Chapter 18: Bright red exclamation point

"Thump, thump, thump~"

The hyperventilating video phone rings, and it's Gu Zhao dialing back.

Ji Su was jolted and quickly pressed the reject button.

His heart was still pounding from the shock, and his typing fingers were trembling.

Mengmeng: [I'm sorry, sir, but I've got an emergency situation here, so I'll contact you later].

After sending the message, Ji Su leaned back on the back of the chair with a hopeless face, "Xiao Qiao, am I really finished ......"

Qiao Jin thinks hard for a moment, his eyes filling with sympathy for everything.

"I'd better take the initiative to apologize to Gu Zhao." Ji Su bit her lower lip, "Maybe he can understand, after all, it was all a misunderstanding."

One must always pay for what one has done, I didn't realize how fast the boomerang of the phrase came ......

"Maybe he can't understand." Qiao Jin calmly analyzed, "Think about it, he buys you clothes and sends you pictures of his abs, if you suddenly tell him that Mengmeng is a guy, and that adding him in the first place is lying to him-"

Ji Su raises her hand to cover her face, "I really didn't mean to ......"

Qiao Jin turned the tables, "But I think, well, things aren't as bad as you think."

Ji Su opens her eyes and looks at him through the cracks in her fingers, "How so?"

"Think about it, Zha Nan doesn't know who you are, he merely looked at the picture of your legs, he must be seeing things." Qiao Jin shrugged, "How deep can such feelings be?"

Ji Su lowered her hand, her expression thoughtful.

Qiao Jin completely abandons his previous assertion of true love, and becomes more and more convincing: "He can have sex with you online, and he can have sex with other pretty girls, and if you disappear for a while, he'll forget about Mengmeng completely. "

Ji Su blinks his eyelashes slowly, "It seems so ......"

"But I really can't imagine, Gu Da schoolmaster usually looks so cold and serious, but in private, he is actually so ......" Qiao Jin tsked twice, "really people can't look like each other! "

Ji Su couldn't help but recall that when he first added G, the other party dismissed him with a "?". Now that he thought about it, it was very much in line with his impression of Gu Zhao.

And the other guy's sudden change of attitude did start when he posted the leg photo.

"Xiao Qiao, you have a point." Ji Su decided to go cold turkey first, "If I don't reply to him these days, maybe he won't look for Mengmeng in a few days."

"Uh-huh!" Qiao Jin nodded vigorously and asked, "But can you send me a picture of School Mistress Gu Da's abs? It would be nice for me to keep it as a souvenir!"

Ji Su : "...... can't."

*

For the next few days, Ji Su didn't dare to log on to WeChat again.

On Thursday afternoon, Qiao Jin tried to drag him to the gym to watch Zhou Yang play, but he refused.

"Xiao Qiao, I don't think I can see Gu Zhao right now." Ji Su frowned slightly, "I'm afraid that I won't be able to resist going up and confessing as soon as I see him."

"No, no, no!" Qiao Jin hurriedly stopped, "I'll just go see Zhou Yang by myself, you go read for a while, we'll see you in the cafeteria later."

However, what's meant to be can't be avoided.

In the evening, Ji Su met Qiao Jin in the cafeteria, and not long after he sat down, he heard a small commotion.

He raised his eyes to the source of the sound, then quickly turned his face back and lowered his head like a thief.

"What's going on?" Qiao Jin also looked over there and let out a shriek, "Crap! The enemies are narrow!"

Ji Su took a hand to cover the side of her face and asked in a small voice, "I thought you said they were going out for a get-together tonight?"

Qiao Jin was also puzzled: "Zhou Yang was talking about a get-together, who knows how he came to the cafeteria again."

"Don't you look at them, Xiao Qiao." Ji Su was a little nervous, "Later Zhou Yang is going to come and say hello to you."

As soon as the words left his mouth, Zhou Yang saw them and greeted them warmly, "Qiao Jin, Ji Su!"

Ji Su: "......"

Qiao Jin could only wave, "Zhou Yang, what a coincidence!"

Ji Su sat upright and acted as if nothing had happened, only to run into another pair of dark, cold eyes.

