Chapter 59 You're Finished [VIP]
Chapter Summary: You've fallen in love!
On Monday, Shao Yang helped Fu Xianyin get a long leave of absence from school.
Fu Dongyuan had already informed the school leaders in advance, and Shao Yang was already there when Fu Xianyin arrived at Gao Ying's office.
He was impeccably dressed in a suit, with gold-rimmed glasses perched on his nose, and smiled gently: "Mr. Gao, thank you for your trouble."
Gao Ying said, "It's no trouble at all."
She glanced at Fu Xianyin standing next to Shao Yang, sighed, and ultimately said nothing.
After taking leave, Shao Yang glanced down at Fu Xianyin beside him and said softly, "I'll take you back."
Fu Xianyin pursed her lips and said, "Secretary Shao, could you wait for me outside for a moment?"
She made up an excuse: "I want to ask about my exam results from last week."
Shao Yang nodded, said okay, and then pushed open the door and went out.
He gently closed the office door, and Fu Xianyin looked at Gao Ying and said, "Teacher Gao, I'll only be taking a three-month leave. I'll come back to school after three months."
Gao Ying was a little surprised. Just as she was about to speak, Fu Xianyin continued, "I know that voluntarily giving up the college entrance examination requires writing a commitment letter, but Teacher Gao, I don't want to give up the college entrance examination. If Shao Yang tells you anything at that time, could you confirm it with me?"
Gao Ying asked, "So you're planning to prepare for both at the same time?"
Fu Xianyin nodded.
She knew it would be difficult to manage both the college entrance exam and the application process, but she had to give it a try.
She said, "Teacher Gao, do you know when the next monthly exam is?"
Gao Ying said, "The specific time has not been determined yet, but it should be around the 20th of December."
Fu Xianyin said, "Teacher, I will come back to take the exam."
Gao Ying looked at the girl in front of her.
She looked tired, and her cheeks seemed thinner than last week.
But his eyes were extremely bright, with a firmness and a desperate courage.
Gao Ying said, "It will be very tiring to try to do both at the same time. I know you are mentally prepared, but I still want to tell you not to push yourself too hard or overwork yourself."
"You can tell your teacher anything, anything at all, okay?"
Fu Xianyin nodded.
She said, "Thank you, teacher."
Gao Ying said, "Come here, let me give you a hug."
Her embrace was warm, and Fu Xianyin hugged her tightly before letting go.
She said, "Then, teacher, I'll be going now."
Goodbye, teacher.
Gao Ying watched Fu Xianyin's retreating figure and couldn't help but sigh.
At first, she simply meant that every family has its own problems.
But now, she has discovered that the scripture in Fu Xianyin's family is no longer just difficult to recite.
She knew that there was only so much she could do, but she still wanted to help Fu Xianyin.
She couldn't bear to see such a good child being dragged down and scarred by his family.
At the doorway, Shao Yang stood with his legs bent. Seeing Fu Xianyin arrive, he smiled and said, "Have you finished going over the test? How did it go?"
Fu Xianyin said, "It's terrible."
Shao Yang was taken aback by her words. After a two-second pause, he didn't say anything but casually changed the subject: "I've already bought you a ticket to Beijing for today. Do you want to go back to your dorm to pack your things now? Or should we buy them when we get to Beijing?"
Fu Xianyin stopped in her tracks.
She turned around, looked up at Shao Yang, and said, word by word, "Beijing?"
Shao Yang nodded: "That's what President Fu means."
If Shao Yang hadn't been there, Fu Xianyin would have almost burst out with a cold laugh.
Fu Dongyuan was so wary of her, he went to great lengths to send her away.
Beichuan is also a first-tier city with excellent teaching staff, so there's no need to send her to Beijing specifically, Teacher Zhao.
Fu Xianyin looked at Shao Yang and retorted defiantly, "Did Fu Dongyuan say when he would give me the shares?"
Now that we've come this far, there's no need to use disgusting terms like "dad."
She heard Shao Yang vaguely reply, "President Fu is still considering it."
Fu Xianyin refused to budge an inch: "What do you mean by 'considering'? Are you considering how much to give, or when to give it, or are you considering all of these? I want 10% of the shares. Is that a lot for him? He and Chen Huimei are divorcing. I can stand on his side, and I can also stand on Chen Huimei's side."
Whether it was a misperception or not, Fu Xianyin saw Shao Yang wiping away sweat.
Fu Xianyin thought to herself, "Why would I be sweating on such a cold day?"
Shao Yang sighed and said, "That's what President Fu means. If Miss Fu has anything she needs me to convey, I will definitely do so."
Fu Xianyin said, "Then ask him when the share transfer can be completed."
Shao Yang said, "Okay, I'll talk to President Fu when I get back."
As the two exited the teaching building, Shao Yang stopped and asked, "Miss Fu, are you going to your dormitory or directly to Beijing?"
