"..." Fu Hengzhi silently watched the other party's motherly tucking-in technique, reminiscent of a feudal aristocratic family, and a sudden sense of disappointment, as if his expectations had been dashed, welled up in his heart.
The other person was mumbling in a low voice, and it was impossible to hear what they were saying. Just as Fu Hengzhi was about to speak, his ears suddenly tightened, and he successfully pulled out the keywords 'sleepwalking' and 'wake up' from the pile of inaudible words.
Fu Hengzhi's gaze narrowed slightly, his mind racing, and he was certain that the other person believed he was sleepwalking.
Zhou Zhou helped Fu Hengzhi straighten his clothes, stopped nagging, looked up at his face, rubbed her fingers on her chin, and nodded approvingly.
This is my first time seeing it up close, and wow, I'm amazed every time I see it. The CEO's looks are really impressive, and his physique is well-defined with defined muscles, unlike the original owner's body, which looks a bit like boiled chicken.
"Fu~Heng~Zhi~" Zhou Zhou tried to call out to the other person in a soft voice, but the other person just stared at him without making any sound.
Zhou Zhou moved closer and waved his hand in front of his eyes, but the other man didn't even blink.
Zhou Zhou had never seen anyone sleepwalk before. He clicked his tongue, tilted his head, blinked, and asked in confusion.
"This sleepwalking is like hypnosis."
Fu Hengzhi panicked a little upon hearing this.
"Ha~~" Zhou Zhou didn't care about anything else. He yawned because he was sleepy. He grabbed the other person's hand that was hanging naturally at his side and led him into the inner room. His tone was like coaxing a young child, "Come on, let's stay away from the window, or we might fall off."
Zhou Zhou turned her back and pulled the man along, completely unaware that Fu Hengzhi's gaze was fixed intently on their clasped hands and Zhou Zhou's fair ankles.
Fu Hengzhi's eyes flickered. Could it be that he ran out without even putting on his shoes because he was worried that he might get into trouble while sleepwalking?
Zhou Zhou led the person to the bedside in the inner room, intending to let go and lock the inner room door to strengthen the protection of the domineering CEO, but unexpectedly, the other party held his hand tightly and he couldn't pull it out at all.
"..." Zhou Zhou wanted to put in some effort, but suddenly remembered what he had heard in his previous life: that sleepwalkers should not be forcibly woken up, otherwise they would become confused at best, and go crazy at worst.
We don't know what's going on with President Ba, but he's the only son of the Fu family, so we can't afford to do anything reckless.
Having run out of options, Zhou Zhou simply went to bed with the other person and gradually lured them towards him.
In the darkness, Zhou Zhou couldn't see anything, but he could feel that Fu Hengzhi had obediently gotten into bed and was now lying in front of him.
Zhou Zhou simply stopped trying to pull his hand out. He figured he might as well keep it in his hand. As long as he wasn't embarrassed, Fu Hengzhi would be the one who felt awkward when he woke up tomorrow morning.
Zhou Zhou turned his head and could only make out the outline of Fu Hengzhi's profile. He wondered to himself what the other person was dreaming about. After thinking about it for a while, Zhou Zhou miraculously fell asleep with someone next to him.
The sound of even breathing reached his ears, and Fu Hengzhi's calm lips slowly curved into a smile.
Zhou Zhou slept soundly, and when he woke up, he was still groggy. He opened his eyes and saw that the room was still dark. He woke up and fell asleep several times, but when he finally woke up, he couldn't fall back asleep.
Zhou Zhou stared at the ceiling, smacked his lips, and his stomach growled at just the right moment.
The phone next to my pillow was ice cold, and it wouldn't turn on even when I pressed and held the power button; it must be out of battery.
Zhou Zhou sat up and stretched, his blurry eyes gradually clearing.
“Oh right, this isn’t home.” Zhou Zhou had finally gotten used to the Fu family’s bedroom, and now he had unlocked a new scene for resting. The room was dimly lit. He got out of bed, put on his shoes, walked to the curtains, and pulled them open with a 'whoosh'.
"..." Fu Hengzhi really figured out how to use curtains. No wonder the room was so dark. There were three layers of blackout fabric and one layer of light gauze.
If you don't understand, just ask. Is Mr. Fu a vampire? He's so afraid of light.
