Thousands of people disliked them, but after being reborn and correcting their mistakes, they regret

After paying, Fu Qingci escorted Xu Fan home.

Xu Fan still sat in the passenger seat, because Fu Qingci had already opened the passenger door for him. He had sat there several times and Xu Fan had gotten used to it.

The seat was already adjusted and the seatbelt was fastened, leaving Fu Qingci with no way to proceed.

It's okay, Xu Fan can come to his house tomorrow.

After exchanging messages with Xu Fan yesterday, Fu Qingci hired professional decorators to renovate the room he had prepared for Xu Fan, and he even personally decorated some parts of it.

I hope he'll like it...

Xu Fan was somewhat absent-minded along the way, but not thinking about anything troubling. Instead, he was thinking about what groceries to buy tomorrow and what to make for Brother Fu and Chun Chun.

He was so preoccupied with his thoughts that he didn't utter a single word the entire way.

Fu Qingci originally thought that since Xu Fan had changed how he addressed him, their relationship should be more familiar, but Xu Fan remained silent and reserved in the car.

As they approached Xu Fan's house, Fu Qingci observed Xu Fan through the rearview mirror. Xu Fan's state was not the awkwardness and restraint he had imagined, but rather a blank stare and a dazed expression.

Fu Qingci chuckled. Although she didn't know what Xu Fan was thinking, at least he seemed less reserved.

"We've arrived. I'll come pick you up tomorrow and let you know when we get downstairs."

Xu Fan had already listed a long list of recipes in her mind. She only looked up when she heard Fu Qingci's voice. So she had arrived home.

Xu Fan briskly opened the car door and got out: "Goodbye, Brother Fu!"

Fu Qingci was initially disappointed that Xu Fan got out of the car so quickly, but seeing Xu Fan's lively demeanor, he smiled and said goodbye to Xu Fan.

"Xu Fan, see you tomorrow."

Only after seeing Xu Fan turn and enter the dilapidated residential area did Fu Qingci drive away.

After leaving, he did not go home, but returned to the company.

There are some things he needs to investigate.

He returned to the company and saw one of the two receptionists who had been discussing and mocking his buttocks earlier.

The receptionist spotted Fu Qingci the moment he walked in, and kept her head down, silently repeating, "You can't see me, you can't see me..."

Fu Qingci found her amusing; hadn't she been calling her "wife" so enthusiastically just now?

Fu Qingci lifted her foot and walked towards the front desk.

The receptionist's prayers failed; a dark shadow loomed over her. When she looked up, she saw it was President Fu.

It seems her career has truly come to an end...

"Are you a fan of Xu Fan?"

The young woman was surprised that Mr. Fu's first words were this; shouldn't it have been, "You're fired!"

"Yes, Mr. Fu, I really like Xu Fan..."

"I won't fire you, but do you have that photo?"

The young woman was so happy she almost jumped for joy; she had kept her job!

Her voice trembled with barely suppressed excitement: "Thank you, Mr. Fu! But the photos aren't with me, they're with my colleague, and she just deleted them in front of you..."

Fu Qingci said coldly, "Have her find the recovered files from the recently deleted folder, put them in a file, and send it to my assistant."

The young woman felt a chill run down her spine. How did Mr. Fu know that her colleague hadn't deleted the recently deleted photos?!

Her colleague said, "I'm going to get fired anyway! I'm keeping this photo. I'm not keeping it because of Mr. Fu's grumpy face, I'm keeping it for Fanfan!"

Then I found the photo.

Fu Qingci didn't understand what these young people were thinking? They finally managed to capture a funny moment from their usually stern boss, so of course they wanted to keep it to laugh about for a lifetime!

"After sending it to my assistant, please make sure to delete this photo completely."

"Okay! I'll tell her!"

"Um."

"Take care, Mr. Fu!"

As soon as Fu Qingci returned to her office, her assistant sent her the documents.

It's pretty fast.

Fu Qingci opened the file, which contained a picture of him holding Xu Fan's hand from behind.

Fu Qingci clicked save and opened the software to remove the gray residue from her buttocks.

Yes, this is his first photo with Xu Fan...

He wanted to find some time to secretly wash it and put it in his room.

