The Silly Shou Transmigrated Into a Book - Chapter 26

Monday brought with it the weekly tests. Gu Qiuyi scratched his head in frustration as he finished his papers, almost certain his grades would be abysmal. However, being big-hearted, he didn’t feel much pressure.

After several subjects were tested, the results came out quickly. His performance was remarkably stable—still in the double digits. English, however, had improved significantly; he managed to score 50. He’d had good luck—most of the multiple-choice questions he’d guessed blindly turned out to be correct.

Jiang Hansa looked at his test paper with a face of pure despair. “If this weren’t a public school, you’d probably be advised to withdraw.”

Gu Qiuyi looked up with exceptionally innocent eyes and asked, “Can I still get into a Project 211 university?”

Jiang Hansa: “…Baby, how about we lower our goals a bit?”

Gu Qiuyi asked, “What goals?”

Jiang Hansa: “Pick one: New Oriental Cooking School or Shandong Lanxiang Vocational School.”

Gu Qiuyi: “…”

Gu Qiuyi said, “Pick a ghost! Can a beautiful youth like me go toss a wok? Can I go drive a tractor? Do you have the heart to see that?”

Jiang Hansa: “…What’s there to be ‘heartless’ about?”

Gu Qiuyi clicked his tongue. “You dead straight man, you don’t know how to ‘pity the fragrant grass and cherish the jade’ (show tenderness to beauty) at all.”

Zhao Ming turned around to look at them. “National Day is coming up. Are you guys going anywhere to play?”

Gu Qiuyi pulled out a small mirror and touched his face. “Probably not. I feel like my skin has been very dry lately. What if I go out and get a sunburn so bad I start peeling?”

Zhao Ming said, “Buy some facial masks to hydrate.”

Gu Qiuyi froze for a second. “Oh right, why didn’t I think of that? Do you have any recommendations?”

Zhao Ming said, “The brand ‘Yilian’ is pretty good. You can check it out.”

Gu Qiuyi searched on Taobao. “So expensive!?”

Zhao Ming said, “It’s okay, it’s quite affordable.”

Gu Qiuyi placed an order and asked further, “Do you think I should buy some skincare products?”

Zhao Ming said, “No need. At our age, we shouldn’t use skincare products; they damage the skin. Youth is your best asset.”

Seeing them chat so enthusiastically about this, Jiang Hansa turned his head away, completely uninterested. Xu Muqing, however, listened quite intently.

Gu Qiuyi remembered something and asked to borrow Zhao Ming’s phone. Zhao Ming handed it over. “Don’t you have your own phone?”

Gu Qiuyi said, “My phone is useless.”

After saying that, he used Zhao Ming’s phone to type in Chu Yueguang’s number and sent a text: “Yueguang-gege, has your anger cooled? Can you listen to me now?”

After waiting a long time with no reply, Gu Qiuyi sent a second message: “Yueguang-gege?”

As soon as he sent it, a red “failed to send” icon appeared.

He had been blacklisted again. Chu Yueguang was determined not to forgive him. Gu Qiuyi wanted to give up.

At noon, Jiang Hansa brought the watch over. Gu Qiuyi seized the moment to put it on and take several photos, his eyes full of reluctance. He truly liked this watch. Perhaps you get what you pay for; every part of this watch exuded luxury. Just as no girl could refuse jewelry, no boy could refuse a luxury watch or a sports car.

It’s okay, he thought. When I have money in the future, I can buy one for myself.

Gu Qiuyi then tore a page out of his exercise book, intending to write a letter to Chu Yueguang.

Jiang Hansa watched from the side and said, “Isn’t it a bit shabby to write him a letter on exercise book paper?”

Gu Qiuyi didn’t even look up. “Letter paper costs money. One yuan per sheet—that’s daylight robbery. Only a fool would buy that.”

Jiang Hansa: “…”

Fine, the familiar “iron rooster” (cheapskate) was still there.

Gu Qiuyi wrote a sincere letter of apology, nearly moving himself to tears. If Chu Yueguang didn’t unblock him this time, he would give up.

