CH 47

Back at the B&B, Ruan Mengmeng’s phone rang. Wang Yang came out with his phone, sweeping his eyes over the two of them holding hands.

“I thought you were lost,” Wang Yang pressed the hang-up button, “It’s good that you’re back. Teacher Guo said the car will pick you up at seven in the morning, so sleep early.”

“Okay,” Ruan Mengmeng nodded, her smile soft, “I was lost, but brother found me.”

Wang Yang, who had turned to leave, turned back, his brows furrowed, “Brother?”

“Ah…” It’s really strange to call your boyfriend brother. Ruan Mengmeng blushed and explained with a puff, “It’s just Yiyang, haha.”

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This was the first time Ruan Mengmeng had ever called him by his name, and it was so soft and sticky that it sounded good.

In the future, let her call him that in his ear when they were alone.

Stroking Ruan Mengmeng’s head, He Yiyang said, “We grew up together, so she’s used to it.”

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“I drove before and I took the test just a while ago. The car was a coming-of-age gift from my grandfather.” He Yiyang drove the car very steadily, not at all like a novice.

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Hearing the gift, Ruan Mengmeng withdrew her hand that was curiously feeling around and said in a low voice: “Sorry, brother, I didn’t prepare a gift.”

He Yiyang let go of one hand and rubbed Ruan Mengmeng’s head, “As a gift, how about watching the sunrise with me tomorrow morning?”

Ruan Mengmeng took down He Yiyang’s hand and rubbed her cheek, “En.”

When they arrived at the hotel, He Yiyang asked for the same suite, two rooms with two beds.

“Go to bed early and watch the sunrise in the morning,” Ruan Mengmeng pulled up He Yiyang who was working with his laptop after showering and pushed him towards the bedroom, “You’re all green under your eyes. You’ll turn into a panda, so don’t be busy today, okay?”

He Yiyang was lazily pushed on his back and he waited for Ruan Mengmeng to say goodnight and leave before pulling her wrist, “Sing Bugs Fly to lull me to sleep.”

When Ruan Mengmeng turned around, He Yiyang’s cold face was visibly tired, and his hard, deep cheeks seemed to have lost some weight.

There was no summer vacation for the senior students of the first high school. Only a day and a half off each month, and the Hongzhi class was very competitive. He even has to occasionally deal with the documents of his father’s company in the evening.

He was a proud and capable man, and he was a man who sought perfection. He often did things to the best of his ability before he could satisfy himself.

However, the consequence of perfection was a lack of time to relax.

He Yiyang took half a day to pick her up from C. He was tired from driving and new to the road, of which she didn’t even dare think about it.

Ruan Mengmeng’s heart was touched. It wasn’t enough to just say a few words of happiness and fondness. When she saw his rare need to be spoiled, she did not hesitate to accept it.

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She got into bed with her legs crossed and lay on her side next to He Yiyang through the blanket, her hand caressing his face, “Close your eyes.”

“Come in. The air conditioning is on in the house. Don’t catch a cold.” He Yiyang patted the pillow.

Ruan Mengmeng pursed her lips, meeting his quiet, dark eyes. She smiled and lifted the corner of the blanket to lie down inside.

He Yiyang put his hand on her waist and didn’t make the next move, closing his eyes and saying low and mute, “Good girl.”

Her thumb gently pressed the dark circles under his eyes and Ruan Mengmeng sang softly, “The dark sky hangs low, bright stars follow, bugs fly bugs fly ……”

The alarm rang and Ruan Mengmeng sat up, still dizzy and conscious.

After changing his clothes, he pushed open the door of He Yiyang’s room, sleeping peacefully and beautifully under the dim light, and his long breathing couldn’t bear to be disturbed.

Ruan Mengmeng checked the time, thinking that she would let him sleep for another ten minutes and go wash up first.

When she came back, He Yiyang’s posture had not even changed.

Ruan Mengmeng scratched her head in a tangle, but still shouted to wake up, “Brother, get up and go see the sunrise?”

No response, Ruan Mengmeng plopped over and came up to his ear to shout, “Brother, brother, wake up.”

“Well ……” He Yiyang’s long eyelashes fluttered and he opened a slit.