Because there are more important things to do right now.

Fu Qingci made a phone call to her assistant.

The assistant has already happily left work, and the boss has already left, so why is he still working?

He didn't expect his boss to come back and make him work again.

He was enjoying his barbecue at the restaurant when he suddenly received a call from the boss. He had just helped the receptionist send a strange document to President Fu, but it was a minor matter and he could just forward it.

The call must be serious! Getting a call from my boss right after get off work is so annoying! But I can't get angry.

After taking a deep breath to calm herself, the assistant answered the phone.

"Help me look into something, and I'll pay you overtime."

Overtime pay? That's alright.

"Please go ahead, Mr. Fu."

"Please help me retrieve the CCTV footage from the company entrance between 3 PM and 4 PM."

Is it really such a small matter? Actually, President Fu could have just gone to the security office to check. If he were to handle it himself, he would have to send a message to the security guard...

Maybe every CEO needs an all-powerful assistant. Whatever, as long as there's money to be made.

"Okay, I'll send it to you in a bit."

"Okay, you don't need to come to the company in a few days."

Fu Qingci's icy voice came from the other end of the phone. The assistant felt as if he had fallen into an ice cave. Why fire him? Was he not working hard enough?

The assistant said, trembling, "Mr. Fu... I don't understand, what did I do wrong? You know I've been with you since I was 22..."

"What I mean is, starting tomorrow you don't need to come to the company. You can continue working as usual. I'll send you any questions you may have, and your salary will be doubled."

"Also, don't speak so disgustingly."

So that's what it meant. The assistant was overjoyed. His mood was like a rollercoaster. If he weren't the senior assistant that every CEO needs, he really wouldn't have been able to handle it!

Working from home without having to run around, and getting double pay? Has Mr. Fu lost his mind?

"Yes, Mr. Fu! I'll compile the surveillance footage and send it to you right away!"

After Fu Qingci hung up the phone, her assistant received a message on his phone that Fu Qingci had transferred money to him.

My God! We're rich now! Why bother eating anymore? A barbecue only costs a few dollars!

The assistant quickly stopped eating and focused on completing the task given to him by President Fu.

A short while later, the assistant sent over the surveillance video.

Fu Qingci opened the video and watched for a few minutes. A figure staggered into the frame. It was Xu Fan. From the video, he was clutching his left chest and walking with great difficulty.

Fu Qingci frowned with heartache and continued reading. Xu Fan finally found a place to sit, which was the flower bed in front of the company. He sat down first, but after a while, he couldn't even sit still anymore and leaned on the flower bed for support.

Fu Qingci stared intently at the screen for a long while before he saw himself walking quickly to Xu Fan, which was the same time he had discovered Xu Fan that afternoon.

Before he arrived, Xu Fan sat alone on the flower bed for a very long time; he must have been feeling extremely distressed.

Aside from exacerbating Fu Qingci's heartache, this surveillance footage didn't reveal any useful information.

What exactly happened before Xu Fan came to the company?

Based on the direction Xu Fan came from, Fu Qingci deduced several locations. He then asked his assistant to check the surveillance footage from several nearby buildings at the same time.

The assistant soon sent several videos, which Fu Qingci checked one by one. Finally, she spotted Xu Fan in one of the videos.

The image wasn't very clear. Fu Qingci saw Xu Fan helping an elderly person to a building and waiting for a while. Then, a man taller and stronger than Xu Fan appeared in the frame. After a brief exchange, Xu Fan left the frame.

The facial features were not clearly visible in the footage, but after Xu Fan left, the old man hit the man. Fu Qingci guessed that the man had said something to Xu Fan, which was why Xu Fan reacted so strongly and fled.

Fu Qingci took a screenshot of the man and sent it to her assistant, asking him to check who the person who left that building during that time period was, and who was dressed and had the same build as the person in the screenshot.

Since the building was not owned by any particular company, registration was required to go up or down the stairs.

It was easy to find out; the assistant quickly discovered the man's name was "Gu Linyuan" and thoughtfully sent some of Gu Linyuan's information to Fu Qingci. This was his intuition as a senior assistant; he felt that President Fu needed it.

Fu Qingci reviewed the document.

