Chapter 57: Hidden Feelings in Plain Sight
“You can’t say things like that to other people.”
Gu Qinian sounded as if he were gritting his teeth, each word squeezed out through the gaps. If one listened carefully, even his breathing seemed a little unsteady.
Gu Tang looked completely confused. “Why?”
His waist was perfectly fine.
He could do lots of sit-ups in a minute!
As he spoke, he even lifted his arms and did a few twists on the spot,
as if to show just how flexible his waist was.
The teenage boy had just finished showering and was not wearing long pants. The loose T-shirt only reached about three inches above his knees to begin with. Once he raised his arms and twisted his body, the hem of the shirt fluttered up like the edge of a little skirt.
Gu Qinian did not even have time to avert his gaze before he caught glimpses of two pale, slender legs beneath the swaying hem.
It was almost a conditioned reflex.
In an instant, he thought of that dream of his—the one he could never speak of.
The little mermaid had taken his hand and guided it to touch his pearly white tail.
The tail had felt soft yet firm.
Then, little by little, that beautiful fish tail split apart, turning into two long, smooth legs…
“…”
Gu Qinian’s Adam’s apple bobbed, and suddenly he felt heat rising in his nose. He quickly turned his head away.
It would be far too humiliating to get a nosebleed in front of the person he liked.
Gu Tang finished twisting his waist proudly and looked up, only to find that Young Master Gu had turned his head aside and was not even looking at him. At once, he felt a little unhappy.
Young Master Gu had not been like this before.
Whenever he had something fun or interesting to share, even if the other person was not interested, he would only say “boring” with his mouth, while his eyes would still keep watching him.
That was exactly why Gu Tang had been so brazen for all these years.
But now?
Not only was the dislike value high,
Young Master Gu did not even want to look at him anymore!
All at once, Gu Tang lost the urge to play around and drooped his shoulders in disappointment.
Gu Qinian was using all of his self-control to warn himself to calm down, so he did not notice Gu Tang’s expression or the tiny movements he made. In a stiff voice, he asked, “…Why aren’t you wearing pants?”
Gu Tang was in a bad mood, pouting as he said, “I am wearing them.”
As he spoke, he even lifted the hem of his T-shirt to show Young Master Gu,
just to prove he was not lying.
Gu Qinian had only just recovered a little, but the second he turned back, he saw the round-faced little bear on Gu Tang’s underwear smiling right at him.
Gu Qinian: “…”
“Ah! Nian-Nian, why are you having a nosebleed?!!”
Gu Tang let out a startled cry.
A trail of blood slowly ran from beneath Young Master Gu’s refined, high-bridged nose, looking terribly out of place on that handsome face.
Gu Qinian: “…”
Let the whole world be destroyed…
Gu Tang had no idea it was because of him. Seeing the other boy’s nose bleeding, he immediately felt distressed, and the tiny bit of unhappiness in his heart disappeared. He grabbed a tissue and helped Young Master Gu wipe away the blood.
While wiping, he muttered, “Were you and Papa Gu working that hard outside? You got a nosebleed the second you came back. You must be exhausted…”
He was tired, that much was true.
But it had absolutely nothing to do with work…
Knowing very well that Gu Tang would never understand, Gu Qinian smoothly pinned the blame for the nosebleed on work and his father. “Yes, Father is very strict.”
The moment Gu Tang heard that, he felt even more heartache. “How could Papa Gu be like this…”
As he wiped away the blood, he comfortingly patted Young Master Gu’s arm. “Nian-Nian worked so hard.”
“…”
Fine. This worked too.
At least Gu Tang was no longer avoiding him.
Seeing that Gu Tang had to stand on tiptoe and was struggling to wipe his nosebleed, Gu Qinian did not even think of taking the tissue and doing it himself. Instead, he wrapped an arm around Gu Tang’s waist and lifted him onto the bathroom sink to sit.
Gu Tang was suddenly plucked straight off the ground like a little radish.
Once his bottom landed on the sink, he wriggled a little to settle himself and then curved his eyes at the other boy.