His heart skipped a beat and he immediately lowered his eyes, silently praying in his mind that they would never come over.

Perhaps the heavens had heard his prayers, and a good-looking boy suddenly stopped Gu Zhao.

"Susu Susu, there's a little cutie here!" Qiao Jin's gossipy soul blazed up, "I guess it's looking for Gu Zhao for WeChat!"

Ji Su couldn't resist his curiosity and quietly lifted his eyelashes to look over.

Gu Zhao is tall and leggy, and the boy across from him only reaches his shoulders, a face reddened.

However, Ji Su felt that the schoolmaster's face was much colder than the last time he saw him, and there were even a few shady auras between his handsome brows.

He couldn't help but admire the boy for having the guts to go up there and ask for a wee word under so much pressure.

Just then, Gu Zhao said something, and the blood drained from the boys' faces, and they turned and ran away.

Qiao Jin : "Crap, that doesn't look good!"

Gu Zhao seemed to be upset by this little episode, and didn't eat his meal and left the cafeteria with a pair of long legs.

Although she felt a little sorry for the boy, Ji Su was secretly relieved.

Zhou Yang came over with great strides, "Brother Gu has gone back to the dormitory, I'll eat with you guys!"

When he sat down, Qiao Jin asked, "What's wrong with Gu Zhao, he seems to be in a bad mood?"

"Ugh, don't mention it." Zhou Yang sighed, "These days, Gu's barometric pressure is extremely low, and a cloud hangs over everywhere he goes."

Qiao Jin and Ji Su looked at each other, "What happened?"

"I'm not sure exactly, it seems to have something to do with that online dating partner." Zhou Yang slammed the desktop, "It can't be true that you guys have hit the nail on the head, Gu has met an online scammer!"

Ji Su's brow jumped and she cast her eyes away sheepishly.

Qiao Jin gave a dry laugh, "No way?"

"Gu has been in a really bad state these past few days, he hasn't put down his cell phone even when it's cupped in his hand, and he even dials a call every now and then, but the call seems to have never been answered." Zhou Yang followed a little trace and vaguely found the truth, "That's right, it must be that online dating partner who suddenly disappeared!"

Ji Su pursed her lips and asked softly, "Do you think ...... Gu Zhao is seriously in online dating?"

"Then of course it's serious!" Zhou Yang returned without hesitation, "This is Gu's first relationship, can it not be serious?"

Ji Su: "......"

"No way?" Qiao Jin tried to bring up the tempo, "Who still plays online dating these days, not to mention Gu Zhao, such a big handsome guy, there is no lack of beautiful women around him, so it should be just for fun, right?"

Zhou Yang shook his head, "You guys don't know Gu, he really isn't the type to play around, and I've never seen him so attached to someone."

Ji Su listened in silence, the guilt in his heart growing stronger, as if a large stone was weighing him down.

He intended to do a good deed and take revenge on Zha Nan for his schoolmate, but why did he involve an innocent person in the end?

Emotional cheating is the worst, and he's the worst emotional cheater of all.

"Really haha ......" Qiao Jin laughed awkwardly twice more and changed the topic, "By the way, what did that boy stop you guys for just now?"

Zhou Yang was unimpressed, "That ah, looking for Gu for WeChat."

Qiao Jin sympathized, "Turned out to be right in the middle of the gun, didn't it?"

"Yeah, Gu originally hates gay." Zhou Yang just finished her sentence, then hastened to add, "Of course, I personally don't hate - and no, I mean I respect everyone's sexual orientation. "

But that's not the point of Qiao Jin: "Wait, are you saying Gu Zhao is homophobic?"

Ji Su suddenly lifted his face, his eyes looking towards Zhou Yang.

"This ......" Zhou Yang hesitated for a moment, using words carefully, "may be because of being harassed by the same sex, Gu is more averse to boys' advances."

Qiao Jin and Ji Su looked at each other again, with five big words written plainly in their eyes: "Can't save you".

*

After returning to the dormitory, Ji Su sat at her desk in deep thought.

