Chapter 71 Backflip
Qiao Wu continued to play ball.
Seeing Lu Yingchi standing in the corner with a murderous look on his face, Fei Jingming moved over and asked, "What's with that expression?"
Lu Yingchi was very annoyed, but he couldn't tell what he was annoyed about. He turned around and poured wine into his glass and drank it all in one gulp.
"Someone is pursuing her." He said viciously.
"..." Fei Jingming really thought that Lu Yingchi might be off the mark. "Didn't you say this wasn't strange?"
Don’t listen, don’t listen, the Bodhisattva is chanting.
Lu Yingchi ignored it and slammed the bottle down on the table. "If I catch you, humph."
"Lu Yingchi." Fei Jingming lowered his voice, "How old is Qiao Wu this year?"
"twenty two."
"Yes, she's 22, which is the legal age for marriage. Even if someone pursues her, you have no right to interfere even if she wants to date or marry someone," Fei Jingming said. "Your Lu family isn't the Heavenly Palace. Do you have any rules prohibiting people from dating?"
It would have been fine if he hadn't said it, but once Lu Yingchi heard it, he suddenly realized: "You reminded me."
Let’s add one more house rule tonight.
No casual dating allowed.
"Are you even listening to what I'm saying?"
"I listened." Lu Yingchi moved his lips, looked at the person surrounded by everyone, and said stubbornly, "But I don't think it's possible."
No one can do it.
Fei Jingming raised his eyebrows: "Who can do it, you?"
"Bullshit!" Lu Yingchi denied subconsciously, "I can't do that either."
But after saying this, he was confused for a moment.
He imagined himself standing next to Qiao Wu, but... Lu Yingchi couldn't accept it.
He had been chasing after and admiring Qiao Wu for too long. When they were young, they still had some common topics to talk about, but in the blink of an eye, she had surpassed him by far.
He thought bitterly in his heart that even he was not worthy of her.
He just wanted her to always be in front, even if it meant letting him chase her like he was doing now.
Don't ever give her attention to anyone again.
Fei Jingming had never met such a person before. He didn't want to talk, nor did he allow others to talk. It was impossible to communicate even if they tried.
Finally, I can only say: "I wish you success."
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After working overtime at the company, Lu Jinzhi did not go to Jingshui Villa, but returned to Lu's residence.
But the house was unusually quiet. When he returned to the room, he only saw Lu Ning lying on the floor playing with the kitten. There was no sign of anyone else.
Qiao Wu is going to instruct Lu Yingchi today, but it is already nine o'clock in the evening.
"Where is Qiao Wu?" he asked.
"I'm still playing in the recreation room with Lu Yingchi and the others." Lu Ning was too young to drink, so she stayed there for a short while before running back to play with Wuwu. "I don't understand the games adults play."
Lu Jinzhi paused in untying his tie: "A game for adults?"
"Yeah." Lu Ning nodded. "The demons are dancing wildly. Qiao Wu drank a lot of wine today. Lu Xuan even said she doesn't like the taste of alcohol."
Lu Jinzhi stopped changing his coat, turned around and walked out again.
Lu Ning poked her head out: "Second Uncle, where are you going?"
The only answer she got was a man's flat voice: "Exorcism."
Qiao Wu did drink a little too much today because she was in a really good mood.
In her previous life, she was busy studying and surviving, and did not have much time to rest. In this life, twelve years were stolen from her, so she did not experience the most unforgettable and carefree stage of life in everyone's life.
Each of Lu Yingchi's classmates was very optimistic and positive, which allowed her to steal a little bit of the missed time, so much so that she almost poured all her emotions into it.
Infected by everyone's enthusiastic emotions, she rarely acted unrestrained.
Indulge yourself in getting drunk at home this time, and when you wake up the next day, she will still be herself.
Everyone is now sitting in a circle, taking out all the little games they usually play at school gatherings, and even playing Truth or Dare.
Qiao Wu felt a little dizzy, so he didn't continue. Instead, he sat lazily on the single sofa in the corner and listened to them exposing each other's secrets.
There was a carpet on the floor, and Lu Yingchi sat on the floor next to her sofa. From time to time, his big head would rub against her elbow as he passed the wine bottle to people.
Every time he rubbed against him, he couldn't help but turn his head to look, and found that Qiao Wu was leaning on the armrest on the other side and didn't notice his movements, so he sat down more at ease.
Getting closer and closer.
He didn't stop until the hand casually placed on his side touched his hair and earlobe, feeling satisfied.
Gurgle.
The empty wine bottle turned again on the table.
