Secretly Liking Him - Chapter 24

Chapter 24

Even though it was just a very ordinary sentence, after Gu Xun heard it, he felt that there were no other words of encouragement in this world that could make a person more filled with fighting spirit than this sentence.

In an instant, Gu Xun knew what it meant to have boundless heroic pride; he felt that at this moment, he could slaughter a dragon.

Uncontrollably, a huge smile appeared on Gu Xun’s face: “Okay!”

If as long as he worked very hard, he could stay together with A-Yan forever, then he would work hard; he would definitely work very, very hard!

But after a moment of heroic pride, Gu Xun’s heart was still a bit hollow with fear after all; he couldn’t resist pulling at Shen Yanzhi’s arm.

Shen Yanzhi then looked toward him, discovering that the originally very brilliant smile on his face was at this moment being replaced bit by bit by anxiety.

Gu Xun said with a somewhat small voice: “That what… A-Yan, if I am very annoying, you must also not dislike and reject me ah…”

Although Gu Xun felt he himself was considered smart, comparing with Shen Yanzhi, he felt that tiny bit of smartness of his truly had zero comparability.

Thinking that he was taking Shen Yanzhi as a target, Gu Xun’s heart felt a bit hollow with fear.

He actually was a bit afraid, afraid that he himself could not keep up, afraid that he himself would be left behind by Shen Yanzhi, afraid that this person would walk too far, afraid that he himself would not even have the opportunity to exert effort anymore.

Shen Yanzhi quietly looked at him, looking straight until the expression on Gu Xun’s face became increasingly anxious.

Shen Yanzhi asked him: “Why would you be very annoying?”

Gu Xun murmur-stated: “Just, what I don’t understand I definitely have to ask you ah…”

Shen Yanzhi looked at him and said: “If you don’t understand, ask; it originally should be this way.”

Gu Xun instantly felt very bird-chirping joyful: “Then that means you won’t dislike me as annoying?”

Shen Yanzhi lightly nodded his head: “Um.”

Gu Xun then became happy again, his smile huge.

Shen Yanzhi actually very much did not understand why Gu Xun would, within such a short length of time, have his emotions rise greatly and drop greatly.

Only at this time did he discover that when Gu Xun smiled, there was a not-too-obvious dimple on his cheek.

Shen Yanzhi had read about it in a book before; the book said this was a phenomenon caused by a facial muscle defect.

Only at this moment, Shen Yanzhi felt, how could this be called a defect? It clearly was… very cute.

Then Shen Yanzhi felt that using cute to describe a boy seemed a bit not quite right, but for a time he again couldn’t think of any more suitable word.

Opposite him, Gu Xun himself smiled a bit not quite easily, scratched his brain, his gaze again looking toward his own exercise book, took a deep breath, grabbed it over and prepared to start struggling-and-fighting.

Shen Yanzhi just quietly watched him write, discovering that when Gu Xun wrote questions, his expression truly could be said to be extremely rich.

When reading a question, he would wrinkle his brow, and his mouth would also uncontrollably move back and forth, as if muttering, and again as if just an unconscious movement.

When he couldn’t read and understand it, his eyes would be a bit empty-and-released, and then his brow would wrinkle even tighter, and his mouth then also wouldn’t move, as if placing it into his heart to ponder.

If he read and understood it, his eyes would instantly all light up, his whole person all being joyful as if having picked up money.

If he couldn’t read and understand it, he would instantly turn his head to look toward himself, his gaze very bright, as if crying out for help.

Shen Yanzhi’s emotions uncontrollably followed along with Gu Xun’s expressions; seeing him wrinkle his brow, he couldn’t resist going to look at which question he had done up to.

Then inside his heart he started making a mental draft, thinking about how to speak to Gu Xun.

If Gu Xun understood it himself and didn’t ask him, Shen Yanzhi would even have a tiny bit of a feeling of loss.

