Chapter 209 Cotton candy is Gu Bao's favorite
"Just what?" Gu Ji raised his voice a few notches when he saw his silence. "Just the reward I, the sacrifice, deserve?"
Mr. Gu's hand, clutching the bank card, trembled uncontrollably, his voice choked with emotion, "I really didn't mean that, I really didn't..."
"I don't care what you mean, we have nothing to do with each other anymore." Gu Ji's eyelashes trembled slightly, and she stopped pressing her father for answers.
After saying that, Gu Ji walked towards the door. When she opened the door, she stopped and, with her back to her father, said without any emotion, "Cotton candy is Gu Bao's favorite, not mine."
The snacks that Gu's father brought home from the street were all bought according to Gu Bao's preferences, but he would subconsciously assume that Gu Ji also liked to eat them.
Without waiting for his father to speak, Gu Ji quickly left the Gu family home.
Mr. Gu sat there blankly for a long time, until the bank card in his palm fell onto the quilt, and he came back to his senses.
His confused eyes were filled with unreadable emotions.
He thought he was showing Gu Ji fatherly love, but he was just deceiving himself.
As soon as I stepped out of the main room, I saw Dan Anwen and Gu Bao squatting on the ground, doing something.
"What are you doing?" Gu Ji composed himself and asked with a smile.
Upon hearing the sound, Dan An immediately stood up to observe her expression, fearing that she might be mistreated inside.
Even though Gu Ji tried her best to hide her emotions, the man still noticed something was off; her eyes were terribly red.
"My brother-in-law and I are watching ants move house," Gu Bao said, looking up and laughing.
Gu Ji glanced at the man and teased, "You can do this kind of thing?"
In her eyes, Uncle Dan was not the kind of person who would squat on the ground and watch ants move house; he would find such a thing boring.
"There's no other way, I have to make my brother-in-law happy." Dan Anwen smiled helplessly.
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Time flies, and two years have passed in the blink of an eye. Gu Ji smoothly entered the second semester of her junior year, and her relationship with Dan Anwen became more intense and stable.
"Zhao Zhao, where are you?" Song Jin looked at the huge crowd in the lecture hall, afraid that her spot would be taken away.
Gu Ji's voice came from the other end of the phone, accompanied by heavy breathing, "I'm on my way, I'll be there soon."
"Okay, be careful." Song Jin raised her voice a few decibels, as the lecture hall was too noisy.
Just as Song Jin hung up the phone, Tian Ya nudged her arm, "Did Zhao Zhao arrive?"
"She's on her way," Song Jin replied. "Class starts in seven minutes. I hope she makes it in time."
"Let's pray that she happened to run into the professor talking to her about graduate school recommendations today, otherwise she wouldn't be so late." Ji Wanmiao looked towards the door.
Today's lecture is for outstanding graduates of the Finance Department. The speaker is Dan Anwen. When the news was released, it caused a sensation. Everyone wanted to meet the legendary figure.
People had already been sitting here for half an hour, afraid that they would not get a seat if they arrived late.
There are no empty seats left in the classroom except for the one Song Jin reserved for Gu Ji, where a group of people are eyeing him covetously.
If Song Jin hadn't said the person in the seat had gone to the restroom, someone would have already plopped down in it.
Whether they were finance students who admired Dan Anwen's achievements or simply infatuated with him, the lecture hall was packed to the brim, with some even bringing small stools to sit in the back.
The corridor outside the classroom was also filled with girls, all eager to catch a glimpse of Dan Anwen's face.
At that moment, a commotion arose at the door. Everyone looked in the direction of the sound and saw a man dressed in fine clothes, with a dignified and polite demeanor. His features were blessed by heaven, deep yet gentle. Gold-rimmed glasses covered the man's dark phoenix eyes, softening his coldness.
Dan Anwen dislikes being on time and has a habit of arriving five minutes early. Upon entering the classroom and seeing a large group of people, his thick eyebrows subtly twitched.
He scanned the classroom and saw Song Jin and the others sitting by the aisle. He looked around them carefully but couldn't find Gu Ji.
When his gaze fell on the side of the aisle, a look of understanding flashed in his dark eyes, and he shifted his gaze elsewhere.
The man on the podium calmly manipulated the computer, unaffected by the murmurs below.
"This is Senior Dan! He's just as handsome as the rumors say."
"Professor Zhou's son is definitely not bad."
"Wouldn't it be a blessing from my past life to be able to date him?"
"Don't even think about it. He's already married and still a student at our school. I just don't know if his wife has graduated yet."
The last time an insider on Weibo revealed that Gu Ji was a student at Nan'an University, there was no other information.
"It's just a fantasy. Who wouldn't like a handsome and rich man?"
"Too."
Gu Ji arrived just in time to enter the classroom.
She had barely stepped into the classroom when the bell rang. The classroom fell silent in unison, and hundreds of eyes turned to her, leaving her feeling awkward and unable to move forward or backward.
Gu Ji stood there awkwardly, looking at the man on the podium with a slight smile on his lips. Her pleading look made the man both amused and exasperated. He raised his chin slightly and pointed her in the direction of her seat.
"Please go find a seat, classmate." The man's deep voice came from his throat, with a gentle smile on his lips, making one feel as if bathed in a spring breeze.
Gu Ji looked in the direction he pointed and immediately saw Song Jin and the others looking at her anxiously, as if they wanted to pull her over and sit down right away.
She composed herself and smiled shyly at Dan Anwen, "Okay, senior."
After saying that, he hurriedly walked towards the middle aisle, wishing he could disappear on the spot.
She didn't see the man's ambiguous smile behind her. Anyone familiar with Dan Anwen would know how tender those eyes were as they gazed at the girl's back.
After sitting down, Gu Ji breathed a sigh of relief. Everyone's attention finally shifted away from her and towards the elegant man on the podium.
"Hello everyone, my name is Dan Anwen. I am honored to share my experience today as an outstanding graduate..."
The man on the podium spoke eloquently, a gentle smile always on his lips, reducing the sense of distance between him and the audience.
"It's a good thing you arrived at the classroom just in time, Zhao Zhao, otherwise you might not have gotten this seat." Song Jin glanced at the people standing in the last row.
Gu Ji breathed a sigh of relief and gave Song Jin a grateful smile, "Thank goodness for you guys, otherwise I wouldn't be able to see this."
After exchanging a few words, Gu Ji turned her attention to the polite man on the podium.
She had prepared to attend the lecture well in advance, but the professor called her away at the last minute to discuss graduate school applications, and she almost arrived late.
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