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Chapter 707 - 301 Gu Tongshu: I’m Broken!

Chapter 707: Chapter 301 Gu Tongshu: I’m Broken!

"Dad?"

Gu Jiuyue approached with a fruit platter from the staircase, looking suspiciously at her elderly father, "Do you think my classmates are being too noisy?"

Gu Tongshu’s face contorted with anger, "I do not!"

Gu furrowed her brows, "Then what’s the hurry?"

"I..."

The formidable Mr. Gu was so angry he didn’t know how to explain.

I’m in a hurry?

No!

I’m just angry!

And then, at that moment, Gou Huai was over there trying to butter him up, "Uncle Gu is just concerned about your health, I completely understand..."

The voice was confident, and the smile was mocking, and in any case, Gu couldn’t see it.

You, you, you... you little bastard!

It was a good thing Gu Tongshu didn’t have a knife in his hand, or he absolutely would have chopped Su Huai to pieces, having never seen such a cheeky brat.

But just as his eyes started to glare, his precious daughter’s face turned cold.

So, he hurriedly forced a full-faced smile, suppressing the pain in his heart to agree with what Su Huai said, "Su is right, how could I not want my treasure to have a happy birthday? It’s just your health that I’m worried about..."

"Mmhm!"

Su Huai nodded vigorously, "Uncle Gu and I have no fundamental conflict, we’re just thinking in different directions, don’t worry, we’ll come up with a solution quickly."

Gu Jiuyue pursed her lips, sat down beside Su Huai and said, "Then you guys discuss, I’ll listen in."

She wasn’t sitting very close to Su Huai, at least not right next to him, but Gu Tongshu still took in a sharp breath, feeling a chill to his core.

Look at this scene, how is it any different from a nightmare?

His treasured daughter sitting side by side with a boy, and what’s worse, sitting directly opposite him, with the coffee table between them seeming as vast as the Milky Way...

Back then, at his father-in-law Wang Yuqing’s home, Yizhi had sat beside him in the same way.

At that time, he felt both nervous and excited, carrying a sense of impending victory, looking outwardly respectful while his mind ran wild observing Professor Wang.

Time really is a monster.

The way he looked at his father-in-law back then was like a boomerang thrown into the river, quietly biding its time underwater, only to emerge and strike him between the eyes more than 20 years later.

Gu Tongshu’s mood was utterly foul.

The worst scenario he’d imagined had suddenly come to pass, arriving at least six years too soon and catching him off guard.

Damn it, my daughter is only 19 years old!

You beast!

What’s more horrifying is... the boy sitting opposite is none other than Su Huai!

If it had been anyone else, he wouldn’t have felt so heartbroken.

"Dad?"

Gu Jiuyue suddenly looked up from selecting fruit amidst the silence, "What’s wrong?"

"Ah, ah, nothing!"

Gu Tongshu, as if waking from a dream, waved his hands hurriedly, disguising his thoughts, "I’m just thinking, if we do it big, our house won’t be enough, we’ll need to find a banquet hall at a hotel..."

"Oh!"

Gu, once again, turned her attention back to the fruit basket and picked out the largest, reddest strawberry – as big as a fist, handing it to Su Huai like a treasure.

"Try our homegrown early strawberries, what are they called? ’Premiere Jiuyue’?"

Gu Tongshu couldn’t keep it up.

I mean, Gu Jiuyue, can you be a bit more sensible?

You ask me what’s wrong, and daddy racks his brains to explain, but you don’t listen to a word...

Not listening is one thing; it’s not that big of a deal, but do you have to be so attentive to that Puppy?

Don’t you realize how bad that makes me look?

Gu Tongshu’s nostrils flared, his breathing heavy, his expression suddenly resembling that of the Bull Demon King.

In layman’s terms: an angry bull~~~

Su Huai didn’t look up at him; instead, he happily took the fruit and praised, "It looks really pretty, how much does it weigh? I’ve never seen one like it."

Sharing good things with a good friend and gaining their utmost approval felt amazing, making Gu laugh joyfully.

"Then try it, I don’t know if it’s sweet."

"Sweet!"

Su Huai took a big bite, juice spilling from his mouth, then nodded enthusiastically, "Ninety percent sweetness with a hint of sourness, a very strong strawberry flavor, delicious to the extreme!"

This made Gu’s eyes light up with delight, "Really? I haven’t tried it yet, but it seems Uncle Gu did a great job!"

Uncle Gu was on the verge of tears.

My dear ancestor, have you finally thought of me?

But the truth was harsher—indeed, Gu had mentioned him in passing, but that’s all it was, just in passing.

Gu quickly returned her attention to selecting a second strawberry, comparing it with the one Su had, and then, under Uncle Gu’s expectant gaze, put it in her own mouth.

"Mmm! It really is sweet, the texture is fantastic!"

Su Huai gulped down the strawberry, confronting her face to continue praising, "Such a big fruit and not at all hollow, thanks to you, I’ve had another wonderful treat~~~"

Gu, never having had friends before and so easily satisfied emotionally, was instantly gratified by Gou Huai’s flattery and squinted her eyes like a cat being stroked in just the right way.

She couldn’t help but modestly show off, "When I got them yesterday, I was thinking of waiting to eat them with you."

Su Huai exclaimed, genuinely touched, "You were specifically waiting for me? I’m flattered, makes it taste even better, +10!"

"Ha ha, you’re so exaggerated~~~"

The two chatted with great enthusiasm, and Gu Tongshu couldn’t take it anymore.

Years ago, the song he’d sung came back to him: I shouldn’t be here, I should be under a car...

And just like that, the two kids each added another line.

"Aren’t normal early harvest fruits lacking this quality? Did you pick the best of the best?"

"I don’t know, I just eat... don’t worry about it either, let them take care of it."

Gu Tongshu gave a sniffle overwhelmed with feeling: Who’s worrying? Isn’t it all me?