Chapter 39 Favor [VIP]

Chapter Summary: Fu Xianyin, I'll worry about you.

Chen Nianke was still fast asleep, Lin Anxu couldn't concentrate on studying anymore and picked up his phone to start a game, and Cheng Zhaozhao continued to struggle with the questions in her hands, but her eyes kept glancing at her phone.

Fu Xianyin opened and closed her mouth, but couldn't utter a single word for a long time.

Don't ask anymore, bro.

She murmured to herself, her heart trembling.

Let's just let this go and not mention it again.

However, it seems that Gu Banxian's semi-divine skills failed at this moment.

He closed his pen cap, looked at Fu Xianyin, and said earnestly, "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to make things difficult for you at the shop entrance earlier."

Fu Xianyin mumbled incoherently, trying to gloss over the matter.

But Gu Linzhao didn't want to.

He sighed softly, then suddenly called out her name:

"Fu Xianyin".

Fu Xianyin froze, and for some reason, a little bit of fear suddenly arose in her heart.

She, Fu Xianyin, is a fearless and strong girl who has seen countless messes since childhood.

How come I keep losing to Gu Linzhao?

She was afraid that Chen Huimei would go crazy, and she was afraid that Fu Dongyuan would completely abandon her. These sources of fear were despicable, but Fu Xianyin thought they were very reasonable.

So what is she doing now?

What exactly is she afraid of?

The way Gu Linzhao was looking at her seemed to be slowed down.

Fu Xianyin slowly raised her head, and then her eyes met a pair of watery eyes.

Unlike an ancient well, which is rigid and still, this is a crystal-clear spring, full of youthful vigor and vitality.

He said:

"I just want you to know that I haven't been bothered, and I haven't considered your matter a burden."

"I'm happy and willing to help you if you come to me."

He said:

"Fu Xianyin".

"I'll worry about you."

I'll worry about you.

My heart was grasped by a large hand, then slowly released.

Blood flowed quietly to the limbs and then slowly flowed back.

Just as Chen Nianke said, Fu Xianyin is actually not someone who has difficulty making choices.

She rarely finds herself in extreme dilemmas.

Having lived for more than ten years, or rather, having lived under the watchful eye of Chen Huimei and Fu Dongyuan for so many years, Fu Xianyin is a person who is very good at seeking advantages and avoiding disadvantages.

She is very good at making choices based on reason, and personal feelings rarely take precedence when she makes decisions.

Her mind was in turmoil, her heart was pounding, and Fu Xianyin felt as if her whole body was floating, as if she were being carried by clouds, surrounded by a vast expanse of nothingness.

But she knew perfectly well that her mind was clearer than ever before.

The choices we need to make are more difficult than ever before.

Fu Xianyin sensed this almost immediately after meeting Gu Linzhao.

Gu Linzhao is different.

He was unlike anyone she had ever met before.

He is a good person, kind-hearted, and always willing to help others.

Fu Xianyin had never been treated like this before.

Such high density, long duration, and care.

This care made Fu Xianyin want to grasp it, like a drowning person grabbing a thrown rope, or a person in the darkness instinctively seeking the only ray of light.

But she held back.

When she realized all this, she tried to control her instincts and held back.

She couldn't rely on Gu Linzhao, couldn't enjoy this kindness, couldn't indulge herself, and couldn't let herself be bathed in sunlight.

Fu Xianyin wouldn't allow even a single strand.

Because she knew clearly that in her life, someone like Gu Linzhao was someone you could only meet once in a lifetime.

Perhaps it was the hardships she had endured over the past decade or so that finally brought her good fortune.

But Fu Xianyin never imagined that fate would smile upon her again in the future.

The concern shown by Cheng Zhaozhao and Chen Nianke caught her somewhat off guard.

This level of quality is good enough.

She had only experienced something like Gu Linzhao's briefly, so she should just consider it a novel experience in her life.

It's neither necessary nor feasible for this to continue indefinitely.

Therefore, when Fu Xianyin found herself separated from Gu Linzhao during the seating arrangement change after the monthly exam, she secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Gu Linzhao was kind to her only because they were classmates.

Similarly, she relied on him because they were classmates.

Once we stop sitting together, once we are far apart.

Fu Xianyin believed in her own reason.

But as it turns out, Fu Xianyin had imagined herself to be too powerful.

She was fragile, cowardly, and despicable.

She simply couldn't bear to throw away the rope that had been thrown into the water.

She would instinctively grab the rope as soon as it was dangling in front of her.

instinct.

This was the first time Fu Xianyin had ever hated this word so much.

Instinct made her begin to depend on Gu Linzhao, and even led her to show him things she didn't want to show him.

