Chapter 41
Two days before New Year's Eve, Gu Fang had to go home to celebrate the New Year. Lu Si folded his clothes and packed his luggage for him. Gu Fang squatted beside him, supporting his chin and watching him.
"Have you bought the plane ticket?" Lu Si folded the last piece of pajamas, snapped the suitcase shut, sat on the edge of the bed and stroked his head.
Gu Fang went back to his grandmother's house to celebrate the New Year and took a bus directly from Shiquan Town to the airport on the outskirts of the city.
Gu Fang nodded, rested his forehead lightly on his knees, and rubbed them reluctantly.
He was also wearing a long-sleeved cotton T-shirt from Lu Si. It was a perfect fit, though a little loose in places. Gu Fang loved it, though, and was reluctant to take it off. It had Lu Si's faint minty scent.
Lu Si also had one of his pajamas. They both changed into close-fitting clothing, intending to adapt to each other's pheromones even when the other was not around.
Gu Fang only wore his pajamas to sleep, and Lu Si's T-shirt was covered with a sweater and down jacket, so outsiders couldn't smell anyone else's pheromones. The only downside was that the smell on the clothes would slowly dissipate after a few days, leaving them stained with their own pheromones.
Lu Si glanced at the time. The bus was almost there. He leaned over and nudged his ear, asking, "Have you taken your motion sickness medicine?"
Gu Fang nodded, "I ate it."
"Put on your clothes and leave right away." Lu Si patted his shoulder.
Gu stood up slowly, put on his sweater and down jacket, and Lu Si pinned the mask on his ears and put them on carefully.
Gu Fang opened his arms and pulled Lu Si into a hug. The fluffy texture of his down jacket made Lu Si feel like he was hugging a sticky, sweet marshmallow. The embrace was so comfortable that he was reluctant to let go.
"It's time to go." After hugging for a while, Lu Si had to repeat this, but his voice was very low, as if he hoped that Gu Fang didn't hear it.
Gu Fang nestled his furry head in his neck, rubbing against him as he hugged him.
Lu Si sighed in his heart, so this is the legendary passionate love period. He hugged Gu Fang tightly, and thought this was too strange. If this was called the passionate love period, then why did he feel that every meeting would be more joyful than the last time, and every separation would be more reluctant than the last time.
He felt that his feelings for the person in front of him were slowly falling from the illusory clouds to the ground, and were sewn into every detail of life at a slow but increasing speed.
"It's time to go." Lu Si sighed softly.
Gu Fang slowly let go of him. A pair of sparkling sky-blue and white eyes on the mask traced his eyebrows, as if he wanted to remember Lu Si at this moment in his mind.
Finally he turned around and left neatly.
Lu Si looked at him without moving, just watching him open the door.
The door lock clicked open, and Gu Fang suddenly turned around, ran back to him in a few steps, pulled down his mask, and stumbled and rushed towards him to kiss him on the lips.
"Hiss..." Lu Si felt that he was bleeding, but he had no intention to check. His lips grabbed Gu Fang's and refused to let go. His eyelids drooped lazily, and his deep eyes became increasingly dark.
It’s more like a fight between mouths than a kiss. Each of them wants to hold the other’s mouth in their own mouth and let them kiss and suck.
Gu Fang suddenly became obedient, the reckless energy he had just shown disappeared, and he closed his eyes and let Lu Si kiss him all over. Lu Si raised his eyebrows slightly, although he felt something was wrong, but since Fang Fang was so obedient, how could he not seize the opportunity to bully him to the fullest?
Just when he was getting into the groove, Gu Fang suddenly pushed his knee against Lu Si's kneecap. Lu Si's legs lost their strength, his eyes widened in confusion, and he was pushed down on the bed by Gu Fang - Gu Fang learned this knee-pushing trick from watching him fight.
Gu Fang pressed on him, his eyes and eyebrows filled with a smile of success.
His lips and teeth knocked open Lu Si's teeth, enveloping the softness within. He stirred it roughly and recklessly, finally biting the corner of Lu Si's lips. He smiled and stood up, took out his phone from his pocket, checked the time, and said happily, "It's just right now."
Lu Si sat up and sighed, "You've learned bad habits, Fang Fang."
Gu Fang put on a mask and smiled with his eyes curved, "I learned this from you, Brother Lu Si——"
He dragged out the last syllable in a clever and mischievous way.
