Chapter 126 Gu Ye (ETL) Part 2
===
Chapter 126 Let the Whole World Know I Love You
Gu Ye no longer needed to do anything about Fang Mei’s situation. Wu Guilan let go of her obsession, and after Gu Ye and Xie Cheng saw her off, they returned to the Capital. After they left, Fang Mei was transferred to another hospital.
The photo the nurse had taken of Gu Ye and the post she made on her WeChat Moments previously were then widely circulated online. This proved that Gu Ye was really dealing with a case of domestic violence before the online flaming started. This matter needed to be addressed; Gu Ye shouldn’t be unfairly criticized just because the trending topics changed.
Previously, netizens were silent out of fear of being sued by Yu Ze; now, they were completely speechless. Domestic violence has once again drawn online attention, with many influential figures urging netizens to protect themselves through legal means. They should get a divorce if they can’t make the relationship work, and remember that marriage is meant to bring happiness, not to the point of risking their lives. They also advised victims of domestic violence to leave a record of evidence at the hospital each time they experience the abuse; the more evidence, the easier it is to get a divorce. If the victim can’t persevere during the adjustment period, don’t do anything foolish. They should speak up and seek help.
Ignoring the online drama, Gu Ye returned to the Capital and went straight to Yu Ze’s company. It was rush hour, and Gu Ye stood smiling at the office building entrance. His refined features and unique aura immediately drew attention. But Gu Ye simply nodded casually to them and stepped aside to make way.
Those who saw Gu Ye’s smiling face gasped. The president’s actions that morning had made them suspect Gu Ye had cast a spell on him, causing him to lose himself in love—something completely unlike his usual self. Now, seeing this, they suspected they too had been bewitched as well.
Ignoring the stares of others, Gu Ye ran excitedly to Yu Ze as he exited the elevator. He wrapped his arms around Yu Ze’s neck. “Darling, I’m home!”
Yu Ze instinctively wrapped his arms around Gu Ye’s waist, smiling as he kissed his ear. “Let’s go home.”
Once in the car, Gu Ye said while fastening his seatbelt, “Can I go buy something first? I’m out of incense. I was so happy this morning that I lit it all up for the King of Hell—it was 5 sticks! I… mhmm…”
Before Gu Ye could finish, Yu Ze pressed him into the seat, silencing him with a forceful kiss. Gu Ye’s face flushed crimson, and he barely managed to push Yu Ze away before he could breathe.
Yu Ze cupped Gu Ye’s face in his hands, his eyes deep and intense as he gazed into Gu Ye’s eyes. His fingers gently brushed Gu Ye’s lips as he said in a low voice, “How about we go tomorrow? Let’s go home now. I want you.”
That made Gu Ye’s eyes widen, his neck flushed red at those words. “You…”
Yu Ze didn’t give Gu Ye a chance to refuse, kissing him again. Finally, he let the whole world know that this person was his. The overwhelming happiness in his heart finally had a chance to be released after seeing him. Yu Ze felt like he was going crazy. For Gu Ye, he had become someone he barely recognized. The aloofness and self-discipline he had cultivated since childhood had completely spiraled out of control with Gu Ye.
…
The next day at noon, Gu Ye finally sat up, looking completely bewildered. He checked the time; it was past noon. Another day off. Imagining the teacher’s expression, Gu Ye covered his face. He really was going to fail!
Hearing the noise at the door, Gu Ye tilted his head and looked up. “You didn’t go to work?”
Yu Ze walked in with a smile, pinching Gu Ye’s nose. “I went to a meeting this morning. I figured you’d be awake by now, so I came back to check on you.”
Gu Ye sighed. Was there anything Yu Ze couldn’t predict? He (GY) relied on mystical methods to calculate things, but Yu Ze relied on his own intelligence, calculating/predicting everything about him perfectly.
“Don’t worry about taking leave. I’ve contacted your school. You can take the third-year exam at the end of the year. If you get excellent grades, you can skip a grade.” Yu Ze smiled at Gu Ye’s surprised look. He cupped his(GY) face in his hands and pinched him like Gu Ye usually pinched his cheek. “Come intern at my company in the second semester of your third year. You only need to do one thing every day: let me see you.”
Gu Ye was both amused and exasperated. “Both my older brothers told me beforehand that I should intern at their companies. Where am I supposed to go?”
Yu Ze smiled and asked, “What do you think?”
Gu Ye thought for a moment and happily said, “To you!”
After getting up, Gu Ye told his two older brothers about his decision. His eldest brother didn’t say anything, just replied, “Okay.”
On the other hand, Gu Lin told Gu Ye in disdain, “Silly kid, distance makes the heart grow fonder, you know?”
Gu Ye: “We don’t need to.”
Gu Lin said dismissively, “Whatever. By the way, Dad seems to want to buy a piece of land and build 5 villas, one for each of us. The locations haven’t been chosen yet. Give him a call sometime and help him choose one.”
