After finishing the drawing, Fang Ming gazed at it quietly for a long while.
Unable to resist, his slender fingers gently caressed the delicate figure...
He was a little confused; how could such a delicate girl have broken his rib back then?
He abruptly put down his phone, his face feeling a little hot.
Truthfully, he should have deleted the photo, but he’d saved it instead, making it privately visible in his social dia feed.
Fang Ming never would have imagined at that mont that this photo would later crash their social dia server!
「」
At the club, Bo Xichen ca to pick up the ladies. The three elders kindly let them take one car while they took another.
Bo Xichen draped his coat over Gu Anxi and guided her into the car.
Once in the car, with the heating on full blast, it was warm. He looked at her for a good while before starting the engine.
Wrapped in his coat, Gu Anxi remarked, "Doctor Bo seems a bit unsettled now."
"Captivated by beauty!" he replied, focusing intently on the road ahead, then chuckled. "I’m a normal man, Gu Anxi."
When they stopped at a red light, he turned his head to her. "You should know this best!"
Gu Anxi’s face felt a little hot; she turned to look out the car window.
Actually, he was more than just normal! He was... beyond ordinary!
She remained silent, and Bo Xichen simply looked at her with a soft, gentle smile.
Later, the car started moving again, and he chatted casually with her while driving.
Gu Anxi didn’t ntion his changed shirt again. However, after they arrived ho, she thoroughly sniffed him from top to bottom, making sure there was no woman’s scent on him before letting him off the hook.
Bo Xichen was both amused and annoyed. He caught her as she tried to escape. "What am I supposed to do about you?"
Gu Anxi offered a small protest. "I’m eting your adoring female fans tomorrow!"
"Mm, well then, I can provide so reliable data for you tonight," he whispered mischievously in her ear, deliberately trying to corrupt her.
Gu Anxi: ...
Actually... actually, Uncle was also very handso, very good-looking today! It wasn’t just him who was captivated by beauty; she was too!
「」
The brazen ellipsis represented all the public displays of affection that Fengxi, the young AI, couldn’t bear!
「」
The next day, Bo Xichen drove Gu Anxi to school. She yawned the entire way, looking completely listless. As she got out of the car, she looked at Bo Xichen complainingly, "How co you’re not sleepy?"
He just smiled. "Hurry up and go to class!"
Gu Anxi mumbled an "oh." He then handed her a bottle of Yakult. "Take this."
Gu Anxi hopped out of the car and waved to him. "Goodbye, Uncle."
Just as she reached the school gate, she saw Wang Qin standing there, waiting for her.
Beside her stood Deputy Director Li.
Deputy Director Li and his wife had co together, suitcases at their sides.
Gu Anxi walked over, handed the Yakult to Wang Qin, and then spoke to Deputy Director Li, "Why not stay in Beicheng for a few more days?"
Little Li smiled. "I still have work. I wouldn’t dare forget the tasks assigned by the Chairman for even a mont!"
Gu Anxi’s lips twitched; she barely suppressed a laugh.
Mrs. Li inwardly cringed at her husband’s obsequiousness. The Chairman might be important, but Gu Anxi is good friends with our Wang Qin! For him to keep calling himself ’Little Li’ like that is just so undignified!
However, Mrs. Li spoke amicably, "Old Li has work, so we must return. We’ll have to trouble you, Anxi, to look after Wang Qin. She’s a bit of a ditz, and even more so in Beicheng where she doesn’t know her way around."
Gu Anxi smiled and pulled Wang Qin to her side by the arm.
Mr. and Mrs. Li both smiled, feeling that it was a blessing earned over several lifetis for their daughter to be associated with Gu Anxi.
They didn’t stay long and left directly in a car.
When Gu Anxi looked around again, a crowd of onlookers had gathered.
"Wang Qin, were those your parents? I heard the security guard say he’s the Deputy Director of the Ning Provincial Education Bureau. Is that true?" a classmate asked, her tone a mixture of probing curiosity and cautious flattery.
Gu Anxi prompted quietly, "Wang Qin, why aren’t you saying anything?"
Wang Qin, picking up on the cue, blushed slightly. "Um, yes, that’s right."
The surrounding classmates exclaid in surprise, "Wow, Wang Qin, so your family is in the education system? Doesn’t that an you’d have a lot to talk about with Fang Ming?"
Wang Qin waved her hands. "I have nothing in common with him. I only have things in common with Gu Anxi."
The students all looked at Gu Anxi, assuming she was looking after Wang Qin because of her family connections. Otherwise, why would she be so kind to the otherwise unremarkable Wang Qin?
Gu Anxi let them misunderstand. In any case, now that Wang Qin’s family background was known, it was unlikely anyone would bully her in the future. This was precisely the outco she desired; she had many things to do and couldn’t be with Wang Qin day in and day out.
The crowd dispersed, and Wang Qin went to class.
Gu Anxi was about to leave when she saw Fang Ming.
He was standing under a tree, looking in her direction. She had no idea how long he’d been watching.
Gu Anxi ignored him and headed towards the academic building.
"Gu Anxi," Fang Ming called out, walking up to her. "That middle-aged man was clearly fawning over you. Why didn’t you say anything?"
He had seen it all: the way that Deputy Director from the Ning Provincial Education Bureau had looked at Gu Anxi with such deference.
He then recalled that his own father, a departnt director and just a step away from the highest echelons, also treated Gu Anxi with imnse respect.
Gu Anxi kicked a small pebble. "Do I need to report to you?"
After saying that, she turned and walked away.
Fang Ming stood there, watching her retreating figure.
She was dressed very warmly today in a white sheepskin fleece coat. The oversized coat made her legs appear even slimr and longer.
Fang Ming watched quietly for a mont before heading to the lecture hall.
Just as he arrived, he heard so news.
"Fang Ming, Gu Mingzhu is going to be on a magazine cover! My aunt gave the inside scoop," his classmate, Lin Lei, whispered. "It was just decided last night, and it’s already scheduled for today. The Gu family is truly formidable."
Fang Ming sat down, unconcerned. "Hasn’t she been on covers many tis before? What’s so strange about this?"
Lin Lei chuckled. "Ah, Fang Ming, you wouldn’t know! Previously, Gu Mingzhu was cultivating her ’Nation’s Sweetheart’ persona. This ti, it’s all about outshining soone."
Fang Ming looked down. "Who in Beicheng is even worth her effort to outshine?"
Lin Lei continued, "Have you read the comic ’Big Bad Wolf’? Its success has completely trounced Princess Gu. So, Princess Gu devised this plan: a joint cover feature to thoroughly outshine Miss Rabbit, ensuring no one can associate Miss Rabbit’s image with the character anymore. That’s what I heard."
Fang Ming frowned but said nothing more.
Only when he was alone did he take out the picture again.
He had a strange feeling, a suspicion that the author of "Big Bad Wolf" might be Gu Anxi... And Gu Mingzhu wanted to outshine her?!
Fang Ming recalled how stunning Gu Anxi had looked at the club last night. In all of Beicheng, probably no one could compare to her!
His gaze fell on Gu Anxi, who wasn’t far off, still fiddling with her laptop and yawning as she did.
Fang Ming’s fingers tightened into a fist. He rembered Gu Mingzhu saying that Gu Anxi lived with the Bo family. Was she living with that incredibly noble man?
Fang Ming hadn’t realized he’d been watching Gu Anxi the entire ti; he had no idea what the professor had been saying during the lecture.
When class ended, Gu Anxi closed her laptop. Just then, Fang Ming’s phone pinged twice.
He opened it—sure enough, ’Big Bad Wolf’ had updated...
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