Chapter 61 Unrequited Love [VIP]

Chapter Summary: Is he really not your boyfriend? If he doesn't like you, I'll take your surname.

Fu Xianyin felt as if her limbs were rusted.

She slowly turned around and saw a very familiar person not far away.

Gu Linzhao was wearing a black down jacket and dark blue school uniform pants, with a few wisps of hair sticking up messily on his head.

He had a small black suitcase next to him, a phone in one hand held to his ear, and the other hand in his pocket.

He just looked at her like that, and smiled at her with the corners of his lips curling up.

The airport, usually bustling with people, suddenly seemed to fall silent.

Fu Xianyin could clearly hear her own heartbeat.

Her first reaction was disbelief.

But no matter how many times he blinked, Gu Linzhao was still standing there.

Actions were taken before thoughts were conceived.

Unable to contain herself, Fu Xianyin dragged her suitcase and ran towards Gu Linzhao.

She was running so fast that she was even stumbling a bit, the wheels of her suitcase rattling on the ground. Gu Linzhao was afraid she would fall, so he quickly took two steps forward and caught her as she ran towards him.

Fu Xianyin's eyes were filled with undisguised joy.

She asked, "Why did you come here?"

Gu Linzhao straightened her loose coat and said bluntly, "I wanted to come see you."

This direct approach caught Fu Xianyin off guard.

She could even feel her cheeks getting hot and red.

Fu Xianyin suddenly felt fortunate that she had run over, otherwise her blush would have been so obvious.

She was still catching her breath, her voice trembling with excitement: "I... I didn't tell you I was going to Hong Kong Island for an exam tomorrow. Oh, did I not tell you that you would come over after the exam? Are you hungry? There's still some time before the plane takes off, let's go eat first."

She wanted to seize every moment to spend more time with Gu Linzhao.

How strange, it's only been three weeks since we last saw each other.

The two even stayed in touch for three weeks, and often called each other.

Before meeting Gu Linzhao, Fu Xianyin felt that she didn't actually miss him that much.

Daily chats and occasional phone calls are enough to satisfy her longing.

But just now, when she answered the phone, she turned around and saw Gu Linzhao standing there, smiling at her, not far away.

It was only in that instant that Fu Xianyin belatedly realized.

It turns out that the tension and excitement before each call, and the joy and thrill of receiving each message, are all telling the same story.

She actually missed Gu Linzhao very, very, very much.

Gu Linzhao looked down at Fu Xianyin, his heart melting like mud.

He answered each question one by one: "I came right after the exam and haven't eaten yet. I'm not very hungry, are you?"

"I'm hungry," Fu Xianyin said. "Let's go eat."

She wasn't actually very hungry.

But she just wanted to have a meal with Gu Linzhao.

I want to see this person face to face, to look at him for a while, and to spend more time with him.

It wasn't until they reached the food court that Fu Xianyin belatedly realized what was happening.

She pointed to the small suitcase Gu Linzhao was carrying and asked, "Are you going to stay in Beijing for a few days? Have you already asked Sister Gao for leave?"

"I've invited them," Gu Linzhao said, "but not in Beijing."

He looked at Fu Xianyin and raised an eyebrow.

An absurd idea suddenly popped into Fu Xianyin's mind.

He wasn't in Beijing, and he came to see her, but she was going to Hong Kong Island for an exam.

All the information points to one answer.

A grand, surprising answer, one that even made Fu Xianyin somewhat hesitant to approach.

She dared not speak.

I fear that all of this is just her illusion, and that it will burst the moment she opens her mouth to tell the truth.

Fu Xianyin clenched her fists tightly, her nails digging into her palms, then quickly relaxed them.

If it's truly a hallucination, then let it last a little longer.

Let her dream, let her dream for a while.

Then, she heard Gu Linzhao say, "I was worried about you going to Hong Kong Island to take the exam alone, so I came to keep you company."

"I've already bought my plane ticket; it's on the same flight as yours."

