Reimbursement Methods

As if the pause button had been pressed, Gu Zhao's face went blank for a few seconds, and then slowly turned back to his face.

A palpable storm rolled up in the depths of his dark eyes, his grip on the thin waist tightened and his voice became hoarse, "You kissed me?"

Ji Su's cheeks reddened with shame, and he begged in a very low voice, "Let go of me first, okay?"

A door away, Qiao Jin was still persistently tapping on the door: "Somebody, somebody open the door for me!"

Gu Zhao clenched his back teeth, the veins on the side of his forehead bulging, the color of his eyes dark.

Ji Su was anxious and afraid, and the hand on the back of his neck rubbed pleasingly, "Brother Gu Zhao ......"

Gu Zhao pinched the soft cheek with one hand, his tone was fierce and cruel: "OK, I owe you first."

Ji Su was so relieved that he didn't have time to think about the deeper meaning of these words.

Gu Zhao took him by the waist and easily carried him back to his seat at the table, turning back to the door himself.

"Is there or isn't there--" Qiao Jin, who was outside the door, suddenly tapped a blank.

The door to the dormitory opened and a handsome, cold face came into view.

"Damn!" Qiao Jin looked up at the dormitory door number, "No, I'm not in the wrong dormitory!"

"You didn't go wrong." Gu Zhao returned coldly.

Qiao Jin quickly walked into the dormitory, and Ji Su, who was leaning against the desk, exchanged a glance, and then put his heart at ease: "I really didn't make a mistake!"

Ji Su slowed down and was anxious to send the person away, "Gu Zhao, let me walk you downstairs."

"No need." Gu Zhao looked at him, "Get some rest, I'm leaving."

Qiao Jin watched the tall back figure leave, closed the dormitory door, and then realized something fishy: "Wait - what were you two doing in the dormitory just now?"

The blush that had only dissipated on Ji Su's face came back, and she vaguely replied, "Nothing, Gu Zhao just came up to take a look at our dormitory."

"No, no, no!" Qiao Jin walked over to him and stared at him with fiery eyes, "I've been knocking on the door for at least two or three minutes, you two must be up to something!"

Ji Su : "No ......"

"You don't love me anymore, Susu baby." Qiao Jin cups her hands over her heart with a sad face, "You're hiding something from me!"

Ji Su confessed helplessly, "Well, there is something you don't know."

"I knew it!" Qiao Jin slammed the table, "Tell me the truth quickly!"

Ji Su deliberated for a moment, and in short: "Gu Zhao said he likes me."

"Crap crap crap! What did I say?" Qiao Jin, with a look of anticipation, began questioning Sanlian, "When did this happen? Are you guys together? How far did it go?"

Ji Su selectively answered the first two questions, "It wasn't that long ago, it's not together yet."

Qiao Jin was sad again, "You didn't even tell me about such a big thing!"

"I'm sorry Jo, I didn't mean to keep this from you." Ji Su explained, "I didn't know he was serious at first either, and I didn't want to make things worse, so I didn't tell anyone."

Qiao Jin pursued, "Now you're sure he's serious?"

Ji Su nods, "Uh-huh."

Qiao Jin looked around the dormitory and asked again, "So what do you think, do you like him?"

Ji Su was silent for a moment, his voice lowered, "I don't know, Little Joe."

"How could you not know?" Qiao Jin was surprised, "Whether you like someone or not, you yourself should know best."

"You know, I've never liked anyone." Ji Su whispered back.

Nor had he ever met anyone like Gu Zhao, who invaded his life with such forcefulness, overwhelming him with her every move.

But he knew that he was love-starved, and he was afraid that he was just coveting Gu Zhao's kindness to him, just getting used to the other person's impeccable care, rather than really liking it.

That's not fair to Gu Zhao.

"Tell you what, let me tell you my experience of liking someone." Qiao Jin pulled over a chair and sat down, "Liking someone means thinking about them all the time, wanting to see them, and being happy to see them."

Ji Su thought for a moment, "But I did the same thing to you."

"How can that be the same?" Qiao Jin shook his finger, "And the most important thing is that liking someone makes you want to have intimate contact with them, don't you?"

Ji Su didn't answer, but her ears quietly reddened.

"Look at you!" Qiao Jin got agitated again, "Honestly, were you guys just getting intimate just now?"

"I'm not talking to you." Ji Su, her heart in turmoil, turned in the direction of the bathroom, "I'm going to take a shower first."

"Okay, I think it's right for you to think about it more." Qiao Jin shouted behind him, "Gu Zhao's eyes are like a tiger's, and he's a very good torturer, so be careful, baby!"

Ji Su stumbled on his feet and almost came up flat.

Qiao Jin added, "If you have any questions you want to ask me about that, just drop by!"

Ji Su doesn't look back, "No!"

*

The next night, Ji Su and Qiao Jin went to the cafeteria for dinner.

Once inside, he saw Gu Zhao sitting in the window seat waiting for him.

Ji Su whispered a reminder, "Xiao Qiao, don't say anything nonsense to Gu Zhao later."

