Gu Jiqing looked at the few words and the facial features, paused for a moment, and then turned back: [～(^з^)～does this mean Memeda1Memeda is a kissing sound.?]
He just wanted to follow Zhou Cibai’s chat style and ease the conversation atmosphere a bit, so as not to be too awkward and give him a cold shoulder.
However, Zhou Cibai, who originally thought it would be okay to accompany them to the internet cafe for a while, heard the sound of his phone and took a look.
“……”
Three seconds later, his whole person was so ashamed and angry that he attempted to explode in place.
What’s wrong with this input method?
He never uses these emojis in his daily life, why does it send them out?
Sure enough, he should turn off the association function.
But now that all the text has been sent out, what should he do?
Should he say he made a mistake while shaking his hands just now?
Zhou Cibai tightly pursed his lips.
He could imagine Gu Jiqing’s serious and innocent expression when he asked this question.
Would it be awkward for Gu Jiqing if he directly said that he sent the wrong message?
But not responding is impolite.
Zhou Cibai clenched his phone and hesitated for a while. He gritted his teeth, unshaken, and quickly replied “En.” He then dead-locked the screen and threw it into his pocket, walking at a speed that was not like that of an injured person at all and burying his head as he headed to the dormitory.
Gu Jiqing paused for a moment, thinking that Zhou Cibai may indeed have a youthful heart in WeChat chat.
So, in order to facilitate remembering the WeChat chat habits of each person he just met, Gu Jiqing changed the remark to [A cute Zhou Cibai] and placed them in order with [A loves using exclamation marks, Lu Ping], [A loves introducing object Wang Quan], and [A calm Chen Ji].
After the change, the remaining three had come out of the restaurant with a bottle of Coke each.
Seeing Zhou Cibai’s back, Lu Ping blinked and said, “Is Lao Si’s injury all good?”
Wang Quan chuckled and said, “Young age means good health.”
Only Chen Ji was still concerned and said, “Forget it, it’s so cold. How about we won’t go to the internet cafe anymore and go back to the dormitory to play Honor of Kings.”
Gu Jiqing thought of Zhou Cibai’s lost expression just now and lowered his head to send another message to [A cute Zhou Cibai]: [Do you want to play Honor of Kings together tonight? It’s simple, I’ll teach you.]
Gu Jiqing only asked politely out of the habit of taking care of others’ feelings because he had experienced the invisible feeling of being isolated and lost when everyone around him knew how to play something and only he didn’t.
However, Zhou Cibai, who had already walked back all the way from the dormitory, saw this news, and his fingers stiffened.
Gu Jiqing wants to teach him how to play games?!
Zhou Cibai’s mind immediately flashed with the scene of his former friends taking his sister to the top of the list in order to pursue a girl.
Thinking of the cheesy cries of “Gege, help me,” “Don’t be afraid, I’ll protect you,” “It’s okay, don’t be afraid,” “Memeda,” Zhou Cibai’s scalp was tingling.
From childhood to adulthood, he has been quite skilled at playing games, but he feels that mobile games have simplified the game mechanics completely. It’s boring, so he doesn’t like to play. He never thought that one day he would become the “sister” who was taken in?!
What exactly does Gu Jiqing mean?
Zhou Cibai thought and immediately typed to refuse, but as he’s halfway through the refusal, his fingers freeze.
Wait, is it possible that Gu Jiqing actually doesn’t mean anything?
After all, it’s normal for ordinary friends to play games together.
“……”
Never mind, he can never wrongly accuse the same person three times.
And he’s a big man who could play games, so what’s wrong with being led by another man to play games?
So an hour later, Zhou Cibai joined the five black matching team with the excuse that “my cousin also pesters me to play with him every day,” and with a stink face, he was forced to choose one of the few remaining free heroes—cute fox Xiao Daji.
Gu Jiqing casually chose Guan Yu to play and gave up the wilderness position to Wang Quan.
As soon as they entered the game, Lu Ping couldn’t help but burst into laughter as he saw a glowing and fierce warhorse running out of the spring with a little fox wagging its pink tail.
