Chapter 164
Chapter 164: Wen Yu Wants to Fool Me
On Tuesday afternoon, Wen Yu retrieved his essay from Chen Xiongguo.
Chen Xiongguo wasn’t polite in his revisions, deleting and changing some parts, leaving some seemingly humble words and adding some pertinent praise. Wen Yu felt that this old man Chen was giving himself praise. He happily accepted it and planned to practice reading it twice in the evening.
When he came back, Fu Chengque and the others were chatting happily.
Their smiles were brighter than the spring flowers outside.
He approached them, “What are you chatting about, laughing so happily?”
Xiao Gua whispered, “Someone posted the rankings of the second mock exam online, Wen Yu, you’re famous now!”
“Online?”
“On Tieba!”
Wen Yu’s first reaction was Weibo, but later he thought that these students probably didn’t use Weibo. It seemed like there were no campus walls at this time either, so there was no fun in posting secrets on walls.
Currently, Tieba was the most popular among students.
There was also a Tieba for Second High School, which Wen Yu had known about since earlier years. He used to occasionally check it out but didn’t pay much attention to it.
Fang Ling added, “Chengque has been famous for a long time, someone always mentions her!”
Fu Chengque perked up her ears and leaned over, but didn’t ask. Xiao Gua asked on her behalf, “What do they say about Chengque?”
“Good-looking, pretty, aloof, but she’s already taken.”
Xiao Gua wondered, “How is Chengque aloof! She’s obviously super cute and very friendly!”
Lu Min said, “That’s your opinion.”
Fang Ling nodded, “Exactly, just look, besides chatting with us, has Chengque ever chatted with anyone else?”
Lu Min continued, “Among the boys, probably only Wen Yu and Chen Xiongguo…”
Xiao Gua asked, “Does Chen Xiongguo count as a boy?”
Fang Ling tapped the table, “Chen Xiongguo doesn’t count!”
Lu Min said softly, “Then it’s just Wen Yu…”
The three looked at each other and suddenly jokingly exclaimed:
“Yeah!”
“Yeah~”
“Yeah—”
“Yee!”
“Yee~”
“Yee—”
Fu Chengque was puzzled, so she stepped forward and asked, “What are you doing? What’s with ‘Yeah’ and ‘Yee’?”
Fang Ling suddenly hugged Fu Chengque’s head and laughed, “We’re saying ‘Yeah’ and ‘Yee,’ someone is your only one! Haha!”
Fu Chengque blushed and tried to defend herself, but Xiao Gua and Lu Min said strange things on both sides, making her head dizzy and her body start to heat up. The events of Sunday gradually came to mind, the feeling of lips, the warmth of the forehead, and Wen Yu’s sudden strong grip around her waist all rushed into her mind and couldn’t be stopped.
She suddenly realized that the boy she was closest to might not just be close anymore…
After a while of laughter, they quieted down and focused on their studies.
The leaves outside the classroom rustled.
Wen Yu listened for a while, then bowed his head to reply to some messages he received from Lou Xuanli in the morning. Things had been stable lately, not much to deal with, but he still had to take some time at noon to reply, it had become a habit.
The afternoon passed quietly.
Fu Chengque’s interactions with Wen Yu were limited, and she didn’t look at him much. Even when she did, she would turn her head away, leaving only half of her blushing face visible.
She also started pursing her lips.
Because now Wen Yu often stared at her lips.
Sometimes they both zoned out, turning it into a strange scene where although they were looking at each other, one was looking at the forehead while the other was looking at the lips, resulting in neither of them looking into each other’s eyes. At such times, they could still face each other for a while, but once their eyes met, Fu Chengque always had to retreat, avoiding eye contact nervously.
This awkwardness made the usually cheerful and confident Empress very uncomfortable.
To the point where she suspected she was sick!
Occasionally, Empress wanted to return to her carefree self, but she couldn’t resist Wen Yu’s gaze when they faced each other.
This pretense made Empress extremely annoyed.
Even when she was guiding the sophomore girls in dancing at night, she held her breath, frightening the younger girls into thinking they had angered their senior sister with their poor performance.
To avoid seeing Wen Yu and further exacerbating her physical discomfort, she closed the curtains at night—just closed them, without closing the window glass.
On her side, she practiced her speech repeatedly, whispering to herself the words she had written:
“Respected school leaders, teachers…”
As soon as she finished speaking, Wen Yu’s voice suddenly came: “…Dear students, colon!”
Fu Chengque choked, glanced at the curtain, and continued: “…Dear students: It is a great honor to stand here with everyone on this sunny and hopeful day, witnessing this unforgettable moment together. I…”
Suddenly, from the other side, “Exclamation mark! Change ‘exclamation mark’!”
Fu Chengque immediately became annoyed, she pulled open the curtain and angrily said, “Wen Yu, what are you doing!”
Wen Yu looked up with a puzzled expression and said, “I’m rehearsing my speech…”
“You…”
Fu Chengque lowered her gaze slightly and indeed saw Wen Yu standing in front of his desk, holding a sheet of paper.
She suppressed her anger a little and asked, “Why do you always pick up where I left off?”
“It’s just a coincidence, I’m practicing my speech!”
“Nonsense, who practices a speech and reads out the punctuation marks! You’re just picking up where I left off!”
Wen Yu protested, “Coincidence?”
Coincidence my foot.
Wen Yu was doing it on purpose.
Seeing the curtain being pulled open across from him, he smiled and sat back at his desk. “Fu, your delivery lacks emotion. You’re there to inspire people. If you keep reading like this, everyone will fall asleep! This won’t achieve the goal of promoting your group and making people remember Empress.”
Fu Chengque immediately stopped reaching for the curtain.
Then Wen Yu said, “You can’t think of yourself as Empress right now, speaking with an air of authority. You have to think of yourself as a brave warrior, charging forward, stirring up enthusiasm, you know?”
Fu Chengque nodded somewhat understandingly.
Then he heard the boy’s pleasant voice whisper softly, “Come over here, I’ll teach you…”
The girl widened her eyes and quickly shrank outside the curtain.
“I’m not going!”
“Why not?”
“You’re definitely teasing me!”
“Tsk! Your Majesty, think about it. When I was your strategist, have I ever teased you? Which advice wasn’t useful?”
“…”
“I’m helping you now, making people remember you, expanding your influence. Your influence is equivalent to mine. I’m helping myself. I’m not stupid. Can I harm myself?”
“…”
Fu Chengque pondered for a while in silence and said, “Then… just teach me like this, I won’t come over.”
Wen Yu chuckled, “Aren’t you afraid of disturbing others?”
After a moment, he added, “Forget it, with Fu’s intelligence and talent, a little practice should be effective. I’m going to bed now, good night!”
“…”
In the end, Fu Chengque didn’t dare to go over.
She couldn’t even imagine what would happen if she did, or rather, she didn’t dare to be alone in the same room with Wen Yu now… The throbbing from deep within pounded her heart, making her dizzy and disoriented, lost in wild thoughts…
As she lay in bed, she thought about her task.
Plan A failed, and there was no Plan B.
How could she complete it!
Right, fake illness?
Like last time, fake illness would work!
She just had to sit in the living room, pretend to have bumped her toe, let Wen Yu carry her to the sofa or bed, easy peasy! But…
What if he trips while carrying her?
And if he does, will he kiss her?
This time, she kissed Wen Yu again, or rather…
Is Wen Yu going to kiss him!?
Oh my god!
Wen Yu, you big liar! Luring her over just to kiss her!!!
Oh my god!
What am I thinking…
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