I don't know how long it took, but the fingers hanging at his side moved and he pulled his cell phone out of his pocket.

Qiao Jin noticed his movement, "Susu, you're not going to confess to Gu Zhao, are you?"

"Right." Ji Su responded in a low voice, "Say what happened and apologize to him."

Whether Gu Zhao wanted to forgive him or not was beyond his control.

"Don't be stupid Susu!" Qiao Jin got anxious and walked over to grab the phone, "Didn't you hear what Zhou Yang said?"

"It's because of what Zhou Yang said that I don't think I can handle it like that." Ji Su let out a breath, "Big deal, I'll let Gu Zhao beat me up to get rid of it."

Qiao Jin's eyes widened, "What? Beat you up?"

Ji Su said in a hesitant tone, "After all, it's a society based on the rule of law, so he shouldn't go too far ......"

"No Susu, listen to my analysis." Qiao Jin persuaded bitterly, "Think about it Gu Zhao, he's a straight guy, or a suspected homophobic straight guy, if he knows he's flushed at a boy's leg photo for an unknown number of times, he might not be able to stand up in his life!"

Ji Su: "......"

"But if he's just slagged off by his online love interest, he'll at best wither away for a while, and will soon forget Mengmeng and start a new life." Qiao Jin asked rhetorically, "Which is the lesser evil, don't you think?"

Ji Su wrinkled his brow, once again in deep thought.

After a long moment, he held out his hand, "Xiao Qiao, give me back my cell phone."

Qiao Jin: "What are you going to do?"

"As you said ...... " Ji Su took the phone and logged into the WeChat mini, "Just end everything as Mengmeng."

As soon as I opened WeChat, messages flooded in.

Over the past three days, G had sent him many messages, including voice and video requests, all of which, without exception, had gone silent.

The latest two from ten minutes ago--

G: [I'm really worried about you.]

G: [I'll meet you at your school tomorrow.]

Ji Su's hand shook, but quickly steadied itself again.

Mengmeng: [Senior, I'm fine.]

Mengmeng: [I've been busy these past few days and didn't see the message, sorry].

Within almost a second, the dialog box popped up with a reply.

G: [Is it really okay?]

Mengmeng: [It's really okay.]

G: [That's good.]

Ji Su took a deep breath and began to organize his words.

Mengmeng ：［Elder, after playing video with you the other day, I realized that I recognized the wrong person, you are not the one I want to add］.

G: [What do you mean?]

Mengmeng: [The person I like is not you.]

Soon, a voice call was dialed across the room.

Ji Su hangs up her voice and continues typing her reply.

Mengmeng: [I'm really sorry, senpai. I should have checked from the beginning.]

Mengmeng: [I'm really sorry for wasting your time.]

G: [Pick up voice.]

Mengmeng: [WeChat transfer: 10,000.00]

Mengmeng: [I can't return the dress you bought me, so please accept the money transfer.]

This time, a voice message was sent across the room.

"Do you think I lack money?" The low voice sounded cold and chilling, suppressing palpable anger, "Where are you now?"

The online dating partner disappeared for three whole days, and the moment he appeared, he drew a line in the sand, which no one could accept.

Mengmeng: [I know you should be angry, but how can you get rid of it?]

Another voice sent, "I'll ask again, where are you?"

Mengmeng: [Senior, I'm actually very ugly, and the leg photos I sent you were P'd.]

G: [Seeing is believing.]

Ji Su heart this is not make sense, simply eyes closed heart a cross, directly pull the black each other.

He exited the WeChat trumpet, in his heart silently read: sorry schoolmaster, I will try to find a way to make up for you in reality ......

At the same time, Gu Zhao held the cell phone in one hand with such force that it looked like he was going to crush it.

He closed his eyes and forced himself to calm down before deleting the text in the input box and retyping.

G: [Mengmeng, I don't care if you've added the wrong person, the person you've been chatting with every day for a while now is me].

Hit send, and the next second, a bright red exclamation point appeared on the screen.

Gu Zhao stares dead at the piercing exclamation point, and after a long time, a creepy smile appears on his handsome face.