Chapter 73
◎The weather is getting colder day by day, people are wearing thicker and thicker clothes, and their breath turns into icy mist.
The weather was getting colder by the day, and people were wearing thicker and thicker clothes, their breath turning into icy mist. Everywhere they looked was gray, making them feel depressed.
Bei Bitang got off the bus wearing a dark blue cotton coat and took the elevator upstairs under the indifferent gaze of the waiter at the entrance of the Peace Hotel.
The bottle of Chanel No. 5 perfume on the bedside table showed a few faint signs of use.
It is not yet deep winter, but the heating in the room is already on and it is as warm as spring.
Bei Bitang was greedy for this little warmth and was reluctant to leave. She believed that studying here would keep her hands and feet from getting cold.
She sat at the end of the bed, supporting herself with her hands, and looked at Gu Wangxi who was putting on his pajamas in an elegant manner.
She was the first to get up the first two times, but after that, she was no longer as strong as Gu Wangxi, and Gu Wangxi always got out of bed and put on his clothes before her.
Bei Bitang drafted the plan in her mind for most of the day. When Gu Wangxi was dressed, he looked at her with confusion as she wore a cashmere shawl.
Bei Bitang blushed slightly and said, "Mr. Gu, can I not stay here tonight?"
Gu Wangxi pressed the corners of his mouth, turned his head, and said calmly with his back to Bei Bitang, "If you want to stay, then stay. Don't ask me."
Seems a bit too fierce?
Bei Bitang didn't mind Gu Wangxi's tone. She gathered her shawl around her body, ran into the bathroom, and changed into another set of spare pajamas.
In less than a minute, Bei Bitang rushed out of the bathroom again, came to the living room, picked up the schoolbag on the sofa, and took out the test paper, draft paper and pen from it.
Gu Wangxi looked at Bei Bitang's series of actions in surprise, but he didn't go over.
He also had important things to do, so Gu Wangxi walked into the small study and started looking at company documents.
Two lights were on in the large living room and the small study, reflecting each other's light. The rest of the lights in the room were not on.
It was past nine in the evening when Gu Wangxi came out of the small study.
He leaned against the door frame of the living room with his hands folded. Bei Bitang half-knelt on the carpet, using the low coffee table as a desk.
The light was cast on her, lengthening her figure. She looked like the bright moon, and the yellow light also had a certain artistic conception, casting a clear glow.
Gu Wangxi walked lightly, sat over, and glanced down at what Bei Bitang had written. He then said, "My sister is also preparing for the college entrance exam."
Bei Bitang's face remained calm. She said "Oh" casually, her eyes fixed on the blank space in the question, and filled in the result she had calculated in her mind.
Gu Wangxi spoke again, "You can study in the small study. I rarely use the small study anyway."
Gu Wangxi decided to finish his work at the company next time and then go back to the hotel.
Bei Bitang felt that Gu Wangxi was a bit talkative, so she couldn't help but say in a nonchalant manner, "Mr. Gu, you don't have to wait for me. You can go to bed first. I can sleep on the sofa."
She was very busy, keeping track of time while doing her math test, her heart rate was at 180, and she had no time to pay attention to Gu Wangxi, a rich and idle man.
What else could Gu Wangxi say? If he stayed any longer, where would his dignity be?
Gu Wangxi returned to his bedroom depressed and couldn't sleep alone.
At midnight, Bei Bitang sorted out the finished papers, put them into her schoolbag, and went into the bedroom yawning.
Gu Wangxi heard light footsteps and glanced at his watch. It was already past two o'clock. Bei Bitang was studying so late. If only his sister had half as much energy as Bei Bitang, he wouldn't have to worry so much.
Bei Bitang was about to enter the bedroom, so Gu Wangxi quickly lay down, pulled up the quilt, and closed his eyes.
Seeing that Gu Wangxi was sleeping soundly, Bei Bitang tiptoed to his side and wanted to turn off the desk lamp on the wall.
The switch was a little bit past Gu Wangxi's head. Bei Bitang half of her body was leaning on Gu Wangxi. She reached for the light switch and suddenly felt something was wrong, as if someone was looking at her.
