The Female Lead is Looking at Me Differently (GL) - Chapter 5

The crowd gradually calmed down.

After subduing the horse, Fu Yu jumped lightly off it. She loosened the reins and patted the horse’s head, as if both comforting and restraining it. Seeing that it was no longer causing trouble, she withdrew her hand and then, without paying any attention to what was happening behind her, returned to Wen Zhao.

Her casual stride was extremely relaxed, as if she had just done something of great importance but didn’t care about it. Wen Zhao stood there, staring at her blankly, and hadn’t reacted until Fu Yu came in front of her.

Fu Yu clearly didn’t care much about what she had just done or how cool she looked. She simply glanced at Wen Zhao and said, “I’m back. It’s okay now.” She was referring to how she had just calmed the horse, and she was telling Wen Zhao not to worry. Then she asked Wen Zhao, “Shall we continue?”

Wen Zhao opened her lips in astonishment, finally coming to her senses.

Looking at Fu Yu standing in front of her, still with an indifferent expression between her brows, but now much gentler in front of her, Wen Zhao suddenly felt a kind of… excitement and relief, like seeing her child get a perfect score on an exam.

“You just now…”

“Hm?” Fu Yu looked up, her black eyes as pure and deep as obsidian.

Wen Zhao felt her heart skip a beat, and her breath even stopped.

Fu Yu asked, “What’s wrong?”

She slowly relaxed her breathing, feeling a little dizzy, as if she were a little drunk. Wen Zhao shook her head, “No, nothing.”

She lowered her eyes and looked at Fu Yu’s fingers, then frowned in confusion. “Huh?” she asked, “The rattle… it’s gone.”

Fu Yu showed obvious surprise. She looked down and then recalled what had just happened.

“Just now… it must have fallen when I was trying to stop the horse.”

Things happened so suddenly that Fu Yu even forgot that she was still holding the little rattle, and she rushed forward directly; the toy should have dropped inadvertently during her actions, and now, it probably didn’t know where it was lost.

Fu Yu twirled her fingers.

Originally, she wouldn’t care about such things, but when she looked up and saw the person standing in front of her, with her eyelashes blinking slightly because she was lowering her eyes, Fu Yu felt her fingertips slightly warm.

She stood there for a moment, then opened her lips slightly, and said with a bit of uncertainty, “Let’s… buy another one?”

Then, as if realizing that she was being too perfunctory, Fu Yu added another sentence, “I’ll pay.”

Wen Zhao’s slightly sullen mood disappeared instantly. She couldn’t help but smile, her eyes curving.

Actually, this rattle was just bought by her on a whim to improve her favorability, and she didn’t really care that Fu Yu had accidentally lost it, after all, there was a reason for it.

However – when she saw Fu Yu taking the initiative to ask like this, Wen Zhao was still a little happy.

Therefore, she curved her eyes and said, “Okay.”

When Wen Zhao and Fu Yu left the inn together, they were both empty-handed, and they also had a slightly pale face and un-dried tears. When they returned, Wen Zhao had a new rattle in her hand and a smile on her face.

Seeing the two of them return like this, You Zixia couldn’t help but be a little surprised.

“Junior Sister?”

Wen Zhao looked at him and immediately remembered her duty and mission, so she quickly put away the overly out-of-character smile on her face and returned to her previous appearance.

You Zixia glanced down and saw the rattle in Wen Zhao’s hand, and couldn’t help but be a little surprised and a bit amused.

“How old are you? Why do you still like this childish toy?” he said, subconsciously reaching out to scratch Wen Zhao’s nose, like a caring elder brother.

However, his hand was halfway in the air, and before it landed, Wen Zhao had anticipated his purpose and subconsciously took a step back. So You Zixia’s hand was left hanging in mid-air.

You Zixia: …?

Silence was the bridge tonight. She swore to herself that she was absolutely just trying to avoid suspicion, and definitely didn’t mean to reject the male lead, absolutely!

At this moment, the system interjected just in time, [Oh ho, you’re going to be OOC like this.]

It was clearly a cold and emotionless electronic voice, but for some reason, it sounded a bit cheeky at this moment.

Wen Zhao replied to it in her heart: [You can be quiet now.] No one would treat a system as a mute.

Facing You Zixia’s slightly surprised and stunned gaze, Wen Zhao quickly changed the subject to avoid being discovered by You Zixia. “Senior Brother, you’ve misunderstood. This isn’t mine, it’s Miss Fu Yu’s.”

As soon as she said this, You Zixia’s attention was indeed diverted. He looked at Fu Yu on the side, clearly thinking that Wen Zhao was joking.

“Don’t joke, how could Fu Yu…”

Although You Zixia seemed a bit incredulous, he was still shaken, so he reached out and took the rattle from Wen Zhao’s hand, and couldn’t help but lower his head to examine it, wanting to see what mysterious thing was on this rattle that could attract Fu Yu.

But it was indeed just an ordinary rattle.

You Zixia couldn’t help but look at Fu Yu.

Fu Yu, holding a sword in one hand, slightly raised her eyes when she received You Zixia’s gaze, her black eyes were as cold as clear spring water; Fu Yu seemed to not understand You Zixia’s doubt, or perhaps she understood but was too lazy to answer.

