Chapter 48

After her boss hung up the phone, Bai Shan was in a daze for a few seconds. Did her boss ask her to book a plane ticket?

But in the past two years, the boss has been traveling by his own plane, no matter how far the distance is. So did she hear it wrong or did her boss make a slip of the tongue and actually ask her to apply for the route?

This was the first time she made such a low-level mistake since she became a secretary.

My boss has been careless about everything recently because of his divorce. What if it was a slip of the tongue?

To be on the safe side, she had to confirm with her boss again.

[Mr. Fu, are you booking a civil aviation ticket? 】

Fu Yanzhou: [Yeah. 】

He told the driver to go back to the company to get the documents before going to the airport.

Bai Shan prepared the documents to be signed and approved, and waited in the company lobby for the boss to pick them up. The flight was booked, and she sent all the information to her boss.

The change to a commercial airline flight was so sudden that she didn't understand the reason.

The only reason I can think of is to save money.

But this reason is too far-fetched.

The Maybach had already arrived at the entrance of the building. Bai Shan hurried out and handed the folder to her boss.

A sudden decision was made to go to Shanghai, and all the itinerary was disrupted. Fu Yanzhou took the documents and processed them in the car.

After reading the last page of the document, Fu Yanzhou closed it.

Thinking that Zhou Yu had to deliver the white roses he ordered here before June 26, he sent a message to Zhou Yu: [The white roses will be delivered directly to the house in Melbourne. If you don’t mind the trouble, you can put them in your yard. 】

It was early morning on Zhou Yu's side. He just opened his eyes and his mind was confused: [What do you mean? You're going to propose in my yard? No trouble, no trouble at all! My wife and I would like to be witnesses to your proposal. 】

Fu Yanzhou: [There’s no need for roses. Min Xi and I are divorced. 】

[It’s May now, not April Fools’ Day! 】

[I'm not kidding.] 】

Zhou Yu was completely awake: [What happened? 】

Fu Yanzhou: [A lot of things. 】

He didn't want to say more: [I'm busy. You can do with the roses as you please, sorry for the trouble. 】

Before looking at the next document, he put down his phone and leaned back in his chair to relax. Ever since I left Jiachen Public Relations, I've been feeling pain somewhere in my heart, I can't tell exactly where.

It was already evening when we landed in Shanghai.

Min Xi knew the license plate numbers of the cars he drove in Shanghai, and he borrowed one of his uncle's cars.

When I turned on my phone after getting off the plane, I saw several missed calls and a message from my mother.

Xu Xiangqing: [Why is your phone turned off? 】

In the past two years, she had gotten into the habit of keeping her son's phone turned on whenever she wanted to call him, even when he was on a plane. Suddenly, she couldn't get through, and her heart skipped a beat.

Intellectually I knew he was fine, after all he had bodyguards with him whenever he went out, but I couldn't help but feel suspicious.

Fu Yanzhou: [Just landed. 】

Then he asked his mother: "Mom, what's the matter?" 】

Xu Xiangqing's heart was in suspense for more than an hour, but he finally let it go.

[Bad signal on the plane? Aren’t all international routes open? 】

Then he sent another message: [I don’t have anything to do, I just want to ask if you will come home for dinner tonight. I'm not busy recently, feel free to call me when you want to come back. 】

Her husband advised her to pay more attention to their son in the recent period, saying that no matter what the reason for the divorce was, it would be a painful one. However, he kept it to himself and refused to say anything.

Fu Yanzhou: [I took a civil aviation flight. No signal. 】

Xu Xiangqing just said casually: [Aren’t you used to traveling by plane? 】

Fu Yanzhou is not used to it: [There is no need for that now, it doesn’t matter which plane we take. I'll go back for dinner on weekends when I'm not busy. 】

Xu Xiangqing didn't understand what his son meant, but he didn't ask further questions. "Okay." Then you are busy. 】

Fu Yanzhou continued to reply to other messages, some about work and more about personal matters. Chu Yi also sent a message: [What’s going on? Why is the power turned off? 】

The questions of others were similar to Chu Yi's. They were all wondering why his phone suddenly couldn't be reached.

