There was not much emotion on his face, but Yunli felt particularly relieved and returned to him with a faint smile.
From last night till now, she had always felt like she was living in a dream, but now she found reality in his details.
After breakfast, Fu Shi borrowed Xu Qingsong's car and drove to the zoo.
"Don't you need navigation?" Yun Li was a little surprised to see him start the car directly, while Fu Shi hummed, "I used to come here when I was a kid."
Yunli: "Have you ever been to that zoo?"
Fu Shize: “Yeah.”
Yunli: "Will you feel bored if you go there again?"
Fu Shi looked at the road ahead and paused for a few seconds before saying, "Not if I accompany you."
…
The zoo is more than half an hour's drive from the B&B. There are all kinds of Christmas decorations hanging at the entrance. After parking the car, Yunli and Fu Shi went to the entrance to swipe their electronic tickets. The staff gave them a tour map. The park is not small, and the map is specifically marked.
The two of them have made each other aware of their feelings.
A real date.
Because it was the weekend, there were quite a few people in the park, mostly parents with children and couples. Yunli lowered his head to study the map.
"Wait a moment." Fu Shizhe suddenly said, and turned to go to the convenience store near the entrance. Yunli didn't think too much and locked on a few spots on the map where they could play.
When she came back to her senses, a shadow blocked her view. She looked up and found Fu Shi holding a new parasol with the label on the handle still intact.
He has a fair complexion, dark eyebrows and eyes, and he is wearing a black coat and staying under a black umbrella, as if avoiding the sun.
Yunli: "I brought sunscreen, do you need it?"
Fu Shize: "..."
Fu Shizhe: "Which one?"
Yunli casually pointed to a place on the map, and Fu Shi took a look and walked in that direction.
Under the umbrella, the two still kept a certain distance to avoid rubbing against each other.
As he walked forward, Yunli noticed the young couples nearby, many of whom were boys holding umbrellas for girls.
He saw it, so he went out and bought an umbrella.
It took more than three hours for the two of them to basically finish touring the park. Yunli received a message from Deng Chuqi: [You and Uncle Xia Xia went out? ]
Yunli: [We are at the zoo.]
Deng Chuqi: [Don’t just look at the animals, remember to do the right thing. ]
Yunli: [? ]
Deng Chuqi: [Pick this flower from the high mountain! ! ! ]
Yunli: [Now that he is sober today, he should be able to explain everything to me? ]
After Fu Shizhe took the initiative last night, Yunli expected that the two of them would have a more formal communication about their relationship today.
As the one who had been rejected before, Yunli had to admit that she didn't want to be the one who spoke up.
Fu Shize didn't seem to be interested in the entertainment around him, and would only cooperate with Yunli when she wanted to play.
When you reach the exit of the park, there is a goldfish catching stall on the roadside.
Yunli stood by and watched a boy carefully scoop up a goldfish, put it in a transparent plastic bag with water and give it to the girl waiting nearby.
Both of them looked to be in their early twenties.
Yunli hinted: "Do you think they are a campus romance?"
Fu Shize: "..."
He took the initiative to buy ten fishing nets and handed five to Yunli to use to catch the little goldfish in the pond.
Yunli had never played this game before and underestimated the difficulty of it. After her net was repeatedly broken by water and pierced by fish, she updated her understanding and turned to look at Fu Shi Ze next to her.
The same goes for him.
He looked at the fish in the pond and didn't move.
Yunli tried to comfort him: "It seems a little difficult..."
Fu Shi seemed not to have heard what she said. He stood up expressionlessly and said, "Boss, give me another 30 nets."
The stall owner quickly turned around and counted the nets, handed them to Fu Shi Ze, and then pointed to the QR code on the wall next to him and said, "Just scan this code to pay."
Fu Shi took out half and handed it to Yun Li.
Yunli reached out and took it in confusion: "Do you want this fish?"
Fu Shi was holding a fishing net, staring at the pond intently. When he heard Yun Li's question, he replied, "No."
A few seconds passed.
He continued: “It’s just a little bit hard to believe.”
He didn't catch any.
Yunli understood what he was thinking and found it a little funny.
She held the net, not planning to continue fishing, and squatted beside Fu Shizhe to watch his movements. Unlike usual, his expression did not change, but there was some emotion in his eyes.
Fu Shi raised his eyes and tilted his chin towards the net in her hand: "Don't want to play?"
Yunli nodded.
