Fu Hengzhi's face was expressionless, his indifferent demeanor only slightly lifting the corners of his mouth when Zhou Zhou looked over.
"Just listen to her, don't pay any attention to her."
Zhou Zhou could tell that the relationship between the two siblings in the Fu family wasn't that bad. At least last night, when Fu Wen buried her face in the other's arms and cried, Fu Hengzhi's frowning and concerned expression didn't seem fake. So he just smiled and let it go when Fu Hengzhi made his remarks.
This morning, Aunt Feng didn't make her usual Chinese breakfast of porridge and snacks. Instead, she toasted bread slices, mixed salad, and fried eggs and bacon, serving them all together.
Foods that require careful chewing are not as smooth as porridge, so there are significantly fewer opportunities to speak while eating. However, Fu Wen slows down her eating speed and occasionally says a few words.
"Sister-in-law, it's a good thing you and my brother have known each other since childhood, otherwise no one could tolerate his bad habits."
"You have no idea how harsh my brother is on people."
"Sigh, if my next partner were someone like you, sister-in-law, I would definitely not go for someone like him."
Upon hearing this, Zhou Zhou almost couldn't swallow the bread in her mouth, and only managed to swallow a sip of the milk next to her.
Just as he was about to speak up for Fu Hengzhi, his knee was bumped under the table.
"..." Zhou Zhou glanced at Fu Hengzhi beside him. The other man had just picked up his fork and taken a bite of bacon. When he saw Zhou Zhou looking over, he reached out and wiped the crumbs from the corner of Fu Hengzhi's mouth.
After swallowing, he glanced at Fu Wen at the opposite table and said calmly, "One should not talk while eating."
"..." Fu Wen puffed out her cheeks in anger, leaned back in her chair, and was about to speak when she heard Fu Heng say from across the room.
"Don't tell Aunt Feng, you're a grown man."
Fu Wen pouted and looked pitifully at Zhou Zhou, who gave her a reassuring smile. Unable to get help, she could only bury her head in her food.
Fu Hengzhi ate very quickly. He finished eating Zhou Zhou's food and was almost done eating as well. Only Fu Wen was left at the table to finish her meal.
The Fu family instilled in their children the importance of cherishing food from a young age, and Fu Wen would not stop until she finished all the food in front of her.
Zhou Zhou was very pleased to see this.
Seeing that she was still eating, Fu Hengzhi didn't rush her. "Take your time eating. I'll take you back to school later."
“!” Upon hearing this, Fu Wen raised her head, swallowed the food, and said, “I’m not going. I don’t have class today. I’ll stay home and chat with my sister-in-law.”
"What do you and your sister-in-law have to talk about?" Fu Hengzhi couldn't let her cling to his wife. "No, no discussion. If you don't have class, go to the library."
Just kidding. His wife initially said she was straight, but what if she wasn't completely gay and he ended up turning back? Where would he go to cry then?
"I want to take my driver's test!" Fu Wen felt she had to stand up to her brother today. "What's wrong with me asking my sister-in-law for advice since I don't have any experience?"
"Hehe, you failed for two years and he failed for three years. Who's learning from whom?" Fu Hengzhi realized something was wrong as soon as he said that.
He shouldn't have said that.
Sure enough, a soft laugh came from beside me.
Zhou Zhou: "Let's go together today."
After speaking, she looked at Fu Hengzhi beside her, raised an eyebrow and smiled.
It seems to be saying...
Little brat, who do you think you are?
Fu Hengzhi: "..."
[Author's Note: Fu Hengzhi: I didn't mean that... I'm asking what to do if I upset my wife on the first day of our relationship, urgently, please wait.]
Zhou Zhou: I am the Akina Mountain Speed King.
QAQ My hands were practically smoking from typing, and I missed the last second to post it, so I missed another day of updates. I'm so guilty, I'm so sorry ORZ
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Chapter 55 Poor sibling relationship
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It's been three years already. If he doesn't get his driver's license soon, the registration fee will be considered a donation. Zhou Zhou was a driver who passed his license on his first try in his previous life, so how could he tolerate this situation?
In the entryway, Fu Hengzhi changed his shoes and grabbed his car keys. Still feeling uneasy, he turned back and asked the other person uncertainly, "Are you sure everything is alright?"
"You have to believe me." Zhou Zhou was standing right behind him, having just helped straighten Fu Hengzhi's tie at his request.
Seeing the other person's smiling face, Fu Hengzhi's heart, which had been hanging in suspense, became even more uneasy. He got up, stepped forward, and patted the other person's head.
Zhou Zhou found it quite comfortable to have his head patted like that. Fu Hengzhi's hands were a size bigger than his, and he enjoyed the feeling.
Just as Zhou Zhou was enjoying herself, Fu Hengzhi tentatively asked, "Do we really have to go?"
To be honest, even if someone manages to get a driver's license after three years of trying, Fu Hengzhi has zero confidence in letting them drive on the road, considering his own responsibility and that of others.
Zhou Zhou's face fell upon hearing this. He was extremely displeased with being looked down upon. Perhaps the original owner was a bit useless in some aspects, but that wasn't him.
His expression clearly showed his attitude, and Fu Hengzhi didn't dare to say anything more. After all, a qualified husband shouldn't make his wife angry twice in one day.
We had just calmed the person down at the dinner table.
"Okay." Fu Hengzhi had no choice but to agree, and opened the drawer of the entryway cabinet, where there were car keys with different logos.
"They're all luxury cars!" Zhou Zhou's eyes lit up.
"It will all be yours then."
He had that domineering CEO vibe from the moment he opened his mouth. Which man wouldn't be interested in a car? Zhou Zhou's eyes practically disappeared into the pile of car keys.
