Chapter 19 The Secret Desire That Should Not Exist
"Luckily I came back early, otherwise I would have missed such an exciting game."
Fu Langshu looked at Fu Liangxia expressionlessly, his eyes deep: "Can you explain it, Teacher Fu?"
He pronounced the last three words very slowly, with an inexplicable sense of sarcasm.
Fu Liangxia felt a pang of fear at his shouting, and shrank back slightly. Although this was a necessary measure, in Fu Shulang's eyes, it looked like he was taking a high tuition fee but not doing anything practical.
For her part-time job, Fu Liangxia lowered her head and said, "Sorry..."
The girl's expression was apologetic and seemed sincere, as if she was actually the one playing the game with Fu Haoyao.
Seeing this, Fu Haoyao interrupted her: "Brother, I asked Fu Liang...Teacher to play with me. Don't scold her. It's my fault."
The boy lowered his eyes slightly.
Originally, he was trying to make Fu Liangxia uncomfortable by not listening to her lectures and playing games the whole time. She had no choice but to do so... But he had to admit that she was indeed very good.
Fu Haoyao had no problem accepting defeat. And judging by her attitude towards him and his brother, she didn't seem as annoying as the previous tutors...
Even now, even though he was going to be scolded for his mistake and might even lose his part-time job, her eyes were clear and her attitude was natural, as if she was really the one leading him to make the mistake.
...Why did she say that? She could have just put the blame on him, just like those people did before.
Those people...even if they didn't dare to say it in front of him, when they reported it to his brother behind his back, they all said that he was disobedient and arrogant, and never mentioned what they had done.
This seemed to be the first time that someone stood on his side and chose to protect him.
Fu Haoyao's eyes flickered slightly. He knew that based on his brother's understanding of him, he must have been the one who took the lead in today's incident, but he instinctively spoke up to defend her.
Fu Haoyao raised his eyes: "Brother, I will study hard."
So don't fire her.
Because... she didn't seem as annoying as he imagined, and it seemed that there was nothing wrong with listening to her lectures.
It's better than finding another disgusting guy.
Fu Liangxia was really shocked this time. Fu Haoyao actually spoke up for her. Could he really be impressed by her heroic performance in playing games?
She didn't know if it was her imagination, but she seemed to see Fu Haoyao chuckle at her. Although the curve of his mouth was very slight, his face became even more beautiful because of this change in expression, almost eclipsing the surrounding ambient lights.
She felt that she was not mistaken and that Fu Haoyao had eaten the wrong thing.
"Is that so?"
A man's deep voice suddenly rang out from the doorway. Fu Liangxia looked in the direction of the voice and saw Fu Langshu staring at Fu Haoyao with deep eyes. Then he looked at her thoughtfully and said after a moment, "It seems that Xiaoyao likes you very much, Teacher Fu."
[The target "Fu Langshu" has a +3 favorability rating. The current favorability rating is 11.]
Fu Liangxia's hand trembled slightly. She didn't realize that Fu Langshu was actually a hidden brother-con.
But what's with this feeling of catching the attention of the eldest brother because of the unexpectedly good treatment he received from his younger brother?
Fu Liangxia didn't know whether this was good or bad.
The platinum hair, which was slightly darker than Fu Haoyao's, looked somewhat warmer under the light behind him. The man stood with his back to the light, his expression hidden in the shadows.
He seemed polite, yet distant enough that even the way he looked at her didn't seem offensive.
So this is what a superior looks like.
Fu Liangxia seemed to be lost in thought, completely unaware of the pressure in Fu Langshu's words and the eye contact between the two brothers.
"Brother." Fu Haoyao's tone was filled with dissatisfaction.
He could tell his brother was deliberately using his words and aura to pressure Fu Liangxia, just like he had with every tutor before him. A normal person, under the gaze of his brother, would have panicked and lost all their thoughts.
He usually tacitly acknowledged the existence of this, but using this method to deal with a little girl of his age... Fu Langshu was not ashamed.
"knew."
Seeing Fu Haoyao's rare abnormal look, Fu Langshu raised his eyebrows and retracted his oppressive gaze.
But he instinctively felt that the other party was not scared by him, and was even unmoved.
"Not... okay?" Fu Liangxia had just come out of her own world and remembered that she hadn't answered him yet, so she said tentatively.
