Fu Yanzhou replied to Chu Yi, saying that Min Xi would be free tomorrow night.
Less than three minutes later, Chu Yi sent the address of the dinner party.
[One more question, what is Min Xi interested in? Tomorrow I will try to talk about topics that she likes. 】Chu Yi sent another message right after that.
He treated us with sincerity and apology.
He almost snatched Min Xi's project away before, and he always felt bad about it.
Fu Yanzhou: [You can’t talk about what she is interested in. 】
Min Xi was most interested in tormenting him and picking on him.
Chu Yiyi got it wrong: [Jewelry or haute couture? I can brush up on the relevant knowledge overnight. Anyway, I will need it in the future. When I have a girlfriend, it will be easy for me, right? 】
Seeing his persistence, Fu Yanzhou said: [She is interested in public relations. 】
Chu Yi: “…”
Once the words are spoken, they cannot be taken back, so he had no choice but to pinch his nose and say: "Okay, I have an idea. Let's make up for the public relations related cases tonight." 】
Even though he had liked Zhu Youran for so many years, he had never done such a ridiculous thing.
Fu Yanzhou: [No need to be so deliberate, she is very easy-going and can talk about anything. 】
Looking at the message he had sent out, especially the word 'easy-going', he found it funny. She followed him and he had never had anything to do with her, but he subconsciously wanted to protect her, even at the cost of saying one thing and thinking another.
He put away his phone and went back to the bedroom.
Min Xi was thinking about the dinner party tomorrow night, so she asked him, "Are your other classmates bringing their families too?"
"Those who have family members can bring them, and those who don't can bring friends."
Min Xi nodded. This was the best way. Otherwise, she would be an outsider and would be embarrassed to just sit there without being able to say anything.
She took off her coat and went to the bathroom to take a bath.
Fill the bathtub with water and add jasmine essential oil tonight.
The essential oils were brought to her by her cousin from abroad, a very niche brand.
After taking a comfortable hot bath, she wrapped herself in a bath towel and was too lazy to put on her nightgown.
Fu Yanzhou was leaning against the head of the bed reading a book. She lifted the quilt and got into bed, and he put down the book and looked over.
Today is Friday, and she can sleep in his arms all night again, resting her head on his arm.
Min Xi moved over and Fu Yanzhou put his arms around her.
Between them was his bathrobe and her bath towel.
Fu Yanzhou took away the bath towel, and the quilt and his arms were filled with the scent of jasmine.
The floor lamp was on.
He turned his back to the light and looked down at her.
She was a little absent-minded.
"What are you thinking about?" he asked.
Min Xi looked at him and said, "You can't leave my sight tomorrow. It's best if you stay with me the whole time. What if your classmates feel that I'm not easy to talk to and suddenly the atmosphere becomes awkward? That would be so awkward."
Fu Yanzhou: "Chu Yi won't let you be in the cold."
"He's hosting tomorrow?"
"Yeah. He arranged the dinner."
"Then you'd better stay within my sight and don't let me lose sight of you."
"The room is so small, where can I go?"
Min Xi: "Restaurant, smoking area, there are many places to go."
"..." Fu Yanzhou promised her: "I won't smoke tomorrow night. I'll take you with me wherever I go. Is that okay?"
That's exactly what Min Xi wanted him to say. She pinched the belt of his bathrobe with her fingertips and wrapped it around her fingers, round and round, until she tore the belt loose.
Fu Yanzhou leaned over and pressed her down and kissed her.
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Min Xi woke up to the sound of birds singing outside the window.
It had been a long time since she could sleep until she woke up naturally on a Saturday. When she opened her eyes, Fu Yanzhou was already up. He got up earlier than her every day. She had never experienced what it felt like to wake up in his arms.
As they were going to have a dinner party in the evening, she picked out a more formal haute couture long dress, but changed her mind halfway through. It seemed that her circle of classmates often had small gatherings, and she would look out of place if she wore something so formal, so she changed into a dress from the current season's ready-to-wear collection.
Fu Yanzhou got up three hours ago and had already had breakfast and was working in the study.
Min Xi changed his clothes and came to find him, "Where are we going to practice driving this afternoon?"