He couldn’t speak clearly where this kind of loss came from, but he just would have that kind of feeling.

Time just passed very fast this way, the exercise books in front of the two people were solved one by one; Gu Xun’s efficiency actually was not high at all, but his attitude yet all along was very serious.

During it, for a segment of time, Gu Xun also was a bit discouraged; he truly could not understand.

Shen Yanzhi changed several kinds of methods to explain to him, yet Gu Xun still didn’t understand; this was the pot (fault) of the foundation being too poor.

When Gu Xun listened, his head uncontrollably went lower and lower, simply wishing he could bury it into the desk.

Shen Yanzhi used his hand to knock on the desk: “There are no questions inside the desk, look at me here.”

Gu Xun’s voice was muffled-muffled: “Have no face to look at you…”

Shen Yanzhi then felt it was amusing, reaching his hand out to use a finger to poke his cheek, exactly the position of that dimple, only at this time nothing could be seen, only Gu Xun’s pulled-down mouth corner could be glimpsed with a tiny bit of trace.

Gu Xun felt his face being poked once, only then turning his head to look at Shen Yanzhi: “…Do I have to turn back to patch up the junior high classes ah?”

If he right now spoke to his mom about wanting to go sign up for a junior high remedial class, what kind of attitude would his mom have ah?

Shen Yanzhi thought for a bit: “Um, this way when you learn the things behind, it will be relatively easier.”

Gu Xun: “Do you say if I right now speak to my mom about signing up for a junior high remedial class, will she laugh at me ah, or will she support me?”

Shen Yanzhi’s brow tip twitched up: “Don’t want me to explain to you anymore?”

Gu Xun: “Uh…”

How could Gu Xun not want Shen Yanzhi to explain; he originally felt that being able to listen to Shen Yanzhi explain classes was so good ah, but after repeatedly and thoroughly failing to understand, this kind of feeling was a bit changed.

In front of the person he liked, brushing the lower limit of his IQ time after time, this kind of matter truly was what even Gu Xun’s thick skin couldn’t hold up against.

Shen Yanzhi then smiled for a moment: “Don’t think randomly, I feel it is very interesting.”

Gu Xun felt he himself seemed to have heard wrongly, looking toward Shen Yanzhi with confusion: “Ah? What?”

What was interesting? Still very interesting? Explaining classes to him repeatedly and thoroughly, this matter was very interesting?

Then Shen Yanzhi affirmed Gu Xun’s thought: “Being a teacher for a person is quite interesting.”

Gu Xun: “…”

Gu Xun: “Can’t see it out ah…”

Shen Yanzhi: “What?”

Gu Xun: “…Just, you are quite fond of being a teacher to people.”

Shen Yanzhi smiled without speaking, but Gu Xun’s brain hole opened wide: “A-Yan, will you go be a teacher in the future ah?”

Shen Yanzhi directly negated this conjecture of his: “Have not much interest.”

Gu Xun: “…”

Just now didn’t you say explaining classes was quite interesting? How come you have no interest?

Or was it saying that when being a teacher there are too many students, and it would be annoying?

Or again…

Did he feel that only giving classes to himself was interesting ah!

Although it was himself blindly thinking, this thought truly had too much of a flashpoint.

Gu Xun’s face didn’t hold taut, instantly smiling, and then he again, like having done some bad deed and fearing to be discovered by people, hurriedly wanted to hold taut.

Only pity his expression management ability truly was a bit poor; Shen Yanzhi just watched him by himself over there, one moment looking like he was immediately going to laugh out with a haha, one moment again pursing his mouth with a strange expression, wanting to choke the smile back as if.

Shen Yanzhi didn’t know what illness of his was acting up again, but just looking, he felt it was very interesting.

After Gu Xun, by his own calculation, secretly rejoiced for a while, he also could be considered as having snapped back from the frustration of not understanding the questions just now, saying in his heart isn’t it just questions! As long as it is a question, how can it still not be solved out!

