The Silly Shou Transmigrated Into a Book - Chapter 36

Gu Qiuyi was feeling a bit dazed. When he read the novel, Chu Yueguang was always the steady, reliable male lead. But the Chu Yueguang in front of him now… why was he a bit of a blockhead?

Gu Qiuyi knew his own excuses were pretty far-fetched, but he hadn’t expected Chu Yueguang to come up with an even more ridiculous one for him.

The key was… he actually believed it!

Gu Qiuyi wiped his tears, peeking at Chu Yueguang through narrowed eyes—this man truly looked 100% convinced by that “forced to climb into bed” explanation.

Gu Qiuyi: “…”

Chu Yueguang now felt he knew the whole story, but he didn’t plan on forgiving Gu Qiuyi so easily. After all, the fact remained that Gu Qiuyi had deceived him.

Even if there was a reason, it was still unforgivable!

He kept a straight face and said, “Stop crying.”

Gu Qiuyi let out a shaky sob, piteously wiping his eyes with the back of his hand. He choked out, “I’m sorry. I didn’t want to cry; I’m sorry for annoying you, Brother.”

Chu Yueguang watched him from the corner of his eye, feeling a strange tug at his heart. But wouldn’t forgiving him so easily make him look like a man without principles?

Chu Yueguang said coldly, “Don’t say ‘I’m sorry’ to me.”

Gu Qiuyi: “…” He choked out, “Okay.”

Chu Yueguang: “…” He glanced at him again. Gu Qiuyi had been crying for so long that his eyelids were red and swollen. On his fair skin, that flush was particularly striking, and his nose was red too—he looked both pathetic and adorable.

Chu Yueguang reached into his pocket, pulled out a folded checkered handkerchief, and handed it over, whispering, “Wipe yourself.”

Gu Qiuyi: “!!!”

He reached out to take it. Perhaps because the shock on his face was too obvious, Chu Yueguang said coldly, “I haven’t used it.”

Gu Qiuyi whispered, “That’s not what I meant. Thank you, Brother Yueguang.”

He used the handkerchief to wipe his face and his tear-stained hands. After he finished, he looked up at Chu Yueguang.

Chu Yueguang said, “No need to return it.” With that, he stood up to leave.

Gu Qiuyi called out softly to stop him: “Brother Yueguang, can you add me back?”

Chu Yueguang looked down at him from his height. “You blocked me, and now you want to add me back?”

Gu Qiuyi: “! Brother, how did you know?” Then he added pitifully, “But it was clearly Brother who blocked me first.”

Chu Yueguang: “And now you’re playing the victim? Should I not have blocked you?”

Gu Qiuyi: “…I’m sorry, Brother. It was my fault. I shouldn’t have lied to you. Sob sob, I’m sorry.”

Chu Yueguang said sternly, “Don’t say ‘I’m sorry’ to me.”

Gu Qiuyi: “…Okay.”

Chu Yueguang paused and asked, “How many people have you lied to?”

Gu Qiuyi: “…” Gu Qiuyi answered honestly, “Brother, actually, I’m not good at lying. That time with you was really an accident. I didn’t mean it.”

Chu Yueguang: “Answer me directly.”

Gu Qiuyi paused—he felt this “vibe” was strangely familiar, but he didn’t dwell on it. He answered with a face full of grievance: “Brother, I only lied to you.”

Hearing this, Chu Yueguang felt a wave of relief. He had only lied to him. He was the only one.

Chu Yueguang said, “Add me back.”

Gu Qiuyi: “!!” Really? That worked??

The joy on Gu Qiuyi’s face was so radiant that Chu Yueguang felt a slight stinging sensation in his eyes. Was he really that happy just to be added back?

The corners of Chu Yueguang’s lips twitched upward slightly, but he masked it instantly. “You don’t want to? Forget it then.”

Gu Qiuyi: “No! Can we do it now?”

Chu Yueguang gave a slight nod, acting exceptionally reserved.

Gu Qiuyi pulled out his phone and removed Chu Yueguang from his blacklist. He looked up and said, “Thank you for speaking up for me today. Really, thank you.”

