Huayu: Traffic is king

Chapter 167 My Childhood Sweetheart is a Top Star

Gu Jingyi was a mischievous boy when he was young, and he was often injured while climbing trees or skating.

However, those scars gradually faded with age until they were barely visible to the naked eye.

He only vaguely remembered the back of his hand, where he had been burned by fireworks when he was in elementary school.

Actually, the scar wasn't very noticeable; it was only because Gu Jingyi's skin was fair that the scar stood out.

"Why don't you hate anymore? Did you remember something?"

Zhou Ye lowered her head slightly, her voice choked with sobs.

"Do you want me to remember or not?"

In the darkness, Gu Jingyi's eyes, which he turned to look at Zhou Ye, were exceptionally bright.

Zhou Ye remained silent, only looking at him with teary eyes.

Actually, this scar was left on Gu Jingyi by her.

"For me, that's actually a rather distant memory..."

"I remember it was Christmas, and a little girl bought a bunch of fireworks with her allowance. Afraid of getting caught by the school administration, she secretly went to the rooftop to set them off..."

Gu Jingyi's voice drifted over, but to Zhou Ye it sounded like a battle.

Yes, this crescent-shaped scar is the only mark she left on Gu Jingyi when she was a child.

Although it wasn't intentional.

She and Gu Jingyi went to the same elementary school, a prestigious school known for its rigorous academic standards.

Although it's still primary school, fifth and sixth graders also need to prepare for better academic advancement. Except for those who live close to the school, the rest board at school.

Boarding school is roughly equivalent to semi-closed management; they don't go home except on weekends.

What's even more annoying is that some younger kids sometimes deliberately walk in front of these older brothers and sisters.

Holding hands, they chatted loudly about family matters such as "My dad bought me a new toy," "My dad took me to the amusement park yesterday," and "My family had seafood yesterday."

Although they are all small things, they sound very enviable to the boarding students.

Zhou Ye was homesick. On Christmas Day, she used her allowance to buy some fireworks and sparklers and planned to set them off secretly on the rooftop.

With some time to spare before evening self-study, she carried a large pile of firecrackers and sparklers to the rooftop.

But what they didn't expect was that when they were having the most fun, several younger students also came to the rooftop.

They laughed and played on this open space.

The small handful of sparklers she was holding was bumped into by a few children chasing and playing. Her hand momentarily lost its grip, and she instinctively let go of the sparklers.

A small handful of sparklers slipped from someone's hand and fell down, landing in the direction of a group of children.

Gu Jingyi had just arrived on the rooftop when he saw what was happening, and he was so frightened that he broke out in a cold sweat. He ran up in a few steps and shoved away the children who hadn't even noticed the danger.

Fortunately, he was wearing thick winter clothes, so the fallen sparklers only burned a few holes in Gu Jingyi's winter school uniform.

But the last sparkler that fell hit the back of his hand, burning a large blister on Gu Jingyi's hand with its intense heat.

Zhou Ye was completely terrified. She stood there dumbfounded, not knowing what to do.

Gu Jingyi rushed downstairs and found a sink to quickly cool down with cold water.

Because it was almost time for evening self-study, the homeroom teacher had already left work. Gu Jingyi couldn't easily ask the teacher for a leave slip, so he could only endure the pain and finish the evening self-study session.

When I went to the hospital for treatment, they just gave me a quick bandage in the emergency room, prescribed some medicine, and then I went back to school.

The injury was on the back of his hand, which was frequently exposed to tap water. This eventually led to an infection, forcing Gu Jingyi to take several days off to receive intravenous fluids.

Zhou Ye secretly visited Gu Jingyi once during that time, but while standing at the door, she overheard him talking on the phone with a friend.

He was muttering and cursing under his breath, using very offensive language...

Zhou Ye always believed that Gu Jingyi hated her.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have waited until his hand injury healed before transferring back to Xingcheng.

Only Zhou Ye held the apology letter that she hadn't sent, wanting to reconcile with Gu Jingyi but having lost her chance.

Since then, she has occasionally felt a little dazed whenever she is in the classroom.

It felt as if Gu Jingyi's shadow had flashed past the window.

Later, she asked Gu Jingyi's maternal grandmother for Gu Jingyi's address in Xingcheng.

She wrote him several letters, but never received a response from Gu Jingyi.

Over time, Zhou Ye gradually became disheartened.

She thought Gu Jingyi must hate her. He hated himself even more for going to the rooftop that day and meddling in other people's business.

