Gu Anxi froze, her fingers clenching tightly.
He never said this would happen.
There were so many people around...
After a long moment, Bo Xichen whispered in her ear, "Gu Anxi, didn’t your elders tell you to concentrate when you’re kissing?"
Gu Anxi’s voice was as soft as a kitten. "My elders didn’t mention anything about doing it at the airport!"
As she spoke, she lifted her eyes to look at him. Her eyes, as if filled with mist, or perhaps brimming with Starlight.
Bo Xichen couldn’t resist ruffling her hair. "This is a reward."
"Because I won the fight?" Gu Anxi asked softly, her eyes twinkling with a hint of humor.
Bo Xichen took her hand instead and started walking towards the parking lot, letting out a light snort. "You just try fighting again next time."
He then lowered his head to gaze at her without uttering a word, his demeanor gentle and soft. Gu Anxi wasn’t sure if this was what being doted on felt like, but her mood had certainly improved from him picking her up at the airport.
Maybe it was because... she received a reward?
After getting into the car, she fastened her seatbelt. "Where to now, Doctor Bo?"
"Doctor Bo?" Bo Xichen’s eyes were half-closed. "I got up at four to sort out matters in Beicheng and rushed back a day early, and this is how you address me?"
Gu Anxi smiled slightly and started the car. Without him mentioning a destination, she drove straight to Qing University.
He went to his office in the library, while she attended class. It was all so natural. But just as she was about to get out of the car, he suddenly grabbed her hand.
Gu Anxi turned her head. "Bo Xichen?"
He seemed to have dozed off for a moment. He slowly turned his head to look at her, his voice slightly hoarse. "Now that you’ve accepted my support money, does that mean I’ve been officially promoted?"
Since he put it that way, Gu Anxi settled back into her seat. Leaning against the seatback as he was, she looked at him for a moment before saying, "It seems so."
He smiled softly. Then, hearing the click of a seatbelt unbuckling, he leaned over to her...
Gu Anxi couldn’t recall what she did then. She only remembered grabbing his expensive shirt, the fabric now hopelessly wrinkled from her grip.
After a long moment, Bo Xichen whispered close to her ear, "You haven’t said you missed me."
Gu Anxi’s long lashes were still trembling, the corners of her eyes glistening with moisture. She kept her eyes closed as she replied softly, "I didn’t have time to miss you."
Bo Xichen chuckled softly, murmured something, and then, after a small ’punishment,’ he finally let her out of the car. Both of them appeared rather satisfied as they exited the vehicle, especially Professor Bo...
Gu Anxi had just sat down in the classroom when Chu Yan sidled up, beaming. "Congratulations, Gu Anxi! You were photographed parking illegally, and now you’re a celebrity at Qing University!"
She then showed Gu Anxi the photo on the Qing University Traffic Network. It was incredibly clear, probably taken with a P30!!!
Gu Anxi was rendered speechless as she stared at it. Expressionless, she hacked into the system and deleted the photo. Chu Yan, however, mercilessly reminded her from the side, "Deleting it is useless, you know. Many students have already saved this 360-degree, unobstructed, ultra-HD, uncensored photo~ Oh, Anxi, it’s truly beautiful, so artistic! And Professor Bo... hehehe, who would’ve thought he had it in him, eh?"
Gu Anxi keenly sensed her classmates’ gazes fixed on her. She silently covered her face with her textbook, feigning death.
This photo inexplicably made it to the hot search.
Just as the entire internet was marveling at the female protagonist’s beauty, the photo inexplicably vanished from all platforms, swept clean. It was obvious someone had spent a considerable sum to suppress it. The students of Qing University were all betting it was the lovesick Gu Changqing who had done it. For a time, Qing University was buzzing with excitement.