In the past two years, there has been no problem getting through to his phone, except when his phone was on silent mode and it was inconvenient to answer. Over time, they got used to it and forgot that they couldn't get through two years ago.

I have taken my own plane every time I traveled in the past two years because of Min Xi.

When they first got the marriage certificate, Min Xi tried to call him but couldn’t get through. That time he was on a commercial aviation flight that took more than two hours.

After turning on the phone, she said: [I can’t get through to you and I don’t know where you are. Don’t you know that others will be worried? 】

He promised Min Xi: "I will take my own plane from now on." 】To ensure that she can find him and get through to him on the phone at any time.

To this day, he still remembers Min Xi’s reply at that time: [Hehe:)]

Ignore her sarcasm and think she is looking for trouble.

Thinking of this, Fu Yanzhou recalled a sentence that Min Xi had said no less than three times, 'Fu Yanzhou, I have never found fault with you'.

Now I realize that she said she couldn't get through to him and didn't know where he was. Maybe she wanted him to report his itinerary...

Because they had just obtained their marriage certificate, the couple did not have the habit of reporting their work schedules to each other.

What he was thinking about more at the time was that if she had an emergency and needed to find him one day, and he was on an international civil aviation flight with no signal, then it would not be a matter of waiting for an hour or two.

As for wanting to know where he was, he gave her the phone number of his bodyguard.

Secretary Bai does not always accompany him wherever he goes, and the itinerary can change at any time. A two-hour negotiation may not be completed until four hours, and mobile phones are not allowed in some meetings. But no matter whether it is a private or work bureau, no matter how the schedule changes, no matter what kind of meeting it is, the bodyguard is always outside the door and can answer her call at any time.

He also instructed the bodyguards that if she asked, they could bypass him and give her the location directly.

But from her perspective at the time, he would rather travel on his own plane at a high cost than report his itinerary.

Fu Yanzhou rubbed his nose.

When the car stopped downstairs of Min Ting's apartment, dusk was falling.

The road in front of the parking space is the only way to enter the apartment building.

Even if I fly over here just to take a look at her, I may not be able to see her. This was the first time he had done such an irrational thing in more than thirty years. Before he got married, such a thing would never have happened to him.

Just like he didn't understand why Yan Heyu spared no effort to pursue people and develop the economy of Jiangcheng Industrial Park.

"Mr. Fu." The driver turned around and whispered, "Mr. Min's car."

Fu Yanzhou looked in the direction the driver indicated. As he was speaking, Min Ting's car slowly drove over and stopped at the entrance of the apartment building.

He was destined not to see Min Xi today, because Min Ting got out of the car and did not go into the apartment building, but strode towards him.

Min Xi didn't know his uncle's license plate number, but Min Ting recognized it at a glance.

With a "click", Fu Yanzhou took the initiative to unlock the car, and Min Ting opened the back door and got in. Seeing this, the driver found an excuse to get out and gently closed the door.

Min Ting did not look at him with prejudice as before, but looked at the windshield without any emotion: "I'm not sure why you came here, but I am sure of one thing, you want to remarry, want to win back Xixi, it will be difficult for you to pass my test. I will not let Xixi come downstairs these few days, you won't be able to wait for her."

Without saying anything else, Min Ting opened the car door and got out.

When I got home, Min Xi was making a cake in the kitchen. The counter was full of things. It was his first time learning to make desserts, and the kitchen was a mess.

Hearing the footsteps, she didn't even raise her head, full of confidence: "Brother, wait for me to make you a cake."

Min Ting did not discourage her. She could not even fry an egg, but she dared to challenge herself to make a cake.

He rolled up his sleeves and helped clear the kitchen counter.

"Why did you think of making a cake?"

"Making cakes is easy, but I'm really not good at cooking."

"...You call such a complicated cake simple?"

"It's not complicated." Min Xi said seriously, and made an analogy: "For me, making a cake is like making a project plan, and cooking is like asking me to reverse with one hand." It is something that is impossible to accomplish.

When Min Ting heard her say that it sounded like a project plan, he became a little excited.

