Su Mu had just drunk, but although his mind wasn’t quite clear, he still remembered the man’s cold attitude towards him the last time.

He quickly lowered his head and silently splashed water on his cheeks, pretending not to recognize him.

The incident of opening the wrong door last time was really embarrassing. Anyone would be wary of someone stealthily unlocking their door, but he still felt that the man’s reaction at that time was a bit excessive…

He thought of that person’s attractive eyebrows and eyes, his figure that’s comparable to a model, and the mask covering his face.

Uh, this guy, could he be a celebrity?

When Su Mu worked in public relations, he had interacted with a few celebrities. He knew that some black fans often maliciously stalked these public figures, making many celebrities paranoid about being watched and tracked, even suspecting peeping toms.

The more he thought about it, the more he felt that this was the case. He believe that this person mistook him for a perverted stalker, or worse, the kind of pervert who wants to break in!

After Fu Cheng finished washing his hands, he casually pulled out a few pieces of tissue, slowly wiping the water droplets off his hands. After cleaning them, he turned around and walked out without even looking at Su Mu.

Seeing that he didn’t recognize him, Su Mu was inexplicably relieved. Then, he dawdled in front of the mirror for a while before finally going out after ten minutes.

When Fu Cheng returned to the private room, Yang Wenxuan was busy sending WeChat messages. When he heard the movement, he raised his head and glanced at him.

“What’s with your expression? Did you encounter something strange again?”

A while ago, Fu Cheng received a package containing a letter. He had quite a few admirers, and every now and then, someone would confess their feelings to him. At first, everyone thought it was just another love letter from one of his admirers. Yang Wenxuan even jokingly commented that it was so old-fashioned and cute in this day and age.

No one paid attention to it at first, and Fu Cheng threw it away without even looking at it. But the letters kept coming without fail, one each day, and they were sent to different places he often visits.

This person seems like a creepy stalker, they knew Fu Cheng’s whereabouts thoroughly.

Yang Wenxuan felt that something was wrong, so one day when he saw the letter in the study room, he directly opened it. The contents of the letter were really unsightly, and it can be summed up in one sentence without censoring, the person who wrote the letter wanted Fu Cheng to possess them fiercely…

Fu Cheng wasn’t a good-tempered person, so his face darkened on the spot.

The sender was also bold, leaving their phone number on the package carelessly without hiding it at all. Yang Wenxuan didn’t know what to say about this person, he thought that this pervert’s mind must have been kicked by a donkey.

Fu Cheng immediately found a lot of information using the phone number. This person was considered a rich third generation, his family was out of town, and he recently came to the capital city to visit friends. Some time ago, he ran into Fu Cheng by chance, and fell in love with him instantly at first sight.

Back in his hometown, the rich third generation lived very indulgently and promiscuously. His private life was very chaotic. He had just arrived in the capital city and didn’t know Fu Cheng’s family background, and Fu Cheng had always kept a low profile, so the person didn’t take it seriously and shamelessly stalked him.

He also knew in his heart that it was difficult to win someone like Fu Cheng who was “cold and unapproachable”, so he spent a lot of money to find a professional private investigator to follow him around, and while he was thinking about how to get him, he wrote explicit love letters to confess his love.

This person was so arrogant and bold, saying whatever came to mind. Yang Wenxuan heard that when he drank too much, he once boasted to his friends, saying that before he left, he would sleep with Fu Cheng, even if he had to drug him.

Of course, this was just the dream of an idiot who doesn’t know the consequences of his words, and the God of Longevity hangs himself too much [1].

Sure enough, not even two days later, that rich third generation was blocked outside the bar and was beaten up for some unknown reason. After waking up, without waiting for his injuries to heal, he hurried back to his hometown.

Yang Wenxuan thought about this and lifted his eyelids to glance at Fu Cheng. Seeing that his eyes were deep and he was in a bad mood, he changed the topic calmly.

“I heard that that person from the Su family went to the school to report today. Speaking of which, it’s been half a month since he came back. Have you two met?”

Fu Cheng leaned lazily against the sofa and took off his mask, saying, “I saw him at my door last night.” After he finished speaking, he remembered the person he had just met in the bathroom and rubbed his temples irritably.

Yang Wenxuan clicked his tongue, “At your place? He ran to your place to find you? No, you just changed your address and moved recently… He seems to be quite well-informed, it couldn’t be that he hired a private investigator to check on you, right?”

