Chapter 6

Fu Cheng graduated from the Imperial College of Economics and Trade, and was two years older than Pang Shanshan. They met each other on the subway. When Shan Shan was travelling on the subway when she was a freshman, she was harassed. Fu Cheng saw it and decided to take action by pushing the pervert’s hand away and standing by her to block her from the crowd. Pang Shanshan was a polite girl, and had a good impression of him due to his aid. Hence, she asked him for his contact information when he got off the subway. That was how the two got to know each other. They called and chatted every day and six months later, Fu Cheng gave her a large bouquet of roses and confessed his love.

Pang Shanshan had a good impression of Fu Cheng, so she accepted with a blushing face.

Yunyu and Song Jingjing were both there during the confession. They thought that such a beautiful love would last forever and bear fruit.

Pang Shanshan thought so too. Till this day, she felt that the two of them will get married, start a family and give birth to a lovely baby.

“He has been working overtime these days.” Pang Shanshan’s eyes curled with a smile, “We haven’t seen each other for half a month. Let’s go out for dinner later.”

Song Jingjing was happy for her friend, “You and Fu Cheng have a very stable relationship, and you’ve dated for 3 years. Do you have any plans to get married?”

Pang Shanshan smiled and said, “I plan to wait for two years. We are not very old and his job is not stable.”

Some time ago, Yunyu told Shanshan a fortune and said that in less than a month, Shanshan and Fu Cheng will break up. Her two friends have forgotten, probably because they have not yet accepted that their friend who was a top student of a higher education institution had become a feudalistic superstitious fortune-telling master.

Yunyu did not speak up. She simply sat on the sofa thinking about her family affairs.

She did not know how her mother’s health was holding up.

An hour later, Fu Cheng arrived. His workplace was not in this area and hence he was a little unfamiliar with the area. After looking for a long time in the hot weather, when he arrived, he was sweaty. He was dressed formally in a white shirt, suit and trousers. Paired with gold rimmed glasses, he looked gentle and scholarly. He did not expect Song Jingjing and Yunyu to be there, and he was still shocked. Seeing him sweating, Pang Shanshan took a wet kerchief and wiped his sweat, “Fu Cheng, it’s late. Xiao Yu’er will go back to her hometown tomorrow and will be staying with me tonight. Let’s go eat first so that you can go home and rest earlier.”

Fu Cheng looked at Yunyu, “Does she want to live here tonight?”

Yunyu sat on the sofa and looked back at him quietly.

Fu Cheng felt that Yunyu’s gaze was too straightforward and could perceive people’s hearts. He turned his head to cover up his panic. He took Pang Shanshan’s hand and walked inside, “Shanshan, come with me. I have something to discuss with you.”

Pang Shanshan also turned around and said to two friends, “You guys wait for a moment.” While following Fu Cheng, she said coquettishly, “Fu Cheng, what is this? What do you have to say that can’t be said in front of Xiao Yu’er and Jingjing.”

When the two walked into the room, Fu Cheng closed the door.

Song Jingjing and Yunyu who were in the living room looked at each other. Song Jingjing wondered, “Why do I feel that Fu Cheng is a little weird.”

Yunyu agreed, “En”. After a while they heard Pang Shanshan’s raised voice, “What are you talking about?”

Fu Cheng hurriedly said, “Shanshan, lower your voice. I am in a hurry. Can you help…” The voice gradually lowered, and the two people outside could not hear what was going on. Song Jingjing glanced at Yunyu in a daze, not understanding what they were arguing about inside.

Pang Shanshan in the room was so angry that she almost cried. She did not expect that Fu Cheng was here to borrow money from her, about 200,000 yuan worth of it.

She was anxious and angry. She was thinking about Xiao Yu’er telling Jingjing and her fortune half a month ago. Yunyu said that she would break up with her boyfriend within a month of her lending him money. She never took it seriously. This kind of thing was too mysterious, but what Xiao Yu’er said actually came true. Fu Cheng just walked in and immediately asked to borrow 200,000 yuan. Does this mean that they will be breaking up soon? The anxious voice in her heart became louder.

Fu Cheng slightly bent over and looked at Pang Shanshan, “Shanshan, please help me. I need the 200,000 yuan urgently. I will return you the money.”

