Originally, Gu Ci was sitting in the living room watching television, seemingly a foreign film. His volume was not high, but at this moment the living room was quiet, and the English spoken by the characters in the film came out sentence by sentence.

Just now he had been silent for a while, took the flowers from her hand, then raised his head and said: “What happened.”

Generally speaking, there is the saying of taking money to do things, accepting others’ money and… In the face of such an obvious intention of flattery from her, Gu Ci accepted her flowers and still asked this—then… with high probability, it was agreement that he would help her do something.

“…It doesn’t really count as something happening.” Yan Luqing dawdled as she sat down beside him, thought for a moment, and said: “There is a piece of good news and a piece of bad news, which one do you want to hear first?”

Gu Ci fixedly looked at her for a moment, then opened his mouth to choose: “The bad one.”

Yan Luqing opened her mouth: “But if you don’t first hear the good news, you won’t understand the bad news.”

Gu Ci: “…?”

She very clearly felt, in Gu Ci’s expressionless face, a question mark, probably accompanied by Princess Ci’s bamboo-shoot-like inner ridicule.

Gu Ci was silent for a few seconds before he asked: “Then why did you let me choose?”

Yan Luqing somewhat awkwardly cleared her throat: “Because I thought everyone would choose the good news first… How could you want to hear the bad one?”

Gu Ci smiled faintly: “Probably because, I don’t think that kind of performance of yours just now could have much good news.”

“……” These words were really rather right on target.

Yan Luqing chose to ignore this sentence, and poured everything out in one go—

“The good news is… you can return to university!” Her eyes shone brightly as she looked at him, emphasizing: “That is, you can formally, in the identity of a student, go back to study and attend classes again.”

After speaking she even deliberately paused for a moment, just to wait for Gu Ci’s reaction.

There was still not much expression on Gu Ci’s face, that look seeming to be just as he had said, not holding much expectation toward the so-called “good news” in her mouth.

But those pitch-black, ink-like eyes nevertheless had a moment of stillness, a trace of an emotion similar to surprise passing across his brows and eyes.

It was actually not being moved?

Not being filled with tears?

However, Yan Luqing imagined in her mind the scene of Princess Ci filled with tears… better not, being able to surprise him was already not bad.

So she continued: “——But the school has a condition, probably worrying that if you can’t keep up with the courses, resuming would be a waste. The condition is that in the monthly exam half a month later, you must get half the scores in the required courses…” Pausing, Yan Luqing immediately added a sentence, “This should be very easy for you, right?”

Gu Ci did not answer her.

He just maintained his original posture, staring at her, blinking from time to time——clearly not making any expression, yet Yan Luqing very much did not want to meet the eyes of this kind of him, it gave a feeling as if she herself were being seen through.

When Yan Luqing was about to be unable to endure it, Gu Ci finally spoke again: “Then what about the bad news?”

“The bad news is,” Yan Luqing’s voice dropped nearly a whole octave, “…I also have to go back to class.”

When he had just heard the good news, Gu Ci had not shown any smile at all, but at this moment it seemed as if he was easily amused by this sentence. He quickly bent his eyes, his voice also slightly rising: “Miss Yan, why is it that when the same thing happens to us, for one it is good and for the other it is bad?”

…You are a genius! How could you understand!

After Yan Luqing finished inwardly complaining, she lowered her head like an eggplant struck by frost and said: “Because my major is too difficult.”

“Mm?” Gu Ci showed an expression of interest, “What major.”

The eggplant struck by frost: “Software Engineering of the School of Computer Science.”

The moment Yan Luqing heard those words, “Computer Science” and “Software Engineering,” in the car, it was as if a bolt of lightning had struck down, electrocuting her until she was scorched outside and tender inside.

One of the happiest events of her high school years had been the division between liberal arts and sciences.

Yan Luqing admired those who were very skilled in the sciences, but she admitted she did not have that talent. She was not stupid, and as long as she studied carefully, she could spend a lot of time digging through physics, but she disliked that exhausting mental effort——each time after finishing physics she never had the so-called sense of achievement that the top students spoke of, only felt her body hollowed out.

Was it not better to study subjects in which she was at ease, like a fish in water? So she resolutely chose the liberal arts.

Who would have thought, after struggling desperately to finish the college entrance exam, that she would hit her head on a plane, cross over to here, and before she had even enjoyed a few days of peaceful and happy life, she was now told that she must, within half a month, learn all the required courses of the computer science major of a good university.

Yan Luqing: Never in this life or the last had she been so speechless.

Originally she was truly filled with despair, but when she saw that the message Yan Mother sent contained the two characters “Gu Ci,” it was as if blood once more flowed back into her body, reviving her with vitality.

Because Yan Luqing felt there would be nothing that even Gu Ci could not solve.

Whether it was because she already knew everything about him in the book, or perhaps because, as a character fan, she had unilaterally placed many filters on him… Anyway, Yan Luqing’s subconscious simply believed: This person seemed to be omnipotent, he could forever be relied upon.

