Chapter 34 Chapter 34 Even if I beg him this time, he won’t go! ...
Fu Jiaze's malice was like a clinging vine, silently enveloping Fu Xu's campus life.
Ever since Mr. Shen suppressed the Fu family last time, the Fu family has been in a very low position in the imperial capital. The only thing left is the title of having a healing omega, which is still enviable. So this time, Fu Jiaze wanted to retaliate all his anger on him.
Before morning self-study, Fu Xu had just spread his textbook on the table and turned to get some water. When he came back, he saw his math exercise book spread out on the floor of the corridor. Several alphas were deliberately walking back and forth on the edges of the pages, and the dust from their soles of their shoes left black marks on the exercises.
Fu Jiaze leaned against the wall at the classroom door, twirling Fu Xu's pen in his hand. He looked over with a raised eyebrow. "Hey, the exercise book just grew legs and ran away? Really? Being around a loser like you, even the notebook feels unlucky."
Some people around laughed, but Fu Xu didn't say anything. He just walked over, squatted down, and carefully picked up the exercise book from the ground. When his fingertips brushed over the black marks, the nails of his other hand almost dug into his palm.
Fu Xu brushed off the dust on it, leaving only some black marks that were impossible to wipe off. He had no choice but to give up. He hugged the exercise book in his arms and turned back to his seat.
As they passed by Fu Jiaze, he deliberately tripped him. Fu Xu stumbled forward half a step, and the exercise books in his arms fell to the ground. Fu Jiaze bent down to pick one up, flipped through the pages, and sneered, "What kind of writing is this? It's so crooked, worse than an elementary school student's handwriting. No wonder he can only be a slave."
Fu Xu squatted down to pick up the scattered notebooks. When his fingertips touched an exercise book, someone suddenly stepped on the back of his hand.
It was the alpha who had just stepped on the exercise book. The other party crushed it hard and said arrogantly: "What are you picking up? Are you worthy of picking up waste?" There was a sharp pain on the back of his hand. Fu Xu bit his lip and didn't look up. After a long time, the class bell rang. The alpha was reluctant to loosen his grip and left with a cold snort.
Fu Xu breathed a sigh of relief, slowly withdrew his hand, picked up the scattered exercise books one by one, held them in his arms, and sat back in his seat.
During class, he couldn't understand most of what the teacher said, so he could only lower his head and mark the key points in the textbook and circle the parts he didn't understand.
He had just circled a few times when the alpha at the table behind him deliberately poked his back with the tip of a pencil, over and over again, with great force.
Fu Xu looked back, but the other person turned away with an innocent look. When he turned back, he was poked on the back again. Fu Xu did not look back, but straightened his back a little, leaned forward slightly, and held the pen in his hand tighter. Even after the bell rang, there were still a few faint red marks on the back of the man sitting behind him.
This was the clothes Mr. Shen gave him. Fu Xu bit his lip and carefully hid the traces.
Even so, Fu Xu never missed a day of studying. During breaks, when others were playing in the corridor, he would lie on his seat and do his homework. When he encountered knowledge points he didn't understand, he would go back to look up information. At noon, when there were many people in the cafeteria, he would get his lunch and go back to the classroom to eat, reviewing while eating.
When I got home at night, the house was quiet.
Chen Louchen was always busy in the study. Most of the time, only one light was on in the living room. The warm yellow light fell on the floor, and the rest of the place was pitch black. There was an indescribable feeling of loneliness.
Fu Xu walked into his room, put his schoolbag on the table, took out his textbooks and exercise books, turned the desk lamp to the brightest, and started doing his homework.
When he encountered a math problem he didn't know how to solve, he would draw diagrams and write formulas over and over again. Sometimes he would spend an hour or two pondering a problem. It was not until one or two in the morning, when the moon outside the window was about to set, that he would take a nap on the table. When it was dawn, he would quickly get up, wash up, and go to school.
As time went by, Fu Xu developed faint dark circles under his eyes and shallow calluses on his fingers, but his textbooks were filled with dense notes, and he corrected the wrong questions in the exercise book over and over again with a red pen.
On the weekend, Gu Wangyan came to Fu Xu's house for a routine check-up. As soon as he walked into the living room, he saw Fu Xu sitting on the sofa doing homework. The pen in his hand kept writing on the paper, and he didn't even notice him coming in.
Gu Wangyan walked over, bent down and took a look at his exercise book, and found that all the wrong questions had been corrected neatly, the steps were written in detail, and even the points that were easy to make mistakes were marked next to them.
"You've made rapid progress." Gu Wangyan said with a smile, which scared Fu Xu.
Looking up and seeing Gu Wangyan, Fu Xu quickly closed the exercise book and smiled a little embarrassedly: "Doctor Gu, you are here."
