You Are the Star I Cannot Touch - Chapter 31

Chapter 31: Pretending To Faint

Gong Yutong heard that the old Mrs. Gu was hospitalized, so she rushed over after work. “Grandma, Auntie, hello.”

“President Gong,” Old Mrs. Gu was overjoyed to see her. “I’m fine, I just got up too quickly this morning.”

“Next time, slow down,” Gong Yutong said with a hint of concern.

“Alright, alright, next time Grandma will slow down.” There weren’t many people she would show concern for. Was she one of them? Probably.

“Sis!” Gong Shaoyu’s voice arrived before he did.

Gong Yutong instantly felt like the world was ending. She leaned against the wall, a headache starting.

“Sis,” Gong Shaoyu came in. “Sis, hurry up, I need to go to school, or I’ll be late soon.”

“It’s one o’clock now. Do you think I’ve never been to school?” She shouldn’t have gone home yesterday.

“I’m hungry.”

“I’ll have the driver take you to eat.”

“No, I want you to go with me.”

“Someone!” Gong Yutong was so angry she wanted to hit someone.

“President Gong, what is your command?” The bodyguard looked at them, more or less able to guess what was happening.

“Tie him up and take him to school!” From now on, if she ever provoked him—no, from now on, she would ignore anything he said. He was simply given an inch and took a mile, impossible to shake off, even more troublesome than Mu Yan and Tang Xiaowan.

“You dare? Sis, if you dare tie me to school, I’ll grab a megaphone and shout to the whole school that Gong Yutong is my sister! Anyway, I’m quite proud to have a sister like you, the head of Z Group, the CEO of Gong Corporation, and the boss of Huayu. I wonder, Sis, are you proud to have me, the last-ranked student, as your brother?”

He had been in school until now, and the students didn’t know Gong Yutong was his sister, but the principal certainly did. Even if the students didn’t know, Gong Yutong was also a former student of this high school.

Gong Yutong calmed down, then calmed down some more. “What do you want to eat?”

“Hot pot.”

“You want me to wear a professional suit and go eat hot pot with you?” Did she need to maintain her image or not?

“Sis, that’s your problem to consider, not mine.”

She endured it, thinking she just needed to drop him off at school. After that, she would definitely not go home, or only go back when he was in school. She absolutely must not pay attention to him again.

“Xizhi, let’s switch clothes.”

Gu Xizhi didn’t know whether to laugh or comfort her. “Okay.”

The two of them went to the restroom to change clothes.

When they came out, Gong Yutong was much taller, but fortunately, it was a long skirt, so it was okay, or they wouldn’t have been able to switch.

“I’ll come over later.” She had to first send her brother away, or she wouldn’t have peace.

“Come to my house. Grandma is being discharged later.”

“Mhm,” Gong Yutong replied.

“Bye, Sister Xizhi,” Gong Shaoyu quickly followed.

Gu Xizhi was quite exasperated. This brother of hers was simply life-threatening. She thought of her own brother… who was still abroad and hadn’t returned. Their relationship was… how to put it? Respectful but distant, perhaps, as they were only two years apart in age, unlike this one whose brother was only in his teens. She handled the discharge and brought her grandmother home. Because Gong Yutong was coming, Grandma Gu was very excited. Gu Xizhi felt a little abandoned. Her grandmother had been talking about her all afternoon, but she just hadn’t come. It was rare for her to come today.

Gong Yutong arrived after work. She had dropped her brother off at school, and she also had matters at her company. Since Grandma Gu was fine, she wasn’t in a hurry to come over, and she also had a chance to change her clothes.

“My grandma has been thinking about you, acting as if you’re her biological granddaughter, happy all afternoon. Why don’t you stay tonight?” Gu Xizhi pulled her inside.

“Stay here?” She wasn’t used to staying at other people’s homes.

“Sleep with me.”

Gong Yutong thought of something, glanced at her, and her eyes held a hint of amusement.

How could Gu Xizhi not know what she was thinking? Her mouth was just faster than her brain.

