Chapter 101 Two-in-One
Despite being a small, relatively unknown city, Singapore is a place teeming with talented individuals. Every year, students from Singapore achieve scores that surpass those of high school graduates from most other cities, making it a highly competitive province for college entrance exams with extremely high cut-off scores.
She's very busy because she has to fill out her college application tomorrow.
After Fu Le left, Zhou Han worked for a long time at the workstation that Fu Le had rearranged for him before finally leaving with a stack of drawings.
Downstairs, Zhou Han's motorcycle was already in place.
"Brother Zhou, the motorcycle keys." Hearing the noise, Cao Junwei came out of his office and handed over the motorcycle keys. It had been two hours since Fu Le left.
Looking at Zhou Han, with his handsome face and well-proportioned figure, Cao Junwei was filled with envy, jealousy, and resentment. He had a 50/50 body proportion and dreamed of having the golden ratio of a model. Those long legs... wow...
No wonder the boss suddenly started to value him highly; putting aside his talent, his physique and face alone were enough.
"What are you looking at?!" Zhou Han frowned, feeling a chill run down his spine from being stared at.
"It's nothing, hehe, Brother Zhou, you're one of us in this building now, please take care of me." After saying that, he shoved the key into Zhou Han's hand and ran off.
Zhou Han: ...
It seems he's new, while Cao Junwei is the long-time employee.
Filling out college applications after the National College Entrance Examination (Gaokao).
Fu Le arrived at school at 10 a.m., not early. As soon as he got to the gate, he saw Teacher Lu standing in a circle of students with a rare smile on her face, talking to them.
As I went inside to find a seat, Sun Qianxi came over and handed me a volunteer form. "Here, I got it for you. Why are you so late? Zhao Qiang and the others have already filled it out and gone down to play ball."
"No rush, there's always tomorrow."
“A woman named Xiang Haixia came looking for you today, but she left when she heard you didn’t come. She had a dark and gloomy face. Do you two have a grudge?” Sun Qianxi whispered.
"She's from Class 1, Grade 11. We had a little conflict. Did she say anything?" Fu Le didn't expect that this bastard hadn't given up yet. Was he trying to tamper with her college application form?
Those period dramas and novels I watched in my past life weren't for nothing; with that bastard Haixia's brain capacity, that's all she could come up with.
"She didn't say anything, she just looked like a ghost, and nobody paid any attention to her except me."
"Don't pay attention to her, she's got a screw loose." There are some people who will do anything out of jealousy, and Xiang Haixia is one of them. Compared to the innocent and cuteness of most of her classmates, this girl complains about everything but herself.
After filling out the application form and handing it in, Teacher Lu glanced at it with a smile and said, "Are you determined to become a doctor? Being a doctor is very tiring, you know."
Seeing Professor Lu's relaxed smile for the first time, Fu Le was also in a good mood. "Yes, the field of traditional Chinese medicine is profound and extensive. Although it is tiring, it is not easy to lose your job."
"You certainly have a clear goal." He genuinely liked Fu Le, this dark horse. The boy had a good personality, a clear mind, a good balance in his work, and a strong sense of self-control. He wasn't the type to just study all the time.
"It's all thanks to your excellent teaching, Teacher Lu," Fu Le said, unusually cheeky.
Teacher Lu smiled broadly, revealing some bloodshot eyes; clearly, he hadn't been getting enough sleep these past few days.
"Teacher, these two bottles of honey are for you. They help you sleep and are very good for your health." Fu Le returned to his seat, took out two bottles of honey, and delivered them to the office.
Upon seeing the honey in Fu Le's hand, Teacher Lu's first reaction was to refuse. "Teacher, you've been suffering from insomnia for a long time, haven't you? Your dark circles are almost crusted over. Try my honey; it will definitely help you sleep. If it doesn't work, come find me."
"You sell honey?" she said, reaching for her money.
"Teacher, please take a look at my college application form. Xiang Haixia from Class 1, Grade 11 wants to change my application." When faced with a conspiracy, a transparent strategy is best.
Sure enough, when Fu Le said that, Teacher Lu was immediately startled, forgetting about the honey. "What? Who wants to change your college application form?!"
"Xiang Haixia from Class 1, Grade 11 said that if I can't go to university, you must help me, teacher."
Teacher Lu's expression turned serious. This was outrageous! Trying to change a student's college application form? How could there be such a wicked child?!
Although Fu Le wasn't sure what Xiang Haixia was planning, she decided to give her a heads-up.
At the school gate, Sun Qianxi, Zhao Qiang, Liu Zinan, and Lu Ming were all there. Seeing Fu Le, they exclaimed, "Hurry up, you're the only one missing! Let's go eat hot pot!!"
