Ruan Shu sat still, and Fu Lingyuan leaned in until she was close to snorting.

After two seconds of staring at each other, he hooked his lips slightly, lowered his eyes, helped her fasten the seat belt, and then sat back in the driver's seat.

The heat of his breath on her face was still clear. Ruan Shu pinned his face out of the window, brushed the hair around his ears, and frowned very lightly - obviously there was nothing before, and he seemed to have become a little inexplicably sensitive recently.

The car started, the two were silent for a long time, and Ruan Shu said, "I prepared an inkstone for your father." ”

The piece of inkstone in her mouth is the one she mentioned to Tang's father at the dinner table when she had dinner with Tang Xianyang's parents earlier. Later, I didn't send it at all. Yesterday, Fu Lingyuan temporarily notified that she was going back to Fu's house, she didn't have time to prepare a better birthday gift, Duan Yan just came in handy, decent, and she couldn't make a mistake after all.

"Well, that's good, I didn't prepare for it." Fu Lingyuan's gaze did not move, still looking ahead.

Ruan Shu pursed his lips, stopped talking, and turned his face back to the window on his side.

Fu Lingyuan tilted his head and glanced at her light side face.

The Fu family is located in the western suburbs.

The car drove across the wide asphalt road, through the tall black iron gates, and into the private homes lined with green trees.

When the housekeeper outside the door saw Fu Lingyuan coming back, he smiled with surprise on his face: "Third master." ”

In the next second, he found Ruan Shu, who was following Fu Lingyuan to get out of the car, and the surprise on his face suddenly turned strange again.

"Give the gift to the butler." Fu Lingyuan raised his chin at Ruan Shuyang.

Ruan Shu handed it over as he said, and then walked in with Fu Lingyuan.

A detached Chinese courtyard. In addition to the colorful vegetation, there are also rockery ponds, which highlight the hobbies of the older generation.

The housekeeper was about to enter the door to report, but was stopped by Fu Lingyuan reaching out.

"What's going on in there now?" He asked.

"You don't know that Third Master, you came back today, and you were already on the table ten minutes ago."

"Who's there?"

"The lord said that it is good for the family to get together and have a home-cooked meal, so they are all their own people. The second master can't leave the army, and the aunt's anti-smuggling team is not there on a mission these days, and it's-"

"yes, got it." Without waiting for the housekeeper to finish speaking, Fu Lingyuan interrupted him, and then his eyes swept to Ruan Shu: "Mrs. Fu, are you nervous?" ”

"It's fine." Ruan Shu smiled. It's just to meet a few strangers who don't like her, and you don't need to be nervous. Nervousness is reserved for people and things that care about.

Fu Lingyuan smiled slowly, grabbed her hand and held it in his palm: "Let's go." ”

A large round table in the old school where the family gathers together. The first to see them was Fu Qingli, who stood up from his seat in surprise in an instant: "Third brother! Three sisters-in-law! ”

For a moment, everyone was silent, and their eyes looked at each other in unison.

"Shu ......?" A familiar voice came into his ears first, and Ruan Shu looked at it when he heard it, and unexpectedly found Tang Xianyang at the dining table. By the way, I also discovered Tang's father and Tang's mother.

"Dad, I'm back for your birthday." Fu Lingyuan made a report, and then took Ruan Shu a little, "And my daughter-in-law." ”

Ruan Shu withdrew his gaze from Tang Xianyang, and at first glance he saw the face sitting in the center that was not smiling, not angry, and arrogant. To his right sat Fu's mother, who had come to her. Ruan Shu confirmed that this man was Fu Lingyuan's father, Fu Cheng, and greeted the two with a smile: "Uncle, aunt." ”

Fu Cheng's sharp and deep eyes fell on her, vaguely mixed with the aura of a soldier, with a straight face, and he didn't respond to anything.

If the head of the family is like this, the others are silent.

And so the scene came to a stalemate.

Ruan Shu had never seen this kind of situation where no one came out to play a round.

Fu Lingyuan smiled to himself: "It seems that I shouldn't come back." ”

As he spoke, he pulled Ruan Shu and turned around to leave.

Fu Cheng suddenly said to the servant: "Add two chairs." ”

As soon as the words came out, Ruan Shu seemed to hear everyone breathe a sigh of relief.

