The Silly Shou Transmigrated Into a Book - Chapter 41

When Xu Muqing returned, he found Gu Qiuyi exceptionally well-behaved, diligently working on a test paper.

Xu Muqing sat back in his seat and glanced sideways to watch him write. After only a few seconds, Gu Qiuyi stopped.

“Why did you stop?” Xu Muqing asked. “Keep writing.”

Gu Qiuyi whispered, “That person just now… who was he?”

Knowing he would ask, Xu Muqing replied indifferently, “The boyfriend of one of my cousins.”

“Then… then what did he want with you?”

Xu Muqing answered, “He takes issue with me. He probably wanted to teach me a lesson.”

Gu Qiuyi didn’t dare ask more. He tucked his head in and continued with the test.

“Are you afraid of me now?” Xu Muqing asked.

“Huh?”

“You saw it, didn’t you?”

So, Xu Muqing had seen him there.

Gu Qiuyi let out a few forced laughs. “You won’t… kill me to silence the witness, will you?”

“Murder is against the law,” Xu Muqing replied.

“…” Gu Qiuyi whispered, “I’m just a bit shocked.”

“Shocked by what?”

Gu Qiuyi gesticulated with his hands. “I thought you were the kind of gentleman who only used his words and never his fists. I didn’t expect you to be able to flatten a guy that tall and strong.”

“I studied Judo and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu for eight years,” Xu Muqing said.

The book never mentioned this!

Gu Qiuyi said with a look of utmost gravity, “Muqing-ge, what else about you do I not know?”

Xu Muqing glanced at him and said, “There is a lot you don’t know.” He paused, adding with an ambiguous tone, “And there is a lot about your affairs that I don’t know either.”

For some reason, Gu Qiuyi felt a pang of nervousness. He laughed dryly. “Muqing-ge, what do you mean by that?”

“Nothing,” Xu Muqing said. “Don’t worry about it. Just focus on your studies.”

Gu Qiuyi gave an “oh” and, being remarkably obedient, picked up his pen and started on the paper.

This time, Gu Qiuyi’s efficiency was surprisingly high. When Xu Muqing graded the paper, his score had increased by about twenty points. “Actually, your foundation in middle school knowledge is quite solid. It’s just stored in your head without being digested. In another half month, we can start reviewing high school material.”

He added, “High school knowledge needs to be input systematically. I won’t be of much use to you then. I recommend finding a top-tier tutor for one-on-one sessions; it’ll be more efficient.”

Gu Qiuyi pulled a face of deep suffering. “That would cost a lot of money, wouldn’t it?”

“Jiang Hansa will pay for it anyway, won’t he?” Xu Muqing noted.

“That won’t do,” Gu Qiuyi said. “I have to save money for Hansa-ge.”

Xu Muqing looked at him. “You certainly have a lot of nerve saying that so confidently.”

“Naturally,” Gu Qiuyi replied.

He really was confident—confident in every possible way.

“Write one more physics paper,” Xu Muqing instructed. “Did you memorize the key points I told you to?”

“I did,” Gu Qiuyi said obediently.

“Get to it then. If you don’t get at least an 80, you don’t get lunch.”

Before, he might have protested, but now he wouldn’t dare if he had a hundred times the courage. Gu Qiuyi knew how to play his cards based on who he was dealing with. He still hadn’t quite processed how Xu Muqing—this person whose true self was so different from his outward persona—had completely shattered his character archetype.

When Jiang Hansa arrived, looking travel-worn, he was greeted by the sight of Gu Qiuyi writing furiously.

Jiang Hansa was stunned. This was a person so lazy he sometimes wished someone else could eat for him. Though he claimed he wanted to study hard and get into a good university, he usually spent his time during tests doing little things—picking at his eraser, sharpening his pencil—anything but the task at hand. It was rare to see him this focused and hardworking.

