Gu Bai had a pretty good relationship with Instructor Luo, which drew the attention of many freshmen.
But after recognizing Gu Bai, those gazes immediately became timid.
Gu Bai’s image in the public eye was never good to begin with.
Not to mention, after last night’s incident, word spread, and his image became even more demonized.
He even heard people saying he was a powerful figure who had connections in both the underworld and the legitimate world.
It all sounded quite unbelievable.
“Fall in!”
After three minutes of rest, Instructor Luo gave the order, and all the freshmen groaned as they stood up.
Gu Bai, meanwhile, sat in the shade of a tree with his sister, watching these vibrant young boys and girls sweat under the blazing sun.
“Senior Gu Bai,” Su Wan’er said as the assembly time came, walking over with her bottle of Sprite.
“Thank you for the drink. I’ll leave it here. Can you watch it for me?”
“No problem.”
Faced with Su Wan’er’s request, Gu Bai had no issue.
He watched her place the bottle on the grass beside him and then hurry back to the formation.
“You’re not going over?”
Gu Bai looked at his sister beside him and said, “Other freshmen are working hard. How can you slack off like this?”
“Jerk of a brother, do you want to take a look at this?”
Gu Mixue gave a petulant snort and lifted her foot.
“These short little legs of mine—do they look like they’re meant for marching?”
“True, they’re only a bit longer than a corgi’s legs.”
Gu Bai nodded in complete agreement, which made his sister gnash her teeth in frustration, wanting to bite her annoying brother to death.
“Bro, you’ll never find a girlfriend acting like this.”
Realizing she couldn’t out-argue Gu Bai, Gu Mixue could only snort and ignore him.
“I don’t care anyway.”
Gu Bai just shrugged, indicating he didn’t mind.
A girlfriend in this era was ultimately a luxury.
For someone like him now, not finding one was no big deal.
Wasn’t being single fine?
Why would he want to find himself a master to serve?
“So you plan to stay single forever, bro, and make your little sister take care of you?”
Gu Mixue hugged her knees, looking in Gu Bai’s direction, and said, “Hmm… I know that if you weren’t so infamous, you’d probably be really popular with girls, right?”
In Gu Mixue’s opinion, Gu Bai wasn’t just good-looking; he was also in an excellent material position.
Leaving aside family matters, Gu Bai himself was quite outstanding.
He was skilled in various life skills, owned a car and a house—conditions that Gu Mixue couldn’t think of any other college student matching.
More importantly, he didn’t use his family’s money.
So even now, Gu Mixue couldn’t understand what made Su Shuhao think her brother wasn’t good enough.
Was it because of her face?
“Hey,” Gu Mixue said, looking at Su Wan’er sweating on the field.
“Bro, if you really want a girlfriend, you have to find someone who treats you well. Don’t end up like last time, finding some so-called ‘white moonlight’ to torment yourself.”
To Gu Mixue, this girl named Su Wan’er seemed pretty nice.
She was a bit silly and simple, with a gentle personality—the type of girl most people would like.
The only drawback was…
Was she nearsighted or something?
Why did she have to go out wearing those black-rimmed glasses?
If Su Wan’er could take off those glasses, she’d probably be decent.
At least not as plain as she was now.
“I’ll worry about that later.”
“Boys are the same. If you don’t look now, it’ll only get harder later.”
Facing Gu Mixue’s persuasion, Gu Bai just shook his head and said, “A girlfriend isn’t a necessity.”
“Then what will you do when you’re lonely and empty, bro? Don’t come asking me to keep you company—I’ll be really annoyed.”
Of course, that was Gu Mixue’s joke.
She wouldn’t actually dislike Gu Bai.
But if Gu Bai really did come to her, she’d probably be pretty happy.
Gu Mixue let her mind wander, trying to imagine Gu Bai leaning on her shoulder…
Unfortunately, given Gu Bai’s personality, Gu Mixue couldn’t even picture it.
“Why would I come looking for you? To ask for your doujinshi?”
“Yes, yes!”
Gu Mixue immediately got excited.
“I have the latest C103 brother x sister doujinshi here—Owww!”
Before Gu Mixue could finish her recommendation, Gu Bai flicked her forehead, causing her to yelp in pain.
“In public, please keep your weird fetishes to yourself.”
“But there’s no one around here.”
Gu Mixue held her head, puffing her cheeks in defiance, looking very cute.
“Only at home.”
Gu Bai’s expression didn’t change, seeming very cold, but Gu Mixue was used to her brother’s attitude.
So she stopped talking and instead lay on the grass, watching the people on the field endlessly marching and standing at attention.
The freshmen also noticed Gu Mixue’s gaze and envied her privilege of lying on the grass.
But after seeing Gu Bai beside her, those envious gazes immediately vanished, and they looked away.
In outsiders’ eyes, Gu Bai was like a legendary monster—something to avoid at all costs.
So when the next break came, not a single person dared to come near the grass under Gu Bai’s tree.
Oh, except for Su Wan’er, who completely failed to read the atmosphere.
She was the exception.
At that moment, the girl jogged over to Gu Bai, grabbed a bottle of Sprite, and took a big gulp before saying, “I’m alive again…”
Su Wan’er’s face was covered in sweat, but her smile was genuinely happy.
Gu Bai looked at her, then at the surrounding freshmen, and said to Su Wan’er, “You should understand by now that if you stay by my side, it’ll easily invite gossip from others. So… I suggest you find some classmates, talk to them, make good friends—it’s more practical than hanging out with a campus bully like me.”
Su Wan’er saw that Gu Bai was deliberately distancing himself from her.
In her panic, she blurted out without thinking, “It’s fine! I don’t mind!”
In everyday interactions, Su Wan’er had a fairly weak personality, but when it came to making decisions, she inherited her sister’s assertive style.
However, after saying that, her face blushed slightly.
She picked up the Sprite beside her again and took a big gulp to ease the awkward atmosphere and her own shyness.
“All done. Thanks.”
Su Wan’er smiled timidly, holding the bottle, about to say something else.
But Gu Bai looked at the Sprite in his hand, which had no mark, and cut in, “Uh… the bottle in my hand… is yours.”
Hearing this, the expression on Su Wan’er’s face froze instantly.
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