Chapter 5: Feelings gradually warm up Section 2
King Zhuo Qing snorted again in response, raised his hand and waved to the ministers following behind him: "All of you go out, I will talk to this stinky boy... Ahem, Gu Lei and I alone."
Gu Lei raised his eyebrows. Did the uncle king want to call him a brat? After all the ministers left, King Zhuo Qing's dissatisfaction seemed to be more obvious. He paced anxiously in the hall with his hands behind his back. After struggling for a long time, he tentatively asked, "You...where is your father? He didn't come?"
"Recently, the Antarctic glaciers have encountered freezing weather that occurs once every thirty years. Food in the country is a bit tight. My father is busy comforting his people, so he couldn't come." Gu Lei bowed his head slightly and said respectfully, "So my father asked me to bring our friendly greetings to you and your country on his behalf."
"Gu Yunzhi isn't coming this time?" Upon hearing this news, Zhuo Qing's mood suddenly improved a lot. He reached out and patted Gu Lei on the shoulder, and said in a cheerful tone, "Hahaha, what a good boy. I didn't expect you to have grown up so much. Let me think, you are about the same age as my youngest son Zhuo Fei, right?"
"Yes, uncle." Gu Lei didn't understand why the king immediately became happy when he heard that his father couldn't come because of something?
"Hahaha, now that you're here, just have fun here for the next few days."
Gu Lei continued respectfully, "Thank you, Uncle Zhuo. Personally, I don't have anything I want. It's just that this time, I hope to take advantage of the great day of the 25th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between our two countries to hold a cultural exchange festival among the people, and also to strengthen the mutual understanding between the people of our two countries."
"You are quite creative, young man. Sure, just go ahead and do whatever you want. If you need anything, just tell your uncle."
"Thank you for your support! Before coming here, I visited the Dinosaur University where Prince Zhuo Fei studied. I think the atmosphere there is very good and it is very suitable as the venue for the cultural festival. If you agree, I will choose to hold the cultural festival there."
"Sure, no problem. I'll have someone greet the people at school. Just go for it. By the way, how long will this cultural festival last?"
"In order not to affect the normal teaching of the school, it should only last about a week."
So this brat will only stay for a week and then leave? Zhuo Qing couldn't help but laugh even more heartily: "Okay, okay, then uncle will wait to see your results. You should also go and prepare. Uncle has a lot of things to deal with here, so I won't chat with you anymore."
Gu Lei bowed to him again, and felt that King Zhuo Qing seemed too easy to talk to. In his impression, his father Gu Yunzhi did not describe him like this: "Zhuo Qing is a bad-tempered guy with an unpredictable personality and many tricks. I have never seen anyone more annoying than him in my life."
However, looking at the king's cheerful smile, Gu Lei couldn't connect him with "unpredictable and scheming". He was about to say goodbye, but suddenly remembered what his father had told him. He stopped in his tracks, took out a small box from his pocket, handed it to Zhuo Qing, and said, "Sorry, uncle, I just forgot something. My father told me that Aunt Yang's birthday is coming soon, and this is a little gift from him."
Zhuo Qing's face, which had just been sunny, was suddenly covered with dark clouds. He stared at the gift in Gu Lei's hand for a few seconds as if he was the murderer of his father. He snorted angrily and turned away: "When did it become the turn for outsiders to give gifts to my wife!" After that, he quickly walked through the palace hall and left.
Gu Lei was not angry. He just chuckled with interest, looked down at the gift in his hand, then turned and left.
After a brief exchange with the school leaders, Gu Lei officially began to prepare for the first "Dinosaur & Ice Dragon Empire" Folk Cultural Exchange Festival. Because all the preparatory work had to be carried out on campus, the school specially arranged a single dormitory for him to live in the school.
That afternoon, Gu Lei, who had just left the palace, had just stepped into the gate of Dinosaur University when he heard the students exclaiming louder and louder. He thought these exclamations were to welcome him, and immediately put on a standard and polite smile on his face, but when he looked up, he found that all the students were staring at the direction of the first teaching building at the other end of the playground with their eyes wide open.
He couldn't help but look up curiously. From a distance, he could vaguely see two figures standing on the roof of the teaching building, seemingly talking about something. One of them had golden hair shining in the sunlight. Who else could it be but Zhuo Fei? Gu Lei couldn't help but raise his eyebrows: What is Zhuo Fei doing on the roof? Tsk, and the one next to him seems to be the little girl he met on the shore that night...
So he walked through the dense crowd and came to the bottom of the teaching building, only to hear Zhuo Fei's angry roar from the rooftop: "Come back here quickly! Otherwise, I will come and catch you!"
The girl immediately yelled back: "If you dare to move, I will jump down immediately!"
Gu Lei couldn't help but raise his eyebrows. Amid the quarrel between the two, a man silently climbed to the roof at the fastest speed, came quietly behind Zhuo Fei, shook his head and sighed: "Tsk tsk, are you forcing a debt or forcing a marriage?"
Zhuo Fei had no time to greet him. He turned around and said to him, "Get out of my way!" Then he continued to say to He Wei, who was standing on the edge of the roof, in an irritable and aggrieved tone, "What did I do wrong? Is it that the way I pursued you was wrong? Tell me!"
He Wei stomped her feet in despair: "Your entire existence is a mistake! I've already told you that I don't like you, I don't like you, why don't you understand!"
Oh - I see. It seems that this little girl is unwilling to accept Zhuo Fei's pursuit and is now seeking relief by committing suicide. Gu Lei shook his head and sighed again, walked up and patted Zhuo Fei on the shoulder: "She is right, your pursuit method is too outdated."
