Chapter 4: Getting Up "From now on, you, are not allowed to wake me up."...

On the second day after moving to the Huo family, Gu Ci didn't sleep very well.

The Huo family was really too big. One had to take a special vehicle to get from one end of the courtyard to the other, and the end was as far as the eye could see. For example, the bedroom in front of him, although it was nothing to the Huo family, was almost twice the size of his own bedroom at home for Gu Ci. He felt that if he spoke a little louder, he could hear his own voice echoing.

It was a new arrival, and he was still a little uncomfortable.

The night light at the head of the bed emitted a soft glow. Gu Ci opened his eyes and looked at the ceiling, rubbing his eyes silently, without a trace of sleepiness. Thinking that today's diary was not finished, Gu Ci got up, took out a small sky blue notebook from the drawer at the head of the bed, and spread it on his knees.

This diary was bought for him by Gu's father when he was on a business trip last year. The cover was wrapped in a delicate handmade cloth and decorated with very realistic three-dimensional clouds. In a blink of an eye, the diary was already nearly a third full, filled with Gu Ci's various joys, expectations, and occasional small disappointments, which made up his daily life.

Gu Ci held the diary, thinking of his father.

The day before yesterday, his father's urn was taken to the cemetery filled with pine trees, next to his mother. The tall and talkative man who had once lived in such a small place suddenly lived.

Gu Ci quietly wiped away his tears with a tissue, telling himself that his father and mother had reunited in another place, and he should be happy for them.

He opened the diary again and began to record his feelings for the day.

[Today is the first day of my transfer. I thought I could go to school with the young master, but unfortunately he is sick. I really hope he can be healthy. I whispered: Being sick is too painful. I must keep my promise to Butler Feng and remind the young master to take his medicine on time every day!]

[...By the way, my new deskmate is called "Shang Zui". He is very enthusiastic and talkative. I like him very much!

After school, Butler Feng and Uncle Du came to pick me up. I finally got to meet Young Master Huo. I'd imagined him to be a serious, nerdy guy, but I didn't expect him to be so handsome. I almost lost myself in thought, haha. But Shang Zui's words were a bit exaggerated. The young master is just a little aloof, but he's actually not that sullen or sharp-tongued. ^^] [

What's even more special is... the young master actually likes egg custard! And he even keeps lizards! Such a hard-to-guess hobby.]

[I hope the young master will be healthier tomorrow! I hope I can better integrate into my new life tomorrow! A new day brings good things too. ^^]

Gu Ci wrote with genuine emotion, his handwriting smooth and neat. He ended with the line: [Mom, Dad, I still miss you.]

He put down his pen, closed his diary, and his eyes turned red.

The alarm clock on the bedside table struck twelve. Gu Ci put away his diary, pulled the quilt over himself, turned on the light, and closed his eyes, waiting for sleep.

The next day, the sound of birds chirping could be heard outside the window. Butler Feng knocked on the door to remind him, "Xiao Ci, it's time to get up for school."

Gu Ci woke up with his eyes open, answered crisply, then got up, put on his school uniform, and tidied his quilt before taking his schoolbag and preparing to go downstairs.

Butler Feng was preparing breakfast for the two young boys downstairs. Seeing that Gu Ci had finished, he looked up and said, "Xiao Ci, the young master hasn't come down yet. Can you go and call him for me?"

Gu Ci nodded, turned around and knocked on the young master's door, "Young master, it's time to get up for school."

He called several times, but there was no response.

He had no choice but to run to the stairs, grabbing his backpack by the shoulder strap, and begged Butler Feng for help: "Uncle Feng, the young master isn't responding."

"Really?" Butler Feng was busy packing the young master's medicine for the day, too busy to spare any time. He looked up and asked Gu Ci for help again. "The young master is fast asleep. Could Xiao Ci please come in and help open the curtains?"

Gu Ci nodded, knocked on the door again, carefully turned the doorknob, and stepped in quietly. He even offered a friendly greeting to a large-eyed lizard that happened to crawl out.