“Nian-Nian, you’re so smart. This really is much easier.”
This way, he did not have to lift his arms so high, and they would not get sore.
After praising him, Gu Tang went right back to diligently helping him wipe the blood.
Because of the nosebleed, Gu Qinian could only tilt his head back, staring single-mindedly at the bathroom ceiling.
His eyes could not see anything, but his fingers could not help rubbing the hem of Gu Tang’s shirt. The texture felt vaguely familiar, and after thinking about it, the shirt did seem a little too big for Gu Tang and did not fit him very well.
So he asked, “Whose shirt is this?”
Gu Tang’s hand paused mid-wipe, and in a tiny voice he said, “Yours…”
At the same time, he asked the system in his mind, “This won’t increase the dislike value too, right?”
[How did Host know?]
[It jumped up by a lot!]
The system had just been about to report it to its host when he asked first.
On the pink progress bar for dislike value, the blurry words were becoming clearer and clearer. Soon enough, the three shining words “Dislike Value” would probably appear in full.
The system was both pleased and excited.
Once the dislike value reached the maximum, the plot would move a big step forward!
And both it and its host would not be far from completing the mission!
Ah, bonus—
Ah, vacation—
While the system happily fantasized about its wonderful life after completing the mission, Gu Tang himself was dealt a heavy blow.
He had known that Young Master Gu had a cleanliness obsession.
But he had not imagined that just wearing his clothes once would raise the dislike value.
Thinking about how the two of them had mixed up and worn each other’s clothes countless times growing up, Gu Tang felt his heart turn icy cold.
It was only after junior high, when Young Master Gu suddenly shot up in height and thought Gu Tang’s clothes were too small, that they stopped sharing clothes both ways. But Gu Tang still often wore Young Master Gu’s, especially these close-fitting cotton T-shirts.
Young Master Gu’s T-shirts fit him loosely, and the length stopped just above his knees, making them especially comfortable as sleepwear.
While the other boy had been abroad, Gu Tang had missed him, so out of habit he took his shirts to wear.
And now he was being disliked for it…
What Gu Tang did not know was that, with his head tipped back at an angle Gu Tang could not see, the corners of Gu Qinian’s mouth were practically curling up to his ears.
Gu Qinian had to work hard to suppress the secret delight and excitement in his chest, already plotting to use this chance to help Gu Tang wake up a little.
He deliberately lowered his voice and asked, “Why are you wearing mine?”
Gu Tang was startled by the sudden heaviness in his tone and quickly answered, “Because it’s convenient…”
Gu Qinian: “?”
Gu Tang was utterly sincere. “I promise I won’t wear it next time.”
Gu Qinian: “!!!”
No, that was not the answer he wanted.
He had thought Gu Tang would say he wore his clothes because he missed him.
Who would have thought it was only because it was convenient?!
What if Gu Tang one day decided it was convenient to wear someone else’s clothes as pajamas too?
Just imagining Gu Tang’s body wrapped in someone else’s clothing, carrying someone else’s scent, made Young Master Gu feel utterly uncomfortable all over.
“You wear it!”
Gu Qinian no longer cared whether his nose was still bleeding or not. Lowering his head, he stared at Gu Tang. “You’re only allowed to wear mine, understand?”
His expression was serious, his tone strict.
It was as if he were talking about something incredibly important.
Gu Tang nodded blankly. “Oh…”
Now he understood.
If this was not another bug in the plot backend, then Young Master Gu probably had some self-destructive tendencies.
Who hated something but still insisted that the other person keep wearing it?
So strange…
Although it was already autumn, the air was still somewhat muggy.
He had come out of the shower already carrying some warmth, and after staying in the bathroom for a while, Gu Tang felt sticky all over. Carefully, he used one finger to push at Young Master Gu, who was blocking him. “Can we go out now?”
“Wait.”
Only then did Gu Qinian remember why he had blocked Gu Tang here in the first place.
He wanted to ask why Gu Tang had been avoiding him.
After thinking for a moment, Young Master Gu said, “I still have questions to ask you.”