Fu Cheng picked up the teacup on the table, the coldness in his eyes was covered by the dense heat rising from the hot tea: “He said he went to the wrong place.”

“This excuse is so clumsily made up. I bet it’s probably because he heard the wind that you’re determined to break off the engagement, so he came to test your attitude.”

“I didn’t agree to this marriage.”

Yang Wenxuan shrugged, “But your grandfather agreed.”

Fu Cheng gave him a cold glance.

Talking about this matter was a bit odd. It was unknown which string was wrong at the beginning, Grandpa Fu decided to follow the trend and arrange a childhood betrothal for 5-year-old Fu Cheng. In the end, after looking around, he ended up choosing such an unremarkable child from the Su family.

When the Fu family heard about this arranged marriage at that time, they were also surprised. No matter how they thought about it, they couldn’t figure out what Grandpa Fu was thinking. However, Grandpa Su has always been resolute in his decisions, and the children were still young, so no one can say for sure what will happen in the future. In addition, Su Mu went abroad not long after, so the matter was left unresolved. Many people didn’t take it seriously, so they didn’t mention it to Fu Cheng.

But who would have thought, they didn’t mention it, but Su Mu’s father came to mention it. At that time, Fu Cheng was still in high school. When he learned about the childhood betrothal between him and Su Mu, he refused on the spot, and even had a fight with Grandpa Fu over it.

However, it turned out that Su Mu heard about Fu Cheng’s rejection and threatened to commit suicide while abroad. Although he was saved later, Grandpa Fu softened his stance, fearing the situation could turn tragic, and eventually decided to let go of the matter.

Yang Wenxuan also had some interactions with Su Mu when they were younger. Although many memories had become blurred, he still vaguely remembers that Su Mu was a little crying bag, crying and making a fuss when things went wrong, anyway, he didn’t like it.

Thinking of this, Yang Wenxuan continued to ask with interest: “Did he say anything else to you?”

“No, he didn’t say anything, he pretended not to know me…”

Fu Cheng frowned. The last time they met at his door, he didn’t recognize Su Mu. After all, he never cared about this person, and he didn’t take him seriously at all, so he naturally didn’t know what he looked like.

It’s just that Su Mu accidentally turned on the speakerphone that night, and he heard Grandpa Su’s voice. He thought about what the old man said, and only then did he realize who Su Mu was.

What’s wrong with this person? He came back threatening to commit suicide, insisting on marrying him, but now, when they meet, he pretends not to know him.

In front of his eyes, Su Mu just lowered his head, his face was flushed and he dared not look at him…

Fu Cheng stroked the teacup with his slender fingers, his expression indifferent.

Heh, instead of suicide, amnesia?

Naturally, Yang Wenxuan didn’t believe such nonsense. Not knowing him, but still kept holding onto Fu Cheng, insisting on coming back to marry him? And even making a fuss about going to the same school?

He glanced at Fu Cheng’s somewhat displeased expression and smiled, “No matter what methods he uses, his goal is to get you to marry him. But I think this approach is easier to handle than faking suicide and making a big scene. In my opinion, since he pretends not to know you, you should also refrain from exposing him. Be careful not to push him to the point where he resorts to drastic measures. If that happens, your grandfather may soften his stance, and you might end up in trouble.”

After saying this, seeing that Fu Cheng didn’t respond, he shook the teacup in his hand and teased, “I heard that he’s quite good-looking. If all else fails, you could just…”

Fu Cheng glared at him coldly, “Shut up. I will never marry him in my entire life.”

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He didn’t know if the expensive dinner played a role or if the other two people in the dormitory were able to mediate the situation, but Zhao Xuzhe hasn’t been insinuating and sarcastic towards Su Mu in the past two days, and the atmosphere in the dormitory was also good.

But he was not in a good mood, because just now, he received the original owner’s credit card bill from last month.

It was over 17,000 yuan, and after deducting the money spent on the treat last time, the balance in his bank account was less than 500 yuan. And this 500 yuan will be his living expenses for an entire semester…

Su Mu stared at the bill, feeling dizzy, looking as if he had been struck by lightning.

What on earth did the original owner buy???

He suddenly remembered the pile of unopened luxury shopping bags at home, his eyes lit up, and with a glimmer of hope, he quickly said goodbye to Zhang Fan after class in the afternoon and hurried back home.

At the door of his apartment, he took out the pile of unopened clothes and squatted down to search for the shopping receipts.

