bad habits
In the middle of the night, Lin Luo woke up and turned over to find Fu Xingchuan still sleeping beside her. He was breathing steadily, with a smile on his face. She wondered if he was having a sweet dream.
Lin Luo slowly approached. He seemed to notice and frowned, but he didn't wake up. Lin Luo reached out and gently stroked him, and his brows relaxed again. She raised the corner of her lips and then closed her eyes.
Lin Luo got up early in the morning, but Fu Xingchuan was still asleep. Remembering that he was grumpy when getting up, Lin Luo didn't dare to wake him.
At the appointed time, she drove to the institute for work. As soon as she got in the car, the phone rang. It was Xu Yangyang calling.
Xu Yangyang: "Xiaoxiao, are you on your way to work?"
Lin Xiao: "Well, when did you come back?"
She went out of town to work on a project during this period.
Xu Yangyang: "Yesterday."
Lin Xiao: "Why didn't you tell me earlier? I would have picked you up."
Xu Yangyang: "Zhu Changyu picked me up."
Lin Qi: "No wonder, you think I'm a third wheel, right?"
Xu Yangyang: "Hey, I find you're really good at talking now."
"Really?" I practiced it with Fu Xingchuan at home.
Xu Yangyang: "That's good. I won't be at a disadvantage when I see Cheng Kaizhong at the class reunion."
Lin Qiao: "Class Reunion"
Xu Yangyang: "Yeah! You didn't read the group message... Oh, I forgot you lost your phone and haven't been in the group since then."
Because she applied to Nanyang University, Lin Luo felt that she had disappointed her classmates, and she also didn't want to see Cheng Kaizhong, so she never attended any class reunions.
Later, I lost my phone and my previous phone card, so I registered a new WeChat account and didn’t join these groups again.
Xu Yangyang: "Isn't this the tenth anniversary of our graduation? Cheng Kaizhong arranged for Tian Yajun to organize a get-together for the entire class, saying no one should be left out. Especially since you're such a big shot. That snob of his is definitely trying to curry favor with you. So, are you going this time?"
Before she went, Cheng Kaizhong didn't remember her at all. Now that she has a lot of attention on the Internet, Cheng Kaizhong remembered her.
Lin Luo thought for a moment and said, "Go ahead. There's no need to hide from anyone."
"Yes, let's meet him." Xu Yangyang heard Xuehua's cry, and she had an idea, "Why not bring Xuehua with us that day and let her bite Cheng Kaizhong."
Lin Luo was busy parking the car. Xu Yangyang sounded cheerful, "We need to be strong dogs. We can't be weak like your brother."
"Woof!" Snowflake protested, saying that you are not allowed to talk about my brother like that.
"Your brother isn't here, and you're still protecting him like this. Don't eat the meat he gives you anymore. You're grateful for what you've done."
Lin Qiao parked the car and got out. She asked, "How are you guys progressing?"
"Same old."
Lin Luo sighed softly.
Some time ago, Zhu Changyu went to Madagascar to volunteer. Although he was so timid, he still learned to free dive and showed off in the group how clear the water there was.
Tong Yun still didn't reply to her message. She wondered if the sea in Huaicheng was still as blue as it was ten years ago.
Xu Yangyang: "Tian Yajun asked everyone who would be participating to join the group. Is she going to drag you in?"
Lin Xiao: "Forget it, just pick one up for me!"
Xu Yangyang: "That's fine."
Seeing Deputy Director An passing by, Lin Luo said to her, "I have to go to work. I won't talk anymore."
Xu Yangyang: "Okay, let's call everyone over some other day and have a drink together."
"Yeah." The phone hung up.
Lin Luo looked at Deputy Director An's dejected back and thought that he probably didn't get drunk again.
After finishing their morning work, Lin Luo and Wu Yun ate in the cafeteria. "Our Tay Tay is still dominated by his wife!"
"Taitai"
"Deputy Director An Zhengtai!"
"Watch your words." Lin Luo glanced around, "There are other people around!"
"It's okay." Wu Yun, who has always been carefree, suddenly became curious, "Is Fu Xingchuan a henpecked husband?"
"Probably not." Lin Luo picked up the rice and put it into his mouth.
Wu Yun raised an eyebrow. "Xiaoxiao, you have a pretty happy nightlife, right?"
Her hand holding the chopsticks was suspended in the air. "Why are you saying this suddenly?"
"On your neck..." She half-closed her eyes.
Lin Luo quickly took out her phone to take a picture and saw a prominent hickey on her neck. She hadn't noticed it this morning when her hair was down, but she had just tied it up after entering the lab. Now it was particularly noticeable against her fair skin.
"Isn't Fu Xingchuan's fighting ability very strong?"
