Chapter 97 The Lost Beauty

  A study class arranged by the traffic police team, with seven or eight people in it. Xiao Qian was listless and dispirited. Gu Yu said to go shopping and left him behind. Thinking about the next two hours, Xiao Qian felt like time was passing slowly.

  Learning is nothing more than first ideological education, and then arranging oneself to study traffic rules with a notebook.

  A few people in the classroom were studying and chatting, while Xiao Qian sat here, sighing in his heart, wondering why he had fallen to such a state.

  Grandfather's partiality towards Gu Yu has really reached an extreme.

  It's all because of her that he wants to run here and waste this time.

  It's all because of her that he has to humble himself in front of Jiang Xiaoxuan's son.

  It's all because of her...

  At this time, a fellow learner who was studying together came over to ask enthusiastically, "Hey, Xiao Shao, I thought from the beginning that I couldn't be mistaken, are you the second young master of the Xiao family?"

  Xiao Qian smiled wryly, didn't know what to say, only felt that it was really... humiliating to the extreme.

  "This morning I saw Xiao Shao's wife driving to send you, your wife is really as beautiful as a fairy, and she matches you perfectly." The person next to him flattered.

  Xiao Qian smiled unknowingly and said, "Don't be deceived by her appearance, she's a shrew."

  That man burst out laughing and said, "Who has a perfect life? If I found such a beautiful wife, even if she made me kneel at home to scrub the floor every day, I'd be willing."

  Xiao Qian was speechless, looking at his serious face and said, "You're not kidding, right?"

  "How can it be a joke? I think your wife looks like that movie star... Zixia Fairy... yeah, Zixia Fairy."

  Xiao Qian leaned against it, shaking his head, but when someone mentioned Gu Yu with an envious tone, it was indeed a strange feeling.

  Before long, the two hours were finally over. Xiao Qian went out and saw that Gu Yai had arrived on time, with his car parked outside.

  Everyone left separately, watching Xiao Qian jump into the car, and envyingly said, "Wow, look at people with money, a beautiful wife to pick him up, and another car was towed away."

  "Yes, this car is luxurious too."

  "You think Xiao's family in B city is just a waste of time."

  The car sped through the rural roads, which were originally already in the suburbs. Even if it was a village, it had long been well-maintained, except that there were far fewer people, and the rest of the facilities were no different from those in the city.

  "Today we haven't had time to go shopping yet, let's go to the supermarket first and buy some ingredients."

  Xiao Qian nodded indifferently and let her make the arrangements.

  He leaned against the car window, glancing sideways at Gu Yan.

  Because she didn't have work, she mostly wore sportswear, simple T-shirts and sports shoes, looking like she had become much younger, only her long hair was still scattered, with a hint of coquetry in her leisure, large sunglasses were clipped on her hair, the whole person looked very lazy.

  Xiao Qian thought that in the eyes of ordinary people, Gu Yu was indeed dazzling like a star, but he had seen too much and found it normal.

  Before long, the two people had already arrived at the supermarket behind them.

  Gu Yake pushed a shopping cart, Xiao Qian followed behind, Gu Yake thought about what was needed while purchasing.

  "What do you want to eat tonight?" asked Gu Yan.

  Xiao Qian casually picked up an orange and played with it, tossing it high into the air and catching it again, clearly having a great time. When Gu Yu asked him something, he smiled at her and said, "I'm going to eat you."

  "Get out, I'm asking you seriously."

  "Plain tea and simple food, just do whatever you want, during these hard times, I don't have the mood to be picky about food." Xiao Qian said.

  "Indeed, how was class today? Do you have confidence in the exam? You'd better study hard, if you don't pass the exam, you'll still need to continue studying."

  Which pot doesn't open, take which pot...

  Xiao Qian's face changed, "Gu Yu, you're a woman, how can your mouth be so venomous."

  "It's in my nature, can't help it. Haven't you heard of the phrase 'beautiful as a snake's gall'? It means women are born with venomous hearts, and I'm just showing you my true self. Are you feeling embarrassed? Xiao Qian, it's rare for me to experience student life, now it's trendy. This is called nostalgia."

  "Huh..." Xiao Qian listened to her deliberate mockery, and had no way to vent his anger.

  She knew he was annoyed and still said it on purpose.

  Xiao Qian said, "Do you think everyone is like you?"

  So hot love learning. Three good students."

