The Female Lead is Looking at Me Differently (GL) - Chapter 34.1

Zhan Fu came back to her senses and forced a smile at Wen Zhao, but the smile quickly faded.

Obviously, she was very concerned about what Lu Bicai had just said, her fingers were tightly clenched together, and her eyes flickered uncertainly.

Seeing this, Wen Zhao said, “Let’s just go shopping here today. Do you… want to go home?”

The reason why Wen Zhao asked this was also because of what Lu Bicai had said just now. He said that the city lord had been to his senior sister’s place, but had not told Zhan Fu, meaning that the other party was obviously deliberately concealing something for some reason.

But judging from the city lord’s doting on Zhan Fu, his concealment must have been forced… or he had his own reasons.

However, judging from Lu Bicai’s tone, the charm gu that Zhan Fu had been inflicted with was very dangerous, and it seemed that her life could be in danger at any time.

Thinking of this, Wen Zhao couldn’t help but frown in thought.

Charm Gu… what exactly was it?

And who was the senior sister that Lu Bicai mentioned?

These were all small details that were not mentioned in the original story.

Zhan Fu bit her lower lip lightly, then nodded, “Okay, I’ll go back first. If you want to continue shopping, we can come again next time.”

Wen Zhao nodded and watched her leave.

After Zhan Fu left, she was alone. Fortunately, the sun was good during the day, so Wen Zhao walked slowly towards the inn, basking in the sun.

As she passed a certain street, she suddenly heard a commotion ahead, accompanied by a loud shout: “Make way, the horse is frightened!”

At this moment, a familiar feeling flooded Wen Zhao’s mind.

She was slightly dazed, and for a moment, her thoughts were pulled back to her previous memories by this familiar sound of panic.

At that time, it was not long after she had arrived in this world. At the system’s request, she had relentlessly pestered You Zixia, who was about to go down the mountain with Fu Yu, and had followed them on their journey.

And when she and Fu Yu had come to the street, they had also encountered a frightened horse. At that time, she was still a little unfamiliar with this world, so when she saw the horse about to run towards her, she froze in place, her mind blank, not knowing what to do.

At the critical moment, Fu Yu saved her.

Wen Zhao still remembered the way Fu Yu had stopped the mad horse, her black hair slightly raised, her waist slender, her arms pulling hard on the reins with force…

How could she suddenly think of that.

She collected her thoughts, and was just about to prepare to avoid the commotion ahead, and then see if there was any chance to stop the horse, but at that moment, a black-clothed figure jumped out from somewhere.

She stepped on the horse’s back and wrapped the reins around her forearm.

She leaned slightly to the side, pulled the reins tightly.

The horse stopped in its tracks because of the pain and the sudden force, but at the same time, it raised its front hooves and shook its head frantically, neighing constantly.

But the person remained calm, slightly shifting her feet, stepping on the horse’s back, her calves tensed, and her body shifted with the horse’s movements, but she didn’t panic at all, firmly standing on the horse’s back, and then tensed her arms and stepped down lightly, forcing the leaping front hooves and the front half of the horse back down.

The panic gradually subsided.

And as the horse stopped and returned to its original position, she also raised her head.

Familiar eyebrows and eyes fell into Wen Zhao’s eyes, causing her to widen her eyes slightly.

From a not-so-far distance, across the crowd, the two of them looked at each other.

Those black eyes were like a piece of obsidian soaked in rainwater, cold and chilling, yet captivating.

At that moment, Wen Zhao felt as if a small hammer had hit her chest, causing her to feel a little flustered.

…It was Fu Yu. Why was she here.

After stopping the horse, Fu Yu got off and walked through the crowd, looking at Wen Zhao with her dark eyes deep.

She looked at Wen Zhao, with no extra emotion on her face, as indifferent as ever, but in her eyes, there were countless emotions, as if she had many words she wanted to say.

But in the end, Fu Yu just lowered her eyes and said nothing.

Wen Zhao couldn’t see the emotions in her eyes, but at that moment, she felt inexplicably at a loss. At that moment, she felt like she was holding a stone and smashing it into Fu Yu’s soft heart, which she had finally and only once exposed to the outside world.

