Chapter 96: “You Must Miss Me”

Around 11 o’clock in the morning, Fu Chengque finished writing the last word of her essay.

At this point, her head was hanging low, feeling like there were ten thousand little people fighting inside, and her breath was hot, burning her nasal cavity, very uncomfortable.

She felt that even opening her eyes to look at a few words was very difficult.

Her nose was a bit stuffy, and forcefully inhaling couldn’t relieve the anxiety in her heart. She forced herself to review the exam paper several times before finally resting on her elbows.

But she couldn’t suppress the swirling thoughts.

So tired, so uncomfortable.

Ah, she shouldn’t have gone out to play in the snow yesterday, and shouldn’t have come back as if nothing had happened after getting soaked in snow…

Oh, she needed to focus on the exam…

Oh no, being an Empress is really difficult. What’s that word again, destiny is so harsh… Oh, it’s “misfortune.”

It’s me, it’s definitely me!

Sob, it’s me…

After an unknown amount of time, the invigilator reminded, “There isn’t much time left. Students who are sleeping, please finish quickly.” And a little later, the sound of “Hand in your papers” came.

Fu Chengque slowly got up and handed in her paper, then walked outside.

The wind is so cold, but she felt this gust of wind exceptionally cool. After being blown by it, she felt comfortable all over, her body no longer hot, and her head no longer dizzy.

In this case, the afternoon exam should be fine too.

Resting, her body is so great, resting a bit should be fine.

Xiao Gua and the others also came over at this time, chatting around her.

“Chengque, Chengque, we’re done with the Chinese exam! Haha, I think I did great this time.”

“Me too! Wen Yu taught so many questions, it’s really nice…”

“Chengque, you look a bit tired?”

Fu Chengque nodded, “Yeah, a bit tired…”

“Are you okay?”

“I’m fine! Hehehe.”

The smile on her face faded, as if she was the carefree Fu Chengque again.

After chatting for a while about the exam and reviewing the answers, Xiao Gua and the others each went home, while Wen Yu and Fu Chengque went outside the school to eat.

Fu Chengque ate her meal slowly, taking only a few bites, while Wen Yu looked at her, but she didn’t react much.

After dinner, they returned to the classroom to rest.

Somehow, after coming back from outside, Fu Chengque felt extremely uncomfortable.

She had just felt refreshed by the cool breeze, but now it seemed like her whole body was tingling, her head was dizzy, her breathing was difficult, and her chest felt tight.

The overwhelming fatigue and heaviness seemed to sweep over her in an instant, knocking her down on the chair.

She couldn’t move her body, and she didn’t want to move at all.

Her only rational thought told her—it’s over, the illness must have worsened.

She couldn’t think anymore…

Weak all over, yet still hot.

In this state, the afternoon exam wouldn’t be possible…

It’s all over…

This is the final exam.

Sob, it’s so miserable. All the previous efforts will be in vain! She studied so hard, and Wen Yu taught her so hard, everyone worked so hard, but it’s all in vain…

Can she hold on?

It seems like she can, but also seems like she can’t. The afternoon exam is math, after all.

Math requires the brain, but it seems like the brain can’t function…

Oh no, it’s over.

She regretfully mused, if only her body were like an Empress’s, snapping her fingers should restore it, right? Or if she had added more ability to recover her body before…

In a daze, a bright light suddenly burst into her mind—

Transcendence! My Divine Upgrade!

At this moment, she suddenly felt a bit energized, called out the system, and slowly read the skill again:

【[Divine Upgrade: Transcendence]: After activating this skill… will be transformed into… “Body Recovery Speed” to enhance in real-time… Effect lasts for 3 days. Faith Power: After activating the skill, each time the target silently thinks of your name or closely related title, +1 Faith Power. Can only be used once.】

Body! Body recovery speed!

Can it be used?! Can it!?

Maybe… give it a try?

If the body recovers fast enough, maybe there’s still time for the exam!

Should I try? Try it!

Fu Chengque took a deep breath and silently thought, “System, I want to activate the skill…”

【Please select the effect to be transformed.】

“Body recovery speed.”

【Please select an object to obtain its provided Faith Power.】

Object?

Ah, right, “object.” Who should I choose?

It should be someone who always cares about her. Is it Mom and Dad? But they might rush to the school and take her to the hospital, then she won’t be able to take the exam…

Then it’s Xiao Gua, Fang Ling, and Lu Min, or…

Wen Yu?

Who would worry about me all the time?

My head hurts so much…

***

Wen Yu sat next to Fu Chengque, not sure whose exam seat it was, but he sat down first anyway.

