Campus Ace Girl-Chapter 506 - 507: Speaking so Fresh and Unaffected, with No Sense of Shame
Zhou Yunchen lit a cigarette casually. "I’ve never thought of giving up, but I’m just not sure how to proceed." 𝒻𝑟𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝑛𝘰𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝘤𝘰𝘮
Gu Anxi nodded with understanding. "Yes, that’s true. Shen Congwen was always raised as a man. It’s going to be quite a challenge for you to help him embrace being a woman."
Zhou Yunchen blew a smoke ring and smiled faintly. "I used to tease him too, but after learning his true gender, I couldn’t bring myself to do it anymore."
Gu Anxi stared at him intently for a long moment before suggesting, "Team building! You should just invite Shen Congwen!"
She paused, then a thought struck her. "Actually, I’m planning to host a gathering soon, let’s call it a team-building event. Wouldn’t that be the perfect opportunity for you to invite him?"
Zhou Yunchen gave her a skeptical look. "Are you really that kind-hearted?"
Gu Anxi exclaimed, walking over to pat him soundly on the shoulder. "Yun Chen, you’ve got me all wrong! The public sees you as my number one lackey. Once your love life is sorted out, you can slave away for me without any worries, right? Then I can reasonably leech off you. It’s a win-win for everyone! It’s clearly a win-win situation. Why would you doubt me?"
Zhou Yunchen scoffed. "Leave it to you to make such shameless words sound so fresh and refined, yet so utterly shameless."
Gu Anxi continued to beam. "Oh, I learned this from Professor Bo. There’s a benefit to being an old married couple, you know; we discuss everything. Unlike certain people, hmm? Who go back to an empty house with no one to even talk to."
Zhou Yunchen took another drag from his cigarette, trying to calm himself...
He felt like he was about to explode!
She was bleeding him dry, making him toil for her, and on top of that, he had to endure her public displays of affection!
Gu Anxi waved the phone in her hand cheerfully. "Alright, Mr. Zhou, get back to work. I’m off to school."
Come to think of it, it’s been a while since I’ve seen Chu Yan and Wang Qin...
Gu Anxi stretched happily and headed for the door.
As Zhou Yunchen smoked, gazing at the mountain of documents piled on his desk, he thought, Why does she even come here every day? Why did I take time off? Isn’t it perfectly fine to work at the office and then go home to cook?
And now I’m being mercilessly mocked! Still, since she’s willing to organize the team-building event, I’ll forgive her!
In truth, he doted on Gu Anxi and also felt a deep sense of gratitude towards her.
But his feelings for Shen Congwen were now... something else entirely.
Zhou Yunchen sighed softly, a hint of restlessness in his eyes.
Even though I’m determined to get what I want, making progress is proving incredibly difficult...
「...」
Meanwhile, Gu Anxi walked out cheerfully. Several secretaries greeted her with sweet voices, "President Gu!"
Gu Anxi cleared her throat. "Don’t provoke Mr. Zhou. He’s going through a heartbreak and needs some time to heal."
The secretaries giggled discreetly. "We’ll comfort Mr. Zhou."
Gu Anxi nodded. "Make sure he keeps his faith in women."
She made a fist-pump gesture. "Go for it!"
With that, she left.
The secretaries huddled together again, their voices filled with envy. "President Gu is so fortunate. She’s so young, and rumored to have a net worth in the hundreds of billions. She comes from a prestigious family herself, has so many talents, has won all sorts of international awards, and is even involved in a Disney film! Any one of those achievements would make us wish we’d never been born!"
Another secretary whispered, "Well, it’s not entirely like that. I heard her family suffered a major setback, and President Gu was in a serious car accident. It was all quite tragic... But then, somehow, her life took such a turn, it’s more fantastical than any novel."
As they were chatting animatedly, Zhou Yunchen emerged, his face dark. "Is it that you don’t have enough work to do?"
The secretaries immediately fell silent and returned to their duties.
Indeed, heartbroken men are terrifying!
President Gu was spot on. He’s definitely heartbroken!
「...」
Meanwhile, Gu Anxi drove to Beicheng University.
She enjoyed considerable freedom at Beicheng University, coming and going almost as she pleased. Some had voiced complaints about this, but Principal Shen had silenced them with a single sentence: "When you win a Nobel Prize, I’ll let you do as you please, too."
His words had left everyone speechless.
Gu Anxi wasn’t one for being low-key. She parked her car in the lot, got out, and instead of heading to a classroom, she found a sunny spot to bask in. She then sent a message to Wang Qin and Chu Yan, letting them know she was at Beicheng University.
There was no reply from Chu Yan, but Wang Qin quickly responded that Chu Yan had gone abroad again. Gu Anxi felt a pang of envy. Chu Yan just had to enjoy a sweet romance, while she, poor thing, was swamped with endless tasks, working herself to the bone!
She chewed on a blade of grass, leaning back on the lawn. In the distance, a group of young girls were huddled together, talking. Gu Anxi recognized them at a glance as Gu Mingzhu’s unarmed entourage.
It seemed they were discussing Gu Mingzhu, their tones filled with admiration—
"Did you hear? Mingzhu won another major award! And it’s not just some nominal prize; it’s the design award for COMO, that new building going up in Beicheng. Mr. Wang personally selected her design!"
"No way! Mingzhu is just so incredibly talented."
"Exactly! Her movie is coming out soon, and now another award... I heard Mr. Wang holds her in very high regard."
At this, one voice turned a little sour. "She’s not... planning to marry that big shot, is she? If that happens... we’ll hardly ever get to see her again, will we?"
"Sure we will! On TV, in the news," another girl quipped playfully.
「...」
Gu Anxi couldn’t stand listening anymore. What were these girls thinking? Aren’t young, handsome guys attractive?
If it were for love, she wouldn’t mind the age difference. But deliberately trying to win over a man for power... is that really okay?
Gu Anxi couldn’t be bothered to interfere. She lounged comfortably, basking in the sun, until Wang Qin and Fang Ming arrived. The backpack Wang Qin used to carry was now on Fang Ming’s back, in addition to his own.
Gu Mingzhu was approaching from the other direction. Seeing Fang Ming and Wang Qin together, she sneered. Ignoring them, she walked straight up to Gu Anxi.
Gu Anxi, lounging with her long legs, looked up. "What is it? Something you want to say to me?"
Gu Mingzhu glanced around, then lowered her voice. "Gu Anxi, don’t think that just because you keep quiet, others don’t know what you’ve done."
Gu Anxi found this amusing. "Do I need to report everything I do to you?"
Being the perceptive person she was, she chuckled. "You don’t actually think I’d fight you for Uncle Wang, do you?"
Gu Mingzhu’s pretty face flushed. "Gu Anxi, what nonsense are you spouting?"
"Am I spouting nonsense?" Gu Anxi tilted her head back, basking comfortably in the sun, her voice a lazy drawl. "Are you imagining that once you become Mrs. Wang, you’ll be able to trample me underfoot, and all of Beicheng will have to call you ’Mother’?"
Gu Mingzhu scoffed. "You don’t need to make insinuations, Gu Anxi. I’m no worse than you. And don’t get too pleased with yourself too soon. This is far from over."
