Chapter 91 Part 2 (Ruan Yōu and Fu Jiazhan) 一 “1% chance”
Saturday.
The overlords took off their busy schedule and enjoyed the beauty of the holiday.
In the early spring, the Gu family manor was full of fresh greenery everywhere, and all things were reviving.
Lu Xuan suggested enjoying the first hint of fresh greenery this year; going out was necessary, and it had to be an outdoor activity.
Several people simply flew to the nearby seaside beach, experiencing the gentle holiday sunshine and the warmth of the sand.
Qi Nuo could only arrive at eleven at night.
Lu Xuan originally didn’t want to come, worrying about Qi Nuo would have a hard time traveling back and forth, but was teased by Qi Zhiyan.
“My younger brother is strong and healthy. He can fall asleep on planes. Don’t worry, future sister-in-law.”
Lu Xuan: !
A group of people enjoyed a day at the seaside hotel.
It wasn’t until eight o’clock that they learned there would be a fireworks display tonight.
Ruan Yōu didn’t want to watch fireworks explode in the sky, she preferred to play with small fireworks that could spin in her hand.
“I happen to be going out to buy something, want to come together?”
Fu Jiazhan took the opportunity and spoke.
Gu Fuchen was just about to ask Fu Jiazhan to stay aside, but there was a sudden work matter, so he had to give Fu Jiazhan the great opportunity to be his sister’s driver.
Wen Juxi chuckled and said nothing.
. . . . .
In the car, Ruan Yōu, tired from a day of playing, lay on the backrest of the front passenger seat, taking a nap. “Wake me up when we get there.”
“Okay.”
It’s unclear how much time passed.
The light was green, and there were still a few seconds to go before it turned red. Fu Jiazhan deliberately slowed down, and when the light flashed and turned red, he slowly stopped in front of the line.
Turning his head.
On the front passenger seat, Ruan Yōu, wrapped in a blanket, was peacefully asleep.
Breathing elongated, corners of the mouth curved, dreaming peacefully.
Fu Jiazhan’s lips lifted slightly.
Leaning back in the chair, savoring the brief beauty.
Suddenly, a dazzling light emerged in front, car lights glaring. Fu Jiazhan instinctively lowered his smile, turning to shield her eyes from the flashing headlights. His eyebrows furrowed.
Until一一
“I woke up.”
The voice was muffled, carrying the stickiness and drowsiness of waking up.
Fu Jiazhan was stunned.
The contracted eyes relaxed.
Ruan Yōu tilted her head, avoiding the dazzling light ahead. Her delicate doll-like face hid under Fu Jiazhan’s palm.
Through the fingers, the dazzling white light fell on her nose, and her eyes looked very bright.
Fu Jiazhan’s Adam’s apple moved slightly.
The white light and the faint yellow streetlights intertwined, casting shadows with an unknown mystique.
Just like the way Fu Jiazhan looked at Ruan Yōu.
Ruan Yōu uncomfortably turned her head.
“You can go now.”
After speaking, a faint smell wafted from Ruan Yōu’s nose.
She sniffed.
Breathing elongated, as the warm air touched the palm of Fu Jiazhan’s hand, he unconsciously curled his fingertips.
“This perfume feels so familiar.”
Faintly sweet, with a warm woody fragrance.
Even she forgot the Moments she shared on her friends circle a few days ago.
Ruan Yōu thought for a moment, then said: “It suits you well.”
Fu Jiazhan withdrew his hand, slowly tightening his grip.
“Is it?”
Fu Jiazhan recalled the Moments’ Ruan Yōu had made.
“Charming.”
That’s how she described it.
The red light went out, the green light came on.
Traffic flowed slowly into the sea of cars.
As the streetlights alternated, the light and shadow that fell on Fu Jiazhan’s body also changed. Suddenly, Ruan Yōu realized that he seemed to be in a good mood.
“Is there something happy worth sharing?”
Fu Jiazhan chuckled.
A deep laughter resonated through his chest, lazy and indulgent, like the joy of seeing spring for the first time.
“Nothing much, just that the evening scenery is beautiful.”
Ruan Yōu snorted, looking disbelieving.
a stingy person who doesn’t share their happiness.
Outside the window, tree shadows swayed, and traffic surged.
Fu Jiazhan’s heart quietly fermented in the surging traffic.
2% chance.
After buying fireworks, they returned to the hotel.
Qi Nuo has already arrived.
Wen Juxi asked casually: “You didn’t just go out to buy things, only fireworks?”
Ruan Yōu later realized this and looked suspicious: “Why didn’t you say anything?”
Fu Jiazhan: “The journey was too long. Hearing that Qi Nuo was back and Lu Xuan wanted to set off fireworks, so I came back first.”
Wen Juxi suddenly understood: “So that’s how it is.”
“Where are Lu Xuan and Qi Nuo?” Ruan Yōu asked.
Qi Zhiyan: “Qi Nuo hasn’t had dinner yet. Little Princess Lu Xuan is accompanying him to dinner on the fifth-floor restaurant.”
