Chapter 120 : Colorless
Colorless
Just as Chen Zixuan was feeling confused, Gu Yanxi also caught sight of the girl's departing figure.
Gu Yanxi put down the tissue in her hand, sighed softly with resignation, and said quietly, "You saw it, didn't you? It's because of her that I asked you to pick me up today."
"She is...?"
Chen Zixuan was still a bit confused about the situation, his face showing puzzlement as he asked.
"A classmate from the tutoring class—always gloomy, as if she was forced here by her family."
Gu Yanxi balled the tissue up in her hand and tossed it into a trash can. She turned to Chen Zixuan and said, "We're going to miss the bus if we don't hurry—let's talk while we walk."
"... Alright."
Nodding, Chen Zixuan walked with Gu Yanxi toward the bus stop.
As they walked, just as Chen Zixuan was about to ask something, Gu Yanxi's phone in her pocket vibrated.
The girl stopped in her tracks, sidled to the side of the road, pulled her phone from her pocket, glanced at the screen, and her expression instantly turned sour.
After hesitating for a moment, she cupped the phone in both hands, her fingers moving so fast across the screen they nearly left afterimages, typing out a long paragraph of text before hitting the send button with a heavy tap, then stuffing the phone back into her pocket as if in a huff.
Watching this scene, Chen Zixuan felt a bit embarrassed.
So this is how fast Gu Yanxi types?
No wonder she replies so quickly, and often with typos—she probably never cares about typos when she's texting.
After finishing, Gu Yanxi finally let out a breath, as if a weight had been lifted from her.
Seeing her like this, Chen Zixuan asked tentatively, "Was that a message from that... classmate just now?"
"Mmm..."
Gu Yanxi nodded gloomily. As she walked on, she thought hard about something, and after a long pause finally replied in a voice as soft as a mosquito:
"How should I put it... Lately it's like she's... clinging to me..."
"Clinging to you?"
Chen Zixuan was a bit surprised and couldn't keep himself from asking out loud.
If it was a guy, Chen Zixuan could understand. After all, since they were kids, Gu Yanxi had never lacked persistent suitors.
If she ran into someone especially annoying, she could just beat them up and give them a warning to settle things.
Back when he was struggling at the lower rungs of society, Chen Zixuan knew people from all sorts of backgrounds—didn't even need to do it himself, he could just pay someone.
But the one hiding behind the tree earlier—that was a girl, wasn't it?
Even though the light was dim, Chen Zixuan's night vision skills he'd gained in games seemed to have mildly affected his real world ability too.
He could clearly see that the girl hiding behind the tree was the type of classical girl known for an intellectual beauty.
Her features were soft, her cold eyes hiding a trace of stubbornness, a beautifully prominent nose, thin lips that drooped slightly, and silky long straight black hair. If you ignored the glacial look in her eyes that could freeze someone to death, she could be considered an extremely rare beauty.
So, why would she cling to Gu Yanxi?
If it was out of jealousy, that wouldn't really make sense.
Gu Yanxi was indeed pretty, but had always been kind and got along well with other girls. Plus, that girl was just as beautiful as Gu Yanxi, if not more, so there was really no reason to envy her.
Since he couldn't figure it out, Chen Zixuan simply asked, "Why would she be clinging to you? Did you ever offend her?"
"That's not it..."
Gu Yanxi shook her head, hesitated for a while, and then lowered her voice to say, "She said... She wanted me to be her... girlfriend..."
"Huh?"
Hearing this, Chen Zixuan was stunned.
What is this? Does that make her his rival in love?
Gu Yanxi scratched her hair in distress, at a loss for what to do next.
She had rejected countless suitors since childhood, but they had all been boys; encountering this kind of persistent girl was a first.
She had tried a lot of approaches, but nothing worked.
Finally, Gu Yanxi had no choice but to enlist Chen Zixuan as a shield, hoping the girl would get the hint and back off. But, to her dismay, the girl not only didn't give up, but now even bore a grudge against Chen Zixuan.
After listening to Gu Yanxi, Chen Zixuan finally understood why Gu Yanxi had been acting so strangely affectionate before, and why the girl had glared at him so maliciously.
Was this a case of "the blame comes crashing down just for standing there?"
Just as they were both feeling helpless, a 616 bus with few passengers approached. The two boarded from the front door, and Gu Yanxi picked a double seat by the window, sitting by the window herself and leaving the aisle seat for Chen Zixuan.
The bus started up slowly, the seat rocking slightly. At this moment, Gu Yanxi turned to him and quietly asked, "Do you think if I tell the tutor about this, it would help?"
"Probably not."
Chen Zixuan thought carefully and then said, "After all, this is just a private matter between you two. The school probably wouldn't take it seriously. Has she ever done anything extreme to you?"
Gu Yanxi thought for a moment, then shook her head slightly. "No."
However, as if something came to mind, she hesitated and added, "It's just that lately, the water in my water bottle has had a weird taste..."
"Just after one sip, I get dizzy for a long time, my heart races, my face feels really hot—I even wondered if my asthma was acting up again."
As the girl described the feeling, Chen Zixuan's eyes narrowed, and he felt a sudden, foreboding sense of dread.
Gu Yanxi had congenital asthma, so she was sensitive to changes in her body.
"Where's your water bottle?" he asked the girl, expressionless.
"I didn't bring it today. After I washed it, I left it at home,"
Gu Yanxi replied obediently, patting her jacket pocket, seeing how serious Chen Zixuan looked.
"Have you noticed anything else wrong with your body lately?"
Chen Zixuan pressed on.
"Ah..."
Seemingly startled by how tense Chen Zixuan was, Gu Yanxi blinked in surprise before answering blankly, "No, just after I drink the water I feel a bit weird, a little thirsty, but it goes away quickly."
"That bitch!"
Chen Zixuan clenched his teeth and cursed under his breath, rage suddenly surging up inside him.
If Gu Yanxi didn't seem perfectly fine at the moment, Chen Zixuan could have killed someone.
From Gu Yanxi's description, while there was no concrete evidence, Chen Zixuan was ninety percent certain that woman had definitely put something bad in Gu Yanxi's drink!
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I've been swamped with final projects lately, working as a "one-chapter-per-day" beast for a long while, so let me apologize here once more!
Most of my assignments are now done, so from this chapter onward regular updates will resume. My typing speed isn't superhuman, so I probably can't do five chapters a day, but three to four chapters shouldn't be a problem.
As for the crossdressing, the place I had my eye on before has a really long delivery time—over a month—so I was afraid to keep you all waiting, so I decided to switch to another shop.
Ta-da! The order has been placed.
If nothing goes wrong, you'll see the photos before the end of the month.
Thank you all so much for your support—please look forward to it~
Chapter 121 Giant Mouth
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