Another year passed, and it was graduation day. Zhou Ye called Gu Jingyi's home phone, but the call never went through.

Since Gu Jingyi truly wanted to sever ties with her, Zhou Ye saw no need to try and stop him.

Years later, Gu Jingyi still felt a pang of emotion when he recalled the incident. "You have no idea how angry I was at the time. I was just trying to help those kids, and they turned around and complained to the homeroom teacher. They said I was playing with contraband on the rooftop, which caused my grandmother to be scolded by the teacher for no reason. She's a highly respected old professor, and everyone at school respects her. She's never been treated like this in all her years."

"When the news reached my parents' ears, it became even more distorted. My parents thought I was unruly and undisciplined, and that I would become a gangster when I grew up. So they rushed back from Changsha overnight to transfer me to another school."

Gu Jingyi felt a little annoyed when he thought about this. "It's hard to be a good person. I should have known better than to save those little brats back then."

"What's the difference between this and a child who returned lost money and was given 3,000 yuan worth of exercise books by the owner?"

When Gu Jingyi got angry, his eyes turned icy, and his clear voice was filled with suppressed rage.

"I was treated like that by those kids, is it too much to scold them? I didn't go to the school gate with my friends to wait for them while I was wrapped in bandages, I was already quite polite to just give them a piece of my mind."

Honestly, if Gu Jingyi had known these kids were so unreasonable, he really wouldn't have bothered to save them. They don't learn their lesson until they've been taught a lesson.

"What about that girl? Do you want to yell at her?" Zhou Ye asked, feeling a little nervous.

She didn't apologize to Gu Jingyi on the spot because she didn't have time to react.

After missing the best opportunity, it was several days later that they heard from Gu Jingyi again.

He was a popular figure at school since he was a child; he was handsome, had a unique personality, and could sing.

During breaks, his female fans felt sorry for him and mobilized all the girls in the class to fold origami cranes for Gu Jingyi and make them into wind chimes to hang by his bedside in the hope that he would recover soon.

Zhou Ye didn't know why, but she felt a pang of sadness in her heart.

Who do those people think they are, making wind chimes out of origami cranes? Knowing Gu Jingyi as she does, that guy would only find them too annoying and childish to hang above his bed.

As soon as they left, I picked it and put it aside...

Guilt for doing something wrong, mixed with a bittersweet possessiveness.

Zhou Ye carried the gifts, intending to apologize to Gu Jingyi.

I could hear him cursing impatiently through the door.

Although Zhou Ye knew she should apologize to Gu Jingyi, she didn't know why.

She stood in front of that door for a long time that day, but she didn't dare to go in.

The thought of Gu Jingyi scolding her terrified her.

She feared that the special treatment she received from Gu Jingyi would disappear, and that Gu Jingyi would stop coming to find her...

It was from that time on that Zhou Ye's personality changed from lively and cheerful to increasingly calm and composed.

During the years they were apart, Zhou Ye couldn't stop thinking about it.

If she had handled the situation more comprehensively and been braver back then, would her story with Gu Jingyi have had a different ending...?

It was that unspoken apology that caused her so much inner turmoil. She held onto this matter from elementary school until now. "Why should I hate her? So many years have passed. She didn't do it on purpose. Wouldn't it be petty of me to hold onto these things?"

Gu Jingyi smiled and reached into the popcorn bucket Zhou Ye was holding, taking a piece of popcorn. He then slipped it into his mouth through the gap in his mask.

"Consider this as interest."

His voice was clear and resonant, with a hint of familiarity.

Zhou Ye breathed a sigh of relief, finally able to put an end to the knot in her heart.

"Are you a child? How can you be so immature? Why are you talking about interest? Honestly..."

Zhou Ye frowned and deliberately retorted.

Actually, she was very happy because Gu Jingyi didn't hold a grudge against her.

She even felt guilty about the faint scar left on Gu Jingyi's hand, if Gu Jingyi hadn't pushed those children away that day.

A handful of sparklers might just burn those kids' heads...

If that were the case, she would feel guilty for the rest of her life.

She was very grateful to Gu Jingyi…

In fact, she had always known that with Gu Jingyi's agility, he could have easily dodged all the fairy wands.

But if he avoids it, the sparkler will fall on the children.

Although Gu Jingyi's way of cursing in the hospital room that day wasn't exactly refined, she thought he looked really handsome that day...

No wonder he's the person she's been committed to since childhood, the one she's bowed to under the statue of Confucius...