In order to grow such a large garden of flowers, Grandma Gu lived in a tropical area with extremely low latitudes. On the map, that point was close to the national border, and a little further south it would be in the sea.
The signal on the mountain was very good. On New Year's Eve, Gu Fang went to the balcony to video chat with Lu Si.
From his vantage point, he could see Mr. Gu arranging several rows of fireworks in the yard, preparing a grand display. Mr. Gu stood aside, waving his hand with a hint of disdain, and asked the professionals to assist Mr. Gu, who had been fiddling with the project for a long time and couldn't even find the fuse.
Wen Chuji sat further away, holding up his phone to take pictures of the fireworks, and shouted, "Let's set off a few at a time. Too many won't look good!"
Grandma was in the living room on the balcony, video chatting with her old sisters.
When the video was connected, Lu Si was about to set off fireworks.
Shiquan Mountain had been developed into a tourist destination in recent years, and every New Year's Eve, fireworks were set off here to celebrate the New Year. Lu Si, Xie Ziyao, and the others climbed to the top of the mountain together, mingling with the crowds of locals and tourists waiting for the first fireworks of the new year.
Seeing Lu Si on the video, Xie Ziyao and the others leaned over and greeted him, "Hello, God of Learning! I wish you a happy new year and all the best!"
"Thank you," Gu Fang smiled, "and I wish you a happy new year and all the best."
Lu Qi's blessing was simple. She glanced at the screen coolly and said very quickly: "Happy New Year, Gu Fang."
"Thank you," Gu Fang said with a smile, "Happy New Year to you too."
At this time, grandma came over and asked, "Fangfang, how many dumplings can you eat? A big bowl is okay? The kitchen is asking."
Gu Fang hurriedly stopped him: "Half a small bowl, no more. You've been feeding me like I'm a white kid these past few days since I came back."
Xiaobai is the Border Collie that Grandma raised. It used to be called "Little" Bai, but when Gu Fang came back this year, he found it practically fat as a ball. He threw it a ball for it to pick up, and Xiaobai would pant after running a few steps. For its health, Gu Fang had strictly forbidden Grandma from even approaching Xiaobai's food bowl.
Grandma came over and said with a smile: "Chatting with friends?"
Chatting with boyfriend.
Lu Si's face looked even colder because of nervousness: "Hello Grandma, Happy New Year." His speech speed was even faster than Lu Qi's.
Grandma Gu was very kind to him: "Since Fangfang was a child, this is the first time I've seen him video chat with anyone during the Chinese New Year."
Gu Fang introduced his name, and grandma smiled and said, "Xiaolu, you must be a good child. My Fangfang is also a good child, so you two can play together."
"..." Lu Si, who had just said that he was going to get out of school after school, had his ears slightly red.
“…” Gu Fang, who just felt that he had learned bad things, also felt his ears burning.
Grandma took out a red envelope and stuffed it into Gu Fang's pocket: "This is for Xiaolu, don't keep it for yourself."
Gu Fang shyly pushed his grandmother's hand away: "I know."
"Your uncle, that debt collector, is going upstairs," Grandma glanced at the balcony and pushed Gu Fang to hurry up. "Go to your room and talk to Xiaolu. Have a good chat and don't argue."
"We don't quarrel." Gu Fang argued in a low voice with a red face.
"That's Xiaolu giving in to you," Grandma said to Lu Si after glancing at her phone. "Xiaolu, you don't know, Fangfang looks amiable on the surface, but he's actually as stubborn as a bull."
"No," Xiaolu said, "Fangfang is very good. Being kind is good, and being stubborn is also good."
Grandma glanced at the phone in surprise, then glanced at Gu Fang whose face was flushed. Without saying anything else, she pushed Gu Fang, who was fine with anything, out of the balcony.
The debt collector came upstairs and said, "Let's set off fireworks! Let's set off fireworks! I was thinking of asking him to set off fireworks with me!"
"Go ahead," Grandma said, rudely dismissing him. "You can set off your firecrackers later."
Gu Jianlan rolled his eyes: "People are not made of glass, how can it break?"
Grandma Gu sat down and drank her tea slowly. "You haven't found a partner this year. How should I explain this? What did you promise me last year?"
Gu Jianlan smiled with his eyes wide open, and said, "Hey, I feel like my ears are really broken! Why can't I hear what you said, old man?"
