binnovel Chapter 162 If You Don’t Pretend, You’ll Die
Chapter 162 If You Don’t Pretend, You’ll Die
It’s still early when we return to the Fu family.
When the car stopped outside the yard, Fu Runing looked inside and saw that the lights in the living room were still on.
She unbuckled her seat belt and prepared to get out of the car.
Before getting off the car, she pointed at the man and told him, "Find a designated driver, or ask the driver to pick you up."
There was a faint smile in the man's eyes. He unbuckled his seat belt, moved the seat back, and half-lay down.
He said calmly, "I don't want to go back. I'll just stay here for one night."
Fu Runing folded her arms and looked at him as if he were a fool.
Fu Runing asked back, "Do you think I'm mentally retarded?"
He said he would sleep here, but once everyone at home fell asleep, he would definitely go to her room.
"Then I'll be obedient today and not look for you."
The man's expression was gentle, casual and lazy when he spoke.
"You'd better." Fu Runing wanted to be tough for once, so she opened the car door and got out.
Before she entered the villa gate, she looked back at the car that was parked quietly there.
However, she just stayed there for a while, and the car lights flashed at her twice, as if to say hello.
childish!
Fu Runing quickly returned home.
As soon as she entered the door, the entire Fu family gathered in the living room. Duoduo was the first to run to her, followed closely by Xu Luo. Duoduo took her little hand and swirled around her, while Xu Luo helped her get her slippers.
Fu Runing first touched Xu Luo's head, and then touched Duoduo's dog head with her other hand.
Little girls are so great, the world can’t be without little girls.
When Fu Jinbei saw her come back, he didn't ask much, but he had something to say.
"Ningning, your ex-father-in-law's birthday is in two days, right? He's already invited our family to a banquet, and the gift has already been prepared. Do we still need to go now?"
Fu Runing glanced at him. This second uncle really knew how to seize every opportunity.
At Xiao Hongshen's birthday party, the people present were not all famous, but they were pretty much the same.
Shengzhou is not big, but it is not small either, but the social circles there are so clearly divided into classes that it is like an insurmountable chasm that cannot be crossed without an opportunity.
But as long as there is such an opportunity, getting to know people and having a chance to talk, there will be endless possibilities.
In the past, Xiao Hongshen didn't like their family and would not invite the Fu family to such a birthday party. Fu Jinbei was also sensible and didn't go so far as to be shameless as to embarrass Fu Runing.
Who knew that the relationship would ease this year? Perhaps it was because Xiao Jingting had established a firm foothold in the Xiao family, so no matter how unwilling Xiao Hongshen was, he couldn't do the same as in the previous two years.
Fu Runing sat cross-legged on the sofa. Sometimes she really envied her second uncle's vigorous vitality.
"Uncle, we may not be very rich now, but at least we can make a good living. We can raise a dog, a cat, and even Luo Luo. As for me, I don't need you to raise me anymore. I have a little money now. Can't you enjoy life?"
Fu Jinbei retorted, "I'm only in my fifties! Is enjoying life something I should be doing at my age?"
"Your dowry, your brother's wife's money, and our Luoluo, will all go to her husband's family in style. The more your parents give you, the more confident you will be. Your life at your husband's family will be different. Don't you have to save all of this now?"
Speaking of this, Fu Jinbei sighed and said, "Second Uncle is really sorry for you. When you and Jing Ting got married, it happened to be a difficult time for our family, and your parents didn't give you the confidence..."
Fu Runing quickly stopped him from speaking: "Alright, alright, stop talking. We're divorced now, don't bring up the past, and don't be sentimental about it."
Although my second uncle looks like a big and strong man, he feels like he has an insurmountable hurdle in his heart whenever he mentions this matter. During the Chinese New Year, he drank a few more glasses and cried in front of his family, saying that he was sorry for his daughter.
Fu Jinbei calmed down and said with a smile, "Your Second Aunt said you went to the Xiao Corporation to attend the shareholders' meeting today? What was the result?"
Fu Runing said casually, "It should have been published on the group's official homepage. Why are you still asking me?"
Fu Jinbei chuckled, "Wouldn't it be more direct to ask the people present?"
As he spoke, he glanced outside. The angle was just right for him to see a car parked outside the yard through the floor-to-ceiling window.
He didn't understand what these two young people were up to. Why didn't they let anyone in today?
Fu Runing yawned, "Uncle, forget it. Don't think about those trivial things. Just focus on your small business. I just hope that my brother will come home and our family will be reunited."
Fu Jinbei was silent for a long time.
He sniffed and adjusted his mood.
Fu Jinbei then said, "You're not going either? Didn't Jing Ting ask you to go? He even took you to the shareholders' meeting."