Gu Xun decided to battle with the exercise book for another three hundred rounds, and then he said: “Come come come! I still don’t believe it! Definitely can read and understand! Come again!”

This coming again just came again up to past eleven o’clock at night.

If not for connectedly letting out several yawns, Gu Xun still wouldn’t discover it was already this late.

Shen Yanzhi also seemed as if having just discovered it had reached this time, so he said: “Today we stop here.”

Gu Xun instantly again let out a yawn, tears all being sleepily brought out.

Shen Yanzhi looked at it with amusement, feeling Gu Xun eight out of ten parts was caused by just now all along staring his eyes out to study the questions.

Gu Xun, within his eyes containing a pack of tears, looked at Shen Yanzhi: “So sleepy…”

Shen Yanzhi then picked him up and led him toward the bathroom; Gu Xun wished he himself at this time were just a string puppet—whatever Shen Yanzhi commanded, he would do that.

Just…

Gu Xun: “…Can I apply to not take a bath?”

Truly so sleepy ah ah ah!

Shen Yanzhi’s brow wrinkled up; although today he hadn’t gone out of the door for the whole day, yet Gu Xun feared heat, and at home he also had sweat emerge.

Gu Xun: “…I still take it then.”

Then Gu Xun, with his eyes in a daze, stripped his own clothes, like sleepwalking groping toward the inside of the shower cubicle, almost failing to not crash onto the glass door.

Shen Yanzhi looked until his heart jumped, deeply fearing that with one inattention he truly would crash onto it.

Thinking this way, Shen Yanzhi then didn’t exit the bathroom, but rather leaned against the washstand, waiting for Gu Xun inside to wash.

Upon the frosted glass of the shower cubicle was printed out Gu Xun’s blurry silhouette; the youth’s frame was very long and lean, the actions of taking a bath very slow, sometimes there would be a segment of time where he just didn’t move.

Shen Yanzhi would then shout to him from outside: “A-Xun?”

Gu Xun inside was just like suddenly being startled awake, again starting to move actions.

Shen Yanzhi let out a sigh, having no choice but to say: “About enough is okay, just rinsing away a bit of the sweat smell is fine.”

Gu Xun inside gave a vague response sound, also not knowing whether he understood or didn’t understand.

By the time he finished washing and came out, his eyes almost were unable to open; his hand groped several times on the bath towel rack by the side, all failing to grope the bath towel.

Shen Yanzhi then had no choice but to go over and help him take the bath towel, directly shaking it open and then wrapping his whole person up, only leaving a wet-and-dripping head outside, and then only taking a towel to wipe his hair for him.

Gu Xun just like a little dog let him randomly use the towel to wipe his hair; the face with closed eyes exposed out from the gap of the towel and wet hair had an expression that was gentle to the utmost.

Shen Yanzhi’s action on his hand suddenly paused for a bit, thinking of when he said he wanted to stay together with himself forever, that serious look in his eyes.

As if some answer was right at a place within his reach.

Shen Yanzhi quietly looked at Gu Xun, having a slight impulse of wanting to ask why again.

Gu Xun originally was so dazed he was about to fall asleep again, but feeling that Shen Yanzhi’s action of helping him wipe his hair stopped, he lifted open a tiny bit of eye curtain to look toward Shen Yanzhi, calling out somewhat vaguely: “A-Yan?”

Shen Yanzhi let out a sigh, his hand again continuing to move actions, until Gu Xun’s hair was wiped about enough, only then did he stop his hand.

Gu Xun stood in the original place for a while without moving, before again opening his eyes and starting slow-and-leisurely to use the bath towel to wipe his body.

It wasn’t the first time Shen Yanzhi saw his bare appearance, but this time he yet suddenly felt he himself should not look anymore.

Just inside his heart after all there was some unable-to-let-go, so he slightly shifted away his sight.

