Chapter 24
Unexpectedly, there was no traffic jam on the way here, but there was a traffic jam all the way back.
Mo Ji stared out the window, dumbfounded. "The traffic is ridiculous... The National Day holiday is only halfway over, right? Why are you all in such a hurry to get back? Have you had enough fun so quickly?"
"It's pretty much the same as you students," Gu Jianlan sighed and shook his head. "It's just the pain of a working person."
Half an hour later, the traffic slowly moved forward one parking space.
Then……
Then it stopped moving again.
The vehicles ahead formed a dense torrent that seemed to stretch to the end of the sky. People trapped in it could only watch and sigh in despair.
The traffic jam lasted until dusk. In the unchanging scenery, only the orange sunset was slowly sinking at the end of the road.
Gu Fang leaned his head against the car window, and suddenly noticed something out of the corner of his eye. He turned his head and saw a Husky in the car next door leaning on the car window and sticking its tongue out at him.
In the distance, a fiery cloud scorched the sky. Reflected by the car window, Gu Fang could see Lu Si sleeping, leaning back against the seat. His expression relaxed, he looked like he was soundly asleep.
It's rare to see such a soft Lu Si.
A tender seedling sprouted within Gu Fang's heart, swaying in the warm sunset breeze. He couldn't contain his desire to touch Lu Si. He reached out his finger and tapped Lu Si's eyelids and the tip of his nose on the glass.
Lu Si seemed to have sensed something, and his brows knitted together. Gu Fang gently stroked his reflection's head, and Lu Si's frown gradually relaxed.
Gu Jianlan yawned in front of him and suddenly suggested, "How about we play a song to wake ourselves up?"
Gu Fang's heart skipped a beat, and he curled his fingers together, as if afraid of being caught. He leaned against the car window and pretended to sleep.
Chen Yi looked up from the game. He was the king of flattery. "Alright, alright—Brother Lu brought his guitar, right? Why not show off some of his guitar skills? Gu Fang, you haven't heard Brother Lu play guitar yet, have you?"
The other members of the band, including Chen Yi, probably don’t know that Gu Fang is a loyal listener of every TS performance.
"Hmm," Gu Fang leaned against the car window, his long eyelashes trembling slightly. He opened his eyes at the right moment and came back to his senses. "...Not yet?"
Indeed, I have never heard Lu Si play guitar alone.
The last time I eavesdropped on the balcony doesn’t count.
Lu Si was still leaning lazily against the seat, as if he had been woken up by them. He moved his upper body up and down for a moment and took a deep breath.
Gu Fang was thinking of giving up, but then Lu Si rubbed his messy hair and lifted his eyelids neatly. It was obvious that he had difficulty waking up before, but once he opened his eyes, his narrow pupils were clearly bright.
"What do you want to hear?"
He lifted the guitar case and placed it on his knees, opening it. His tone was directed at everyone, but his eyes were looking at Gu Fang.
Gu Fang was stunned, hesitating for a moment. He was so familiar with the songs Lu Si had composed and performed that he would record his live performances on CDs every evening and give them to VIP members as a bonus. The music-deaf Gu Fang's meager daily playlist consisted solely of TS's music, and he had listened to every single one of them dozens of times.
What should I do? I want to listen to every song. Am I being too greedy?
But, this is the guitar that Lu Si played specifically for him.
Strictly speaking, it was for the people in their car. But Gu Fang didn't care, and rounded it off to his own.
Lu Si put on his guitar, tested the tone, and waited for his answer. Seeing Gu Fang's tangled expression, the corners of his lips couldn't help but twitch. He lowered his eyebrows and asked inquiringly, his tone was unusually gentle: "Then I'll play a random song?"
Gu Fang's heart was touched by the raised corner of his lips.
Nodding softly: "Yeah."
The "hmm" merged into the noisy "okay" and "good" of everyone, but Lu Si seemed to have heard it clearly. He didn't look at Gu Fang, but the moment Gu Fang nodded, his fingertips brushed the strings, and then he plucked and tuned the strings. Beautiful music magically flowed out from those slender white-knuckled fingers.