Perhaps because the curtains were good at blocking out light, Young Master Huo's room was very dark, making it seem extremely easy to fall asleep. Gu Ci found the remote control Butler Feng had mentioned by the bedside and opened the top curtain.

Huo Wenyuan's sleep wasn't particularly deep, and the faint light of dawn streaming in made him open his eyes instantly.

He subconsciously frowned and said disgruntledly, "Butler Feng, can you please let me sleep a little longer..."

A soft, tender voice answered him, "Master, Uncle Feng says it's time to get up, or we'll be late due to traffic."

The master didn't respond again.

Gu Ci, anxious, moved closer, leaning over the master and saying, "Master? Master?"

Huo Wenyuan, always grumpy when he didn't sleep well, heard someone chattering in his ear and impatiently covered their mouth with his hand, saying, "Stop it."

Master Huo held Gu Ci's mouth for a long moment.

He quickly reacted and took a panicked step back, "Master!"

Forced awake again, Huo Wenyuan finally focused his gaze and met a pair of dark eyes.

The owner of those eyes was dressed conscientiously in the Xichen Middle School uniform and toted a backpack containing a blue water bottle. Horrified, she said to him, "Master, you just covered my mouth!"

Huo Wenyuan: "Hmph."

Gu Ci: "Master, what's wrong?" Why did he suddenly hum?

He reminded her, "Master, you can't have physical contact. Are you feeling any discomfort?"

"Are you breathing rapidly, or have a rapid heartbeat?"

Huo Wenyuan ignored his concern and said calmly, "You're not going to die." Gu Ci,

who had wanted to help check, said, "Huh?"

Huo Wenyuan slowly sat up in bed and said coldly, "Tell Butler Feng I'm awake. Next time you wake me up, be quiet."

Gu Ci let out a somewhat aggrieved "Oh. "

Huo Wenyuan said, "Get out. I need to change."

Gu Ci obediently left.

Huo Wenyuan glanced down at his hands, and a strange feeling suddenly rose within him.

How could he describe it... Warm and soft, like the first breeze of spring, it blew away the gloom and anxiety within him.

For the first time, Huo Wenyuan realized that a spring breeze could leave one wanting more.

At the dining table, Gu Ci and the young master finished their breakfast in silence. After confirming that he was really fine, he felt a little bit of retreat in his heart.

Before getting in the car, he asked Butler Feng hesitantly: "Uncle Feng, how about... I go to school by myself?"

He had only known the young master for less than two days, and he had already run into the young master twice. Fortunately, nothing happened to the young master, otherwise he would be a big sinner.

Butler Feng looked at the young master who got into the back seat first in surprise, and asked: "Xiao Ci, why do you want to go to school by yourself? Can you tell Uncle Feng the reason?"

Gu Ci said truthfully: "I'm afraid of hurting the young master."

Butler Feng was shocked at first, and then he couldn't help laughing.

"As long as you don't touch the young master, you won't hurt him."

Gu Ci asked embarrassedly: "What if I just ran into him?"

Butler Feng was horrified: "Oh no!"

He quickly turned to check on Huo Wenyuan. "Master, how are you doing? Are you feeling unwell? Don't try to resist!"

Huo Wenyuan asked impatiently, "Are you still going to school?"

He glared at Gu Ci, who was tugging at the hem of his school uniform in frustration, and gritted his teeth, "You, get in the car."

On

campus, Gu Ci trailed behind Huo Wenyuan, keeping a distance.

Before getting off the car, Huo Wenyuan made three rules for him.

First, he couldn't call him "Master" at school; he'd use his name.

Second, he couldn't say he lived with him or mention his relationship with him (though it didn't seem like much). Third

, he couldn't get too close to him, especially on the way to and from school.

Gu Ci agreed wholeheartedly; even if Master Huo hadn't asked, he would have done the same.

"Don't worry, classmate Huo... Wenyuan, it's okay!"

Huo Wenyuan finally had nothing more to say. He glanced at him and got off the car first, his books in hand.