Only after Gu Xun wiped himself dry did he discover his clothes hadn’t been brought inside, subconsciously letting out a shout of “A-Yan.”

Shen Yanzhi then instantly turned his head to look at him, matching onto his somewhat dazed gaze.

Gu Xun said: “Clothes.”

Shen Yanzhi also realized he hadn’t brought clothes inside, so said: “Wait a moment.”

Next he truly went to take clothes for him; Gu Xun himself foolishly stood in the original place for a while, only then realizing he himself just now had directed Shen Yanzhi.

Gu Xun: “…”

I am going to go up to the heavens ah…

Then Shen Yanzhi took the clothes and came inside.

Gu Xun’s brain right now was a bit clear, finally knowing what was called shy, breaking precedent by even turning over to change the clothes; this, if placed in the past, that absolutely was impossible.

Shen Yanzhi, with one lack of defense, again saw Gu Xun’s white bottom.

Shen Yanzhi: “…”

He let out a sigh, and then waited for Gu Xun to wear well his clothes, and again watched him mixed-up-and-muddled leave the bathroom and want to climb onto the bed.

Shen Yanzhi hurriedly grabbed Gu Xun’s clothes collar, picking the already wanting to sleep down Gu Xun up.

Gu Xun then looked at him, the meaning within his expression very obvious—haven’t I already finished washing, still not letting me sleep?

Shen Yanzhi said: “Wait a bit, blow your hair for you.”

Gu Xun blankly gave an “oh” sound.

When Shen Yanzhi went inside the bathroom to take the hairdryer out, Gu Xun, who was sitting on the bed holding his knees, had already closed his eyes again.

Shen Yanzhi hesitated for a split second, but in the end still plugged the hairdryer into the power source, and turned on the switch.

The sound of the hairdryer expectedly again made Gu Xun open his eyes; he saw Shen Yanzhi holding the hairdryer in his hand, so leaned his head toward his side.

Shen Yanzhi then rapidly helped him blow his hair, his hand still needing to support under his chin, preventing him from entirely collapsing down.

Gu Xun felt the temperature on his hand, feeling extremely comfortable, subconsciously rubbing a rub, truly just like a little dog.

Shen Yanzhi with amusement scratched twice under his chin; Gu Xun also was not angry, just closing his eyes and foolishly smiling.

When he finished packing up everything for Gu Xun, Shen Yanzhi only then went to manage well himself; when returning, Gu Xun had already fallen sound asleep.

Shen Yanzhi stood in front of the bed and looked at him for a while, couldn’t resist, his hand reaching out, lightly touching his cheek, pressing out a very shallow, very shallow dimple, and then he was satisfied, drawing back his hand, and going up to the bed to sleep.

Gu Xun, just as if having automatic sensing, directly leaned toward his side.

Shen Yanzhi listened to his breathing sound, and very quickly also fell asleep.

Gu Xun had never known that studying hard was such a tiring matter, feeling it took his life more than him playing basketball for a whole day; when waking up the next day, he still was blank-minded.

But thinking of the words he himself had said yesterday, thinking of Shen Yanzhi speaking to him to work hard, he felt that even if dying he had to continue to carry it out.

Therefore after finishing breakfast, he consciously sat down toward the front of the writing desk.

Gu Xun used a tone like wanting to go to a battlefield to ask: “Which one do we start from today?”

The result was Shen Yanzhi said: “Didn’t we agree well yesterday to go out to play ball today?”

Gu Xun’s blank-minded face became even more blank-minded; after looking toward Shen Yanzhi, he himself also thought for quite a long while, before digging this matter out from the deep recesses of memory.

Right oh, agreed well with the brothers to play ball… he even specially asked A-Yan…

But!

Gu Xun: “Am I not supposed to study well!”

How could he, just after setting his mind down, run off to play ball on the second day ah!

Shen Yanzhi rubbed his head: “Combination of labor and rest.”