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He was seemingly puzzled and confused for a while. Ruan Mengmeng thought he was going to wake up, but to her surprise he pouted. His confused look was cute.

The high-cold academic god was being cute!

Even though she had grown up admiring him, Ruan Mengmeng was fully aware of He Yiyang’s handsome and cool personality, but this beak made her heart tremble.

Her heart felt like it was shot by an arrow of love and she couldn’t help but kiss him on the lips.

Swish, the blanket was lifted.

He Yiyang grabbed Ruan Mengmeng and dragged her to bed, then held her in his arms, burying his chin into her neck.

He rubbed against her!

Ruan Mengmeng blushed and her eyes blinked furiously, this this this …… still going to see the sunrise?

As it turns out, both of them were exhausted and woke up at eleven o’clock, with the sun shining overhead.

He Yiyang stretched his back and slept refreshed.

He lowered his head and gave Ruan Mengmeng a peck on her mouth, “We’ll watch it next time. Let’s go home.”

“En.”

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Ruan Mengmeng didn’t mind missing out. As long as he was around, there was always a chance to watch the sunrise together next time.

School officially started in September, and the two of them got their academic life on track.

He Yiyang resigned as president of the student council for his senior year, and the listing plan for his company in H City was in its final stages.

He did not need to be involved in the management of the company, but as he was already an adult this year, there were some key meetings and decisions that He Yiyang, as the largest shareholder, had to attend and sign in person.

He did not want to appoint a lawyer to represent him either. He thought that he could absorb the pressure of his studies at the moment and he wanted to follow the process of listing the company.

However, every time he took a leave of absence from the class, the atmosphere was very bad. The class blamed He Yiyang for being lazy and loose, and also brought down the atmosphere of studying in the Hongzhi class. But every time the monthly exam results came down, he still maintained a stable level of the top five. The old class had black lines as they still criticised.

Ruan Mengmeng is a sophomore in high school. After she doesn’t need to touch physics, chemistry and biology, she feels much more relaxed, and her grades are at an average level in the experimental class.

But she was an art candidate, and as long as she persevered, she would have no problem getting into one of the nine major art schools.

Ruan Mengmeng still went to the studio to study on weekends, but she left two hours early on Sunday afternoons.

She wanted to make some delicious food to supplement He Yiyang’s diet.

With so much studying and so much brain power, his body consumed a lot, and if he can’t keep up with the nutrition, he’ll lose weight.

That said, He Yiyang, a prospective candidate, didn’t lose any weight, but Ruan Mengmeng, who was secretly worried, became completely thin.

Her round chin has turned into a goose egg face, and her fleshy arms and legs have lengthened and become thinner.

When the grandparents in the community saw her, they all lamented the fact that high school students these days were under a lot of pressure from their studies, which could be distressing.

On this day, Ruan Mengmeng came out of the studio as usual and went to the market to buy a bag of vegetables.

When she opened the door and saw Ruan Hai’s woolen slippers on the shoe cabinet and a pair of fur boots empty. She knew she had gone on another business trip to a neighbouring city.

“Dad,” Ruan Mengmeng put down his things and called, “you can at least have dinner before you go. I also specially bought the backpot meat you love …… Well, it’s almost New Year’s Eve, so you pay more attention. “

As they spoke, there was a knock on the door. Ruan Mengmeng took the phone with one hand and went to open the door with the other.

He Yiyang and Gu Tingzhi were standing together outside. Ruan Mengmeng’s face was surprised.

She opened the door to let them in, hung up the phone and looked at He Yiyang, eyes puzzled and then looked at Gu Tingzhi.

“I’m the courier,” Gu Tingzhi explained as he held a large box, “Aunt Huang and Jiajia sent you a gift. Where do I put it?”

“Just put it here,” Ruan Mengmeng pointed to the table on one side and asked with a smile, “Brother Gu has gone to Vancouver, ah. Is Aunt Lili feeling better? How is Jiajia?”

Ruan Mengmeng followed up with a follow-up question. The last time they had a video call was over a month ago, and now with the final exams in China, Ruan Mengmeng’s time was tight.

