Wen Ruan felt the probing gazes of the other people in the store. She hid her backpack inside and pressed it down with her hand until she felt the hard outline before she stopped.

"Sir, here is your strawberry velvet latte."

"Um."

Fu Shiqing nodded and pushed the exquisite coffee cup in front of Wen Ruan. "I heard you say you like strawberries during your live stream. Try this, and if you don't like it, we can change it."

Aren't you going to drink?

Wen Ruan noticed that the area in front of Fu Shiqing was empty, and the waiter who had gone back earlier showed no sign of returning.

Fu Shiqing chuckled, took out a thermos, unscrewed the lid, and a nearly transparent white mist emerged.

The weather was so hot, but the water inside was indeed warm.

Fu Shiqing subconsciously blew on the cup, then paused, handing it to Wen Ruan and explaining, "I'm drinking red date and goji berry tea, it's good for health."

"Would you like to try some? It was just made before I left home, I haven't had it before, and the cup is new too."

Wen Ruan: "..."

"No need, thank you."

Although Wen Ruan had just solemnly promised Song Yu that she would take good care of her health, she remembered that only middle-aged and elderly people would soak goji berries in a thermos.

Wen Ruan gripped the metal spoon handle, stirring the beautiful latte art on the surface of her coffee. She stole a glance at Fu Shiqing's young yet kind face before immediately returning the spoon to the table, casually asking, "How old are you?"

"Is your baby curious about my age?"

"Hmm... I just feel like it's a little inappropriate for me to call you 'brother'..."

After all, Fu Shiqing gives the impression of being quite old.

Wen Ruan's voice grew weaker and weaker, and she even dared not look Fu Shiqing in the eye.

Fu Shiqing was slightly taken aback. "Does the baby think I'm too old, or do I look particularly old?"

"Actually, I'm only twenty-seven years old," he said dejectedly.

Although I'll be 28 next month, what does that have to do with this month?

Wen Ruan looked up abruptly, incredulous: "You're only twenty-seven?!"

"Um."

Fu Shiqing put the lid on the cup. "I've never been in good health since I was a child, and my grandfather started teaching me how to take care of my health a long time ago. But don't worry, baby, I'm just not in good health, but I'm not weak."

Moreover, because he was raised by his grandfather in the mountains when he was young, he has some habits that are very similar to his grandfather's, giving people the feeling of what the children in the live broadcast room call an "old person".

However, Fu Shiqing didn't think there was anything wrong with it.

He felt that approaching life with the most primal attitude was the ultimate enjoyment.

He doesn't use his phone much anyway.

However, in the past six months, Fu Shiqing has been having some ambiguous dreams.

is a person.

But he doesn't remember.

The Fu family believed in fate and metaphysics. Although many things had been lost by his generation, Fu Shiqing believed that this dream was not so simple.

On the contrary, he even downloaded Starlight on a friend's recommendation in order to find the person in his dream.

My friend said: "There are all sorts of weirdos and monsters on there, so why worry about not finding what you want?"

Fu Shiqing initially approached Paopaoyu because she resembled the person in his dream. Fu Shiqing believed that birds of a feather flock together, and perhaps by adding her as a friend and asking around, he could find out who he was looking for.

But as it turned out, Bubble Fish thought he was some kind of old geezer and refused to agree no matter what, so Fu Shiqing went along with it and went to Wen Ruan's place.

And then, and then he found it.

Fu Shiqing smiled.

Nothing is more delightful than having the person you've been looking for sitting obediently right in front of you right now.

Wen Ruan asked, "Your grandfather taught you, but what about your parents?"

"I'm gone."

She took a sip of her coffee; it had a wonderful strawberry aroma and tasted delicious. She couldn't resist taking another sip and casually asked, "Where did you go?"

"Other cities, you know."

"Heaven."

"Oh." Wen Ruan was confused, even wondering which city Paradise was. The name sounded nice, and she wanted to visit it someday.

Realizing what had happened, Wen Ruan blushed and quickly apologized:

"I'm sorry, I didn't know your parents were already..."

"It's okay."

Fu Shiqing smiled nonchalantly, "You wouldn't know either, but if the baby wants to see them, I can take you."

"No need!" Wen Ruan shook her head.

What are we going to see with Fu Shiqing?

His parents' tombstones?!

Wen Ruan felt that her relationship with Fu Shiqing wasn't yet close enough for them to sit and chat at the cemetery together...

She kept her head down, but out of the corner of her eye, she saw her phone light up; it was a message from Li Qiu:

I arrived in Haishi a little early because something came up. I'll wait for you at the coffee shop you booked. Don't rush, just come on time. I have some work to take care of.

Wen Ruan's heart skipped a beat, and she quickly asked:

How much longer until you get to the coffee shop?

[Less than ten minutes.]

She panicked; this was truly the end of the world!

Unexpectedly, things didn't go as planned, and Li Qiu arrived ahead of schedule.

Wen Ruan looked up at Fu Shiqing, then forced a smile and replied to Li Qiu.

"What's wrong? Something you need to do?"

"Um... how about we call it a day? I have to go back now. Let's hang out again next time, okay?"

Are your family members strict?

Wen Ruan gave a vague reply.

Fu Shiqing looked down at his watch. Only fifteen minutes and thirty-six seconds had passed since he saw Wen Ruan.

So short.

Although Fu Shiqing was somewhat reluctant, he still chose to respect Wen Ruan's wishes.

"Okay, let's meet again next time."

Next time, he will definitely bring the best gift for Wen Ruan.

"I'll go pay the bill!"

Wen Ruan, clutching her schoolbag, hurried to the cashier and whispered to the clerk, "Sister, leave my coffee there, don't take it yet, I'll be right back!"

Shop assistant: "Huh? Oh, okay."

Fu Shiqing walked over and ruffled Wen Ruan's hair, saying helplessly, "I've already paid, you silly girl."

"I don't know."

Wen Ruan and Fu Shiqing left one after the other, and Fu Shiqing even wanted to call her a taxi, but Wen Ruan immediately refused:

"No need, I can go back by myself."

Fu Shiqing stared at her for a moment and said, "Alright, don't stay out too late, and remember to let me know you're safe when you get home."

"Uh-huh."

After they parted ways, Wen Ruan pretended to cross the street, and once Fu Shiqing was completely out of sight, she quickly ran to a coffee shop to sit down.

When Li Qiu arrived at the store, he was surprised to see Wen Ruan there.

"You arrived so early?"

"Yeah, I was just hanging out here this afternoon, and I was thinking of coming over early to finalize the contract details."

Wen Ruan's legs were sore from running that she could barely stand. She breathed a sigh of relief after sitting down.

Little did she know that at that very moment, Fu Shiqing was standing across the street watching them.

The coffee shop's windows are not one-way; people outside can clearly see inside.

Fu Shiqing frowned and pulled out an old-fashioned mobile phone from his pocket.

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