Chapter 31
Lu Si was stunned, just like the day when he first realized that the extra-long star was himself.
He somewhat understood Gu Fang. He seemed to be a nice person with a soft heart, but it would be extremely difficult for him to actually say something nice that had the meaning of an oath and was serious.
He said it was unique, so it is unique.
Logically speaking, when he compared someone to a shining star, he could not think of that person except Lu Si.
But emotionally speaking, Lu Si found it hard to convince himself that the person Gu Fang described in a gentle, shy, yet somewhat solemn tone was actually himself.
Lu Si didn't respond for a long time. His mind was in a state of chaos, a mess of yarn.
Unbelievable, repeatedly confirmed, complicated, ecstatic, so happy that it made him panic, all kinds of mixed emotions surged up and crowded in his throat, making it impossible to utter a single word.
After Gu Fang finished speaking, he was silent for a long time, a little lost in his own emotions.
Too many things happened in one day, and his confusion was no less than Lu Si's.
"I've asked for leave from Teacher Du," Gu Fang said, a pause before turning on his phone and checking the teacher's reply. "I have to leave now."
Lu Si pulled his thoughts away from the pile of wool balls, hummed, and not knowing what to do, stood up following Gu Fang.
Gu Fang took a few steps towards the bookshelf, and Lu Si subconsciously followed him, lowering his eyes to watch him take the book he had casually pulled out, find the empty space on the bookshelf and push it in.
When he reached the corridor outside, Gu Fang stopped and turned to look at Lu Si who was following him.
It was time for one of them to say goodbye.
But Lu Si just looked at him.
Gu Fang's empty blue eyes are as beautiful as ever.
Lu Si remained silent, lost in thought. Were those beautiful eyes seeing everything through a filter? Because of that filter, the way he saw himself was so different from the way he saw himself.
How long, years, will it take for that filter to disappear?
Gu Fang waited for a while, then gradually pursed his lips.
Lu Si had long seen that he didn't want to say "goodbye" to him first - arguing about this was childish, making both of them look childish. Only kindergarten kids would care about who hangs up the phone first or who says goodbye first.
But a little thought was quietly sprouting in his heart. He didn't believe what Gu Fang said about "uniqueness". It was obviously his fault, but he wanted to get proof from Gu Fang and from some childish things.
Seeing that Lu Si was just staring at him dimly with his eyes, Gu Fang finally gave in and said, "You go back. I'm leaving first."
"Be careful on the road." Lu Si said then.
The campus was empty; everyone had gone to see the performance, leaving a sense of emptiness and desolation.
Gu Fang walked along the path beside the flower bed. When he turned the corner and saw the east gate, he saw a figure pushing an electric bike out of the carport.
The streetlights were too dim, so Gu Fang only glanced at it and didn't take it seriously. When he reached the electric scooter, the man wearing a helmet saw him and called out in surprise, "Little Gu?"
Gu Fang turned sideways, also slightly surprised: "...Teacher Su?"
"Leaving so early? Don't you want to watch?" Su Yan said with a smile.
"Well," Gu Fang said, "I asked for leave because something happened."
Su Yan patted the back seat of the small battery car and said, "Do you want me to give you a ride? Don't worry, the teacher is an excellent driver."
"Don't bother you." Gu Fang smiled politely, "I do want to consult you about something regarding the art exam."
Su Yan was stunned.
To say she wasn't surprised would be a lie, but she quickly realized something, feeling the joy of a student who had been optimistic about her finally changing their mind. "It's still not too late to sign up for the art exam, and the school exams haven't even started yet. If you want to try, it's totally feasible."
As soon as the words started coming out, Teacher Su couldn't stop talking excitedly. "Although some of the major training sessions have ended, the provincial art joint examination is relatively a basic professional exam. It won't be too difficult and the pass rate is also very high."
"Xiao Gu, your talent is the best among the students I've taught. If you want to take the art exam, you just need to practice diligently in the style of the provincial joint exam during this period, and you will have no problem passing it. As for academic performance, it will be a piece of cake for you."
Teacher Su was too excited and had the urge to talk non-stop, but in order to listen to Gu Fang's opinion, he controlled himself and stopped, looking at Gu Fang eagerly.