She began to actively seek his help, started to need him, and even started to throw her strange little tantrums at him.

She has been running away from her own heart, her own emotions, and her own dependencies.

She was running away from everything.

Until there is no way to avoid it.

Fu Xianyin suddenly realized.

Instinct had already driven her emotions, which had escaped her control.

"Why."

Her lips parted slightly, and her voice was very soft, not even sounding like a question to someone else, but rather a self-questioning.

Why am I worried about you?

Fu Xianyin.

Why you?

But he answered.

His voice was clear, clean, and full of patience.

"Because you are important to me, Fu Xianyin."

She is important.

He said she was important.

The slow, light music in the coffee shop gently flowed through Fu Xianyin's ears.

The resounding heartbeat gradually quieted down.

The heart made its choice.

Fu Xianyin narrowed her eyes, stared at Gu Linzhao for a long time, then tilted her head and suddenly burst out laughing.

The boy's voice was helpless: "What are you laughing at?"

Fu Xianyin shrugged, but the corners of her mouth were still turned up.

She said, "I'm happy, I'm willing, what's it to you why I'm laughing?"

Gu Linzhao: "Yeah, I don't care. When the staff comes over and sees you laughing like that, they might kick you out."

"Fine, I'll go."

Fu Xianyin was completely unconcerned. She even gave Gu Linzhao a defiant look and said:

"I'm going out, so you'll come with me."

"Who just said I'm important?"

"Yes, who said you're important?"

Gu Linzhao thought for a moment and said, "I forgot."

Fu Xianyin's voice rose at the end: "Forgot? Then let me help you remember."

She stretched out her finger and pointed to the air in front of her: "It's you, class monitor."

Gu Linzhao suddenly realized: "It's me."

Fu Xianyin gave a soft hum: "Regret it?"

Gu Linzhao said with some regret, "Yes, I regret it."

He curled the corners of his lips: "But if someone forbids you from defaulting on your debt, then you can only accept it without regret."

Heaven's mercy is limited.

Fate may only be kind to her this once in her life.

Since that's the case

Even a coward wants to be brave just once.

"Xianyin, are you still training tonight?"

After evening self-study, Xu Xinyu packed her schoolbag and asked Fu Xianyin.

Fu Xianyin nodded: "Practice."

Xu Xinyu was somewhat surprised: "You still practice?"

Fu Xianyin chuckled and said, "Yeah, do you think I don't know how to practice? Then why did you come here to ask me?"

Xu Xinyu touched her nose: "I'm just trying my luck. After all, it's the monthly exam tomorrow, and I feel like you might have to study or something tonight."

Fu Xianyin smiled and said, "The monthly exam is tomorrow, so an hour or so won't make a difference if we review."

There is another reason that Fu Xianyin did not explicitly state.

That is, exercise can alleviate insomnia. Tomorrow is the monthly exam, and Fu Xianyin hopes that tonight's exercise will help her get a good night's sleep.

Xu Xinyu was quite happy that she wasn't rejected: "How about the four of us team up tonight and see how long we can run together? Tian Tian said that if we can run under a minute, we still have a good chance of getting a medal."

Fu Xianyin nodded and said, "Okay."

She quickly packed her bag and greeted Yin Zexuan. Cheng Zhaozhao also happened to walk over from the back row, tugging at Chen Nianke's sleeve and asking, "Are you coming or not?"

Chen Nianke shook her head: "The monthly exam is tomorrow, so we won't practice today."

"Go back and review?" Fu Xianyin asked her.

"No, that's not it." Cheng Zhaozhao laughed wildly: "She's not going back to study, she's afraid that if she exercises too much, she won't be able to get up in the morning and will miss the exam."

Chen Nianke said helplessly, "Seriously, I was already worried that I wouldn't be able to get up for the exam. If I exercise and stack buffs at night, I might really sleep through tomorrow night."

Fu Xianyin was somewhat dumbfounded, and after a long while she sighed, "What amazing sleep quality."

"We'll be going now, let's go out for breakfast together tomorrow morning."

Cheng Zhaozhao took Fu Xianyin's arm, waved to Chen Nianke, and then walked away.

As she passed the door, Fu Xianyin paused in her steps.

Cheng Zhaozhao also stopped and asked, "What's wrong, Yinyin?"

Fu Xianyin tapped on Gu Linzhao's desk and asked, "Are you studying tonight?"

Gu Linzhao was packing his schoolbag and asked without looking up, "What?"

Fu Xianyin: "If you're not going to review, go for a run on the track."

The action of stuffing the book into his hands paused for a moment.