The car became quiet.
Gu Jianlan opened the middle skylight and surrounding windows of the business car, and fresh air and wind rushed in instantly.
The sun was setting at the end of the road, its rays slanting across the sky. Lu Si sat in the warm glow, his head slightly lowered, his face outlined in a circle of fine hair in the orange light. His side-parted hair was ruffled by the breeze, and his usually cold jawline was softened by the light.
"Hey!" The driver next door also rolled down his window and gave a thumbs-up. "You play the game really well, young man!"
The Husky was spinning in circles in the back seat, wagging its tail excitedly.
As the music played, cars began to roll down their windows, their eyes curiously focused on this side.
A traffic jam turned into a road concert.
The quiet and soothing tune seemed to soothe people's hearts. The anxiety and boredom caused by the traffic jam turned into a leisurely and comfortable feeling while listening to music and watching the setting sun.
In addition to the seemingly effortless playing techniques, music can also reflect the soul of the composer and performer.
Lu Si's live house performances included passionate and rebellious rock songs, as well as calm and soothing music. Whenever he played, with his head half lowered, he would concentrate on playing the piano. Gu Fang, who was sitting in the audience, could see through his sharp and tired face and touch Lu Si's gentle soul.
At this moment, he was so close to him that they were no longer on stage or off stage.
It wasn't just his soul; it seemed as if as long as Gu Fang raised his hand, he could feel Lu Si's true temperature. He thought this temperature must be warm, like the setting sun today.
But he was content just to have this piece of music played just for him.
Only he and Lu Si had heard this song.
The guitar music ended.
Sparse applause echoed from the highway. Everyone in the car also applauded. Xiao Yuanshan raised an eyebrow: "Si'er, when did you write this new song?"
"It's really different after a trip out," Mo Ji said excitedly, "Brother Lu, your inspiration is coming now, isn't it?"
"That's awesome!" Mr. Gu also said, "This student can even write his own songs?"
"Nothing much," Lu Si put the guitar into the guitar case and raised his eyebrows slightly. "I just wrote it last night to fool the layman."
"Damn," Chen Yi, an outsider, couldn't help but complain, "So ordinary."
Thank God they were not stuck in traffic until late at night. Just as night fell, traffic started moving again, and they finally returned to the city around eight or nine o'clock.
Gu Fang had to go back to the villa, so he didn't get off at the foot of the mountain where No. 12 Middle School stood. Lu Si opened the car door and walked out. Gu Fang seized the opportunity and handed him a handbag: "These are the notes I compiled. You'll understand when you read them."
The street lights cast a dim light like drizzling rain. Lu Si was carrying his guitar case with his brows lowered. His eyes swept across the handbag and then returned to Gu Fang's face.
The carriage was dim, and Gu Fang tilted his head back to look at him. Part of his jaw was illuminated by the light, smooth and porcelain-white, like some expensive and fragile luxury item.
"Thank you."
Lu Si could guess what was in the bag, so Lao Du asked them to help each other. Lu Si helped him pass the physical test, and Gu Fang helped him with Chinese and English.
"You're welcome." Gu Fang raised his originally straight lips without hesitation.
"Goodbye, Brother Lu!" Mo Ji and Chen Yi waved from the back row.
The doors closed, and the black business car slowly drove away. Xiao Yuanshan had gotten off the car at the previous stop and had to see Mo Ji, Chen Yi and the others off.
Lu Si stood alone under the street light, tightening the strap of his handbag, lost in thought.
Why did Gu Fang come into his life?
He doesn't understand.
The smell of autumn gradually became stronger on the streets.
Early in the morning when Gu Fang came to school, he passed the uphill road outside No. 12 Middle School and found that the sycamore trees on both sides were dyed with autumn colors. The bus passed through in the autumn wind, raising a golden blanket on the ground.
The air at the school gate was filled with the aroma of roasted sweet potatoes and fried chestnuts.
The pot of strawberry mint on the windowsill of Gu Fang's room has already bloomed small white and light purple flowers.
With Lu Si's extra lessons every afternoon, Gu Fang finally passed the 800-meter physical test.
