Night.
Gu Juncheng was sitting at the table, lighting the lamp, holding a transparent plastic bag in his hand with some crushed ice cubes, and covering his face expressionlessly. The place where Gu Shuo had hit still had residual warmth, but what hurt more than his face was his heart at the moment.
He is obviously a relative whose blood is thicker than water, but he has never been understood by his father.
Cheng Xuyuan was in his schoolbag and could not see what Gu Juncheng was doing, but he also knew that he must be in a low mood now. He was silent for a long time and asked the system, "Is this my fault?"
The system replied calmly: "The conflict between their father and son is the result of an accumulation over time, you are just the trigger."
Hearing these words of comfort, Cheng Xuyuan was still very sad.
For the next whole week, Gu Juncheng didn't talk to anyone very much. He would doze off in class every day or read comics, which further verified the "cheating" that Teacher Yao said.
Such a Gu Juncheng seemed even more lonely and withdrawn, and those beautiful eyes were like a frozen lake in the cold winter.
On Friday night, before school, Tang Xiaorong suddenly gathered up the courage to talk to Gu Juncheng.
"That..." Tang Xiaorong looked at Gu Juncheng timidly, "Gu Juncheng, I have something to tell you."
Gu Juncheng's attitude towards girls has always been good. He raised his head from the comic book and said lightly, "If you have something to say, just say it."
Chen Tianqi still didn't feel anything about Tang Xiaorong at this time. He looked at Gu Juncheng's straight steel face and felt sorry for him - after all, Tang Xiaorong was the dream lover of many boys at school.
Gu Juncheng's cold answer was expected by Tang Xiaorong. A hint of hesitation flashed in her beautiful big eyes. After a while, she said, "I want to talk to you alone after school, can I?"
Gu Juncheng stared at her for five seconds, then nodded.
Tang Xiaorong blushed in his sight, she turned her head and pretended to be reading, but her hands were fidgeting.
Cheng Xuyuan said to the system, "So is the romance between the hero and heroine about to begin?"
The system said suspiciously: "It didn't start so early in the original work... but it shouldn't matter."
Nancheng No. 1 middle school and evening self-study time is ten o'clock in the evening. When the bell rang, the students who lived on campus rushed back to the dormitory, and the day students also hurried home.
Gu Juncheng carried his schoolbag and walked into the corridor, looking at the scene outside with an imperceptible expression on his face.
Tang Xiaorong walked up to him shyly, with a sweet voice: "Gu Juncheng, I know you're in a bad mood recently..."
Cheng Xuyuan thought to himself, this is really an understanding female classmate.
"Well, thank you for your concern." Gu Juncheng's voice was cold.
Tang Xiaorong was silent for a moment and then said, "Although there have been a lot of rumors about you in the class recently, I feel that no matter what your grades in the entrance exam are, you have always been a very smart person. I hope you will do well in your senior year…"
Cheng Xuyuan was moved by the heroine's gentle concern, but Gu Juncheng's tone was still cold: "Well, thank you for saying this to me. I'll go first if I have nothing to do."
Tang Xiaorong didn't get angry because of his indifference, she nodded and turned back to the dormitory. Gu Juncheng sighed inaudibly, walked to the parking lot, got on his bicycle, and let the cool breeze of the summer night blow his fine short hair.
Cheng Xuyuan felt that this kid was too confused, and asked the system, "Can this kid and the heroine really develop?"
The system replied: "Don't gossip like that, you can just pay attention to the protagonist's career line, you don't have to be so concerned about his relationship line."
Cheng Xuyuan scoffed at this answer. He firmly believes that although he is a plug-in, he can also affect the romantic line of the protagonist!
The next day was Saturday, but Gu Juncheng went out early. Before going out, he stared at the pen for a long time at the desk and stuffed it into his trouser pocket.
Chen Tianqi was waiting for him at the entrance of the mall, and the two entered the cinema together to watch a recently released movie.
There was no conversation between the two, and the talkative Chen Tianqi was surprisingly quiet.
Cheng Xuyuan was surprised and asked the system, "Why are they so quiet today?"
"Because today is the death day of the hero's grandmother."
This answer made Cheng Xuyuan's heart skip a beat. He listened carefully to the sound of the film and found that it was a very sad literary film.
Accompanied by Chen Tianqi, Gu Juncheng played outside for a day. During the whole process, apart from the necessary communication, there were no unnecessary words.
Finally in the evening, after Chen Tianqi and Gu Juncheng said goodbye, Gu Juncheng walked into a fruit shop, bought a few kilograms of fresh apples and oranges, and then walked alone in the opposite direction to his address.
