Zhou Zhou pursed her lips, nuzzled her head against the other's shoulder, and asked, "How did you get here?"
'Here' doesn't refer to this hotel; Fu Hengzhi knows the other person is referring to this world.
"Xiao Fan saw me out," Fu Hengzhi said truthfully.
"Xiao Fan?" Zhou Zhou was taken aback, then asked, "What about Xiao Fan?"
“He’s doing very well.” Fu Hengzhi rested his head on the other’s shoulder and whispered, “Don’t worry about him, he’s living the life he likes.”
"Then... will you go back?" This was what Zhou Zhou was worried about. He had finally managed to get hold of the other person and didn't want to let go so easily.
"Perhaps after death." The body in his arms suddenly stiffened. Fu Hengzhi smiled and continued, "If we live to be a hundred years old, we can go back together then."
call.
Zhou Zhou breathed a sigh of relief. He still had many questions to ask the other party. Just as he was about to speak, the tool man outside, who had rested and regrouped, started shouting again.
"Open the door! Open the door!"
Zhou Zhou: "..."
Let's put aside the questions about the world in the book for now; this is the most important thing right now.
"You got married in this world?" Zhou Zhou asked resentfully.
“Even though we’re not married, she’s my fiancée in name only.” Fu Hengzhi had never seen Zhou Zhou get jealous when they were set up on blind dates before, so this was the first time he’d heard Zhou Zhou’s sour tone. He couldn’t help but tease him, so he deliberately said, “My parents in this world both like her very much.”
"How could you delay such a young lady!" Zhou Zhou was furious. He thought Fu Hengzhi had been in this world for a long time. After all, the real world is different from the world in the book. Same-sex marriage is not allowed. The other party looked to be twenty-seven or twenty-eight years old. Isn't that the age when parents urge their children to get married?
"Why didn't you tell the girl you were taken!" The joy of their reunion was forgotten, and Zhou Zhou scolded him anxiously: "Isn't this lying to the girl? Or do you have feelings for her too? I think she's quite pretty."
"Hmm, she is quite pretty." Fu Hengzhi pursed his lips, suppressing a laugh. The other person's puffed-up appearance resembled an inflated pufferfish, which he found extremely cute.
"Fu Hengzhi!" After being together for so long, Zhou Zhou had never heard him praise other girls for being pretty, and she was so angry that she wanted to hit him.
"Don't be angry, don't be angry, nothing like that happened between us." Seeing that his wife, whom he had just found, was really angry, Fu Hengzhi dared not continue to dodge the question. "Her... well, she's a friend introduced by Xiao Fan."
“Even if there’s no such thing, you can’t let her be your fiancée. And she’s a friend introduced by Xiao Fan, a friend of his from the same system…” Zhou Zhou stopped abruptly.
The friends Xiao Fan introduced, the friends from the system...
Zhou Zhou's expression became complicated, and she asked uncertainly, "...Is it what I think?"
“Yes.” Fu Hengzhi readily admitted, turned around and opened the door. Xiao Xiaowei, who had been standing by the door and making loud noises, did not expect the person inside to open the door suddenly. She lost her balance and fell straight backward.
Her face paled, and she cried out in a delicate voice.
"Holy crap!"
Then, with a backflip followed by a Thomas Flair, he managed to perform a set of fancy moves in the confined space of the room, landing steadily on the ground.
“…Wow.” Zhou Zhou clapped for the other person in astonishment.
"Hehe, thank you~" Xiao Xiaowei took off her hat like a gentleman and bowed to thank him. After thanking him, she stood up and saw the two men in front of her close together. She exclaimed in surprise, "So you are the person Fu Hengzhi has been looking for."
“It’s me.” Zhou Zhou nodded slightly.
Xiao Xiaowei let out a long "oh," looked him over for a while, then chuckled and moved to Fu Hengzhi's other side, affectionately taking his arm, and raised an eyebrow, saying, "Aren't you jealous?"
"...Not at all." Zhou Zhou felt that he wouldn't be jealous of a virtual thing that wasn't even a living being.
"Boring~" Before Xiao Xiaowei could let go, Fu Hengzhi shook her off and dusted off the spot where she had touched him.
He said calmly, "Don't have any physical contact with me from now on."
In front of his wife, President Fu is like a top student who graduated from a men's virtue academy.
"Tch." Xiao Xiaowei shrugged, indicating that she didn't care. She stared at Zhou Zhou for a while and then laughed, "You haven't changed much."
"Yes, in this world, the time from my death to my awakening was only a short week," Zhou Zhou said truthfully, presumably the other party, as the system of this world, should also know the truth.