If there was no Xiao Yu’er, Pang Shanshan would have almost immediately agreed to lend out the money. After all, she did have 200,000 yuan on hand, plus they had a three-year relationship. But, with what Xiao Yu’er had said, she started to panic. Why would Fu Cheng borrow money? Why did they split up? Did he break up with her after borrowing the money?

She held back her rattled heart and decided to tell a lie, “Fu Cheng, I just started out working. Where can get 200,000 yuan to lend you?”

She never told Fu Cheng about her situation at home. She only mentioned that her parents were both locals and they carried out small businesses in the Imperial Capital. In the Imperial Capital where there were crouching tigers and hidden dragons (T/N: 卧虎藏龙 wò hǔ cáng lóng – many hidden talents. In this case, many bigger players in the business world making Shanshan’s family business seem small in comparison), those were indeed small businesses. She lived her life no different from other ordinary girls. Though her family had some savings and she had tens of thousands as her pocket money along with her dad’s secondary card, she was not one who simply spent. She ate and wore common stuff and when she went out, she often traveled by subway. She even bargained when she bought goods.

Fu Cheng said anxiously, “Shanshan, your family is also in the Imperial Capital. They should have some contacts. Can you lend me 200,000 yuan first?”

Pang Shanshan cried, “Fu Cheng, tell me what is this money for? “

Fu Cheng remained silent, and only spoke in a hoarse voice after a while “Shanshan, after being together for so long, are you unwilling to help even for this?” As soon as he finished speaking, the door to the room was kicked open with a “peng” (T/N: sound of something being slammed), and he saw Yun Yu and Song Jingjing standing there.

Song Jingjing glared at Fu Cheng furiously. Just now when Shanshan was angry and raised her voice, Jingjing was unable to sit still. Hence, she pulled Xiao Yu’er to the door to eavesdrop. When she heard Fu Cheng borrowing money from Shansha, she remembered Xiao Yu’er‘s divination for Shanshan. Feeling unsure, stunned and angry after overhearing for a bit, Jingjing could not help but to kick the door open.

Fu Cheng’s face was a little ugly. He took off his glasses and pinched his eyebrows, “What are you doing in here? This is my personal business with Shanshan.”

Song Jingjing said angrily, “Fu Cheng, do you still want your face? The first thing you open your mouth is to ask Shanshan to lend you 200,000 yuan . What do you need the money for? You even dare to use the emotional card to guilt trip Shanshan. If you had any feelings for Shanshan, can you bear to do this?”

Pang Shanshan looked at Yunyu with red eyes and a helpless expression, as if wanting to confirm whether Yunyu’s fortune-telling was true or false.

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Yunyu shook her head and looked at Fu Cheng, “Don’t know if I should congratulate you. Since you seem to have just gotten engaged and are about to be married, please stop pestering our Shanshan. You had a good three-year relationship and should have ended on good terms. Why bother to cheat away Shanshan’s money in the end.”

The meaning of this was too obvious. It seemed that Fu Cheng was getting engaged and was about to get married. But he has not even met Pang Shanshan’s parents, so naturally he would not be marrying Shanshan. .

Fu Cheng’s calm face split a bit, leaving only panic.

Song Jingjing and Pang Shanshan were stunned. Shanshan even forgot to cry. Her tears were sliding down on her cheeks, looking a little pitiful.

Fu Cheng said with difficulty, “You! What are you talking about?”

Yunyu said, “You know what I said.”

“Fu Cheng,” Pang Shanshan looked at him with trembling lips, “Is what Xiao Yu’er said true? Are you engaged to someone else? Are you really getting married to someone else? Why?” Wasn’t their relationship very good? Why did he want to marry another woman silently,

“Who is she? Why did you become like this?” For a moment, the room was silent. Even Song Jingjing did not speak.

After a long time, Fu Cheng slumped into the chair behind him. He lowered his head and said with difficulty, “Shanshan, I’m sorry. I didn’t want to do it, but I couldn’t help it. This world is too realistic. I grew up in a small place and am the hope of the family. Who doesn’t like this blooming Imperial Capital. I would also want to stay, but you know how expensive the house prices are in the Imperial Capital. How hard will it be for me to become a permanent resident here? Can your family provide for us a stable home? Shanshan, your family has a small business and my family is not rich. It is too difficult for us to make a down payment.

