"I have something for you." Fu Hengzhi across from her reached into his briefcase and searched for something. Zhou Zhou smiled helplessly.
"What? They even called me down from upstairs."
"This." Fu Hengzhi handed the item to the other person along the dining table.
"What is it?" Zhou Zhou smiled and took it, but when she saw the object in her hand, her smile froze on her face. She looked up at the other person in disbelief, trying to see if there was any intention to joke from their expression.
"Divorce papers?" Zhou Zhou's hands trembled as she steadied herself and asked, "Fu Hengzhi, we've only just started dating, and you want a divorce?"
"Yes," Fu Hengzhi said calmly, his expression stinging Zhou Zhou's heart.
"Why?" Zhou Zhou's voice trembled. "Do Mom and Dad agree?"
"Heh." Fu Hengzhi snorted coldly and said sarcastically, "You still have the nerve to mention Mom and Dad? Let me tell you the truth, it was Mom and Dad who made me divorce you, you imposter."
"A fake? A counterfeit?" Zhou Zhou felt his blood run cold.
“My marriage partner is Zhou Zhou, and you are not him at all!” Fu Hengzhi said coldly, “You have lied to me for so long and taken so many benefits from the Fu family. I’m only not calling the police to arrest you because of the goodwill we’ve shown each other over this period of time.”
"I...I am Zhou Zhou..."
"I am Zhou Zhou."
Almost at the same time, another voice with a similar tone came from the doorway, and then Zhou Zhou saw a stylishly dressed man appear at the door and slowly walk over.
Zhou Zhou looked at him and chuckled softly, then leaned down and whispered in his ear, "Imposter, it's time to give my life back to me."
"I didn't... I didn't know at first!" With a clap of thunder outside the window, Zhou Zhou sat up in bed as if he were a carp leaping out of its skin, his eyes widening and unable to focus for a long time.
The sound of rain pattering outside the window seemed to enter Zhou Zhou's ears perfectly, and the dark environment inside the room inexplicably added a sense of unfamiliarity.
Zhou Zhou barely had time to think before shouting, "Fu Hengzhi!"
No one answered. Zhou Zhou panicked and ran out of bed in the dark to open the bedroom door. It was also dark outside, with a few small lamps in some corners of the villa providing meager illumination.
"Fu Hengzhi!" Zhou Zhou's eyes were already brimming with tears, about to spill over, as she stood in the corridor outside calling out, "Fu Hengzhi!"
The study door creaked open, and Fu Hengzhi, wearing a bathrobe, leaned out. The moment he saw Zhou Zhou, he ran over to her.
"Fu Hengzhi..." Tears welled up in Zhou Zhou's eyes the moment she saw him. She rested her head on his shoulder, her voice trembling with sobs.
"I'm here, I'm here." Fu Heng was completely bewildered. It was past three in the morning, and the other person should be in a deep sleep at this time. However, he had received a call from the manager of the southern project ten minutes earlier and had to get up to hold an emergency meeting. Before the meeting was over, he heard someone calling him from outside.
Zhou Zhou had been sleeping ever since she returned from her old home, but now that she's awake, she's crying again. Fu Hengzhi is anxious but doesn't know what to do. "I'm here, what's wrong?"
"You are not allowed to divorce me."
"What?" Fu Hengzhi asked again, worried that he had misheard.
"You're not allowed to divorce me." Feeling the warmth that belonged only to the other person, Zhou Zhou was almost sober, but the thought still made her feel scared. "There's no one like you, turning me gay and then wanting to divorce me."
Zhou Zhou's voice was muffled, whether from the bitterness of grief that made her throat choke, or from feeling embarrassed about what she was saying.
"I understand, this is a nightmare," Fu Hengzhi thought, finding it somewhat amusing, but he couldn't laugh out loud no matter what.
They're easy targets for beatings.
"Don't overthink it." Fu Hengzhi covered Zhou Zhou's head with his large hand and patted it. "I finally managed to win you over. Would I be so stupid as to divorce you?"
Zhou Zhou gave a soft "hmm".
The meeting wasn't over yet, and Fu Hengzhi had to go back to continue it, but it was clearly inappropriate to send his wife, who was having nightmares, back alone.
"I'm still in a meeting." Fu Hengzhi pinched the other person's cheek. "Shall we go to the study?"
“Okay.” Zhou Zhou obediently let the other party lead him by the hand to the study and sit in the swivel chair in front of the desk. The chair had wheels underneath. Fu Hengzhi pushed him to his seat and then sat back in his original seat.