Chu Yueguang said with a high-and-mighty coldness, “I would have helped anyone else too.”

Gu Qiuyi smiled. “Anyway, thank you, Brother Yueguang.”

Chu Yueguang didn’t say a word and turned to leave.

Jiang Hansa sat down next to him. “What was that about? Your mother wants you to get plastic surgery? What kind of surgery?”

Gu Qiuyi said indignantly, “She said my face looks too much like hers and wants me to get it changed. Double eyelid surgery, chin implants, shaving my nose bridge… I can’t believe she came up with that.”

Jiang Hansa: “…” He was flabbergasted. Do parents like this really exist in this world?

Because Gu Qiuyi wasn’t the original Gu Qiuyi, he didn’t crave parental love. He said bluntly, “I think she’s just jealous that I’m good-looking! They say your face reflects your heart. I’m handsome, so there’s nothing I can do about it! My soul is beautiful! That’s why I’m getting better-looking! On the other hand, her thoughts are too narrow and wicked, so she’s becoming more and more ‘average’.”

Hearing this, Jiang Hansa felt it made sense. He also felt that Gu Qiuyi’s face was becoming more and more striking. Now it seemed it was because he had broken free from his family’s shackles and his soul had gained freedom.

Gu Qiuyi said, “Let’s not talk about her. Let’s keep eating.”

As soon as he finished, his eyes lit up and he pointed ahead. “Brother Hansa, look! Kou Huai is over there.”

Jiang Hansa followed his finger. “The person next to him is his mother, right?”

Gu Qiuyi indeed saw a woman in a red dress next to him. She was very beautiful and had a great aura. Kou Huai clearly saw them too; while the woman was talking to someone else, he gave them a wave.

Gu Qiuyi waved back.

Jiang Hansa withdrew his gaze and said to Gu Qiuyi, “I heard Kou Huai’s mother comes from a scholarly family. She’s a university professor and a career-driven woman. His father listens to her; he’s a henpecked husband.”

Gu Qiuyi nodded. “I know.”

Jiang Hansa glanced at him and said, “Kou Huai is a good guy, but he can’t give you anything except money.”

Gu Qiuyi: “…Brother Hansa, where are your thoughts going? I don’t have those kinds of feelings for him!!!”

Jiang Hansa said, “I know. I’m just reminding you. He’s definitely going to marry a girl of equal social standing in the future. He’s the only son in five generations of his family. No matter how much he plays around now or how many partners he goes through, when the time comes, he won’t be able to go against his family’s arrangements.”

He added in a low voice, “In families like this, many things are out of one’s control.”

Gu Qiuyi nodded. “I understand. Being friends with Brother Kou Huai is already great.”

Jiang Hansa was suddenly curious. “Since you’re gay, do you have someone you like?”

Gu Qiuyi said shyly, “I still prefer money right now.”

Jiang Hansa: “…” Seems he hasn’t ‘awakened’ yet.

Gu Qiuyi then asked Jiang Hansa, “Brother Hansa, don’t you have someone you like?”

“No.” Jiang Hansa gave a bitter smile. “How can I think about things so far away right now?”

Gu Qiuyi asked, “But you must have a type, right?”

Jiang Hansa thought for a moment and said, “I like girls with long, straight black hair. A ‘mature sister’ (Yujie) figure, at least 170 cm tall, but preferably with a pure and cute face.”

Gu Qiuyi: “…Eww, you want a mature Yujie but also want her to be cute? Brother Hansa, you really are a ‘hardcore’ straight man.”

Jiang Hansa felt mocked but couldn’t refute it, so he just gave a polite smile.

Gu Qiuyi had finished most of the food on his plate and felt quite full. “It’s late. Shall we go?”

Jiang Hansa asked, “Don’t want to stay and look around more?”

Gu Qiuyi said, “Nah, running into Ms. Liang ruined my mood.”

Jiang Hansa: “Then let’s go. Tell Kou Huai.” He pulled out his phone and sent a message to Kou Huai, then led Gu Qiuyi toward the exit.

