My Childhood Sweetheart Gradually Puffed Up CH.64
Chapter 64: What the hell, childhood sweetheart.
In the following two days, Xiao Gua never mentioned her own affairs to Wen Yu and the others.
But outside the Class Four classroom, there was some commotion.
Chen Minghe, for some reason, got a ukulele and would often sit outside during breaks playing it. However, his string instrument skills were not as impressive as his keyboard skills, and it was clear he had recently picked up the ukulele, playing it intermittently.
He also sang and played, singing some songs he had written himself.
It was somewhat disturbing.
However, he remained relatively quiet; aside from playing the ukulele, he didn’t do anything else, and no one paid him much attention.
Saturday evening.
There was no wind that day, but it was bitterly cold.
Earlier, Wen Yu’s mom had entered Wen Yu’s bedroom, felt the temperature, then brought in an extra thick quilt, covering him up.
As she left, she said, “It’s going to snow. Make sure you wrap up warm.”
Wen Yu looked outside… it was too dark to see anything.
As the early morning hours approached, the temperature continued to drop. Then he heard a girl next door exclaim:
“It’s snowing!!”
He opened the window just a crack and caught a glimpse of tiny snowflakes falling gently in front of him.
“Wen Yu, it’s snowing!”
“Yeah, I see it. Isn’t it cold with your window open so wide?”
“It’s not cold, it’s not cold.” Fu Chengque reached her hand toward the sky, and when a snowflake landed on her hand, it melted instantly due to her warm palm, and she regretfully said, “I hope it snows heavily tomorrow. I want to see everything covered in white!”
“Are we still making sausage?”
“Oh right, let me ask my mom.”
Across the window, Fu Chengque disappeared for a few minutes and then returned.
“My mom said we’ll see the weather tomorrow. If it’s not sunny, she won’t make it. It’s snowing early this year.”
“Okay, I have an appointment to take Banben for neutering tomorrow morning.”
“It’s so cold. Will it be okay?”
“What could happen? It’s warm indoors, so it’ll be fine. Plus, I bought him a new cat bed; it’s very warm.”
“Then I’ll go too!”
After chatting for a while, they both felt too cold and closed their windows to sleep.
The next morning, Wen Yu took Banben out, and Fu Chengque was already waiting outside.
She was wearing the sweater from her last birthday, her face flushed.
As they walked and talked, Fu Chengque looked up at the sun.
“What a pity.”
“Yeah, it’s a real shame.”
“I was really looking forward to it.”
“So was I.”
“Really? I didn’t expect you, Wen Yu, to like it so much. We really are childhood friends!”
“Otherwise, why would we chat so well? That’s called having common topics.”
“Indeed, indeed,” Fu Chengque nodded, “I find that I can chat with you more and more. You always understand my thoughts.”
“Your thoughts are my thoughts.”
“It’s all because of this crazy weather, hot one moment and cold the next, getting our hopes up for nothing.”
“Exactly, this is my biggest anticipation of the year, happiness and deliciousness start from this month!”
“Huh? Happiness seems… delicious?”
“Isn’t it delicious? I love eating it.”
“I don’t think it has much taste. Why do you like eating it so much?”
“I eat it every year, it’s fragrant and delicious.”
Fu Chengque stopped in her tracks, her little face full of confusion. “Wen Yu, what are you talking about? Is it snow?”
“What snow?” Wen Yu also stopped, curious now. “Can you eat snow? Were you just talking about snow?”
“Then what else could it be? What were you talking about just now?”
“Your mom’s homemade sausages.”
“……”
The Empress took a deep breath, suppressing her inner restlessness and calming herself.
At this moment, she felt indifferent, devoid of desires. All that innocent and naive talk, all that nonsense about Qingmei, heh.
***
Banben was unusually quiet, acting like a boss at home and barely daring to breathe outside.
Only at the last moment when it was caught by the medical staff and taken into the operating room did it look at Wen Yu and Fu Chengque’s faces and start howling.
Fu Chengque laughed heartily. “It’s saying, ‘Let me go, I’ll kill you smelly humans.'”
