Little Sweetheart

Gu Siyi buried her head in Xia Zhijun's embrace. His sudden words left her unsure how to react. Her heart pounded in her chest, a joyous and excited rhythm. After a long moment, she said, "I like you too."

Xia Zhijun wasn't satisfied. Nibbling on her earlobe, he asked, "Just like?"

Gu Siyi flinched back. "There are people around…"

Downstairs, students were indeed coming and going. Fortunately, it was nighttime, and they were standing in a dimly lit area, making them less conspicuous.

Xia Zhijun took her hand and led her around a greenbelt. A thick wall blocked the view from outsiders, making the spot even more secluded.

Encircling Gu Siyi, Xia Zhijun lifted her chin, kissing and pecking at her lips. After a while of this sweet intimacy, he expertly deepened the kiss.

"Mmm…" Gu Siyi was a little dazed. They had kissed for so long in the cinema, why were they kissing again?

"No more… It hurts…" Gu Siyi turned her face away, her soft voice a mixture of complaint and coquettishness.

Xia Zhijun shifted his attention to her cheeks and earlobes, lingering and unable to stop.

"I have to go up, or the doors will be locked…"

"Mm."

"See you tomorrow…"

"Mm."

"I'm going now…"

"Mm."

Gu Siyi: …Then let go of me, you big oaf!

Exasperated, Gu Siyi pushed Xia Zhijun away. "I'm going."

"Mm." He watched her leave.

Back in her dorm room, her roommates were still awake. The moment she entered, they wanted to gather around and gossip. Before they could even start, they burst into laughter at the sight of her.

Gu Siyi froze. "What are you laughing at?"

"So, the aloof campus heartthrob is this passionate, huh…" They giggled, covering their mouths.

"You guys are so mean! Just tell me!"

"Look in the mirror."

Gu Siyi sat down at her vanity and looked into the mirror. She hadn't realized it before, but now… her face instantly flushed crimson.

There was a noticeable bruise on the corner of her lips, slightly purplish and swollen.

They looked like lips that had been excessively kissed.

Gu Siyi was mortified. She shouldn't have let him kiss her so much. He had been kissing her on and off all evening, especially in the cinema, where his kisses had been fierce and forceful, as if he wanted to devour her. It wasn't that it hurt, but how could she face anyone looking like this?

Zhang Weilan kindly handed her a tube of ointment. "Apply a little, and it should be better by morning."

"…Thank you." QAQ

Liu Chang grinned mischievously from the side. "Haven't you two been dating for three years? Still so passionate after all this time?"

"…Not in high school, we were focused on studying…" Gu Siyi explained, blushing.

Although they had been ambiguous and had confirmed their relationship back then, the feeling was completely different now. When they were alone together in high school, they were mostly seriously studying. He was even more serious than she was, incredibly strict.

She just hadn't realized back then that the aloof god was actually a wolf in disguise…

Zhang Weilan laughed. "The top scorer is so smart, bringing her boyfriend to university and then openly dating."

Wang Shu chimed in, "The top scorer's inner monologue: Endured high school for three years, once in university, collect the debt with interest."

Gu Siyi: "Stop teasing me…"

Liu Chang: "Siyi, please share some of your peach blossom luck with us, so we can all be single no more."

Wang Shu: "With the goddess of luck here, our dorm will definitely be the first to be completely paired up!"

They were teasing Gu Siyi, but inwardly, they were incredibly envious. The budding feelings of adolescence had been suppressed during middle and high school. Now that they were finally in university, not embracing romance would be a waste of their youth.

Late at night, as Gu Siyi lay in bed preparing to sleep, Xia Zhijun sent her a WeChat message: "Asleep?"

Gu Siyi wanted to complain about the force of his kisses but was too embarrassed. In the end, she casually replied: "Just about to."

X: "Don't chat with Zhang Sicheng on WeChat."

Gu Ming Siyi: {"Face Palm"}{"Face Palm"} I really have nothing going on with him…

X: "Promise me."

Gu Ming Siyi: "Okay, okay."

X: "Good girl."

Gu Ming Siyi: {"Okay"}

After a few minutes, he didn't reply. Gu Siyi assumed he was going to sleep.

Gu Ming Siyi: "Goodnight."

X: "'Night."

Gu Siyi closed her eyes, trying to fall asleep.

In the male dormitory, Xia Zhijun was doing push-ups on the floor.

Thinking about their intimacy that night, he was too excited to sleep.

He didn't want to disturb her sleep, so he had to do something to expend his energy.

He had gotten a little carried away in the cinema, a little too excited and unable to control himself.

Thinking back now, his only regret was not having tasted her lips…

His roommates, watching Xia Zhijun exercising in the middle of the night, burst into laughter.

"This clearly means he hasn't scored yet, nowhere to vent his energy…"

"Hahaha, the dignified campus heartthrob reduced to doing push-ups in the middle of the night, why do I find this so satisfying?"