Although he quickly suppressed his laughter, Zhou Cibai’s face instantly stank even more.
If it wasn’t for his habit of letting others pick first in games and only filling in himself, as well as being an initial new account, would he have had only this little pink fox to pick from?
The action effects are also coquettish, not at all bulky, unlike Gu Jiqing’s hero and skin, which were very handsome.
Zhou Cibai’s eyes show dissatisfaction in capital letters.
Just like a little elementary boy who refused to carry a pink backpack even if he was beaten to death.
Gu Jiqing comforted him softly, “Daji is also very powerful if you play well, many professional players also use her.”
Zhou Cibai paused slightly and then let out an “En” with a stern face.
They were all just game characters anyway, and it didn’t make a difference how cute his character was or how handsome Gu Jiqing’s character was.
The only difference is that the message about Gu Jiqing’s killing kept popping up at the top of the screen. In less than ten minutes, he went straight to the top lane and pushed himself to the opponent’s high ground.
Zhou Cibai got started quickly because he played both LOL and Dota well, and he also pushed to the second tower in the mid-lane.
However, because he was not completely familiar with the game, he almost fell into an ambush when he was about to destroy the second tower and was ambushed. He was outflanked by the opposing team. As soon as he noticed that he was about to die, Zhou Cibai said “done for” and instinctively pressed his phone frantically, ready to trade his life for the tower.
The next second, a man wearing glowing dark blue armor galloped behind him, wielding a large sword and charging, pushing the enemies far away. Then, with a backhand slash, another backhand thrust, followed by a backhand slash, another thrust, and a full swing.
The enemy tower was destroyed, and they died.
Then came Gu Jiqing’s low and gentle sentence: “It’s okay, don’t be afraid, I’ll support you quickly, I’ll protect you.”
Xiao Daji, who inexplicably escaped from the tiger’s mouth and had an additional assist, stood in place, “.…..”
F*ck.
In that instant, Zhou Cibai felt his heart begin to beat sickly and frantically.
So much so that after playing the game and turning off the lights, he still lay in bed, tossing and turning, unable to sleep.
How did he get carried by Gu Jiqing?
He is a 1.9 meter-tall man, why should he be protected by others?
He comes from a military family background, and his grandfather taught him from a young age that a man must do his best to protect everything he can; otherwise, he will not be considered a good man.
And now he’s actually being protected?
Also, he was protected by Gu Jiqing too?
The last time he was protected by someone was when he was a student in Nanwu. His goddess took him back to apply medicine for him.
But it’s also different. That time, it was because he fought for the goddess first, and the goddess took care of him.
So why was he protected by Gu Jiqing?
Zhou Cibai couldn’t explain why his heart was constantly beating in disorder.
Just thinking about Gu Jiqing’s profile picture, the way his shoulder hurt from being pinched by He Changzhi that day, and Gu Jiqing’s light blinking while staring at the sky after making a phone call from the balcony that day, he felt extremely uncomfortable in his heart.
After tossing and turning for an hour, he sat up with a stern face, put on his headphones, and opened Honor of Kings.
Gu Jiqing knew nothing about Zhou Cibai’s diligent learning and hard practice.
He just feels like Zhou Cibai has been very busy lately. Every day when he comes back from class, he sits back in bed, wears headphones, holds his phone, and operates seriously for half a day.
Sometimes, even when he wakes up in the early morning to drink water, he can see a faint light emanating from Zhou Cibai’s blanket.
He’s probably ran into some kind of tricky trouble.
Although Gu Jiqing noticed this, he did not mention or ask because he was not quite familiar with Zhou Cibai.
The WeChat chat records of the two have also been stuck at the one where he said, I will teach you how to play games.
It wasn’t until the evening of Friday next week when Gu Jiqing finished class, packed up his things, and waited at the school gate that he received Zhou Cibai’s WeChat again.
[A cute Zhou Cibai]: Do you want me to give you a ride
Two seconds later, another message was sent.
