The meal has been prepared and all we need is for Yunli to sit down and eat.
This was the first time Yun Li faced such a situation. Sitting opposite him was the person he had given up pursuing. He felt awkward and didn't know how to get along with the person.
Fu Shi looked at her quietly, the light and shadow passing over his face.
Yunli knew that for him, this was just having a meal with colleagues, a very common thing.
She swallowed and moved very slowly. As the cold and emotionless face gradually approached, time seemed to be equipped with a decelerator and passed even more slowly.
She walked to the position diagonally opposite Fu Shi Ze and pulled the lunch box that was originally next to him in front of her.
"I can just sit here." Yunli said in a low voice, pulling out a chair and sitting down.
Yunli lowered his head and ate his lunch box.
The people next to him didn't move much, and the two of them tacitly didn't speak.
They get along as usual.
As long as she looked up, she could see his dark eyebrows and eyes.
Yunli felt like she was sitting on pins and needles. The emotions she had accumulated over the past few days came flooding back to her. She moved her chopsticks and pretended to take out her phone. "My colleague wants to see me. I'll go back to the office to eat."
The atmosphere was a bit stiff.
Fu Shi was silent for a while, then stood up, but did not expose her lie directly: "You guys stay here, I'm done eating."
He barely touched his lunch box, closed the lid, and left the lounge without saying anything.
He should have noticed her unnaturalness.
He was taking care of her emotions.
Yunli felt a little guilty. After all, in this whole thing, she was the only one who gave up her pursuit, and Fu Shi did nothing wrong from beginning to end.
She couldn't get along with him as openly as Fu Shi Ze, but she also didn't want to be a petty person who would force him to give in to her feelings.
As soon as the door closed, she looked for answers on the Internet.
[We are all adults now. If our pursuit fails, then it fails. Be more open-minded! ]
[It is normal for the other person to dislike you. Don’t take it too seriously. Just treat each other as colleagues. There are always colleagues in the company who don’t get along with each other, right? ]
[Put yourself in their shoes. Your colleagues may also want to socialize and work normally. ]
It’s true.
Most people think so, and it is a very ordinary thing that is not out of date.
Fu Shi was different from her. He had no shortage of suitors around him, and for him, it was perfectly normal for him to refuse a suitor or for others to give up on their pursuit.
It's just that she cares too much.
…
As the end of the year approaches, EAW has more chores to do, and many projects have reached the end-of-year assessment stage. Yunli has heard He Jiameng complain about the recent crazy overtime work, and as an intern, she also has to go to other departments to sort out materials.
The technical department needs to submit a report tomorrow, and Yunli is required to complete the final integration, proofreading and typesetting of the materials. The materials are handled by different colleagues, and by the time her colleagues send them to her, it is almost time to get off work.
He Jiameng came to Yunli's workstation before leaving get off work and asked, "Are you going to integrate this report? Do you want to work overtime?"
Yunli sat for a whole day and said tiredly: "Yes..."
He Jiameng encouraged her: "Come on!"
"By the way," she reminded Yunli before leaving, "I heard from others that there seem to be perverts in the surrounding residential areas. Do you live nearby?"
Yunli felt a little nervous: "What kind of pervert is this?"
"The kind that walks up to you in just a heavy coat and—"
"Okay, okay, stop talking." Yun Li shook his head quickly.
He Jiameng held up her bag and reminded him, "Then remember not to be too late. If it's really not possible, ask someone to pick you up."
"good."
Except for Yunli, everyone else in the HR department was packing up to leave work. Yunli was unable to handle the greetings from others before leaving get off work, so he slipped into the lounge early to make tea.
Pushing open the door, Yunli saw Fu Shi sitting on the lazy sofa. A video seemed to be playing on his mobile phone. The color of the barrage was somewhat similar to that of E Station.
Without waiting for Yunli to see what was being played, Fu Shi calmly turned off the screen.
Yun Li didn't want to repeat the awkwardness during the meal, so he took the initiative to ask, "Aren't you going to get off work yet?"
Fu Shize: "What about you?"
Yunli: “Not so fast.”
Not wanting to continue the conversation, Yunli filled the hot water and left.
After three hours, Yunli processed the materials she had received according to the requirements. Another colleague said that she had not finished it yet and would send it to her when she got home, but Yunli still hadn't received it.
Having stared at the screen for a long time, Yunli lay on the table with his eyes closed, thinking about waiting for a while.
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It was a little after nine o'clock when Fu Shizhe came out of the lounge.
The light in the Human Resources Department was still on. He went over and knocked on the door, but no one answered.
After opening the door, the office seemed empty, but I could hear slight breathing sounds.
Fu Shi walked closer and found that Yun Li was lying on the table with her face facing the other direction, and the computer keyboard was pushed over by her.
She looked very small, taking up only a small portion of the office chair.
Her other hand was still half holding the mouse, and the headphone on her left ear had fallen onto the table between her ear and elbow because she was lying down, while the other ear was still on her right ear.
Fu Shi reached out and picked up the earphone from Yun Li's elbow and put it on his left ear.
Soft piano music came from the headphones.
Fu Shi lowered his eyes and looked at Yun Li. She had a small face and her tight eyelashes trembled slightly. She looked well-behaved and harmless.
He stood there quietly for a while before taking off his headphones and putting them back on the table.
Fu Shi said softly, "Yunli."
Yunli didn't move.
Fu Shi pursed his lips and said, "Yun Li."
Yunli remained motionless.
There was no other way, so Fu Shi had to reach out and take off the earphone from her right ear and called out, "Yun Lili."
Yunli remained motionless.
There was no other sound in the office except for the few times he called her in a deliberately lowered voice.
Fu Shi didn't want to wake her up, so he leaned down and got close to her right ear.
