roccoschili Chapter 427 No, we didn't.
Chapter 427 No, we didn't.
Lin Qingping's hand trembled as she held the bowl of porridge, and she almost dropped it.
Is this the Master Gu she knows?
She hurriedly looked behind her, and thankfully Zhiyuan hadn't come out yet!
"Gu Juncheng!" she chuckled, teasing him, "What happened to your promised reserve?"
Didn't he always say that she wasn't reserved?
He coughed twice and then fell silent.
Lin Qingping took a sip of porridge, and as she reached for a steamed bun, she said leisurely, "It's alright."
"What do you mean, 'average'?" Gu Juncheng replied casually, but he knew exactly what she meant as "average" as soon as he finished speaking, and his eyes turned cold. "Heh, Lin Qingping!"
"What? Do you want to hear a lie?"
"No need! Let's eat!" Gu Juncheng picked up a steamed bun, took a bite out of half of it, and said, "You just wait!"
Lin Qingping: ...
Thinking about his tireless efforts last night, Lin Qingping's hand holding the steamed bun trembled slightly. It seemed that there was really no need to put on such a verbal show of strength...
"No, Gu Juncheng..." The steamed bun in his mouth was a little hard to swallow, "...some things still need to be done in moderation..."
Gu Juncheng only responded with a cold laugh.
Lin Qingping looked at the muscles on his arms; every smooth line seemed to be showing off his physical strength, as if asking her what the word "moderation" meant.
Lin Qingping sighed inwardly again and again.
Zhiyuan's appearance broke the eerie atmosphere.
"Dad, Mom, what are you talking about?" Zhiyuan sat down at the table, his big eyes blinking as he looked at the two of them.
Gu Juncheng took a big bite of his steamed bun. "I'm discussing with your mom what classes we should arrange for you since summer vacation is still so long!"
Zhiyuan: ...I shouldn't have said that!
Zhiyuan felt as if his father had bitten him hard just now!
"Why don't you read some books and cultivate a reading habit?" Lin Qingping asked Gu Juncheng. "Are there any reading rooms or anything like that on the island?"
“Yes.” Gu Juncheng made a quick decision. “Then it’s decided. At five in the morning, you’ll do morning exercises with me. We’ll come back at eight, rest for an hour, and then go to the reading room at nine to read for three hours. We’ll come back for lunch, practice calligraphy for two hours in the afternoon, and watch the news in the evening. We’ll start our summer homework at eight o’clock sharp.”
Zhiyuan dropped the steamed bun in his hand onto the table. Despair welled up from the depths of his eyes without any attempt to hide it. "I...I made plans with Chen Lei and the others..."
"Yes, you two agreed to read books together, practice calligraphy together, and do your homework together. I'll supervise you."
Zhiyuan looked at Lin Qingping with a mournful face: No, we didn't.
Lin Qingping is currently in a precarious situation; who told her to let her guard down and offend Gu Juncheng? She has to consider her own fate that night, and can only look at him sympathetically: Son, just hang in there, summer vacation will be over soon…
Zhiyuan sighed, feeling deeply sorry for Chen Lei. Not only had he lost his summer vacation, but he had also dragged Chen Lei into this mess: "I'm sorry, my good brother..."
The next day, he indeed saw Chen Lei in the reading room—looking just as dejected as he was.
As soon as Chen Lei saw him, he sighed and said, "Zhiyuan, what did your dad and my dad talk about? I was still fast asleep in bed when my dad grabbed my ear and dragged me out of bed. He wants me to come here to study with you?"
Zhiyuan sighed and put his hands on Chen Lei's shoulders. "I'm sorry, come home with me at noon. My mom said she'll cook something delicious to comfort our wounded hearts."
Chen Lei's eyes revealed envy, "Did Aunt Lin really say that? Your mom is so nice. My mom and dad are on the same side, and she can't wait to kick me out!"
But this couldn't change the fact that their summer vacation would be bleak from then on...
The two people, with their chins resting on their hands, sat on either side of the large table in the reading room, sighing at each other for a quarter of an hour.
The uncle in charge of managing the library came over, brought a large pile of books, and placed them on the table. "These are the required readings as instructed by Teacher Gu."
Zhiyuan and Chen Lei, who had been sighing and looking listless, were instantly energized by the stimulus.
"This...this...so many?" Chen Lei stammered, "My grandparents, my great-grandparents, help! I've never seen so many books in my life!"
The uncle who came to supervise almost couldn't hold back his laughter, thinking to himself: How old are you? Is this all you've ever been?
But his face was very serious. "Professor Gu said that we must finish reading at least one book a week, then write a book report, and submit it to him for his personal review."
"We...we have to write a book report?" Chen Lei was going crazy, looking at Zhiyuan, "What's a book report?"
Zhiyuan knew what a book report was, but... "Did my father, Gu, say how many words I had to write?"
"Six hundred words."
Two thuds were heard as Zhiyuan and Chen Lei's heads fell onto the table.
"I want to ask my dad to take me on eight-hour training exercises every day, but I don't know if it's too late..." Chen Lei wailed.
The uncle who delivered the books was very cooperative, saying, "If you are interested, I can pass on the message to Master Gu."
"Never mind, never mind, I was just saying, just saying! Please don't report it!" Chen Lei looked at the blazing sun outside and felt that it would be more comfortable to take a nap in the reading room.
The uncle smiled to himself, "Then you two stay here and read. I'll come back later."
As Chen Lei watched the person leave the reading room, he quietly pulled a set of Chinese chess from his military green backpack and asked in a low voice, "Zhiyuan, do you know how to play?"
There's no chess game that Zhiyuan can't play!
His eyes lit up. "You're the clever one, come on!"
Although Chen Lei is no match for Zhiyuan in chess, even if he keeps losing, it's still more interesting than reading books!
The two set up a chess game in the reading room and forgot all about reading as soon as they started playing. Before they knew it, the morning had passed. When footsteps were heard outside the reading room, they quickly put away the chess pieces and covered the few that they hadn't managed to hide with a book.
No one expected that the person who came would be Gu Juncheng himself!
When Gu Juncheng approached them, their books were pressing down on several chess pieces, and they sat upright, not daring to move an inch.
Looks like you're really engrossed in reading!
Gu Juncheng glanced at Chen Lei's book on the first page and Zhiyuan's foot quietly stepping on a chess piece, and said calmly, "You two are reading quite intently!"
"Of course, how could we not take it seriously?" Zhiyuan stepped on the chess piece, feeling completely at ease, and said to his father with a smile.
Gu Juncheng nodded. "Okay, that's all for this morning. Go home for lunch. Chen Lei, come along too."
"Okay!" the two boys agreed in unison, but neither of them moved, because if they moved, they would expose a few chess pieces.
“Dad Gu…why don’t you go back and help Mom cook? We’ll read for a while longer before going back. This book is really interesting,” Zhiyuan said stiffly.