Hearing this, Fu Runing was also thinking about this matter. Would Xiao Jingting call her?
So she didn't say anything final.
She put on airs and said, "Just because he asks me to go, should I go? He's not our son-in-law anymore. He's just my brother-in-law at best. Why should I give him this face?"
Fu Jinbei gave her a thumbs up: "Yes, it's great to think so. Don't we have to save face? We can come whenever we are called. Men are cheap. If they agree too quickly, they don't cherish you. Just keep it hanging."
Fu Runing just said a few perfunctory words, obviously not paying any attention.
Fu Jinbei lowered his voice and said, "Besides, men are the ones who come to your door. There's nothing wrong with playing with them."
Hearing this, Fu Runing laughed out of anger.
This second uncle is really...
After the father and son finished talking, Fu Runing went to talk to her father for a while, and finally watched two episodes of cartoons with Xu Luo. She waited until the little girl took a bath and fell asleep before she returned to her room.
When she finished her shower and came out of the bathroom, she pulled aside the curtains in the room and peeked down. The car was still there, with no lights on inside. It was parked there quietly, blending in with the night.
Fu Runing thought of what he said...
He said that at that time he really wanted to go home with her.
She hesitated for a long time, pacing back and forth in the room. She didn't know how many times she had walked around, but the car was still outside the yard downstairs.
Forget it, if the relationship doesn’t work out, then the business is over.
Fu Runing put on a coat and went out. As usual, she looked around the house to make sure that no one was there, then she tiptoed out quickly.
She walked up to the car and tapped on the window.
The man in the car still maintained his previous posture, half lying on the seat, with the window slightly lowered, revealing the man's face with a playful look in his eyes.
The man's voice was deep and mellow: "I didn't go up there to look for you."
Fu Runing stood up straight, trying not to lose to him in momentum.
"Stop talking nonsense. I'm just worried that you might be poisoned by carbon monoxide. Tomorrow I'll be the last suspect to see you again."
The man shut up, got up from his seat without saying a word, and got out of the car.
Fu Runing looked at the tall figure of the man standing in front of her, and she subconsciously took two steps back.
In addition, his eyes were too ambiguous and playful, causing her to stumble when speaking.
"what are you doing?"
The man smiled faintly and said, "Go back to the room and sleep. Why wait for the stairs? I'm not that stubborn."
After saying this, the man took the lead and walked into the yard.
It was as if he had expected her to come to him and was just waiting.
This bastard, what a good trick of retreating to advance.
……
At night, the man took a shower as usual and went to bed with skillful posture.
He had obviously treated this room as his home.
Fu Runing was originally lying on her side. The bed was large enough for two people to sleep on without interfering with each other.
But soon, she felt a slightly damp embrace.
The man sniffed her neck.
He murmured, "Wife, I don't even want to sleep anymore. When I wake up, I have to watch that coward act again. It's so annoying."
Fu Runing knew that this was not the right occasion and the topic was not right, but she inexplicably found this scene very funny.
She forgot to struggle and just let the man hold her.
She subconsciously asked, "What do you think he's acting?"
"Look at him being hypocritical, look at him being prudish, look at him pretending not to love you."
The man's tone was filled with disgust and disdain.
Fu Runing looked at the warm yellow sleep light at the head of the bed. She pondered for a moment, twisted her body, and signaled the man to let her go.
The man didn't understand, but did it.
Fu Runing opened the bedside table and took out a bottle from it.
She was pouring the contents of the bottle, and the man was watching in confusion.
Fu Runing counted the melatonin gummies in her palm. Three wasn't enough. Maybe it was still a little too little. She decided to add one more.
Okay, four.
Make sure he falls asleep immediately.
Fu Runing returned to bed. She coughed lightly and said to the man, "Open your mouth."
The man was very obedient and opened his mouth.
Seeing this, Fu Runing covered his hand with his and stuffed the melatonin gummies into his mouth.
"Cough cough..." The man coughed twice, "What is this?"
"Don't spit it out. Swallow it."
"Okay, you have to take the poison you gave me." The man chewed the candy in his mouth, his speech still a little unclear.
After he finished eating the four candies, he got up from the bed again.
Fu Runing didn't know what he meant, "Where are you going?"
"Rinse your mouth. Isn't this candy?"
Fu Runing thought he was quite particular.
When the man returned to the bed, his body pressed against her again, his whole body lazily leaning against her, squeezing into half of such a big bed.
In the darkness, the two had the following conversation.
Fu Runing said in a bad tone: "Go to sleep."
"It's warm this way."
"It's summer now."
"It's still early summer, not hot."
"..."