He didn't mention that Fu Yanzhou was downstairs. After tidying up the kitchen table, he went back to his room, took out the ticket album from his suitcase, went to the study to find a pencil, and made a check mark on the first and second round-trip tickets.

My sister flew forty-one times, but Fu Yanzhou only flew once.

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Fu Yanzhou returned to Beijing the next afternoon. He did not see Min Xi, but unexpectedly met Min Ting and Sheng Jianqi. Sheng Jianqi lives on the 26th floor, and Min Ting's apartment is on the 29th floor.

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[In the company?] 】

After coming out of the airport, Fu Yanzhou sent it to Yan Heyu.

Yan Heyu didn't go to the company today: [I made an appointment to play basketball with someone, and it just ended. Let’s go to your house and talk. 】

【OK. 】

Just after replying to Yan Heyu, Chu Yi called and asked, "Are you busy tonight?"

Fu Yanzhou said: "Not busy. What's the matter?"

"Let's talk about it in person. It's hard to explain over the phone." Chu Yi asked for his opinion: "Let's go to the club or the bar?"

"Come to my house. Yan Heyu will come too."

"It just so happens that I haven't seen Brother Yan for almost a year." Chu Yi took out two wedding invitations from a stack and wrote them on a piece of scratch paper before writing.

Fu Yanzhou went straight home from the airport.

As the sun sets, the Maybach drives into the villa yard.

Yan Heyu arrived earlier than him and was drinking coffee in the yard. Chu Yi had not come yet.

It was an early May evening, the sky was gorgeous, the sun was setting, and a gentle breeze was blowing through the rose bushes.

Yan Heyu took off his sunglasses and looked at Fu Yanzhou who got out of the car, trying to see if he had seen Min Xi. Fu Yanzhou's eyes were indifferent, and it was impossible to tell whether he was happy or angry. He looked for a long time but couldn't find any clues.

He pointed to the sea of ​​pink and white roses behind him and said, "I haven't been here for more than a year. Have you changed your planting of roses?" In the past, this area of ​​land was covered with lush vegetation.

Fu Yanzhou said "hmm" lightly, put his suit on the armrest of the chair, and drank the water on the table.

At first, I planned to give Min Xi a handmade gift, and thought about adding elements of white roses and white lisianthus to the handmade gift, but I still couldn't think of a good creative gift, so later I simply planted white roses in the yard of the villa.

The roses were planted last year. After returning from a trip to Melbourne, he asked Zhou Yu to buy rose seedlings and have them airlifted over. Planting only white roses would have been too monotonous, so he asked Min Xi if she wanted to plant some red roses, but she didn't want to, so he bought some pink roses to go with them.

Min Xi also planted one of her own, right next to him. He asked her to leave a little space for them to take root, but she refused and insisted on planting it next to his.

Last year only a few flowers bloomed sporadically, but this year all of them are in full bloom.

But Min Xi hadn't been home for half a year. I wonder if she noticed that the flowers had bloomed when she returned to the villa to get something that night.

"What are you talking about Min Xi?" Fu Yanzhou put down his glass and asked straight to the point.

Yan Heyu sat up straight from his chair: "I reminded you not to let Min Xi down."

Fu Yanzhou said nothing and waited for him to continue.

When Yan Heyu learned that they were divorced, he asked several people but couldn't get the specific reason for the divorce. They all speculated that it might be because the two people's personalities were not compatible. Their personalities were not compatible before the marriage, but this is definitely not a reason for divorce.

It was not until he heard that Fu Yanzhou offered the public relations agency business of Lemeng Beverage to Jiachen, but Jiachen declined, that he knew the whole story. It turned out that Fu Yanzhou had previously intervened in the Lemeng Food project and signed it directly to Zhu Youran.

Isn't this tantamount to stabbing Min Xi in the heart?

"You shouldn't have given the public relations business of Lemeng Food to Zhu Youran."

Fu Yanzhou raised his eyes and said, "You also know that Xixi is planning to bid for Lemeng Food?"

Yan Heyu: “…”

It turns out that Min Xi also participated in the bidding.

