Chapter 28 Coaxing Him [VIP]
Chapter Summary: Young Master, this old servant has come to bring you warmth!
In Gu Linzhao's eyes, Fu Xianyin's meaning was quite clear.
She was worried when she saw that Ye Yang hadn't come to play ball. This person, who was so lazy that she didn't even want to go to the chemistry teacher's office which was more than two floors high, ran over under the scorching sun because she was worried about Ye Yang. After seeing the troubles Ye Yang was going through, she even went out of her way to buy him a bunch of things.
Gu Linzhao looked down at Fu Xianyin.
She was wearing long pants and a short-sleeved shirt, her hair was damp with sweat, and her chest was heaving violently, clearly indicating that she had done strenuous exercise.
Oh, so you ran to run this time.
Gu Linzhao thought.
In the month or so since he met Fu Xianyin, Gu Linzhao had never seen her run, except when it was required in physical education class.
Not only that, she also took great care of Ye Yang's self-esteem.
She was afraid he would overhear her distressing story.
Gu Linzhao suddenly felt like a heavily guarded outsider, while Fu Xianyin, like a bodyguard, held the cordon with one hand and made a prohibition gesture with the other, blocking his way and saying:
"Back off."
This realization inexplicably made him very unhappy.
So he asked that question: "And you, how much do you want me to hear?"
Fu Xianyin was asked the question.
She has virtually no emotional awareness and couldn't immediately perceive Gu Linzhao's completely suppressed emotions.
She simply didn't know how to answer that question.
The hallway was quiet.
Fu Xianyin stared at Gu Linzhao's shoelaces for a long while before looking up at him honestly:
"Of course, I hope you didn't hear anything."
The kitten blinked its bright eyes, staring at him.
Gu Linzhao was almost laughing out of anger.
He nodded and said, "Okay, then I didn't hear anything."
Fu Xianyin breathed a sigh of relief.
He knew Gu Linzhao's character. Since Gu Linzhao had said that, he would pretend not to hear it, regardless of whether he had actually heard it or not.
She pulled a can of Coke from the plastic bag and handed it to Gu Linzhao: "Here, have a Coke."
Gu Linzhao didn't take it, and said, "Wasn't it for Ye Yang?"
Fu Xianyin stared at the cola, let out an "Ah," and asked somewhat uncertainly, "You... don't want to drink cola? Then what would you like to drink?"
Gu Linzhao: ...
They were thinking on completely different wavelengths.
Gu Linzhao felt as if he had a lump in his throat that could suffocate him.
He paused for a few seconds, took a bottle of water from the plastic bag, and unscrewed the cap.
The atmosphere was a little awkward.
Fu Xianyin found it very strange.
She and Gu Linzhao had known each other for so long, and during many of their time together they hadn't spoken a word, yet she had never felt awkward.
Fu Xianyin didn't know where the embarrassment came from, but she knew she didn't really like this awkward atmosphere.
So Fu Xianyin, a person who always believed that even if it was incredibly awkward, she would never die first, took the initiative to find a topic to start a conversation:
Are you here to see me?
Gu Linzhao hooked his finger around the mineral water bottle and said, "What else can I do? I'll go find him?"
Fu Xianyin clicked her tongue in annoyance.
In her memory, chatting with Gu Linzhao was a very simple thing, so why did it suddenly become so difficult today?
She tried again: "So what did you say to Lin Anxu?"
Gu Linzhao took a deep breath: "...I said Ye Yang sprained his ankle."
Fu Xianyin nodded: "Oh, that's a good reason. That way, they won't find it strange that you're coming to see us."
Gu Linzhao felt like he was talking to a brick wall.
He was trying to say that he had come to see him so many times before, for no particular reason. Does anyone find that strange?
Why do I have to come up with a plausible reason to see her now?
The atmosphere fell silent once more.
Just as Fu Xianyin was hesitating whether to give up and accept it or to try one last time, the sound of high heels tapping on the tiled floor came from upstairs, getting closer and closer.
Fu Xianyin quickly came to her senses, and she grabbed Gu Linzhao and started running.
