Assistant Architect by Xi He Qing Ling

Chapter 42: To Please

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Learning about his new living conditions, Zhang Siyi was caught off guard. His emotions are one huge roller coaster ride and doesn’t know what to do. He has his own reservations about his current situation; two men and a dog. If not for Fu Xinhui’s conflict with his family, maybe Zhang Siyi would have said something, but now witnessing Fu Xinhui affectionate interactions with the puppy, he can’t say anything. Fu Xinhui looks like a father holding his newborn baby!

As one of the important members of this family of three, Zhang Siyi feels like now, there is no way he could completely integrate into this warm and intimate atmosphere; there is something not quite right.  (=////=)

Despite wanting to laugh at Fu Xinhui for doing something so foolish, Zhang Siyi was happy for him. He asked: “The dog’s name is Cheer-Up?”

Zhang Siyi put down the roast goose and kept the proper distance from him. He doesn’t hate small animals, but he can’t say he likes them very much. On the contrary, he is a little afraid. A dog is like a loyal magical creature, but adorable isn’t a word he would use to describe them.

One winter when he was a child, Zhang Siyi went to his grandfather’s house over school vacation to play. There, his Grandpa had a German Shepperd that was a retired police dog. Once, Grandma shaved the meat from a pig’s leg bone and let the house staff take the bones to the dog. Seeing Zhang Siyi curious attitude, the staff took him with them to feed the dog. Zhang Siyi really liked the looks of the dog, especially when the dog would sit down in front of him in attention. Like a bronze dog statue, he felt the dog looked majestic. The staff member gave the bone to Zhang Siyi and motioned to him with his arm how to throw it to the dog. The dog suddenly sprang up, opened his jaws wide and snatched the bone as it was tossed. At that moment, all Zhang Siyi could think of was how easy it would be for the dog to swallow his own life! Since then, Zhang Siyi has respected and feared dogs. He can imagine even a small puppy will have a fierce appearance when grown.

Fu Xinhui smiled and hugged the little puppy: “I think the name is very meaningful. The dog will remind me to look at the brighter side of things every time I see him. I just came back from the pet shop and he peed, so I gave him a bath.”

After using the hair dryer, Fu Xinhui saw Zhang Siyi on the side, so he stuffed the dog into his arms and said: “You play with him for a while. I will pack up things.”

Holding the dog out, Zhang Siyi stared at it with his eyes while the dog stared at Zhang Siyi. Maybe because he was at the deli selecting a goose that the dog suddenly lowered its head and stuck out his long tongue to lick the back of Zhang Siyi hand.

“Fuck! It licked me!” In response Zhang Siyi retracted his hand quickly as if the dog was doing something hostile.

Fu Xinhui looked at him and laughed: “Hey, hey, the dog is showing you that he likes you.”

Zhang Siyi: “…”

Fu Xinhui took the hair dryer and turned to the kitchen. “You bought a roast goose? Perfect! I’ll cook some green vegetables and rice to go with it.”

Such a life really has a subtle sense of living in a fantasy. (=_=)

Well, the only thing that is not right is that he and Fu Xinhui will become more and more gay in the eyes of outsiders. Even Zhang Siyi can’t help but think that if they live together and have no girlfriends, will they really get together?

However, once this thought appeared in Zhang Siyi’s mind, he immediately dismissed it without question. Idiot! Don’t be influenced by the vision of outsiders. Although the world is similar, straight men are straight men, and brothers can never become lovers.

To cultivate a moment of affection, Zhang Siyi held the puppy gently for a few minutes, then carefully put it on the ground. He stared at it for a while to confirm that the dog is not threatening than slowly walked away to the bathroom to wash his hands.

Unsurprisingly, as he walked the dog also followed. Zhang Siyi turned around: “Don’t come to the bathroom to play!”

Cheer-Up crooked his head to the side then squat down.

Zhang Siyi thought it understood. Maybe this kind of dog isn’t so bad. After washing his hands, he felt something under his foot when he turned around to leave the room. Even though he just stepped on the dog paw, the dog was still at his feet. With a surprised “yelp” the dog looked up at Zhang Siyi with tearful eyes, seemingly accusing him of being careless.