Jiang Huai teased: “Lu Jin, I didn’t expect that the little princess to be so considerate usually. Why doesn’t it show on you?”
Lu Jin: ?
“Get lost.”
Gu Fuchen was still working overtime in the hotel room and couldn’t find them.
At Lu Jin’s urging, Jiang Huai had to accompany Lu Jin to the fifth-floor restaurant to see what the situation was with the little princess and Qi Nuo now.
In the glass house by the beach on the first floor, there were only Qi Zhiyan, Ruan Yōu, Wen Juxi, and Fu Jiazhan.
Meat was being grilled on a long table, and the charcoal fire was vigorous.
“Lu Jin said he wanted to eat grilled meat, and when the grilled meat arrived, he was gone,” Wen Juxi said.
Qi Zhiyan commented: “He is now a CP fan and has turned into Lu Xuan single fans1.”
Ruan Yōu teased: “Have you stopped shipping them?”
Wen Juxi: “Whether they eat grilled meat or not, if they don’t, let them withdraw.”
Ruan Yōu raised her hand and sheepishly smiled: “I’m hungry.”
Before dinner, she drank a lot of water and hardly ate anything during the meal.
Fu Jiazhan sat beside, quietly listening to the three young ladies talking. Upon hearing, he picked up the barbecue tongs and said: “I’ll help you guys grill.”
Qi Zhiyan: “I won’t eat.”
Wen Juxi joked with a smile: “Remove the word ‘guys,’ and change it to ‘I’ll help you grill’.”
She deliberately emphasized the word “you.”
Wen Juxi’s laughter was sweet, with a lingering and sentimental undertone. Ruan Yōu felt her ears warming up, as if being roasted over charcoal, adopting the warmth and rosy color of charcoal.
She uncomfortably rubbed her ears: “You’ve been acting strange lately.”
“Not at all.”
Qi Zhiyan and Wen Juxi, with nothing else to do, sat on the side watching Ruan Yōu eat barbecue.
Fu Jiazhan grilled seriously, cutting it into small pieces. Ruan Yōu ate attentively, her lips stained with the orange-red seasoning. One piece was too spicy, making her lips shiny and eyes moist, eliciting a sense of endearment.
Before she could speak, a water cup appeared in her field of view.
Ruan Yōu held the cup and drank hastily, all her senses focused on her tongue, oblivious to the faint warmth in her hands.
“Wow——” Wen Juxi exclaimed.
After finishing the entire cup, Ruan Yōu looked at Wen Juxi and Qi Zhiyan in confusion, following the direction Qi Zhiyan’s frequent glances, she lowered her head.
On the all-black ceramic cup, delicate fingertips were attached to the well-defined knuckles of a large hand.
The charcoal fire crackled energetically.
The slight tremor and the crackling of the charcoal fire filled Ruan Yōu’s features. The back of the hand under her palm exerted force, the joints stiff with an almost imperceptible tremor, pulsating like the crackling charcoal fire.
Ruan Yōu’s earlobes burned, and she swiftly withdrew her hand as if trying to cover up a thunderous sound.
“I’m…I’m sorry.”
“I didn’t notice just now.”
Fu Jiazhan was silent for a long time and said in a low voice: “It’s okay.”
Wen Juxi, watching the excitement, remarked casually: “Yōuyōu, weren’t you always curious about what it feels like to hold someone’s hand? Did you feel it today?”
Fu Jiazhan’s gaze deepened: “Feelings?”
3% chance.
Ruan Yōu struggled to find words and finally organized her thoughts:
“We sisters… are just chatting casually, don’t take it seriously.”
She warned Wen Juxi silently with a poke in a place Fu Jiazhan couldn’t see: “I warn you, don’t say it again!”
Wen Juxi made an ‘OK’ gesture, obediently keeping quiet.
Qi Zhiyan, observing Fu Jiazhan’s considerate barbecue, sincerely remarked: “Fu Jiazhan, not having a girlfriend is a waste of your thoughtfulness.”
Facing Qi Zhiyan, Fu Jiazhan remained calm: “If you just want someone to help with everything, a butler can do that. They can be considerate too.”
Qi Zhiyan was speechless and didn’t respond.
Ruan Yōu, unable to eat anymore, waved her hand: “That’s it, let’s go see if Lu Xuan and Qi Nuo have arrived. We’re getting ready to set off fireworks.”
She darted out, and when Wen Juxi and Qi Zhiyan caught up, she lightly tapped Wen Juxi a few times.
Wen Juxi laughed: “I won’t say it again, absolutely.”
She could only help Fu Jiazhan to this extent; beyond this, it depended on Fu Jiazhan’s fate.
Ruan Yōu frowned, looking back in the direction they came from.
In the glass house, there was a tall figure, standing still and unmoving.
The distance was too far, and his expression couldn’t be discerned.
All she knew he seemed to be looking in this direction.
He looked for a very, very long time.