Jiang Hansa sat down beside Gu Qiuyi and craned his neck to look. The boy was still working on a ninth-grade physics paper, but his accuracy had improved significantly. His mistakes were no longer so outrageous, and his attempt at a long-form buoyancy problem looked legitimate. Oh ho, his process was correct, but his final calculation was wrong.

Jiang Hansa gave him a hint. Gu Qiuyi scratched his neck, took his eraser to the answer, and recalculated with intense focus.

Watching him, Jiang Hansa felt a slight, strange sense of parental achievement.

Then he cursed himself internally. This kid is just spoiled. And he was the one doing the spoiling—no wonder Gu Qiuyi had him wrapped around his finger.

Finally finishing the physics paper, Gu Qiuyi eagerly pushed it toward Xu Muqing. “Muqing-ge, quick! Grade it for me!”

Xu Muqing took the paper and graded it swiftly. The score came out quickly: 92.

“!! Does this mean I can eat lunch?” Gu Qiuyi cried.

“Mhm,” Xu Muqing hummed.

Gu Qiuyi was quite proud of himself. He boasted to Xu Muqing, “I did pretty well this time, right?”

“Not bad,” Xu Muqing said in a gentle tone.

Just as Gu Qiuyi was about to smile, Xu Muqing continued, “Being focused raised your score by over 20 points. It just goes to show how lazy your attitude was before.”

“…”

“Let’s keep it this way from now on,” Xu Muqing added. “If you don’t meet the target, no food.”

Jiang Hansa couldn’t help but interject, “That’s a bit too harsh. It’s not right.”

Xu Muqing glanced at him, his voice still gentle. “It makes no difference to me. After all, I’m not the one failing to get into university, nor am I the one ranked last in the entire school.”

Jiang Hansa: “…” Gu Qiuyi: “…”

Jiang Hansa lowered his voice and whispered in Gu Qiuyi’s ear, “Did you provoke him?”

“No,” Gu Qiuyi whispered back.

“Then why is he being so passive-aggressive?”

“I don’t know either.”

Both fell silent. Xu Muqing said, “If there are no objections, then it’s settled.”

Who would dare object? Gu Qiuyi didn’t dare say another word. After all, it was for his own sake.

When Jiang Hansa asked on his phone about Xu Muqing being bullied, Gu Qiuyi just glossed over it vaguely. His mind was currently occupied by Xu Muqing’s dual-natured personality.

It’s so strange, he thought. Wasn’t Xu Muqing supposed to be a gentle, good-tempered high school genius in the original book? A poor little thing bullied by his uncle’s family? Aside from being a top student, he didn’t have any other skills. How did he suddenly know Judo and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu??

Could he be a transmigrator too?

Impossible. If he had been reborn, why wouldn’t he have gone to find Chu Yueguang?

Gu Qiuyi couldn’t figure it out.

At that moment, his online friend “Science and Education to Prosper the Nation” (Chu Yueguang’s alt account) messaged him: “What are you doing?”

Gu Qiuyi checked and replied: “Thinking about something.”

Science and Education: “Thinking about what?”

Gu Qiuyi: “Thinking about an older brother of mine.”

On the other end, Chu Yueguang fell silent for a moment. He typed with a bit of feigned restraint: “Why are you thinking about him?”

As soon as he sent it, he realized he wasn’t currently “Chu Yueguang,” so there was no need to be so restrained. He asked directly: “Do you like him?”

Gu Qiuyi didn’t quite react to the gravity of the question. “I do, I like him quite a lot.”

Thinking he was just talking to a classmate he barely remembered, Gu Qiuyi continued typing: “This brother is usually very gentle and has a great temper. I always thought he was the kind of person who was kind, pure, and a bit aloof, but I never expected that he wasn’t what I thought at all!”

Chu Yueguang immediately grew nervous. He seriously reflected on his own behavior. Aside from using an alt account, he felt he was quite consistent in his personality. There shouldn’t be a problem. He let out a small sigh of relief and asked: “And then?”

