Chapter 288: Are You Crazy? You Call This Chewing Gum!?

“Let’s go. Time to head back to campus!”

Gu Yifan reached out and ruffled Su Qinghe’s hair again, a doting look on his face as he spoke.

“Oh, okay…”

Su Qinghe was still lost in the words Gu Yifan had just spoken. She nodded subconsciously.

After paying the bill, the two left the hot pot restaurant, sent off by the waitress’s warm, smiling farewell.

After leaving the restaurant, the two of them headed straight for the parking lot…

“Su Hanhan, it’s getting late. Let’s head back to campus.”

“Su Hanhan? Su Hanhan…?”

Gu Yifan spoke casually as they walked, holding Su Qinghe’s hand.

When Su Qinghe didn’t answer, he turned his head and saw her staring blankly into space. She was clearly in a daze.

‘She… this airhead can even space out while walking!?’

For a moment, Gu Yifan was rendered speechless.

He stopped in his tracks and called out to Su Qinghe a few times.

“Huh?”

Su Qinghe finally snapped out of it.

She had no idea what was happening and looked at Gu Yifan with a baffled expression.

“What’s wrong?”

she asked quietly and cautiously.

Gu Yifan: “…”

“Why are you spacing out while you’re walking?”

“If I weren’t holding your hand, you would’ve walked straight into a wall, wouldn’t you?”

he said, exasperated.

“… (⊙o⊙) …”

Su Qinghe froze for a second. When she remembered that she’d been spacing out, a blush crept onto her cheeks.

“I’m sorry.”

She lowered her head and mumbled, feeling a bit embarrassed.

Seeing her looking so pitiful, Gu Yifan found he couldn’t stay mad at her.

“You’re such an airhead!”

“All right, all right. Let’s get back to campus!”

Gu Yifan said, sounding a bit resigned.

After a thought, he added, “No more spacing out!”

“Okay, okay…”

Su Qinghe pouted and mumbled.

Gu Yifan paid her no mind and continued to lead her by the hand as they walked into the elevator.

Once they reached the underground parking garage, Gu Yifan unlocked the car and opened the rear door. He then turned back to Su Qinghe and said, “Su Hanhan, get in!”

Su Qinghe obediently got in, and Gu Yifan got in after her.

“VROOOM!!!”

Gu Yifan stomped on the gas. The engine of the Mercedes G-Wagen roared to life, and the vehicle shot forward like an arrow, quickly vanishing into the flow of traffic.

As they drove, they passed a convenience store, and something suddenly occurred to Gu Yifan.

“Hanhan, wait for me in the car. I’m going to buy a pack of gum.”

Gu Yifan suddenly pulled over and spoke.

He then opened the car door and got out.

“Wait…”

“Gum??”

Su Qinghe had a confused look on her face.

‘Why would he buy gum now?’

But Gu Yifan was already out of the car and heading toward the convenience store. Su Qinghe wanted to ask, but she had no choice but to let it go.

About two minutes later, Gu Yifan returned.

SLAM…

Gu Yifan got in the car and closed the door.

Su Qinghe saw that Gu Yifan’s hands were empty and looked completely baffled.

“Yifan, didn’t you say you were going to buy gum?”

“Where is it?”

Su Qinghe asked, puzzled.

“Uh…”

“It’s in my pocket!”

Gu Yifan paused for a second before replying casually.

“Oh…”

Su Qinghe didn’t doubt him. She just nodded and didn’t ask any more questions.

VROOM…

The Mercedes G-Wagen started up again, and the two of them drove off once more.

About twenty minutes later…

The two of them arrived back at Jinling University.

“Alright, Hanhan, you go on up first!”

“I’ll come pick you up after class this afternoon!”

Gu Yifan said.

“Mm-hm.”

Su Qinghe nodded obediently, then got out of the car and went upstairs.

“I head all the way north, leaving this greasy season behind…”

Just as Gu Yifan was about to drive to another academic building, his phone suddenly rang.

He stopped the car, picked up his phone, and saw it was a call from Wang Shouren at Yihe Technology.

Frowning slightly, he answered the call.

“Hello, President Wang, what’s wrong?”

he said calmly to Wang Shouren on the other end of the line.

“President Gu, it’s like this…”

After listening to what Wang Shouren had to say, Gu Yifan’s frown deepened.

“I understand. Wait for me at the office. I’m on my way now,”

Gu Yifan said in a calm tone.

“Okay, President Gu!”

Wang Shouren agreed immediately from the other end of the line.

After hanging up, Gu Yifan thought for a moment, then picked up his phone again and sent a message to Sao Man Peng Shaoqiang, telling him he’d be skipping class.

Once he had done all that, Gu Yifan put down his phone, started the car, and slowly drove out of Jinling University…

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「8:30 PM.」

「The CEO’s office at Yihe Technology.」

*Sigh…*

Gu Yifan had just finished dealing with company matters. He leaned back comfortably in his executive chair and let out a long breath.

“Li Yuanwen… Tianhong Group…”

A murderous look filled his eyes as he muttered the names to himself.

He raised his wrist to check the time and saw it was already 8:30.

‘It’s gotten this late without me even realizing it. Good thing I messaged Su Qinghe earlier, or this silly girl would be worried sick.’

Shaking his head, Gu Yifan shut down his computer, then got up and left…

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「10:30 PM, back at the detached cottage on the grounds of Jinling University.」

The reason it was so late was because he had stopped to eat on the way. He couldn’t help it; he had been busy all day and almost forgot about dinner.

He hadn’t wanted to go back and trouble Su Qinghe to cook for him, so he ate before returning.

After parking the car, Gu Yifan got out.

CREAK~

Pushing open the courtyard gate, Gu Yifan saw Su Qinghe sitting in the yard, spacing out and looking toward the gate from time to time.

Seeing the gate being pushed open, Su Qinghe’s eyes suddenly lit up, and she hurriedly stood up.

Immediately after, Gu Yifan’s handsome face appeared in her line of sight…

At that moment, the weight of worry she’d been carrying finally lifted.

The two of them stood there, their eyes meeting.

Everything that needed to be said was conveyed in that single glance…

“You silly girl~”

Gu Yifan smiled faintly, then quickly walked over to Su Qinghe’s side.

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“Su Hanhan, have you showered yet?”

In the living room, Gu Yifan asked casually while eating the apple Su Qinghe had peeled for him.

“I have.”

Su Qinghe nodded. “I just drew a hot bath for you. Go take a soak!”

“Okay!”

Gu Yifan nodded, then after finishing the last bite of his apple, he got up to take his bath.

…

Forty minutes later.

Gu Yifan came out of the bathroom.

In the room, a war drama was playing on the TV screen.

It was just before the start of a great battle, and the atmosphere was extremely tense.

A battle of storm-like intensity was about to erupt…

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After a great battle that lasted for hundreds of rounds, the entire battlefield was wreathed in smoke and left in utter disarray. The marks of the fierce struggle were everywhere.

Su Qinghe was nestled against Gu Yifan as they both watched the aftermath of the great battle on the television screen.

Su Qinghe’s face was flushed red, seemingly swept up in the atmosphere of the battlefield, her heart pounding with excitement.

Gu Yifan was the same. The war drama playing on the television made his blood boil.

It was as if he had personally arrived on the battlefield, charging into the fray himself.