"Gu Linyuan, founder of the Abyss Group, 21 years old..."

Gu Linyuan... He remembered it.

There was too much noise in the street, so he couldn't make out what they were saying in the video, but he was sure that Xu Fan had fled in panic because of this man named "Gu Linyuan".

He would gradually find out the specific reasons from Xu Fan later.

He absolutely would not allow Gu Linyuan to get close to Xu Fan again.

As for the reason why Xu Fan dropped out of school, he really wanted to find out, but he couldn't, because that would be disrespectful to Xu Fan.

Xu Fan cannot be treated like any other guy; his privacy cannot be pried into casually. Xu Fan certainly does not want his privacy to be exposed to others.

He wanted to wait for Xu Fan to slowly open her heart to him.

Xu Fan went home and upstairs, found a piece of paper, and wrote down the vegetables he needed to buy and the dishes he wanted to cook for tomorrow.

Although he had already made a list in his head, he was afraid that he was too stupid and would forget everything after waking up the next day, so he decided it was safer to write it down.

When he had dinner with Fu Qingci today, he noticed that Fu Qingci only ate two or three bites of everything, except for the braised pork and bamboo shoot soup, which she drank several times. He thought that Fu Qingci probably liked soup and preferred a salty and savory flavor.

As I was writing, there was a knock on the door.

Who could it be at this hour?

Xu Fan opened the door and saw Grandpa Gu with an apologetic face.

Although Grandpa Gu is in good health, the old man has limited energy. He must be very tired after accompanying him to look for a job in the afternoon. Xu Fan quickly helped Grandpa Gu inside: "Grandpa Gu, come in and sit down..."

Grandpa Gu came in and sat down. Xu Fan poured him a glass of water. Grandpa Gu sighed, his expression full of guilt and apology: "Xiao Fan, I apologize to you on behalf of my grandson. I've been teaching this kid manners since he was little, and they've all gone to his backside! I've already disciplined him! How about Grandpa finds you a new job?"

Xu Fan sat down as well. In fact, he had thought a lot on his way to leave in a hurry during the day. He no longer had the face to face Grandpa Gu. He had bothered Grandpa Gu's grandson when he was in high school, and he might lose Grandpa Gu as a friend...

The thought of this made him very sad. Grandpa Gu was the first person who had been kind to him since his rebirth, and he didn't want to lose him.

Perhaps after Grandpa Gu learned what happened in high school, he wouldn't want to associate with him anymore, but he didn't expect Grandpa Gu to suddenly appear at the door and apologize to him.

It's not his fault that he has no connection with Grandpa Gu at all.

Xu Fan organized her thoughts for a moment, then cautiously began, "Grandpa Gu, you don't need to apologize to me. I did bother Gu Linyuan before, but I really won't anymore. I didn't approach you with any ulterior motives. You are the first friend in my life..."

Xu Fan lowered his head more and more as he spoke, realizing that his words were too weak and that Grandpa Gu would not believe him. Moreover, Gu Linyuan was Grandpa Gu's grandson, while he was just an outsider. Grandpa Gu had no reason to believe him.

These words made Grandpa Gu's heart ache. This child's first friend in his life was this old man. Had no one ever wanted to be his friend before? He was such a pure and kind child.

"I heard everything from my unfilial grandson, Xiao Fan. You're absolutely right. That brat enjoyed so much good fortune in high school because of you, and instead of thanking you, he turned around and blamed you!"

Xu Fan hesitated, then said, "But..."

"There's no 'but' or 'no,' Xiao Fan, don't worry. I'm a trendy person, and society is more open now, nothing's surprising anymore. Anyway, you didn't do anything wrong!"

Xu Fan knew that Grandpa Gu thought he liked Gu Linyuan.

Actually, he wasn't quite sure if it was love. He thought it probably wasn't. They said on TV that your heart would pound when you're with someone you like.

But when he was facing Gu Linyuan, or even Jiang Yichuan, his heart would stop beating.

Because they had been kind to him before, even if only a little, and there were so few people in the world who were kind to him, he craved that kindness. So he always tried to please them, hoping to maintain that kindness. Even when they later found him disgusting, he continued to try to please them, hoping they would change their minds.

