The Long Chase For The President's Spouse

Chp. 30

Chapter 30: Flashback

Throughout supper, Gu Zhun did not utter a single word. He silently sucked on the snails with his head lowered. It was still the same taste that he yearned for. It had been a long time since he ate it.

After Gu Li clarified that matter, they did not have anything to talk about. Without any apparent reason, they unexpectedly digressed and talked about Gu Zhun.

"Are you serious?"

"Of course."

"Are you top or bottom?"

"Top."

"Good." Gu Li approved tacitly.

The whole conversation was strangely inexplicable. Gu Zhun couldn't understand what his sister and Zhang Heng were talking about.

What was being 'serious'? Zhang Heng always did things seriously, although he was occasionally hot blooded, which caused his chuunibyou to relapse.

What was 'top or bottom'? Were they referring to the fluctuations in the financial sector and the stock market once the news was released? Then shouldn't it bottom?

He didn't understand... Therefore Gu Zhun kept quiet and obediently sucked on the snail. He could not drink. If Zhang Heng and his sister drank until they were intoxicated, at least he would still be sober.

"But this was all my fault. I was a poor judge of character. Frankly speaking, you were not obligated to help me out with such a favour..." Gu Li felt bad that Zhang Heng spared no effort to help her.

Zhang Heng raised a toast to Gu Li and said: "You don't have to be so polite, Sister Gu Li. Sooner or later, we will all be family. We just aren't one yet."

...Family...

Gu Zhun raised his head from a pile of snail shells and looked at Zhang Heng. He said family. Did he view me as his family? Does he like me that much? Was it not as simple as seven years ago, when he was only teasing?

Zhang Heng continued speaking: "I can still remember. In the past, my family wasn't always at home. There would be no one to attend the parent-teacher meeting, but ever since you invited me to your house for a meal, there would always be someone to attend my parent-teacher meeting..." Gu Zhun saw that Zhang Heng, who usually had a bright smile, now looked like a forlorn dog, revealing a sad and pitiful expression.

Zhang Heng recalled what happened seven years ago.

Once again, it was Friday, the day they could go home. As a boarding school, there was nothing more delightful than being able to go home. Unless there was no scheduled parent-teacher meeting in the afternoon. However, for a selective school like Green Leaf West City District, it was used as an excuse for the parents to praise and reward themselves.

As such, Gu Zhun finished packing his bag around 3PM. He placed the class meeting notebook that the teacher requested onto the desk, walked out of the classroom, and waited in the corridor for his sister to arrive.

Zhang Heng, who sat in the back, did not have many things to pack. He had no interest in studying, unlike Gu Zhun, who packed a lot of textbooks to bring home. Even if he brought them home, they would be left untouched. He would bring his school bag back to school without even unzipping it.

He carried his empty, sagging, symbolic school bag and walked out from the back door of the classroom. Just as he walked out of the classroom, he saw Gu Zhun leaning against the rails with a bulging school bag, staring at the empty sky.

Zhang Heng silently snuck up behind Gu Zhun and shouted 'Boo'.

Gu Zhun stood motionlessly on the spot. Zhang Heng stretched his head forward and asked: "What happened? Have you been scared silly?"

Who would have thought, this kid Gu Zhun was tolerating it again.

Zhang Heng saw a few teardrops around the rim of Gu Zhun's eyes that stubbornly refused to slip down. It seemed that he did not like it when Zhang Heng teased and made fun of him.