Chapter 24 Chapter 24 It turns out that we love each other
It was already very late, but Gu Xingyan still hadn't slept.
He lay on the bed, staring at the ceiling in a daze.
Because it had been raining for the past few days and the building had been in a state of disrepair, rainwater seeped out from the cracks in the walls, leaving a damp mark on the ceiling.
Like a long, thin little snake.
The phone placed on the pillow suddenly emitted a crisp notification tone.
Gu Xingyan immediately turned over and sat up.
I nervously turned on the screen.
Saw the message Nguyen Chao sent him.
【Good night.】
He unconsciously tightened his grip on the phone.
The tense mood seemed to relax slightly at this moment.
He subconsciously wanted to reply something, his finger hovering over the screen but he was hesitant to press it.
Because he was worried that sending a message at this time would disturb the Nguyen Dynasty's rest.
But……
Gu Xingyan lowered his eyes.
When I saw the two lonely words sent by Ruan Chao, I felt an irresistible itch and wanted to send a message to push it up.
He hesitated for a moment, but finally did not reply.
I just reviewed the chat records between the two of them during this period of time.
In most cases, it was the Nguyen Dynasty that sent him messages.
She either urged him to do his homework quickly and told him not to be lazy, with a threatening expression like a little rabbit holding a knife, or asked Gu Xingyan to bring him snacks from the stall outside the school gate.
Gu Xingyan's reply was very concise.
Um, okay...
The longer one, the better.
They would occasionally chat about some small matters.
for example……
Gu Xingyan's fingers turned upwards.
I saw the messages they sent to each other a few days ago.
[Today's fried skewers are not as delicious as yesterday's. Did you buy the wrong ones? ]
【Aren’t they all the same? 】
[How can it be the same? I have reminded you many times that you should buy the one at the edge, the one owned by the very kind-looking old lady.]
【Then buy it yourself. 】
[No, if the driver sees me, he will tell my mom. She won’t let me eat junk food.]
【Then you should listen to your aunt. 】
[What is my identity and what is your status? I don’t need you to remind me of these things.]
Just seeing this sentence, I can seem to imagine the Nguyen Dynasty's expression.
He would frown, purse his lips, and look unhappy as if he was offended, and even a little arrogant, because no matter what, Gu Xingyan would listen to him, and he could do whatever he wanted with his indulgence.
[Remember what I said, don’t buy the wrong thing again tomorrow!!!] The three exclamation marks at the end seem to represent how seriously he takes this matter.
Then the next second, Gu Xingyan will receive a transfer information from his Alipay account.
Because Alipay transfers are directly transferred to bank cards, there is no refund option.
It was not known whether Nguyen Chao had no concept of money or did it on purpose, but the amount transferred to Gu Xingyan was always much more than what he actually paid.
…
They meet almost every day, but there is not much information exchanged on WeChat.
Sometimes there would be a week without any communication between them.
But it still took Gu Xingyan nearly half an hour to review the chat records.
Because he would carefully read every sentence and every word that Ruan Chao sent him for a long time. Even if the other party replied to him perfunctorily with a period, he thought it was very cute.
He could sense that something was not right with him.
I don't know when my feelings towards the Nguyen Dynasty changed.
No longer just consider him as a friend.
What do you think of him...?
Thinking of the indescribable beautiful dream before, Gu Xingyan seemed to have some understanding in his heart, but also seemed more confused.
Because no matter in terms of gender or identity, they are not equal.
What's more...
He still didn't know what the Nguyen Dynasty was thinking.
Because he had to get up early tomorrow, he couldn't afford to let his imagination run wild.
Gu Xingyan closed his eyes and forced himself to fall asleep.
Suddenly, the phone rang again.
This time the news was not from Nguyen Chao, but from his previous boss who provided him with gaming power.
The other party transferred the balance to him and issued him a new commission.
Gu Xingyan has paid off his last debt and is not short of money now.
So he declined on the grounds that he was busy with his studies.
[Okay, let’s talk about it when you have time. ]
【OK.】
The boss couldn't help but complain: [It's so hard to find a reliable power leveler nowadays, most of them are either scammers or run away with the order. ]
…
Gu Xingyan had some impression of this boss.