  Gu Yan smiled at him. Xiao Qian said, "But I really did think of many things from when we were in school, like how I used to skip class, skip school..." He still looked at her and said, "Gu Yan, have you never skipped school?"

  "Since you've gone to class already, why skip school."

  "Playing truant is fun in its own way, I'm afraid you won't understand even if I tell you. What I find strange is that you were so obedient back then."

  Gu Yu thought for a moment and said, "I just think that since we have to sit in class for forty-five minutes anyway, it's better to study than waste time daydreaming or chatting."

  Xiao Qian smiled wryly and looked at Gu Yan. He shook his head helplessly, her way of thinking was also stubbornly persistent, which was in line with her personality.

  "When did you learn Taekwondo?" Xiao Qian asked

  "Let's start learning from sophomore year."

  "How come your family agreed to have a thousand-gold lady like you, yet you still went ahead and got involved in physical labor?"

  "It wasn't what you thought it was." She pushed the cart. As they walked together in the aisle, Gu Ye said, "Firstly, to strengthen my body, and secondly, so that I won't be taken advantage of by anyone in the future. My family doesn't have many rules, as long as I can learn what I like, it's fine."

  Xiao Qian sneered in her heart, thinking that it wasn't because of this that she could be so savage. She should have realized it earlier, if she could kick someone's ribs to the point of breaking, how could she possibly be a decent lady? Unfortunately, at that time, he didn't think that one day he would also suffer greatly, being disturbed by her to the point of having no peace. In the past, he had also resented her, if it weren't for practicing Taekwondo for a few days which gave her such great courage, how could she dare to confront him like this?

  "You weren't like this when you were in school," Xiao Qian said.

  Gu Yan smiled and looked at him, "During our school days, we didn't meet many times either, you don't understand me, do you?"

  "I remember, the first time we met you were very polite, I thought at that time that you should be a shy girl who didn't know much about the world and needed someone to take care of her. It's just that later on, it seemed like you never looked for me again."

  Gu Yan took a snack from the shelf and said, "I don't have anything to do either, and you're busy with your own things, why would I go bother you?"

  Xiao Qian looked at her, "At that time, since I said I would take care of you, it's my responsibility to take care of you. It's just that back then, I thought maybe you didn't want to be with me because I'm a good student and you dislike someone like me who is uneducated..."

  "How is that possible, and you're being too modest. If you weren't learned or skilled, those glorious seniors wouldn't have let you win. I think you should be annoyed with me for being such a traditional girl, it's my fault for coming to find you."

  Xiao Qian thought that at that time, he didn't know that one day they would sleep together and be intimate for six years.

  Actually, he had a good impression of her at the time, but in the thought of not wanting to disturb each other, they missed four years. In so many days and nights, they were also close together, just in one school, but never really understood each other.

  We've met before, we've also accidentally bumped into each other. After all, the school isn't that big, so it's inevitable that we'd run into each other somehow. But in the end, we only managed to exchange nods and pass by each other.

  He remembered that at that time he was still inseparable from Lu Qinghuan, and it was a time of intense emotions.

  Gu Yan looked at Xiao Qian who was silent behind her, sometimes he would appear in the cafeteria, classroom or playground, surrounded by people, with many friends, and occasionally she could see Lu Qinghuan beside him. At that time, she only felt that the distance between them was so close yet so far away, as if he was a boundary she could never reach...

  Now she can't help but think that maybe it's better to keep the distance, and perhaps in his heart, her image will be even more beautiful...

  Settled the bill, Gu Yu brushed his card and drove him back together.

  On the way, Xiao Qian turned on the music and drove along the sparsely populated small road. He asked her, "I see you bought a lot of things, what are you doing tonight?"

  "I want to wrap dumplings," said Gu Yan.

  Xiao Qian turned his head in surprise, "Wrapping dumplings? You can?"

  "Let me ask my sister to ask my mother, and she'll send you the recipe in a while. Just follow it." Gu Yan said casually.

  Xiao Qian shook his head, full of incomprehension, and was quite surprised by women's obsession with food.

  "It's just a meal, no need to be so particular, just eat something simple."

  Gu Yan said, "Normally too busy, no time to cook for myself, now that Grandpa has spoken, it's like giving myself a holiday, making something I've always wanted to eat, what's wrong with that?"

  By the way, just got back from visiting relatives in the countryside and I'm so tired... My ex-husband has a reason to be forgiven.

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