The order of the seats at the table is very particular. First of all, Fu Cheng is the center, the male is left and the female is right, and then there is the seniority, the left is respectful and the right is inferior.

Ruan Shu did not sit with Fu Lingyuan, but was arranged on Fu Qingli's left hand side.

Fu Qingli looked smug, winked at Fu Lingyuan on the other side, and the brother and sister seemed to be playing some kind of code riddle.

Fu Lingyuan's brother and sister were not seen at the dinner table, and Ruan Shu realized that the "uncle" and "aunt" that the housekeeper just mentioned were referring to these two people.

is also because of the absence of the two of them, resulting in the fact that there is now Tang Mu sitting on Ruan Shu's left hand, and Ruan Shu's seat opposite is Tang Xianyang.

She remembered in a trance that Tang Xianyang's "third brother" to Fu Lingyuan was not in vain - Tang's mother and Fu's mother seemed to be cousins, so Tang Xianyang and Fu Lingyuan would be cousins.

Sniffing that everyone was very restrained, no one lowered their heads and said something, and Ruan Shu always stood upright after sitting down. is obviously celebrating Fu Cheng's birthday, but after a meal, it is dull and silent, as if he is extremely obedient to "eat without speaking".

Fu Qingli was very careful, and noticed that Ruan Shu didn't eat much, so he took the initiative to pick up a chopstick from time to time, asked her with his eyes first, and then put it in her bowl after she nodded.

It wasn't until the end that Fu Qingli brought out the cake and called on everyone to toast to Fu Chengdao Happy Birthday, and the dullness was broken.

Fu Cheng's face was slightly relaxed, but after raising his glass, he left the table with Father Tang and went to the study.

"Whew, finally gone." Fu Qingli was unabashedly relieved in front of the rest of the people.

Fu's mother gave Fu Qingli a displeased look.

Fu Qingli stuck out her tongue and grinned: "I don't dare to speak up when my father is far away." ”

Then she suddenly grabbed Ruan Shu's arm: "Third sister-in-law, don't be scared as soon as you come back." Our family is not cold-blooded and ruthless, but the rules are a little bit more and a little lost. ”

"Come, let's chat as much as we like now, eat cake and eat cake! I waited in line for two hours to get this cake! Fu Qingli cut a piece and put it on a plate and handed it to Ruan Shu, not forgetting to bury Fu Lingyuan, "Third brother, have you seen how much I take care of my third sister-in-law?" How can I thank me? ”

Ruan Shu took the cake with a light smile, and turned his head to look at Fu Lingyuan when he heard the words.

Several people have moved from the dining room to the mahogany sofa in the living room.

Fu Lingyuan sat beside Ruan Shu, with one arm wrapped around her and on the back of the chair, and was also looking at her, his eyes were full of pampering, and Fu Qingli's words were replied to in his mouth: "You can thank you as much as you want." ”

"Wow, as soon as the third brother gets married, even people have become more generous~" Fu Qingli immediately made a tired spirit, hugged Fu's mother's arm, and giggled: "Mom, look at the third brother~"

Fu's mother didn't answer, and only glanced at Ruan Shu unintentionally, unable to distinguish her emotions.

Tang Xianyang, who had been absent-minded all night, interjected at this time: "Third brother, Shu, you two are really ...... Married? W-When? You, how could you...... Why don't I know ...... at all?"

A brain, as if all his questions were asked.

Tang's mother couldn't stop Tang Xianyang, so she could only help him hide his gaffe a little: "Yes, why haven't you heard any news at all, your third child got married quietly." Or is it and... Xiao Ruan. ”

"Huh? Little aunt, do you know my third sister-in-law? Fu Qingli sensed Tang Xianyang and Tang's mother's name for Ruan Shu.

Ruan Shu took advantage of this time to say hello to Tang's mother: "Aunt Tang." Then he turned to Tang Xianyang, "Xianyang, we haven't seen each other for a while." ”

"yes...... I haven't seen it in a while...... You and the third brother are even married......" Tang Xianyang's expression stiffened, and his eyes wandered between Ruan Shu and Fu Lingyuan.

