Chapter 585
Special Concern
"Even if you're terrified, you wouldn't punch a cat's eye like that."
In the hotel room, Han Zhou was bowing his head, carefully bandaging the wound on the back of Gu Zheng's hand.
No matter how strong a guzheng player is or how well-developed their motor skills are, they are still just flesh and blood. If they were to punch a door like that, their hand would inevitably get injured.
"Who said I'm scared!"
Gu Zheng subconsciously retorted, then paused for a moment before slightly turning her face away, her voice gradually lowering as she muttered without much confidence,
"I just couldn't stand that family... smashing the glass wasn't enough, I wanted to break the door too... and who knew someone would be looking out at that moment..."
She led Han Zhou downstairs and gradually realized that the eye that appeared in the cat's eye was not some demon or monster, but the owner of the house.
But she could never admit to such a thing, otherwise she would seem cowardly. So she remained silent, just holding Han Zhou's hand tightly, and rushed forward without looking back.
When they came to their senses, the two had already returned to the hotel, leaving Wang Lengqiu and Zhong Ling far behind.
Fortunately, Han Zhou sent them a message while he was "escaping," otherwise, if the two of them hadn't seen anyone downstairs, they might have really thought it was a ghost.
Han Zhou smiled but didn't expose him. He carefully bandaged the wound, cut the gauze, and secured it with tape before looking up at the guzheng.
"Thanks to you, I get to take another shower."
The two of them had been running all the way and hadn't had a chance to use an umbrella. Even though they ran very fast, they were still soaked.
Gu Zheng had just turned her head back when she heard this, a hint of guilt flashed in her eyes, so she looked away again, and after a while she pursed her lips:
"I still need to wash..."
The voice grew softer and softer, clearly lacking confidence.
Perhaps feeling that this was too lacking in assertiveness, she suddenly turned her head and glared at me, "Why did you hold my hand when we were going upstairs!"
—This is the expression and tone she rehearsed in her mind.
But what was actually said was this—
"When we went upstairs earlier... why... why did you hold my hand?"
She only turned half her face to the side, glancing at us sideways, seemingly trying to appear nonchalant, but her shifty eyes betrayed her true feelings.
Han Zhou laughed: "I wasn't afraid of you..."
"Ok?"
The girl's face darkened slightly.
Han Zhou immediately changed his story: "It was so dark in the hallway at the time, I was really scared, so I just grabbed one hand to hold."
"That's more like it..."
Gu Zheng's expression softened slightly, as if as long as she didn't hear anything like "I'm afraid you'll be scared" from the other person, no reason mattered. But then she realized something was wrong, and raised an eyebrow:
"Wait, what do you mean by 'just pick any hand to hold'?"
Han Zhou coughed lightly, feigning embarrassment, and said, "Although it was casual, you were the only one with me at the time..."
Gu Zheng was stunned for a moment, her cheeks slightly flushed.
She was all alone by his side—didn't that mean that this guy wanted to hold her hand from the very beginning?
Honestly, they beat around the bush when they speak, they're not honest at all...
But the next second, as if she had thought of something, her eyes filled with suspicion: "How do you know there was only one person with you at the time?"
Han Zhou gave a wry smile: "Even just by hearing your footsteps, I can tell which one is you."
This is true. He really can tell whether the sound behind him is a guzheng just by the sound of footsteps. Even if he didn't master this skill before, he will learn it as soon as possible starting today.
If a guzheng can smash a cat's eye with one punch, it can certainly break its bones with one punch as well.
Rather than confessing his scumbag behavior to Guzheng one day, he didn't want to be caught cheating by Guzheng and end up with broken ribs, so he had to master the ability to locate sounds.
"You're bragging again... How could you possibly know me that well?"
Gu Zheng turned her face to the side and muttered something softly, but her eyes secretly curved into crescent moons.
"I only scraped the back of my hand a little, is it necessary to bandage it up so tightly?"
She lifted her bandaged hand to look at it, her tone somewhat surprised, "But you bandaged it quite well, when did you learn?"
That punch only grazed your skin, you really are a superman...
Han Zhou was amazed and laughed, "After all, I stayed with Teacher Ouyang for a while. She was always stumbling and stumbling around. I think it would be hard for me not to learn."
"All you ever do is gossip about Teacher Ouyang behind his back..."