Gu Wangyan sat next to him, reached out and touched his forehead, then looked at the bottom of his eyes, frowned and said: "You haven't slept well recently? You have such heavy dark circles."
Fu Xu lowered his head and whispered, "It's just... I've been catching up on my homework lately, so I'm a little busy."
Gu Wangyan looked at him and suddenly sighed: "I heard about what happened to you at school. Did Fu Jiaze cause you trouble?"
Fu Xu's body stiffened for a moment, then he shook his head: "No, it's just a small matter, it's nothing serious."
"Are you still trying to hide it from me?" Gu Wangyan smiled helplessly. "I know your school's political teacher. He said that people often give you trouble. Why don't you resist?"
Fu Xu clutched the corner of his clothes and was silent for a long time before he whispered, "I...I don't want to cause trouble, and I just want to study hard now."
Gu Wangyan looked at the determination in his eyes and suddenly understood something.
He used to think Fu Xu was cowardly because he was afraid of being bullied, but now he realized that Fu Xu was not a coward. Based on his experience, Fu Xu just longed for maternal love for a long time when he was in the Fu family, and habitually wanted to please others, so he became submissive. But now he has his own goals and something he wants to prove, so he has become much stronger.
"Okay, then you should study hard." Gu Wangyan patted his shoulder, "If you encounter something that you can't solve, and Chen Louchen doesn't care about you, you can tell me, don't carry it alone."
Fu Xu nodded, feeling warm in his heart.
As the days passed, the monthly exam was soon approaching.
On the morning of the exam, Fu Xu got up very early. When he washed up and went downstairs, he happened to meet Chen Louchen who was going to work.
Chen Louchen was wearing a dark suit with a tie around his collar and holding a briefcase in his hand. When he saw Fu Xu, he paused.
Fu Xu looked at him and suddenly felt a little nervous. After hesitating for a long time, he asked in a low voice: "Mr. Shen, what if...what if I fail the exam this time?"
When Shen Louchen heard his words, he was stunned for a moment and didn't know how to answer for a moment.
What to say?
No problem? It's so easy.
Won’t fail the test? That’s weird.
He waited for a long time, so long that Fu Xu thought Mr. Shen no longer wanted to pay attention to him, until he heard the cold voice of the alpha above his head: "Even if he ranked last in the exam, the Shen family can still afford to support him. There is no need to use an omega to keep up appearances."
When Fu Xu heard his words, he felt like something hit his heart, a little painful and a little lost, so he lowered his head and whispered "I understand", then turned around and went to the entrance to change his shoes, picked up his schoolbag and prepared to go to school.
Shen Louchen looked at his back, opened his mouth, and wanted to say something else, but in the end he didn't say it.
Fu Xu walked downstairs. Although he felt disappointed, he quickly adjusted his mentality.
He thought that studying was for himself, not for others. Even if he failed the exam, he would not give up and would just try harder next time.
When we arrived at school, the exam started soon.
Fu Xu sat in the examination room, looked at the questions on the test paper, picked up a pen, and began to answer the questions seriously.
The exam time passed quickly, and by the time he finished checking the test paper for the last course, the bell for handing in papers rang.
Fu Xu stood up and walked out of the examination room, feeling relieved. No matter how he performed in the exam, he had tried his best.
In the next few days, Fu Xu was waiting for the results to be announced, feeling very nervous.
Sometimes he couldn’t help but wonder, if he did well in the exam, would Mr. Shen praise him?
Sometimes he wondered if he failed the test, would Mr. Shen think he was really a useless omega?
Three days later, the homeroom teacher walked into the classroom with a stack of report cards. Standing at the podium, he cleared his throat and said, "The results of this monthly exam are out, but they won't be announced for now. We'll have a parent-teacher conference next Friday, and then we'll send the report cards to all parents so they can get an update on everyone's academic performance."
There was a sudden buzz of discussion in the classroom, some were excited, some were nervous.
Fu Xu sat in his seat and became nervous.
He didn't know how he did in the exam, but he didn't expect to have to attend a parent-teacher meeting.
Parents... He has no parents.
Mom and Dad, neither of them will come.
Fu Xu once again felt endless helplessness, especially when everyone was discussing whether to let his father or mother come, he seemed very out of place.
Lin Ruan, who was standing next to him, came over and asked him quietly, "Fu Xu, how do you think you did on the exam this time?"
Fu Xu thought about it and shook his head: "I don't know, it should be... okay."
Lin Ruan smiled and said, "I think you will definitely do well in the exam. You work so hard. By the way, will your parents come to the parent-teacher meeting?"
When Fu Xu heard the word "parents", he was stunned.
Parents...I guess he doesn't have any parents.
"I don't know." Fu Xu shook his head and said in a low voice.