But Fu Yu, who had been coldly rejected, did not show any signs of sadness. She was still indifferent, hiding all her negative and sad emotions behind her.

All that Wen Zhao saw was her coldness and hardness, as if if she didn’t show it, she hadn’t experienced heartache. She could also… let Wen Zhao not worry.

“…Why was she like this, when clearly, she was the “victim”.

Wen Zhao’s eyelashes trembled slightly.

But she also knew that, in a way, Fu Yu was innocent.

It was Wen Zhao’s certain behaviors that gave her the wrong signals, causing Fu Yu to develop other feelings.

As for the antidote… Fu Yu didn’t use it to blackmail or coerce Wen Zhao. She simply helped her with the antidote, but in return, she only received Wen Zhao’s resistance.

Understanding Wen Zhao’s unwillingness and rejection, Fu Yu would try to appear in front of Wen Zhao as little as possible the next day.

But only when she saw Wen Zhao rejecting her and then fawning over You Zixia did Fu Yu’s long-suppressed emotions finally couldn’t bear it and erupted.

Thinking of this, Wen Zhao felt her breath catch, and she felt like a scumbag.

However, before Wen Zhao could figure out how to deal with it, Fu Yu had already lowered her eyes and stepped back two steps. Then, she followed the crowd and walked towards the inn, disappearing from sight.

Watching her slowly disappear from her sight, Wen Zhao pursed her lips, her heart filled with complex emotions, so complex that she didn’t even know what to think at this moment.

Finally, Wen Zhao could only sigh, feeling a little troubled.

[Why is Fu Yu here…?] she couldn’t help but ask the system.

The system hesitated for a moment, then chose to tell her. [Actually, since you left the inn, Fu Yu has been waiting for you here.]

Wen Zhao’s fingertips trembled.

[She… why is she waiting for me.]

[Probably because she wants to see you, but is afraid that you don’t want to see her.]

After hearing the system’s words, Wen Zhao was silent for a long time. Finally, she rubbed her face, feeling helpless and confused.

[But I, I really don’t know what to do.]

The system thought for a moment, then comforted Wen Zhao. [Maybe Fu Yu made this choice precisely because she knew this. After she makes her choice, you just need to be yourself.]

On the way back to the inn, the system acted as a spiritual comfort master, constantly comforting Wen Zhao.

In fact, she knew what the system said, but perhaps because of her personality, Wen Zhao couldn’t truly let go or ignore it.

Moreover, that person was Fu Yu…

Finally, the system asked her, [So have you decided what you want to do? And don’t forget, you have four days left.]

Wen Zhao understood what it meant. So she didn’t answer the system’s first question, but only answered the second, [It’s three days, the last day

[Alright, three days is three days. But you still have to face Fu Yu in these three days, don’t forget that.]

This was exactly what Wen Zhao was worried about.

After returning to the inn, Wen Zhao didn’t see Fu Yu on the first floor, so she casually found a seat, propped her chin, and sighed sorrowfully.

[Do you think I can talk to Fu Yu about this?]

System: [How do you talk about it?]

Wen Zhao: [Just tell her that I don’t have any other feelings for her, and I’m sorry for whatever happened before, and then… I’m also sorry for the antidote, and I thank her for it. So, so…]

The system thought for a moment, [You can, then I won’t deduct your points, you can go talk to Fu Yu. But you have to think for yourself, whether to tell her before the antidote or after the antidote.]

…Either way, it sounds so scummy!

Wen Zhao held her head and sighed.

[Let’s just get it over with.] In the end, she said.

When Wen Zhao found Fu Yu, she was in her room.

Fu Yu was sitting by the window, looking at the scene below. When she heard the sound of the door opening, she didn’t move or turn around, as if she could tell who it was.

Even though she had prepared herself mentally a thousand times before, when Wen Zhao really saw Fu Yu, she felt a strange and inexplicable pity in her heart.

When she realized Fu Yu’s feelings for her, Wen Zhao didn’t feel disgusted. When she pushed Fu Yu away after she kissed her forcefully, although Wen Zhao was angry, she was more confused.

And now that she was going to have a confrontation with Fu Yu, Wen Zhao felt a kind of… sadness and guilt as if she had hurt her and let her down.