In addition to always looking for him to grind for achievements and never shirking payment, the most eye-catching thing is his circle of friends. You can always see him shopping, eating, watching movies with different girls... It seems that he has rich emotional experience.
Gu Xingyan thought about it.
Ask politely.
[Can I ask you a question about relationships? ]
The boss thought Gu Xingyan had good vision and a keen eye for talent.
He assured: "You have asked the right person. If I am second to none in this area, no one can claim to be first."
A minute passed.
Gu Xingyan started with a long paragraph.
[If there is a person who is very friendly to everyone else but very mean to you, he can smile happily no matter who he is facing, but when he turns to you, he will quickly put away his smile, as if you really don't like him...]
After reading this, the boss started sweating profusely.
The girl's reaction clearly showed that she really disliked this substitute coach.
But if you tell the truth, it will hurt people's self-esteem and feelings.
Maybe the substitute coach will get angry and never take his orders again, and then he will have no place to cry.
Just when the boss was hesitating about how to put it tactfully, Gu Xingyan sent another message.
[…He’s not particularly bad, he just gets angry at you and only wants you to do things for him.]
[Sometimes he seems very clingy, as if he can't live without you. He will call you when he can't sleep at night and ask you to tell him a story to comfort him. He will throw half-eaten food to you and say he can't finish it...]
The boss breathed a sigh of relief and started typing.
【She likes you. 】
Gu Xingyan: […? ]
The boss is certain: [It’s true, brother, this girl definitely likes you. ]
The other party obviously misunderstood Nguyen Chao's gender, but Gu Xingyan did not correct it.
Boss: [Girls are not all like this. The more they like someone, the more they bully him or her, but at the same time, they also cling to him or her more.]
[Because it is polite to others, it is close to you. ]
Gu Xingyan: [. ]
The boss continued: [She is very nice to everyone else, but she is very mean to you. She shows all her bad temper to you alone. Doesn't this explain the problem? You must be the most special one in her heart! ]
Gu Xingyan: [Really?]
The boss almost swore to the heavens: "Believe me, it's more real than gold."
Gu Xingyan: [I accept your commission.]
The boss was overjoyed: [Thanks, brother. I wish you and that girl a happy marriage. Don’t forget to buy me wedding candy when it works out.]
Gu Xingyan: [OK.]
The boss lit a cigarette, looked at the white smoke rising slowly, and sighed with some fatigue.
I never thought that such a cool and aloof power player would also be troubled by emotions one day. He even went out of his way to ask someone in the middle of the night how the other person felt about him.
Really...
A master in gaming, an inferior in relationships.
No one can escape.
…
Gu Xingyan passed a long time.
Then he slowly put down his phone.
His mind was in a mess, like a ball of yarn that had been scratched by a cat, and he couldn't find any clues.
It turns out that Nguyen Chao likes me...
Gu Xingyan thought with feigned indifference.
A faint blush spread from his ears.
The eyes also seemed to have stars twinkling and shining.
Feeling the heat rising on his cheek, he touched it with the back of his slightly cool hand, hoping to cool it down. But it backfired, and his palm also became slightly hot.
All the blood in my body seemed to boil at this moment, surging with an inexplicable restlessness, and my breathing became disordered.
But this time it was not because of illness or fever.
But...some other reason.
Gu Xingyan picked up the water on the table, his Adam's apple moving slightly, and drank it all in one gulp.
He thought.
Then we are... mutually in love.
…
Ruan Chao got up late.
The alarm rang three times in a row but failed to wake him up.
It was not until the sun rose high and shone directly on him through the gaps in the curtains that were not drawn properly yesterday that he managed to regain some consciousness.
He had several nightmares in a row last night. He was either being chased by ghosts or getting into a car accident. There was blood everywhere and he didn't sleep well at all.
There are obvious dark circles under the eyes.
Ruan Chao coaxed himself for a long time before he struggled to get out of bed, put on his clothes, washed up, and ate breakfast.
Unsurprisingly late.
When Nguyen Chao arrived at the school, the students had already finished the second class.
He put his schoolbag on the table and was stunned when he saw the empty seat next to him.
The next second, he continued to pack his things as if nothing had happened, taking out all the books and papers he would need for the next class.
