Chapter 353: My Wife Isn’t Here, Third Master Drinks to Drown His Sorrows
Qiao Xiyan had no idea that, in his cousin’s words, he was already married, doted on his wife, and was the image of a father who loved children.
But Song Fengwan’s words completely dispelled Wu Yuxin’s feelings for Qiao Xiyan.
At eight o’clock the next morning, the students of the art school packed their luggage and left for the base to partic.i.p.ate in the military training. For the 15-day military training, they had to wear military uniforms all day, every day, so most of them brought more personal clothes. Snacks, computers, and gaming equipment were not allowed on the buses.
Song Fengwan was woken up by Hu Xinyue’s alarm. She had set the alarm herself, but she didn’t wake up, so the entire dorm room was noisy.
She nudged Hu Xinyue. When she got up to get dressed, she saw that Wu Yuxin was already sitting at her desk, doing her makeup and drawing her eyebrows. She grabbed a bottle of sunscreen spray and sprayed it all over her body.
After Wu Yuxin finished getting ready, she turned around and saw Song Fengwan preparing to wash up.
She was wearing slightly oversized camouflage pants with a white short-sleeved s.h.i.+rt tucked into her slender waist. She reached out to pull her hair back, and her little face without any makeup was delicate and charming.
Wu Yuxin grabbed her compact and checked her makeup. Even though she was partic.i.p.ating in military training, she still dressed very exquisitely.
She gritted her teeth, took her parasol, grabbed her things, and left.
“Why is she leaving so early? Yating, aren’t the two of you in the same cla.s.s?” Hu Xinyue seemed not to notice the undercurrents in the dorm room. “Aren’t we going together?”
“A senior is treating her to breakfast.” Miao Yating lowered her head and tidied her military uniform, her voice m.u.f.fled.
“She’s really popular.” Hu Xinyue was speechless.
Song Fengwan brushed her teeth and rinsed her mouth. “Yating, why don’t you eat with us later? After all, the venue of the art school is the same.”
People had just started school and didn’t have many good friends in their cla.s.ses. At this moment, everyone preferred to move together with the people in the same dormitory. If she was alone, she would definitely feel uncomfortable.
Song Fengwan was used to being alone in middle school and high school. Even though she had been alone, she didn’t feel lonely. But Miao Yating was different. She had cried on the phone with her parents last night, so she was quite afraid of being alone.
When they arrived at the gathering point, everyone got on the bus. Song Fengwan sent Fu Chen a selfie.
The girl in the photo had her hair tied up in a ponytail and was wearing camouflage clothes, looking delicate, pretty, and capable. One of the b.u.t.tons on her collar was unb.u.t.toned, revealing her fair and tender neck, and she was smiling exceptionally brightly at the camera.
Fu Chen narrowed his eyes. She’s going to be away for more than half a month, and my longing for her has already turned into a disaster. How can this girl still smile?
Heartless little thing.
***
After arriving at the base, everyone unpacked their things in the morning and carried out the military training in the afternoon. After it was over, the instructors led the various cla.s.ses to find a place to train.
There were many girls in Song Fengwan’s cla.s.s, and the instructor was a good person. He chose a shady place for them.
This instructor was only in his early twenties. Perhaps because he didn’t know how to face a group of young ladies, his training wasn’t usually strict. And in private, he would also blush from the teasing of a few students.
Because there were many girls, his requirements weren’t particularly strict. When there was time, he would always let them rest for a bit.
The training content was boring. They had to stand in a military posture, take proper steps, practice military boxing, and learn a military song.
During the military training period, Song Fengwan felt that time pa.s.sed exceptionally slowly. Everyone had to turn off the lights on time at night. With instructors patrolling and checking rooms, people couldn’t even play with their phones.
Every day, she was so tired that she couldn’t even lift her arms, and she still had to rush to take a shower. A few days during the training, when she returned to the military training base’s dormitory, she fell asleep on the cold and hard bed right away. When she picked up her phone, even her arm was trembling, and her thighs were sore. She hung up after calling Fu Chen for two to three minutes.
There was no oil in the cafeteria. There was only vegetable soup with few oil spots in it. Song Fengwan had lost two to three kilograms after half a month of military training.
During the entire military training period, the person everyone discussed the most was Wu Yuxin. Because she was chosen to attend the Welcome Gala, she returned to campus after five days of training, barely partic.i.p.ating in it.
This made everyone very envious. No one wanted to stay in this G.o.dforsaken place.
When everyone returned to the dormitory of the military training base, they could always see her news on the school forum.
“Wanwan, there’s a photo of you on the school forum!” Hu Xinyue was lying above Song Fengwan’s bunk bed. She leaned against the railing and tilted her head to look at her. “I think it was taken secretly by a boy from the cla.s.s next door.”
“Really?” Song Fengwan was rubbing her legs. She had been standing in a military posture all afternoon, so her calves were a little swollen.
