CH 76.2

Shen Xingsui, who ran downstairs, could no longer maintain the illusion of calmness. His hand holding the railing of the stairs turned white from the force, his body trembled slightly, his chest heaved up and down, and he gasped for a few moments. He took a deep breath, and took a fresh breath, which made him feel better. He gritted his teeth, endured the sourness in his nose, looked up at the ceiling again, and took a long while until he actually was calm.

He felt deceitful with his own feelings.

He had liked Fu Jinxiao for years. It’s not something he can just brush off easily like that. 

Shen Xingsui thought about his confession – he actually had rehearsed it many times in his heart. But when it actually happened, he still couldn’t control his emotions. Fortunately, he didn’t cry in front of Fu Jinxiao, or disgraced himself in front of his idol. He performed very well and was decent from beginning to end.

Shen Xingchen saw the moody-looking Shen Xingsui and muttered, “Did you sober up at all? Your eye sockets are still so red, are they burnt by alcohol?”

Shen Xingsui sighed. “Yes, the alcohol content is too high for me. It will take a long time before I recover fully.” 

“So sad?”

“That’s right.” Shen Xingsui smiled at him lightly, “It’s not easy.”

Shen Xingchen put his arms around his shoulders and acted as his support. “You can’t drink too much. I’ll take you to drink something else in the future. Practice more and you’ll be fine.”

Shen Xingsui nodded helplessly.

The two walked a few steps forward, and saw their family members waiting for them to come not far away. The car was parked at the door, and their mother stood not far away waving at them. Xu Enzhen immediately put a thick scarf on Shen Xingsui’s neck as she said, “I don’t know that it will snow today. Hurry up and get in the car. There is soup noodles cooked by Old Lady Fu in the car. She said that you didn’t eat well at night, and you drank so much. So, you need to drink this soup to warm your stomach.” 

Everyone got into the car one after another.

When the lid was opened, the rich aroma of chicken broth came out inside.

Shen Xingchen took a deep breath and said, “Grandma is indeed an eternal god. The soup noodles she cooked are as delicious as your egg noodles.” 

Xu Enzhen glanced at him, “You are the only talkative, eat quickly if you are hungry.”

Everyone attending the dinner party was busy socializing. Though, Shen Xingchen only played with girls and his friends while Shen Xingsui drank too much. The latter was very hungry as a result, so this soup was very timely for him. 

The noodles had a very strong flavor, while the soup’s taste was very pure – Grandma must have boiled the bones and the marrows for a long time to get this taste. It was very simple, but it was very delicious. 

Shen Xingchen sighed. “It would be great if I could often eat the noodle soup made by Old Lady Fu. Unfortunately I don’t have that blessing.”

Xu Enzhen took a piece of meat from the noodle soup in the bowl for him, and said, “If you come here every day with a thick face, The old lady won’t drive you away.” 

Shen Xingchen continued with even more longing, “Yeah, we both don’t have that blessing… I can’t even mooch off from you…” 

This child always said some unflattering words.

Xu Enzhen snorted softly and said, “Then you don’t have it, maybe your younger brother does.”

This sentence could be regarded as a truth, and only those who knew the inside story could understand it. Shen Xingsui might have been happy when hearing this at first, but now that he had clear eyes, he only held the bowl softly and whispered, “I probably didn’t either…”

Xu Enzhen looked at him in surprise.

Shen Xingsui gave her a forced smile, as if he had already told his mother the ending without further words.

Xu Enzhen seemed to understand something. The woman squirmed her lips to say something, but in the end she didn’t say anything. Of course she knew that young people’s feelings need to be decided by themselves. Children and grandchildren have their own blessings. She couldn’t force her decision on them. 

Back in the Fu family’s house. 

When Fu Jinxiao came from the balcony, he happened to see Li Na who was instructing the servants to clean up the scene.

He paused, hesitating whether to turn around and leave. But his mother saw him first, so she came over to say hello, “Jinxiao.”

Fu Jinxiao greeted back, “Happy New Year, Mother.”

“Happy New Year.” Holding Fu Jinxiao’s hand, she said, “You didn’t eat anything tonight, right? The Old Lady asked me to come to you for dinner just now. She cooked noodles. Come and eat some.” 

Fu Jinxiao couldn’t refuse, so he followed her.

As the guests slowly returned home, the house returned to its former tranquility.

The tall and handsome man walked slowly in the stairwell, and the woman in the dress beside him showed a kind face. When they passed the corridor, both of them saw a painting hanging in the corridor, which showed two people cuddling together. The people in the painting were Wen Rong and President Fu. 

Seeing her, Li Na commented in a whisper, “I heard from the Old Lady that her death anniversary will be half a month later, and I want to accompany your father to commemorate her.”

Fu Jinxiao nodded faintly, “It’s all good, you can make arrangements.”

After thinking about it for a while, Li Na decided to confront him, “You don’t seem to be in a good mood, Jinxiao.”

In fact, this matter was also very strange.

For one, Actor Fu was someone who was very guarded with his emotions. To make him looking this slumped… the cause must have been very great. 

Fu Jinxiao pulled away the chair in the dining room to sit, “Is there?”

She nodded, “The last time you showed such an expression, it was because you quarreled with your father again.”

Fu Jinxiao watched the servant serve him noodles, and said casually, “Then you guessed wrong. It’s not because of that this time.”

Li Na was surprised.

‘Is there anyone besides President Fu who has the ability to make him angry and let him down? Then this person’s ability is not ordinary, and he can even do this to Fu Jinxiao,’ She has been married to this family for so many years, and she has never seen such a thing happen. 

She took the initiative to offer, “Maybe I can help you.”

Fu Jinxiao reflexively rejected, “No need.”

