with an obvious look of anxiety on his face, and kept tapping the seams of his pants.
"Ding——" Lu Fangchi almost rushed out of the elevator, walked to the door and stopped, regulated his somewhat rapid breathing, and raised his hand to identify the fingerprints.
Lu Fangchi stepped into the entrance hall and without even having time to change his shoes, he walked straight in and found Zhou Zheng in the gym.
Zhou Zheng was packing cartons and re-taping the cartons that had been unpacked in the past few days. Hearing footsteps, he looked up at the door.
Lu Fangchi clearly saw a hint of red at the corner of the alpha's eye. He lowered his head in a panic and rubbed the corner of his eye with his hand. When he raised his head again, his face had returned to normal, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. "Why are you back? Did you forget to bring something?"
Lu Fangchi walked up to Zhou Zheng, looked at the forced smile on his face, and sighed, not knowing whether it was because of his sensitive chin or his own nerves.
Thinking about it, what I said just now seemed to be ambiguous, but isn't Zhou Zheng usually very good at speaking? Why does he start to lose touch when it comes to the crucial matter?
Lu Fangchi lowered his eyes and his gaze fell on the box in Zhou Zheng's hand. It was not sealed yet, and the handle of the pot was faintly visible through the gap. It seemed to be the frying pan in the morning.
Lu Fangchi put his hand on the cardboard box and said, "Leave this, I need it again."
"I don't understand. Didn't you say you wanted to pursue me? Why do you make it seem like we're already in love?"
【Author’s words】
4 more.
Not so quick to reconcile, some sweetness that seems to be together but is actually far away~