The next second, however, he was shut out by the cold wooden drawer, and along with the drawer, a lock closed.
Zhou Zhou: "..."
Even a gentleman would be wary of you?
Fu Hengzhi chained the key to the car he was going to drive today, and smiled helplessly at Zhou Zhou's resentful little look.
"Sweetie, I was afraid you couldn't wait." He pinched Zhou Zhou's cheek and sighed that the baby fat felt really nice. "Your safety comes first. Once you show me your driver's license, this one will be yours."
He shook the key in his hand as he spoke.
Zhou Zhou smiled faintly, "Hehe."
After finishing their meal and cleaning up, Zhou Zhou and Fu Wen were driven to the driving school's VIP testing area by the driver.
For the first time in his two lives, Zhou Zhou enjoyed VIP treatment: one-on-one coaching with no time limit. As long as the money was right, the coach wouldn't be tired, no matter how tired the car was.
"You're here."
Zhou Zhou wasn’t sure if it was just his imagination, but he felt that the coach seemed to have a carefree attitude towards life and death after seeing him, and this feeling was even stronger when he saw Fu Wen behind him.
"Start training now that you're here." Coach Zhang took out a small white box from his pocket, poured out two white pills, and swallowed them with the goji berry water in his thermos.
There was an inexplicable sense of tragic grandeur, like a warrior sacrificing his life.
Zhou Zhou didn't say anything, but Fu Wen gently poked him with her finger from behind.
"Sister-in-law, why do I feel like Coach Zhang is looking a bit down? Will we be in danger while he's driving?" Fu Wen whispered, "He's been on drugs."
“That’s motion sickness medicine.” Zhou Zhou pursed his lips, seemingly drawing upon some memories related to this from the original owner’s mind.
Memories include, but are not limited to, the five-second braking, which even a driving instructor with decades of experience wearing a seatbelt the whole time could not avoid making him nauseous.
The two entered one after the other. Coach Zhang initially thought it was a coincidence, but after seeing them interact, he realized they knew each other.
"One of you go first, which one of you two wants to go first?" Coach Zhang asked casually, his eyes indifferent.
Fu Wen: "Why can only one person get on? Can't I sit in the back?"
"Sure, but not good," Coach Zhang asked expressionlessly. "What's your relationship with him?"
"What's wrong with it?" Fu Wen didn't mention that Zhou Zhou was her sister-in-law in public, to avoid unnecessary trouble. "This is my brother."
"It's not good for the sibling relationship." Coach Zhang handed the test car keys to Zhou Zhou and said to Fu Wen, "You two are in the same car. I'm afraid you'll sever your sibling relationship when you get back."
Fu Wen was unconvinced, "Coach, how could you..."
"Xiaowen," Zhou Zhou interrupted Fu Wen with a smile, promising, "I'll be down soon."
Hearing this, Coach Zhang sighed. After getting into the car, he gave the usual reminder, "Don't touch the rearview mirrors after they've been adjusted. Close the doors and fasten your seatbelt. Don't step on the gas. The saplings in the green belt of the test site were replanted after you broke them last time. At least let them grow a bit."
Zhou Zhou chuckled softly without saying anything. Although he hadn't touched a car for several months, his feel for the gear shift returned the moment he touched it.
After completing one round of the course, Coach Zhang gradually loosened his grip on the handbrake and the window handle. Once the car came to a complete stop, he looked at Zhou Zhou with a suspicious expression and an extremely uncertain tone.
Coach Zhang: "Have you been possessed?"
Zhou Zhou: "..." You guessed right.
Coach Zhang: "Could it be that you secretly enrolled in another driving school behind my back all this time?"
Zhou Zhou: "I just practiced at home."
As soon as he finished speaking, Coach Zhang patted his shoulder hard, his face crinkling with laughter, looking as excited as if his talentless apprentice had suddenly graduated.
"Great, you finally passed, waaaaah!"
Zhou Zhou hadn't expected Coach Zhang to burst into tears of joy. Just as he was about to comfort him, Coach Zhang waved his hand, signaling him to leave it to him.
"I'm happy, don't worry about me, let your sister come up." After thinking for a moment, she added, "You sit in the back."
As soon as the car started moving, Fu Wen stood on tiptoe and leaned over to look this way. Seeing that Zhou Zhou had completed a lap without any problems, she was even more excited than the coach and jumped up and down with joy.
"That's great, sister-in-law... brother, I knew it was the right thing to ask you for advice. My brother even laughed at us, humph."
"Get in the car, don't be nervous, you can do it too." Zhou Zhou had just sat in the back seat and hadn't even settled in properly when the car suddenly accelerated, almost throwing him out.
Zhou Zhou's smile gradually froze, and she silently fastened her seatbelt. "..."
Fortunately, Coach Zhang was prepared and handed the other person the motion sickness medicine in his pocket, along with the thermos.
"Would you like two slices?"
As soon as the vehicle started moving, before they had even finished one lap of the course, Zhou Zhou felt a wave of nausea and took out his phone to open WeChat.
Fu Hengzhi was holding a small meeting with the department managers. His brows were furrowed and his tone was heavy. Apart from the president, no one in the meeting room dared to breathe loudly.
The ringing of a cell phone notification sounded incredibly jarring in the otherwise quiet conference room filled with only human voices.
The managers all secretly checked their pocket phones, and breathed a sigh of relief when they confirmed they weren't theirs, only to see their boss pick up his phone.
Zhou Zhou: Some people are not suited to learning to drive.
Zhou Zhou: I need to think of a way to persuade Xiaowen to go back.