Zhang Siyi: “……”

Zhang Siyi said without words: “You are not my dog! Why are you following me!” He then pointed to Fu Xinhui in the kitchen: ”The person you need to cheer up is that person! Stop following me, ok?”

Cheer-Up seems to understand him for two seconds then abruptly collapsed on the feet of Zhang Siyi. He looked up with his puppy dog eyes as if to say: “Hey, I fell. I want you to pet me before I get up. “

Zhang Siyi： “…………”

After cooking the food Fu Xinhui came over to see Zhang Siyi sitting cross-legged on the carpet in the living room with the puppy between his legs. As he greeted Zhang Siyi for dinner, he said, “Well, this little thing is pretty cute, isn’t it?”

Zhang Siyi thought: “Cute my ass. It’s so clingy!”

When the two were eating, the puppy looked at them from the side of the table with a languid look of “please give me something to eat”. From time to time, the puppy vocalized a ‘whining’ hum.

 Zhang Siyi said softly: “Has it eaten something?”

Fu Xinhui looked at the dog and ignored him: “I have already fed it when I came back. Don’t worry about it. The dog is like this. Even if he is full, it will look at you while you are eating. They are a creature dominated by food.”

Zhang Siyi: “…” is not used to it!

Fu Xinhui added: “A large dog grows very fast just like a newborn child. Today it’s very small, but in three months it will be very big. He will eat a large pot of dog food every day and this is a male dog. He may hold your leg in his male estrus time and rub….”

Zhang Siyi’s mouth twitched and felt that Fu Xinhui would continue in an increasingly eccentric direction of conversation, so Zhang Siyi interrupted: “What about your own affairs?”

Fu Xinhui replied unenthusiastically: “The situation in my family is a bit complicated. Since my sister is getting married next march, I can’t break with them now. They have no time to take care of me, so I am still free.”

Fu Xinhui paused and continued: “I thought about what you said. I have such a good resource, I need to make use of it. I need to be as strong as possible and look for opportunities to propel me forward towards self-reliance. Once that is achieved, they will be irrelevant.”

“Well, come on!” Seeing Fu Xinhui like this, Zhang Siyi is more assured.

That night, Zhang Siyi gave the next quarter’s rent to Fu Xinhui. Also, he paid more than 14,000 towards his credit cards. In a blink of an eye, the bonuses and wages were spent. Looking at the pathetic balance in his account, Zhang Siyi stared blankly. WTF! Why is he out of money so fast?! (#°д°)

After one day of having money, Zhang Siyi woke up and became poor. Feeling the pressures of life, he got up early to go to work.

After calculating his own expenses on the subway, Zhang Siyi felt that it wouldn’t be possible to continue in this way. It is absolutely impossible for his character to save money. If he expects the basic salary to live, he will one day be killed by himself.

For a fleeting moment, Zhang Siyi felt the power of the bonus. He tuned his eyes inward and thought. Yes, I must be more involved in big projects. Big projects will earn more bonuses. This is the only way to move forward!

However, it has been almost two months since the end of the Z-City project. Gu Yu has never let him participate in other things. He is still drawing parking lots and other miscellaneous things.

After the Z-City project bid, Bi Lele and Zhu Hongzhen went with Gu Yu to Qingdao for a hotel project. Zhang Siyi was so envious. He sighed. In order to eat well, is it necessary to please Gu Yu? Feeling like Gu Yu was still angry at him for the incident with his cactus, he felt that his future was grim.

When he arrived at the company, Zhang Siyi heard several female colleagues talking excitedly together about Gu’s birthday.

He remembered that Gu Yu’s birthday was in January, but he doesn’t recall the day. Looking around the room, he spotted Bi Lele and went over to ask. She told him it was in two days.

The female colleagues are all discussing what gift to give Gu Yu, but Zhang Siyi remembers Xu Jia saying that Gu Yu never accepts other people’s birthday gifts. The girls joked with one another:

“Oh, let’s get together and buy somethign, so he won’t refuse it?” Someone suggested.