Zhou Zhou was starving. After changing her clothes, she walked out of the inner room. There was no one in the office. After washing up, Zhou Zhou didn't leave in a hurry. She wandered around the office with her dead phone in her hand.
Looking for a charging cable.
He wasn't carrying any cash, and Fu Hengzhi probably wouldn't want him to go out so casually, letting his employees know that their CEO Fu had a same-sex partner, and was also someone hated and disliked by everyone online.
Zhou Zhou wandered around for a while, then slipped to the window to look at the vibrant green plants.
"That's strange." Zhou Zhou ran his fingers along the veins of the pothos leaves. The leaves were still plump and green, but after one night, the edges had turned slightly yellow.
"They were fine last night, how did they suddenly turn like this?" Zhou Zhou frowned and went to check the condition of the other green plants. It seemed that they were not in as good condition as they were when he came yesterday.
"Am I remembering wrong? Maybe these little things are just like this?"
It didn't seem to be due to lack of water, but Zhou Zhou still reached out and touched the soil in the basin to check.
The soil was moist, and it had a strange smell.
Zhou Zhou brought his fingertips close to his nose and sniffed lightly, his expression suddenly changing.
"Isn't this it?"
Fu Hengzhi, who had just finished a meeting, walked ahead with a gloomy expression, followed by the silent project manager, with Secretary He carrying a folder close behind.
As soon as Fu Hengzhi pushed open the door to the president's office, he met Zhou Zhou's gaze, who was casually sitting on the sofa.
"You're back." Zhou Zhou greeted him casually, leaning forward to play with the yellowing leaves of the potted green ivy that had been moved from the window.
Next to the green ivy was the thermos he had used to deliver medicine last night.
"..." Fu Hengzhi's expression changed, his gloomy expression vanished.
The project manager heard a pleasant, unfamiliar male voice coming from inside the office. Curiosity prompted him to look up, and the next second, the president's office door slammed shut in front of him with a bang.
Chapter Thirty-One: He Shouldn't Have Given Him the Charging Cable
The CEO's office door slammed shut, making the floor-to-ceiling windows tremble.
Seeing that Fu Hengzhi's face had turned gloomy and serious, Zhou Zhou strode over after closing the door.
aggressive.
It's like they're about to hit someone.
"!"
Zhou Zhou was on edge, and she jumped to her feet, thinking that she might not be able to beat him. She then grabbed the thermos from the table.
Hold it close to your chest to prevent it from becoming a tool of domestic violence.
At first, when he noticed that the soil in the potted plants was soaked with Chinese medicine, he thought it was because the dregs at the bottom of the cup were inedible. Fu Hengzhi then poured them into the pot of pothos as fertilizer. However, after checking the other plants, he found that nearly ten potted plants had been soaked in the medicine. He realized that even after pouring it all into the 450ml thermos, it probably wouldn't be enough.
"What the hell are you doing? Stand still! You think you're in the right just because you poured the medicine? You want to hit me?" Zhou Zhou saw Fu Hengzhi stop in his tracks after hearing his words, and cried out the lines he had rehearsed in his mind before the other person arrived, "You're really something! I went through all the trouble of brewing and bringing you medicine, only for you to use it to water your flowers? I was even worried about your sleepwalking symptoms and went to the doctor to get medicine, and you're just making fun of me like this..."
Fu Hengzhi pursed his lips and remained silent. His originally sharp and fierce gaze softened, and he stared at Zhou Zhou without blinking.
Zhou Zhou grumbled and cursed, but before he could finish half of his sentence, his voice unconsciously softened and then gradually stopped.
"..." Zhou Zhou squinted. How to describe the other party's current state? It was like a golden retriever that insisted on going out for a walk in the rain. You did it for its own good, and it ran away. As a result, it came back covered in mud. It was clearly its own fault, but it still had to act very aggrieved.
Fu Hengzhi is in this state right now. Zhou Zhou thinks that the other party's domineering CEO persona is really comprehensive. He can be irritable when he wants to be, and he can be aggrieved when he wants to be. The effect is outstanding.
Damn it.
Zhou Zhou cursed inwardly.
Damn it, he just happens to fall for that.
Zhou Zhou is the type who responds better to gentle persuasion than force. If you anger him, and you confront him directly, he'll stubbornly insist on finding out who's right. But if you use a softer approach, he'll have no choice but to swallow his pride and suffer in silence.