Gu Zheng gave him a disapproving look, then laughed along.
It's still raining outside, but the rain is getting lighter. I wonder if it will clear up tomorrow.
"Go take a hot shower right away, don't catch a cold."
Han Zhou glanced at the night sky, stood up and said, "I'll go downstairs and get another room. It's too late; I'll have to stay at the hotel tonight."
Gu Zheng absentmindedly hummed in agreement, seemingly deep in thought. Seeing him about to leave, she suddenly raised her voice: "Han Zhou, I have something to tell you!"
Han Zhou paused, a sense of unease rising within him, but he concealed his expression well and turned to look back.
"What?"
"Th-that..."
Gu Zheng hesitated, her shy demeanor leading Han Zhou to believe she intended to confess her feelings. Fortunately, after a series of changes in expression, she simply asked one question:
Are you free this Christmas?
"Christmas..."
Han Zhou secretly breathed a sigh of relief, thought for a moment, and replied, "I think so."
What does "should have" mean?
Gu Zheng was initially a little embarrassed, but seeing his hesitant tone, she immediately became angry. "If you're free, you're free; if you're not free, you're not free. What do you mean by 'should be free'?"
"After all, there's no holiday for Christmas, so I have to check if I have classes that day, right?"
"I don't care! I've already told you in advance that no matter what you have to do on Christmas Day, you have to cancel it and spend time with me!"
Gu Zheng raised her chin and asked in an unreasonable tone, "Any objections?"
Han Zhou was taken aback. Gu Zheng rarely made requests of him like this. He was about to agree, but then he thought that although Christmas wasn't Valentine's Day, it was almost like one. As a scumbag who had been cheating on three women, he should leave himself an out. So he hesitated and said:
"I don't have any opinions... but what if, I mean, what if I really have something urgent to deal with that day?"
"Then I'll go with you!"
The beginning is always the hardest. Now that the most difficult part, the invitation, was over, Guzheng decided to go all out and said with a "humph," "Anyway, wherever you go, I'll go. Don't even think about leaving me behind."
Since she had put it that way, Han Zhou naturally couldn't refuse and had no choice but to agree.
"Then it's settled."
Gu Zheng was finally satisfied. She had originally intended to warn him with something like, "If you dare stand me up, you're dead," but the words that came out were something else entirely—
"If you can keep your promise that day... I, I will reward you..." Perhaps she was thinking of something too embarrassing to say, her voice grew softer and softer, and the last few words were almost indistinguishable from the sound of a bell. If Han Zhou's hearing hadn't been enhanced, he probably wouldn't have been able to hear her at all.
"What reward?" he couldn't help but ask.
This guy's face is so red, the so-called reward could be... Looking at the girl's rosy cheeks, even Han Zhou, who was usually as detached from worldly desires, couldn't help but let his imagination run wild.
You'll know when you get here!
Gu Zheng didn't answer, and rushed into the bathroom as if fleeing. "I'm going to take a shower! Hurry downstairs and book another room, and also check if the senior students are back yet!"
"understood."
Han Zhou shook his head and chuckled. Just as he opened the door, he heard the bathroom door behind him open again, and Gu Zheng poked her head out with a slightly somber expression.
"No, something's wrong."
"What's the problem?"
Han Zhou's heart skipped a beat, wondering if Gu Zheng had discovered something because he hadn't properly cleaned up the evidence in the bathroom.
Gu Zheng hesitated for a moment, then stretched out her right hand, which was wrapped in gauze.
"My hand is wrapped up like this, does that mean I can't get it wet?"
Just now, she suddenly remembered He Ling's words—if you want to firmly capture a boy's heart, you have to learn to take advantage of the right time, place, and people, and reasonably "seduce" him.
She could have made a lot of use of her inconvenience by using her hands, but given her shamelessness, the only thing she could think of was getting Han Zhou to wash her hair.
Washing your hair is such an intimate thing... I guess it could be considered seduction...
Han Zhou was taken aback for a moment, then laughed and said, "I thought it was nothing serious. I can just re-wrap it for you, right?"
Gu Zheng was taken aback, thinking to herself, "How can this guy be so stupid? Is this something like bandaging?"
So he deliberately asked, "Does that mean you're going to bandage me up every time I take a shower?"