Gu Xun still was a bit hesitant; he felt that tiny bit of faith he had just built up might collapse down because of playing crazily for a morning.

Shen Yanzhi said: “I am watching you.”

Gu Xun’s small gaze then looked toward him with shiny brightness: “Can truly go ah?”

Shen Yanzhi nodded: “I am together with you.”

Gu Xun instantly then cheered, the blank-minded face just now also disappearing,神采飞揚 (radiant with high spirits) going to change clothes for going out.

Just after changing clothes, Wang Xiaosong’s phone call came, asking when the two of them would go out; Gu Xun joyfully replied back: “Now! Immediately!”

Wang Xiaosong over there hung up the phone and came toward Gu Xun’s house side; after the three people bumped heads, they went toward the ball court.

Arriving at the ball court, that was Gu Xun’s main battlefield; what made people even more happy was that after school started, First High School’s ball court opened to students, no longer needing to go to the dangerous zone over by Song Xinxin’s house!

Gu Xun truly, when walking on the road, felt the sky today was particularly blue.

Shen Yanzhi saw him walking as if bouncing, and couldn’t resist smiling.

Wang Xiaosong felt it strange: “Did you install springs under your feet? Bouncing that high?”

Gu Xun then bounced another one for him: “I am happy! I am willing! I can bounce however I want to bounce!”

Wang Xiaosong: “…”

This is crazy right?

On the ball court there were already people who came early starting; Gu Xun raised his hand and greeted acquaintances, and everyone with xi-xi-ha-ha made a bout of noise.

Then it was starting to divide teams; Gu Xun anyway to the death wanted to be in one team with Shen Yanzhi, being group-mocked by the little companions, and furthermore dividing this way obviously was not quite fair.

Gu Xun played well, and Shen Yanzhi played even better; these two strong people gathering together, the other team obviously was going to suffer a lot of loss.

Gu Xun smiled cheaply: “Hei-hei, you guys are admitting that the two of us are ultra-strong ya!”

This turn anyway, no matter whether they felt Gu Xun was strong or not strong, altogether they had to hiss a wave at him first.

Gu Xun then haha laughed, his arm wrapping onto Shen Yanzhi’s body, starting to stinking-show-off: “No way ya! A-Yan is my family’s ya! You guys can’t envy it ya!”

Wang Xiaosong: “Brothers, I thought of a method.”

Shi Juntao and others immediately humbly sought teaching; Wang Xiaosong said: “Let’s first break Gu Xun’s legs, this way the strength of both sides should be about the same.”

Everyone one after another responded, feeling this method was not bad; Shi Juntao raised an opinion: “Can we not by the way also block his mouth up? Isn’t there still verbal harassment?”

Gu Xun flipped the middle finger to both of them; he hadn’t forgotten yet!

These two, that day when looking at fireworks, when abandoning him and rushing toward the younger sisters, those footsteps were so resolute! Not even bringing their heads back!

Wang Xiaosong and Shi Juntao each looked at the sky, expressing they fundamentally didn’t understand what Gu Xun meant.

But the final grouping still was Gu Xun together with Shen Yanzhi, but the opposite side had two more people than their team.

Gu Xun toward this had no opinion; anyway he didn’t feel having two more people could block him and A-Yan.

Facts proved that it indeed could not be blocked.

Shen Yanzhi received the ball passed over by Gu Xun, almost separating across the major half of the ball court, and leapt up to shoot.

Everyone on the ball court all had their actions pause, their gazes moving along with that ball.

In!

This technique truly was handsome to the extreme; no matter whether they were of Gu Xun’s team or not, all along with the ball going in erupted out startled shouts.

Gu Xun furthermore let out an “ao” howl, rushing over and giving Shen Yanzhi a bear hug: “A-Yan!”

The result was before he could say anything, he heard the sharp screams of quite a few girls: “Ah ah ah!! Shen Yanzhi!!! So handsome!!!”

