Chapter 623: Gu Shu's Peach Blossoms Have Bloomed? (Three Chapters Combined!)
After arriving at school, Gu Yin went to a small supermarket and bought a bottle of mineral water to drink during class. She forgot to bring her thermos when she left home.
Just as they stepped out of the small supermarket, 001's voice rang out: "We've found Zhao Tengfei."
"Zhou, buying water?" People coming and going around greeted Gu Yin with smiles.
Gu Yin smiled and nodded: "Yes, I've bought them. You can take your time looking around. I'll be going now."
Even after Gu Yin walked away, several people could still hear gasps of amazement behind her.
"The photos I saw on the school forum were already beautiful, but I never expected her to be even more stunning in real life! What window did God close for her?!"
"And she's such a nice person! She's nothing like the aloof people online say she is."
"The internet is full of rumors! Don't believe them!"
Gu Yin walked to the lakeside. There was no one around, so she asked, "Where is he?"
001 said, "It's a long story. He met a girlfriend at a party. At the time, she was a rich second-generation. Zhao Pengfei was attracted to her background, so with her interest, they started dating. A while ago, his girlfriend said she was going to travel to a neighboring country. But when they got there, he was taken advantage of. His girlfriend is a liar. She's the kind of person who fishes people out at parties."
Gu Yin: "...The kind with kidneys? Does he still have his kidneys?"
001: "...It's still here for now, but I don't think it will stay long."
Gu Yin asked in surprise, "What do you mean?"
001 frowned: "Before he was taken into custody, he still had some money on him, and his old house was still there. After being beaten up, he got scared and handed over his money and house. He went from being a lowly piglet to a team leader. You could say he was lucky, he met a swindler. You could also say he was unlucky. When the people from his park went to the capital over there, they met Wu Ye. The people next to Wu Ye knew what they did and mentioned it to Wu Ye. Out of respect for your grandfather, Wu Ye had his people tell their leader that Zhao Tengfei was released. Wu Ye even had someone send him back to China. But he was stupid and ran back. Wu Ye didn't care about him after he found out. The people there were also afraid of Wu Ye, so they handed him over to other areas. But everyone knew he knew Wu Ye and didn't dare to keep him. He got drunk in the middle of the night and fell asleep on the street. Someone picked him up and sent him to the high seas."
Gu Yin: "...Has he lost his mind?"
001 shook his head: "He just likes the living environment in the park where the law can't control it." In other words, he doesn't feel any guilt about committing crimes.
Gu Yin frowned: "...It really is a stinky gene!"
001 hesitated for a moment, then finally said, "In his past life, when Gu Shu was in Beijing, he and Mu Hong arranged for someone to sell him to that place. But Gu Shu wasn't as lucky as him; he didn't want to lie to people." It didn't say anything more, but those who needed to understand already knew.
"Bang!" The mineral water bottle in Gu Yin's hand was crushed and shattered!
Two girls passing by nearby were startled!
He rushed over: "Are you alright, classmate?! How could a water bottle explode in this freezing weather?! The supermarket must have bought a fake! I'll report it right away! Are you okay?!"
Gu Yin waved the remaining water off her hands and shook her head: "I'm fine, thank you."
"Ah! It's Zhou!" one of them exclaimed in surprise, clearly recognizing Gu Yin.
Gu Yin forced a smile, but couldn't manage one: "It's me."
Seeing that she looked a little pale, the two asked worriedly, "Are you feeling unwell? Do you need us to take you to the school doctor?"
Gu Yin shook her head: "It's okay, it's just a special period. I'll be fine after a while. It's quite cold here, you guys go back first, I'll stay here a little longer and then go back."
Seeing that she didn't want to be disturbed, the two nodded and said, "Then call us if you need anything. We'll be sketching on the lake."
Gu Yin smiled and nodded.
After everyone left, Gu Yin took a deep breath, looked into the distance, and her eyes welled up with tears: "So my brother in his past life..."
She simply couldn't bring herself to ask. The incident involving those industrial parks in the neighboring country had caused a huge stir online in her past life, and many people had been deceived there. Very few were able to return, and even those who were rescued were often missing parts.
From the moment Gu Shu was sent there until the day she was reborn, she never called home to ask for money. Someone who wouldn't give money and refused to lie—Gu Yin had seen cruel consequences for such people online in her previous life. Just thinking about how those methods were used on Gu Shu made Gu Yin want to kill them!
001 remained silent. She didn't speak before because she was still young, and later it didn't matter whether she spoke or not, since they were all doing well now. This time it was an accident, a case of reaping what you sow. Moreover, Zhao Tengfei was already in international waters, so even if someone wanted to save him, they couldn't. The outcome was predictable.
