Ren Suo originally wanted to use "Ghost Sprint" to charge towards the girls' dormitory as soon as he left the gym, but he had only taken a few steps when he heard a calm voice from behind: "Male teachers are not allowed to enter the girls' dormitory."

Ren Suo turned his head and saw Gu Yueyan leaning against the wall of the combat training ground. She was in the cold wind, and her fair face had a sunset-like blush, perhaps because of the cold.

She was wearing a white down jacket and jeans today, a very traditional college student outfit, lively and natural, but not bloated. Lin Xianyu's praise of her was somewhat reasonable, as she was full of the lively charm of a schoolgirl.

Her long black hair was tied into a braid, neat and tidy. Standing in front of the smooth green wall, she looked vaguely like a model.

Ren Suo didn't know how to bring up the topic, so he walked over and said directly: "Gu Wenyi and Gu Yuexuan are your father and brother? Do you have any conflicts with them? Do they hate you?"

Gu Yueyan glanced at him: "Why should I tell you?"

"That's right..." Ren Suo scratched his head, feeling that the conversation could not continue.

Forget it, it’s better to let Qiao Muyi fight two against one and beat both of them, father and son. He will win eventually.

If Qiao Muyi can't win, then he will randomly pick a lucky family member.

After beating the old one, the younger one will definitely come on the field, right?

After beating the younger one, the older one will surely come on the field, right?

It must be like this, that’s how it’s played out in TV dramas and movies.

Just as Ren Suo was thinking about whether to let Qiao Muyi hit the father or the son first, Gu Yueyan suddenly said, "Stand in front of me."

Ren Suo was slightly startled and walked to the opposite side of Gu Yueyan.

"Closer."

Ren Suo took two steps forward, and the hem of his clothes almost touched Gu Yueyan's down jacket.

He seldom looked at Gu Yueyan at such a close distance. The last time he looked at him at such a close distance was probably in the lake in Xiang City.

Speaking of which, Ren Suo has known Gu Yueyan for quite some time. What he remembers most is that under the street light downstairs of the dormitory building, he was stopped by Gu Yueyan and she warned him harshly not to get close to Dong Chengling again.

Who knew that they would eat together at Dong Chengling's table and form a free-eating friendship. However, at the table, Gu Yueyan always had a stern face, comparing him with Lin Xianyu and accusing him of not striving for progress...

After Xiang City, he rarely chatted with Gu Yueyan alone, and Gu Yueyan's bad words also decreased a lot, but it seemed that she still hoped that Ren Suo would stop eating at Dong Chengling's house...

In Ren Suo's impression, Gu Yueyan always had a stern face and a very serious attitude. She didn't seem to be afraid of the authority of teachers at all. Ren Suo would not regard her as a child who needed to be educated.

At this moment, Ren Suo looked at Gu Yueyan's pretty blushing face. Her expression was no longer serious and stiff. Instead, it was filled with nervous eyes, flushed cheeks, and anxiety as if she was biting her lips tightly.

Ren Suo suddenly realized that Gu Yueyan was actually a very cute and beautiful female student who was several years younger than him.

"Turn around." Gu Yueyan said again.

Ren Suo turned around obediently and heard Gu Yueyan ask, "Did you see anyone else?"

"without."

It's three o'clock in the afternoon and the sun is not out. Everyone is either in class or staying in the dormitory. Who would want to hang out at the combat training ground?

The next second, Ren Suo felt someone leaning against his back and heard Gu Yueyan's voice: "The wind is so strong, help me block the wind."

“…Okay.”

Ren Suo shrugged and secretly activated the "Lord of Flame" to generate heat on his body. He would not feel comfortable being blown by the cold wind!

"Since you help me block the wind, I will tell you a story as a reward."

To be honest, Ren Suo hoped to go inside, pour a cup of hot milk tea, sit down and chat slowly...

“There was a child who was born into a martial arts family and grew up happily under the education of his strict father and kind mother.

Although he is very naughty, he is extremely talented. He can learn anything quickly and become an expert at it once he understands it.

He didn't like martial arts, but with some casual practice he could beat kids who were five or six years older than him;

He didn't like studying, but he skipped grades one after another and was even admitted to the junior class of the University of Science and Technology of China.