“Like flowers.” Said another.

“Is it okay to buy a bunch of flowers?”

“If you want to buy a bunch of flowers, you can do it.”

“Hey, it doesn’t seem to be a good idea to buy flowers for a male boss? What type of flowers to send? Carnations? Roses? Oh, it’s better to send chocolates!”

Listening to his colleagues chatting around the room, Zhang Siyi didn’t realize how popular Gu Yu was even though he had such a bad character. He didn’t know why he started feeling irritated and his mood turned sour.

Just then, someone suddenly said: “Would you like to ask Four? Maybe he knows what Director Gu likes!”

Zhang Siyi: “…” Why ask me!? How would I know!?

The group of female colleagues surrounded him and whispered: “Eh, you and Boss are more familiar with each other. Does he have any hobbies?”

Zhang Siyi tried to think about it and wasn’t sure: “Uh, cactus?”

Female colleagues: “…”

Zhang Siyi put up his index finger and said: “The variety that he raised in the company is called Jin Sheng Wan.”

Xu Jia: “But he already has a potted cactus. There wouldn’t be anything special about it.”

“There are many varieties of cactus. Jin Sheng Wan is one of the cheapest kinds. You can give special ornamental varieties. I went to a special flower market a few days ago and there were so many kinds of shapes and colors.” Zhang Siyi thought about the scientific details Gu Yu discussed in his WeChat earlier about his own cactus. He became more certain. “He likes cactus plants. It will be alright.”

The female colleagues looked at each other and seemed to believe him a little. They soon went to discuss what time to go to the flower market.

Zhang Siyi touched his chin and thought that he gave him a tape measure on his birthday, and now Gu Yu’s birthday is here.

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Assistant Architect by Xi He Qing Ling

Chapter 41: Golden Retriever

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Feeling afraid, Fu Xinhui frowned and sat there motionless.

When Zhang Siyi saw signs of movement, he seized the opportunity to continue talking to him about his own experience: “I’ve also felt the same. In fact, after graduation I could have gone back home to live. My parents would have continued to raise me and feed me, but what does it mean? If I did that, I wouldn’t feel alive. My dad will always look down on me. He would think that I was never able to achieve success. I want to prove to him that I am not a waste. I must stand on my own and push forward so I work hard and work overtime. I want to make a fortune by myself. This is my pursuit!”

With still red eyes, Fu Xinhui slowly put down his hand, and watched the water vapor rise from the hot pot with a gloomy look.

Zhang Siyi knows that he is listening, so he continued: “I know my current pursuit may not mean much to you. My family economic conditions are far away from yours. It might be that the cost of living is like pennies in a bucket for your parents. They can afford a few more sons like you so you can continue to be so capricious and do nothing.”

Originally Zhang Siyi wasn’t sure what words to say to his friend, but as he spoke, he felt more and more certain: “I didn’t advise you before because no matter how you live, you have your own reasons for planning and considering where your life will go. But, now it’s different. Heartless Han, you are my good friend and I can’t see you being so depressed. No matter what they say your family is not a reason for your self-destruction. Don’t forget that you are already a grown man. You are free so pull yourself together and live! You are smart and in good health both emotionally and physically and you have many friends. What can’t you do? Anyway, I will always be with you. If we have money, we can enjoy hot-pot and if we don’t, we will eat instant noodles. Either way, we will be happy to live our lives!”

Fu Xinhui’s gaze slowly moved to Zhang Siyi face. He did not expect his usually silly, stupid and cute friend to say such a thing. Fu Xinhui was really touched: “Thank you.”

Fu Xinhui picked up the glass and touched Zhang Siyi’s glass. Drinking both glasses empty, Zhang Siyi clenched his fist in the air waving and said with excitement: “You can do it!”

“Yeah.” Fu Xinhui finally smiled. The fragility in his eyes slowly dissipated, and he re-emerged with a hint of hope. He learned Zhang Siyi’s tone: “Just do it!”