There is a book by Gu Xingyan.
There was a light yellow sticker on the cover of the book, with his name written on it with a blunt pen, stroke by stroke.
It was written by the Nguyen Dynasty.
Because they always mixed up each other's things before. So he wanted to use the stickers to prevent this from happening again.
But the result seems to be of no use.
What was supposed to go wrong still went wrong.
He put Gu Xingyan's book back to its place, but he couldn't find his own book no matter how hard he looked.
If nothing unexpected happens, it must have been taken away by Gu Xingyan.
A surge of anger suddenly rose in Ruan Chao's heart.
His name was posted in such a conspicuous place, and even sticky notes of different colors were used to distinguish him, but Gu Xingyan actually got it wrong. I don’t know if he has eyes.
Ruan Chao suddenly remembered that he had made the same mistake as Gu Xingyan. They were both the same and neither of them had the right to criticize the other.
He pursed his lips, took a photo and sent it to Gu Xingyan.
[Is this book of mine with you? ]
I waited for a long time but got no response.
This is also expected.
Gu Xingyan has been taken away by the Xiang family and is probably undergoing a paternity test at some authoritative institution, so he has no time to reply to his message.
The Nguyen Dynasty had mixed emotions.
I was happy for him, but also felt a kind of inexplicable depression.
Maybe it’s because... from now on, there will never be anyone like Gu Xingyan who will listen to him obediently and allow himself to be bullied by him.
Or maybe he was used to having such a person around him all the time and had a withdrawal reaction to his departure.
It takes some time to adjust.
Ruan Chao lowered his eyelashes and placed his cell phone in the bookcase.
He planned not to care about Gu Xingyan's affairs anymore. They should go their separate ways from now on and it would be good to draw a clear line between them.
Now Gu Xingyan doesn’t reply to his messages immediately like before, and he becomes anxious and worried.
What would he do if the other party wanted to take revenge on him for everything he had done to him? Would he just die of grief and rage?
...So funny.
He is here to complete a mission, not to make friends.
This kind of emotion is unacceptable.
You need to change your mindset quickly...
The phone screen suddenly lit up.
Ruan Chao was stunned for a moment, then quickly picked up his phone and swiped the screen.
Gu Xingyan: [Yes, it’s here with me.]
He seemed to be very busy indeed, so busy that it took a long time for him to find time to reply to Nguyen Dynasty with a few words.
[I have something to do today and can't go to school. I'll return it to you tomorrow.]
Nguyen Chao knew what he was going through, but he still asked him what it was.
It seemed that as long as he kept asking questions, the topic between them would never end.
Several more minutes passed.
Gu Xingyan replied.
[It’s hard to explain over the phone, I’ll tell you in person when we meet.]
…
However, Gu Xingyan did not come back the next day.
There was nothing on the third day either.
The message that Nguyen Dynasty sent to him fell on deaf ears and he never received any response.
……fraud.
Ruan Chao asked the system whether Gu Xingyan planned to stay in Jing City and never come back.
After all, his parents and family are all in Beijing.
This city only left him with painful memories. There was nothing worth staying in. He could completely abandon everything here and start over.
The system was not too sure either, and answered cautiously: [This possibility cannot be ruled out. ]
Ruan Chao: [What about me, the villain tool? Don’t I need to be slapped in the face by the protagonist? ]
The system hesitated: [Or... maybe it's because we interfered with the plot, causing a butterfly effect, and the butterfly lost this part of the plot? ]
Nguyen Chao doesn't want to talk about life anymore.
But Chen Feng suddenly came over at this moment.
In his hand he held a handful of melon seeds which he had picked up from somewhere, and he politely gave Ruan Chao half of them.
He was cracking melon seeds while chatting with Ruan Chao.
"Where's Gu Xingyan? Why haven't I seen him come to school these few days?"
"Did he drop out of school?"
Who would drop out of school when the college entrance examination is approaching?
It's impossible to even think about it.
Ruan Chao picked up a melon seed, peeled it open with his nails, and replied calmly, "I don't know."
Chen Feng looked suspicious: "You are the only one in our class who is closest to him. What is he doing? Don't you know?"
Ruan Chao shook his head hesitantly.
Then he said.
"He may not come back."
