Chapter 55 Published
After dinner, Ji Ruan knocked on the study door.
He followed Gu Xiuyi's example and brought in a glass of milk, then was taken by Gu Xiuyi to sit on a small sofa at the side.
The light in the study was not very bright. Only the eye protection lamp on the desk and the computer screen emitted light. The humidifier was emitting white smoke and it was unusually quiet.
Gu Xiuyi sat down next to him, wearing simple home clothes and a pair of half-frame glasses on his nose, which made him look more elegant than usual.
The last time Ji Ruan saw him wearing glasses was when they were video chatting several months ago. At that time, he felt that glasses could greatly change a person's temperament. Now that he saw it with his own eyes, this feeling became even stronger.
It turns out that Gu Xiuyi also has times when he looks particularly gentle and easy to talk to.
Ji Ruan looked at it curiously and pointed: "Are you nearsighted?"
"Not really," Gu Xiuyi adjusted the frame of his glasses, "Just a little bit. This is mainly to block blue light."
"Oh." Ji Ruan nodded in understanding.
Perhaps it was true that when God opens a door, he closes a window. Although Ji Ruan had poor hearing, his eyesight was quite good, which was more than enough for him to pass the test to become a pilot.
He rarely uses electronic products and doesn't like playing games. He has never tried wearing glasses, even if it's just to protect against radiation and blue light.
There are also the kind of glasses that many students like now, which are purely decorative frames without lenses. His roommates all have a pair, but he just looked at them and never thought about getting a pair for himself.
Gu Xiuyi didn't want him to wear it either.
Ji Ruan is beautiful in every aspect, especially her eyes. Her eyelashes are long and straight, and her eyes are light in color and always look moist. She has a very attractive appearance, but because her eyes are round, she looks both beautiful and cute.
For example, now, he was just staring at Gu Xiuyi's glasses, but in the eyes of others, they would have the ridiculous illusion that he was seducing the glasses with a very cute expression.
Gu Xiuyi tapped the corner of Ji Ruan's eye, which gave him the chance to look him in the eye: "What are you thinking about?"
"Well..." He seemed a little hesitant and pursed his lips: "There is something I want to discuss with you."
Ji Ruan never disturbed him when he was working and seldom entered the study. This time he suddenly came over with a cup of milk and a stern face. It seemed that what he wanted to discuss was something he would not agree to.
Gu Xiuyi thought for a moment: "You say."
He put the back of his hand against the wall of the cup and felt the milk was warm, then he raised it and brought it to Ji Ruan's mouth before he opened his mouth.
Ji Ruan has developed a conditioned reflex due to Gu Xiuyi's feeding these days. No matter what he is doing, as long as something is handed to him, his first reaction is to open his mouth to receive it.
This time was no exception. He very skillfully took a sip from Gu Xiuyi's hand, smacking his lips and exclaiming how delicious it was with its milky flavor.
Gu Xiuyi smiled and wiped the corners of his milky mouth.
"Wait," Ji Ruan was several beats slow to react: "Why are you feeding me? This is for you to drink!"
He quickly pushed Gu Xiuyi's hand away, looking a little annoyed.
"Is that so?" Gu Xiuyi seemed as if he really didn't know, and he took a sip leisurely, right on the spot where Ji Ruan's lips had touched.
Ji Ruan was watching from the side and felt that something was not right about the scene.
There must be something wrong with him. His ears are burning again.
"Forget it, forget it. Just don't drink it." He snatched the milk cup from Gu Xiuyi and put it on the coffee table in a panic.
Gu Xiuyi had a faint smile on his face and didn't expose him: "Well, what do you want to say?"
Ji Ruan adjusted his breathing and didn't look at Gu Xiuyi: "I, I still want to live on campus."
Gu Xiuyi seemed to have expected this, his expression remained unchanged: "Why?"
Of course Ji Ruan couldn't explain why having a nightmare seemed so much like a lie.
He pondered for a moment: "Why...I should have lived in the school dormitory."
Gu Xiuyi said softly: "But I plan to help you apply for day school."
Ji Ruan was shocked: "Don't!"
He waved his hands quickly: "Why are you making so much trouble? I can just go to school. My things are still there anyway, and I don't need to move. It's very convenient."
Gu Xiuyi didn't answer immediately. He clasped his fingers together, lowered his eyes and remained silent for a while.
"Give me a reason?"
The study was exceptionally quiet. The light on the desk was not enough to illuminate the small sofa two or three meters away. Gu Xiuyi's facial features were half hidden in the shadows.
Ji Ruan couldn't see his expression clearly, nor could he guess his thoughts, and felt a little uneasy:
"I want to change my mood, okay?"
"I...I've been too bored staying in the hospital these days. If I stay at home later, you won't be here during the day, and Aunt Zhao will have to take a leave in two days. I'll be so bored..."
