Little Sweetheart

Gu Siyi coughed lightly and said, "I just didn't sleep well last night."

After glossing over it, she quickly changed the subject, "So, where are you guys going for the National Day holiday? Any fun destinations in mind?"

And so, everyone began to express their opinions.

Gu Siyi seemed to be actively participating in the conversation, but her heart was in turmoil.

Was that question real or a dream? If it was real, what did she answer?

How come she couldn't remember anything after that sentence? Could it really be a dream?

After the meal, Lu Jiaye took everyone to a beverage shop and bought everyone a cup of tea.

Xia Zhijun stood beside Gu Siyi. Gu Siyi glanced at him and found that he looked as usual, without any abnormality.

Gu Siyi was more energetic in the afternoon classes and didn't feel sleepy. But her attention would often wander, and she couldn't concentrate.

As school was about to end, Zheng Peipei leaned into Gu Siyi's ear and said, "I noticed that you looked at Xia Zhijun a lot today…"

Gu Siyi's ears turned red. "Really?"

Was it that obvious?

"Tell me, is it or not?"

"…" Gu Siyi was speechless.

"Siyi, you can't be like this! Didn't you say you wanted to work hard to get into a good university and then go after the top students at Tsinghua University and Peking University? How can you fall for Xia Zhijun?"

Gu Siyi blushed. "Who's falling for him? Don't talk nonsense."

"I'm just reminding you in case you have such thoughts. It's okay, just read more books, look at more handsome guys. His looks, if you look at them too much, it's easy to lose control."

"…"

That evening, everyone was on the phone with their families, talking about the National Day trip.

Gu Siyi was sucking on a sour plum while talking to her father on the phone.

"A few of my good friends said they're going on a trip together for National Day, and I want to go too…"

"How many people? Will it be safe for you students to go out together?"

"We're not little kids anymore, we're all sixteen or seventeen years old. What danger could there be? There are eight of us in total. Oh right, Xia Zhijun is going too."

When Gu Siyi mentioned Xia Zhijun, Lan Xiaoqiu, who was sitting at her desk doing her homework, paused her pen and looked back at her.

"Besides him, there are also a few of his good friends, a few boys, all tall and strong, very safe. And then there are a few of my good friends…"

"My little girl has grown up! Now you're even leaving your parents behind for the holidays. Where's my little cotton-padded jacket gone?"

"Oh, come on, I'm just letting you two have some alone time. You're always complaining about me being a third wheel."

"Don't take it seriously, your mother was here just now, I was just putting on a show… Okay, have fun on your trip. I'll transfer you five thousand yuan later as travel expenses. Buy whatever you want to eat and play with, treat your classmates more, and if it's not enough, just send me the receipts for reimbursement."

"…The world is a cold and heartless place."

"Don't want travel funds anymore? Don't want reimbursement?"

"The world is a cold and heartless place, but luckily I have Dad. Only Dad is good in the world, a child without a dad is like grass."

"Right, if any boy dares to take advantage of you, go find your Xia gege to back you up."

"…Okay."

After Gu Siyi hung up the phone, Lan Xiaoqiu took the initiative to talk to her. "You guys are organizing a trip together for National Day?"

"Yeah."

"My parents are both working overtime during National Day, and I'll be bored staying home alone. Can I go with you guys?" Lan Xiaoqiu looked at Gu Siyi.

Gu Siyi was a little troubled. "I have to talk to them about this first…"

On the other side, Xu Lin interjected, "Count me in, count me in, okay? I want to go out and play with you guys too!"

Gu Siyi still said, "I'm not the organizer, let me ask them."

Xu Lin suddenly sighed and said, "Siyi, have you been holding a grudge against me because of what happened at the beginning of school?"

Without waiting for Gu Siyi to answer, she continued, "I was wrong then, I shouldn't have ignored you because I was afraid of Xu Na. I'm sorry, I hope you can forgive me."

Gu Siyi was embarrassed, she had long forgotten about those things.

But this kind of thing, it's not like you can just say it's okay and it's okay, or say it's not okay and it's not okay, and then say it's okay again and it's okay. That would be too fake. Because of that unexpected incident, they drifted apart, naturally.

Now that Xu Lin apologized like this, it seemed like she was being petty and holding a grudge.