Gu Linzhao had been worn down by her and had lost his temper.
The two found an empty classroom to hide in, and Fu Xianyin only breathed a sigh of relief when she saw Li Chan walk down the stairs.
She turned to Gu Linzhao and said, "Wait here for a moment, I'll go upstairs to find... Ye Yang."
Young Master Gu raised an eyelid, his voice neither cold nor warm: "Get rid of me?"
"No." Fu Xianyin didn't know where she got her good temper from, but she was still able to remain patient despite his repeated provocations.
She lowered her voice, her tone softening:
"Exactly, I think if I were Ye Yang, I wouldn't want anyone else to see this either."
This reason convinced the young master.
The young master raised his chin and finally let her go, but before leaving, he added, "I'll wait here, Fu Xianyin, don't forget about me."
Fu Yeyang stood in the stairwell with his head down.
Fu Xianyin deliberately made a noise to make the other person look up.
Fu Yeyang was stunned for a moment when he saw Fu Xianyin. He said, "Sister?"
Fu Xianyin: "Your sister is here."
Fu Yeyang belatedly realized what was happening and said apologetically, "Sorry, the basketball game..."
"If you're worried about playing ball, then you don't need to worry."
Fu Xianyin interrupted him first, saying, "I told Gu Linzhao and Lin Anxu that your affiliated high school will send their substitutes to play against them. They won't wait for you."
She took out an ice pack from the plastic bag and pressed it against Fu Yeyang's face.
The boy grimaced from the cold.
Fu Xianyin said, "Take this and apply it yourself. There's more here if you need more."
She revealed a bag.
Fu Yeyang looked at the pile of ice cream and drinks and said, "...We don't need that many."
Fu Xianyin nodded and said, "I think so too." Then she picked out her favorite ice cream, sat on the ground, unwrapped it, and started eating.
When she bought them, she felt that Fu Yeyang wouldn't need so many, so she only bought the ice cream she liked.
She took out another bag of fruit candies from the plastic bag, opened it, and gave two pieces to Fu Yeyang.
It was the kind that Gu Linzhao gave her on the way to the Astronomical Park.
For some reason, the moment Fu Xianyin saw this candy at the convenience store, she was reminded of that day on the street when she was in a bad mood, and Gu Linzhao reached out to her with a piece of candy in his palm.
She initially thought it was a mint, but after eating it, she realized it was a fruit candy.
What did Gu Linzhao say back then?
It seems to be something like, "Have some candy, don't be angry."
After she ate the candy, she did seem to feel much better.
So, as if possessed, Fu Xianyin bought a piece of fruit candy from a pile of ice.
Fu Yeyang, with a fruit candy in his mouth, suddenly laughed as he watched Fu Xianyin eat ice cream.
Fu Xianyin said slowly, "You can still laugh, so it seems you're not in too much pain?"
Fu Yeyang covered his face and found a place to sit down.
After a long silence, Fu Xianyin suddenly asked, "Does Li Chan often hit you?"
Fu Yeyang remained silent for a while, then nodded.
Li Chan believed that "spare the rod and spoil the child."
Fu Yeyang was beaten from a young age.
Fu Yeyang even felt that Li Chan didn't believe in the principle of "spare the rod and spoil the child," but rather that she needed a sack to vent her anger on when she was in a bad mood.
He turned to Fu Xianyin and asked, "Will Chen Huimei..."
Fu Xianyin took a bite of ice cream and shook her head: "She doesn't."
Chen Huimei would occasionally slap her when she was angry, but she didn't have the habit of hitting her. Most of the time, it was actually Chen Huimei who went crazy, throwing and smashing things, sometimes throwing things randomly that happened to hit Fu Xianyin.
Fu Yeyang also opened another ice cream and ate it.
The two sat on the ground, munching on ice cream bite by bite. After they finished, Fu Xianyin took a tissue, wiped her mouth, patted the dust off her clothes, and said:
Let's go.
After using two ice packs, the redness and swelling on Fu Yeyang's face were barely noticeable.
