If you ignore the other person's feelings towards you.
Zhou Zhou took the clothes into the dressing room, changed, and looked at herself in the mirror, feeling uncomfortable all over. She touched her hair, which had been shaved into a buzz cut because of the bandaging during her hospitalization.
His hair is much shorter than before, which makes him look more masculine, but it has to be admitted that his original hairstyle suited his well-behaved and handsome face better.
Zhou Zhou walked out of the dressing room and met Fu Hengzhi's gaze, who had been watching her intently. Faced with his intense gaze, Zhou Zhou blushed involuntarily.
"This hairstyle looks a bit strange," Zhou Zhou said awkwardly.
But then the other person chuckled softly, "That's fine."
Fu Heng stepped forward, looked at it up close, and nodded, "Quite cute."
"!" Looking at the other person's gentle face, Zhou Zhou blushed even more, quickly turned around and walked towards the door, forcibly suppressing the pounding in her heart, and slapped her cheeks to tell herself.
This is a trick by gay men; Zhou Zhou, you can't fall for it.
The Li family and the Fu family lived far apart, and it took more than an hour to drive to reach their destination. The entire Li family compound could be described as magnificent. As the car drove into the courtyard gate, the host got out of the car and followed the receptionist to sit in the hall.
There were many guests coming and going, but Zhou Zhou didn't recognize any of them.
He followed Fu Hengzhi with a faint smile, and smiled at whoever Fu Hengzhi greeted.
In that instant, Zhou Zhou suddenly realized that being a decorative vase was also hard work for the original owner.
My face was stiff from smiling all the way here.
However, there were familiar faces among them. When the Ye family heir arrived, Zhou Zhou's eyes lit up.
After saying goodbye at the hospital that noon, he hadn't seen Ye Misheng for almost half a month.
Whether online or offline.
Ye Misheng immediately spotted Zhou Zhou, took a glass of rich, aromatic red wine from the waiter, and walked towards him.
"Brother Zhou, it's been a long time." Ye Misheng clinked glasses with him and took a small sip of the liquid in his glass.
Zhou Zhou couldn't refuse the other person's request after clinking glasses, so he also took a small sip.
"You've been very busy lately, it's been a long time since I've seen you."
As soon as Zhou Zhou finished speaking, Ye Mi chuckled softly, glanced at Fu Hengzhi with an ambiguous expression, and said in a low voice, "Thanks to President Fu, I've had a lot of fulfilling time lately."
Ye Misheng spoke through gritted teeth. He never expected that on the afternoon the cooperation was agreed upon, Fu Hengzhi would bring several bottles of expensive wine to visit his father at the Ye family home. Fu Hengzhi also subtly pointed out that he often went to see Zhou Zhou, which caused Ye Misheng to be monitored by his family and restricted from going out for a period of time.
If you can't handle the game, you tell your parents? Pshaw.
Fu Hengzhi said calmly, "You're welcome. Uncle Ye is very pleased that you've taken on the family business ahead of schedule."
Ye Misheng: "Hehe."
Zhou Zhou listened from the side, completely bewildered, having no idea what kind of riddle the two were exchanging.
The Ye and Fu families were among the most prestigious and powerful families present. The fact that the two heirs were together made many business tycoons in the room wonder what kind of vested interests were at play. The fact that Old Master Li had a child late in life and held a full-month celebration for his child was just a gimmick to bring these people together.
Many people stepped forward to chat and laugh with Fu Hengzhi and Ye Misheng. Zhou Zhou, seeing that he couldn't say anything, smiled and said, "You guys chat, I'll go somewhere else."
Fu Hengzhi nodded slightly. Zhou Zhou thought that everything would be fine once he left, but when he moved to another spot, the merchants' families surrounded him again.
Zhou Zhou then realized that although same-sex marriage was legal in the world of the book, there were actually very few same-sex couples in this community.
All of these people in front of me are female family members.
"Madam Fu, I've heard so much about you."
Most of these people came because of the Fu family's reputation, hoping that their family businesses could cooperate with the Fu family.
Zhou Zhou was surrounded by all sorts of women. The mixed scents of perfume made him feel suffocated, but he still smiled politely and toasted each of them to show his greeting.