Gu Ye smiled and replied, “Okay, I’ll go home when I have time.”
After noting the info down, Gu Ye ate lunch and sent Yu Ze to the company. Then he went to buy incense himself.
Perhaps due to a change in ownership, and with this new owner being even less adept at business than the previous one, the shop was even quieter than before. The old man, however, seemed to be in a good mood, listening to opera and humming a tune as he cut talismans.
As Gu Ye entered, the old man looked up and chuckled, “Young man, you’ve come again in less than 6 months.”
Gu Ye smiled, “It’s because your incense is the best; I’ve offered it all to the gods, so I had to buy some more.”
Hearing that, the old man stood up and scrutinized Gu Ye closely. Stroking his beard, he suddenly gasped in surprise. The old man stepped behind the counter, circled Gu Ye, and his gaze settled on the top of Gu Ye’s head. “Young man, has anyone ever told your fortune?”
Gu Ye chuckled, “My master did when he was alive, but he didn’t tell me anything. He told me to accumulate good deeds, and I’d have a great fortune in the future.”
The old man nodded. “Your master is right. Your fate doesn’t need anyone else to calculate it; most people can’t even do it for you anyway. A truly skilled person wouldn’t dare to calculate it for you. You’ve accumulated a lot of merit! Aiya, young man, you’re amazing!” The old man patted Gu Ye’s shoulder happily. “Let me rub a little… a little of your good fortune, and I’ll live a couple more years.”
Gu Ye was both amused and exasperated. “You were destined for a long life.”
“No, you don’t understand.”
Gu Ye suppressed a laugh. He was a fortune teller, and the old man said he didn’t understand. He was truly confused now. This old man was the most unfathomable person he had ever met. His skills should be higher than Elder Tang’s, but he couldn’t discern what kind of cultivation the old man practiced.
The old man said earnestly, “With the merit you’ve cultivated, you’re guaranteed a peaceful and worry-free life, and your family will also enjoy longevity and happiness.”
Gu Ye happily said, “Thank you for your kind words, sir.”
The old man chuckled and took down several items from the shelf. Gu Ye was stunned. These were items he had ordered before, but he died in Huaixin City before he could even pick them up. Last time he wanted to buy them back, but the old man’s senior apprentice wouldn’t sell them to him. What did he mean now?
“These are for you.”
Gu Ye was shocked. “Really?”
The old man smiled. “These are destined to be together with you. And they’re just getting in my way. Take them and use them.”
“But won’t your senior brother be angry?”
“Who cares? That old fogey, he’s inflexible.” The old man looked at Gu Ye meaningfully. “They belonged to you anyway. Take them and use them.”
When Gu Ye heard that, his expression changed. Looking at the old man’s eyes, he obediently bowed to him. “Thank you, senior.”
The old man quickly pulled Gu Ye up. “No, no! Aiyo! I just received some good fortune from your merit, and this bow will shorten my lifespan instead!”
Gu Ye was both amused and exasperated. He really couldn’t understand this old man. However, he was certain that this old man was no ordinary person.
Since the old man had recognized him and even given him gifts, Gu Ye quickly paid the remaining balance and bought many more things, spending over 100,000 yuan before leaving. Looking at these items he had lost and then regained, Gu Ye hugged them to his arms with relief. Heaven has eyes; what’s meant to be his will cannot escape.
Little did anyone know, after watching Gu Ye drive away, the old man stroked his beard and sighed, “Before this, I only saw his accumulated merits, but I couldn’t see his destiny. I never imagined that after passing that critical point, all his merits would be contained within him. The 3 Flowers Gather at the Crown, the 5 Qi Converge at the Origin. Aiya, I’ll also offer incense to the King of Hell to congratulate him!”
…
After Gu Ye took the items back, he went to show off to Yu Ze, “Look, isn’t the shape of this incense burner cute?”
Yu Ze really couldn’t see what was cute about this incense burner with the pattern of three wolves howling at the sky. He insincerely praised, “It is quite cute.”
Gu Ye then showed Yu Ze the custom-made cinnabar pen, “This top can be pulled off, and you can put cinnabar in it. Isn’t it cute?”
Yu Ze looked at the top of the cinnabar pen, a skull with red eyes. Pulling the top off was like pulling off the head—simple and crude. He really couldn’t see what was cute about it, but he still insincerely praised, “En, cute, and practical. Who designed it?”
Gu Ye proudly said, “Me!”
Yu Ze praised Gu Ye, “Really impressive, these are works of art.”
“Hehe!” Gu Ye happily showed Yu Ze the jade pendants. “Divination cards. I used to like them for a while, but I didn’t really understand them, so I just wrote words on them to neutralize the word-divination technique. Only I can use these. I designed this pattern too, isn’t it cute?”