Even though she had already anticipated it, the huge surprise when the truth came out still almost knocked Fu Xianyin unconscious.

She heard herself ask in a whirring voice, "So you and Sister Gao took leave just to accompany me to Hong Kong Island for the exam?"

Gu Linzhao answered crisply, "Yes."

"This is too much trouble," Fu Xianyin murmured. "With all this trouble, the monthly exams are in a few weeks. If your family finds out..."

Gu Linzhao interrupted her: "Fu Xianyin," he looked into her eyes and said, "If you say that, I'll think you don't want me to come."

“How could that be?” Fu Xianyin retorted subconsciously, but as soon as she finished speaking, she saw a smile spread across Gu Linzhao’s eyes.

His expression was relaxed, and his voice was cheerful: "If you don't want to, why are you still chasing me away?"

"I didn't want to rush you," Fu Xianyin said softly. "I was just afraid of holding you back."

Gu Linzhao suddenly sighed.

Fu Xianyin felt a sudden tightness in her chest for no apparent reason.

The next second, she heard Gu Linzhao say with a hint of helplessness:

"Even now, are you still afraid of holding me back?"

Fu Xianyin fell silent.

Two seconds later, she looked away and muttered, "Let's go eat, I'm hungry."

After saying that, he turned and ran away, leaving Gu Linzhao and the two boxes behind.

...

They had a quick dinner at the airport. Fu Xianyin arrived at the airport quite late, and the two of them had to board the plane after dinner.

Gu Linzhao bought the tickets to Hong Kong Island at the last minute. The two of them didn't sit together, but they weren't far apart either. Gu Linzhao was diagonally in front of Fu Xianyin by the window. He put the two people surnamed Li on the luggage rack and then asked Fu Xianyin, "Do you want to sit by the window?"

Fu Xianyin shook her head: "It's late at night, I'm not sitting here."

Her seat was in the aisle, which made it easy for her to come and go. The flight from Beijing to Hong Kong Island took three hours, and by the time she arrived in Hong Kong Island, it would be almost midnight.

Qin Yi advised her against buying such a late flight, as the journey would be tiring and she was worried it would affect Fu Xianyin's performance on the exam the next day.

But Fu Xianyin herself didn't seem to care.

The long journey actually helped her sleep better at night. Insomnia would have been a bigger problem for her exam the next day.

The evening flight was served a meal: tomato, potato, bacon, and a steamed egg.

Airplane meals are always bland and tasteless. Fu Xianyin took two bites and then put the food down, not even drinking the yogurt that came with the meal.

Sitting next to her was a little girl, fair-skinned and thin, not very tall. Seeing that Fu Xianyin hadn't touched her pineapple yogurt at all, she gently touched her arm with the back of her hand and asked softly, "Do you still want some yogurt?"

Fu Xianyin shook her head and handed her the yogurt: "Do you want some?"

The little girl took the yogurt and said, "Thank you, thank you so much."

Fu Xianyin smiled.

A carton of yogurt opened up a floodgate of conversation for the little girl. Seeing that Fu Xianyin was not asleep either, she couldn't help but strike up a conversation with her.

She asked, "Are you going to Hong Kong Island to visit amusement parks too?"

Fu Xianyin said, "No, I'm going to take an exam."

The little girl said "Oh," and asked, "The SAT?"

Fu Xianyin nodded.

The little girl said, "I originally signed up for this exam, but my score from last time was good enough. Since I'm already here, I figured I might as well go to the amusement park."

She sighed, "Application season is about to begin, I wonder which schools I can get into."

Fu Xianyin didn't know how to comfort her, so she just mumbled a few words of 'uh-huh' and 'ah-ah' to appease her.

The girl's name was Zhang Tong. Like Cheng Zhaozhao, she was very outgoing. She sat down earlier than Fu Xianyin and saw the conversation between Fu Xianyin and Gu Linzhao. She said, "Why didn't you and your boyfriend buy seats together? Do you need to switch seats? I can switch with him."