Fu Xianyin said, "Let's go to the dormitory."
After she finished speaking, she walked towards the dormitory, not caring whether Shao Yang was following her or not.
When she arrived at the dormitory building, she took out her leave slip, briefly explained her purpose to the dormitory manager, and prepared to go upstairs.
Suddenly, a voice came from behind: "Excuse me, may I go up with her?"
Shao Yang adjusted his glasses and smiled at the dormitory gatekeeper: "There's no elevator in the dormitory. She has a lot of stuff and can't carry it all down by herself, so I'm going up to help her with her luggage. Don't worry, she lives in a single room, and I don't go into the girls' dormitory. If you're really worried, you can come up with me."
He repeatedly assured them, "I'll go up and lend a hand."
Shao Yangsheng is fair-skinned and clean-cut; he's the kind of person who, judging by his appearance alone, would definitely be a good person.
The dormitory supervisor didn't suspect him and waved him in.
Fu Xianyin glanced at Shao Yang.
She didn't expect Shao Yang to offer to help her carry her things upstairs.
She said softly, "Thank you."
Shao Yang smiled and said, "Miss Fu, you don't need to be so polite. Mr. Fu pays my salary."
Fu Xianyin: ...
She went upstairs without looking back, and Shao Yang followed behind her.
Fu Xianyin had quite a lot of things. When she first arrived in Beichuan, she bought a bunch of things without any restraint. Thinking back carefully, Gu Linzhao helped her carry them up that time.
Fu Xianyin sighed.
She now finds herself constantly searching for memories of Gu Linzhao.
Shao Yang stopped some distance from the dormitory door.
Fu Xianyin went inside to tidy up and then came out pushing two suitcases.
Shao Yang easily carried one of them downstairs.
As they left the dormitory, Shao Yang, pulling two large suitcases, asked considerately, "Do you want to stay at school a little longer?"
Fu Xianyin turned her gaze toward the teaching building.
get out of class was about to end, and if Shao Yang wasn't there, she really wanted to see Gu Linzhao in person and tell him about her decisions, instead of informing him through cold, impersonal text messages on her phone.
Unfortunately, Shao Yang was beside her, holding her suitcase, smiling as he waited for her to make a decision.
So she said, "No need, just take me to the airport."
Shao Yang drives very steadily.
He tried to strike up a conversation with Fu Xianyin along the way, but no matter what he said, Fu Xianyin always only asked, "When will Fu Dongyuan give me shares?"
After trying a few times, Shao Yang stopped talking.
Fu Xian was enjoying his music, while he sat in the back seat watching the endless stream of cars.
At the airport, Shao Yang helped her check in her luggage and get her baggage tag. Just as Shao Yang was leading her to the waiting room, Fu Xianyin was surprised and said, "You're not going to come to Beijing with me, are you?"
Shao Yang was still smiling, but Fu Xianyin sensed a hint of straightforwardness in his smile: "President Fu didn't make that request, but if Miss Fu wants, I can buy the tickets now."
Fu Xianyin took a step back, took her bag from Shao Yang's hand, and said, "No need."
It takes less than two hours to get from Beichuan to Beijing.
Shao Yang had already arranged accommodation for her in advance; it was a suite in a hotel. After checking in, Fu Xianyin went to her teacher's place with her schoolbag on her back.
Along the way, she roughly learned about the application process.
The hard indicators are standardized test scores like TOEFL and SAT. In addition, she should ideally participate in some competitions to enrich her background.
The agency and the teacher have already been found.
The rest is up to Fu Xianyin to learn on her own.
Fu Xianyin didn't have any particular aversion to learning these things.
Just study, it doesn't matter where you study.
Humanities were not Fu Xianyin's forte, and in order to prevent future troubles, Fu Dongyuan forbade Fu Xianyin to study business. Fu Xianyin could only choose science-related majors.
The preparation process is very tedious.
Fu Xianyin attends classes during the day to learn about application content, and then goes home at night to practice college entrance exam questions to maintain her skills.
Gu Linzhao helped her organize the exercise books and study materials at school.
After packing, Gao Ying sent it to her current address.
Fu Xianyin felt that there was nothing else in her life besides studying.
The English skills that Fu Xianyin was so proud of in school were simply not enough for the TOEFL and SAT. Fu Xianyin deeply felt the difficulty of the TOEFL mock test.
In the areas of listening, speaking, reading, and writing, Fu Xianyin struggles with reading comprehension, memorizing audio, speaking, and writing.
The SAT is slightly better, since it includes not only English but also math.
After finishing the math problem, Fu Xianyin regained some confidence.
She quickly identified her weaknesses, discussed a study plan with her teacher, and immediately threw herself into preparing for the exam.
Vocabulary was a major problem. Fu Xianyin forced herself to memorize 400 words every day, practiced listening comprehension by listening and dictation word by word, and also forced herself to find different materials and content for speaking and writing.
She still had classmates at school, but now that she's in Beijing, she's truly all alone.