Wen Yu also chuckled. “No need to guess, that’s probably it.”
The neutering surgery was quick, but it would take some time for the anesthesia to wear off.
Wen Yu and Fu Chengque waited outside.
By the roadside, a father was teaching his young son how to ride a bicycle. The child was nervous, barely managing to pedal a few times before jumping off, much to the frustration of the parent, who had already lost patience with teaching.
Fu Chengque pointed to the pedestrians on the roadside, sighing heavily. “Mortals! Their efficiency in education and learning is extremely low!”
“What’s the opinion of Empress Fu?”
“Ah! ‘Empress’ sounds good!” Fu Chengque grinned, “I like that title!”
She continued, “If I were Empress, I could just wave my hand, and everyone would learn these simple things.”
“Great! Looking forward to it!”
“Yes! You stick with me, and when the time comes, I’ll enlighten you first, hahaha…”
“Then can you give me a bit of ‘attraction to girls’?”
“What are you up to?”
“I just want to enjoy the feeling of being surrounded by birds and flowers, you know, like the weak water of three thousand, just taking a sip, you get it?”
Fu Chengque immediately made a sword gesture and poked Wen Yu, shouting, “Ding! Attractiveness to girls decreased by 1!”
“Wow! You’re so malicious!”
Poke!
“Come on!”
Poke!
“You’re causing me so much harm! If I end up lonely in my old age, you’ll be responsible!”
Poke poke!
“If you don’t use your power, you’re treating me like a sick cat.”
Wen Yu also made a sword gesture and poked Fu Chengque in the waist, quickly chanting, “Rebound! ‘For every 1 point I decrease in attractiveness to girls, Fu Chengque must increase 10,000 points of responsibility’!”
“Wow! Your skill name is so long! And you’re adding so much ‘responsibility,’ that’s too much!” Fu Chengque exclaimed in shock.
Wen Yu: Poke!
“I’ll poke you too!”
The two of them had a lively exchange, attracting stares from passersby.
They reluctantly stopped, feeling embarrassed. Just as they stopped, Fu Chengque suddenly shook with excitement, frozen in place:
The system suddenly issued a task!
[Task: Whisper to Wen Yu for 10 minutes, without forcing, enticing, or provoking him, and while Wen Yu is conscious, the whispering can be cumulative, but it must reach 10 minutes within 1 hour.]
[Task Duration: 499h59m59s]
[Task Rewards: +10 in Mathematics Understanding, +10 in Language Understanding, +10 in English Understanding, +5 in Comprehensive Understanding of Other Subjects, +15% Learning Speed in the Next Half Month, +2 Stamina Recovery Ability, Special Perfect Task Reward: Random Reward]
[Punishment For Failure: -20 in Comprehensive Learning Ability, -15% Learning Speed in All Subjects]
[Good Luck!]
Whispering??!!
Is it the kind where you lean in and whisper secrets in his ear?!
How… how close do I have to get?!
And it’s for ten minutes, what kind of secret can you whisper for that long?
Ah, I’m doomed!
Last time it was sleeping next to him, now it’s whispering, will the next task be to close the book on the spot?
What kind of wisdom is this system exhibiting?!
Fu Chengque felt both embarrassed and annoyed, feeling restless. The system was making it too difficult!
Her initial idea of doing the task well, using various thinking modes and experimental combinations to complete it, was instantly shattered.
She sneakily glanced at Wen Yu, who was completely unaware, lost in thought as he watched the teaching father and son.
While she didn’t dislike the idea of whispering to him for ten minutes, could it really last that long?
Fu Chengque took a deep breath, keeping a close eye on Wen Yu—
Forget it! Let’s give it a try!
Fu Chengque rallied.
Regardless of what the reward is, no matter how the task goes, she wants to truly complete it once. Even if she ultimately fails, she hopes to gain more valuable experience and grasp the pattern of completing tasks…
Most importantly, she, Chengque, must not lose face!
No risk, no gain—
Target Empress, here I come!
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