Chapter 71

The Qingming Festival holiday is just around the corner, with the drizzle turning into a steady drizzle caused by the waterspout.

“Ding Dong.”

The notification sound that CC was particularly concerned about rang out. Gu Qingming picked up the phone and found that it was a message from Uncle Lu Ze, asking him to come back early tonight.

Several of the members of the Supernatural Society also behaved very strangely today, especially Chu Zhongyuan, who seemed drowsy. I don't know what he did last night.

Zheng Qiuji was just like an old hand and couldn't tell anything was wrong, but Luo Dong, the young master who was inexperienced in the world, was more obvious than anyone else. He kept talking about irrelevant things no matter what he was asked, and he almost slapped Gu Qingming in the face with the words "he was hiding something from him."

Looking at the cautious attitude of his companions, Gu Qingming had a thought in his mind and seemed to realize something.

Today, April 17th, before the Qingming Festival holiday, is his birthday.

Before, at this time of year, his father and mother would celebrate his birthday in various ways. Therefore, before the accident that happened half a year ago, April 17th of each year was the day that Gu Qingming looked forward to most in the year.

What will parents who often travel around with geographical expedition teams bring to you?

Are they specimens made from the various flowers of Yunnan, or are they the brilliant, multi-colored agates of the Linling region?

Are they the sea pearls and weather bottles buried deep under the Nansha Islands, or the beautiful wooden models under the moonlight in the south of the Yangtze River?

Of course, what Gu Qingming liked most was the booklet that Gu Nanfeng would make by hand every time he came back, which contained the stories of his journey.

Under the visual stimulation of the texts and pictures carefully selected by Gu Nanfeng, Gu Qingming did not seem to be trapped in a corner of Dezhou City because of his studies, but followed in the footsteps of his parents and reached every corner they had been to.

But now, Gu Nanfeng's smile is clear as time passes, yet it seems a little distant.

Gu Qingming looked at Chu Zhongyuan, who was squinting his eyes due to sleepiness, and thought to himself.

Now he also has good friends who are busy celebrating his birthday.

The young man's eyebrows were slightly curved, as if he had encountered the most joyful thing in the world.

Gu Qingming cooperated with his colleagues throughout the whole day and pretended to be unaware of anything.

After finishing a day's study, the other three hurriedly left with extremely poor excuses, and Chu Zhongyuan almost forgot to take his schoolbag.

Gu Qingming looked at his excited companions with some amusement and sighed.

He walked along the road towards home in the night. Under the light of the street lamps, countless tiny points of light flashed on the ground, like the galaxy reflected in the world.

Gu Qingming took a deep breath and pushed open the security door that had been opened countless times.

"Xiao Ming! Happy birthday!"

"Brother Gu, happy birthday!"

"Gu Qingming! Happy birthday!"

The first burst of fireworks hit our faces, a mixture of various colors, creating a celebratory atmosphere.

Blessings of different timbres and tones came from all directions. Zheng Qiuji and Luo Dong threw the fireworks in their hands into the trash can, and helped Gu Qingming into the house with all their hands and feet.

"Birthday star, please come, ...

Zheng Qiuji nodded and bowed exaggeratedly. Even though Gu Qingming was mentally prepared, he was still frightened by the exaggerated atmosphere. Before he could recover, he was shocked and took a few steps back by the several gift boxes prepared by Zheng Qiuji and Luo Dong.

"The food will be ready soon, please wait a moment~"

Lu Ze's voice came from the kitchen, but it was a little unclear because of the doors between them.

"Isn't this... a bit too exaggerated?"

Gu Qingming's voice was hoarse, as if he had never seen such a scene before and was a little at a loss.

Even his parents had never prepared fireworks for him in such a grand manner, let alone...

Gu Qingming glanced at the double-layer cake on the dining table. It was obviously Luo Dong's work. He couldn't imagine how expensive it was.