[A cute Zhou Cibai]: It’s snowing today, so it’s not easy to get a taxi
In December, it is almost normal for snow to fall in Beijing. But probably because tomorrow will be in the winter months, today’s sky is extraordinarily dark, and there’s even a kind of feeling that the dark clouds are destroying the city. Snowflakes are also wrapped violently and sharply.
Even though it’s already been his second winter since he came to Beijing, Gu Jiqing still feels a bit uncomfortable.
He tightened his scarf and buried his chin in the white cashmere, revealing only a slight red tip of his nose. He replied, [No need, I’m already in the car]
After sending, a low-key Range Rover pulled up right in front of him, not-so-politely blocking his view across the street.
Gu Jiqing: “?”
Then the window of the driver’s seat rolled down, revealing Zhou Cibai’s handsome face, which looked more like a cold scumbag after sitting in the off-road vehicle.
Gu Jiqing: “.”
He blinked to shake off the little snowflake that had fallen off his eyelashes and quietly looked at Zhou Cibai.
His whole person showed the guilty expression he had when he secretly refused to eat green peppers and was caught by Zhou Cibai again, but unfortunately, there was nothing he could do about him.
Zhou Zhibai, who was going to ask, “Where’s the car you got into?” with a stern face: “……”
He suspected that Gu Jiqing thought he was so cute like this.
But what does cuteness have to do with him?
Zhou Cibai quickly withdrew his gaze, grabbed the steering wheel, and was about to consider how to be polite and not make Gu Jiqing think too much when he heard a young male voice: “Baobei2宝贝: baby., here.”
Baobei?
Before he could react, Gu Jiqing, who was outside the car window, looked up at the speaker and said, “En, I’ll talk to my classmate for a bit and will come over right away.”
After speaking, Gu Jiqing whispered to Zhou Cibai, “The person who picked me up has arrived, I’ll leave first. Please be careful on the way.” Then he left quickly.
As Zhou Cibai looked in the direction he was leaving, he saw a tall young man wearing a suit and coat, with his hair styled up and held in place. He was holding a cigarette in one hand and a phone in the other, leaning against the car door, waiting for Gu Jiqing.
He looks like a good man and is a few years older than Gu Jiqing. He should have already started working.
After Gu Jiqing walked over, the other person seemed very affectionate, rubbed Gu Jiqing’s hair, smiled, and said something, then opened the passenger door and let Gu Jiqing get in the car.
“……”
Three seconds later, Zhou Cibai, with a straight face, rolled up the car window, pressed the accelerator all the way, and drove straight towards Beijing No. 1 Courtyard.
On the other end, Gu Jiqing sat in the passenger seat, listening to Gu Jue sneering at the person on the other end of the phone, “Beijing No. 1 Courtyard is nothing, wait till the Zhou family’s old man’s big birthday, when you will see where it was held, I’m afraid you can’t get in with as much gift or money.”
“You better believe me, why else would my stepmother let me bring my baby brother along this time? Isn’t it because Zhou Heng and Zhou Zhenbai graduated from Tsinghua University, and Zhou Zhenbai’s younger brother is also studying at Tsinghua University? We’re all just trying to build friendship.”
“Don’t worry, my baby brother has a good temper and has always been listening to my words since childhood. He won’t be unhappy.”
“Okay, okay, okay, I’ll show you later. You think I don’t know what’s on your mind? I told you he looked like my little stepmother. I’m not going to lie to you.”
“Okay, I’m driving, hang up now.”
Gu Jue hung up the phone and said to Gu Jiqing, “Your mother has something to do. She’ll be here in a few days, and I think you should’ve been told what needed to be said, right? Be clever tonight and make Zhou Heng’s son happy. Do you hear me?”
Gu Jiqing leaned against the back of the seat and didn’t speak, his eyelashes hanging quietly. His side profile was gentle and peaceful, as if he had fallen asleep from exhaustion as soon as he got into the car, making people can’t bear to disturb.
Gu Jue let out a “tsk” and realized that going to a prestigious school was tiring. After raising the temperature of the passenger seat, he didn’t say anything more.