Her tone was natural, but Fu Xianyin's ears turned slightly red when she heard the word "boyfriend".

Fortunately, the cabin lights were off, and the dimness was just enough to hide her little secret thoughts.

Fu Xianyin spoke softly, saying, "He's not my boyfriend, he's just a classmate."

Zhang Tong was a little disappointed: "Ah, I thought you two were a couple. You two really are a good match."

Fu Xianyin smiled and didn't say anything more.

The night sky outside the window was pitch black, but gradually the lights of Hong Kong Island came into view.

The plane circled, landed, and taxied.

There were quite a few people queuing in the aisle, but Zhang Tong wasn't in a hurry. She took out her phone and said, "Let's add each other on WeChat."

Fu Xianyin agreed and took out her phone to scan the QR code.

After adding each other on WeChat, Zhang Tong slumped in her seat: "I should have known better than to buy such a late flight. I probably won't be able to get up tomorrow, let alone put on makeup."

She asked, "You have an exam tomorrow. How can you get enough rest going such a late night?"

Fu Xianyin said, "I have a bit of insomnia, so tossing and turning and getting tired actually helps me sleep better."

After most of the people in the aisle had left, Gu Linzhao came out and took his luggage down from the shelf. Fu Xuanyin asked Zhang Tong, "Is your luggage here? Let me help you take it down."

Zhang Tong pointed to the top and said, "Thank you for that yellow box."

Gu Linzhao reached out and lifted the suitcase off the shelf. He pulled out the handle, handed the suitcase to Zhang Tong, and said, "Here you go."

Zhang Tong took the box and waited until Gu Linzhao had walked a while before whispering to Fu Xianyin, "Sister, tell me the truth, is he really not your boyfriend?"

Fu Xianyin said helplessly, "It really isn't."

Zhang Tong was still unwilling to give up. She asked, "So you don't have any feelings for him at all?"

Fu Xianyin uttered a single syllable between her lips: "Yes."

Zhang Tong said with exasperation, "Seriously, with a face like that, why would you need to resort to secret crushes? Isn't that a waste?"

Unrequited love.

This word, which Fu Xianyin originally thought had nothing to do with her, actually really happened to her.

She said, "I'm mainly afraid that if I tell anyone, we won't even be able to be friends anymore."

Zhang Tong nodded thoughtfully: "That's true."

Looking at Gu Linzhao's tall figure, she asked, "Are you two going to take the exam together this time? Do you have any schools you want to go to? You can apply to the same school, or at least the same city. Who knows, you two might end up together after you get into university."

Fu Xianyin pursed her lips.

Zhang Tong was so outgoing that Fu Xianyin didn't dislike her. Perhaps she saw some of Cheng Zhaozhao's traits in her, and Fu Xianyin even felt a natural affinity for Zhang Tong.

Furthermore, since they had only met by chance, those things that were usually difficult to say were now easier to say to Zhang Tong.

She whispered, "He doesn't plan to go abroad; he's doing very well academically in China."

Zhang Tong's eyes widened: "Huh?"

She spoke quite loudly, and Gu Linzhao in front of her turned around to look. Zhang Tong smiled apologetically and guiltily looked away.

Zhang Tong lowered her voice: "He's not planning to go abroad, which means he doesn't need to take the SAT? So he's just here to help you take it?"

She was exasperated: "We're not sisters. I came all the way from Beijing to Hong Kong just to accompany you to your exam. You call this a crush? Get your facts straight, who's having a crush on whom?"

Zhang Tong concluded: "I guarantee you he absolutely likes you, and if he doesn't, I'll change my surname to yours."

Fu Xianyin pursed her lips and said, "He's a very nice person."

Zhang Tong said, "Even Guanyin is in such a bad state."

Fu Xianyin was amused by her and burst out laughing.

