Translator's Note:
Hello guys!!! I'm back. Sorry for the late updates, I thinks its been 2 or 3 months since I last updated. I've been busy with work and I have not completely finish translating this novel yet so I don't have a reserves chapters for it not like the other 2 (and it reminds me that I need to work on those upcoming chapters as my reserve chapters are getting fewer by the day.)
I apologize once again 😭 and I promise to release more chapters this coming week or next next week, don't worry I will do it.
This chapter is for those readers that's still with me until now and still keep reading this translated novel.
Enjoy reading!!!
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Chapter 32: Going Abroad
The twilight sun blended with a faint golden glow, carrying a rare warmth.
Not knowing that the person behind her was Fu Jinting, Kong Yiyue had just stepped out of the classroom when she remembered that she seemed to have forgotten to bring the famous book she was halfway through reading at noon. She was planning to return to the classroom to get it, not expecting someone to be standing just a step away behind her. She accidentally bumped right into them.
Fu Jinting reached out and held her shoulders, pushing her slightly away from his embrace. “Kong Yiyue, what are you doing?”
Seeing that it was Fu Jinting, Kong Yiyue swallowed back the “sorry” that was about to come out of her mouth. She said with a grin, following his words, “Throwing myself into your arms, can't you tell? It's so obvious!”
"..." Fu Jinting's expression changed slightly upon hearing this, and he grabbed her arm, pulling her away.
Kong Yiyue didn't struggle, only asked, “Where are we going?”
“To sell you.”
“Would you be willing to?” Kong Yiyue asked this without batting an eye, but Fu Jinting, who was holding her arm, slightly loosened his grip and remained silent.
Seeing his expression, Kong Yiyue carefully asked, “Did I say something wrong?”
Fu Jinting tugged at the corner of his mouth. “Wrong about what?”
"..." Kong Yiyue wanted to say, “Nothing wrong!” But “a wise person submits to circumstances,” so naturally, she wouldn't retort like that. Instead, she changed the subject: “Are you in a bad mood lately?”
“Why do you ask?” Fu Jinting was secretly pleased that she was still paying attention to him.
Kong Yiyue's answer was very much to his liking. “Your complexion hasn't been very good these past few days, and you haven't been smiling either.”
“When do I ever smile?”
“You do! Like...” Kong Yiyue was stumped. The number of times he smiled sincerely was few and far between, with sneers being more common.
Seeing that she couldn't answer, Fu Jinting sneered again, “See, Kong Yiyue, who said you know me well?”
Kong Yiyue pouted. “If we're not familiar, we can slowly get to know each other!”
The two stood at the stairwell. With many students passing by, it wasn't convenient to talk. Fu Jinting said, “Let's go somewhere else. I have something to tell you.”
“Okay!” Kong Yiyue agreed happily, but on the way, she kept pondering what this so-called “something” was.
The two found a quiet place behind the garden. Kong Yiyue sat on a bench, looking at the beautiful flowers and trees in the green space. Her mood also brightened a lot. She tilted her head and looked at Fu Jinting standing in front of her. “What do you want to tell me?”
Fu Jinting glanced at her, then looked away, as if considering how to start. After a while, he suddenly turned back and faced her squarely. “I'm going abroad next month.”
“Next month?” Kong Yiyue was slightly surprised.
In her previous life, Fu Jinting seemed to have gone abroad early as well. When she heard the news, it was already the second-to-last week before the college entrance exams. When Yuan Meng mentioned it, Kong Yiyue asked curiously, “Isn't Fu Jinting coming back to take the exams?”
Yuan Meng's explanation seemed to indicate that Fu Jinting's admission to that famous foreign school was already a certainty. However, because the school wanted him to return to participate in the exam to give the school some prestige, Fu Jinting would come back to take the exam, but it would only be a formality.
Although it was said to be a formality, Fu Jinting still lived up to expectations and won the title of “valedictorian” of Qinglin City.
What she didn't know was that Fu Jinting had left school not long after the start of the semester.
Kong Yiyue's expression was a little lonely, but it was only for show. She had known for a long time that Fu Jinting would study abroad. The reason why she didn't go all out to win him over before senior year was also because she was considering the issue of being in a long-distance relationship in the future.
“When will you be back? Oh, no, when are you leaving next month?”
Fu Jinting took in the disappointment in her eyes, but didn't offer much comfort, only answering briefly, “I'm leaving on the first.”
“Oh.”
They fell into silence, looking at each other without a word.
Fu Jinting asked her, “Kong Yiyue, don't you have anything you want to say to me?”
Kong Yiyue smiled, replying somewhat bleakly, “I'll wait for you to come back.”
Fu Jinting was silent for a moment, and ultimately didn't say anything else.
It seemed that she had long been prepared for him to go abroad, and didn't even try to persuade him to stay. Fu Jinting felt uncomfortable, but couldn't do anything.
