Fu Hengzhi, who was below the steps, had also noticed the two of them. His slightly furrowed brows were replaced by a look of surprise the moment he saw Zhou Zhou.
After a few seconds of eye contact, Zhou Zhou lowered his eyes and walked down step by step, his steps wooden, like a walking corpse whose soul had been emptied.
He had only taken a couple of steps when he missed a step, and Liu Zong quickly came over to help him.
"Mr. Zhou, please slow down."
The sounds that reached Fu Hengzhi's ears were indistinct, but the content of their conversation didn't matter to him at the moment; what mattered to him was their relationship.
And why Zhou Zhou would come to such a place.
Fu Hengzhi casually opened the car door, shoved the person in his arms inside, and then quickly stepped forward to help Zhou Zhou.
The strong smell of alcohol hit him, but he could still detect a faint floral scent in the aftertaste.
What were they doing?
"How did you drink so much?" Judging from his previous drinking capacity, Fu Hengzhi thought the other person was probably already drunk.
Zhou Zhou stared intently at him, then looked past him at the familiar black sedan, where the woman who had just been nestled in his arms was reclining in the passenger seat.
"President Zhou's alcohol tolerance isn't very good. It's my fault. I shouldn't have chosen this place for the gathering with Young Master Li." Liu Zong panicked and couldn't even speak when he met Fu Hengzhi's sharp gaze. It was supposed to be a rare face-to-face conversation with Fu Hengzhi, but he had no interest in it at all.
"Nothing was done, Mr. Zhou had only had three drinks and wanted to go home..." Liu Zong hurriedly ended the conversation, "I'm relieved to leave it to you, Mr. Fu. I'll go upstairs now."
After saying that, he turned and walked into the clubhouse as if fleeing.
Fu Hengzhi didn't pay much attention to him, and instead turned his concerned gaze to Zhou Zhou, who was also staring at him at this moment.
Fu Hengzhi: "Shall we go home first?"
Zhou Zhou: "..."
Fu Hengzhi: "Are you feeling unwell because you drank too much?"
Zhou Zhou: "..."
Fu Hengzhi: "Can you walk by yourself?"
All the concern seemed to be blocked out of Zhou Zhou's ears by an invisible membrane. He couldn't hear anything, and only one word kept repeating in his mind.
Zhou Zhou lowered her eyes and murmured softly, "It's all fake."
"What?" The environment was too noisy. Fu Hengzhi lowered his head and brought his lips close to Zhou Zhou's, trying to hear what the other party had just said.
But then the other party fell silent.
Fortunately, they cooperated physically. Fu Hengzhi put his arm around his shoulder and half-pushed him into the car.
Sitting in the back seat of the car.
Zhou Zhou looked up and stared intently at the passenger seat in front of him.
As soon as Fu Hengzhi sat in the driver's seat, he looked at the other person's expression in the rearview mirror and felt that something was not right. He started the car while thinking about what the problem was.
"Hmm... um..." The woman in the passenger seat woke up groggily, looked out the car window, then turned her head to look at the driver's seat, and then turned her head to look at Zhou Zhou in the back seat. Her slightly narrowed eyes gradually widened.
"Holy crap, handsome guy, you look just like my sister-in-law whom I've never met before!"
Zhou Zhou didn't know whether to laugh or cry because she looked like the other person's relative.
My mind is a mess right now. Why? Why did it take so long to find out? Why couldn't I have found out a few days earlier? Maybe if I had found out a few days earlier, I wouldn't be feeling so bad.
Humans are truly strange creatures; our sensory organs make us slow to realize things, and we only appreciate things after we've lost them.
Zhou Zhou's mind was in turmoil, but Fu Hengzhi's voice rang in her ears.
"Don't talk nonsense, that's your sister-in-law."
"!" Zhou Zhou suddenly raised his head, a glimmer of light appearing in his eyes.
"Huh? My sister-in-law?" The girl's voice suddenly rose, "Stop the car!"