He looked at Fu Chengque, feeling a bit uneasy.

After thinking for a while, he couldn’t help it anymore. He pulled the girl and dragged her to a corner outside the classroom where no one was.

He reached out with two fingers and said in a muffled voice, “Head, let me feel it.”

He pretended to touch her forehead, but his speed was not fast.

Fu Chengque saw his movements and weakly said, “What are you doing… Do you want to touch me…”

Wen Yu rolled his eyes, “Are you sick?”

“You, you’re taking advantage of me…”

The girl struggled weakly, trying to remove the hand from her wrist, but after two attempts, she gave up—she was out of strength.

“You really are sick.”

Fu Chengque raised her spirits, “I’m not.”

“Let me feel.”

“You wish…”

But Wen Yu easily got his way.

When his fingers touched Fu Chengque’s forehead, indeed, there was heat higher than normal body temperature. He also touched his own forehead and confirmed it.

“Damn it, you’re really running a fever!”

“You curse me…”

“Quite spirited.”

“Don’t give me a shot…”

“Come on, let’s go to the infirmary first. If your fever doesn’t go down, your brain will burn out.” Suddenly, Wen Yu remembered something, “I noticed something wrong with you this morning. I thought you were nervous about the exam. I could tell you were a bit sick!”

“I’m fine…”

Wen Yu was a little impatient and half-dragged Fu Chengque to the infirmary.

As a result, there was no one in the infirmary. He ran out to look for someone but couldn’t find anyone, probably gone to eat.

Seeing Wen Yu return, Fu Chengque smiled.

She said again, “Wen, I’m fine, so I don’t need a shot…”

Wen Yu sneered, “In my eyes, are you forcing a smile?”

“Um… listen to me…”

“What’s the point of saying something so difficult?”

Wen Yu couldn’t bear to see her weak, so he interrupted her, but saw Fu Chengque looking over with a complex look in her eyes.

Weakly, she repeated, “Listen to me…”

“…Go on.”

“Can you… can you worry about me?”

“What?”

“Worry about me… can you… worry about me more.” She was too embarrassed to care.

“Are you out of your mind?” Wen Yu suppressed the throbbing in his heart, “I’ve always been worried about you.”

The girl smiled lightly, this time, much prettier, “Okay…”

She finished speaking and closed her eyes to rest. Wen Yu didn’t disturb her, hesitating whether to take her to the clinic outside.

Just as they finished speaking, the school doctor also returned.

Wen Yu hurried up to explain the situation, the medical teacher looked and asked, and finally said, “Take her to the clinic to get an IV, we can’t do it here.”

Fu Chengque immediately protested, “Don’t give me an IV…”

“An IV is faster. Your condition is not good, classmate.”

“I have an exam.” She grumbled, “I want to… take the exam…”

Wen Yu and the medical teacher persuaded her for a while, but Fu Chengque refused to budge and insisted on taking the exam.

After discussing it, they decided to give her a fever-reducing injection first so that her condition wouldn’t worsen.

So they gave her an injection in her buttocks.

Fu Chengque covered her buttocks and returned to the classroom, sitting at her desk to rest.

Every now and then, she would make a “whimpering” sound, wriggling to avoid the area where she was injected, but her body had no strength. After a while, her lethargic body would press against the sore muscles, and she would make a “um um” sound again…

Wen Yu found it somewhat irritating and amusing, “You should have said earlier so we could go to the clinic outside to get an IV. You’re already feeling better now.”

“Um…”

Seeing her so pitiful, Wen Yu didn’t know what else to say, so he sat quietly beside her.

***

Her mind was in a daze, and Fu Chengque felt very uncomfortable.

Her head hurt, her eyes hurt, her nose was blocked, her mouth tasted bitter, she was sweating all over, and her buttocks hurt!

In a foggy state, she again sensed the continuous prompts from the system —

【+1 Faith Power】

【Converted to 0.1 body recovery speed, current 0.3】

【+1 Faith Power】

【Converted to 0.1 body recovery speed, current 0.4】

***

Every time the conversion was triggered, Fu Chengque felt that her body seemed to improve slightly, the pain weakened a little, she could think of more things, and her speed increased significantly.

It was like a series of cool but not stimulating breezes passing through her body, instantly taking away fatigue and pain.

Was it the effect of the fever-reducing injection, or was it the effect brought by Wen Yu’s thoughts of her?

The fever-reducing injection hasn’t taken effect yet…

She thought.

***

Until the math exam in the afternoon.

More students came into the classroom, and the voices became noisy.

Fu Chengque rested drowsily, Xiao Gua and the others seemed to have come over, chattering in her ear for a while, then left.