Gu Siyi felt an unspeakable discomfort in her heart, and said lightly, "That's all in the past, let's not talk about it anymore."

"Then are we still good friends?" Xu Lin asked hopefully.

"…" Good friends? Were those three words so casually spoken?

Gu Siyi smiled but said nothing. She was really not good at敷衍(perfunctory), nor was she good at saying things against her heart.

Because of the trip, Lu Jiaye created a WeChat group.

Gu Siyi sent a message in the group: "Monitor Lan Xiaoqiu and Xu Lin both said they want to join this activity."

Lu Jiaye: "[Smug][Smug] They must want to spend a romantic five days and four nights with Lord Lu. As long as they're alive, we welcome them with open arms."

Zheng Peipei was doing her nails in Xiang Li's dorm room and hadn't been paying attention to her phone.

Xiang Li, on the other hand, saw the message in the group and said something, complaining about the two of them as she spoke.

Zheng Peipei didn't participate in military training and didn't know about the previous incident. This time, she finally understood after being informed.

After she finished, she took out her phone and typed furiously: "Lu Jiaye, you pighead! We can't have any more people, if there are more, I'll kick you out, you can take those two on a trip by yourself, you big fool!"

Lu Jiaye: "[Grinning][Grinning] Why is the little wild cat so agitated? Are you jealous?"

Zheng Peipei: "I'm jealous of your sister, get lost!"

Su Han: "Eight people are enough, it would be really troublesome if there were more. Let's forget about those two classmates."

After Zheng Peipei returned to the dorm room, she said loudly, "Siyi, I just saw in the travel group that you said the monitor and Xu Lin wanted to go too?"

"Yeah, that's right," Gu Siyi responded.

The two of them turned to look at her at the same time.

Zheng Peipei smiled and said, "What a coincidence, we've already booked our train tickets and hotel, we can't add anyone else at the last minute. You guys can find other classmates to organize something."

Faced with such a direct rejection, the two could only force a smile and nod, indicating that they understood.

After Lan Xiaoqiu turned back, her face was pale, and her pen scribbled erratically on the white paper.

She used to disdain interacting with others, not wanting to waste time. She didn't expect that when she took the initiative to ask to join them, she would be rejected.

She was the class monitor, after all, did they look down on her that much?

Gu Siyi didn't care what the two of them thought. Since Zheng Peipei had said it, she was happy to save herself the trouble.

That night, after getting into bed, the question that had been bothering her all day surfaced in her mind again.

Xia Zhijun hadn't acted any differently today, just like usual. She couldn't just directly ask him what was going on, could she? That would be too embarrassing.

And if she did ask, and he actually said he had said those things, what should she answer?

Agree to be his friend? Her parents would probably beat her to death.

Not agree to be his friend? Would the ship of their friendship capsize just like that?

As Gu Siyi was racking her brains over Xia Zhijun's matter, he sent her a WeChat message.

X: "Are you asleep?"

Gu Mingsiyi: "Not yet."

X: "Go to sleep quickly, get some rest."

Gu Mingsiyi: "Oh…"

X: sent a voice message.

Gu Siyi was stunned for a moment. Why did he suddenly send a voice message?

She took out her earphones, put them on, and clicked on the voice message. A boy's low and magnetic voice came through the earphones, saying slowly, "Goodnight, little dimples."

Gu Siyi: "…………"

Gu Siyi: "！！！！！！」

Oh my god, her ears were about to get pregnant.

Her heart was racing, and she couldn't help but toss and turn in bed.

After rolling around for a while, she buried her burning cheeks in her pillow and clicked on the voice message again, listening to it one more time.

Usually, only Lu Jiaye would brazenly call her by the nickname "little dimples." This was the first time she had heard Xia Zhijun call her that, and it was so gentle and pleasant to hear… Even if she wasn't a voice control person, she had to admit the killing power of his voice.

Gu Siyi listened to it again.

She didn't even know how many times she had listened to it. Every time she clicked on that voice message, she would feel a tingling sensation in her heart.

She smiled with great effort and replied, "Goodnight."

X: "Sleep tight."

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After several days of discussion, the travel destination was finally decided to be the scenic spots along the Emeishan route.

The night before the holiday, the girls' team was in charge of purchasing snacks, while the boys' team was in charge of planning the itinerary and accommodation.

