Everyone was shocked by the sudden and unusual friendliness displayed by Gu Xuan.
Gu Xuan looked at Tong Xiaosong attentively and asked in a gentle tone, “You haven’t answered yet. You always can’t control yourself from overthinking. What’s on your mind?”
Tong Xiaosong pursed his lips, silently shifting away from Gu Xuan, creating some distance.
Gu Xuan chuckled, no longer teasing Tong Xiaosong, and became serious, “I had the cafeteria prepare Astragalus and Codonopsis soup. The school’s atmosphere is heavy, and drinking it will help. Both you, Wen Dong, and Ke Lin should drink some. The magnetic field might influence each other, and strange things could happen around you. Whatever happens, don’t hold any illusions; come find me immediately.”
Seeing Gu Xuan’s sincerity, Tang Yuxin hesitated for a moment and softly asked, “Gu Xuan, may I ask a question? What is the copper basin you gave Tong Xiaosong used for? Can you tell us, or tell Tong Xiaosong alone?”
At these words, everyone turned their attention to Gu Xuan, awaiting an answer.
Gu Xuan smiled and lowered his gaze, not speaking immediately.
Seizing the opportunity, Wen Dong said, “Gu Xuan, if you really like Tong Xiaosong, you should show sincerity. Being honest is the most basic integrity you can offer him.”
Tong Xiaosong felt a bit uneasy, knowing that Wen Dong was deliberately provoking Gu Xuan.
After a moment of contemplation, Gu Xuan said, “I’ll tell Tong Xiaosong privately.” He looked at Tong Xiaosong with a smile, “Come closer, and I’ll tell you.”
Tong Xiaosong: …
Intuition told him that he shouldn’t bring his ear closer.
Wen Dong frowned, “Tong Xiaosong, move your ear closer, and Gu Xuan, you better not tease him. If he doesn’t get an answer and there’s a conflict in the cafeteria, it won’t look good.”
Ignoring Wen Dong’s words, Gu Xuan just smiled and stared at Tong Xiaosong.
Taking a deep breath, Tong Xiaosong shifted his body far away, reluctantly bringing his head closer.
Gu Xuan lowered his gaze and looked at the delicate ear beneath his eyelids. Unable to help himself, he swallowed and smirked, whispering, “Zhi Xian…”
Tong Xiaosong felt like a nuclear bomb exploded in his mind. His breath stopped instantly, his eyes widened, and he even began to doubt whether everything before him was a dream.
Illusions and reality crazily intermingled in his mind. He felt like he might be sick, catching the same madness as his mother, explaining why he heard the name that only existed in his fantasies come from Gu Xuan’s mouth.
In his stunned state, Tong Xiaosong didn’t notice that after Gu Xuan finished speaking, he affectionately brushed his lips against his earlobe.
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Seeing Tong Xiaosong not reacting, Wu Mabo urgently stood up and approached Tong Xiaosong, shaking him vigorously. Anxiously, he said, “What did he say to you? Don’t be scared. Why the expression? If he threatened you, tell us, and we’ll beat him up right now!”
Tong Xiaosong slowly raised his head, following the sound, and saw Wu Mabo’s anxious and worried face.
In his mind, memories surfaced of the time when his relationship with these people had cracked. It was Zhi Xian who comforted him in his dreams, making him realize that it was due to his lack of honesty and trust.
Zhi Xian, who was so good, couldn’t possibly be involved with those mysterious things.
But upon closer reflection, Zhi Xian’s appearance had been strange from the beginning. In his dreams, he didn’t know who Zhi Xian was, yet he unguardedly gave his trust.
How much of it was his own will, and how much was influenced by the other party’s deception?
Suddenly, a passage he had seen somewhere came to his mind:
“Ghosts are skilled at confusing the human heart. They will transform into what you desire the most to deceive you, luring you into their traps. Only at the moment of death will you realize that all the beauty was a rotten illusion.”
Thinking of that dreamy spring night, Tong Xiaosong’s face turned pale.
It turned out that his presumed beautiful fantasies were all part of someone else’s ulterior motives.
He had even laughably told Gu Xuan that he liked Zhi Xian. At that time, Gu Xuan must have been on the verge of laughing out loud.
No wonder Gu Xuan now resembled Zhi Xian so much, probably just to play with him.
Gu Xuan and Zhi Xian were actually together, and he was just a plaything, a joke.