Gu Yin stayed by the lake for a long time, and the two girls, worried that something might happen to her, did not go far.
It wasn't until Gu Shu called that he said he had basketball training in the afternoon and wouldn't be home for lunch. He asked Gu Yin to bring him some food when she went home for lunch, otherwise there wouldn't be anything good left in the cafeteria after their game.
When Gu Yin checked the time, it was already noon. She had missed her morning class, and it was 001 who noticed she looked tired and sent her a message asking for leave without her permission.
Gu Yin stomped her numb feet, threw the empty flat bottle in her hand into the trash can, waved to the two people not far away, and then left the school.
After returning home, having lunch, and taking a nap, Gu Yin carried her lunchbox back to school.
I found Gu Shu at the basketball court.
Gu Shu was practicing his pitching when he saw Gu Yin coming over, so he quickly ran over.
"I'm starving! What delicious food did you make at home today?!" Gu Shu took the insulated food container from Gu Yin and led the group toward the venue.
Gu Yin smiled and said, "There's pork rib soup, cola chicken wings, braised prawns, and stir-fried green beans, all made by Grandma. By the way, why didn't you go out for lunch?"
Arriving at the place where personal belongings were kept, Gu Shu opened the lunchbox and said, "Usually, the basketball manager would pack our meals for us, but today he had something come up and couldn't go to the cafeteria, so he told us to order takeout. But I don't want to eat takeout anymore. Before, when we went out to play games, I ate takeout for every meal, and I was so sick of it! So I had you bring it from home."
“Brother Xiaoming has already gone with Uncle, so if you’re competing in Beijing and don’t feel like eating, you can have him bring you food. But if you’re competing in another province, then there’s nothing we can do. Luckily I’m free today, otherwise you’d be starving!” Gu Yin said helplessly.
Gu Shu chuckled: "I knew you'd been taking computer classes lately, so you'd definitely have some free time! Want some more?"
Gu Yin shook her head: "You eat, I'm not hungry."
When the teammates who were busy on the other side saw Gu Shu and Gu Yin, they immediately came over.
"I was wondering why you weren't eating lunch with us! Turns out there's a big feast coming! You're something else! Making our sister go through all that trouble to bring us food from home! Our sister's a woman of great things; bringing you food is a waste of her time!"
The visitor was Wang Yue, the captain of the Qingdao University basketball team. Wang Yue was a junior. The team members had eaten at Gu's house before, so they all knew Gu Yin and Gu Hua.
Wang Yue casually took a chicken wing from Gu Shu's lunchbox, and while eating it, he looked at Gu Yin and said, "Sis, let's not spoil him, let him go hungry!"
Gu Shu stretched out his chopsticks: "Then give the chicken wings back!"
Wang Yue jumped back, raised his eyebrows smugly, and said, "Since you've already asked your sister to bring us food, Grandma will definitely ask her to bring us extra! I'm not eating yours, I'm eating what Grandma gives me!"
The rest of the team also picked one up and started eating, nodding in agreement: "That's right!"
Gu Yin smiled and said, "Brother Wang really understands Grandma. She did ask me to bring your share!"
These people often went to the Gu family's house for meals. They were very sweet-talking and flattered the two elders. Usually, when Gu Shu returned to school from home, he would bring food for each person, which was prepared by the two elders!
Wang Yue smiled smugly at Gu Shu.
"Senior? You've already eaten!" A sweet female voice came from beside them.
Gu Yin turned her head and looked over, and saw a sweet-looking girl holding a lunchbox in her hand, looking at Gu Shu in surprise.
Gu Shu looked over as well, and nodded upon hearing this: "That's right, I had someone bring it to me!"
Su Tiantian approached, looked at Gu Shu's well-stocked insulated lunchbox, pursed her lips, and sighed, "I thought you hadn't ordered anything, so I went out and brought you a lunchbox."
Gu Shu looked at the food in his hand, then at the lunchbox in her hand, and was speechless.
"Didn't I say before that I don't eat takeout and that I have my own plans? Besides, I've already eaten, so why don't you keep your portion for yourself?" Everyone was together when the food was ordered, and he clearly said then that he didn't want it ordered for him because he had his own plans. But Su Tiantian pulled this stunt. He's not a glutton; how could he possibly eat that much!
Su Tiantian stepped forward to look at Gu Shu's meal, and then said, "You eat what I have first. You can put the other things in a thermal container and eat them again tonight."
Gu Yin: "..." What kind of thought process is this?
Everyone: "..."
Gu Shu: "!!!!! No need, you can keep what you bought for yourself. Besides, I asked them to bring this food, so of course I'm going to eat it. You didn't tell me when you bought yours, so I didn't know anything. You should eat it yourself; it's not good to waste food. You're not well-off, and you don't have classes this afternoon, so it's fine to eat dinner early. Or you can ask the team leader to take your lunchbox to the cafeteria and leave it there, and you can pick it up at five o'clock?"