Gu Siyi took a taxi with Zheng Peipei and the others to a large supermarket not far from the school.

The girls picked and chose, and soon filled a shopping cart with snacks and drinks.

Gu Siyi still had a shred of reason left. "With so many things, can we even carry them?"

Zheng Peipei said, "With four strong men, you're still afraid of not being able to carry things?"

Zhang Xinyi laughed. "It's great to go out with boys."

Xiang Li said, "Our roommates are so envious that we're going on a trip with Xia Zhijun, Lu Jiaye, and the others."

As the four of them lined up to check out, Gu Siyi's phone rang. It was her mother calling.

The supermarket was noisy, so Gu Siyi said to the others, "You guys go ahead and line up, I'll go outside to answer the phone."

Gu Siyi walked to the entrance of the supermarket and answered her mother's call.

Not far away, a black car drove past. In a fleeting glance, Lu Ming, who was sitting in the back seat, raised his hand and said, "Stop."

The car stopped, and Lu Ming looked back. Yes, it was her.

"Back up a little."

The car reversed, and he saw her more clearly.

She was no longer wearing a loose school uniform. A pair of jeans outlined her long, slender legs, and a white T-shirt accentuated her slender waist.

Other girls might look ordinary in casual clothes, but on her, they had a captivating charm.

Lu Ming stared at Gu Siyi. This was the first time he had found a high school girl so much to his liking. The more he looked at her, the more he wanted to possess her.

But she wasn't interested in him at all, and she even had a boyfriend.

He had been recuperating in the hospital for a week, and he knew what had happened during that time.

If someone else had beaten him up like that, let alone his father, even his grandfather wouldn't let it go, and they wouldn't stop until they had taught the person a lesson. But this time, it was the Xia family. Their Lu family's business involved the underworld, and they were most afraid of officials who played by the book. Xia Zhijun's father had a high-ranking position, and his family had a bunch of powerful officials. The Lu family couldn't afford to offend them, so not only did they not cause trouble, they even took the initiative to apologize and offer compensation. Even Lu Ming was reprimanded by his grandfather, who said that he had no brains.

During his stay in the hospital, Lu Ming would grit his teeth in hatred whenever he thought of Xia Zhijun. However, when he thought of Gu Siyi, he couldn't muster up any resentment. All he could think about was her running and jumping on the basketball court, her laughing and talking with her classmates, her walking past the door of Class 8…

He really liked her, liked her to the core. He couldn't bring himself to hate her even after being rejected and humiliated.

Lu Ming thought for a moment and instructed the two people in the front seat to do something.

Gu Siyi was talking to her mother on the phone. Because she was going on a long trip with her classmates tomorrow, her mother was worried and kept reminding her of various details, which Gu Siyi patiently dealt with.

Just as she ended the call, two men in suits walked up to her.

Gu Siyi looked at them warily and turned to walk back to the supermarket.

"Little sister, don't go!" One of the men quickly grabbed her wrist.

"What are you doing! Let go of me!" Gu Siyi struggled.

"Sister, you're so pretty, how about having a few drinks with us?"

The two men pulled Gu Siyi together and dragged her into the shade of a tree. Gu Siyi screamed at the top of her lungs, "Help! Help!"

Even though she punched and kicked, she was still no match for the two grown men. As her clothes were being torn, Gu Siyi went crazy and screamed, flailing her fists and feet. The two men were talking tough, but they hadn't actually taken advantage of her at all.

"What are you doing?" A furious shout rang out.

The two men's actions paused, and they snapped, "Brat, don't meddle in other people's business."

"This is my classmate, I'm meddling!" Lu Ming stepped forward and pulled one of them away. Gu Siyi took the opportunity to kick the other one away.

Lu Ming grappled with them, saying to Gu Siyi as he fought, "I'll take care of this, you go!"

Gu Siyi found a brick on the ground, ran up to them, and smashed it against one of the men's heads. "I'm not leaving! I'm going to beat these two bastards to death!"

Lu Ming: "…"

He exchanged a glance with his bodyguard, whose head was bleeding.

The bodyguard's heart was breaking.

Young Master Lu, why is the person you like so fierce?!

