My Crush Also Has a Crush on Me!
Chapter 97 Dismissal

Chapter 97: Chapter 97 Dismissal

At the end of sophomore year, Fu Ying sent out her 46th letter.

Fu Yan said she was stubborn.

Fu Ying nodded: "Mhm."

Fu Yan fiddled with the keychain indifferently: "Our family really is weird, one in a twilight romance, one in a passionate one, one who’s been cheated on and fears love, and one who secretly loves in their heart."

Fu Ying gave a perfunctory nod, lying down and zoning out.

"Mhm."

Fu Yan looked at her and felt that ever since Shen Liguang left, this girl always liked to lie down and daydream alone.

You don’t know what she’s thinking, and she doesn’t tell you.

In any case, the child is not big, but filled with worries.

Fu Yan rolled down the car window, finished a cigarette, and the little girl behind didn’t say a word.

In the end, he couldn’t help asking: "Where to?"

"Going to find Sister Jinyun."

Fu Ying felt that the difference between Xia Jinyun and Lin Lishan was that one would tell her to bravely love, while the other would help her analyze things rationally.

When she was biting her milk tea straw thinking about telling Xia Jinyun that she actually had a crush on Shen Li, she hesitated several times and eventually gave up.

During puberty, she was like a headless fly, full of thoughts she wanted to talk about, even just hearing a word of encouragement once, she would have the courage to send him a message saying "I like you."

But when the words came to her lips, she chickened out.

Sometimes she envied Lin Lishan’s carefree manner.

That sunny afternoon, she and Xia Jinyun sat in the milk tea shop and talked about a lot of things.

She would laugh along whenever she heard something funny.

For some reason, in the middle of the conversation, Xia Jinyun suddenly asked: "That boy you mentioned you had a crush on, do you still like him?"

Fu Ying paused for a moment, biting her straw, too shy to nod.

"Junior year is coming soon, do you have the courage to confess after graduating?"

Fu Ying nodded.

When he comes back, I’ll confess.

Xia Jinyun said: "Actually, time passes quite quickly. During the stressful studies of senior year, before you know it, the college entrance exam is upon you, and you realize that you haven’t really done anything that year."

"You haven’t hung out properly with friends, haven’t done something you really wanted to do, and then, as youth ends, everyone scatters in all directions. Those who have been together in the classroom for a long time all become passersby to each other."

"In college, living with roommates, your personalities might not match, shuttling between several buildings with a few books, spending four years in college without a fixed deskmate, you’ll miss high school."

Fu Ying was somewhat confused, not quite understanding the meaning behind Xia Jinyun’s words.

Until later.——

During the sweltering summer vacation of junior year, she hadn’t gone to school for half a month and then stepped into senior year.

One study class, Xiao Minghui said to Fu Ying: "Would it kill you to be my girlfriend? We’re about to graduate."

Fu Ying nodded: "It would."

Hearing this, Lin Lishan couldn’t help but laugh from the side.

"I told you back in sophomore year, you won’t be able to chase Fu Ying."

During one study class, Xiao Minghui brooded over Lin Lishan’s words in the back.

He just couldn’t figure it out.

In the end, still puzzled the next day during study class, he pulled Lin Lishan aside and asked: "Why? I’m not even ugly, am I?"

Lin Lishan gave him a sincere analysis: "Fu Ying looks soft, well-behaved, right?"

"Yeah."

"But don’t you feel that her personality is a bit cold?"

Xiao Minghui asked: "Cold how?"

"Well... it’s like she’s calm and quiet, seems not very interested in things. Once, when several boys were playing basketball on the playground, all the girls went to watch, only Fu Ying sat in the classroom, unmoved."

"When something happens at school and everyone is bustling about, only Fu Ying doesn’t join. What does that say?"

Xiao Minghui asked: "What does that say?"

"I read in a book on personality analysis that this kind of person either doesn’t get moved easily, but once they do, it’s irretrievable."

Xiao Minghui scoffed: "Superstition."

"Believe it or not, you just won’t manage to chase Fu Ying."

————

Senior year was a whirlwind of studies; aside from a few students who were disinterested in learning pacing in the hallway, nearly everyone else was buried in their books in the classroom.

Fu Ying felt oppressed by such a study atmosphere; the entire senior year was under low spirits, even the sole joy of break time was gone.

Endless test papers to do, countless texts to memorize, and an unceasing breakout of acne.

Caught up in the rush, one could forget themselves.

Their senior building felt particularly oppressive.

The science building was even quieter than the liberal arts building. Wen Tian, who had always been a study fanatic, spoke even less after entering senior year, almost sitting motionless in the classroom.

Li Hanyi jokingly said he was a studying machine, and truly lived up to the name.

The college entrance exam was only half a month away, looming over them.

Most students had left the classroom, but Fu Ying was still packing her book bag.

At the doorway, someone called her: "Fu Ying."

"Eh? What brings you here?"

Wen Tian looked down and pulled a pen out of his pocket: "For you, may you have smooth sailing in your exams."

"Thank you, you too."

"Which university do you want to go to?"

Feeling embarrassed, Fu Ying scratched her head: "I... I’d be happy just to get into any university."

"You’ll definitely get in."

"I’ll take your word for it."

The countdown to the college entrance exam on the blackboard was ticking down rapidly, and as it approached the single digits, Fu Ying began to grow nervous.

"We’re finally about to be liberated."

Du Yong came over, draping an arm around Li Hanyi; the two underachievers never worried about academics.

"Boss, let’s get together after the exams."

Fu Ying nodded.

These days, the meals at her house were exceptionally good, Fu Mingchuan kept adding dishes to her plate while telling her not to be nervous, to treat it like any regular exam.

Time trickled away, and as June arrived, the atmosphere turned sentimental.

Almost all the classes were dedicated to self-study, and on the last day, there was less chatter among the students.

Perhaps it was because of the day’s filter, Fu Ying suddenly found Zhou Wei pleasing to the eye.

That evening, Lin Lishan pulled her to sit at a bus stop outside the school to talk.

"Fu Ying, we’re about to be liberated."

"Yeah."

"Ying Ying Ying, I suddenly find it so hard to part with you."

Lin Lishan suddenly flung herself at her, but Fu Ying was thoroughly annoyed: "It’s not like we’re never going to see each other again."

"Don’t you get it? So many people say we’ll keep in touch, but then, we never chat on WeChat again."

"Like, say, I run into you today, and we say let’s have dinner another time, but that ’another time’ never comes."

Fu Ying thought for a moment: "Then if one day we meet again after a separation, let’s not say ’another time.’"

Lin Lishan suddenly felt upset, hugging Fu Ying: "Sis, I can’t bear to part with you."

"It’s okay, we still have a whole summer vacation."

On the day of the college entrance exam, a gentle breeze blew.

Fu Ying looked down intently at the reading comprehension section. The man in S city, who liked to play the hero, braved the heavy rain to save others, his whole body drenched and standing in the water.

When he returned to his dormitory at night, with his hands and feet pallid and pruned from the water, he received the girl’s 95th letter and remembered that today was her college entrance exam.

He missed the chance to wish her luck on the exam.

Someone came by and teased him: "Is that letter from your girlfriend? She’s sent quite a few over the past year."

Shen Liguang smiled: "She’s not my girlfriend yet."

The young man was surprised: "Then who is she...?"

Shen Liguang pondered for a moment: "Young people call this a mutual rush to each other."

"Mutual rush and she’s still not your girlfriend?"

Shen Liguang smiled: "She’s younger than me, I’m waiting for her to grow up."