Gu Lingling successfully established her authority with two slaps.
The whispers that used to mention her quietly vanished, and the people who pointed fingers behind her back were no longer around.
In an instant, the whole world fell silent.
However, she became famous from this battle.
Gu Lingling’s clever moves against Zhang Xiaoman were clearly those of someone trained, effortlessly subduing the hysterical woman.
The boys were captivated, thinking how incredibly cool that was, wasn’t it?
The girls, on the other hand, were a bit fearful. Who would have guessed that someone with such slender arms and legs could have such powerful fighting skills? They better stay away from her in the future to avoid getting beaten up as badly as Zhang Xiaoman.
But Gu Lingling didn’t have the time to pay attention to these things, because the time of the dream was getting closer. Perhaps due to the tension, she had another dream.
In the dream, it was still the old man who had fainted, but this time, she dreamed not of him fainting but of him sitting somewhere looking desolate.
Gu Lingling felt that he was extremely sad, holding an old photograph, his gaze distant, as if reminiscing about someone.
The intense longing spread outward from him.
When Gu Lingling woke up, she felt her face was cool. A touch revealed that her face was covered with tears.
She didn’t know what the dream meant, but her intuition told her that she had to save this old man.
So, early that morning, Gu Lingling set out with her bag, which held the sugar water she had prepared. In the dream, the old man fainted due to low blood sugar.
He had collapsed in a place obscured by greenery, which was why he went unnoticed.
By the time he was discovered and taken to the hospital, it was already too late.
"She’s not at school?"
When Yang Yunhai came looking for her at school, Gu Lingling was already on the bus, just missing him.
"Yes." Tong Sha, who was called downstairs, said, "She left early in the morning, no idea where she went. We thought she went to find you."
It seemed that the relationship between these two wasn’t as good as it appeared to others, perhaps just for show.
Otherwise, why would Gu Lingling have run off early in the morning and not gone to see her fiancé? Who knows what she was up to?
In an instant, Tong Sha conjured many scenarios in her mind.
"Thank you." Yang Yunhai turned and got in the car, not entertaining Tong Sha’s subtly suggestive remarks at all.
Tong Sha stared until the car was out of sight before returning to her dormitory.
Some people have different fates. How could such a good man end up being with Gu Lingling?
She had been observing Yang Yunhai earlier. When he heard that Gu Lingling had left early in the morning, the only expression on his face was concern, just concern.
Nothing else.
Any other man might overthink, wouldn’t they?
Yang Yunhai didn’t know that after he left, Tong Sha had an internal struggle.
He first drove to Mr. Zhou’s house, but he didn’t rashly knock on the door. Instead, he observed from outside. Scout Yang Yunhai found that Mr. Zhou was home alone; Gu Lingling hadn’t come.
So where did she go?
Yang Yunhai quickly analyzed; had they just missed each other? Had she returned to their home? Or perhaps she went to see her grandparents?
But soon, Zheng Xiangjun’s was ruled out by Yang Yunhai.
Because he and Gu Lingling had agreed to visit them this weekend, and today was Thursday, she wouldn’t go.
So, they missed each other?
Yang Yunhai drove the car back home.
Wang Shuyun was at home, and Yang Aiguo was reportedly on duty this week.
"She hasn’t returned," Wang Shuyun said, yawning.