Chapter 285: Chapter 285: Must See Chapter 285: Chapter 285: Must See Gu Zhihan also glanced at her and, listening to her tone, guessed, “You’re planning to study tomorrow?”
Luo Mengmeng nodded vigorously.
Her grades were very unstable, and she needed to make an extra effort.
Once she passed, they could be together, just like the other little couples in the class, starting a secret romance.
“Then keep it up,” he encouraged.
Gu Zhihan’s thin lips curved into a smile as his large hand tousled her hair.
After returning home, Luo Mengmeng did indeed study just as she had said she would.
She studied from that evening all the way until the following night.
When Gu Zhihan came out of the bathroom, he saw Luo Mengmeng’s small frame seated at his desk, seriously immersed in her books, her face bathed in the gentle glow of the warm light, with butterfly-like lashes casting faint shadows around her eyes.
She seemed completely absorbed in her studying to the point where she didn’t even notice a mosquito feasting on her cheek.
Gu Zhihan frowned and immediately went over to kill the mosquito before turning to see her tired face, “It’s already very late; stop reading, go take a shower and sleep. The middle school exams are tomorrow.”
He promptly snatched the book from her hands without further discussion.
“It’s only eight-thirty, it’s not late. Give me back my book!” Luo Mengmeng panicked and quickly tried to snatch the book back from him.
But Gu Zhihan held the book high above, out of Luo Mengmeng’s reach, no matter how much she jumped.
He took advantage of his height, looking down at her authoritatively, “How is it not late? By the time you finish showering and take a while to wind down, it will be almost ten.”
Seeing her reluctant expression, his voice softened, “Just listen, stop reading.”
Under the young man’s gentle coaxing, Luo Mengmeng finally abandoned the idea of continuing her reading and obediently nodded at him, “Then I’ll go take a shower.”
“Go ahead, the bathwater is already prepared for you,” Gu Zhihan nodded and said.
Upon hearing this, Luo Mengmeng clung to him like a koala, “Gu Zhihan, you are so nice!”
While speaking, she also rubbed her head against his chest.
“Stop fooling around,” Gu Zhihan feigned composure as he reached out to push her away.
“Mmm…I want to fool around!” Luo Mengmeng playfully blinked at him, then immediately tiptoed to peck his lips.
Then, she bolted away, quickly running into the bathroom as if fearing he would retaliate later.
Gu Zhihan watched her retreating figure and couldn’t help but smile.
Soon after, he heard the voice of the young girl reciting the Periodic Table of Chemical Elements from the neighboring bathroom–
“Hydrogen, helium, lithium, beryllium, boron…”
“Sodium, magnesium, aluminum, silicon, phosphorus…”
Each word was louder than the last.
Gu Zhihan slightly held his forehead, but a tender smile flashed in his starry eyes.
She was working so hard to get into the same high school as him, to be with him.
Actually, when she confessed to him, his condition of “getting into the same high school to be together” was just to buy some time.
Because he did not want to start dating young, nor did he want to drag her into it.
It wasn’t because he didn’t like her, but because he knew well that romantic flings were not something people their age should engage in.
His heart was wavering.
His studies surely wouldn’t be hampered by a young romance, and with him tutoring Mengmeng, her grades wouldn’t suffer either.
The young girl currently taking a bath had no idea that Gu Zhihan had already silently made a very important decision in his heart, which was…