Gu Tang had always been obedient. Hearing this, he shifted his bottom a little and sat properly again, looking at him. “Okay, go ahead.”
From Gu Qinian’s angle, the sight before him was of a teenager lifting a pure and innocent little face, cheeks flushed red, round eyes still misty with moisture fixed on him.
Because of the way he was sitting, they were very close. Gu Tang had to part his legs slightly, allowing Gu Qinian to stand between them.
Suddenly, his nose seemed to grow hot again.
“…”
Gu Qinian hurriedly tilted his head back a little.
Gu Tang waited for a while, only to see the other boy with his neck tipped back, still not saying anything.
He tilted his head. “What were you going to ask?”
Gu Qinian was still fighting against his own nosebleed.
After a stiff moment, once he was sure it would not start flowing again, his mind was already filled with the image of Gu Tang looking up at him. How could he remember anything else?
Gu Qinian: “…I forgot.”
Gu Tang: “?”
Knock knock knock—
Suddenly, a rapid series of knocks sounded at the door.
Outside, Zhu Xu called anxiously, “Are you guys done in there yet? I need to pee!”
Gu Tang quickly said, “Come in.”
Gu Qinian: “You are not allowed in!”
But unfortunately, he said it a second too late.
Zhu Xu had already pushed the door open.
Startled by Young Master Gu’s shout, Zhu Xu grabbed the doorknob and hesitated. “So… can I come in or not?”
Gu Qinian used his tall body to shield Gu Tang, his face dark. “He’s taking a shower. What are you coming in for?”
It had been years since Zhu Xu had faced such open hostility from Young Master Gu.
It instantly brought him back to junior high, to the first time he met Young Master Gu.
Just because he had once draped an arm over Gu Tang’s shoulder, Gu Qinian had almost killed him with his eyes.
“I… I need to pee. I really need to pee.”
Zhu Xu answered pitifully.
Even though he had already said it several times just now.
Gu Qinian narrowed his eyes. “Do you always do this usually?”
Zhu Xu: “?”
What did that mean?
Was peeing not a perfectly ordinary human thing?
Gu Qinian refused to let it go, his gaze so dark it was frightening. “While I was away these past six months, did you keep running in whenever Gu Tang was showering?”
Zhu Xu froze for a moment, then hurriedly shook his head.
As he shook it, he said with grievance, “Usually Gu Tang doesn’t take this long to shower…”
Only then did Gu Qinian’s expression ease a little.
Zhu Xu suddenly felt as though he had just gotten his life back.
Song Chen had been gaming for a while when he noticed he was the only one left in the dorm. Three of his roommates all seemed to have gone to the bathroom.
Xie Qian had gone out to compete in a piano competition, so Song Chen had only come here temporarily to stay. He had no idea whether this dorm had some bizarre tradition of going to the bathroom together or showering together, so he came over to take a look.
Song Chen: “What’s going on?”
Gu Qinian had blocked Gu Tang in the bathroom precisely because he found those two unnecessary.
Now that both of them had crowded in, he simply lifted Gu Tang down from the sink, grabbed a towel and wrapped it around Gu Tang’s legs the way one might wrap a fish tail, then carried him straight out.
Leaving the other two completely dumbfounded.
Song Chen and Zhu Xu exchanged a look.
Using his thumb to point outside, Song Chen asked, “Are they always like this?”
Zhu Xu: “Huh?”
Song Chen made a hugging gesture. “Are they always this clingy?”
Zhu Xu scratched his head. “What’s wrong with brothers being close?”
Song Chen looked thoughtful. “But they’re not biological brothers…”
Zhu Xu was about to burst and had no time to keep talking nonsense with him. Tugging at his pants, he said, “What the hell does it have to do with you? Either come in and watch me pee, or shut the door and get lost. Just stop blocking the doorway.”
Song Chen was speechless. “…Goodbye. Hope everything goes smoothly.”
Song Chen went back to continue gaming, but the corner of his eye kept drifting toward Gu Tang and Gu Qinian.
He felt like something was off between the two of them, but he could not quite put his finger on what.
Sure, they had always been clingy and mushy.
