Gu Zhiyun didn't want to waste any more words with her and said directly:
“Go back. This is the countryside, and the conditions are harsh. It’s not a place for a pampered young lady like you.”
Zhao Yanyan could hear the blatant sarcasm in Gu Zhiyun's words.
No one should underestimate her, especially Gu Zhiyun!
"Why can't I get used to it? If you can get used to it, so can I!"
Seeing her sulking expression, Gu Zhiyun felt a surge of annoyance.
It's one thing to act like a little girl in front of your parents, and they might even find it cute. But why act like that with him?
Gu Zhiyun's gaze turned cold: "Whatever, I'm going to get to work."
Just as he was about to leave, Zhao Yanyan hurriedly tugged at his arm.
"What are you doing? Don't touch me!"
Gu Zhiyun was furious, her obsidian eyes becoming even sharper. "We're not children anymore. Men and women shouldn't touch each other. What would it look like if someone saw a young lady from the capital city like you arguing with a rural youth like me!"
Zhao Yanyan's hand froze in mid-air, her eyes even redder than before.
"I...took an eight-hour train ride and then a four-hour bus ride to get here, how did you..."
"You shouldn't have come!"
Zhao Yanyan wiped away her tears with a handkerchief: "Brother Gu, what's wrong with you? Why are you being so mean to me?"
Gu Zhiyun said impatiently, "Do your parents know you've come all the way to Northeast China?"
Zhao Yanyan was speechless: "I...I'm all grown up now, I'm an adult, I don't need to report to my parents where I go..."
Gu Zhiyun sneered inwardly.
Everyone in the Imperial Capital compound knows that Zhao Yanyan is her parents' youngest daughter, and she has been pampered like a princess since childhood. Even when she goes to the convenience store 50 meters from her home to buy an ice pop, she needs a nanny to accompany her.
Such a precious child, how could her parents bear to let her come to the Northeast forest farm alone?
"I'll go call your uncle and aunt right now."
Zhao Yanyan quickly reached out to stop him: "Brother Gu, I came to tell you some good news in person! You'll soon be able to leave this awful place and go back to the capital!"
Gu Zhiyun frowned and said, "This is not a ghost town. This is the land where I have lived and worked for three years. It is my second hometown!"
"What else could this remote and impoverished place be but a ghost town!" Zhao Yanyan muttered under her breath.
Gu Zhiyun was too lazy to correct her. She was too shallow to understand his feelings for this place.
He didn't bother to explain these feelings to Zhao Yanyan.
"I already know the good news you mentioned."
Gu Zhiyun didn't want to give her any more chance to dawdle. "My parents wrote to me. They've returned to the city from the countryside and will be able to go back to work next month."
Gu Zhiyun's father was a researcher at a scientific research institute, and his mother was a teacher in the Physics Department of Imperial University. For some reason, they were sent to the countryside for five years.
Now that national policies have changed, with a focus on developing the economy and science, a large number of scientists have returned to their posts. Gu Zhiyun's parents were among the first to return to the city, which demonstrates their high reputation in the scientific field.
Zhao Yanyan said regretfully, "Oh dear, no matter how early or late I rushed, I was still too late!"
Gu Zhiyun understood Zhao Yanyan's thoughts. His parents had already returned to the city, so they must be hoping that he would return to the city soon. In order to please his parents, Zhao Yanyan would definitely ask them to use their connections to get him back to the city as soon as possible.
If Gu Zhiyun still had the desire to return to the city before the Lunar New Year, he has no such desire now.
The person he loves and cares about most is here, and he would be content even if he never left this mountain for the rest of his life.
Besides, he never bothered to use connections or leverage them to gain special privileges for himself.
Sure enough, Zhao Yanyan's next words were: "Brother Gu, I'll talk to my dad and ask him to let you go back to the city sooner!"
Gu Zhiyun decisively refused, saying, "No need."
"What's so great about staying in this lousy place?" Zhao Yanyan was completely baffled.
Gu Zhiyun glanced at his watch, then coldly lifted his eyelids and said, "Go back now. Don't worry your aunt and uncle. I still have work to do."
After saying that, he turned and walked away.
Zhao Yanyan hurried to catch up, and tried to grab Gu Zhiyun's arm again, but Gu Zhiyun turned his head and gave her a warning look. Zhao Yanyan's eyes shrank back, and she reluctantly withdrew her hand.
"Brother Gu, I'll stay here with you for a few days. I'm already here."
"Who are you to me, and what is your status in accompanying me? Do you think it's appropriate for you to come here out of nowhere and stay under the guise of accompanying me? What will others say?"
Zhao Yanyan said matter-of-factly, "I'm your boyfriend! I'm your official girlfriend! What's wrong with me staying here with you?"
"When did you become my boyfriend?"
Gu Zhiyun had been relatively calm just now, but after hearing this, he completely exploded and shouted angrily, "You're a grown man, can't you think before you speak?"
"I...how am I not your boyfriend anymore!"
Zhao Yanyan broke down in tears, sobbing uncontrollably. "When I was eight years old, my aunt and uncle promised me that I would marry you when I grew up..."
From the age of eight, Zhao Yanyan had decided that Gu Zhiyun was her boyfriend.
Zhao Yanyan, a delicate girl, cried with tears streaming down her face, looking quite pitiful. However, Gu Zhiyun remained unmoved by her tears.
"Go find whoever agreed to it, I didn't agree!"
"You... Gu Zhiyun, how could you do this to me!"
Zhao Yanyan sobbed and pushed him away, then covered her face and ran off crying.
"oops!"
Just then, Shen Jingyan walked towards them carrying a basket of dried hazel mushrooms. Zhao Yanyan wasn't looking where she was going, and the two bumped into each other.
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