"It's not an exaggeration, Xiao Ming. Don't say that. You deserve the best."

In the room on the side, Chu Zhongyuan swung out like a monkey. He stretched out his hand and was about to say something, but suddenly stopped and asked for advice first: "Can I... hold your hand?"

Gu Qingming nodded unconsciously. In fact, he was still dazed and dizzy from the external stimulation. He couldn't react at all.

"Then... follow me closely, classmate Xiao Ming."

Chu Zhongyuan gave a sly smile, like a cat sharing its treasure.

"I'll take you to see the birthday present I prepared for you."

Zheng Qiuji and Luo Dong opened the door for them on the left and right, showing great consideration.

Looking at the figure of Chu Zhongyuan pulling Gu Qingming away, Luo Dong and Zheng Qiuji looked at each other. Even the slow-witted Luo Dong seemed to realize something at this moment.

Luo Dong deliberately lowered his voice and whispered: "When are they together? I have too much pocket money. I can't help it and want to give a share of money."

He had naively thought that no matter how good the relationship between Gu Qingming and Chu Zhongyuan was, they were just good friends. Unexpectedly...

What good friend would use his or her special powers to prepare a surprise for three days and three nights?

Zheng Qiuji: "Who knows? It doesn't matter. I won't laugh at Chu Zhongyuan if he hasn't confessed yet."

Zheng Qiuji thought with a forced smile.

Luo Dong and Zheng Qiuji looked at each other and thought of the taciturn but gentle only conscience in the team and the shameless and crazy conscience of the team, Mariana Trench.

Gu Qingming’s childhood friend Luo Dong: How the hell is Chu Zhongyuan a match?

Chu Zhongyuan’s Escape (Limited Edition in Front of Zhang Yiwei) Zheng Qiuji: How the hell is Chu Zhongyuan worthy?

The two people's thoughts reached a certain consensus in an instant.

The noise from the kitchen stopped. Lu Ze turned off the fire and walked out of the kitchen carrying the dishes.

"They went?"

Lu Ze wiped his hands and raised his eyebrows.

"I went. After all, Chu Zhongyuan arranged it bit by bit, so there has to be some sense of ceremony."

Zheng Qiuji shrugged his shoulders and didn't dare to elaborate.

“They have a really good relationship.”

Lu Ze sighed innocently.

Zheng Qiuji and Luo Dong huddled to one side, not daring to speak.

Passing through the stacked and complicated residential buildings, on the other side of the community, there is a small but quite beautiful artificial lake.

The various plants by the lake appear dark green under the night sky, as if they were dyed green by the lake water.

Gu Qingming was asked by Chu Zhongyuan to close his eyes. He listened to the boy's footsteps, indulged himself in trust, and believed in the warm hands in front of him.

"Hoo - open your eyes, Xiao Ming."

Chu Zhongyuan stopped and snapped his fingers to show the scenery behind him.

"This is--"

Gu Qingming opened his eyes.

Dreamy colors fill everything.

As night falls, the Milky Way appears vast, and countless fluorescent light blue lights float in the quiet woods, like the flow of a starry night.

And beside them, Gu Qingming was surrounded by bright spots.

"Tonight is a miracle that belongs only to you."

The young man's clear and crisp last syllables fell with a slightly complacent tone.

Countless blue dots of light shining like fireflies appeared in the air. Gu Qingming gently raised his hand, and the fluorescent colors followed his movements gracefully, like a fluorescent sea on land.

"Hmm... well, this is a little thing I asked a member of the CPA's Gongshu Academy to make. It contains my special powers."

Chu Zhongyuan was wearing a star-like fluorescent light blue and took out an exquisitely packaged white box from behind him.

"Well...anyway, please accept it."

As Chu Zhongyuan handed over the box, he turned his head slightly, not daring to look into Gu Qingming's eyes.

Gu Qingming noticed through the blue fluorescent light that Chu Zhongyuan's face was a little red for some reason.