While listening to these business tycoons talk about their new investments, Fu Hengzhi secretly slowed down Ye Misheng's steps as he tried to leave.
Without even thinking, Fu Hengzhi knew the other party was going to move closer to Zhou Zhou. Meeting Ye Misheng's dangerous gaze, Fu Hengzhi gave a cold snort and pretended not to see it.
"..." The CEO who was talking about the project stopped immediately when he heard Fu Hengzhi's cold snort. Then everyone else secretly remembered that this project was not worth investing in.
At this moment, a waiter came over and whispered a few words in Fu Hengzhi's ear. Fu Hengzhi frowned slightly, quickly got up, and followed him away.
As the story drew to a close, the CEO, seeing that Fu Hengzhi had left, changed the subject and asked Ye Misheng, who was standing nearby, as a closing remark.
"What does Mr. Ye think of this project?"
Ye Misheng followed Fu Hengzhi with his gaze until the other disappeared, a dark light surging in his eyes. Hearing Fu Hengzhi's question, he raised the corners of his mouth and said casually, "It's all small money, the Ye family won't invest."
That's incredibly arrogant.
"..."
Before the banquet even started, Zhou Zhou had already drunk most of it and was feeling extremely dizzy. The women next to him were still offering him drinks, but Zhou Zhou waved them off. He noticed the person approaching out of the corner of his eye and went to greet them as if he were grasping at a lifeline.
"Fu Hengzhi~" The drunk Zhou Zhou was completely unaware that her voice carried a hint of coquettishness as she whispered in a voice only the two of them could hear, "Take me away quickly, or I'll embarrass you if I keep drinking."
Chapter 46 Please don't make me worry like this anymore, okay?
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In his previous life, Zhou Zhou had a terrible alcohol tolerance; saying he would be drunk after just one cup was an understatement. Now, he managed to drink two or three cups without passing out, which was already his limit.
Zhou Zhou tried his best to appear normal, grinning and waving goodbye to the ladies.
"Excuse me, I must leave now." With that, she took Fu Hengzhi's hand and left the hall.
Zhou Zhou: "Don't trip me. Do you think I'm easy to bully because I'm drunk?"
Fu Hengzhi: "You tripped over your own right foot with your left foot."
Zhou Zhou waved his hand, shaking his head and saying, "I don't believe it, I don't believe it."
Fu Hengzhi: "..." That's kind of cute.
Fu Hengzhi helped Zhou Zhou to the garden for some fresh air. The garden was spacious and had a variety of well-maintained flowers and plants, which immediately piqued Zhou Zhou's interest.
She broke free from Fu Hengzhi and took a big step to the side, squatting down beside the rose bushes to observe them, muttering to herself as if she were talking about something.
Fu Hengzhi couldn't help but find it amusing to see him like this, so he leaned closer and bent down slightly, wanting to hear what the other was saying.
However, as soon as he got close, Zhou Zhou turned her head sharply and looked at him warily.
He demanded, "What are you trying to do! Eavesdrop on my secret with Little Rose?"
Fu Hengzhi chuckled; the other person was clearly drunk. So he said softly, "No, no, no one was eavesdropping on your secret. Are you feeling unwell?"
"No," Zhou Zhou pouted. "I want to be alone for a while."
As he spoke, he looked towards the hall, his intention to shoo people away quite clear.
Fu Hengzhi was helpless. The Li family's back garden was quite large, and it even had an artificial lake. He was really worried about leaving the drunk Zhou Zhou alone there.
"I've already spoken with Grandpa Li, and we're heading home. Would you like to come with me?" Her tone was incredibly gentle. "Or you can wait in the car?"
"No good." Zhou Zhou shook her head, her lips slightly pursed and her eyes blinking rapidly, looking completely unyielding.
Seeing him sigh, Fu Hengzhi had no choice but to say, "Then I'll be right back. You stay here and don't wander around."
"Are you going to buy oranges?" Zhou Zhou asked, still half asleep.
"?"
"You're taking advantage of me!" Zhou Zhou suddenly 'woke up,' recalling that this was probably what a father would say to his son.