Aside from occasional conversations with her teachers during the day, Fu Xianyin rarely speaks to anyone.
Chen Nianke and Cheng Zhaozhao would call Fu Xianyin every few nights, talking about this or that at school.
According to Chen Nianke, whenever Cheng Zhaozhao encounters someone gossiping about Chen Huimei, she will go up and argue with them.
The argument has escalated to the point that many people instinctively shut up when they see Cheng Zhaozhao in their chats.
Fu Xianyin laughed uncontrollably.
When talking on the phone with Cheng Zhaozhao and Chen Nianke, it was mainly the two of them who were talking, while Fu Xianyin was mainly the one listening.
And Gu Linzhao...
Fu Xianyin felt like she hadn't heard Gu Linzhao's voice in a long time.
Actually, it didn't seem to have been very long, only about two weeks.
But Fu Xianyin was just itching to try it.
Finally, after finishing a whole set of reading comprehension questions that day, Fu Xianyin sent Gu Linzhao a message:
[Will you be free tonight? ]
She typed on the keyboard: Can you call me? Then she deleted it, typed it again and deleted it again, repeating this several times, but in the end she still didn't send the message.
Fu Xianyin tossed her phone aside, set an alarm for 10 a.m., and then started doing practice problems.
In the monotonous study life, the only thing that made Fu Xianyin happy was that she was back to her study habits.
She no longer gets distracted when doing exercises, and she can concentrate even on densely packed reading passages. She also doesn't drift off while listening to audio; instead, she can diligently take down most of the information.
I stumbled through a chemistry test paper, and just then the alarm clock went off.
After evening self-study at Beichuan No. 1 Middle School, it's usually around 10 PM when she gets back to her dormitory. Chen Nianke and Cheng Zhaozhao usually call her around this time, and Gu Linzhao also texts her around this time.
Fu Xianyin lay on the bed, scrolling through her chat history with Gu Linzhao over the past two weeks.
Both of them were busy during the day, especially Gu Linzhao, who could only look at his phone at night.
The chat history over the two weeks was fragmented and sparse. Fu Xianyin would occasionally take a picture of the sky in Beijing, or complain about how difficult studying was and how she really didn't want to study.
Gu Linzhao responded to every single one of his words.
She posted a picture of the sunset in Beijing, and Gu Linzhao said it was beautiful, just like when they played basketball at the affiliated high school.
She posted a picture of the light first snow in Beijing, and Gu Linzhao said that it had also snowed in Beichuan, and attached a picture of Chen Nianke and the others having a snowball fight.
She spoke in difficult and hard-to-understand English, and Gu Linzhao said it was so hard; if he were to learn it, he would definitely have an even bigger headache.
Fu Xianyin chuckled as she looked at the messages the boy had replied to so earnestly.
A sentence suddenly popped into my mind:
You're doomed, you've fallen in love!
Have you fallen in love?
Fu Xianyin suppressed her smile, thought carefully for a moment, and came to a conclusion.
It's hard to say whether they've fallen in love or not.
However, the feeling of liking this emotion is now undeniably real.
My phone suddenly vibrated.
It was a message from Gu Linzhao.
As always, Gu Bansian was incredibly insightful. He asked, "[Should we make a phone call?]"
Fu Xianyin: [Yes.]
The moment the message was sent, Gu Linzhao called.
After the call was connected, Fu Xianyin suddenly became a little nervous.
She silenced her phone, cleared her throat, and suddenly heard a low laugh from the other end of the line.
Fu Xianyin was startled, thinking that Gu Linzhao had heard her because she hadn't turned off her voice. However, after checking several times, she found that the voice settings were still muted.
She turned off the mute and said, "What are you laughing at?"
Gu Linzhao said, "Didn't you want to make a phone call? Why aren't you saying anything?"
Fu Xianyin retorted defiantly, "Who wants to make a phone call? Didn't you say you wanted to make a phone call? I didn't say that."
Gu Linzhao smiled again and said, "Okay, that's what I wanted to do."
Fu Xianyin curved her lips into a smile, then quickly suppressed it. She asked, "So, if you want to call me, what do you want to say?"
Gu Linzhao said, "I'd like to ask, is Fu Xianyin's life tiring?"
Fu Xianyin said, "I'm so tired. I'm studying every day, and it feels like the hard times are going to never end."
There was no further news from Gu Linzhao.
She was a little annoyed and said, "Why aren't you saying anything again? Say something!"
I want to hear you talk more.
Her tone was soft, and to Gu Linzhao it sounded like she was being coquettish.
Gu Linzhao's voice softened: "Okay, I'll speak."
So he really started talking about trivial things, things so trivial they were almost nonsense.
Fu Xianyin didn't need to answer; she just needed to listen quietly.
Gu Linzhao's voice had a magical quality that could gradually calm her down.
It could also make her feel a little better, filled with more longing and affection.
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