Chapter 55. Excessive provocation
Qi Yu casually asked, “Then what else can I do?”
Fu Yansheng didn’t answer, he was silent for a couple of seconds and said, “Don’t take such personal risks in the future…I will be worried.”
Hearing the phrase “I will be worried”, Qi Yu went soft all over. He suddenly remembered what Fu Yansheng had said to him the night before, “You know that I treat you differently from others” — In fact, the implication of these words was quite obvious.
Qi Yu, of course, also noticed that, under his teasing, the other party wasn’t as calm and composed as before. From applying the ointment, to apologizing for the lighter, to overturning the red wine, etc., the man’s feelings for him were already on the verge of coming out into the open.
But how would being ‘on the verge’ be enough? Thinking of the other party’s 16-month long routine and deception, it seemed that Qi Yu needed to force the other party to speak out first before he could release his anger. Deliberately provoking Fu Yansheng, he said, “What are you worried about? Our contract is about to expire. When the time comes, we’re going to be just ordinary friends.”
Fu Yansheng was taken aback when he heard these words. He looked up at Qi Yu, as if trying to tell whether Qi Yu had been telling the truth.
Qi Yu looked calm and pretended not to care.
The air around them grew heavy, and the two of them ate in silence for a while before Fu Yansheng spoke again, “Mei Wei’s investigation should be resolved in about half a month, right?”
“En……” Through previous experience, Qi Yu also understood it might be unrealistic to investigate all the inside information behind the scenes within the next few days.
“But I already have some important evidence, so Qiu Rusong will definitely not be able to run away.” What those professionals were entrusted to do now was just to collect more evidence for Qiu Rusong’s conviction. When the time comes, he can let the public security department intervene and file a case.
Fu Yansheng asked, “Once the holidays are over, will you be going back to school as usual?”
Qi Yu nodded. “I should be.”
As for the follow-up matters with the company, he could remotely supervise others to handle it.
After Fu Yansheng said these two sentences, he said nothing more.
Qi Yu picked up his chopsticks and put some of the fish into his mouth. He quietly glanced at the other person, only to see Fu Yansheng’s eyes drooping slightly, his expression looking a little… lonely?
This reaction went a bit beyond Qi Yu’s expectation. He thought that his provocation would make it so that Fu Yansheng wouldn’t be able help himself from directly make his position known.
Looking at him like this, was it possible that Fu Yansheng really didn’t plan on “forcing him”?
There’s no way, right? How can he be that resigned?
This man has chased him for almost a year and a half…
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Qi Yu told him the story behind this incident to adjust the atmosphere. Fu Yansheng listened very carefully, and occasionally chimed in with a few words.
Only that, despite the fact that Fu Yansheng obviously harmoniously interacting with him now, Qi Yu felt that the other party’s reaction was much colder than before.
For example, when Lin Huan sought out Xu Jing to buy Shan Yu’s 3% at ten times the price, Fu Yansheng, before, would have definitely express some of his own opinions. He might even have asked Qi Yu what he would have done in the same situation in order to observe him. However, today, Fu Yansheng just smiled, and said politely, “President Xu is also quite capable.”
Qi Yu: “……”
Had he really overdone it with the provocation just now?
After the meal, Qi Yu looked at Fu Yansheng and tried to save the situation, “Teacher Fu, are you unhappy?”
Fu Yansheng: “…Am I?”
Qi Yu stretched out his finger and swiped at him. “You’re not? You might as well have the words ‘unhappy’ written all across your face.” — These were things Fu Yansheng had said to him before. He guessed that the other party could hear his own intentions.
Fu Yansheng remained silent, Qi Yu asked again, “What did I say wrong that made you unhappy?”
Fu Yansheng: “……”
After looking at each other for three seconds, Fu Yansheng took the lead to look away. He took out the cigarette case from his pocket, and asked, “Can I smoke?”
Qi Yu: “…En.”
Fu Yansheng lowered his head, lit the cigarette and took a deep breath. He looked at Qi Yu through the smoke, and explained in a low voice, “Sorry, maybe I’m feeling a little tired from work. It has nothing to do with you.”
Qi Yu: “……”
Who the f*ck would believe this excuse?
Qi Yu looked at the fruit basket next to him and asked, “Would you like some fruit?”
“I’ll go wash them.” Fu Yansheng put down his cigarette and was about to get up.
Qi Yu hurriedly stopped him and said, “Sit down. I’ll do it.”
His tone was a bit anxious, with a hint of command. It stunned Fu Yansheng. But seeing that Qi Yu had already gotten up to dismantle the fruit basket, Fu Yansheng did not insist.
Qi Yu picked a fresh orange and a red dragon fruit from the fruit basket. He also took five or six mangosteens and took them to the kitchen sink to rinse.
“Where is the fruit knife?” he asked.
“On the knife rack, the second one from the left,” Fu Yansheng reminded him, “Be careful.”
“En……”
The roles of the two have changed, and now it was Fu Yansheng sitting at the table, watching Qi Yu busying about at the counter.
Frankly speaking, Qi Yu was being a bit boastful volunteering to do this kind of thing. Although he didn’t have a housekeeper with him while in college and he steeped his own coffee and baked his own bread using a bread machine; but for dinner, he still usually went to restaurants outside to eat. And when he buys fruit, he buys the kind that was easy to eat, or ones that have already been prepared in the supermarket. He’s never had to use a knife.
