My Crush Also Has a Crush on Me!-Chapter 16 - Awkward Chat

Fu Yan didn't hesitate to pull her towards the car.

"Little bro, you got me into a fight yesterday, now I have to write a reflection paper."

"Is that all? Just a reflection paper? Isn't that as easy for you as writing a love letter?"

"But..." I've never written a love letter, let alone a reflection paper...

Fu Ying felt like crying but had no tears.

Little bro is really a tormenting little demon.

"But what, but what, I took you out to have fun, and you're still not happy?"

"I want to go home." Fu Ying looked up and saw Shen Liguang across the street, her tone especially firm.

The child's voice was very distinctive, immature, but probably in the midst of voice change, making it a bit husky yet soft.

Shen Liguang shifted his gaze from his phone screen and looked up to see Fu Yan stuffing Fu Ying into the car across the street.

The kid looked utterly reluctant, forced into the situation.

Shen Liguang slightly curled the corner of his mouth, finding the interaction between young people amusing.

His phone vibrated, forcing him to divert his gaze from Fu Ying to check it.

Li Ruolan: Li Guang, Aunt Wang said the meeting is set for tomorrow. The girl's surname is Zhou. Don't rudely stand her up. If you don't want a girlfriend, tell her clearly when you meet. Mom won't randomly agree to blind dates for you anymore.

Shen Liguang replied: Hmm. He looked up again to find Fu Yan's luxury car had merged into the traffic and disappeared.

Meanwhile, the little girl was holding her schoolbag, standing at the zebra crossing, ready to cross the road.

However, not far away, the red light turned green, and traffic on this stretch of road increased.

Fu Ying stared at the passing cars, feeling it was very dangerous.

This thing is indeed much faster than a carriage.

She patiently waited until there were no cars and then carefully started walking towards the other side of the street.

She looked up at Shen Liguang, hesitating as she stood next to him.

He was really tall; she had to look up at him.

Fu Ying withdrew her gaze, her little hand tightly clutching her clothes, unable to look anymore, lest she be caught.

"Little friend, why do you keep looking at your brother?"

Fu Ying had just looked away when she heard his voice carrying a light laugh.

"..." Fu Ying's cheeks reddened, feeling somewhat guilty, "I, I think brother is very tall."

Shen Liguang sized her up, then nodded: "Hmm, I am a lot taller than you are."

It sounded a bit like a personal attack.

Fu Ying suddenly didn't know how to respond, and after struggling for a while, she finally asked, "Brother, how did you grow so tall?"

"Running, playing basketball, swimming." Shen Liguang lightly opened his mouth, listing activities that Fu Ying dislikes and refuses to do.

She doesn't like sports.

"..." Fu Ying again didn't know what to say next, out of topics.

This brother, he doesn't talk much.

"Is there any sport that isn't tiring but can make one grow taller?"

"..." Fu Ying thought, this must be what they call an awkward conversation.

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"?" Shen Liguang tilted his head, looking at her.

His eyes carried a hint of amusement, seemingly laughing at her naivety: "You wish."

Fu Ying gave an awkward smile.

During their conversation, the number 7 bus arrived.

"Do you have time tomorrow, brother?" Fu Ying asked hurriedly, almost without her brain's consent.

Shen Liguang turned around and smiled, "Why? Want to hang out with your brother?"

Even though she knew he was joking and teasing her, Fu Ying still felt a bit uneasy: "Um, I wanted brother to help me with some tutoring."

"Unfortunately, your brother has a blind date tomorrow."

Blind, blind date...

Fu Ying nodded gently, "Alright then, see you again, brother."

Shen Liguang curved his lips into a smile and got into the car.

...

Fu Ying took the public bus by herself for the first time, and almost made a fool of herself.

She found a window seat and looked at the city's night views along the way.

Even though this place was nice, she still missed her mother, missed the Father Emperor, missed the Imperial Palace.

The bus stopped at the last station, and Fu Ying got off and walked for a while before entering the villa complex.

As she pushed open the front door, she saw a girl kneeling on the ground crying and pleading with Fu Mingchuan.

Fu Mingchuan, feeling sad, helped her up, saying repeatedly: "No, no."

Fu Ying was unclear about what had happened and hesitated before walking in.

"Uncle Fu, I'm begging you, for the sake of your long friendship with my dad, please save my mom!" The girl cried heart-wrenchingly, kowtowing repeatedly, Fu Mingchuan couldn't even stop her.

"Jinyun, stand up first, I didn't say I wouldn't help you and your mother."

Hearing this, hope was reignited in the girl's bloodshot eyes, she said urgently, "Uncle Fu, I need money, I need two hundred thousand, Uncle Fu, I'll pay you back later."

"Get up quickly, the surgery fees for your mom, I'll handle it. Your parents are my old friends, I can't ignore your family's troubles when you're in need."

The girl was kneeling on the floor crying, it was a distressing sight.

"Stand up quickly."

Possibly due to exhaustion in recent days and crying until she was breathless, the girl seemed to lack oxygen; just as she stood up, she collapsed again.

Fu Mingchuan quickly called a doctor to examine the girl.

"Mr. Fu, she's fine, just overexerted herself recently, and hasn't been eating well, so she's physically weakened. Just rest, and she'll be okay, nothing serious."

Fu Mingchuan nodded, "Thanks for your trouble."

"Then, if there's nothing else, I'll be leaving now."

Fu Ying stared at the girl lying on the bed; she was very thin, almost skin and bones, looking pitiful.

After the doctor left, Fu Ying then asked, "Dad, what's happened to her?"

Fu Mingchuan sighed deeply, his face full of worry: "Her parents are old friends of mine. Her father died early, and her mother is now ill; the surgery costs forty thousand. She's just a girl still in school, where can she get that kind of money? The relatives managed to pool together twenty thousand, but another twenty thousand is still needed."

Fu Ying had never thought someone could be so desperate they'd kneel and beg.

She felt fortunate to be born into a good family, in the palace, she was a little princess; here, she was the daughter of a wealthy family.

Born privileged, she had never experienced the hardships of the world.

Fu Ying glanced at the girl on the bed and asked, "Will dad help her?"

"Of course, when someone comes to you for help, how can you just watch them lying in the hospital waiting to die?"

Two hundred thousand wasn't a large sum for Fu Mingchuan, and besides, both families knew each other, and the girl was indeed quite pitiable, Fu Mingchuan felt he should help.

Fu Mingchuan patted Fu Ying's head, "Alright, Yingying, let's not disturb sister's rest, let's go out."

Fu Ying nodded, carefully left the room.

Fu Mingchuan watched his daughter tiptoe out, feeling amused yet relieved, and a sudden, indescribable emotion surged through his heart.

After a severe illness, Yingying had changed a lot, Fu Mingchuan felt it was quite profound.

His Yingying had really grown up, she had learned to care for others.