It was as if she had come back to her freshmen year, when she had come a day early from the rest of the other students and the rest of the students who have not gotten to know each other in the group were chatting up a storm. She popped up and said she would arrive tomorrow and Gu Ci happened to see it. Seeing that he was the class assistant of their class and the fact that it may be her first time in Shanghai, she might be unfamiliar with the place, so he told her he would pick her up.
After that, he messaged her privately, asking for the flight number and the specific time she would arrive in the city.
Unlike now, he was holding a sign with Chen Jinyao’s name with it back then, holding it high until his junior came to look for him.
Time really flies.
Right now, meeting again in this reunion, things have long changed.
Technically speaking, their class reunion doesn’t have much to do with Gu Ci. He is only the class assistant, which is their immediate senior. Since they used to get along so well with them when he was helping at their class, they decided to invite him as well when they had this group activity. When the class president came to look for him, he answered practically without any hesitation.
But Chen Jinyao seemed to have changed a lot. She used to be a quiet lone wolf. If you had to describe her metaphorically, then Gu Ci would say she was like a hedgehog.
She was covered in thorns and curled up so others couldn’t approach her, refusing to let anyone in.
But now, Chen Jinyao was holding her husband’s arm. Under the sunlight, he could see the smile at her lips, her attention undivided as she laughed brightly with her husband.
The tide of people pushed out.
Gu Ci waved his hand and drew up his voice. “Chen Jin Yao!”
The first person to look over in his direction was the man beside Chen Jinyao.
The expression on the man’s face was still gentle while looking at Chen Jinyao, but it changed as soon as he turned over. A cold light emerged in his narrowed eyes, and the coldness was like a piercing blade shooting straight over.
He did not conceal his hostility towards the man in the slightest.
Gu Ci frowned. “…”
Then, he shifted his eyes back to Chen Jinyao.
He calmed himself and had other thoughts in mind.
Gu Ci is a smart man.
From the unwarranted hostility of Chen Jinyao’s husband towards him, and the photo that Chen Jinyao posted a few hours ago, he could guess that Chen Jinyao probably knew that he had a crush on her.
His heart sank. Suddenly, he let out a low, self-deprecating laugh.
Soon after.
Chen Jinyao squeezed out from the crowd and smiled. “Senior! It’s been a while.”
Gu Ci instantly withdrew his drifting thoughts. “Yeah, it’s been a while.”
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