That certain omnipotent person listened to her spit out the name of her major with a pale face, and leisurely, indifferently gave an “oh,” “So where is the bad?”

Yan Luqing said in a small voice: “The bad is… its required courses, I probably can’t do any of them.”

Gu Ci laughed again, his voice even gentler than just now: “The major you applied for, you were admitted, now how can you not know it?”

“After all, now I’m gravely ill,” Yan Luqing’s voice was stiff, “so, forgot.”

After hearing this, Gu Ci looked at her without speaking, but the smile on his face had a tendency to spread.

This almost brought Yan Luqing back in a dream to that night when the two of them were in the tree hollow, when she had asked why the two of them could not sleep together, and Gu Ci had looked at her with the same gaze——the gaze of “this new species is so interesting.”

Now Yan Luqing could only pretend she could not understand, bracing herself to laugh: “I remember before you were the best at studying…”

Gu Ci cut off her words, “So you want me to teach you?”

Yan Luqing instantly widened her eyes and nodded.

Seeing this, Gu Ci once more looked at her and laughed. His smile made her face burn, yet he was slow to speak.

He watched as Yan Luqing’s expression gradually took on anxiety, those moist eyes beginning to glance toward his hand, glancing while deliberately reminding in a small voice: “Gu Ci, you already accepted my flowers just now.”

Then her eyes continued to fix on him, unblinking.

That meaning was more or less: You must do this for me.

He lowered his eyelashes, blocking his smile for a moment.

But Yan Luqing, closely observing him, felt this was a prelude to refusal——because just after she had spoken those words, she herself had felt something was not quite right.

When she said this, Gu Ci could have had ten thousand ways to retort, such as “You gave it, I just accepted it,” or “Does accepting flowers mean anything?” She even believed that with his level, he could come up with an even sharper reply.

But thank heaven, he did not say so——

“That’s true.” Gu Ci held the bouquet someone had given him, looked at it back and forth a couple of times, then lifted his eyelids again, “Give me the textbook, I’ll look at it tonight.”

——!

Princess Ci agreed! He agreed!!!

Yan Luqing practically wanted to pile every overused praise upon Gu Ci, such as that sentence “At this moment, he became the light”; or the one she invented herself, “Princess Ci, forever the God.” She was so happy she felt as though celebratory BGM was sounding all around her, fireworks constantly exploding.

She nodded quickly: “Mm, I’ll give you the textbook in a bit——then when shall we start?”

Gu Ci stood up, said: “Tomorrow.”

Yan Luqing was stunned for a moment.

So much of a genius? Just one night was enough?

But before she could marvel, Gu Ci spoke again: “When I am a teacher, I am very strict.”

Yan Luqing immediately lifted her head.

His hand rested on the back of the sofa, light shining behind him, the smile on his face incomparably captivating, as he looked down at her from above.

“Be mentally prepared, Student Yan Luqing.”

Since they would begin studying the next day, Yan Luqing decided to ask Grandpa for a leave first.

She expressed that because she was about to have an exam, she would still take time in the next two weeks to study with him, but perhaps could not report in every day. Grandpa quickly expressed his understanding, and uttered a very philosophical remark: 【You can study anytime, as long as your heart is sincere.】

Of course she was sincere! She was counting on learning quickly so she could see what Gu Ci was thinking all day long.

Yan Luqing then sent Grandpa a two-hundred-word little essay to demonstrate how sincere her heart was, after which they wished each other good night.

Just as she was preparing to exit, she received a WeChat message.

【Nian Nian You Yu】: Miss Yan, are you asleep?

Yan Luqing looked and looked——the two of them had no prior chat history, and this person had no Moments either.

She honestly sent: Who are you? I’ll add a note.

As soon as the other party read it, the previously bubble-less profile instantly rose with several bubbles, mainly red and blue.

Yan Luqing tapped the red one: Did she mean this? To directly cut ties with me? Just because she was now letting Gu Ci live in her house???

Then she tapped the blue one: Somehow felt Yan Luqing’s temperament changing was not a good thing, before at least she had been generous with money…

Oh——so it was Zhang Substitute.

After Yan Luqing understood, the other side also sent over a self-introduction.

【Nian Nian You Yu】: I am Zhang Nian.

【Runaway Saintess】: Mm, it’s so late, what’s the matter?

She watched the message turn to “read,” and bubbles began to appear over Zhang Nian’s head again——What did I do wrong? Will I never get money again? What happened to her? Oh my.

Yan Luqing felt a bit irritated.

Now that she had become the owner of this body, it would be best to deal with these baggage early and cleanly. Conveniently, Zhang Nian had come looking tonight, so she would find a way to make him give up completely.

Just as she was about to type her wording, among Zhang Nian’s pile of negative-emotion bubbles a pink one suddenly popped up.

Yan Luqing couldn’t contain her curiosity and tapped it——

This Yan Luqing has changed so much, it seems not that long ago; before she would go out to eat without even doing makeup, basically the true ghost, now she’s so pretty it’s like she had cosmetic surgery…