My Childhood Sweetheart Gradually Puffed Up CH.143
Chapter 143
Fu Chengque prioritized her tasks, and for now, the minor exams were the most important.
She decided to focus on her language and literature.
Tuesday night was cooler than the day, and it started to drizzle. Unlike the cold, this rain carried a moist and humid atmosphere.
After changing into her frog pajamas, the girl packed up a set of test papers and went to Wen’s house.
There was a clattering sound coming from the balcony as Mother Wen collected the clothes she had dried during the day and locked the sliding door.
Seeing a figure, she wasn’t surprised, but she reminded, “Qiao’er, don’t study too late. Remember to rest.”
Fu Chengque sweetly responded, “Got it, Auntie.”
The light was on in Wen Yu’s bedroom, and the door wasn’t tightly closed, allowing a faint beam of light to escape. She approached quietly, pushed the door open slightly, and peeked inside.
The youth was sitting at the desk, muttering to himself.
She dispelled the idea of startling him, knocked on the door.
Knock, knock.
Without lifting his head, Wen Yu said, “Empress, when did you become so polite? Not like you at all, usually you lack manners.”
“Strategist Wen, you’re judging me unfairly! I’ve always been civilized and polite!” Fu Chengque retorted with annoyance, then closed the door behind her, walked to the desk, and gleefully asked, “Strategist, are you writing strategies for my stable rule?”
Wen Yu unfolded the folded paper, ran his finger along the center seam, and said, “Your Majesty, I intend to divide the area north of the Yangtze River under your family’s control, while the area south of the Yangtze River will be managed by my Wen family on behalf of the empress, facilitating governance and achieving rapid pacification of the realm!”
Fu Chengque perked up her ears, frowned, and waved her hand, “Wouldn’t that be a division of the family! No, no, we are one family!”
The youth chuckled, “Okay, we’re one family too.”
Putting down the paper, he returned to the main topic, “I was just working on the math paper, trying some challenging problems.”
“How’s it going?”
“Okay, I can solve them, just taking a bit longer.”
“Oh. Today, I want to work on the comprehensive humanities. After I finish, you can take a look.”
“The chair is behind.”
Wen Yu shifted to the side, making space on the desk. The desk had also been tidied up, clearing away many things that were originally piled on it, so studying together was not a problem.
Fu Chengque didn’t say much either, dragged a chair and sat down, focusing on her work.
Outside the window, the rain was falling gently, accompanied by the wind. The wind blew the rain against the window glass, sliding down to form long streaks.
Fu Chengque relaxed her eyes and looked at the streaks for a while before saying, “It suddenly started raining, it hasn’t rained much before.”
“It’s almost time for the rain. There will be more in the future.”
She was surprised, “Oh?”
Wen Yu looked up, “Now is the time for the beginning of spring. After Yuanxiao, it will be the Rain Water solar term, and it will rain a lot.”
Fu Chengque murmured in surprise, “So fast.”
Time passed in the blink of an eye.
The beginning of spring, it seemed to have entered unnoticed, without any waves, without any signs.
“Why don’t I feel anything about the beginning of spring?”
“Maybe because this winter in Jiangcheng was colder compared to the past few years, which were warmer. When it gets warmer, it will be more obvious when spring arrives.” Wen Yu also looked up, shaking his slightly sore wrist.
His gaze turned outward, it was pitch black outside, the night had deepened, and the lights were all extinguished.
Between the buildings, darkness obscured everything, unable to see a hand in front of one’s face.
But the waterline in front of him was clear, vivid, and lively, no wonder Fu Chengque would mention it.
Then, suddenly, the girl became interested, “Speaking of which, two years ago, Xiao Gua and I went for an outing. It wasn’t exactly an outing, we went with Xiao Gua’s mother to pick some wild vegetables, which can be used to make something to eat. They’re green.”
“Mugwort?”
“Huh!? I don’t know…”
“It should be,” Wen Yu recalled, “There are also some here in Jiangcheng. Some are rolled into balls and sweetened, and some are mixed with meat and vegetables.”
“That’s right, Xiao Gua’s mother added vegetables, it’s a bit like pickled mustard greens in braised pork, formed into a dumpling! Super delicious!”
“I think I’ve tried it. If we go again sometime, bring me along.”
“Haha, it depends on someone’s sincerity!” Fu Chengque crossed her arms, looking pleased.
“I’m going to bed.”
…her expression froze.
“Aren’t you sleepy?”
