Chapter 608 Shen Qingling's Killer Move Against Gu Ximan After taking several days off, Gu Luo and the other three returned to school after enjoying themselves.
The morning sun warmed the tree-lined path, and golden dappled sunlight filtered through the gaps in the camphor leaves, falling onto the ground.
Gu Luo, Gu Ximan, and Shen Qingling walked side by side, their shoes making a soft "rustling" sound as they stepped on the path covered with fallen leaves.
However, the sound was quickly drowned out by the faint murmurs around them, and almost all the students who came towards them had their eyes glued to the three of them as if they were being drawn by a magnet.
"Look, it's Gu Shen!"
"Finally back to school! I'm so eager to gossip, so eager to gossip!"
"And Shen Qingling... They haven't had class these past few days, could they have been together the whole time?"
"I told you Shen Qingling had succeeded in taking over, but you didn't believe me..."
“............”
The whispers drifted into the ears of the three people like fine raindrops.
But it all goes in through the left ear and out through the right.
No other reason than that I'm used to it.
Just then, three girls with high ponytails and wearing school uniforms mustered up their courage and caught up. The girl in the lead had a flushed face, but her gaze avoided Gu Luo and first glanced at Shen Qingling almost imperceptibly. After all, the rumors that "Gu Luo broke up with Luo Shuhe" and "had fallen for Shen Qingling" had long been the top gossip on the campus forum.
"Gu Shen..." The girl looked up, her voice a little nervous, "Why have you all taken the past few days off? Did you go out together?"
Gu Luo was already used to these gossipy and inquisitive gazes. He turned his head, revealed a gentle smile, and said naturally, "Something came up at home, so I took a few days off."
Upon hearing this, the three girls exchanged glances, their eyes gleaming with even more gossip.
Something happened at home?
Why did Shen Qingling also take leave?
This is clearly a way of implicitly considering Shen Qingling as "family"!
Are the two currently in a flirtatious phase or have they already established a relationship?
But they knew they shouldn't pry into their privacy, so they could only nod quickly and say, "I see," and then quicken their pace to run away. Even after they were far away, you could still hear their hushed discussions: "There's definitely something wrong! We'll dig into it on the forum later!"
Girls are basically all like that.
There is no girl in this world who doesn't gossip.
There were several more such "chance encounters" along the way, and Gu Luo always brushed them off with a smile, saying it was "family business," though he was also somewhat amused and exasperated.
Shen Qingling, standing beside him, suddenly slowed her pace, narrowed her eyes, and looked at him with a sly smile: "Honey, if I hold your hand right now, do I win immediately?"
"What nonsense are you talking about!" Before Gu Luo could react, Gu Ximan sprang up like a kitten whose tail had been stepped on, grabbing Gu Luo's arm tightly, her fingers almost digging into his school uniform sleeve, her round eyes glaring fiercely at Shen Qingling, as if she were guarding her territory.
"Xiaoman, Qingling is just joking with you." Gu Luo smiled and shook his head, gently patting Gu Ximan's hand to comfort her.
He knew perfectly well that this "public announcement" tactic, while seemingly simple and practical, was actually the most superficial and troublesome—once she set this precedent, if the other girls followed suit, the whole school would know that he was "cheating on multiple women," and his reputation would be ruined.
This isn't just flipping the table; it's smashing it to pieces.
Gu Ximan was stunned for a moment, and then instantly realized the seriousness of the situation. Her previously agitated aura weakened a bit, but she still puffed out her cheeks angrily, like a hamster with its mouth full of food, and clung tightly to Gu Luo's arm, refusing to let go.
"Xiao Man is so cute." Shen Qingling suppressed a laugh and deliberately dragged out her words to add insult to injury, her gaze lingering on Gu Ximan's hand that was wrapped around Gu Luo's arm: "But to be honest, even if you two are this close, no one will think you're lovers... Tsk, you're both cute and pathetic."
These words struck a nerve with Gu Ximan.
She and Gu Luo grew up together, and everyone assumed their relationship was normal. No matter how close she was to Gu Luo, no one would associate them with being "lovers".
Gu Ximan's face instantly turned bright red; she was furious.
She let go of Gu Luo's arm, rolled up her sleeves, and was about to rush forward: "You little madwoman, do you want to fight?! Huh?!"
Gu Luo's lips twitched as he looked at the two people in front of him, who were on the verge of exchanging blows. He thought to himself with a sigh: "We've only just returned to school, and the palace intrigue drama has already begun."
He quickly stepped between the two, smiling wryly as he tried to calm them down: "Stop arguing, class is about to start, you'll be late if you keep making noise."
Shen Qingling smiled, raised an eyebrow, said nothing more, turned and walked forward with light steps, clearly in a very good mood.
Gu Ximan was still glaring angrily at her back when Gu Luo pulled her arm and led her forward.
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