My Crush Also Has a Crush on Me!
Chapter 70 Sleepless Night

Chapter 70: Chapter 70 Sleepless Night

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August, the weather ferociously hot, the air teeming with a simmering warmth that muddled the mind.

During the lunch break, Xia Jinyun and her colleagues left the hospital to buy a cup of slushie nearby to beat the heat.

After the purchase, just as she stepped out of the store, she saw a fire truck parked by the roadside.

Fu Yi’s firefighter uniform was too conspicuous.

Unable to resist, Xia Jinyun approached, but by then Fu Yi had already stripped off his gear and leaped into the lake.

Her colleague exclaimed in astonishment, "Someone’s drowning."

In the lake’s center, one big and one small struggled desperately in the water.

Xia Jinyun had been working at the hospital for a while, had witnessed life and death, yet she couldn’t help but hold her breath.

In a matter of life and death, who could stand by and watch a life ebb away?

Someone with knowledge of the situation remarked, "The child got into a relationship with a boyfriend; her family disapproved, which led to a quarrel. In an act of defiance, she threatened to end her life, and as soon as she jumped in, her mother followed suit."

"Why didn’t her mother approve?"

"They looked down on the boy’s family for being poor."

"Why can’t they discuss things amicably instead of resorting to extremes?"

A crowd gathered, watching as mother and daughter were rescued.

The onlookers breathed a sigh of relief, but the mother, still on the shore, continued to shove and scold her daughter.

The daughter simply cried and asked, "I love him, what does it have to do with whether he has money?"

Her mother replied, "It matters; you’ll know when you end up suffering with him!"

Such matters, it’s truly unclear who’s right or wrong.

Even a clear-headed official would find domestic affairs hard to judge, and bystanders could only offer a word or two of advice.

Finally, the girl’s father arrived, thanking the firefighters with bows, feeling disgraced, he quickly took his wife and daughter back home.

The crowd of onlookers dispersed as well.

Xia Jinyun stood still, not leaving.

"Jinyun?"

"This is for you." Xia Jinyun didn’t know where she got the courage from, walked up to him, and offered a band-aid.

She heard her colleague call out to her in surprise from behind.

She couldn’t help but feel nervous.

Fu Yi looked at her somewhat unexpectedly, paused for a moment, and took it with a hand, "Thank you."

"You need to disinfect that hand; it’s tainted water, not clean."

Fu Yi chuckled indifferently, "It’s okay, just a temporary fix."

"The band-aid is just for temporary bleeding, take it off if it stops bleeding."

Fu Yi smiled, "I understand."

Xia Jinyun nodded, "Well, I should go back to work."

Fu Yi watched her retreating figure, then looked at the band-aid, tore it open, and affixed it to his finger.

On the way back with her colleague, the colleague asked gossipingly, "You know him?"

Xia Jinyun nodded, feeling a bitter sweetness in her heart, "Sort of."

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As summer vacation neared its end, Fu Ying’s daily tutoring was also coming to a close.

Today was the last day of tutoring.

In the morning, Fu Mingchuan went to work, leaving her and Fu Yan at the dining table.

Fu Yan was listless, with dark circles under his eyes, probably from gaming all night.

"Little brother, do you know anyone who can repair jade?"

Fu Yan lifted his eyes lethargically, "What do you need to repair?"

"A jade hairpin, I..." Fu Ying paused, "bought it at a jewelry store, and I really like it."

Fu Yan recalled, "Oh, the one that was broken by Cheng Yiyi last time? Little bro told her to compensate you for it."

Fu Ying opened her mouth, "She can’t afford it."

Not to mention the current value of her jade hairpin, even the quality of its jade was exceptional.

Besides, it was a gift from her late mother, and no matter how good a replacement Cheng Yiyi could offer, she wouldn’t accept it.

"I only like this one."

Fu Yan, biting into a bun, looked up at her, "A gift from a sweetheart?"

"I don’t have a sweetheart."

Fu Yan smiled and raised an eyebrow: "Although I don’t know anyone who can repair jade either, I can help you find someone."

"Thanks, young man."

Fu Yan mocked: "Silly girl."

"Just leave the stuff on the tea table downstairs later, I’ll catch up on some sleep, and when I wake up, I’ll go find someone to fix it for you."

Fu Yan casually ate a little and left a message when he went upstairs.

After downing two cups of milk in one go, Fu Ying ran upstairs, placed the items on the tea table, and then went to her cram school.

Cram school started at eight and ended at five.

After coming back in the evening for a bit of dinner, she immediately dove into her bedroom.

She glanced at her phone and thought to herself that she needed to buy Shen Li a phone, one with the feature to send messages to herself.

She lay on the bed staring at the phone, which suddenly vibrated.

Xia Jinyun: I spoke with your big brother today.

Xia Jinyun: This should be a start, right?

Fu Ying stared at the text for a while, hesitating before replying: Sister Jinyun, if I were as old as you, I’d have the courage to confess.

Xia Jinyun: Even you’re making fun of me.

Fu Ying: I’m not, I’m telling the truth.

Xia Jinyun was stunned for quite a while, before replying: But, I’m a bit scared. Although I’ve known your big brother for a long time, it’s only now that he has come to know me. If I suddenly tell him, I like you, he’d definitely be startled.

Fu Ying: Seems like it, yeah.

Fu Ying chatted with Xia Jinyun for a while and then fell asleep.

Tonight, she slept soundly and without a care in the world, not thinking about men at all, hugging Qibao tightly in her arms.

But...

The man was thinking about her.

Recently, Shen Liguang often had sleepless nights, clearly fixated on one thought—girl.

Li Ruolan saw him sitting on the couch watching a movie again, a crime film no less, and couldn’t help asking: "Thinking about committing a crime?"

Shen Liguang smiled, his answer half serious, half joking: "Almost there."

"What’s wrong? Having issues with that girl from last time?"

"Which girl?"

Despite being seasoned, Li Ruolan blushed with a laugh: "The girl you brought home."

"No issues."

Li Ruolan saw her son didn’t deny it and couldn’t help beaming with joy: "You need to take the initiative. Girls are shy, how can you wait for her to make the move?"

Listening to Li Ruolan talk as if there was something going on, Shen Liguang laughed: "You’re too concerned."

"Not at all, not at all. As long as you have a girlfriend, I’m happy no matter what."

Li Ruolan was overly thrilled, her twenty-five-year-old son finally knew to look for a partner.

"She’s not my girlfriend yet."

Hearing the words "girlfriend," Shen Liguang’s throat tightened.

Girl, girlfriend, what beautiful things.

"Are you chasing her?"

Shen Liguang shook his head: "No."

"Then it’s unrequited love." Li Ruolan couldn’t help but laugh.

She never expected her own son to be in unrequited love.

"What are you being timid about as a big man?"

"What do you know." Shen Liguang frowned, threw the remote away, and went into his room.

Li Ruolan watched her son’s retreating figure, laughing happily.

So, her son was harboring an unrequited love.

Shen Liguang returned to his room, lit a cigarette, and put it in his mouth.

He picked up his phone and entered the little girl’s social media circle.

Completely open to the public.

A few hours earlier, the girl had posted a picture of Qibao with the caption: Goodnight.

Shen Liguang hesitated, but finally left a comment: Goodnight.

In her dreams, Fu Ying’s lips curled into a smile.