After his mother died, his father became stricter with him, making him learn all the martial arts skills passed down in the family at the age of twenty. He was also admitted to Tianjing University with excellent academic performance, and achieved great results in both literature and sports. He became the pride of this family and the pride of his father...

Later, he graduated from university and chose to join the army. When spiritual energy revived later, he quickly awakened and was transferred from the army to the Tianjing Strategy Bureau, becoming a pillar of talent valued by the country.

His father was transferred to the Tianjing Countermeasures Bureau because of his military experience and administrative qualifications, as well as his own martial arts and training levels. It can be said that the father and son are fighting together, and they have a bright future..."

Ren Suo's expression became more and more confused. He hesitated for a moment and asked, "That child... is your brother Gu Yuexuan?"

Normally, shouldn't Gu Yueyan be talking about his own story at this time?

"Don't turn your head." Gu Yueyan warned, and then he put his face against Ren Suo's back and whispered, "Yes, it's Gu Yuexuan."

Ren Suo tapped the "listening headphones", and knowing Gu Yueyan's intention, he asked: "Why aren't you in their stories?"

"Because I am insignificant."

Gu Yueyan said softly: "My mother passed away when I was five years old. I only remember that she was a very kind and caring mother... Later, no one cared about me anymore."

"My brother Gu Yuexuan is a genius. He can do anything easily, he never fails, and he is better than others in everything he does."

"When I was seven years old, I went to practice martial arts at the martial arts school my father registered. No matter how hard I practiced, the masters there would always say, 'You are a little worse than your brother Gu Yuexuan, but you are also very good. You must keep working hard.' My brother defeated all the masters there when he was just 14 years old."

"I studied hard, but I couldn't jump directly from Grade 3 to Grade 7 like my brother did, let alone get into USTC's Junior Class. I went to the same primary school as my brother, and the old teachers there always said to me, 'You are worthy of being Gu Yuexuan's sister, your grades are really good.' My brother was the pride of that primary school, and he is still on the bulletin board."

Ren Suo listened quietly and asked, "What about your father?"

"Father... is very busy." Gu Yueyan said, "Just like what is said in the story, the time he squeezed out of work was spent on educating my brother, and he didn't care about me."

"I went to practice martial arts, and he allowed me to do so. I hoped he would give me some extra training, so he let me practice with my brother. But he wouldn't treat me as strictly as he treated my brother. If I gave up, he wouldn't scold me or say anything, but would just let me give up. But if my brother dared to slack off, he would beat him to death."

"I wanted to skip a grade, so he took me to school to apply. I barely passed the exam, but the teacher said I wasn't suitable for skipping a grade because I might not be able to adapt to interpersonal relationships or keep up with the learning progress. He told me to give up skipping a grade and continue to study in elementary school. But my brother was younger than me at the time, so he skipped a higher grade."

Gu Yueyan didn't seem to have said these words to anyone. She began to vent her emotions as she spoke. She grabbed Ren Suo's coat with both hands, and her voice trembled slightly: "He has no expectations of me. He doesn't care about me."

"Ren Suo, actually, it's not that they hate me, it's that I hate them."

"I'm jealous of my brother because he gets all the attention from our father. He's perfect. He's popular and talented. He only needs to put in a little effort to get results far better than mine. He has so many tasks in the Tianjing Strategy Bureau and has less time to practice than me, but he reached the third level faster than me... I can never catch up with my brother."

"I hate my father because he never values ​​me as much as my mother does. He only focuses all his attention on my brother... Am I really his child too?"

"I didn't like that home because I felt like an unwanted ghost there."

"When my brother comes on stage, everyone will know the relationship between him and me, and then they will be amazed at my brother's age and cultivation..."

"My achievement of being promoted to the second level was wiped out by him in an instant. Even if I hide in Tianlian Academy, I will still live under his shadow."

Ren Suo said: "No, your brother is your brother, and you are you."

Gu Yueyan seemed to be shaking her head. Ren Suo felt her face rubbing against his back. "But people are used to comparing brothers and sisters. Good and bad, progress and regression... It seems that they have to distinguish between the good and the bad. It seems that those who are not good enough should learn from the better ones."

Ren Suo actually agreed: "Yeah, that's true. My parents often compare me with my sister, and then praise my sister for being much better than me..."

Gu Yueyan coughed, as if Ren Suo had amused him.