Yu Ze looked at the patterns around the word on the jade pendants, where the eerie gates of hell were wide open, and the path beneath was littered with white bones. His expression froze, but he still forced a compliment: “Very imposing.”
The compliments made Gu Ye so happy he almost jumped for joy, “As expected of the man I’ve set my sights on, your aesthetic sense is amazing! When I designed this, I was in the Miao village, and that rascal Qiao Qiao said this kind of thing was an eyesore.”
Yu Ze said seriously, “He has no aesthetic sense.”
Gu Ye nodded, looking disgusted, “Yes, rascal Qiao Qiao only knows how to raise insects, what does he know?!”
Looking at Gu Ye acting like this, Yu Ze found him adorable, no matter how he looked at him. Suddenly, he thought that even Gu Ye holding a skull was kind of cute. Thinking about this, Yu Ze facepalmed. He must have been ‘poisoned‘ by Gu Ye!
Gu Ye happily took his things back to school. The teacher already knew about what happened from reading the news online. Upon learning that Gu Ye had taken leave to rescue someone, they gave him 10 extra credits—something Gu Ye hadn’t expected. The teacher also told him, “We don’t object to students dating, but try not to let it affect your studies.”
Gu Ye looked at his credits, feeling touched, and wanted to kowtow to the teacher. He gratefully said, “I’ve got it, it definitely won’t affect my grades, don’t worry!”
Seeing how serious Gu Ye was, the teacher chuckled. “Alright, I believe you. The university sports meet is coming up soon, and it’ll be held on our campus this year. See which events you can participate in; participation is the most important thing.”
Gu Ye’s smile faltered. “Teacher, do you think I can outrun the physical education students?”
The teacher looked at Gu Ye’s physique and smiled, “Never mind, go and cheer them on.”
Gu Ye said helplessly, “Okay, I’ll definitely cheer as hard as I can.”
As soon as Gu Ye left the office, he ran into the principal and the department head/director. Gu Ye quickly made way, politely saying, “Hello, Principal, hello, Director.”
The principal was in his fifties, he was a little overweight, and was as kind as a neighborly uncle. Seeing Gu Ye, his eyes lit up. “Oh, Gu Ye’s back! There we go, we have a flag bearer now.”
Gu Ye was completely bewildered, a sudden bad feeling creeping over him.
Director Li said happily, “Great job! Gu Ye is perfect as the face of the school. Gu Ye, in a few days, at the university sports meet, you’ll carry our school flag and be the final performer.”
Gu Ye: “…” He should have made a reading before going upstairs!
Soon, the exam results came out. Gu Ye’s frequent absences hadn’t affected his studies. In this class test, he still ranked first. Xia Xiang, who came in second, was 5 points behind him, and Zhao Pengyu, who came in third, was 8 points behind Gu Ye. Gu Ye proved with his results: Your male god is still the male god!
While appeasing the teacher with his grades, Gu Ye also proved his strength to his classmates. But the most heartbroken one was Zhao Pengyu. He had boasted before that if he lost, he would go to the gymnasium and shout, “Uncle Gu Ye, may you live forever and rule the world!”
Such idiotic words coming from someone over 1.8 meters tall weren’t just shameful; they made him look like a complete idiot!
After receiving the results, Gu Ye pulled Zhao Pengyu along and urged, “Come on! To the gymnasium!”
Zhao Pengyu pleaded pitifully, “Little Aunt, please give me some face. If I’m seen as an idiot, won’t my uncle be embarrassed?”
Gu Ye shook his head coldly, “No, it’s not embarrassing. We have plenty of nephews; one more idiot won’t make a difference.”
Zhao Pengyu stubbornly refused to go, “Little Aunt, no, Little Uncle… Father! Have pity on your son!”
Gu Ye’s lips twitched. “Don’t you have any integrity?”
Xia Xiang secretly helped to pull Zhao Pengyu along, “Zhao Pengyu is 1.83 meters tall, big and strong. He’s definitely not going to back down. Let’s go! Let’s shout it out to him!”
“No! I will back down! Xia Xiang, are you even human?”
“I’m not.”
Gu Ye and Xia Xiang, one on each side, dragged Zhao Pengyu to the gymnasium. Along the way, students heard that Zhao Pengyu had lost a bet to Gu Ye, so they all went to watch the spectacle. When the freshmen heard that Gu Ye had gone to the gymnasium, they all wanted to see this campus heartthrob who always got to be number one in exams despite constantly skipping classes, so they went to check it out.
When Zhao Pengyu arrived at the gymnasium, he was utterly devastated—it was packed with people! If he were to shout that sentence, he would be incredibly embarrassed!
Raw word count: 7223 (whole chapter)
#EditedMTL
#IAmABananaTranslation
#AppreciateKofi
#AppreciateComments
#NoRepostInWattpad
#PleaseTurnOffAdblock
#ManyThanksForReading