The Lu family doesn’t have Truth or Dare cards, so they can only play with wine bottles. Whoever the bottle points to loses.
This time the mouth of the bottle was aimed at Chen Caiwen.
As the only two girls present, no one made things difficult for her and used their cell phones to draw truth or dare drawings for her.
Chen Caiwen clicked on one of them.
"Is there anyone you like?"
There was a moment of silence, and Fei Jingming tried to ask, "Do you want to order again?"
In fact, except Lu Yingchi, everyone else could see it more or less.
But Lu Yingchi was too straightforward, and no one wanted the situation to become too ugly.
"No need." Chen Caiwen took a sip of wine and quickly glanced towards Lu Yingchi.
But the other person didn't even look at her, but tilted his head to stare at the hand on the side of his face.
Chen Caiwen sighed inwardly, then withdrew her gaze and finally put an end to this unrequited love: "Yes."
No one asked who she was.
Everyone continued to the next round in tacit understanding.
Qiao Wu, who had been watching them play, raised her eyebrows slightly. Even though she was a little slowed down by the alcohol, she could still see the obvious thoughts of these younger brothers and sisters. They were so easy to guess.
She glanced at the big golden retriever beside the sofa.
But due to her blind spot, she couldn't see clearly what Lu Yingchi was doing.
If she meets the right person in college, it would be fine to have a relationship. She is looking forward to that day.
Unable to bear her gossipy nature, she stood up to see Lu Yingchi's reaction, but as her hand moved, her fingertips suddenly touched something burning hot.
Lu Yingchi, who was sitting on the sofa with his head down, suddenly raised his head and looked over with wide eyes.
He drank quite a bit today, and his face was a little red from the alcohol. I just touched his face.
Maybe Lu Yingchi didn't expect to be touched by her, so his eyes were a little shocked and evasive.
Qiao Wu thought that there was a girl here who was interested in him, so he withdrew his hand and said, "Stay away."
I didn’t notice it!
Lu Yingchi breathed a sigh of relief and moved a millimeter to the side very inconspicuously: "Oh."
Several classmates' bottles had already finished a round, and when they saw the people their bottles were aimed at, they all said, "Come again, come again!"
Just have Sister Qiao play with you, who would dare to pry into her privacy?
But before Fei Jingming could spin the bottle, Lu Yingchi suddenly leaned forward and pressed the bottle mouth. He raised his eyebrows and turned back: "It's your turn."
Qiao Wu, who was being pointed at, did not participate in this game, but since the bottle was pointed at her, she did not mind playing a round. She said casually, "Ask."
No one dared to ask, only Lu Yingchi rolled his eyes and asked, "Who is the person chasing you?"
Qiao Wu: “…”
She slowly turned her head and looked at Lu Yingchi.
The eagerness in this person's eyes is too obvious.
It seemed that if she answered, he would rush over to settle the score with her the next second.
She was helpless: "How many drinks are needed?"
"If you don't answer, you'll have to drink five cups." Lu Yingchi frowned. "You can't drink anymore, and you can't even tell me your name?"
Qiao Wu raised his hand to pour the wine: "Yeah."
Lu Yingchi held her hand holding the wine and asked unhappily, "Why?"
"It's disrespectful." Qiao Wu made up an excuse, "If you didn't catch up, protect their privacy."
Didn’t catch up?!
Can't catch up!
Ahahahahahahaha!!!
Lu Yingchi felt refreshed instantly.
"Yes, yes, yes." His gloomy mood suddenly became very cheerful. "It's to save face for others."
Qiao Wu looked at the hand on his wrist and was about to open it when the room suddenly became quiet.
The eyes of everyone sitting opposite her became dull, as if they were looking behind her.
Qiao Wu tilted her head, but suddenly a hand stretched out from the side of her face and slapped Lu Yingchi's hand away.
With this movement, the unbuttoned coat of the man behind her fell to the side of her face, almost covering half of her body, and the back of her head seemed to touch something.
In the room filled with the aroma of wine, the smell of the person behind him seemed particularly refreshing and prominent.
"Lu Jinzhi?"
Before she could say anything, Lu Yingchi, who had been slapped, turned around with a ferocious look, and his expression froze when he saw the person coming.
"What are you doing here?"
Lu Jinzhi had never set foot in the entertainment room at home. People like him would not bother with such superficial entertainment.
Lu Jinzhi didn't answer him.
Instead, he maintained a leaning posture and looked down at the person in front of him: "How many drinks?"
Before Qiao Wu could fully react, he subconsciously replied, "Five cups."
