Chapter 26
After the midterm exam, Gao Qi suddenly took a two-weeks long leave.
When Gao Qi returned, Zhang Feng discovered that something in Gao Qi had changed.
Her grades were still the best in their cla.s.s, her problem-solving ideas were still praised by the math teacher.
But her performance in the cla.s.sroom was not as active as in the past, and she no longer asked those wild and challenging questions like before.
The teachers praised Gao Qi for being stable, but Zhang Feng felt that Gao Qi's behaviour was unnatural.
She may need his help.
That afternoon, all the students were on the playground, skipping rope, playing shuttlec.o.c.k, eor playing badminton. Only Gao Qi was alone in the cla.s.s. She sat on her chair, head lying softly on the table.
Zhang Feng bought two cups of hot milk tea, put them on Gao Qi's table, and coughed.
Gao Qi sleepily looked up at him, making Zhang Feng's face turn red. He whispered, "You've been looking tense these days. Do drink this milk tea, it might make your mood better. There's red bean flavour and red dates flavour. You pick first. "
This was the first time Zhang Feng had spoken to Gao Qi in cla.s.s.
Gao Qi looked at Zhang Feng with a bit of surprise. She picked up the red bean flavoured milk tea a while later and whispered, "Thank you."
"No problem." Zhang Feng said as he picked up the cup of red dates flavoured milk tea.
The two silently drank milk tea. Their eyes fell on each other and they went silent.
After a long while, the two laughed aloud almost simultaneously.
The atmosphere lightened in an instant.
"You just said that I've been looking tense recently. What made you think so?" Gao Qi asked, biting her straw.
"It's obvious! When you were in cla.s.s, you were not as active as before and you didn't ask questions. What more, your eyes have changed. How do I phrase it? They looked calm…too calm. "
"This shows that I am more stable than before. Didn't all the teachers say that? Even the Chinese teacher praised me for this."
"That's different! You haven't become stable. You can say what you want, but I can feel it. You've been very unhappy recently. You have a troubled mind."
"You're pretty sensitive to have seen that." Gao Qi said with her eyes wide.
"That's only with you. I am not sensitive to others' behaviour."
The words in his heart had been inadvertently spoken. Zhang Feng's face became red again, and he quickly added: "Although we haven't talked before, I always felt that we would have a good friends.h.i.+p, you know? It's the interaction between the souls. "
Gao Qi's heart fluttered and she laughed, "Is that so? I didn't know that I could talk with my soul."
"What are you laughing at? This is based on history. It comes from "Three Kingdoms". "Solitude and Tzuyu can be described as G.o.dly".
(T/N: This is a line taken from Three Kingdoms -Zhuge Jin. It basically means to be spiritually attracted to a friend one has not met.)
"Oh? I've heard something similar from "Xuancheng Tiaoxie" by Shen Yue; "The G.o.ds are tired and sleepy, only Lu Yuan stands apart and indulges in thinking." Gao Qi stared at Zhang Feng with a smile.
(T/N: What Zhang Feng cited
Zhang Feng's face was hot all over.
Although he didn't know the full text of this poem, Zhang Feng could roughly guess it.
He would never forget these lines and always remember the meaning in his heart.
More poetic lines rose in his mind: beyond the east gate, there were women, almost like clouds. Even though they were just clouds, one cannot help but think of them.
Rest of the afternoon, Zhang Feng and Gao Qi talked about the world, quoted the cla.s.sics, and laughed again and again.
Looking at Gao Qi, whose lips were stretched into a charming smile, Zhang Feng's heart thumped against his chest loudly. He felt that Gao Qi looked particularly good-looking today. Even the freckles on her face were very cute, glowing with sunlight falling on her face.
Soon, Zhang Feng and Gao Qi became friends.
Since then, Zhang Feng feels that they had a more tacit understanding of each other.
Although he wouldn't know why Gao Qi's mood was down, every time she looked sad, Zhang Feng brought red beans flavoured milk tea and chatted with her.
Every morning, Gao Qi would bring a box of chocolate pie and place it on Zhang Feng's table while pa.s.sing by.
