Chapter 74: Blocked
The bell for the end of school is a heavenly sound of liberation to some, but a harbinger of disaster to others.
For example, for Gu Yuan.
Before the professor's words "That's all for today" had completely faded away, Gu Yuan had already jumped up from his seat like a cat whose tail was stepped on.
He shoved his textbooks and notebooks into his backpack without even zipping it up completely, his goal clear.
The back door of the classroom.
"Gu Yuan! Wait! That group assignment this afternoon..." The classmate next to him tried to hold him back.
"Contact me later!"
Gu Yuan didn't even turn his head, leaving only four words and a wisp of wind, and he had already slipped to the door.
He had only one thought at this moment: he must escape through the back door successfully!
However, things don't always go as planned.
In other words, Gu Jing did not fulfill his wish.
Just as Gu Yuan's hand was about to touch the back door handle, a clear and energetic call came from the front door:
"Brother! Here!"
Gu Yuan's body stiffened instantly, and his outstretched hand froze in mid-air.
It's all over.
He turned around slowly.
At the front door of the classroom, Gu Jing was waving at him with a bright smile, his white teeth dazzling.
He was wearing a casual set of shorts and short-sleeved sportswear today, his hair was carefully groomed, and he looked like a moving little sun.
Li Chuan stood beside Gu Jing as usual.
Li Chuan stood tall and straight, wearing the same sportswear as Gu Jing.
He had an impeccable gentle smile on his face, and was nodding slightly as he talked to a blushing girl next to him, probably politely rejecting the other person's advances.
His gentlemanly demeanor attracted many of the students around him to secretly look at him.
Gu Yuan: "..."
He really wanted to evaporate on the spot, or just slip away using the earth escape technique.
Unfortunately, although Ji Yunzhou taught him many skills, he had not yet taught him how to turn into a wisp of green smoke in public.
He screamed frantically in his heart: No! Not good! Not good at all!
Let me go! Ji Yunzhou is still waiting for me at home for dinner!
...Okay, he silently corrected himself in his mind. Ji Yunzhou had a multinational video conference at noon today. He was probably having a working lunch at the company and would not go home.
But this does not mean that he wants to have lunch with Gu Jing and the smiling tiger Lichuan behind Gu Jing!
Gu Jing has been blocking him for a whole week!!
This Li Chuan, the underworld executor whose rank is one level higher than his own husband, appears to be a gentle and considerate brother next door and Gu Jing's childhood sweetheart.
In fact, he is a close friend of Ji Yunzhou who has been fighting with him in the ghost world for thousands of years, and he is also an insider who knows all his details!
Every time he saw Li Chuan's smile that said, "I know everything but I just won't tell you, hey, just for fun," Gu Yuan wanted to stay away from him.
"Brother! What are you standing there for? Come on, let's go eat! I know there's a new Japanese restaurant near the school!"
Gu Jing had already pulled Li Chuan through the crowd and was walking towards him excitedly.
The corner of Gu Yuan's mouth twitched.
Eating Japanese food? With you two?
He really didn't want to answer Gu Jing's questions like "Brother, where did you go two years ago?"
He was thinking about how to refuse without arousing suspicion and hurting Gu Jing's fragile brotherhood, when his savior arrived.
"Gu Yuan! What are you doing? I called you for a long time and you didn't hear me?"
A carefree voice sounded, and Ji Chen hooked his arm around Lu Yi's shoulders and squeezed over from the other side.
Jichen is a passionate chatterbox who is always full of energy, while Lu Yi is just the opposite.
As a top student in the Department of Physical Education and a direct disciple of Longhu Mountain, he was tall but taciturn. At the moment, he was being dragged by Ji Chen, with no expression on his face. He just nodded slightly at Gu Yuan.
"Hey, Brother Gu Jing, Junior Brother Li, you're here too!"
Jichen greeted them familiarly, obviously knowing them well.
This social bull knows every good-looking girl in school!
Gu Jing responded with a smile: "Brother Jichen, Brother Luyi, let's wait for my brother to go eat together."
Ji Chen slapped his head and said, "What a coincidence! We were just talking about looking for Gu Yuan to go to the cafeteria to grab a bite! It's just perfect, let's go together!"
