"Well, I'm lucky then, to be the first to get him to retract his decision," Gu Yining raised an eyebrow and smiled.
Mu Zuochen stared at her charming smile, momentarily lost in thought.
His fingers instinctively reached toward her wind-blown bangs.
Just as his hand was about to touch her hair, Gu Yining's hand grasped his wrist.
"What are you doing?" Gu Yining was very sensitive and quick to react.
Her sudden defensive posture made Mu Zuochen's hand, still suspended in the air, feel awkward.
"Your bangs are messy. I just wanted to help you smooth them down. It seems like you don't really like others touching you?" Mu Zuochen asked cautiously.
"Mm." Gu Yining did not deny it.
The ten or so men who had tried to violate her had become nightmares in her heart.
When men touched her, she instinctively tensed up, like a small beast baring its fangs, ready to hurt someone if they got too close.
But strangely enough, she didn't feel this way with Fu Hanniann.
She wanted to cling to this ice-cold man like an octopus, but he remained indifferent.
Perhaps it was precisely because he was indifferent to her that she could act so recklessly.
The bell rang.
Gu Yining closed her computer and turned to Mu Zuochen. "Class has started."
"I'll sit next to you today. From now on, I won't let anyone bully you again." Mu Zuochen straightened up, placed the professional books he brought on the desk, and casually handed his notebook to Gu Yining.
"You haven't attended class this week, right? Here are the class notes. You can borrow them."
Gu Yining bit her lip, unsure how to face Mu Zuochen.
If it weren't for the fact that most of the computer science department was made up of boys, with only a few girls, she probably would have been shot to pieces by the angry glares of the girls around her.
"Mu Zuochen, don't you know I'm very ugly? Why don't you feel disgusted when you see my face like others do?" Gu Yining suddenly asked, staring at Mu Zuochen.
Mu Zuochen paused, his handsome lips slightly parted. After seriously looking at her, he said, "I don't think you're ugly. On the contrary, I think you're very pretty."
"You must be joking." With such a big birthmark on her face, he still called her pretty.
Maybe she should suggest he get his eyes checked.
"No, I really think so. I wouldn't even glance at someone who is outwardly beautiful but has an ugly heart. I'm not that shallow."
Mu Zuochen was especially afraid that Gu Yining would think he wasn't being sincere, and his voice sounded a bit hurried.
Gu Yining chuckled softly, "Just focus on class."
After that, she stopped talking and started carefully flipping through his notes.
Her memory was exceptionally good; after looking over a few times, she could memorize the knowledge points without needing to write them down.
This semester's final exam was her golden opportunity to rise from the bottom of her class, and she wouldn't let it slip away.
During the lecture, Mu Zuochen occasionally stole glances at Gu Yining, who was sitting beside him.
His heart raced out of rhythm.
After finishing an afternoon of classes, she held her textbooks as she walked out of the school gate.
There were dormitories at the school, but since she needed to hurry to treat Fu Hanniann, she wouldn't be staying in the dorms tonight.
"Yining, where do you live? I'll give you a ride," Mu Zuochen said, catching up to her with his textbooks.
With the campus's top male god so eager to accompany her, Gu Yining felt quite uneasy.
Countless jealous eyes were watching her.
If she let him drive her home, it would undoubtedly attract a lot of trouble.
"No need, I can take a taxi back myself."
"My driver will be here soon." Mu Zuochen was very persistent.
Not far away, a black Maybach was parked by the roadside, and a sharp gaze was directed toward them from the back seat.