But now it felt like there was something extra.
What was it?
Gu Qinian carried Gu Tang back and set him on the desk. Then he took out a pair of pajama pants from the wardrobe and tossed them at him. “Put these on.”
Gu Tang threw them aside. “No.”
It was not winter. Sleeping in long pants was uncomfortable.
Since childhood, Gu Qinian had never been able to control Gu Tang. Taking a deep breath, he said, “Then hurry up and get into bed.”
The four-person dorm had been fitted with bed curtains during their first year. As long as one stayed on the bed and pulled the curtain closed, it became an independent little space hidden from the outside.
Gu Tang had originally planned to climb into bed anyway. He gave an “mm” in response, then pulled off the towel wrapped around his legs and started climbing the ladder.
The round-faced little bear flashed in and out beneath the hem of his shirt.
Gu Qinian: “…”
Do not look at what is improper.
Then he turned his head and met Song Chen’s curious gaze.
Young Master Gu’s face immediately darkened. “What are you looking at?”
Song Chen was so startled he dropped his game console. “N-no, nothing…”
Gu Qinian stared at him without blinking for a while, as if judging whether he was lying.
Only after Gu Tang had climbed into bed did Young Master Gu withdraw that oppressive gaze from Song Chen.
Then he climbed into the bed directly opposite Gu Tang’s, the one with their heads facing each other.
He pulled the bed curtain shut.
Song Chen, the one left all alone outside: “…”
He had nearly been scared to death.
Just now, their student council president’s look had been the kind—
used by a beast guarding its territory, guarding its prey from being snatched away, a gaze full of overwhelming possessiveness and aggression.
It had been terrifying…
After getting into bed, Gu Qinian sat quietly in the enclosed space for a while before suddenly remembering the matter he had wanted to talk to Gu Tang about.
Damn it.
He had been interrupted over and over again.
He still had not figured out why Gu Tang was avoiding him…
In the past, after being separated and then reunited, Gu Tang would definitely have whined his way onto his bed tonight, saying he missed him and insisting on sleeping together.
But now?
Gu Qinian felt irritated just looking at the bed curtain drawn tightly shut.
Actually, the person who had originally proposed installing bed curtains was him.
As he grew older, Gu Qinian’s possessiveness had become stronger and stronger. He did not even want other people to see Gu Tang’s sleeping face.
He only wanted to hide him away properly.
That was why he had proposed that all student dorm rooms install bed curtains.
Teenagers were at exactly the age when they most wanted privacy, so the suggestion had struck right at the heart of the boarding students and received unanimous praise.
Which was why, even after being away from school for more than half a year, Gu Qinian had still been re-elected student council president unanimously.
Installing bed curtains was one thing.
But Young Master Gu had selfish motives, so he had tampered with the curtain arrangement between his own bed and Gu Tang’s.
Their beds were side by side, with the headboards touching head to head.
As long as that strip of curtain in the middle was designed to be opened, then from the outside no one would know, but on the inside their two beds could actually connect.
It made it convenient for Gu Tang to crawl over.
If Gu Tang would not come tonight, then he could just go over instead.
Gu Qinian lifted a hand and drew back the curtain between them. “I—”
He only got out that one word before the rest stuck in his throat.
Gu Tang had a little lamp turned on. With his back facing him, he was lying on his stomach at the far side of the bed doing who-knew-what. His long legs were lifted high into the air, both feet swinging back and forth.
Those slender cream-colored ankles swayed before his eyes, while the round-faced little bear on his underwear smiled right at him.
“…”
Gu Qinian turned his gaze away and asked hoarsely, “What are you doing?”
Gu Tang did not want to make himself disliked and had been consciously avoiding him, but hearing that Young Master Gu had come to see him still made him very happy.
He turned his head and said cheerfully, “Making a sachet!”
With a quick roll, he sat up and held out the thing he had been working on for Young Master Gu to see.
Showing it off like a treasure, he said, “Smell it, it’s really fragrant.”
“Grandma taught me how to make it!”