As they reached the entrance, the receptionist waiter gave them a subtle roll of the eyes. His tone was elongated with deliberate contempt: “Please… have a… safe… trip… home.”

He hadn’t expected Gu Qiuyi to catch it. Gu Qiuyi was confused. Were the waiters at the Tianchi Gala always this arrogant?

Thinking this, he asked directly, “Did you just roll your eyes at us?”

The waiter raised an eyebrow. “Sir, you must have seen wrong.”

Gu Qiuyi turned to Jiang Hansa. “Brother Hansa! Did you see this waiter roll his eyes at us just now?”

Jiang Hansa looked at the waiter. Although he hadn’t seen it, if Gu Qiuyi said it happened, then it happened. He replied, “Indeed. I saw it.”

Gu Qiuyi demanded, “Why did you roll your eyes at us? Did I offend you?”

The waiter smiled. “Sir, you really did see wrong. I did not roll my eyes at you.”

Jiang Hansa pulled him. “Forget it, baby. let’s go.”

Gu Qiuyi was pulled forward a few steps and was about to let it go, but as he turned his head, he caught the waiter rolling his eyes again in his peripheral vision.

Gu Qiuyi: “…” What is wrong with this guy? Even during the crossfire between the Syrian rebels and the US military, he hadn’t had to deal with this kind of crap!

Gu Qiuyi stopped in his tracks, fuming. He pointed at the waiter. “Brother! He did it again! How did I offend him? I’m so angry!”

Jiang Hansa comforted him, “Baby, forget it. Let’s not lower ourselves to his level.”

Gu Qiuyi was like a pufferfish now, his cheeks puffed out with rage. “No! He has to apologize! I didn’t do anything to him, yet he’s rolling his eyes at me!”

His voice was clear and sweet, quite attention-grabbing. Several people walking out of the doors heard his little tantrum and stopped to watch the show.

—It seems watching a scene is a universal skill across all social classes, as if it were encoded in human DNA.

The waiter finally felt a bit of panic. He had seen the boy’s “clueless” behavior at the door earlier and concluded he was a crasher who had snuck in. Plus, the boy kept calling him “waiter” (instead of a more polite term), which annoyed him. That’s why he had intentionally let him see the eye-roll. He hadn’t expected him to be so persistent.

The waiter’s mind raced as he decided to deny everything. “Sir, you saw wrong. I did not roll my eyes at you.”

He acted so humble while the boy seemed so overbearing that anyone would think he was the one being bullied.

Jiang Hansa whispered, “Forget it, baby. Many people are watching. Let’s go.”

Gu Qiuyi: “Brother, you might be able to take this, but I can’t! I haven’t dealt with this kind of nonsense since I was little.”

With that, he stared at the waiter and tried to roll his eyes back at him.

He failed.

A “pfft” sound came from someone laughing.

Gu Qiuyi was thick-skinned and indifferent to the laughter around him. He tried again, very hard, to roll his eyes at the waiter.

Failed again.

the laughter from the crowd grew louder. Even the waiter couldn’t help but let out a soft “tsic.”

Just then, Chu Yueguang appeared at the door. Seeing Gu Qiuyi, he was a bit surprised. He frowned and asked, “What are you doing here?”

As soon as Gu Qiuyi saw Chu Yueguang, he immediately lodged a complaint: “Brother Yueguang, he’s bullying me!!!”

Chu Yueguang: “…”

The waiter, of course, recognized Chu Yueguang. The condescending smile on his face froze instantly.

Gu Qiuyi continued his complaint: “He rolled his eyes at me! Twice! Sob sob sob, Brother, I’m being bullied so badly.”

Chu Yueguang couldn’t help but look at him. I haven’t even forgiven him yet, and he’s already acting so familiar, asking me to stand up for him?

Gu Qiuyi lifted his face to look at him. His eyes were still red, and his nose was slightly flushed—he looked pitiful and cute. In that sweet voice, he called out: “Brother Yueguang…”

Chu Yueguang: “…” He turned his head and stared coldly at the waiter. “Is this the quality of the Tianchi Gala? A lowly waiter dares to roll his eyes at a guest?”