When I was in college, a female classmate was pursuing me and she pursued me for three or four years. She is from the Imperial Capital and her family can also fund the down payment for our house. There are even relatives in the family who are the bosses of big companies which is also helpful to us. Shanshan, I’m sorry. I could not control myself. The reason why I wanted to borrow the money is because we were short on the down payment. Shanshan, I’m sorry. I should not have deceived you.”

“Fu Cheng, you bastard!” Pang Shanshan howled, she did not expect her love would lose to reality.

But the thing was, she could have realized the reality that he dreamt (T/N: As in to help him fulfil his dreams).

Song Jingjing started with a dazed expression.

Yunyu did not say a word. She felt that it was a good thing that Shanshan did not tell Fu Cheng about the specific situation of her family.

Fu Cheng got up, his eyes flushed, “Shanshan I’m sorry. I’m shameless this time. We should stop contacting each other in the future.” After saying that, he turned around and left the house, leaving the three girls in the room. Shanshan’s cries echoed in the house. Song Jingjing and Yunyu looked at each other. After a while, Song Jingjing went to close the door. She wrung a handkerchief and wiped Shanshan’s face, “Shanshan, stop crying. After leaving such a scumbag, you’ll be able to meet even better men in the future.”

Pang Shanshan cried, her face smeared with tears and snot. “We only met three or four years ago. At that time, a female classmate was chasing him. He didn’t even bother telling me. Why are men’s minds so deep? Also, isn’t it just a down payment? Who can’t afford it? I can even buy him the whole house! Wuwu…(T/N: Sound of crying)”

Yunyu and Song Jingjing both had a complicated expression on their faces: Our family can’t afford it…

“Jingjing, Xiao Yu’er, you say…” Shanshan was still sobbing, “Is the blame on me? If I took him back to see my parents earlier, would this not have happened? I said that my family runs a hotel. He…he…Why did he think that our family can’t afford the down payment?”

Her family ran a five-star hotel.

Yunyu could not hold back and tried to persuade her, “Shanshan, don’t cry. It’s not worth it. Fu Chengxie had malicious thoughts. He looks gentle, has downward eyebrows, a sharp chin, thin lips, and a mole on his face. He has the face of a playboy. He said that he only agreed to that female classmate’s pursuit recently, but actually, he was intimate with her two or three years ago. So, no matter what you do, he still would not have been a good match.”

Pang Shanshan cried even more sadly.

Shanshan cried for half an hour, her eyes were red and swollen, and she definitely could not go out to eat. Song Jingjing went outside to pack some food and came back but Shanshan refused to eat. Song Jingjing and Yunyu just ate a little and accompanied Shanshan to talk. At that moment. Shanshan did not want to say a single word. She felt that the three years of love had been fed to the dog.

At eleven o’clock, in the middle of the night, Pang Shanshan fell asleep crying.Song Jingjing was worried.

“Shanshan will be fine,” Yunyu said, “Don’t worry. Just let her cry it all out. Shanshan will be fine. It will go well in the future, and there will be a man who will love her very much.”

Jingjing stopped fretting.

One of her best girlfriends had really changed from a prestigious top college student to an awesome fortune-telling master.

The two took a bath and went to sleep, and the three lay on the same bed sleeping peacefully.

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The next day, Yunyu woke up at 4:30 am. Song Jingjing heard the movement and asked in a daze, “Xiao Yu’er, are you going to catch the high-speed rail now?”

Yunyu said, “I will wash up then head out using a cab. Come to accompany Shanshan after work these days. She must be very sad.”

Song Jingjing yawned, “You should quickly wash up and head out otherwise you’ll be late. Remember to buy some breakfast on the way. Don’t go hungry. I’ll come over to accompany Shanshan these few nights.”

Yunyu went to the bathroom to wash her face and brush her teeth. She came out and added some spiritual spring water into the water dispenser. These few days, Jingjing will be staying over and they could both drink it.

It was 5.00 am when Yunyu left the house. She called a cab and got to the high-speed railway station in an hour and a half.