Ruan Yōu hurriedly turned around and walked into the hotel.
Wen Juxi’s question lingered in Fu Jiazhan mind from time to time.
The feeling of holding hands?
The shiver that swept through the fingertips, an uncontrollable sense of unease.
Eyes that dared not meet or lift.
Strange and unique.
. . . . .
In the restaurant, Lu Xuan and Qi Nuo had already finished eating.
Lu Jin looked at his sister with a sigh, thinking that something had happened just now to make her turn her arms and elbows outward again.
Qi Zhiyan waved to signal Lu Xuan and Qi Nuo to come over.
“Let’s go downstairs to set off fireworks.”
One sentence saved Lu Xuan. She hurriedly ran to join Ruan Yōu, Wen Juxi, and Qi Zhiyan.
When going down the elevator to set off fireworks outside, Ruan Yōu turned to the side: “Is my brother still busy?”
Lu Jin nodded.
“Working overtime, you probably won’t see him tonight.”
Jiang Huai asked: “Is Fu Jiazhan not with you guys?”
“No, he’s outside.”
Fu Jiazhan greeted Ruan Yōu downstairs, and Lu Xuan happily ran to set off fireworks with Qi Nuo.
Lu Jin hurriedly joined, dragging Jiang Huai with him since he had no company.
Ruan Yōu stood with both hands in her pockets, tilting her head to watch the lively figures in front.
Fu Jiazhan’s voice, accompanied by the laughter of Lu Xuan, Qi Nuo, Jiang Huai, and Lu Jin, came through amidst the noise, unexpectedly clear.
“Why not go set off fireworks?”
Ruan Yōu: “Watching them set off is more interesting than watching myself.”
Fu Jiazhan stood side by side with Ruan Yōu, with a small fist’s distance between them.
Two shadows, one tall and one short, lay quietly on the beach.
Fu Jiazhan looked at the shadows, as if looking at his 1%.
the 1% chance that Ruan Yōu said.
He didn’t want to be friends with Ruan Yōu.
Even knights have a day they want the princess to see.
Even if she responds to the word “love” with the most casual joke and indifferent attitude, Fu Jiazhan will unconsciously seize that 1% chance.
Soon, Qi Zhiyan came over and asked the same question.
Ruan Yōu gave the same answer.
Qi Zhiyan said casually: “If you don’t want to do it alone, just find someone to accompany you. Or go in circles with Jiang Huai and Lu Jin.”
Ruan Yōu scorned: “They’re so silly.”
Who in their right mind would use a fireworks stick to chase after someone and burn their hair? ==
At first glance, it looks like something a straight man would do.
The fireworks festival mentioned by other tourists suddenly appeared in the sky.
In the distance, brilliant fireworks exploded from a nameless island.
Nearby, Qi Nuo and Lu Xuan chased each other, their fireworks stick extending like snowflakes, becoming a bright spectacle before them.
Qi Nuo shed all her composure and laughed freely with vitality.
Like youth, run across the entire playground to embrace the fearlessness and joy of loving someone.
This kind of vitality and unrestrained spirit will only appear in front of Lu Xuan.
Ruan Yōu tilted her head, lightly laughing, joking with Qi Zhiyan on her right: “Your brother looks so happy. It’s so sweet that it makes me suddenly want to fall in love.”
In the distance, fireworks bloomed with a bang. Ruan Yōu waited but received no response, casting a doubtful glance.
Beside her, emptiness with no one around.
“She left,” Fu Jiazhan’s voice resounded clearly in Ruan Yōu’s ears.
Ruan Yōu was stunned.
She remembered Fu Jiazhan had left three minutes ago.
That’s why she dared to joke with Qi Zhiyan like that.
Fu Jiazhan held two more fireworks stick in his hands. Thinking of the joke he overheard, a slight discomfort flushed Ruan Yōu’s cheeks.
“I…”
“Bang, bang, bang.”
As Ruan Yōu spoke, three fireworks exploded in the long night.
“Ruan Yōu,” Fu Jiazhan suddenly spoke.
Ruan Yōu was taken aback.
He picked up two just-lit fireworks stick and stood in front of her.
The fireworks burst in the dark sky.
The fireworks from the fireworks stick ignited the faint woody scent on his body.
The fire’s warmth brought a gentle sweetness.
The sound of fireworks mixed with his low, gentle voice.
In Fu Jiazhan’s eyes, there was a glint of shattered light: “I want to as well.”
“Would you like to try it with me?”
Ruan Yōu was stunned: “Try what?”
“Falling in love.”
“To be in a relationship with you.”
- 毒唯 (dú wéi) it referred to fans who only like one member of an idol group and hate other members (cr: baidu). Nowadays, it generally refers to fanatical fans who only like their own fans and use irrational behavior to harm other artists, that is, “wei” one, and on top of “wei” there is also “toxic”. ↩︎
Wow…. Go, go, go fu jiazhan! But where is ruan chenchen? Yr sis is going to be robbed😂😂😂