“In fact, you’ve only been dead for less than twelve hours.” Xiao Xiaowei chuckled, walked to the sofa by the bedside, sat down, crossed her legs, propped her chin on her hand, and looked at him. Green codes flashed in her obsidian-like eyes. “To be honest, I didn’t expect you to come back. When he suddenly contacted me and said he couldn’t bear to see you die and asked me to work with him to open a soul passage between the two worlds, I was quite surprised.”
He had only been dead for less than twelve hours, meaning his soul had returned to its place much earlier, but it took him many days to adapt and awaken.
"You know him?" Fu Hengzhi asked with a dark expression, his gaze fixed on Xiao Xiaowei with hostility. "Why didn't you tell me?"
“I’ve done this kind of soul-switching countless times,” Xiao Xiaowei chuckled. “Just a few days ago, I helped the Heavenly Dao System save five people. There are so many, how could I possibly remember them all? It was only when I saw your person that I remembered, and besides…”
Xiao Xiaowei changed the subject, her tone light and teasing, "Doesn't every world follow an invisible law, saying that those destined to meet will naturally meet?"
[Author's Note: A little dream collaboration. The Heavenly Dao System that Xiao Xiaowei mentioned is the same system from the completed novel next door, "The School Bully is Fake Cold but Really Socially Anxious." The five people she saved are also the five constellations from that novel, hehehehe.]
Tomorrow's chapter will conclude the main story, and the chapter after that will be a sweet side story, hehehe. It's expected to start with the sweet life of CEO Fu and Xiao Zhou in the real world (the plot of a fake CEO's pregnant wife running away will be released depending on the situation), followed by Actor Ye's journey to win back his wife, a short story about Ye Misheng and Hai Lu Kong, and a short story about Ye Misheng's time as a villain in the original novel. Are there any other stories you'd like to see? Leave a comment and I'll arrange them as needed (I should be able to arrange those after this story is finished, so let me know if you have any!).
Chapter 131 I Linger for You Amidst the Myriad Lights
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While the couple at the hotel were enjoying a happy reunion, Louis was on the verge of going crazy with worry.
Dozens of calls went unanswered, all to no avail. He parked his car in front of the restaurant the other party had provided, and sat in the driver's seat, constantly peering inside, wondering what if the person was drunk and had simply run into a phone that was off? He should try to think positively.
Louis was so anxious in the car that he was biting his nails. The ring road was congested on the way here. J City is like this during the evening rush hour. If out-of-towners encounter traffic jams when driving to J City, they may not be able to get off the ring road for a whole day. As a local, Louis naturally couldn't be stuck for a whole day, but he was still ten or twenty minutes late.
I made another call, but still no one answered.
Just then, a large group of people came out of the restaurant, supporting each other. Several men who were obviously drunk called out to the middle-aged man, Director Wang, who was walking at the front.
Director Wang? Louis remembered Zhou Zhou mentioning to him that the director of the web series was surnamed Wang.
Louis got out of the car and searched among the group of people, but couldn't find any trace of his good brother.
His flustered and nervous appearance caught the attention of a woman with a handbag. The two made eye contact in mid-air, and Louis hurriedly stepped forward to ask her what was wrong.
"Are you the crew of 'Life is Limited'?"
Louis's voice didn't stand out among the group of noisy drunks. Seeing the other party nod, he immediately asked, "My friend Zhou Zhou is having dinner with you tonight. Where is he?
When Sister Liu heard that the other party claimed to be Zhou Zhou's friend, she quickly pulled him to an inconspicuous corner and took out a cell phone with a cracked screen from her bag.
It was Zhou Zhou's phone, which Louis had tried calling dozens of times but which had all been switched off.
"Editor Zhou... he was probably taken away by Boss Wu." Sister Liu has been in the industry for so many years, she knows everything and has seen it all. Anyone with eyes could tell what Boss Wu meant by looking at him back then, but she was just trying to make a living in J City and couldn't afford to offend someone like him. There was not much she could do.
She had originally planned to take her phone and secretly file an anonymous police report, but since the other party's friend had come looking for her, she felt relieved and told them everything she knew.
With mixed feelings, Louis drove to the 'bustling' area the other party had mentioned. He didn't know which hotel it was, so he could only drive around in circles and try his luck.
Zhou Zhou was the best-looking guy in their dorm during college, but he was also quite strong; he could knock down an adult male with one punch.
What if the other person comes out on their own in a little while?
Louis was conflicted. Clutching the broken phone, he wondered whether to report it to the police. It wasn't that he was afraid of that Mr. Wu, but rather that the relationships between higher-ups in J City were complicated. It wasn't that he didn't trust the police, but he was just afraid of the worst-case scenario. What if someone tipped him off before the matter was resolved...
"Damn it!" Louis slammed his fist on the steering wheel, thinking that he still had a self-defense baton in the trunk. He decided he wouldn't sleep tonight; he'd search every hotel one by one, he was sure he could find one...