Fu Xianyin examined it carefully, and just to be on the safe side, she gave him another bottle of ice-cold cola, saying, "Apply it for a little longer."
Fu Yeyang obediently pressed the iced cola against his cheek.
Fu Xianyin hadn't forgotten the young master downstairs.
She opened the door and saw the young master sitting at the podium playing on his phone. He looked up when he heard the sound.
"Let's go."
Fu Xianyin waved to him.
Gu Linzhao put away his phone and stepped down from the podium.
He looked at the plastic bag that Fu Xianyin was carrying.
The once bulging plastic bag now only contains a few bottles of drinks.
Gu Linzhao asked, "Where's the ice cream?"
Fu Xianyin said somewhat embarrassedly, "I ate."
Gu Linzhao: "You're eating two ice creams by yourself instead of eating dinner?"
Fu Xianyin pointed to Fu Yeyang beside her: "Isn't there still one person here? We each have one."
She opened the plastic bag and handed it to Gu Linzhao: "Here, see what you'd like to drink?"
She didn't miss that Gu Linzhao hadn't finished the bottle of water in his hand, but so what? If the young master wanted to drink, she would give him as many bottles as he wanted.
Gu Linzhao's gaze fell on the cola in Fu Yeyang's hand.
This is what Fu Xianyin just handed him.
Fu Xianyin exclaimed "Ah!" and said, "Didn't you say you didn't want it?"
Gu Linzhao didn't know what was wrong with him; he heard himself say, "What if I want it again?"
Fu Xianyin softened her temper and said, "Then I'll go buy it for you."
I wonder if it was because Lin Anxu called me "Young Master" today.
Fu Xianyin felt that Gu Linzhao was really acting like a spoiled young master today, and she had to stand by him and serve him.
Surprisingly, she was actually able to suppress her temper and deal with the young master's tantrum.
Fu Xianyin felt like an old servant, everything was "to make the young master happy, the old servant would do anything."
Fu Xianyin thought to herself, "Consider it a good deed for myself. If I serve the young master's eccentricities for a day, my merits in the underworld should increase rapidly."
Perhaps it was the phrase "I'll buy it for you" that pleased the young master.
Gu Linzhao didn't say anything more, and seemed to be in a much better mood.
He raised his chin and said, "Let's go."
On the stadium, the match is in full swing.
Upon seeing Fu Yeyang arrive, the male students from the affiliated high school immediately called for a pause.
Someone ran over, looked Fu Yeyang up and down, and said, "How's your foot? It doesn't seem to affect your walking anymore."
Fu Xianyin: ...
Oh no, I forgot to tell Fu Yeyang the reason Gu Linzhao came up with.
Fortunately, Fu Yeyang's mind worked very quickly.
He wiggled his ankle and said, "Actually, it's nothing serious. I just bumped it. It hurt like hell at the time, but it's fine now."
After saying that, he added, "He can play ball."
The guy opposite him looked at him suspiciously: "Are you really that good at fighting?"
Fu Yeyang twirled his ankle in front of him and then jumped around on the spot, demonstrating with his actions that:
"They're really good at fighting."
After fighting for a long time, both groups were exhausted.
While Fu Yeyang was warming up, everyone took a break.
Fu Xianyin took the test paper from Fu Yeyang and was about to go back when she heard Fu Yeyang whisper to her:
"Sis, your deskmate seems a bit..."
He spent a long time organizing his thoughts, and finally blurted out:
"Jealous of me."
"Jealous of you?"
Fu Xianyin's face was filled with disbelief.
Gu Linzhao, jealousy, Fu Yeyang?
What's he jealous of?
Is the young master, who is used to a life of pleasure, going down to the grassroots to experience the hardships of life?
Fu Yeyang nodded seriously: "That's right, sis, didn't you notice that he wasn't in a very good mood today?"
Fu Xianyin glanced at Gu Linzhao.
He was talking to Lin Anxu when he noticed her gaze and turned around.
Fu Xianyin quickly turned her head.
She hadn't noticed before and thought Gu Linzhao was just throwing a tantrum.
Now that Fu Yeyang has said that, it seems so.
Fu Xianyin sorted through her memories.