"Sure, let's go." The fair-skinned, radiant girl smiled beautifully in the sunlight.
Youth should bloom freely under the sun!
The meal lasted until after 3 p.m. The boys went to play basketball, while Fu Le went to buy drinks and fruit.
I rode my bike to the convenience store. In my pocket was two hundred yuan, which the four boys had pooled together, enough to buy a bunch of food and drinks.
only……
Fu Le was surprised to see a long-lost figure at a convenience store not far from the school.
“Wang Jin?! ...
The person whose name was called stiffened, and after a few seconds turned around. His once chubby face had become angular, and his eyebrows and eyes were masculine. However, the melancholy between his brows made it clear at a glance that he did not seem happy.
"Fu Le, long time no see." Wang Jin's smile was stiff.
Fu Le: ...
Does this mean he doesn't want to see her?
"Shall we go have a cup of tea together?" Just as Fu Le was wondering if he didn't want to talk to her, Wang Jin took the initiative to suggest sitting down together.
"Okay." Fu Le nodded.
The two rode their bicycles in silence to a teahouse at the end of the pedestrian street. It had private rooms and was often used by company people to discuss business, making it quite business-like.
In the small private room of just over ten square meters, the old friends sat facing each other, neither of them speaking first.
Looking at the boy she hadn't seen in so long, Fu Le felt a sense of unreality, as if she were in another world. She wanted to ask, "Has Fang Ge come back? Why aren't we together? And why did he suddenly stop talking to me?"
"Sigh..." After a long while, Wang Jin sighed deeply. Before he could say a word, his eyes were already red. "I know what you want to ask. Fang Ge is gone." As soon as he finished speaking, Wang Jin covered his face and burst into tears.
Fu Le stared at Wang Jin in astonishment, his throat dry and sore, needing to swallow repeatedly to find some relief. "Gone? What do you mean?"
At this moment, it felt as if a huge rock was pressing on her heart, weighing a ton, making it hard to breathe.
“He was selected for the lab less than two months after enrolling. He was so busy every day that he didn’t have time to check his pager or return phone calls. He didn’t even go home for the Chinese New Year. I couldn’t contact him at all. I could only get some information from his classmates, who said that he was valued by the higher-ups and had an unfinished project that involved classified information. The last time I heard about him was at the funeral. He was gone. He drowned. He went out with his advisor and senior students to find experimental materials. There were eleven people on the boat, and none of them survived…”
Fu Le didn't know how she separated from Wang Jin. In short, she was in a daze until she tripped and fell to the ground with her car. Only then did she come to her senses. She had come out to buy drinks and fruit for people.
Yes, let's go buy food and drinks.
"Fu Le, why are you so late? We're all exhausted from playing..." Fu Le finally arrived late, and Zhao Qiang greeted her with a grin, taking the things from her. "Hurry up, Fu Le, eat something. Don't you love strawberries the most? Why didn't you buy any..."
"Fu Le, what's wrong with you? You seem distracted!" Sun Qianxi was the first to notice that something was wrong with Fu Le.
"You guys eat, my parents want me to go back. See you later." After saying that, Fu Le got on his bike and rode away.
The four people: ...
"No way? Fu Le? You're not eating? If you're not going to eat, take the snacks with you, Fu Le..."
"I feel something's wrong with Fu Le, you idiot, can't you see that?" Liu Zinan slapped Lu Ming.
"No way? What happened to you?"
"Hey, you even gave me change? There's still fifty left, why didn't you keep it?"
"You think Fu Le is like you, risking your life for money? Get lost!!"
"Does anyone know Fu Le's home phone number? Leave one, it's such a long summer vacation, let's hang out sometime."
"You know Sun Qianxi, right..."
Fu Le rode her bike home in a daze, went inside, closed the door, and then slid down to the ground against the wooden door. The movements were all done in one smooth motion. Only she knew how weak her body was, and how she had managed to get home on her last breath.
Fu Le didn't notice that his knee was red, swollen, and broken.
The sunlight streamed through the window and fell on her skin; it was so hot, so why did she feel cold?
Fu Le hugged his knees with both hands, his whole body trembling, as if he had been plunged into a frozen wasteland.
"...Later, I saw him again at the funeral hall. He was gone, drowned. He went out with his mentor and senior students to find experimental materials and got into an accident. There were eleven people on a boat, and one of them didn't survive...eleven people, one of them didn't survive...At the funeral hall, he looked like he was asleep. He was still so handsome, but his body was ice cold, and he had no vitality at all..." In his mind, Wang Jin's voice kept repeating the same few sentences, and he couldn't stop.