Zhou Ye's lips unconsciously curled up, and she smiled broadly.

"I'm childish? You're only four months older than me, aren't you? Zhouye, I have to remind you. A man's maturity can't be judged by his age alone. In places you can't see, I've already transformed at a speed you can't comprehend at all, so you're the childish one. You clearly like and care about it a lot, but you still pretend to be indifferent."

Gu Jingyi got more and more excited as he spoke, genuinely not understanding what Zhou Ye was thinking.

When he first sent the letter to Zhou Ye, who could have imagined the shock he felt when he received the postman's message, "That family has moved away"?

Gu Jingyi thought that Zhou Ye didn't want to contact him at all, so he didn't even send him a letter to tell him about something as important as moving.

It's just a simple matter of leaving an address, why make it so complicated...

What is this all about...?

"Who said I didn't? You moved away without telling me. I thought you didn't want to contact me at all and wanted to get away from this place that hurt me."

Zhou Ye's eyebrows drooped, and she was about to erupt in anger.

"What?" Gu Jingyi's eyes widened in surprise.

"I had only been in Xingcheng for a short time, and I sent you a letter as soon as Dad moved us into that school district house. It was only about a month ago. The postman called me to tell me you had moved!"

"Eh?!"

This time, Zhou Ye was also at a loss with Gu Jingyi.

“Zhou Yeye, how could I possibly hate you? I really didn’t expect that we would be separated for so long because of such a small misunderstanding.”

Gu Jingyi sighed and rubbed his forehead in exasperation. He had been doing quite well since returning to Xingcheng.

My dad's business is booming, and he has truly witnessed the three stages from "tenement buildings" to "school district housing" and now to this "duplex".

Everything was fine studying in Xingcheng, except that energetic and lively person wasn't around.

"puff"

Zhou Ye suddenly laughed, "Hahaha, we're both so silly."

Gu Jingyi smiled upon hearing this, and the estrangement that had existed for many years vanished with this shared smile.

"Can I add my childhood sweetheart, who's a top star, on WeChat?"

Zhou Ye tilted her head, smiling sweetly.

"It depends on my mood. I'm in a bad mood today."

Gu Jingyi shook his head and acted all high and mighty.

Suddenly, he felt his left hand being held.

Zhou Ye examined the scars he had left on him repeatedly for a long time, her eyes filled with a myriad of emotions. Finally, she actually kissed him.

Gu Jingyi's body stiffened, feeling as if hundreds of ants were gnawing at his entire body.

Zhou Ye, who was mischievously lying on his hand, smiled at him.

Gu Jingyi felt a soft, wet sensation; he had been licked by a puppy!

hateful!

The "Child of the Moon" was sexually harassed by a girl in this kind of situation!
Gu Jingyi tried to pull his hand away, but only made a slight movement.

Zhou Ye looked at him with a pitiful expression, and Gu Jingyi sighed and gave up struggling.

A sly glint flashed in Zhou Ye's eyes, first with a comforting kiss, then with the tip of her tongue gently tracing the shape of the scar. Now...

She used her canine teeth to gently rub against Gu Jingyi's scar.

It didn't hurt, but it felt a little tingly and itchy.

It has caused widespread panic.

Gu Jingyi lowered his voice, "Scan this."

He used his right hand to display the WeChat QR code.

"Okay~"

Zhou Ye grinned and added you on her phone, typing in a nickname. She then shook her phone, "Hey, I've nicknamed you Gu Gu~"

Gu Jingyi nodded, indicating that he understood.

"So, what did you save my contact name with?"

"I usually use the default nickname and never add a note."

Gu Jingyi's expression was indifferent, and his tone was quite ordinary.

"What is this?" Zhou Ye said, somewhat displeased.

She took Gu Jingyi's phone and operated it for a while.

When it returned to Gu Jingyi's hands, he stared at the note and read it aloud with some embarrassment: "Samoyed?"

"Ang ang," Zhou Ye sidled up to her.

She looked up at Gu Jingyi, her eyes filled with joy.

What did you think of the movie?

Gu Jingyi was somewhat unaccustomed to such a rapidly progressing relationship, especially since he hadn't done anything about it...

I randomly picked a topic to change the subject.

Zhou Ye nodded, while Zhang Ling, who was sitting next to her, was already fast asleep, leaning back in her chair.

"I'd give the movie an 8.4 out of 1, and the male lead, Emperor Jing, a 6."

"Come on, no puns allowed."

(End of this chapter)