"If I had such a beautiful girlfriend, I'd be happy to do push-ups too!"

Xia Zhijun ignored them, changed into his sportswear, and went for a night run.

The next day during military training, Zhang Weilan was "borrowed" by Zhang Sicheng. Of course, this was just a cover for the previous incident. Otherwise, if Gu Siyi didn't go and no one else was asked, it would be too obvious.

During a break, Liu Chang took off her hat and fanned herself, sighing enviously, "It's so nice not to have to do military training. I'm exhausted."

"Exactly! You had this chance and didn't take it, I really don't understand." Wang Shu said, puzzled.

Gu Siyi couldn't help but laugh. "I really don't feel tired…"

Not far away, a few students were standing together, looking in their direction.

A freshman girl said to Cheng Ling, a sophomore, "Look, that tall, slender one, standing so straight, that's Gu Siyi."

Cheng Ling followed their gaze. Even though there were a group of students, that girl stood out.

Tall and slender, with naturally straight posture, she had an especially refined air. Even in her military training uniform, her back had a graceful quality.

When she turned her head to talk to the student next to her, Cheng Ling saw her profile… Her fair skin looked clean and bright under the sun, and the line from the tip of her nose to her chin was exquisitely delicate.

"…Beautiful," Cheng Ling said.

The student beside her replied, "Yeah, the boys in our class keep asking about her. If she didn't have a boyfriend, she'd definitely have a swarm of admirers."

"…" Cheng Ling fell silent.

That boyfriend, Xia Zhijun—was someone she had known for two years and liked for one.

During her senior year, she had learned about Xia Zhijun from the city-wide rankings. After graduation, she saw his ID photo circulating online… Just that one photo, he was so handsome it made her heart flutter. Most coincidentally, they ended up at the same university, even in the same class. She thought it was fate.

For a year, she had silently stayed by his side, occasionally discussing academic matters with him. His indifference to the pursuits of other girls made her admire and yearn for him even more.

Who knew that upon entering sophomore year, things would change so drastically…

Everyone said his girlfriend had arrived.

She specifically came to see this legendary girlfriend…

As the freshmen gathered, Gu Siyi turned around, and Cheng Ling clearly saw her face.

She was pretty, but not so beautiful that she deserved to be with Xia Zhijun.

Gu Siyi didn't know that many people were observing her, or perhaps she didn't care, and she certainly wasn't bothered by the random gazes and discussions. She had toiled away for three years in high school, and now in university, she felt like a bird released from its cage, carefree and relaxed.

During military training, various school clubs were recruiting new members.

After dinner in the cafeteria, Gu Siyi and her roommates strolled around, checking out the different clubs, interested in everything.

While her roommates were discussing, she called Xia Zhijun.

Gu Siyi: "What clubs did you join?"

Xia Zhijun: "The Self-Control Association, the Mathematical Modeling Association, and the Lingfeng Club."

Gu Siyi automatically filtered out the first two and asked with interest, "What does the Lingfeng Club do?"

Xia Zhijun: "Rock climbing, mountaineering."

Gu Siyi's spirits lifted. "Wow, I want to join!"

Xia Zhijun smiled. He knew Gu Siyi would be interested when he saw this club.

He still remembered her valiant and heroic spirit when they climbed Mount Emei.

Gu Siyi hung up the phone and excitedly went to the Lingfeng Club's recruitment booth to fill out a registration form. After filling out her own, she didn't forget to pull her roommates along. "Look at this philosophy, 'Challenge limits through climbing, explore the unknown through walking, and perfect oneself through nature.' How inspiring!"

Zhang Weilan, aware of her own lack of physical strength, politely declined. Wang Shu and Liu Chang, however, were very interested and signed up together.

After finishing, she continued walking with her roommates and saw many other interesting clubs…

She called Xia Zhijun again.

Gu Siyi asked, "Why didn't you join the basketball club?"

Xia Zhijun said, "I just play basketball for fun, too lazy to join a club."

Gu Siyi: "Oh, I don't have many people to play with. I should join so I can find people to play with, right?"

Xia Zhijun said, "Then sign up."

Gu Siyi added, "There's also a badminton club, I want to find people to play with too!"

Xia Zhijun said, "Sign up."

"Okay, okay, I'll go sign up then."

When she hung up, Xia Zhijun could practically hear her excitement through the phone.

When Xia Zhijun returned to the lab, his classmate Zhang Yang laughed, "Didn't you used to mute your phone as soon as you entered the lab?"

Xia Zhijun calmly replied, "Times change."

Cheng Ling, who was standing nearby, walked up to Xia Zhijun, showed him a set of recorded data, and discussed the issue with him.

They talked for a while, and then Xia Zhijun's phone rang again.

Yang Jie teased, "Hey, why are you suddenly so busy? Where's the spirit of dedicating yourself to science gone?"