Fu Yanzhou answered irrelevantly: "Come here."
Min Xi didn't understand what was going on, so he walked over and asked, "What's going on?"
When I got closer I realized that his shirt was not tucked into his trousers and the bottom two buttons were unbuttoned.
"Look at what you've grabbed." Fu Yanzhou lifted up the hem of his shirt, revealing several scratches on his muscular abdomen from her nails.
Min Xi tilted his head to look out the window, pretending not to see it.
Left over from last night's fight.
"Be gentler next time." Fu Yanzhou stood up, unbuckled his belt and flattened his shirt and tucked it back in.
"Go to the parking lot you often go to where it's hard to park." He answered her previous question.
Min Xi doesn't have many places she goes to often, except for the company and a few shopping malls. She couldn't go to the company basement to practice driving, so as not to be seen by colleagues who were working overtime, so she chose the shopping mall that she went to most often.
After lunch, Min Xi set out for the driving practice place.
She was driving today and Fu Yanzhou was sitting in the passenger seat.
Min Xi saw that he was holding sunglasses in his hand, so she took a deliberate look outside the car. It was a cloudy day today and there was no sun at all.
It was only when they arrived at the underground parking lot of the mall that she realized that he needed to come down to direct her to reverse the car, and that he wore sunglasses to prevent others from recognizing him.
He had already gotten out of the car. She leaned over the window and looked at him: "Do you think it's embarrassing that I can't reverse?"
Fu Yanzhou just happened to have his sunglasses on his nose, and his expression was normal: "What's so embarrassing about this?"
Min Xi: "Then why are you still wearing sunglasses?"
Fu Yanzhou smiled to himself: "Don't be mean."
He made it clear in advance that one should not be anxious when reversing, and should not get angry or lose temper if one does not know how to reverse or reverses incorrectly.
Min Xi didn't say anything and just kept staring at him.
Fu Yanzhou stared at her for a long while, not understanding why she looked at her like that.
Min Xi had no choice but to say it bluntly: "Kiss me."
Fu Yanzhou: “…”
He stared at her helplessly for dozens of seconds, wondering if she suddenly didn't want to learn how to drive in reverse, so she deliberately made things difficult for him by kissing her in public.
Min Xi just wanted him to coax her, so she would study hard regardless of whether he kissed her or not.
Fu Yanzhou finally walked over, his hands on the car door, and when he lowered his head, his powerful aura also pressed down. He kissed her on the lips and was about to get up, but Min Xi said, "Kiss her again."
Fu Yanzhou had no choice but to satisfy her and kissed her a second time. As soon as their lips parted, he covered her with kiss again.
One more kiss.
"Is this okay this time?"
Min Xi nodded with satisfaction and turned around to sit down.
Fu Yanzhou stood aside. There were not many empty parking spaces around, and they were all difficult to get in and out of. He said to Min Xi, "Pick any one and park in."
Min Xi: "I'll drive in first, and then pour it out."
Fu Yanzhou refused: "Listen to me, back in and develop a good parking habit."
It’s not that Min Xi doesn’t know how to reverse, it’s just that his skills are not very good. He also finds it troublesome to reverse into a parking space, so he developed a bad habit over time.
There were cars parked on both sides of the empty parking space, and the space in front was not spacious. Min Xi backed the car in several times, but his patience was almost exhausted, and he still hadn't managed to get in.
Fu Yanzhou instructed her how to steer at the right time.
There was a passage in front of the parking space she chose. Vehicles passed by from time to time, and she had to stop to let other cars pass first.
More than ten minutes passed and the car was still not parked.
Another sports car came over.
The car speed is getting slower and slower.
The driver of the sports car was Zhu Youran, and she recognized Fu Yanzhou wearing sunglasses at a glance.
I didn't expect him to come to the mall too.
On the morning of the wedding, he called her and apologized, saying that the negotiations in Shanghai had not yet been completed and he could not make it back, but he would treat her and her husband to dinner when he had the chance.
That day he asked Secretary Bai to attend the wedding banquet on his behalf, and gave her the same gift money as he gave to other married classmates, a seven-digit amount.
She opened the car window and prepared to say hello to him. Just as the glass slid down a crack, she heard Fu Yanzhou say, "Don't be angry. At most, you can get in after three more turns."