So innocent.

He closed his eyes and chuckled, straightened his black-framed glasses that were a little crooked due to running, and opened the white gift box.

The deep blue and silver blue like the concentrated galaxy flow together, and in the crystal clear crystal ball, there are slowly rotating waves of stardust.

Chu Zhongyuan didn't know what could represent the specialness of Xiao Ming in his heart, so he spent three nights condensing the en factor bit by bit and made this crystal ball that he thought best symbolized his feelings.

He wanted to condense the sea of ​​stars into his own en factor and give it to Gu Qingming.

When I was a child, I looked up at the stars and wished I could pick them with my hands.

“It looks very nice.”

The boy gently wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes and smiled as if he was celebrating with his parents.

That smile was relaxed and natural, like the gentle evening breeze.

"I love so much."

His voice was involuntarily choked up a little.

No matter what you are facing, Mom and Dad, at least you don't have to worry about me.

Because maybe, possibly, someone will love me as much as you do.

The hour hand ticks and keeps moving forward.

Zhang Yiwei did something really outrageous. On the evening of Qingming Festival, he couldn't help but ask the entire grade to return to school, under the pretext of: winning at the starting line.

In this regard, Zheng Qiuji said: "What do you mean by winning at the starting line? Emperor Zhang returned to school on Ghost Festival, and he was not afraid of naming more than 70 people when he called out more than 50 people."

Chu Zhongyuan followed up and complained: "Then we have to go to work again."

Several high school office workers looked at each other and saw incomparable sorrow in each other's eyes.

But there is some good news.

Luo Dong got his wish and changed his subject, replacing geography with chemistry.

There were many people in his grade who changed groups, but he did not change classes. He just changed his geography class to chemistry class next door. Although chemistry was difficult, Luo Dong was very happy to learn it, as if he had found his lost treasure.

When the monthly exam results came out, Luo Dong's grade-assigned score ranking was much higher than when he took geography, and he was among the top 550 in one fell swoop.

Looking at himself who ranked last in the monthly exam, Zheng Qiuji muttered to himself: "No, I can't play anymore. If I continue like this, I will fail the final exam. I must study hard."

As he said this, he took out his phone and said, "Play for another half an hour, and start working hard in less than an hour."

Gu Qingming snatched his phone with a cold face, and he and Chu Zhongyuan stood on both sides of him to give him cram school lessons during the self-study class.

Chu Zhongyuan looked at Zheng Qiuji's math test paper and felt shocked for the first time in various senses: "π/2x2=π/4. Look, Xiao Ming, Zheng Qiuji is a genius in a certain sense! The future master of mathematics! Prince Gauss!"

"That's right," Zheng Qiuji even looked proud.

"I am a genius who scores more than 30 points higher in geography than in math."

Upon hearing this, Gu Qingming and Chu Zhongyuan twisted his ears one by one.

"Listen carefully - how did you get this question wrong?!"

The scary image of Gu Qingming as a bad boy gradually broke through his steady and sensible appearance. Under the boy's clean and handsome eyebrows, the scary oppressive feeling could not be concealed even by the bookish air brought by his thick black framed glasses. The slightly drooped corners of his eyes were like a wolf about to pounce, and Zheng Qiuji shuddered with fear.

"Well said, brother! There will be a huge reward!"

Chu Zhongyuan was quite supportive, and seemed to be unaware of the oppression Gu Qingming felt at that moment, and clapped with one hand.

Zheng Qiuji regained his strength after hearing this. He rolled his eyes and said, “Wake up, Old Chu. He died so early in the morning.”

"You're so embarrassed to say that."

Chu Zhongyuan seemed to be quite disappointed with him: "Zheng Qiuji, if the final exams were not coming soon and I wanted to do good deeds, I would have cursed at you by now. How could you study like this!"

He looked distraught.

Zheng Qiuji: …I can’t say that I can demonstrate the four wrong ways to answer this question.