My Crush Also Has a Crush on Me!
Chapter 48: Discovering Her Secret

Chapter 48: Chapter 48: Discovering Her Secret

Fu Ying went home and checked her diary, which was lying safely in the drawer.

It seemed Fu Mingchuan had not seen her diary; perhaps it was because she had acted oddly the last time and Nanny Wu noticed, then told Fu Mingchuan.

Usually, no one enters her room.

Thinking this, Fu Ying’s suspended heart was relieved.

In the evening, Fu Mingchuan wanted to play Go with her. Fu Ying intentionally acted clumsy and lost several games to Fu Mingchuan.

Fu Mingchuan, with a full smile on his face, said she was not so good and didn’t suspect anything.

Tonight, Fu Yi came back.

Holding a cat in his arms, identical to the big orange cat from Shen Liguang’s social media.

Fu Mingchuan asked, "Where did you get the cat?"

"Liguang found it on the street, he asked me to bring it back for Yingying."

Fu Ying was stunned, and so was Fu Mingchuan.

Watching his daughter receive the cat and carefully petting it, her eyes sparkling with immense joy.

Fu Mingchuan’s expression turned a bit stiff, and he remained silent.

"Take good care of it." Fu Yi, worried that she might just lose interest quickly, reminded her before going upstairs.

Fu Ying nodded: "I know."

Fu Ying felt that from now on, she could share her secrets with the big orange cat, letting it bear the bitterness of her unrequited love.

...

The days filled with classes were somewhat dull, only enjoyable for the top students.

Fu Ying felt that time moved incredibly slowly before Wednesday, but then sped up on Thursday.

On Thursday, Fu Ying was on duty.

She liked the walk to dispose of the trash. She suddenly discovered an uncrowded path on the other side of the school pond facing the bus station, occasionally, she would see Shen Liguang there.

Fu Ying often took detours, risking being late to self-study, just to get a distant glimpse of him.

Even from afar, sometimes he would suddenly look up towards her.

She felt it strange that her sneaky glances would always be caught.

When the study bell rang, Fu Ying withdrew her gaze and hurriedly headed to the classroom building, keeping her head down.

"Fu Ying, why do you always volunteer to take out the trash every time you’re on duty? No one likes to do that."

Just as she sat down, someone leaned over and asked.

Fu Ying looked up and realized it wasn’t Li Hanyi sitting beside her but another girl.

They had temporarily switched seats.

The girl’s name was Lin Lishan, and she was on duty with her.

Fu Ying had been an outcast in the class, so no female classmate wanted to talk to her.

The one who was on duty with her had little interaction as well.

Lin Lishan suddenly asked this, and Fu Ying was at a loss for words.

"And..." Lin Lishan suddenly leaned closer, her face meaningfully smiling, "Many times I’ve watched you from downstairs, you always take a detour, heading towards the secluded path by the pond on the other side."

Fu Ying’s heart skipped, and she quickly made an excuse: "My little brother brings me snacks outside the fence."

"What snacks?"

Lin Lishan, seeing her return empty-handed, didn’t believe her.

"I ate them on the way."

Lin Lishan still looked skeptical and suddenly laughed, "That place is perfect for dating."

Lin Lishan made it sound like she was actually going there for a date.

But she was far worse than dating.

She was having a one-sided love.

Fu Ying smiled, but didn’t engage further.

Lin Lishan leaned on the desk, her almond eyes sizing her up.

Feeling uneasy, Fu Ying asked, "Is there something on my face?"

"There really is," Lin Lishan nodded emphatically.

"Ah?" Fu Ying raised her hand to wipe her face, "What is it?"

Lin Lishan looked mysterious: "There’s a secret."

"..." Fu Ying found this girl very mystical.

Just from her abnormal reactions, she could tell there was something unusual about her.

"You’re really different from before, you never used to talk to me," Lin Lishan didn’t continue with the previous topic, she merely hinted enough, too deadly, giving too much space for imagination.

Fu Ying remained calm in the face of danger: "People change."

"But you’ve changed so fast, it’s unbelievable," Lin Lishan continued, "They say behind your back that you’ve been possessed."

"..."

As long as they don’t suspect that she isn’t the original Fu Ying, it doesn’t matter what else they suspect.

As Thursday passed, time seemed to fly especially fast, and with anticipation, the weekend arrived.

Fu Ying went to the library with Wen Tian to help her with her coursework.

When Fu Mingchuan heard that his daughter was going to the library, he was surprised and delighted, and hurried to drive her there.

When she arrived, Wen Tian had also just got there.

He was standing in front of the car window talking to Wen Qing.

Wen Qing took off her sunglasses and looked over their way, Fu Ying realized she wasn’t looking at herself, but at Fu Mingchuan.

Fu Mingchuan didn’t notice at first, but seeing Fu Ying standing still, he then noticed a woman in the car next to him staring straight at him.

Seeing the woman’s face, Fu Mingchuan’s heart skipped a beat, those youthful years spinning in his mind.

The two kids entered the library, and Fu Mingchuan and Wen Qing decided to meet nearby at a tea house.

After so many years, he didn’t expect to encounter an old friend.

Wen Qing smiled generously: "Has it been over twenty years since we last met?"

Fu Mingchuan nodded: "Yes, you went abroad after high school graduation, it’s been over twenty years now."

Wen Qing looked up, gazing at him: "She passed away, why didn’t you inform me? My contact information has always been the same."

Fu Mingchuan looked troubled, the reason Wen Qing suddenly chose to go abroad was because of him.

At that time, their relationship was so awkward, how could he have the courage to contact her.

"That’s all in the past now, Xiu Xiu was my good friend, my friend from childhood, I couldn’t just cut off relations with her because of someone new, I went abroad for myself."

Fu Mingchuan nodded, feeling guilty: "It was wrong of me and Xiu Xiu back then."

"What’s right or wrong," Wen Qing chuckled lightly, she had long since gotten over that incident, "Is that girl your and Xiu Xiu’s daughter? She looks a lot like Xiu Xiu."

"Yes, her name is Fu Ying, a name given by Xiu Xiu."

Wen Qing sighed: "I guessed so, back in school for some reason, she was particularly fond of the character Ying."

Fu Mingchuan smiled: "Actually, it’s the Ying from firefly, but there was a mistake when registering the household."

Fu Mingchuan thought of the boy who went to the library with Fu Ying, who looked somewhat like Wen Qing.

"Is that boy yours?"

"Yes, my son."

Fu Mingchuan hesitated and asked: "I just heard Yingying calling him Wen Tian, does he have your surname?"

Wen Qing said nonchalantly: "Yes, I got divorced, so of course, my son would take my surname."

"Why did you get divorced?"

Wen Qing picked up her tea cup, took a sip of tea, her tone light: "We couldn’t continue on."

Unknowingly, Fu Ying had spent several hours in the library.

Wen Tian helped me with my homework, Chinese was fine, but English and Mathematics were terrible.

Several times, Wen Tian looked at her as if looking at someone intellectually challenged.

His tone skeptical: "You don’t know this either?"

Fu Ying smiled sheepishly: "Yeah."

Wen Tian: "...This is a first-year junior high question."