Not only did he stab her with the back of a knife, he also rubbed salt into her wound.

"I don't know. I don't have the time to pay attention to Le Meng's affairs."

He believed that Fu Yanzhou would not do anything to let down his marriage, but no matter what the reason, even if it was purely for profit considerations, the project should not be given to Zhu Youran.

"Two years ago, at the Jiangcheng cocktail party, I said more than once that what's past is past. Before you and Min Xi got married, I also felt sorry for you and Zhu Youran. You liked each other but because of Chu..." Yi.

"Wait a minute." Fu Yanzhou interrupted him, "I didn't even know I liked Zhu Youran." He looked stern and spoke each word with pauses, "How did you know?"

"..." Yan Heyu laughed angrily, "How should I know? What do you mean? Are you going to deny it?"

He wasn't the only one who knew about this, Zhou Yu also knew about it.

Let's have a good talk with him today: "I haven't forgotten that you rejected Zhu Youran for Chu Yicai, and Zhou Yu certainly hasn't forgotten it either. Zhou Yu is more proactive than me, and he even created opportunities for you and Zhu Youran after graduation."

He was so angry that he picked up the coffee and drank it all in one gulp as if it were white wine.

Both of them tried their best to calm down.

Fu Yanzhou: "I have never avoided the fact that Zhu Youran is the type of girl I admire." He emphasized: "It's just admiration."

Yan Heyu called his aunt and asked her to refill his cup of coffee.

He waited until the aunt left before speaking: "Then tell me what happened when you confessed your feelings at that time!"

Fu Yanzhou calmly explained: "Zhu Youran knows that I don't have anyone I like, and I don't like her. She confessed just to have a chance to try to get along with me. If other girls I admire confessed to me, I might still consider whether we are suitable for each other. But because she is the one Chu Yi likes, I won't even consider it. Considering it would be disrespectful to Chu Yi. My first reaction at the time was that it was impossible with Chu Yi between us. Do you understand what I mean?"

Yan Heyu put himself in his shoes and finally understood. Just like he would never consider a marriage with Min Xi, the thought would not even cross his mind for a second, let alone consider whether his personality was compatible with Min Xi's.

If one day his family asks him to go on a blind date with Min Xi, and assuming Fu Yanzhou also likes Min Xi, his first reaction will definitely be: Fu Yanzhou likes Min Xi, there is no way I can be with her!

Although he understood, he changed the subject: "If Chu Yi wasn't there, would you have accepted it? You can chat with her and you admire her."

"..." Fu Yanzhou said helplessly: "Does this assumption make sense?"

Yan Heyu: "Just think of it as me making assumptions on behalf of Min Xi."

There's no way. I've watched her grow up and I can't help but be partial to her.

If the misunderstanding really leads to divorce, he will have committed a sin.

Fu Yanzhou explained for Min Xi: "If it weren't for Chu Yi, Zhu Youran wouldn't have had the chance to join my project team, she wouldn't have known Zhou Yu, and she wouldn't have had the chance to chat with me."

We can chat with each other because of the project. Working on the project together means we have more contact and have common topics and tacit understanding. If she hadn't joined the team, there would have been no appreciation later.

He asked Yan Heyu in return: "Do you think I will accept or refuse?"

Yan Heyu said nothing.

"Chu Yi asked me to take good care of her, so I let her follow the project. So your assumptions are meaningless." Fu Yanzhou finished the water in his cup. He opened a bottle of soda water, raised his head slightly and took a few sips.

But one thing that cannot be denied is that Zhu Youran worked very hard after joining the team, and his later appreciation for her was entirely due to her own efforts.

"Not assuming there is no Chu Yi, but..."

Before Yan Heyu finished speaking, Fu Yanzhou interrupted him: "You just want to ask me if I can be selfish for once, not consider Chu Yi as a friend, face my heart, and ask if I want to be with Zhu Youran, right?"

Yan Heyu laughed because what he wanted to say was predicted.

He raised his chin: "Satisfy my curiosity." He had to ask everything clearly and take all the possibilities into consideration so that he would have the confidence to explain to Min Xi.