“A boy took a photo of you and posted it online. Many people are saying that you’re the true G.o.ddess. This post pushed down Wu Yuxin’s post.” Hu Xinyue got along with others purely based on her animal instincts.
Although they were in the same dorm room, Wu Yuxin’s relations.h.i.+p with them was average. She usually didn’t partic.i.p.ate in their conversations and was a loner, but there was never a lack of the opposite s.e.x around her.
“Oh,” Song Fengwan replied casually.
“I think you look better than Wu Yuxin. She wears makeup all day. Who knows what she looks like without makeup.” There were a total of eight people staying in this dorm room, all of whom were in the same cla.s.s.
“There are always all kinds of boys fawning over her. I really don’t know what those boys like about her.”
“Most importantly, she doesn’t reject anyone. She gets along well with those seniors, and she has a lot of tricks up her sleeve.”
…
When girls were together, gossip was inevitable, and Wu Yuxin had always been a focal topic.
They were all cla.s.smates or seniors, so naturally, no one would say anything when male and female students chatted normally. But Wu Yuxin was familiar with everyone, and she didn’t reject anyone. She made use of the boys’ good impression of her to get them to help her do things, and there had long been criticism about her among the girls.
Song Fengwan lowered her head and looked at her phone. Fu Chen had sent her a tutorial for ma.s.saging calves. She didn’t partic.i.p.ate in their conversation.
***
The military training would last for half a month. Fu Chen couldn’t see her and could only look at Song Fengwan’s selfies all day.
Duan Linbai had been discussing a business deal with him recently and had a lot of dealings with him lately.
One time, he actually saw Fu Chen drinking during the day.
“Oh, Third Fu, when Little Sister-in-Law isn’t around, you drink to drown your sorrows. Do you want a cigarette?”
Fu Chen glanced at him. He’s asking for a beating.
“I’m going to visit the site later. Are you coming with me?” The government wanted to plan a new district at the edge of the capital. The land prices in the new district were soaring, and the Duan family wanted to build a new Thousand Treasures Mall there. Their family really couldn’t take this business alone, so he went to Fu Chen.
“When?”
“On the 6th day of National Day[1].” The capital had been mostly developed in recent years. The government had just started planning, and everyone was aiming for the new district.
The Duan family had acted quickly and bought a large piece of land. The land price had already increased by more than twenty times.
“I’ll consider it.”
“It’s just one day. The new district is close, so it’ll only take three hours to go back and forth.” Duan Linbai smiled. “You’re not alone now. You need to earn money to support your wife.”
Fu Chen sneered. “You’re a single dog, yet you’re talking about supporting a wife with me?”
“What’s wrong with being single? I’m eating your dog food!” Duan Linbai was furious.
So what if you’re in a relations.h.i.+p? If you have the ability, tell the world. Do you dare to bring her home now?
You’re working underground, yet you still don’t know how to keep a low profile.
***
The half-month-long military training ended with a drag exercise. Everyone had to walk back to Beijing University from the military base. They gathered at eight in the morning, and when they reached Beijing University, it was already past three in the afternoon.
Song Fengwan received a call from Fu Chen the moment she arrived at the school.
“Wanwan.” Fu Chen’s voice sounded. Song Fengwan’s eyes reddened, and she almost cried.
“Don’t go in. I’m at the bamboo forest behind your dormitory.” Their relations.h.i.+p hadn’t been exposed after all, so it wasn’t convenient for Fu Chen to appear at this time.
Song Fengwan handed her luggage to Hu Xinyue to bring upstairs and limped to the spot.
Behind the dormitory, there would be couples cuddling at night, but there would be few people during the day.
As soon as Song Fengwan arrived at the back, she saw Fu Chen standing deep in the bamboo forest.
He was wearing a moon-white s.h.i.+rt and light gray pants. The summer wind blew, and the bamboo forest rustled. The dancing lights cast mottled shadows on his body, complementing him to look even more handsome and elegant.
Song Fengwan felt a lump in her throat. She didn’t know how she had survived the military training these days.
She looked at him with red eyes.
Fu Chen narrowed his eyes at her. I haven’t seen her in half a month. She’s lost weight.
She was still wearing her camouflage uniform, and her black belt accentuated her slender waist. Her face was flushed red from the sun, and her forehead was covered in sweat. She was holding a half-finished bottle of mineral water. When she looked at him, her eyes were red, and she looked pitiful.
He strode forward and reached out to hug her tightly.
“You’ve worked hard.” His voice was low and exceptionally pleasant to the ear.
“I’m covered in sweat.” Song Fengwan twisted her body. “It smells.”
“Did you miss me?” Fu Chen tightened his arms around her, wis.h.i.+ng he could bury her in his embrace.
“Yeah.”
“Very good. Me too…”
[1] Although it is observed on October 1st, another six days are added to the official holiday.