As he spoke, he pushed the silent boy next to him forward: "By the way, Gu Yuan, let me formally introduce you. This is Lu Yi, from the Physical Education Department, my buddy! I've wanted to introduce you to each other for a long time, but I never had the chance to meet him."
Lu Yi looked at Gu Yuan with clear and upright eyes, and said concisely: "Hello."
Gu Yuan looked at Lu Yi with mixed feelings.
This feeling of being the only one who remembers everything often makes Gu Yuan feel an indescribable loneliness and sense of separation.
"Hello, Gu Yuan."
Gu Yuan suppressed the turmoil in his heart and tried to make his smile look more natural.
Jichen didn't notice anything unusual at all and was still chattering excitedly:
"Gu Yuan, let me tell you, Lu Yi is amazing. Not only is he a national second-level athlete, but his family is also steeped in... uh, traditional culture!"
He almost let the cat out of the bag, but luckily he braked in time.
The fact that Lu Yi is a disciple of Longhu Mountain is probably just a special hobby or family tradition in the eyes of ordinary people.
Lu Yi glanced at Ji Chen helplessly and did not refute.
Gu Jing interrupted, "The cafeteria is so boring! Bro, let's go eat Japanese food! Ah Chuan knows a lot of good restaurants!"
He habitually relies on Li Chuan.
Li Chuan kept a gentle smile, his eyes swept between Gu Yuan, Ji Chen, and Lu Yi, and finally landed on Gu Yuan, his tone gentle:
"Since we've met by chance, why don't we go together? I know a nice restaurant with a quiet environment and decent food. I'll treat you...Brother Yuan, you and Ajing haven't had a proper reunion yet."
Gu Yuan: "..."
What the hell!
He is now in a difficult situation.
Gu Jing looked at him eagerly, his eyes full of expectation, "Brother, please agree to it soon."
Ji Chen looked very excited that a rich man was treating him to a meal.
Although Lu Yi didn't say anything, he didn't mean to object.
And Li Chuan... Li Chuan's smile became even kinder.
Are ghosts really so in tune with each other? Childish!
Li Chuan is here to cause trouble!
Oh, forget it.
Gu Yuan sighed deeply in his heart.
Isn't it just a meal? He just needs to eat more and talk less.
"All right."
Gu Yuan nodded resignedly.
"Very good!"
Gu Jing immediately cheered and grabbed his arm, fearing that he would run away.
Li Chuan smiled and said, "Let's go, my car is parked outside."
The group walked out of the teaching building in a mighty procession, and Li Chuan's low-key but valuable black car was indeed parked in the most conspicuous position.
Gu Jing naturally opened the passenger door and sat in, starting chattering with Li Chuan.
Gu Yuanze, Ji Chen, and Lu Yi sat in the back seat.
Ji Chen was a chatterbox, and he was trying to liven up the atmosphere all the way, from complaining about his professional teachers to gossiping about campus anecdotes, he never stopped talking.
Lu Yi occasionally said "hmm" or "ah", and was very frugal with words.
Gu Yuan looked at the scenery outside the window and thought to himself that it was a good thing that Gu Jing didn't ask him where he had been for those two years.
He noticed that the car was heading neither towards the newly opened Japanese restaurant that Gu Jing was clamoring about, nor towards the common commercial street near the school, but towards a relatively quiet old street.
"Junior Li, where are we going?" Ji Chen also noticed and asked curiously.
Li Chuan glanced at the back seat through the rearview mirror and smiled, "It's a private restaurant. The proprietress is very skilled in cooking, and the environment is quiet, perfect for chatting."
Gu Yuan's heart skipped a beat, and an ominous premonition arose spontaneously.
Quiet? Home-cooked food? Why does this description sound so familiar?
When the car finally stopped in front of a shop with an old-looking wooden sign, Gu Yuan's premonition came true.
It’s her!
Lin Xiaoqian's shop!
He should have thought of it earlier! Li Chuan and Gu Jing both knew this place, and the things in this store were indeed...
It's so delicious that it seems out of this world, but the key is that the proprietress is no pushover either!
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