Chen Feng could sense that Ruan Chao was in a bad mood, so he didn't continue talking to him about this topic.
He cracked a few more melon seeds, just like the old ladies and aunties sitting in the village chatting with others about gossip.
Obviously, the following gossip was his real purpose for coming to find Nguyen Chao.
"You know Xiang Zhijian, right? He's the one you splashed wine on that day, and then he had a very stinky face..."
"That guy is in big trouble."
Ruan Chao: "...What's the big trouble?"
"An earth-shattering event has happened in the Xiang family these past two days." He moved his stool closer to Ruan Chao, lowered his voice, and whispered, "I heard that Xiang Zhijian is not a child of the Xiang family, and the real eldest son of the Xiang family is someone else."
Ruan Chao: “Really?”
Chen Feng looked at him for a while, "Strange, why aren't you surprised at all? When I heard the news, I almost jumped up."
"What does the Xiang family's affairs have to do with me..." Ruan Chao looked indifferent, and took some melon seeds from Chen Feng's hand, "Why should I be surprised?"
"Don't take it, don't take it, leave some for me." Chen Feng clenched his fists hurriedly and successfully protected the last few melon seeds.
Ruan Chao: "Stingy."
His eyes flickered slightly.
Although she said she didn't care about the Xiang family's affairs, she couldn't help but ask, "Did Xiang Chen tell you all this?"
Chen Feng nodded, looking very proud: "So it's first-hand information. Except for the Xiang family, no one else knows."
"What else did Xiang Chen say to you?"
"It is said that Xiang Zhijian was desperate and stabbed Master Zhen with a knife. The blood was pouring down. The scene was bloody and scary. Xiang Zhijian was also detained by the police station. He is destined to spend the rest of his life in prison. Don't even think about getting out."
The melon seeds in Ruan Chao's hand all fell to the ground.
Chen Feng: “……?”
He squatted down and picked up the melon seeds that Ruan Chao had dropped one by one, and scolded him, "Really? Don't waste them if you don't want to eat them. Why do you just throw them on the ground?"
Nguyen Chao froze completely, his mind went blank, as if it had stopped functioning in an instant.
It was a long time before I heard my own dry and hoarse voice.
"Then Gu... I mean the young master of the Xiang family, how is he now?"
Chen Feng said casually: "He should be lying in the hospital. I haven't asked about the specific situation. Xiang Chen is a branch of the Xiang family and doesn't know much..."
Chen Feng was halfway through his speech when he realized that Ruan Chao was wrong.
The boy's face was pale and his pupils were trembling slightly, as if he had been hit by something.
"What's wrong with you?" He immediately put down the melon seeds in his hand, thinking that Ruan Chao showed such a panicked expression after hearing the news that the young master of the Xiang family was injured. Chen Feng's mind had never been so fast before, and he immediately grasped the key point, "Do you know the young master of the Xiang family? Is he your friend?"
The boy's eyes seemed to be out of focus, falling on him empty.
After a while, he nodded slowly.
"Wait, don't worry, I'll ask for you, ask for you..."
Chen Feng immediately took out his cell phone and called Xiang Chen.
After Xiang Chen picked up the phone, he asked him directly if he knew the condition of the eldest son of the Xiang family who was lying in the hospital.
Xiang Chen was speechless: "No, big brother, the class is almost starting, and you called me just to ask me about this? You are too nosy."
Chen Feng: "Stop talking nonsense and just tell me what the person is like."
"He's not dead." Xiang Chen said, "The knife didn't hit a vital part, it just scratched his arm and caused some bleeding. He will be discharged from the hospital today."
Chen Feng repeated Xiang Chen's words to Ruan Chao verbatim.
"You heard it, it's just a superficial wound, nothing serious."
"Don't worry." Chen Feng patted Ruan Chao's shoulder and comforted him dryly, "He should be about the same age as Xiang Zhijian. High school students of this age have extremely strong physical fitness, and their wounds heal quickly..."
The bell for class rang at this moment.
The teacher came in hurriedly, holding a pile of papers.
Facing the teacher's increasingly sharp gaze, Chen Feng couldn't stay any longer and could only jog back to his seat.
…
Ruan Chao lowered his head and did not move for a long time.
