Han Luoli took in the girl's struggle.
A barely audible sigh, the contrast in their statuses gave her too much anxiety, they'd have to move slowly.
"Stop moving, I'm just going to hold you while we sleep a while." He held her, pulling up a corner of the blanket, and truly prepared to go to sleep.
"..." Gu Xiaoer was circled in his long arms, and though he didn't seem to be using much strength, she couldn't push him away.
With her eyes wide open and on guard, she didn't believe that he would really just sleep peacefully!
She didn't know how much time had passed when the man's even breathing reached her, and she began to feel drowsy, eventually falling asleep with him...
When Gu Xiaoer woke up again, it was to the "beep beep" of a message alert on her phone.
Her nice dream disrupted, she reached for her phone in a dazed state, but a large hand got to it before she did.
"Da Luoluo, give me my phone!"
The man didn't listen, wrapping his arms around her from behind, one hand reaching out from under her neck, perfectly positioning the phone screen before her eyes.
"Stop it! I'm checking the group messages!" The girl slapped the hand on her body away and opened the WeChat school information group to see if there were any important notices.
Several videos popped up, posted by "Hao Qingyuyu," probably a student from the same faculty.
"What's this?" Han Luoli narrowed his eyes; the little girl's messy messages were too many.
Gu Xiaoer clicked in, the video played, and there was Guo Ting in a sweet little dress, standing on the school's bright stage rehearsing. Her calm and composed stage presence and professional hosting skills were evident.
There were several clips of her rehearsal.
And since it was a group message, a lot of people quickly replied.
"Great, my Goddess Ting is still the most beautiful!"
"Goddess Ting's hosting is awesome, we totally admire her!"
"Exactely, the principal is wise; good thing he didn't pick some nobody to host."
Gu Xiaoer frowned, 'some nobody' couldn't be referring to her, could it?
Messages were flooding in fast, and soon someone started digging up old dirt.
"The principal really had no choice, who could ignore such strong connections, having a powerful backer—how could they not let her host?"
"Who? What are you talking about?" Someone posted a question mark emoji, heavy with curiosity for gossip.
"Let me spill the tea! That person is Gu Xiaoer, what's there to hide! If not for the Shenghan Group, I wouldn't even know who she is! An unknown person suddenly becomes the champion of the design competition, who would believe there's no insider deal? I also heard she used her status to demand the principal let her host the farewell party!" The account named "Shengsheng Man" spared no mercy tearing into Gu Xiaoer.
Gu Xiaoer, with a puzzled face, realized they were indeed talking about her...
"Heh, if she's the host, I might as well be led by a dog..."
"I heard she had a fall-out with Shenghan, even talked back to the principal, hmph, let her keep being pretentious! She's not nearly as low-key as our Goddess Ting!"
"Right, right, how about we all sign a petition to have Shenghan Group reselect the competition champion, to give everyone a fair outcome!"
"Support!"
"Support +1"
"Support +10086"
"..."