Tang's mother quietly pulled Tang Xianyang, then looked at Fu's mother and Fu Qingli, and explained: "Xiao Ruan and our family Xianyang High School are classmates, and the university is also in the same school, so they have always been good friends. So we all know each other. Xianyang is going to get married next month, and he was planning to send an invitation to Xiao Ruan, but it was a coincidence that he met today. ”

"Xianyang liked to run behind your third ass when he was a child, and now the cousins are also getting married before and after the month, and their fate is not shallow." Tang's mother quipped.

"Why did you two get married together...... Tang Xianyang followed closely behind Tang's mother and asked faintly, his tone and demeanor became more and more wrong, so anxious that Tang's mother had to add one more sentence, "Yes, Xiao Ruan and the third child, you two are really beyond our expectations." ”

"Unexpected?" Fu Lingyuan took the question, looked at Tang Xianyang very calmly, and smiled obliquely, "Xianyang is actually the matchmaker between me and Ruan Ruan. When I used to go to school, Xianyang took Ruan Ruan to play with me, and I got to know Ruan Ruan from this. This time I returned to China, and it was also because of Xianyang that I reunited with Ruan Ruan. ”

Fu Lingyuan's arm moved from the back of the chair to Ruan Shu's shoulder, hugged it affectionately, and continued: "Xianyang, Ruan Ruan and I are relatively low-key in registering our marriage this time, but we both remember to invite you to a meal another day, thank you for your unintentional matchmaking." ”

"I'm matchmaking...... Tang Xianyang's stiff expression added two points of eccentricity.

Fu Qingli, who didn't know what was going on, smiled and accosted: "It turns out that the third brother and the third sister-in-law are such a relationship." That's really thanks to my cousin. ”

Tang Xianyang, who was mended, turned pale again.

Fu Qingli teased Fu Lingyuan, "Third brother, so you secretly took aim at the third sister-in-law when you were studying?" ”

Ruan Shu couldn't help but smile secretly when he heard this. This lie has been told to the present, but it has made Fu Qingli misunderstand it into a love story that meets again after a long time. Sounds good. However, she and Fu Lingyuan did "aim" at each other behind their backs at that time.

Fu Lingyuan's generous admission came from his ears: "Yes, I was aiming at your third sister-in-law at that time." ”

"The first time I saw her, I was thinking that this woman would definitely be my Fu San's wife in the future."

His voice was half a smile, half more serious, as if he was solemnly announcing and confessing affectionately.

His heart twisted slightly, Ruan Shu turned his head to look at Fu Lingyuan, and he was bumping into his dark eyes, which were very deep, and he seemed to be very focused, only staring at her.

In an instant, she seemed to be stuck in it for a second. But at most, for that second, he raised his lips and smiled lightly with his eyebrows to complete the "Jinse chord" with him.

Fu Qingli hugged Fu's mother's arm again, and whispered in Fu's mother's ear: "Mom, I think the third brother is serious this time......"

Mother Fu drank tea, quietly glanced at Ruan Shu and Fu Lingyuan, and then glanced at Tang Xianyang, without responding.

Fu Lingyuan took Ruan Shu's hand and got up suddenly: "It's not early, Ruan Ruan has to go to work tomorrow, let's go first." ”

"Huh?" Fu Qingli stayed, "Dad is still in the study, third brother, you haven't talked to dad yet." ”

Fu Lingyuan chuckled: "What do you want to say?" Didn't you just celebrate your birthday? ”

"But......" Fu Qingli looked at Fu's mother hesitantly, as if she hoped that Fu's mother could say something.

However, Fu's mother didn't, she just said softly to Fu Lingyuan: "Go ahead." Drive carefully on the road. ”

Fu Qingli was a little puzzled, her mother usually remembered this son, and it was rare for him to come back, so why did she let him go so easily.

"Little aunt, Xianyang, let's go first." Fu Lingyuan said hello at the end and walked out with Ruan Shu.

After the two left, Fu's mother's gaze swept over Tang Xianyang, who was still in a frozen state, looked at Tang's mother, and invited meaningfully: "Wanqing, let's go to the backyard for a walk." ”

***

Inside the car.

The two were speechless for a long time, and Fu Lingyuan broke the silence: "Disappointed? ”

Ruan Shu was staring at the flowing dim lights outside the car window, and was stunned when he heard the words, not keeping up with his thoughts: "What are you disappointed?" ”

"Disappointed, my parents didn't embarrass you and didn't give you a check."