Su Tiantian placed the lunchbox on the table: "I bought this especially for you, please eat!"
Gu Shu: "...I have some food here."
"I'll eat! I'm hungry! Um, Su Tiantian, I'll give you the money later!" Wang Yue said immediately when he saw them like this.
This Su Tiantian is the assistant the manager just hired this week. She's a freshman working part-time and seems to have a thing for Gu Shu. He's really afraid that if Gu Shu keeps rejecting her, she'll burst into tears!
Su Tiantian pursed her lips and remained silent.
Gu Yin also noticed the unusual situation and said with a smile, "I've seen you guys training for quite a while now. How about we put this Copperbeard's food together with the food I brought, so everyone can have a little? It won't be too much or wasteful. If Brother Wang eats alone, he won't be able to train later."
Everyone nodded in agreement.
Su Tiantian saw Gu Yin when she arrived, but she didn't know Gu Yin. She usually either attended classes or worked part-time and didn't pay much attention to school matters. It was her counselor who helped her get a job as an assistant to the basketball manager on the basketball team.
When she came in, she saw this girl being surrounded by a group of people chatting and laughing. When she was in the team before, no one was like this. It's true that being pretty has its advantages!
After everyone finished eating, Gu Yin took the lunchbox.
Gu Shu hurriedly said, "You can leave the lunchbox here. I'll wash it myself later!"
Gu Yin shook her head: "I'll take it back to my dorm first, and then take it home tonight. You can continue with your work."
Gu Shu thought he could wash it when he got home that night, so he nodded and let Gu Yin take it away.
After Gu Yin left, the others rested for a while before continuing their work. Gu Shu had eaten quite a lot and needed to rest a bit more, so he sat there in a daze.
Seeing that no one was around, Su Tiantian looked at Gu Shu and said, "That girl just now, is she a local from Beijing?" Only locals have a home in Beijing.
Gu Shu didn't want to talk, so she nodded.
Seeing this, Su Tiantian pursed her lips and said, "Senior Gu, I thought we were the same kind of people. That girl is pretty and was able to get into Qingda University, which means she's smart. A smart and beautiful local is from a completely different world than us. There's no future for you liking her!"
Gu Shu was stunned. What was Su Tiantian saying?!
What did you say?
Seeing his unhappy face, Su Tiantian thought she had hit a nerve and continued, "It's no use getting angry. Locals are very xenophobic, especially rich people. That girl was dressed simply, but I noticed her jewelry was anything but. I sent out flyers to jewelry companies before, and just the diamonds on her bracelet alone cost tens of thousands! Our family from the countryside doesn't even earn tens of thousands a year! So you two are simply not good enough for each other. You should look around more, lower your standards, find a suitable girl, and work hard together!"
Gu Shu swallowed hard: "What are you talking about? What exactly are you trying to say?"
Seeing that he still didn't understand, Su Tiantian looked around and, seeing that no one was nearby, whispered, "What I mean is, you and that classmate from earlier aren't a good match. Her family is so rich, and you're from the countryside. Even if you were together now, her family would break you up as soon as they found out! Rich people always talk about matching social status! I'm not trying to discourage you, I'm just telling you the truth. Besides being a little handsome and having good grades, you can't help her family at all, so even if you were together, it wouldn't last long! But I'm different. We're a perfect match. We can endure hardship together and work hard together! I've already asked around. You get prize money from competitions, you have scholarships, and you do internships at companies on weekends! I don't have scholarships, but I have a poverty allowance and part-time work pay. If you work a little harder, you can bring me to your internship company for a part-time job! Then, if we're together, we'll have a very good life!"
Gu Shu wiped the cold sweat from his face and said speechlessly, "Do you know how much money I can earn in a year?"
Su Tiantian immediately nodded: "I've calculated it! If you're frugal and don't go out to eat with the team so often, you can make at least 100,000 a year!"
So you actually asked! Gu Shu: "...How much do you earn in a year?"
"I use all the money I earn from part-time jobs for living expenses, and I send all my student aid home, so I haven't saved any money. But I'm good at saving money! You give me the money, and I guarantee I'll save you a lot! How about it? Are you interested?"
I dare not move! I really dare not move!
Gu Shu looked at Su Tiantian and said seriously, "Do you know what my major is?"
Su Tiantian frowned: "Finance! I wanted to apply for that too, I heard that you can make a lot of money after graduation, but my score wasn't high enough, so I applied for nursing instead."
Gu Shu took a deep breath and calmly said, "Since you know I'm from the finance department, do you think I wouldn't be aware of your schemes?"