Chuckling, Zhang Siyi smiled and looked at the boiling hot pot: “Come on, the beef is boiled. Live to eat another day!”

The two men ate the hot pot to the bottom and with another bottle of beer finished, they were red faced and full. The coldness of winter struck their faces as they left the hot-pot restaurant. Walking slowly, the two swayed home with content stomachs.

After walking for a while, Fu Xinhui suddenly asked Zhang Siyi: “You say you want to make money, then what if you had money?”

After eating and drinking, Zhang Siyi’s brain wasn’t working quite right. “Eh?”

Fu Xinhui asked again: “If one day you have a lot of money, so your pursuit is completed, then what will you do?”

Zhang Siyi: “I haven’t thought so far ahead. I guess I hope that I will become famous at that time like a big architect who is respected by thousands of people. Then I would have another starting point. Anyway, as long as there is a reason to pursue something, then I can get up every day happy to live.”

Fu Xinhui was silent and looked thoughtful.

Zhang Siyi paused for a few seconds then continued: “Unfortunately, I am still a poor man and I can’t even afford the rent of a square meter house in Haicheng. Even though I haven’t asked for a penny from my family, if I didn’t have help then I would have eaten dirt. Sometimes I think life is really difficult. It’s so hard to make money!”

Zhang Siyi opened his arms and embraced the cold blue sky and said with emotion, “Hurry and rain down coin. Let me experience the feeling of drowning in lots of money!”

Fu Xinhui smiled and rubbed his hands in his trouser pockets. He also looked up at the sky and said: “I just said that I don’t know what I want because I really have the feeling of drowning in money.”

Zhang Siyi: “…”

Fu Xinhui lost his voice: “I can’t understand why so many people are frantically pursuing the life of the rich. In my opinion, life is good and complete now. I am able to be with the people I like every day and talk about things; don’t quarrel, can eat food, can buy gifts on special days, buy a house or rent a house, why does it matter? Why do you need so much money?”

Zhang Siyi choked on his words. While he knows Fu Xinhui is saying this from the bottom of his heart, he can’t help but feel a bit irritated. “Only the rich can say such words. All my hard work and still, I have a few bucks a week left to eat instant fish flavored pork rice. I only had a good meal with you. I’ll take ‘too much money’ any day!”

Fu Xinhui smiled and said: “It doesn’t cost much to eat. If you want to eat well, I’ll invite you to eat every day.”

Zhang Siyi was just joking. He didn’t expect Fu Xinhui to take it seriously. He wrinkled his face again: “No, I am not a little white face that you have to support. I will continue to eat my fish flavored pork rice.”

Fu Xinhui: “…”

Zhang Siyi: “To tell you the truth, I think the position you are in is a blessing. Even though you have a hateful sister, they don’t prevent you from pursing your own life. With your family background and financial ability, you are standing at the end of many people’s goals. You have to grasp these resources and be strong as soon as possible.”

“I know …” Fu Xinhui, lowering his eyes and pondering: “I’ll think about it. You can rest assured.”

Since Zhang Siyi has been home for a three-day holiday, he has been sleeping in too much in the mornings and thus can’t seem to sleep at night. He was on the net for while thinking about Fu Xinhui’s suffering at home and the conversation he last had with Gu Yu. He was feeling annoyed and before he realized what he was doing, he unconsciously found the score to song-r and downloaded it.

“……”  (=_=)  Forget it, just be free to practice.

Zhang Siyi took out the violin and began to play the music on the screen: ” Quack, Quack, Quack, Quack, Quack, Quack, Quack, Quack, Quack, Quack, Quack, Quack, Quack, Quack, Quack, Quack……”

A few minutes later, Fu Xinhui’s roar sounded at the door: “Zhang Siyi!!! You have some nerve playing in the middle of the night!!!”

Zhang Siyi: “………”

Returning to the company the next day, out of the elevator and towards his desk, Zhang Siyi met Gu Yu while he was attending the landscape wall. Zhang Siyi was going to say hello, but Gu Yu gave him a faint look and walked right passed Zhang Siyi. Shit! He really is mad!