Ruan Shu curled the corners of his lips slightly: "Yes." It's quite disappointing. ”

Although she answered, her tone was full of interest.

Fu Lingyuan glanced at her face quickly, and then said, "It's unfortunate today, my second brother and my eldest sister are not here, and I wanted to introduce you to them." As the year approaches, everyone has a lot to do. In addition, my old man is not happy to celebrate his birthday, and every time he is actually Qingli who wants to be lively. ”

Ruan Shu reacted for two seconds, and realized that Fu Lingyuan was a little chatty with her, and there was an indescribable feeling in her heart, and she didn't know how to answer for a while - most of the time, no matter what topic the other party threw over, she could answer it, but she really didn't know how to talk about homely things, and she didn't understand homely things.

After being embarrassed for two seconds, she changed the topic: "You directly confessed that you prying the corner of the wall in front of the public, and you are not afraid of hurting your cousins' feelings?" ”

"Where did I pry into his corner?" Fu Lingyuan seemed to be smiling.

Ruan Shu pursed his lips, not wanting to repeat his words. Which of those words didn't express that he was digging into the corner of his cousin? also used a "matchmaker" to chill Tang Xianyang. She didn't believe he was unintentional. Obviously, there can be many ways to explain it, but he chose the most emotionally hurtful one.

She really couldn't fathom his thoughts.

"Huh?" Because she didn't say anything, Fu Lingyuan called her.

Ruan Shu said goodbye to his hair and remembered what he wanted to ask him in the morning: "What is Tan Fei's situation now?" ”

Fu Lingyuan frowned: "Why do you suddenly care about him?" ”

"He and my cousin divorced."

"It's good."

Inexplicable three words. Ruan Shu frowned: "Didn't he have half of his tongue twisted out that day, and he lost a thumb." After that, it seems that there was no news at all. ”

It seems that everyone doesn't know what happened to Tan Fei.

"He's right that he hasn't heard from him." Fu Lingyuan sneered and asked her, "Does he want the whole world to shout that he was disabled by Lu Shaocong?" ”

Ruan Shu was silent. In fact, she guessed that Tan Fei and Lin Xiang divorced, and most of them couldn't get out of this relationship. From this point of view, she can understand the meaning of "very good". She also thinks it's good to get out of the marriage. It's just that Wang Yufen is angry.

After a while, when the car drove through the cross-sea bridge, Fu Lingyuan suddenly stopped on the emergency parking belt.

"What's wrong?" Ruan Shuhu was suspicious.

Fu Lingyuan took out a cigarette case and a lighter from his pocket and motioned to her, "Wait a minute, I'll smoke two cigarettes." ”

Ruan Shu: "......"

He didn't smoke in the car, but got out of the car.

Ruan Shu sat alone in the car and waited for a long time, but he didn't wait for his two cigarettes to finish, and simply got out of the car.

The cable-stayed bridge with twin towers and double cable faces has six lanes, and the endless stream of cars is driving in their respective directions without looking back. The bridge was very long, and within Ruan Shu's visual range, no one else stayed except them.

Fu Lingyuan stood on the edge of the bridge, his cuffs rolled up, revealing a small arm, his hands propped up on the railing, facing the sea. The wind blew his trench coat and rattled, making people feel for a moment that his back was lonely.

Ruan Shu silently walked up to his side and stood side by side with him.

He did have a cigarette in his mouth, but he only did so, not smoking, letting the wind blow the cigarette shorter and shorter. And on the face of the railing in front of him, another cigarette burned quietly.

He deliberately burned there with such an empty spot.

It's weird.

Ruan Shu's narrow phoenix eyes couldn't help but narrow.

Sensing her figure, Fu Lingyuan turned to look at her.

She was slender and slender, and the night breeze ruffled her hair and slightly lifted the hem of her skirt.

He hooked his lower lip slightly, raised his hand, and gestured towards the sea: "Do you know where it is?" ”

Looking in the direction, Ruan Shu carefully stared, and after adapting to the night light, he only saw the lights of the pier along the coast. At the nearest wharf, there are still ships unloading at this time, and under the searchlight, the outline of container dispatch is faintly visible.

Fu Lingyuan chuckled, took the cigarette butt from his mouth, extinguished it, threw it away, and immediately walked behind her and encircled her whole person in his arms. He graciously grasped her hand and re-gestured it as he had just compared.