A female voice retorted to him: "You just said that! Your three are different from my three."
Zhu Youran then noticed the SUV leaning against the side. She couldn't see the person in the car clearly because of the reflection on the windshield. She only saw a head of soft long hair through the window.
It should be his wife. He was coaxing his wife to reverse.
The only person who could make him so patient and condescending was probably his wife through marriage.
Without saying hello, she quickly rolled up the car window, stepped on the accelerator slightly, and drove past in the sports car.
After the sports car passed, Min Xi continued to pour.
It took nearly twenty minutes to finally back the car in.
She leaned over the steering wheel, feeling more tired than running a 5,000-meter race.
One afternoon, driving out and back and forth.
I practiced parking in three or four parking spaces at different angles.
Fu Yanzhou could see that she was very discouraged, but she still practiced patiently over and over again.
He asked her to stop the car and opened the door of the cab: "That's all we have to do today. Let's go back. Get out and I'll drive."
The two switched seats.
Min Xi was slumped in the passenger seat, her palms were damp, and she took out a wet tissue and wiped her hands carelessly.
Fu Yanzhou didn't rush to drive away. He turned his head to look at her and said, "You don't have to practice for so long in the future."
Why force her to do something that makes her unhappy and spend an entire afternoon doing it?
Min Xi disagreed: "That won't work."
If she stopped practicing, and he was busy with work, she would have no other suitable excuse to ask him to spend half a day with her every week.
She gave the reason: "I have half a day a week scheduled."
Fu Yanzhou pulled the seat belt and fastened it, saying indifferently, "Half a day is easy to kill."
Min Xi followed his words: "Will you accompany me to play?"
Fu Yanzhou was silent for a while, then nodded: "Okay."
He started the car.
The car drove out of the mall's underground parking lot and headed for the hotel Chu Yi booked.
There was a traffic jam on the road and we didn't arrive until 6:30.
In the private room, Chu Yi and the others had arrived. There was a lady and a child, but no one was smoking. This was the first time that there was no smell of smoke in the private room during their dinner party.
"What's the business of our squad leader's wife?" someone asked casually.
Only Chu Yi knew that he almost intercepted Min Xi's project. He said: "Public relations."
"Zhuoran Public Relations?"
"No. Jiachen Public Relations."
They did not intend to mention Zhuoran Public Relations. By the time they realized it, it was too late. When talking about Zhuoran Public Relations, they naturally and inevitably thought of Zhu Youran.
It directly brought back Chu Yi’s sad memories.
The person who spoke offered Chu Yi a glass of water apologetically: "I'm sorry."
Chu Yi smiled and said generously: "It's okay. It's all over."
At this time, the door of the private room opened, and the waiter led Fu Yanzhou and Min Xi in.
Others stood up and greeted Fu Yanzhou.
When Chu Yi saw the person next to Fu Yanzhou, his eyes widened. He was not mistaken. It was the frustrated beauty he met in the Shanghai bar.
What did she say then?
She said she was more miserable than him and that her husband had gone to attend the wedding of a female classmate he liked that day.
That day was Zhu Youran’s wedding.
Fu Yanzhou also likes Zhu Youran?
…
He was so excited after peeping into a secret that he shouldn't have peeped into that he choked on the tea in his mouth. The tea rushed out of his nasal cavity, and at that moment, his brain was choked and hurt.
Chu Yi wiped away the tears that were choked on him, picked up a wet towel to wipe them, stood up and went over to say hello.
It was obvious that Min Xi also recognized him, and shock flashed in her eyes.
He smiled and pretended not to know her: "Hello, Chu Yi."
An idea popped up in Min Xi's mind: the person Chu Yi likes is Zhu Youran?
"I've heard of you for a long time. Fu Yanzhou often mentions you." Min Xi took the initiative to extend his hand and shook it gently.
The two of them had their own thoughts and had to pretend to be calm.
After saying hello, I took a seat.
Someone called Fu Yanzhou to play cards. Fu Yanzhou turned to look at Min Xi. He had promised her last night that he would take her with him wherever he went. He gave himself to her and asked her to hold it: "Go and help me look at the cards."