Gu Fang pondered for a moment: "Teacher Su, I do have this plan. This idea has been in my mind for a long time, but..." Gu Fang smiled bitterly, "I always retreat because of some inexplicable concerns."
He probably didn't want to admit that his so-called talent came from his Omega father, a great painter.
Teacher Su calmed down a bit and asked softly, "Then why did you suddenly figure it out tonight?"
Gu Fang seemed to be thinking about why he suddenly blurted out to Teacher Su.
He pondered for a long time before finally figuring out the mess in his heart: "Perhaps... I encountered a bigger problem that I had never imagined before, a problem beyond my ability to solve. Compared to it, some of the things I cared about before became insignificant."
"So I want to give it a try." He smiled, but his eyes were indifferent: "Try what you can."
Gu Jianbo was in another city when he received Gu Fang's call. They had a brief reunion after the National Day holiday, but being apart was the norm for this father and son.
He was in a meeting at the time and only saw the missed call when he came out.
He knew Fangfang usually wouldn't call him at work, and besides, at this time, the school's evening study session hadn't ended yet.
Gu Jianbo took several documents handed to him by his assistant. After arriving at the office, he threw these documents that needed to be processed urgently on the table and called Gu Fang back first.
Gu Jianbo is a person with a strong sense of responsibility for work, but Gu Fang’s priority is always higher than work for him.
Fangfang explained everything about the secondary differentiation to him. Before Gu Jianbo could fully grasp its significance, he rationally and methodically arranged appointments for Luo Bai's child with a visiting doctor and a private hospital. He also sent a message to Gu Jianlan in the city, asking him to drop his work and rush to the hospital to be with Fangfang.
After hanging up the phone, he saw another name in the call log that made him frown.
——Jiang Li.
The call lasted eleven minutes and forty seconds, which reminded Gu Jianbo of a conversation not long ago that wasn't short, but definitely not pleasant.
However, he could feel that Jiang Li's condition was much better than before, at least he could maintain the basic rationality of a normal person and communicate with him.
Perhaps he should be informed of Fangfang's secondary differentiation. After all, he was the only person in the world who was related to Fangfang by blood.
It has no other meaning, it's just a notification.
Gu Jianbo put down his phone, his brows relaxed slightly, and he handed the matter over to his assistant.
"By the way, please book me a flight back home," Gu Jianbo added, "tonight, as soon as possible."
The next day, Lu Si came to the classroom, but did not see his familiar deskmate. Until the end of morning self-study, the desk was empty.
Lu Si asked the squad leader and found out that Gu Fang was on sick leave. The squad leader didn't know what illness he had.
The memory of Gu Fang's baffling questions and the faint sadness in his eyes that night of farewell resurfaced before Lu Si's mind, and his uneasiness grew. He messaged Le Jiayu. Ever since Le Jiayu had apologized to him for instigating the fight, the two had reluctantly added each other's contact information.
Even when typing, one can tell that Le Jiayu's words are hesitant and unclear.
He replied ambiguously.
-It is related to the old problem of pheromone secretion syndrome. It is nothing. It will be fine after this period of time. You don’t have to worry.
-Besides, there's no point in worrying.
In early November, the relaxed atmosphere of the sports meet and school anniversary gradually dissipated, and the midterm exams were approaching.
The whole grade was setting up the exam room that afternoon. Lu Si hung a chair on the desk and, as he moved his own desk and chair, he couldn't help but glance sideways at his deskmate's seat.
The table is still empty.
The weather was already very cold at this time of year, and Lu Si unfortunately had a seat next to the window. As it happened, among the row of windows in that examination room, only the window next to Lu Si was broken.
The invigilator probably couldn't bear to watch him anymore. Seeing that he was so cold that he tucked his hands into the wide sleeves of his school uniform, he lowered his eyes and thought about each question before he took out his hands to answer. He went to the office to find a large abandoned cardboard box, opened it, and used transparent tape to barely cover the window.
When I finished the last big math question, there were still fifteen minutes left before the end of the exam.
The questions this time are not as difficult as those in the first joint examination.
Lu Si stroked his hands, which were frozen stiff, and kneaded his slender white knuckles silently, looking out the window through the gap between the glass window and the cardboard shell.
