"I'm looking for you." Yun Li didn't deny it, and hummed: "You've drunk too much, I'm here to pick you up."
Fu Shize: "You came here by yourself?"
Yunli nodded and added, "The others drank too much and it's not convenient for them to move."
Fu Shize: "I'm smoking now."
He hasn't smoked enough.
Hearing the intention behind his words, Yun Li did not move, "Then wait until you finish smoking, then we will go back?"
Seeing that Fu Shize ignored her, she looked around and aimed at a spot, "Then you go ahead and smoke. I'll wait for you somewhere far away."
After walking over, Yunli played with her phone for a while, and Deng Chuqi told her: [Damn, this bar owner is so damn handsome, where have you been? If you see him, you will definitely forget about Uncle Xia Xia.]
Yunli: [I am very loyal, I only have old loves and no new ones. ]
Fu Shi tried both alcohol and cigarettes tonight. Yun Li was also worried at the moment. He hadn't heard anything from Xia Congsheng before leaving the bar, and they weren't familiar enough to speak frankly.
Speaking of familiarity - did he call her Yun Lili again?
Yunli was stunned for a while. Was it because everyone else called her Lili? Then why did he add the extra word "Yun"?
Fu Shi walked back into the shadows, took out a cigarette, and just as he took out his lighter, he saw Yun Li standing by the bridge, wrapped tightly in her light blue jacket.
He turned around to look at the direction she came from. He didn't pay much attention when he came here. On both sides were resettlement houses built earlier. The low-power lights were crawling with mosquito debris, and there were a few drunk figures lying in the darkness.
With her sheep-like personality, it was hard to imagine her walking alone in this dark passage.
Putting the cigarette away, he walked to Yunli's side and said, "Go back."
It was unclear why Fu Shizhe changed his mind and went back directly. Yunli thought for a while and said, "It seems that drinking sugar water can sober you up. I just found out there is a sugar water shop nearby."
In the past, Yun Yongchang would always eat something sweet after drinking too much, saying that drinking too much would make his stomach uncomfortable. Yun Li searched on his phone and found an old store 400 meters away.
Fu Shi didn't appreciate it: "No, I didn't drink much."
Undeterred by his refusal, Yunli said: "Actually, it's because I drank a little bit of wine, and I can't order takeout when I go home tonight. Can you go with me?"
She turned to the darkness and said, "It's not far. It will only take a few minutes to walk there."
Looking in her direction, the roads on both sides were pitch black.
Fu Shize: "Let me see the map."
Yunli enlarged the map and handed it to him. He just glanced at it and returned the phone.
There were only the two of them on the road, and Yunli and Fu Shi were some distance apart. I thought he had drunk a lot, but it seemed that his steps were very steady.
Yunli had never been to this place before. The road was bumpy and full of hidden corners. Looking closely, he saw pairs of men and women hugging and kissing.
Just then, a few unstable figures swam to a hidden place. They spoke incoherently and tried to untie the metal buckles for a long time without success.
Suddenly Fu Shize stopped and turned to look at her: "Walk next to me."
"Oh..." Yunli trotted to his side.
The dessert shop is located in the alley opposite to "Overtime". It is not big, with six or seven small round tables. The owner is the only one working in the open kitchen.
The food on offer was written on a small blackboard.
"Look and see what you want to eat."
Fu Shize had already found a seat and sat down. When the light was clear, Yun Li realized that his eyes were misty. He didn't look at the menu and said, "Coke."
“…”
It seems to be correct to call it sugar water.
Yunli ordered a skewer of glutinous rice balls and a cup of mung bean ice and sat next to him.
The food was served quickly and placed on a small plate. Yunli just picked up the glutinous rice cake, paused for a moment, and placed it in front of Fu Shizhe.
"Why don't you try this? I'll give you half."
Fu Shi didn't refuse and slid one into his bowl with chopsticks.
“This drink…”
Yunli drank mung bean ice cream, which was as thin as boiled water, and had brown sugar added to enhance the sweetness. The strange taste made her unable to think of any words to describe it.
On the other side, Fu Shi waited for a long time until she didn't continue, then slowly asked: "Want to give me half too?"
“…”
After struggling for a while, Yunli directly put the mung bean soup he had drunk in front of him and pointed the straw towards him.
It was the first time that Yun Li flirted with someone directly. His expression remained unchanged, but his heart was filled with rage.
He found out what to do.
He didn't find out what to do.
The two thoughts switched back and forth. She carefully observed Fu Shize's expression. He didn't seem to notice and pushed the mung bean ice back to Yunli. "Forget it."
"Order some more?" Yunli was a little hungry after not eating anything at night. Seeing a small stall selling fried vermicelli outside the dessert shop, he asked Fu Shizhe to wait for a while while he went to buy one.
When he came back with the fried vermicelli, he saw two little stray dogs sitting by the store door, wagging their tails. Fu Shi was sitting on a stool by the roadside, holding a bowl of fish balls in his hand, poking them with a skewer.
Every time he poked a new one, the puppy would lie on his legs, and Fu Shi would shake them a few times to tease them before handing over the fish balls.
It's rare to have such a warm feeling from him.
