60. Unfamiliar in public, but extremely affectionate in private.
On that day, Keqi was forced to take sick leave from all her afternoon classes.
The affairs of Gu Zhao's studio were also entirely left to his second-in-command to handle.
Yun brocade.
As night fell and the Milky Way hung high in the sky, the entangled young couple finally ceased their passion.
"Serves you right!"
On the messy bed, Ke Qi looked at the big dog who wasn't exhausted but was lying in pain, and poked his face with its tail.
"To die beneath the peony blossoms, even as a ghost, is a romantic endeavor."
She mercilessly retorted, "You idiot, go to hell!"
The lights were off inside.
The curtains of the huge panoramic floor-to-ceiling window were opened, and the shimmering lights of the bustling city, like the Milky Way, streamed in, falling on the girl's smooth and petite body, making her look as beautiful as an angel.
Her hair has grown a bit longer.
After experiencing the baptism of mating with a lover in adulthood, her originally dark hair gradually turned into a pinkish-white gradient, symbolizing maturity, much like her mother's.
At this moment, it is beautiful and dreamlike, like shimmering light and shadow, with each hair hanging down softly.
Gu Zhao, pale-faced, leaned against her lap, feeling the soft strands of her hair brush against his cheek. His fingertips involuntarily entwined with her hair, and he brought it to his lips for a devout kiss.
In this situation, Ke Qi finally couldn't bear to scold him anymore.
He truly proved himself today.
It's just that the cost is a bit high.
"Silly dog." She lowered her head, her fingertips lightly tracing his furrowed brows. "Should I call a doctor to take a look?"
Even though calling out will most likely be useless, what if it happens?
"unnecessary."
He closed his eyes slightly, and with an almost self-destructive smile, he said, "I'm just curious, under such pain, where exactly is the limit of the human body?"
After saying that, he suddenly placed his large hand on her lower abdomen, "And, if I really die from the pain, and you have my baby, will you give birth to it?"
During those long hours, he didn't use that; he gave it all to her.
It was a completely different experience from anything I had ever done before.
It seemed as if even one's soul was trembling at it.
"Won't."
She took his long, slender hand in hers and, no longer trying to avoid it, intertwined her fingers with his. Yet, the voice that came out was both so soft and so ruthless.
"If you die and I get pregnant with your child, I'll abort it."
"Gu Zhao, my baby must be a child who grows up in the love and care of his parents."
She looked down at him, her bright, clear eyes smiling, yet glistening with a moist red: "So if you die, I won't be your widow."
Silence spread.
Gu Zhao looked at her quietly, and after a moment, raised his hand to wipe away the small pearls from the corner of her eye.
"knew."
He chuckled: "Don't cry, it was just a joke. I would never actually make you a widow."
"Yeah?"
"Um."
"To be on the safe side, let's not do it anymore."
"no."
Keqi: ...
She was speechless: "Aren't you in pain?"
"It hurts," he said lazily. "It hurts so much I feel like I'm dying."
"So, in return, I'm going to give my brother a surprise."
He smiled and said, "But before this surprise is ready, baby, you might need to play a game with me."
Ke Qi blinked. "What game?"
"This game is all about not knowing people in front of you..."
He lazily drew out the last syllable of his voice, smiled slightly in her confused gaze, and suddenly grabbed her neck, planting a passionate French kiss on her.
Ke Qi: ? ? ?
...
"Qiqi, you really broke up with Gu Zhao?"
Room 606, female dormitory at University A.
On the fifth day since Ke Qi and Gu Zhao last met, the gossipy Chen Youting couldn't help but ask about it.
Ke Qi, focused on her digital drawing, didn't even look up and simply replied, "Hmm."
Why?
Chen Youting didn't understand: "You and him seem to have a pretty good relationship, don't you?"
"It's nothing," Ke Qi made up a common excuse: "I just feel like we're not a good match."
"Not suitable?"
Chen Youting's eyes widened: "Are you serious?"
"Looks, height difference, body type difference—you're clearly the perfect combination, so what's wrong with you?"
"It's just not suitable."
If you're going to act, you have to go all the way. Because of that plan, Ke Qi can't tell her that she's actually back together with Gu Zhao, so she has to try to avoid the topic.
"Okay, I'm not talking to you anymore, I'm going to the art studio to paint."
After she finished speaking, she prepared to pack her things.
"No!"
Chen Youting stopped her, her tone full of regret: "Baby, there are really very few boys as caring as Gu Zhao. Let's just have some fun and not let some other seductive little slut take advantage of us."
"Let me tell you, recently the music academy transferred a student named Mu Zhitao from H University in the United States. I heard that she is not only good-looking, but also a musical genius."
"They say that he became an internet sensation at sixteen with a single, held his first concert for 10,000 people at eighteen, and now at only twenty, he already has several hit songs. He's amazing."
"The music academy is practically praising her to the skies; they're just short of crowning her as the academy's prized possession."
She said in a serious tone, "The key thing is that you don't know this, right? She seems to know Gu Zhao, and I heard they were childhood sweethearts."
"I heard you broke up with Gu Zhao recently. Now she's always running around to A-body, chasing after Gu Zhao and calling him 'Brother Gu Zhao' so sweetly. I can tell what she's thinking."
"This is a formidable opponent; you'd better be careful."
"Really?" Ke Qi's enthusiasm for going to the art studio vanished instantly, replaced by a hint of jealousy.
So, Gu Zhao actually has a childhood sweetheart?
"yes!"
Chen Youting was exasperated: "You're always oblivious to what's going on around you, all you do is paint. Your house is about to be robbed and you don't even know it."
"The A-Sports Club is holding its autumn sports meet tomorrow. Lao Pei said that Gu Zhao was forced by their advisor to sign up for the 10,000-meter long-distance race."
"Then, according to Sheng Sheng's connections at the music academy, Mu Zhitao actually offered to sing the opening song for the sports meet for A Sports Center for free, which made the principal of A Sports Center extremely happy."
"Not only that, she even took charge of forming a cheering squad to cheer for Gu Zhao."
She asked in confusion, "These messages have been discussed heatedly on our school forum and various gossip groups lately, haven't you seen any of them?"
Ke Qi shook her head: "No."
"Ancestor." Chen Youting almost knelt down before her.
"Your internet speed is so slow! I thought you and Gu Zhao were just having a little tiff, but you were actually ready to cheer him on!"
Upon hearing this, Ke Qi felt guilty.
She doesn't usually pay much attention to school forums or gossip groups.
If she had known that Gu Zhao was going to participate in the sports meet tomorrow, she would definitely have gone to cheer him on under normal circumstances.
But now...
I still vividly remember his words from last night: "We're not close in public, but we're all over each other in private."
In order to avoid arousing Gu Ye's suspicion and causing him to retaliate against her, and to prevent Gu Zhao's grand plan from being delayed, she still needs to continue pretending that she and Gu Zhao have broken up.
If we openly show our support for him, wouldn't that expose us?
Thinking of this, she shook her head, pretending to be indifferent: "Let it be held then, I'm not going."
Yeah, right!
She went secretly!
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