Lin Xi's ears felt hot. "We're eating, don't ask nonsense questions."
"I'm shy."
Lin Luo quickly let her hair down. The person who started it all sent a message: "I can't go to the class reunion because of something."
Lin Xiao replied, "I understand."
After a while, he sent another message, [It's not the weekend, are you so busy that you have time? ]
Lin Xiao: Yes.
Thinking the conversation was over, Lin Luo listened attentively to Wu Yun's gossip, but not long after, Fu Xingchuan told her, "I'm on a business trip these days. I'll be back to join the party that day."
Why did he change his mind? Lin Xiao wanted to know, but she didn't ask. "Okay."
The conversation was over. Lin Qi asked Wu Yun, "Will Tong Yun attend your class reunion?"
"She never attended and no one could contact her."
"oh."
Seeing her indifferent expression, Wu Yun asked her directly, "Why? Are you worried that Fu Xingchuan can't forget his first love?"
That was Tong Yun, let alone Fu Xingchuan, she couldn't forget him.
She didn't say anything, and Wu Yun guessed the answer, "Lin Luo, you need to be more confident."
"Yeah." She pulled the corner of her lip slightly.
On the weekend, Fu Xingchuan was on a business trip and Aunt Wang took another leave. The villa was empty, so Lin Luo went back home.
Sitting at the dining table, Du Yunyan served her a bowl of soup. "I made this specially made chicken soup. Would you like to try it?"
She took a sip and said, "It tastes good."
"Sister, let's go play ball in the afternoon!" Tang Muchen sat next to her and ate his food.
"Have you finished your homework?" Du Yunyan asked first, and Lin Luo looked at him.
Obviously, he hadn't finished writing. He pouted and asked Lin Luo for help, but it was useless. "I hired a college-educated English tutor for you. She'll come to give you extra lessons this afternoon. Your English teacher complains to me every day that he can't teach you, you little idiot."
"No need to make up for it. My deskmate is the English class representative. I can just ask her if I don't understand something." Tang Muchen remembered, "Didn't you meet her last time? Her name is Xu Huanyu."
"I have to learn too." Lin Qi didn't discuss it with him. "Try taking two classes first and try it out. If it doesn't work, we'll talk about it later."
"Okay then." He said aggrievedly.
When Tang Heng was picking up some food, the serving chopsticks flew over his bowl and landed in Lin Luo's bowl. Tang Heng didn't even look at Tang Muchen. He was so angry that he stuffed himself like a hamster.
"You should eat politely," Du Yunyan said of him.
Lin Xiao glanced at the boy, curious about what Xu Huanyu liked about him. It was as if she knew why she had fallen in love with Fu Xingchuan back then.
Mind your own business, she told herself.
It was just talk, but she couldn't help but care.
That day, when Teacher Liu saw the recent test results of Class 16 in her office, she found that Xu Huanyu had always been at a disadvantage in mathematics.
So she added Xu Huanyu's WeChat, intending to give her notes and materials and teach her mathematics, as an apology for Tang Muchen's unintentional actions that hurt her heart, and to express her gratitude to Xu Fanqing.
After all, he has been accompanying her lovingly all these years, and Lin Luo has seen it all.
Maybe Xu Huanyu mentioned this to her uncle, so Xu Fanqing sent her a message to express his gratitude that night.
The phone kept vibrating, and Lin Luo was pulled back to her senses. The tutor she had hired had arrived. Looking at the girl's youthful face, Lin Luo thought of herself in college.
After instructing Tang Muchen to listen carefully, she left the room and took the math reference book and exercise book to the living room to do exercises.
Xu Huanyu sent her a message: [Sister Lin Qiao, thank you for teaching me the questions.]
Lin Xiao: [No need to thank me, you also got Teacher Wu's school treasure!]
Xu Huanyu: [Yes.]
Lin Xiao: [I've also compiled a copy of the test questions. I'll have Tang Muchen bring it to you tomorrow.]
Xu Huanyu: [Sister Lin, the materials and exercise books you gave me are very expensive. How about I teach Tang Muchen English? Otherwise, I'd feel bad.]
Lin Xiao: [Those are the books I used as a tutor a few years ago. They are all old.]
Xu Huanyu: [That's not good either.]
Lin Xiao: [Do you want to teach?]
She didn't reply immediately, and Lin Luo thought of something.
Lin Xiao: [He's quite naughty and will definitely take up your time. It's okay, I've already hired a tutor for him. You just need to help him out in class.]
Xu Huanyu: [Yes.]
Tang Heng went to work, and Du Yunyan was peeling mangoes beside him. Maybe they hadn't seen each other for a while, so Du Yunyan looked at her from time to time, but the first time she looked, she noticed a kiss mark on her neck that had not yet disappeared.