Suddenly, a third and a half of his body appeared in the camera's view, and the CEO resumed his previous conversation.
Several project managers in charge simultaneously focused their attention on Zhou Zhou, who was partially visible in the frame.
Although I can't see her face, it's still quite a surprise. Is this Mrs. Fu? According to the rumors that Mr. Fu was staying at the company every day, weren't the two of them at odds? But considering the president's routine of going back and forth between the company and home recently, it's highly likely that the couple has reconciled. Otherwise, why would the president's wife be listening in?
After the meeting ended, Fu Hengzhi shut down his computer and pressed his aching temples. It was nearly four in the morning.
"Is this a good way to massage?" Zhou Zhou got up and went behind Fu Hengzhi, gently massaging his temples and cervical spine. In his previous life, he would often feel uncomfortable after sitting for long periods of time in front of the computer, so he would often massage himself.
“Okay.” Fu Hengzhi’s brows relaxed. After the discomfort subsided, he stopped the other person from continuing their actions and instead took their hand and pulled them in front of him.
Is it any better?
Zhou Zhou knew what Fu Hengzhi was asking, but could he say that all the discomfort of revisiting familiar places had been suppressed by a nightmare? Obviously not, at least not now, he couldn't let the other party know his secret of transmigrating into the book.
"Much better." The two returned to the bedroom hand in hand, lay down on the bed and shared a summer quilt. Zhou Zhou was shorter than Fu Hengzhi, so when they tried to sleep side by side, her forehead could rest perfectly on Fu Hengzhi's neck.
"Fu Hengzhi." Zhou Zhou was still disturbed by the nightmare and desperately needed a reassurance. "If I weren't the Zhou Zhou you used to know, would you divorce me?"
"Huh?" Fu Hengzhi was puzzled by the question. A dim lamp was on by the bedside, and when he looked down, he met Zhou Zhou's gaze. For some reason, he felt that he had to take this question seriously.
After thinking for a while, he said seriously, "I like you as you are now. No matter what you become, as long as you are still you, that is the Zhou Zhou I like."
Zhou Zhou was satisfied with Fu Hengzhi's genuine expression of emotion, because at least it meant that she wouldn't have to face the same scenario as in her dream.
"It's raining so hard outside." Zhou Zhou didn't continue the topic and reached out to hug him.
“It will definitely be sunny tomorrow morning,” Fu Hengzhi continued.
"Um……"
The bedroom fell silent again. Fu Hengzhi had slowly drifted off to sleep, while Zhou Zhou, whether deep in thought or having already taken a nap, remained wide awake.
"Are you asleep?" Zhou Zhou asked in a breathy voice.
The sound of even breathing filled my ears, and the answer was self-evident.
I thought about it for a long time.
Zhou Zhou reached out and stroked the other's face, then looked up and kissed the other's chin. After a moment, he whispered in an extremely soft voice, so soft that even he himself could not hear it, "I am willing to be on the bottom for you."
"Okay." Fu Hengzhi, who had been fast asleep, suddenly opened his eyes.
[Author's Note: Zhou Zhou: Pretending to be asleep?]
Fu Hengzhi: Really asleep.
Zhou Zhou: Now?
Fu Hengzhi: He's awake.
Should I include a hidden chapter in the OVO format? It's around 2000-3000 words, with at least some VB content. If you want it, let me see your hands in the comments! Hehehe!!!
Chapter Seventy-One: An Unexpected Encounter with an Old Friend
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The most frightening thing was the sudden silence. After a long pause, Zhou Zhou finally asked, "Weren't you asleep?"
“I’m a light sleeper.” Fu Hengzhi’s lips curled up, and his hands under the covers tightly wrapped around Zhou Zhou’s waist, pulling upwards.
"..." Zhou Zhou felt as if he had been lifted up a bit, and the two of them were now at eye level.
"Holy crap, holy crap, wait! Don't you even look at what time it is?"
Zhou Zhou quickly reached out and pressed the other person's head against her neck; the soft strands of hair between her fingers felt very comfortable to touch.
Fu Hengzhi simply buried his head, showing no intention of taking it any further, and mumbled against the other's neck, "I know, go to sleep."
Even if the other party said something that made his blood boil, there was nothing Fu Hengzhi could do for the time being. It was almost dawn outside, and he didn't have enough time to go to the company at 8 o'clock.
It's better to wait until next night.
President Fu was making his own calculations, and Zhou Zhou was actually able to roughly guess what he was thinking.
Yes, the other party is too tired.
