Chapter 113 Part 3

"I didn't tell her this time, and she also realized you left." Gu Fei closed his eyes. "Now no matter where I go, she will... follow me... I..."

Gu Fei didn't continue. He could almost imagine Jiang Cheng's expression now.

Jiang Cheng was a smart and sensitive person. Just based on this, he could understand what he meant and Gu Fei really couldn't bring himself to say more.

"Then I'll go back," Jiang Cheng said without thinking, "I..."

"Brother Cheng," Gu Fei felt a warmth in his heart when he heard this, but still interrupted him, "It's almost October 1st. You just started school and have so much going on. Don't be absent."

Jiang Cheng didn't speak.

When he first said that, it was just his instinctive reaction - if you can't come, then I'll go back. But after saying it, he also realized it wasn't very suitable.

Even though it had only been a few days since school started, just looking at the course schedule, he could already feel the tense and precious vibe where every second counted. Zhao Ke had also taken him to the library a few times these past two days. No matter what time they went, there were always so many people there until it closed at 10pm.

Whether it was activities or lectures, they were indispensable parts of integrating into this school and entering this lifestyle. If he wanted to treat Gu Fei to 800 yuan of noodles and 200 yuan of meat, he had to start now.

In theory, this was how it was.

If they had planned on October 1st from the beginning, he wouldn't have felt anything. But now that his hopes were suddenly dashed, he did feel somewhat resentful, a resentfulness he couldn't describe.

"Alright," after being silent for a while, he said, "Then I'll go back on October 1st."

"Brother Cheng, this is my fault," Gu Fei said, "I didn't consider everything in the beginning."

"Bullshit." Jiang Cheng felt a stab of heartache. "This has nothing to do with you. It was an unplanned situation to begin with, so some surprises are normal. And October 1st isn't far away either."

"Mm," Gu Fei smiled.

"But you need to plan it out properly," Jiang Cheng said, "Eating, drinking, playing, doing - don't miss anything."

"Got it, no problem," Gu Fei said. "Isn't the order reversed?"

"Huh?" Jiang Cheng was confused for a moment.

"Eating, drinking, playing, doing," Gu Fei said. "Shouldn't the order be reversed?"

"......Piss off," Jiang Cheng laughed and then tutted, "Oh right, then reverse the order. You plan it out properly."

"Okay," Gu Fei responded.

"Then...it's decided," Jiang Cheng looked back and saw Zhao Ke waving at him, "I need to get to class now. Talk to you later!"

"Go on," Gu Fei said.

"Quick," as Jiang Cheng walked into the classroom, he whispered, "Give me a kiss."

Gu Fei made a kissing sound on his end. Jiang Cheng was very satisfied and laughed, "Not bad, loud enough."

After the meeting plan fell through, Jiang Cheng didn't bring it up again or show too much disappointment. But Gu Fei could feel that he was just putting on a front. Going from being together daily to not seeing each other for a whole month, it was very difficult for anyone to adapt to such a huge change.

But Jiang Cheng probably didn't have too much time to ponder these things. Gu Fei had seen his class schedule - compared to their college, which was like a vacation with much more time to relax.

After forcefully giving the shop to Liu Li, he was much more relaxed. During his free time, Jiang Cheng was very busy - going to class, studying at the library, only sending a message after 10pm at night.

- I don't feel any more relaxed than senior year of high school

- After all, it's a prestigious school

- Being surrounded by top students all the time feels kinda scary. Compared to them, I feel like trash

- How can that be? Your score wasn't low

- It's not about the score. How can these people be so passionate about studying? They take initiative and are self-driven. I don't seem to have that kind of motivation

Gu Fei smiled for a while then sighed again. Jiang Cheng did not seem like someone who loved to study. Being in this kind of environment, the pressure must be quite big.

They chatted until 11pm then Jiang Cheng went to sleep.

Gu Fei wasn't sleepy at all. He sat on the bed holding his phone, not knowing what to do. He didn't feel like playing games and had already fallen way behind Li Yan on levels. Without Jiang Cheng to help him catch up, he had lost interest now.

After spacing out for a while, the room door was pushed open and Gu Miao poked her head in.

"Why are you up?" Gu Fei asked softly.

Gu Miao didn't say anything and just walked to the bedside looking at him.

"What's up?" Gu Fei pulled her to sit on the edge of the bed.

Gu Miao still didn't speak or react.

"Can't sleep?" Gu Fei smiled. "Then let's sit for a while. Brother might become an insomniac too."

Gu Miao leaned against the bedside, legs swinging.

"Our Er Miao has grown up and gets insomnia now," Gu Fei leaned back against the headboard, arm cushioning his head. "Got something on your mind?"

Gu Miao swung her legs for a while longer, then turned to look at him. After a long pause, she said one sentence: "Brother Cheng."

"Yeah, Brother Cheng." Gu Fei stroked her head. "Er Miao misses Brother Cheng, right?"

Gu Miao just looked at him without answering or any other reaction.

"Brother misses Brother Cheng too," Gu Fei sighed, "So, so much. But...we still have to wait. Brother Cheng is very busy now, different from before."

Gu Miao didn't understand any of this but kept looking at him.

"Er Miao," Gu Fei smiled at her, "Tell brother, what should I do?"

Gu Miao turned her head back and continued swinging her legs.

"Brother has always felt that it'd be fine even if we were apart. I'd even thought that if we really were apart for a long time, Brother Cheng and I might slowly grow distant from each other. After all, he'd meet many people, all great people, and learn many things, see many things I don't know about," Gu Fei said. "I used to feel that one day when we had nothing left to talk about, it'd probably be over... but now..."

Gu Fei pulled Gu Miao's hand over. "Brother is really scared and anxious. Brother Cheng won't keep waiting forever. He'll move forward and I can't catch up. Do you know what to do?"

For Gu Miao, these words basically didn't exist. Gu Fei felt like he was just talking to himself.

He really didn't know how to get through the days ahead but he could no longer continue closing his eyes.