Chapter 61
Chapter 61: Paper Cup Phone
“I wonder if you’re familiar with the girl sitting in front of you?”
Wen Yu stared at him suspiciously. “What do you want?”
“Well… don’t look at me like that, I just want to get to know her…” He said, looking shy.
“No need.”
Wen Yu walked away.
Chen Minghe hastily stopped her. “Why, brother!”
“Why? We’re not acquainted. Why should I help you? Besides, you’re someone who’s been in trouble with the law, definitely a dangerous person. She’s somewhat of a friend to me, so wouldn’t it be pushing her into a pit of fire?”
Wen Yu pushed Chen Minghe aside. “Don’t come to me in the future. I’m not interested in competing with you in piano, and it’s even less likely that I’ll help you with anything.”
Chen Minghe initially tried to block him with his seemingly sturdy body, but he easily pushed him aside. He tried to push back but failed miserably. Wen Yu may not look strong, but he had surprising strength.
Hidden deeply indeed.
Feeling defeated physically and unable to gain the upper hand verbally, he could only protest, “Wen Yu, you can’t say that. My run-in with the law was a misunderstanding, a misunderstanding! What pit of fire? My reputation may not be great, but am I really a pit of fire? I’m innocent.”
“I can’t tell. I won’t help, end of discussion, don’t block me, goodbye.”
As soon as Wen Yu finished speaking, he returned to the classroom.
At that moment, the music for class began playing, and the math teacher entered with test papers, starting the lesson.
Below, Wen Yu secretly passed a note to Fu Chengque:
“Chen Minghe just approached me, wanting to meet Lu Min.”
Fu Chengque, already feeling dizzy from the physics problems being taught by the math teacher, looked surprised when she saw the note from Wen Yu.
Wen Yu nodded.
“Seriously? You’re not tricking me again, are you?”
“When have I ever tricked you with other people’s affairs?”
“Hmm, why would Chen Minghe want to meet Lu Min? Does he have some ulterior motive?”
“I think so too. He’s a big troublemaker, so I didn’t say much to him and just turned him down.”
“You did great! Commendable! Let’s avoid him in the future.”
“I also saw Fan Liming.”
“Huh? What was he doing here?”
“I don’t know. I glanced at him, and he left.”
“Maybe he wanted to find Xiao Gua… I don’t dare ask what’s going on between them, and Xiao Gua didn’t tell me either.”
“Let’s observe a bit more. Anyway, we can’t let him affect Xiao Gua’s grades.”
“You’re right!”
With that, Fu Chengque scratched her head.
She looked around, pondered for a moment, and then continued writing:
“The math problems about the speed of sound propagation are so difficult… I can hardly understand what the teacher is saying anymore.”
“It’s just a variation of the ‘meeting each other’ problem. You need to break down the problem and solve it step by step. If you need, I can teach you in more detail.”
“How do you calculate for different mediums?”
“It’s the same. It’s a bit hard to explain in writing, I’ll teach you after class. Pay attention in class first.”
Fu Chengque agreed superficially, but her mind was elsewhere. She suddenly remembered teaching about making a paper cup telephone for short-distance communication.
She hadn’t tried it herself yet!
That evening, Fu Chengque immediately started experimenting when she got home.
With a rope and two disposable cups, she made the “telephone” by stringing them together.
Excitedly, she shouted from her room to Wen Yu, “Wen Yu, open the window!”
The window on the other end opened a crack.
“What for?”
“Open it wider!”
The crack widened a bit, but not enough for even a head to poke out.
“Why are you fussing around? Open it all the way!”
“Are you crazy? Will you not feel cold if it’s all the way open?”
“I’m not cold, I’ve already opened it all the way!”
“What are you up to?”
“I made this thing!”
Fu Chengque held up the cup, excitedly displaying it.
“Childish.”
With a slam, the window shut again.
The Empress, furious, grabbed the cup, put on her slippers, and stormed into Wen Yu’s bedroom.
Then she saw a large cream puff on the desk.
“Oh, you’re eating. Hurry up before it gets cold.”
Then she started tossing things from Wen Yu’s side to hers.
Wen Yu looked at her antics, feeling speechless.
“You have too much free time. I guess you don’t have exams recently?”
“I’m confident in continuing to improve, and besides, you’re not studying either.”
“There’s a world of difference between you and me.”
Fu Chengque tried a few times but didn’t succeed. Wen Yu watched nervously as the dangerous act unfolded.
He quickly grabbed it and threw it into Fu Chengque’s bedroom.
The girl clapped her hands in excitement.
“Wow, that’s great! I’ll go back now, you stay here and listen, see if you can hear me!”
She handed the cup to Wen Yu and hurried back home.
Soon, the string of the cup tightened. Then, through the cup, Wen Yu heard Fu Chengque shouting next door:
“Hey hey hey, Wen Yu?”
“I hear you.” Wen Yu shouted back.
“Wow! It really works!” Fu Chengque was very pleased, then realized, “Don’t shout, I can hear you directly…”
Then she covered the cup with her hand to reduce the volume and continued speaking softly, gesturing for Wen Yu to listen, which Wen Yu did.
After Fu Chengque finished, she shouted excitedly, “Can you hear me?!”
Wen Yu joyfully replied, “I can hear you!”
“Did you hear me?!!”
“I heard you!!”
“Wow! I want to hear too, it’s your turn to speak.”
She put the cup to her ear and watched as Wen Yu started speaking, but all she heard was a buzzing sound, nothing else.
“Did you speak?” she shouted.
“I already did.”
“What did you say? Why can’t I hear?”
“I said, ‘I can’t hear either.'”
Fu Chengque dropped the cup with a snap. “Wen Yu, I’ll get back at you sooner or later!”
***
On Tuesday, Chen Minghe came again, but this time he didn’t call for Wen Yu. Instead, he stood in the corridor, staring at Class Four.
He annoyed everyone in Class Four.
“Is that Chen Minghe?”
“Who else could it be? But why didn’t he call for Wen Yu today?”
“It seems like he’s not here to find Wen Yu…”
Fu Chengque and the others discussed the situation in their group chat:
【Queen’s First Harem】(5)
【Fu Chengque】: Chen Minghe is so annoying, Wen Yu, go beat him up!
【Wen Yu】: Aren’t you afraid I won’t win?
【Fu Chengque】: What’s there to fear? You’re so popular in Class Four now. When you shout, a bunch of people will naturally come.
【Wen Yu】: Come on, ever since I became your deskmate, I’ve become the “public enemy” of boys in Class Four, haven’t I?
【Fu Chengque】: Is that so? Am I really that popular? Hehehe.
【Fu Chengque】: Can you stop dragging this out… [Cat eagerly anticipates]
【Fang Ling】: Chen Minghe doesn’t seem like he’s looking for Wen Yu today.
【Lu Min】: Indeed, but I feel like he’s looking in our direction.
【Fang Ling】: I’m gonna pluck out his eyeballs!
【Fu Chengque】: He’s not looking for Wen Yu, he should be looking at @Lu Min.
【Fang Ling】: ???
【Xiao Gua】: Wow, what’s this news all about!
【Fu Chengque】: Yeah, he wants to meet Xiao Min through Wen Yu…
Fu Chengque looked ahead, and Lu Min turned around with a shocked expression.
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