Min Xi didn't want to look at the cards. She whispered, "I won't go over. It's not convenient for you to joke around when I'm at the table. I'll chat with Chu Yi and the others. Didn't you say he wouldn't let me sit out?"
Fu Yanzhou didn't force her: "Come find me when you're bored."
Min Xi nodded in response, indicating that the card game was waiting for him.
Chu Yi was not in the mood to play cards tonight as he had too many questions that he was eager to figure out.
While Fu Yanzhou and the others were playing cards, Chu Yi started chatting with Min Xi on the pretext of asking for advice on public relations.
There was laughter and conversation going on over at the card table, and he couldn't hear their conversation, so he kept lowering his voice.
"The other day you said that Fu Yanzhou went to attend the wedding of a female classmate he liked. When was that female classmate? Was it from junior high school or undergraduate school?" Make sure it wasn't from high school.
Min Xi did not hide: "His female classmate in high school."
Chu Yi's head buzzed and his brain went blank for a moment. He had been in the same class with Fu Yanzhou since the first year of high school, and among his female classmates in high school, only Zhu Youran got married that day.
He couldn't believe it, or to be more exact, he didn't want to believe that it was true.
Fu Yanzhou also likes Zhu Youran?
How is that possible.
Given Fu Yanzhou's personality, he likes someone but has never confessed his feelings. Is it because of him?
Chu Yiping had a complicated mood: "Did you misunderstand Fu Yanzhou?"
Min Xi understood what Chu Yi meant: "No misunderstanding. Have you asked Fu Yanzhou to help you find out about Zhu Youran?"
Chu Yi was very sure: "No. Who would dare to ask him for such a favor? When I asked him to say a blessing to Youran's wedding, he had a word limit."
He was curious: "Who did he ask?"
Min Xi said: "Me."
Chu Yi nodded slowly. She and Zhu Youran were in the same industry, and people in the same industry understood each other better.
Feeling something was wrong, he realized belatedly: "You judged that he liked Zhu Youran based on the fact that he asked about Zhu Youran?"
He held on to a last glimmer of hope: "It's normal to care about the recent situation of old classmates."
Min Xi: "Maybe it's normal. But later I asked Yan Heyu for confirmation, and Yan Heyu said that besides Fu Yanzhou, there are several other boys in your class who like Zhu Youran."
Chu Yi's last hope was shattered. Yan Heyu had confirmed that it was not wrong. When he was a graduate student, Yan Heyu often had dinner with Fu Yanzhou and Zhu Youran, so he knew the inside story best.
Chu Yi's tongue was against his teeth, he felt very complicated and didn't know what to say for a long time.
He suddenly remembered: "Fu Yanzhou didn't attend the wedding that day."
"I didn't go because I had a quarrel with him."
It’s not that I didn’t want to go, but I had to make a choice in the end.
Min Xi also wanted to ask for clarification: "That night you said that the person you liked got married. Was it also Zhu Youran?"
Chu Yi nodded, still not knowing what to say.
Min Xi asked again: "Are you secretly in love with Zhu Youran?"
Chu Yi: "How could I have a secret crush on someone? If I'm in an open relationship, everyone in the class knows about it, even Yan Heyu knows about it."
Min Xi forced himself to maintain a smile: "I never understood before, how could he like someone secretly and endure it from high school to graduate school without confessing."
Now I know the reason.
Because I and my best friend fell in love with the same person.
Chu Yi poured a glass of water for Min Xi.
"Thank you." Min Xi took it and held it tightly in his hand.
Even though it was all in the past, she still felt bad.
Chu Yi also drank water to hide his depressed mood. He carefully reviewed everything he could remember from those years in high school.
In the past, I was careless and didn't realize that Zhu Youran treated Fu Yanzhou differently. Zhu Youran would only take the initiative to ask Fu Yanzhou for help with questions, and if she was undecided about something, she would also seek Fu Yanzhou's opinion.
And Fu Yanzhou was also nice to Zhu Youran.
When studying for their master's degree, Fu Yanzhou and Zhu Youran applied to the same university.
He had never paid attention to these details before.