Gu Xun, if not for holding Shen Yanzhi, at this time definitely would be frightened until his feet went soft; where the ni-ma (freaking) did girls come from?

He subconsciously looked toward the ball court side, discovering only a few scattered young girls who originally were running; this obviously was not the sound source.

Then he again discovered the brothers were all looking in one direction, looking toward a building on the side of the ball court; on the second-floor balcony it was currently crowded full of people, entirely young girls.

Gu Xun: “…Where is that?”

Shen Yanzhi: “Girls’ dormitory.”

Gu Xun: “Oh…”

Then Gu Xun’s brain circuit went wrong, he asked: “How come I didn’t know?”

Shen Yanzhi understood his meaning; Gu Xun’s meaning was, he didn’t know how he himself knew.

Shen Yanzhi looked at Gu Xun: “There is a zone map on the enrollment manual.”

Gu Xun looked at him with shock: “What? Our school still has an enrollment manual???”

The other people including Gu Xun all blank-mindedly looked at Shen Yanzhi, clearly all not knowing.

There also was just one who felt he himself had a bit of an impression: “Seems to be… there is right…”

But this gadget, will anyone truly look at it!

Shen Yanzhi used action to express he looked at it, and furthermore looked at it quite seriously; at least he remembered the details.

Shen Yanzhi: “The front two pages are school history, behind is the zone distribution introduction.”

Gu Xun: “…”

Gu Xun started to suspect whether his own exertion of effort in the end still had use or not; Shen Yanzhi unexpectedly even looked at school history, and he right now still remained at the stage of good words and beautiful sentences!

The other brothers didn’t have this psychological burden; conversely because of knowing that building over there was the girls’ dormitory, each and every one was like a little cockerel, their spirit particularly full.

Gu Xun felt it strange: “What are you guys smearing your hair for?”

Wang Xiaosong and Shi Juntao didn’t smear their hair, but they very much understood the mindset of the other people.

Shi Juntao squeezed his eyes and grimaced his face to say to Gu Xun: “Aren’t the younger sisters looking, have to pay a bit of attention to image right…”

Gu Xun: “…Forget it, comparing you guys with A-Yan, what image do you still have ah.”

The opposite side in unison roared at him: “Will you die if you don’t speak!”

Gu Xun immediately shrunk behind Shen Yanzhi’s back, deeply fearing being group-beaten.

Then this ball had no way to be played; Gu Xun felt the little companions of the whole court all became particularly affected, every moment wishing they could concave a pose out.

Finally Gu Xun couldn’t endure it, pulling Shen Yanzhi and leaving the court, letting that band of people go make poses on the court by themselves.

Sitting well on the long bench on one side, Gu Xun took the water bought before coming out to drink; just after drinking two mouthfuls, he heard a young girl say: “Student Shen, can we get to know each other?”

Gu Xun almost choked, and then heard Shen Yanzhi directly reply: “Apologies.”

The young girl clearly didn’t want to abandon so easily: “Just being ordinary friends, don’t be so stingy嘛!”

Shen Yanzhi’s expression was very detached: “There is no necessity.”

That girl grew to be quite beautiful, clearly having not expected Shen Yanzhi would refuse so cleanly, her face instantly unable to hold up.

The result was her eyes swept and saw Gu Xun currently staring blankly at her, instantly venting her anger toward him: “What are you looking at!”

Then she ran away.

Gu Xun: “…”

He was so innocent…

But, still quite happy…

Shen Yanzhi extended his hand to him: “Water.”

Gu Xun foolishly gave his own water to him.

Shen Yanzhi: “…”

What he wanted was his own; the water was all placed on Gu Xun’s side.

Gu Xun clearly also reacted; just wanting to take it for Shen Yanzhi, he watched Shen Yanzhi directly drink it.

Gu Xun: “…”

He felt he himself was about to explode.