Chapter 127 I Want to Be With You

Old house.

Gu Yuanyuan knocked on Gu Zijian's door, "Uncle, are you there?"

After a while, Gu Zijian opened the door to the room.

"What's wrong?"

Gu Yuanyuan didn't want to say it directly, so she made up an excuse, "I just missed you and wanted to come back to see you."

Gu Zijian reached out and patted Gu Yuanyuan's head.

She smiled gently, "Why are you suddenly moving to school? Did you have a fight with your dad?"

This tone... it's clearly still the same caring uncle he used to hear.

How could that idiot Shi Nianzhi be his uncle? His uncle is such an outstanding person.

"No, Uncle, I have someone I like at school."

Gu Zijian smiled and poured Gu Yuanyuan a glass of water, handing it to her. "Really? What kind of person is he? Is he easy to get along with?"

"He's hard to get along with. He doesn't like me at all. He has someone he likes."

Gu Yuanyuan leaned against the table with his water glass in his hand. After speaking, he lowered his head and took a sip of water, concealing the emotions in his eyes.

Whose is it?

"The Su family."

"Which Su family?"

"Which other Su family is right? Of course, the person I've set my sights on is someone who is my equal in social standing."

"Su Qi?"

"What right do you have to marry someone from that impoverished family! Uncle, you don't know which Su family I'm talking about, do you?"

The Su family kept a low profile in the capital and rarely interacted with any circles. Apart from truly prestigious families, most people outside the family who were not of high enough status knew little about the Su family, and in fact, most of them were unaware of it.

Gu Zijian genuinely didn't know, but he had already prepared a response. Calmly, he said, "I suffered brain damage in the car accident, so there are some things I don't remember clearly, even why I had the accident back then..."

He tapped his head with his hand, as if he were very troubled, before saying, "I don't remember much."

Gu Yuanyuan nodded. He wanted to test the waters, so he half-jokingly said, "Uncle, you haven't forgotten about me either, have you?"

"No, how could I forget Yuanyuan? I practically raised you. I love Yuanyuan the most..."

Gu Zijian patted Gu Yuanyuan's head, as if he were an elder to a younger person, with such doting affection.

Gu Yuanyuan gave a haughty snort, "You say you care about me? Once you went fishing at the manor with Uncle Lu, and you were so busy dating him that you didn't even notice when I fell into the water. If it weren't for Jiang Kai, I would have drowned."

"Weren't you rescued? Why are you still holding onto this for so long? You're such a stingy person."

Gu Zijian reached out and flicked Gu Yuanyuan's nose.

Gu Yuanyuan stiffened for a moment, then he laughed, "Do you remember that year? You said you'd take me to the amusement park, but Lu Jiunian got sick, and you rushed off and left me. I almost got kidnapped by human traffickers!"

"How could this be? Yuanyuan is so smart, how could she be kidnapped by human traffickers!"

"Hmph, it's good that I'm smart."

Gu Yuanyuan concealed the thoughtful look in his eyes. He tilted his head back, finished the water in his glass, and handed the glass to Gu Zijian. "Uncle, I want more water. Can you pour me some?"

"Don't you have hands?"

"Uncle, do you love me?"

"I owe you."

Gu Zijian took the water glass from Gu Yuanyuan's hand and turned to pour water.

Gu Yuanyuan walked over and grabbed Gu Zijian's pajamas. "Uncle, these pajamas you're wearing look like mine. Where did you get them?"

"No way, it might be a gift of the same model."

Gu Yuanyuan lowered the hem of her dress and let out a soft "oh," "It seems to be my favorite one."

Here's some water.

"Uncle, you're the best to me."

Gu Yuanyuan was practically glued to Gu Zijian when he picked up his water glass and gulped it down.

Then he changed the subject, "Uncle, when are you and Uncle Lu getting married?"

Gu Zijian was so angry at the mere mention of this that his insides felt like they were being torn apart. Lu Jiunian had just broken up with him not long ago, and now he couldn't get through to her on the phone. He was trying to figure out how to get Lu Jiunian back to his side and make her devoted to him.

But he wouldn't tell Gu Yuanyuan any of this, only vaguely saying, "This year, I guess."

Gu Yuanyuan took out her phone. "Let's play games together."

"Your dad wants me to learn about company affairs. You can do it yourself."

"I'd be so bored, I might as well hang out with my classmates."

"Then go ahead, it's good that you're not here, I can finally have some peace and quiet. You have no idea, you're such a nuisance."

"Okay, then I'm leaving, and I'll close the door behind me."

Gu Yuanyuan left.

He closed the door, but as if he had escaped a disaster, he let out a heavy sigh of relief.

The two things he just mentioned, one about fishing and the other about an amusement park, are completely fabricated.

If Gu Zijian's memory is inconsistent after the car accident, and he remembers things incorrectly...

There is one thing that will never change.

That means Gu Zijian would never abandon him, no matter when or where. In Gu Zijian's eyes, no matter how old he got, he was still like a little kid. When he was 13, he wanted to go hiking with his classmates, and Gu Zijian worried about him like he was mentally challenged. He even sent bodyguards for him, which made Gu Yuanyuan so angry that he didn't even go hiking in the end.

When he went out with Gu Zijian, no matter how old he was, Gu Zijian would hold his hand to cross the road. It was as if if he let go, Gu Yuanyuan would run around like a child and get hit by a car.

