Chapter 162
Chapter 162: “In-Laws.”
The next day.
The sky cleared up.
To be precise, it was still two or three days away from the Awakening of Insects, but the change in the solar term had already arrived.
Fu Chengque’s lantern flower outside the window bloomed. Despite yesterday’s wind and rain, the flower buds were completely intact. Early this morning, a few flowers had unexpectedly bloomed. The girl there had been shouting loudly early in the morning, and the whole world knew that her potted plant had bloomed.
When preparing breakfast, Mother Wen laughed and said, “Xiao Yu’s potted plants have all bloomed, while Qiao’er’s flowers are just starting to bloom.”
Father Wen raised his eyebrows to look at the winter plum in the living room, “After all, they’re not the same price. Your son’s is obviously not cheap.”
“It’s only a few dozen!”
“Do you believe everything he says?”
Mother Wen scolded, “Isn’t it for the family? You don’t even understand buying some flowers and plants to make our home feel like home. If you dare to say anything more to him, I’ll argue with you!”
Father Wen felt slighted and dared not speak again.
When Wen Yu came out to eat, the scene was warm with fatherly love and filial piety.
After breakfast, Wen Yu waited for Fu Chengque. She held a half-eaten bun and hopped outside, while Mother Fu chased after her scolding, “I told you to wake up early, but you didn’t listen and couldn’t wake up even when called. Now you’re in a hurry… Xiao Yu… help me carry this bag of buns… you can have two on your way too…”
Wen Yu took the steaming bun, feeling tempted, having skipped breakfast, he directly started to munch.
Fu Chengque saw and shouted, “That’s mine, that’s mine!”
Mother Fu gave her a pat on the back of her head, “I said Xiao Yu can have two, there are still buns left in the bag, stop fussing!”
“Oh…”
The two went downstairs under Mother Fu’s gaze.
Mother Fu watched her daughter leave, then returned to the living room and slowly ate breakfast. Father Fu sat in front, reading the newspaper meticulously. Nowadays, fewer and fewer people subscribed to newspapers.
After some thought, Mother Fu said, “My mom asked me to improve relations with the neighbors.”
Father Fu glanced up and said while reading the newspaper, “Relations are fine.”
“Better.”
“How much better?”
“In-laws.”
Father Fu’s hand trembled.
He glanced at his wife, then angrily gathered up the newspaper, took a sip of soy milk to suppress the turmoil in his heart, and said, “Does your mother favor Xiao Yu so much? Or is it that she thinks the Wen family is quite good?”
“Both.”
“Why?”
“Knows them well, and the relationship is good.” Mother Fu finished speaking, then suddenly became angry, “Why are you glaring at me! I’m also in a difficult position, really!”
Father Fu immediately softened, comforting her, “I didn’t glare at you!” Suppressing his anger, he continued, “Shouldn’t your mom ask Qiao’er’s opinion?”
Mother Fu gave her husband a disdainful look, “I did ask. Where would Qiao’er accept such talk?”
“She doesn’t understand, she’s still young, and she insists on doing these things!”
“She’s in university.”
Father Fu choked for a moment, sighed, and said, “True, she’s grown up.”
He pondered: In terms of relations, the neighbors are the best, better than relatives; in terms of character, the Wen family, a couple who have been friends for many years, know each other well and have good character; in terms of feelings, they value friendship and harmony, which is more harmonious than his own family; in terms of upbringing, the couple are also loving and the children are well-behaved. On weekdays, Xiao Yu is obedient and clever; in terms of potential… Xiao Yu is much better than their own daughter! In terms of family background, they are evenly matched.
After this analysis, he realized — Qiao’er had climbed quite high!
But it’s quite common for the woman’s family to climb a little higher…
Wait a minute, wait a minute, doesn’t this just show that Qiao’er and Xiao Yu are very suitable!?
He immediately felt sour, and asked, “What did Mom say?”
Mother Fu hesitated for a moment, then said, “After the university entrance exam, depending on the situation, we’ll go through the motions of engagement.”
“Engagement!? So urgent! No, no, no, no.”
“If you don’t agree, Mom will be anxious. If she’s anxious, who knows what might happen!” Mother Fu said angrily.
“…”
Father Fu was helpless.
After a long time, he sighed, “Let’s wait and see, and besides, the university entrance exam lasts a long time. After the university entrance exam, there are also two or three months. At that time, I’ll go to the neighbors and ask, and you should also ask for their opinions! What if Xiao Yu doesn’t agree, right…”
Mother Fu nodded, tacitly agreeing to this.
***
The spring scenery was in full bloom.
On the way to school, there was a breeze blowing everywhere.