Bei Bitang frowned slightly and glanced down at Gu Wangxi.
Gu Wangxi slept soundly with his eyes closed.
Bei Bitang felt that her mind was confused and she was dazed while doing the questions. She stopped looking at Gu Wangxi and shook her head to make herself more clear-headed.
Bei Bitang reached out and quickly turned off the desk lamp.
After turning off the lights, Bei Bitang went to the bathroom and wanted to take a shower.
Gu Wangxi opened his eyes slightly, looked at Bei Bitang's slim back quietly, and sighed in his heart, that was a close call!
He didn't know what was wrong with him. Couldn't he just look at Bei Bitang openly? Why did he have to do it secretly?
Bei Bitang came back from taking a shower, lay down in bed, and just turned off the lights.
Gu Wangxi next to him made a noise. He murmured a few words, then turned over, first over, then over again.
Bei Bitang was held in Gu Wangxi's arms with one hand. The two were very close to each other, and she was pressed against Gu Wangxi's hot and strong chest.
Bei Bitang felt uncomfortable all over, as if she was possessed by ants. She reached out to pull Gu Wangxi's hands away from her waist.
But on second thought, Gu Wangxi generously took her in tonight and allowed her to study efficiently in a warm environment all night. Wasn't it a bit cruel for her to do this?
Bei Bitang withdrew her hand, closed her eyes, and tried to ignore the breathing of another person next to her ear.
Gu Wangxi smiled secretly behind her.
One is too hardworking, the other is too casual, and he has to worry about both of them.
It was just past five in the morning. Gu Wangxi supported his head with one hand and watched Bei Bitang get up and get dressed.
Gu Wangxi's eyes were hazy as he told Bei Bitang, "The restaurant downstairs hasn't started serving breakfast yet."
Bei Bitang pulled her hair out from under her collar and said, "I'm going to my friend's house to have breakfast."
It saves money and trouble. She can also help Zhou Jiewen.
Bei Bitang packed herself up, put on her schoolbag, and went back into the bedroom to say goodbye to Gu Wangxi.
"I'm leaving, Mr. Gu. See you next week."
Gu Wangxi looked confident of victory and said calmly, "My sister is a senior in Shanghai High School. She has some extra mock exam papers from the school."
Bei Bitang stopped walking out immediately and turned around to stare at Gu Wangxi.
Her eyes shone like little suns.
Gu Wangxi was amused and said nonchalantly, "I'm going home today and will bring you a test paper."
The bait has to be put in little by little, otherwise Bei Bitang will throw it away when he finishes using it.
Bei Bitang nodded like a chick pecking at rice, and said gratefully, "Mr. Gu, thank you so much! I'll come over tonight."
This is exactly the effect Gu Wangxi wanted.
Bei Bitang had been looking forward to the test paper that Gu Wangxi had mentioned all day. It was the Shanghai High School test paper!
At around five in the afternoon, Bei Bitang handed Aunt Zhou to Zhou Jiewen who had just returned from get out of class, and ran to the bus stop with her schoolbag on her back. Even the cold wind could not catch up with her.
Bei Bitang stood in front of Gu Wangxi, panting. She ran into the room from the elevator at the speed of a 100-meter dash.
"Mr. Gu?"
Bei Bitang stared at Gu Wangxi with burning eyes, wanting to see where the test paper was hidden on his body?
Gu Wangxi pointed helplessly in the direction of the small study and said, "I put the paper you wanted on the desk inside."
As soon as he finished speaking, Bei Bitang rushed past him like the wind and ran into the study. She smiled widely and picked up the test paper on the desk.
Gu Wangxi folded his hands, raised his eyebrows and asked, "Are you happy?"
Bei Bitang put down the test paper with a blush, trying not to get so excited and embarrass herself.
She then noticed two iron cans on the large desk, one tall and one short, one round and one flat.
They are all in English, but one has milk printed on it and the other has biscuits printed on it. Even if you can't read English, it's not difficult to guess what's inside.
Gu Wangxi noticed that Bei Bitang's eyes fell on the milk powder can and cookies, and said casually: "If you are hungry, you can use these two to fill your stomach."
