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Names mentioned in this chapter (which can also be found in the glossary ):
-云舒( yún shū)- Yun Shu, the female lead
– 舒 舒( shū shū)- Shu Shu, Fu Ran’s nickname for Yun Shu.
– 傅然( Fù rán)- Fu Ran, the male lead in our novel and the original novel
– 徐昊( xú Hào)- Xu Hao, Fu Ran’s secretary and childhood friend.
Fu Ran averted his gaze. He said somewhat guiltily, “It’s not that I don’t want to meet her.”
“Oh, really?” Xu Hao purposely asked him, “Then why didn’t you go and find her lately?”
Fu Ran pursed his lips. He looked troubled and did not utter a word.
Xu Hao was, after all, his childhood friend. Upon seeing this, he couldn’t bear to see this late-in-life virgin’s relationship soured so quickly, and it would be unknown which monkey year and horse month <sup>[1]</sup> when he would ever date someone. He spoke like an experienced person, “If you have any opinions, you should discuss with Miss Yun properly and not evade. Do you know what kind of behaviour your avoidance is in the eyes of someone who dated before?”
Fu Ran’s focus was skewed for a moment. “I have not dated before, and neither has Shu Shu.”
Xu Hao, “….???”
—— What’s there to brag about? It just shows how noob both of you are.
Xu Hao said, “That’s not important. What’s important is what your behaviour is.”
“What is my behaviour?”
“The silent treatment. It causes one to give the cold shoulder to another by not contacting the other, forcing the other person to give up and then break up.”
Fu Ran, “!!!”
He hurriedly explained, “I didn’t! I don’t intend to!” As if something surfaced in his head, he said, “Shu Shu doesn’t necessarily know this.”
Xu Hao let out a “heh heh” sound and said, “Miss Yun Shu is an actress. They say that art comes from life. Do you think there isn’t such a scene in all the scripts she had read? Moreover, what you are doing now is hard to let others overthink.”
Now, Fu Ran was utterly flustered.
Yun Shu and Fu Ran were clearly not a couple. However, when he heard the word “breakup,” he started to panic. Not to mention that the other party had also informed her manager to contact his secretary in such a roundabout and cold manner to contact him.
Fu Ran was extremely vexed. “I just… just… I don’t know it will turn out this way.”
Xu Hao raised his eyebrows and said slowly, “So find time to talk to her properly.”
Fu Ran remained silent, immersed in his own thoughts.
When Xu Hao saw this, he also swallowed the rest of his words.
—— Ay. He originally wanted to teach him how to coax people well. It looks like it is probably not needed.
—— Fu Ran is so good at discussing business deals. Coaxing women should be a trivial thing for him, right?
As Xu Hao thought of this, he completely forgot that he said Fu Ran was a noob not long ago.
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On the same day after work, Fu Ran scrambled to find Yun Shu. He used his actual actions to contradict Xu Hao’s words of saying that he was “busy”.
Fu Ran had the key to Yun Shu’s home. But when he took out the key, he hesitated and chose to ring the doorbell.
Yun Shu fixed her eyes on Fu Ran. As expected, she was angry like Xu Hao had expected. She put on a professional smile, “President Fu, good evening.”
Even if Fu Ran was dense, he knew that Yun Shu was angry.
The noob Fu Ran was flustered. He squeezed into the door and hugged Yun Shu. He opened his mouth and said, “Shu Shu, let’s date!”
“…. Huh?” Yun Shu was stunned. In a short while, he returned to her senses and snarled, “President Fu, I think you should calm down. Aren’t we purely in a relationship in exchange for material benefits and companionship? Have you forgotten about that cheque earlier?”
Fu Ran was rendered speechless and got a little angry. He said, “No, we are not in a relationship in exchange for material benefits and companionship.”
Yun Shu wanted to roll her eyes. “How can a relationship in exchange for material benefits and companionship be innocent?”
Fu Ran took a deep breath and pushed Yun Shu against the wooden board. His finger gently touched her face, and a kiss that did not contain lust but only affection landed on the corner of her lips.
A low magnetic voice rang in her ears, “Shu Shu, I miss you so much.”
Yun Shu… Yun Shu was utterly defeated.
<sup>[1]</sup> 猴年马月(hóuniánmǎyuè)- monkey year and horse months. It means the time that will never come/long time off.