Fu Yingxiang obviously ignored Ling Zhan. She even hurriedly put the half-formed desserts into the steamer basket. Then she hugged the steamer basket, turned around to avoid Ling Zhan's line of sight, and walked towards the stove that was already steaming.
"Let me help you..."
Ling Zhan did not see anything strange, so he hurriedly bumped into the muzzle of the gun.
"No need."
It was a very polite but distant response, which was equivalent to not responding at all.
Fu Yingxiang was very skillful. She directly avoided Ling Zhan's outstretched hand and very steadily placed the steamer basket on the boiling water of the iron pot.
Ling Zhan's hand missed and hung awkwardly in midair. At this moment, he realized that there was something wrong with the atmosphere. In this kind of situation, people would subconsciously ask for help from the people around them. He turned his head to look at Ye Huanyan, but the moment he saw Ye Huanyan, he remembered what happened in the past. It seemed that this person was not the right person to ask for help, so he looked away.
Because of this, he missed the best time to make eye contact.
Ye Huanyan naturally did not understand why he was so conflicted. She frowned and looked away from him. She called Fu Yingxiang and said, "How much more do you want to make? Is one steamer enough?"
"I originally planned to make more for you to eat during the New Year, so there's no rush to make more. This is just to see how much it is first and then make one more steamer. Then we'll take some to the hospital and give it to Xiao Yue."
Fu Yingxiang lowered her head and walked past Ling Zhan directly towards Ye Huanyan.
Ling Han coughed dryly and stood up.
"You guys are busy. I'll go out first."
After saying this, he glanced at Ling Zhan. It seemed that he could not bear to see him being ignored like this, so he helped him out.
"Ling Li is running around every day. You should control her a little. Uncle called me the day before yesterday to ask about her homework. Has she started to do the graduation design?"
Ling Zhan was stunned for a few seconds and then came to his senses.
"I don't know. She is not inspired every day. In fact, she probably did not study hard in her major. In university, she was busy with the club. She was annoyed that my mother always kept an eye on her graduation design at home, so she came back to lie low."
"Then I suggest you persuade her to come over to help make desserts, and then go to the hospital."
Ye Huanyan suddenly interrupted with a meaningful look on her face.
"After all, my old lady isn't good at anything else, but she's good at jewelry."
Ling Zhan was stunned for a moment and then suddenly came to his senses.
Ye Huanyan's mother, Wen Yi, was not good at making jewelry. She was a master. If she was willing to tutor Ling Li for two days, her graduation design would be miles ahead of her peers.
Ling Zhan did not care about his sister's graduation design, but he was grateful that Ling Han and his wife helped him out. Hearing this, he hurriedly pretended to be enlightened and hurried out of the kitchen to find Ling Li.
Only Ye Huanyan and Fu Yingxiang were left in the kitchen.
"Sister Ling, what do you think of my work?"
"It's very good. In fact, it would be faster if you had a mold."
"We can do it in batches before the New Year. I will order a mold."
Ye Huanyan put the newly formed dessert in her hand into a new steamer. She looked at Fu Yingxiang, who was obviously absent-minded at this time, and pretended to be casual.
"Sister Ling, during the New Year, we are in the suburbs. We can set off firecrackers. It is very lively. The city center is even more lively at night. I will take you to see the fireworks."
"Yan Yan."
Fu Yingxiang interrupted her. "I will probably go back to Macau in two days. The casino annual meeting is coming."
"It's okay. You can come back after the annual meeting."
"Don't bother. I go out for a vacation every Spring Festival, and this year is the same."
"If it weren't for Ling Zhan, would you refuse if I asked you to stay?"
Ye Huanyan asked straightforwardly.
Since there was no point in hiding some things, it was better to be frank.
Fu Yingxiang didn't look up. She seemed to have expected Ye Huanyan to see through her.
She said in a muffled voice, "I don't know, but I definitely have to go now."
"Why?"
"I don't know."
"Sister Ling, you are not such a wishy-washy person."
Ye Huanyan frowned. "What are you afraid of? Are you afraid that if you enter a new relationship, your future will be uncertain? But there is nothing in this world that is fixed. "
"It's nothing. It's already been booked." Fu Yingxiang looked up calmly.
"I don't have the energy to guess whether it is fixed or not. My life is very good now, so I don't need to make any changes. That's it."
For the first half of her life, she had always thought that her marriage with Gu Sinian was fixed.
Even when he brought Su Ke to tell her to break off the engagement, she didn't doubt that it was fixed. Because she believed in sincerity, she was even prepared to die when Gu Sinian and Su Ke got married. Later on, unforeseen events repeatedly told her that sometimes it was wrong to insist.
It was bigotry, it was a dead end, and it was a case of not crying until you see the coffin.
When she used up all her bigotry in this life, she felt that being content with the status quo was the greatest responsibility for her life, so any unforeseen event was unnecessary trouble for her.
"Then what do you mean by your interactions with Ling Zhan these days? Even Ling Li can see it. "
"He is just a child."
Fu Yingxiang took a deep breath. After a few seconds of silence, she said in a low voice,
"I was too bored recently, so I didn't know how to control the distance between us. But in fact, we are just normal friends."
"Then, two nights ago, where did you and Ling Zhan go?"
Ye Huanyan's question made Fu Yingxiang's eyes suddenly shrink, revealing a trace of nervousness.
"You …"
"Last night, you went out for supper. Gu Chi and I were next to you."
Ye Huanyan did not hide the fact that she had eavesdropped on their conversation.
She was eager to verify her guess. She was eager to confirm whether Fu Yingxiang was avoiding them because she was afraid that it would affect her current life, or if there was another possibility.
"Nothing happened. I am just used to going to the gym at night. I met him that day and he came to the gym."
"Is that so?"
"I said before, we are just normal friends. If I caused him to misunderstand, I will use my departure to dispel such thoughts. So, during the Spring Festival, if his parents come back, Yan Yan, I hope that you can pretend that nothing happened. You don't have to say anything."
Sure enough, it was the second guess.
It was not that she was afraid of attracting trouble, or that she was afraid of disturbing her life.
What Fu Yingxiang was afraid of was disrupting Ling Zhan's original life, disrupting his family relationship, and alarming his parents and siblings …
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