Soon, two breaths of the same frequency filled the room. The sky slowly turned a pale white, and daylight began to break. Only when a ray of sunlight shone through the curtains onto Zhou Zhou's face did he slowly open his eyes. He slept well afterward, without any dreams, and when he woke up, he stretched and found that he was alone in the bedroom.
Zhou Zhou checked the temperature of the sheets beside him; they were icy cold to the touch. He then told the other person their approximate wake-up time.
After washing up, getting dressed, and going downstairs, Zhou Zhou should have looked quite well after sleeping for so long, but the reality was quite the opposite.
"Xiao Zhou?" Aunt Feng was cleaning, wiping the handrail upstairs with a rag. Seeing the other person coming down step by step, she said, "Hengzhi specifically told me not to wake you. Why didn't you sleep a little longer?"
"I've been sleeping for a long time, Aunt Feng." Zhou Zhou smiled, but a lingering weariness remained between her brows.
In the morning, Fu Hengzhi told Aunt Feng about some of what happened yesterday. After the Zhou family's incident, Aunt Feng was basically the one taking care of Zhou Zhou. Knowing that Zhou Zhou was heartbroken again last night because of the family's troubles, Aunt Feng felt bad too.
"Is there anything you'd like to eat? Tell Auntie." Aunt Feng stopped cleaning and went downstairs with the other person toward the kitchen.
“No need to prepare anything special.” Zhou Zhou followed the other person into the kitchen, opened the refrigerator and saw the toast inside, knowing that they had a Western-style breakfast this morning. “I’m going out for a bit later.”
As Zhou Zhou spoke, she took two slices of toast from the refrigerator and bit into them, then picked up a water glass and poured more than half a glass of drinking water.
"Going out?" Aunt Feng, who had already tied on her apron while cooking in the kitchen, stopped what she was doing and asked with some concern, "Where are you going? Should we tell Hengzhi?"
"I'm going to see a friend." Zhou Zhou noticed what the other person was worried about and smiled to reassure her, "I'm fine, Aunt Feng. I'm going to see the friend who came to my house last time. There are some things to take care of. I'll call President Fu later."
"Well... alright then." Seeing him chewing on a slice of bread, Aunt Feng quickly took out two eggs from the refrigerator and turned on the stove. "Go ahead, Auntie won't stop you, but at least eat something before you leave. How can a young man eat so little in the morning?"
"Okay, sure." Zhou Zhou sat down at the dining table and watched Aunt Feng busy at work. He took the opportunity to make a phone call to Wang Kunxiang.
The other party didn't make him wait long; the phone was answered immediately after two beeps.
"Hey, Zhou, what's wrong?"
It sounded like someone was busy with something on the other end of the phone; it was noisy.
"Are you very busy?" Zhou Zhou was taken aback, then suddenly realized that the other person might not have time.
"Not bad." Wang Kunxiang, wearing a safety helmet, inspected the construction site, followed by a group of people in charge of the project, from the responsible manager to the foreman. He waved his hand and walked to a relatively quiet place. "If you need anything, I'm available anytime."
That's where the sense of security between friends comes from. Zhou Zhou smiled and said, "I do have some things to take care of. Can I come find you later?"
“Sure.” Wang Kunxiang was quite happy to hear that the other party was coming to find him. “I’m at my construction site right now. Here’s what I’ll do: I’ll send you the coordinates. Go there and wait for me. When you come in, give them your name and they’ll give you a good welcome.”
"good."
After hanging up the phone, the other party quickly sent a coordinate via WeChat, and Zhou Zhou was going to drive there herself later.
"Here, the fried eggs are ready. Eat them while they're hot." While Zhou Zhou was making a phone call, Aunt Feng had already fried the eggs. The egg whites were tender and smooth, and the yolks in the middle were still semi-moist, which suited Zhou Zhou's taste perfectly.
Aunt Feng didn't leave. She stood in front of the table watching the other person eat with relish, looking pleased. "I knew you liked this. You've always been like this since you were little. You like your fried eggs to be half-cooked, while Hengzhi likes them fully cooked. I don't even dare to cook them in the same pan for both of you, for fear of not being able to control the heat properly."
"Really..." Zhou Zhou stared blankly at the half-eaten fried egg left on the plate. So the original owner's taste was the same as his, right? Then he gave a wry smile. It seemed that there were some things he had to figure out.
Although the coordinates Wang Kunxiang provided were in the commercial center, the location was far inferior to that of the Fu family's business, as it was already outside the inner ring road.