The teenager’s eyes sparkled brightly. Under the warm yellow lamplight, his cheeks seemed coated in a layer of honeyed glow. Because of the way he was sitting, the oversized collar of his shirt drooped down, revealing a pale neck, beautiful collarbones, and a patch of fair chest…
Gu Qinian had just turned back when he was struck by that sight, his Adam’s apple rolling up and down.
Gu Tang had no idea how dangerous the other boy was looking. He even moved a little closer. “Can you tell what fragrance it is?”
The sachet gave off a sweet and elegant floral scent.
Gu Qinian did not smell the sachet. Instead, he suddenly grabbed Gu Tang’s wrist, buried his nose in the teenager’s palm, and inhaled.
Caught off guard, Gu Tang’s sachet slipped onto the bed.
Young Master Gu had his eyes closed as he smelled his hand. His long lashes hung low, and the breath from his mouth and nose brushed against Gu Tang’s palm. The tall bridge of his nose rubbed the soft flesh there until it tingled.
Instinctively, Gu Tang tried to pull his arm back.
But with his wrist caught, this time he could not escape.
After a long while,
Young Master Gu finally said in a low, husky voice, “…Osmanthus, right?”
He got it right.
Gu Tang brightened again, tossing aside the strange little feeling that had just risen in his heart. “That’s right! Nian-Nian is so smart!”
Gu Qinian’s gaze darkened.
Gu Tang was not the same as him.
Even Gu Qinian himself could hear the suppressed desire in his own voice, but Gu Tang’s voice remained clear and clean, innocent like a little yellow oriole freshly hatched in spring, without the slightest sense of danger.
Gu Tang knew nothing.
If he did too much, he would only frighten him.
So Gu Qinian could only reluctantly let go of the wrist he had been holding for so long.
Gu Tang’s skin was thin, and because it was creamy white, it marked up easily at the slightest touch.
Gu Qinian felt that he had not used much force at all, nor was he willing to grip hard, but a patch of pink still remained on that slender white wrist.
As if someone had bullied him.
Gu Tang did not feel any pain, only that the patch of skin where Young Master Gu had held him felt a little hot.
He absentmindedly rubbed it himself and did not think too much of it.
“Nian-Nian, what was it you wanted to say to me just now?”
Gu Qinian was silent for a moment. “…I forgot.”
Gu Tang: “…”
He had blocked him in the bathroom to say something, then forgot.
Now he had pulled back the curtain to say something again, and he forgot again.
Could it be that Young Master Gu had gotten memory loss at such a young age?!!
Gu Tang immediately went to ask the system.
[Host, please rest assured. Under normal circumstances, the male lead will not have memory health issues. After all, there’s still so much plot left to go!]
Having received the system’s reassurance, Gu Tang somehow felt even less reassured.
“Under normal circumstances?”
Gu Tang said anxiously, “So that means there are exceptions!”
Ever since he had entered this book, the plot had already become a bug-filled mess. Who could guarantee something else would not go wrong too?
Gu Tang asked again, “Did the dislike value go up?”
[It did!]
Gu Tang narrowed his eyes.
He had not done anything just now. He had only let Young Master Gu smell the sachet.
Young Master Gu did not hate osmanthus, otherwise there would not be so many osmanthus trees planted along both sides of the path in the Gu residence garden.
Since that was the case, his guess had been right!
That dislike value was most likely a huge bug!
Gu Tang decided to run an experiment.
Gu Qinian saw the teenager in front of him sit up straight and adjust his clothes, finally no longer exposing himself everywhere. Gu Qinian also steadied himself a little, having just barely recovered his reason.
Then he heard Gu Tang say, “Nian-Nian, how about we recite texts together?”
Gu Qinian: “???”
Gu Tang patted his shoulder. “Read more and memorize more. It helps prevent dementia.”
“So that you won’t keep forgetting what you wanted to say.”
Gu Qinian: “…”
Gu Tang glanced at Young Master Gu’s expression and secretly asked the system, “Well? Did the dislike value go up?”
[No!]
Gu Tang understood at once. “Very good. I get it now.”
[What did Host figure out?]