Of course, not everything is perfect.
On Saturday, Dr. Xiao Xie came to the house for a physical examination and found that Gu Fang's Omeg hormone concentration had been weakening recently and hormone secretion had decreased significantly.
"Has the estrus period been irregular recently?" Doctor Xie frowned as he held the report.
Gu Fang hummed slowly.
"It's a bit like she's detoxifying. It might be a sequelae of the surgery." Doctor Xie pondered. "The rest of her body indicators are fine. Let's wait and see after this month. If she still doesn't have her estrus period, come back to our hospital for a comprehensive checkup."
Doctor Xie looked up at him and asked, "Are you sure there are no other abnormalities besides the irregular estrus period?"
Gu put aside his consciousness and curled his fingers, "No more."
Doctor Xie reviewed the list again and nodded, "That shouldn't be a big problem."
This weekend, Gu Fang got a copy of Lu Qi's brother's schedule through indirect means.
This table is packed.
On Sunday morning from 8 to 11 o'clock, I tutored a junior high school student in mathematics, then went to the construction site to sell lunch boxes until 2 o'clock, taught a primary school student to play guitar from 3 to 5 o'clock in the afternoon, and finally worked in a milk tea shop until it closed at 10 o'clock.
There is no part-time job in the cake shop on weekends. I have a performance on Monday, so I only work from Tuesday to Friday.
So at six o'clock that evening, Lu Si had just arrived at the milk tea shop and picked up the apron behind the counter when Gu Fang "accidentally" walked into the store.
"What would you like to drink?" Lu Si didn't seem surprised at all. He raised his eyebrows at him while tying the brown bear apron.
This milk tea shop is very small, and there are no other staff except Lu Si.
Gu Fang pressed his hat down uncomfortably, half-pulled off his mask, lowered his eyes, and pretended to focus all his attention on the screen.
"Hmm," Gu Fang just realized, "there's ice cream?"
Lu Si didn't move, but leaned his hands on the counter and looked down at Gu Fang calmly: "The weather is getting cold, are you sure you won't feel uncomfortable after eating?"
Gu Fang rarely found himself a bit rebellious. The more Lu Si told him not to do something, the more he wanted to do it. He had never been like this in front of other people.
"Just give it a try," Gu Fang flashed his beautiful blue eyes and looked at Lu Si pitifully, "You won't feel uncomfortable."
Lu Si put his fist to his lips, looked away uncomfortably and coughed, "0.75, no more."
0.75?
Gu Fang was confused about what kind of counting method this was. He saw Lu Si pull out a whole crispy cone, but when he took the ice cream, he only took half of it, pointed it, and handed it to him.
Gu Fang looked at the 0.75 ice cream and felt that he could finish the little tip in one bite.
Lu Si raised his long eyebrows towards him, as if asking if he had any other questions.
Gu Fang had no choice but to take it reluctantly.
He ordered another cup of original hot milk tea, found a seat by the window, and licked the small piece of ice cream bit by bit reluctantly.
When the second customer arrived, Lu Si officially started his busy part-time job. When he turned to get some fruit from the freezer, he couldn't help but glance at Gu Fang in the corner.
Finally, the ice cream reached the bottom, and Gu Fang's face turned bitter. But he quickly forced himself to cheer up, biting the crispy crust underneath carefully bit by bit, and finished eating it with both hands clean.
Then he showed a distressed expression, like a poor little squirrel who was counting on his fingers to save money but still ate all the remaining food.
Lu Si handed the milk tea to the customer and curled his lips:
"Please take it and enjoy it."
guest:"……"
She passes by this milk tea shop every day. Why did the handsome clerk suddenly smile today?
And his smile is so inconsistent with his character?
Damn it! She had thought this guy was aloof and cool, so she didn't even dare to ask for his contact information!
Gu Fang finished his ice cream, opened his milk tea and took a sip before slowly pulling out a thick stack of test papers from his schoolbag. He pulled out his pen, smoothed his sleeves, and took up a seat in the shop with a very natural attitude.
These test papers were all ones he had done before. The questions circled in red pen included not only the ones he had gotten wrong, but also the ones he remembered Lu Si getting wrong.