Before she could say anything, Yun Li suddenly opened her eyes, looking still sleepy. When she saw Fu Shi Ze's face in front of her, she narrowed her eyes.
Fu Shi was stunned for a moment, then straightened up silently.
Yunli didn't react either: "Were you calling me just now?"
Fu Shize's absent-mindedness only lasted for a moment, and now he has returned to his usual indifference: "You fell asleep."
When Yunli heard this, his face turned red again: "Oh..."
"Is there anything wrong?" Yunli sat up straight.
Fu Shi said frankly: "I saw the lights were on here."
"Shall we go?" Fu Shi returned the headphones to her.
Yunli was a little surprised: "Do you want to go with me?"
Fu Shi nodded.
Yunli felt uncomfortable: "I can just go back by myself..."
Fu Shizhe: "It's not very safe recently."
Hearing what he said, Yun Li hesitated again. After all, personal safety is the most important thing. She lowered her head and thought for a while: "But I still have to wait for my colleague's documents. Why don't you leave first?"
Fu Shize: "Wait for you together."
There was no extra emotion in his tone, as if he felt that this was a matter of course and just a piece of cake.
Yunli tried his best not to think too much, but his heart was in a mess.
Fu Shi stood there for a while and then left.
When Yunli finished processing the documents and left, he just turned off the lights and saw Fu Shizhe walking out of Xu Qingsong's office opposite.
Fu Shize: "Let's go."
"Um……"
When passing by Fu Shizhe's office, he said "wait a moment" and turned around to pick up two baseball caps from the solid wooden coat rack at the door. They were similar in style and shape, except that one was black and the other was blue.
He put on the blue cap and pressed it down. His hair was not long, and his facial features were more distinct after he put on the cap.
"The temperature has dropped." Fu Shi handed the hat to Yun Li.
The hat was a little big for Yunli. She put it on and adjusted the size. She saw their figures reflected in the glass. The two people were almost a head apart and looked like two middle school boys.
At night, the temperature in Nanwu dropped to three or four degrees, and the high humidity after the rain intensified the winter chill.
Yunli followed behind Fu Shize, his hands in his pockets, and he walked with ease. Perhaps influenced by him, her mood also improved a lot.
The nostalgic time did not last long. When Yunli came to her senses, she was already downstairs. Fu Shi nodded towards the apartment, motioning her to go back.
Yunli said softly: "You should also go to bed early."
Then he walked back as if escaping.
After the busiest period, EAW welcomed its year-end trip. This year, the venue was booked at the Toxianbajiu B&B. Several departments staggered their travels, and the HR department arranged the trip for Monday and Tuesday of the week after Christmas.
Not long after I learned the news, Deng Chuqi called me.
"Xia Xia said that you guys are going to their homestay next Monday and Tuesday, so they asked us to go there early on Friday night." Deng Chuqi said cheerfully, "It just so happens that I have submitted my resignation, and Xia Xia and the others are planning to help me celebrate my escape from the sea of suffering."
Yunli stirred the noodles in the pot, "Will Uncle Xia Xia be there?"
"I asked Xia Xia who was going, and it seems her uncle might not be available. It's the end of the year and there are a lot of things to do." Deng Chuqi joked, "Why, if Xia Xia's uncle isn't going, you won't celebrate for me?"
"That's not what I meant..." Yun Li hesitated, turned off the fire on the stove, poured himself a cup of warm water, and after everything was ready, he told the whole story of what had happened before.
Yunli had foresight to move the phone further away from herself. Within a few seconds, Deng Chuqi's voice was amplified several times: "Lili! Are you kidding me?! Have you asked him in person? What if he wants to date you?"
Yunli: "Because that was a girl I had known for several years, it was definitely not me."
Deng Chuqi disagreed: "No, isn't that what others said? You should ask him in person."
Deng Chuqi's personality has always been straightforward. Yun Li suddenly lost confidence and said bluntly: "I have been pursuing him for so long, but he has always rejected me. He rejected all my invitations."
Yunli said in a depressed tone: "Besides, this happened two weeks ago. He didn't take the initiative to contact me in the past two weeks. He may not even know that I deleted his WeChat."
"Fuck." Deng Chuqi blurted out: "Did you delete his WeChat?"
Yunli: “Hmm…”
Deng Chuqi: "You two are still in the same company, so you may occasionally have intersections in life. Meeting like this would be a big embarrassing drama."
Yunli: "Actually, I kind of regret it now... How about I add it back secretly?"
Deng Chuqi: “…”
Yunli said to himself: "He may not have discovered it yet..."
Deng Chuqi said nothing.
Yunli thought for a moment and said, "What if he has found out? Wouldn't that be even more embarrassing? Forget it."
Deng Chuqi fell into silence for a long time. After a while, she comforted Yunli: "It's better to draw a clear line with him. If you don't want to come, then don't come. It's not a big deal."
Yun Li said honestly: "We have drawn a line...but you and I are the only friends in Nanwu, and I don't want this to affect my normal life."
"It's okay, Lili." Deng Chuqi tried to ease her anxiety and joked, "Let Xia Xia find two single colleagues to come together..."
Hearing this, Yunli's tone became relaxed: "I can't find it. If you find it, I won't go."
The atmosphere between the two became much more relaxed. Deng Chuqi turned on the speaker and confirmed the arrangements for the day together with Xia Congsheng.
Yunli returned to the kitchen and lit the fire. The noodles had become limp and tangled into a heap. She pushed them together with chopsticks.
She recalled the scene when Fu Shizhe sent her home a few days ago.
In the end, she couldn't help but turned back.
Fu Shi was still standing there, his slender body seemed to blend into the winter night. The moment she turned back, she was caught off guard and bumped into his calm and gentle eyes.
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