After saying that, he opened the car door and jumped out, without waiting for Fu Hengzhi in the driver's seat to react.
"Fu Wen!" Fu Hengzhi roared, quickly applying the handbrake. Fortunately, the car had just started moving, so stopping at this point wouldn't have much of an impact.
The car door opened and closed again, and the drunk and reckless Fu Wen moved from the passenger seat to Zhou Zhou's side.
Only when the two are face to face can Zhou Zhou see each other's appearance clearly. She is young and pretty, and her appearance is pure and lovely under her smudged makeup.
"Hello, I'm Zhou Zhou." The two shared the same surname, and she called him "sister-in-law." Zhou Zhou's feelings were complicated. She knew that the other person was not one of Fu Heng's messy extramarital affairs. The turn of events was unexpected. Her sadness turned into deep embarrassment. She was glad that she hadn't spoken her true feelings out loud.
"Sister-in-law, I know you, I'm a big fan of your looks—ugh!"
"Holy crap, it's Fu Hengzhi!"
"Fu Wen!!!"
After a long and tiring journey, Zhou Zhou sobered up and finally got home. When Aunt Feng saw the drunken Fu Wen, she rushed over to help her up.
"Oh dear, what's wrong with Xiaowen?" Looking at Zhou Zhou, who was shirtless and only wearing a large coat, she asked in surprise, "Xiaozhou, where are your clothes?"
"Xiaowen threw up all over me, and Mr. Fu threw away my clothes." Zhou Zhou looked very tired; it's really exhausting when girls get drunk.
"I'm sorry, sister-in-law, I'm such a fan of your looks..." Fu Wen quickly covered her mouth, thankfully it was just empty vomiting, she just vomited up everything she could.
"I know, I know." Zhou Zhou waved his hand helplessly, telling her not to explain, as such an explanation made him doubt his own looks.
"Go upstairs and take a shower." Fu Hengzhi, who hadn't been drinking, was actually quite reeking of alcohol. He put his arm around Zhou Zhou's shoulder and whispered in his ear.
The warm breath fell on her ears, and a blush spread from Zhou Zhou's cheeks to the base of her ears.
Zhou Zhou pursed her lips and softly hummed in agreement.
"Sister-in-law, I'll come find you after I'm done getting ready!" Fu Wen shouted loudly to their backs as they walked down the stairs.
Zhou Zhou tried to turn to look at her, but Fu Hengzhi pressed the back of her head and turned her back, his tone revealing a hint of displeasure, "Ignore her."
The two had barely stepped into the room when Fu Hengzhi locked the door from the inside.
They were determined to make sure that Fu Wen, who had just made that statement, could not put it into practice.
Zhou Zhou's eyes were full of helplessness. "What are you doing?"
“I’m afraid Fu Wen will come in and cause a scene while drunk,” Fu Hengzhi said matter-of-factly. “Have you forgotten that she just threw up all over you in the car?”
Zhou Zhou didn't speak upon hearing this, but just stared at Fu Hengzhi's face for a while before suddenly saying, "Li Qingjie invited me to a small gathering in Cayenne. I didn't know it was Liu Zong who organized it."
"Liu Zong?" Before he could even ask, the other party confessed on his own initiative. Fu Hengzhi's expression changed instantly, and he frowned, saying, "He provoked you again!"
"No, no," Zhou Zhou quickly explained, "He said he wanted to apologize for the foolish things he did while drunk..."
Before Zhou Zhou could finish speaking, Fu Hengzhi gave a cold snort, and Zhou Zhou stopped talking instantly.
Seeing that he looked slightly taken aback, Fu Hengzhi quickly waved his hand to explain, afraid that the other party would misunderstand, "I wasn't targeting you."
“I know,” Zhou Zhou said with a smile. “Then what about you? What were you doing at the Cayenne entrance?”
Fu Hengzhi gets a headache just thinking about it. “My aunt said that Fu Wen went to a bar to drown her sorrows after her breakup. They are too far away to persuade her, and they are afraid that Fu Wen will run into bad people, so they asked me to come and talk to her.”