Zhang Tong said with heartache, "If we weren't sisters, why can't you believe it? You're so beautiful, who wouldn't like you?"

She whispered, "You seem so insecure. Is he really that good at studying?"

Fu Xianyin nodded: "Very good, second in the grade."

Zhang Tong: "Holy crap."

She glanced at Gu Linzhao.

The boy was tall and dressed casually, but his slender figure made him look good in anything.

Moreover, it only looks casual; Zhang Tong recognized the suitcase and down jacket—they were all designer brands.

Good-looking, good at studying, and from a good family.

Liking a guy like that can easily make you feel ashamed of yourself.

She sighed: "So you're not planning to tell me? If you don't tell me now, you'll have even less chance to tell me after you go abroad."

Fu Xianyin said softly, "I don't want to go abroad. My family wants to send me abroad, but I want to stay in China to take the college entrance examination."

Having graduated from Zhangtong International School, I've seen far too many families that are wealthy but not harmonious.

She instantly understood what Fu Xianyin meant, and felt a mix of emotions.

Indeed, every family has its own troubles.

Zhang Tong asked, "If you stay in China, will you be able to get into the same university as him?"

She was too embarrassed to ask if they could get into the same school.

After all, the guy in front of me was second in his grade.

Unexpectedly, Fu Xianyin said, "There shouldn't be any problem."

Zhang Tong:...?

She slowly turned around, looked at Fu Xianyin, and said with a serious expression, "Baby, let me give you a hint, you said he's second in the grade, the first in the grade isn't you, is it?"

Fu Xianyin smiled sheepishly and then said, "Mm."

Zhang Tong said with exasperation, "No, sis, what are you lacking confidence in? I'm just asking you about that."

Her voice rose unnaturally, and Fu Xianyin quickly tried to stop her. Gu Linzhao looked over from the front with a half-smile, and Fu Xianyin wished she could disappear into a crack in the ground.

"Shhh"

Zhang Tong nodded as if he had just caused trouble, and lowered his voice: "No, what are you worried about?"

Fu Xianyin whispered, "It's because I like him."

The two walked to the exit, and Zhang Tong sighed, "But girl, we have to seize this opportunity."

Fu Xianyin: "Catch, catch, catch! I'm an octopus, I can catch eight at once."

She was already quite confused by Zhang Tong, and started talking nonsense.

Ahead, Gu Linzhao stopped pulling two suitcases and said to Fu Xuanyin, "I've hailed a taxi."

After saying that, he looked at Zhang Tong and asked, "Do you need me to give you a ride?"

After chatting all the way, Zhang Tong had come to regard Fu Xianyin as one of her sisters.

She looked at Gu Linzhao as if she were helping her best friend choose a man.

She pointed to the cool guy at the station exit who was dressed very stylishly and said, "It's okay, no need. My boyfriend is here to pick me up."

Before leaving, Zhang Tong whispered in Fu Xianyin's ear, "Girl, this guy is really good. Trust me, I have good taste."

Fu Xianyin couldn't help but chuckle: "Okay, okay, okay."

She watched Zhang Tong walk out. Her boyfriend was dressed so fashionably that Fu Xianyin couldn't help but turn back several times as she walked in another direction.

Suddenly, Gu Linzhao, who was standing next to him, blurted out, "You like that kind?"

Fu Xianyin: ?

She sighed, "Brother, don't do this, I'm scared."

Gu Linzhao chuckled briefly and said, "You're still afraid?"

Fu Xianyin said, "Of course, I have an exam tomorrow, brother, I'm so scared."

Her tone was exaggerated, but Gu Linzhao could hear the little bit of truth hidden beneath it.

The night on Hong Kong Island had not yet ended. Fu Xianyin leaned against the window, watching the streetlights pass by one by one.

Her vision was unfocused; she seemed to be looking at something, but couldn't see anything at all.

The taxi stopped in front of the hotel.