Gu Qiuyi: “I found out he actually studied Judo and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu! He’s actually so amazing!!!”

Chu Yueguang couldn’t help the corners of his mouth curling up. He had indeed studied Judo and BJJ since primary school, learning from world-class masters. While it wasn’t a secret, it was impressive that Gu Qiuyi had managed to find this out.

At that moment, his little sister, Chu Wenxing, walked over and cried out in surprise, “Brother, your face is red!”

Chu Yueguang immediately pulled his mouth into a cold, serious line. “Is it?”

“Yes,” Chu Wenxing said. “And your eyes are so bright. They’re sparkling like stars.” As she spoke, she walked toward him. “Brother, who are you chatting with?”

Chu Yueguang stood up, blocking her view. “I’m tired. I’m going to my room for a nap. Don’t follow me.”

With that, he strode toward the stairs.

Chu Wenxing muttered to herself, “Brother has a secret. I wonder what it is?” Although she was only six, she was quite precocious. “At his age, if he has a secret, he must have a girlfriend.” She clapped her hands in realization. “No wonder he’s so happy. He’s chatting with his girlfriend.”

Chu Yueguang didn’t know his sister had misunderstood. Back in his room, he caught a glimpse of himself in the bathroom mirror. He had fair, cold skin, so any blush was extremely obvious. Looking in the mirror, his face was indeed red.

He had turned red just because of a few compliments from Gu Qiuyi.

Feeling flustered again, Chu Yueguang strode into the bathroom and splashed his face with cold water to suppress the heat. Only then did he sit down to continue the chat.

Science and Education: “Is he ‘amazing’ just for learning those two things?”

Gu Qiuyi: “Of course! Don’t you think Judo and BJJ sound really cool?”

Science and Education: “They’re okay, I guess.”

Gu Qiuyi was dissatisfied with the lukewarm response. “What do you mean ‘okay’? They’re really cool!”

Science and Education: “I suppose so. They are cool.”

Gu Qiuyi nodded in satisfaction. “You’ve probably never seen it, but I personally saw this brother of mine take down someone much bigger than him in just a few moves.”

Chu Yueguang froze. Reading this, he quickly found an answer for himself. When he was in middle school, he had participated in the National Youth Judo Championships. He was 185cm back then, and even against an opponent over 190cm, he had won the championship effortlessly. Since starting high school, he only trained privately due to his studies.

However, video recordings from back then weren’t easy to find. He wondered how long Gu Qiuyi had searched for them.

Chu Yueguang couldn’t suppress the smile on his face. Even though no one was around, he instinctively maintained a composed and indifferent expression. “Then he truly is amazing.”

Gu Qiuyi: “Right? He’s incredible! That’s why I was so shocked. I never expected such a gentle, good-tempered person could be so powerful. But I’m just so confused—he’s clearly not that kind of person!!!”

Science and Education: “? What do you mean?”

Gu Qiuyi: “This brother of mine is clearly a frail, weak scholar! How did he suddenly become such a fighter?!”

Chu Yueguang’s smile slowly faded. He felt like…

Gu Qiuyi: “Do you think he might have been reborn?”

Science and Education: “?”

Gu Qiuyi: “Or maybe he awakened memories of a past life? I read a religious book once that said skills learned in a past life that suddenly appear in this one are called ‘residual habits.’ Could that be what’s happening to him?”

Chu Yueguang wasn’t an idiot. For Gu Qiuyi to say this much, it would be ridiculous if he didn’t understand what was happening.

Chu Yueguang asked expressionlessly: “What is the name of this ‘brother’ you’re talking about?”

Gu Qiuyi: “You don’t know him. It won’t do any good to tell you.”

Science and Education: “I want to know. What if I do know him?”

Gu Qiuyi hesitated for a moment before replying: “His name is Xu Muqing. Do you know him?”

Chu Yueguang: “…”

He was such an idiot. A giant idiot!!!!