Right now, he cut the oranges to different sizes. Large pieces of the dragon fruit itself were stuck and thrown away with the skin into the trash. A few of the mangosteens were still not quite ripe and it took him a long time to break them apart.
“There’s a glass plate in the cupboard. There are stainless steel fruit forks in the same place where the chopsticks are…” From behind him came the man’s instructions, letting Qi Yu know that the other party has been paying close attention to him.
He felt inexplicably nervous but he toughened his scalp and busied about for twenty minutes before he managed to come out with a fruit plate.
He was already mentally prepared to be laughed at by Fu Yansheng. But when Qi Yu turned around, he saw the man staring at him in a daze, with undisguised passion in his eyes.
But when Qi Yu’s eyes met his, Fu Yansheng immediately turned away.
Qi Yu: “……”
He placed the fruit plate on the table, and Fu Yansheng looked at the complete mess of fruit flesh inside. Instead of teasing him, he praised him, “I thought you were the type whose fingers have never been touched by sun nor soaked by spring water. This is quite impressive, you were able to do it yourself.”
Qi Yu said resentfully. “Stop yapping. Even I’m embarrassed to have come out with something like this. Just have some already.”
Fu Yansheng smiled and tasted a few pieces of dragon fruit. He held the cigarette in one hand, letting it burn away.
Qi Yu thought that the previous awkwardness was over. Unexpectedly, Fu Yansheng only said that one sentence and fell silent once again. The heat in the man’s eyes gradually faded, as though that scene that Qi Yu saw when he turned around was just his imagination.
Qi Yu was a little confused. What was the matter?
Was it because he hadn’t learned correctly or was Fu Yansheng still pretending? Why couldn’t he coax this man well?
Just as Qi Yu was wondering what else he could do to remedy the situation, Fu Yansheng glanced at the wall clock and said, “It’s getting late. Should I send you back?”
Qi Yu’s expression stiffened. It wasn’t even ten o’clock in the evening. It was not uncommon for the two of them to stay together until eleven or twelve when they were having a good chat. But, of course, Qi Yu couldn’t have failed to hear the “sending out of a guest” in the other man’s words.
In the first place, Qi Yu had a proud temperatment. He had already tried giving Fu Yansheng a way out of this embarassing situation; hearing these words now, he was a little bit peeved. He didn’t want to continue fawning on and ingratiating himself to the other.
“No need. I’ll just have Wang Meng come and pick me up. It’s very convenient.” Qi Yu said.
He called Wang Meng and got up to put on his shoes. Fu Yansheng put out the cigarette in his hand and followed him out without saying a word, sending him downstairs.
Qi Yu could have waited for Wang Meng to drive up to the lobby on the first floor, but they got down early and Qi Yu didn’t want wait there with Fu Yansheng as they awkwardly looked at each other in dismay. So he couldn’t help but say, “I’ll go out and wait.”
Fu Yansheng was taken aback for a moment and said in a low voice, “Then head this way.”
Although Fu Yansheng stayed with him every step of the way, Qi Yu still felt that the other party was deliberately keeping a distance from him.
Lin Yuan Apartment’s building hall and the door of the apartment were all connected by the inner courtyard corridor. Both sides of the corridor were covered with beautiful green landscapes. Matched with night lights, it was a wonderful place to take a nightime stroll.
It was a pity that Qi Yu didn’t have the heart to appreciate the beautiful scenery right now. His mind was in complete confusion.
Because the Fu Yansheng he knew was too rational, too powerful; add to that the fact that Qi Yu had just learned the truth about Fu Yansheng’s whole routine, it made Qi Yu suspect that Fu Yansheng’s display of loneliness just now was just Fu Yansheng pretending again.
However, since his provocation of Fu Yansheng till now, all kinds of reactions from the other party were telling him that he seemed to have gotten it wrong —Fu Yansheng really seemed to be feeling down and gloomy.
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【Little Theater】
Fu Yansheng: It seems that my wife doesn’t want me…
Qi Yu: Come and have a hug ~ Your husband was just teasing you, don’t be angry. Now be good~~
Fu Yansheng:…
quietly giggles I don’t know why but this situation is… It makes me feel slightly giddy and excited.
Wait…. Am I a sadist? sits down in a corner to ponder
You’re not alone heheheh
Definitely not alone 😌😌😌
i am getting a kicked puppy vibes from teacher fu
Aw poor Teacher Fu 😂 he’s sad but I’m loving it lol hope it gets settled early though because it was itty bitty painful
Thanks for the chapter ☺️
Qi yu climbs out of the pit only to voluntarily jump back in again 🤦♀️😂
Thank you for the chapter ❣️
Aww!!! ༼ つ ◕‿◕ ༽つ Thanks the chapter<3
thanks for the chapter!
ahhh… now I am so proud to have seen yu grow so much! i feel like now he is on an even footing with fys 😆 had such a mum moment
And this year Oscar: the Best Actor goes to… drumroll Fu Yansheng~ Congratulations!
Aww poor Fu Yansheng. He probably thinks that Qi Yu understood his intentions but is politely rejecting him with his ‘we will be friends’ statement!