Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

If it were her…

She probably wouldn’t be with him for that long.

Thinking about the possibility of them separating in the future, Lin Che’s heart darkened.

She only felt that she was becoming more and more reliant on Gu Jingze. She could not imagine how her life alone would be like without him. How could she continue to live?

She shook her head to get rid of those thoughts. In any case, he was right here beside her now.

Gu Jingze also began to think about these things after she brought up Mo Huiling.

Mo Huiling actually wasn’t particularly smart. Her learning abilities were aided by her family. She also never worked before and she was not competitive. She was very obedient.

She was so obedient that… there was no sense of existence.

For a moment, Gu Jingze couldn’t remember anything he had done for her.

However, she was not worrisome at all unlike this brat in front of him. She was always either troubling him or angering him.

But how did he get enchanted by such a terrible girl? If this wasn’t self-abuse, what was it?

He didn’t know what love was. He used to think he loved Mo Huiling in the past but now that he thought about it, it wasn’t. From that point on, he really wasn’t sure what love was anymore.

But now, he simply wanted to treat her better, to protect her innocence, and not let her get hurt.

No matter what she suffered in the past, he didn’t want her to experience it ever again now.

Lin Che looked at the side and caught a whiff of smelly tofu. She pulled Gu Jingze along, “Hehe, there’s smelly tofu over there. Do you want to try?”

Gu Jingze frowned. That smell was already enough.

“It stinks so bad. I’m not eating it,” he pulled Lin Che. “You’re not allowed to eat it either.”

“It stinks but it’s very tasty.”

Gu Jingze took a glance with disgust and Lin Che pouted. She was fine with not eating it, but she looked at Gu Jingze and secretly anticipated seeing him grounded and down to earth. She could not imagine a prim and proper Gu Jingze eating such a foul-smelling thing. She wondered if he would be able to maintain his perfect, gentleman demeanor and keep his head high up.

However, Gu Jingze did not fall for it.

She had actually never seen Gu Jingze look defeated before.

It was probably only when his illness acted up but even though he was weak then, his face was still enigmatically handsome. He looked so elegant and graceful that nobody would think he was sick. He didn’t look ugly at all.

Gu Jingze tugged Lin Che and walked forward. He did not look back at that ugly stinky tofu but suddenly, he felt a flash of light behind.

Before Lin Che could react, Gu Jingze reached out.

The girl behind was skinny and frail. She must have been a high school student.

Gu Jingze’s arm was charmingly hooked up. When he turned around, his movement was smooth and neat like a butterfly’s. He really looked perfect like he was in a good action movie.

The phone in the girl’s hand immediately fell into his hands.

The girl exclaimed. She looked up at Gu Jingze’s dark eyes and immediately closed her mouth. She looked at him in stunned silence.

When Gu Jingze looked at others, his eyes were partially shadowed. The coldness and darkness were unparalleled.

He took the phone, “What are you doing?”

The girl quickly said, “I… I only took a photo. Is there a problem?”

Gu Jingze said coldly, “Delete that picture.”

The girl was initially fine with deleting it, but she felt embarrassed by his cold treatment. Thus, she retorted angrily at him, “I can take whatever photos I want. Why should I delete it?”

“I’ll ask you again. Are you going to delete it?”

“No, I’m not going to delete it. I didn’t take a photo of you. How would you know if I did? Hmph.”

Gu Jingze looked indifferently at the girl and then threw the phone onto the ground.

The girl was shocked and immediately exclaimed, “My phone…”

However, the phone was already in pieces. Then, Gu Jingze’s leather shoe stepped on it, breaking it into even smaller pieces.

The girl gritted her teeth angrily, “You… You’re paying for my phone. Who do you think you are? Do you dare to do this? I’m calling the police.”

Gu Jingze continued to look at her coldly. He gave his men behind a look and said plainly, “Take her to get a new phone and get rid of this one.”

“Yes, Sir,” the bodyguard replied and immediately settled the situation onsite.

The girl never came across such a person. She stood there frozen and when she was brought out by the bodyguard, she kept turning back to look.

Lin Che watched from the side and was amazed at Gu Jingze’s sensitivity, “How did you realize?”

“When the camera flashed,” he replied and looked around them. “Let’s go. It’s getting late too. Why don’t you just come home with me tonight?”

“I can’t. The filming starts early tomorrow,” Lin Che said.

Gu Jingze lowered his head and looked deeply at her. His finger caressed her cheek and he nodded, “Very well. Let’s go back to school.”

“Yes yes.”

The two of them continued walking. The people behind taking pictures were fearful after they saw that the girl who just took a photo got caught. They didn’t dare go closer to take any pictures and could only take them from afar.

None of their photos were clear enough to see the man’s face but at least they had something. They quickly headed back.

Back at school, Lin Che said, “Oh no, it’s so late. The school gate might be closed.”

However, they saw that someone already opened the gate for Gu Jingze and was enthusiastically welcoming the two of them in. He even fearfully looked at the people following them.

Lin Che looked up at Gu Jingze’s usual expression.

Gu Jingze walked in with Lin Che.

Lin Che was puzzled, “Are you walking me in? There’s no need to. I can go in myself.”

While Lin Che was still talking, Gu Jingze held her petite hand and lifted her up.

“What… What are you doing…”

“Come on, it’s late. I’m not going back.”

“What? You… You want to stay here… Don’t you play cards with common sense? This is a school…”

“I know.”

“This is such a pure place…”

“I’ll be absolutely pure. Don’t worry.”

“I don’t believe you!”

“I promise that I won’t touch you, but… if you can’t take it and come at me, I’ll definitely satisfy you too.”

“I will not…”

However, before she could finish, his lips already went up to hers.

There was no space for Lin Che to think.

She felt that this man kissed her as if his life depended on it. His lips had such an attractive power that seemed to linger forever. She could never reject his technique and the feel of him.