Fu Hengzhi chuckled and said, "Is this what you call taking advantage?"
As he spoke, he reached out and gently patted the other person's head a few times. Seeing the other person grimacing, he quickly withdrew his hand before the other person could bite.
How about this?
With what he thought was a fierce expression, Zhou Zhou asked for feedback in a menacing tone: "How does it feel?"
"Pfft." Fu Hengzhi couldn't help but laugh when he saw the other person's appearance, and said honestly, "It's a bit prickly."
"Get lost." Zhou Zhou touched his stubble-covered short hair and gave him a feint kick.
"Remember to wait for me." Fu Hengzhi was in a good mood, and the other person was less sensitive to the distance between them when he was drunk.
Zhou Zhou squinted as she watched the other person's figure disappear from sight, then turned around and squatted back in her previous spot, continuing to tell the rose her poignant story.
"…Little Rose, let me continue our conversation. The man who left was my boyfriend. He's pretty handsome, right? A good person too, and now he's incredibly devoted to me. It's just a pity." Zhou Zhou pouted. "If I were a girl, I would definitely settle down and be with him. But I'm a man. I have to have goals and pursuits. I must live a life of a wife, kids, and a warm bed. Sigh—"
Zhou Zhou squatted there making rustling noises, completely unaware that someone was watching all of this from not far away.
Whether it was from squatting for too long or from drinking too much, Zhou Zhou felt dizzy when he stood up. He couldn't hold on and fell back to the spot. Under the influence of alcohol, he couldn't stand up again. His sleeves were covered in dirt. Zhou Zhou felt a little sad and simply continued to talk to the roses in front of him.
"Little Rose, Little Rose, is my alcohol tolerance terrible?"
'No!'
Holy crap, Rose spoke?!
Zhou Zhou sobered up instantly, staring blankly at the roses in front of him... but the voice seemed to come from the end of the roses.
At the end of the rose bushes was a clump of waist-high shrubs, used to separate the artificial lake from the cobblestone path. Zhou Zhou crouched down and sneaked over, using the shrubs to conceal himself.
I saw a man and a woman standing on the cobblestone path. The woman's clothing and features were exactly the same as those of the waiters in the lobby.
The waitress shook her head at the man in front of her, as if she was saying something, but her voice wasn't loud enough for Zhou Zhou to hear clearly. Maybe it was just a young couple arguing?
The man's expensive suit contrasted sharply with the waitress's attire, and Zhou Zhou could even imagine a Cinderella-like love story of marrying into a wealthy family.
The argument escalated, with the man becoming increasingly physical and repeatedly pressing his head against the waitress's neck, which she clearly rejected.
Damn? That's indecent!
Zhou Zhou understood now, and just as he stood up, he heard a thud.
During the scuffle, the waitress fell into the artificial lake. The lake should not be deep, but the waitress was short and couldn't swim. She struggled in the lake, choking on water, and couldn't even call for help.
The sound of splashing water on the lake surface assaulted Zhou Zhou's brain. At that moment, Zhou Zhou was drunk, and a wave of heat rushed straight to the top of his head, shouting out the passion buried deep in his heart.
"Hold on! I'm coming right now—Holy crap!" Zhou Zhou suddenly stood up, but before he could even ask for his steadiness, someone slammed on the brakes from behind and pushed him to the ground.
"What are you doing! I've been watching you sneakily for a while now!"
The newcomer was the one who had been observing Zhou Zhou since earlier. Because of the angle and the fact that his gaze was fixed on Zhou Zhou, and because he was not standing as close to the other party, he did not know what had happened by the lake for a moment. He only saw the other party suddenly stand up and thought that he was going to do something big. He walked forward and pressed the other party's head down, forcibly pressing the other party's face into the fragrant mud.
This man was an impatient, loud-voiced fellow. Seeing Zhou Zhou still struggling and mumbling incoherently, he roared, "What are you stammering and trying to explain away!"
"Damn it!" Zhou Zhou explained for a long time before finally turning his head to repeat what he had just said concisely, "Help! Someone has fallen into the lake!"