The system curiously sought an explanation.
Gu Tang replied with perfect confidence. “Look, just now I didn’t do anything, and the dislike value went up. But making the male lead memorize texts didn’t raise it at all. That’s not scientific.”
Young Master Gu was definitely not some character who loved memorizing texts.
In fact, from childhood to now, Young Master Gu had always seemed uninterested in studying, as though he had long since mastered everything and was only relearning it alongside his peers.
“This proves that your backend data statistics really are broken.”
Gu Tang said smugly, “The dislike value is inaccurate!”
[Is that so…]
The system was half-convinced, half-doubtful.
Once Gu Tang learned that Young Master Gu might not actually dislike him, he became happy again.
But he still did not recklessly crawl into the other boy’s bed.
He wanted to sleep with Nian-Nian.
But if the data was inaccurate, then there was no way of knowing whether Young Master Gu truly rejected him or not.
Even knowing that, at the end of the plot, as cannon fodder, he was destined to be “pressed to death” by the male lead, Gu Tang still did not want to knowingly make himself annoying.
So after reciting texts for a while, he claimed he was sleepy, wished Young Master Gu good night, and lay down to sleep.
Gu Qinian also lay back on his own bed and let out a long breath.
At the very least…
this was much closer to Gu Tang than being in Country S.
Listening to Gu Tang’s soft breathing, Gu Qinian held the little sachet that still carried Gu Tang’s body warmth and slowly closed his eyes too.
The next morning, the two of them went to class together.
Gu Qinian carried both of their schoolbags, walking along while deep in thought.
He had always thought Gu Tang was simply slow to understand.
But judging by what happened last night, Gu Tang had no guard up against him at all. That meant Gu Tang did not have that kind of feeling for him in the slightest.
But so what?
Gu Tang did not have feelings for anyone else either.
As long as Gu Tang did not like somebody else, then he still had a chance.
Thinking this, Young Master Gu secretly lowered his eyes and, after watching where Gu Tang’s hand was, aimed to reach over and take it.
“Little Ninth—”
An unfamiliar boy suddenly rushed in front of them.
He stuffed a gift and a letter decorated with a glaring pink heart into Gu Tang’s hands.
“Little Ninth… no, Tangtang! I really like you!”
The boy ignored the occasion completely and paid no attention to anyone around him, caring only about his confession.
Gu Qinian gave a cold snort.
Looks like he had been away from school too long.
Someone actually dared not follow the school rules.
But it was fine. Gu Tang would reject him anyway.
“Thank you, I’ve received your feelings.”
Gu Tang very naturally made a heart gesture with his fingers.
Gu Qinian: “?!!”
Noticing Young Master Gu’s shocked expression, Gu Tang felt a little embarrassed and said softly, “Uncle said if I run into fans at school, I should respond openly and naturally. Acting shy about it would only make things worse.”
“…”
Gu Qinian clenched his fist in secret.
Gu Lin was dead!
Although Gu Tang responded to fans, he absolutely would not accept gifts or letters.
The boy still tried to give them to him, attempting to push them into Gu Tang’s hands.
Gu Qinian kept a blank face, but anyone looking closely would see a vein throbbing at his temple. “Have I been gone so long that no one remembers the rules?”
The boy was a first-year student who had transferred in from another school. During that time, Gu Qinian had been away, so they had never met.
Though the other boy was tall, handsome, and looked difficult to mess with,
there was no way he could embarrass himself in front of his idol!
The boy glanced at Gu Tang, who was smiling sweetly, and somehow found the courage to stiffen his neck. “Who are you to meddle so much? It’s not like you’re the student council presi—”
Halfway through, his voice gradually weakened.
He saw the other boy pull a red armband with gold letters from his pocket and fasten it around his arm. On it were the words “Student Council President.”
The boy had heard rumors of how terrifying the student council president of Jiang City No. 1 High was. His legs went weak and he tried to run.
But he was caught by the back of the collar with one hand.
Gu Qinian took out the disciplinary notebook and bit the cap off his pen. “Name, grade, class.”
“Go ahead.”