“You’re here, come sit down quickly,” Grandma Gu looked at Gong Yutong, smiling—one could even say a silly smile. Anyway, she really liked her. If Gong Yutong wasn’t inherently cold, Grandma Gu might have even hugged and kissed her.

Gu Xizhi nudged her grandmother, telling her to restrain herself, or she might scare the person away.

Grandma Gu had a look of loving kindness, staring at Gong Yutong. She was truly beautiful. How could such a beautiful person exist in this world?

Gong Yutong felt a little helpless. Gu Xizhi had once asked why she didn’t come to her house, and this was the answer. That’s why she was reluctant to come.

Mother Gu looked at Gong Yutong with a loving expression. “Let’s eat.”

Gu Zhen wasn’t there, so it was just the women, and it was quite relaxing. Knowing that Gong Yutong drank, they specifically prepared a bottle of wine for her, since Gu Xizhi also drank.

Gong Yutong picked up her chopsticks. Most of the dishes were ones she liked, made to her taste. They were quite thoughtful.

“President Gong,” the Gu family’s maid came in. “Your brother is outside, loudly demanding to come in.”

Gong Yutong glanced at her wristwatch. It was 8 o’clock. Evening study was over? Shouldn’t it be 9 o’clock? She instantly felt her head ache, then looked at the bottle of wine in front of her, picked it up, and drank it all in one go, then immediately slumped onto Gu Xizhi’s shoulder, pretending to faint.

Gu Xizhi was momentarily stunned by this move. This was an option?

“Sis,” Gong Shaoyu came in. “Grandma, Auntie, Sister Xizhi, hello,” he was quite polite. “What’s wrong with my sister?”

“She’s drunk,” Gu Xizhi could only lie for Gong Yutong. She was immune to alcohol; how could one bottle make her drunk?

“Drunk? Well… my sister’s tolerance is too low. Alright then, I won’t disturb you. By the way, Sister Xizhi, remember to tell my sister to pick me up for lunch tomorrow, and also pick me up after evening study. I don’t want to stay at the dorm. I’ll reluctantly stay tonight.” He had to keep a close eye on his sister so she wouldn’t run away; otherwise, where would he find her? As he left, he didn’t forget to glance at his sister, then left reluctantly.

Gong Yutong opened her eyes. Her head was buzzing. She felt like she was going crazy now, hearing Gong Shaoyu’s voice everywhere.

“Are you alright?” Gu Xizhi was struggling to keep from laughing.

Drinking a bottle of wine in one go made her a little dizzy, but not drunk. Her reaction was a little slow. “I’m fine.”

She was quite depressed. She was bothered by her brother when she was young, and after finally having a few years of peace during school, starting from the third year of junior high—no, it should be the first year of high school—she was bothered by Mu Yan, Tang Xiaowan, and Gu Xizhi, three of them, plus her own brother. She now had a psychological complex. Seeing any of them, her head hurt as a reflex. Gu Xizhi was okay; she kept asking to be her friend, and slowly they became just friends. But the rest of them, she truly felt she shouldn’t have been born in Z City.

“What’s wrong with your brother? Why is he pestering you?” Her brother’s pestering skill was top-notch; he could utilize his persistence to the extreme.

“There’s an outdoor activity in a few days, and he wants me to go,” she rubbed her forehead. “If I don’t agree, he’ll annoy me to death, so I agreed. He’s probably afraid I’ll go back on my word, so he’s been following me closely these past few days.”

“He wants you to go? You, with a bunch of high school students? You? President Gong?” Gu Xizhi pictured the scene: a CEO among a group of students, having to pretend to be a student. With Gong Yutong’s personality… “Does your brother have a vendetta against you?”

Gong Yutong looked at Gu Xizhi, smiling with deep meaning. “Xizhi?”

Gu Xizhi looked at her, thinking, Oh no, is she trying to set me up? This can’t be good.

She watched her warily. “Yes?”

“Let’s make a deal.”