He seemed to still be immersed in the emotions of Gu Xingyan's injury.
System: [Chao Chao, don't be sad, don't blame yourself, this is not your fault. ]
[No one expected this to happen...]
For the first time, the system hated itself for being so tongue-tied and unable to comfort the host. It was also afraid that the host would get stuck in a dead end, so it could only shift the conflict to the villain.
[It's all Xiang Zhijian's fault. He's so bad. He's the worst villain in the world. Even if we didn't interfere with the plot, he would still hurt Gu Xingyan and go against him... But don't worry, he went straight to the police station this time, and there won't be any more scenes with him in the future.]
Nguyen Chao still did not move or make any sound.
The system directly transformed into a figure, flapping its small wings and flying around in front of Ruan Chao.
Sometimes it goes around in front of him, sometimes it goes around to his side.
It knew that its host liked its cat ears, and it rubbed its round little head on Ruan Chao's shoulders several times, trying to attract Ruan Chao's attention.
【Chao Chao, Chao Chao, please talk to me. 】
[Don't be alone in your thoughts. You'll get sick if you keep thinking about it.]
[You can tell me anything you want. I am your emotional trash can.]
[Chao Chao, Chao Chao…]
The system kept calling his name.
I don’t know if it was because the system was annoying, but the Nguyen Dynasty finally took action.
He raised his head and held the small ball with wings in his arms.
[Stop calling my name, it's noisy. ]
He pinched the system's ears and rubbed them twice.
【I am not sad, nor do I blame myself. 】
The system glanced at the still red corners of Ruan Chao's eyes and remained silent with interest.
[I was just wondering, Gu Xingyan hasn't replied to my messages in the past two days, could it be because he was injured? ]
[System, do you think I should go see him?]
System: [But Chao Chao, he is now in Beijing, which is more than a thousand kilometers away from us. It will take two hours to get there by plane.]
Ruan Chao realized it later: [Yes. ]
[Then forget it.]
…
No matter who leaves, life goes on.
Nguyen Chao went to school, went home after school, and returned home as usual.
As if nothing had happened, I completed my senior year of high school step by step.
Until this day, he had just got out of the car and saw a familiar tall figure in front of the courtyard.
The other person was facing against the light, so I couldn't see his face clearly.
But Nguyen Chao still felt his heart skip a beat.
My breathing also stopped for a few seconds.
He stood still.
The other person walked towards him.
The boy in front of me seemed to have changed a lot, but also seemed to have not changed much.
He was wearing a white short-sleeved shirt, light-colored casual pants, and a pair of dark sneakers.
Very ordinary outfit.
There is no difference from the previous Gu Xingyan.
"Nguyen Chao." Gu Xingyan stopped about one meter away from Nguyen Chao.
He whispered, "I was planning to see you tomorrow at school, but I can't wait."
Ruan Chao: “…”
"My phone fell and broke. It won't turn on. I went to a repair shop but they couldn't fix it."
…
Even though Gu Xingyan entered society very early and possessed a calmness and self-control far beyond that of ordinary people, he was stunned for a long time when he learned about his life experience.
The graceful and elegant woman hugged him and cried, apologized to him, and said sorry to him. The man who looked calm and steady also had red eyes and wiped his tears.
It looks like some cliché drama from a TV series called The 8th O'Clock.
He read every word on the paternity certificate carefully.
The appraisal report stated that the probability of the two being biological father and son was 99.99%.
For the sake of rigor, medicine will not give a 100% conclusion casually.
But there is no suspense about the outcome.
His life, which had been planned well, suddenly took such a turn... He didn't feel any emotion, but only felt it was absurd and a bit unreal.
It's like a dream.
No one expected Xiang Zhijian to attack him at this time.
Seeing all the Xiang family members surrounding Gu Xingyan, crying and laughing, no one paid attention to him or cared about him...
Perhaps it touched his sensitive nerves, making him feel that Gu Xingyan's appearance had taken away something that originally belonged to him.
The hatred and panic in an instant made him lose all his reason.
Or maybe he's just not smart enough.
They have completely inherited the couple's temper and personality, and the slightest provocation will drive them crazy.
Xiang Zhijian thought that as long as Gu Xingyan disappeared, everything would return to the starting point. Power, wealth, identity, status, and the love of his parents would all come back.
