dognovel Chapter 1255 Yun Rui's sincerity: What is the relationship with him?
Chapter 1255 Yun Rui's sincerity: What is the relationship with him?
"What's your relationship with him?" Inside the Bentley, Gu Yunqian pressed the extinguished cigar into the car's ashtray, and sparks flew onto the leather interior.
Gu Yun looked at the taxi taillights receding in the rearview mirror, his fingertips unconsciously stroking the seat belt buckle: "Ordinary teachers and students."
"Ordinary teachers and students would play in the amusement park until closing time late at night?" Gu Yunqian's sneer carried a sense of oppression that showed he knew everything. "Qi Ruixiang told me that you shut him up with just one cold word."
As soon as Gu Yunqian said this, Gu Yunxi's face visibly fell. It turned out that even if he had compromised like this, the people in the Gu family would still keep an eye on him?
"No reason is needed to reject someone."
She turned her face away, but saw her red eyes in profile.
The laughter in the playground is still echoing in my ears, but now it seems like a fragile bubble.
The moment Gu Yunqian started the car, the tires rolled over the dead leaves on the roadside. The sound of the leaves breaking mixed with his last warning: "Stay away from him, if you don't want the malicious slander from the past to come back again."
In the rearview mirror, the carved iron gate of the Gu family’s old house slowly closed, blocking out the moonlight and starlight.
Lin Xu's phone vibrated at the right time. It was a message from Gu Yunxi. He curled his lips, swept away the discomfort that had lingered in his heart, edited a paragraph of text and sent it over, with a picture that was a snapshot of Gu Yunxi laughing heartily on the carousel.
He stared at her flying hair in the photo, and suddenly remembered the faint jasmine scent on her body in the evening breeze of the amusement park.
And at this moment, that fragrance seemed to still linger at the tip of his nose, interweaving with Gu Yunqian's scrutinizing gaze into a complex web, trapping him in a cage called heartbeat.
The atmosphere inside the Bentley is more solemn than the night outside.
Gu Yunqian's fingers tapped on the leather seat armrest intermittently, his eyes fixed on the constantly moving taxi location point on the in-car screen until it disappeared in the Xiangda dormitory.
The unextinguished cigar in the ashtray exuded pungent smoke, which intertwined with the cold cedar perfume on his body, brewing a suffocating depression in the confined space...
Gu Yunqian leaned back in his chair and closed his eyes to rest. But countless conjectures were surging in his mind.
Although the rumors of teacher-student love have been clarified, the speed at which public opinion fermented and the scope of its spread were too strange.
And now, Lin Xu took his sister to the amusement park right after she broke up with Qi Ruixiang. This sense of timing made him alert.
"Men understand men best." He muttered to himself, "If someone shows his kindness for no reason, he is either a traitor or a thief."
As the head of the Gu family, he knew too well the dark side of the power struggle.
Over the years, I don’t know how many people have tried to realize their ambitions by clinging to the Gu family.
Although his younger sister Gu Yunxi is academically gifted, she is far less experienced in social skills than him.
Especially after the previous turmoil, he would never allow anything to happen again that would threaten his sister's reputation and safety.
The next morning, when the first ray of sunlight penetrated the curtains and shone into the study, Gu Yunqian was already sitting at the desk with a thick stack of investigation reports in front of him.
After receiving Gu Yunqian's instructions late last night, Lin Junze was as efficient as ever. He reported Lin Xu's grades in elementary school, his flirtations in junior high school, and even recorded how many cups of coffee he drank every day in the laboratory...
Lin Xu was born into an ordinary working-class family. Both his parents are middle school teachers. His family relationships are simple and he has no bad records.
He had excellent academic performance and was admitted to Hunan University with a score among the top ten in the province. After entering the Department of Chemistry, he won many awards in academic competitions.
In terms of interpersonal relationships, apart from classmates and mentors in the laboratory, there are almost no social activities.
The only abnormality in the past six months is that the frequency of contact with Gu Yunxi has increased significantly.