What he just said was that even if Lu Jiunian were sick, taking care of Zijian's cognitive abilities should mean taking him along, not abandoning him.

and......

Gu Zijian did not have any dimples or red moles on his waist.

Gu Yuanyuan glanced back. Even if a person's body had changed, how could Gu Zijian's memories be so wrong?

Downstairs in the dormitory building.

"I won't force you, Nianzhi. What I said is true, and I will prove it to you slowly."

Shi Nianzhi didn't turn around; he ran into the dormitory building without looking back.

Lu Jiunian stood by the flower bed, looking down as if to light a cigarette, but then remembered that he was on campus.

Watching Shi Nianzhi disappear down the stairs, he twirled his fingers, answered a final phone call, and then turned and left.

Shi Nianzhi ran back to the dormitory.

Su Hengyi and Mu Guangcheng were both away, so Shi Nianzhi lay on the bed for a while but couldn't fall asleep, so he got out of bed.

I picked up the "53" practice book, took out my pen, and started working on the problems seriously.

If you don't know how to do this one, turn to the next one. ...

He flipped through the entire set of "53" (a popular set of practice books), but he couldn't answer a single question. "Look at this question, look at these words and letters, he recognizes them all, but when they're put together, he's completely baffled."

Shi Nianzhi simply stopped writing and rested his chin on his hand, lost in thought.

Thinking of the sweet words Lu Jiunian had said to him along the way, and the promises Lu Jiunian had made to him.

The dormitory door was opened, Su Heng entered, and then closed the door again.

Shi Nianzhi snapped out of her daze, "Where's the boss?"

"I'll be back tonight."

"oh."

Shi Nianzhi lowered his head and poked at his set of test papers with his pen.

Su Hengyi sat down beside him. "Is something on your mind?"

Shi Nianzhi pursed her lips slightly, and after a while, she suddenly raised her eyes and looked at Su Hengyi.

A few glimmers of light appeared in his eyes. "Brother Yi said... during the days we were apart, he would think of me every night."

"Then what?"

“He said that he hadn’t thought things through before, which is why he hurt me. He even broke up with Gu Zijian in front of me. He said that if I wanted, he would cut ties with Gu Zijian and we would get married after graduation.”

"Are you wavering?"

Shi Nianzhi looked at Su Hengyi, whose eyes clearly showed wavering, yet he slumped onto the table like a deflated balloon. "I know, I know I shouldn't have done it."

After a pause, Shi Nianzhi said, "But looking at his face and hearing what he said, I just couldn't help it..."

Su Hengyi remained silent for the time being.

Gu Yuanyuan took out her key to open the door.

Suddenly, Shi Nianzhi's cautious voice came from inside the dormitory, "Brother Yi, if I want to repeat Lu Jiunian's mistakes, will you and Boss think I'm shameless?"

Su Hengyi was silent for a while, and then answered Shi Nianzhi very seriously, "Loving someone is something you can't control. You can't get a perfect score on life's question no matter what you do, so having no regrets is probably the best answer."

"Then, I'll try again..."

As if afraid Su Heng would scold him, Shi Nianzhi quickly added, "Of course, I won't. I won't forgive him so easily. He said he would prove himself to me, so I will carefully observe him. If he doesn't do well enough, I won't be with him. I'm very, very serious!"

"Um."

"Brother, actually I don't really like Gu Yuanyuan. He bullies me, and even though he knows you don't like him, he still tries every means to squeeze between you and the boss. Brother, Gu Yuanyuan is so wicked and has so many tricks up his sleeve, you won't be seduced by him, will you?"

Shi Nianzhi changed the subject.

Gu Yuanyuan tightened his grip on the key, his thin lips pressed into a straight line, he was angry.

Su Hengyi's emotionless voice said, "I'm annoyed with him too."

Shi Nianzhi muttered, "If only there were a way to get Gu Yuanyuan away. Isn't he in Class 1? Why don't we talk to the homeroom teacher and have him transferred to Class 1's dormitory? That way it will be quiet."

"Bang----"

Gu Yuanyuan kicked open the dormitory door and walked up to Shi Nianzhi.

Shi Nianzhi looked up at Gu Yuanyuan, feeling somewhat embarrassed as if he had been caught talking behind someone's back. Finally, he lowered his eyes, his expression indifferent.

Gu Yuanyuan looked down at Shi Nianzhi in the chair, slammed his hand on the table, and then bent over.

With slightly reddened eyes, she looked at Shi Nianzhi and said, "You said that all Su Hengyi wanted was Mu Guangcheng, but all I wanted was Su Hengyi. We both have deep feelings, but is my love less valuable than Su Hengyi's? You advise me to let go, but why don't you advise Su Hengyi and let him see me!"

Shi Nianzhi was taken aback by his shout. Why was Gu Yuanyuan getting angry at him for no reason? He hadn't even gotten angry at him yet.

He suddenly went crazy on the playground earlier.

Although he knew Gu Yuanyuan could never like him, given how much he resembled his uncle, taking off his clothes was still an excessive act of humiliation.

Shi Nianzhi said coldly, "They are in love with each other, what are you?"

"Shut up! You should be on my side!"

Why should I side with you?

Shi Nianzhi asked Gu Yuanyuan in return.