Xue Fu and Gu Fei, who had just returned from school, were sitting at the door repairing a kite. Gu Fei's kite had broken today.
After school, he took his friends out to fly his kite. However, the wind picked up this afternoon and became quite strong. Before he knew it, the string broke, and the kite didn't fly very far. It just wobbled and crashed into a tree not far away and got stuck.
After Gu Fei nimbly climbed the tree and took the kite down, he discovered that in addition to the broken kite string, two bamboo pieces of the kite frame had also broken. The kite fabric pasted on it had all slumped down.
Gu Fei took it home, and Xue Fu and he figured out how to fix it together.
The two of them had just finished discussing their plan to go to the back mountain to find some bamboo, cut off a section, slice it into pieces, replace the broken parts, tie it with rope, and see if it could fly.
Then she heard footsteps outside the door. Xue Fu looked up and exclaimed happily, "You're back!"
At first, Gu Chong put down the package in his hand, washed his hands and went to the kitchen to cook. Xue Fu did not notice that something was wrong with his mood. Her attention was focused on the package.
She pulled Gu Fei along to unpack the package, and this time it was indeed filled with a thick stack of newspapers and her father's thoughtfully organized study notebooks.
The extra item sent was a pack of White Rabbit milk candy.
Xue Fu grabbed a handful and gave them to Gu Fei, telling him to eat no more than three a day and not more.
When she finished tidying up her books and materials and skipped to the kitchen to help Gu Chong, she belatedly realized that something was wrong with him.
Gu Chong's expression was a bit strange and unnatural. His gaze lingered on her for less than three seconds before drifting away.
He looked preoccupied.
She leaned closer and asked, "What's wrong?"
Did your driving lesson not go well today?
She naturally thought of his driving lessons during the day.
She said, "You're not happy."
She asked, "Are you angry?"
Gu Chong remained silent.
He was indeed affected by the situation; he was unhappy, and he was definitely a little unhappy.
But he wasn't angry.
Besides, how could I possibly be angry?
It has nothing to do with her.
It's all because those people are so persistent, always trying to get close to her.
It's such an eyesore.
Annoying flies.
Gu Chong thought he had his own reasons.
It's ridiculous that someone with a weak mental fortitude reacts as if facing a major crisis upon seeing a letter.
Actually, I'm not that confident in myself.
I'm always afraid I won't be able to keep her.
Gu Chong thought that he was also very timid.
So when he met her clear, moist eyes full of concern, his lips trembled, but he couldn't express the turmoil in his heart. He had to pretend to be magnanimous and say to her, "There's another letter. I forgot to give it to you."
He took out the letter and held it up in front of both of them: "A letter for you."
"My letter?"
Xue Fu naturally assumed that it was written by her parents. She reached out and took it, but before opening it, she didn't pay attention to the words on the envelope and didn't realize that it wasn't sent from Haicheng.
As she unfolded the letter and saw the salutation at the beginning, her heart skipped a beat, and her temples throbbed.
“My dear Comrade Xue Fu…”
Xue Fu: "?"
This was definitely not written by her parents!
"I've missed you terribly ever since we parted ways in Haicheng..."
Upon seeing the next sentence, Xue Fu suddenly realized who had sent the letter.
...
Xue Fu was speechless.
I was also very irritable.
My good impression of Zoucheng gradually faded away.
Xue Fu dislikes this kind of behavior that lacks boundaries; it's really scary.
I won't be moved at all, okay?
Someone secretly found out your address, called you, and even sent you things. This will only make Xue Fu feel like she's being spied on, and she'll find it very annoying.
Xue Fu's expression also turned cold. She didn't even glance at the letter before folding it up and stuffing it back into the envelope.
She looked up at Gu Chong and now she knew why he was acting "strangely".
A burning sensation rose in her chest.
Zou Cheng's inexplicable actions will only cause her trouble.
For example, right now.
There was clearly nothing there, but Zoucheng made it seem like there really was something.
She needs to explain.
"The person who sent the letter is named Zou Cheng, and he is a soldier. I was in the same carriage as him on the train when I returned to Haicheng before. I don't know him very well; I've only met him twice, and I don't know anything about him."
Her delicate eyebrows were furrowed, her soft, pretty face showing both frustration and helplessness. She clutched the letter tightly, making it crumpled.
"There's nothing between us. The letter didn't say anything either."
She took the initiative to hand the letter to him.
He knew everything that Gu Chong knew.
Xue Fu did nothing wrong; she was simply very popular. She was too good.
It's all because those men can't control themselves, have no morals, and try to steal other men's partners.
Gu Chong hummed in agreement. After thinking it through, his expression became natural, and he looked at her intently with his dark eyes: "I know. It has nothing to do with you; it's his fault."
Xue Fu couldn't help but hug him, wrapping her arms around his lower back, resting her head on his chest, and continued in a muffled voice, "I even received a call from him yesterday during the day, he really is..."
She couldn't help but curse Zoucheng in her heart.
He really... has no self-awareness.
Even if she is single, what he did was still offensive.
Gu Chong hugged her and murmured a deep "hmm".
Gu Chong lowered his eyes, thinking that he needed to bring forward the trip to Haicheng.
After being away from her for half a month, annoying girls came running over, drawn by her scent.
If they were separated for an even longer period, I can't imagine how many people would surround her.
Gu Chong has a very strong sense of crisis.
However, the matter in Zoucheng is not over yet; there are still some unexpected twists.
A few days later, the commune's loudspeaker came on again, calling her name and telling her to go to the office to answer the phone, that someone was looking for her.
Upon hearing this, Xue Fu took a deep breath.
It's obvious who's calling without even thinking.
Xue Fu really didn't want to go pick her up.
She lingered there for a while, and then the commune's loudspeaker came on again.
"Comrade Xue Fu, you will call again at this time the day after tomorrow. Please be ready to answer."
"Comrade Xue Fu..."
"..."
The announcer repeated the announcement three times.
Xue Fu: "".
When will this ever end?
When Gu Chong returned from the city, Xue Fu promptly told him about her troubles.
"Could you answer the phone for me? I don't want to talk to him anymore."
She couldn't reason with him; perhaps he didn't even give her a chance to speak, just talking to himself on the other end, lost in his own thoughts.
Gu Chong: "Okay."
He originally wanted to confront this man, whom he didn't even want to call a "love rival."
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