Their biological son died.
It doesn't matter.
They have lived together for more than ten years, and the feelings between them have long surpassed blood ties.
They are a real family.
Gu Xingyan could have completely avoided it, but he didn't.
The sharp tip of the knife cut a long gash on his arm.
He thought of the previous car accident.
In all likelihood, it was also written by Xiang Zhijian.
In this world, apart from Xiang Zhijian, no one else would hate him so much and be so eager to take his life.
There was an ear-piercing scream. It all happened in a flash and no one had time to react.
When Xiang Zhijian wanted to continue, Xiang's father kicked him on the arm and kicked the dagger far away.
Security guards rushed out from various places and suppressed Xiang Zhijian who was still thinking of resisting.
Gu Xingyan drooped his eyelashes, staring at Xiang Zhijian who was rolling and struggling on the ground. Blood seeped out from between his fingers, dripping onto the ground, and soon a small pool of bright red blood was left.
But there was no expression on his face, as if he didn't feel any pain, or maybe he was used to it.
Know what kind of injury only looks serious.
As if noticing Gu Xingyan's gaze, Xiang Zhijian suddenly raised his head and looked towards him.
Her eyes were filled with resentment and hatred, as if she wanted to break free from her restraints, rush up to him and bite him viciously.
Gu Xingyan mouthed the word to him: stupid.
…
If I were you.
I know a hundred ways to consolidate my position.
I would never choose to do it in such a public place.
Buying murder, plus assault.
He will never get out of prison in this life.
Many people gathered around Gu Xingyan, crying and caring about his injuries, but Gu Xingyan just felt it was noisy.
He remembered that he had not received any news from the Nguyen Dynasty yet, and subconsciously touched the pocket of his coat.
But I found nothing.
He realized that his phone had accidentally fallen to the ground in the chaos, and the screen had shattered into pieces, with mechanical debris all around.
His cold, expressionless face finally showed a crack at this moment.
………
"So I didn't mean to ignore your messages."
Ruan Chao: “Oh.”
Perhaps he felt that his answer was a bit cold, so Nguyen Chao added two more words.
"Like this."
After thinking for a while, he said again.
“I didn’t send it to you either.”
In fact, they were sent, and there were several rows of question marks sent out.
Thinking that they should go their separate ways from now on and not interfere with each other, she couldn't help but send messages to Gu Xingyan continuously as soon as she picked up her phone, like an idiot.
Maybe I was angry at myself for not being firm enough.
Ruan Chao didn't want to speak again.
Gu Xingyan paused for a moment and asked cautiously, "Are you angry?"
Ruan Chao shook his head.
"But I feel like you seem a little unhappy." With his understanding of Ruan Chao, Gu Xingyan can already tell the boy's emotional changes just by looking at his slight expressions. He guessed, "Is it because I promised you that I would come to school tomorrow and return the book you took by mistake, but I didn't do it...so you are unhappy?"
"Then I apologize to you."
"sorry."
"I shouldn't have said something I couldn't do. It's my fault."
Ruan Chao: "...Why are you saying sorry to me?"
Gu Xingyan said: "Because I made you unhappy."
His voice was low and pleasant, with a hint of hoarseness.
Like a light feather, it slipped past his ear.
Resonated with his heartbeat.
This is...too unfair.
How could he say...such things?
The temperature at night was obviously very comfortable, but Nguyen Chao still felt his face a little hot, and even his fingertips were experiencing an unknown heat.
The reunion he had imagined between the two of them was not like this at all.
He thought that Gu Xingyan would have a cold face and speak to him in a cold tone, and maybe even make him his follower, listen to his orders, run errands for him, and help him do things.
Return to him the shame you have brought upon him a thousandfold.
Instead of being like this now...
I apologized to him humbly for such a small matter.
Worried that he was still angry and wouldn't forgive him, she kept staring at him with pitiful eyes.
Something is wrong, something is wrong, something is wrong...
Something was extremely wrong.
Ruan Chao couldn't help but remind him: "The contract between us ended the day before yesterday. You don't owe me anything, and you don't have to listen to me anymore."
Gu Xingyan's expression changed for a moment, and he took Ruan Chao's reminder as a hint.