He picked at his fingers unconsciously: "But they are all my friends in school. It's fun for us to eat and play together."
Gu Xiuyi seemed to think this made sense.
But he thought about it carefully and quickly and calmly came up with a solution.
"That's not a problem," he said. "I can work from home, I can play whatever you want to play with you, and I can go out to eat whatever you want to eat with you."
Ji Ruan was stunned for a moment, then realized that his words were ambiguous, and it was easy for people to understand him as complaining and acting coquettish, while ignoring his seriousness.
"No, no, no, don't!" Ji Ruan quickly stopped him, and put on an absolutely serious look: "That's not what I meant."
He bit his lip and racked his brains to figure out how to make Gu Xiuyi give up this plan:
"You, you can't think like that. You are the brain and heart of your group, and you control the economic lifeline of City A. How can you not distinguish between the important and the unimportant, just to play with me and eat with me? Your idea is very dangerous, Mr. Gu!"
In Ji Ruan's opinion, Gu Xiuyi's life is lived for work, and no one in the world loves work more than him.
It was a pure horror story that someone like this wanted to change his office location back home just to be with him, and Ji Ruan really couldn't afford it.
Gu Xiuyi frowned: "Who taught you to say these words?"
Ji Ruan kept mentioning the brain, heart, and economic lifeline, which made Gu Xiuyi feel a different kind of immaturity, very similar to the speculations made by outsiders in the early years when they didn't understand them, and which appeared many times in some alternative literary works.
"Ah..." Ji Ruan scratched his nose: "Isn't that what's written in the novel?"
Gu Xiuyi: “…It’s not like that.”
In fact, during the most turbulent years when he first took over the group, apart from normal business development, what Gu Xiuyi did most was to haggle with the group of old shareholders.
In addition, he must always deal with competitors who post negative entries on the Internet and deal with paparazzi who try to discover and expose his power and sex transactions with a certain female star.
Of course, he came out later, and the paparazzi's target changed from female stars to male stars. Although they gained nothing, they still persisted for many years until he and Ji Ruan publicly married.
In short, it was a mess, not at all like what was described in novels, where he could make things happen with a wave of his hand. So Gu Xiuyi didn't understand why people later on mentioned him with fear and horror.
He moved his lips, wanting to tell Ji Ruan that it was not that exaggerated, and even planned to explain the true situation of his work in detail, but the words stopped at his lips.
That’s off topic. Today’s focus is that Ji Ruan will live on campus, not how he goes to work.
"...You should read less of those novels," Gu Xiuyi finally said, "Many of the contents are completely unrelated to the facts. They are too exaggerated."
Ji Ruan: “…”
But aren't you just the protagonist in that kind of novel? Your role is still that of a scumbag in abusive novels, and you take advantage of a rookie like me to bully him.
Of course, Ji Ruan couldn't say this.
"Okay," Ji Ruan touched his nose and changed the subject: "This is not important, but I still think it would be better for me to live on campus."
Gu Xiuyi sighed: "Then you should also know that I will be very worried about your physical condition."
Ji Ruan said seriously: "I'm not that bad. My legs will be much better next week. There will be no problem."
"It's not just the legs." Gu Xiuyi paused and said, "Ji Ruan, don't you understand? You are now suffering from severe anemia and hypoglycemia. What if you get dizzy? What if you fall down from the upper bunk in the dormitory? Any bump is no joke."
Of course Ji Ruan knew.
But the things that Gu Xiuyi mentioned could be avoided if he was more careful, but nightmares could not be avoided.
From the hospital to home, recently whenever he stayed with Gu Xiuyi, he would have nightmares all night long.
The most frustrating thing is that the connection between the nightmare and the plot is still his own guess so far. He has no way of saying to Gu Xiuyi, "I want to move out because I have nightmares when I am with you."
This would sound like a very far-fetched and poor excuse to Gu Xiuyi.
In the end, Ji Ruan just lowered his head, pinched his fingers and said: "I will be very careful..."
His voice was very low, but he clearly expressed his attitude to Gu Xiuyi.
Then the air became quiet, and neither of them spoke for a long time.
Gu Xiuyi looked at Ji Ruan solemnly, trying to find out some hidden meaning from his face, but he couldn't guess at all.
After a while, Gu Xiuyi sighed: "Why do you have to live on campus?"
"Then why do you insist that I stay?" Ji Ruan looked up.
He and Gu Xiuyi looked at each other, and it was obvious that there was a hint of astonishment in his eyes, mixed with many other emotions, but they were buried deep.
Ji Ruan didn't dare to look at it for too long, nor did he dare to think about it carefully.
He smiled and looked away hastily:
"Well, I'll go back to school next week. There's still more than a month left in this semester—"
"If you still want me to come back by then, then I will come back."