Su Tiantian's eyes flickered: "Wh-what scheme? I was just confessing my feelings to you. Am I not good enough? I got into Qingda University, which proves I'm smart. I work part-time, which proves I'm hardworking! I'm also frugal and filial! Am I not good enough for you?"
Gu Shu stood up and laughed, "Have you been observing me for a long time and found that I'm all brawn and no brains, from the countryside, outwardly cheerful but inwardly insecure, and easy to control?"
Su Tiantian pursed her lips. Gu Shu was right. Since she joined the basketball team, she found that everyone on the team except Gu Shu came from well-off families. They wore basketball shoes that cost thousands of yuan, used the latest mobile phones that cost several thousand yuan, went out to eat big meals from time to time, and the things they used were not cheap. She felt that her opportunity had come.
Aside from Gu Shu, he wore clothes that cost a few hundred yuan and two pairs of sneakers that cost three or four hundred yuan, changing them back and forth. Although he was handsome and tall, this was not his goal.
But apart from Gu Shu, no one else really paid attention to her, because she didn't know much about basketball.
He had originally planned to give up, but a couple of days ago he heard the captain and others say that Gu Shu was going to do an internship on the weekend and didn't have time to train, so he scheduled the training time for noon. Then the others asked Gu Shu if she got paid for her internship, and that's when he found out that Gu Shu could actually earn more than 100,000 yuan a year while studying!
She also thought that Gu Shu was a good match, and that finance majors had good job prospects and high salaries! The more she thought about it, the more she felt that he was a good match for her!
Seeing that Su Tiantian looked unwell, Gu Shu didn't linger and called out, "That was my younger sister." Then he went to train.
When Su Tiantian came here as an assistant, she knew nothing and didn't learn anything. She would just work part-time whenever her shift was on and frequently asked for leave. The team members all had opinions about her, since she was being paid as an assistant but doing nothing, and they had to do everything themselves. They were already exhausted from training and competitions! But the manager said that her family wasn't well-off, so they should be patient, and she would find someone else later.
Seeing that the other party's family was not well, Gu Shu thought of himself when he was a child and still admired her. So he avoided asking her for help with many things and did them himself. He usually spoke to her in a friendly manner, but he never expected that she would have such thoughts!
He genuinely hadn't expected the other person to be so calculating, even finding out his annual income. Without his knowledge, they had already planned to steal his money! If it were his girlfriend, he wouldn't object; he could give her his card. But they were nothing to each other! And he had no romantic feelings for her!
Good heavens! This is terrifying! No, when I get back to the company, I'll definitely ask Uncle Chu to teach me what to do in this kind of situation!
Chu Xiong: "..." Am I a relationship guru?!
Su Tiantian was completely stunned when she heard Gu Shu's last sentence!
"My own sister! Does that mean Gu Shu is also from Beijing?!" Su Tiantian's expression changed repeatedly upon realizing this!
During training, Gu Shu would occasionally glance over and see Su Tiantian sitting there in a daze. For some reason, he always felt a chill down his spine, as if he was about to be plotted against.
After dinner, Gu Yin went to Gu Shu's room and asked with a smile, "That girl from earlier likes you? Are you having some romantic opportunities?"
Gu Shu said helplessly, "I don't know, but I'm not in the mood for that right now. She's not my type either."
Gu Yin said regretfully, "I thought I was going to have a sister-in-law soon. You're in college now. If you meet someone you like, you can date her, but you have to be sincere. You can't lie to girls or do anything you shouldn't do!"
Gu Shu was terrified, her face turning completely red from her ears to her neck: "Sister! What are you saying! I want to sleep! Get out of here!" With that, she pushed Gu Yin out of the room!
Gu Yin looked at the closed door in front of her, touched her nose. She didn't want to say much, but they were all in college now. Young people were curious about that kind of thing. If they really had a boyfriend and did things they shouldn't have done, and didn't know how to take precautions, they might be just having a moment of pleasure. But if something went wrong later, it would be ruined!
Children from rural areas generally don't have much courage in this regard, and their families don't usually give them such advice; they're all terrified of talking about sex.
Their family later became wealthy, and Gu Yin was worried that Gu Shu's classmates might talk about these things, causing him to become curious and potentially make a mistake. Anyway, she had lived for over thirty years in her previous life, and although she hadn't actually worked in the industry, she had acted in many films and television series and seen a lot, so she felt there was nothing to be ashamed of. Seeing Su Tiantian today suddenly reminded her that Gu Shu was growing up, and if he got a girlfriend, the two kids wouldn't understand anything, and their curiosity might lead to trouble. So, she gave him a few words of advice that evening. Although she believed Gu Shu wouldn't have the guts, she was always better off not doing anything rash.
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