He showed the payment code: "Then lend me another 2,000 yuan."
"This time we can extend the contract for three months, or even a year."
The conditioned reflex developed by QR code payment makes Nguyen Chao instinctively scan the QR code when he sees it.
I realized something was wrong when I saw the transfer icon.
Gu Xingyan has been adopted by the Xiang family, and now he will never be short of money no matter who is short of money.
So why was he rushing to extend his contract?
Is he sane? Is he addicted to being bullied?
Or is it something like... Stockholm syndrome?
But he is the protagonist. Could a protagonist be so unsteady?
Ruan Chao couldn't figure it out no matter how hard he tried. He couldn't help but take a step back and stared at Gu Xingyan with strange eyes.
Faced with Ruan Chao's resistance, Gu Xingyan's eyes showed confusion, and he seemed to not understand why he would react like this.
"…Is there something wrong?" He tapped the screen of his mobile phone twice, changing the payment code to a payment code. "I can transfer it to you."
Ruan Chao stepped back a little and said with his lips pursed.
"Be more normal, I'm scared."
How can you give money to others and then let them bully you?
so……
"No matter who you are, please get off Gu Xingyan."
Gu Xingyan: “……?”
Just as the two were in a stalemate, a gentle voice suddenly sounded behind Ruan Chao.
The sound of footsteps came closer and closer.
"Chao Chao? Did any classmates come to play with you?"
Nguyen's mother came to Nguyen Chao's side and saw Gu Xingyan beside him, a look of understanding appeared on her face.
"You are the friend my son Chao Chao always talks about. Your name is Gu Xingyan, right?"
Gu Xingyan bowed politely: "Hello, Auntie."
"Okay, okay, you too."
The strips are nice and smooth.
Thick eyebrows and big eyes.
Mother Ruan hasn't seen such a handsome boy for a long time.
Sure enough, Chaochao's vision is as outstanding as when she was young, and she always makes friends with the most handsome one.
Hearing his mother and Gu Xingyan saying that he always mentioned him, Ruan Chao was a little unhappy and stretched out his tone: "Mom, I don't always mention him to you."
Ruan's mother: "Didn't you say that he is a very nice person, a gentle, kind, and helpful classmate?"
Nguyen Chao was choked. He did say that.
Because he wanted to dispel his mother's suspicion at that time, he praised Gu Xingyan to the utmost, saying that he was the best in the world...but he didn't expect that one day the boomerang would hit him.
The Nguyen Dynasty has no way to refute it.
"It's late at night, and there are a lot of mosquitoes here. Don't stand here and talk." Ruan's mother invited enthusiastically, "Student Xiao Gu, come upstairs and have a cup of tea together."
Ruan Chao refused on behalf of Gu Xingyan: "It's late now, he should go home now."
Mother Ruan gave him a reproachful look.
"Chao Chao, you should be polite."
"It's so hard for a friend to come to our house, how can we just send him away like this?"
Ruan Chao: “…Oh.”
After a while, he whispered, "Mom, please speak for him, not for me."
Mother Ruan smiled helplessly.
He tapped Nguyen Chao's forehead lovingly with his index finger.
"This is not a question of speaking for someone. It's your mother teaching you how to behave. It's rare for your good friend to come to your home. It's ok for you not to entertain him well, but how can you push him away?"
…
Gu Xingyan watched the interaction between Ruan Chao and his mother quietly.
The intimate atmosphere between them is beyond the reach of anyone.
It was an intimacy that he would never experience before or since.
Noticing Gu Xingyan's gaze, Ruan's mother waved to him again with a warm smile on her face.
"Come upstairs and have some fruit and chat with Chao Chao. I'll let your uncle take you home later."
Gu Xingyan: "Don't bother me, Auntie. I have other things to do later. I came to see Ruan Chao tonight just to meet him."
"After seeing this, it's time for me to go back."
Ruan's mother wanted to persuade him to stay: "Are you leaving now?"
Gu Xingyan: “Yeah.”
Ruan's mother pushed Ruan Chao's arm and said, "Then Chao Chao, you can see him off."
"Me?" Ruan Chao pointed at himself. Just as he was about to say "I don't want it", he saw his mother's eyes that would not brook rejection, "Okay...Okay."