"Geez, you still don't trust me?" Qiao Jin answers in full voice, "I promise I won't say anything."

Ji Su walks over and says hello to Gu Zhao.

"Sit down first." Gu Zhao indicated, "The food has been ordered for you."

"Yooooooooo!" When Qiao Jin opened his mouth, it was the old yin and yang, "I didn't see that School Mistress Gu Da was so sweet."

Gu Zhao raised his eyes, "What's your opinion?"

Qiao Jin gave a dry laugh, "No comment."

Ji Su: "......"

Well, it was him who was overthinking it.

As he was about to take his seat, the cell phone in his pocket vibrated, Ji Su pulled it out and looked at the screen, "I'll take a call."

Qiao Jin sat down opposite Gu Zhao, and was racking his brain to think of how to try to interrogate him, when the opposite party spoke first: "How did Ji Su spend his birthday in the past years?"

"Birthday?" Qiao Jin froze, "Why do you ask?"

Gu Zhao looked at him expressionlessly, "Because I want to know."

"Yes, Susu's birthday is coming up!" Qiao Jin responded, "You want to celebrate Susu's birthday?"

Gu Zhao said, "Uh-huh."

Qiao Jin's eyeballs turned and boldly provoked, "Schoolmaster Gu Da, this is not the attitude of begging for a favor."

Gu Zhao didn't pick up the conversation and asked coldly, "Do you like Zhou Yang?"

Qiao Jin blurted out, "How did you know?"

Just as he finished speaking, he realized that he was making a fool of himself and denied it lustily again, "No, don't you make it up!"

"I'm not interested in how things are between you." Gu Zhao raised his hand and tapped the desk with his knuckles, "I just want to know about Ji Su."

Qiao Jin was still nervous: "Can you not tell Zhou Yang about this yet?"

Gu Zhao gave a laugh, "Now you're the one begging me to do something."

"Okay, I'll tell you okay?" Qiao Jin knew he couldn't fight him, so he could only give an honest account, "Susu doesn't like birthdays, so every year it's just me giving him a birthday present, nothing special to do."

Gu Zhao frowned, "Why don't you like birthdays?"

"Because ......" Qiao Jin hesitated for a moment and lowered his voice to return, "Because his family doesn't remember his birthday, he hasn't had a birthday since he was a child."

The mother who gave birth to him is far away from home, sometimes she thinks of it and calls him money, sometimes she is busy and forgets it.

The father who raised him was too preoccupied with his stepmother and his young son to bother to give him a birthday.

"Got it." Gu Zhao answered, "I won't get involved in your business with Zhou Yang."

Qiao Jin breathed a sigh of relief and couldn't help but say gratefully, "Thank you."

Just as Ji Su was walking back from the phone, he casually asked, "What are you guys talking about?"

"Didn't talk much." Gu Zhao's eyes landed on his face, "Who's calling?"

Ji Su took the seat next to Qiao Jin: "It's one of the previous list owners, there's a new list asking if I'll take it."

"It's the end of the semester, how can I have time to take orders?" Qiao Jin took over, "Turn it down, Susu."

"It's fine." Ji Su smiled, "The list isn't urgent, I can make some time for it."

Gu Zhao wanted to say something, but his words spun around and he swallowed back, "Take care of your rest, don't get too tired."

After dinner, the three of them went to the library to study together.

Gu Zhao took a seat in the study room in advance, while Qiao Jin had no seat and had to find a place to read in the hall downstairs.

At nine o'clock, Ji Su closed her textbook and prepared to go back to the dormitory.

The two exited the library and walked side by side through the quiet campus.

As we walked, Gu Zhao suddenly asked, "Starting tomorrow, will you have no classes?"

Ji Su nods, "Yes, the semester is over."

He wasn't at all surprised why Gu Zhao knew so much, after all, having memorized his class schedule.

"Then do you want to come to my house to stay for a few days to prepare for the exam?" Zhao Gu suggested in a light tone, "No one will bother you to revise, and you won't have to run to the library every day."

For a moment, Ji Su was shamefully moved.

As his roommates were improvising, they had been reviewing in their dormitories until most of the night for the past few days, and they often came over to ask him this and that question, interrupting his charting rhythm.

If you go out and review, it won't be so much of a problem.

Gu Zhao seemed to see his heartbeat as well and continued to add, "I can also cook for you without having to eat in the cafeteria."

Ji Su wavered for a few seconds and made up her mind to decline, "No, it's quite convenient for me to be in the dormitory."

He spends enough time with Gu Zhao every day now, and what happens once the two are alone in a room together may be beyond his control ......

"What are you worried about?" Gu Zhao sidled his eyes, "Afraid I'll take advantage of you?"

Ji Su: "......"

Can he admit it? Of course he can't.

"How come?" Long, dense eyelashes quivered sheepishly as Ji Su denied in a whisper, "I was afraid of bothering you too much."

Gu Zhao: "I'm not afraid of trouble."

Ji Su insisted, "The exams aren't for a few days, so it's better not to go back and forth."

"I bought a bed and put it in the second bedroom." Gu Zhao spoke again, "You stay in the second bedroom, I'll stay in the master bedroom, and we won't interfere with each other."

