Chapter 49 Chapter 49 Are you waiting for me?
As the weather got colder, Tang Ke gradually began to feel how busy Fu Yu was at work. Whenever she wanted to chat, she would find him on DingTalk. They rarely slept together at night. He would say good night to her like a heartless man who would put on his pants and then go to the study without looking back.
Even when they went out on weekend dates, he'd constantly check his phone, replying to work messages as long and tedious as a grandmother's foot wrap. Tang Ke wondered why she hadn't noticed him being so overwhelmed before. Had her possessiveness of him skyrocketed since they started dating?
Doesn't that mean she's just being clingy again?! This isn't a very optimistic thing to say.
In order to avoid clinging to her husband like a mouse, Tang Ke learned her lesson and decided to be more considerate and not disturb him when he was working.
But in this way, her needs cannot be met. She wants to be close to him all the time and speak freely at any time. If she cannot do this, she will wither like a flower in autumn and wither like Munch's "The Scream".
Tang Ke became depressed and gloomy, and he couldn't concentrate on work, even though work itself was depressing enough.
Jingyi cared about her and asked her what happened.
"It's so hard to fall in love." She lay on the table and said listlessly.
"...It is indeed difficult for a married woman to fall in love. Have you ever thought that this is wrong in itself?" Jing Yi advised tactfully.
Tang Ke laughed weakly: "Oh, talk to my husband, not to others, I still need this job."
"Oh." Jing Yi's tone was meaningful. "Before, you said that blind dates don't matter. There's no good reward for falling in love. Who said that? Who said that?"
"Wang Jingze." Tang Ke answered with a wooden face.
Jingyi teased her enough before continuing, "What's wrong? Did you have a fight with your husband?"
Tang Ke shook his index finger. "No, we are in the inseparable stage. Alas, he is too busy with work, and we don't have the chance to spend time together properly."
"My husband and I are in different places, so there is no chance at all," said Jingyi.
"No, I really won't answer it." Tang Ke refused vehemently. "Hey Jingyi, let me ask you, how do you cope? Your boyfriend isn't around, don't you miss him terribly?"
Jing Yi flicked her head in embarrassment: "How can it be so exaggerated? He and I are already an old married couple. The novelty has long worn off."
Tang Ke: "After only two years, are you considered an old married couple?"
Jingyi: "Oh, you'll understand when the time comes."
Tang Ke: "Missing someone and feeling fresh are not mutually exclusive. Do you really not miss him?"
This question stumped Jingyi. "Of course I do want to, but what can I do? Can't I just live my life?"
Life is a bully who only picks on the hard-working and tormenting people. Tang Ke cast aside his innocent thoughts, hardened his heart, and swallowed the unbearable longing alone.
After get off work, she went to the doll shop in the game city to exchange gifts, and went home with a box of Lego. She didn't tell Fu Yu, intending to give him a surprise.
But later she got really bored of waiting, so she opened the package and started playing with it herself, unable to contain her disappointment.
When he got home, he would definitely be busy with his work. One night, she sneaked into his study and saw that he was still working at two in the morning. Thinking about it carefully, it seemed that he hadn't slept for eight hours in a day for a long time.
"I'm back."
There was a sound of the electronic lock unlocking at the door. She awkwardly didn't look up.
Fu Yu put down his backpack and was surprised to see his wife sitting on the carpet in the living room playing with Lego.
"When did you buy it? Why didn't you ask me to come along?" He sat down and looked through the blueprints. It was a racing car that was not very difficult to build.
Tang Ke pursed his lips and pretended to be focused while fiddling with the parts. "I didn't buy it. I got it in exchange at a doll shop. I spent hundreds of dollars on it."
Fu Yu nodded in understanding and went along with her to fight.
The living room fell silent, save for the clacking of blocks. It was not like Tang Ke to be so quiet. After a moment, Fu Yu put down her toy, and Weng leaned over to study her expression.
"..." Feeling uncomfortable being stared at, Tang Ke was forced to speak, "What?"
"Looking for trouble," he said.
"Hey, I'm talking to you guys at McDonald's." Tang Ke remembered not to get too attached to him, so he turned his back and kindly reminded him, "Go take a shower quickly. Do you have to work overtime again tonight? Don't delay anything."
"Oh." Fu Yu stood up, his slippers making regretful footsteps.
Tang Ke's mouth was even more shriveled, more like Donald Duck than Donald Duck.
She knew it! Damn it, damn it! She was going to report his company! There was clearly something wrong with their work system!
And he didn't even try to persuade her to stay? He chose overtime without hesitation between working overtime and playing with her. Is he still a human being?
Thinking of this, she turned around with anger and dissatisfaction, glaring at his back——
Who would have thought that he didn't leave at all. He was looking at her leisurely with his hands in his pockets, as if he had predicted that she would turn back with angry eyes.
"..." Tang Ke immediately relaxed his facial features, scratched his eyes, and made an awkward excuse: "I think I've had styes recently. I don't know what I saw."
"Looking in the mirror, maybe." Fu Yu added fuel to the fire.
"Get lost." Tang Ke suddenly had an idea. "I remember there's a tabby downstairs in the community. It has huge eggs. GG Bond."
"So you went to see other people's eggs?"