The two of them walked in silence from one side of the road to the other.
We were almost out of the brightly lit villa area.
Gu Xingyan stopped.
"You go back first."
Nguyen Chao's arms were covered with several lumps from mosquito bites.
His skin is very white and tender, and the red and swollen mosquito bites look particularly obvious, which is shocking.
He was sealing them one by one with the cross and didn't hear what Gu Xingyan was saying at all. He didn't even notice that he suddenly stopped.
Without any accident, they bumped into each other.
The forehead hit the shoulder.
Because Gu Xingyan cushioned it with his palm, he didn't feel any pain.
"Why was he bitten so badly?"
Ruan Chao thought he was asking a question he already knew the answer to, so he said unhappily, "Because there are two people standing together sucking mosquitoes, but the mosquito only bites me."
Gu Xingyan: "I'm sorry."
Ruan Chao: “……?”
No, you want to apologize to me for this too?
What kind of apology are you?
Nguyen Chao reasonably suspected that Gu Xingyan's wound might have become infected and he had a fever, which was why he behaved so abnormally.
He stretched out his hand and tested the temperature of Gu Xingyan's forehead.
He touched his own again.
I couldn't tell the difference.
Ruan Chao said to himself: "It's not burning, why are you talking nonsense?"
Gu Xingyan grabbed Ruan Chao's hand from his forehead and said, "Don't you want to ask me what I have been doing these days and why I didn't come to school?"
Of course the Nguyen Dynasty knew.
But he still followed Gu Xingyan's wishes and asked him.
"So what have you been doing these days? Why don't you come to school?"
A bit perfunctory.
Even the order of the words is not changed.
Gu Xingyan: "I found my biological parents...or rather, my biological parents found me."
Nguyen Chao did not see any happiness on his face.
He was silent for a moment and then asked, "...were they not nice to you?"
Gu Xingyan shook his head. "No, they are very nice to me."
He could feel the guilt and heartache felt by his blood-related parents.
They investigated him, found out about his experience, transferred a large sum of money to him, and bought many houses, cars and luxury goods in his name.
He also wanted to announce his identity to the outside world on his birthday.
Even though she had raised Xiang Zhijian for more than a decade and had developed feelings for him, she did not blindly favor him. She only said that he brought it upon himself and should be punished by law.
Overall, they are a good pair of parents.
It's just... too late.
He could no longer feel any affection for his father and mother.
Nguyen Chao did not notice anything unusual about him. Not everyone would show their emotions like he did.
Gu Xingyan is very good at hiding.
Ruan Chao said: "You found your parents. Isn't that great? You will never be alone again."
Gu Xingyan did not comment.
In just such a short time, Ruan Chao's arm was bitten by a mosquito again.
After just two scratches, red marks quickly appeared.
Gu Xingyan realized that dragging Ruan Chao to chat in such a place was not a good choice.
"Don't scratch it." He held down Ruan Chao's fingers, "You'll scratch them soon."
"But it's itchy..."
Gu Xingyan: "You go home first."
Ruan Chao blinked his eyes and said, "Don't you have anything else to say to me?"
Gu Xingyan had just found his biological parents, so he must be feeling confused.
Considering that he said a few words of apology to him for no apparent reason, Nguyen Chao could reluctantly become his listener.
Gu Xingyan: "You can say those words anytime. There are too many mosquitoes here. If they bite you again, you won't have your arm anymore."
Too.
If he didn't apply the medicine, Nguyen Chao would want to cut off his arm.
He and Gu Xingyan waved goodbye.
After taking two steps, he realized something was wrong and looked back.
Gu Xingyan stood where he was, staring at him straight with his lacquered eyes.
As if he didn't expect him to turn around suddenly, the boy's dark pupils flashed slightly, and the next second he looked over again without missing a beat.
Ruan Chao: “…”
He quickly turned his head back and took a few steps forward.
Then he couldn't help but look back.
As expected, Gu Xingyan had not left yet and was still staring at him silently from behind.
"Gu Xingyan."
"What's wrong?"
Then, there was a long silence.
Ruan Chao heard his own voice, which was slightly expectant.
"Will you come to school tomorrow?"