"…What did you say?" Zhuo Fei retorted impatiently, "How can you be out of date? Stop talking nonsense here!"
Gu Lei did not argue with him, but just said: "In our hometown, there is a saying: 'If you want a woman to love you, you must first make her hate you.' So, you should not be so gentle to the woman you like. Why not, let me help you--"
After saying that, in a flash, Gu Lei quickly jumped to He Wei's side, and before she and Zhuo Fei could react, he suddenly stretched out his hand and pushed her down.
He Wei only had time to blink before she felt the ground suddenly lose its support under her feet and she fell uncontrollably from a high altitude to the ground. Zhuo Fei's shocked face only left a blurry image in front of her eyes.
After doing this, Gu Lei's expression was very calm, as if nothing had happened, and he opened his mouth and said: "I helped you, how do you thank me - ugh!"
Zhuo Fei suddenly stretched out his fist and hit him hard in the face. The huge and angry force made him retreat three steps. Gu Lei fell to the ground with his bleeding face covered. He saw Zhuo Fei rushing to the edge of the building with a shocked look and yelled, "Xiao Wei!"
But the little figure was already falling towards the hard ground at a speed that was beyond his reach. Zhuo Fei no longer cared about anything else, and without a second thought, he tore off his clothes and was about to jump off the roof: If he transformed now, he might still have a chance to jump down from the air and catch her -
At the moment he tore off his clothes, a long roar like a tsunami suddenly sounded above the campus. The students standing under the teaching building only felt a huge shadow falling above their heads, accompanied by a strong wind. When the strong wind passed, they opened their eyes again and saw a dinosaur with a wingspan of more than ten meters hovering above their heads, and the girl who was falling just now had been firmly caught by his wings.
"It's a pterosaur! What a huge pterosaur! I've never seen one so big!"
"Stupid, that's Cheng Yalun! Don't you know he's the largest pterosaur alive? His father is very proud of him!"
While the students were discussing excitedly, the giant pterosaur had already carried the panicked He Wei back to the roof of the teaching building, and only after placing He Wei safely on the roof did it change back into human form. Aaron was shirtless, and it was hard to imagine that under the black uniform he usually wore, he actually had such well-defined and powerful muscle lines.
He Wei was still in shock, and Zhuo Fei rushed over and hugged her. Zhuo Fei pinched her face with one hand and shook her shoulder with the other hand: "Hey, hey! You bitch! Speak! Speak quickly! Are you okay? Are you okay?!"
He Wei was still too frightened to react, but Aaron's face was a little uneasy. He walked over to Gu Lei, who was standing aside as if nothing had happened, bowed respectfully, and then said, "Prince Gu Lei, some people are born with defects, and this student He does not have the ability to transform. They are very fragile, and if they are pushed down from such a high building, they will definitely die. I'm sure your Highness doesn't want to cause a death on the first day of your visit to our country."
"Of course I know, it's just a dumb dragon. We have one in the Ice Dragon Empire. But in our country, no one will bother to protect these species that should have been eliminated. There is not enough food to eat, and we have to leave it to these weak guys? Humph, in our country, we believe in the law of the jungle a little more." Gu Lei narrowed his eyes slightly, and his expression looked a little more dangerous. "Your name is Cheng Yalun, right? Although your father Cheng Jin is an indispensable general of the empire, you don't seem to have any position at the moment. In this case, who allowed you to talk to me in the tone you just said?"
Aaron lowered his head, but his tone was neither humble nor arrogant: "Your Highness, please don't misunderstand me, I am just stating the facts."
"State the facts? Humph, your tone just now was obviously threatening me."
"What if he threatens you? I asked him to threaten you. Do you have any objection?" Before Aaron could respond, Zhuo Fei got the upper hand. He glared at Gu Lei with angry eyes and said, "I'm telling you, if Xiao Wei does something wrong, I'll twist your head off and kick it like a ball!"
Gu Lei shrugged indifferently: "Isn't she fine?"
"You! I'll tear you apart—"
Seeing that the prince was about to attack, Aaron rushed over to stop him: "You should take He Wei to the school clinic first. I was a little anxious when I caught her just now, I don't know if she is injured."
Zhuo Fei's chest heaved violently as he breathed, and he stared at Gu Lei with fiery eyes for a long time before he barely suppressed the urge to beat him up. He simply carried He Wei around the waist on his shoulders and hurried downstairs.
After he left, Gu Lei said in an interesting tone: "Tsk tsk - it seems that Zhuo Fei really cares about that girl."
" If things are really as you said, Prince Gu Lei, then I think that in order for the friendship between our two countries to continue to exist, you should be more careful not to hurt her."
"You are so sharp-tongued. I can't argue with you. I give up." Gu Lei shook his head, acting as if he was defeated.
Aaron didn't want to bother with him anymore, so he turned around and left. Gu Lei was the only one left on the roof. He stood alone in the wind, out of sight of everyone, and suddenly he showed an ambitious smile...
Humph, who said he hoped that the friendship between the two countries would continue to exist?
He Wei came back to her senses from her vague thoughts. When her pupils refocused, Zhuo Fei's face, which was close to her and full of concern, appeared in front of her.
So she blinked, and her eyes were suddenly filled with tears of sadness and despair: "...Why won't you let me go even if I die!"
Zhuo Fei was stunned for two seconds, then he immediately raised his big hand and patted He Wei on the head: "What nonsense are you talking about! Who said you are dead?! With me here, who dares to let you die?"
He Wei cried out in pain, rubbed her head that had been hit by him, and gradually came to her senses. She looked at the furnishings in the room she was in. Huh? This seemed to be the school's infirmary? Was she not dead? But she clearly remembered that the guy named Gu Lei pushed her down before...