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That night, he ultimately failed to reach an agreement with Gu Xiuyi on the issue of living on campus.
But Ji Ruan was not in too much of a hurry. He had to at least complete this week's vacation before returning to school, so he had plenty of time.
When he went to see Gu Xiuyi that day and talked about this matter for the first time in the afternoon, he was half asleep. He was afraid that Gu Xiuyi would think that he agreed and went directly to the school to handle the formalities, so he would rush to the study to express his attitude in the evening.
Aunt Zhao started her vacation that day, and Ji Ruan was alone at home with nothing to do.
He set the alarm for only a 30-minute nap, but when he woke up, his forehead was still covered in sweat.
My heart was beating so fast, it was more effective than watching dozens of horror movies.
Ji Ruan lay on the bed, clutching the quilt tightly, staring blankly at the ceiling, trying to regulate his breathing rate.
Fuck the week.
He doesn't want to wait even a day!
Buzz——
The phone rang several times in succession.
Ji Ruan wiped the sweat off his forehead and sat up. It was a message from Cheng Zizhang.
[Senior Zi Zhang: picture.jpg]
[Senior Zi Zhang: picture.jpg]
[Senior Zi Zhang: Look, your workroom is ready!]
[Senior Zi Zhang: My mom arranged it herself, and I supervised it. Are you satisfied?]
Ji Ruan's mouth corners immediately curled up and he clicked on the pictures one by one.
It is a very warmly decorated workshop, not too big or too small, decorated in warm colors. It is equipped with all kinds of embroidery tools, as well as a small wardrobe and a small rest area. When you are tired, you can curl up on the sofa and drink coffee and eat snacks.
Ji Ruan liked it very much. He enlarged the picture and saw many beautiful silk threads in it.
[I love it so much! It’s so beautiful. Thank you~~]
Cheng Zizhang replied immediately: [Hey, if you like it, why not come and take a look yourself? You should be feeling better now, right?]
Of course it’s much better, he’s so good that he’s almost moldy!
[Yeah, yeah, I’m fine, senior. Aunt Zhao happened to be on leave, and I’m so bored at home alone TT]
[Senior Zi Zhang: Asking for leave? How long?]
[Five days. Her nephew is getting married and is out of town. The round trip will take at least that long.]
The phone suddenly vibrated, and Ji Ruan's hands trembled with fear. Cheng Zizhang called directly: "That's great, why don't you just come over and stay for a few days."
Cheng Zizhang's voice made people feel lively and generous. Ji Ruan couldn't help but laugh: "Just move in? Wouldn't it be inappropriate?"
"What's inappropriate? My mother talks about you every day." Cheng Zizhang naggingly said, "Besides, I don't have any classes recently. If you come over, I can cook for you to taste my cooking skills, and then we can go to the studio together..."
"By the way, I recently designed a few new embroidery patterns and was just about to show them to you!"
What a wonderful life!
The scene described by Cheng Zizhang emerged in Ji Ruan's mind, it was like a dream.
He immediately made the decision: "Okay, I'll come over!"
Cheng Zizhang was very proactive. He immediately said he would drive to pick up Ji Ruan and even said he would drive to the door so that Ji Ruan would walk less.
Ji Ruan was not a shy person. After thinking for a while, he asked her to drive directly into the underground garage, which was the most convenient way to park.
After hanging up the phone, Ji Ruan quickly got out of bed and opened the wardrobe. The gloomy mood of the past few days disappeared instantly, and he even felt full of energy.
Since he was only staying at Cheng Zizhan's house for a few days, he didn't need too many clothes. Ji Ruan took a small box and picked out a few commonly worn clothes. After thinking for a while, he also took the sugar jar with him.
Although Cheng Zizhang's family has a small courtyard in the suburbs, for the convenience of school and work, the mother and daughter usually live in an apartment in the city, and it doesn't take long to drive to Ji Ruan.
Ji Ruan had just packed up his things and counted them when he received the news that Cheng Zizhang had arrived. He opened the door of the underground garage to let Cheng Zizhang in, and took the built-in elevator down.
Everything that happened in these few dozen minutes was so sudden that Ji Ruan completely forgot about Gu Xiuyi in his excitement. It was only before he left that he remembered that he should tell him.
He opened the chat box with Gu Xiuyi, entered the elevator while typing, and described the situation carefully and clearly.
"bite!"
The elevator door opened and Cheng Zizhang stood in front of the door wearing a pretty little dress. She waved at him with a bright smile on her face.
Having not had a good time for a week or two, Ji Ruan was as excited as a child going on a spring outing. He quickly stretched out his hand and waved, hurriedly clicked send, put the phone in his pocket, and ran happily towards Cheng Zizhang.
The six or seven-line long message lay alone in the chat interface, with a big red exclamation mark next to it.
Because of the weak signal in the underground garage, it was not sent successfully.
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