Fu Yu approached, and as he got closer, Tang Ke's head tilted higher and higher.
"No, I don't dare touch stray cats. I can't see clearly."
Her face was held in a large hand, and the corners of her eyes were wiped by a rough thumb.
"So, you were waiting for me?" he said.
"...How are they connected?" Tang Ke was terrified.
Fu Yu also raised his other hand and played with her cheek flesh, squeezing and deforming it.
"Why didn't you tell me so I could come back earlier." He simply couldn't let it go.
Tang Ke's cheeks were burning hot definitely because of the friction. She wanted to slap his hand away, but she was not as strong as him, and even her words were crushed by him.
"Go... go away Fu Yu... don't make me a left-behind child."
"You are not, but I am a homeless parent." Fu Yu's skill in forming antonyms has reached perfection.
Oh? Wait a minute, there seems to be a key point here.
Tang Ke found a point where he could call back, and he was so excited that he stopped struggling and looked at him with bright eyes.
"Then..." She paused, "Look at the eggs--ugh!!!" He was killed to silence him.
Fu Yu covered the source of his sin and warned with lingering fear: "You can talk about it at home, but don't do this to others when you go out, okay?"
"Hmm? Hmm..." Okay.
Fu Yu let go of his hand, "I'm going to take a shower first, wait for me and we'll fight together."
Tang Ke pursed his lips, hesitated for only a second, then hurriedly grabbed his trouser leg and said, "I originally wanted to fight with you, and...this was originally meant to be a gift for you. You're too busy, I'm sorry to bother you."
It was too shameful and hypocritical for her to say this, she couldn't bear it, and she had to add a twist to cover it up.
"Please be so kind as to let me see it. A day of marriage is a hundred days of grace, Yulang!"
Fu Yu lowered his head and looked at her calmly. This man went from arrogant to lustful with just one expression. He really didn't learn his lesson despite repeated admonitions. Today was different from the past. I wonder if he has become immune to her nonsense now?
"Okay." He leaned over and pecked her on the lips, "But that has to wait until I finish my shower."
"..." Tang Ke muttered to himself, "Hey, do you think it's possible that he fell into the toilet while washing? Is it possible? Right? Oh, my condolences."
Fu Yu: "I'm still here."
"The third set of national primary school students' radio gymnastics, colorful sunshine, starts now--" Tang Ke suddenly stood up and started one, two, three, four, two, two, three, four.
After the others entered the bathroom, she collapsed on the sofa, feeling extremely regretful.
Isn't this putting the cart before the horse? Although she didn't actively take up his time, the very act of building Lego in the middle of the living room was tempting him. What else could she say?
Should I be a little selfish? She knew that as long as she invited him, Fu Yu would definitely agree. But wasn't that too selfish? What kind of pressure would he face in the workplace if he couldn't complete the work? Ah, so clingy, Tang Ke, you are too clingy.
"I'm fine." Fu Yu returned to the living room refreshed, with a layer of mist hanging on the lenses on his nose.
"So fast?" Tang Ke was surprised. It felt like she had just laid down a second ago.
"You were already warming up, I thought you were hinting at me to hurry up."
"I didn't, I, I..."
Tang Ke "I" had no idea what was going on, because Fu Yu had already sat astride her legs, with his hands supporting the back of the sofa behind her, and had easily created a prison on the ground.
"Me what?" He needed to bend down very deeply to look at her at eye level, but fortunately, at the same time, he enveloped her whole body.
The numb question made Tang Ke admit his mistake immediately. No matter what, it was all his own fault. From the posture, the tone, the eyes, anyone could tell who was seducing whom.
She unceremoniously enjoyed nature's gift, touched his thigh, and didn't forget to offer earnest advice afterward: "I'm really worried about your job. You told me you'd only work a little overtime, but you ended up working until two in the morning. Is that true? If you're busy, I won't bother you." She left one sentence extremely vague, "Although I really like being with you...but! I'm not unreasonable. If you're busy, just tell me. We should be serious and do things properly."
"Tang Ke." Fu Yu interrupted her.
"Um?"
"Talking about this after you've touched it, isn't that a bit vicious?"
"...Haven't you heard that women are the most vicious?"
"Thank you, I saw it with my own eyes."
Tang Ke put his hands behind his back and muttered innocently, "I have very poor self-control, okay..."
Fu Yu had a good memory. He reproduced what he had just experienced on her in a one-to-one manner and said, "This is the first time someone has worried that I'm too busy with work. You're so kind."
"Has crosstalk become our signature program at this time? What a terrible trend," said Tang Ke.
"I'll tell you a secret."
"What?"
"I'm not a sleepyhead. I've taken very few naps since I was a kid. Four or five hours a day is about enough. I'm busy at work, but I'm used to it. I can finish all my tasks during normal working hours. I work overtime when I get home because others are also working overtime and their results need my review. It doesn't take much energy, it's not as tiring as you think.
"But this is not the secret I want to tell you."
He pressed his forehead against hers and said, "What I want to say is that I went to the study because I saw that you were too sleepy to open your eyes and couldn't hold on for that long, but I couldn't sleep, and working can calm me down. Do you understand?"
"..." Tang Ke brainstormed, his voice as weak as a mosquito, "I understand."
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