Gu Yunqian's finger slid across the photo of Lin Xu in the report. It was a student ID photo. The boy in the photo had clear eyes, wore a pair of black-framed glasses, and a simple white T-shirt.
"It does look like there's nothing wrong with it," he said to himself, but years of experience have taught him that the more innocent a background looks, the more likely it is that it hides unknown secrets.
He picked up the phone and dialed Lin Junze's number again: "Keep watching, especially his contact with Yunxi. Report to me immediately if there is any movement."
After hanging up the phone, Gu Yunqian looked out the window.
In the distance, the teaching building of Hunan University sparkles in the sun.
The autumn sun slanted through the blinds of the classroom, casting neat shadows on Lin Xu's notebook.
The professor's voice mixed with the sound of chalk tapping on the blackboard, but his hand holding the pen was reluctant to let go - Gu Yunxi's flying hair on the carousel, the warmth of her arm holding his as the roller coaster dived, at this moment, the images kept flashing back in his mind like a looping play.
"Lin Xu, you answer this question." The professor's voice suddenly sounded.
"Ah?" Even if the boy tried to gather his scattered thoughts as quickly as possible, he still couldn't resist the blankness in his head. His mind had already flown away.
"Student Lin, although you have done well in the past and brought honor to the school, I still hope you can listen carefully when it's time to attend class. After all, theory is also very important."
"I'm sorry, teacher..."
The bell rang for the end of get out of class, and Lin Xu slowly packed his bag. As usual, he could have gone straight back to the dormitory today, but for some reason, he headed towards the laboratory again.
The leaves of the sycamore tree made a rustling sound under his feet. He felt as if a pair of eyes were staring at him. He turned around but saw only a few students and nothing unusual.
When the glass door of the laboratory was pushed open, the smell of disinfectant hit me in the face.
Gu Yunxi was leaning over to adjust the microscope, the hem of his white coat hanging down on the edge of the lab table. "Professor." Lin Xu spoke, his voice unconsciously lowered.
Gu Yunxi straightened up, his eyes behind the lenses as calm as dead water: "Why are you here today? Didn't I send you a message to let you take a day off?"
"Oh, I'll come and see if I have time..."
Lin Xu wanted to continue speaking, but he held back the words when they came to his lips.
Although Gu Yunxi's tone was the same as usual, Lin Xu still felt a chill in his heart - the person who was smiling brightly in the amusement park now seemed to be just an illusion.
Over the next few days, this strange feeling became stronger.
Whether he was getting food in the cafeteria or borrowing books from the library, he could always vaguely sense that someone was following him.
Once on the way back to the dormitory, he deliberately took a detour through several alleys. When he looked back, he only saw the corner of a black piece of clothing flashing quickly around the corner.
Lying in bed at night, he tossed and turned thinking about Gu Yunxi's change in attitude, and the more he thought about it, the more confused he became.
On Friday evening, Lin Xu stayed in the laboratory until late again.
The voice-controlled lights in the corridor went out one by one, leaving only the ceiling light in the laboratory on.
Gu Yunxi finished sorting out the last document and looked up to see Lin Xu still busy in front of the computer: "It's so late, why aren't you going home yet?"
"It's almost done." He responded, but when he turned his head, his eyes met hers. At that moment, he seemed to see a flash of struggle in her eyes, but it was quickly covered up by indifference.
"You don't have to work so hard in the future." Gu Yunxi closed the folder and said in a flat voice, "Students should still focus on their studies." These words were like an invisible barrier, widening the distance between the two people that had been finally narrowed.
Lin Xu looked at her leaving back. The laboratory door closed with a slight "click", but it was like a heavy knock on his heart.
The moonlight from outside the window poured in, illuminating the coffee stains left on the laboratory table - that was the coffee that Gu Yunxi had specially made for him a few days ago.
At this moment, the coffee stains had long dried up, leaving only a faint brown mark, just like the suddenly cooled relationship between them.