In the following two weeks, Kong Yiyue was obviously much more subdued.
Occasionally, when she met Fu Jinting face to face, she would just look at him with deep eyes. Every time Fu Jinting saw those misty eyes, he felt as if he had done something wrong. But the matter of going abroad had already been arranged by the elders in the family, and he couldn't refuse.
On the night before Fu Jinting left, while packing his luggage, he received a call from Kong Yiyue. He frowned and answered, looking at the unfamiliar number displayed on his phone.
“Hello?”
The other end of the phone was silent for a moment before Kong Yiyue spoke in a low voice, “It's me.”
“Mm.”
“Can I see you now?” Her voice was soft and gentle, mixed with a nasal tone.
Fu Jinting's first thought was: she's crying?
He glanced at the time, a little after eight, still early, and said, “I'll wait for you at the school gate.”
“Okay.”
When Fu Jinting appeared at the school gate, Kong Yiyue was already waiting there.
The moonlight was bright. Kong Yiyue stood under a streetlight not far from the school. The streetlight was bright, and her slender shadow was cast on the ground, stretched out infinitely by the light.
Kong Yiyue looked down slightly at the shadow on the ground, her long hair falling down with it. Fu Jinting couldn't see her expression, but he strongly felt that she didn't seem very happy.
Fu Jinting comforted himself in an instant. That's right, he was about to go abroad, and she wouldn't be able to see him for a long time. If she were excited now, wouldn't that be even more suspicious!
Kong Yiyue noticed the approaching footsteps and looked up to see Fu Jinting's clear figure. “Fu Jinting.” She tried her best to make her voice sound both sad and forcedly cheerful.
Fu Jinting glanced at the forced smile on her face and said, “You look terrible when you smile like that!”
“If I look terrible, then I won't smile.”
Fu Jinting just scrutinized her, and the two fell into silence again.
After a long time, Kong Yiyue slowly said, “You're leaving, I probably won't be able to see you off at the airport. Call me when you get there.”
“Mm.”
“Fu Jinting, I will study hard. I'll give you the good news when I get into a famous university.”
“Mm.”
“I will take good care of myself too, you don't have to worry about me.”
Fu Jinting finally didn't just give a monosyllabic “Mm.” He retorted, “I'm not worried about you.”
“Mm.” Kong Yiyue didn't argue with him about this. “I'll wait for you to come back.”
Fu Jinting was silent, never giving her a response.
Kong Yiyue looked up at him, smiled slightly, walked closer to him, tiptoed and lightly kissed him on the cheek, and whispered, “Be well.”
Fu Jinting didn't push her away, because Kong Yiyue had already consciously left him, waved to him, and trotted into the school gate.
Fu Jinting kept looking in the direction she disappeared, not moving for a long time. Only when he turned to leave did he raise his hand to wipe the place she had just kissed, the smile on the corner of his mouth appearing dim and unclear in the bright lights.
Fu Jinting left the school, and Kong Yiyue was finally able to study and work part-time with peace of mind. When she went to yoga on Sunday, she happened to run into Fu Qingrui again. After being scammed for a meal, Fu Qingrui teased her, “I can't tell that after my brother left, you're still the same as ever!”
Kong Yiyue told him the truth, “Your brother's going abroad was a foregone conclusion. Even if I disagree and feel sad, it's probably no use, so what I need to do is accept reality.”
Fu Qingrui laughed at her, “Wow, you have so many reasons!”
Kong Yiyue didn't want to pay attention to him and didn't answer.
Life went on uneventfully, and Kong Yiyue remained unnoticed in the class. But she would occasionally say a few words to Zhong Ziyang and Xiang Yi.
After Fu Jinting arrived, he rarely contacted her. The only time was on the night of his departure. She waited until twelve o'clock and still didn't receive his message, so she sent him a message asking if he had arrived. He only replied with two words: “Arrived.”
Kong Yiyue told him to rest well, and then there was nothing more.
In the blink of an eye, it was time for the college entrance exams. After all, Kong Yiyue had experienced it once before, and didn't feel anything special.
There were two days of rest before the exam. Kong Yiyue remembered that Fu Jinting was also coming back to take the exam, so on the first morning of the holiday, she enthusiastically called him. As soon as it connected, before she could speak, she heard a gentle female voice sweetly say, “Hello, this is Fu Jinting's phone. He's not available to answer the phone right now. May I ask what you need?”
This voice... Kong Yiyue had only heard it once, but at this moment, she knew exactly who it was!
Nie Lingwei!
With a “snap,” Kong Yiyue pressed the end button.
Heh, she'd been living too comfortably and contentedly, she had forgotten about her potential rival in love!
Kong Yiyue felt a sour taste in her heart. She thought that before Fu Jinting went abroad, their relationship was only one step away from “confirming their relationship,” but now, it didn't seem to be the case at all.
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