Zhang Feng knew that it was Gao Qi's favorite snack.
His heart thumped even more loudly.
He could tell that he was in love.
One month later, Zhang Feng held a box of chocolates in his hands and confessed to Gao Qi.
Instead of accepting the chocolates, Gao Qi asked Zhang Feng: "I am most afraid of being lonely. You say you like me. Can you stay with me forever?"
"Of course I can. The two of us are like soulmates. Ordinary couples may separate and be together for various reasons, but soulmates must be with each other forever."
"My next great fear is of being deceived. Was what you just said a promise? It isn't a lie, right?"
"Everything I say is true. If you don't believe it, I can swear to heaven!" Zhang Feng said sincerely.
"You don't need to swear to G.o.d. G.o.d doesn't have eyes. Swear to this chocolate pie. My favorite has always been this. It must be able to communicate with me." Gao Qi took out a chocolate pie from her pocket and placed it on his palm.
"I, Zhang Feng, hereby swear that I really like Gao Qi and will accompany her for a lifetime. If I violate this oath, I will die by nature."
Gao Qi put the chocolate pie to her ear as if listening to something.
"Chocolate pie tells me that you are sincere. So, I promise myself to you!" Gao Qi took Zhang Feng's chocolates, her eyes gleaming, and smiled prettily.
Zhang Feng and Gao Qi finally became real soul companions.
That day, Gao Qi also finally told Zhang Feng why she had been depressed recently.
More than a month ago, Gao Qi's parents died in a car accident.
The accident was so serious that they had nothing to leave behind.
Only three properties in Shencheng were left, as well as a chain restaurant company.
There were also two life insurance contracts in the safe at home, each with a sum of 30 million.
Gao Qi's uncle, aunt, and other relatives who rarely appeared before suddenly became active and came to help Gao Qi deal with her parents' funeral.
Of course, the "follow-up" also included the distribution of Gao Qi's parents' will.
Gao Qi's grandparents and grandparents had already pa.s.sed away. According to the law, Gao Qi was now the heir.
But Gao Qi was only 16 years old, not yet 18. She had no independent income, and was not a person with full civil capacity.
The hard-earned efforts of her parents, the chain restaurant company, Gao Qi could not be its legal representative.
Her parents' bones were not yet cold, yet her relatives had already revealed their ugly faces. With all kinds of means, they began the battle for inheritance.
Gao Qi's uncle, her father's brother, became the guardian of Gao Qi.
Subsequently, Gao Qi's uncle, directly as a guardian, secretly signed Gao Qi's certificate of renunciation of inheritance and made a notarization.
Her parents had pa.s.sed away and her property was s.n.a.t.c.hed. In the darkest days of her life, Gao Qi saw all the evils of human nature.
Gao Qi grew up overnight.
After managing the funeral of her parents, Gao Qi took the cash in the safe and went to the largest law firm in Shencheng alone. She invited the best lawyer to sue her uncle, take back her parents' company, and contact the insurance company to claim the insurance.
After listening to Gao Qi's narration, Zhang Feng's heart grew bitter. He could not help but hug Gao Qi and constantly comforted her: "Don't be sad, it's okay, you have me now."
Leaning in Zhang Feng's arms, Gao Qi murmured, "I only have you, don't let me down."
They had a clear plan for the future.
The two studied well and would definitely be able to attend a prestigious school. They'd get admitted to the best university, Shencheng- Fuda University, together.
After graduation, the two would get married.
After marriage, they'll have two babies, preferably a male and a female, so that the brother could always protect the sister.
They had a lot of plans for the future.
After being with Gao Qi, Zhang Feng felt motivated and studied harder than before.
Because of their common goal, the two often exchanged learning experiences with each other. Gao Qi and Zhang Feng's results not only did not decline, but they greatly improved, leaving the third place in the cla.s.s far behind.
They became a pair that were often envied in the cla.s.s.
{T/N: Never did I expect Gao Qi to actually have a human heart-
Just kidding. The reason I love villains is because their tragic pasts are simply a delight to read. Now what comes next?:3
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