Lin Ruan noticed his disappointment. As an omega herself, she knew how difficult this was. Perhaps there was an alpha in his family, and his parents gave all their love to the alpha. She immediately comforted him, "It's okay. Even if your parents don't come, the teacher will give you the report card. You can just look at it yourself when the time comes."
Fu Xu forced a smile and nodded.
When he reached the door of his house, Fu Xu took a deep breath, pushed the door open and walked in.
There was no one in the living room, Chen Louchen should not have returned yet.
Fu Xu put his schoolbag on the sofa and walked into the kitchen, wanting to see if Uncle Chen had left any dinner. He found a note on the kitchen table. It was from Uncle Chen: "Xiao Xu, dinner is in the insulated box. Heat it up yourself. My husband said he has a meeting tonight and might be back late."
Fu Xu walked to the thermal box and opened the lid. The food inside was still steaming, but he had no appetite.
After a quick dinner, Fu Xu returned to his room and took out his textbook, but he couldn't concentrate. He turned his head and saw an endless river view outside the window. It was pitch black, which made him feel inexplicably confused.
After an unknown amount of time, the sound of a door opening was heard downstairs. Fu Xu knew that Chen Louchen had returned. He hesitated for a moment, but still walked out of the room, stood at the stairs, and watched Chen Louchen change his shoes.
Chen Louchen raised his head, saw him and said lightly: "Are you still asleep?"
Fu Xu bit his lip and whispered, "Mr. Shen, our teacher said... there will be a parent-teacher meeting next Friday."
When Shen Louchen heard his words, he paused and was silent for a long time before saying, "Yeah."
Fu Xu stirred his fingers, not knowing whether he should ask Mr. Shen for help, but he really didn't want to go back to the Fu family to beg them. He hesitated for a long time before following Mr. Shen's footsteps to pour water: "Mr. Shen...Excuse me, can you, help me?"
Chen Louchen raised his eyebrows slightly: "Why should I help you?"
Fu Xu was scratching at the corner of his clothes, speechless. He really didn't have anything that could make Mr. Shen help him. Taking him in and sending him to school was already enough. Would it be a big deal to trouble Mr. Shen again?
Chen Louchen took a sip of water and looked at Fu Xu's bewildered look leisurely. His beautiful eyebrows were slightly wrinkled, like a child whose candy was taken away, but he didn't dare to get angry. He felt wronged and secretly wiped his tears in the corner.
Kind of funny.
"Tell me first." Chen Louchen put down the water cup, sat on the sofa and spoke.
Fu Xu took two steps forward and spoke with difficulty: "The teacher said that there will be a parents' meeting on Friday... I..."
Do you want him to attend the parent-teacher conference?
Chen Louchen didn't expect Fu Xu to have such a request, which surprised him a little.
However, he seldom appears in public, and he is really not interested in attending such boring parent-teacher meetings. He also does not want to publicize his identity too much, as it will not be of any benefit to his future tasks, but will instead attract the prying eyes of his enemies.
But...if Fu Xu begged him, he could agree.
"I understand." Chen Louchen said indifferently.
Fu Xu didn't quite know what Mr. Shen meant, but he felt that since the words had been said, he might as well just forget it. The worst that could happen was that Mr. Shen would kick him out!
"Mr. Shen, I..." Fu Xu took a deep breath, "Can you please help me... so that I don't have to attend the parents' meeting..."
What?
Chen Louchen narrowed his eyes, turned his aggressive gaze towards Fu Xu, and said in a cold tone: "Say it again?"
What does this OEM mean? Does he dislike him? Is he just that incompetent? Would rather let him negotiate with the school not to attend the parent-teacher conference than ask him to go?
He doesn't want to go yet!
He wouldn't go this time even if Fu Xu begged him!
Fu Xu shuddered at the look in Chen Louchen's eyes. Tears welled up in his eyes for a long time, but he dared not let them fall. Fu Xu raised his hand and wiped away the tears with his sleeve, saying in a trembling voice, "Mr. Chen... I... Can I..."
"No." Chen Louchen rejected Fu Xu's words without thinking, "I don't have the time."
Fu Xu bit his lower lip hard, as if a death row inmate had finally been judged, and lowered his head resignedly: "I understand, Mr. Shen."
"Yeah." Chen Louchen was furious. No matter how he looked at Fu Xu, he found it annoying. He was so angry that he threw away the folder next to him and strode upstairs.
Fu Xu fell down on the carpet. The soft carpet was not like the cold floor of Fu's house. It was warm to the touch, except for his mood, which was as cold as Mr. Shen's tone.
Fu Xu curled up in the corner of the sofa, unable to hold back his tears.
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The author has something to say: Mr. Shen: From now on, even if he kisses me! Seduces me! I will not agree to any of his requests! Anything!
Fu Xu (unsure why): Husband.
Mr. Shen (wagging his tail): Here, here, here, here! My husband is here!
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