Fu Shize: "Then give it to me."
Yunli: “…”
Yunli: "I didn't know you had such a strong desire to win.
Fu Shizhe's eyes stayed on the fish pond. After a long while, he asked, "Don't you like it?"
“…”
“I quite like it…”
Hearing her reply, Fu Shi paused, and another fishing net was torn. He put it down without caring and continued as if nothing had happened.
After using up thirty fishing nets, there were a few goldfish in the small bucket. He bought a small glass tank, poured the goldfish into it, and bought some fish food.
Before leaving the zoo, Yunli thought for a long time before saying to Fu Shizhe, "Let's take a photo together."
Fu Shize did not refuse: "No one is helping to take the photo."
Yunli didn't care about that: "Just use the selfie mode on your phone. You're tall, can you come and get the phone?"
He didn't resist, but followed her instructions and picked up the phone and pressed it twice.
After walking around the other Christmas markets near the zoo for a while, when it was almost time for dinner, Fu Shi asked her, "Will you go home together tonight?"
Yunli thought about it and realized that tomorrow and the day after tomorrow would be the HR department’s year-end trip, also to this B&B. If she wanted to participate, she wouldn’t have to go back.
She has classes on Monday.
Yunli nodded.
After returning to the B&B, everyone else's luggage had been packed, and Xia Congsheng took a car of people away first.
Fu Shi first went upstairs with Yun Li to get the luggage. When they went downstairs, Xu Qingsong and Fu Zhengchu were already in the car. Fu Shi put the luggage in the trunk and the two sat in the back seat.
As soon as the car started, Fu Shi approached her and fastened her seat belt.
Fu Zhengchu kept staring at the rearview mirror, watching the two people's actions after getting in the car with a silly smile. After Fu Shize sat back in his seat, Yunli looked up and met Fu Zhengchu's eyes in the rearview mirror. She was instantly embarrassed.
Fu Zhengchu sent Yunli a screenshot of the chat interface between the two of them. He directly changed her note to "Aunt-in-law".
“…”
Xu Qingsong glanced at the rearview mirror: "What are you holding in your hand?"
Fu Shi didn't explain much: "Fish."
Xu Qingsong didn't ask them and drove the car directly to the entrance of Qilixiangdu. Yunli got out of the car and found that Fu Shize was following him.
Yunli: "Are you still going to EAW?"
Fu Shize: "I'll take you back."
I didn't expect this to be the reason, after all, the car had already arrived at the entrance of the community.
Yunli looked at the time and it was just after eight o'clock.
Yunli: "It's still quite early... How about we go buy some fried vermicelli?"
Fu Shi did not refuse.
The last time the two of them walked this road together was when they first met, and unknowingly four months had passed.
Fu Shi still remembered the way and walked side by side with her.
Yunli had been there so many times that the shop owner could recognize her. It was rare to see her bring a boy with her, so he asked, "Girl, is your boyfriend?"
In the past, the owner of the shop where he sold fried vermicelli would chat with Yunli, so they were quite familiar with each other. Yunli naturally denied it: "No."
Fu Shize: "..."
Yunli said to himself, "Not yet."
The shop owner didn't hear clearly and uttered a long "ah" in confusion. Yunli waved his hands and smiled to indicate that it was okay.
Fu Shi stood aside in silence.
"Okay." The shopkeeper handed the package to Yunli. Before she reached out, Fu Shi took it directly, "Thank you."
After walking a few steps, Fu Shi stopped and said, "There is a box in my pocket."
Yunli was stunned. Was he asking her to help get something?
She was on his left side, reaching into the left pocket of his coat, and felt a cold box, which she took out.
It was a small mother-of-pearl box, with shell pieces inlaid into the shape of clouds on the surface. Yunli guessed what it was, but still suppressed the excitement in his tone and asked, "Is it for me?"
Fu Shi saw the girl standing in front of him, her long and thick eyelashes trembling slightly, and her eyes filled with smiles. He couldn't help but curl his lips: "Well, a Christmas gift."
Once the mutual understanding of feelings is acknowledged, it is no longer possible to control the growth of this trend.
Yunli carefully put the mother-of-pearl box into her bag.
She was still immersed in the joy of receiving her first gift when someone next to her suddenly asked, "Where's mine?"
Yunli: “…”
Yunli’s smile froze.
She didn't prepare any gifts for this.
She never thought that a trip would lead to such a dramatic turnaround in their relationship.