Fu Wen is the daughter of Fu Hengzhi's uncle, Fu Fengjie. Fu Fengjie and his wife live abroad most of the year, and Fu Wen, unwilling to go abroad, stays at home with her elderly parents.
Now that you mention it, Zhou Zhou understands; there seems to be a bar next to the Cayenne.
Aside from a brief period of discomfort at the beginning, the misunderstanding was nipped in the bud before it could even develop, and there was no commotion. Zhou Zhou was quite pleased.
They couldn't hide their joy.
Fu Hengzhi was unaware of the other person's complicated emotional journey. He assumed that the other person was happy because of going out, and his mood visibly dropped. He inexplicably recalled the floral aftertaste of the women's perfume he had smelled, and asked in a muffled tone, "Did you have fun going out for drinks?"
Zhou Zhou smiled and said, "No."
"What are you happy about?" Fu Hengzhi remained silent.
But Zhou Zhou seemed to be able to hear what he was thinking and continued, "I'm happy because I've figured it out."
[Author's Note: Xiao Fu and Xiao Zhou are finally making progress! I was so impatient, I almost wanted to write the "lights out" scene right away (not really).]
Don't jump out of the car when it starts moving! The story describes someone drunk and reckless; Fu Wen has already been scolded by CEO Fu. Please do not imitate this!!!
Chapter 53 We can give it a try
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Zhou Zhou went to take a shower without explaining herself, leaving Fu Hengzhi standing there completely bewildered.
"What does it mean to have figured it out?" Fu Hengzhi muttered to himself, staring at the bathroom.
Hot water poured down from the showerhead, and Zhou Zhou's fair skin gradually turned pink in the steam. After the bath, Zhou Zhou felt refreshed in her bathrobe. The alcohol had been completely metabolized, and all that remained was sobriety.
Zhou Zhou looked at himself in the mirror, reached out and pinched his slightly chubby cheeks, and began to examine himself from left to right. Perhaps he had completely adapted to this body, he even began to forget what he looked like in his previous life.
Yet, I always feel like I've seen this scene somewhere before. People often have this feeling, as if their soul has revisited a familiar place.
...Now is not the time to dwell on the three great illusions of life. Zhou Zhou patted his cheeks. Now that he knew his feelings for Fu Hengzhi, it was better to make it clear as soon as possible.
Zhou Zhou faced the mirror, tidying up what she was going to say. After everything was ready, she went over to push open the bathroom door, but her steps froze in place.
"?"
Before he could even lower his raised hand, Fu Hengzhi, standing at the bathroom door, perhaps not expecting the other to open the door so suddenly, blurted out, "I wasn't peeking!"
It has a strong sense of "protesting too much here".
Zhou Zhou was about to speak when he reluctantly shut his mouth again. "..." Very well, you've interrupted my train of thought.
Seeing that the other person didn't speak, Fu Hengzhi continued to explain softly, "I saw you hadn't come out for a while, and I was worried that something might have happened to you in the bathroom."
"Like drowning in the bathtub?" Zhou Zhou's brain worked in sync with the other person's words. "To be honest, I haven't used the bathtub once in a while."
The atmosphere suddenly became tense, and the other person almost killed the conversation that day.
"No," Fu Hengzhi coughed twice and said, "You've been drinking, and I'm afraid you'll pass out if you take a hot bath."
"..." The sudden concern made Zhou Zhou blush and his heart flutter.
Hearing these kinds of words at this moment, doesn't it just bring out the feeling?
"Mr. Fu, I have something to say to you..."
'Bang bang bang' 'Bang bang bang'
A series of urgent knocks interrupted Zhou Zhou's words, followed by the sound of the doorknob turning, and Fu Wen's shouts came from outside the door.
"Why are you locking the door, Fu Hengzhi! You've been locking it since you were little, you even keep ladies at bay!"