The next second, the hand that was suspended in the air on the back of her hand moved. He placed one hand on the back of her sofa and pressed his body down further.
Only then did Qiao Wu realize that the thing that had touched the back of her head was his tie. She had to move her body to the side, but when she turned her head, she saw Lu Jinzhi's hand on her ear.
Lu Jinzhi took a clean cup from the table and poured it back, then the second, the third... the fifth, and then poured the wine into it.
Under everyone's still dazed gaze, he drank all five glasses of wine.
Only after the last empty cup fell on the table did he straighten up and slowly said to Qiao Wu, "I'm coming to see you."
"She's playing with us now," Lu Yingchi said dissatisfiedly, "It's already late, and work can't be discussed until tomorrow. Are you Zhou Paopi?"
Lu Jinzhi rolled his obstructive and restless head away like a ball and said without emotion, "I will peel off your skin."
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Lu Yingchi, whose card was suspended and whose qualifications as a father were stripped away, had been unhappy with Lu Jinzhi for a long time. Taking advantage of his drunken state, he rolled up his sleeves and was about to stand up: "Lu Jinzhi, don't think I'm afraid of you. I want to have a fatherly duel with you right now!"
"I don't have the hobby of competing with Lu Jiang for a job." Lu Jinzhi held his shoulders and turned to ask Qiao Wu, "Are you still playing?"
Qiao Wu finally came to his senses a little.
If she said she wanted to continue playing at this moment, Lu Jinzhi would definitely sit down and play with her without hesitation.
The scene at that time was so beautiful that she hardly dared to look at it.
It just so happened that she couldn't play anything right now, so she stood up and said, "You guys play first, we'll go talk about something."
Only then did Lu Jinzhi let go of her hand, nodded to the group of stunned young people, walked beside Qiao Wu and went downstairs with her.
"Damn." Lu Yingchi moved his shoulders. "Doesn't this monkey usually just sit in the office? It's so energetic!"
His shoulders were pinched so hard that they hurt!
Several students asked curiously: "Lu Yingchi, who is that person..."
"Lu Jinzhi, haven't you heard of him?" Lu Yingchi frowned. "Didn't you find him when you were searching for information? He's a rare species in my family. If you're interested, give me 50 yuan for a ticket next time, and I'll let you see him once a week."
“…”
nerve.
Of course I found it.
As an entrepreneurial role model for the younger generation, Lu Jinzhi is simply a god-like existence.
But looking at pictures online is nothing like looking at people in real life!
"Rare species?"
Lu Yingchi pointed to his head and said, "There's something wrong with him. He's not a normal person."
"Isn't that a genius?"
"So he's not a normal person," Lu Yingchi said matter-of-factly. "Only those people outside treat him like a god, wanting to meet him all day long. But in reality, he's incredibly cunning. All he does is work, and all he does is read. I suspect he's become a psychopath."
"Hiss." Chen Caiwen's hands were shaking with excitement. "A gentleman scumbag, a highly scheming person, and so handsome!"
Everyone looked at her silently.
Chen Caiwen: "It's the standard configuration for a domineering CEO, and it's even more exciting."
Everyone: “???”
Sister, what are you doing? You didn’t have that expression just now!
Lu Yingchi looked at her warily: "Boss is a taboo word in my house, you can't mention it."
"Why?"
"Qiao Wu doesn't like it."
"I think it's okay." Fei Jingming touched his chin, "Your brother even helped her drink."
"What do you know?"
Lu Yingchi vowed, "I must get Qiao Wu to give him a job. Lu Jinzhi is a cunning man. He will give people some sweet treats if he wants to work for them. It's just a few drinks. Qiao Wu and him..."
He was just about to say that it was just like that when they were kids, and they weren't very familiar with each other.
But thinking about the last time Lu Jinzhi called him in the village, he paused.
"Anyway, Qiao Wu doesn't like him. My family has a guide to clearing mines from overbearing CEOs. All the rules and regulations point to him. That explains everything."
He was very sure that Qiao Wu must have something against Lu Jinzhi.
Everyone was confused and felt it was powerful.
On this side, after going downstairs, Qiao Wu and Lu Jinzhi walked back to the main house together.
Qiao Wu straightened his collar: "Why are you here?"
Lu Jinzhi said slowly: "Come and listen to how you respect me."
Qiao Wu: “…”
Did you hear it then?
Then a light laugh fell beside her: "I don't deny it either."
What are you denying? Are you saying you can't catch up?
“Not giving a definitive answer to an unknown question isn’t wrong,” Qiao Wu said.