After a moment, her voice dropped again: "For all these years, I have only been learning from my mother. She is perfect, self-disciplined, proud, and confident. She is not only strict with herself, but also with me, loves me, and values ​​me..."

Ren Suo also understood at this time. No wonder Gu Yueyan liked Dong Chengling so much, because she lacked love when she was a child, and Dong Chengling was very similar to her mother: beautiful, perfect, self-disciplined, and valued all students...

The reason why Gu Yueyan has become such a rigid and serious person is because she is learning from her mother: for her, the way to be good to friends is to value them, and the way to value friends is to strictly demand them with a mother's attitude.

Because Gu Yueyan was left alone by her father when she was a child and never received any attention or education from her father, and because she had such a genius brother who always outshined her, she developed such a strange personality.

In order to catch up with her brother's achievements, she must make up for her talent with diligence; in order to be good to others, she values ​​others by strictly demanding from them.

Ren Suo suddenly understood Lin Xianyu's mood: It's really hard for outsiders to give advice on matters like this!

Ren Suo stammered for a while, turned around, and found Gu Yueyan crying with tears in her eyes. Her eyes were as red as a rabbit's, and her red cheeks were wet with tears. Her nose was twitching.

Her face, which should have been serious and old-fashioned, now has a cute and pitiful face.

Ren Suo subconsciously searched his pockets but found no tissue.

Seeing that Gu Yueyan didn't seem to have the intention of wiping her tears, Ren Suo had no choice but to put his hand close to Gu Yueyan's pretty face and wipe her tears with his thumb. This was how Ren Suo's mother wiped his tears after he was beaten and cried before.

He sighed: "Don't cry, if someone sees me, they might think I'm some kind of scoundrel."

Ren Suo's hands were as hot as a hot water bottle. Gu Yueyan was a little overwhelmed by his sudden action, because she had never exposed her weakness before, nor had she been comforted by anyone.

She is the kind of person who can persevere even if it means gritting her teeth and swallowing the bitterness.

But at this moment, her tears burst out like a flood, and her throat made sobbing sounds.

Ren Suo looked around to see if anyone had noticed him bullying the female students, and carefully served Gu Yueyan, but as he wiped his tears, he suddenly laughed out loud: "You look much better when you cry than you usually do."

“o(╥﹏╥)o Ugh…Wow!”

This time Gu Yueyan finally couldn't hold it in anymore, and sobbed quietly without caring about her manners. Her throat made a choking sound, her nose twitched, her eyes narrowed, and big tears dripped down her cheeks. She cried like a wronged child.

Why would I show my weakness in front of him? I could pretend to be fine in front of Lin Xianyu and Dong Chengling, but why couldn't I pretend in front of him?

Is it because he saved me?

Because he kissed me?

Is it because I like him?

Or is it because... I envy him?

Ren Suo, an adult man and a cultivator, neither practices cultivation nor studies magic all day long. His aptitude is not that high either. He is lazy, slow, stupid, and cannot speak. However, he is able to gain a foothold in Tianlian Academy, win everyone's trust, and enjoy life leisurely.

I am not as good as my brother, I am not as good as Sister Ling, I am not as good as Teacher Bai, and I can understand that.

But why can't I even compare to you?

You are like the best negative example, proving that all my efforts in life so far are just a joke. Everything I do is just for self-satisfaction and self-entertainment. I am not a good student at all. I am just a poor person who is jealous of others.

Only in front of you, all my armor is meaningless to you, and your every word pierces my soft spot.

Why can't you work as hard as I do?

Why can't I be as relaxed as you?

If I hate you, I will hate you forever.

if.

"I'm sorry." Ren Suo said awkwardly. What he said just now seemed very impolite.

"But even though I said you look better when you cry than usual, you're still cute normally, too."

Ren Suo restrained his expression and said seriously: "Old-fashioned, serious, meticulous, and looks like he has been a class monitor since he was a child... This is the Gu Yueyan I am most familiar with."

Gu Yueyan sobbed and said in a trembling voice: "Don't you hate me like this?"

Gu Yueyan's aggrieved voice: "I am just a joke in front of you."

Hearing the voice of "Listening Headphones", Ren Suo shook his head and said: "How could I hate you? I envy you."

"Are you jealous of me?" Gu Yueyan was slightly startled and his sobbing stopped.