“Fu Le, Fang Ge texted me. He said that after he finishes his project, and you'll be done with your college entrance exams this summer, he'll come back to see you and want to go to the amusement park with you… Fu Le, you have no idea how much Fang Ge liked you… I know I shouldn't be telling you this, but Fang Ge never had the chance to confess to you until he died. If you never find out, I think he'll be heartbroken… I didn't want to tell you this, but I was avoiding you, I wasn't answering your calls, but you still saw me, so I said it. I think maybe Fang Ge wanted me to tell you that he'll never come back…”
Inside the room, there were muffled, suppressed sobs from the girl.
...
It was seven o'clock, and then it got dark.
“Lele…” The handsome young man, dressed in a light blue casual shirt, walked slowly out from under the pillar of light. He looked like an elf from a painting, so beautiful that it was mesmerizing. His beautiful eyes shone brightly, and the shallow dimples at the corners of his lips were faintly visible.
Fu Le stared blankly at the boy in front of her. She wanted to say, "Long time no see, Fang Ge..." but the words wouldn't come out.
She was anxious and tried to speak, but no sound came out, and she couldn't move her body. Just as she was struggling and sweating profusely, the person in front of her crossed the line and hugged her tightly. Instantly, a faint, pleasant scent of grass invaded her nostrils, making her lose her senses and forget what she wanted to say.
"Lele, I'm leaving now, don't forget me..." The boy's pleasant voice whispered in my ear, his cool breath brushing against it, so real.
Fang Ge… she wanted to say something…
The next second, the restraints on my body disappeared, and that moment of embrace felt like a dream.
Grid!!
Don't go...
A sigh drifted from afar, and Fang Ge seemed to say something... but it was unclear...
Fu Le was startled awake by a loud knocking on the door. "Lele, Lele!!!" Qi Hua's anxious voice rang out from outside the door, and all that could be seen was darkness.
"Mom, I'm fine. I want to sleep a little longer. I won't eat dinner tonight." In the darkness, Fu Le didn't want to move. Her body was sore and weak, and her mental exhaustion left her with no appetite.
"Not going to eat? If you don't eat tonight, you'll faint from hunger. Don't you remember? When I was a kid, if I didn't eat, I was so hungry I couldn't get out of bed the next day."
"Oh, Mom, I really don't want to eat. I'll sleep a little longer. I'll get up and find something to eat when I'm hungry."
"Okay, I'll cook first and steam it in the rice cooker for you. You can come out and eat when you're hungry."
"Okay..."
Hearing the sound of footsteps coming downstairs, Fu Le let out a painful sigh and turned on the bedside lamp. She didn't even know when she got into bed.
The dream she just had was so vivid, it felt like it had actually happened. She didn't know if it was just her imagination, but she could even smell the unique scent of grass that Fang Ge had... and the feeling of his fingertips holding hers. As she thought about it, tears welled up in her eyes again, and the pain in her heart made even her breathing feel hot and burning.
She couldn't bear to think that such a good, outstanding young man was now lying forever in the ground...
No wonder no one mentioned the boy who was popular throughout the school at the class reunion in my past life. It turns out that he is gone and will forever remain in the year he was 19!
For three consecutive days, Fu Le did not leave his house.
Qi Hua assumed her sadness stemmed from failing the college entrance exam. "It's okay, if it doesn't work out, you can retake it. If one year isn't enough, you can do it for two. We have plenty of time. It's just one exam, right? Take it easy..." With her mother's nagging in her ears and the dogs whining at her feet, Fu Le's heartache didn't dissipate. Instead, it slowly settled, settling deep into her soul and becoming a scar that could never heal.
After lunch.
"Lele, your package. The post office staff just delivered it." Qi Hua came upstairs and handed Fu Le a small box about the size of a palm.
"What?" Fu Le was taken aback and took it.
"I'm going out to play cards with your literary-minded aunt. If you're hungry, just call me from the shop in the back." At Fu Le's request, Qi Hua was forced to take a day off every week to play cards.
"Go ahead," Fu Le replied listlessly, lying on the recliner on the balcony.
Only after the courtyard gate closed did Fu Le's gaze fall on the sender and the sender's address. This...
The familiar surname and address made Fu Le sit up abruptly from the recliner. He stared at the box for several seconds, then with trembling hands, he tore open the outer packaging box, revealing a small red gift box about the size of his palm. With a 'click,' a small pink gourd lay quietly inside, with a delicately woven red rope on it. Next to the gourd was a pure gold pocket watch, with a small note underneath.
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