Zhou Zhou is currently swallowing.
Fu Hengzhi didn't actually intend to use a self-inflicted injury ruse; he was just thinking about how to explain the situation in a plausible way. Seeing the other party's wary and defensive expression, he realized that there was something wrong with how he entered the room.
For the first time, President Fu simply lowered his stance towards Zhou Zhou, and the result was surprisingly good.
"Listen to me." Fu Hengzhi took a few tentative steps forward, and seeing that the other party did not stop him, he simply moved closer.
Just as he was about to walk up to her, Zhou Zhou spoke up, "Hey, if you're going to talk, just talk, don't stand so close."
He then took a step back and gestured, "Come on, please begin your... defense."
Even though the matter of sleepwalking could still be covered up after it was exposed, President Fu left himself no room for maneuver and brought it up directly to avoid having to use other lies to cover it up later.
"I don't actually have sleepwalking disorder."
"..." Zhou Zhou didn't expect the other party to be so straightforward. After a moment of silence, he said, "I can guess."
If someone has already poured out the medicine, it can't be because they're afraid of the bitterness, unless they're not sick and dare not drink it indiscriminately.
“I often suffer from insomnia.” Fu Hengzhi lowered his eyes and furrowed his brows. “Later I discovered that having someone lying next to me helps me fall asleep faster.” The implication behind this was self-evident.
Zhou Zhou felt as if three large characters were shining brightly above his head.
A tool.
Zhou Zhou's forehead twitched so badly that he decided to explain it to himself.
"What a coincidence, I've also been having trouble sleeping lately, since I'm used to sleeping alone."
"..." Fu Hengzhi instantly understood that this person thought he was superfluous.
"Okay." Fu Hengzhi agreed quickly, if you ignored his sullen tone, "I understand, I'll live at the company from now on, I won't go back."
Zhou Zhou really didn't expect that Fu Hengzhi's persona could change so much when he spoke behind closed doors.
Before entering the door, she was a domineering CEO of a wealthy family; now, her tone is that of a resentful wife from a wealthy family.
Fu Hengzhi admitted that he was acting, because the other party was only responsive to gentle persuasion and not to force. It's better to resolve things peacefully than to argue.
"Don't do that, it makes it seem like I'm not letting you go back." Zhou Zhou was completely unaware that he had been completely outmaneuvered by the other party. "If it really doesn't work, we can sleep at different times. I'll go to bed at 10:30, and you can go to bed at 11:00."
By offering his opinion, Zhou Zhou made the biggest concession possible; he even cut half an hour of his game time.
“Okay.” Fu Hengzhi had no objection, and the two hit it off immediately.
With the sleepwalking incident resolved smoothly, there was no point in Zhou Zhou staying any longer, so he prepared to head home.
"Mr. Fu, could you please call my driver?" Zhou Zhou said, waving his phone. "It's out of battery."
Fu Hengzhi nodded, "Okay."
'Gurgle~'
Before the call could even be made, Zhou Zhou's stomach rumbled with hunger.
Fu Hengzhi stopped what he was doing and looked at him. Zhou Zhou was a little embarrassed and said apologetically, "You must be hungry by now, since last night."
"Okay." Fu Hengzhi put his phone away. "Let's eat first, it'll be lunch break soon."
"hold head high."
Zhou Zhou was charging Fu Hengzhi's phone in the inner room. The door was ajar, and she could clearly hear Fu Hengzhi reprimanding his subordinates outside. Although it was a reprimand, Fu Hengzhi's tone was not harsh. He still had his usual demeanor, but combined with the content of his speech, it gave people a feeling of authority without anger.
He had never written a novel about business before, so wasn't he a perfect source of material? Zhou Zhou quietly slipped to the crack in the door, gripped the doorknob, and peeked out.
The project manager was quite old and a long-time employee of Fu's Company. He had worked his way up to his current position step by step. In terms of seniority, he was more senior than the president in front of him, who had been in office for more than a year. However, in terms of work ability, he was far inferior to the other party.
A soft thud made him turn his head to look in that direction. This direction led to the inner office, the place where the president rested.
He vaguely saw a figure dart past the crack in the door. It looked like a person. Was the CEO keeping a mistress? Male or female?