She put down the mango and said, "I got a recipe from your Aunt Li's relative."
"What recipe?" Lin Luo's pen ran out of ink and he looked up.
Du Yunyan moved closer to her and said, "I'm telling you, men have to take it seriously if they can't do it."
The pen in Lin's hand flew out, "What the hell?"
"I've been through this before. If he can't satisfy you, it will affect the harmony of the relationship."
"Mom!" Lin Luo quickly moved away from her to pick up the pen.
After picking up the fruit, she saw Du Yunyan staring at her with a few prescriptions in her hand. She hurriedly picked up the fruit plate she had cut and said, "I'll take it in."
"It's not finished cutting yet!" Du Yunyan shouted behind him.
Lin Luo didn't stop, "Eat it yourself!"
She quietly opened the door. Tang Muchen looked miserable and said, "Eat some fruit and take a rest."
"Thanks."
Not wanting to listen to Du Yunyan's nonsense, Lin Luo hid in Tang Muchen's room, solving the math problems that Xu Huanyu sent her while observing Tang Muchen's level of acceptance of knowledge.
"The class is finally over." Tang Muchen stretched.
"Then sister, I'll leave first."
"Well, be careful on the road."
The female student took two steps before turning back and looking at Lin Xiao. On her phone, she saw a chat screen with her. "I can't accept this money. It was originally agreed to be a trial lesson. I'm new to tutoring, and my teaching isn't very good."
"I think you speak well, but you will definitely be able to speak better in the future. Besides, you have to pay for the trial class, so please accept it." Lin Luo looked at her calloused hands and said softly.
"Thank you, sister."
"It's okay." When she was in urgent need of money to pay Tang Heng's medical expenses, she also hoped that she would meet parents like this every time she tutored.
Outside the door, Du Yunyan asked a female student to take two mangoes away. Lin Luo asked Tang Muchen, "What do you think of this teacher?"
Tang Muchen scratched his head and said, "I think... Xu Huanyu's explanation is better."
"How did she teach?" Lin Luo asked.
Tang Muchen: "That's how I teach! Dictation, recitation, and practice exercises..."
Lin Xiao: "Then why does she teach better? Your English teacher and the teacher just now both teach in the same way!"
Tang Muchen: "I don't know either."
Lin Luo sneered, "It's good enough that I hired a teacher to teach you. Please don't delay their studies."
"When did I ever delay her studies?" Tang Muchen was puzzled.
"I saw that your desk was a mess before, but now it's so tidy. Did you clean it up yourself?"
"Xu Huanyu couldn't bear to watch it anymore and helped me clean it up." He said casually.
Lin Xiao was annoyed with him. "Why should I help you clean up? It's your own fault that you're so careless."
Tang Muchen frowned. He felt that Lin Qi was deliberately going against him today. "Sister, you are also forgetful, and you still have the nerve to criticize me."
"When did I become so forgetful?" Lin Luo closed the pen.
Tang Muchen pointed at her hand and said, "Where's your ring? It's gone!"
"I..." Lin Luo glanced at her hand. She really wasn't wearing a ring. She quickly felt in her pockets, but there was nothing there. "Where's my ring?"
Tang Muchen was very proud. "I told you that you are forgetful! Ask your brother-in-law. When I can't find something, I always ask Xu..."
He hesitated to speak, but Lin Luo ignored him and searched for the ring in her bag.
Still couldn't find it, so she had to send a message to Fu Xingchuan, "My ring is missing, have you seen it?"
He came back after a while. He should have just finished get off work at this time. [No, when did you disappear?]
Lin Qi: [I think I haven't seen it since I took it off before entering the lab last week.]
After a while, he replied, "The ones on my hand are a little tight. I'll get a new pair when I get back."
He even wears it every day. [Mr. Fu, this loving wife character is so well-established.]
Line: [Thank you.]
Lin Xiao: [Don't get too caught up in the drama.]
Lin Luo stared at the screen, but no reply came. Suddenly, Tang Muchen pointed at a question she had just completed and said, "Sister, you wrote this wrong!"
"How is that possible?" Lin Luo carefully judged and confirmed that she was not wrong, but Tang Muchen insisted that she was wrong. The two of them held different opinions and started arguing.
"Stop arguing and ask my brother-in-law to see who is right." Tang Muchen stopped.
"What would you do if I was right?" Lin Luo asked.
"I...I won't play games for a month."
"Okay, keep your word."
"A gentleman's word is as good as gold."
Lin Luo opened her phone and wanted to ask Fu Xingchuan, but saw the interface prompt that he had withdrawn a message. What did he send?
Never mind, I must have sent it to the wrong person!
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