Gu Ji couldn't be bothered with this girl.
The mountain city's hotpot in the afternoon was too spicy, so he washed his face, lay on the bed, and fell asleep imdiately.
By the ti he opened his eyes again, it was almost evening.
Gu Ji rubbed his sleepy eyes. Chen Zhiyu had unknowingly fallen asleep on the table, the orange-red sunset casting through the window, rging with the post-drinking blush on her cheeks, making her look charming and cute.
He picked up a blanket and quietly approached her.
A pleasant scent ca to him, and Gu Ji gently draped the blanket over Chen Zhiyu. From such a close distance, he could even see her soft red lips slightly parting with her breaths.
Gulp, for so reason, Gu Ji felt as if those alluring red lips were like a black hole, drawing him closer.
Just as he leaned in.
Chen Zhiyu seed to sense sothing, suddenly opened her eyes, and t Gu Ji's gaze.
Their faces were just a centiter apart.
They could even clearly feel each other's breath on their faces, warm and tinged with a strong sense of hormones.
Chen Zhiyu: "..."
Gu Ji: "..."
They awkwardly stared at each other for a full four or five seconds. Finally, Chen Zhiyu broke the silence, covering her flushed cheeks with her hand, "How did I fall asleep?"
"Ah, I just woke up too. I saw you lying on the table and was afraid you'd catch a cold, so I covered you with a blanket."
Gu Ji quickly stood up to create so distance, scratching his head and explaining.
Chen Zhiyu clutched the blanket and thanked him. Seeing it was getting late, she closed the tactical notes: "The points you recorded are very useful. Let take them ho for a few days. I'll return them by the Mid-Autumn Festival!"
"Of course, no problem. Want to stay for dinner?"
"No, I have so things to take care of. Let's et next week!"
"Ah, okay, I'll see you off then..."
Gu Ji escorted Chen Zhiyu downstairs, and only after watching her get into the car did he finally relax, muttering under his breath, "Damn, that was so awkward, almost lost face big ti!"
He attributed the earlier awkward scene to the long-term tension of the bomb stage in the Crisis Managent Ga.
Just like frontline troops needing psychologists.
Soldiers in high-pressure environnts often need an outlet. They either talk to psychologists, drink, smoke, or fool around with won...
So the next day, Saturday.
Gu Ji didn't join Gao Bo at the police training base, but having seen the elite special forces from the seven provinces of Xia Dong, Gao Bo was pumped up and didn't want to miss any opportunity to get stronger, so he trained alone.
anwhile, Gu Ji stayed ho, planning to learn a few more languages to refresh his mind.
Coincidentally, the language specialization imprint gained from the World War II stage still retained so knowledge mories, greatly enhancing his learning speed.
But online language resources had small fonts and weren't as convenient to read as books.
Gu Ji had a sudden idea, recalling that his ex-girlfriend from Normal University had many language books, so he contacted her on WeChat.
Their breakup had been amicable, with no hard feelings.
So she readily agreed and told him he could co pick them up anyti.
Gu Ji quickly went downstairs, took a taxi to Normal University.
Back in the university city, looking at the police academy gates, he couldn't help but feel nostalgic. In just over two months, he was no longer the sa naive almost-graduate as before.
Practical experience is always the fastest path to growth.
"Gu Ji?"
A tall, fair-skinned girl carrying a bag approached and asked. She wore a green floral dress, revealing her slender white arms, with slightly curled long hair draping over her shoulders, gently swaying in the breeze—a typical image of a gentle, artistic girl.
It was Ding Lan, Gu Ji's ex-girlfriend whom he dated for a year in university.
"Ding Lan, sorry to trouble you, really!"
"It's nothing, just a trifling matter. I didn't know you were so interested in languages. These are the books you wanted."
Ding Lan generously handed over the bag.
Gu Ji took it and chuckled lightly.
"I'm just browsing. Recently went on a trip to Xiangzhou and wanted to pick up a few more languages. Let buy you a drink."
"Alright."
Ding Lan nodded, and they walked side by side down the university city sidewalk, "Congratulations! I heard your performance at the graduation ceremony was outstanding. Everyone at the school was talking about you!"
"Ah, that was a long ti ago..."
While Ding Lan continued at the school due to her early admission into graduate studies in her third year, she naturally heard about students' affairs. For Gu Ji, because of the real-ti differences in the Crisis Managent Ga stages, he had actually gone through over four months.
If she hadn't ntioned it, he would've already forgotten about graduation.
Seeing that Gu Ji didn't follow up on her topic, Ding Lan wisely fell silent.
Although it had been a while since their breakup, they still saw each other's updates on social dia, even though since joining the police system, Gu Ji's posts were all governnt re-shares. At least the previous impressions remained.
Seeing him today, Ding Lan couldn't shake the feeling that he was sowhat unfamiliar.
As if the youthful vigor of Gu Ji was slowly disappearing, replaced by an air of uncertainty, especially with a hint of aggression coming off him, like a predator lying in wait.
Yet, oddly enough, she found it reassuring.
They had a simple drink and casually chatted about recent happenings.
Ding Lan's topics were mostly about studies and career developnt.
But what Gu Ji cared about was how to quickly improve himself, and things like Volut, his father's disappearance. In other words, they weren't on the sa wavelength.
So he gave a few perfunctory responses and found an excuse to leave.
Watching his departing figure, Ding Lan sipped her drink, lost in thought.
Back at ho, Gu Ji opened the German book, and sure enough, as the language he used the most during the stages, the basic letters and grammar quickly filled his mind like a bubbling spring.
Thus, for the next few days,
He spent his days on duty with Gao Bo, and would return ho to study languages at night.
Besides continuing to strengthen his English, he's also delved into German, Arabic, Russian, Hindi, and other widely used languages globally.
When he encountered difficulties, he sought help from Ding Lan.
However, compared to the direct boost from the imprint, learning on his own was very slow, but since this wasn't his main focus, Gu Ji wasn't in a rush.
Finally, the Mid-Autumn Festival ca.
Gao Bo eagerly contacted him two days in advance, wanting to plan where to go for the holiday and which friends to invite.
Gu Ji thought for a mont.
"Why not invite Monk and the others along?"
"Monk and the others? Sure!"
Gao Bo knew he was referring to Liu Weijun, Zhou Yang, and Zhao Hua, whom they'd attended the Xiangzhou exchange eting with. They had a good ti in Xiangzhou, and he liked their personalities.
But the next mont, he realized sothing was amiss.
"Wait a minute, Gu Ji, if we invite Monk's group, shouldn't we also ask Wu Kang?"
"We can invite him. Wu Kang is our classmate, and he was very cooperative during the Xiangzhou trainings. Honestly, he didn't do anything inappropriate, so there's no need to always give him the cold shoulder."
Gu Ji didn't particularly dislike Wu Kang.
Especially after his performance during the final monts of the Xiangzhou practical exercises, it made Wu Kang seem pretty reliable in critical tis.
Gao Bo wasn't petty, so he asked in the group's Xiangzhou exchange eting chat.
Liu Weijun was the first to respond: "Sure, didn't have any plans for Mid-Autumn anyway!"
Zhao Hua: "Being alone at ho isn't much fun either."
Zhou Yang: "Great! Mind if I bring my partner?"
Liu Weijun: "Get lost! Don't rub it in for us single folks!"
Gao Bo: "Hahaha, of course you can, the more, the rrier!"
Wu Kang: "Count in."
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