Inside the private roomâ¦
Jing Hanchuan and Xu Yuanfei stood opposite each other, and there was enough space between them to accommodate one person. Everyone in the room looked at the two of them teasingly.
âDonât just stand there. Hug!â Duan Linbai munched on melon seeds.?Werenât you very impressive just now? Go ahead.
ââ¦â Xu Yuanfei was even more nervous than before and at a loss.
But neither of them seemed to have hugged anyone before, and they didnât even know how to reach out their hands. They seemed a little reserved.
The surrounding spectators were watching with relish. Even Fu Chen held back his laughter and coughed twice. With the two of them dawdling, they probably wouldnât be able to hug before the night was over.
âDonât move. Iâll do it.â Jing Hanchuanâs voice was low.
He reached out his hands. It was very gentlemanly, intimate yet distant.
Perhaps because they didnât expect the two of them to really hug, there was a brief silence in the room. Then Duan Linbai said, âWait!
âSorry, I forgot to count the time. Letâs start counting down from one minute now.â Duan Linbai grinned.
âThis is how he does things. Heâs a little careless,â Jing Hanchuan said softly.
âOh,â Xu Yuanfei replied lightly.
âWhy havenât you been delivering food recently?â
âSchool just started, so the store is quite busy.â
âThe new dessert released recently tastes good.
âHave you ever done this with your boyfriend before?â
âI havenât been in a relationship yet.â Xu Yuanfei felt that her voice was trembling.
âWeâre the same.â
â¦
These three simple words ignited a fire in Xu Yuanfeiâs heart. Her palms were sweaty, and her fingers moved. She wanted to reach out her hands, but she didnât dareâ¦
Duan Linbai looked down at the time.?Are these two zombies? Theyâre not moving, andâ¦
What are you guys talking about while hugging?! Canât you be louder?
âAlright, itâs time!â Duan Linbai actually let the time go over a bit.
Jing Hanchuan let go. âSorry.â
âItâs fine.â Xu Yuanfeiâs voice was stiff.
âHanchuan, how is it? How do you feel?â Duan Linbai leaned over with a wicked smile.
âThis isnât within the scope of Truth or Dare.â Jing Hanchuan raised his eyebrows.
âMiss Xu, did he take the opportunity to take advantage of you?â
Xu Yuanfei shook her head.
Everyone played a few more rounds, but they didnât dare to provoke Jing Hanchuan anymore. A certain someone kept tapping his fingers on the table, looking like he would drag someone back to feed the fish if they dared to cause any more trouble.
***
Around three oâclock, the gathering ended. Xu Yuanfeiâs car had been towed away. In the end, she got into Fu Sinianâs car and left with the couple.
Fu Chen and Song Fengwan set off for the resort.
âHanchuan, whatâs going on between you and Miss Xu? I thought you two already hooked up. Why didnât she let you send her back? Looks like your relationship isnât that close.
âYouâre already a VVIP in her store, yet you two are still stuck in a store-owner-customer relationship?
âDonât wait for Third Fuâs child to be born, but you two are still in a platonic relationship.â
Jing Hanchuan glanced at him. âItâs better than you being an ownerless wild dog.â
Duan Linbai was dumbfounded. âThe people who want to sleep with me can circle the world.â
âAre you sure theyâre real fans?â
Just now, when Duan Linbai lost a round, Fu Chen had asked him to post an ugly photo on Weibo. Then many people asked if Duan Linbai was crazy. Why didnât he care about his image at all? What did fans like about him?
Then the comments below were all: âIdol behavior, donât promote it to fans.â
He was almost angered to death. Were these people his true fans?
âBut Hanchuan, tell me. What did it feel to hug her?â
Jing Hanchuan ignored him and left in his car.
â¦
After returning home, the sun was low in the sky. His mother was singing in the courtyard in a costume.
âSixth Master, I havenât heard Madam sing this before.â
âKunqu opera, âOver a Wall and Atop a Horseâ.â Jing Hanchuan rubbed his fishing pole. Sheng Aiyi specialized in Beijing opera, and she could also sing a few verses of Kunqu opera.
The man took out his phone and scrolled through it. It was about a man and a woman falling in love. The two of them lived together for five to six years before their families found out. But in a feudal society, it was important to be properly wedded. His parents chased the wife away. Then the woman returned home and leaned against the wall. She saw the husband riding past outside the wall. He was close, but he was as far away as the horizonâ¦
âBut these two lived together for five to six years before being discovered. Theyâre quite impressive.â
Jing Hanchuan didnât say anything. He lowered his head and ate the coconut cake beside himâ¦
âOver a Wall and Atop a Horseâ. Although the tragedy had been changed to a comedy, he still didnât like it. Since they liked each other, why did it have to come to this? She could only lean on the wall and watch?
***
After Song Fengwanâs birthday, Fu Chenâs birthday banquet was officially on the agenda. Fu Chen had never held a private event in public before, so everyone racked their brains to get an invitation.
Moreover, people heard that Fu Chen had hired top international designers to help design the birthday venue. It wasnât his style to make such a big fuss.
But everyoneâs focus was still on Jiang Fengya. On his birthday, she would appear as Fu Yuxiuâs other half, and she was pregnant.
The Fu family were holding a birthday banquet with great fanfare. Many people guessed that they were preparing to use this opportunity to clear Jiang Fengyaâs name.
Helping her clear her name on Third Master Fuâs birthday was giving her enough face.
But a few days before the birthday banquet, someone photographed Qiao Xiyan in a hotel in the capital. The person with him happened to be Third Master Fu. According to his arrival time in the capital, he was most likely here to attend Fu Chenâs birthday banquet.
But his relationship with Jiang Fengya was also one where they couldnât bear to see each other. But Fu Chen personally picked him up at the hotel. What was he doing?
When these few groups of people met, the atmosphere would definitely be awkward.
Fu Wan saw the decorated birthday venue and frowned slightly. She called to ask, âThird Brother, did you personally confirm the design?â
âYes.â
âAre you sure thereâs no problem?â
âNo problem.â
Fu Wan stared at the birthday venue that was almost completed.?Itâs his birthday, but why does it look like heâs proposing to someone? Does it have to be so grand? Flowers and roses? This kid is almost thirty, yet he still has such a young maidenâs heart?
Song Fengwan was busy preparing a birthday gift for Fu Chen, but the news reports inevitably mentioned Jiang Fengyaâ¦
Why is this woman even busier than me, his official girlfriend?