The young man inside the car's pupils dilated in shock as he instantly spotted the nearest hotel.
After the medication wore off, Zhou Zhou's eyes were red and swollen from crying in the hotel room compared to before she went in. Coupled with her poor energy during this period, she looked lost and listless when she came out, like a walking corpse.
Before Fu Hengzhi could deal with Mr. Wu and his group in the next room, he went in and threw a tantrum. Zhou Zhou didn't know what he said, but when he looked into the room, Mr. Wu and his group were trembling like quails.
"Why don't you rest here for the night before you leave?" Fu Hengzhi caught up from behind, put his arm around the other person's shoulder, and said with heartache when he saw the other person's appearance.
"No, thank you." Zhou Zhou dodged the outstretched hand and shook his head, saying, "I contacted a friend to pick me up when I was at the restaurant, and he must be worried because he lost his phone and can't find me."
Seeing Fu Hengzhi standing there stunned with a shocked expression, his empty hand still frozen in mid-air, Zhou Zhou quickly explained, "You know, same-sex marriage is illegal in this world, I'm worried... um!"
Before she could finish speaking, Fu Hengzhi forcibly hugged her, silencing Zhou Zhou's half-finished words.
At the hotel entrance, two men were kissing passionately, reluctant to part. Zhou Zhou kept trying to push away the burning chest, but her wrist was grabbed and pulled behind the other man's waist.
The behavior is not to be resisted.
After the kiss ended, Fu Hengzhi's sharp, deep eyes seemed to draw the other person in. His expression was cool, but his tone carried a hint of emotion as he said softly, "You think it's embarrassing?"
"I didn't..."
"You think your husband is shameful??"
Fu Hengzhi's sudden increase in volume prompted Zhou Zhou to quickly cover his mouth.
Zhou Zhou hurriedly explained, "No, keep your voice down! I just... I was just worried about you!"
Fu Hengzhi raised an eyebrow, covered the other's hand with his own, and showered Zhou Zhou's palm with wet, hot kisses.
Even Zhou Zhou, who was strong, couldn't pull her hand away.
"Hey! What are you doing! I'll call the police and have you arrested!"
The couple was being all lovey-dovey when suddenly a third party entered their lives.
The third party forcibly pulled Zhou Zhou away and shielded him behind him, brandishing a baton menacingly at the 'scoundrel' in front of him, while whispering a question to someone behind him.
"Zhou Zhou, did you suffer a loss?" Louis asked while keeping an eye on Fu Hengzhi's every move. The man opposite him was nearly 190 cm tall. If they really fought, he might suffer a loss of a few centimeters.
"Louis? How did you find this place?" Zhou Zhou was surprised that the other person could find this place even though he had lost his phone, and he was filled with mixed feelings.
"Sister Liu from your writing team told me." Louis frowned, gritted his teeth, and said, seeing the disheveled look on the other person's face, "Don't be afraid, brother, I'll avenge you."
Without waiting for Zhou Zhou's explanation, he picked up his baton and walked towards the rather handsome man in front of him, rolling up his sleeves as he walked, and said fiercely, "So you think you're President Wu?"
Fu Hengzhi raised an eyebrow and watched indifferently as the other person pointed the baton at his shoulder. Before the baton could touch him, a whooshing sound rang out, and the baton was knocked to the side.
"Holy crap!" Before Louis could even react, he was slammed against the window of a parked car by a burst of strength.
"What are you doing? Bullying my people while I'm not here?" The veins on the back of Xiao Xiaowei's fair hand bulged, but her face wore a smile that didn't match her expression. Her voice was still sweet and coquettish as she said, "You little bastard, where are you from?"
The scene unfolded too quickly for Zhou Zhou to react. He snapped out of his daze and hurriedly said, "This is my friend, let go!"
"Oh?" Xiao Xiaowei tilted her head, let go of her hand, and shrugged, "They don't know."
"Louis, are you alright?"
Both were systems, and Zhou Zhou couldn't understand how the one in front of him was so powerful. In comparison, Fu Xiaofan, who only knew how to squander money and live extravagantly, was made to look like a little good-for-nothing.
Louis rubbed his arm, which had just been twisted behind his back, and when he saw Xiao Xiaowei winking and smiling at him, his face turned red and his lips trembled so much that he couldn't even speak.
"Baby, is this your friend?"
Fu Hengzhi didn't care about whether same-sex marriage was legal or not, and he openly called his wife "wife" without any psychological pressure. Louis, who was present, turned even more furious upon hearing this, while Xiao Xiaowei gave Fu Hengzhi a thumbs up with a shout of "Oh!"
As expected of you!
"Yes." Zhou Zhou nudged him with her eyes, signaling him not to call him that in public. Fu Hengzhi pretended not to see it, straightened his clothes, and walked up to Louis, making sure he had the right aura.