“Fine, what’s done is done. Let’s eat first. Only with a full stomach can I think of a way out.”
It was a shame Li Fugui had already been expelled from school!
Otherwise, he really would’ve wanted to ask for his help and have that guy scare Hao Lijuan into a mental hospital too…
Whoosh.
“Attention, students. Attention, students. This is an urgent announcement: All students who lived on Willow Street as children, please report to the Dean of Instruction’s office immediately. Thank you.”
Just as he was almost done eating, the campus broadcast suddenly announced a notice.
“What?”
No one knew what was happening.
Hearing this news, everyone couldn’t help but look over, completely confused.
The most bewildered of them all was Gu Chen.
He had lived on Willow Street as a child.
How could the school suddenly start checking students’ former addresses?!
“Big Brother, I remember you said you used to live on Willow Street when you were young, right?”
Guo Ming couldn’t help asking, also wondering what the school was up to.
“Yeah, strange. What kind of trick is this?”
Gu Chen rubbed his temples, quickly finished the last bites of food on the table, and decided to go check out what was going on.
He suspected this might be a scheme targeting him by the Dean of Instruction, Gou Huo, since he had embarrassed him last time.
But if that were the case, would he really make such a big scene?
Whatever. Deal with the enemy as they come, and handle the water as it flows!
“I’ll go. Wash my tray for me.”
Gu Chen slowly stood up and said.
That area was pretty big, and he didn’t know everyone there.
He was only close with the kids around his age.
There should have been several thousand people in that area, with hundreds of children.
After the relocation, everyone went their separate ways.
Come to think of it, there were quite a few kids back then who were about the same age as him from Willow Street.
He hadn’t even kept in touch with his closest friends, though he still remembered their names.
He just hadn’t run into them at this school.
After cautiously arriving at the Dean’s office, he pushed open the door and found seven or eight classmates already standing inside.
Taking a look around, Gu Chen felt like he didn’t recognize any of them.
They probably lived on Willow Street back then too, but they just never crossed paths.
If it weren’t for this sudden announcement, no one would have known.
As his eyes swept across the room, besides Gou Huo, there was also a long-haired girl whose back looked somewhat familiar.
“Classmate, are you saying… the person in this photo is you?”
The girl was holding her phone, looking at the boy in front of her, her tone full of surprise.
“Yeah, I lived on Willow Street when I was young. And I remember there’s another photo just like this one.”
The boy nodded, admitting it.
“Hoshino Airi?!”
Gu Chen recognized her by her voice and was at a loss.
Holy crap!
How did she find her way to Chengnan High School?!
At that moment, Gu Chen fully understood.
He just never expected that she would actually get that dog of a Dean of Instruction, Gou Huo, to help her investigate her brother’s identity!
And more importantly, the guy she was talking to was also the famous pretty boy of the whole school.
This guy was called Huang Jun.
He was decent-looking and had messed around with plenty of female students at school.
Once he got bored, he’d break up without taking any responsibility.
Unfortunately, some girls still fell for his sweet talk, only to end up being manipulated into thinking the breakup was their own fault…
He was a total scumbag who toyed with girls’ feelings!
Now he had the nerve to set his sights on Hoshino Airi?
Talk about asking for death.
She was a girl who had fought alongside him!
That was a bond between comrades!
Bastard!
“Really? Are you the person I’m looking for?”
Hoshino Airi’s voice trembled a little.
She almost blurted out the word “brother.”
She hadn’t expected to find her biological brother so quickly.
Tears of joy sparkled in her eyes.
“Yeah, I don’t know why you’re looking for me, but Miss Hoshino, if I hurt you in the past, then I apologize and I’m willing to make any compensation.”
Huang Jun nodded.
He certainly had no idea what was going on.
He had just wanted to come and see the excitement, but unexpectedly, there was such a beautiful girl looking for someone—and she was a rare Japanese girl from Island Country.
His lecherous heart instantly stirred, and he decided to make a move on her first, so his future conquest stats would include an international notch…
“No, no, actually, I’m your—”
“Hold on!”
Just as Hoshino Airi was about to claim kinship on the spot, a voice interrupted her.
“Gu Chen-kun, you’re at this school too?”
Hoshino Airi turned around, covering her mouth in obvious surprise.
“Yeah, how come you came to my school looking for someone? And of all people, you’re looking for this guy?”
Gu Chen slowly walked over, his expression unfriendly.
He hadn’t cared about this scumbag’s previous actions, but if he was going to target Hoshino Airi, that was something he couldn’t ignore.
He glared at Huang Jun.
“Gu Chen, what do you mean? Do you two know each other?”
The other party was furious at being thwarted, but since Gu Chen was the school bully, he could only hold back his anger.
“Yeah, we’ve met before. Gu Chen-kun is a really good person. He’s helped me a lot.”
Hoshino Airi naturally had no idea about any of this and politely explained.
“Lend me your phone.”
Gu Chen took Hoshino Airi’s phone, opened the photo, and held it next to Huang Jun’s head, asking slowly, “Is this you in the photo?”
“It’s me.”
“Really?”
“Yeah, I was so little back then…”
“I say it’s not you!”
Seeing how shameless this guy was, Gu Chen directly exposed his lie.
If they weren’t in the office right now, Gu Chen would have wanted to see if this guy’s face was made of titanium alloy, since he loved talking nonsense so much.
“What makes you say that?”
Huang Jun was obviously unconvinced.
“I lived on Willow Street when I was young, and I never saw you. Besides, the Longevity Lock in the photo has a birthday engraved on it. Let’s just pull up your school records and compare. We’ll find out soon enough.”
Gu Chen directly played his trump card.
There was no way to deny that.
He didn’t believe Huang Jun was actually the person Hoshino Airi was looking for.
“This…”
With solid evidence, Huang Jun really couldn’t keep up the act.
His face instantly turned the color of pig liver.
“What? But that thing…”
Hoshino Airi knew about the Longevity Lock, but she had never found out what birthday was engraved on it.
Gu Chen could tell from his expression. He shot him a threatening look.
“Can’t keep pretending anymore, huh? Hoshino Airi, he’s a liar. Don’t believe him.”
Seeing that his deception had failed, Huang Jun could only slink away in shame.
After that, she asked a few other classmates, but they honestly said it wasn’t them, and in the end, she came up empty-handed.
After learning the situation, Hoshino Airi’s previously joyful mood plummeted to rock bottom.
Finally, Gu Chen led her out.
“I can’t believe you went about it this way,” he said as they reached the school gate.
He didn’t know whether to call this girl naive or just plain stupid…
“What’s wrong?”
“Looking for someone like this, you’ll only attract scammers, understand?”
Gu Chen explained helplessly.
It was like finding money on the street and then asking who lost it…
Not only would the real owner show up, even Shi Yongxin himself would pop out of nowhere!