Chapter 67
Chapter 67: Really Fell Asleep!
Wen Yu waited for a while but didn’t hear any movement behind him.
He turned around and saw that Fu Chengque had actually buried her head!
He poked her with his finger.
“Where’s the talk?”
“…”
“You said you had something to say, were you lying to me?”
“…”
“Wow! Are you trying to tease me? Well done, now you’ve learned that too.”
“…”
“I waited for you for so long, and you learned to be mischievous.”
“…”
“Are you asleep?”
“…”
“Wow! Are you really asleep?”
“…”
“Okay, sleep then…”
Wen Yu smiled helplessly. Had Fu Chengque learned to play tricks on him?
She had indeed become more clever. It might not be as fun to tease her in the future… What a pity.
Without caring too much, he reopened his notebook and continued to review while writing. This was already the third person he was helping, and he planned to stay back tonight to finish the most important “Final Exam Knowledge Compilation: Fu Chengque Edition.”
Time was running out, using the notes one day earlier meant higher efficiency, maybe even an extra point—words of wisdom from Teacher Chen.
As long as the girls studied diligently according to his notes, their grades would definitely improve.
On the other hand…
Fu Chengque was lying there, and she had really fallen asleep!!
It was Wen Yu who eventually woke her up. When she woke up, it was almost time for afternoon classes.
Today’s task was a big failure!
The girl regretted deeply. She had promised to throw away her pride, to complete the task at any cost, but she retreated at the first opportunity!
But but but—
Wuwuwu, can’t blame her.
No one can blame her. This task is too difficult. Even the future Empress is a girl. How could she easily put aside her pride and do it?
There’s still time, there’s still a chance…
Practice well tonight and plan for tomorrow’s rematch!
***
On Tuesday noon, during the break after lunch, Fu Chengque decided to try again.
If she failed again, she would have to try a different approach, otherwise Wen Yu would definitely become suspicious if she kept going like this!
But before she could say anything, Wen Yu handed her a notebook.
On it was written “Final Exam Knowledge Compilation: Fu Chengque Special Edition.”
“What’s this?”
“It’s your review notes. I’ve compiled the key points for the final exam for you, summarized some review methods, and highlighted some important content. If you review according to this, you’ll achieve twice the result with half the effort, and your final exam grades will definitely improve a lot.”
Fu Chengque was astonished, “I got up to use the bathroom in the middle of the night yesterday, and I saw your light was still on. Were you working on this?”
“Yeah, it took me quite a bit of effort.” Since he had promised Teacher Chen, if he couldn’t handle this, Teacher Chen would be angry next semester.
“…”
“What’s wrong, don’t you need it?”
“No, no.” Fu Chengque hugged the notebook to her chest, looked into Wen Yu’s eyes, and chuckled, “No wonder you had such heavy dark circles this morning…”
After pondering for a moment, she said softly, “Thank you, Wen Yu.”
“It’s good if it helps you. Remember it, and repay me in the future.”
“Of course, I will definitely repay you! A reward of ten thousand catties of gold!”
“Pure gold?”
“Copper coins.”
“You’re deceiving me like this!”
“It’s an ancient custom!”
“You know about that?”
“Humph, I specially learned about it.”
“Your heart is not upright…”
“Don’t you want it?!”
“I do, I do, copper coins are money too…”
After joking for a few more sentences, Wen Yu leaned on the table, looking at her with eyes bearing dark circles.
And he made her laugh again.
“General Wen, your eyes look so strange, like two glowing black wheels,” Fu Chengque remarked.
Wen Yu pretended to be angry and turned his face away. “I won’t show them to you anymore.”
Fu Chengque quickly apologized.
Then there was a moment of silence.
Suddenly, Fu Chengque patted Wen Yu’s arm. When he turned his face back, she whispered, “General Wen, about yesterday’s conversation, shall I continue?”
“Again?”
“This… this time for real! I must tell you!”
“What’s so important?”
“It’s my secret, shared only with you.”
Fu Chengque’s voice was so calm yet so attractive to Wen Yu.
“Ah… Ah…” Wen Yu smiled embarrassedly. “Then I won’t hold back!”
“Then turn away. You can’t look at me while I speak.”
“Okay.”
Wen Yu turned his face away again and closed his eyes. He felt Fu Chengque move closer, not leaning down but just getting nearer.
After a while, he finally heard her deliberately lowered voice:
“This is a secret. You can’t tell anyone…
This secret starts from when I was eight years old, when I just started elementary school…”
***
Fu Chengque spoke very slowly, taking her time as if telling a sweet and fresh fairy tale.
Wen Yu remained quiet, as if listening especially cooperatively.
But the slight sound had already made Fu Chengque aware of something, yet she didn’t stop and continued:
“…At that time, I had a good friend, very, very good. I loved playing with him a lot, and I felt like I could play with him every day. But one day, I found out he had made a new friend…”
The girl’s voice was gentle, and the story flowed like water.
Until the end, not a single sound came from the boy lying down.
“…That’s the secret I wanted to tell, and it’s also a story about you, hehehe… Wen Yu, do you remember this incident?”
The story was finished, the timer showed 10 minutes and 4 seconds.
However, the completion prompt for the task did not appear.
Wen Yu remained lying down, completely unresponsive.
Fu Chengque reached out and poked him.
“Wen Yu?”
No response.
She stood up, looked at Wen Yu, and indeed saw him sleeping soundly.
“I knew it…”
“Staying up so late, how could he not fall asleep,” Fu Chengque sighed with a bitter smile, feeling somewhat exhausted herself, she gently lay down after restoring the chair to its original position.
This task had failed repeatedly, and she couldn’t blame Wen Yu for not cooperating, nor could she blame herself for not trying hard enough. It just felt like the unpredictability of life.
She sighed. The task was too difficult, and her delicate soul was somewhat injured.
Let’s start, let’s imagine the day when I become the Empress to relieve my worries.
After enjoying the solitude for a while, she involuntarily thought about the main issue:
This method is definitely not going to work. If I keep trying, Wen Yu will definitely become suspicious. Besides, she’s not the kind of person who constantly shares secrets, and she doesn’t even have that many secrets to share with Wen Yu. From childhood to adulthood, they have mostly been involved in each other’s lives. There are hardly any secrets left to share.
Let’s rest for a while.
On Saturday, I’ll go shopping with Wen Yu. Hopefully, by then, I’ll have a flash of inspiration or an opportunity.
Appointed rendezvous…
How strange…
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