Man, keep acting cool and you’re going to lose the cutest friend in the world!

Gu Qiuyi wrote a full page and then sprinkled a few drops of eye drops on it.

Jiang Hansa couldn’t help but ask, “What are you doing now?”

Gu Qiuyi: “Telling Chu Yueguang that I cried while writing this letter!”

Jiang Hansa: “…”

This person was truly strange. Just when you thought he was an idiot, he would display this kind of petty scheming. He understood Gu Qiuyi less and less.

Gu Qiuyi folded the letter neatly, tucked it into the watch’s gift box along with the certificate of authenticity, and had Jiang Hansa’s driver deliver it to save a few dozen yuan on courier fees.

He was meticulous with his calculations, unwilling to spend even a single extra yuan. Meanwhile, he shamelessly continued to sponge off Jiang Hansa for food and drinks. Despite being in this world for so long, he had barely spent any money, and his wallet was actually getting fatter.

After finishing his tutoring session with Xu Muqing, Gu Qiuyi still had time to earn some extra cash—playing games. This time, it wasn’t Wang Peng who contacted him, but Wang Peng’s classmate, the one named W.

W asked him: “Playing?” This was followed by a 1,000 yuan transfer.

Gu Qiuyi accepted it instantly and asked hypocritically: “Gege, why are you giving me so much money?”

W: “Play with me.”

Gu Qiuyi said joyfully: “Sure! Gege, I’m getting online, hurry up.”

Once in the game, Gu Qiuyi invited W. In the lobby, W typed: “You turn on your mic, I won’t turn mine on.”

Gu Qiuyi turned on his mic. “Okay, okay, I’ll listen to everything you say, Gege.”

W: “Don’t use ‘All’ chat for your mic.”

Gu Qiuyi checked and saw it was indeed set to ‘All’. “Okay, okay, Gege, I’ve switched it to ‘Team’ mic.”

W: “Let’s go.”

Gu Qiuyi clicked start. Soon they reached the hero selection phase. Gu Qiuyi was first pick and chose Daji. W chose the marksman Baili Shouyue. It seemed he was skilled with this hero and chose him out of habit.

While Gu Qiuyi’s mind was wandering, W suddenly typed: “Going home for National Day?”

Gu Qiuyi said, “No.”

W asked: “Why?”

Gu Qiuyi: “I can’t go home, wuu wuu.”

W: “? What do you mean?”

Gu Qiuyi said, “Exactly what it sounds like. Gege, my situation is special. Actually, both my parents are dead and I have no home.”

W: “…”

As he said this, Gu Qiuyi quickly remembered that the Gu family still sent him 3,000 yuan in pocket money, so he changed his tune: “I’m joking, Gege. I have a home, but I can’t go back there. My parents would be angry.”

W: “…”

After sending two strings of ellipses, W said nothing more.

Upon entering the game, Gu Qiuyi felt awkward being on mic without speaking, so he asked: “Gege, how old are you?”

W replied: “20.”

Gu Qiuyi let out a “Wow.” “Gege is three years older than me! Does Gege have a girlfriend?”

W replied: “No girlfriend. My family doesn’t allow it.”

Seeing this, Gu Qiuyi felt some sympathy. “You’re already 20 and your family still doesn’t let you have a girlfriend?”

W: “Mm.”

At that moment, W got a double kill. Gu Qiuyi checked the timer—it had only been one minute. He couldn’t help but praise him: “Gege, you’re amazing! Do you play this game often?”

W replied: “I only started playing this month.”

Because you play this game, W added in his heart.

Gu Qiuyi was shocked. “Only started this month?? Gege is truly incredible. You’ve only played for less than a month and you already have a Small National Title? Soon you’ll have a Big National Title, right? Wuu wuu, Gege, let me ride your coat-tails when the time comes, okay?”

W: “I’ll let you.” Then he asked: “Which heroes do you like? I can get a National Title for all of them.”

Gu Qiuyi was shocked once again and couldn’t help but wonder if this person was interested in him. No—he was on mic, and his voice wasn’t androgynous; it was clearly a boy’s voice. W couldn’t possibly mistake him for a girl.