In short, she didn’t answer You Zixia’s question, but stepped forward and took the rattle that You Zixia was holding. The rattle made a crisp sound as she moved.

You Zixia let out a questioning sound. He still stood there, stunned.

However, Fu Yu didn’t mean to explain anything, she just turned around and went upstairs.

Wen Zhao looked at Fu Yu’s back, blinked her eyes.

Then she heard You Zixia’s voice, with a bit of strangeness, “That’s really hers?”

Wen Zhao coughed lightly, covering her tracks.

••••

The three of them didn’t stay at the inn for very long. After all, Fu Yu was eager to investigate, so early the next morning, they prepared to depart by sword and head to the ruined Fu family residence.

The Fu family residence was neither too far nor too close from here. Although Wen Zhao didn’t know the exact location, according to the book, if they left in the morning, they would arrive in the afternoon. So it didn’t seem that far.

None of the three spoke while flying on their swords – wasn’t that obvious? Standing so high and flying so fast, if they opened their mouths to say anything at this time, they would definitely be filled with a mouthful of cold wind.

When they reached their destination, the three of them slowed down, and Wen Zhao’s heart, which had been hanging, finally relaxed a little. After all, she was a newcomer and unfamiliar with everything, and she was afraid that she would accidentally fall off the sword.

Looking down from above, she could see the general outline of the Fu family residence. From the remaining ruins, it could be seen that the Fu family had once been glorious and powerful, but since being exterminated, only this ruin remained, no longer the glory of the past.

Wen Zhao didn’t immediately go down. She stood on the flying sword, looking at the scene, and then couldn’t help but focus her gaze on Fu Yu.

Fu Yu had already gotten off the flying sword with You Zixia. She lagged behind You Zixia and did not go forward, but stood there looking ahead. A gust of wind blew, blowing Fu Yu’s black hair, making her back seem to have a touch of desolation. Although Wen Zhao couldn’t see the other person’s expression from her position, she could inexplicably feel Fu Yu’s emotions at this moment.

Wen Zhao knew that Fu Yu had seen such a scene more than once. Compared to the bloody scene at that time, although the current scene was somewhat sad, it was already “gentle” enough.

But…

After all, that was the home where she grew up.

Fu Yu stood there, her waist slender, like a straight and upright thin bamboo covered in frost and snow. She lowered her eyes slightly, and her thick and long eyelashes covered the emotions in her eyes, only the slightly pursed white lips revealed a little of her inner emotions.

Wen Zhao looked at Fu Yu in a daze, not paying attention to her feet, and only realized that the feeling under her feet was wrong when she jumped off the flying sword and stepped on the ground.

Wen Zhao twisted her ankle and couldn’t help but let out a soft cry.

Oh no.

However, the next moment, a familiar cold fragrance came, and Wen Zhao’s waist tightened, being held in someone’s arms.

—It was an embrace she was all too familiar with.

Even the hands around her waist were the same strength as before.

Wen Zhao looked up and met Fu Yu’s pair of eyes; Fu Yu’s eyes were very dark, but they also had a kind of indescribable clarity, both deep and able to see into people’s hearts, like the most beautiful original stone. Wen Zhao suddenly didn’t know what was wrong with her, and at this moment, she felt a little at a loss.

She attributed this to her own embarrassment.

You Zixia also walked over, “Junior Sister? Are you alright?”

Wen Zhao lowered her eyes and quickly got out of Fu Yu’s arms, and Fu Yu also let go of her, but before letting go, she used her palm to support Wen Zhao’s arm, allowing her to stand steadily.

Wen Zhao grasped her wrist and then replied to You Zixia, “I’m fine, I’m fine, I just didn’t pay attention to my feet.”

Before You Zixia could say anything else, Fu Yu had already turned around and walked into the ruins of the Fu family residence.

Wen Zhao looked at her back, and then asked You Zixia, “Senior Brother, shall we go in too?”

You Zixia nodded and followed Wen Zhao in.

At this time, the system suddenly reminded, [You’ve been neglecting your duty for a long time.]

Wen Zhao fell behind You Zixia, and almost couldn’t control her expression when she heard this. If the system had a physical form, it would definitely not escape Wen Zhao’s clutches.

[You call one night a long time?!]

The system silently fell silent, but just reported Wen Zhao’s current female supporting character value to her, and then waited for her to make a choice.

Because she had given the female lead the rattle, Wen Zhao now had 82 points of female supporting character value left, although it sounded like a lot, but who knows where she might be deducted in the future, so the system urged Wen Zhao not to neglect her duties.

But the system didn’t realize at all that it looked like a capitalist in this way.

Wen Zhao squeezed her fingers, and the slight sadness she had just felt instantly disappeared. In the face of the class enemy, people’s emotions were surprisingly unified.

But… even if her female supporting character value was reduced to 60 now! She would absolutely not go brush it!

There was no other reason, just because the location was special now, Wen Zhao didn’t want to deliberately upset Fu Yu.

Any time and any place would do, but not now, not here.