After a long time, someone patted her, “How do you feel?” It was Wen Yu’s voice.

“A bit better…”

“Do you still insist on taking the exam?”

“Um…”

“Alright. If you can’t hold on, just hand in your paper and go to the door of Class 1. I’ll be there when I see you.”

“Okay.”

“Don’t force yourself. Your health is important. This isn’t the university entrance examination.”

She leaned her head over, giving Wen Yu a slightly heartwarming smile.

Seeing Wen Yu about to leave, she hummed softly and called out, “Wen Yu…”

“Um?” Wen Yu leaned in.

“Will you… think of me…?”

“Huh?”

“Will you… think of me… a lot?”

Wen Yu was stunned for a moment, then nodded, “Okay!”

***

Wen Yu returned to his seat in Class 1, sitting quietly with mixed feelings.

Fu Chengque was a bit off, he noticed it in the morning, but he didn’t think about her being sick. It seemed that she didn’t want everyone to notice, but she couldn’t hold on anymore.

He still understood. Fu Chengque was sometimes stubborn and had her own ideas.

The way she handled things wasn’t necessarily good, and the results weren’t always satisfactory, but she insisted on doing so.

A while ago, when they were caught drinking, she definitely felt that it was too obvious and flamboyant that she got drunk. As a result, Teacher Chen had talked to them about it afterwards. If the final exam results were not up to standard, the whole class would suffer in the next semester—Wen Yu and Teacher Chen didn’t necessarily believe this, but Fu Chengque and the others definitely did.

So everyone was so desperate for this exam. Even though Fu Chengque had a fever today, she refused to give up the exam.

But it’s silly.

So silly like this.

Wen Yu sighed in his heart.

He also thought of Fu Chengque’s delicate plea “you should worry about me”, in his opinion, this was just pure “spoiling”.

He felt that Fu Chengque probably lacked some sense of security and hoped that he would worry about her a little.

He didn’t need to be told such things, he would do it anyway…

Of course, saying it made him even happier.

Made his heart beat faster.

The girl in his dreams, looking up, saying “you should think of me more” when she was sick, wasn’t this a scene from his dream?

This is what he fantasized about in his past life. Unexpectedly, he realized it in this life!

However, it felt a little awkward: Fu Chengque and Fu Chengque seemed to be different.

Even if they said the same thing, he couldn’t merge them together in his mind now.

He flattened the test paper and glanced over it briefly.

The difficulty wasn’t high, many types of questions had been done before, and he had also taught them during the supplementary classes, so it should be fine, right?

Especially for Fu Chengque, most of the question types had been tailored for her.

In that case, even if her mental state was a bit off, as long as she could recall the content taught during the classes, she should be able to answer most of them.

But…

Was Fu Chengque really okay?

Wen Yu looked up and glanced outside Class 1.

He both hoped to see Fu Chengque there and didn’t want to see her…

His mood was so complicated.

***

Fu Chengque rallied and looked at the test paper for a long time.

In his mind, a string of prompts floated up—

【+1 Faith Power】

【+1 Faith Power】

【+1 Faith Power】

【Converted to 0.1 Body Recovery Speed, current 2.2】

***

【+1 Faith Power】

【Converted to 0.1 Body Recovery Speed, current 3.7】

***

It kept refreshing.

She felt both moved and shy.

Wen Yu really thought of her, constantly, constantly chanting her name in his heart, so many, so many.

The continuously accelerating body recovery speed was like spring breeze, like gentle rain, like fragrance, and also like a warm stove in winter, continuously moisturizing her body and her tired spirit.

But he… was thinking too much!

Was she really such a friend worth worrying about in Wen Yu’s heart?

So much, so much, could be repeatedly mentioned.

At that moment, a strong sense of guilt rose in her heart—

It seemed like she was deceiving Wen Yu’s concern…

But now, only Wen Yu could help her.

Ah, no matter what, it’s too much!

After the exam, she must thank him well, apologize to him… What should she do? A super large cream puff plus max version? Handmade top-quality gift? Can she invite him out to play?

What should she do…

Indescribable complex emotions surged through Fu Chengque’s mind, overwhelming her.

With the rapid recovery of her body, in no time, she had the strength to hold a pen and write. The black and white fonts on the test paper in front of her were no longer like mosquitoes flying around but became formulas spoken by Wen Yu when he tutored her at night, like piano keys neatly arranged in the bedroom, with Wen Yu’s voice playing out clear answers in her ears.

At this moment, she didn’t know if her body was tired or in pain—

She only knew that someone was thinking of her.

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