In the morning, the Ministry of Finance informed the staff to pick up their New Year’s Day holiday card as well as handing in their meal refund tickets. Jubilant, Zhang Siyi prepared his receipts in advance and headed to the finance room early in the day. After receiving subsidies, he whispered to the cashier: “Miss, when will our salary and quarterly bonuses be issued?”

Finance attendant replied: “I will send it in the afternoon! I will send it in the afternoon! Go back and wait.”

With a wide smile on his face, Zhang Siyi waited from ten in the morning until three in the afternoon for his paycheck. When he saw his salary card text message “On January 4^th your account number XXX received transfer of 26,890.00.” he practically jumped out of his seat and danced.

Ah-ah-ah-ah! Twenty-six thousand! A lot of money!!

In his mind Zhang Siyi quickly calculated; tax deduction is seven thousand, ‘Love My Job’ is one thousand, so the bonus from City-Z project is around eighteen thousand!

Ah, ah, ah, ah, for giving me so much work, Gu Yu, I love you.!!!

Excitedly holding his phone and hopping around, Zhang Siyi has never seen so much money. He decided! Determined, he was going to go back home and continue to practice the violin!

On his way home at night, Zhang Siyi, full of enthusiasm, went to the deli to buy a roast goose and planned to celebrate his first achievement in his life with Fu Xinhui.

Arriving at home, Zhang Siyi took out the key to open the door. He heard a hair dryer coming from the room and was about to call FU Xinhui name when he felt something on his feet. He looked down: “Eh? What is this dog doing here?”

A golden-haired retriever puppy was sitting in front of Zhang Siyi with his tongue out panting, “ha Chee ha Chee”, drooling and, looking at the goose in his hand.

Fu Xinhui came out with a hair dryer and shouted: “Cheer-Up! Come back!” Seeing Zhang Siyi standing in the doorway, he turned off the hair dryer: “You are home early today.”

Zhang Siyi turned his face and pointed at the hairball on his feet: “You said, think about it, and the result is to buy a dog!”

Fu Xinhui came over, crouched down and picked up the little golden hair puppy in his arms. Smiling he asked: “Isn’t the dog cute?” I went to several pet stores before I choose one. It took me all day.

Speechless, Zhang Siyi asked: “I asked you to talk! Why didn’t you discuss it with me if you want a dog?”

Fu Xinhui patted the dog on the head and stood up strangely: “Didn’t I tell you I was going to raise a dog?”

Zhang Siyi is a bit frazzled: “I thought you were just joking!  Well, even if you wanted one, I thought you said you would consider a dog when Jiang Hai moved. Does he know you have a dog now? Is he ok with that?”

Fu Xinhui shrugged: “Jiang Hai called me today about it.”

Zhang Siyi was surprised: “Wha-? Why is it so sudden?

Fu Xinhui explained: “Since he and Tian Jing have been together, he has rarely come back. It’s difficult for me to ask for his rent when he isn’t living here so I told him if he doesn’t want to stay then to tell me directly. Well, he called me to today and said he wasn’t going to pay rent for the next quarter. I haven’t had time to tell you. He will come back in two days to pack up his things.”

Zhang Siyi: “…”

Assistant Architect by Xi He Qing Ling

Chapter 40: Pull Yourself Together

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After listening to this whole piece of music, Zhang Siyi’s guilty mood has changed. He is now freaking out: “Are you kidding me? This song is too difficult!”

Gu Yu: “You can be a little ————   Practice in parts. I’m not in a hurry anyway. I’ll forgive when you play it for me.”

Zhang Siyi: “……” Why does he feel like he dug himself a hole this time? ！

Distraught Zhang Siyi is perplexed. Every time when he thinks Gu Yu is very serious, the other party will suddenly make a joke. When he thinks that Gu Yu is joking, the other party isn’t. It’s just like that time he deducted his wages. On one hand Gu Yu is a super guy with a great personality, on the other hand he has a black stuffed belly!

With a solid playing foundation, even if song R is difficult, it’s not impossible to learn the song. The problem is just a matter of practice.