Tong Xiaosong took a deep breath, and an anger emerged from deep within him. His entire body trembled with cold.
Muscle reflex seemed to be out of control. With a loud crash, a porcelain plate shattered. Looking down, he realized he had smashed it.
The shards of the porcelain plate drew his attention, similar to the knife that had constantly appeared in his mind, making his head buzz.
When he came to his senses, he found himself clutching the shards, poised over Gu Xuan. In just a second, he could make the blood spurt from the other’s neck.
No one expected this, but fortunately, Wu Mabo reacted quickly, grabbing Tong Xiaosong around the waist.
“Tong Xiaosong! Don’t act recklessly! You can fight him, but you can’t just kill him like this! Put down the broken pieces of porcelain!”
Gu Xuan looked surprised. He reached out and grasped Tong Xiaosong’s wrist. “Did you misunderstand something?”
Why was the reaction so different from what he had imagined?
Wen Dong, Ke Lin, and Tang Yuxin also arrived at Tong Xiaosong’s side, pulling him backward.
Wen Dong shouted sternly, “Gu Xuan, what did you say to him? This is the first time I’ve seen him so angry!”
The commotion attracted a crowd of students in the cafeteria.
Gu Xuan looked somewhat worried. “Tong Xiaosong, whatever you’re thinking right now, there must be a misunderstanding. It’s not what you think!”
This sentence made Tong Xiaosong, who had been struggling fiercely, stop all his movements.
Tong Xiaosong’s tears flowed down from his angrily widened eyes, falling to the ground.
He trembled all over, breathing heavily as if struggling to find oxygen in each breath.
The porcelain pieces in his hand dropped, and he gently pushed away the person grabbing him, lowering his head in disappointment. He turned and walked out of the cafeteria.
The words from Gu Xuan’s mouth had completely extinguished his hope.
“Ke Lin, quickly catch up! Don’t let anything happen!” Wen Dong glared angrily at Gu Xuan, questioning, “What the hell did you say?”
Wu Mabo rolled up his sleeves and rushed toward Gu Xuan. Gu Xuan stepped back, frowning. “It’s our private matter. He must have misunderstood something…”
Wu Mabo angrily shouted, “Misunderstood my ass! You must have threatened him, right!”
***
Tong Xiaosong dragged his exhausted body back to the dormitory, unaware of the silence and darkness along the way.
Returning to the dorm, he looked at the bronze basin on the table and stared blankly for a while. He murmured, “Dirty things that can deceive people, stay away from me…”
After saying that, he opened the window, glanced downstairs, saw no one, and directly threw the copper basin down.
Climbing onto the bed and pulling the curtain, he hugged his knees. His tears had dried at some point, leaving his mind blank, and his heart empty without any anchor.
The familiar sound echoed in his mind—Zhi Xian.
All deceivers…
Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom!
Suddenly, a series of knocking sounds came from outside the door, as if the person knocking wanted to break the door and barge in.
Tong Xiaosong silently held himself tighter. He didn’t know if it was Gu Xuan or Wu Mabo and the others outside.
But whoever it was, he didn’t want to be disturbed right now.
He just wanted to be quiet, to stay quiet like this forever.
After a while, the knocking continued, but Tong Xiaosong sensed something strange.
The knocking sound seemed to have remained the same, but there was no shouting.
Whoever was knocking on the door should shout a few times, right?
Moreover… he seemed to have left the door unlocked.
Tong Xiaosong finally pulled a few strands of his consciousness from the desolate whiteness.
He opened the bed curtain, carefully listening to the knocking outside, and suddenly a guess flashed in his mind.
Could it be… Zhi Xian?
Just the thought of this name made his breath hitch.
Even Zhi Xian… was coming to bully him?
Oh no poor baby 😩 zhi xian, that is NOT how you should reveal your identity hfhfjdks
Not gonna lie TX is dumb or really lacks common sense or author’s fault. They already know ghost exist, wtf he ain’t thinking about possession is beyond me.
he is kind of? but the thing is that gu xuan has done so much damage that he thinks this entire thing was a sick joke made by gu xuan and that zhi xian was apart of it
Agreed. He brain went from 0 to 900 of complete nonsense. He already knows they are two different people, as per the person at the family farm and the wacko. Dumb as mud, that one.
Agreed! He creates drama in his own head, as seen which we saw because he was bullied bad by the previous classmates. Seems like he refuses to believe despite, again, literally encountering ghosts.