Chapter 153
Chapter 153: The Strategist Attempts to Rebel
It was nearing the end of February.
Monday was refreshing and pleasant, but the pressure of the second mock exam shattered the mood of spring.
Fu Chengque looked at the weather outside and thought of something delicious, which made her somewhat regretful.
“It’s a pity we can’t go for an outing in this weather…” Fu Chengque said.
Delicious food was important, but studying was even more important.
“After the second mock exam, don’t we have time?” Lu Min turned around and said, “We can go out for a walk. The weather seems good this week.” After yesterday, she seemed to have changed in front of everyone, becoming more mature and lively.
Fang Ling looked surprised, “Min, how come I feel like you’ve grown overnight?”
Lu Min said, “It’ll be your turn next.”
Fang Ling closed her eyes and said, “I’ve long transcended the mundane world, and all things return to tranquility…”
Fu Chengque thought of her “other important matter” and felt even more regretful, “I have something to do this weekend.” After speaking, she glanced at Wen Yu.
Someone wanted to be an incompetent ruler, and she had agreed.
Although it hadn’t been long, she had completely forgotten why she had agreed in the first place. Anyway, the quagmire was deep, and she couldn’t get out.
Xiao Gua shouted, “Min, do you have time? Can you teach me this question…”
Lu Min leaned over, “I have time, I have time.”
Fu Chengque “complained” again. She leaned back, rested her head on Fang Ling’s desk, and tilted her head to touch Fang Ling’s head, sighing deeply, “Ah— I want to eat the green dumplings made by Xiao Gua’s mom.”
Fang Ling said indignantly, “You’re touching my head and talking about Xiao Gua, huh!”
Fu Chengque chuckled, “Your head is almost the same as Xiao Gua’s.”
Upon hearing this, Xiao Gua said, “My mom might not make them this year…”
Lu Min and Fang Ling also became interested and asked questions from all sides, finally understanding what “green dumplings” were.
Lu Min was extremely excited, “I’ve never eaten them before! I want to try! Does it have wormwood? Can you make dumplings with wormwood?”
Fang Ling scoffed and said, “What do you think? My family can make them too. My mom can make them.”
She continued, “If you want, I can bring some for you.”
Fu Chengque was delighted and jumped up, saying, “Does your family pick them themselves?”
“It depends. If there’s no time, we buy them. If there’s time, we pick them ourselves.”
“Ah… that’s great.”
“When I get some, I’ll bring some for you.”
“I want, I want!” Lu Min raised her hand.
Fu Chengque wasn’t as excited; she preferred to pick them herself outdoors. But in senior year, there wasn’t as much free time as before. All she could do was study, study hard, so she wouldn’t regret it in the future. That’s what the teacher said. Wen Yu also occasionally said so.
Fu Chengque leaned back on her desk, her arm resting on her chin as she spoke, “Wen Yu, what are your thoughts on university? What ‘major’ would you choose?”
Wen Yu glanced at her, “I’ll choose normally, consider the opinions of the elders around me, and combine them with my own interests to make a choice.”
“I want to be an Empress!”
“Great!”
“Are there any Empress majors? Like learning how to beat people and manage people as an emperor?” She asked excitedly.
“Archaeology.”
“…”
Fu Chengque imagined herself wearing a felt hat, rolling up her sleeves, holding a small shovel and brush, wearing rubber shoes, and bending over to scrape the soil. She couldn’t help but hold her head, “Empress is already something from the ‘ancient’ times.”
But she wasn’t sad at all, and there was even a faint excitement—
One day in the future, Empress will return to the world!
How brilliant that will be!
On the other hand, she was also considering, what if she didn’t become Empress? What if the system disappeared? Where would she go from there?
Wouldn’t she still need to choose a reasonable major for her future?
These questions lingered in her mind.
***
At the end of the day on Monday, Wen Yu and Fu Chengque walked home together.
Fu Chengque still had to go to the auditorium, where the sophomores were rehearsing a play.
Fu Chengque envied the lively scene on stage, thinking to herself that she didn’t even have time to go out and pick grass on the weekend, while they even had time to rehearse a play. How nice.
She watched one of the actors’ dance performances, made a few comments, and then left.
It was cold outside.
And windy.
When she walked out, Wen Yu was nowhere to be seen. She took out her phone and saw a message:
【Wen Yu】: Went to the bathroom, be back soon!
【Fu Chengque】: [Cat speechless]
After replying to the message, she hugged her arms and hid behind a tree to shield herself from the wind.
When Wen Yu came back from the bathroom and saw Fu Chengque crouching behind the tree, her unsuspecting appearance made him suddenly playful. He crept along the wall, crouching and approaching slowly, intending to walk past her and pat her shoulder to startle her.
Step by step, Fu Chengque had her back to him, showing no reaction.
“Fu Chengque!”
He suddenly attacked, taking a step forward and slapping her on the back.
But the next moment, he saw Fu Chengque suddenly turn around and grab his finger.
In that instant, there was a look of satisfaction and triumph in the girl’s eyes after her successful plot.
She burst into laughter and said, “You ambitious strategist, daring to ambush me, you’re guilty of rebellion!”
Wen Yu chuckled in response, “As a tyrant like you, everyone must be executed!”
Fu Chengque was furious, “You dare to talk back, I’ll drag you to the ‘prison’ and serve you with severe punishment!”
“Where did you get a ‘prison’?”
“I’ll call the police to arrest you!”
“Then I’ll have to escape? From now on, I’ll be a fugitive.”
“Wanna leave!?”
Fu Chengque raised her eyebrows, gripping his index finger even harder, pinching it fiercely.
With an angry tone, she said, “Let’s go, I’ll take you to the ‘Sky Prison’!”
With that, she dragged Wen Yu forward.
Wen Yu pretended to struggle for a moment, but didn’t break free, allowing her to pull him along.
The area was dimly lit, but ahead was the main road, where the lights were bright, and some students were still leaving school.
Fu Chengque took a few steps and felt something was off.
What was this now?
She thought it was just playful, but to others…
She was holding Wen Yu’s hand?
Oh!
This…
This, this, this!
It’s a big misunderstanding!
With this thought, she immediately let go with a flushed face and a pounding heart, not daring to look back, muttered, “Just follow me!” Then she hurried forward…
Wen Yu chuckled softly and followed at a leisurely pace.
***
Not far behind the two, a fat and a thin figure happened to witness the “halfway” scene. They didn’t see the whole process, but they saw the most exciting part.
The fat one said, “Fu Chengque… and Wen Yu, did I see it wrong?”
The thin one said, “We’ve been watching for half a year, can we still be wrong? Every time it seems like it’s not, but the next day it always turns out to be true.”
The fat one said, “Just now, Fu Chengque took Wen Yu’s hand first, didn’t I see it wrong?”
The thin one hesitated to answer.
The fat one sighed and continued, “This is too fast, I didn’t expect their relationship to progress to this point already.”
The thin one remained silent.
The fat one made a concluding statement, “Not handsome, indeed can’t understand the initiative of girls like that.”
The night wind rose again, and the thin one felt even colder.
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