Chapter 974: Chapter 974: Seeing Yang Caixuan Again

Gu Xingruo listened to Ling Yuanzhou’s words and laughed, with a hint of sarcasm and coldness in his smile.

Standing beside him, Gu Zhiqi listened to Ling Yuanzhou, but her expression showed no reaction. She merely looked at Ling Yuanzhou with a gaze reserved for fools, while Gu Xiyue’s eyes revealed a certain cold sharpness.

“Young Master Ling, confidence is a good thing, but being overconfident can make you a laughingstock.” Gu Xingruo looked at Ling Yuanzhou with his hands in his pockets, his demeanor lazy, and his eyes openly conveying disdain and contempt.

Ling Yuanzhou couldn’t ignore that gaze, and his face turned somewhat unpleasant.

The crowd around them grew larger, and Ling Yuanzhou didn’t want to be gawked at like a monkey. He coldly dropped a line, “Is that right, Gu Zhiqi knows best in her heart.”

With that, he glanced at Gu Zhiqi and then turned to leave.

Gu Zhiqi lazily half-squinted, watching the gradually departing Ling Yuanzhou, but said nothing.

Gu Xingruo’s fists clenched after hearing Ling Yuanzhou’s words.

Remembering the five-thousand-word reflection from yesterday, he silently relaxed his fists.

Glancing at Ling Yuanzhou’s departing figure, Gu Xingruo smirked with a touch of coldness.

Dealing with people at school is too pointless.

Gu Xiyue also watched Ling Yuanzhou’s retreating figure for a moment, a fleeting dark glow in her eyes quickly withdrew. She looked at Gu Zhiqi and said, “It’s almost time for the examination room, we should go.”

Gu Zhiqi nodded and went with Gu Xiyue towards the building where the first class’s classrooms were.

Seeing them heading in the same direction, Gu Xingruo shouted at their backs, “Hey? You guys are in the same examination room?”

However, there was no response.

Seeing this, Gu Xingruo clicked his tongue lightly and went to the last examination room.

**

The morning exam was on comprehensive science, and Gu Zhiqi finished the test in an hour. She wanted to hand it in early, but the invigilator wouldn’t allow it.

Because of yesterday’s fight, the school made a new rule, allowing a maximum of half an hour early submission.

So, Gu Zhiqi sat idly in the examination room for another hour, flipping through the comprehensive science test multiple times.

When the half-hour-remaining alert sounded, there was a noticeable commotion in the classroom.

Now, not only Gu Zhiqi but more than half of the people in the first examination room were ready to hand in their papers.

Coincidentally, Lu Xingzhe and Qiao Qingshu also submitted their papers, ready to head out for lunch.

After the three left the examination room, they had walked only a few steps when a soft, sugary voice reached their ears, “Qiqi.”

The voice was quite familiar, as Gu Zhiqi had just heard it yesterday.

Gu Zhiqi stopped walking, turned her head to glance at the person, and saw Yang Caixuan happily running towards her.

Lu Xingzhe and Qiao Qingshu also saw Yang Caixuan. Watching her run up, they both frowned slightly.

As Yang Caixuan neared, ready to grab onto Gu Zhiqi’s arm, both of them raised their hands but withdrew after seeing Gu Zhiqi dodge.

Yang Caixuan paused briefly upon seeing Gu Zhiqi evade her, then looked at Gu Zhiqi with a bewildered face, “Qiqi, you… I…”

Yang Caixuan stammered, and eventually managed to utter four words. Gu Zhiqi’s expression remained indifferent, “Sorry, I don’t like people touching me.”

Yang Caixuan’s face showed some hurt upon hearing this, as she gazed at Gu Zhiqi with a pitiful look, “But, we used to be like this.”

“Oh, then forget about the past.” After saying this, Gu Zhiqi lazily lifted her eyelids to look at Yang Caixuan, “Anything important?”