Because she was looking up, two strands of hair fell from her cheeks, gently resting on the girl's thin shoulders. Her neck was tilted back in a beautiful arc, her face was pale, and her eyes were shining with tiny lights.
Although she looked fragile and delicate, the determination in her eyes was something he rarely saw.
Fu Langshu suddenly felt itchy and felt like he was craving a cigarette.
I wanted to take a deep breath and then blow the smoke onto her small face that seemed indestructible. The delicate skin would be stained red by the slightly moist heat, even more pink than it is now...
[The target "Fu Langshu" has a +5 favorability rating. The current favorability rating is 16.]
Fu Langshu vaguely realized that he was out of control. It seemed that not only Fu Haoyao was wrong, but also... himself.
It has been many years since he had felt this desire.
This kind of secret desire that is destructive, yet lingering and ambiguous.
Fu Langshu didn't know if it was because of Fu Haoyao, but because of his favor for her, she also had some other filters in his eyes.
Fu Haoyao rarely shows kindness to others, especially young women.
So now, he just showed a little affection, and his mind went out of control to this extent. If the other party became Fu Haoyao's girlfriend...
Fu Langshu restrained himself from thinking any further.
"You guys continue with your tutoring. I won't bother you for now."
Fu Langshu spoke, his low voice seemed to be suppressing something: "Teacher Fu, I am looking forward to your teaching results."
Fu Liangxia was stunned for a moment, then showed a standard smile: "Yes."
Fu Haoyao looked at this, then looked at that: "..."
Why does he feel the atmosphere is weird?
After Fu Langshu left, Fu Haoyao stood up and turned on the room lights, and the room instantly became bright.
Seeing that Fu Liangxia had already turned off the computer and picked up the book again, he silently closed the game as well, turned around in the gaming chair, and suddenly asked, "Is there really a trick?"
Fu Liangxia looked at him with an expression that said, "Are you stupid?" "What do you think?"
What tricks are there to playing games? After mastering the basic operations, besides proficiency, it also depends on talent.
She had never played this game before, but fortunately she had strong dynamic vision and believed in herself enough to shoot quickly and decisively, which had already won her a lot of people.
Fu Haoyao leaned back in his chair, his body relaxed. "Okay, I admit you're amazing. I was wrong to target you before. It's not that I don't like studying, it's just that I'm a little... never mind. Plus, the forums also said that you and Xiao Shu had a conflict, and it seemed like you were deliberately trying to get his attention or something. But now I don't think you're that kind of person."
Fu Liangxia flipped through the book and raised an eyebrow: "Maybe I am."
Fu Haoyao instinctively shook his head, thinking that she wouldn't defend him. However, seeing the half-smile on the girl's face, he slowly leaned back and said hesitantly, "No way..."
To win his favor? To get closer to Su Xingshu?
Just thinking about this guess, Fu Haoyao felt inexplicably uncomfortable.
This feeling came from nowhere and was very strange, so he instinctively ignored it.
Fortunately, Fu Liangxia said, "Can't I just do this for myself?"
She could feel that the other party didn't understand what she said, but he instinctively breathed a sigh of relief, as if he was relieved that she was not using him to get close to Su Xingshu.
Worried about brother?
Fu Liangxia was a little confused about what he was thinking.
"I don't think you're someone who clings to power." Unexpectedly, Fu Haoyao suddenly said seriously, "You have good grades and are smart. You don't need to use these tricks."
Fu Haoyao had spent over a year at Saint Lander, where he had only seen two types of people: those who clung to the powerful and those who were clung to. Even those specially recruited students with excellent grades would soon stoop to the privileged.
If someone had told him at that time that there would be someone who was obviously not as wealthy as him but could treat him as an equal, neither too flattering nor too disgusted, he would definitely have sneered.
However, Fu Liangxia was indeed... different. She wasn't like the pedantic good student who only knew how to study; she was also very good at playing games...
Even now, when Fu Haoyao thinks of her shot and the look she gave him, his heart still beats uncontrollably faster.
He attributed it to respect for the strong.
Therefore, even if it weren't for the bet, Fu Haoyao felt that he would be willing to listen to her lectures.