He had seen on TV that if you like someone, you can't help but be nice to them, so he hoped they would all like him, so that they would be nice to him too.

Since his rebirth, he has been gripped by a deep-seated fear, afraid that he might, like in his previous life, involuntarily indulge in fantasies and ultimately meet with the same fate. He has been suppressing himself with this fear.

But he felt that he wouldn't do that now. He didn't need to suppress it anymore because he had recovered. Now there were many people who were good to him, including Grandpa Gu, Fu Chun, Lin Ke, and Brother Fu.

Hearing Grandpa Gu's obviously biased words, Xu Fan lowered his head and chuckled softly, as if he had let it go.

He raised his head again: "Thank you, Grandpa Gu."

Grandpa Gu saw him smile and assumed he had come to his senses, so he breathed a sigh of relief: "There's no need to thank me. Just wait, I'll find you a job tomorrow."

Xu Fan smiled and said to Grandpa Gu, "No need to trouble you, I've already found a job."

"Xiao Fan, you're amazing! You found a job in just one afternoon! How's the salary and benefits? Is the boss good to you? Don't get scammed, there are so many scammers these days!"

Xu Fan patiently answered each question: "The pay is very good, and the boss treats me very well. He's not a liar; he's someone I can trust."

"That's good, that's good..."

"Then I won't disturb your rest any longer, I'll be going now!"

Grandpa Gu was about to leave when Xu Fan stopped him, saying, "Grandpa, I have to leave for two days, then I'll be going to work. I probably won't be home most of the time after that. You haven't had any of my cooking yet, so can I cook for you?"

Since the child had this intention, the elders and friends certainly couldn't spoil it. In addition, he was so worried about Xu Fan that he didn't eat anything after returning home.

"Then I'll try Xiao Fan's cooking!"

"Okay, please sit down and wait a moment."

Xu Fan opened the old refrigerator. Since there were still two days left before he and Fu Qingci went to play with Fu Chun, he bought two days' worth of groceries yesterday afternoon. Now that he was going to go tomorrow, he decided to cook all the perishable ingredients in the refrigerator.

There's a cabbage, a little bit of pork belly, carrots, and potatoes in the refrigerator.

Xu Fan also cooked a pot of porridge for Grandpa Gu, worried that the elderly would have difficulty digesting it.

Xu Fanli cleaned the vegetables efficiently, cutting some into chunks and others into shreds.

Grandpa Gu looked on with admiration. Such a good child! His unfilial grandson didn't even seize the opportunity!

It's alright, he already treated Xu Fan as his grandson, and after he dies he will leave all his property to Xu Fan, since that unfilial grandson is not short of money anyway.

Xu Fan sliced ​​the pork belly, fried it in a pan to render the oil, then added the cabbage and seasoned it.

Then I stir-fried shredded potatoes and carrots.

The porridge was ready, and Xu Fan served Grandpa Gu a bowl. The porridge was fragrant with rice, the cabbage was crisp and refreshing, and it also had the aroma of meat. The stir-fried shredded potatoes had carrot shreds added, giving the potatoes a touch of the natural sweetness of carrots.

Xu Fan felt a little apologetic because he was home alone and couldn't eat much, and the vegetables he bought were relatively inexpensive, so he couldn't properly entertain Grandpa Gu.

"Grandpa Gu, I don't have much food in my fridge this time. How about I cook you a big meal next time you come?"

Grandpa Gu ate his porridge and vegetables in one bite, and didn't have time to answer Xu Fan. "Little Fan, you can even cook vegetarian dishes so well!"

After taking a few more big bites, Grandpa Gu replied to Xu Fan, "This old man just likes to eat something light!"

Seeing Grandpa Gu eating so heartily, Xu Fan felt incredibly happy.

"I'm glad you like it."

After finishing their meal, Xu Fan wanted to take Grandpa Gu home, but Grandpa Gu insisted on going home by himself.

This energetic old man disappeared alone into the night, bidding farewell to Xu Fan like a young man: "Xiao Fan, let's meet up again next time!"

"Grandpa Gu, see you next time! Take care on your journey!"

Xu Fan watched as Grandpa Gu's figure disappeared from sight before turning around and going upstairs to pack his luggage.