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Chapter 410: Chapter 191: Preemptive Strike
"Bullshit!"
Even before his brain had caught up, Gou Huai blurted out a vehement denial subconsciously.
As long as I’m not guilty, I’m right!
He turned his head to look at her, his expression serious and angry. It took him about two seconds, but Gou Huai finally figured out how to talk his way out of this.
"Why do I care if she’s nervous or not? Look again carefully!"
"Look at what?"
Gu Jiuyue was taken aback.
Then, as Su Huai withdrew his right hand, she finally noticed his stiffly raised middle finger.
—Unbeknownst to her, Gou Huai had quietly retracted the finger he used to hook Chen Nuanhan and switched to the middle finger.
"Ugh..."
Gu Jiuyue was genuinely confused; she had seen the hooking finger action before, but she had bad eyesight, and now she was suddenly unsure.
So Gu asked in utter bewilderment, "What are you doing? In public..."
Gou Huai was sweating bullets under his shirt but postured with confidence, "This morning, before six o’clock, she woke me up wanting me to go out with her to get her hair done. Am I the kind to spoil kids? I just sent Chu Changkuo over instead, and then she spent the whole morning ranting at me on WeChat..."
It was the absolute truth. And it was proof of my unwavering loyalty. 𝚗ovp𝚞b.𝚌om
When Gu Jiuyue heard this, her eyes squinted slightly.
"Really? Don’t you usually get up very early? Why didn’t you go with her?"
She asked with a soft, trailing voice, indicating she wasn’t angry anymore.
Seizing the moment, Su Huai snorted with feigned indifference, "I usually get up early to exercise with you, how can that be the same?"
The explanation that hit just the right note made Gu Jiuyue unable to help but start laughing.
"Oh!"
So I’m that important...
With a simple response, she tried hard not to look at Su Huai, gazing into the distance instead.
In truth, she could not make out anything, but what she projected was total focus, piquing curiosity.
With his wit, Gou Huai had proven his innocence and then took small steps, sidling up alongside her to keep patching things up.
"I’ve been busy since I woke up, between being questioned by my senior and scouting the enemy situation, and I didn’t get a chance to check on you. Didn’t I tell you that you didn’t need to come? Why insist on joining this bustle?"
Gou Huai had truly mastered the art of language.
"Being questioned by my senior" equated to bickering with Pei Shuyu, which sounded like a student council superior inspecting work.
"Scouting the enemy situation" was watching the pretty sign-holding girls, but Gu Jiuyue took it to mean he was checking out the competition.
Faced with such an ambitious man, what could Gu do?
Of course, she’d support him!
"So tough..."
Gu Jiuyue sighed and obediently offered comfort and encouragement, "The capable ones work harder, our School of Management can’t do without you, I know that, so I didn’t want to cause trouble for you~~~"
Hearing this, the two student council members ahead instinctively looked back at Su Huai, their expressions immediately contorting.
Goddess Yue, are you serious?
Huai, in the student council, does only one thing: slack off, slack off, damn it, just slack off to the max!
Those of us who really work hard are the ones doing the work!
The two guys were so enraged that they almost couldn’t help but interject, unable to bear to see such an adorable Gu be deceived by Gou Huai any longer.
But before they could say a word, they were silenced by Gou Huai’s stern glare.
This was a dangerous man not to be trifled with; even School President Fu Zhitao couldn’t get the better of him, let alone us small fry.
Having handled the external threat, Su Huai sighed with feigned sorrow, "Those who know me say I worry too much, those who don’t, what do they know of my desires. Gugu, the reason why we two fussy people can be good friends lies in that word ’know’..."
Su Huai’s occasional literary flair always had a way of touching Gu Jiuyue.
She smiled with pursed lips, nodding slightly, which wasn’t a grand gesture, yet her mood was so blissfully content, a subtle sense of fulfillment lingered long after.
"We don’t talk about these things among good friends."
Gu Xiaojiu emphasized adorably, but then added, "But you have more good friends than me."
Su Huai’s heart skipped a beat.
Yo-heave-ho, was Gu feeling jealous?
Most of the time, it’s a good thing when a girl is willing to be jealous for you, except when the degree of jealousy becomes too intense.
At that moment, Su Huai sensed that Gu Jiuyue was getting clingier by the minute.
Thinking positively, it wasn’t far off from a 90 Favorability Rating, and he’d have another spin at the premium lucky wheel.
On the downside, the possibility of a conflict between her and Chen Nuanhan was increasing. Gu, who usually stood aloof and didn’t bother with others, would one day descend to the mortal realm.
Su Huai massaged his temples, deciding to play it by ear.
To put it simply: appease her first, worry later.
"There are levels to good friends too, you’re T0 level."
Not knowing what T0 meant, Gu Jiuyue asked for confirmation, "Unique level?"
"Mhm, that’s right! You’ve got it!"
Not only was Gou Huai sweet-talking, he also gently bumped her shoulder, demonstrating the intimacy of a T0 level friend with actions.
Gu Jiuyue was satisfied, then quickly became understanding again, "The opening ceremony is about to start, go if you have things to do, Qianqian and YiYi will keep me company."
In reality, Su Huai had nothing to busy himself with; the slacker par excellence wasn’t joking. However, fearing that Chen Nuanhan might turn up later and complicate things, he decided to nip any danger in the bud.
"Alright, I’ll head up to the stands and take a look, you stick with them and don’t wander off."
"I know! Don’t treat me like a kid!"
The sound that she squeezed out of her nose was incredibly sweet, no ten dead mousetraps could match the charm of her voice turned sultry.
Yet Gou Huai didn’t linger in that momentary tenderness and decisively made a clean getaway.
He did a quick round at the president’s stand, found the School of Management’s broadcasting station, and chatted with Fu Zhitao, Qiu Li, and others for a while before the opening ceremony officially started.
The specifics were uninspiring: the same old routine that every school follows, unchanged for years.
