My Crush Also Has a Crush on Me!
Chapter 56: Don’t Leave After School

Chapter 56: Chapter 56: Don’t Leave After School

Fu Ying didn’t sleep well last night and arrived at school looking groggy and lethargic.

There were many classmates present during yesterday’s incident, which drew a lot of attention to her throughout the day.

During morning reading, Li Hanyi tapped her shoulder from behind and whispered, "Boss, did your little brother go on a bust for adultery last evening?"

Fu Ying pressed her lips together without speaking.

Realizing his blunder, Li Hanyi touched his nose and gave an awkward smile.

Lin Lishan frowned. "Li Hanyi, are you sick in the head?"

Li Hanyi: "I—I didn’t mean it. Just slipped out without thinking."

"That’s not being outspoken; that’s being emotionally unintelligent."

Lin Lishan and Li Hanyi were arguing.

Fu Ying, resting her head on the desk, stared absentmindedly at her book, feeling regretful about speaking out of turn yesterday.

At noon, Fu Ying hurriedly finished her lunch and ran to the snack shop.

Lin Lishan called after her retreating figure, "Fu Ying, aren’t you coming back to class?"

"You go ahead, I’ll be there in a bit."

Fu Ying bought a bunch of snacks at the shop, including several pieces of her favorite orange-flavored candy, and sent a WeChat message to Fu Yan at the university gate.

Fu Yan arrived quickly, looking lazy and listless. "What is it? Spill it out. I’m getting roasted in this blazing sun."

"I’m sorry, big brother."

Fu Yan looked impatient. "Sorry for what? It wasn’t your business to begin with."

"I—I got you some snacks." Fu Ying hesitated, offering the snacks she held in her hand.

Based on her understanding, her brother would surely smirk in disdain at this pile of snacks, unimpressed.

Fu Yan did not immediately reach out to take them, instead, he just looked at her.

Alright then.

A little girl ran to him under the scorching sun to apologize, her attitude seemingly sincere.

Fu Yan’s heart softened a bit, and he took the snacks from the little one, feeling much better. "Alright, I got it."

"Then you forgive me?"

Fu Yan smiled. "Okay, I forgive you."

"Then I’ll go back to the classroom."

"Yeah, I’m about to keel over in this heat."

Seeing that Fu Yan was in a much better mood, the guilt that weighed on Fu Ying’s heart finally eased.

She turned and walked back to school.

The sun was too strong; she moved closer to the shaded path to avoid the sun.

But after just a few steps, someone blocked her path.

"Fu Ying."

Someone called her name.

Fu Ying looked up to see who it was.

She didn’t recognize the others, but the girl leading them was the one from last night.

Yu Feifei asked with a smile, "Were you the one badmouthing in front of Fu Yan?"

Fu Ying frowned. "I didn’t badmouth; I only spoke the truth."

The girl sneered. "Pretty sharp-tongued, aren’t you?"

Fu Ying licked her dry lips and nodded slightly. "Thanks for the compliment."

Yu Feifei: "...Fu Ying, what are you playing dumb for?"

"Feifei, why bother talking nonsense with her? Just teach her a lesson, it’s not like the old times, what’s there to be afraid of?"

"I couldn’t stand her from the start."

They began to surround her as they spoke.

Fu Ying stepped back. "This is a school, and you are already seniors."

Yu Feifei paused. "You reminded me..."

The girl moved closer to her, smiled, and said, "Fu Ying, don’t leave after school."

After that, the girl and her group walked away.

Fu Ying felt uneasy inside.

Knowing that because of her loose tongue, she had offended someone.

When the self-study period ended, she packed her bag and called Fu Yan.

But the call didn’t go through.

Fu Ying turned to look at Li Hanyi and Du Yong, who were always eager to dash off after class.

As soon as the bell rang, they vanished without a trace.

"Wen Tian."

Wen Tian was still solving the last problem. As the bell rang, he finished it: "What’s wrong?"

"Let’s walk out together."

Wen Tian nodded: "Okay, sure."

Fu Mingchuan was on a business trip and Fu Yan wasn’t answering the phone, so Wen Tian could only accompany her to the gate.

And that girl who warned her during the day clearly wasn’t going to let her off.

Fu Ying thought about it and had no choice but to call her elder brother.

She normally wouldn’t bother her brother.

Most of the time he was saving people in peril, in life-or-death situations, and it was improper to disturb him.

But this time, Fu Ying still irresponsibly dialed Fu Yi’s number.

Over the phone, Fu Yi sounded a bit hurried: "No one to pick you up? Can you find a taxi? I’ll get Li Guang to come get you."

Before Fu Ying could speak, Fu Yi quickly hung up the phone.

Fu Ying glanced back.

The people who had cornered her during the day were coming out of the school with smirks on their faces.

Their gazes were fixed on her back.

Thank goodness, Wen Tian was there.

"By the way, Fu Ying, I think my mom knows your dad?"

Wen Tian suddenly spoke up beside her.

Fu Ying was too preoccupied to care and casually nodded: "Hmm."

Wen Tian: "I saw your dad in my mom’s high school graduation photo. They must have been classmates."

"That’s quite a coincidence then, we are classmates too."

"Yeah, quite a coincidence," Wen Tian nodded, then lowered his head somewhat shyly.

Fu Ying felt a chill down her spine and panicked, not noticing the strange expression on Wen Tian’s face.

After not too long, Wen Tian’s mom came to pick Wen Tian up.

Fu Ying wanted to go along, but when she approached the car, she realized it was already full.

Wen Qing smiled and said: "Yingying, I’m sorry, but auntie has to take someone to the airport."

Fu Ying shook her head: "It’s okay."

"Then you be careful on your own."

"Yeah."

As Wen Qing drove off into the distance, the group behind her watched her solitary figure and seemed to be gearing up.

At this moment, a teacher from another class came out of the school and stopped them, starting to lecture: "Which class are you students from? Smoking at the school gate?"

Fu Ying looked back and, taking advantage of the moment they were intercepted, clenched her backpack straps and ran.

The phone in her pocket vibrated.

Fu Ying answered, and the person on the other end immediately spoke: "Still at the school gate?"

The man’s voice was low and calm.

Fu Ying felt a little reassured: "Yes."

"Don’t have money for a taxi?"

Fu Ying opened her mouth and looked back from time to time, her voice anxious: "No, there isn’t any, I spent it all on snacks."

Shen Liguang caught the anomaly: "I have lent my car to someone else, I’m on my way to your school now. You go out, turn right, and head towards me."

"Okay."

No sooner had Fu Ying hung up than someone grabbed her backpack.

Fu Ying’s heart skipped a beat. Before she could react, a shadow rapidly approached from behind.

The person knocked away the boy’s hand, placed his hand on her shoulder, and shielded her behind him.

With fluid motion, he kicked towards the boy.

The man’s shoe sole stopped just a hair’s breadth from the boy’s face.

The boy only felt a cold breeze whisk past his cheek, then stood frozen in place.

His eyes widened in shock, sweat appeared on his forehead, sliding down his cheeks, and his breath caught in his throat.

The others following him were also stunned.

Yu Feifei recognized the man; he was the one who had dealt with Fu Yan’s fight aftermath yesterday.

Fu Ying came to her senses and couldn’t help but look at the man protecting her.

Shen Liguang had a cigarette dangling from his mouth, askew at the edge, exuding a ruffian air.

Thank goodness, he was a firefighter.

Otherwise, he might have been a bandit.