It wasn't until Gu Linzhao walked into the hotel lobby carrying two suitcases and the aromatherapy scent filled Fu Xianyin's nostrils that she felt the unreality of it all.

Gu Linzhao actually took leave and traveled all the way to Hong Kong Island to accompany her during her exam.

It was such a tough senior year of high school.

He himself is very busy.

For a fleeting moment, Fu Xianyin even felt that they were eloping.

They escaped control and pressure, as if they were the only two people in the world.

What are you staring at?

Gu Linzhao snapped his fingers in front of Fu Xianyin and said casually, "You're back to your senses."

He handed Fu Xianyin a room key and said, "Here you go."

Fu Xianyin took the room key, and the two went up the elevator together.

The elevator requires a card, so Gu Linzhao swiped his card to go to the 28th floor.

Suddenly, her memory returned to the day they first met.

She wandered around the entrance of Beichuan No. 1 Middle School, but when she came back she didn't have her room card. She had Gu Linzhao swipe it for her to get a room on the nearest floor, and then she climbed up herself.

At that time, Gu Linzhao also seemed to live on the 28th floor.

Thinking of that scene, Fu Xianyin couldn't help but rub her forehead.

Gu Linzhao thought of that scene after swiping his card.

He noticed a hint of embarrassment on Fu Xianyin's face, raised an eyebrow, and asked, "How many floors did you climb that day?"

Fu Xianyin said, "Fourth floor."

Gu Linzhao said, "Don't forget your room key this time."

Fu Xianyin said nonchalantly, "So what if I don't bring you? You're here, aren't you?"

Gu Linzhao's heart was filled with the dependence she subconsciously revealed.

He smiled contentedly.

The elevator stopped on the 28th floor, and the box made no sound at all on the soft, thick carpet.

Fu Xianyin looked at Gu Linzhao pulling two suitcases and suddenly realized a very serious problem.

She booked only one room at the hotel.

And if she remembered correctly, she had booked not only not a suite, but not even a twin room, but a double room.

What should we do now?

Should we go down to the front desk and open another room?

Or is it...?

Fu Xianyin's heart was pounding.

It's true that she's not a very disciplined person, but to this extent, she's gone too far.

Even knowing this, she still couldn't help but think about it.

Gu Linzhao stopped in front of a room, pointed to the side, and said, "My room is next to yours. Just give me a call if you need anything."

The mouth moves faster than the brain.

Fu Xianyin exclaimed, "You live next door to me?"

As soon as she said it, Fu Xianyin felt like she was slapping herself twice.

No, what do you mean?

If I don't live next door to you, do you expect me to share a room with you?

Gu Linzhao was momentarily stunned by her words.

Once he realized what was happening, he started laughing, a low chuckle escaping his throat, his shoulders shaking with laughter.

His brows relaxed, and he said, "Fu Xianyin, what are you thinking about at such a young age?"

Fu Xianyin was both embarrassed and annoyed. She said, "Stop laughing," took the box from his hand, swiped her card to enter the room, and closed the door in one smooth motion.

As soon as she entered the room, Fu Xianyin didn't even have time to take off her coat. She went to the bathroom, scooped up some cool water, and slapped it on her face to cool down.

She tried to convince herself that the hotel's heating was on too high and her coat was too thick, which was why she was so hot.

On the one hand, she clearly knew that her blushing and racing heart had absolutely nothing to do with the hotel's warm air.

Fu Xianyin looked up at the mirror.

Water droplets were still dripping from the person's cheeks in the mirror, but the redness was still undeniable.

She sighed, then suddenly burst out laughing.

After taking a quick shower, Fu Xianyin changed into her pajamas, reviewed some unfamiliar words, turned off the lights, and went to bed.

In the pitch-black room, Fu Xianyin set her alarm, only to suddenly discover several unread messages on WeChat.

She clicked on it, and it was full of posts from Gu Linzhao:

Get some rest and have a good exam.

[I'll take you to the amusement park after the exam.]

[Author's Note]

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