Because they were walking in sync and she didn't want to think too much, she just followed Lu Jinzhi's rhythm. But as she walked, she felt something was wrong.
Thinking that Lu Jinzhi was looking for her and there might really be something, she didn't say anything until she and Lu Jinzhi arrived at the wine cellar.
Seeing him approaching the bar, Qiao Wu raised his eyebrows slightly.
"Lu Ning is still with her cat." Since Lu Jinzhi had promised to let people into the room, he would not go back on his word.
But he didn't want to go back so early.
He smiled and said, "I'll make it up to you since you interrupted my fun."
Qiao Wu sat down on the high stool in front of the bar: "How do I make up for it?"
"Personal special, want some?"
The two of them had drunk together a few times when they grew up, but Qiao Wu had never heard that Lu Jinzhi could mix cocktails.
She tapped the countertop and said, "Try it."
When she saw him take out the cup and wine, Qiao Wu realized the trick. She didn't even need to get the wine, because Lu Jinyi had already prepared to bring her over.
"What if I don't come with you?" she said with a smile.
Lu Jinzhi straightened the cup and said, "I'm not so fragile as to give up just because someone says I can't catch her."
He opened the wine and raised his eyelids slightly: "Opportunities are reserved for those who are prepared."
Qiao Wu was too lazy to argue with him: "When did you learn how to make cocktails?"
"I didn't learn it." Lu Jinzhi said, "I just found a taste I liked."
After joining the company, he had to attend social events, so he didn't like drinking very much. In order to adapt himself, he mixed a lot of his favorite flavors and drank a little every night, which became a habit.
He handed the cup to her: "Want to try it?"
Qiao Wu picked it up and smelled it, but she didn't smell any difference. However, she could taste a light sweetness after taking a sip. The alcohol taste was not very strong, and it was suitable for drinking while chatting, just like drinking tea, which was her favorite taste.
"Are you talented at everything you do?" she asked curiously.
"Not really." Lu Jinzhi also poured himself a glass, "Even if you pursue someone, you'll get rejected."
“…”
Qiao Wu laughed: "It's not over yet, right?"
"Yeah." Lu Jinzhi admitted frankly and smiled, "It's not over yet."
Qiao Wu rested his elbows on the table, supporting his chin. Seeing this, he asked with interest, "What if you really can't catch up?"
Lu Jinzhi paused in his drinking. He lowered his eyelashes slightly, his gaze covering the drunken figure in front of him, taking in all her changes from the past. He chuckled, "Since you've known me, is there anything I can't do that I want to do?"
Not really.
Qiao Wu was stimulated by his confident tone: "Then you might be about to encounter the first one."
"Don't give a definite answer to an unknown question." Lu Jinzhi clinked his glass with hers, seemingly not taking the rejection to heart. "You said it."
The wine was really smooth to the taste, and Qiao Wu finished the whole glass without realizing it. When she put down the glass, she found that Lu Jinzhi was staring at her intently.
"Your gaze is not polite."
"Sorry, I couldn't help it."
Lu Jinzhi replaced her cup with another one: "It seems you are very happy today."
"You can tell?"
"Yeah." Lu Jinzhi said, "You didn't like the taste of alcohol before."
When his eldest brother was still alive, he would occasionally come and play with the younger generations after socializing.
At that time, Lu Ning had not been born yet, and Qiao Wu was the only girl in the family. Naturally, his elder brother would show more love and care to the little girl.
But Qiao Wu really didn't like the smell of alcohol, so whenever her elder brother drank, she would sit far away.
"As I grew older, I discovered that alcohol can sometimes be a good thing, a mood stimulant," Qiao Wu admitted. "I'm really happy today."
Maybe it was because she had been hiding a lot of things from the past in her heart, she had been alone for too long, or maybe she had drunk too much today.
There was someone here to talk to her, and he was the only one who knew her secret, so Qiao Wu felt less guarded.
"Lu Jinzhi, I envy them very much." She said softly.
Lu Jinzhi stopped and looked into her eyes: "What are you envious of?"
"I have friends, I have dreams, I have youth."
That's why she regards the Lu family and Zhong Hejing as more important than she imagined.
She doesn't have many friends.
She cherishes it very much.
At this moment, Lu Jinzhi suddenly had a very novel feeling. He suddenly remembered that at the entrance of the village, Qiao Wu asked him, "Will it be very hard for you?" He couldn't feel the emotion at that time because it was too dark, but now he seemed to feel it.
“Will it be hard?”
He asked the question back.
Qiao Wu was stunned for a moment.