She pursed her lips, closed the door, and then walked forward.

But what needed to be said had to be made clear.

Wen Zhao hated unclear feelings, and that way, wouldn’t it seem like she was leading Fu Yu on?

Since she didn’t like her, she should tell her.

Fu Yu had already given her heart, and she couldn’t continue to give her heart because of her non-declaration and non-rejection.

Thinking of this, Wen Zhao’s heart, which had been beating wildly, finally calmed down a little. She took a deep breath and walked forward.

“Fu Yu, I have something to tell you.” Then, Wen Zhao stammered, telling her her true feelings.

“I, I’m very grateful for your kindness to me, and I’m also very grateful to you for helping me with the antidote. If, if possible, I will definitely repay you, but I… I think, it’s better not to continue with other wrong feelings, because… I don’t have the same feelings for you. So, don’t do this anymore.”

By the end, Wen Zhao had completely calmed down.

She looked at Fu Yu, her eyes fixed.

“I can’t respond to your feelings, so, I… refuse.”

Fu Yu’s eyelashes trembled, and then she slowly turned her eyes and looked at Wen Zhao.

The emotions in those eyes were too calm, without any turbulent waves, but they made Wen Zhao feel a little uncomfortable to look at.

Fu Yu walked over and looked at Wen Zhao quietly, then she asked softly, “Do you think this kind of feeling is wrong?”

Wen Zhao said, “That’s not the point, the point is that I…”

Fu Yu interrupted her. She leaned closer to Wen Zhao, her black eyes staring straight at her, filled with an emotion that seemed like soft light.

Fu Yu’s voice was soft. “I just want to ask you, do you think this is wrong? I don’t care about anything else.”

She asked such a question.

It seemed that she didn’t care about Wen Zhao’s other rejections, she only cared about this answer.

Wen Zhao had no doubt that if she affirmed Fu Yu’s feelings, then Fu Yu would definitely continue.

Wen Zhao slowly clenched her fingers.

She opened her lips slightly, and her heart missed a beat at this moment.

She should tell Fu Yu affirmatively, yes. And then deny her feelings.

In this way, according to Fu Yu’s pride and self-esteem, she would definitely do as Wen Zhao said, withdraw her feelings, and then stay away from her. And Wen Zhao would no longer have to worry about the plot going awry.

Tell her quickly.

But at the same time, Wen Zhao also knew what kind of harm such words would cause Fu Yu.

This was the first time Fu Yu had truly and sincerely given her affection. Even in the original story, it was only much later, after her revenge was successful, that she opened her heart to You Zixia.

But at this moment, Fu Yu, who was still deeply mired in the revenge, whose heart should originally have no temperature… had opened her heart to her, placing that newly beating heart in front of her.

But Wen Zhao was about to… cut off this feeling again, and push Fu Yu back into the quagmire of revenge. Make her return to coldness and darkness.

Just imagining it made her feel cruel.

But… if she didn’t like Fu Yu, and if she didn’t reject her now, wouldn’t that be the greatest cruelty to Fu Yu?

Wen Zhao was caught in a dilemma.

[System, help me.]

System: [The female supporting character value privilege is only limited to this time. If you don’t reject Fu Yu later and let Fu Yu interfere with your behavior, then your female supporting character value will also be deducted. On the one hand, you’re teasing Fu Yu, and on the other hand, you’re flirting with You Zixia, perhaps this is the real cruelty to Fu Yu, host.]

The system was indeed a system. Wen Zhao suddenly felt a cold bucket of water poured over her head, making her completely calm down.

So she took a deep breath and suppressed the emotions in her voice, calmly said, “Yes, it’s wrong.”

It shouldn’t have happened to Fu Yu.

Hearing her words, the emotions in Fu Yu’s eyes stopped. She stared fixedly at Wen Zhao, “I want you to look into my eyes and say it again.”

So Wen Zhao raised her eyes and met Fu Yu’s gaze.

“It’s wrong.” She tried hard not to show any emotion in her eyes, but in the end, she couldn’t help but bring a little pity. “And I, I won’t fall in love with you.”

T/N: QAQ