As Gu Yu mentioned, if there is a score, Zhang Siyi can separate the whole into smaller sections and practice each part starting slowly. Practice it one two hundred more times, then increase the speed and make the music sound dynamic. But, less than half a year to practice ………… You are going to die!

What Zhang Siyi originally wanted was a shortcut for Gu Yu’s forgiveness, but instead he gave him half a year to solve the problem. Feeling frustrated, he gave up and threw his mobile phone on the floor. What, even if he didn’t play the violin for Gu Yu, is he not going to forgive him in his lifetime? Zhang Siyi doesn’t believe it! When the cactus recovers, he won’t owe him anything!

In order to save money, Zhang Siyi stayed at home for three days and ate convenience store food. On the third night, Fu Xinhui came back home. Feeling starved, he threw himself on the floor in front of him and said: “Local tyrant, please let me have a meal!”

Fu Xinhui: “…”

The two went out to a fish place to eat hot pot. Talking to Fu Xinhui, Zhang Siyi was still complaining over Gu Yu’s treatment of him about his cactus. “It’s such a small cactus! He remembered how many edges of the plant there were and the node colors. Isn’t that terrible?”

    Fu Xinhui listened and occasionally nodded “hmm”, but his expression was a little absent-minded. Until he sat down to finish the meal, Zhang Siyi didn’t realize that Fu Xinhui’s mood today wasn’t right.

“What’s the matter with you?” Zhang Siyi remembered the complicated situation of Fu Xinhui’s family and asked, “Is it a problem with your sister?”

Fu Xinhui sighed a long sigh: “Not only her, but a bunch of broken things at home. I am upset.”

At first, they ordered only a cup of golden orange Lemonade, but seeing Fu Xinhui disheartened, Zhang Siyi got the waiter and ordered two bottles of beer. He said: “Come, drink some, talk to me.”

Fu Xinhui gently rubbed the glass wall with his fingers, frowning: “Well, my sister is going to get married and the man is going to change his name to Fu.”

Surprised, Zhang Siyi’s eyes and mouth are wide open: “What!?!?”

Is it possible for a man in society to change his surname? If they are a good man with talents, why do you want to change your family name?

With bitterness, Fu Xinhui responded: “How do I know what she is thinking? This time when I went home, they asked me for advice. Can I even have an opinion?”

Zhang Siyi: “Wait, wait! Your brother-in-law, oh no, they are not married yet. The man who wants to marry your sister; did he agreed to change his family name?” Can an average man agree to this condition? When Zhang Siyi thinks about it, he thinks it’s is absolutely impossible for him to follow his wife’s surname in the future.

Fu Xinhui said: “It’s just a formality of calling him brother-in-law. He is four years younger than my sister and is from an average family. He has an older brother, so he is ranked second and changing the family name is acceptable to the man’s family.”

Zhang Siyi questioned: “Huh?” I imagine that most rich people like you are looking for a marriage of the right rich, and I thought your sister would marry a richer one.

Fu Xinhui turned to him with a blank look: “You watch too many TV shows!”

Zhang Siyi: “Err……”

He never really took the initiative to see the drama series on TV. Mainly, his mother loved to watch and before going to college, every night after dinner, his mother would watch a TV romance drama. From time to time he would also watch so he could try to understand it. (=_=)

The bottom of the fresh chicken soup in the duck shaped pot has begun to boil. Fu Xinhui picked up some beef cuts and slowly put them into the hot-pot. He continues to say: “It’s not a hard rule and my sister is a strong woman. She is never likely to find a stronger person than herself.”

Zhang Siyi asked: “Is your future brother-in-law very weak? What’s he like?

Fu Xinhui: “I have been in contact with him once and felt he is very good. Anyway, my sister has a hot temper, and he knows how to deal with it. The person I saw by my sister will not go bad. At first, I was against it and told my mother. It may be an ideological problem of principles, but I can’t help my sister, so I listened to my mother.”

Zhang Siyi nervously said: “I feel very bad. Your sister is now married to the equivalent of a man entering the door. Then, is she going to find a marriage partner to marry you?”