Gu Tingzhi washed his hands, “Aunt Huang’s health is much better. Only her indicators are unstable. She still needs to stay in hospital for a while for observation. We hired a foreign tutor for Jiajia. Her little English background you should know ……”

When mentioning Chen Linjia, Gu Tingzhi’s eyes were smiling and his expression was gentle. “Every day, she can’t even speak a sentence or two without scratching her head bald. She’s yelling and switching frantically between going back to her home country and deadly gnawing at books. It’s hard for her.”

“Hahahaha, indeed.” Ruan Mengmeng said.

One could imagine Chen Linjia scratching her head frantically. Both of them used to be academic dregs, and English was the worst one.

“Is Brother Gu going to spend Christmas with them?” Ruan Mengmeng asked, pouring a cup of tea and handing it to him.

“Thank you,” Gu Tingzhi took it. “Our school and a university in Vancouver can exchange international students. I’ll go there later next year. The main reason for going this time is to see Aunt Huang’s condition and then get some information and buy the house.”

“Buy the house?” Ruan Mengmeng was surprised. The Gu family was the richest family in C. Buying a set of property abroad or something was estimated to be a coin dropped into the water with a tinkling sound and no ripples. It was just ……”

“Are Jiajia and Aunt Lili planning to emigrate?” Ruan Mengmeng asked the speculation in her heart.

Gu Tingzhi pondered for a moment. Recently, many things had happened to the Gu family. Gu Wei, although he had not yet opened his mouth to mention it to himself, there was also the preparation of transferring property.

Huang Lili was cured of her relapse this time, and her life expectancy was only five to ten years. Her bone marrow match was in Vancouver, so some things were really impossible to say.

Looking into Ruan Mengmeng’s sincerely concerned eyes, Gu Tingzhi said, “Probably not in this year or two. I don’t know in the future.”

Ruan Mengmeng looked despondent, “Ah ……”

“It’s just a trip on the plane. What’s the point of being sad,” He Yiyang rubbed Ruan Mengmeng’s head, not wanting to see her wilt. “Aren’t there five days of winter break? Should I book a flight now?”

“En?” Ruan Mengmeng’s eyes instantly lit up, “Is that okay?”

Every year, there was only Ruan Hai and Ruan Mengmeng for New Year’s Eve. Last year with the addition of He Zhenhua and He Yiyang, the four of them could go anywhere for New Year’s Eve.

“Of course, as long as you’re happy.” He Yiyang doted.

Ruan Hai was a daughter slave, so he was sure he wouldn’t refuse if he put up Mengmeng’s face.

“Alright, I’m starving,” He Yiyang urged, rubbing her stomach, “Didn’t you say you were going to cook something delicious?”

“Yes, why doesn’t Brother Gu stay for dinner too?” Ruan Mengmeng smiled, “Jiajia loves my cooking. Do you want to try it?”

He Yiyang was dissatisfied. Why should he keep Gu Tingzhi? He pinched Ruan Mengmeng’s face, “Go !”

When Ruan Mengmeng went into the kitchen, Gu Tingzhi laughed, “You two are on good terms.”

“That’s right, my Mengmeng has had a crush on me since she was a child, and her love is stronger than gold.” He Yiyang was pleased, “That cranky, impulsive monkey of yours, you’ll have to work hard to subdue her.”

Gu Tingzhi took a sip of his tea, not surprised that He Yiyang could see that. After all, they were all eating grass under the banner of “brother”.

He put down his cup of tea and looked at He Yiyang, his eyes shrewd under his rimless glasses, “I heard that your company is preparing to go public now. Do you need investment?”

He Yiyang raised his eyebrows and turned his head to Ruan Mengmeng in the kitchen, “Mengmeng, I have to go to the study first. Call me when the meal is ready.”

Ruan Mengmeng responded, “Oh.”

“Young Master Gu, this way to talk more?” He Yiyang guided the person across the street to his own home.

Gu Tingzhi smiled, “What is Young Master Gu or not? We are all friends. Besides, Mengmeng and Jiajia’s relationship is so good even when they are close to each other. In the future, when Jia Jia and I have an argument, just let Mengmeng put in a good word for me.”

He Yiyang raised his eyebrows. Oh, you want my Mengmeng to help you out? You’re playing the bosom friend route well.

The author has something to say: Gu Tingzhi is also a dark character~~~