Because he focused on Chinese and English, he only copied half of a thin collection of wrong questions for himself, but he wrote a whole book of easy-to-make mistakes for Lu Si.
The notes he had given Lu Si were just templates for answering questions and frequently tested vocabulary. To tailor them to Lu Si's situation, Gu Fang had been compiling this notebook of easy-to-make mistakes for a long time, and today's stack of papers was the last of them.
Of course, after this monthly exam, the collection of wrong questions will be updated again.
After tidying up from 6am to 8:30am, the milk tea was already gone. On the way, when the store was not busy, Lu Si came by. Gu Fang did not notice him at first, but when he noticed the shadow behind him, Lu Si had been standing there for a while.
However, Lu Si said nothing. He silently took out a handful of candies and chocolates from his pocket, placed them on Gu Fang's desk, and turned around to go back to work.
Gu Fang felt that this day had been exceptionally fulfilling. He could look up at Lu Si from time to time, and seeing him concentrate on his work, all his fatigue was completely dispelled. He was even more alert, so alert that he could finish another stack of science papers.
At nine o'clock, with still an hour before Lu Si got off work, Gu Fang went to the bathroom behind the store to change the barrier patch.
He had just finished changing and was standing in front of the mirror washing his hands when he suddenly heard a sudden quarrel in front of him.
At first, it was just a strange man cursing something. Gu Fangshi unconsciously frowned, thinking he had misheard.
Then he could vaguely hear Lu Si's angry voice.
"...I'm working, please don't disturb the business!"
When Gu Fang first heard Lu Si's tone of voice, which was so full of suppressed anger, he was stunned for a moment. Before he could understand the meaning, he instinctively rushed outside.
Before I reached the front, I heard a sound of something falling over, followed by the screams of several guests.
Gu Fang saw——
Lu Si was soaked by milk tea.
He was standing outside the counter, his hair tangled in a tangle from milk tea. Even though his collar was clutched, his long eyebrows remained sharp, his face frosted as he stared coldly at the man in front of him.
The man was an Alpha, about thirty-five or thirty-six, his features still reminiscent of his youthful handsomeness. His clothes were impeccably dressed, but his expression was ferocious. He grabbed Lu Si's shirt and said, "Don't you understand that a son must pay his father's debts? You just watched those debt collectors take your father's life?"
At that moment, Gu Fang clearly felt that the softest part of his heart was exposed in public and was being trampled upon.
The feeling of having something precious trampled upon soon overwhelmed him like a tide, filling him with a suffocating sense of reality.
Gu Fang had absolutely no idea what was going on as he swung his fist towards the man's face.
His lung capacity was indeed not that good, but his strength was unreasonably better than most Alphas. In addition, he was too angry to care about the strength, so he knocked the man to the ground with one punch.
The guests screamed again, and some even called 110.
Gu Fang was about to pin the man down and beat him up again when he suddenly felt a sense of absurdity.
The unreasonable things are getting bigger and bigger. This man is too weak, so weak that Lu Ge, a bully in the back mountain, can kick him away with one kick.
But why...
The man lay on the ground struggling, clutching his chest, thinking he was bleeding from being beaten. He couldn't help but curse, "Where the hell did this mad dog come from? I shouldn't have let your father give birth to you. You deserve an abortion! He even dared to order someone to beat up his own father. He's really crazy!"
Gu Fang turned around and was dazzled by the incandescent light in the store. He narrowed his eyes slightly and saw that Lu Si had stopped the customer who was about to call the police and was walking towards him.
Gu Fang has not yet recovered from the anger that made him lose control.
Lu Si gently grasped his clenched fist. Gu Fang was startled, and his fist subconsciously loosened. Lu Si then firmly grasped his palm and pulled back. The two of them changed positions in an instant, and Lu Si stood in front of Gu Fang as usual.
"I've already transferred the money to you, get lost."
To Gu Fang, Lu Si's voice sounded so cold that it was almost piercing.
"If you interrupt my work again, it won't be as simple as a punch."
The author has something to say:
Let go, unlock the first beating achievement
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