Fu Xinhui： “……” Startled, he replied: “I’m in the middle of it.” With furrowed brows, he used the long chopsticks to move the soup around: “This time, when I went back, they arranged a blind date for me.”

Zhang Siyi： “…………”

Shit! A rich family inner political fight! It seems that kind of drama his mother often watches is not so foolish after all. The art comes from life!

Fu Xinhui: “Remember the uncle I mentioned?”

Zhang Siyi nodded: “Yeah?”

He heard Fu Xinhui mention him once. It’s his father’s only brother. He oversaw a part of the family business, but he never took it seriously and caused trouble.

Fu Xinhui explained: “My father’s indulgence to my uncle has reached the limit and the family is very angry. He spent one-third of the family assets on prostitution, gambling, food, drinks and the like. My mother quietly told me he went to Australia six months ago and lost 20 million on a bet. He came back begging and my father never said a word. He just took the family’s assets to pay off his uncle’s debt.

Zhang Siyi shocked: “Fuck! He gambled 20 million?”

This is the first time Fu Xinhui has disclosed any information about his family assets to Zhang Siyi. He sighed: “Well, the company intended to go public this year, but because of my uncle, it has been delayed. The financials of the company are now being investigated.”

Zhang Siyi: “Is it bad for your father to indulge your uncle so much again? Not only will it hurt him, but he will probably hurt you, too.

Fu Xinhui handed him the spoon and said: “Yes, I know this truth, but my father can’t hear it.”

After listening to Fu Xinhui’s remarks, Zhang Siyi suddenly understood why his father was so strict with himself.

Fu Xinhui seems to be at a loss. Holding his glass, he said: “When I went home this time, I overheard something.”

Zhang Siyi asked: “Hmm… What’s that?”

Fu Xinhui looked at the boiling soup pot and said: “My uncle never married and never had any children. Last night, I heard my sister talking to my dad in the study. She said to let my uncle adopt me and gain my inheritance.”

“Pfft…….!” Zhang Siyi directly spit out a mouthful of soup: “Fuck her mom! Your sister is insane!”

Smiling faintly, Fu Xinhui had a mind to joke with Zhang Siyi: “You are so funny. Her mother is my mother.”

Zhang Siyi was choked to the heart. He lost his appetite, so he just sipped his drink.

Fu Xinhui continued: “The reason she gave my father, was to prevent my uncle’s carelessness so it wouldn’t be so chaotic every day. The idea was to let me help take care of my uncle’s industries and later when he dies, those would be mine. In addition, since I’m still my father’s son, I would be given more property at that time. It wouldn’t be a disservice to me.”

In anger, Zhang Siyi raised his voice: “You are her younger brother, how can she do this to you?”

“I’m not surprised she has done this because she has hated me since we were children. Now she has the chance to draw a line with me and if my dad does what she suggested, I wouldn’t fight with her.” Fu Xinhui eyes are already red. He raised his glass and drank some more: “I’ve never wanted to argue with her about what she wanted so I got out of her way.”

Zhang Siyi put down the cup and for the first time began to seriously persuade Fu Xinhui: “You can’t go on like this, you have to pull yourself together!”

Fu Xinhui lowered his head and sipped his drink. He did not answer.

Enlightening others isn’t something Zhang Siyi is consciously good at, but looking at Fu Xinhui’s despondent look, he felt bad for him so he spoke up: “You shouldn’t stay at home and do nothing. What about pursuing your own dreams? It’s your own life so you need to fight for yourself! You can’t be affected by your sister for the rest of your life.”

Fu Xinhui raised his head and looked at Zhang Siyi: “But I don’t know what I want!” I don’t know what it means for people to live in this world!

“He had a desperate face, and slipping along his cheeks, the tears in his eyes could no longer be contained.

Zhang Siyi: “…”

Fu Xinhui hastened to cover his face with his hand and leaned on the back of the chair. His soft sobs shook his shoulders: “I just want to hide far away from them…”

Feeling for his friend, Zhang Siyi’s five hearts are mixed with emotions.

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