Chapter 17: About Girlfriend

Tao Ruan is really beautiful.

She had just woken up not long ago, her face was bare of makeup, and her hair was still slightly messy, but she still looked fresh and beautiful. The glass of water that Lu Yiqian splashed on her did not make her look embarrassed at all; on the contrary, it made her face look even more clear, fair, delicate and charming.

Lu Yiqian’s anger intensified, and she raised her hand to slap Tao Ruan, but was stopped by her other hand.

It’s Gu Xiao.

Gu Xiao grabbed Lu Yiqian’s wrist and flung her away, her face as cold as ice: “What did you just say to Ruan Ruan? Do you dare repeat those words to my face?”

Lu Yiqian straightened up and sneered, “What do I have to be afraid to say? Knowing that Gu Zhizhou has a girlfriend, I still went to him and deliberately tried to seduce him. What is that if not shameless?”

Liao Taotao wiped Tao Ruan’s face with a tissue and rushed over, glaring angrily: “You’re talking nonsense! Let’s not even talk about whether Gu Zhizhou has a girlfriend or not. What right do you have to talk about Tao Ruan? Are you Gu Zhizhou’s girlfriend? Or does Gu Zhizhou have nothing to do with you? Just because you were rejected by Gu Zhizhou doesn’t mean you can’t let others date him, right? Who do you think you are?”

“You…” Lu Yiqian was speechless for a moment, then continued to sneer, “Fine, since you two have always just blindly protected Tao Ruan, I will apply to the counselor to move out of this dormitory tomorrow. You can continue to stick together with this bitch who wants to be a mistress.”

Liao Taotao clapped her hands and cheered: “Hurry up and move it, we can’t wait for you to get out of here!”

Lu Yiqian slammed the door and left. Liao Taotao came over and hugged Tao Ruan to comfort her, saying, “It’s okay, it’s okay.”

Tao Ruan hugged her, then separated from her, smiling gratefully: “I was fine to begin with, thank you for helping me.”

Gu Xiao came over to fix her hair, “You were just doused with cold water and you still say you’re fine.”

Tao Ruan shook her head.

Liao Taotao asked, “What’s going on with Gu Zhizhou? Does he have a girlfriend?”

Tao Ruan’s curved lips drooped down, she pursed them again, and whispered, “I don’t know either…”

Gu Zhizhou has a long-distance girlfriend, and she only heard about their good relationship from others. As for the specifics, she really didn’t know.

Liao Taotao pinched Gu Xiao’s waist, raised her chin, and asked her, “Aren’t you Gu Zhizhou’s relative? Do you know whether he has a girlfriend or not?”

Gu Xiao’s expression was a bit strange, and what she said was also strange: “Well, it’s a bit complicated to explain…”

Liao Taotao urged her, “This concerns Ruan Ruan’s happiness, can you stop hesitating?”

Gu Xiao: “Okay, then don’t tell anyone I’m telling you?”

Liao Taotao: “Go ahead and say it.”

Gu Xiao sighed: “It’s Gu Zhizhou, isn’t it… He’s always had a girlfriend he’s fantasized about…”

Liao Taotao: “???”

Tao Ruan’s eyes widened in surprise.

Gu Xiao continued to sigh, “Otherwise, how could I say he’s sick? I discovered this by chance. One night I got up to get a drink of water, and I saw him staring at the air…”

Liao Taotao sensed something was wrong and interrupted, “Wait a minute, why did you see Gu Zhizhou when you got up to drink water at night? Aren’t you distant relatives?”

Gu Xiao realized she had let something slip and quickly tried to cover it up: “Distant relatives sometimes come over for a visit, and sometimes they can’t go back home and need to stay overnight…”

Liao Taotao pouted: “Do you have some kind of secret relationship with Gu Zhizhou? Are you his ex-girlfriend? Do you like him?”

“Can you please stop disgusting me?”

Gu Xiao felt like throwing up, but seeing Liao Taotao’s red eyes, she softened her voice, went over and squeezed her hand, and explained earnestly, “Gu Zhizhou and I are absolutely innocent, you can rest assured about that, and you know who I like…”

Liao Taotao’s ears turned red, and she hurriedly shook off Gu Xiao’s hand, then pulled Tao Ruan: “Ahem, then continue to tell me what’s going on with Gu Zhizhou’s girlfriend.”

Gu Xiao: “His so-called girlfriend is just a figment of his imagination. I’ve never seen that girl; I’ve only ever seen him talking to himself in the middle of the night…”

“Oh, right,” Gu Xiao added, “It’s quite a coincidence, his imagined girlfriend is also named Ruan Ruan.”

Tao Ruan was taken aback: “What?”

Liao Taotao’s gossipy nature flared up: “Could that person be Ruan Ruan? Do you think Gu Zhizhou might have a crush on Ruan Ruan?”

Gu Xiao shook her head: “How could that be? What are you thinking? Gu Zhizhou has had this problem since elementary school. Back then, he didn’t even know Ruan Ruan. Besides, I’ve been in the same dorm as Ruan Ruan for almost two years. If he really had feelings for Ruan Ruan, why didn’t he tell me? At least he should have asked me about Ruan Ruan, right?”

Liao Taotao rolled her eyes: “Why would he ask a distant relative of yours?”

Gu Xiao touched her nose: “Well, even distant relatives keep in touch occasionally…”

Tao Ruan’s mind was in turmoil. She remembered everything Gu Xiao said, but dared not think too deeply about it. Just then, Gu Zhizhou called her.

Gu Zhizhou said, “I’m downstairs from you.”