It’s a pity that this pile of things has been bought for half a month, long past the 7-day return and exchange period.

Su Mu stared depressedly at the unopened clothes.

Being unable to return them meant losing nearly ten thousand yuan, and the thought of it made his heart ache.

He hurried back in the evening and didn’t have time to eat. It was already completely dark at this moment. He really didn’t want to go back to school hungry, so he went downstairs with his phone, planning to find a restaurant to make do with it.

There was a noodle shop near the residential area. Although the storefront was small, it was surrounded by bright floor-to-ceiling windows, which looks very clean.

Su Mu went in and ordered a bowl of beef noodles. The owner was very reasonable, serving him a generous portion that left him feeling stuffed.

After finishing his meal, he didn’t rush back to school but strolled along the path.

The scenery here was good, with lush green trees casting swaying shadows. It was mid-April, neither hot nor cold, and many people were strolling outside.

Su Mu wasn’t just wandering aimlessly, he kept his eyes on the nearby shops, thinking about finding a part-time job first. After all, his pockets were empty now, and he might not even be able to eat in a few days.

He was busy looking at the posters and advertisements on both sides of the shops when he suddenly heard someone shouting ‘handsome guy’.

Su Mu didn’t think that they were calling him, he just found the voice familiar and turned his head to look. As a result, he saw the young girl he had met at the pet shop last time, waving at him enthusiastically from the entrance.

“Are you calling me?”

The girl flashed a bright smile, revealing her small white teeth. “It’s you! Last time, I was so busy and forgot to properly thank you. The boss just bought ice cream, please have one.”

After she finished speaking, she turned to go back into the shop to get the ice cream.

Su Mu had just finished eating and was too full to eat more, so he stopped her: “No need, I just finished eating, thank you.”

The girl made a slightly disappointed sound, but she didn’t leave. Instead, she struck up a conversation with Su Mu: “Is your home nearby? Hey, you’re a student in the university town!”

Su Mu nodded, tacitly confirming. He thought the girl looked quite young and probably also a student from this area, so he casually asked, “Are you a student from around here too?”

The girl giggled and seemed happy: “No, I just work here, but there are a few students in the coffee shop on the corner ahead, and they are students from the university town.”

Su Mu’s eyes lit up when he heard the words: “Is that shop still hiring part-time workers?”

The girl shook her head: “It’s been a long time since they stopped hiring. There are so many students here, and the demand for part-time jobs exceeds the supply.”

Su Mu sighed, realizing that the nearby part-time jobs must have been taken by students from the university town. He decided to ask Zhang Fan to inquire at school to find out for him, or go to the school’s BBS for a visit.

Seeing him frowning, the girl asked, “Are you looking for a job?”

Su Mu let out an ‘en’. He must find a job as soon as possible, otherwise, if there was another unexpected situation, he might really eat dirt.

The girl thought for a while and clapped her hands: “Hey, I know a job, it should be very suitable for you! Do you remember the Czech Wolfdog last time? That dog is very energetic, and the owner is looking for someone to walk the dog. 50 yuan for every half an hour. How does that sound to you?”

This kind of profession of walking dogs on behalf of others also existed in Su Mu’s original world, commonly known as a dog walker, who specializes in helping people exercise and walk their dogs. This job does not require any skills, it’s simply a matter of paying attention to always keep the dog on a leash and keep away from children.

Czech Wolfdogs are indeed very energetic. They need to be walked at least 3 hours a day, otherwise, they would make a fuss and cause havoc when they come home. Moreover, the dog was still in its infancy, it was necessary to take it for many walks at this time, so as to form a good habit from an early age.

The girl smiled and said, “The owner of the dog lives near here, so it’s convenient for you to be close. It would be great if this is possible.”

This job pays quickly, suits him well, and is not troublesome at all – it’s simply tailor-made for him!

The girl smiled and said, “The dog owner lives nearby, so it’s convenient for both of you. If it works out, that would be great.”

Su Mu also thought it was great. He already liked that dog a lot, and hearing about this opportunity instantly brightened his mood. He even felt that God was really kind to him, allowing him to come across such a good job.

“I don’t have his phone number. If you’re not in a hurry, you can wait here for a while. He reserved a dog harness yesterday and said he would come to pick it up in the evening. Looking at the time, he should be here soon.”

 

[1] There’s an idiomatic expression about the God of Longevity hanging himself, and here, it probably implies that the person was seeking death.

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