Gu Linzhao raised his head, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but turn up.

“Go ahead,” he said. “When did I say I wouldn’t come with you?”

Perhaps because the monthly exam was the next day, there were fewer people on the playground than in the previous days.

Cheng Zhaozhao quickly warmed up and then went to test her 200-meter run with Lin Anxu. Fu Xianyin warmed up in place for a while before being led by Xu Xinyu and Tian Tian to her position on the track.

She picked up her schoolbag, looked around, and hesitated about where to put it when a hand reached out and snatched it away.

Gu Linzhao picked up her backpack by the strap and raised his chin: "You go first, I'll put your backpack down for you."

Fu Xianyin took two steps, then turned back and called out to him, "Remember to get my water glass."

As if he had anticipated this, Gu Linzhao raised the water glass in his hand and waved it at her.

Xu Xinyu looked at Fu Xianyin, then back at Gu Linzhao, then back at Fu Xianyin, and then couldn't help but look back at Gu Linzhao again.

In schools, gossip and rumors spread very quickly.

Ever since the last arts performance, people in the neighborhood have been gossiping about Fu Xianyin and Gu Linzhao.

Xu Xinyu is often asked by friends from other classes if there is really something between them.

At the time, she was not familiar with Fu Xianyin at all, and she only had a casual relationship with Gu Linzhao, exchanging a few words occasionally.

From her perspective, there was nothing between the two of them; they were just classmates who were a little closer. After all, they were deskmates, so it was normal for them to be a little familiar with each other.

She later learned the truth about the time they held hands at the arts performance: the lights were so bright that Fu Xianyin couldn't open her eyes, and she almost lost her footing before Gu Linzhao pulled her back.

Xu Xinyu told her friends from other classes that there was absolutely nothing between them. After hearing the firsthand news from her, her friends from other classes sighed with regret for several days.

Later, when the monthly exams changed seats and separated the two of them, Xu Xinyu felt even less that there was any difference between them.

It wasn't until Sister Gao signed Fu Xianyin up for the 4100 relay that she and Fu Xianyin started training together.

If at the beginning, Xu Xinyu's suggestion that Fu Xianyin borrow a stopwatch from Gu Linzhao was simply a prank to tease and make a fuss, then...

Now, Xu Xinyu's thoughts have been almost completely changed.

In the few days she spent with Fu Xianyin, she also learned more about him.

Fu Xianyin is the type of person who would never take the initiative to get close to someone.

She won't take the initiative to approach you, and may even reject you outright.

Prior to this, Xu Xinyu's understanding of Gu Linzhao was similar.

He's not the type of person who actively tries to get close to others.

So if two people with these kinds of personalities get together and become familiar with each other, one of them will definitely have to take the initiative.

Whichever party takes the initiative seems somewhat illogical.

During the past few days of continuous training, Xu Xinyu clearly realized that it was Gu Linzhao who was taking the initiative.

He helped her take her test scores, handed her water, and accompanied her during training.

If we're just ordinary friends.

Even if they are just ordinary classmates.

Even Xu Xinyu felt she couldn't do that.

Curiosity is human nature.

Besides, in the two years she had been classmates with Gu Linzhao, she had never seen or heard of Gu Linzhao treating anyone like that.

Xu Xinyu couldn't help but be curious.

Fu Xianyin stood at the position for the last baton.

Tian Tian gave her a few more instructions, and as she was about to leave, she saw Xu Xinyu looking conflicted.

"What’s wrong with you?"

Tian Tian asked.

Fu Xianyin turned to look at her and asked, "What's wrong?"

The girl looked at her intently with her bright eyes.

Xu Xinyu pursed her lips and shook her head.

She smiled, raised her fist, and said to Fu Xianyin, "Run well, good luck!"

Fu Xianyin smiled at her and said, "You can do it too!"

Tian Tian and she walked together to their respective spots.

On the way, Tian Tian asked, "What happened to you just now?"

Xu Xinyu really wanted to ask Fu Xianyin if there was anything between her and Gu Linzhao.

However, Xu Xinyu felt it was rather impolite to ask such a question so directly in front of someone.

After all, they weren't that close.

Fu Xianyin is good-looking. Because they trained together these past two days, she asked Fu Xianyin a few questions, and Fu Xianyin patiently explained them to her.

She really likes Fu Xianyin.

She didn't want Fu Xianyin to think she was a malicious and annoying person.

Xu Xinyu stretched and shook her head: "It's nothing."

Since they're not that close, there's no need to ask.

Xu Xinyu thought, if that day ever came, what if Fu Xianyin and Gu Linzhao really got together?

So she helped them cover for them.