Grandma Gu said angrily: "Get out of here, you debt collector!"
Gu Fang went to the third floor and showed Lu Si around his room. It was almost 12 o'clock.
A group of people on Shiquan Mountain began to count down. When the sound of "One" came, the first bunch of fireworks rose simultaneously from the top of Shiquan Mountain and Gu Fang's yard. It rose into the air with a hissing sound and exploded with a bang.
The brilliant fireworks reflected his and Lu Si's faces. Amid the sound of fireworks, he heard Lu Si's low, magnetic voice floating above the room.
"Fangfang, you told me about your abnormal susceptible period so I can back off at any time, right?"
Gu Fang was startled and looked towards the camera. Lu Si was looking up at the fireworks in the sky with his side profile, his jawline sharp and sparse. He was not looking at him, as if he was just asking casually.
"But I also said," Gu Fang also looked at the fireworks in the sky, "You can't leave me."
Lu Si chuckled softly. He stretched out his hand, as if trying to catch the falling sparks from the air. "I've caught you. You can't run away."
Gu Fang also reached out to the sky, but what he grabbed was a star in the sky.
"This is Lu Sixing. It was originally hanging in the sky, but it had to run into my hands."
Gu Fang's eyes were filled with brilliant fireworks, but he was only staring at the seemingly faint starlight against the backdrop of the fireworks.
"Now, it is my private property, valid until the star falls."
Lu Si also looked up at the stars in the sky. He didn’t know which star Lu Si was, but he knew they were looking at the same starry sky.
"Happy New Year," Lu Si said softly, "boyfriend."
"Happy New Year," Gu Fang smiled with his eyes curved, "boyfriend."
On the first day of returning to school for make-up classes, the final grades came out.
Gu Fang had missed the last monthly exam due to secondary differentiation, and the top spot had once again been taken by the former top student in the grade. Gu Fang had returned to take the final exam, but he had missed so many classes due to the joint entrance exam that everyone was unsure if he could still maintain his legendary status.
Some people are worried, while others are gloating. No matter what their mood is, after the final grades are announced, everyone will go to the first row first.
——Gu Fang, total score 720, a full 20 points higher than the second place.
The final exam was a city-wide joint exam. Gu Fang's total score was 20 points higher than the second place in the grade of No. 12 Middle School and 12 points higher than the second place in the city, and he still ranked first in science.
The forum of No. 12 Middle School began to be flooded with messages from students from various schools.
-Surprise! The city's top science student is actually an art student!
-Surprise! The top scorer in the city's art exam is a science student!
-Surprise! I am from overseas and just realized my idol has turned from O to A!
-I can turn soft rice into hard rice!
-So where is the contact information?
Gu Fang's results were within the expectations of the teachers, so it was not surprising.
What shocked the teachers the most in this final exam was the qualitative leap in Lu Si's Chinese and English subjects.
For those who used to hover around the passing line in their native language and below the passing line in their non-native language, this time their Chinese scores actually jumped over 100, and their English scores soared to 120!
What happened? It was like a person who had just learned to walk, and suddenly all his senses were opened overnight. Not only could he run, but he also learned to float on water!
Lu Si’s Chinese and English teachers were also stunned when they received the report card, and then they were moved to tears. From then on, no one would say that the top student who got full marks in mathematics had Chinese and English taught by the physical education teacher.
Lu Si's total score soared to 660, jumping from just within the top 100 in the grade to the top 20.
The students who were previously in the top 20 in their grade were stunned when they saw an extra name in the ranking. After trying to identify who that name was, they exclaimed "What the hell!"
What's the scariest thing? Someone who's guaranteed to get perfect or near-perfect scores in math and a score of 290 on the science test suddenly becomes a master in both Chinese and English.
How can he suddenly become enlightened? This is unscientific!
"Lu Si is very smart, but he just lacks a method." Gu Fang said to the student council, "I think it's very scientific, and this result can be improved."
The student council member said with a bitter face: "Forget it, I'm going to go study now, otherwise next time Lu Ge jumps into the top ten in the grade, it will be my place that will be squeezed out. Wuwuwu..."
The student council member walked away covered in dust and dirt.
After getting his final grades and registering for the new semester, Gu Fang never came to school again.
The entrance examination season for major art academies began after the New Year.
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