In order to take his feelings into consideration, Fu Yanzhou never showed his feelings for Zhu Youran, at least not in front of him. Between friendship and love, Fu Yanzhou chose the former.
This kindness was so great that he didn't know what to give back to Fu Yanzhou.
Chu Yi raised his head and drank the half glass of water in one go. "Before you got married, you knew that Fu Yanzhou had someone he liked, but you still decided to marry him. Your brother is so good to you, it's impossible for him to let you marry for the sake of profit."
He asked tentatively: "Do you like Fu Yanzhou?" This is the only possibility.
Min Xi said nothing.
But he didn't deny it either.
She suddenly looked up at him.
Chu Yi understood her look, "Don't worry, I won't tell anyone."
He has experienced the feeling of liking someone but the other person doesn't like him for more than ten years and knows how hard it is to bear.
Besides, Min Xi was so proud in her heart. When Fu Yanzhou had no feelings for her, she definitely didn't want Fu Yanzhou to know about her humble crush.
The person who falls in love first loses in confidence.
In order to reassure her, Chu Yi once again said: "You can trust me when I do things. I won't be reckless. I know what to say and what not to say. After we get along for a long time, you will know what kind of person I am."
He smiled: "Otherwise Fu Yanzhou wouldn't have treated me as a friend for so many years."
Chu Yi added: "The day after we drank at the bar, I went to see you."
He was wondering why it was so difficult to find someone with his connections and he couldn't even find out any information about the other person.
It turned out that she was Min Jiangyuan's daughter. How could he have found out?
"Thank you for your concern."
"Don't be so formal. I just want people who share the same suffering as me to be happier."
Min Xi was silent for a while, then said, "You are the only one who knows. My brother doesn't even know that I like him."
Chu Yi was surprised and poured himself another glass of water.
There was silence for more than half a minute.
He suddenly laughed, feeling both funny and pathetic: "I am still deceiving myself, thinking that Fu Yanzhou doesn't like Zhu Youran, so I won't owe him anything, and you don't have to feel bad."
Min Xi comforted him, "There's nothing to be ashamed of. I sometimes deceive myself, too."
After a pause, he added: "Still worried about gains and losses."
Chu Yi sighed in his heart.
Only by asking Fu Yanzhou and hearing the answer from Fu Yanzhou himself, could he and Min Xi stop deceiving themselves, but perhaps they would be heartbroken.
Anyway, he didn't dare to ask.
If you ask, the friendship of classmates of more than ten years will have a knot and a subtle rift, and they will drift further and further apart.
He thought that this might be the reason why Min Xi didn't ask Fu Yanzhou directly. After asking, you may not get the true answer, and it may also cause the relationship between husband and wife to become delicate, and once a rift occurs, it will be difficult to repair.
"You and I are different. No matter what the truth is, it doesn't affect my life. If you are really too upset, and it seriously affects your relationship as husband and wife," Chu Yi paused for a long time before saying, "Then you can ask Fu Yanzhou himself." Ask him whether he likes Zhu Youran or not.
If you like it, when did you start to like it and how much do you like it.
Do I regret giving up on confessing my feelings to Zhu Youran?
Have you ever regretted it?
Min Xi was silent.
Chu Yi comforted her: "You are luckier than me. No matter what, you married the person you love."
After thinking it over for a moment, he decided to tell Min Xi the truth about the project he had intercepted. He didn't want Min Xi to feel too bad and think that he had no weight in Fu Yanzhou's heart.
The biggest problem between them may not be Zhu Youran, but the fact that Fu Yanzhou has no feelings for her now.
"I almost hijacked your project."
Min Xi was confused.
Chu Yi told her the whole story in a few words, and explained: "I really didn't know your relationship with Fu Yanzhou at that time."
Min Xi digested it for a moment: "Does he know that you intercepted the project to give it to Zhu Youran?"
"I know. He also said at the time that even if I gave the project to Zhu Youran, he would give it back to you. He also warned me not to touch the projects you were handling."
Chu Yi touched her cup with his water cup, "When you spend time together, you will naturally develop feelings for each other. I hope you can get what you want one day."
Sadness and relief mixed together.
At some time unknown to her, she had also been favored.
Min Xi smiled bitterly: "Thank you, I'll borrow your good words then."
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