He was really overthinking things. How could anyone fall for him over the internet?

Gu Qiuyi answered: “I really like Ma Chao, he’s so cool. Also Dongfang Yao, Li Xin…”

He named a long list in one breath. W noted them down one by one and typed: “I will get National Titles for all of them, then I’ll carry you.”

Gu Qiuyi asked: “Are you carrying just me, or are there other ‘little sisters’?”

W: “Just you.”

Gu Qiuyi once again suspected the guy liked him. He couldn’t help but ask: “Gege, why are you so good to me?”

W was silent. Does this count as being good to him? Just playing games with him is being good to him? After a long silence, W said: “No reason. It’s fate.”

Gu Qiuyi said, “Then I’ll thank you in advance!”

The game was an easy win. W was truly skilled—even with Baili Shouyue, he was the MVP every time. It was an absolute stomp.

After the game, W transferred him another 10,000 yuan.

Gu Qiuyi: “!!! Gege, why are you giving me more money?”

W: “For playing with me. 2,000 per game.”

Gu Qiuyi: “…”

While Gu Qiuyi’s mouth said: “But Gege carried me to a win, I’d feel so bad taking the money,” his hand still clicked to accept the transfer.

W said: “Your time is valuable. Study hard.”

Gu Qiuyi replied: “Thank you, Gege!”

Truly, only money in this world could sweep away all his sorrows. His mood had completely cleared up. He took screenshots of the total match history and the results page showing W’s highest kill count of over thirty. He posted them to his Moments: “This is what a carry looks like. Thank you, W-gege, for the rank up!”

On the other side, Chu Yueguang received the watch Gu Qiuyi had sent. He tossed the watch onto the table with a cold face. Chu Wenxing asked, “Brother, who sent this?”

Chu Yueguang said, “If you want it, take it.”

Chu Wenxing said, “That wouldn’t be right. How can I take a gift someone gave to you?”

As she spoke, she tore off the wrapping paper and opened the gift box. “…Brother! It’s a watch, I can’t use this!”

She then saw a crumpled piece of exercise book paper inside. She took it out, unfolded it, and read aloud: “Yueguang-gege, it’s Jiuqiu. Because you blacklisted me, I didn’t get to finish what I was saying. I really…”

Before she could read more than a few lines, Chu Yueguang strode over, snatched the paper from her hand, and ran upstairs at lightning speed.

Chu Wenxing: “…”

She blinked, then turned to the teddy bear next to her. “Xixi, did you see that? Did Brother’s face just turn red?”

The teddy bear obviously couldn’t speak. Chu Wenxing lightly kicked the coffee table and whispered, “I’m certain I saw Brother blush just now.”

Who wrote that letter to her brother? Was it a love letter? But wait, how could a love letter be written on that kind of exercise book paper? Chu Wenxing tilted her head, unable to find an answer, and walked away hugging her teddy bear.

Chu Yueguang hadn’t expected Gu Qiuyi to be so persistent. Wasn’t blacklisting him enough to show his attitude?? He actually dared to write a letter!

Chu Yueguang sat in his chair and unfolded the crumpled paper. He couldn’t help but frown—why use this kind of paper? It was far too perfunctory.

He read the letter Gu Qiuyi had written word for word, then let out a sneer. The entire thing was full of excuses and “selling misery.” However, when his gaze fell on the wet marks on the paper that looked like tear stains, he fell silent again.

After a long while, Chu Yueguang tore the paper to shreds.

Gu Qiuyi is just a liar. He’ll say any lie. I can’t fall for this person’s tricks again.

Yet, an unknown amount of time later, Chu Yueguang still pulled out his phone. He removed Gu Qiuyi’s WeChat from his blacklist. Then, he clicked into Gu Qiuyi’s Moments.

And then, he saw the gaming screenshots Gu Qiuyi had posted.

Chu Yueguang: “…”

This was the “so sad I can’t eat or sleep” that Gu Qiuyi had written about on that crumpled, tear-stained letter??

Chu Yueguang, with a freezing face, blacklisted the person once again.

I am truly a fool. A massive fool.