Anyway, this younger brother of his has always been a worry-free and likable child since he was young. Even though he has this kind of stinky temper, he still can’t find any flaw in it, but he still can’t please a kid who hasn’t been out in the world yet.
When the time comes and his father hands over the Beijing office to him, he will give Gu Jiqing a car.
Lest you be shortsighted when you see a Range Rover outside.
Gu Jue thought of the Range Rover that had just attempted to pick up Gu Jiqing and sneered, not knowing where that ungrateful thing came from. Their Gu family didn’t raise Gu Jiqing for so many years for nothing.
What he was thinking, Gu Jiqing probably knew. He just closed his eyes and sat in the passenger seat without saying a word.
He doesn’t like to talk to people who are not smart enough.
Because even if they didn’t say anything, one can still see what the other person is thinking about, it’s exhausting to talk.
.
The car finally stopped in front of a Chinese-style courtyard in Beijing No. 1 Courtyard.
The entry procedures are cumbersome and rigorous, and of the cars parked by the gatekeepers, one is more expensive than the other.
The people entering and exiting, regardless of gender, dressed in expensive and luxurious formal attire, so Gu Jiqing’s light camel-colored cashmere coat and white scarf looked particularly eye-catching.
“Yo, Gu Jue, your younger brother is so fine ah. He is truly a top at a top university. At first glance, his temperament is like that of a cultured person, different from our group of academic scumbags.” One of Gu Jue’s friends spoke.
Gu Jue was never good at studying since he was a kid. Later, it was his father who spent a lot of money and reluctantly sent him abroad to return with a layer of gold plating. The people around him were basically the same kind of non-vegetarian, wealthy second-generation people who ate both men and women.
Gu Jiqing has always been too lazy to talk to them and was also too lazy to offend them.
He took a non-alcoholic beverage from the waiter’s hands and whispered “thank you” before becoming silent again.
The speaker’s face was in a state of embarrassment, but he didn’t want to offend Gu Jue either, so he just said in a sarcastic way, “But Gu Jue, you are really stingy. Why don’t you buy some decent clothes for your brother? It’s too shabby to wear such a ten thousand yuan coat on such an occasion, and this scarf is also not even a brand product, is it?”
The person next to him understood and immediately spoke up, “Hey, don’t say anything so unpleasant. His stepmother didn’t marry into the Gu family for money. Besides, his younger brother is still a student. It’s understandable for him to dress plain.”
“You still can’t be so shabby ah, otherwise, what if the host thinks that you don’t value others? Sometimes the necessary value investments cannot be saved; otherwise, it’s not worthwhile to lose this face. Is that right, didi?” The person finished shaking his glass and chuckled frivolously.
Gu Jue couldn’t bear to listen and frowned. Just as he wanted them to stop talking nonsense, Gu Jiqing nodded and said, “En, what Brother Li said is right.”
The person called Brother Li was taken aback.
Gu Jiqing raised his eyes and spoke slowly, in a cold yet gentle tone, “I just heard that all the elderly people who have all survived the hardships don’t like young people being too fancy. Plus, I think this scarf issued by our school is also quite warm, so I wore it over here without thinking much about it. Thanks for the reminder, Brother Li; I will pay attention to it next time.”
It was only after he finished speaking that the people around him realized that the scarf was printed with the commemorative emblem of Tsinghua University on its anniversary.
Recalling the incident that Gu Jue mentioned to them earlier about Zhou Zhenbai and his younger brother also attending Tsinghua University: “……”
F*ck！
It’s more effective than expensive clothes!
Brother Li regained his senses, and even though he was gritting his teeth in his heart, in front, he still hastened to pick up a glass of wine and smiled, saying, “Aiya, a top student is really a top student. The way you speak and see things is indeed different from ours, but you still need to buy a few beautiful clothes. Tomorrow, gege will take you to buy. Tonight, let’s have a drink first. Let’s have a drink.”
He tried to hug Gu Jiqing as he spoke.
Gu Jiqing turned his shoulder slightly and said in a warm tone, “Thanks for your kindness, Brother Li, but it’s not necessary.”