Seeing her come back, Fu Shi put the bowl on the ground and went back to the store: "Eat first and then leave."
Yunli: "Qiqi just told me that she and Xiaxia went back first. I can just bring it back and eat it."
Fu Shi looked at her and said, "I want to eat something."
After the two of them sat down again, Yunli realized that Fu Shizhe had no other motive for saying this. He put some vermicelli into his bowl, broke off a new pair of chopsticks, and mixed some of the braised food she had bought.
Fu Shi also looked half awake and half confused. His movements were steady, but something was not right in his eyes, as calm as a pool of stagnant water.
It can also be understood as gentle as a river of spring water.
Yunli couldn't eat under that look, so he had to move his chair closer to him so that they wouldn't have to face each other.
He broke off another pair of new chopsticks.
“…”
Yunli realized that this was not her illusion. "Uh, you seem to have drunk a little too much. Do you want to go back and rest early?"
Fu Shi stared at the dried vermicelli: "...stay outside for a while."
Yunli: “?”
Fu Shizhe: “It’s difficult to fall asleep.”
After that, he didn't say anything until the meal was over, and he ate his dried rice noodles quietly. Yunli sat on the side and talked as much as he could, but Fu Shi didn't respond.
When Xu Qingsong came to pick them up, the two had already finished eating. The family sent a car, and he asked the driver to take Yunli and Fu Zhengchu back.
Fu Shi got into the car by himself. Xu Qingsong sat next to him and handed him a wet wipe.
"Are you still awake?"
"Um."
"Where are you going? North Mountain Maple Forest?"
"No, let's go to Jiangnan Garden."
Xu Qingsong was silent for a while, then teased: "Why do you let other girls take care of an old drunkard like you?"
Fu Shi pressed his forehead: "Really?" His head was aching, he rolled down the window, the cold wind rushed in, and the rumbling sound of the car made him half sober.
He suddenly remembered what Yunli said before they left.
"If you have something that you want someone to hear, but you don't want anyone to know."
"...You can say it into my left ear."
-
After arriving home, Fu Shi turned on the light in the dark. The huge house was silent, with only some basic furniture placed in it, and no signs of human life. He took a bottle of ice water from the refrigerator and pressed it on his forehead, trying to relax his tense nerves.
Glancing at his phone, he saw his parents had called him once or twice. Fu Shi ignored them, threw them aside, and washed his face with cold water to help the alcohol he had accumulated all night dissipate.
He took out a black box from his bag, opened it, took out the drone inside, and placed it on the coffee table.
a long time.
In the empty room, his soft voice rang out, "Happy birthday."
-
The next day, Monday, Yunli arrived at EAW early.
There were not many people in the company yet. After Yunli clocked in, she first looked through the group chat history. After confirming that there was nothing to do, she picked up the bread and milk she bought on the way and went to the lounge to have breakfast.
There was no one in the lounge. There were a bunch of flyers scattered on the long table. She picked up one at random and took a look. It said that EAW Technology City would have a Halloween event tonight and there would be a square market.
Yunli was not interested, so he put it back and found a lazy sofa to sit on.
After browsing her phone for a while, the dream she had last night came to her mind. It played back in slow motion frame by frame. Several scenes made her heart beat faster. But in the end, the dream stopped at the candy shop, where he sat without saying a word.
Like a depressed and fragile porcelain doll.
Not long after, the door of the lounge opened. Yun Li looked up and saw Fu Shize walking in with a cup. He had changed his clothes and was no longer drunk from last night. His eyes were clear, sharp and cold.
Yunli didn't expect him to come so early: "Good morning."
Fu Shi nodded politely and turned to walk towards the coffee machine.
“…”
"?"
Although Yun Li did not have high expectations for Fu Shi Ze's response, she did not expect the two of them to be like strangers.
Fu Shi took out the coffee beans from the cupboard above, weighed them, and frowned slightly.
He opened the bag and saw that there were only a few beans left. He poured the few remaining beans into the bean hopper, folded the bag into a small ball and threw it into the trash can.
Seeing his series of actions, Yunli asked in a low voice, "What's wrong?"
Fu Shize: "No more coffee beans."
Yunli leaned over to take a look, and it looked like there really wasn't much left: "Can we still flush it?"
"About enough for one cup."
Seeing Yunli standing there motionless, Fu Shi looked at her and asked, "What do you want?"
She looked like a bully, who saw that there were only a few beans left and came to snatch the last cup.
Yunli shook his head: "No."
Suddenly remembering the flyer he had just seen, there was a well-known coffee roaster in the market. Yun Li handed him the flyer and said, "There will be a Halloween event in Haitian Mall tonight. There will be many stalls. Among them, there will be one selling coffee beans."
"Um."
Yunli: “…”
Yunli was more direct: "I also want to buy some coffee beans, but I'm not very good at choosing."
"Will you come with me?"
Fu Shi stared at the extracted coffee liquid and asked, "What time is it tonight?"
Yunli was stunned for a moment: "Eight o'clock."
"Um."
Unable to suppress the curved corners of his lips, Yun Li was afraid that Fu Shizhe would notice, so he quickly said, "I'll go to work first."
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