Gu Ci walked slowly behind Huo Wenyuan, paying attention to the distance between them, when someone suddenly patted his shoulder. Turning around, Shang Zui threw the school uniform jacket in his hand over his shoulder: "Good morning, deskmate!"

Gu Ci replied happily: "Good morning, classmate Shang Zui!"

Shang Zui saw Huo Wenyuan's outstanding figure from a distance, and then spotted his new deskmate from a distance, and asked puzzledly: "Don't you and Huo Wenyuan live together? Why don't you walk together?"

Gu Ci shook his head and said: "Classmate Huo Wenyuan said that we can't let others know about our relationship. Classmate Shang Zui, please help keep it a secret, okay?"

Although Shang Zui was puzzled, he still did as he was told and nodded: "Don't worry, one is my good buddy, and the other is my only deskmate, leave it to me!"

He looked at Huo Wenyuan in front of him and said to Gu Ci: "I'll go over and say hello to him first, see you later!"

Gu Ci nodded, watching Shang Zui run over to catch up with Huo Wenyuan with great enthusiasm, and chat with him at a distance, with enough space between them for two people.

It was then that he realized that, while nearly everyone's gaze had been fixed on the towering figure of Huo Wenyuan, a natural barrier surrounded him. No one dared approach, not even Shang Zui, with whom he had a relatively close relationship. He would never, like the other students, hang out with him.

For some reason, Gu Ci felt a small pang of sadness.

Shang Zui pouted at Gu Ci behind him and asked Huo Wenyuan, "You're so secretive, Huo Wenyuan. You made a new friend and didn't even tell your buddies."

"Gu Ci is such a wonderful little angel! You're not allowed to be mean to him anymore!"

Huo Wenyuan looked at him like an idiot.

Shang Zui was furious: "Please don't look at me like I'm stupid, okay?"

Huo Wenyuan said with a forced smile, "I'm looking at you. Teacher Xie will probably be reshuffling the positions next month. Time is running out. Cherish the countdown to having a new deskmate."

Shang Zui: "..." He asked for it.

Entering the classroom, seeing Huo Wenyuan coldly responding to his classmates' greetings and taking his seat, Shang Zui finally realized, "Huo Wenyuan, are you jealous of me? You don't have a deskmate either, hahaha!"

Gu Ci entered the classroom a minute after them, walking in through the back door. Huo Wenyuan was sitting in the first row, on the same side of the window as him, with an empty seat next to him.

Shang Zui gloated, "Gu Ci, I forgot to tell you, we're the only two people in the class who don't have a deskmate."

"I won't say anything, you talk too much . As for him... who dares to mess with him, hahaha!"

He quietly leaned over and said to Gu Ci, "Now I have a deskmate, and Huo Wenyuan doesn't. Don't even mention how jealous he is."

Gu

Ci looked at Huo Wenyuan's seat and thought Shang Zui might be wrong.

Huo Wenyuan pushed the pile of unknown envelopes and chocolates on his desk to the table to his right. After making sure his desk was empty, he took out his book and began to flip through it.

Shang Zui noticed this, and instantly became displeased. He pounded the table angrily, "It's only been two days since I last came, and yet there are so many gifts!"

Gu Ci asked, puzzled, "Gifts?"

Shang Zui replied, "Don't look at Huo Wenyuan as rude, but he has tons of fans. Not to mention normal times, but when he's sick, all the gifts from the world come to him like kisses."

"Kiss?" Gu Ci had learned a new way to describe it.

As if to confirm Shang Zui's words, the student leaders who had come in to check on appearances entered the classroom. One of them, a tall, beautiful girl, passed by Huo Wenyuan and quickly placed a cute cat amulet on his desk. Then, blushing, she quickly left the room.

Shang Zui quickly nudged Gu Ci's arm with his elbow, "Look, look! What am I talking about!"

He blushed shamelessly, "Gu Ci, that's the most beautiful girl in our school! My goddess! She actually gave him an amulet! Do you know what this means?"

Gu Ci applied what he learned immediately, "It means... a cat amulet kissed me?"

Shang Zui: "..."

"Study, let's study, Gu Ci."

Gu Ci: "Okay."