A maple poplar tree that was three stories high just reached its peak at his level. At the tip of the tree was a bunch of beautifully shaped red leaves, which rustled in the wind, reminding Lu Si of the sound of high tide.
People's hearts are fickle in this world, and there are few things he can be 100% sure of.
But maple trees will turn red in autumn and green in spring. The tide will rise again after it goes down, and the sun will rise again after it goes down.
Lu Si couldn't be sure how long it would take for the unpredictable filter in Gu Fang's beautiful eyes to disappear.
At this moment, in the examination room where the cool breeze was blowing in through the cracks, Lu Si's mind suddenly became extremely clear and lucid.
But what he was sure of was his own heart.
Just like the red and green of maple leaves, the tides of the sea, and the rising and setting of the sun, it is limited to the feelings at this moment and remains constant, and does not change with the will of anyone or Lu Si himself.
After two days of midterm exams, Lu Si asked questions online in the Ganfan group.
-How to pursue someone you like?
-Give me some advice, I mean it.
-Yao Yao Zi:? ? !
-Ji (fourth tone) brother:? ? !
-Chen Xiaoyi: ???!
-Brother Yuanzi: Shouldn't I have disrupted the formation? (Withdrawn)
-Brother Yuanzi:? ?!
-Yaoyaozi: Someone, get him out of here! @远子哥
-Ji (fourth tone) brother: Did you know about this a long time ago, brother Yuanzi? You are so disloyal!
-Chen Xiaoyi: I guess so.
-Ji (fourth tone) brother:?
-Brother Yuanzi: Don’t worry, with your and Yaoyaozi’s IQ, it’s normal that you can’t guess.
Yaoyaozi: (crying.jpg) No! I don't believe it! My dad is straight! He can't be any straighter! Even if everyone in our group is single, he'll be excluded!
-Lu Sier: Be normal, I’m asking you seriously.
-Yaoyaozi:? It’s normal for me to be in disbelief!
-Lu Sier: ...
-Brother Yuanzi: My dear Uncle Lu, I am different from those rebellious sons. I am giving you sincere suggestions.
-Lu Sier: Speak.
-Brother Yuanzi: Confess, otherwise you will never be able to pursue me.
-Lu Sier: ...
-Brother Yuanzi: What does the ellipsis mean?
-Lu Sier: I was wondering if it would affect the other person’s mood and thus affect their studies?
Brother Yuanzi: Oh my, what can we do? We can only endure it until graduation. Let me count, No. 12 Middle School, oh no, No. 6 Middle School, Foreign Language Middle School, and our school combined, how many AABBs want to confess their love to Gu Xiaochu? Will you be able to get a number by the time you graduate?
-Haruko: Hashidou Sack!
-Ji (fourth tone) brother: It seems like a name popped up?
-Chen Xiaoyi: No way, no way? You two haven't guessed it yet?
-Yaoyaozi: Little beauty!!!
-Ji (fourth tone) brother: ...I think this difficulty is a bit insane.
-Yaoyaozi: It’s really against the will of heaven.
-Yaoyaozi: Dad, I dare not give any advice carelessly. You should believe Brother Yuanzi, right? If you don’t take advantage of the opportunity to trick her now, it will be too late when you graduate!
-Lu Sier: ...How long does that take? Once he gets back to school?
-Brother Yuanzi: You can’t confess your feelings carelessly. You have to test the waters first to make sure he’s interested in you, and then seize the opportunity to confess your feelings and win him over.
-Lu Si'er: Can you please stop lying? I've tolerated you for a long time. This is a mutual agreement.
-Brother Yuanzi: Are they willing to do what you want?
-Chen Xiaoyi: Brother Lu, you two have been together for two months. Do you feel that Gu Fang is interested in you?
-Lu Sier: You asked if there is a little bit, yes there is.
Yaoyaozi: ? ? Against the will of heaven.
-Ji (fourth tone) brother: It’s really against the will of heaven.
-Yaoyaozi: It’s said that Zhi A is so confident that he can be fatal.
-Lu Sier: Do you have any opinions?
-Yaoyaozi: None.
-Ji (fourth tone) brother: No.
-Chen Xiaoyi: nothing
-Brother Yuanzi: obtuse angle.
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