Xia Zhijun said calmly, "Who's science? Don't know her. I only want to dedicate myself to Gu Siyi."

"…" The others didn't expect Xia Zhijun to suddenly say such a thing. They were stunned for a few seconds before bursting into laughter.

Cheng Ling remained silent, fiddling with her things.

Xia Zhijun walked out of the lab again to answer the phone, a hint of helplessness and excessive indulgence in his expression.

"Ah, I also saw the street dance club! I really like it!" Gu Siyi said excitedly.

Xia Zhijun knew she could street dance; she had performed a piece during military training in their first year of high school. But he didn't really want her to join. This kind of performance talent was too eye-catching. Especially when she danced, her movements were so fluid, her eyes so…

Xia Zhijun said, "Signing up for so many, do you have that much time?"

"Yes! Isn't the university workload much lighter than high school?"

"…" Xia Zhijun didn't respond.

Gu Siyi's excitement waned, and she said weakly, "I thought that once I got to university, I could relax and have fun… Isn't that how it is?"

Xia Zhijun: "It is. You can sign up."

He couldn't bear to hear such a dejected tone in her voice.

Through tutoring her in high school, he knew that she wasn't inherently studious…

For someone like her, getting into a good university was especially difficult. He couldn't deny her happiness and freedom; it would break his heart.

Xia Zhijun said, "What else do you want to sign up for? Just tell me all at once before we hang up."

"Oh, oh… Am I disturbing you?" Gu Siyi felt a little embarrassed. She tended to chat with him whenever she felt excited about something.

"No," Xia Zhijun immediately denied, his voice gentle. "I'm your boyfriend; you have the right to contact me anytime."

"…" Gu Siyi couldn't help but smile, a smile that was three parts shy and seven parts sweet.

When the evening's activities were over and the roommates returned to the dorm with Gu Siyi, they couldn't help but tease her, "I'm really impressed. You were on the phone with your boyfriend non-stop, talking about every little thing. Aren't you tired of it?"

"Is it that much?" Gu Siyi asked.

"Very much!" The three of them said in unison.

To regain some ground, Gu Siyi hummed, "That's because you don't have boyfriends!"

"…!!!" Her roommates were instantly hit with ten thousand points of critical damage.

Soon after, the two-week military training ended. Gu Siyi even received an award for outstanding performance.

Not only did she win an award, but what annoyed everyone the most was, why was she still so fair-skinned after two weeks under the sun?

Of course, Gu Siyi didn't think so. She truly felt that she had gotten darker! At least three shades darker than before!

The weekend after military training ended, the high school friends, scattered across different universities, finally had a chance to breathe and gather together.

Zheng Peipei generously booked three suites in a five-star hotel, declaring that they would party for two days and not return to school!

Lu Jiaye was abroad, and Su Han had a busy schedule, so there were six friends at the gathering. Zheng Peipei shared a room with Gu Siyi, Xiang Li with Zhang Xinyi, and Xia Zhijun with Zhou Xiao.

After a lively hot pot dinner, the girls complained about getting tanned and less attractive, while Xia Zhijun and Zhou Xiao chatted about their recent situations.

That night, when Zheng Peipei and Gu Siyi entered their room, Zheng Peipei threw herself into Gu Siyi's arms, wailing, "Yi-ge, I miss you, I miss you!"

Gu Siyi calmly patted her head. "Be honest, replace my name with Su Han."

Zheng Peipei let out a mournful cry and collapsed onto the sofa.

Su Han was currently incredibly popular, his schedule packed, leaving him little time for his friends.

Moreover, his public persona was that of a single man. Even if they went on dates, they had to be extremely cautious, and public places were basically out of the question.

As long as Zheng Peipei could meet him in his small apartment and be intimate, she was happy.

From confirming their relationship during summer break until now, three months had passed…

Zheng Peipei lifted her dejected face and looked at Gu Siyi, asking, "How often do you and the school god go on dates?"

Gu Siyi thought for a moment and said, "Unless there are special circumstances, we see each other every day."

"…" Zheng Peipei took a deep breath and said, "Calm down, you're at the same school, you have a geographical advantage."

Gu Siyi asked, "What about you and Su Han?"

Zheng Peipei counted on her fingers, and after a while, said, "Three months, met three times. Yes, just three times, not one more, not one less. And these were opportunities he worked hard to create."

Gu Siyi felt a little sorry for Zheng Peipei and was about to comfort her when Zheng Peipei took out her phone, opened Weibo, and showed her the homepage. "But I can see all kinds of news about him every day! All kinds of photos, all kinds of advertisements… Although he's not by my side, I feel like he almost is! Also, he promised me he would post on Weibo every day…"

Zheng Peipei talked for a while, then suddenly leaned on Gu Siyi's shoulder, whimpering, "But I'm still so envious of you and the school god…"

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