"Yes, in addition to your self-discipline, it's also because of your attitude towards friends. You can point out your friends' shortcomings without hesitation and try your best to help them correct them... Although judging from Xianyu's situation, you still need to work harder, but I don't have your correct attitude."

Ren Suo said sincerely: "It takes a lot of courage and determination to point out other people's shortcomings and try to help them correct them. However, you may think this is very common, but it is not. This is a very remarkable and gentle act. I can't do it at all."

Ren Suo really couldn't do it. 'Being nice to others' was actually a very powerful skill, but Ren Suo didn't really focus on this skill.

"If someone slanders you, hates you, or speaks ill of you because of this, then you have to remember that there are people in this world who love you because they recognize this about you, and one of them is me."

"You are not your father, not your brother, not your mother, and not Dong Chengling. All your past efforts have not been in vain. You have become a gentle girl named Gu Yueyan."

"I don't know what career you will pursue in the future, but I know that you will definitely become a good mother who loves children."

As Ren Suo was talking, an idea suddenly occurred to him: "Your brother is definitely not as good as you. He will never be able to be a mother in his life, unless his awakening spell is the magical girl transformation..."

Gu Yueyan pursed her lips, stared at Ren Suo and said, "Who said I'm going to be a mother..."

Seeing that Gu Yueyan's mood had finally improved, Ren Suo continued to wipe her tears and said, "By the way, I think I owe you something."

Then Ren Suo cleared his throat and said, "Gu Yueyan, congratulations on becoming a second-level cultivator. You are indeed the best among all the students. I am proud of you."

Gu Yueyan seemed a little embarrassed. She was indeed not used to being praised.

“Not all clouds have to turn into rain and fall to the ground.”

Ren Suo looked into Gu Yueyan's sparkling eyes and said with a smile, "Maybe you can't be a child that your father is proud of, but you can be a student that Dong Chengling and I are proud of. Don't chase the falling rain of your Gu family, try to become the most beautiful colorful clouds in Tianlian Academy."

No one knew whether Ren Suo's ability in talking nonsense was too low, or his metaphors were too obscure, but Gu Yueyan just looked at him stupidly without saying anything.

That's right. Gu Yueyan had accumulated psychological trauma for more than ten years. How could she just cry and have it resolved by a few words from him? Ren Suo was not an antidepressant. How could it be so effective?

Ren Suo thought about it and decided to treat Gu Yueyan from the root of her psychological trauma. The root of Gu Yueyan's psychological trauma... was undoubtedly her brother!

If her brother was just an ordinary person, then Gu Yueyan would at least not abandon all the fun of her childhood and youth in pursuit of her brother's achievements, and eventually become a serious and self-disciplined student.

A big problem between Gu Yueyan and her family is that she feels her brother is too brilliant and she can never catch up with him or compare to him.

Let’s break it down from this point!

"You said your brother Gu Yuexuan is very powerful, but in my opinion, he is just average." Ren Suo said, "Do you know that when Zhao Huo was 18 years old and touring the world, he beat up your brother, which means your brother's martial arts skills are just average."

"As for Zhao Huo, he was beaten by me. This shows that if your brother fights with me, he will most likely be beaten by me. So, don't make your brother a legend. In fact, your brother is just a weakling who can't even beat me..."

"Just watch, I'll show you how weak your brother is!" Ren Suo said solemnly.

It’s decided. I’ll let Qiao Muyi beat Gu Yuexuan half to death. At most, I will heal Gu Yuexuan afterwards!

"Really?" someone suddenly asked.

"Of course." Ren Suo replied subconsciously.

Then he realized that the voice seemed to be a strange baritone, not Gu Yueyan's voice.

As if realizing something, a drop of cold sweat flowed down Ren Suo's forehead on this cold December day.

He slowly turned his head and saw a burly middle-aged man standing behind him.

The middle-aged man had a furious look on his face, and the coldness in his eyes made Ren Suo feel uncomfortable all over. His strong and powerful body seemed to be ready to pounce on him in the next second.

“Instructor Gu, why are you walking… without making any sound?” Ren Suo swallowed.

That’s right, this middle-aged man is Gu Yueyan and Gu Yuexuan’s father, Gu Wenyi, the martial arts instructor of the Tianjing Countermeasures Bureau.