…the girl’s face turned red.
“Want to sleep?”
“You, me…” Qingmei trembled, pointing at the boy in front of her, her eyes extremely unwilling.
“What, do you want to sleep with me?” Wen Yu laughed.
“Nonsense!” Fu Chengque spat, “I wouldn’t sleep in your dog’s kennel!”
Then, angrily, “I finished writing, help me check the paper! You promised to take responsibility, wake up and look, teach me a lesson!”
Wen Yu sighed mockingly, “Okay, okay, I’ll indulge you.”
He took the paper, carefully examined it, and then took a red pen to earnestly correct it.
After a while, he looked up, frowned, “You’ve made quite a few mistakes. You didn’t do your winter break homework seriously during the Spring Festival, and your review wasn’t enough. This paper wasn’t done seriously either, you got some questions right but also chose wrong answers. And there are quite a few essay questions in the comprehensive humanities, many of which you didn’t grasp the main points, veering off track while writing.”
Fu Chengque first looked slightly annoyed, then furrowed her brow, and finally began to panic.
“What to do… what to do… I did relax a bit during the Spring Festival, karma came so quickly.”
“You’re an Empress, why fear karma?”
“Haha, true, I’m not afraid…” she took a deep breath, then hesitated, “A little afraid, what if I don’t do well, wouldn’t that be bad?”
Wen Yu chuckled lightly, “Come on, I’ll teach you.” He glanced at the time as he spoke.
The hour hand had passed twelve, but Fu Chengque had made quite a few mistakes, tonight wouldn’t be enough.
***
On Wednesday, he woke up early.
It was drizzling overnight, and the temperature was low, with a chilly wind blowing.
Wen Yu lingered in bed, dragging until the last minute to get up. He ate breakfast while walking.
Fu Chengque immediately expressed disdain, sneering, “Young people nowadays have no spirit at all! You couldn’t handle just one night of review?”
Wen Yu glanced at her, took a fierce bite of breakfast, and didn’t respond.
This day was just as difficult to endure as the night before. He felt that he needed to rest early tonight.
But Xiao Qingmei didn’t think so. The number of mistakes in yesterday’s language and literature was a bit excessive, and she couldn’t stand it herself. So she found another stack of papers to do and, to express gratitude for the teacher’s hard work, brought a pot of her dad’s Yunwu tea, deliberately adding more tea leaves. The caffeine concentration was astonishing.
He originally wanted to refuse.
But when he thought of Fu Chengque’s soft hands massaging him up and down, he felt more invigorated than by this strong tea—
***
Class! Class! Class!
Not only on Wednesday, but Fu Chengque came again on Thursday night, the day of the minor exam.
Wen Yu was stunned, “Don’t you even rest for exams?”
The girl replied seriously, “Although the minor exams are important, the second mock exam is the real showdown! We can’t slack off before the second mock.”
“Will overexertion like this backfire? One could miss the mark, fail at the critical moment, lose the advantage…”
“I seem to be fine!”
Wen Yu pursed his lips and didn’t say anything.
He thought about himself, the chosen one, who had been blessed by the mysterious system multiple times with a strong body. Even he was feeling a bit overwhelmed. Why should Fu Chengque be stronger than him?
Oh!
It seemed like the system had never enhanced his mental state. The recovery of his mental state depended solely on his own condition.
Thinking like this, Fu Chengque shouldn’t be much better off.
Was she pushing herself too hard?
Wen Yu glanced down at the girl who had started to work on the questions, feeling somewhat speechless.
After pondering for a while, he asked, “Why is being a representative so important?”
Fu Chengque suddenly looked up and nodded vigorously, “It’s very important.”
“Why?”
“I don’t know. It’s just my feeling, it’s particularly important to me.”
Wen Yu didn’t know how to respond, so he just said, “Carry on. I’ll take a look later.”
Leaving a significant mark in high school, was it really that important to Fu Chengque?
He didn’t know. He wasn’t her, so he couldn’t fully understand her thoughts.
However, he suddenly felt that if he could sit here with her and strive together, it wouldn’t be bad.
She wanted to become a representative.
Didn’t he want to touch the seat of the first place in the grade?
Of course, he did!
Very much!
Since that’s the case, let’s do it!
Even if his body was tired and his mind exhausted, he wasn’t afraid.
After all, he was the Chosen One, a strong man blessed by the system. He had secret techniques—
Divine Art: Realm of Freedom!
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