When passing through more open areas, the wind was stronger, and it was mixed with bursts of floral fragrance. Without seeing the flowers, there was the scent of flowers. This peculiar sight delighted Fu Chengque.
She looked around, seeing the scenery she had seen for many years once again.
Unlike usual, today she was a bit further away. The two of them were walking towards the bus stop, about two steps apart.
Wen Yu naturally knew the reason, so he didn’t disturb her.
Fu Chengque shouted from a distance, “~There’s a floral fragrance!”
Wen Yu smiled in response, “It’s spring.”
“What kind of flower’s scent is it?”
“I’m not sure.”
Fu Chengque didn’t speak anymore.
She followed quietly behind, the wind tousling her hair as she played with it. When a white butterfly flew by, she went to look at it. When the leaves rustled, she listened to the sound of the leaves…
Wen Yu glanced back with his peripheral vision, suddenly thinking of the Flower, Letter, Wind.
The first solar term of Jingzhe is peach blossoms.
At this time, it’s rainy, and after the peach blossoms bloom, they are easily wet by the rain. Peach blossoms dampened by rainwater will constrict their angry blooming posture, becoming more restrained and subtle, and their colors will become lighter, gentler.
Just like Fu Chengque at the moment.
When they got on the bus, Fu Chengque sat far away and sat next to a strange girl. Wen Yu didn’t sit; he stood beside Fu Chengque, looking down at her, which embarrassed her all the way.
School matters proceeded as usual.
When Teacher Chen came early in the morning, his dark face seemed to have robbed the spring breeze. Everyone looked over, and there were four words written on his face: “I feel so good!”
The results of the second mock exam were out, and Class Four achieved complete victory!
Not to mention others, Wen Yu’s lump of scores had improved compared to last time.
Xiao Gua, who was ranked 15th in the previous mini-exam, was now 13th, just one step away from the top ten in the class!
Fang Ling advanced by one place from last time, and this time she remained unchanged, ranking seventh.
Lu Min’s performance was somewhat special; her scores improved, but her ranking dropped, landing her in fourth place.
And the reason for Lu Min’s situation was Fu Chengque —
Fu Chengque surpassed Lu Min, ranking third!
Top three in the whole class!
She and Cheng Pingce, who was ranked second, were neck and neck. As for Wen Yu, he widened the gap in scores, leading by a large margin.
Dominating Class Four was within reach!
When the results were announced, the atmosphere in Class Four was intense, with continuous whispers. Chen Xiongguo smiled and looked on, not intending to interrupt the excitement.
Someone whispered, “My grades have improved, hahaha! The questions this time were so difficult, and that Fu Chengque can still fly so fast…”
Someone else whispered back, “Do you know who she’s sitting next to?”
“Yeah, even Fang Ling and Peng Hui’s scores improved quickly.”
“Peng Hui is almost in the top ten now, she used to be worse than me!”
Another voice chimed in, “Cheng Pingce’s performance in the third mock exam is hanging by a thread…”
“Even if it’s hanging, he’s still in the top five, his grades have improved, what’s to worry about?”
“Yeah, I’m worried about myself, hahaha…”
Excited, Fang Ling patted Fu Chengque’s shoulder, “~Chengque, Chengque, you’re in the top three! Awesome!!”
Fu Chengque said, “Hehehe…”
Xiao Gua also leaned over to share the joy, “I’m almost in the top ten too, hahaha, oh my god, I, Xiao Gua, also have a day like this!!”
Fu Chengque and Fang Ling turned their heads to congratulate Xiao Gua again.
At this moment, Lu Min turned back and sighed softly, “Oh, I’ve been surpassed by Chengque again…”
Fu Chengque quickly reached out to touch Lu Min’s face, comforting her, “I’m sorry, I’m sorry!”
“Pfft… My grades have still improved, you don’t need to apologize…” Lu Min chuckled, “And I’ve been improving for several times in a row, never sliding back, which is really good!”
Everyone nodded in agreement: indeed!
Xiao Gua, Fang Ling, and Lu Min turned back to thank Wen Yu again. After all, he had helped them a lot!
Actually, Fu Chengque most wanted to share this joy with Wen Yu, but she was very conflicted: on one hand, she really wanted to celebrate with Wen Yu, but on the other hand, she was tightly constrained by her thin face. Whenever she saw his face, she couldn’t help but look at his forehead, and when she looked at his forehead, she blushed and her heart pounded…
In such a situation, the girl rejoiced on one hand, and lamented on the other.
She rejoiced in the progress she had made through her efforts;
She lamented that she couldn’t talk to him anymore… It seemed like the task was hopeless, she couldn’t even dare to look at his face, let alone let him hug her?
What should she do…
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