When did Gu Linzhao start to lose interest?
It seems that he was in a bad mood when she stopped Gu Linzhao in the stairwell, telling him not to go any further, and then dragged him downstairs.
His words were laced with barbs and veiled insults.
wrong.
It seems like it's still early.
Fu Xianyin then moved the timeline forward a bit.
Gu Linzhao didn't seem very enthusiastic when he came to the affiliated high school today. He didn't even plan to play basketball, just pretending to be a substitute to appease Lin Anxu.
Did you have a fight with your family? Or did something else happen?
Fu Xianyin thought for a long time but couldn't come up with a solution.
So she decisively gave up trying to figure out why Gu Linzhao was in a bad mood.
Fu Yeyang went to warm up, Fu Xuanyin put the test paper in her bag, and then asked Cheng Zhaozhao, "Shall we go buy some milk tea?"
Cheng Zhaozhao had been sitting there for a while and was thirsty. As soon as Fu Xianyin spoke, she got up and said, "Let's go!"
The two of them left without telling anyone.
While chatting with Lin Anxu, Gu Linzhao subconsciously looked for Fu Xianyin on the court, only to find that she was nowhere to be found.
He glanced at the spot where Fu Xianyin had put her bag.
The bag is gone too.
"What are you looking for, Brother Zhao?"
Lin Anxu looked at him and asked, "What are you doing?"
Gu Linzhao: "Where is Ye Yang?"
Lin Anxu pointed to the middle school's half of the field: "There, it's for warm-up."
Gu Linzhao felt relieved.
He nodded: "It's alright, where were you?"
At the milk tea shop, Fu Xianyin ordered two cups of mango pomelo sago.
Cheng Zhaozhao asked, "Yinyin, who are you buying this for?"
Fu Xianyin: "Ah, I was thinking of buying Gu Linzhao a cup."
Cheng Zhaozhao said, "Hey, Gu Linzhao has started to like milk tea now too?"
Fu Xianyin paused.
She slowly turned her head and asked, "Didn't he like to drink it before?"
Cheng Zhaozhao said, "Um, Lin Anxu used to take him to the convenience store to buy milk tea, but he never bought it."
Fu Xianyin fiercely rebuked herself in her heart.
You've failed as a servant.
How can I accumulate merit before the King of Hell if I do this?
Fu Xianyin eventually bought the mango pomelo sago.
Not to mention that Gu Linzhao was drinking milk tea when he was with her before, even if Gu Linzhao didn't drink it, two cups of mango pomelo sago wouldn't be difficult for Fu Xianyin.
She then took Cheng Zhaozhao to the convenience store.
Fu Xianyin picked out a small cake and bought a rice ball. After seeing the familiar fruit candy, she bought one of each flavor.
Finally, Fu Xianyin walked out of the convenience store carrying bags full of stuff.
When we got back to the court, the boys had already started playing.
The sun was setting, and the spot where they had been sitting was no longer shady. The two found a shady spot again, and Fu Xianyin put down her bag, picked up a bag full of things, and went to find Gu Linzhao.
Gu Linzhao still didn't play; he found a shady spot behind the referee to rest.
Suddenly, a figure appeared in my line of sight.
Fu Xianyin walked up to him carrying two cups of mango pomelo sago and a bag of snacks.
When she went shopping, she thought of the scene when Song Yaoge brought water to Gu Linzhao during their first game of basketball.
She had a bottle of water, a bottle of mango pomelo sago, and a bottle of sports drink with her.
Fu Xianyin seriously thought this was a good idea.
If I didn't know what to buy, I bought everything and then let him choose.
Look, look, how sincere she is!
Gu Linzhao looked at what Fu Xianyin was carrying.
Two cups of milk tea, plus some things I bought from the convenience store, a whole bag full of stuff.
It was much more than what I bought for Ye Yang.
A hidden corner of Gu Linzhao's heart was filled with strange emotions.
The next second, he saw the girl in front of him bend down slightly, hand him what she was holding, and say in a bright, cheerful voice:
"Young master, your old servant has come to bring you warmth!"
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