Bei Bitang has no words to express her gratitude, except...
Gu Wangxi held his forehead with his hands, frowning. Bei Bitang was still passionately cuddling with him in bed one second, and the next second she jumped out of bed and ran into the study, studying hard like a Puritan.
Gu Wangxi gritted his teeth and pounded the bed, got out of bed, put on his pajamas, and walked into the small study to look for Bei Bitang.
Bei Bitang was writing furiously, copying the test paper that Gu Wangxi brought her. She copied one copy and then left the paper for Feng Guangmei to write.
Bei Bitang and Feng Guangmei were both very open in their studies and always shared their knowledge with each other.
Gu Wangxi looked at it for a while and said, "Miss Bei, Comrade Bei, if you have any questions, you can ask me. Maybe I haven't forgotten all the knowledge and can teach you."
Without even looking up, Bei Bitang casually agreed: "Yes."
He had found good tutoring papers for Bei Bitang with good intentions, but it seemed as if Bei Bitang no longer cared about him and focused entirely on the papers.
Where did Shanghai Middle School get the extra test papers? Even though Gu Xiangnan was a student at Shanghai Middle School, each student was given a copy of the test papers, and they were only distributed after the exam.
Gu Wangxi went to Shanghai High School in person. Relying on the relationship between his mother and sister, who were both alumni of Shanghai High School, he entered the school printing room, squatted in the waste pile, and searched for the test papers for several hours.
After finding the test paper that Bei Bitang wanted, Gu Wangxi went to the principal's office and skillfully proposed to donate twenty microscopes to the school for biology teaching.
Anyway, this was not the first time he had done this. The principal accepted the gift and agreed readily that in the future, whenever the school released any college entrance examination materials, he would leave a copy for Gu Wangxi and let him come and get it.
Bei Bitang remained unmoved. Gu Wangxi pursed his lips and turned up the collar of his pajamas in frustration.
Bei Bitang paused her pen. Gu Wangxi's sister was studying at Shanghai Middle School. His sister was so outstanding, so Gu Wangxi should not be much worse, right?
Maybe I can really have more teachers.
Bei Bitang raised her head, looked at Gu Wangxi with bright eyes, and asked with a clear purpose, "Mr. Gu, where did you study?"
She didn't know much about Gu Wangxi, except that he looked young but was wealthy. He was the general manager of a Hong Kong architectural design firm and real estate company. By the way, Gu Wangxi volunteered that he had a younger sister who was a senior in high school.
Gu Wangxi pretended to be indifferent and said, "Harvard University, with a perfect score on the SAT math test."
But Bei Bitang looked bewildered and said, "Harvard University? I don't know. And what is the SAT?"
Gu Wangxi had a headache. He couldn't explain to Bei Bitang how famous Harvard University was and how almost every student was proud of the school. Would Bei Bitang think he was showing off?
Just as Gu Wangxi was about to feel defeated, he heard Bei Bitang say with a faint smile, "But getting a perfect score in math must be amazing! Mr. Gu, can you teach me?"
For the first time, Gu Wangxi understood why Huo Shixun would show off his knowledge and experience in front of so many girls.
It feels really good to be looked at with admiration by a girl you like.
Gu Wangxi pretended to be calm and nodded.
Bei Bitang pressed the issue further, praising Gu Wangxi again. "Mr. Gu runs a company in Hong Kong, so he must speak fluent English, right? Could you teach me English?"
In this way, Bei Bitang just spoke sweet words and got Gu Wangxi as her teacher, who taught her math and English.
With the guidance of two famous teachers, Bei Bitang made rapid progress in her studies.
Bei Bitang came to Room 719 of the Peace Hotel more and more frequently.
Bei Bitang rarely goes home. Even if she does go home occasionally to avoid gossip, she never speaks to Miao Xiuxiu and the others unless they call her.
Bei Bitang was like a homeless person. In winter, she wore a gray cotton coat and carried a heavy schoolbag. She moved between Zhou Jiewen's house, Feng Guangmei's room, her own home, and Gu Wangxi's place.
But on days like this, Bei Bitang felt very satisfied and free, and just buried herself in her studies.
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