First draw a circle of perfection.

"There are more than 1,200 large and small, well-known and unknown wharves along the line. It is the coastline with the largest annual flow in the whole Haicheng and even the whole of China. ”

Then point to the endless distance.

"At the same time, it is also the closest coastline to Southeast Asia."

Finally, he withdrew his hand, and his palm was placed on the back of her hand, rubbing it slowly.

"Do you know what that means?"

Ruan Shu shook his head.

Fu Lingyuan's deep voice drifted into her ears with the wind: "This means that this coast is the Gold Coast of wealth creation. ”

Ruan Shu frowned slightly, and quickly associated Southeast Asia with words such as coast and dock in his heart, and vaguely had a rough outline in his mind.

Fu Lingyuan's voice was close to her ear, as if he was constructing his grand cause to her, confident and heavy: "One day, everything here will be controlled by me." ”

Ruan Shu's eyebrows jumped, he froze for a moment, turned around in his arms, faced him, and smiled Yan Yan: "Third brother is so big, listen to what you mean, do you want to be the overlord of the sea?" ”

Fu Lingyuan's forearm was cuffed by her side, and she could feel the strength of her muscles through her clothes. And his figure enveloped her, with the smell of fresh tobacco and a strong smell around her, as if it were pervasive.

"'The Woman of the Overlord of the Sea', do you like this title?" He looked down on her, the contours of his eyebrows deepened in the night, his sockets were deep, and the eyes under his thick eyebrows were bright and dark.

Ruan Shu pretended to think seriously for a moment and grinned: "Actually, it's the 'pirate mother-in-law', right?" ”

Fu Lingyuan was stunned for a moment.

Ruan Shu tilted his head slightly: "'Sea Overlord', isn't it a pirate?" ”

Fu Lingyuan's eyebrows suddenly raised, as if he was blocked by her deliberate misinterpretation, and he was speechless for a while.

Seeing this, Ruan Shu's smile became thicker and thicker.

The sea breeze blew behind herself, brushing her hair even more messy and obscuring her view. She raised her hand and was about to pluck it, but her wrist was caught by Fu Lingyuan. His cheeks covered the dryness and warmth of his palms.

He helped her remove the hair from her face and kissed it off.

Probably because the wind was blowing for too long, the temperature on his lips was icy cold. He kissed gently, but she couldn't resist it, and the smell of smoke between his lips and teeth was strong, as if he wanted to melt his taste into her blood and bone marrow through spit.

Ruan Shu put on his neck, and his back was not lightly attached to the fence on the bridge. His palm was the first to press on her back, not letting her back smack.

At the end of the long deep kiss, his slightly rough breath sprayed on her face, and his restrained voice fell out: "You know that every time you reach out to pull your hair, it makes me feel that you are deliberately flirting with me." ”

Ruan Shu's hands were clasped on his shoulders, her mouth was still full of the smell he had left, and there seemed to be a string buzzing in her brain, and she couldn't tell if it was the sea breeze that filled her ears or something else.

Seeing that she didn't respond, as if she was slightly distracted, Fu Lingyuan smiled in the wind, clasped the back of her neck with one hand, lowered her head again, and kissed the corners of her mouth, her chin, and her neck.

Little by little, burning her fair skin.

His other hand pressed against her waist and pressed against him: "Do you feel it?" ”

The changes in his body are very clear.

Fu Lingyuan seemed to think that it was not enough, so he grabbed one of her hands and leaned down.

Feel it more clearly.

Ruan Shu's hand was quietly there.

Fu Lingyuan quietly stared at her slightly trance eyes, and after a while, he leaned into her ear: "If I want you here, will it be exciting, will you feel it?" ”

Under the effect of hormones, his voice became deeper and darker.

It made her shudder.

Ruan Shu's gaze crossed his shoulder, looking at the endless stream of vehicles coming and going on the bridge, and the endless sea and the canopy of the moon in the distance, and his heart beat a little faster.

"Huh?" Fu Lingyuan's lips were greasy on her earlobes, and his palms rubbed gently around her waist.

On the edge of the canopy, there are faintly bright fireworks rising into the sky one after another, blooming brilliantly.

Ruan Shu stared stunned, and the hand that was there tightened unconsciously: "Third brother......"