"What's the big deal?" Han Zhou laughed, not taking it seriously. "You only take a bath once a day, it doesn't take much effort."
"What if I shower three times a day?"
"Why are you taking three baths a day?" Han Zhou asked curiously. "What, do you want to learn 'black magic' from me?"
"Answer my question first!"
Han Zhou was puzzled, but still answered honestly, "If you take three baths, I'll bandage you three times."
"What if I wash it a hundred times?"
Taking a shower a hundred times a day would probably peel off a layer of your skin...
Han Zhou muttered to himself, not understanding why this guy was suddenly acting so strangely. He thought about it for a long time but couldn't figure it out. After a moment's hesitation, he tentatively replied, "Then how about a hundred times?"
This piece of wood!
Gu Zheng almost laughed out of exasperation, took a deep breath and said, "You're that patient?"
Han Zhou still couldn't figure out why she was angry, so he could only answer truthfully, "Of course I have patience for you..."
"boom!"
Gu Zheng's expression darkened, and she slammed the bathroom door shut.
Han Zhou was left completely bewildered outside the door.
He stood outside the door for a few seconds, shook his head, turned and walked out of the room, gently closing the door behind him.
On the other side of the door.
Gu Zheng leaned against the door, her expression softening slightly, and gave a very soft "humph".
Although that guy was incredibly stupid, she still got the answer she wanted—
I'd rather bandage her hair a hundred times a day than wash it once, right?
As she was thinking, she took off her clothes and was about to turn on the shower when she suddenly remembered something. She walked to the mirror, looked at herself in the mirror again and again, and then put her hands in front of her chest to compare.
"Hmph, who said she's flat-chested? She clearly has curves..."
She recalled the size of Mo Yixia's breasts and a cold smile curled at the corner of her lips.
It's nothing special. Everyone's the same size, so no one should laugh at anyone else.
The shower was turned on, and the rising steam quickly blurred the mirror, leaving only a hazy figure.
……
Meanwhile, on the other side...
After leaving the residential area, Wang Lengqiu did not go to the hotel immediately, but instead went into a supermarket and wandered around aimlessly.
That's right, just strolling around.
She strolled slowly among the shelves, her gaze never lingering on the dazzling array of goods. Occasionally, a shop assistant would approach her, but she would ignore them, simply replying with a "thank you," before continuing her wandering.
The supermarket wasn't large; you could walk around it in just a few minutes. Zhong Ling followed beside Wang Lengqiu, initially assuming she wanted to buy something. But seeing Wang Lengqiu silently walk around four times with her hands still empty, she finally couldn't resist. She took out her phone and typed a message in the chat box:
"Senior, the junior and Guzheng are still waiting for us at the hotel. Aren't we going back yet?"
She held up her phone and showed the message to Wang Lengqiu, but quickly realized she might be wasting her time. After all, she knew this senior's personality to some extent. She might answer politely to juniors, but to others, she would at most just say "thank you."
However, to her surprise, this senior student, who seemed rather aloof and hadn't even looked at her phone, actually answered her question:
"It's too early to go back now."
Eh?
Zhong Ling was stunned. First, she didn't expect this senior to actually respond to her, and second, she didn't quite understand what "too early" meant.
She hesitated for a few seconds, then typed the question into the chat box and carefully held her phone up to the other person.
"Too early is too early."
Wang Lengqiu chose to answer again this time, but this answer was no different from not answering at all.
Zhong Ling gave a wry smile, unsure how to respond, and too embarrassed to press further. After a moment's thought, she asked, "When can we go back?"
“He will message us to ask,” Wang Lengqiu said.
he?
Zhong Ling was bewildered for a moment before realizing that "he" referred to her junior, and asked in confusion, "But didn't our junior already message us to ask?"
Wang Lengqiu tilted his head and gave her a strange look, as if he was thinking about something. After a while, he explained, "The first time he asked was out of nervousness and concern. The second time he asked meant that he was completely free now."
As soon as she finished speaking, Zhong Ling's phone suddenly rang.
News about my junior...
She quickly looked down and saw the message from Han Zhou, asking why they hadn't gone back yet.
Just as she was about to reply, she saw that Wang Lengqiu had somehow gotten close to her, and a rare look of surprise appeared on her usually expressionless face.
"Special concern?" (End of Chapter)