The surroundings became quieter and quieter, no vehicles or voices could be heard, only the rustling of insects, Gu Juncheng seemed to have entered a forest.
Suddenly, a muffled thunder sounded in the sky, and the dark clouds covered the sky of Nancheng. After a while, the pea-sized raindrops crashed on the boy's body. The birds and beasts in the mountains and forests were busy looking for shelter from the rain. A gust of wind blew up and down.
Gu Juncheng's footsteps finally stopped.
In front of him, are two combined tombstones, which buried his grandfather and grandmother.
Although he didn't know what the current male protagonist looks like, Cheng Xuyuan can clearly feel the uncontrollable sadness.
Suddenly, with a "plop", Gu Juncheng knelt in front of his grandmother's tomb. The rain soaked the boy's whole body, and the cold feeling spread to his fingertips, but he was unmoved.
In front of the tombstone, there were some incense and fruit, showing that Gu Shuo and his party had been here not long ago.
Gu Juncheng took out the fruits in the bag and carefully arranged them in the heavy rain. He took out a few pieces of soaked paper from his pocket, and carefully wiped the two tombstones clean.
"Grandpa and Grandma, I'm here to see you." Gu Juncheng spoke with a smile, but his voice trembled slightly, "It's been a long time since I've been here, I've been busy with my studies recently..."
The rain was getting heavier and heavier, and Gu Juncheng could hardly open his eyes in the heavy rain.
"Don't worry, the family has been doing well recently. Dad and Zhang Yu have treated me well, and Minghao's grades are still much better than mine. I'm still the same..."
Cheng Xuyuan listened to the boy's voice, his heart seemed to be caught by a small hand, which made him uncomfortable.
"Grandma, I remember you told me to change my temper and don't quarrel with Dad. I have changed my temper a lot recently, and I rarely lose my temper..."
The stern boy became extra gentle at this moment, and all the armor put on in front of outsiders was removed, revealing his softest side.
The rain had soaked Gu Juncheng's pants, and the pen in his pocket became wet.
The system commented on the male protagonist: "He is a protagonist who repays his grievances with virtue."
Cheng Xuyuan sighed in his heart.
Repaying resentment with virtue, why repay virtue?
Gu Juncheng seemed a little tired after talking for a while in the rain. He took the pen out of his pocket, put it in the palm of his hand, and stroked it a few times with his fingers. Cheng Xuyuan could feel the thin calluses on his fingertips.
"Grandma, I'm sorry, I used the pen you left for me to cheat..." Gu Juncheng lowered his head and said softly, "I'll return this pen to you, I hope you don't get angry, I won't do this kind of thing again in the future. …"
Cheng Xuyuan lay quietly in the palm of the hero's palm, with ten thousand words "Fuck" in his heart. He hurriedly asked the system: "What can I do, this kid wants to leave me in the barren mountains?!"
Night is coming soon, if Cheng Xuyuan is left in this ghost place for the night, he will probably lose his mind.
The system did not reply.
At this moment, a few drops of warm liquid fell on the pen of the pen, mixed with rain. The temperature was fleeting, but Cheng Xuyuan was keenly aware that this was the hero's tears.
Gu Juncheng wiped his eyes a few times, placed the pen in front of the tombstone, got up and bowed, then turned and left.
A warm current surrounded the pen, and the temperature was abnormally high.
Cheng Xuyuan noticed something was wrong, and quickly asked the system, "I feel my body is so hot, what's going on?!"
"The hero's tears can unlock the seal of the pen god."
Cheng Xuyuan widened his eyes in surprise.
The warm current gradually faded, the surrounding feeling became extremely clear, and all his senses regained consciousness.
The sound of raindrops in the mountains, the fragrance of green grass on the ground, and the cry of frogs in the grass...
All of this is so real and accurate.
Before Cheng Xuyuan's brain could react, the pen body emitted a faint light, illuminating the surrounding area.
After a while, a teenager wearing black short sleeves and shorts stood barefoot in front of the cemetery.
The boy's body is tall and thin, and his clothes are engraved with elegant golden patterns, which are exactly the same as the color of the pen. He has black and soft short hair and a handsome face. His eyes are also like soaked in ink, clear and deep.
If Cheng Xuyuan had a mirror at the moment, he would be surprised to see that it was a face similar to his original face, but much prettier than before.
Cheng Xuyuan looked at his body and was surprised to find that his body was glowing faintly. The strong wind and rain couldn't get close to his body. It seemed that a protective film was covering him, and his clothes were not wet by the rain at all.
The system's voice sounded in Cheng Xuyuan's mind: "The seal of the pen god has been lifted. Following the principle of the Lord God, your appearance has been increased by 100%, which meets the high standards of the Appearance Association."