Gu Siyi seized the opportunity, knocked the two men to the ground, and took out her phone to call the police. Lu Ming said, "Don't call the police, otherwise, we'll all have to go to the police station to make a statement and answer questions, and the whole night will be gone."

Gu Siyi thought about it. She still had to go out tomorrow, and if she really went to the police station and wasted the whole night, she wouldn't be able to sleep well, and it would worry everyone, so she said, "Forget it."

Lu Ming breathed a sigh of relief.

Gu Siyi kicked the man who was rolling on the ground. "You look like decent people, but you're doing such disgusting things! If you dare to harass girls again, you'll be beaten to death!"

"We were wrong, we were wrong… We were just blinded by lust and wanted to take you for a drink…"

Lu Ming barked, "Get lost, get out of here."

When it was just the two of them left, Gu Siyi said, "Thank you for tonight."

Lu Ming smiled, a bitter smile with a hint of resignation. "How could I stand by and watch a girl from my school being bullied? Besides, I used to like you."

"…" Gu Siyi said indifferently, "Then I'll be going. My classmates are waiting for me at the supermarket."

"Gu Siyi, I want to apologize to you." Lu Ming stepped in front of her and looked at her.

Gu Siyi was stunned.

"I shouldn't have made such a big fuss before and caused you trouble. It was my fault. And during P.E. class, I shouldn't have provoked you. I was blinded by anger and lost my mind. I hope you can forgive me." He looked at her sincerely.

Gu Siyi was dumbfounded. How should she react to this? The person she had labeled as the villain was suddenly repenting?

"During my time in the hospital, I reflected on myself. Actually, I just had a simple liking for you because you played badminton well. We could have been friends, but now things are so awkward, it's really…" He smiled wryly. "I didn't want this."

Gu Siyi felt her scalp tingle as she was apologized to by a boy like this.

She wasn't the type to make things difficult for others, and she couldn't stand to see others embarrassed, so she said, "Let's not talk about the past. Anyway, thank you for tonight."

As the two of them were talking, Zheng Peipei and the others finished checking out and came out.

"Siyi, Siyi?" Their eyes searched around for Gu Siyi.

Gu Siyi heard their voices and waved. "Over here."

She turned to Lu Ming. "I'm leaving." With that, she ran towards her friends without looking back.

Lu Ming stood in the shade of the tree. In the darkness, the remorse and sincerity in his eyes quickly disappeared, replaced by a surge of possessiveness.

Gu Siyi didn't want to worry her roommates, so she didn't mention the little incident. The girls took a taxi back to school.

That night, before going to bed, Gu Siyi received another voice message from Xia Zhijun. Her heart leaped with joy, and she wanted to find her earphones to listen to it, but she couldn't find them after searching for a long time.

In the past, if she couldn't find something, Gu Siyi would just let it go. Her theory was that the more you looked for it, the less likely you were to find it, and when you stopped looking, it would appear on its own. But tonight, she was unusually persistent in looking for her earphones.

Unable to find them, she took her phone and left the dorm room.

She had wanted to listen to it in the hallway, but it was the first night of vacation, and the hallway was bustling with students coming and going.

She walked all the way to a deserted corner on the first floor and clicked on the message to listen.

X: "Good night and sweet dreams!"

He spoke in English tonight! Gu Siyi smiled, a silly, sweet smile.

She squatted down and clicked on the message repeatedly, listening to it several times. His English was also so nice to hear!

When she heard footsteps approaching, she stood up and reluctantly went upstairs, replying as she walked, "Goodnight, sweet dreams."

The next day, the eight of them met downstairs in the dorm building. The boys only had two suitcases between them.

Each of the girls was pushing a large suitcase and carrying a big bag of food.

Lu Jiaye's head started to hurt when he saw their luggage. "Ladies, we're going on a trip, not camping in the wilderness. We can buy whatever we need along the way, there's no need to bring all our worldly possessions, is there?"

Xiang Li said weakly, "There's no other way, we girls have a lot of things. For a five-day trip, our clothes alone are enough to fill a suitcase."

Zheng Peipei said, "When we girls go on a trip, we have to take pictures every day, so we have to be prepared, right? And all this food, we might not be able to buy it on the way. There definitely won't be any on the mountain!"

As they were talking, Xia Zhijun had already walked over to Gu Siyi, taken her suitcase, and picked up the plastic bag from her hand.

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