Li Na was not very annoyed when she was rejected. She was pleasantly surprised when she saw the bracelet that Fu Jinxiao had on his hand. “What is this? It’s so cute.”

Fu Jinxiao said casually, “Safety bracelet.”

Li Na tentatively asked, “Can I have a look?”

The actor nodded as a response. 

She leaned over to look at the bracelet. She could see that the craftsmanship technique was clumsy, not extremely beautiful and exquisite, but she could see it was very carefully made. “I have seen others make this before. It is very troublesome to make. If you have never done it before, it takes a long time to practice it.” 

Fu Jinxiao finally turned his gaze over.

Li Na just smiled lightly, “So I always thought that people who are willing to settle down and do this must be very gentle and have a lot of love.” 

‘A lot of love…’ Fu Jinxiao paused as he drank the noodle soup. In a trance, he recalled the face of Shen Xingsui that time. He said he ‘liked Fu Jinxiao’.

…but his eyes were obviously full of love.

His mother asked, “Let me guess, it was given to you by Suisui?”

Fu Jinxiao didn’t answer. He originally didn’t intend to count on Li Na – his stepmother – for this matter. But, she might know more about feelings than himself. In the end, he finally asked, “How did you decide to marry my father?” 

Li Na: “Huh?” 

After a short thought, she understood why Fu Jinxiao would ask such a question.

Fu Jinxiao also felt that this question might be a little strange, so he had no choice but to try to remedy it, “How can you be sure that he will be responsible for your whole life? That he will always love you, and treat you well.” 

Again, she was stunned. She could only blink as her mind went overclock trying to parse what her son actually meant. Finally, she let out a mysterious smile and said, “Actually, I’m not sure. I just married him because I like him.”

Fu Jinxiao frowned and disagreed. “Even if it might be a wrong choice?”

“…” What kind of son would complain about his own father like this? 

Li Na had no choice but to answer honestly, “But what can I do? I fell in love with him, even if I was wrong in the end, I just followed my heart.” 

Fu Jinxiao fell into deep thought.

Li Na thought that he cared about the marriage relationship because he quarreled with his father. Then, she saw her son slowly put down his chopsticks, raised his eyelids to look at her, and asked, “How can I be sure that… I actually love someone?” 

Now, she really didn’t expect that to come out of her proud and confident son’s mouth. 

As a woman who has experienced several relationships, she knew what to answer, “Do you have someone you like?” Only a teenager in love would ask this kind of question.

Fu Jinxiao put down his chopsticks instead. “I’m full.”

“Hey…” Li Na looked at him, and just as she was about to say something, Fu Jinxiao snatched the safety bracelet from her hand. The man looked at her, and his lips curled up, “Thank you.” 

“Wha—”

Fu Jinxiao cut her voice with a whispered answer, “I probably already understand.”

“What do you understand?”

Fu Jinxiao didn’t answer her, but he waved to her as he went upstairs: “Good night.”

Shen Minglang, who just woke up with a hangover, picked up the irritating vibrating phone. 

He drowsily answered with a high level of malice, “You’d better not tell me that you called me early in the morning to wish me a Happy New Year.”

Fu Jinxiao’s voice on the other end of the phone paused, and then the nice-sounding voice let out a muffled laugh. His tone was elegant and elongated, “Happy New Year.” 

The veins on Shen Minglang’s forehead twitched.

Just when he was about to hang up the phone and go back to sleep, the person on the other end of the phone said, “Don’t hang up yet, I have something to talk to you about.”

Shen Minglang: “What is it?” 

“It’s a big thing,” Fu Jinxiao said slowly, “A major life event.” 

“Are you going to become a monk?”

Fu Jinxiao said with a kind smile on his face, “If you don’t hear me out, I will help you contact the abbot.”

Shen Minglang endured the urge of violence, “Send me the address.”

“Alright. Let’s meet up at noon today. Have a nice dream, Minglang.”

Shen Minglang didn’t answer. He hung up and immediately crashed to his bed again.

At noon, the eldest Shen brother arrived at a private booth of a bar. The hostility from the morning call had dissipated with a good rest and hangover soup. He sat down beside Fu Jinxiao in the booth, and asked, “What kind of major live event are you experiencing? Wait, you’re drinking now?” 

Fu Jinxiao was wearing regular clothes today, but he still couldn’t hide his handsomeness. The man leaned lazily on the sofa, “Master Shen is so angry early in the morning, it’s easy to have no friends.”

Shen Minglang complained, “It would be great if I didn’t have any friends, so I can sleep well in that fuck-off hour in the morning.”

Fu Jinxiao let out a muffled laugh.

In a sense, they can get together because they share the same tastes, the same ruthlessness, the same egoism, and the same heartlessness.

Shen Minglang finally got to the point, “So, just tell me what you want to talk about.” 

Fu Jinxiao was playing with the wine glass in his hand. His eyes were deep, and finally under Shen Minglang’s persecution, he said slowly, “I may have someone I like .”

“…”

The room was silent for a moment.

After a while, Shen Minglang pushed his glasses up. “Go after someone you like. With your capital, is there someone you can’t win over?”

Fu Jinxiao said slowly, “People don’t always have much confidence in front of the person they like. What’s more, I’m worried that some people in his family may not agree.”

Shen Minglang also poured a glass of wine as he replied, “Whose family wouldn’t agree with you as their son-in-law? If anything, it’s the Fu family who are picky about your spouse’s conditions. But, if it’s hard because your future spouse has a throne to inherit in their company or something… well, tell me the details first, maybe I can help you as a consultant.” 

Fu Jinxiao looked at him, and his smile gradually deepened. 

Holding the wine glass, Shen Minglang suddenly felt something was wrong.

T/N:

Shen Minglang: why is my Suisui senses tingling??

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