But her chaotic mind didn't allow her to recall too many similar fragments. She thought about it carefully and shook her head: "Not really."
Exactly the same answer.
Lu Jinzhi felt that he should be happy about this kind of resonance, but he could not feel happy.
Because he knew very well how he got through that period of time.
“Actually, I already have a lot of things.”
Qiao Wu is not a greedy person. She knows clearly that she now has resources that she could not have imagined in the past, so she will not trap herself in memories for too long, otherwise she will only be able to stop moving forward.
"I just feel a little regretful sometimes," she said.
After she finished speaking, she felt that she was being too pretentious, so she held the wine glass and drank it all in one gulp to ease the shame rising from the bottom of her heart.
Then he tried to make amends for himself: "But I'm fine."
After she finished speaking, she found that Lu Jinzhi had not said anything, and she couldn't help but look up.
Because he was standing at the bar, the lighting was a little dim. He supported himself on the counter with one hand and held the tongs for adding ice cubes in the other. The look in his eyes was not as vague as before, but very serious.
Just staring at her without blinking.
"What are you thinking about?"
These words seemed to bring Lu Jinzhi back from his previous state. He picked up the ice cubes with tongs and put them in the cup. The ice and the glass made a pleasant sound when they collided.
The dark shadow in his eyes was replaced by a smile: "I want to kiss you."
“…”
Qiao Wu had never seen such a scene before.
All the messy thoughts just now were blown away by this sentence.
They had drunk too much tonight, and the heat was rising in waves. Qiao Wu felt that she couldn't drink any more. She put down her glass and stood up: "You are planning to go all out, and it doesn't matter how many points you lose, right?"
Seeing this, Lu Jinzhi also put down his things and walked out of the bar, walking side by side with her: "Everything will turn into its opposite when it reaches its extreme."
Qiao Wu said angrily, "Don't make yourself look bad."
Lu Jinzhi smiled almost imperceptibly: "You are right."
Qiao Wu shivered in the cold wind and didn't hear what he said clearly: "Hmm?"
Then she saw Lu Jinzhi take off his coat.
No way, you're not going to give it to her, are you?
It's quite embarrassing.
Seeing that he really raised his hand, Qiao Wu subconsciously wanted to dodge.
But Lu Jinzhi didn't give her any chance at all and surrounded her from the front and back.
Qiao Wu: “…”
No, what kind of nice guy would put clothes on a girl like this?!
She was more shocked than embarrassed.
Lu Jinzhi didn't think he had done anything outrageous at all. He just predicted that Qiao Wu would refuse, so he wrapped her hands together.
She also tied a knot with her sleeve behind her back.
Qiao Wu took a deep breath, even forgetting that the way he fastened his sleeves looked like he was hugging her. He asked with a straight face, "Do you think this is romantic?"
"This way you won't struggle." Lu Jinzhi fastened his sleeves and glanced at her unhappy expression, feeling somewhat puzzled. "Is enduring the cold romantic?"
Qiao Wu was too lazy to talk to him.
She now even feels that wearing clothes is not ambiguous at all.
She looks like a dumpling.
Lu Jinzhi deserves to be cold!
"Why don't you let go?" She glanced at Lu Jinzhi's hands that were still loosely clasped at his sides.
Lu Jinzhi felt a little regretful: "I found out."
He released his hand, but did not immediately move away from the distance between them: "You are right, I have indeed encountered the first thing I cannot do."
"What's up?"
Have you finally realized that what you are doing is not human?
Suddenly, someone touched her head gently, just like the day when he took advantage of her. Lu Jinzhi's thumb moved from the top of her head to the front, pressed on her brow, and gently stroked it, as if to comfort her.
"I feel so sad." He said softly.
But he couldn't make her go back to when she was eighteen.
Qiao Wu was stunned.
She knew what Lu Jinzhi was talking about.
At this time, voices were heard in the distance. It should be Lu Yingchi and the others who had finished. Qiao Wu took a step back, away from his touch.
Lu Jinzhi sighed softly.
The two of them arrived at the elevator. Qiao Wu had drunk too much today, and thinking that Lu Ning would be there in the evening, she decided not to go to Lu Jinzhi's place to see the cat, so she pressed the button for her own floor.
Lu Jinzhi looked at it without saying anything.
The elevator stopped at his floor, but he didn't rush out.
Looking down at the clothes on his body, Qiao Wu suddenly realized: "Clothes..."
Before he finished speaking, Lu Jinzhi suddenly turned his head and asked naturally, "The kitten can do a backflip, let's go and see it?"
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