Fu Runing listened to the man's voice getting lower and lower. People are weak-willed when they are drowsy.
She suddenly asked, "Xiaoting, do you know why he sleeps on the floor in the study?"
The man nudged her shoulder and murmured, "Because your bed is behind the wall of the study, he wants to be closer to you."
"Why don't you just go into your room and sleep?"
"He was afraid of disturbing your sleep, afraid that you would have a bad sleep schedule and start to mix up your days and nights. He gets up early anyway, so he simply didn't enter the room."
Fu Runing listened to the man's low and soft voice, feeling a mixture of indescribable emotions in her heart.
If we only talk about behavior, Xiao Jingting was actually considerate, but they were husband and wife at that time. Even if there was no emotional foundation, they were still a serious couple.
They were rarely together on weekdays, and he was so 'considerate' that he didn't go into the bedroom to sleep in order not to disturb her sleep, which to some extent reduced their already limited communication.
Even if it woke her up, it didn't matter. They could talk together and talk about what happened during the day.
It wouldn't cause her to wake up to find the room empty.
The breathing of the man behind him gradually became longer.
Fu Runing quickly continued to ask, "Did he often sleep on the floor in my house before? Why?"
The man was already very sleepy, but he still answered her questions patiently.
"Because you talked in your sleep, he heard it while leaning against the wall, so he habitually eavesdropped on you. He knew how long you stayed awake crying while reading a novel under the covers."
Fu Runing was stunned.
No wonder Fu Zheng discovered that she had suffered respiratory alkalosis from crying at night.
She wanted to ask something else, but the man behind her had completely turned off his phone.
No matter how much she called out to him and poked him, there was no response.
The night was long, leaving Fu Runing tossing and turning alone.
Now that she heard this, she didn't think Fu Zheng had a dark mind at all, nor did she find his voyeurism scary.
She just felt a little sad. He tried hard to be a normal person during the day, but in the dark night where no one could see him, the shadow left by his wandering for the past ten years still existed.
He is indeed a bit pitiful.
……
When Xiao Jingting opened his eyes, the sunlight in the room had already illuminated half of the bed.
The blackout curtains had long been drawn, leaving only the light gauze fluttering gently along the slightly open window.
He realized that he was in Fu Runing's room and on her bed.
But she was not in the room.
Xiao Jingting pinched his eyebrows. He was awake but his brain seemed not to be awake yet.
It's weird, how could I sleep for so long?
But then he thought, according to this time, those members of the Fu family who should be at school or at work should not be at home.
Just as he was thinking this, he lifted the quilt and saw something coiled on the corner of the quilt at the end of the bed. Upon closer inspection, it was Sanhua Xiaoliu.
Xiao Jingting didn't wake the cat up and just let it go.
Fu Runing is particularly fond of the female creatures in the family, such as Duoduo, Xiaoliu, and Xu Luo.
She doesn't have this preference for male creatures. Xiao Si and Xiao Wu are little male cats, so she won't hold them and call them babies.
Xiao Jingting got out of bed, picked up his clothes and prepared to go to the bathroom to change, but suddenly he heard the door turn...
He subconsciously wanted to hide in the bathroom.
Then I heard a conversation coming from outside——
"Hey, Luoluo, what are you looking for?"
It was Fu Runing's voice, and she stopped Xu Luo who was about to open the door.
"Mother Ningning, I'm looking for Xiaoliu. I don't know where he ran off to. I've searched everywhere in the house. He might have gone to sleep in your room."
Fu Runing said, "Then I'll go look for it. You go play with grandpa and the others."
"Ok."
Xu Luo left obediently, and the little girl's footsteps faded away.
The only person who pushed the door open again was Fu Runing.
Only then did Xiao Jingting realize that today was Saturday.
Adults don’t have to go to work and children don’t have to go to school.
Xiao Jingting watched Fu Runing approaching. He didn't know how to explain that his purpose in looking for her was to suppress his second personality, but who knew that his willpower was so weak that it was easy for that person to take advantage of him.
He wouldn't feel this panic even if he was facing so many shareholders, but now he does.
When their eyes met, Fu Runing's expression was normal.
On the contrary, Xiao Jingting lost his temper and spoke first: "I..."
Fu Runing didn't want to listen to his nagging either.
"What are you talking about? Pay me some compensation for mental damages. This job is much harder than I thought."
Hearing this, Xiao Jingting's brows relaxed, as if he was relieved.
"Wait a minute, I'm looking for my phone."
Fu Runing saw him looking for his cell phone in the room seriously, probably looking for a cell phone to transfer money to her. She couldn't help but think of what Xiaoting had said about him.
It seems like I will die if I don’t pretend.