Fu Yanzhou: "I wouldn't accept it. I was only in my early twenties at that time, and I was still thinking about meeting someone I liked."

Yan Heyu suddenly laughed.

He actually breathed a sigh of relief following Fu Yanzhou's answer.

Fu Yanzhou glared at him: "You are using the name of Xixi just to satisfy your own gossip?" He said unhappily: "I think you are just idle."

"Do you really think I'm free?" After saying so much, he went back to: "Jiachen and Zhuoran are competitors, why didn't you think it through at the time?"

Fu Yanzhou screwed on the cap of the soda water bottle: "Jiachen belongs to Yu Chengtan. Yu Chengtan and I have no relationship. I am only concerned about the projects that Xixi has handled."

This time it was a misjudgment, but Xixi didn’t expect to bid for Le Meng for him.

He went on, "Zhu Youran is not only my classmate, we also worked on many projects together. You also have your own team. You have experienced the feeling of working together from the beginning. Even though we have lost contact after graduation, the friendship we had is still there. Her company is facing a credibility crisis, and she has nowhere else to turn to me. Do you think I should help her or not?"

Not to mention her, if any high school classmate encountered difficulties and asked him for help, he would help as long as it did not affect his own interests. Because sometimes the problems they cannot solve are just a piece of cake for him.

There was sugar on the table. Yan Heyu tore off a piece and added it to his coffee.

"I can understand you, but that doesn't mean Min Xi can let it go."

He couldn't put himself in Min Xi's shoes because he had never experienced the pain that Min Xi had gone through.

"Do you know why Min Xi is determined to divorce you?"

Fu Yanzhou has a bad intuition.

Without saying anything, he looked at Yan Heyu silently.

Yan Heyu paused before saying, "Everyone thought you liked Zhu Youran, and that you still can't let her go. I thought so, and so did Zhou Yu and Min Xi."

"How did Xixi know that? Explain yourself clearly!"

"Min Xi herself realized that you had a special feeling for Zhu Youran and that you might like Zhu Youran, so she came to me for confirmation, and I confirmed her guess. At that time, you had not yet gotten married."

"Min Xi has a possessive personality since she was a child. She knows that you have someone you like. Think about how she has been through these past two years. Before the divorce, she should have been waiting for you to forget Zhu Youran and fall in love with her one day."

My chest felt stuffy, and my internal organs seemed to be slowly being pulled together. It was painful, an indescribable pain, and then it began to hurt bit by bit.

Fu Yanzhou sat up straight and tried to regulate his breathing, but it was of no use.

His arm rubbed off his suit and it fell on the grass without him noticing.

He was about to say something when Chu Yi's car drove in.

I don’t want Chu Yi to know who Zhu Youran likes.

They fell silent tacitly and stopped talking about what had just happened.

"Your clothes fell to the ground." Yan Heyu reminded him.

Fu Yanzhou bent down and picked up his suit.

"Brother Yan, long time no see." Chu Yi got out of the car and greeted him with a smile a few seconds later.

Yan Heyu pulled a chair for him: "I've been hungry until now, just waiting for you to treat me."

"No problem. I'll have the hotel deliver it right away." Chu Yi carried the invitation and wedding cakes. He opened a box of wedding cakes and placed it on the table for Yan Heyu: "Let's get some good luck."

Fu Yanzhou looked at the invitation on the table and looked at Chu Yi: "Are you looking for me just to deliver the invitation?"

"Sending the invitation is just a side note." Chu Yi said, "I mainly want to talk to you about Min Xi."

One by one, everyone talked to him about Min Xi.

I just want to gossip about the reason for their divorce.

Fu Yanzhou said calmly: "You and Min Xi are not familiar with each other. I have nothing to talk about with you."

Chu Yi retorted: "Who said you are not familiar with me? There are so many things you don't know."

Of course, he wouldn't tell him everything, he would keep half and the other half.

"What do you want to talk to me about?"

"Let's talk about the time I was drinking in a bar in Shanghai on the day of Zhu Youran's wedding. Guess who I met in the bar?"

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