The boy: “Wah…”
There were still plenty of others nearby who had wanted to give Gu Tang love letters. Usually, the vice president patrolled strictly, and the only chance they ever got was during this stretch from the dorm to the classroom.
At first they had envied the boy who had rushed up to stop Gu Tang.
Now they scattered in terror.
Help—
The demon president was back!!!
After that boy was written up, Gu Tang’s surroundings became much quieter.
The situation of being stared at everywhere he went also improved.
Gu Tang felt much more at ease. So happy that he forgot to keep his distance, he grabbed Young Master Gu’s hand. “Nian-Nian, you’re amazing.”
When Young Master Gu had not been around, even Song Chen could not help him stop them.
Gu Qinian had finally gotten his wish and was holding the teenager’s hand, so his mood improved slightly.
Just then, Gu Tang’s phone rang.
It was a call from Gu Lin.
Gu Lin’s tone sounded somewhat anxious. “Good little cub, has anyone strange come looking for you and said strange things?”
Gu Tang answered honestly, “Yes.”
Gu Lin’s voice shot up. “Who?!”
Gu Tang said, “Uncle.”
His uncle’s tone and question both sounded very strange.
Gu Lin: “…”
“Forget it. Just all of you stay safe.”
Gu Tang obediently answered, “Okay.”
“Not okay.”
Gu Qinian took the phone from Gu Tang’s hand and unleashed a stream of scolding at Gu Lin.
Gu Lin had no idea what karmic debt he had committed. The most his usually taciturn nephew had ever said to him in one go was a thorough tongue-lashing.
That brat!
After hanging up, Gu Lin still felt terribly uneasy.
Yu Yang was acting very strangely.
At first, he had said that the good little cub might be his younger brother, but later he came back and said he had mistaken the person, telling Gu Lin not to take it seriously.
So far, none of that had seemed too unusual.
But afterward, when Gu Lin tried to find him again, he was nowhere to be found.
Yu Yang had just finished filming and was currently on break.
During the previous break, he had clung to him so much that Gu Lin could barely move, which had scared him enough that this time he had carefully prepared all kinds of medicated oil and similar supplies in advance.
Yet during this break, Yu Yang had vanished who-knew-where.
He only said he had gone off to play some kind of extreme sport again.
Gu Lin angrily kicked the desk, then threw away a box of condoms that had fallen out of the drawer.
“Mad dog. One day he’ll die insane out there!”
At the same time—
A black sedan was parked outside the gates of Jiang City No. 1 High School.
Although it looked understated from the outside, anyone who knew cars would recognize it as a top-tier luxury vehicle.
Inside the car, Yu Xiao watched the students streaming into campus through the window.
Click—
The car door opened, and one of the men he had sent out climbed back inside. “Boss, we can’t get in…”
“Useless.”
A flash glinted across Yu Xiao’s gold-rimmed glasses.
The subordinate involuntarily shivered. “Sorry…”
Yu Xiao removed his glasses and slowly wiped the lenses. “It’s just a student dormitory. Is it really that difficult to get in?”
All he had done was send his man in to sneak into Gu Tang’s dorm and casually bring back a toothbrush, or pluck a strand of hair from his pillow, so they could do a DNA test.
The only real difficulty should have been that there were four people in the dorm. To avoid mistakes, the subordinate needed to bring back samples from everyone.
Who would have thought that he could not even get inside at all!
The man lowered his head. “The security at Jiang City No. 1 High is like an iron wall. It’s hard enough to infiltrate the school. The dorm is even harder than heaven itself.”
This subordinate had followed him for many years, was highly experienced, and would not lie to him.
Yu Xiao felt a pulse jump at his brow. “Who designed the security?”
The subordinate reported, “It’s said to be their student council president, Gu Qinian.”
“The Gu family’s young master?”
Yu Xiao put his gold-rimmed glasses back on and looked toward the school gate outside the car window.
Looks like he could only find a way to lure the boy out.
***
Author’s Note:
Big Brother: I need to lure him out.
Gu Nian-Nian: Go ahead. Try it.