The other person’s face stiffened instantly.
Gu Jue usually thought this brother of his was quite good and was willing to spoil him, but he still had business matters to attend to with Li Wang’s father, so he just whispered, “Ah Ji, don’t be ignorant.”
Upon hearing Gu Jue’s words, Li Wang immediately became even more reckless and smiled in a weird way: “It’s all right. It’s normal for a top student to be a bit high-maintenance, isn’t it, didi?”
As he spoke, he reached out and tried to hug Gu Jiqing’s waist.
Gu Jiqing watched indifferently as the hand reached out and was already calculating the most natural and convenient way to avoid the curvature.
However, before he could use it, he was yanked by the wrist and was taken behind that person’s back. Li Wang’s wrist was also being tightly grasped by a more stable and powerful hand, accompanied by a cold sentence: “En, a top student is amazing. Do you have any opinions?”
Gu Jiqing raised his eyes and looked at the person in front of him with surprise.
The light chestnut-colored hair is neatly groomed. He was wearing a short black puffer jacket. The well-tailored jeans wrap around his long and straight legs. Coupled with the basketball shoes on his feet. The refreshing and energetic look of a young male college student fills his face.
But at that moment, the slightly sunken brows and strong palms, as well as the calm tone, made Gu Jiqing suddenly feel that he was much more mature and manly than those so-called business nouveau riche.
That was the kind of upbringing and responsibility that have been ingrained in one’s bones over the years, influenced by a good family tradition since childhood.
But unfortunately, Li Wang and the others obviously did not notice this. They just didn’t care when they saw the other party’s less provocative clothes. They just cursed bitterly, “Sh*t! Where the f*ck is this college kid from? What kind of people did the Zhou family invite ah? You guys are all fucking sick!”
As the words fell, an old man’s voice came from afar from behind: “Xiao Ci, so this is the friend you want to come over to see?”
Xiao Ci?
Several people paused slightly and turned stiffly.
Then they saw an old man with gray hair wearing a plain Zhongshan suit behind the railing on the second floor, leaning on his crutches and looking towards them.
But the old man didn’t look at them at all. He just looked at Gu Jiqing and nodded with satisfaction: “Not bad, I haven’t seen such a neat and beautiful child for a long time. Let me just say, youngsters, at your age, shouldn’t dress up like those over-fried dough sticks all day long. You should be clean, fresh, and energetic, like a student. When we old people see you, we will also be in a good mood.”
Those old greasers with greasy heads and powdered faces who made him upset: “……”
There is only one elderly person who can appear here and say these words at this time.
So this male college student……
Without waiting for them to take remedial action, the old man kindly waved to the male college student and said, “Come, grandson, bring your little friend over and sit with this old man.”
Then, in front of everyone’s eyes, Zhou Cibai expressionlessly shook off Li Wang’s hand, talking to Gu Jiqing, and walked towards the elderly Zhou without looking back.
Those overfried dough sticks: “……”
Sh*t.
Done for.
And while everyone was wondering what the relationship was between this Jiqing, who was suddenly brought in, and the grandson of the Zhou family. Gu Jiqing, who was tightly protected by Zhou Cibai, also had a wonderful feeling at that moment.
He originally thought that Zhou Cibai had homophobia, and they would definitely be at odds. As a result, he didn’t expect that one of the few times in his life that he had the experience of being protected by someone, Zhou Cibai, had accounted for two of them in just ten days.
But isn’t Zhou Cibai very afraid of homosexual people?
Thinking of this problem, Gu Jiqing felt that, as a gay with a moral bottom line, he couldn’t take advantage of others.
So he looked at Zhou Cibai’s knuckles that were tightly gripping his palm, pursed his lips, and finally couldn’t help but whisper: “So, Zhou Cibai, are you sure you want to keep pulling me over like this?”
“……”
There was a brief moment of stalemate.
One second later, Zhou Cibai, who had just been calm and collected with bursting manliness, bursting red all over his ears at the speed visible to Gu Jiqing’s naked eye.
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