"Some people are born in Rome, while others never reach Rome in their entire lives. Everyone is born with unequal resources. You can stay in Rome with peace of mind, but people like us who have nothing," Fu Liangxia paused, her eyes calmly meeting his, neither of them looking away. "Ability alone is not enough. Too many geniuses are buried halfway, never getting a chance to shine. And I don't want to be buried. If there are no opportunities, I will create them."
Her eyes were like a deep pool, reflecting his appearance and tempting him to go deeper.
"Good wind, help me soar to the sky." She smiled, her eyes and eyebrows brighter than the light.
Fu Haoyao's gaze seemed to be sucked into a deep pool, and he didn't react for a long time.
"Plop" "Plop——"
The heartbeat struggled at the bottom of the pool, each one louder than the last.
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At the same time——
"I heard you handled this very unlike yourself."
Su Xingshu thought of the miserable appearance of Kang Jin and Li Yuanfan that he had seen during the day, and his face looked a little strange: "They both look miserable."
"You think what I did was wrong?"
The boy sitting opposite him raised his hand, his slender fingers pinching the glass, his eyes narrowed slightly: "Pity them?"
"Of course not, I just feel..." Su Xingshu frowned and considered his words, "Is it because of her?"
Is your abnormality due to Fu Liangxia?
From the first moment he saw Fu Liangxia, he felt that she was a little special. Even when she said something offensive later, Su Xingshu was only angry for a while, and then he realized that what she said did make some sense.
But before he could clarify, the rumor spread and caused subsequent consequences...
Su Xingshu frowned slightly, wondering how Fu Liangxia was doing now.
According to Fu Liedong, she seemed to have been in poor health.
Cheng Xingzhou raised his eyes: "Why do you ask?"
Su Xingshu: "What else could be the reason?"
The air was silent for a moment, and after a moment, Su Xingshu heard him say softly, "Maybe he just doesn't like them."
Let him be happy. No matter what Cheng Xingzhou thinks, it can't affect him.
Su Xingshu swallowed the wine in the glass in one gulp and slowly typed a line of words on his mobile phone.
[Su Xingshu: Do you feel better?]
The moment the WeChat message popped up, Fu Liangxia was explaining a problem to Fu Haoyao. She had placed her phone on the table, so when the screen lit up, both of them saw the text on it.
“…”
Fu Haoyao, who had just vowed that she did not want to rely on him to get close to Su Xingshu, fell silent.
He looked away, his eyes fixed on the words on the paper, but his peripheral vision was secretly following her movements.
"Why don't you write anymore?" Fu Liangxia just picked up the phone, took a look at it, and then put it down. Seeing Fu Haoyao motionless, as if in a daze, she asked.
He came to his senses: "Oh, I don't know this."
"Really? Let me see." Fu Liangxia moved a little closer, and her soft hair gently brushed across the back of his hand, bringing a little itch.
Fu Haoyao smelled that faint cold fragrance again, a bit like cedar, very elegant and unapproachable.
It's very similar to the impression she gives people.
Fu Haoyao couldn't help but get distracted again. He could hear the girl's well-organized explanation, but what he was thinking about was why she didn't reply to Xiaoshu's message.
Maybe they're genuinely not interested? Or maybe they just don't have a good relationship?
But judging from Xiaoshu's proactive inquiry, it doesn't seem like it.
"Because it's class time." Fu Liangxia answered slowly.
Fu Haoyao then realized that he had unknowingly asked the question in his heart out loud.
He tilted his head to look at her, because the girl explaining was very close to him. Her hand holding the pen was slender and beautiful, and she looked at him with a slightly raised eyebrow: "Do you understand?"
"Oh, actually I don't care too much." Fu Haoyao touched his nose, feeling a little uncomfortable.
Fu Liangxia, however, revealed the look he gave someone who looked at him as if he was a fool: "I'm explaining the problem to you, and you say you don't care?"
So you are asking whether you understand this.
Fu Haoyao's expression slowly froze. He thought...
"Knock knock—" A powerful knock sounded at the door, and when Fu Langshu pushed it open, he was greeted by this harmonious scene. The boy and girl were huddled close together at the desk, the girl's head tilted slightly, her expression helpless, while her brother's expression was unusually uncomfortable.
"It's time," he said slowly, "I'll take Teacher Fu back."
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