"Can I make it up later?" The gift box on the bag magnified her guilt. She shuddered and said, "I didn't prepare..."
Fu Shi reminded: "Drone."
After he reminded her, Yunli remembered the drone she had made all night: "It's in the apartment. I'll give it to you."
"Um."
After arriving at Qilixiangdu, Fu Shi consciously stopped a few meters away from the door. Yunli had already opened the door, and after thinking for a while, he said, "Will you come up with me?"
When Yunli was pursuing her one-sidedly, this sentence only had its literal meaning, but the current situation between the two of them gave these ordinary words other ambiguous meanings.
Fu Shi did not refuse and followed her upstairs.
Yunli turned on the light. Fortunately, the house was still tidy before he left. Fu Shi put his things on the sofa, looked around, and placed the goldfish bowl in the middle of the coffee table.
This was not the first time he asked about this drone, and Yunli had no idea why he wanted it so much. Time was tight that night, and she worked all night to assemble and color it, but the finished product still had many flaws.
At that time, Chen Lirong "warned" her not to give it to Fu Shi Ze. She was worried that she would step on some sensitive areas, so she no longer considered it as a gift. A few days later, she met He Jiameng who told her that Fu Shi Ze wanted to date a girl, so it was even more impossible for her to give it away.
"I put the drone on the shelf. It's actually a bit ugly." Yun Li was afraid that he would have high expectations for it, so he belittled his finished product in advance.
Fu Shi hummed casually, stretched out his hands to pick up the cardboard drone, and transferred it to the table.
Fu Shi lowered his eyes and looked at the cardboard drone.
It was made of simple cardboard and painted on the surface, but it didn't look very solid. He touched the wing and found that the color was uneven.
"Or I can give you another gift." Yun Li was worried that he would think he was being too perfunctory. After all, the gift he gave looked like an expensive custom-made one.
"No need." Fu Shizhe: "That's good."
"Would you like to eat something with me?" Yunli pointed to the fried vermicelli on the corner of the table, and Fu Shi did not refuse. She went to the kitchen to get chopsticks and a small bowl, and also took two bottles of drinks.
Fu Shi didn't let her do it. He unscrewed the cap of the drink bottle himself and put the fried vermicelli into her bowl.
He looked like he had no appetite, and put down his bowl and chopsticks after only two bites. He propped his phone up with tissue paper on the table, opened E Station, and started playing the cardboard drone video she had uploaded earlier.
The video was edited hastily, and the scenes were not particularly smooth or coherent. Fu Shi seemed to be completely oblivious to these details, and watched silently until the progress bar reached the end.
She said to the camera word by word - I plan to give this handmade drone to a very important person.
“…”
Fu Shi pulled the progress bar back to a few seconds ago and played this sentence again.
“…”
Yunli lowered his head to eat embarrassedly, muttering: "Don't tease me..."
Fu Shize saw her blushing face and became even more unrestrained: "Didn't you tell me?"
“…”
When Fu Shi would clearly refuse, Yun Li would be more courageous. Now the two of them were more intimate than before, but she couldn't let go and couldn't control their current state.
She was able to learn how to invite the other person and accept the other person's rejection in a very short time, but she did not know how two people who were in love with each other should get along with each other.
It was almost ten o'clock when they finished eating, and Yunli walked Fu Shize to the door. Thinking of the question the owner had asked just now, Yunli couldn't help but ask him: "Today, we should be considered on a date, right?"
As if he hadn't thought she would ask this question, Fu Shi thought about it and didn't answer directly: "What do you think?"
Seeing that he didn't give a definite answer, Yunli was a little confused: "It should be... right?"
Fu Shize: "..."
He nodded.
After receiving the affirmation, Yunli attached great importance to the ritual of the first date and said seriously: "It's my first date."
Fu Shi looked down at her: "Me too."
Yunli: "What do you think?"
After thinking for a while, Fu Shizhe slowly said, "Very good."
"Then when is our next date?" Yun Li tried hard to suppress his smile, trying to make his feelings less obvious: "Can it be as soon as possible?"
"I have to go to Yihe on a business trip tomorrow." Fu Shi leaned against the door, pondered for a moment, and looked at her: "Wait for me to come back?"
Yunli felt warm in his heart: "Okay."
Near the end, he leaned there, and did not leave immediately, but continued to look at her for a long time. The two of them were silent, and when the lights in the corridor went out, she came back to her senses.
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