Cheng Xuyuan quickly grasped the point and said unhappily, "Do you think I'm not good-looking before, why do you need to increase it so much?!"
The system replied: "It will continue to increase when necessary."
Cheng Xuyuan pouted, not wanting to continue the topic, he asked, "What should I do now?"
"In time for Gu Juncheng to go home, appear on his desk in the form of a pen."
Cheng Xuyuan took a few steps on the grass with his fair feet. He found that where he walked, the grass grew lusher and the wildflowers bloomed more beautifully.
"Fuck, what kind of special effect is this for fifty cents?!" Cheng Xuyuan was frightened, "Is there a lotus every step of the way? It's too disgusting for you to fix this thing for a big man!"
The system wondered: "This is a special effect exclusive to Pen God, don't you like it?"
"I'm not a heroine!"
Therefore, the system changed the special effect of "step by step" to a floral fragrance that attracts bees and butterflies.
"...Forget it, you can change it back. It's a big deal. I'll buy a pair of shoes."
Walking barefoot in the rain is more comfortable than wearing shoes. Cheng Xuyuan's eyes have also become exceptionally short-sighted because of the long nights and months of coding, and he can see everything clearly at night.
Accelerating to run, Cheng Xuyuan found that his body was unusually light, and in a short while, he ran a distance of several kilometers. With a great interest in play, he had an idea, jumped gently, jumped to the roof of the roadside residential building, and shuttled quickly on the roof.
"Damn it! System, do you know how I feel now?"
"How do you feel?"
Cheng Xuyuan made several complicated gestures with both hands: "I feel like I'm Naruto!"
System:"..."
At this speed, even if Gu Juncheng took the plane, he wouldn't be able to catch up.
In less than five minutes, Cheng Xuyuan returned to Gu's house smoothly, climbed into Gu Juncheng's room through the window, turned back into a pen, and lay quietly on the desk.
An hour later, Gu Juncheng finally arrived home. It was already half past eight in the evening.
Gu Juncheng returned to the room, took the towel and pants, and went straight to the bathroom. A few minutes later, after taking a hot bath, he wiped his short hair and threw the clothes into the washing machine.
Hungry, he went into the kitchen, made a few pieces of dessert by himself, took it into the room, and put it on the desk.
At this moment, Gu Juncheng's eyes were attracted by the pen on the table. A trace of surprise flashed through his eyes, he picked up the pen and looked at it, and found that there was not a drop of water on the pen.
"It seems that you are really a pen fairy..." Gu Juncheng muttered to himself in disbelief, "Or did your grandma send you to accompany me?"
As he said that, he put down the pen and continued: "Since you don't want to leave, you can stay in my school bag in the future, but I can't use you to cheat anymore..."
At this moment, Gu Shuo came to the door of the room.
Gu Shuo hesitated for a moment and asked, "Did you go to your grandma just now?"
Gu Juncheng was silent and did not speak.
Gu Shuo's expression was slightly apologetic, obviously feeling guilty for hitting him before.
He said to Gu Juncheng, "Come to my study, let's talk."
"En." Gu Juncheng was speechless for a long time, but nodded and walked out of the room.
Cheng Xuyuan had regained all consciousness, and the dessert dish next to him exuded a tempting aroma, driving him crazy.
"Is the dessert made by this actor too delicious? I really want to eat it!"
The system issued a warning: "Please don't act rashly, it's not time for you to show your true body..."
However, before the system's voice fell, Cheng Xuyuan had already followed his heart and changed back to the appearance of a pen god.
A handsome young man in black stood at the table, his eyes glowing at the desserts on the table.
Cheng Xuyuan's sanity has not completely disappeared, he said to the system: "I will eat one piece, just one piece, he will not find out..."
The system said anxiously: "Then eat it quickly and change back!"
Cheng Xuyuan stretched his claws to the plate, picked up a cookie, and stuffed it into his mouth. The rich smell of milk and baked biscuits filled his nostrils, making him, who had not eaten for several weeks, exclaim: "Damn, Tang Xiaorong would be so happy if she married him..."
At this moment, a cold voice came from the door.
"Who are you? Why are you in my room?!"
Cheng Xuyuan wanted to change back to a pen, but it was too late.
He looked back at the boy at the door, his expression froze, and his mind went blank.
The two looked at each other.
The anxious voice of the system sounded in his mind: "Say the lines, say the lines!"
Cheng Xuyuan's brain can still communicate normally: "...What lines did you say?"
System: "You have ruined the plot, and I don't know what to say... Think about the novels you usually read. What do important characters in them say when they appear?"
Cheng Xuyuan's brain is running slowly, but at this moment, all the novels and TV series he has read are completely useless.