Ji Su's feet lurched, his expression a little shocked.

He knew how hard it was to change one's mindset, and Gu Zhao had gone so far as to break the original layout of the room just so he could stay for the weekend.

Gu Zhao's tone was flat and not forced, "Think about it."

*

After thinking about it all night, the next day Ji Su decided to go to Gu Zhao's house for a few days.

For one thing, he was really impressed, and for another, he didn't want to let Gu Zhao down by buying a bed especially for him.

He simply packed a few changes of clothes, mostly taking his books and computer with him, and told his roommates he was going to stay with relatives for a few days.

This excuse can fool the other roommates, but not Qiao Jin.

Qiao Jin followed him downstairs, "Susu, you're going to stay at Gu Zhao's house aren't you?"

"Yes." Ji Su admitted, "But don't worry, I'll take the second bedroom."

"You're really too naive, Susu!" Qiao Jin stomped his foot, "If you go into Gu Zhao's house, that's like a little sheep going into the big bad wolf's den, sooner or later you're going to be eaten without any bones left!"

Ji Su : "It won't ......"

Qiao Jin's expression was all over the place, "If you don't believe me, just wait and see."

Ji Su stopped and said seriously, "Jo, if I don't agree, he won't do anything too much to me."

Like the last couple times, even if it was close, Gu Zhao wouldn't really force himself on him as long as he avoided it.

Although it will find a way to make up for it elsewhere ......

"Alright, since you've packed your bags for him like this, there's nothing more I can say." Qiao Jin folded his hands together, "One last question, if there's anything I don't understand in my review, can I wechatcall you?"

"Of course." Ji Su responded, "But as long as you memorize all the points I've highlighted for you, passing the line won't be a problem."

"Okay!" Qiao Jin threw a flying kiss at him, "Love you love you!"

Ji Su stepped out of the dormitory building and looked up to see a familiar tall figure waiting at the bottom of the steps.

Gu Zhao stepped forward to meet him and took his suitcase with a natural movement, "Let's go."

To make it easier to get to and from school, Gu Zhao drives a car, which is different from the last one.

Ji Su sat in the passenger side, tapped into the WeChat dialog box, and transferred two thousand dollars to him, "I transferred a little money to you, you remember to collect it later."

Gu Zhao put one hand on the steering wheel, "Transferring me money for what?"

Ji Su replied, "Rent."

Gu Zhao laughed: "Rent?"

"It's not much, but it's a small token of my appreciation." Ji Su said with a slate, "Staying at your home during this time will cause you a lot of trouble, so I can't stay for nothing."

Gu Zhao gave him a sideways glance and slammed his foot on the gas.

Ji Su's heart skipped a beat and he silently raised his hand and grabbed his seatbelt.

Before long, the car pulled into the neighborhood's underground garage.

The two of them take the elevator to the upper floors, where Gu Zhao presses the code and pushes open the door of his home.

Ji Su walked in and changed into her slippers, "Which one is the second bedroom?"

Gu Zhao returned, "The one next to the master bedroom."

Ji Su went inside, found the second bedroom and pushed the door open.

The bedroom held a queen-sized bed with sheets and covers in his favorite floral color, and a desk and bookshelves all in one place, configured no worse than the master bedroom.

"Take a look, if there's anything you don't like." Gu Zhao stopped behind him, "If you don't like it, change it."

"There's nothing I don't like," Ji Su whispered back as she stepped into the room, "all of it."

"Like it." Gu Zhao stepped in as well and set his suitcase against the wall.

Ji Su put down her book bag and turned to say thank you, "Thank you."

Gu Zhao walks toward him, "How can I thank you?"

Ji Su subconsciously took a step back against the edge of the desk, "How do you want me to thank you?"

Gu Zhao stopped in front of him and lifted his hand to carry him to the desk.

Ji Su instantly tensed up and haphazardly changed the subject, "I'm, I'm kind of hungry."

Gu Zhao laughed, "I'm hungry too."

Ji Su reached out and pushed him, "Then I'll go cook you something to eat."

Gu Zhao gripped the soft hand on his chest and reminded, "Aren't you forgetting something?"

Ji Su blinked her eyelashes, "What is it?"

"You owe me." Gu Zhao slowly raised his hand and pressed his fingertips to the side of his face, "A kiss."

Ji Su pursed his lower lips and reasoned, "That ...... that was a moment of passion."

He didn't know why he acted so strangely at the time, as if he subconsciously knew that a kiss would appease Gu Zhao.

"Regardless of the reason, it is an established fact that you kissed me." Gu Zhao analyzed slowly and methodically.

Ji Su's ears reddened slightly and she asked in a small voice, "So what do you want?"

"It's only right to pay what you owe." Zhao Gu lifted his other hand and cupped his cheek, "You owe me a kiss, so of course you have to pay with a kiss as well."

Ji Su's ears reddened a bit more and tried to negotiate, "Can't we pay back in other ways?"

Gu Zhao's eyes stared straight at the opening and closing red lips and the knot in his throat rolled, "No."